CRISIS: Equestria: Difference between revisions

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The story starts when Twilight Sparkle and her friends are sucked into a portal and warped to another dimension, where they quickly realize they're not in their own Equestria anymore. The new world is similar to ours at first glance, with a giant city populated by hundreds of thousands of ponies. They make new friends along the way - [[Reasonable Authority Figure|a police officer]], Flathoof; [[Non-Action Guy|a civilian]], Lockwood; and a Chronomancer (an obvious reference to [[Time Lord|Time Lords]]), Tick Tock - who are determined to help them get back home once they learn that the fact that they're in this new Equestria means that their own is threatened by Discord, whose seal is weakening due to their absence.

There are also other ponies that don't exactly want to see them make it home and all go to great lengths to keep the Mane Six from their goal. Their primary opponents? A team of suspiciously similar [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]] - [[Smug Super|Starlight Shadow]], [[The Spock|Grayscale Force]], [[Consummate Liar|Curaçao]], [[Leeroy Jenkins|Havocwing]], [[Ax Crazy|Red Velvet]], and [[The Ditz|Insipid]] - their father [[Manipulative Bastard|Silvertongue]], and his personal assassin [[Psycho for Hire|Shadowstep]].

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* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Lockwood, in Chapter 14, is busy talking with Fluttershy after she wakes up from what essentially amounts to a coma. Rarity, after hearing that she's woken up, rushes in to be with her immediately... right out of the shower. Since nudity in Equestria-V is treated similarly to how it is in our world ([[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal|though what constitutes as appropriate clothing is confusing]]), Lockwood's reaction to a naked, wet Rarity is... understandable. Doesn't stop her from chasing him out of the room, as she has adapted to the new world's social understanding.

* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: A common occurrence throughout the fic, none more prominent than the one at the beginning of Chapter 12. Floating around in a pool of lava with nothing more than a weakening bubble of magic between you and certain fiery death? Sounds like a perfect time for jokes!

* [[Cat Fight]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in Chapter 21 with the Rarity/Curaçao duel. Curaçao shows that she is a ''mean'' fighter, using tackles, choke holds, and just generally making Rarity's life hell without any dress ripping or hair pulling involved. Rarity, to her credit, fights back by using her magic to throw Curaçao around (though Curaçao is a nimble mare) and eventually resorts to using rocks as weapons.

* [[Chase Fight]]: Both of the fights between Rainbow Dash and Havocwing thus far have been these. The first one was by necessity, as Rainbow only had her speed to rely on and actually did a fairly decent job despite the cramped location. Their second fight ended up much more in her favor, as this time the fight was out in the open.

* [[Combat Sadomasochist]]: Red Velvet enjoys dishing out pain and doesn't mind receiving it in the least. [[You Have Failed Me|Unless it's her father punishing her, of course]].

* [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place]]: The names of places in the north are all definitely not nice. Besides the [[Dystopia]] of New Pandemonium City, the Mane Six travel through the desert Wastelands, attempt the volcanic Redblade Mountains, into the deserted Gryphon Ruins, and most recently through the zombie-infested Blood Mire. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Rainbow and Pinkie who try to guess the next scary place they'll visit, only to have Tick Tock and Lockwood play along by telling them they're ''right'' - apparently the ocean they're heading for is the Sea of Endless Sorrow. Only two named places in the north don't have names like this - Goldridge Pass, and Hope's Point (though from what we've seen in Chapter 23, it's a bit of a misnomer).

* [[The Dreaded]]: The other half of Red Velvet's powers is to [[Mind Rape]] and otherwise inspire [[Nightmare Fuel]] in her victims, and she literally uses it ''as'' fuel for her other abilities.

* [[Dystopia]]: New Pandemonium City fits this to a 'T'.

* [[Emotion Eater]]: Red Velvet feeds on the fear and terror of others to give her strength, and is actually weakened by it's opposite, joy. Pinkie is implied have shades of it as well, becoming more powerful when she's happy and less powerful when she's sad.

* [[The Heart]]: Fluttershy fills the role well as-is fitting of her canonical self. Lockwood also likes to see himself this way, and most of the group agrees with him. Except Rainbow Dash, who doesn't trust him.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Lockwood and Flathoof are best friends and have known each other since childhood, and clearly are a lot closer to one another than even any the best-friend pairs amongst the Mane Six, [[Les Yay|Pinkie and Rainbow excluded]]. Turns out, {{spoiler|they're legally brothers, as Lockwood forged some adoption papers to make him a member of Flathoof's family in a bid to both get out of the foster care system he was in, and to help Flathoof's poverty-stricken family with their finances legally.}}

{{quote| Tick Tock: "...they look like a spider shagged a mantis..."}}

{{quote| Curaçao: Ouah, kung-fu? Where did you learn your technique? A cereal box?}}

* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: Tick Tock pulls an absolutely [[Up to Eleven|ridiculous]] one on Starlight Shadow in Chapter 17, goading the hyper-powered unicorn into triggering the conditions for Tick Tock to use her mentor's Time Keeper to freeze time and allow her group to escape. Of course, she underestimates Starlight's [[Berserk Button|anger]], but it pops up again in Chapter 21, where Twilight uses it to distract Starlight long enough to save Tick Tock's life.

{{quote| Starlight Shadow: Aforesaid frivolous ignominies emanating from a nugatory dotard congruent with yourself are infinitesimally picayune, analogous to an iota of terra firma malingering amidst the amaranthine macrocosm.}}

* [[It's All My Fault]]: Fluttershy blames herself for Lockwood's injury from Chapter 20, as he got hurt trying keep her from harm.

* [[Lady of War]]/[[Minored in Asskicking]]: Curaçao is initially regarded by the Mane Six's group as a non-combatant, nothing more than a traveling companion of Starlight Shadow's that serves as her lieutenant and navigator and is much too fancy to participate in any real fighting. In Chapter 21, she proves to Rarity that she is not only very nimble, but reveals only the [[Chameleon Camouflage|weakest manifestation]] of her powers in order to keep Rarity distracted. In Chapter 24, she fights against Pinkie and apparently is highly-skilled in martial arts, which in combination with her ability to turn invisible, makes her extremely effective.

* [[Lame Comeback]]: Pinkie's attempts to insult Curaçao fall horribly flat, and Curaçao of course brings this to her attention. Pinkie's follow-up is even worse.

* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Starlight Shadow never, ever refers to Twilight Sparkle by her first name, always calling her 'Sparkle', which given her [[Smug Super|personality]] comes off as rather condescending. Tick Tock does the same thing for multiple chapters, but after realizing how much of a [[Jerkass]] she's been, she starts calling her Twilight, like Twilight's other friends do. [[Fire-Forged Friends|This is most apparent when the two of them are doing battle against Starlight together in Chapter 21.]]

* [[Laughably Evil]]: {{spoiler|Discord makes his first appearance in-fic in Chapter 23, where most of his lines consist of a combination of jokes and promising to conquer Equestria.}}

* [[Left the Background Music On]]: Pinkie likes to play music while she's fighting, fully embracing the idea of [[Theme Music Power-Up]] is in play. Every time, the other characters can hear it, as can the reader.

* {{spoiler|[[Light Is Not Good]]: Silvertongue used to be the Warden of Harmonia, thus logically he can be assumed to be empowered by Light magicks from then until present day. This same light-wielding individual committed genocide upon the gryphons, created the Blood Mire (a home to a zombie horde where he dumps the dead), and routinely [[You Have Failed Me|murders]] [[Bad Boss|his subordinates]].}}

*** '''Insipid - Selfishness:''' Vapid, yet scarily possessive, Rarity's counterpart has the ability to take other people's powers and temporarily claim them as her own.

*** '''Red Velvet - Fear:''' Not only can Red Velvet turn her own blood into a deadly weapon, but she can also feed on the Fear of others and exacerbate it. Also, {{spoiler|''she is right behind you''}}

* [[Pocket Dimension]]: Chronomancers like Tick Tock and Doctor Whooves seem to have these as a base of operations; Tick Tock's is hidden inside her grandfather clock. The gryphons learned to make the same kind of magic and used it to create their Sanctuary of Knowledge.

* [[Prepare to Die]]: Starlight Shadow seems fond of this trope, as she's used it twice against Tick Tock so far. Shadowstep seems to have a bad habit of letting it get in the way of killing her too.

* [[Save Both Worlds]]: The basic gist of the plot.

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Silvertongue has some shades to this (though his is more [[Spock Speak]]), but nopony takes the cake more than Starlight Shadow. The latter, of course, breaks form when she's angry, while the former does not in the slightest.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Quite a lot, actually.

{{quote| Tick Tock: "Got it! I think I got it!" *alarms sound and Gate starts closing* "Um... I don't got it. [[Oh Crap|Oh bugger]]."}}

** Pinkie Pie uses pop-culture game and movie references often, but most blatantly when in combat.

*** Chapter 16 sees her whip out a sword and fight with [[Final Fantasy]] battle music in the background.

*** In Chapter 20, she dresses up as [[Resident Evil|Jill Valentine]], as it's appropriate attire for the Survival Horror sequence.

** The Snails [[Expy]] engages in a back-and-forth password guessing game with Rainbow Dash in Chapter 23, and the exchange is pretty much lifted straight from a similar situation by the [[Red vs. Blue]] crew in [[Halo 3]].

** The main Foodstuff in New Pandemonium is from the [[Soylent Green|Dolor Corporation]]. It's entirely artificial food, due to a massive food shortage, and it comes In various colours, which dictate it's quality and taste. Yes, there is a Dolor Green, and yes, there is a 'Dolor Green is ponies!' comment. It's just a rumour though. Probably...