Cupcakes (My Little Pony fanfic)

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Fanfiction
Title: Cupcakes
Author(s): Sergeant Sprinkles
Date(s): Google Docs upload posted February 24, 2011, was originally uploaded to 4chan in January 2011
Length: 3,906 words
Genre(s): Shock fic, Horror, Dark fic, Creepypasta
Fandom(s): My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
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External Links: Cupcakes on Google Docs

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Cupcakes by Sergeant Sprinkles is a notorious My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic. The fic was likely originally written as a troll fic meant to trick Pinkie Pie/Rainbow Dash shippers into reading what seemed to be a cute fic.[1]

Summary

The story starts with Rainbow Dash being invited to Pinkie Pie's home/bakery, only to be drugged with a spiked cupcake. Rainbow Dash then wakes up to find herself strapped to a table in the basement, where Pinkie informs her that she's out of an ingredient she needs for her cupcakes, and that Rainbow Dash needs to "provide" that ingredient. From there, Pinkie Pie proceeds to brutally torture and mutilate Rainbow Dash in various ways, such as cutting off her wings and electrocuting her, eventually resulting in Dash's death. It's revealed during the fic that Pinkie Pie has apparently also done this to other ponies before Rainbow Dash and that she chose to go after her friend because "her number came up".

At the end of the original fic, Pinkie Pie and Apple Bloom team up to do the same to Silver Spoon, though the fic ends just as Silver Spoon is about to be tortured.

Role Within Fandom

Cupcakes was one of the earliest dark fics written in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fandom, having been written while the first season was still in progress. As a result, it gained notoriety within the fandom for its dark and brutal content, often being viewed as a shock fic and even labelled as "GRIMDARK AS FUCK" by Equestria Daily. Notably, this was the only fic to get this label. [2] The fic was a likely influence behind the large number of dark/shock fics that appeared in the fandom in the following years, such as the fic Rainbow Factory by Aurora Dawn.

In a coincidence, the season 1 episode Party of One featured a Pinkie Pie who resorts to throwing a surprisingly creepy party for several inanimate objects after she believed her friends to have abandoned her. Due to the episode airing on April 29th, 2011, just a few months after the upload of Cupcakes, fans started associating the Pinkie depicted in the episode with the fic.

Recursive Fanworks

Cupcakes spawned a number of recursive fanfics and other works in reaction to the original fic. Exact contents of these fics varied, but covered themes such as:

  • Rainbow Dash escaping/being rescued
  • Some other pony uncovering Pinkie's murders or getting justice for the missing ponies
  • Stories from Pinkie's point of view, often in an attempt to explain why Pinkie would act this way

Other works spawned from this fic included songs, art, dramatic readings, and in character reactions.

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