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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of [[Sealab 2021]].[[hottip:*:[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Seapony 2021?]]

{{quote| '''Fluttershy:''' This is your cult leader Fluttershy, speaking. Praise [[Eldritch Abomination|Smooze]]! And, um... remember to leave some money in the donation tray... um, if that's okay with you.}}

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Diamond Tiara is poorly hiding her [[Tsundere]] crush on Apple Bloom, while Silver Spoon has a crush on ''her''.

* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: Diamond Tiara, not because of surname nor mannerisms, but because of her "mark mitzvah" celebration upon getting a cutie mark. It's only really ambiguous because the finer points of pony religions are unaddressed.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: From "Lunar Slander":

** Rarity (noticing a pattern?) pretending to have Disco Fever.

*** Rarity takes acting classes. Sweetie Belle accuses her of being a robot because she has difficulty expressing real emotions.

* [[Bait and Switch Comparison]]: In "Cute From The Hip":

{{quote| '''Apple Bloom:''' But... Applejack says that--<br />

{{quote| '''Doctor American:''' I'm American.}}

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Applejack's "What in the name of Lee's ghost..." and "Gravy!"

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In the first episode, Princess Celestia seems to actually '''like''' Twilight Sparkle -- albeit in more of a "celebrity and [[Big Name Fan]]" way than their close relationship in the actual show -- and actually asks her for a friendship report. Later episodes show Princess Celestia to consider Twilight obnoxious at best and creepy at worst, and establishes the letters as something Twilight took it upon herself to send and Celestia wishes would just stop.

** This may have something to do with the massive shipfic about two of her friends that Twilight sent.

* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: As mentioned above, it's made as a Bizarro version of the series, with all the awfulness and strangeness such a description implies.

* [[Credits Gag]]: Rarity's parents are named "Mommity" and "Daddity"

* [[Curse Cut Short]]: Just barely audible in 'Read it and Sleep.'

{{quote| '''Rarity''': [[Punctuated for Emphasis|You! Little! B-]]}}

* [[Cute Is Evil]]: Fluttershy, the soft spoken, aggressively [[Moe]], {{spoiler|half dragon}} leader of a ''doomsday cult''.

* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]: It's pretty ridiculous how the other ponies regard Fluttershy when she called the parasprite swarm her "Army of Darkness", killed at least 13 dragons and many other demons, enjoys clubbing Spike with her spiked club, throws rabbits into bonfires, and leads a [[Religion of Evil]] (see below).

** [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Fluttershy seems to be honestly trying to talk Rarity ''out'' of donating Sweetie Belle's college fund to her cult.

** "The Perfect Swarm" uses traditional censor bars and bleep sounds.

** The original music gets progressively more elaborate throughout the series, making the early episodes seem somewhat sparse in comparison.

* [[Everybody Hates Mathematics|Everypony Hates Mathematics]]: According to Cheerilee, numbers are strictly forbidden in Ponyville.

** And as of "Lunar Slander" {{spoiler|Luna gave her title to Twilight Sparkle}}.

* [[Extraverted Nerd]]: Luna's [[Danny Phantom]] fanart is "sure to make you squee in delight!"

{{quote| '''Fluttershy:''' Do you know what a bunny fire is?<br />

'''{{spoiler|Fluttershy's father}}:''' Is it like a fire? For... bunnies? Are you still angry because I threw your velveteen rabbit in a fire? }}

* [[Gag Dub]]

* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Applejack in 'Dragone Baby Gone.' Apparently rattle snakes just aren't that fast in July.

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Fluttershy:''' Dragon-ness is recessive.}}}}

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Can be seen as faithfulness to the source material dialed [[Up to Eleven]].

{{quote| '''Applejack:''' Oh, hay. I gotta go on home and wreck something so I can file an insurance claim saying the storm did it. See ya!}}

* [[Ironic Echo]]: Sweetie Belle practices a song early in 'Neigh, Soul Sister' about how much she loves her sister Rarity. Compare to the song she sings during the race, after rejecting her.

* [[Just for Pun]]: Twilight Sparkle tries numerous puns for the name of her book fort for Princess Celestia.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJoYq0wKc4I Spike's Big Day]."

* [[Laughing Mad]]: Twilight giggles in a rather ''unsettling'' fashion just before showing Rarity her Applesack/Charity fanfiction.

* [[Law of Disproportionate Response]]: {{spoiler|Fluttershy}} seems more upset with her father over his refusal to come to her softball games or not putting pictures on the fridge as opposed to {{spoiler|his setting her velveteen rabbit on fire, or pretty much everything else about her childhood.}}

* [[Noisy Robots]]: Sweetie Belle is almost always heard whirring whenever she moves.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Twilight maintains that her attempt to make waffles in a bounce house would've worked if not for Spike's [[Running Gag|weak grip]], but Celestia forbidding Twilight to enter a bounce house ever again says otherwise.

* [[One of the Kids]]: Played for tragedy.

{{quote| '''Pinkie Pie:''' I'm just a kid! I fit in!<br />

* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|Ridiculously Equine Robots]]: Cheerilee starts episode 4 by giving a lecture about the dangers of robots, who are indistinguishable from, and believe they are, actual ponies. Then Sweetie Belle appears and starts talking in [[Robo Speak]] and nopony bats an eye.

** [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Apparently, robots go on murderous rampages if they ever discover their true natures.

{{quote| '''Zecora:''' Gather, kids, and form a [[Least Rhymable Word|circle]]<br />

And listen as I...um...uh...'circle'...um...<br />

* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Rarity and Applejack did some dubious things during a previous war.

{{quote| '''Applejack:''' Sometimes I just stare into the flames and think about how small we all are...}}

* [[Shout-Out]]:

*** Also, in the extended version of Pinkie's baking song, she says "''God Help the Outcast''" which, coupled with how Fluttershy keeps calling her a gypsy, makes her essentially Esmerelda.

** "It's time to [[wikipedia:Skittles (confectionery)|taste the painbow]]."

** {{spoiler|Fluttershy's dad}} once threw her [[The Velveteen Rabbit|velveteen rabbit]] in a fire.

** "The spinning cutie mark was already taken by our local [[Beyblade]] champion!"

** "[[Mark Wahlberg|Cutie Mark and the Funky Bunch!]]"

** The use of "plot" in [[Unusual Euphemism|the sense]] [[Memetic Mutation|fans of the show have come to use it]].

** After watching Applejack and Apple Bloom herd some sheep into a pen, Sweetie Belle wonders, "{{smallcaps|[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep|Why have I seen these creatures in my dreams?]]}}"

** The sheep leading the prison break is [[Les Misérables|the falsely accused Jean Valsheep]].

** Fluttershy's cult plots to revive the Smooze, a villain from G1.

*** "Okay, well, I'm gonna go schmooze. Nothin' can stop the schmooze!"

** "{{smallcaps| I bet you don't even ''have'' a [[Full Metal Jacket|war face]]!}}"

*** The same sound plays when the day of the eclipse starts.

* [[SMURFING]]: Rainbow Dash does this with "rainbow" and "dash".

* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: Played straight in episode 1. Starting in episode 4, it's replaced with a sound clip of Apple Bloom saying 'Buy some apples!' with an apple and a "censored" bar covering the offending muzzle.

** Parodied in "Lunar Slander", where due to a cease and desist letter prohibiting any depiction or mention of apples, the apple image over the muzzle and Applejack's Cutie Mark is blurred and the sound clip of 'Buy some apples!' is censored accordingly.

* [[Standard Snippet]]: "Neigh, Soul Sister" briefly uses "The Syncopated Clock".

* [[Stealth Insult]]: Done ''incredibly'' subtly with Applejack and Rarity in Episode 2.

{{quote| [[AC:Just because you feel upset<br />

Does not mean you have to yell...]] }}

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: While teasing Apple Bloom, Silver Spoon abruptly insists "Diamond Tiara would ''never'' fall in love with someone as clumsy as ''you!''"

** In "Pinkie's Brew" (see Lyrical Dissonance, above), her parents tell her to "please [not] bake a portal, just accept it and move on". So... [[Fridge Logic|how exactly did they anticipate that possibility?]]

* [[Talking to Himself|Talking To Herself]]: Most scenes in the show, since one girl is doing the majority of the Mane Cast.

** Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon also share the same voice actor.

* [[Total Eclipse of the Plot]]: The intent was for Rarity and Fluttershy to awaken Smooze during the eclipse and end the world, but Rarity misses it to attend the Sentient Social instead.

* [[Unfortunate Name]]: [[Up to Eleven|Molestia.]]

* [[Unsound Effect]]: Used repeatedly along with [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud]] in the [[Cold Open]] of "Read It And Sleep".

* [[Villain Song]]: Played with-''Princess of the Night'' was [http://spiderjewel.tumblr.com/post/19436654825/was-it-intentional-on-your-part-to-make-it-seem-like written to sound like a Disney villain song], but the role of the manipulative "villain" in this situation is filled by Twilight.

* [[Would Hurt a Child|Would Hurt A Foal]]: If Rarity's account of the war is honest, Applejack.

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Diamond Tiara believes that since her talent is [[Ms. Exposition|exposition]], she and Silver Spoon must be the main characters.

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