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

* [[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?}}

* [[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".

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]].

* [[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".

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Impostor Jamie Has No Accent|Imposter Cadence Knows Not The Rhyme]]}}

** 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]].

* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]

* [[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 ==

* [[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.

* [[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 All Look Familiar]]: Multiple Trixies (all lacking Cutie Marks) appear in a shot from "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E9 Bridle Gossip|Bridle Gossip]]" and "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E1 The Return of Harmony Part 1|The Return of Harmony Part 1]]".

* [[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).

** Considering the way Ponyville's school system functions in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E12 Call of the Cutie|Call of the Cutie]]", it's probably the latter.

* [[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.

'''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.

{{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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.