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{{quote|''"You ever seen a pegasi supremacist group beat a unicorn till he was whimpering and gurgling? His only crime was having a bit of bone coming out of his forehead. Talk to me '''then,''' when you've seen something like that. All ponies are equal."''|'''Scoops Inkstain'''}}
''[http://canterlotiscorrupt.tumblr.com Canterlot is Corrupt]'' is a ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]'' [[Fan Web Comics|fan webcomic]] in the "ask pony tumblr" style. As the title suggests, it is about corruption in the capitol city of Canterlot and other aspects of crime in Equestria.
The tumblr's central character is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigative_journalism investigative journalist] named Scoops Inkstain, an earth pony who was recently fired from a local paper after writing an "inflammatory piece" about the princess. He now spreads his message as a freelance writer on the internet. Middle-aged, single, and unemployed, his frequent smoking and drinking belie chronic depression, although he denies this; it's likely that seeing too much of the dark side of Equestria has gotten to him, and his recent termination didn't help.
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* [[Art Shift]]: Occasionally. Usually used as [[Rule of Funny]] or [[Rule of Drama]].
* [[Big Beautiful Woman|Big Beautiful Wo--er, Pony]]: Scoops apparently sees Mrs. Cake as one of these.
* [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp]]: Besides the typical ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Friendship is Magic]]'' conventions of "everypony," "somepony," et cetera, Scoops also seems to use "sun" in place of "god" (most commonly seen in the expression "sundamn"). A recent entry also had an utterance of "what the moon."
* [[Clint Squint]]: Sometimes.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]
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* [[The Mafia]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Well, it IS [[My Little Pony]] after all.
* [[Peek
* [[Sliding Scale of Anti
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Leans cynical, for sure, but there's definitely lighter moments and bright spots.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Although recent entries haven't seen as much smoking happening (as opposed to the earliest entries, where he was nearly ''always'' lit up or in the process of doing so). Scoops may be trying to quit again, or just hasn't been smoking on-camera.
* [[This Trope Is Bleep]]: Used visually in the form of a censor bar over the f-word. All other swearing is left unbleeped or falls into [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp]] (see above). Whether Scoops censors himself, or the Equestrian internet has a profanity filter, we don't know.
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: Towards the end of the 'Drunk Arc.'
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: An Advice Dog style meme called "Hypocritical Scoops" seems to exist mainly to point out instances of this.
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[[Category:Fan Web Comics]]
[[Category:Canterlot Is Corrupt]]
[[Category:Webcomic]][[Category:Pages with comment tags]]
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