History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear

--->'''Grand Pear:''' Are you choosing to be an ''Apple'' over being a ''Pear''?!\\

Mrs. Cake takes the Apples to Mayor Mare, who explains that on the eve of the Pears' departure, Bright Mac had arranged for her to marry him and Pear Butter in secret, with Burnt Oak and Mrs. Cake as witnesses. To show their lasting love for each other, they planted an apple and pear seed at the base of the rock they carved before as part of their wedding vows. Grand Pear and Granny Smith discovered the marriage, and Grand Pear insisted that Pear Butter leave with her family. She refused, claiming that the Apples are her family now, too. While Granny showed compassion and took Pear Butter in, Grand Pear disowned her on the spot and moved with the rest of the Pears the next day to Vanhoover.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Overlapping with MeaningfulName, Grand Pear sounds a lot like "Grandpa", and even more like the French "grand-père", meaning the same thing. He is later revealed to be the grandfather of Applejack and Apple Bloom.

* HardTruthAesop: If your family doesn't agree with an important life choice you're making, you may be forced to choose one or the other. Pear Butter is disowned by her father for marrying Bright Mac and they never spoke again for the rest of her life. She stayed HappilyMarried to Bright Mac and had three foals with him, but didn't get there without a bit of heartache.

* HardTruthAesop: If your family doesn't agree with an important life choice you're making, the two things may not be compatible. Pear Butter is disowned by her father for marrying Bright Mac and they never spoke again for the rest of her life. She stayed HappilyMarried to Bright Mac and had three foals with him, but didn't get there without a bit of heartache.

* DisappearedDad: While this episode more or less solves the mystery of the Apple siblings' parents, Bright Mac's father is never seen. Neither is [[MissingMom Pear Butter's mother.]]

[[CreativeClosingCredits [=*=]"You're in My Head Like a Catchy Song" plays over the credits*]]

[=*=]"You're in My Head Like a Catchy Song" plays over the credits*

* {{Mondegreen}}: Goldie Delicious misreads "Feud with the Pears" as "Feud with the [[BearsAreBadNews Bears]]". Her eyes aren't as good as they used to be.

** Grand Pear has also mellowed out significantly since the days of his family's feud with the Apples. In the past, he forbade his daughter from even looking at Bright Mac and eventually disowned her for marrying him; in the present, he gives a sample of pear jam to Apple Bloom, his half-Apple granddaughter, and then gives her a whole jar of it for free after seeing how much she likes it.

** Grand Pear has also mellowed out significantly since the days of his family's feud with the Apples. In the past, he forbade his daughter from even looking at Bright Mac; in the present, he gives a sample of pear jam to Apple Bloom, his half-Apple granddaughter, and then gives her a whole jar of it for free after seeing how much she likes it.

* TookALevelInKindness: Granny Smith in her younger days was much more arrogant and foul-tempered due to her rivalry with the Pears. But when Pear Butter announces she looks at both the Pears and the Apples as her family due to her marriage to Bright Mac, she drops it entirely, accepting Pear Butter as family herself and even comforting her when Grand Pear disowns her.

* BackgroundMusicOverride: Instead of the normal credits theme, an instrumental of ''You're in My Head like a Catchy Song'' plays.

* CreativeClosingCredits: Instead of the ''Friendship Is magic'' theme, "You're in my Head like a Catchy Song" plays over the end credits.

* BackgroundMusicOverride: Instead of the normal credits theme, an instrumental of ''You're in me Head like a Catchy Song'' plays.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Overlapping with MeaningfulName, Grand Pear sounds a lot like "Grandpa". He is later revealed to be the grandfather of Applejack and Apple Bloom.

* ForeShadowing: Grand Pear sounds a lot like Grandpa, doesn't it?

* {{Adorkable}}: Bright Mac and Pear Butter are sweet and goofy around each other. It is more noticeable with Bright Mac, particularly when expressing his love for Pear Butter.

* FlowersOfLove: Bright Mac puts a flower (a buttercup, appropriately) in Pear Butter's mane during the picnic where they admit their love to each other. We see that she keeps wearing it, up to the day of their wedding.

* FlowerInHerHair: Bright Mac puts a flower (a buttercup, appropriately) in Pear Butter's mane during the picnic where they admit their love to each other. We see that she keeps wearing it, up to the day of their wedding.

* ShownTheirWork: By law, it is required of private weddings that two witnesses be present to validate the marriage, which is fulfilled by Burnt Oak and Chiffon Swirl/Mrs. Cake.

* TheUnreveal: This episode doesn't divulge what exactly happened to Bright Mac and Pear Butter in the present, but comments from Apple Bloom allude to them being deceased.
** Also, despite Apple Bloom asking why the Apple and Pear families hate each other so much, there really isn't any specifics given outside of them always being rivals. The most we get is a vague "Their rivalry had gone back decades" with no mention of what specifically triggered the feud in the first place, unless it was just egotism that escalated ''way'' out of hand.

* SoMuchForStealth: As Chiffon Swirl is spying on Pear Butter and Bright Mac having a date, she betrays her presence by walking on a dry twig. Both lovebirds are rather jumpy and worried, since their families wouldn't approve of them seeing each other, so they are relieved when they see the friendly young mare.

** During the song, Bright Mac and Pear Butter drinking a milkshake with straws leads to an AccidentalKiss, in a clear reference to ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp''.

** Don't let a rivalry go on unchecked.

* EarWorm: {{Invoked}} by Pear Butter singing "You're in My Head Like a Catchy Song".