The Largest Ever Pet Shop/Tropes


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 * Adult Fear:
 * Bloodier and Gorier:
 * Darker and Edgier: Even moreso than its predecessor, A Death in the Pet Shop, which was already heartwrenching enough. Part 1 is basically a character study, going for full-on Deconstructor Fleet as the characters are put in a situation where they begin to question their perception on friendship, not to mention Blythe is Driven to Insanity at the start of the film. Top that with uncomfortably drawn out torture scenes and a Downer Ending where the villains kills our main leads, and you have something that rivals even that of Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Worse still, Personification² goes even darker, despite its notable increase in levity and its action-adventure aspect. Several mainstay characters die in humiliating and degrading ways, and the action scenes are much more violent and gory than its predecessor. The stakes are notably higher than before, with the characters being put into very real danger that can get them killed, and the villains are also far more menacing and depraved than how they were depcted in the series, with our heroes facing The End of the World As We Know It by the end of the film. The film also has more of a horror focus, most notably with Pepper's nightmare sequence, the Three Tribes resorting to cannibalism, necromancy, Victorian-style torture, public humiliation and execution, a notably high death toll, and the Changeling Hive, where Chrysalis' children feast upon the remains of Terramar. And to pour salt into an open wound, the film ends on a Bittersweet Ending, where many characters stay dead, Mrs. Twombly retires and the Mane 6 move on with their lives. Even the subtle hints of self-awareness and fourth wall breaking humour aren't enough to dilute the impact of the film's overly grim, dour tone. Needless to say, the uncut version is well-dserving of its R rating. There are scenes of breeding and on-screen intercourse between same-sex Pegasi, shots of Changelings and zombified pets and ponies tearing their victims apart, villains stabbing their opponents through the chest, disembowelling and/or lacerating them, beheading their victims, putting prisoners through brutal, downright disgusting methods of torment, and even a scene where Silas' minions kill each other for their inheritance. Even the Biskit twins get a gnarly death scene at the end of the film at the hooves of Shadow Blazer. It's also more profane than most films based on Hasbro properties.
 * Dark Reprise: As featured in the IMAX prologue and especially the Uncut Petshopper's Edition, Pinkie Pie sings an abridged version of "One Small Thing" from My Little Pony: The Movie to the lifeless body of Princess Skystar, all while trying to fight back her tears. Not to mention, this is accompanied by faint, minor-key instrumentals of the song, which gradually slow down as Pinkie loses her composure.
 * Downer Beginning: The film opens on a prologue in Seaquestria, where we catch up on a memorial service for the late Princess Skystar. The Mane Six and Queen Novo are particularly distraught by the sudden loss, which is further expanded upon in the Uncut Petshopper's Edition, where Pinkie Pie gives her eulogy to her deceased friend and breaks down in front of the crowd, prompting her other friends and Skystar's family to console her. Poor Pinkie...
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