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Once upon a time, the magical land of Equestria was ruled by two sisters: one who governed the sun and one who controlled the moon. However, the darker sister grew resentful and turned upon her sibling, becoming the dreaded Nightmare Moon. In order to save their subjects, the elder was forced to call upon the Elements of Harmony, sealing her away in the moon and taking the burden of controlling the night upon herself. Ever since then, Equestria has been peaceful and harmonic...

* [[Break the Haughty]]: The Diamond Dogs try this on Rarity, {{spoiler|supported by Celestia's magic}}.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Not surprisingly, Pinkie Pie does this.

* [[Broken Bird]]: Twilight and Pinkie Pie went through some horrible [[Break the Cutie|cutie-breaking]] as fillies.

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: In "A Dog and Pony Show", Rarity is prevented from simply dealing with the Diamond Dogs herself by a mysterious [[Power Nullifier]].

* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: Celestia is a master of this.

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: Rainbow Dash does this when she's nervous:

* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]:

* [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Hyper-Paranoid Protagonists Have Standards]]: Twilight is ''horrified'' that her decisions resulted in {{spoiler|Luna's gruesome execution}}.

* [[Every Man Has His Price|Every Pony Has Her Price]]: In "Griffon the Brush-Off", Gilda appears to be plying Rainbow Dash with promises of a Wonderbolts membership.

** In "A Dog and Pony Show", Celestia ''might'' be trying to determine Rarity's price... {{spoiler|but is actually setting her up for something else entirely.}}

* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: Spoofed when Pinkie wraps up "Griffon the Brush-Off" with one:

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The Diamond Dogs state they hate the ponies for something which was done to their species by them, and are perfectly willing to take it out on Rarity.

* [[Fantastic Slurs]]: 'Mule' is thrown about [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|fairly frequently]].

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Pinkie Pie goes through this after {{spoiler|witnessing Luna's execution}}. Celestia may or may not have 'nudged' her into it.

* [[Moral Myopia]]: Pinkie doesn't care about Gilda terrorizing Granny Smith -- and even explicitly points out her [[Lack of Empathy]] to the audience -- but when Gilda threatens Fluttershy?

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Mule In Sheep's Clothing]]: Fluttershy seems just as sweet, shy and innocent as ever... but when she spots Spike, it's "Move aside, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]]!"

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Nightmare Moon accuses Twilight of this: {{spoiler|in defeating her, she may have accidentally ensured that nobody will be able to stand against Celestia}}.