Lampshade Hanging: in the Epilogue, Applejack mentions this is the third time this year they've had to rebuild Ponyville and adds that we're "kind of getting a rhythm for it.".Labcoat of Science and Medicine: von Danger, of course!.Journey to the Center of the Mind: Twilight's psychoanalysis spell.It Was with You All Along: the link between apples and honesty.Ironic Echo: Derpy throws Applejack's rant from several chapters ago back at her in the epilogue, with Applejack having the same response.Insane Troll Logic: A lot of it, but special points to how Applejack intends link Honesty to her Cutie Mark.In Vino Veritas: Applejack discerns that she could make absolute liquid Honesty by making sufficiently (quantum-level) high-proof alcohol, since drunk ponies always speak their mind.Imposter Forgot One Detail: Cortland is very callous about exterminating pests and unwanted things, when the real one was known for never hurting a fly.The Igor: Spike becomes one, to Twilight's Victor Frankenstein.Honor Before Reason: Pinkie Pie is serious about keeping her Pinkie Promises, even if the fate of Equestria is hanging in the balance.Hidden Depths: Pinkie Pie, doctor of philosophy.Glory Days: Applejack's realization that her Glory Days are ending, while Twilight's are just starting, is what caused her to flee to Dodge Junction in "The Last Roundup".Gargle Blaster: Applejack's Large Hadron Cider.From Bad to Worse: Things were already pretty bad with most of Ponyville and the Mane Six suffering from SRMD, then along comes chapter sixteen in which Rainbow Dash is apparently vaporized and a badly injured Applejack is about to be killed by Robo-Trixie.A Friend in Need: when Applejack makes her deal with the Nightmare it's to save Rainbow Dash's life.Does This Remind You of Anything?: The extended scene in which Derpy is unable to buck a cloud to Rainbow's satisfaction, forcing Applejack to buck them both at once.In her defense, she was pretty sleep-deprived. Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Applejack accidentally blurts out her envy of Twilight while facing Nightmare Scoot.Deal with the Devil: Never before in fanfiction has quite so much Emotional Torque been infused into the words "Nightmare Delicious".Eventually she learns that she's not as good a leader as Twilight was. A Day in the Limelight: The entire story is this for Applejack, at least from her perspective.Derpy still holding on to one mostly-spent thundercloud.For that matter, Applejack's invention is integral to their final plan despite it having nothing to do with its intended purpose.Iggy the Salamander, and his ability to burn even unburnable things if fed distilled essence of pepper.Rainbow Dash forgetting what her actual element is is the real reason she was immune to the mad science.Discord, using Stranger von Danger as proxy, makes a Pinkie Promise at the Tesseract Party, despite not having any intention of keeping it.Later she has to talk to a honeybee hybrid, using one of the phrases. Applejack learns two phrases in honeybee dance.Seeing as she rebuilds the library in the end and doesn't seem nearly as heartbroken about it as you'd expect a bibliophile to be, she either got replacements, or Spike teleported everything to Celestia instead. Book Burning: A clear sign that Twilight is losing it, when she has the entire content of the library burnt by Spike - to make more room, and because she thinks they disagree with her findings.Big Damn Heroes: Pinkie Pie saves Applejack from falling with her gyrocopter.Neither is depicted as right or wrong in their convictions, though. The Alcoholic: Applejack's love of drink and brewing is played up to counterpoint her teetotaler Love Interest Bell Pepper.AI Is A Crap Shoot: Exactly why did Twilight use Trixie as a template, again?.This My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Fan Fic contains examples of: It can be found here, and it's prequel one-shot story Infernal Machines can be found here. Now, it falls to the Most Dependable of Ponies to bring the resulting ruckus down to earth, but can even Applejack's legendary pragmatism stand up to the brain-fizzing horror that is… CONTRAPTIONOLOGY?"Ī Crack Fic the way Crack Fics should be written, Contraptionology! is a finished fanfiction by Skywriter, who also wrote Princess Celestia Hates Tea. So when a stranger named Stranger arrives in town, teaching a new way of coupling talent to power using complex machinery, she is quickly suckered in, along with everypony else. "In the wake of the Nightmare's most pathetic assault on Ponyville yet, Applejack is thrown into an existential crisis, despite her not knowing what the word "existential" means.
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