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The Descendant


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"Oh," sings Pinkie Pie, "Today's a day of laughs, a day of jokes...a day for pranking lots of folks!"

Yet an plea from Applejack keeps Pinkie from helping Rainbow Dash with their planned prank. As a conspiracy is revealed Pinkie Pie's friends try their best to put one over on the greatest prankster in Equestria...but will Dash spoil it?

Chapters (2)
Comments ( 65 )

Pinkie has been dethroned!? :pinkiegasp::rainbowlaugh:
Oh, well. There is always next year :pinkiehappy:

Great story, loved the ending.

Fin

This is a very good story.
I enjoyed it.

Good job.
-Fin

Trying to stifle this much laughter has been absolute torture. Literally, the only thing keeping me from rolling on the floor guffawing is the fact that I'm at work. I completely lost it at Macigator, though. Nothing could save me from that one. From now on, every time I read or hear "Eeyup", I will think of this scene and laugh nigh uncontrollably.

Whether intentional or not, I love the multitude of meanings in "I got you". A very heart-warming way to end the story. Well done, sir.

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Yes, I've wondered if I have it in me to write a response next year...but I don't think I can top this one!:pinkiehappy:
Thanks for reading!

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Thank you so much for saying so! I'm very glad you read it!:pinkiesmile:

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Don't go getting yourself fired on my account! Heh, I've written and read fan fiction at work too!:raritywink:
Thanks for taking the chance to read!

Absolutely hysterical! Ee-yup! :rainbowlaugh::pinkiegasp:

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Thank you so much for saying so!:pinkiesmile:

This was pretty darned funny. :pinkiehappy: Downright hilarious, even. Certainly it was great how Pinkie was able to be humble and accept that she had been one-up'd. :ajsmug:

A good show, sir. :eeyup:

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Thank you so much for saying so! This was a contest entry fic (it didn't win), and I've always been very worried about the poor thing. I'm:twilightsmile: glad you enjoyed it!

Freaking. Hilarious.:rainbowlaugh: I love how she kept sticking her endless supply of cupcakes in her face, though my favorite part is probably this.
"Best to avoid love triangles, Pinkie, they don't work out," suggested Mr. Cake with a knowing sigh.

Funny thing is, I just got here after rereading A Sweet Taste of Cake.

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Heh, I never did expand upon that line in A Sweet Taste of Cake, did I?:twilightblush:

Very glad you've been enjoying these comedies!:twilightsmile:

How the hay could some one dislike this???
it's nice to see Pinkie get a taste of her own medicine!
:rainbowlaugh::rainbowlaugh::rainbowlaugh:

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I thought that was a great twist myself. This was done for a contest, so I figured everyone would be doing a "Pinkie Does the Pranking" story so I tried to switch it up. Glad you enjoyed it!:):twilightsmile:

I'd feel worse for Pinkie if this wasn't so hilarious. :twilightsheepish: :pinkiecrazy:

Truly, a prank to end all pranks. :rainbowlaugh:

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It's a common reaction to feel bad for Pinkie in the beginning, but I feel that he way I wrapped up the prank certainly showed that she "got it". I'm glad you enjoyed the story!:twilightsmile:

Pinkie fixed a stallion in her gaze, her eyes mellowing. "Omigosh! You look terrible! You're a disaster! You look awful!"
"Ummm…Pinkie," interjected Applejack, wrinkling her nose, "That's Blues."
Pinkie looked back at the horribly depressed figure of Blues, his ears flopping down, his expression falling.

Painted Blue.

"There is a curse! Just look at that horribly disfigured pony over there!"
Applejack and Dash turned towards where Pinkie indicated, but after a moment, Applejack sighed. "Pinkie, that's Blues…again," she said, watching the stallion slump even further into despondency and then canter away, "You mean him."

Painted Blue.

Man, I am just feeling sorry for Blues here. When has he ever done anything to you TD?

At this point, I have yet to read the second chapter. With that in mind, I can easily say that I am finding this story hilarious and I can't wait to read the next chapter.

The only downside to this chapter that I found distracting was when you changed speakers within the same paragraph. Here are two that I recalled seeing:

"Okay, we're out of here!" called Twilight, lifting the foals back onto the ladders, Fluttershy gathering up Gummy. "You know what to do, right?" she said, looking to the greener 'gator. He snapped at her with a big smile, and as she giggled she disappeared in a flash of magic, leaving Applejack and the alligator standing before the opened safe, the cookies spread around Pinkie's sitting room.

As Pinkie bounced her way back down the hill the straining figure of Applejack came into view. As Applejack huffed and grunted, Pinkie circled her for a bit, then stopped. "Hey, A.J., you need some help?" she asked, looking down on her struggling friend. 'Thank ya' kindly!" said Applejack, her disposition improving.

Other than that, I am loving this story. :twilightsmile:

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What did Blues ever do to me? Only become my personally most-favorite background character!:raritywink:

Yeah, this one was rough at points. It was the third Pony story I'd ever written and you can see how much I've improved since then!:twilightsmile:

This was wonderfully hilarious TD! I loved every moment of it!

There would be a rebuttal, and when it occurred it would be epic in scale.

Someone needs to write that now. Just saying.

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Heh, the sequel is something that I've always been thinking about, but nothing epic enough has ever come along! Thanks for reading, Redz, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!:twilightsmile:

Why did it take me so long to get around to reading this?!? I love the intricate prank... of course it would take something of that scale to get past Pinkie :pinkiegasp:

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Heh, it most certainly was a group effort!:twilightsmile:

Spike jumps for cover. pinkie's tail starts twitching Pinkie: "Twitch-ity twitch!" Ker-splat! :pinkiegasp:
I love rainbow's : "Whatta ya' mean 'consolation prize'?" :rainbowlaugh:
I like that you fit Blues into this story many of your stories fit so well together.
anyways best prank ever played on the best prankster ever. the best part is that pinkie is a good sport about it in the end. :pinkiehappy:

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I was very glad that I was able to fit so many different elements together. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, you know it means a bunch to me that you do!:twilightsmile:

One little error in the summary. 'Implore' is a verb, not a noun. The word you want is 'plea'.

Now to read the story. :twilightsmile:


Edit: :rainbowlaugh:

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D'oh!:facehoof:

I hope you enjoy the story!

A very enjoyable story. Such a sweet piece that might have passed as an episode. :twilightsmile: Also, congratulations on introducing the concept of a cinema and reality shows to Equestria! :trollestia:

Forgive me for getting technical, but I found one thing slightly confusing. You see, there's a lack of any distinctive scene division (like the famous *** mark), so I was thrown out of rhythm (as it were :twilightblush:) here and there, when I had to backtrack a little, realizing that the scene just transited from Pinkie and Rainbow to Applejack (for example). Any kind of scene indication would do wonders to the story. :twilightsmile:

Also:
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"No, no…I'm, I'm sorry…I, I don't think we can!" said the pegasus, giggling, slowly closing the door.

That's a mighty assertive behavior for our Fluttershy. :raritywink: Is it after Iron Will's lessons? :yay:

2. Blues cameo FTW! :pinkiehappy:

3. I have to admit I was a little surprised that you decided to paint (or, you know... write :raritywink:) the story so clearly from the very beginning (there was no surprise Pinkie was going to be pranked silly on the prank day :twilightsmile:), but I have to commend you for letting one surprise for the end. I totally didn't expect RD to be the prank general. :rainbowlaugh: True, I wouldn't have expected Twilight to conceive such a convoluted prank, but RD played her role so brilliantly. :pinkiehappy: Great work there!

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No dear, you go ahead…I don't know what your up to, but please make sure that there's not too much property damage

:pinkiegasp:
Et tu, T.D.? :pinkiesad2:
:pinkiehappy:

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This is the only story that I've ever written for a contest that I've allowed to continue existing after having gone down in flames. I literally wrote this one in less than 24 hours after a contest was launched on EqD for April Fool's Day two years ago.

There's a lot of things wrong with it, and they are systemic. The work would require a massive rewrite to find them all. I'm frickin' crucifying that your/you're error as soon as I'm done with this comment, though!:flutterrage:

I chose to remain with the pranking crew throughout the prank because I wanted the reader to feel like they were with Twilight and the group, like they were "in on it". I thought that revealing Dash as the originator of the prank would be enough. I hope that it was!:twilightsmile:

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Oh, I had no idea. But if this story was written down in less than 24 hours, then I tip my hat to you, sir. :twilightsmile:

This, this is the kind of story that I really live for. It's not overflowing with crude or obvious humor, but instead it's just pouring with (dramatic) irony all over the place. Not only that, but it leaves off with a big smile and that warm fuzzy feeling. Definitely good.

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I'm glad that it "hit the spot"! I try not to go too far in any one direction with any of my stories, but when it comes to comedies I love the irony and the absurdism that you seem to appreciate. Thanks for reading and commenting!:twilightsmile:

Great. Just great. You know what I do in cases like this?

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No, no I don't know/ What do ya' do?:pinkiesmile:

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Never mind, I don't want you to get sad about respawning readers... :pinkiehappy:

That was adorable and hilarious. Someone needs to animate this!

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Heh, I've often wondered if any of my stories would get a fan animation.:pinkiesmile:

PresentPerfect
Author Interviewer

Applause, sir. Well-deserved applause.

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Heh, I'm glad that you liked this one, Present. This is ancient, and it is a contest entry, and those are never an author's best works. I'm glad there was something here you could enjoy.:twilightsmile:

PresentPerfect
Author Interviewer

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Was it for an April Fools' contest? I think I read another of those entries not long ago.

Haha I have yet to read one of your stories that I have not absolutely enjoyed. So I suppose I'll just read them all!

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It certainly was. You know, back when EqD thought it had to do stuff to encourage more fan fiction!:rainbowlaugh:

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I certainly hope that you will!:twilightsheepish:

Y'know, every time I think I've read all of your stories, I find more sneaking around in the woodwork...!

Brilliant: nice to see Pinkie so completely (and good-naturedly) out-manouvered.

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Heh, yeah, I thought that it would be nice to see her get the receiving end, but not in a mean-spirited way! I'm glad that this one "worked", as it is a contest entry fic, and not my best work.:pinkiesmile:

Almost gave up halfway through, since I felt the story was quite a bit formulaic up to that point, and Pinkie was a tad too annoying. I am glad that I didn't though, since the ending was really sweet.

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Yeah, this one was a contest entry, and not my best work. I'm glad that you "stuck it out", and that the ending appealed to you, though!:twilightsmile:

Right off the bat on this one I am glad to see Blues again. I definitely had a couple of guilty chuckles when Pinkie kept saying Blues looked horrible, particularly after all I know he has been through (presumably) recently. You did a great job of using Apple Jack as the lead on the prank, as Pinkie would never believe her able to do it, furthermore, finding creative ways to keep her from lying while not telling the truth kept her in character, which once again helps maintain the believability of this one. Going so far as to have her bite her lip when she said maybe gummy ate them was vital in this.
“It may have been her immense natural energy feeding her excitement on this day of days, or perhaps the massive head trauma, but before Pinkie knew…” You had me literally on the floor with that line, as you also did with Big Macagator saying ‘Eeyup.’
Keeping each pony in character throughout keeps each gag believable and therefore hilarious. Because of this, the scene with the mule in Pinkie’s bed was unbelievably amazing. To get Pinkie that embarrassed takes some serious work. It was definitely on-par with ‘Dear Idiot’ in regards to hilarity.

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Interesting trivia fact: This was a contest entry, and therefore I've never felt it to be "up to par" with the rest of my works. Therefore, I've never submitted it to Equestria Daily. If you have any interest in "cleaning it up a bit" so that I can someday, let me know!:twilightsmile:

Whats more to say about this story
asides its a gem in all its glory
A simple idea led to such a plot
which asides from Zenith I enjoyed alot

The characters were real and the pace was fast
I applaud you for making me laugh at last
To read your works makes me smile
TD your a decent author there is no denile

-Frost :pinkiesmile:

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Heh, I'm glad that you could enjoy this work. It was a contest entry written very quickly, and as such it has never been my best. Still, I'm glad that there was enough here to get a laugh or two out of you.:twilightsmile:

If any story deserved to have a fan video made of it...THIS would be what gets my vote for it.

Well done!

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