Gertie's Equestrian Tour

by AlwaysDressesInStyle

Post-Credits Plot Twist Stinger Ending

A lone filly walked the plains wearing a ceremonial buffalo headdress and a sash adorned with several new merit badges. Once she’d figured out that Gertie’s digestive fluid was actually ‘The Dip’ that could erase cartoon characters once and for all, there’d been a struggle. She was the sole survivor, having teamed up with the buffalo chief to take out the totally unoriginal characters and celebrity caricature. Especially the celebrity caricature.

With his dying breath as The Dip consumed him, Chief Thunderhooves had implored her to lead his tribe to greatness. At least that’s what she assumed ‘you traitorous equine’ meant in the buffalo’s native language.

She repeated the Filly Guide creed as she trekked through the badlands. The Guides had learned from previous failures. No gloating, no showboating, no witnesses, and no swearing revenge if your plans were thwarted. Run away to plot another day. She was already ahead of the game by having a revolving door of aliases. Someday she’d displace Cozy Glow as the greatest Filly Guide of all time. Someday soon.

Author's Note:

Story notes: https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/983214/story-notes-gerties-equestrian-tour

Comments

[FanOfMostEverything]

If I had a nickel for every time an entry in this contest brought in Gertie the Dinosaur, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

In any case, this was a story. More or less. It was certainly a pile of mayhem, potshots, references, and very well-crafted dialogue cards. (I did appreciate the gag with the Crusaders' G3 predecessors.) But ten thousand words is a lot for random comedy to carry, and it definitely overstayed its welcome. There are only so many ways to show wacky antics as a reanimated dinosaur eats everything within reach and a few things that shouldn't be. More than anything, this needed a trim. Possibly with a chainsaw. And I hope you plan on patching up those cracks in the fourth wall.

Still, thank you for it and best of luck in the judging.

[AlwaysDressesInStyle]

11207785

If I had a nickel for every time an entry in this contest brought in Gertie the Dinosaur, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Very weird, and I assure you, I was as shocked as you. One of the reasons I picked her was because I figured no one else would. Making this even weirder, the other was released directly before mine:

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What makes this weirder is that up until this contest, Gertie had never been ponified at all. I couldn't find a shred of fanart or another fic that had her crossed over with MLP previously. Maybe someone has and I just couldn't find it, but from what I could see this was new crossover territory for the fandom.

In any case, this was a story. More or less. It was certainly a pile of mayhem, potshots, references, and very well-crafted dialogue cards. (I did appreciate the gag with the Crusaders' G3 predecessors.)

Thank you! This is what I was going for, ridiculous and ridiculously thin plot.

The intertitle cards were created from screencaps of Gertie's movie, and the font I used is G1 MLP (or rather the closest I've found: De Vinne Ornament D). The G3 CMC references are quite possibly the only subtle thing about this story. The rest of the jokes are as subtle as... well, a dinosaur eating a city.

ten thousand words is a lot for random comedy to carry, and it definitely overstayed its welcome

I can't argue that. This one went quite a bit beyond ten thousand words, coming up exactly one word short of the twelve thousand word limit (if you add the words on the intertitle cards to the published total).

As for overstaying its welcome, the same can be said for FIM itself.

I hope you plan on patching up those cracks in the fourth wall.

Not a chance! I'm pulling a Starlight Glimmer and escaping to another town entirely to leave somepony else to clean up the mess.

[NAH223445566]

¿Quién quedó viva y con el chaleco?

[AlwaysDressesInStyle]

11274220

The A-Team, yes.

[NAH223445566]

11274662
Aahhhh. Gracias.

[AlwaysDressesInStyle]

11274753

De nada! I apologize, my Spanish is limited to random words. I'm unable to answer your other question as it seems to be losing something in the translation. I'd rather ask for clarification in English than trust a translation website.

[NAH223445566]

11274662
Of course. Thanks you for the answer...My english ia than bad.

[NAH223445566]

11274774
Reasonable, my question was who is the main character in the last chapter?

Deepl.

[AlwaysDressesInStyle]

11276967

Tag-A-Long who was a background pony in a few episodes dressed as a Filly Guide:

https://derpibooru.org/images/523587

She's had a bunch of fandom names: Thin Mint, Ginger Snap, and Tag-A-Long being three of them.

[NAH223445566]

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Ahh. Gracias por responder.

[Ghost Mike]

An oddball ghost happened across your fic and read it. Have a review!