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Fizzlepop Berrytwist, better known as Tempest Shadow, is the secondary antagonist of the 2017 animated film My Little Pony: The Movie and a minor character in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
She was a ruthless unicorn with a broken horn and scar who once served as the second-in-command of the Storm King and the boss and later friend of Grubber. She aided the Storm King's invasion of Equestria and captured Twilight Sparkle and other princesses in order to steal their magic and make the Storm King all-powerful in return for having her horn restored. However, after being betrayed by the Storm King and saved by Twilight, she redeems herself.
She was voiced by Emily Blunt, who also played Freya in The Huntsman: A Winter's Tale and Linnet Doyle in Death on the Nile. In the Japanese dubbed version, she was voiced by Sanae Kobayashi.
In the film, Tempest Shadow is described as cold, arrogant, callous, ruthless, sadistic, angry, merciless and spiteful, especially to other ponies. Her negative opinion on friendship was a result of her friends abandoning her as a filly when her horn broke, leading her to grow resentful and untrusting of her own kind. Since then, she was obsessed with having it restored and wouldn't hesitate to hurt others to accomplish this. Unfortunately, this obsession led to her being manipulated by the Storm King, who ultimately betrayed Tempest once she was no longer useful. She is also bossy and demanding to her right-hoof hedgehog Grubber and the Storm King's minions.
After Storm King betrayed her until Twilight saved her from being swept into a tornado, she finally realized how wrong she was and had a change of heart, one that led her to sacrifice herself in order to save Twilight and her friends from getting turned into stone by the Storm King. After being restored, she becomes a kinder pony. Even though she's still sad about her horn being broken, she accepts Twilight's friendship and dedicates her life to helping others instead of hurting them.
In the comics, Tempest felt out of place in Ponyville and traveled all over Equestria to help others for her past misdeeds. She was quite blunt and cynical to Princess Cadance, believing that she represents everything that is wrong in Equestria. She also showed resentment and bitterness to Glitter Drops for what happened in their childhood. She became outraged with Glitter Drops saving her from an Ursa minor before Glitter Drops tearfully confessed how guilty she was since the incident. Tempest realized that her misjudgement is what causing her to become evil in the first place before she reconciles with her.
Quotes[]
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Oh, I'm so glad you asked. How about we start with your complete and total surrender?
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~ Tempest's first lines.
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Here's the deal, ladies. I need your magic. Give it up nicely, please, or we make it difficult for everyone!
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~ Tempest making the princesses surrender before the attack.
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All this power... wasted on parties! When there are far greater uses.
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~ Tempest thinking the magic is being wasted on the Friendship Festival.
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That princess is not gonna keep me from getting my horn back!
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~ Tempest ordering to capture Twilight.
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Silly little ponies.
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~ Tempest looking for Twilight and her friends.
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You do realize that if you were to shelter fugitives, the Storm King would be quite... explosive.
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~ Tempest threading to destroy Captain Celaeno's ship.
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Now... I'm gonna count to three. And if you don't tell me where they are, your ship is going down.
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~ Tempest getting to destroy the ship.
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I'm nothing like you! I'm more than you'll ever be!
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~ Tempest refusing that she's just Twilight Sparkle.
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I saw the truth. My "friends" abandoned me when times got tough. Looks like I'm not the only one. Face it, princess. Friendship has failed you, too. (Twilight Sparkle: Friendship didn't fail me. I failed friendship)
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~ Tempest and Twilight's opinion on friendship.
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Twilight Sparkle: Hold on! Tempest Shadow: Why are you saving me? Twilight Sparkle: Because this is what friends do.)
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~ Tempest surprise by Twilight's kind-hearted rescue causing her redemption.
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That's the one thing that never changes around here. The party.
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~ Tempest finally understands friendship.
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It's Fizzlepop Berrytwist.
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~ Tempest revealing her name to Pinkie Pie and her last words in the movie.
Reception[]
Tempest Shadow received positive reception from critics and the Brony fandom. However, some people considered her ’unoriginal’ due to predecessors like Princess Luna, Starlight Glimmer, and Sunset Shimmer as the "misguided villainous mare" (who are often criticized because of how common misguided antagonists are in the series). Like King Sombra, some also mocked the character as another "edgy oc with a tragic past", a common type of fan original character, colored with shades of red.
Despite this, Tempest Shadow was praised by many for her villainous moments, her design, her redemption, her song, and Emily Blunt's performance. She became a fan-favorite to the fandom, and the most popular character in the film.
According to concept art and description in The Art of My Little Pony: The Movie, Tempest was originally going to be a male alicorn pony named Cosmos and was heavily implied to be Celestia and Luna's long lost younger brother. In other concepts, Tempest/Cosmos was not an antagonist, but a wild pony who left Equestria on their own path, and was shown to have prosthetic limbs consisted of other animal parts.
Tempest's prototype name would later be recycled for the main antagonist of the 5-part story arc in the IDW comics.
According to the trading cards, Tempest was incorrectly referred to as an earth pony. It also said that she lived beyond Equestria.
Tempest Shadow is similar to Sunset Shimmer and Starlight Glimmer in that they're all powerful unicorns who claim to be evil at first, but ultimately redeemed by Twilight Sparkle and become her student in friendship. In fact, Tempest backstory is somewhat similar to Starlight's, as they were both abandoned by there best friends and would let it consume them with anger and sadness.
Despite Tempest said that she's not like Twilight, she is considered to be a darker reflection of Twilight and the rest of the Mane 6 to an extent. Tempest even admitted she and Twilight are nearly alike as both were abandoned by their close friends (Twilight angrily lashed out at the Mane 6 while Tempest's friends abandoned her in fear of Tempest's broken horn malfunctioning). However, the Mane 6 didn't give up on each other while Tempest had given up on both her friends. Tempest, along with her friends, also represents what the Mane 6 would've become if they never saw their errors and didn't reconcile after their fight, including Twilight if she let her reckless and stubborn decisions get the best of her.
Tempest's redemption, in a way is similar to Discord's true redemption at the end of Season 4: Both individuals are misguided by a power-hungry tyrant who offers them something greater than friendship, only to end up betraying them in the end before they were saved and reformed by Twilight, which they repay her with gratitude.
