History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve

* FromACertainPointOfView: Interestingly, the insults the three leaders yell at each other before being frozen would actually be ''accurate''--if they restricted the insults to each other rather than to the races as a whole. Commander Hurricane calls earth ponies "numbskulls", and this is a pretty good description of Chancellor Puddinghead. Princess Platinum calls pegasi "brutes", and Commander Hurricane ''is'' a brute. Finally, Chancellor Puddinghead calls unicorns "snobs", which fits Princess Platinum rather well.

* GetOnWithItAlready: [[AllThereInTheScript Shoeshine]], one of the ponies in the audience, shouts this when Spike keeps rambling.

* ProphecyTwist: Clover the Clever predicted that the pony tribes would eventually reach an agreement. [[spoiler:The tribe leaders, however, weren't the ones who did it; it was their assistants]].

** Rainbow Dash, a loyal friend and reliable source of help, plays Commander Hurricane, a [[GeneralRipper violent, foul-tempered]] [[TheGeneralissimo military dictator]].

** Rarity, a generous, understanding businessmare who always wants her friends to be the best they can be, plays Princess Platinum, a [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen narcissistic, condescending, petty]] [[RoyalBrat heir to a dynasty]].

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Rarity's princess dress is purple and makes a great deal of her refinement and ProperLady status.

* [[DeepImmersionGaming Deep Immersion Stage Play]]: To the viewer, the characters appear to be in a large open landscape or high in the air. Occasionally, it is shown they are still on a relatively small stage, with more conventional stage fixtures.

* [[EverybodyLaughsEnding Everypony Laughs Ending]]: A very short segment of laughter occurs after Rainbow Dash finally agrees to shut the window.
* [[FacePalm Face Hoof]]: Done by Clover the Clever when the three leaders are fighting over a mere rock.

* [[FootPopping Hoof Popping]]: Pinkie's back right pops when she hugs Rainbow Dash on stage.

OnceUponATime, the Pegasi, Unicorns, and Earth Ponies hated each other. The Pegasi, led by Commander Hurricane (played by Rainbow Dash), believed themselves superior because they could control the weather. The Unicorns, ruled by a king who is represented by his daughter Princess Platinum (played by Rarity), believed themselves superior because they had magic, which they used to move the sun and moon. Both tribes demanded food from the Earth Ponies, led by Chancellor Puddinghead (played by Pinkie Pie).

* EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses: One of the six real characters present in the play is Princess Platinum, daughter of the king, who represents the unicorns as if she as good as is their ruler. There's no explanation for why she's doing it instead of the king himself, who never shows up. It's either a case of [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething royals who actually do something]] vs. [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything Royals who don't do anything]], vs. PoliticallyActivePrincess and it was [[TheFace her duty to go to the meeting as his representative.]]

* CrossPlayer: Commander Hurricane is addressed as male during the play.

* CallBack
** While riding the Friendship Express Train to Canterlot, Fluttershy says she's so excited she feels like shouting and gave a small, barely audible "woo hoo!", similar to "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" when her attempts were equally as meek.
** Pinkie Pie lifts up Twilight, who is trying to pull Fluttershy out of a box with the use of magic, by her face. Clearly upset, Twilight yells "PINKIE!" in the exact same manner as in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]", where Pinkie's antics had also been unhelpful to Twilight.
** The stained glass windows depicting the Mane cast defeating Nightmare Moon and Discord, seen in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 both]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 parts]] of "The Return of Harmony", are shown in the hall where the pageant is being held.
** Clover the Clever was the student of Star Swirl the Bearded, who was first mentioned in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]."

** Before the pageant with Rainbow Dash and the lesson of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]". Applejack's "This isn't the Rainbow Dash show!" is a LampshadeHanging that aseop's brokenness.

** Remember that power of love used to defeat the windigos toward the end of the episode? Turns out ''that'' was the big lead up to the season finale they were talking about.

* ChekhovsGun: The windigos are beaten using the bond between ponies to power a spell without the Elements. A similar technique is used by Shining Armor and Princess Cadence to defeat Queen Chrysalis in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 the finale]], only with [[ThePowerOfLove a different bond used as the power source]].

!!Tropes ([[YMMV/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve YMMV tropes can be found here]]):

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal

* AesopAmnesia

-->'''Spike:''' (''narrating'') It was a strange and dark time, a time when ponies were torn apart... by hatred.\\

'''Spike:''' (''aside, to the CMC'') I know, can you believe it?

'''Fluttershy:''' (''runs and hides in a box of decorations and props'')

* ICanSeeMyHouseFromHere: Fluttershy claims she can see where ''future'' house from where she and Rainbow Dash claim "Pegasopolis".

* ChekhovsGun: The windigos are beaten using the bond between ponies to power a spell without the Elements. [[spoiler:A similar technique is used by Shining Armor and Princess Cadence to defeat Queen Chrysalis in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 the finale]], only with [[ThePowerOfLove a different bond used as the power source]]]].

* EndlessWinter: The episode revolves around this. Evil Windigoes are the cause, attracted by the different species' distrust and discontent toward each other. [[spoiler:It causes famines so awful that the leaders of each tribe, with their respective assistants, migrate to a new land - but the Windigoes just follow them ''there'', too. It's finally stopped when the bossy, hateful leaders become encased in ice, and their three assistants amicably make amends.]]

** Those monster horses you saw near the beginning? [[spoiler:They're windigos, creatures who feed on hatred.]]

** Remember that power of love used to defeat the windigos toward the end of the episode? [[spoiler:Turns out ''that'' was the big lead up to the season finale they were talking about.]]

* MadeOfGood: [[spoiler:The heart-shaped beacon of the Fire of Friendship, which still burns to the present]].

::Later...

* EmpathicEnvironment: Due to the windigos' presence, the blizzard grows worse as the three tribes' fighting grows worse.

* EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses: One of the six real characters present in the play is Princess Platinum, daughter of the king, who represents the unicorns as if she as good as is their ruler. There's no explanation for why she's doing it instead of the king himself, who never shows up. It's either a case of [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething royals who actually do something]] vs. [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything Royals who don't do anything]], Vs. PoliticallyActivePrincess and it was [[TheFace her duty to go to the meeting as his representative.]]

** Earth Ponies saw both unicorns and Pegasi in a BewareTheSuperman light.

* MissingEpisode: Creator/TheHub seems to treat this episode as a holiday special, meaning it will only air once each December. The series will rerun from front to back many times over the course of a year before this episode makes another appearance.

* EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses: One of the six real characters present in the play is Princess Platinum, daughter of the king, who represents the unicorns as if she as good as is their ruler. There's no explanation for why she's doing it instead of the king himself, who never shows up. It's either a case of [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething royals who actually do something]] vs. [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything Royals who don't do anything]], Vs. PoliticallyActivePrincess and it was [[TheFace her duty to go to the meeting as a representative.]]

One year, an inexplicable blizzard came to their land, and the ground was frozen so hard that the Earth Ponies could not cultivate. Neither the Pegasi nor the Unicorns could banish the storm, so the three clans held a summit, trying to figure out a solution. But with the storm raging outside reflecting the ponies' conflict inside, it didn't take long for the leaders to angrily give up and return home. The second-in-commands of each group -- Pegasus Private Pansy (Fluttershy), Unicorn vizier Clover the Clever (Twilight Sparkle), and Earth Pony secretary Smart Cookie (Applejack) -- were disappointed at the news.

OnceUponATime, the Pegasi, Unicorns, and Earth Ponies hated each other. The Pegasi, led by Commander Hurricane (played by Rainbow Dash), believed themselves superior because they could control the weather. The Unicorns, ruled by Princess Platinum (played by Rarity), believed themselves superior because they had magic, which they used to move the sun and moon. Both tribes demanded food from the Earth Ponies, led by Chancellor Puddinghead (played by Pinkie Pie).