Mines of Dragon Mountain: Difference between revisions

** Do anything to harm Spike and Twilight will ''destroy'' you.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Pinkie Pie as expected can bend the the Universe to her will, and nobody, not even the doctor, can hope to explain how she can do this. This is also done by {{spoiler|Tirac, a ''god'',}} while mocking Spike's defiance:

* [[Casual Time Travel]]: Like the original series, this is done offscreen, having to fight very hard in the actual "present" to change or allow thing to happen as they should. {{spoiler|It is also implied twice that the Doctor traveled and met not only Celestia and Luna before the S'Müz, but also orchestrated the Downfall of Tirac 500,000 years in the past}}.

* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: Worker Grundels.

** A large blindingly white airship called [[Legend of Galactic Heroes|the Brünhild.]]

* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: After Fire Dazzler is confronted by two thugs to {{spoiler|help them dragon-nap Spike}} he wallows in self-pity before being motivated by the TARDIS.

'''TARDIS''': ''[[Flat What|What.]]''<br />

'''Fire Dazzler''': Ease my soul, eh? You're right. [[I Need a Freaking Drink|I need a drink!]]<br />

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: From the original series. We have wars, murder, thugs (and a mafia), death threats, evil organizations, evil gods, Tyrannical Intergalactic Empires and [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|mild sexual themes]].

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: The Doctor, obviously. But the award goes to Spike, whose snarkiness is such an ingrained habit that he can't keep himself from mocking {{spoiler|[[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?|Tirac]]}} for his [[Dastardly Whiplash|Snidely Whiplash/Captain Planet Villain mien]].

'''Spike''': ''Uh-huh, ‘till then.'' }}

** Also, after Zeitgeist Stardust decides to land his private airship in the middle of Ponyville on a whim {{spoiler|or so we think}}:

'''Rainbow Dash''': ''Rich people are weird...'' }}

* [[Dishing Out Dirt|Dishing Out]] [[Up to Eleven|Neutron-Degenerate Matter]]: Terra, Equine Goddess Of Matter, mother of the Goddess princesses and former Goddess of Ponykind. Also around [[Large and In Charge|a kilometer long]].

** Zeitgeist seems to be ''attempting'' to start a diplomatic solution through his prisoner {{spoiler|so genocide probably isn't on his agenda}}.

** And then there's {{spoiler|Tirac}} who shows ponies and Diamond Dogs alike what [[Up to Eleven|real vengefullness is]].

'''Tirac''': ''What can I say, [[Evil Is Petty|I’m petty.]]'' }}

* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|Brony, He's like... In A Coma]]: Applejack kept looking for excuses to give the Doctor CPR after he was knocked out. Rainbow Dash didn't let her.

** She succeeds in the end and the results...[[Lethal Chef|aren't]] [[Eldritch Abomination|pretty]].

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:

* [[Gratuitous German]]: Zeitgeist and his diamond dog employees seem to have a German theme rolling, with names like Zeitgeist or 'spirit of ages', Feist 'a mean little dog', Hahnenkamm or 'Comb', and Aufwuchs or 'algae' (or [[Rupert Bear|Algy?]]).

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Bastard]]}}: Zeitgeist.

* [[Idiot Savant]]: A milder case of this trope can be found in Fire Dazzler, one of the resort's more talented pyrotechnicians. Like all ponies he has the one area of expertise in which he absolutely excels, ''unlike'' all ponies he knowingly gets indebted to a pony mafia in order to purchase extremely unsafe/illegal chemicals for his light shows. His idiocy and irresponsibility are integral to the plot.

* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]: In Chapter 2, when Fire Dazzler tells the Doctor he has gotten a crush on Twilight Sparkle, the Doctor decides to allow it, although he does give him this little warning.

* [[Implacable Man]]: {{spoiler|Tirac/Gabbro}} not only slaughtered an entire group of Worker Grundels in seconds but also laid low the entire mane cast, the Doctor and a group of Elite Grenadiers armed to the teeth with contemptuous ease {{spoiler|that's it until he faced [[Curb Stomp Battle|an enraged Twilight Sparkle.]] }}

** He [[One Hit KO|returns the favor]] in chapter seven. turns out she's something of a [[Squishy Wizard]], certainly not a good thing against an [[Implacable Man]].

** Tirac is 1-km long by 700+ meters tall while the Equine Elementals are of similar proportions, but the cake goes to Calcipher who lives up to his title by being over a mile (1.6km) ''tall''. Oh, and they're all [[Made of Indestructium]] .

* [[Large Ham]]: David Tennant's [[No Indoor Voice]] would synch up perfectly with much of the dialogue. However, the introduction of Tirac in a speaking role quickly and deftly establishes [[Ham-to-Ham Combat|who is the hammiest of them all]]. Tirac's old school villain hamminess is even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by [[Deadpan Snarker|Spike]] who says

* [[Light Is Good]]: Radian, the Equine God of Energy and father of the Goddess princesses and former God of Ponykind.

* [[Mama Bear]]: Never stand between Twilight and Spike. Or you will regret it '''FOREEEEEVEEEER'''.

* [[Magitek]]: Equestria puts [[Eberron]] to shame. Many of this inventions come from the Diamond Dogs apparently.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Tirac. He corrupted Gabbro from a young age and made him think he was stopping the Diamond Dogs from freeing the demon, when if anything the Diamond Dog's efforts were ''harming'' Tirac, and Gabbro was actually being molded into a vessel for Tirac's tyrannical will.}}.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Nothing will make Gabbro hurt Cheppu {{spoiler|not even a '''''Demon God''''' possessing his body}}.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: A very PG-13 one but it still counts nonetheless. Just after Twilight finished a monologue about how much fun she had with the Doctor and expresses a desire to continue their Adventures for a long time to come, the Doctor drops the bomb that he must leave them so he can stop a Minponi Crusade from exterminating all life on Equestria. Twilight and her friends, [[It Makes Sense in Context|having 'eaten' several Minponi officials]], cannot come with him lest they risk execution. Twilight's response after The Doctor takes his leave:

** Litigia almost got one in chapter 2:

'''Zeitgeist''': ''Language!'' }}

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Seriously, the entire plot could be avoided if the Grundels only {{spoiler|said that the Mountain gems were a God level prison for Tirac, an [[Eldritch Abomination]] hell bent on the slaughter all life on the planet}}.

** Twilight got annoyed with [[Blood Knight|Feist]], so she sent him to... [[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|hurt, to learn some manners there]].

** To [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]

'''Applejack''': ''[[Call Back|“Neither did ah!]]'' }}

** The dialogue during {{spoiler|Gabbro}}'s [[Heroic Sacrifice]] resembles the dialogue between [[Princess Bride|Inigo Montoya and Count Rugen]] near the end of the movie.

'''{{spoiler|Tirac:}}''' [[Oh Crap|W-what?]] }}

** Zecora refers using to using a [[Final Fantasy|'Phoenix Feather to make even the dead feel better.']]

* [[Straight Man|Straight Mare]]: This seems to be Litigia Statute's job, who acts as a buffer for when Zeitgeist's excitement gets the better of him.

* [[Sugar Bowl]]: Applies not only to Equestria, but to the entire MLP Universe. The Doctor had discovered that this Universe is far more benevolent than his original one

** [[Word of God]] is that the pony universe is so much less Crapsacky then The Doctors because {{spoiler|Terra and Radian}} have spent the millennia since the war against Tirac striving to reduce the evilness of all sentient races so as to make it harder for Tirac to find willing followers should he ever get free.

* [[There Was a Door]]: Played straight and Subverted. When {{spoiler|Twilight lost her temper she}} decided to take the direct route, leveling everything in {{spoiler|her}} path, be it walls, doors, ceilings or an entire squadron of Elite Grenadiers. When {{spoiler|she}} finally got to her destination:

''There was a knock. Steady, polite, and firm''. }}

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Twilight Sparkle, from the one month with the Doctor, went from being a incredibly powerful but nice pony to and incredibly powerful but nice pony who ''knows'' how to use her power for... [[Trouble Entendre|active diplomacy]], {{spoiler|much the dismay of the diamond dogs and ''[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Tirac.]]'' }}

** {{spoiler|Luckily for Tirac, Discord's familiar Screwball springs him.}}

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 2 between Litigia and Zeitgeist with a little of [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]. They insult, belittle and sometimes downright abuse the Boss/Secretary/Nanny relationship they share, but at the end of the day they are for each other through and through no matter what. Or as explained by Zeitgeist:

'''Zeitgeist''': ''Sounds about right.''. }}

** There's a flavor of this between {{spoiler|Discord and Tirac}} in the epilogue.