History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom

** Rarity's fall was caused by an attempt at FifteenMinutesOfFame due to AcquiredSituationalNarcissim. She's a [[CatchAFallingStar falling star]] in more ways than one.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Twilight can levitate an Ursa Minor for miles and effortlessly stop Rainbow Dash in midflight, but she does nothing to stop Rarity and the Wonderbolts from falling to their deaths (e.g. gradually slowing them down and then hoisting them back up). Celestia presumably has at least the ability to do that much and likely far more, but she too never intervenes. Of course the Wonderbolts did take action first, and by the time they were taken out Rarity was too far away for Twilight or Celestia to target.

* SizableSnowflakes: In the weather factory, the snowflakes being hoof-carved by the pegasi are the size of small dishes.

** A construction Pegasus lets his jackhammer get away from him while [[ConstructionCatcalls mackin' on Rarity.]] It bores straight through the cloud he was working on. It probably ruined someone's day when it landed...

-->'''Rarity:''' For I! Am! Rarity!

* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Nor is it the 2000 G-forces you would get from a 90-degree turn with that small a radius at Mach 1. Apparently, the Sonic Rainboom somehow alters the laws of physics.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Twilight can levitate an Ursa Minor for miles and effortlessly stop Rainbow Dash in midflight, but she does nothing to stop Rarity and the Wonderbolts from falling to their deaths (e.g. gradually slowing them down and then hoisting them back up). Celestia presumably has at least the ability to do that much and likely far more, but she too never intervenes.

* ConstructionCatcalls: GettingCrapPastTheRadar on multiple levels.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping:
** Fluttershy's voice doesn't really lend itself to loud cheering, so Creator/AndreaLibman pretty much just uses Pinkie Pie's voice for Fluttershy's loud, excited cheer.

* PolkaDotPaint: Pinkie Pie dips a hoof in the liquid rainbow and it retains seven distinct stripes of color, despite dripping off her hoof. She then ''licks'' it...and [[FireBreathingDiner starts breathing multicolored fire!]]

(''Rainbow Dash's eyes pop open'')

'''Fluttershy:''' (''{{rear|ing horse}}s'' and deeply inhales'') Yaaayyy.\\

'''Fluttershy:''' (''{{rear|ing horse}}s''and deeply inhales'') Yaaayyy.\\

'''Fluttershy:''' (''deeply inhales'') Yaaayyy.\\

'''Rainbow Dash:''' Ugh... (''[[FacePalm facehoof, [[FaceFault falls over]]'')\\

'''Fluttershy:''' ''[inhales]'' [--[[FlatJoy Yay]]--].\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' ...Ugh! ''[[[FacePalm facehoof]]]'' You're gonna cheer for me like ''that''? Louder.\\

'''Rainbow Dash:''' (ScreenShake) ''LOUUUDERRRR!!!''\\
'''Fluttershy:''' ''[deeply inhales]'' Yaaayyy.\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' Ugh... ''[[[FacePalm facehoof]]]'' ''[[[FaceFault falls over]]]''\\

''(Rainbow Dash's eyes pop open)''

The day of the competition arrives, and after an encounter with a few old bullies from flight school (and Fluttershy [[GoYeHeroesGoAndDie botching the die roll on "Make Motivational Speech"]]), Rainbow Dash finds herself on the verge of a {{nervous breakdown}} over whether or not she'll win.

!!Tropes present in this episode (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom here]]):
* AbsenteeActor: Spike.
* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Rarity becomes entranced with the temporary wings Twilight gives her and soon forgets why she wanted them in the first place; going so far as to enter the competition herself just to show them off. At least she realizes in the end that she lost her head and regrets it.
** It starts early. When the other non-pegasi are amazed at Cloudsdale in general, Rarity is admiring her wings.

* TheCameo: [[RecurringExtra Recurring Unicorn]] Lyra Heartstrings makes a notable cameo in this episode as the only non-pegasus outside of the Mane Six (and Celestia) to appear in Cloudsdale. Apparently she knows the cloud walking spell too!

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Fluttershy's voice doesn't really lend itself to loud cheering, so AndreaLibman pretty much just uses Pinkie Pie's voice for Fluttershy's loud, excited cheer.

--> '''Rarity''': For I! Am! Rarity!

* ShoutOut: When Pinkie Pie tastes the rainbow, her face goes through color changes and fiery breath, similarly to the more notable effects of the prairie oyster in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and the Laurel Wreath''.

--> "'''[[{{LeeroyJenkins}} Let's do this!]]'''"
* StealthPun: Pinkie Pie decides to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(confectionery) "taste the rainbow"]] but finds it [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce not to her liking.]]

'''Fluttershy:''' [--Yay.--]\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' ''LOUUUDERRRR!!!''\\
'''Fluttershy:''' ''[deeply inhales]'' [--Yaaay.--]\\

** Rarity discovers her wings have just been ruined.

* TapOnTheHead: Rarity's flailing when she was falling from Cloudsdale punched out three of the Wonderbolts.

* {{Homage}}: Rarity's wings are wrecked [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus when she flies too close to the sun]]. Speaking of which:
* IcarusAllusion: Twilight Sparkle makes some magical wings for Rarity, warning her that they are very delicate. Ignoring this, Rarity enters a flying competition, deciding to fly as high as possible so that the sun would shine through her wings and cover Cloudsdale in colorful light. The sun wrecks her wings up, and Rarity plummets nearly to her death, being saved only at the last moment by Rainbow Dash.

** The shockwave from a Sonic Rainboom at ground-level should have levelled trees and houses for miles. A sonic boom is a continuous occurrence, being generated by the supersonic object; it doesn't just happen once the sound barrier is breached.

** Rarity discovers her wings have just evaporated.

* {{Homage}}: Rarity's wings burn up [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus when she flies too close to the sun]].
* IcarusAllusion: Twilight Sparkle makes some magical wings for Rarity, warning her that they are very delicate. Ignoring this, Rarity enters a flying competition, deciding to fly as high as possible so that the sun would shine through her wings and cover Cloudsdale in colorful light. The sun burns her wings up, and Rarity plummets nearly to her death, being saved only at the last moment by Rainbow Dash.

'''Fluttershy:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Too loud?]]

'''Rainbow Dash:''' ''LOUDER!!''\\

The day of the competition arrives, and after an encounter with a few old bullies from flight school (and Fluttershy [[GoYeHeroesGoAndDie botching the die roll on "Make Motivational Speech"]]), Rainbow Dash finds herself on the verge of a nervous breakdown over whether or not she'll win.

* Facepalm: Rainbow Dash does two concerning Fluttershy's cheering, the second accompanied by her [[FaceFault flipping over]].

* ThinkingOutLoud[=/=]AsideComment: Both Rainbow Dash and Rarity think out loud about what they're doing next in their practice or performance, and each looks at the audience on one occasion while doing so.