History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof

* OffModel: When the camera zooms in on Ms. Cake attending to Princess Celestia at the beginning of the episode, Ms. Cake appears to have her husband's cutie mark. This is corrected after the scene change.

* EpicFail: Fluttershy's attempts to heal Philomena, who only gets worse until she ''[[IncendiaryExponent spontaneously combusts]]''... Naturally she was doomed to fail because of the whole phoenix-rebirth-thing.

* FacePalm:

* {{GASP}}:

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Molting!Philomena has one. Fluttershy is quite disturbed by it.

* PieInTheFace: Pinkie provides a self-inflicted example.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Twilight and Fluttershy learn the lesson that they should have realized Celestia is not going to fly off the handle at her subjects for no good reason. Celestia also has an earlier moment when she tries to eat a muffin (levitating it towards her mouth), only for Pinkie Pie to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SswdcwebXYQ eat it]]. Celestia's reaction to this was, at worst, one of mild amusement.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Applejack finally gets ready to eat once Princess Celestia is gone, but all the tables are cleared as she's about to eat. Subverted when everypony is leaving and we see Applejack managed to get some food to take home.

* WantedPoster: Philomena sneaks around drawing mustaches on one poster the Celestia's guards put up.

** Angel imitates [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland the White Rabbit]] when reminding Fluttershy about the brunch with the princess, leading her to remark "I'm late! For a very important date!"

* ThemeTuneCameo: Fluttershy and Hummingway sing the theme tune, and try (unsuccessfully) to get Philomena to sing it as well!

* GrowlingGut: Applejack's belly can be heard after the food on the table is taken.

-->'''Celestia:''' Oh, stop messing around, Philomena! You're scaring everypony!

* AsideComment: There are two:
-->'''Fluttershy:''' Always works.\\\
'''Twilight:''' ''This'' is bad.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: When Princess Celestia declares that she "cares deeply about all creatures," Philomena immediately starts coughing up a storm. [[spoiler: Turns out she was doing it on purpose as a joke.]]

** Her tolerance / amusement of Pinkie's crazy behavior (including her swiping Celestia's muffin) foreshadows her actions in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver the season finale]].

* InstantlyProvenWrong: When Princess Celestia declares that she "cares deeply about all creatures," Philomena immediately starts coughing up a storm. [[spoiler: Turns out she was doing it on purpose.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Celestia's prank with the teacup ("Gotcha!") provides a clue that her pet would share her mischievous sense of humor.

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* PutTheirHeadsTogether: A variant, when Fluttershy and Twilight zoom in on Philomena through the ScoobyDoobyDoors. Each suffers a variant of CirclingBirdies as an aftermath.

* VisualPun: At the party, Pinkie ''pie''ing herself in the face.

* WatchWhereYoureGoing: Just at the end of the ScoobyDoobyDoors sequence, Twilight and Fluttershy collide against each other.

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* NonIndicativeName: Throughout most of the episode, Philomena is referred to only as "the Princess' pet". Nopony even acknowledges that she is a bird until just before she sheds her last feather and bursts into flames.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Twilight and Fluttershy learn the lesson that they shouldn't have assumed that Celestia isn't one of these. Celestia also has an earlier moment when she tries to eat a muffin (levitating it towards her mouth), only for Pinkie Pie to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SswdcwebXYQ eat it]]. Celestia's reaction to this was, at worst, one of mild amusement.

* TakingTheHeat: Twilight tries to shift the blame from Fluttershy onto her for Philimena's seemingly death, on the premise that Celestia will go easier on her. Fluttershy refuses to let her take it.