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== Folklore and Mythology == |
== Folklore and Mythology == |
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* The [[Trope Namer]] and [[Trope Codifier]] is the [[Greek Mythology|Apple of Discord]] used by the Greek Goddess of Strife, Eris. According to ''[[The Trojan Cycle|The Judgement of Paris]]'', Zeus held a banquet to honor the wedding of mortal Peleus to immortal Thetis (who became Achilles' parents), but Eris [[Revenge SVP|was not invited]]. To avenge this snub, Eris wrote "to the fairest" on a golden apple and threw it into the banquet, where it was immediately claimed by the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite. The three demanded Zeus choose who claimed the apple and thus the title of "fairest", but he wisely declined. Instead, he chose a mortal man to arbitrate. Each goddess presented their beauty to him while also offering a prize should he choose them. Eventually he chose Aphrodite as winner and accepted her promise of the most beautiful woman in Greece. The man? Paris of Troy. The woman? Helen of Sparta. Thus began the [[Trojan War]]. |
* The [[Trope Namer]] and [[Trope Codifier]] is the [[Greek Mythology|Apple of Discord]] used by the Greek Goddess of Strife, Eris. According to ''[[The Trojan Cycle|The Judgement of Paris]]'', Zeus held a banquet to honor the wedding of mortal Peleus to immortal Thetis (who became Achilles' parents), but Eris [[Revenge SVP|was not invited]]. To avenge this snub, Eris wrote "to the fairest" on a golden apple and threw it into the banquet, where it was immediately claimed by the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite. The three demanded Zeus choose who claimed the apple and thus the title of "fairest", but he wisely declined. Instead, he chose a mortal man to arbitrate. Each goddess presented their beauty to him while also offering a prize should he choose them. Eventually he chose Aphrodite as winner and accepted her promise of the most beautiful woman in Greece. The man? Paris of Troy. The woman? Helen of Sparta. Thus began the [[Trojan War]]. |
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** ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]'' had an episode spoofing this, where Billy, Mandy and Grim fight over pieces of Eris' Apple. |
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* Also in the [[The Trojan Cycle|Trojan Cycle]], Ajax son of Telamon and Odysseus jointly save Achilles' body but then fall out over which one of them deserves to be rewarded with Achilles' arms (which were fashioned by the god Hephaistos), which leads to Ajax' madness and suicide. |
* Also in the [[The Trojan Cycle|Trojan Cycle]], Ajax son of Telamon and Odysseus jointly save Achilles' body but then fall out over which one of them deserves to be rewarded with Achilles' arms (which were fashioned by the god Hephaistos), which leads to Ajax' madness and suicide. |
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** And in Season 2, we now LITERALLY have an Apple of Discord. |
** And in Season 2, we now LITERALLY have an Apple of Discord. |
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** Near the end of the episode "Lesson Zero", Twilight ''creates'' one by putting a "Want-It-Need-It" spell on her plushie, hoping that it will allow her to solve a problem and thus have something to report to Celestia. [[Gone Horribly Right|It works too well.]] |
** Near the end of the episode "Lesson Zero", Twilight ''creates'' one by putting a "Want-It-Need-It" spell on her plushie, hoping that it will allow her to solve a problem and thus have something to report to Celestia. [[Gone Horribly Right|It works too well.]] |
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* As mentioned above, Eris from [[The Grim Adventures of Billy |
* As mentioned above, Eris from [[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]], while the apple is more an [[Artifact of Doom]], in the second episode where she appears, Eris "Gives up on chaos" and gives the apple to the trio, Grim tries to seal it away, Mandy wants to become the new goddess of chaos, and Billy is...well [[The Ditz|Billy.]] The three eventually end up fighting over it until Eris returns, glad with the chaos her plan created, and leaves with the apple. |
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* One scene in ''[[Despicable Me]]'' has all the minions fighting over a banana. It eventually falls down a hole...cut to one minion standing apart from the crowd, taking a bite out of an apple. [[Here We Go Again|Oh, no.]] |
* One scene in ''[[Despicable Me]]'' has all the minions fighting over a banana. It eventually falls down a hole...cut to one minion standing apart from the crowd, taking a bite out of an apple. [[Here We Go Again|Oh, no.]] |
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