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* CrossReferencedTitles: To [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial "Sisterhooves Social"]].
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* CrossReferencedTitles: To [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial "Sisterhooves Social"]]."[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial Sisterhooves Social]]".
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* SynchronousEpisodes: With [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E17MadeInManehattan "Made In Manehattan"]], with both episodes taking place at the same time. This episode shows what goes on in Ponyville while Rarity and Applejack are away in Manehattan, and the reason that Applejack can't compete with Apple Bloom in the Sisterhooves Social is because she's been called away.
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* SynchronousEpisodes: With [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E17MadeInManehattan "Made "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E17MadeInManehattan Made In Manehattan"]], Manehattan]]", with both episodes taking place at the same time. This episode shows what goes on in Ponyville while Rarity and Applejack are away in Manehattan, and the reason that Applejack can't compete with Apple Bloom in the Sisterhooves Social is because she's been called away.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Big Mac wears a dress, wig and heels to (badly) look like Applebloom's female cousin.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Big Mac wears a dress, wig and heels to (badly) look like Applebloom's Apple Bloom's female cousin.
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* {{Shoutout}}: "Orchard Blossom" may be a reference to Jethrine Bodine, the sister of Jethro Bodine on ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'', who was played by Jethro's actor Max Baer Jr. in drag and who Orchard Blossom resembles.
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** Big Mac's dragonfly toy resembles a Sky Dancer, a toy distributed under the Galoob brand, which is currently owned by Hasbro.[[note]]Almost qualifies as ProductPlacement, except the Sky Dancer toys were recalled for safety issues.[[/note]]
** "Orchard Blossom" may be a reference to Jethrine Bodine, the sister of Jethro Bodine on ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'', who was played by Jethro's actor Max Baer Jr. in drag and who Orchard Blossom resembles.
** Big Mac's dragonfly toy resembles a Sky Dancer, a toy distributed under the Galoob brand, which is currently owned by Hasbro.[[note]]Almost qualifies as ProductPlacement, except the Sky Dancer toys were recalled for safety issues.[[/note]]
** "Orchard Blossom" may be a reference to Jethrine Bodine, the sister of Jethro Bodine on ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'', who was played by Jethro's actor Max Baer Jr. in drag and who Orchard Blossom resembles.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: It's rather convenient that Applejack and Rarity are summoned to solve a Friendship Problem in Manehattan and forced to miss the Sisterhooves Social right at the same time that Big Macintosh is feeling [[OvershadowedByAwesome stuck in Applejack's shadow]] as the [[{{Pun}} apple of Apple Bloom's eye]]. Then again, [[FridgeBrilliance perhaps it is deliberate]] since it provided an opportunity Applejack to fix a friendship issue by her absence.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: It's rather convenient that Applejack and Rarity are summoned to solve a Friendship Problem in Manehattan and forced to miss the Sisterhooves Social right at the same time that Big Macintosh is feeling [[OvershadowedByAwesome stuck in Applejack's shadow]] as the [[{{Pun}} apple of Apple Bloom's eye]]. Then again, [[FridgeBrilliance perhaps it is deliberate]] deliberate since it provided an opportunity Applejack to fix a friendship issue by her absence.
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* HighHeelHurt While Big Mac is a very good athlete, he notes himself that being a good athlete in high heels is a whole other thing.
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* HighHeelHurt HighHeelHurt: While Big Mac is a very good athlete, he notes himself that being a good athlete in high heels is a whole other thing.
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* OldFashionedFruitStomping: Applejack, along with Rarity, wouldn't be available for the Sisterhooves Social due to a Friendship Mission, and Big Macintosh becomes a substitute, and thinking that the event was only for mares, disguises himself as "Orchard Blossom". At the grape stomping event, Apple Bloom climbs over the vat, and Big Mac, wanting to be in the lead, jumps over and squashes the entire vat, spilling grape juice over many jars, and Apple Bloom drips over in one.
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* AllForNothing: With the Social's loose rules on what qualifies as a sister, Big Mac's disguise wasn't even necessary, plus the fact that nopony (except for one elderly male judge) was fooled by it.
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* AllForNothing: With the Social's loose rules on what qualifies as a sister, as Granny Smith pointed out earlier in the episode, Big Mac's disguise wasn't even necessary, plus the fact that nopony (except for one elderly male judge) was fooled by it.
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* AbsenteeActor: Applejack and Rainbow Dash are the only Mane Six members to appear, although Twilight Sparkle and Rarity are mentioned.
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* FoeTossingCharge: This is Big Mac's strategy in his desperation to win the final race. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified for poor sportsmanship]].
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* FoeTossingCharge: This is Big Mac's strategy in his desperation to win the final race. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified for poor sportsmanship]].sportsmanship.
* HighHeelHurt While Big Mac is a very good athlete, he notes himself that being a good athlete in high heels is a whole other thing.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Despite his best efforts, Big Macintosh and Apple Bloom's team doesn't do well in any of the competitions due to him being a last moment replacement that hasn't practiced for weeks, unlike every other team. He only manages to do well in the race because of his CharlesAtlasSuperPower, and overusing his brute strength (almost hurting some of the other teams) gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified.
** While Big Mac is a very good athlete, he notes himself that being a good athlete in high heels is a whole other thing.
** Big Mac's PaperThinDisguise is subverted: barring one judge, [[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag everypony immediately sees through it]].
** Big Mac's status as TheQuietOne means he doesn't voice his problems to Apple Bloom at the start of the episode, which means his attempts to instigate conversation fall to naught when Apple Bloom dismisses them as Mac being strange or weird; only Applejack understands because she's known her brother for longer or was old enough to get the references. And while Apple Bloom understands he wants to help her get the ribbon during the social, she doesn't understand why he went to such lengths until he tells her directly.
** Despite his best efforts, Big Macintosh and Apple Bloom's team doesn't do well in any of the competitions due to him being a last moment replacement that hasn't practiced for weeks, unlike every other team. He only manages to do well in the race because of his CharlesAtlasSuperPower, and overusing his brute strength (almost hurting some of the other teams) gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified.
** While Big Mac is a very good athlete, he notes himself that being a good athlete in high heels is a whole other thing.
** Big Mac's PaperThinDisguise is subverted: barring one judge, [[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag everypony immediately sees through it]].
** Big Mac's status as TheQuietOne means he doesn't voice his problems to Apple Bloom at the start of the episode, which means his attempts to instigate conversation fall to naught when Apple Bloom dismisses them as Mac being strange or weird; only Applejack understands because she's known her brother for longer or was old enough to get the references. And while Apple Bloom understands he wants to help her get the ribbon during the social, she doesn't understand why he went to such lengths until he tells her directly.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Sweetie Belle comments on whether or not everypony can tell if "Orchard Blossom" is Big Mac in drag. It turns out the ponies in charge of the Sisterhooves Social knew it was him all along. However, an elderly stallion does fall for it, even after Big Mac is outed. Scootaloo outright says "That's Big Mac in a dress." Rainbow also obviously recognizes him immediately, and while she doesn't out him to anyone else that can hear, she turns up the snark and says she isn't going to take it easy on him just because he's a stallion.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Sweetie Belle comments on whether or not everypony can tell if "Orchard Blossom" is Big Mac in drag. It turns out the ponies in charge of the Sisterhooves Social knew it was him all along. However, an elderly stallion does fall for it, even after Big Mac is outed. Scootaloo Sweetie Belle outright says "That's Big Mac in a dress." Rainbow also obviously recognizes him immediately, and while she doesn't out him to anyone else that can hear, she turns up the snark and says she isn't going to take it easy on him just because he's a stallion.
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* FanDisservice: Big Mac wearing a dress and bloomers. 'Nuff said.
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* HopeSpot: When the ruse is revealed and Apple Bloom says that means they're busted, the main judge quickly points out to her that they knew all along, and didn't actually have a problem with that. This causes Apple Bloom and Big Mac to smile, thinking they still won, but then the judge points out that they ''do'' have a problem with his poor sportmanship he displayed during the race.
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* RealityEnsues:
** Despite his best efforts, Big Macintosh and Apple Bloom's team doesn't do well in any of the competitions due to him being a last moment replacement that hasn't practiced for weeks, unlike every other team. He only manages to do well in the race because of his CharlesAtlasSuperPower, and overusing his brute strength (almost hurting some of the other teams) gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified.
** While Big Mac is a very good athlete, he notes himself that being a good athlete in high heels is a whole other thing.
** Big Mac's PaperThinDisguise is subverted: barring one judge, [[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag everypony immediately sees through it]].
** Big Mac's status as TheQuietOne means he doesn't voice his problems to Apple Bloom at the start of the episode, which means his attempts to instigate conversation fall to naught when Apple Bloom dismisses them as Mac being strange or weird; only Applejack understands because she's known her brother for longer or was old enough to get the references. And while Apple Bloom understands he wants to help her get the ribbon during the social, she doesn't understand why he went to such lengths until he tells her directly.
** Despite his best efforts, Big Macintosh and Apple Bloom's team doesn't do well in any of the competitions due to him being a last moment replacement that hasn't practiced for weeks, unlike every other team. He only manages to do well in the race because of his CharlesAtlasSuperPower, and overusing his brute strength (almost hurting some of the other teams) gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified.
** While Big Mac is a very good athlete, he notes himself that being a good athlete in high heels is a whole other thing.
** Big Mac's PaperThinDisguise is subverted: barring one judge, [[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag everypony immediately sees through it]].
** Big Mac's status as TheQuietOne means he doesn't voice his problems to Apple Bloom at the start of the episode, which means his attempts to instigate conversation fall to naught when Apple Bloom dismisses them as Mac being strange or weird; only Applejack understands because she's known her brother for longer or was old enough to get the references. And while Apple Bloom understands he wants to help her get the ribbon during the social, she doesn't understand why he went to such lengths until he tells her directly.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Despite his best efforts, Big Macintosh and Apple Bloom's team doesn't do well in any of the competitions due to him being a last moment replacement that hasn't practiced for weeks, unlike every other team. He only manages to do well in the race because of his CharlesAtlasSuperPower, and overusing his brute strength (almost hurting some of the other teams) gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified.
** While Big Mac is a very good athlete, he notes himself that being a good athlete in high heels is a whole other thing.
** Big Mac's PaperThinDisguise is subverted: barring one judge, [[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag everypony immediately sees through it]].
** Big Mac's status as TheQuietOne means he doesn't voice his problems to Apple Bloom at the start of the episode, which means his attempts to instigate conversation fall to naught when Apple Bloom dismisses them as Mac being strange or weird; only Applejack understands because she's known her brother for longer or was old enough to get the references. And while Apple Bloom understands he wants to help her get the ribbon during the social, she doesn't understand why he went to such lengths until he tells her directly.
** Despite his best efforts, Big Macintosh and Apple Bloom's team doesn't do well in any of the competitions due to him being a last moment replacement that hasn't practiced for weeks, unlike every other team. He only manages to do well in the race because of his CharlesAtlasSuperPower, and overusing his brute strength (almost hurting some of the other teams) gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified.
** While Big Mac is a very good athlete, he notes himself that being a good athlete in high heels is a whole other thing.
** Big Mac's PaperThinDisguise is subverted: barring one judge, [[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag everypony immediately sees through it]].
** Big Mac's status as TheQuietOne means he doesn't voice his problems to Apple Bloom at the start of the episode, which means his attempts to instigate conversation fall to naught when Apple Bloom dismisses them as Mac being strange or weird; only Applejack understands because she's known her brother for longer or was old enough to get the references. And while Apple Bloom understands he wants to help her get the ribbon during the social, she doesn't understand why he went to such lengths until he tells her directly.
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* FoeTossingCharge: This is Big Mac's strategy in his desperation to win the final race. [[RealityEnsues It gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified for poor sportsmanship]].
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* FoeTossingCharge: This is Big Mac's strategy in his desperation to win the final race. [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified for poor sportsmanship]].
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Dude looks like a lady.]]'']]
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* BaitAndSwitch: You think Big Mac is going to be disqualified after the race is over and his disguise comes off... and he is, but not because he's a stallion. In his determination to win the race for Apple Bloom, he knocked everyone else out of the way, and unsportsponylike conduct is not tolerated at the Sisterhooves Social.
* BittersweetEnding: Zig-Zagged. Despite winning the last event, Big Mac and Apple Bloom are disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct, preventing Big Mac from getting the blue ribbon for her. However, at the end of the day, the two siblings talk it out with Apple Bloom reassuring Big Mac he'll be a hero to her regardless of a ribbon and they both decide to spend some time together before going to hear about Applejack's visit to Manehattan.
* BittersweetEnding: Zig-Zagged. Despite winning the last event, Big Mac and Apple Bloom are disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct, preventing Big Mac from getting the blue ribbon for her. However, at the end of the day, the two siblings talk it out with Apple Bloom reassuring Big Mac he'll be a hero to her regardless of a ribbon and they both decide to spend some time together before going to hear about Applejack's visit to Manehattan.
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* BaitAndSwitch: You think Big Mac is going to be disqualified after the race is over and his disguise comes off... and he is, but not because he's a stallion. In his determination to win the race for Apple Bloom, he knocked everyone else out of the way, and unsportsponylike unsportsmanlike conduct is not tolerated at the Sisterhooves Social.
* BittersweetEnding:Zig-Zagged.Zig-zagged. Despite winning the last event, Big Mac and Apple Bloom are disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct, preventing Big Mac from getting the blue ribbon for her. However, at the end of the day, the two siblings talk it out with Apple Bloom reassuring Big Mac he'll be a hero to her regardless of a ribbon and they both decide to spend some time together before going to hear about Applejack's visit to Manehattan.
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* CaptainObvious: Sweetie Belle dryly commenting, "That's Big Mac in a dress."
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* CaptainObvious: Sweetie Belle dryly commenting, "That's comments "that's Big Mac in a dress."dress" after seeing his IncrediblyConspicuousDrag.
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** This is not the first time Rainbow Dash competed against a member of the Apple family.
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** This is not A judge says that "the Sisterhooves Social has always had a loose policy of what counts as a sister", a rule that came up the first previous time Rainbow Dash competed against a member of that the Apple family.Sisterhooves Social was used in an episode.
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* FoeTossingCharge: This is Big Mac's strategy in his desperation to win the final race. It gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified for poor sportsmanship.
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* FoeTossingCharge: This is Big Mac's strategy in his desperation to win the final race. [[RealityEnsues It gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified for poor sportsmanship.sportsmanship]].
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** Big Mac also is an uncharacteristically poor sportspony in desperation of winning a blue ribbon for his sister so she'll look up to him again.
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** Big Mac's PaperThinDisguise is subverted: barring one judge, everypony immediately sees through it.
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* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Big Macintosh's gung-ho approach to getting the blue ribbon for Apple Bloom disqualifies him for unsportsponylike conduct. This causes Apple Bloom to approach him about why he dressed up as a mare to enter, allowing them to clear the air and repair their relationship.
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* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Big Macintosh's gung-ho approach to getting the blue ribbon for Apple Bloom disqualifies him for unsportsponylike unsportsmanlike conduct. This causes Apple Bloom to approach him about why he dressed up as a mare to enter, allowing them to clear the air and repair their relationship.
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* SynchronousEpisodes: With [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E17MadeInManehattan "Made In Manehattan"]], with both episodes taking place at the same time. We see what goes on in Ponyville while Rarity and Applejack are away in Manehattan.
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* SynchronousEpisodes: With [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E17MadeInManehattan "Made In Manehattan"]], with both episodes taking place at the same time. We see This episode shows what goes on in Ponyville while Rarity and Applejack are away in Manehattan.Manehattan, and the reason that Applejack can't compete with Apple Bloom in the Sisterhooves Social is because she's been called away.
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* CringeComedy: Seeing Big Mac try to keep up his charade borders on this, especially when it's revealed he could have competed as himself from the start.
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* CringeComedy: Seeing Big Mac try to keep up his charade as "Orchard Blossom" borders on this, especially this. Especially when it's revealed he could have competed as himself without the disguise from the start.start, since a judge says that "the Sisterhooves Social has always had a loose policy of what counts as a sister".
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* FoeTossingCharge: This is Big Mac's strategy in his desperation to win the final race. It gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified for poor sportsponyship.
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* FoeTossingCharge: This is Big Mac's strategy in his desperation to win the final race. It gets him and Apple Bloom disqualified for poor sportsponyship.sportsmanship.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Big Macintosh laments at the end of the episode that Applejack's heroism makes him feel unimportant, and he was desperate to help Apple Bloom win because he wanted her to look up to him.
* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: Big Mac pretends to be Apple Bloom's ''female'' cousin Orchard Blossom to enter the Sisterhooves Social event with her. Unlike most examples, only one pony (maybe) falls for it.
* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: Big Mac pretends to be Apple Bloom's ''female'' cousin Orchard Blossom to enter the Sisterhooves Social event with her. Unlike most examples, only one pony (maybe) falls for it.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Big Macintosh laments at the end of the episode that Applejack's heroism makes him feel unimportant, and he was desperate to help Apple Bloom win a blue ribbon at the Sisterhooves Social because he wanted her Apple Bloom to look up to him.
him again, even if it was for just one day.
* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: Big Mac pretends to be Apple Bloom's ''female'' cousin Orchard Blossom to enter the Sisterhooves Social event with her. Unlike most examples, only one pony(maybe) falls for it. The judges for the event only let Big Mac stay on because "the Sisterhooves Social has always had a loose policy of what counts as a sister", and that Big Mac is clearly humiliating himself for Apple Bloom's sake.
* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: Big Mac pretends to be Apple Bloom's ''female'' cousin Orchard Blossom to enter the Sisterhooves Social event with her. Unlike most examples, only one pony
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** Big Mac's PaperThinDisguise is subverted: as it turns out, barring one judge, everypony immediately saw through it.
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** Big Mac's PaperThinDisguise is subverted: as it turns out, barring one judge, everypony immediately saw sees through it.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Big Mac always had a voice actor (Peter New) but in almost every case his entire vocabulary consists of "Yep" and "Nope". He gets more dialogue in this episode than through four and a half seasons worth of content put together (though a lot of it is in a fake girl's voice, he still gets a fairly decent monologue as the episode ends in his natural voice).
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Big Mac always had a voice actor (Peter New) but in almost every case his entire vocabulary consists of "Yep" and "Nope". He gets more dialogue in this episode than through four and a half seasons worth of content put together (though a lot of it is in a fake girl's voice, he still gets a fairly decent monologue as the episode ends in his natural voice).
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/Aerosmith Dude looks like a lady.]]'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag Big Mac?]] Why, as charmed as I am that you find me in the slightest resemblance to such a, a, [[ButHeSoundsHandsome a fine and noble product of the Apple clan]], I am astonished in equal measure."'']]
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* CerebusRetcon: This episode serves as such for the Mane Six's heroics, particularly Applejack's. Sure, she's renowned and beloved by her family for her series-wide accomplishments (which include saving Equestria on a semi-regular basis), but she ends up inadvertently casting a shadow over her older brother Big Mac, who has developed a [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter pretty serious inferiority complex]].
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* CerebusRetcon: CerebusRetcon:
** This episode serves as such for the Mane Six's heroics, particularly Applejack's. Sure, she's renowned and beloved by her family for her series-wide accomplishments (which include saving Equestria on a semi-regular basis), but she ends up inadvertently casting a shadow over her older brother Big Mac, who has developed a [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter pretty serious inferioritycomplex]].complex]].
** It is also one towards the Sisterhooves Social as well. Due to how it's marketed towards female sibling duos, sibling teams with brothers are given the impression that they are not allowed to compete, effectively turning it into a gender-exclusive activity.
** This episode serves as such for the Mane Six's heroics, particularly Applejack's. Sure, she's renowned and beloved by her family for her series-wide accomplishments (which include saving Equestria on a semi-regular basis), but she ends up inadvertently casting a shadow over her older brother Big Mac, who has developed a [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter pretty serious inferiority
** It is also one towards the Sisterhooves Social as well. Due to how it's marketed towards female sibling duos, sibling teams with brothers are given the impression that they are not allowed to compete, effectively turning it into a gender-exclusive activity.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of TheQuietOne as a running gag. Part of the CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot happens because Big Mac doesn't say a word outside of his characteristic "eeyup" and "nope"; things could have been stopped a whole lot earlier had Big Macintosh bothered to actually ''voice'' his melancholy to Apple Bloom.
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** Big Mac's status as TheQuietOne means he doesn't voice his problems to Apple Bloom at the start of the episode, which means his attempts to instigate conversation fall to naught when Apple Bloom dismisses them as Mac being strange or weird; only Applejack understands because she's known her brother for longer or was old enough to get the references. And while Apple Bloom understands he wants to help her get the ribbon during the social, she doesn't understand why he went to such lengths until he tells her directly.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Sweetie Belle comments on whether or not everypony can tell if "Orchard Blossom" is Big Mac in drag. It turns out the ponies in charge of the Sisterhooves Social knew it was him all along. However, an elderly stallion does fall for it, even after Big Mac is outed. Sweetie Belle outright says "That's Big Mac in a dress." Rainbow also obviously recognizes him immediately, and while she doesn't out him to anyone else that can hear, she turns up the snark and says she isn't going to take it easy on him just because he's a stallion.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Sweetie Belle comments on whether or not everypony can tell if "Orchard Blossom" is Big Mac in drag. It turns out the ponies in charge of the Sisterhooves Social knew it was him all along. However, an elderly stallion does fall for it, even after Big Mac is outed. Sweetie Belle Scootaloo outright says "That's Big Mac in a dress." Rainbow also obviously recognizes him immediately, and while she doesn't out him to anyone else that can hear, she turns up the snark and says she isn't going to take it easy on him just because he's a stallion.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Sweetie Belle comments on whether or not everypony can tell if "Orchard Blossom" is Big Mac in drag. It turns out the ponies in charge of the Sisterhooves Social knew it was him all along. However, an elderly stallion does fall for it, even after Big Mac is outed.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Sweetie Belle comments on whether or not everypony can tell if "Orchard Blossom" is Big Mac in drag. It turns out the ponies in charge of the Sisterhooves Social knew it was him all along. However, an elderly stallion does fall for it, even after Big Mac is outed. Sweetie Belle outright says "That's Big Mac in a dress." Rainbow also obviously recognizes him immediately, and while she doesn't out him to anyone else that can hear, she turns up the snark and says she isn't going to take it easy on him just because he's a stallion.
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* ChubbyChaser: The one judge fooled by Big Mac's disguise is clearly smitten with "Orchard Blossom" when he thinks she is a [[BigBeautifulWoman heavyset mare]] and not a stallion in a dress. (Or he just likes stallions who crossdress.)
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* ChubbyChaser: The one judge fooled by Big Mac's disguise is clearly smitten with "Orchard Blossom" when he thinks she is a [[BigBeautifulWoman heavyset mare]] and not a stallion in a dress. (Or he just likes stallions who crossdress.)
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Big Macintosh, assuming the elderly male judge [[EverybodyKnewAlready knows Cousin Orchard Blossom is "Big Mac in a dress"]].
