Story of the Blanks



Story of the Blanks is a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan-made game made in the style of traditional 8-bit games.

It follows Applebloom as she wanders away from Twilight Sparkle in the Everfree Forest and happens upon a village (called Sunny Town) full of ponies preparing for a party. She's invited to come in and enjoy herself, and aside from the fact that none of them have Cutie Marks or even know what they are, everything seems wonderful and straightforward...

The game isn't very long (if you don't die, you could finish in ten minutes), but still a great play, and even won Equestra-Gaming's "Creepy Game" contest. Play it for free here or here. Watch a Let's Play by TGWTG's CR here.

Not to be confused with The Blank, and no such Blanks appear in the game.

Story of the Blanks contains examples of the following tropes:
"Applebloom: Every. Single. One."
 * Action Survivor:
 * A Fete Worse Than Death: A subversion.
 * All There in the Script: The Level Editor reveals a few names and identities:
 * The Atoner:
 * Beware the Quiet Ones:
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Big No/Little No: Applebloom's reaction to
 * Blessed with Suck:
 * Call It Karma:
 * Comic Book Adaptation: here (fanmade, but approved by the creator of the game). The creator of the comic has stated that the comic will continue beyond the story of the game (which has also been approved by the creator of the game).
 * Crap Saccharine World: The town Applebloom finds.
 * Curiosity Killed the Cast:
 * Cursed with Awesome:
 * Darker and Edgier
 * Dark Fic: An odd example, as even though it's a generally dark story, it still seems to follow the themes and tone established in the show.
 * Death Is a Slap on The Wrist: In terms of gameplay, anyway...
 * Deliberately Monochrome: Apple Bloom's escape sequence, to unnerving effect.
 * Easter Egg: The Level Editor.
 * Fan Sequel: The fanmade Comic Book Adaptation will continue beyond the story of the game.
 * Fetch Quest
 * Foreshadowing: Zecora tells Twilight and Applebloom to get out of the forest before it gets dark. And then along comes ...
 * Fluorescent Hoofprints: Apple Bloom follows some of these, presumably created by Ruby, to
 * Freudian Excuse: The Cutie Pox supplies one for the townsponies.
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom:
 * : It's heavily implied that every year
 * Idiot Ball: Let's face it Applebloom, leaving your guardian to follow some random pony into a haunted forest wasn't the best idea you've ever had.
 * It was almost a Curiosity Killed The Cat situation.
 * Interface Spoiler:
 * It Got Worse: As you first start playing, it seems like a straightforward find-and-give game, though just a little bit ominous.
 * Level Editor: An Easter Egg,
 * The Lost Woods: Everfree Forest.
 * Lost World: Sunny Town.
 * Mood Whiplash:
 * Also the sudden switch from the the frightening and narrow escape to the cheerful and bubbly theme song over pastel-colored credits is extremely jarring.
 * My Species Doth Protest Too Much:
 * Nightmare Fuel: Just thinking about this game after playing it can make the effect it had more worse.
 * Noodle Incident: Applebloom tells a humorous story to Twilight about what happened with her friends that apparently involved them being "Cutie Mark Crusaders Park Rangers".
 * It was almost a Curiosity Killed The Cat situation.
 * Interface Spoiler:
 * It Got Worse: As you first start playing, it seems like a straightforward find-and-give game, though just a little bit ominous.
 * Level Editor: An Easter Egg,
 * The Lost Woods: Everfree Forest.
 * Lost World: Sunny Town.
 * Mood Whiplash:
 * Also the sudden switch from the the frightening and narrow escape to the cheerful and bubbly theme song over pastel-colored credits is extremely jarring.
 * My Species Doth Protest Too Much:
 * Nightmare Fuel: Just thinking about this game after playing it can make the effect it had more worse.
 * Noodle Incident: Applebloom tells a humorous story to Twilight about what happened with her friends that apparently involved them being "Cutie Mark Crusaders Park Rangers".
 * My Species Doth Protest Too Much:
 * Nightmare Fuel: Just thinking about this game after playing it can make the effect it had more worse.
 * Noodle Incident: Applebloom tells a humorous story to Twilight about what happened with her friends that apparently involved them being "Cutie Mark Crusaders Park Rangers".


 * Novelization: Here (fanmade, but approved by the creator of the game).
 * One-Hit-Point Wonder:
 * Palette Swap: Apparently done just to mimic the NES's style. Three Leaf (her overworld sprite in particular) looks like a palette swap of Pinkie Pie, although Pinkie doesn't actually appear in the game.
 * Parting Words Regret:
 * Prophet Eyes: Ruby.
 * The Reveal: Everything seems okay in Sunny Town, but once Apple Bloom follows Ruby into her house and looks in the fireplace,
 * Retraux: Down to the graphical limitations!
 * Scenery Gorn:
 * Self-Duplication: The Level Editor reveals that
 * Sequel Hook/The End - or Is It?:
 * The ending narration below.
 * However, the creator of the game has stated that Story of the Blanks most likely won't have any direct sequels or prequels (but it will probably be referenced in his future FiM games).
 * The fanmade Comic Book Adaptation has a bigger one, setting up its continuation.
 * Stepford Suburbia
 * Surprise Creepy
 * These Are Things Ponies Are Not Meant To Know
 * However, the creator of the game has stated that Story of the Blanks most likely won't have any direct sequels or prequels (but it will probably be referenced in his future FiM games).
 * The fanmade Comic Book Adaptation has a bigger one, setting up its continuation.
 * Stepford Suburbia
 * Surprise Creepy
 * These Are Things Ponies Are Not Meant To Know
 * These Are Things Ponies Are Not Meant To Know


 * Town with a Dark Secret
 * Wham! Line:
 * What The Hell, Townsponies?:
 * What The Hell, Townsponies?: