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It Takes a Village (Fanfic)

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It Takes a Village is a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfic written by Determamfidd. It's about Spike going through growing pains as life changes around him. You can read it here.
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"It" Is Dehumanizing
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"It" Is Dehumanizing: Spike is briefly a target of this.
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Anti-Magic
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Anti-Magic: Dragons are naturally magic resistant, although they are not completely immune to it.
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Title Drop
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Title Drop: In Chapter 8, Zecora quotes the proverb that the story is named for:
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Stealth Pun
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Stealth Pun: The title may be one as a key plot point of the story is Spike claiming (or taking) Ponyville as his territory.
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How Do I Shot Web?
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How Do I Shot Web?/Centipede's Dilemma: One of Spike's biggest challenges is learning how to fly. When he finally takes his first flight, he makes it clear that no one is to make him think about how he's doing it.
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Outside/Inside Slur
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Outside/Inside Slur: After finding out that Spike was raised by ponies, Razorfang says "You are no dragon, hatchling. You are nothing but a mammal in a scaled skin."
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Chekhov's Gun
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Chekhov's Gun: The same rock that started the whole mess in chapter 3 returns in chapter 15 when Spike throws it into Razorfang's throat to win the duel.
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Shipper on Deck
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Shipper on Deck: Spike actively works on getting Fluttershy and Big Macintosh together. As made clear by the epilogue, Fluttershy and Big Macintosh did ultimately get together, marrying and even having a daughter. Spike is also attempting to set up Rarity with Just Cause. Twilight even lampshades it.
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Distant Finale
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Distant Finale: The epilogue is set a few years into the future.
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Does Not Know His Own Strength
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Does Not Know His Own Strength: One of Spike's biggest issues with growing up; he is far stronger than he's used to being. This complicates such matters as picking up items without slicing/crushing them. This also goes for his fire-breathing. Big Macintosh apparently suffered from similar issues when he was young which leads him to offering to teach Spike.
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Blessed with Suck
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Blessed with Suck: Having great strength, claws that can cut rock, the ability to incinerate a field with a gout of flame, and being the size of a few ponies put together would ordinarily be considered a plus; however, these aren't very conducive to living peacefully in Ponyville.
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Parental Substitute
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Parental Substitute: Twilight and to a lesser extent the rest of the Mane Six, who help Spike deal with the social, physical and emotional challenges of his situation. In the epilogue, Razorfang has become this to Huffy and Spike, even after the revelation that Spike's biological father is still alive.
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Shut Up, Hannibal!
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In the case of said dragon magician, he has an excellent Shut Up, Hannibal! moment when he reminds all present that he is a freaking dragon wizard.
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Monster Sob Story
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Monster Sob Story: Razorfang lost his mate and two sons to pony attacks.
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No True Scotsman: Razorfang frequently berates Spike for not acting like a "true" dragon. The Wyrmstadt ambassador's representative, who isn't even a dragon, also gets in on the act. Spike is quick to point out the Fridge Logic in their stances. The dragon magician sent to oversee the duel in chapter 15 also gets this from Razorfang since he also befriended Unicorn Ponies nearly two thousand years ago. In the case of said dragon magician, he has an excellent Shut Up, Hannibal! moment when he reminds all present that he is a freaking dragon wizard.
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Fantastic Racism
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Fantastic Racism: A group of ponies fear Spike and think he is nothing but a bloodthirsty monster. The dragon from Everfree Forest has a very low opinion of ponies, and thinks that Spike is less of a dragon because he was raised by them. Mainly because in the past, ponies would hunt dragons. And vice versa.
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Growing Up Sucks
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Also has shades of Growing Up Sucks
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Heel–Face Turn
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Heel–Face Turn: Grape Vine, has a My God, What Have I Done? moment after the various protests turn into a mob. She later testifies against Blarney Stone for attacking Spike.
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Animal Wrongs Group
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Animal Wrongs Group: Though the RSPCD are stated to do good work, they get the wrong idea about Spike and demand he be 'freed'. To their credit, their leader Just Cause realizes Spike is happy in Ponyville after speaking to him.
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Serious Business
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Serious Business: Names are a big deal to dragons. Razorfang disapproves of Spike giving out his name to everyone, and is shocked that Twilight, a mere pony, was the one who named Spike. It turns out that the reason why names are such a big deal is because only a dragon's family is supposed to know the name.
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Babies Ever After
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Babies Ever After: Big Macintosh and Fluttershy
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Protectorate
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Protectorate: To reconcile his dragon-born greed and territoriality with his upbringing, Spike has decided to make Ponyville and everyone in it his Protectorate. The ponies are his 'hoard'.
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I Do Not Own
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I Do Not Own: Parodied; the author puts rather hilarious disclaimers at the start of the chapters. One example, from chapter 7: Chapter 14's disclaimer is a parody of the first Bad Horse song from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
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Bullying a Dragon
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Bullying a Dragon: A literal example. See Fantastic Racism below.
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Never Mess with Granny
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Never Mess with Granny: In Chapter 6, Granny Smith makes her feelings about Spike staying in Ponyville very clear, basically saying that anyone who has a beef with Spike staying where he wants will answer to her.
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Cerebus Retcon
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Cerebus Retcon: Some things that happened in the TV series, such as the events of "Owl's Well that Ends Well," take on a more serious bent when cast in the light of them stemming from a dragon's innate territoriality. There's also the question of where the School got Spike's egg…
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Out-of-Character Moment
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Out-of-Character Moment: Somewhat for Zecora, who normally speaks in rhyme like in the show:
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Wham Episode
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Wham Episode: At the end of chapter 10 Someone tries to murder Spike.
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Shaming the Mob
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Shaming the Mob: Trixie does this to the anti-dragon rioters. Halfway through, it turns into a rant directed more at herself for her treatment of Huffy. This being Ponyville, the speech works almost perfectly.
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Stealth Mentor
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Stealth Mentor: The Dragon from the Everfree Forest is this to Spike, if only to groom him to be a Worthy Opponent in their coming showdown.
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Van Helsing Hate Crimes
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Van Helsing Hate Crimes: Blarney Stone fits this description.
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Continuity Nod
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Continuity Nod: Huffy shares her name with Fluttershy's nickname for Spike in "Over a Barrel" ("Huffy the Magic Dragon").
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Mood Whiplash
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Mood Whiplash: A mild example, but it still counts: After learning about the untimely death of his biological mother and siblings, Twilight tries to cheer Spike up by telling him that his mother thought him important enough to try and defend from the hunters that killed her. He feels better almost immediately. At least until Spike is bombarded with rather scathing hate-mail and a death threat Most of chapter 10 is pretty light-hearted, in keeping with the spirit of the show. Then a harpoon nearly takes Spike's head off. In chapter 11 Spike and the Mane 6 are still recovering from the aforementioned harpoon launching, and just as Spike is starting to feel a little better, a stampede of ponies tell him that Razorfang has been spotted in Ponyville's outskirts. After the duel with Razorfang, everyone is having a great time at the party for Spike, until the leader of the anti-dragon protesters comes running up screaming for Spike to tell him that there's an anti-dragon riot going on in Ponyville.
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Ascended Extra
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Ascended Extra: The green dragon Spike crossed in "Owl's Well That Ends Well", here called "Razorfang".
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Think of the Children!
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Think of the Foals!: Grape Vine says this in chapter two. Later, her protest organization's name, Parents for a Peaceful Equestria, exploits this trope.
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Generic Graffiti
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Generic Graffiti: Somepony vandalizes the library with this towards Spike between chapters 10 and 11
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Oh, Crap!
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Oh, Crap!: Grape Vine, the leader of the protesters that wants Spike gone, was (unpleasantly) surprised to learn that there was a Pony/Dragon peace treaty, which rendered her movements moot.
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Deadpan Snarker
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Deadpan Snarker: Spike, primarily. Seems to 'run in the family' so to speak given that he seems to have gotten a lot of it from Twilight.
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Go for the Eye
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Go for the Eye: In Chapter 16, when Blarney Stone is the only Anti-Dragon rioter that still wants Spike dead, he decides to throw a torch at his eye! Thankfully, Twilight went Mama Bear and stopped it.
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Coming of Age Story: The story is primarily about Spike dealing with the difficulties of growing into an adult dragon; with all of the internal, social, and natural conflicts that that entails. Not that growing up is completely without cool perks for Spike… Also has shades of Growing Up Sucks
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Berserk Button: Thanks to dragon territoriality, any insult or threat to the ponies Spike holds dear, especially Twilight, is a Berserk Button for him.
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Freudian Excuse: The leader of the protester ponies Grape Vine grew up hearing horror stories of her great-grandparents being killed in a greed-grown dragon's rampage. Razorfang, too, since his mate was killed by ponies who wanted the land, and his sons for trying to avenge her.
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Last-Minute Hookup: Applejack's new relationship with Rainbow Dash is briefly mentioned in the epilogue, as well as Twilight's new-found love for Trixie. Ironically, Spike and Huffy's relationship, the only one which is constantly hinted at, is the only one that isn't fulfilled by the story's end.
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Gene Hunting: Spike does a little of this to discover if he has any living relatives. It's not a happy story.
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Die or Fly: Spike finally manages to fly near the end of chapter 8 to save an unconscious Fluttershy from plummeting to her death.
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What the Hell, Hero?
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What the Hell, Hero?: Princess Celestia gives one to Spike in Chapter 5, for not telling her about the duel, which was being held in close proximity to Ponyville.
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Sympathy for the Devil: After hearing Razorfang's Monster Sob Story, Spike feels sorry for him and is unwilling to fight dirty against him despite Razorfang's overwhelming advantage.
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Hypocrite/Entitled Bastard: The leader of the protester ponies who believes that Spike is a menace begs Spike to protect everyone when Razorfang appears near Ponyville's outskirts in chapter 11. Rarity even called her a Hypocrite
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Training from Hell
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Training from Hell: Spike goes through an obstacle course designed to test everything he's learned so far - in one go, with an audience.
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A Glass in the Hand: If somepony startles Spike while he's holding something, said something usually falls to the floor cleanly sliced.
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Reasonable Authority Figure: The Princesses and the Mayor are naturally this, but a fairly unexpected one is the Magician of Coal Crater.
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Mama Bear
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Mama Bear: Blarney Stone learned the hard way that trying to hurt Spike in front of Twilight is…unwise.
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Who Wants to Live Forever?
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Who Wants to Live Forever?: Spike is not happy about his projected lifespan, although Princess Luna did provide some perspective along an offer of friendship. On the whole mostly averted once Spike decides that by living as long as he will he can keep the memories of his friends alive for their descendants.
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Mundane Utility
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Mundane Utility: About the only thing Spike plans to use his strength, flight, sharp claws, and fire-breathing for that actually falls into what a dragon would normally do is "protect Ponyville" otherwise he seems to prefer helping lift heavy rocks, unblock streams, help make charcoal, cook, and generally lend a claw where a hoof or horn won't cut it.
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Easily Forgiven: Razorfang, who cared about Spike before their duel to the death but tried to go through with it anyway.
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Powder Keg Crowd
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Powder Keg Crowd/ Torches and Pitchforks: Spike is warned that if left unchecked, the ponies that want him to leave will become this. That worry was not unfounded
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