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Not everyone in Equestria lives in harmony with each other. This page is split into two categories: the incredibly powerful beings who threaten Equestria, and ordinary antagonists to the cast.

 

== Powerful Threats to Equestria and Ponykind ==

 

{{quote|''"From this moment forth, the night will last FOREVER! [[Evil Laugh|AHAHAHAHAHAAA]]!!"''}}

 

 

{{quote|Voiced by [[Tabitha St. Germain]]}}

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]

** [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]

* [[Big Bad]]: For the two part pilot episode.

* [[Dark Is Evil]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Among other comments, her reaction to Twilight preparing to charge:

{{quote|'''Nightmare Moon:''' You're ''kidding''. You're kidding, right?}}

* [[The Fair Folk]]: Nightmare Moon's legend post-Elements was told like this. Disguise yourself so she can’t recognize you, give her a candy offering so she could fill her stomach with that instead of you and above all, '''never''' piss her off. Only then she may ''just'' decide not to devour everyone on Equestria... until next year that is.

* [[Fangs Are Evil]]: The actual Nightmare Moon doesn't have fangs, but Nightmare Night portrayals of her sometimes do.

* [[Fisher King|Fisher Queen]]: Naturally, when she seizes control of Equestria, the land is plunged into never-ending darkness.

* [[God of Evil|Goddess of Evil]]/[[Mad God|Mad Goddess]]

* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]], [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] and [[Hellish Pupils]]

* [[Good Wings, Evil Wings]]: Has feathery wings like any Pegasus but they're drawn with a noticeably more bat-like outline.

* [[Hellish Horse]]

* [[Hot Goddess]]: For the same reason as Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, considering that Nightmare Moon is their [[Evil Counterpart]].

* [[The Night That Never Ends]]: Her ultimate goal.

* [[Prehensile Hair]]: Her mane and tail are made up of the purple smoke stuff she's also capable of entirely transforming into; it can move as she pleases.

** The puns don't stop there. She went [[Ax Crazy|mad]] from jealousy, after all. [[Don't Explain the Joke|The Mare of the Moon was a lunatic.]]

** Also her change of name. ''Luna'' is Latin (and Spanish) for "moon".

* [[Shock and Awe]]: She uses lightning to escape the Summer Sun Celebration in the second episode.

** [[Psycho Electro]]: Which puts her into this category.

* [[Starter Villain]]: The first real [[Big Bad]] in the series.

* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: A literal case as Nightmare Moon was born from evil magic taking over Luna.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have A Dark Blue Mane]]: With a space pattern of stars flowing in it as well.

 

[[File:hugmeplspls_9209.png|frame| ''"Priceless!"'']]

{{quote|''"[[Establishing Character Moment|'Make sense'?]] [[Where's the Fun In That?|Aww; what fun is there in making sense?]]"''}}

 

 

 

This dopey-looking but deceptively manipulative and sinister Draconequus once ruled Equestria in a reign of terror and chaos until Celestia and Luna discovered the Elements of Harmony and turned him into a statue for what they thought was forever. Over 1000 years later, he is freed again and sets out to prevent the Elements of Harmony from being reunited. Since they are now in the possession of the mane cast, he has to tear the bonds of friendship they have into shreds...and with magical powers beyond those of any other character, it's a challenge he's more than up to…

 

* [[Actor Allusion]]/[[Expy]]: Discord is basically what you get if [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Q decided to stop bothering bald Starfleet captains]] and start bothering ponies, only somewhat goofier in demeanor, yet more malevolent in motive.

** He even has Q's trademark "white flash" and snaps his fingers whenever he's [[Reality Warper|warping reality]].

* [[Classic Villain]]: Fits all of the criteria as a Wrath and Pride villain.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: [[Up to Eleven|He makes Pinkie Pie look like a a total dullard]]<ref>Literally. He turnes her into a complete dullard</ref>. Fitting, considering he's the spirit of chaos and discord.

* [[The Corrupter]]

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: He defeats the Mane Six numerous times before they finally return the favor.

* [[Emotion Eater]]: It's rather heavily implied the Cutie Mark Crusaders fighting in front of his statue prison (creating discord) gives him enough power to break free.

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: When he appears in the stained glass windows, he demonstrates a sense of humor and mystery, as well as great knowledge of the Mane Cast.

** Later subverted after he becomes Fluttershy's friend.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]:

* [[Evil Laugh]]: He often mixes it with or switches it to an "Oh; that's just hilarious!" kind of laugh but it's still undeniably evil. He's also capable of producing a ''very'' menacing one if he feels like it, such as when he's being freed from his prison.

* [[Evil Overlord]]: Ruled Equestria over 1000 years ago. Celestia implies [[The Dark Times|his rule]] was ''far'' from pretty. He pretty much becomes this again during his brief reign over Equestria after being freed.

** {{spoiler|Twists and turns are indeed his master plan, but he never says the Elements are in the maze.}}

*** {{spoiler|He does say the elements are "back where you began." Twilight finds them in her book on the Elements. Take a guess what the very first frame of the very first episode shows.}}

* [[Humiliation Conga]]: {{spoiler|After spending both episodes as a [[Magnificent Bastard]] who considers ([[Break the Cutie|breaking]]) the Mane Cast to be no more than an amusing distraction, he has those same six completely obliterate his entire plan while he realizes too late everything he's been bragging about up to that point in the showdown is ''dead wrong'' and [[Oh Crap|he's now completely screwed due to his own ego]]. Applejack and Twilight pretty much told him this ''to his face'' and he didn't believe them because [[Hoist by His Own Petard|he thought Applejack was still the liar he'd brainwashed her into]] and Twilight had already tried this once before to no avail. All he can do is watch in complete shock as the Elements Of Harmony fire [[Sealed Evil in a Can|and turn him]] [[Taken for Granite|back to stone]]. It takes less ''than a minute'' for all this to happen. And if you believe he's [[And I Must Scream|conscious while turned to stone]], he also witnesses the [[World-Healing Wave]] that washes away his [[World Gone Mad]] a few seconds later. Oh, and he's got to spend eternity with his [[Oh Crap]] look frozen on his face.}}

* [[Hypnotic Eyes]]

* [[Immortality]]: At least Undying as he states he's at least several eons old.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He may be a mean old monster, but Fluttershy calls him a "real sweetheart".

* [[Lean and Mean]]

* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] His riddle is "Twists and turns are my master plan; then find the Elements back where you began". Where do they find the Elements? {{spoiler|In the reference guide which was the very first thing we saw in the very first episode...literally back where the series began}}.

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Much of his reality warping and teleportation are accompanied by a bright light.

* [[Mad Eye]]: However, it should be noted that even though his head is goatlike, his pupils are round, unlike Iron Will's assistants who have the rectangular pupils typical of goats in [[Real Life]].

* [[Not So Harmless]]: At first, he only seems mischievous, doing things like making cotton candy clouds that produce chocolate rain. Then he steals the Eleements of Harmony, and things [[It Got Worse|just get worse from there]]...

* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|He gets that very look just before the Elements of Harmony hit him full force. Considering what a monster he's been the entire time, it's ''very'' satisfying, made all the sweeter by it becoming his permanent expression after being petrified again, in contrast to the smug laughter he showed in his previous imprisonment.}}

* [[Order vs. Chaos]]: This is his conflict with the bearers of the Elements of Harmony. However, it's more Harmony vs Disharmony, harmony in this case being more compromise and working together while disharmony is self-centered and breeds strife and hatred between them. Discord, obviously, is disharmony incarnate.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: His species name is Draconequus and, while he's more of a chimera, he seems to be at least partly modeled off an eastern dragon, at least his general body shape. His left leg and part of his tail also seem to be those of a dragon.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: He briefly sports one when he finally decides to directly engage the newly bonded mane cast with his magic.

* [[The Sociopath]]: He doesn't care who or what he hurts so long as it's entertaining to him. He's also quite sadistic and ''very'' [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]].

* [[Surreal Humor]]: Thrives on it.

* [[Sweet Tooth]]: He sure likes to make sweet and tasty food while he's causing chaos.

* [[World Gone Mad]]/[[World of Chaos]]: He's the Spirit Of Disharmony; what ''else'' would he turn Equestria into?

 

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Winter spirits that feed off of hatred and cause deadly blizzards the more powerful they get. They existed before Equestria's founding and were seemingly destroyed when the three tribes united in friendship, trigging a powerful spell that vanquished them.

* [[The Power of Hate]]: They run on this.

* [[Punny Name]]: They cause blizzards and the first syllable of their name is pronounced the same as the word "wind." Doubles as a [[Meaningful Name]].

** In fairness, Wendigos always did have a connection to ice.

* [[Terrible Trio]]: We've only seen three Wendigos in the episode, but there may be more of their kind out there, as evident from the last part of the episode when a ghostly neigh was heard from outside the open window with a snowy gust while the mane six were briefly arguing with each other.

* [[Wendigo]]: Of the [[Cthulhu Mythos|Ithaqua]]-esque variety.

 

 

 

{{quote|''[[Today X, Tomorrow the World!|"First, we take Canterlot! And then, all of Equestria!"]]''}}

 

 

{{quote|Voiced by Kathleen Barr<ref>according to [https://twitter.com/#!/goldenrusset/status/194118341235965952 this] tweet by Jayson Thiessen</ref>}}

* [[Big Bad]]: Of the season 2 finale two parter.

* [[Big No]]: In [[Big Bad]] tradition, she gives one just before her defeat.

* [[Body Horror]]: Her legs, wings, mane, tail, and horn have holes in them, which give her kind a moth-eaten appearence. No blood, just... holes...

** In general, she looks like a partially decomposed corpse.

* [[Hive Queen]]: Popular fanon has her able to send out commands to the Changelings via a [[Hive Mind]].

* [[Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Got as powerful as she did from Shining Armor's love for Princess Cadence, which she notes is even stronger than she imagined. In the end, Cadence and Shining Armor [[Heart Beat-Down|let her have it with that same love.]]}}

* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: {{spoiler|As Fake!Cadence, she nuzzles, clings to, and otherwise gets ''really'' close to Shining Armor, a whole lot. Just her keeping up the pretense of being a bride-to-be, right? Well... she also does the same to the mannequin serving as her surrogate groom during her [[Villain Song]] (where there is nobody around to fool) and even indulges in a little privacy invasion towards Shining Armor after she's transformed and revealed herself, though she probably just did it to mock the real Cadence.}}

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: And unlike Discord she is played ''dead serious''.

* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: While most of her plan was likely formulated from the get go, she's able to work things she didn't expect (such as {{spoiler|Twilight catching on and accusing her}}) into it and twist them to her advantage ({{spoiler|use a [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]] to turn ''everyone'' against Twilight in a single move}}).

 

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As Princess Celestia has her little ponies, Queen Chrysalis has her changelings. They are a race of shapeshifters that feed off of love by taking the shape of your loved ones.

* [[Alien Invasion]]: Their attack could be viewed as such: Nopony [[Outside Context Villain|saw it coming]] at first, and they're rather different from the other threats faced so far.

** Chrysalis also mentions that "Equestria has the most love" of any place she's encountered, implying that they're somewhat [[Horde of Alien Locusts|migratory]].

* [[Bee People]]: They follow a single, larger queen without question, attack and move in a swarm, and encase ponies in a kind of mucus membrane.

* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: [[The Power of Friendship]], the thing that ties Equestria together and powers the magics of Harmony and the Rainbow of Light? That friendship is their lunch.

* [[Body Horror]]: They have the same holes in their bodies as their queen.

* [[Bug Buzz]]

* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: Despite their flashy entrance, they are only a threat through [[Zerg Rush]], doing poorly in one-on-one combat.

* [[Death From Above]]

* [[The Swarm]]: They are not too tough, but there are hundreds, maybe thousands of them, leading to the [[Zerg Rush]] tactic.

* [[Winged Unicorn]]: Like their queen, they're similar to these, but aren't actually ponies.

 

== Ordinary Jerks and Bullies ==

 

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{{quote|Voiced by [[Maryke Hendrikse]]}}

 

* [[Actor Allusion]]: She's pretty much a G-rated version of [[Black Lagoon|Revy]].

* [[Aerith and Bob]]

* [[Alliterative Name]]: Although she's never referred to as "Gilda the Griffon" in-universe.

* [[The Bully]]

* [[Cats Are Mean]]: She ''is'' part lion, after all.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Rainbow Dash, who has her arrogance and brashness without being a jackass all the time.

* [[Eyes of Gold]]

* [[Feathered Fiend]]: She ''is'' part eagle.

* [[Humiliation Conga]]: During the party at the end of "Griffon the Brush-Off", she gets pranked repeatedly. {{spoiler|Rainbow Dash claims this wasn't on purpose, but just "dumb luck" that Gilda set them all off.}}

* [[Jerkass]]: Big time.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Take your pick: trying to sabotage Pinkie's friendship with Dash, scaring Granny Smith out of her wits or bullying Fluttershy until she cried.

** For Pinkie Pie herself, it's the last one. She was the victim of the first and witnessed the other two.

 

 

 

{{quote|Voiced by Kathleen Barr}}

* [[The Adjectival Superhero]]: She's "The Great and Powerful" Trixie.

* [[Aerith and Bob]]

* [[All There in the Script]]: Lulamoon, the second part of her name, has only been used by the toy line.

* [[Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better]]: Believes this wholeheartedly, and says so word for word. In practice, though, she didn't ''actually'' outdo anypony, just humiliate them with their own tricks.

** At the receiving end against the Ursa.

* [[Cute Witch]]

* [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Fake Ultimate Heroine]]: She claims to have defeated an Ursa Major but can only mildly annoy an Ursa Minor.

* [[Humble Pie]]: What she doles out to those who challenge her claims by taking whatever task they challenged her with and twisting it to her own ends. She [[Ignored Epiphany|staunchly refuses]] to eat the piece that's served up to her at the end.

* [[Miles Gloriosus]]: Trixie is legitimately talented but doesn't show any talent which could be said to exceed that of your average Unicorn. She claims to be mighty enough to defeat a powerful monster called an Ursa Major and when Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity challenged her to a skills duel, she defeated them by interfering with their own tricks rather than by displaying superior skill. When Snips and Snails lead an Ursa into Ponyville, Trixie runs away, and only fights back when urged to by her adoring fans. She fails miserably, forcing her to admit that all of her amazing tales were just lies to make her look more important.

* [[Nice Hat]]

** Also the glow from her horn whenever she uses magic is spiky rather than wavy.

* [[Pride]]: She takes this [[Up to Eleven]] and back again.

* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: For Twilight Sparkle. Trixie's an utter braggart and flaunts her abilities while Twilight treats them like no big deal and is quite friendly (she's also afraid of looking like a showoff).

* [[Shock and Awe]]: She can create a raincloud to shock ponies with. Unfortunately it isn't enough to subdue a humongous bear.

* [[Smoke Out]]: Though it doesn't last long enough to completely cover her exit.

* [[Smug Super]]: Doesn't hesitate to boast about her superior skills, regardless of the fact that she isn't as good as she claims.

* [[Weather Dissonance]]: Her one genuine act of powerful magic is to summon a thundercloud above the Ursa. It was woefully underpowered and only serves to anger her target, but the act itself was a decent display of power.

** She did the same thing to humiliate Rainbow Dash. It only served to shock her lightly.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|White-Maned Pretty Mare]]

* [[You Don't Look Like You]]: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bVdYm7NWJtI/TtBFQNyv1kI/AAAAAAAAVc4/K7bh-2xDfuY/s1600/3.jpg Her molded toys] [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RViuScZ75ug/T16NNy7pnjI/AAAAAAAAiYw/UMjYSsUEECc/s1600/13.jpg and collector cards] (from the [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/11/blindbags-set-3-namessummariesimages.html fourth] and [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/03/tons-of-new-blindbags-actual-lyra.html fifth] waves of the Blind Bags) all depict her as a [[Palette Swap]] of Rarity.

 

 

 

{{quote|Voiced by [[Chantal Strand]] (Diamond Tiara), Shannon Chan-Kent (Silver Spoon)}}

* [[Bratty Half-Pint|Bratty Half Pints]]: Diamond Tiara takes the cake on this one.

* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: Both fillies do this while teasing the other fillies. Tiara gets a particularly cruel one after Apple Bloom trips at the party.

* [[Cool Crown]]: Wears [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a diamond tiara]].

* [[Da Editor]]: Following Namby-Pamby's graduation, Diamond Tiara serves as the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, the ''Foal Free Press'', {{spoiler|until the position is stripped away from her and given to Featherweight}}.

* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: Silver Spoon seems to have one as shown in "Family Appreciation Day".

* [[Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: Their, or at least Diamond Tiara's, attempts to humiliate Apple Bloom and the Cutie Mark Crusaders normally end up backfiring and earning at least Diamond Tiara a [[Humiliation Conga]].

* [[Jerkass]]: Both go out of their way to insult and belittle Apple Bloom and Twist about not having their marks yet instead of having fun at their own party.

** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Silver Spoon has at least shown some kindness in "Family Appreciation Day" where she actually applauds Granny Smith's presentation, while Diamond Tiara still calls her a kooky old lady. It's probably just being around Diamond Tiara that makes her act so mean to others.

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: Diamond Tiara is this to Apple Bloom. While both of them are ambitious young girls who might cross the line in their endeavors to accomplish their goals, Apple Bloom at least will stop and acknowledge that she's wrong if she goes too far, while Diamond Tiara has no problem getting what she wants at any cost even if she ''does'' offend other ponies in the process. This is best seen in "Ponyville Confidential".

* [[Skunk Stripe|Skunk Stripes]]: They both have these, but Diamond Tiara's is more noticeable.

* [[Teacher's Pet]]: Diamond Tiara ''tries'' to be this to Cheerilee, but it backfires (or simply passes over Cheerilee's head).

* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: When it's revealed that {{spoiler|she's only rich in the first place}} thanks to Granny Smith, Diamond Tiara still tries to humiliate her and Apple Bloom and shows absolutely no gratitude.

* [[Valley Girl|Valley Fillies]]: Which gets, [[Like Is, Like, a Comma|like]], ''totally'' mocked by Scootaloo.

* [[Vocal Evolution]]: Diamond Tiara in a BIG way in "Ponyville Confidential".

* [[When She Smiles]]: Despite Diamond Tiara's bratty behavior, [[Daddy's Girl|she still loves her father]] to the point that his story during Family Appreciation Day is the ''only'' time that she has a genuine and non-mischievous smile on her face, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|and it's beautiful.]] Provided, of course, it ''was'' really genuine, and not just a face.

 

[[File:cloudsdale_jocks_74.png|frame|From left to right: [[Fan Nickname|Billy Dumbbell, Hoops and Score]]]]

 

{{quote|Voiced by Kathleen Barr ("[[Fan Nickname|Hoops]]") and [[Richard Ian Cox]] ("[[Fan Nickname|Billy Dumbbell]]")}}

 

 

A group of three muscle-headed Pegasi living in Cloudsdale who used to tease Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. They later apologized for their teasing after seeing Rainbow Dash's Sonic Rainboom.

'''Rainbow Dash:''' In history, maybe! }}

* [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: In a flashback in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" where two of them are shown making fun of [[Shrinking Violet|filly!Fluttershy]] for being a weak flyer.

* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: As colts anyway.

* [[No Name Given]]

* [[The Quiet One]]: "Quarterback" sometimes laughs along with the other two, but never says anything.

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: To Rainbow Dash. They're athletic like her, but they take pleasure in bullying and the misfortune of others.

 

[[File:The_Diamond_Dogs_2910.jpg|frame|The Diamond Dogs show you where to dig.<ref>From left to right: Spot, Rover, and Fido.</ref> ]]

 

 

{{quote|Voiced by [[Scott McNeil]] ([[All There in the Script|Rover]])}}

* [[Parental Bonus]]: Their name, Diamond Dogs, references a [[David Bowie]] album from 1974, something a bit out of the intended viewer's interest range. ''[[Periphery Demographic|Un]]''intended viewers may be reminded of the character from ''[[Con Air]]'' or [[Diamond Dogs|an SF novella]] by [[Alastair Reynolds]].

** Their underlings are called the Dig Dogs in a [[Shout-Out]] to the classic arcade game [[Dig Dug]].

* [[Pity the Kidnapper]]: They learn the hard way that Rarity isn't a pony to trifle with.

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: To Rarity. While she is generous, cleanly, and well-spoken, The Diamond Dogs are greedy, filthy, and talk like the cave-dwelling beasts they are.

* [[You Need a Breath Mint]]: ''"Smeeeeell...?"''

 

[[File:Screen_shot_2012-01-28_at_2_16_00_PM_4311.png|frame|They're bringing opportunity to your very community. <ref>Right's Flim, left's Flam, [[Ear Worm|they're the world-famous Flim-Flam Brothers]]!</ref>]]

 

 

{{quote|Voiced by [[Samuel Vincent]] (Flim), [[Scott McNeil]] (Flam)<ref>both according to [https://twitter.com/#!/goldenrusset/status/163536672032702464 this tweet by Jayson Thiessen]</ref>}}

 

 

* [[Badass Moustache]]: Flam has one, and is much calmer than Flim.

* [[Hoist By Their Own Petard]]: First, letting the rest of the Mane Cast help the Apples, seeing them as no threat. Then by turning off their quality control, which is ultimately their downfall.

* [[Identical Twin ID Tag]]: Aside from both brothers having slightly different hairstyles, Flam sports a spiffy mustache. Also Flam's Cutie Mark is apple missing one segment, and Flim's is said segment his brother's is missing.

* [[Irony]]: They use Granny Smith's pride to goad the Apples into a competition that, without help, they had no chance of winning. It's ultimately their [[Smug Snake|own egos]] that causes them let the Mane Cast help the Apples, which leads to their defeat.

* [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]]: Their [[Kick the Dog]] moment, if not their previous actions, show them to be this.

* [[Nice Hat|Nice Hats]]: They wear vaudville-esque straw boater hats.

* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Their actions ultimately leaves the Apple family with enough cider to fix the problem that made these two a threat in the first place, not enough cider for everypony.

* [[Oh Crap]]: When they realize just how furious the entire town is with them.

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: To the Apple family. They run another family business centered around apples, but put quantity over quality and use dishonest business practices.

== Dragons ==

 

 

 

Over the course of the series, dragons of various sizes, colors, and personalities have appeared, usually playing the role of an antagonist. How bad they are, however, depends on the episode and the dragon(s) in question.

* [[Evil Albino]]: One of the teenage dragons has white scales and pink eyes.

* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: They eat gemstones.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: The red adult dragon named as "Basil" (after a previous generation dragon with a similar color scheme) and the green adult dragon as "Reginald", from a Youtube caption. As for the teenage dragons, the most popular name (at least in Ponibooru prior to [[Word of God]] revealing his name to be Garble) for the red-scaled leader was Crim as the letters in that [[Fan Nickname]] are the first four letters found in the words "'''Crim'''son" (his scale color) and "'''Crim'''inal" (definitely not a good person).

* [[Gem-Encrusted]]: Crackle.

* [[Gonk]]: Crackle.

* [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]]: Most of the dragons fall under this, especially the teenage ones.

* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: Among the teenage dragons, the red one ([[All There in the Script|Garble]]) is the leader.

* [[Non-Malicious Monster]]: "Basil" was a threat mostly because his snoring was creating a huge cloud of smoke and he refused to leave until Fluttershy scolded him; "Reginald" on the other hand is a territorial [[Jerkass]] that tried to ''kill'' Spike.

* [[No Name Given]]: With the exception of Crackle and [[All There in the Script|Garble]].

** Crackle has [[Vertebrate with Extra Limbs|four pairs of limbs]], a very unusual body shape, and is slightly [[Gem-Encrusted]].

** The green teenage dragon is wingless, and has a tiny upper body but very large feet and an even larger tail.

** [[Palette Swap]]/[[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: The red and green adult dragons are palette swaps of one another that were used in order to save the animation team time.

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: The gang of teenage dragons is this to Spike. Unlike the kind, helpful Spike, they're a group of violent, bigoted thugs, showing what Spike might have become had he been raised among dragons

* [[Vertebrate with Extra Limbs]]: Crackle has four pairs of limbs.

* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]: The adult dragons are very territorial, and the teenagers are disturbingly similar to real life gangs of bullies.

Along with the Ponies are various monsters. Most of them live in The Everfree Forest: an enigmatic place which is apparently free from the control of the rest of Equestria. Some of them are intelligent enough to be reasoned with while others are not. They have served as obstacles for the Ponies from time to time.

 

* [[Big Eater|Big Eaters]]: The parasprites {{spoiler|who almost completely eat Ponyville.}}

* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: The Parasprites apparently [[Explosive Breeder|reproduce]] by throwing up and the resulting vomit becomes a new Parasprite. Rarity appeared to be the only one who witnessed this firsthoof much to her disgust.

* [[Everything's Worse with Wolves]]: Timber Wolves to be precise which are this combined with a touch of [[When Trees Attack]].

* [[Feathered Fiend]]: The cockatrice.

* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Cerberus briefly serves this role

* [[Horde of Alien Locusts]]: The Parasprites while not "aliens" in the sense of being extraterrestrial in origin very much fit the other aspects.

* [[Taken for Granite]]: The cockatrice from "Stare Master" has the ability to do this.

 

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