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== '''Note:''' As the [[Fanfic]] this page is about is still in progress, this trope page is currently under construction. Anypony who has read this fic should feel free to add any tropes we seem to have missed. ==
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Lyra and Bon Bon defend the bustling metropolis of Metropony City from Luna and her villainous henchpony Trixie's army of robots using only their wits, friendship and arsenal of heavy weaponry. Can they keep Metropony safe for yet another week? [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/01/story-harpflank-and-sweets.html Find out in this exciting episode of... HARPFLANK AND SWEETS.]
 
''[[Harpflank and Sweets]]'' could be described as "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|MLP]] [[Xtremely Kool Letterz|Xtreme]]". It takes characters (mostly fan-loved background characters and one-episode wonders, {{spoiler|but the second season includes a growing number of the main cast}}) and ideas from Friendships is Magic and adapts them to fit with the conventions and tropes of a [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]] with superheros and giant robots.
 
The story is updated in a random order, reflective of the haphazard way some television networks show childrens' programs in syndication. Chapters are (usually) single episodes, and the show operates in seasons with a strong sense of continuity. As of the most recent edit, it has two incomplete seasons and a movie between them.
 
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=== This ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[Fanfic]] provides examples of: ===
* [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: {{spoiler|The AI in the nanosuits turns out to be based on one of Trixie's designs, and some of the original's AI programming made it into them. Which caused them to turn against the good guys.}}
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]: Vinyl and Octavia are sent out on an undercover assignment in Season 2, Episode 22.
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: In the headquarters of the heroes, no less.
* [[Amusement Park of Doom]]: Flim Flam Funland becomes one of these after dark.
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** The Season 1 finale ends with Vinyl Scratch recalling her own research on the Elements of Harmony.
** Metropony has five government ministries that deal with the Elements symbolized by Twilight Sparkle's friends, with Celestia Tower standing at their center. {{spoiler|In The Movie, Trixie reveals herself as possessing the Element of Magic.}}
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: The security measures at the entrance to Octavia's office. In Episode 14, Vinyl has to go through a 13-step process to get in, including a tongue scan, a voice print, and lighting a stick of incense. For Episode 27, she has to scan her eye and hoof, put a lock of her mane in a glass receptacle, and sing a few bars to gain access.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Commander Derpy. She tends to disregard security protocols, her office is cluttered with muffins and junk, and technical explanations sail right over her head. On the other hand, she keeps a HUGE sniper rifle hidden in her office and is a crack shot with it.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: The archvillain in Season 1 and The Movie is Princess Luna (of the Capslock variety, {{spoiler|actually under Nighmare Moon's influence again}}), and her chief minion is The Great and Powerful Trixie. 'Nuff said.
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: A two-pony operation. Vinyl does the mechanical work to provide the team with equipment, while Octavia writes the software for it.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Vinyl says she's not going to take part in a fashion show. The next scene is set backstage at a fashion show. No prizes for guessing which blue-maned unicorn is there.
* [[Go-Karting Withwith Bowser]]: Lyra and Bon Bon see [[Villains Out Shopping|Trixie entering Flim Flam Funland]] and, since Trixie has never seen them without their supersuits, decide to do this to keep an eye on her for the day.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Trixie, in The Movie.}}
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Lyra teleports herself and Bon-Bon into the sun to stop Nightmare Moon from destroying it. They get better.}}
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* [[Noodle Incident]]: Lyra does ''not'' want to talk about what happened with the sea ponies. An "earlier" episode reveals that she was briefly turned into one during an undersea battle with Trixie.
** Not to mention the whole thing with the experimental glider and the comm tower.
* [[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!]]:
{{quote| '''Bon Bon:''' What are we going to do with this {{[[[Instrument of Murder]] giant cello}}]?<br />
'''Lyra:''' We. Are going. ''To hit her with it.'' }}
* [[Recursive Fanfiction]]: [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/19765/Harpflank-and-Sweets%3A-The-Lost-Episodes Can be found here].
* [[The Stoic]]: Octavia. When she shows distress, odds are things have gotten very bad.
* [[Tim Taylor Technology]]: Derpy's plan for helping the team's rocket get away from Luna's drone fighters is to {{spoiler|hook Bubbles' power generator directly to the engines. It works about as well as you'd expect.}}
* [[Translation Train Wreck]]: The International Edition episode. According to the author's note at the end, Google Translate was used to translate it from English, to Afrikaans, to Esperanto, to Urdu, to Korean, and finally back to English.
* [[Trope 2000]]: Lunatron 8000 Mega-X Gamma Special – Trixie Custom
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: In Chapter 3, Luna and Trixie get to take the day off while Flim and Flam supply that week's episode's villainy.
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