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{{quote|''"We need its light''<br />
{{quote|''"We need its light''
''We need its heat''<br />
''We need its heat''
''We need its energy''<br />
''We need its energy''
''Without the sun, without a doubt''<br />
''Without the sun, without a doubt''
''There'd be no you and me"''|'''[[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]''', ''Why Does The Sun Shine''}}
''There'd be no you and me"''|'''[[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]''', ''Why Does The Sun Shine''}}


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* ''[[My Little Pony]]'': The [[Trope Namer]]. Causing neverending night was the plan of the bad guy in the very first My Little Pony animated adaption, a television special from 1984. Said bad guy, an demonic-looking centaur, quotes the Trope name word by word.
* ''[[My Little Pony]]'': The [[Trope Namer]]. Causing neverending night was the plan of the bad guy in the very first My Little Pony animated adaption, a television special from 1984. Said bad guy, an demonic-looking centaur, quotes the Trope name word by word.
** This is also the plot of the [[Big Bad]] in the pilot episode of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' (a clear shout out to the 1984 special:
** This is also the plot of the [[Big Bad]] in the pilot episode of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' (a clear shout out to the 1984 special:
{{quote| '''Nightmare Moon''': Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth, THE NIGHT. WILL LAST. '''FOREVER'''!!!}}
{{quote|'''Nightmare Moon''': Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth, THE NIGHT. WILL LAST. '''FOREVER'''!!!}}
*** Because of the [[Painting the Frost on Windows|hands-on nature]] of... well, nature in this series, some fans have grossly underestimated the threat level of this. [[Word of God]] has made clear, however, that this ''would'' cause the death of every living thing in Equestria, by starvation if nothing else.
*** Because of the [[Painting the Frost on Windows|hands-on nature]] of... well, nature in this series, some fans have grossly underestimated the threat level of this. [[Word of God]] has made clear, however, that this ''would'' cause the death of every living thing in Equestria, by starvation if nothing else.
*** The Fandom has taken this to new, terrifying extremes of terror and [[Fridge Logic]]. The Pony Psychology series has an entire chapter of [[What the Hell, Hero?]] dedicated to Luna confronting Celestia over this, and Celestia painting the horror for her. In addition, several webcomics portray in gruesome detail just what a slow death eternal night would be.
*** The Fandom has taken this to new, terrifying extremes of terror and [[Fridge Logic]]. The Pony Psychology series has an entire chapter of [[What the Hell, Hero?]] dedicated to Luna confronting Celestia over this, and Celestia painting the horror for her. In addition, several webcomics portray in gruesome detail just what a slow death eternal night would be.
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== Music ==
== Music ==
* [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YMZB6ds10 Always The Moon]".
* [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YMZB6ds10 Always The Moon]".
{{quote| Remember when there was a you and me?<br />
{{quote|Remember when there was a you and me?
When there was such a thing as gravity?<br />
When there was such a thing as gravity?
And the tides came in and the tides went out again<br />
And the tides came in and the tides went out again
But the water got too high<br />
But the water got too high
And the sun began to die<br />
And the sun began to die
And I tried to make you stay<br />
And I tried to make you stay
But the world pulled you away<br />
But the world pulled you away
And now there are darker longer colder nights<br />
And now there are darker longer colder nights
And the sun has gone for good and so here we are }}
And the sun has gone for good and so here we are }}
* [[The Kovenant]]'s (formerly Covenant) debut album ''In Times Before the Light'' had this as a recurring theme in many of its songs, with lyrics referring to the "forevernight". They're from Norway, which might explain a few things.
* [[The Kovenant]]'s (formerly Covenant) debut album ''In Times Before the Light'' had this as a recurring theme in many of its songs, with lyrics referring to the "forevernight". They're from Norway, which might explain a few things.
* [[The Cat Empire]] has a song titled "The Night That Never Ends."
* [[The Cat Empire]] has a song titled "The Night That Never Ends."
{{quote| As long as I am living<br />
{{quote|As long as I am living
I never forget<br />
I never forget
That the sun is never rising<br />
That the sun is never rising
And it never set. }}
And it never set. }}


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