History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E18DungeonsAndDiscords

* BrownBagMask: Discord briefly dons one in embarassment when he learns Spike and Big Mac invited him because they felt sorry for him, and not because they thought he was "cool."

* FantasyCharacterClasses: The character classes in ''Ogres and Oubliettes'' include archers, mages, rogues, and knights.

* FloatingInABubble: Fed up with the game, Discord traps Big Mac in a bubble that starts floating around, before moving them to a jazz nightclub.

** Twilight Sparkle apparently has no interest or understanding of Fantasy Roleplaying Adventure Games, which is very odd as they require a lot of reading.

* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: At the beginning of the episode, the entire [[{{Pun}} Mane]] cast is headed off for a friendship summit at Yakyakistan as a conceit for leaving Discord, Spike, and Big Mac alone for "Guys' Night".
* NightmareFace: The ''very'' out of character look on Fluttershy's face when she tries reverse physiology on Discord.

** Even Discord is hip to Spike's "[[PrecociousCrush romantic delusions]]" about Rarity (which Spike accidentally "reveals" when he tells Discord that the DamselInDistress of [[{{Egopolis}} Spiketopia]] is named "Shmerity"), but promises not to talk about them.

** Rainbow's costume is [[VideoGame/Thief2014 Garret's from the Thief reboot.]]

** Rainbow's costume looks as though it is from ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''.

** Big Mac and the Squid Wizard have the same voice actor. Yes, the monster of the day gets more lines of dialogue in the whole episode than a well-established supporting character.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Not even Discord, Ponyville's resident EldritchAbomination and Equestria's greatest RealityWarper, is willing to screw around with Opposite!Fluttershy.

* {{Irony}}

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a reference to the role-playing game ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

* RPGEpisode: Centered around a campaign of ''Ogres & Oubliettes'' hosted by Spike.

** Spike dons a [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]]-style outfit, while Discord's outfit is evocative of Legolas.

** Discord turns the castle foyer into a giant [[Franchise/StarTrek holodeck]].

* {{Narcissist}}: Discord to a degree, even saying that his name is the best in the universe. That's nothing new coming from him.

--->'''Discord:''' Oh, salutations my friends. Wish I could stay and chat, but... I don't want to.

* OpenSecret: Spike and Big Mac have a top-secret thing they do when the Mane Six leave Ponyville... except, as Fluttershy points out, everypony knows about it. Granted, we later learn that nopony knows what they actually ''do'' on Guys' Night, but Spike tries to keep a lid on the event's very existence.

** Discord imitates an alicorn princess again when suggesting they play charades. Also he messes with Celestia's tail again, although this time it's part of his illusion and not the actual one.

* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: At the beginning of the episode, the entire [[{{Pun}} Mane]] cast is headed off for a friendship summit at Yakyakistan as a conceit for leaving Discord, Spike, and Big Mac alone for "guys night".

** Pinkie Pie is apparently a Gallic Strongmare since she looks like Obelix Obelodaliges from ''Franchise/Asterix''.

** Rainbow's costume looks as though it is from ''[[VideoGames/AssassinsCreed]]''.

** Discord turns the castle into a giant [[Franchise/StarTrek holodeck]].

* CanonImmigrant: ''Ogres & Oubliettes'' first appeared in [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW the IDW comics]] during "Neigh Anything", where Shining Armor was also revealed as an avid player. Oddly, though, Twilight was also depicted as a player (apparently, she has more charisma than Shining Armor), but in this episode she seems mildly condescending of it. That or she was just being respectful to boys.