History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E8Frenemies

--->'''Grogar:''' My power is greater than all of yours combined! This is but a fraction of it! Understood?!

* SeldomSeenSpecies: In a mythological sense -- the villain trio encounters an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiotaurus ophiotaurus]], a Greek monster that's half-bull, half-serpent. It's generally present only in works which specialize in including a great depth of Greco-Roman monsters.

** {{Inverted}} for Chrysalis. After spending her last few appearances on the back hoof with her army gone, reduced to a fugitive with a questionable loss of sanity, nearly being overpowered by Mean Twilight, and being brought into Grogar's service, she gets a chance to shine with showing off her {{shapeshifting}} abilities.

** {{Inverted}} for Chrysalis. After spending her last few appearances on the back hoof with her army gone, reduced to an fugitive with a questionable loss of sanity, nearly being overpowered by Mean Twilight, and being brought into Grogar's service, she gets a chance to shine with showing off her {{shapeshifting}} abilities.

** In "The Mean 6", Chrysalis says "Servants always fail you in the end!" Here, she's the one who turns against Grogar in a [[NotSoDifferent similar]] way to how Mean Twilight turned against her in the aforementioned episode, even suggesting to Tirek and Cozy that they merely ''pretend'' to be his "loyal servants".

* MoralityPet: Downplayed. Tirek and Chrysalis are [[NoRespectGuy dismissive]] of Cozy Glow, but the second half of the episode shows that they do care about her to an extent, which is already saying a ''lot'' considering how evil they are.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tirek has a brief one during the villains' GoodFeelsGood realization. Though he immediately drops it afterwards when they all choose to [[IgnoredEpiphany ignore this realization]] and continue to reject friendship.
-->'''Tirek:''' All of these years taking power from ponies...

* ParentalSubstitute: While she doesn't always get along with them, Chrysalis and Tirek appear to act like Cozy Glow's parental figures.

* AintTooProudToBeg: Chrysalis is understandably uncertain whether or not Tirek will give her back her magic. The way she says "My magic..." has a pleading undertone to it.

* BadassBoast:
** Chrysalis tells Cozy Glow that Grogar didn't leave her in charge, and even if he did, she answers to no-one, not even Grogar himself.
** Grogar delivers one when he is threatening his team into submission.

* EtTuBrute: Chrysalis screams "Betrayal!" when she thinks Tirek and Cozy Glow are going to permanently steal her magic.

* GoodIsNotNice: Grogar describes Gusty the Great as "self-righteous", though this is likely just the way he sees it given his hatred for her.

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Villainous example. Cozy Glow (Beauty) is a DeliberatelyCuteChild who uses her cuteness to [[BitchInSheepsClothing fool others]], Chrysalis (Brains) is an intelligent queen who came [[NearVillainVictory extremely close]] to conquering Equestria twice, and Tirek (Brawn) seeks to regain his "huge physique" after being freed from Tartarus.

** Tirek also tells Cozy Glow that trying to drain ''all'' the magic of Equestria was excessive. This would be an EvenEvilHasStandards moment, except that a.) Tirek had previously planned to drain the magic of all the ponies (and when you consider Tirek stealing pegasus flight and earth pony strength would effectively end rain and, at the very least, drastically decrease food, which would have very lethal consequences for the ponies), and b.) He himself was the one who told Cozy about the magic-draining ritual as revenge on the ponies.

** Tirek also tells Cozy Glow that trying to drain ''all'' the magic of Equestria was excessive. This would be an EvenEvilHasStandards moment, except that a.) Tirek had previously planned to drain the magic of all the ponies (and when you consider Tirek stealing pegasus flight and earth pony strength would effectively end rain and, at the very least, drastically decrease food, [[FridgeHorror which would have very lethal consequences for the ponies]]), and b.) He himself was the one who told Cozy about the magic-draining ritual as revenge on the ponies.

* {{Tsundere}}: Subverted. Chrysalis claims she only saved Tirek and Cozy Glow because she needs them and not because she likes them - a classic tsundere line. However, she never truly becomes friends with them and only works with them to achieve a common goal (and still getting into fights with them afterwards), strongly implying she actually meant what she said.

* SpeakInUnison: Tirek and Cozy say "This is your fault!" to each other at the same time when the Ophiotaurus ambushes them.

** During "Better Way to be Bad", Chrysalis mocks Tirek for how badly he was beaten. This is coming from a villainess who was handed two humiliating defeats in a row (the second of which resulted in her losing everything). She also dismisses teamwork as a "fad". The only reason her hive was so effective in the past was due to swarming their enemies through sheer numbers, a tactic that requires heavy teamwork.

* VillainEpisode: This episode focuses entirely on Grogar's LegionOfDoom as they try to work together, with none of the heroes making an appearance outside of props or Chrysalis transforming.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy. Had Grogar gotten his bell back, he would've likely ''instantly'' took over Equestria, which the villainous trio prevented by lying about not retrieving the bell.

** Tirek and Chrysalis do this when telling Cozy that Grogar didn't leave her in charge when she says so [[RuleOfThree for the third time]].

* GoodIsNotNice: Grogar describes Gusty the Great as "self-righteous", though this is likely just the way he sees it given his hatred for her.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tirek has a brief one during the villains' GoodFeelsGood realization. Though he immediately drops it afterwards when they all choose to [[[[IgnoredEpiphany ignore this realization]] and continue to reject friendship.