My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Characters/Antagonists: Difference between revisions

== Powerful Threats to Equestria and Ponykind ==

 

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

 

* [[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?]]"''}}

 

{{quote|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E01 The Return of Harmony Part 1|"The Return of Harmony, Part 1"]]}}

 

 

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…

* [[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.

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

 

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

 

 

 

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

* [[Horny Devils]]: Her MO pretty much makes her a g-rated succubus. For obvious reasons, no sex is involved, but how she feeds off of Shining Armor definitely brings this to mind.

* [[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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{{quote|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|"A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2"]]}}

 

== Ordinary Jerks and Bullies ==

 

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{{quote|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E06 Boast Busters|"Boast Busters"]]}}

 

* [[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|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E12 Call of the Cutie|"Call of the Cutie"]]}}

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|White Maned Pretty Filly]]: Silver Spoon.

 

[[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]]")}}

* [[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|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E19 A Dog and Pony Show|"A Dog and Pony Show"]]}}

* [[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...?"''

 

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

 

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