History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E7Bats

* TheDissenterIsAlwaysRight: Applejack argues the bats are too destructive and need to be driven away, while Fluttershy is the only one who argues that these bats are an important part of the ecosystem, so they should set aside a bat sanctuary instead. When the group goes with Applejack's plan, it has the unexpected side effect of turning Fluttershy into a vampony. Shenanigans ensue as the group tries to get Flutters back to normal. Afterwards, Applejack apologizes for not listening to her, and the group builds the bat sanctuary like she suggested in the first place.

* FantasticRacism: Applejack's opinion of the bats (in addition to the rest of The Mane Six with the exception of Fluttershy), comes off like this when, off on a tirade filled with {{Demonization}}, they go on about how what utterly and terrible monsters they are with apparently no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Fortunately, they all get better by the end.
-->'''Applejack:''' These creatures have a one-track mind. The orchard is not their restaurant, but do they ever think what others may want? No, they don't, and that is just a fact.
** Yes, their invasion of Sweet Apple Acres is a ''HUGE'' problem for Applejack and the rest of the farm, but the Orchard was quite obviously '''NOT''' being targeted simply out of malice or to ''intentionally'' cause issues with the rest of the farm or The Apple Family's business.

* ImAHumanitarian: Discussed. When told that she became a vampire, Fluttershy asks if she ate ponies.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Also sharing traits with [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], Fluttershy is accidentally transformed into a vampire pony by Twilight's spell. However, she only took on the characteristics of the vampire fruit bats (she gains fangs, her wings turn bat-like, her eyes change color, her [[PointyEars ears turn pointy]], and she starts to hang upside down from trees) and nothing else really mystical beyond that. She only targets the apples as her food source and still has her reflection in mirrors (though she is warded off by them). Oddly though, she doesn't speak while in this form, mostly hissing until she's changed back. Probably the most odd change is that her cutie mark changes from butterflies to bats after she's transformed. Additionally, Fluttershy also has the standard werewolf AlternateIdentityAmnesia once she's turned back to normal. So it's a weird combination of the two.

* VFormationTeamShot: The Mane cast sans Fluttershy pull a great one at the end of "Stop the Bats."

** Literature/{{Twilight}} Sparkle creates a vampire, one who sucks on [[http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131223065607/glee/images/3/3d/Twilight-cover.jpg apples]].

* FreezeFrameBonus: If one looks closely, Fluttershy's cutie mark has changed from three butterfies to three bats.

* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Fluttershy can't remember anything that happened upon becoming Flutterbat. Similarly, Flutterbat does not seem to hold any of Fluttershy's memories.

Soon, Pinkie Pie discovers the culprit: it's Fluttershy, who's been turned into a vampire batpony! The others try to reason with her, but "Flutterbat" is only interested in draining the life from Applejack's apples. Twilight says that when she cast the spell, the thirst for the apple juice must have been transferred to Fluttershy through her Stare, giving her the ravenous hunger for fruit of the vampire fruit bats. After repeated efforts to catch Flutterbat fail, Pinkie Pie gives Twilight another idea: get Fluttershy to use her Stare on herself. The Mane Cast use the Apple family's prized apple to lure Flutterbat to them, then surprise the vampire batpony with mirrors, reflecting her Stare. This works long enough for Twilight to cast a counter-spell, turning Fluttershy back to normal.

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* TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised: The [=IDW=] comics arc "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue32To33 Night of the Living Apples]]" serves as a follow-up to this episode, wherein the Mane 6 discover that Flutterbat has only been repressed rather than completely removed, and Fluttershy has to wrestle with her newfound SuperpoweredEvilSide and convince her to help out against an army of sentient apples brought to life by a magic meteor. She eventually succeeds just before the arc's DarkestHour, and [[TheCavalry calls in the vampire fruit bats]] [[BigDamnHeroes to save the rest of the Mane 6 and help turn things around]]. The arc concludes with AnAesop that everyone can have a bad side, but it is knowing how to overcome it that is what makes a pony a better being.

* TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevized: The [=IDW=] comics arc "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue32To33 Night of the Living Apples]]" is a follow-up to this episode, wherein the Mane 6 discover that Flutterbat has only been repressed rather than completely removed, and Fluttershy has to wrestle with her newfound SuperpoweredEvilSide to help out against an army of sentient apples brought to life by a meteor. She eventually succeeds just before the arc's DarkestHour, and [[TheCavalry calls in the vampire fruit bats]] [[BigDamnHeroes to turn things around]]. The arc concludes with AnAesop that everyone can have a bad side, but it is knowing how to overcome it that is what makes a pony a better being.

* SequelHook: The last shot reveals Fluttershy is NotQuiteBackToNormal.

* BalefulPolymorph: The effect is delayed and unintentional, but Twilight's spell to control the vampire fruit bats inadvertently turns Fluttershy into a vampire pony.

** The fruit bats shown in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion "Apple Family Reunion"]] are mentioned when Twilight questions if they're related to Applejack's bat infestation problem.

* NobodyPoops: The bats here spread apple seeds by spitting them out, rather than by... nature's usual method.* NotQuiteBackToNormal: Fluttershy still has small fangs at the end.

* VegetarianVampire: A literal example, since vampire fruit bats (and later Flutterbat)]only suck the juice out of apples.

** Some issues are unfortunately not touched upon in this scenario. For example, their are actually various difficulties that come into question when attempting to use new seeds in an established orchard, such as tearing out old trees and planting new ones, as well as, of course, the wait needed before they start bearing fruit.

* NobodyPoops: The bats here spread apple seeds by spitting them out, rather than by... nature's usual method.
* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Granny Smith, Big Macintosh, and Apple Bloom are out in Appleoosa preparing for the produce competition while Applejack stays in Ponyville to deal with the harvest (and bat infestation).
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: Fluttershy still has small fangs at the end.