History Recap / MyLittlePonyMakeYourMarkS4E7MissingTheMark

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: As Izzy throws books at Opaline in retaliation for the latter pinning Sunny under a larger one, she shouts, "Leave! Sunny! Alone!"

* WeNeedADistraction: Misty helps the Mane Five distract Opaline by pretending to be taken prisoner by them and calling for her help, and while she goes to investigate Zipp and Hitch sneak past her and rescue Sparky. By the time Opaline realizes two of them are missing, Sparky has already been saved.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: As Izzy throws tree fragments at Opaline in retaliation for the latter pinning Sunny under a larger one, Izzy shouts, "Leave! Sunny! Alone!"

* SequelHook: Following her defeat, Opaline realises that Sparky's presence means that the other dragons have also "awoken", and makes plans to use the Dragonstone to take ''their'' fire too.

** The Mane Five try using Sparky's lullaby to find him as they did in "Have You Seen This Dragon?", but it fails to work this time since he's much further out and already being drained. Hitch's "Operation: Glitterbomb" is also referenced, and Sparky's favorite blanket and the flute Izzy used in her attempt to find him appear.
** While overcome with guilt, Misty looks at the bracelet Izzy made her in "The Manesquerade Ball".

** The Mane Five try using Sparky's lullaby to find him as they did in "Have You Seen This Dragon?", but it fails to work this time since he's much further out and already being drained. Hitch's "Operation: Glitterbomb" is also referenced.

* BarrierWarrior: Lacking any actual combat experience with her magic, Sunny spends most of her fight shielding herself against Opaline's beams and then flinging her barriers forward to retaliate before finally trapping Opaline in a bubble.

* {{Gaslighting}}: A rare example that has the abuser on the receiving end. After freeing the Mane Five, Misty has them tie her to Opaline's throne, making it seem to Opaline like they somehow escaped on their own and overpowered Misty. This allows Misty to act as a mole for the Mane Five, with Opaline being none the wiser.

* MovingTheGoalposts: Despite Opaline previously reaffirming her promise to Misty to give her a cutie mark now that she has delivered Sparky to her, after the Mane 5 escape, defeat her, and rescue Sparky, she says Misty has un-earned her cutie mark. However, this is moot since Misty already has a cutie mark by that point, though is keeping it a secret from Opaline.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Misty is horrified to see Sparky suffering from having his magic slowly drained, and even more so when she accidentally gets the Mane Five captured by Opaline.

** The crest containg Rainbow Power from Season 4 of ''Friendship is Magic'') can be seen in Opaline's workshop.

* MythologyGag: The Harmony Box (which featured heavily in season four of ''Friendship is Magic'') can be seen in Opaline's workshop.

* {{Gaslighting}}: After freeing the Mane Five, Misty has them tie her to Opaline's throne, making it seem to Opaline like they somehow escaped on their own and overpowered Misty. This allows Misty to act as a mole for the Mane Five, with Opaline being none the wiser.

* CallBack: The Mane Five try using Sparky's lullaby to find him as they did in "Have You Seen This Dragon?", but it fails to work this time since he's much further out and already being drained.

* AntiMagic: Opaline's force field bubbles negate the magic of the Mane Five. Sunny is able to recreate the trick with her alicorn magic, but Opaline is powerful enough to overwhelm the bubble since she doesn't have to transform like Sunny.

* ColorFailure: Sparky's color fades as his magic is drained. After the Mane Five get him back home, he's returned to normal.

* ManaDrain: Opaline uses the dragon stone to drain Sparky's dragon flame.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Opaline plans to drop Sparky into the water below the castle after she's done draining his magic.

* InternalReveal: Misty takes the Mane Five to Opaline's castle, where the meet the queen herself and learn Misty has been working with her.

* ThereIsAnother: The final scene has Opaline narrate that, with Sparky awake, more dragons are sure to follow, and she can drain them to fuel her magic.