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''[http://friendshipisdragons.thecomicseries.com/comics/first/ Friendship is Dragons]'' is a [[Campaign Comic]] that follows that story of six girls as they play through a new [[Dungeons
The players are:
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* Rarity, an [[Neutral Evil|Evil]] Rogue
* Fluttershy, a [[Neutral Good|Good]] Druid
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''[[Friendship is Dragons]]'' reached 1000 strips on December 16, 2017, making it one of [[Webcomics Long Runners]].
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: In-universe: the GM sent Dash's player a ten-page email explaining her character. She barely skimmed enough to pick up the term 'weatherpony', and misunderstood that as being a forecaster instead of weather control.
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: The players' takes on their respective ponies.
* [[Backstory]]: All the characters have some backstory, Applejack most of all.
* [[Big No]]: On [http://friendshipisdragons.thecomicseries.com/comics/688 Page 688], Applejack lets forth a Big No after being subjected to an in-universe [[fanfic]] filled with cliches, [[Dead Horse Trope]]s, and [[:Category:Mary Sue Tropes|Mare, er, Mary Sue Tropes]] for hours.
* [[Big "What?"]]: From Twilight's teammates and the GM when she announces {{spoiler|the Elements of Harmony are within her friends}}.
* [[Book Ends]]: For the Feeling Pinkie Keen arc. The first time, it's silly and carefree. The second time, it's much more heartwarming.
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* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Fluttershy, naturally. She is very enthusiastic about it as well, going from soft-spoken to gushing when asked to describe her character's special talent.
* [[Forgot I Could Fly|Forgot You Could Fly]]: Dash keeps reminding everyone that she and 'the Druid' can fly. Including the Druid.
* [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]: All the PCs are implied to be female. The gender of the DM is canonically unknown, though guest comics frequently depict the DM as female; more specifically, they depict her as [[Lauren Faust]].▼
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Applejack's player is exceedingly so, both when it comes to common game cliches and dealing with the [[Game Master]]. Rarity is also pretty savvy, and Twilight's savviness is more focused on story cliches than gameplay mechanics.
* [[Gold Digger]]: Rarity's ultimate goal is to marry into nobility.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Twilight and her player suffer one in the first arc when {{spoiler|Nightmare Moon shatters the Elements}}.
* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: Rainbow's player, after a long period of roleplaying, decided to spice things up by attacking Twilight.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]:
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* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: {{spoiler|Nightmare Moon was intended to be this.}}▼
** The GM, again, sets up a battle situation where the players are supposed to be confused as to who are the PCs and who are changelings. [http://friendshipisdragons.thecomicseries.com/comics/1480 In the first combat round shown in the comic], the only person confused is the GM.
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]:
** Discord, in his first appearance.
* [[Hulk Speak]]: Rainbow Dash forces the Shadowbolts to reduce their [[Leave Your Quest Test|offer]] to this. She's ''really'' sick of all the speeches.
{{quote|'''Shadowbolt:''' We, Shadowbolts. You, captain. ...Accept?
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'''Twilight:''' BOTH! }}
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: {{spoiler|Dash tries to goad the Shadowbolts into showing aggression so she can attack.}}
▲* [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]: All the PCs are implied to be female. The gender of the DM is canonically unknown, though guest comics frequently depict the DM as female; more specifically, they depict her as [[Lauren Faust]].
* [[Info Dump]]: Fluttershy's gushing over Spike leads to him relating how dragons first came to Equestria. Most of it is off-panel, though, with the reader only getting to hear the lead-in and tail end.
* [[Intermission]]: ''Friendship is Dragons'' runs intermissions after every plot arc, featuring fan-contributed strips. As of April 2021, they're up to 14 intermissions in over 1500 strips total.
* [[Jerkass Realization]]: Sort of. [http://friendshipisdragons.thecomicseries.com/comics/109 Twilight's player realizes that] she'd been playing like a [[Munchkin]] after seeing [[Crossover|Luke]] [[One Piece: Grand Line 3 Point 5|and Cory]] serve out ridiculous character ideas. Applejack's player reassures her that she's not as bad as them.
* [[Large Ham]]: Rarity's player busts out the ham when she realizes {{spoiler|what Twilight's trying to do with the Elements of Harmony}}.
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* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: At the end of the Nightmare Moon arc, the GM invokes this by telling Twilight's player that {{spoiler|they can't play anymore because she utterly demolished all her original plans}}. Fortunately, the others call her on this.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Dash is the 'can't be bothered learning your real name' variety, calling the others by their classes.
* [[Noob|Newb]]: Both Twilight and Fluttershy's players are new to roleplaying. Twilight is well versed in the rules of [[Dungeons
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Rarity's player has run at least one campaign of her own. Details are sparse, but apparently she would never drop the party into a grove of magical fear trees... that didn't talk.
* [[Not Worth Killing]]: Nightmare Moon's original impression of the Main Six. She changes her tune after they start awakening the elements, though.
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** The CMC's make a darn good attempt at this in objection to Fluttershy's request to find her rabbits; they accuse her of being evil instead and attack her. {{spoiler|This turns out to be a very bad idea; see [[Total Party Kill]], [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]] and [[Oh Crap]].}}
* [[Oh Crap]]: The CMC's reaction to realising that {{spoiler|the quest giver they just attacked was a 15th level druid.}}
* [[Peer Pressure Makes You Evil]]: Or at least creepy.
{{quote|'''GM''': Even from the beginning, the smiles were in no way magically induced. Just gool ol' psychological self-inflicted peer pressure.
'''Applejack''': Why does that sound... kinda worse?
'''GM''': Because it's a thing that can actually happen.
|''[[Friendship Is Dragons]]'', page 1904 - [https://friendshipisdragons.thecomicseries.com/comics/1904 "Happy Facade"]}}
* [[Player Archetypes]]:
** [[The Roleplayer]]: Played with through Applejack: her player created an extensive history for her, including [[The Clan|the Apple Clan]] and Sweet Apple Acres. However, this was at least partly so that she could exploit the advantages they provided. Rarity and Fluttershy are straighter examples.
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* [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]: When Twilight threatens to derail her planned plot completely, the GM responds by threatening a [[Total Party Kill]] courtesy of Nightmare Moon.
** Actually happens to the CMC's {{spoiler|in their scene with Fluttershy taken from Staremaster. The CMC's try to derail the plot by accusing Fluttershy of being evil when she sets them a fetch quest, promptly attacking her familiar, Angel. Fluttershy promptly reveals herself to be a 15th level druid and wipes them out.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Sequence Breaking]]: Nightmare Moon was supposed to take up the entire campaign, and they got through it in a night.}}
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Meta-example; It's common (at this point every strip) for the commenters to tell stories of their own role playing exploits that relate the current strip, more than just anecdotes, most are longer than the strips themselves.
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