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''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7562952/1/Night_of_the_Shy_Revamp Night of the Shy]'' is a ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
The plot begins as Ponyville prepares to once again host the Summer Sun Celebration (the one-year anniversary of the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Now, Twilight must face her new destiny, and the surviving ponies must find a way to stop their friend... perhaps at the ultimate cost.
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* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Nightmare starts off her war by attacking (and ultimately destroying) Ponyville, followed by having her Diamond Dog armies assault Canterlot {{spoiler|and eventually overrun it}}.
* [[Anyone Can Die|Anypony Can Die]]: That's been made ''very'' clear.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: When we see him in action, it becomes clear that General Spur didn't get his job just because of his friendship with the Princesses.
* [[Back
* [[Bad Dreams]]: Pinkie has a rather disturbing one in chapter 6, complete with [[Catapult Nightmare]].
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Nightmare is good at performing these -- first, she uses the Mane Cast's pets as bait to lure Fluttershy into the Everfree Forest so she can possess her; then she tortures Spitfire in order to anger Rainbow Dash into attacking her {{spoiler|so she can kill her}}; and finally, during her fight with Luna, she lures her into the Forest {{spoiler|where she's rendered powerless, and killed by the cockatrices.}}
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Pinkie kills a Nightmare spy by ''breaking its neck with a single kick.'' (The fact that it was a zombie probably helped with that, but still...)
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* [[Big Bad]]: Nightmare.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Fluttershy, of all ponies, gets this when she saves Applejack and Rainbow Dash from a "werebunny" (actually Nightmare in disguise as a test); first, after flying away in fear, she comes back so fast she breaks the sound barrier -- actually managing to perform a Sonic Rainboom in the process -- before performing The Stare.
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* [[Cerebus Retcon]]: Why wasn't Celestia around during the events of the series premiere? Because Nightmare Moon corrupted the stars not just to free herself, but to pull Celestia into space, which caused her soul to be sent to the Flame of Limbo as a defense mechanism. In other words, until Nightmare Moon was defeated and the spell undone, Celestia was effectively ''dead.''
* [[Corrupt the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|Nightmare takes all of the Mane Cast's pets and transforms them into monsters.}}
* [[Cold
** During the attack on Ponyville, Nightmare tortures Spitfire in order to goad Rainbow Dash into attacking her {{spoiler|so she can kill her. It works.}}
** {{spoiler|After Canterlot falls,}} Nightmare tortures General Spur to force him to reveal the location where Luna hid Discord's statue -- [[Interrogated for Nothing|information he doesn't have]]. [[Badass|He mocks her about it.]]
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* [[Dramatic Irony]]: After {{spoiler|the Princesses die, leaving Twilight Sparkle in charge}}, the sun and moon are locked in place, leaving the world in a state of permanent twilight. The pony in question makes note of the irony, and is not amused by it.
** In a flashback, Celestia is shown speaking in the Traditional Royal Canterlot Voice (royal "We" and all), while Nightmare Moon is speaking normally and tells her to get with the times.
* [[Dropped a Bridge
** {{spoiler|Rainbow Dash}}'s death is also rather sudden and unexpected. One can argue that the shock factor of these deaths actually makes them more effective, as it sells the [[Anyone Can Die]] angle very well.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Nightmare, who's possibly the oldest being in Equestria, and whose true form appears as a living cloud of smoke. However, unlike most examples of this trope, she has a definite gender.
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: The King of the Diamond Dogs apparently used to serve Nightmare Moon centuries ago, but was so sickened that he betrayed her during her [[Final Battle]] with Celestia. Needless to say, when Nightmare decides to re-recruit the Dogs for her new army, he dies first.
* [[Fighting From the Inside]]: Fluttershy is trying (and apparently cursing up a storm), but her efforts are just amusing Nightmare -- who also claims that Luna did the same, and that a thousand years stuck with it drove her to the point of ''letting'' the Mane Cast defeat her, ''just so she could get away from it.''
* [[Four
* [[Happily Adopted]]: Blueblood adopts Trixie's orphans {{spoiler|and Dinky Doo}}, so that he can properly protect them.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Twilight has one after the events of chapter 4, and it takes an emotional conversation with Applejack and Pinkie in the following chapter to get her out of it.
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* [[Immortality]]: The Royals appear to be a combination of [[The Ageless]] and [[Resurrective Immortality]] -- in addition to not aging, if their bodies die it's apparently possible for their souls to be retrieved from the Flame of Limbo and given new bodies. {{spoiler|Doing this for Celestia and Luna is the Mane Cast's current goal, along with defeating Nightmare.}}
* [[Internal Reveal]]: Fluttershy is possessed at the end of chapter 2. The other characters don't find out about it until chapter 4 (except Zecora, who witnesses it, and spends the next two chapters on the run).
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: When Rarity starts showing an interest in Blueblood again (thanks to his [[Character Development]]) and Spike gets jealous about it, the two have a discussion about it; Spike admits to knowing he and Rarity can't be together for the [[May
* [[Jaw Drop]]: Rarity and Spike's reaction to meeting the new and improved Trixie.
* [[Jerkass Realization]]: Apparently happened to Prince Blueblood and Trixie as a result of [[Break the Haughty|what they went through]] in their [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Gilda had a partial one after her [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Just Toying
** They also discuss the possibility that Nightmare Moon was also playing with them due to not viewing them as a threat. For her part, Nightmare claims that she threw the fight because she wanted out of Luna's head.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Literally ''everything'' Nightmare does is either this or a [[Moral Event Horizon]].
* [[Kill It
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: As of chapter 4, {{spoiler|Princess Celestia, Ditzy Doo, Rainbow Dash, Princess Luna, and all of the Mane Cast's pets}}, in that order. And those are all in the space of ''one chapter.''
** And now we can add pretty much ''all of Ponyville'', except the remaining Mane Cast, Spike, the CMC, Applejack's family, and Doctor Whooves.
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** Celestia seems to realize what's about to happen right before {{spoiler|she's sneak-attacked and killed.}}
** Luna when she realizes that {{spoiler|her powers don't work in the Everfree Forest}}.
** The Royal Guard have a [[Mass "Oh Crap"|collective one]] when {{spoiler|Nightmare manages to release a parasprite swarm inside Canterlot's defenses}}.
* [[Orphanage of Fear]]: Scootaloo grew up in one, and eventually ran away when the abuse became too much.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Applejack's parents disappeared when she was a foal.
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* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Blueblood and General Spur are both over a thousand years old. Apparently, any pony can live that long, but association with the royal family, at least, seems to ensure a youthful appearance.
** Actually, it's because they both have alicorn blood.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Fluttershy's eyes (and mane) turn red after her possession.
* [[Running Gag]]: Twilight's parents ruffling her mane as an act of affection, to her annoyance.
* [[Rhymes
* [[Shoot the Dog]]: It's discussed at several points that the Mane Cast may very well have to kill Fluttershy in order to stop Nightmare. Luna actually tries during the Battle of Ponyville, {{spoiler|but is killed herself before she can.}}
* [[So Proud of You]]: Twilight's parents tell her that they're proud of all the good she and her friends have done.
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** Blueblood fought alongside Spur during the last war, and was apparently so sickened by what he experienced that it's what caused him to lose himself in the trappings of royalty and become the [[Prince Charmless]] we saw in canon.
* [[We Have Reserves]]: Due to needing to preserve her own power, Nightmare lets her Diamond Dog and parasprite troops get slaughtered in order to wear down Canterlot's defenses.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Chapter 4. See [[Killed Off for Real]] above.
** Chapter 6 -- {{spoiler|Canterlot falls to Nightmare. Meanwhile, the Mane Cast and their allies flee to a possible safe haven, which happens to be where Pinkie's long-lost family live.}}
* [[You Are in Command Now]]: {{spoiler|Twilight is forced into the role of Princess when Celestia and Luna die.}}
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