History ReCap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess

'''Rarity: ''[HeadDesk]'''''

'''Rainbow Dash:''' The shape's fine, just make the whole thing, you know, cooler. (''pause'') [[TwentyPercentMoreAwesome It needs to be about 20% cooler.]]\\
'''Rarity: *HeadDesk*'''

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Her friends are initially grateful and excited...[[HypeBacklash too excited]], as it turns out, for when they see the dresses Rarity's made for them, they're not ''quite'' satisfied with them. Rarity graciously puts her original work aside in favor of the dresses her friends really want, even though their tacky, overly-critical, or vague suggestions result in ridiculous creations that strain her artistic sensibilities. To make matters worse, Spike informs Rarity that the famous fashion critic Hoity Toity will be coming in from Canterlot to attend the fashion show.

The second, and more important, part is convincing Hoity Toity to take in a private showing of Rarity's original dresses...and proceeding to knock his horseshoes off with a spectacular fashion show. Hoity Toity is impressed enough that he offers to showcase Rarity's designs at his Best of the Best Boutique in Canterlot...then proceeds to place a rush order for six dozen dresses.

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'''Rainbow Dash''': (none too quietly) She kind of is!

* DidntThinkThisThrough: After going under the spotlight, the ponies start to realise some of their design ideas aren't quite as elegent as they thought.

-->''*Applejack makes a quick glance at her dress, consisting of mega-sized boots and ten gallon hat*''

* EatTheCamera: Rarity does this during "Art of the Dress."

-->'''Fluttershy:''' All right, since you ''really'' want to know, [''[[MotorMouth deep breath]]''] the armscye's tight, the middy collar doesn't go with the shawl lapel, the hems are clearly ''machine'' stitched, the pleats are uneven, the fabric looks like toile, you used a backstitch here when it clearly called for a topstitch or maybe a traditional blanket stitch, and the overall design is reminiscent of ''prêt-à-porter'' and not true French ''haute couture''.\\
'''Rarity:''' [''[[FelonyMisdemeanor gasp]]'']\\

'''Rarity:''' [''StunnedSilence'']

** "Dress-making's easy" in Rarity's song: Lightly and with enthusiasm the first time; exasperated and ironic the second.
* KitchenSinkIncluded
-->'''Hoity Toity:''' Oh, those amateurish designs look like a piled-on mish mash of everything but the kitchen sink!\\
'''Rarity:''' [''quickly pushes a kitchen sink offstage'']

* ParentalBonus: Rarity goes through a lot of the woes of the customer service person.
* PimpedOutDress: The dresses Rarity makes, and "The Art of the Dress" is basically "Pimped Out Dress the song".

** Blink and you'll miss it: The pressing iron has a grille at the bottom, a V-shaped red detail, and a shiny, domed metal top. Now [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic where would we have seen something like this]]?

** Hoity Toity says „brava“ instead of „bravo“ when talking to Rarity. He, and by extension the writers, seem to know their Italian.
** In-Universe, Twilight demands the star patterns on her dress be accurate constellation maps.

* TemptingFate
-->'''Applejack:''' So...all you have to do is make a different, stunning, original, amazing outfit for (counts) one-two-three-four-five plus yourself...SIX ponies, lickety split?\\
'''Rarity:''' (confident laugh) Ohohoho Applejack...you make it sound like as if it's going to be hard.

* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: The TropeNamer (see above).

* WorkingTitle: According to one of the animators, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the episode was originally titled "Dress for Failure]]", which was deemed too pessimistic.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong
** Rarity's song "Art of the Dress" is closely based on the BarbraStreisand version of "Putting it Together" from the musical ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge''.
** The music during the second fashion show is a rapid-fire medley of sound-alike musical motifs; "Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra" for Twilight's dress; Creator/AaronCopland's "Hoedown" for Applejack's; "I Want Candy" for Pinkie Pie's; the WestminsterChimes for Rainbow Dash's; ClaudeDebussy's "L'Apres-Midi d'une Faune" for Fluttershy's.

* ShoutOut: Rarity's rant on how her life is ruined includes the lines [[SunsetBoulevard "I used to be]] [[OnTheWaterfront somepony,"]] and [[GrandHotel "I vant to be alone!"]].

The second, and more important, part is convincing Hoity Toity to take in a private showing of Rarity's original dresses...and proceeding to knock his horseshoes off with a spectacular fashion show. Hoity Toity is impressed enough that he offers to showcase Rarity's designs at his Best of the Best Boutique in Canterlot...[[OhCrap then proceeds to place a rush order for six dozen dresses]].

* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Averted. When Rarity suggests the fashion show, tomboy Rainbow Dash is just as excited about doing it as Twilight Sparkle and Applejack.
** However, Applejack asks for something "not too frou-frou-y."

** To her credit, the first six dresses ''weren't'' hard for her. It was when they started making changes to the dresses that everything fell apart.
*** Although, she did only manage to make five of them. Fluttershy's freaky knowledge of sewing made the sixth one later.

'''Rarity:''' [''Stunned silence'']

** The music during the second fashion show is a rapid-fire medley of sound-alike musical motifs; "AlsoSprachZarathustra" for Twilight's dress; Creator/AaronCopland's "Hoedown" for Applejack's; "I Want Candy" for Pinkie Pie's; the WestminsterChimes for Rainbow Dash's; ClaudeDebussy's "L'Apres-Midi d'une Faune" for Fluttershy's.

* AlsoSprachZarathustra: The opening of the song is used in Twilight Sparkle's introduction in the fashion show, complementing her starry-night dress.

'''Rarity:''' [''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous gasp]]'']\\

** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 The introduction of Shining Armor and Princess Cadance]] at the end of the second season is arguably a meta-example of AesopAmnesia.

** The other ponies after realizing what the hell they are wearing.

** The music during the second fashion show is a rapid-fire medley of sound-alike musical motifs; "AlsoSprachZarathustra" for Twilight's dress; AaronCopland's "Hoedown" for Applejack's; "I Want Candy" for Pinkie Pie's; the WestminsterChimes for Rainbow Dash's; ClaudeDebussy's "L'Apres-Midi d'une Faune" for Fluttershy's.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Hoity Toity is an impression of Karl Lagerfeld, down to Lagerfeld's signature fan as his cutie mark -- but with the voice of [[ProjectRunway Tim Gunn]] and the snarkiness of [[ProjectRunway Michael Kors.]]

** Blink and you'll miss it: The pressing iron has a grille at the bottom, a V-shaped red detail, and a shiny, domed metal top. Now [[{{BattlestarGalactica}} where would we have seen something like this]]?

** Blink and you'll miss it: The pressing iron has a grille at the bottom, a V-shaped red deatil, and a shiny, domed metal top. Now [[{{BattlestarGalactica}} where would we have seen something like this]]?

** Rarity's song "Art of the Dress" is closely based on the BarbraStreisand version of "Putting it Together" from the musical ''SundayInTheParkWithGeorge''.

* BusbyBerkeleyNumber: Rarity's song has elements of this.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong
** Rarity's song "Art of the Dress" is closely based on the BarbraStreisand version of "Putting it Together" from the musical ''SundayInTheParkWithGeorge''.
** The music during the second fashion show is a rapid-fire medley of sound-alike musical motifs; "AlsoSprachZarathustra" for Twilight's dress; AaronCopland's "Hoedown" for Applejack's; "I Want Candy" for Pinkie Pie's; the WestminsterChimes for Rainbow Dash's; ClaudeDebussy's "L'Apres-Midi d'une Faune" for Fluttershy's.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Hoity Toity is an impression of Karl Lagerfeld, down to Lagerfelds signature fan as his cutie mark -- but with the voice of [[ProjectRunway Tim Gunn]] and the snarkiness of [[ProjectRunway Michael Kors.]]

* OhCrap: Rarity, first after hearing Hoity Toity is looking at her revised dresses, and later when he places order for six dozen of the originals.
** The other ponies after realizing what the hell they are wearing.
-->'''Twilight:''' Oh dear...

* TheJimmyHartVersion

** The other ponies after realising what the hell they are wearing.

* OneSceneWonder: The DJ pony that turns on the music during the first fashion show has less screen time than most characters in the entire series, yet its one of the most memorable moments from the episode and she went on to become a massive EnsembleDarkhorse.

* ImpossiblyTackyClothes