History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E3AFlurryOfEmotions

* BabySeeBabyDo: When Twilight winks at Flurry Heart, [[https://derpibooru.org/images/1418692 Flurry tries to wink back.]] But she finds herself unable to do it so instead she just blinks.

*** Additionally, people of different age groups naturally require different amounts of attention to them and have different limits to their patience when their needs aren't met, with infants needing high amounts of caring and having a low threshold to how long it takes them to get bored.

* ExhaustionInducedIdiocy: Cadance and Shining Armor are both frazzled and desperate for a break when they ask Twilight to babysit. They admit at the end of the episode they should have given her advanced notice rather than spring it on her when she was too busy (even when Twilight admit that she shouldn't have accepted their offer of watching her niece with a busy schedule).

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: How stressed is [[SuperOCD Twilight]]? She neglects to and is actually ''annoyed'' by having to organize something.

* BabySeeBabyDo: When Twilight winks at Flurry Heart, Flurry tries to wink back. But she finds herself unable to do it so instead she just blinks.

* {{Fainting}}: Nurse Redheart passes out after Twilight gets Flurry Heart to end the mass-levitation of everything and everypony in the room.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Taking care of a baby in general, never mind a very active one with special needs, can be ''really'' stressful, especially when both parents have very demanding jobs on top of that. It's also difficult to juggle that responsibility at the last minute, on top of any other scheduled activities planned beforehand.
** Using a firm tone to discipline a child is usually a good idea, so the kid realizes his/her mistake, but it's very hard to use it on a very young kid without scaring him/her off.
** Flurry is a BrainyBaby but she still has physical and emotional limits on what she can do. Physically, she has trouble doing things like just standing up or winking due to undeveloped coordination. Emotionally, she doesn't grasp the full impact of her actions on others, as seen when she tries to solve the problem between Pound and Pumpkin but only makes things worse. She also doesn't understand that Twilight can be angry at her and still love her.

* AdultFear:
** Flurry gets into a number of situations that would give anyone a panic attack in reality but one of the worst of it is seeing Flurry scared of Twilight after she yelled at her. Poor Flurry just looks so scared until Twilight apologizes.
** Likewise, Flurry's magical panic attack at the hospital inadvertently endangers the sick foals.

* BabysittingEpisode: This episode focuses on Twilight agreeing to babysit her niece in addition to her other plans for the day, and trying to juggle both things at the same time until she learns that she shouldn't agree to watch over her niece if she doesn't time to do it properly.

* BabysittingEpisode: This episode focuses on Twilight agreeing to babysit her niece in addition to her other plans for the day, and trying to juggle both things at the same time.

* NotSoDifferent: Twilight, herself an extremely well organized pony, admires Pinkie being the same when it comes to filing information to satisfy every pony's individual tastes.

* RealityEnsues:
** Taking care of a baby in general, never mind a very active one with special needs, can be ''really'' stressful, especially when both parents have very demanding jobs on top of that. It's also difficult to juggle that responsibility at the last minute, on top of any other scheduled activities planned beforehand.
** Using a firm tone to discipline a child is usually a good idea, so the kid realizes his/her mistake, but it's very hard to use it on a very young kid without scaring him/her off.
** Flurry is a BrainyBaby but she still has physical and emotional limits on what she can do. Physically, she has trouble doing things like just standing up or winking due to undeveloped coordination. Emotionally, she doesn't grasp the full impact of her actions on others, as seen when she tries to solve the problem between Pound and Pumpkin but only makes things worse. She also doesn't understand that Twilight can be angry at her and still love her.

* ExhaustionInducedIdiocy: Cadance and Shining Armor are both frazzled and desperate for a break when they ask Twilight to babysit. They admit at the end of the episode they should have given her advanced notice rather than spring it on her when she was too busy (even when Twilight admit that she shouldn't have accept their offer of watching her niece with a busy schedule).

* ExhaustionInducedIdiocy: Cadance and Shining Armor are both frazzled and desperate for a break when they ask Twilight to babysit. They admit at the end of the episode they should have given her advanced notice rather than spring it on her when she was too busy.

* WasTooHardOnHer: Twilight feels this way after she gets angry at Flurry and yells at her.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: How stressed is Twilight? She's actually ''annoyed'' by having to organize something.

Meanwhile, Cadance and Shining visit the art show, finding most of Spearhead's art is a bit too modern. The longer they stay, the more they find that the art reminds them of Flurry Heart, and soon wish they didn't leave her. Spearhead completely understands their situation, and tells them they should be with her instead, and they race back to the castle. They return and Twilight explains what happened, and apologizes for not refusing their offer knowing how busy her schedule was, and they apologize too because they didn't give Twilight more of a heads up. Cadance and Shining Armor agree to give Twilight a bit more warning if they need her for foalsitting duties again. The episode ends at the hospital as Spike reads to the sick foals, while they enjoy an apology cake that Twilight got for them.

Finally, they make it to the hospital, only a few minutes behind schedule. As Twilight reads to the foals, Flurry wants attention, but Twilight can't offer it. In a small bit of rage, Flurry loses her favorite stuffed toy Whammy, and starts to panic. She goes into a magical fit, levitating anything not nailed down to try to find Whammy, and Twilight cannot keep up with her magic. Finally, Twilight is forced to yell at Flurry to cut it out; Flurry instinctively forms a shield and shuns away from Twilight. Twilight realizes that she wasn't giving Flurry the attention that she wanted and she has been a terrible aunt ever. However, she apologizes, and Flurry drops the shield, hugging Twilight. Twilight agrees to help Flurry find Whammy, but only after fixing up the hospital after her magical bout.

Finally, they make it to the hospital, only a few minutes behind schedule. As Twilight reads to the foals, Flurry wants attention, but Twilight can't offer it. In a small bit of rage, Flurry loses her favorite stuffed toy Whammy, and starts to panic. She goes into a magical fit, levitating anything not nailed down to try to find Whammy, and Twilight cannot keep up with her magic. Finally, Twilight is forced to yell at Flurry to cut it out; Flurry instinctively forms a shield and shuns away from Twilight. Twilight realizes that she wasn't giving Flurry the attention that she wanted and was the worst aunt ever. However, she apologizes, and Flurry drops the shield, hugging Twilight. Twilight agrees to help Flurry find Whammy, but only after fixing up the hospital after her magical bout.

Meanwhile, Cadance and Shining visit the art show, finding most of Spearhead's art is a bit too modern. The longer they stay, the more they find that the art reminds them of Flurry Heart, and soon wish they didn't leave her. Spearhead completely understands their situation, and tells them they should be with her instead, and they race back to the castle. They return and Twilight explains what happened, and apologizes for not refusing their offer knowing how busy her schedule was, but they believe they were also at fault for not giving Twilight a heads up. Cadance and Shining agree to give Twilight a bit more warning if they need her for foalsitting duties again. The episode ends at the hospital as Spike reads to the sick foals, while they enjoy an apology cake that Twilight got for them.

** Don't volunteer for something if you don't have time to do it properly, however worthwhile it may be. Conversely, don't give someone an important and demanding task without notice, particularly when that someone is known to be very busy.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Being an alicorn, Flurry has an amazing amount of talent and skill for a baby pony. Even with Sunburst's wards in place (admittedly for the primary purpose of preventing any more PowerIncontinence via sneezing), she can still perform {{Telekinesis}}, {{Teleportation}} and create DeflectorShields. Twilight is rather impressed by the latter, calling it an advanced spell.

Twilight Sparkle learns that the whole class of schoolponies has come down with horsey hives, and works out her schedule with Spike to spend the day with the foals at the hospital after getting them toys, snacks, and a book to read. Just as they are about to set off, Princess Cadance and Shining Armor show up at the castle. They are there to see a pop-up art show from one of Shining's friends, Spearhead, and ask if Twilight can watch Flurry Heart for a few hours. Twilight quickly takes up the mantle of "Best Aunt Ever" and starts playing games with Flurry, agreeing to watch her even though Spike points out how packed her schedule is. Twilight finds that Flurry has more control on her magic now, albeit to get things her way or to launch mashed peas at Twilight when she tries to feed her. Spike points out that they're running late, and Twilight quickly sets off with Flurry and Spike in tow.