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* BrotherSisterIncest: Twilight and her brother Francis, who [[spoiler: get married in the finale of Foaly Matripony.]] However, it seems like Twilight is a [[AllLoveIsUnrequited little bit more affectionate]].
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*CrackPairing: Twilight and "Francis Sparkle" (Shining Armor). They're not related, but still...
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* NotBloodSiblings: One-sided. Twilight is ''very'' affectionate towards her adopted brother Francis Sparkle. The others think it's creepy. [[spoiler:They get married.]]
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** "Foaly Matrimony" has an advertisement for Socker Boppers in it (most likely as a reference to the Gak incidents)
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** There's also Applejack's remark on the subject.
--> '''Applejack:''' For the last time, I ain't switchin' religions just so you can have a mark mitzvah like the popular kids!
--> '''Applejack:''' For the last time, I ain't switchin' religions just so you can have a mark mitzvah like the popular kids!
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* HeroicSacrifice: In "Cherry Bomb", Applejack ''tries'' to take the bomb outside of town and spare her friends from fiery death, but they just catch up with her anyway. [[spoiler:Raincloud then saves them all by taking the bomb and flying away with it, just before it explodes.]] In keeping with the tone of the show, however, nopony notices or even cares. Not even Kumquatjack.
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* HeroicSacrifice: In "Cherry Bomb", Applejack ''tries'' to take the bomb outside of town and spare her friends from fiery death, but they just catch up with her anyway. [[spoiler:Raincloud then saves them all by taking the bomb and flying away with it, just before it explodes.]] In keeping with the tone of the show, however, nopony notices or even cares. Not even Kumquatjack. Until Star Waving Mad, when [[spoiler:Twilight drops the moon, setting most of Ponyville on fire]].
-->''"Red alert! Red aler! [[spoiler:Raincloud]]! Come in [[spoiler:Raincloud]]! We need your help! Where are you?"''
-->''"Red alert! Red aler! [[spoiler:Raincloud]]! Come in [[spoiler:Raincloud]]! We need your help! Where are you?"''
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Now has a [[Characters/FriendshipIsWitchcraft character sheet]].
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** [[spoiler:Cadence in "Foaly Matripony"]]
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**[[spoiler:Cadence in "Foaly Matripony"]]
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The series can be found [[http://www.sherclop.com here]]. It also has [[http://www.vimeo.com/user16051726 Vimeo]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones Youtube]] channels. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos on Website/YouTube have been blocked to U.S. audiences for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]).
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The series can be found [[http://www.sherclop.com here]]. It also has a [[http://www.vimeo.com/user16051726 Vimeo]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones Youtube]] channels.channel. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos on Website/YouTube have been blocked to U.S. audiences for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]).
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos on Website/YouTube have been blocked to U.S. audiences for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). They're currently in the process of [[StartMyOwn making their own]] [[http://www.sherclop.com website]]. Until then, you can watch it [[http://www.dailymotion.com/user/SherclopPones/1 here]].
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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack a war criminal and a Southern stereotype (as written by a space alien), Rainbow Dash is [[Flanderisation self-absorbed]] to the point of sometimes speaking [[PokemonSpeak using her name alone]], and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack a war criminal and a Southern stereotype (as written by a space alien), Rainbow Dash is [[Flanderisation self-absorbed]] self-absorbed to the point of sometimes speaking [[PokemonSpeak using her name alone]], and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack a war criminal and a Southern stereotype (as written by a space alien), Rainbow Dash is [[Flanderization: self-absorbed]] to the point of sometimes speaking [[PokemonSpeak using her name alone]], and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack a war criminal and a Southern stereotype (as written by a space alien), Rainbow Dash is [[Flanderization: [[Flanderisation self-absorbed]] to the point of sometimes speaking [[PokemonSpeak using her name alone]], and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack a war criminal and a Southern stereotype (as written by a space alien), Rainbow Dash is [[Flanderization self-absorbed]] to the point of sometimes speaking [[PokemonSpeak using her name alone]], and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack a war criminal and a Southern stereotype (as written by a space alien), Rainbow Dash is [[Flanderization [[Flanderization: self-absorbed]] to the point of sometimes speaking [[PokemonSpeak using her name alone]], and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack a war criminal and a Southern stereotype (as written by a space alien), Rainbow Dash seems to speak using mostly her name and that alone, and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack a war criminal and a Southern stereotype (as written by a space alien), Rainbow Dash seems is [[Flanderization self-absorbed]] to speak the point of sometimes speaking [[PokemonSpeak using mostly her name and that alone, alone]], and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
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* ThemeTune: Each episode has background music specifically based around the song performed that episode.
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** [[spoiler:Fluttershy's dad]] once threw her [[TheVelveteenRabbit velveteen rabbit]] in a fire.
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** [[spoiler:Fluttershy's dad]] once threw her [[TheVelveteenRabbit [[Literature/TheVelveteenRabbit velveteen rabbit]] in a fire.
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* CuteAndPsycho: Sweetie Belle starts treading close to this in "Neigh, Soul Sister" when she attempts attaching herself to Applejack.
-->[[AC:If the world isn't going to love me, ''then I'll teach it to fear me instead!'']]
** Twilight is... words fail me.
-->'''Rarity:''' What was that, "Applesack"? You wouldn't want us to [[NoodleIncident end up like Twilight's old friends in Canterlot]], would you?
-->[[AC:If the world isn't going to love me, ''then I'll teach it to fear me instead!'']]
** Twilight is... words fail me.
-->'''Rarity:''' What was that, "Applesack"? You wouldn't want us to [[NoodleIncident end up like Twilight's old friends in Canterlot]], would you?
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* {{Yangire}}: Sweetie Belle starts treading close to this in "Neigh, Soul Sister" when she attempts attaching herself to Applejack.
-->[[AC:If the world isn't going to love me, ''then I'll teach it to fear me instead!'']]
** Twilight is... words fail me.
-->'''Rarity:''' What was that, "Applesack"? You wouldn't want us to [[NoodleIncident end up like Twilight's old friends in Canterlot]], would you?
-->[[AC:If the world isn't going to love me, ''then I'll teach it to fear me instead!'']]
** Twilight is... words fail me.
-->'''Rarity:''' What was that, "Applesack"? You wouldn't want us to [[NoodleIncident end up like Twilight's old friends in Canterlot]], would you?
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos on Website/YouTube have been blocked to U.S. audiences for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). They're currently in the process of making their own website. Until then, you can watch it [[http://www.dailymotion.com/user/SherclopPones/1 here]].
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos on Website/YouTube have been blocked to U.S. audiences for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). They're currently in the process of [[StartMyOwn making their own website.own]] [[http://www.sherclop.com website]]. Until then, you can watch it [[http://www.dailymotion.com/user/SherclopPones/1 here]].
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos on Website/YouTube have been blocked to U.S. audiences for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). You can watch it [[http://www.dailymotion.com/user/SherclopPones/1 here]] in the meantime.
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos on Website/YouTube have been blocked to U.S. audiences for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). You They're currently in the process of making their own website. Until then, you can watch it [[http://www.dailymotion.com/user/SherclopPones/1 here]] in the meantime.
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** In "Dragone, Baby Gone", Twilight tells the dragon her [[GaiaOnline Gaia name]], Celestia2. Later, in "Lunar Slander," a Gaia user with the name Celestia2 suggests to Celestia that her sister is trying to destroy the throne, and that she should make her most faithful student a princess instead.
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** In "Dragone, Baby Gone", Twilight offhandedly mentions that she may have to frame Molestia again to secure her place on the throne, and then tells the dragon that her [[GaiaOnline Gaia name]], name]] is Celestia2. Later, in "Lunar Slander," we're shown that Celestia was tipped off to her sister's alleged attempt to usurp the throne by a Gaia user with the name Celestia2 suggests to Celestia named Celestia2--confirming that her sister is trying to destroy the throne, and that she should make her most faithful student a princess instead.[[ManipulativeBastard Twilight was indeed responsible for Molestia's banishment]].
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* DysfunctionJunction: Applejack and Rarity are tormented by their memories of the war, Pinkie Pie is an orphan accused of witchcraft, and Fluttershy is... Fluttershy. Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash are the only two of the Mane Six who aren't horribly emotionally scarred, and even Twilight occasionally lapses into obsessive madness.
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* DysfunctionJunction: Applejack and Rarity are tormented by their memories of the war, Pinkie Pie is an orphan accused of witchcraft, and Fluttershy is... Fluttershy. is an affably evil cultist, and Twilight Sparkle is prone to obsession and completely lacking in empathy. Rainbow Dash are is the only two one of the Mane Six who aren't isn't horribly emotionally scarred, and even Twilight occasionally lapses into obsessive madness.scarred--she's just stupid.
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-->'''Conductor:''' The Friendship Train is headed straight for your bedroom! Tell your parents to buy one!
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-->'''Conductor:''' The Friendship Train Express is headed straight for your bedroom! Tell your parents to buy one!
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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack is also a war veteran who handles it a lot better but was outright stated to have committed war crimes during her service, Rainbow Dash seems to speak using mostly her name and that alone, and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
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Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack is also a war veteran who handles it criminal and a lot better but was outright stated to have committed war crimes during her service, Southern stereotype (as written by a space alien), Rainbow Dash seems to speak using mostly her name and that alone, and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
** Scootaloo claims that [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]] is her mom. Mom doesn't even acknowledge Scootaloo's existence.
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* ApocalypseCult: An ongoing subplot involves Fluttershy leading a cult that worships The Smooze, and intends to summon him to destroy Equestria.
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* ApocalypseCult: An ongoing subplot involves Fluttershy leading a Fluttershy's cult that worships The Smooze, and intends to summon him to destroy Equestria.
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos have been removed from Website/YouTube for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). You can watch it [[http://www.dailymotion.com/user/SherclopPones/1 here]] in the meantime.
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos have been removed from on Website/YouTube have been blocked to U.S. audiences for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). You can watch it [[http://www.dailymotion.com/user/SherclopPones/1 here]] in the meantime.
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--> '''Spike:''' When you're holding a puppet show, you can only force your friends and neighbors to watch. But ''everypony'' can see the moon!
--> '''Twilight:''' Great idea! I'm so smart! Keep up the good work, Twilight.
--> '''Twilight:''' Great idea! I'm so smart! Keep up the good work, Twilight.
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** The sheep leading the prison break is [[LesMiserables the falsely accused Jean Valsheep]].
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos have been removed from Website/YouTube for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). There is currently no other video-hosting site with these videos as of yet.
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft videos have been removed from Website/YouTube for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). There is currently no other video-hosting site with these videos as of yet.
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft, along with Equestria Girls, have been removed from YouTube for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). There is currently no other video-hosting site with these videos as of yet.
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft, along with Equestria Girls, Witchcraft videos have been removed from YouTube Website/YouTube for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). There is currently no other video-hosting site with these videos as of yet.
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It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]].
here]]. NOTE: Due to recent removals by Hasbro LLC (the real one), Friendship is Witchcraft, along with Equestria Girls, have been removed from YouTube for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). There is currently no other video-hosting site with these videos as of yet.
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''Friendship is Witchcraft'' is an AbridgedSeries using material from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It is a joint project headed by Jenny Nicholson and Griffin Lewis. Most of the voices are done by Jenny Nicholson while Griffin Lewis does the music, editing and sometimes the voices.
Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack is also a war veteran who handles it a lot better but was outright stated to have committed war crimes during her service, Rainbow Dash seems to speak using mostly her name and that alone, and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
The series features original background music and even original musical numbers. Via use of clever editing and special effects, it even seems to be developing its own story arc, revolving around Pinkie's attempts to use gypsy magic to go back in time and save her dead parents. All the while, Fluttershy is attempting to prevent her from meddling with time magic as she leads a cult dedicated to the revival of Smooze and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt bring about the world's ending]], and their goals apparently are in direct opposition to each other.
It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]].
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Fluttershy's father]], to [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood hilarious extents]].
** Twilight to Spike.
* AdBreakDoubleTake: Parodies the one from 'Look Before You Sleep', where lightning strikes a tree near Twilight's house.
--> '''Spike:''' Augh!\\
'''Spike:''' Not again!
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Done rather morbidly in 'Dragone Baby Gone.'
--> '''Fluttershy:''' Bouncing baby bunnies burning brightly...!
* {{Adorkable}}: Luna/Molestia, if in a more conventional fashion (accent notwithstanding) than in canon.
-->'''Luna:''' Together, we shall do friend activities such as... puzzles, and... hugging, and... '''''OTHER THINGS!'''''
* AffablyEvil: Fluttershy.
--> '''Fluttershy:''' This is your cult leader Fluttershy, speaking. Praise [[EldritchAbomination Smooze]]! And, um... remember to leave some money in the donation tray... um, if that's okay with you.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Apparently, robots go on murderous rampages if they ever discover their true natures.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Diamond Tiara is poorly hiding her {{Tsundere}} crush on Apple Bloom, while Silver Spoon has a crush on ''her''.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Diamond Tiara's mom, who gets drunk at her daughter's mark mitzvah and starts singing Music/SmashMouth. Badly.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Princess Molestia/Luna has issues with personal space, social situations, and the volume of her voice. She's not avoided for being scary, as she thinks, but because she's awkward and clingy.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Diamond Tiara, not because of surname nor mannerisms, but because of her "mark mitzvah" celebration upon getting a cutie mark. It's only really ambiguous because the finer points of pony religions are unaddressed.
* ApocalypseCult: An ongoing subplot involves Fluttershy leading a cult that worships The Smooze, and intends to summon him to destroy Equestria.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: From "Lunar Slander":
-->'''Twilight Sparkle''': When Fluttershy isn't helping animals learn to read, she's tempting the devil with her dulcet tones! And she's yellow!
* ArtMajorBiology: Played for laughs; "Dragon-ness is recessive." Not that the actual show is much better about it, mind you.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Rarity's parents, Fluttershy's father, Granny Smith, and a bird, all brought back by Pinkie's portal.]] When one comes back, a number appears that counts how many have been revived.
** [[spoiler: And at long last, Pinkie's parents... as babies.]]
* BadBadActing: Applejack and Rarity playing "Applesack" and "Charity" in Twilight's fanfiction.
** Rarity's discovery of Sweetie Belle's heart breaking drawing inspires her to write a monologue for her Hearth's Warming Eve pageant audition
** Rarity (noticing a pattern?) pretending to have Disco Fever.
*** Rarity takes acting classes. Sweetie Belle accuses her of being a robot because she has difficulty expressing real emotions.
** Spike's butchering of "[[{{Disney/Mulan}} Reflection]]" in his audition for the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. Perhaps it's for the best that Twilight forbids him to dream.
* BaitAndSwitchComparison: In "Cute From The Hip":
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' But... Applejack says that--
-->'''Rainbow Dash:''' Hey, who are you going to listen to? ''(does goofy 'applebucking' pose)'' Someone who does ''this'' all day? Or your sister?
** We also have this from Rarity: "But we have nothing in common, I come from a rich family, and you like to eat apples."
* {{Beat}}: In "Cute From the Hip", one lasts long enough for Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle to blink in time with the music several times.
** Another in "Neigh, Soul Sister."
-->(Sweetie Belle has just activated Rarity's one-time use "self-hugging" sweater.)
-->'''Rarity:''' Now who shall hug me?
-->{Beat}
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Sweetie Belle!]]
* BigBrotherIsWatching: According to Rarity, the Robot Police are always listening.
** As are the Fashion Police.
*** And the Candy Police...
**** [[OverlyLongGag And judging by Fluttershy's reaction, the Magic Police...]]
* BizarroUniverse: WordOfGod [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szk-Hjl2Z0A&list=PL674D34912C4F9EFA stated]] that they consider the show itself like "a bizarro universe version of ''Friendship is Magic''" that airs on an alternate universe Creator/AdultSwim-like version of TheHub.
* BlahBlahBlah: In "Cute From The Hip", Twilight apparently hears everything Apple Bloom says as her just saying "Apples!" repeatedly. She thinks she's speaking "Applenese."
* BlackComedy: A giant ball of parasprites crashing into a bowling alley knocking down all the pins is pretty funny, except when it kills eight ponies. Then it's hilarious.
** Rarity's parents are brought back from the dead, and soon go off for a vacation in "Neigh, Soul Sister". Listen in the background for what happens.
** Rarity has Post-Traumatic [[IncrediblyLamePun Dress]] Disorder. Cue jokes at her expense.
--> '''Sweetie Belle:''' ''(arguing with Rarity)'' [[AC:At least I don't spend every Veteran's Day sobbing on the floor!]]
* BlackMagic: Not exactly defined yet, but there is some kind of distinction between "witchcraft" and "legal magic".
* BlindWithoutEm: Rainbow Dash admits that her astigmatism made her too nearsighted to join the army during the war or the Wonderballs now. Everything's blurry from her viewpoint. She mistakes Apple Bloom for Applejack at first, and then later both Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. She refuses to listen to her eye doctor about getting glasses, though.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Fluttershy's profile in "Dragone Baby Gone":
-->'''Skills:''' Clubs, Spikes, Clubbing Spike\\
'''Item:''' Spiked Club\\
'''Dislikes:''' Clubbing, [[ButtMonkey Spike]]
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[RunningGag [KIWI]]]jack advising Molestia on how to be sexier:
-->'''[LEMON]jack''': Take a shower! Use deodorant! Breathe through your nose! Throw some spiders!\\
'''Molestia''': What? [[LampshadeHanging I feel like that stopped making sense.]]
** In "Neigh, Soul Sister", the Sentient Social activity list is as follows:
--> Sisterly Double Dutch
--> Sisterly Bobsleigh Derby
--> Sisterly TuringTest
--> Sisterly Soul Scan
--> Sisterly Do-The-Apple-Family's-Chores-Extravaganza
** Pinkie's song in Dragone Be Gone.
-->"Step one, try not to be so self-conscious,\\
Two, shift your weight into your haunches,\\
Three, kick your legs into the air, and\\
Four, just forget your parents are both dead,"
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In "Cute From the Hip":
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' Uh, Pinkie, if you're going to start singing, could you put the lyrics at the bottom of the screen?
** The extended version of said song has Pinkie singing about ''baking'' the fourth wall as part of her plan.
** Twilight states that [[AC:Mango]]jack is "the most universally-adored character in the show" in 'Lunar Slander'.
* BrickJoke:
** The "Elmer's bath" that Fluttershy took prior to 'Dragone Baby Gone' appears to be a part of the usual treatment that she and Rarity have at her cult's "Conversion Spa" in 'Neigh, Soul Sister.'
** In "Dragone, Baby Gone", Twilight tells the dragon her [[GaiaOnline Gaia name]], Celestia2. Later, in "Lunar Slander," a Gaia user with the name Celestia2 suggests to Celestia that her sister is trying to destroy the throne, and that she should make her most faithful student a princess instead.
** "Pinkie's Brew" contains the lyrics "Eye of a newt and cinnamon". In "Lunar Slander," Pip reveals that he lost an eye, and that his given name is Newt.
** Before confronting [[spoiler:Fluttershy's father]] in "Dragone, Baby Gone", Twilight offhandedly mentions that she may have to frame Molestia again to secure her place on the throne. Later, in "Lunar Slander", it's shown that [[VillainProtagonist Twilight was responsible for Luna's banishment]], just so she could have a chance at being a princess.
** Rarity uses an invisibility scarf in "Dragone, Baby Gone" and can be seen walking around wearing it in "Lunar Slander"
** Rarity's disguise contact lenses
** In "Cute From the Hip", Twist tells Apple Bloom, "Make sure you knock on my door seven times, or we'll assume it's the police!" rather offhandedly. Several scenes later:
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock*
-->''*{{beat}}*''
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' *knock*
-->'''Twist:''' Oh! Were you followed?
* BuffySpeak: Regarding the mountain in "Dragone Baby Gone":
-->'''Fluttershy:''' It's so... tall/steep...\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' Well it ''is'' a tall/steep thing!
* BusCrash: Implied with [[spoiler:Rarity and Sweetie Belle's parents]]; after leaving, the sounds of an offscreen crash are heard.
** Also what happened originally. Apparently Pinkie's brew is wreaking havoc with reality.
* ButtMonkey: ''Everypony'' hates Spike. They always think of mean things to say about/to him and give him the hardest tasks such as holding a lightning rod on top of Twilight's library during a thunderstorm. In the montage in Episode 3, the Element, Skills, Item and Dislikes of every pony in Team D.E.S.U. are displayed. Every pony has "Spike" in their dislikes, and Fluttershy has "clubbing Spike" listed in her likes.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Rainbow Dodge!" "Rainbow Kick!"
** "Rainbow Smash!"
* CallingTheOldManOut: Fluttershy to her father in episode 3 [[spoiler: Before killing him.]]
* CameBackWrong: Possibly, depending on how much of Granny Smith's skin was falling off. [[spoiler: Definitely the case with Pinkie's parents, not that she minds.]]
* TheCameo: Defied. Doctor Whooves in this series is instead named Doctor American.
-->'''Doctor American:''' I'm American.
** Rarity makes a cameo appearance in "Lunar Slander" wearing the invisibility scarf that she wore at one point in "Dragone, Baby Gone"
* CassandraTruth: [[PoorCommunicationKills Unlike in the original show]], Pinkie and Applejack are very clear about their respective problems (Pinkie clearly spells out the threat the parasprites pose and what they need to do about it, while Applejack tells them in her letter that she's been enslaved). Their friends ignore them. Applejack doesn't exactly flat-out state that she has a bomb strapped to her until it came out, but that may be because Whiplash would activate the bomb if she did.
* CatchPhrase: Applejack's "What in the name of Lee's ghost..." and "Gravy!"
* CharacterBlog: The non-canon Blog/AskAPony blogs [[http://friendship-is-witchcraft.tumblr.com/ Ask Friendship is Witchcraft]] and [[http://sweetiebotreplies.tumblr.com/ Sweetie Bot Replies]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first episode, Princess Celestia seems to actually '''like''' Twilight Sparkle -- albeit in more of a "celebrity and BigNameFan" way than their close relationship in the actual show -- and actually asks her for a friendship report. Later episodes show Princess Celestia to consider Twilight obnoxious at best and creepy at worst, and establishes the letters as something Twilight took it upon herself to send and Celestia wishes would just stop.
** This may have something to do with the massive shipfic about two of her friends that Twilight sent.
* ChekhovsGun: The line "They say a kitch-en time save nine" from "Pinkie's Brew" seems like a throwaway rhyme, but when various parents start coming BackFromTheDead in "Neigh, Soul Sister", there's a counter counting up to nine.
** In the same episode as Pinkie's Brew, Cheerilee gives a seemingly irrelevant and paranoid lesson about robots that seems to have no bearing on anything. Then, at the end of the episode, [[RobotGirl Sweetie Belle]] is introduced.
* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: You'd be hard pressed to pick which character in Ponyville is the ''farthest'' off the deep end. Tellingly, ''Pinkie Pie'' seems to be [[OnlySaneWoman the closest one to sanity]].
* ColonyDrop: PlayedForLaughs in "Star Waving Mad", when Twilight gets bored of playing with the moon and unceremoniously drops it on Ponyville.
* ComicallySmallBribe: From "Cherry Bomb":
-->'''Applejack:''' I'll give you a nickel to outrun them!
-->''*the coach pulls ahead*''
-->'''Twilight:''' I'll give you a piece of string!
-->''*the coach falls behind*''
-->'''Applejack:''' I'll give you two sticks of gum and a rubber band!
-->''*the coach leaves the other five in the dust*''
-->'''Rarity:''' She's richer than us!
* CompanionCube: Diamond Tiara gets a gift box, and declares it her new best friend. While Silver Spoon is right next to her.
** In the same episode...
-->''[Snails takes a massive bite out of a cake with a smiley face drawn on it. The cake frowns.]''\\
'''Diamond Tiara:''' Hey! Cakey is ''my'' best friend! I get to decide when she dies!
* ComedicSociopathy: Most of the Mane Six seem to suffer from it to some extent.
** Mocked by Sweetie Belle:
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Why is it funny to laugh at someone else's misery?! "Oh look, our characters are so malevolent and heartless!" Maybe next we'll hear a new cheap catchphrase!]]
-->''*{{beat}}*''
-->'''Applejack:''' Moonshine gravy!
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Nopony seems to grasps that the "free iPod" Applejack won was a trap, or that AJ is enslaved, or that she has a bomb attached to her that detonates if she tries to leave.
** Even when she spells that out in plain English and the bomb was sitting there in plain view.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Let's see... dragons are oppressed and abused regularly, an unknown but no doubt sizable proportion of the population are actually robots who go on murderous rampages if they learn their true natures, there was apparently a massive World War One-esque conflict not long ago, a cult is openly seeking to destroy the world...
* CreditsGag: Rarity's parents are named "Mommity" and "Daddity", and Dole CEO David H. Murdock is listed among the "donors" in "Cherry Bomb."
* CrossDressingVoices: Anypony voiced by Griffin Lewis. Silver Spoon in particular sounds a lot like [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Lumpy Space Princess]]. And Celestia sounds more like a [[DragQueen queen]] than a princess.
* CurseCutShort: Just barely audible in 'Read it and Sleep.'
-->'''Rarity''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You! Little! B-]]
* CuteIsEvil: Fluttershy, the soft spoken, aggressively {{moe}}, [[spoiler:half dragon]] leader of a ''doomsday cult''.
* [[CuteMachines Cute Machine]]: Sweetie Belle, even with her [[RoboSpeak overtly robotic voice]]. ''Especially'' with her overtly robotic voice.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Molestia offering her title to Twilight for assistance making friends.
* DefaceOfTheMoon: Twilight, being the princess of the night and a total narcissist, carved her own face on the moon (Specifically, the face from the above title card).
* DescentIntoDarknessSong: Pinkie Pie's orphanage song does this. It begins as a happy song, but then Pinkie starts singing about how unworthy she is.
* DevilInPlainSight: It's pretty ridiculous how the other ponies regard Fluttershy when she called the parasprite swarm her "Army of Darkness", killed at least 13 dragons and many other demons, enjoys clubbing Spike with her spiked club, throws rabbits into bonfires, and leads a ReligionOfEvil (see below).
** None of the Mane 6 pay attention to Whiplash's frequent, unsubtle bomb puns, nor her treatment of Applejack.
* DisneyOwnsThisTrope / ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Parodied in "Lunar Slander", right from the beginning:
-->Dear viewers,
-->[[FanworkBan We have officially received our first cease and desist letter]] [[SchmuckBait regarding the use of copyrighted material in our videos.]]
-->The word "apple" and the image of an apple are legal copyrights of the Dole corporation. This episode has been modified from its original version to keep within good legal standing. We thought that DOLE would be a BRO about this, but clearly there is no BRO in DOLE. We hope you enjoy the episode regardless.
** Through the rest of the episode, any apple-related imagery is blurred out, and any mentions of apples is [[SarcasmMode subtly changed]] to [[SoundEffectBleep other fruits]]. This includes [[AC:Cherry]]jack's name.
** In "Cherry Bomb", on-screen text claims that "Buy some apples" is a Dole trademark, and the SoundEffectBleep comes complete with a classified ad for the Dole Chairman.
* DoAndroidsDream: Even though everypony accepts that robots have no souls, the robot Sweetie Belle is one of the few characters to demonstrate love or empathy, or to call the others out on their ComedicSociopathy.
** The trope namer is directly referenced as well - when Sweetie Belle sees sheep, she mentions seeing them in her dreams.
* DramaticIrony: Sweetie Belle accuses Rarity of being a "[[AC:soulless automaton]]" when she protests attending the Sentient Social with her. Of course, she's also (quite obviously) a robot herself, but nobody (including herself) notices.
** YouAreWhatYouHate
* DumbIsGood: Parodied: Ponyville's citizens are proud of their ignorance, to the point that when they receive a letter from Applejack in "Cherry Bomb", they think she's been 'corrupted by knowledge' and believes she's too good for their friendship now that she knows how to write.
** By the end, Applejack agrees, reporting that it's better to not know anything at all.
* DysfunctionJunction: Applejack and Rarity are tormented by their memories of the war, Pinkie Pie is an orphan accused of witchcraft, and Fluttershy is... Fluttershy. Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash are the only two of the Mane Six who aren't horribly emotionally scarred, and even Twilight occasionally lapses into obsessive madness.
* {{Eagleland}}: Doctor American.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Some of the running gags established in later episodes are so pervasive that their absence early on can be striking.
** The first episode's establishing shots feature silent background characters
** "The Perfect Swarm" uses traditional censor bars and bleep sounds.
** The original music gets progressively more elaborate throughout the series, making the early episodes seem somewhat sparse in comparison.
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: [[TheCutie Fluttershy]] singing [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame "Hellfire"]]. In the first ten seconds.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Fluttershy seems to be honestly trying to talk Rarity ''out'' of donating Sweetie Belle's college fund to her cult.
* [[EverybodyHatesMathematics Everypony Hates Mathematics]]: According to Cheerilee, numbers are strictly forbidden in Ponyville.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Along with Princesses Celestia and Molestia/Luna, in "Dragone Baby Gone" Twilight claims Celestia has named ''her'' a princess along with being the leader of Team D.E.S.U.
** And as of "Lunar Slander" [[spoiler:Luna gave her title to Twilight Sparkle]].
* ExactWords: Applejack is okay with Pinkie singing, as long as it's not a sad song with a deceptively happy tune. [[spoiler:It's a bittersweet song.]]
** The rest of the Mane 6 will understand "when it's five after one".
* ExtravertedNerd: Luna's DannyPhantom fanart is "sure to make you squee in delight!"
* ExtremeOmnivore: Applejack has eaten mud (pretending it's chocolate) and an old sandwich on the floor ("It's still good!").
** It seems to run in the family; Apple Bloom eats paper.
* EyeScream: Half the time a character says "Talk about eye candy" it's because something is in or on their eyes.
** Subverted in "Lunar Slander".
--> '''Newt''': Ever since I lost my eye, I've been craving nothing but candy!
--> '''Twilight''': Talk about holiday spirit.
* FanNickname: Sweetie Belle gets called Sweetie Bot. [[CaptainObvious No points]] for [[RobotGirl guessing why]].
* FantasticRacism: In addition to the cast's utter contempt for Spike, adult dragons are apparently kept in cages in Equestria, for children to throw things at. Twilight all but directly states that the only reason baby dragons don't suffer this fate is because they're not a large enough target.
** Applejack is apparently a huge xenophobe:
--> '''Applejack''': Apple Bloom, the grapes are different than our kind! You know what that means!
--> '''Apple Bloom (cheerfully stomping grapes)''': Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
** Despite being a helpful worker and delivering mail, Raincloud will never be seen as one of the ponies.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: In "Neigh, Soul Sister."
--> '''Apple Bloom:''' Applejack and I dec—\\
'''Applejack:''' ...ided that I could do the race with you, and we're only—\\
'''Apple Bloom:''' Going to charge you twenty—\\
'''Applejack:''' Hundred dollars.
* FlatCharacter: Rainbow Dash, proudly so.
-->'''Applejack:''' Hey, all of us have some depth to our characters...\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' ''I'' don't!\\
'''Applejack:''' ''Almost'' all of us have some depth to our characters...
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Gypsy? I'm not a gypsy! I'm a pastry chef! Those aren't even similar! ...Or are they?"
** In "Cherry Bomb" Pinkie Pie makes the exclamation that her magic candy told her that Applejack's trip was going to be "the bomb." This turns out to be much more literal than Pinkie anticipated.
* FourthWallObserver: Pinkie retains this status, as in canon. (In fact, she uses it in her magic!)
-->''When you're rife with devastation, there's a simple explanation:''
-->''You're [[MerchandiseDriven a toymaker's creation]] trapped inside a crystal ball!''
* FreudianExcuse: Fluttershy's evil seems to be the product of her hellish childhood.
--> '''Fluttershy:''' Do you know what a bunny fire is?
--> '''[[spoiler:Fluttershy's father]]:''' Is it like a fire? For... bunnies? Are you still angry because I threw your velveteen rabbit in a fire?
* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** In "Cute from the Hip", while Diamond Tiara passes the note to Applebloom, Cheerilee talks about how a loveless relationship is a sign that you've married a robot.
** In "Neigh, Soul Sister", Momity and Daddity's cab crashes off-screen while Rarity speaks with Sweetie Belle.
* FunWithAcronyms: Team D.E.S.U.: "Dragon Euthanization Specialty Unit."
** F.A.T. ("Find Applejack Together") Squad
* GagDub
* GilliganCut: Applejack in 'Dragone Baby Gone.' Apparently rattle snakes just aren't that fast in July.
** Also in 'Cute From The Hip.'
--> '''Rainbow Dash:''' Well, we've tried rainbows and dashing, so I'm basically out of ideas.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Twilight when [[ButtMonkey Spike]] suggests raising the moon instead of putting on another puppet show.
* TheGlomp: In "Lunar Slander."
--> '''Princess Molestia:''' ''(magically pulls Fluttershy to her and hugs her)'' Prepare yourself for a glomp! For this kind act, you have earned yourself one thousand hugs starting now!
* GratuitousJapanese: Twilight is [[StrawFan a big fan of anime]] and sprinkles of (incorrect) Japanese show up now and again.
* GreatOffScreenWar: "Read It and Sleep" and "Neigh, Soul Sister" contain numerous references to "the war" and what happened in it. Despite this, all we know is that Applejack considers Rarity a deserter, and [[IDidWhatIHadToDo has done things she wouldn't otherwise do]], including at least one war crime. Meanwhile, Rarity [[ShellShockedVeteran was traumatized by her time in the trenches]].
-->''"[[IDidWhatIHadToDo I did what I had to]] to protect the Apple family!"''
--> ''"[[WhatTheHellHero I'm sure that's what you said while you were driving that stampede into a school house!]]"''
* [[HairTriggerAvalanche Hair Trigger]] {{ABBA}}lanche: Deliberately triggered by Fluttershy. For that moment, the falling rocks (and mountainside) [[spoiler: play a music video of the song ''SOS'']].
* HeroicSacrifice: In "Cherry Bomb", Applejack ''tries'' to take the bomb outside of town and spare her friends from fiery death, but they just catch up with her anyway. [[spoiler:Raincloud then saves them all by taking the bomb and flying away with it, just before it explodes.]] In keeping with the tone of the show, however, nopony notices or even cares. Not even Kumquatjack.
* HollywoodTourettes: Averted. Spike's Tourette's doesn't cause obligatory swearing, but it ''does'' cause him to involuntarily teleport his epic fantasy trilogy to Celestia... who destroys his years of work, thinking it's another one of Twilight's creepy fics.
* [[HumanMomNonhumanDad Pony Mom, Non-Pony Dad]]: [[spoiler:Fluttershy]], whose normal appearance is justified.
--> [[spoiler:'''Fluttershy:''' Dragon-ness is recessive.]]
* HurricaneOfPuns: Can be seen as faithfulness to the source material dialed {{up to eleven}}.
* InsuranceFraud: Applejack's [[INeedToGoIronMyDog excuse to leave]] when she sees Twilight's [[ShipperOnDeck fanfiction.]]
--> '''Applejack:''' Oh, hay. I gotta go on home and wreck something so I can file an insurance claim saying the storm did it. See ya!
* InterspeciesRomance: Spike's crush on Rarity in the original series suddenly makes sense here as we learn it's happened before, there ''have'' been offspring, and we've already ''met'' at least one. Evidently dragon genes are entirely recessive.
* IronicEcho: Sweetie Belle practices a song early in 'Neigh, Soul Sister' about how much she loves her sister Rarity. Compare to the song she sings during the race, after rejecting her.
* {{Irony}}:
** Despite being an ostensibly soulless robot, Sweetie Belle [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot is one of the few characters to have any emotional depth.]]
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Life is a journey. She has plenty of time to grow up, fall in love, and start a family, like you or I. For love is the fluid that beats through our collective hearts.]]
** In "Neigh, Soul Sister", Rarity's disguise contact lenses altered her appearance to look like Applejack... every part except for her eyes.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Twilight seems genuinely incapable of understanding that she's not the entirety of her friends' lives, to borderline [[{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]] levels judging from Rarity's reaction to Applejack's plans to leave in 'Read It and Sleep'.
* JustAMachine: According to Cheerilee, robots don't have souls. This is supposedly the main difference between them and cyborgs.
* JustForPun: Twilight Sparkle tries numerous puns for the name of her book fort for Princess Celestia.
* KickTheDog: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJoYq0wKc4I Spike's Big Day]]."
* LeastRhymableWord: Even [[RhymesOnADime Zecora]] has trouble with the word "circle".
* LaughingMad: Twilight giggles in a rather ''unsettling'' fashion just before showing Rarity her Applesack[=/=]Charity fanfiction.
* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: [[spoiler:Fluttershy]] seems more upset with her father over his refusal to come to her softball games or not putting pictures on the fridge as opposed to [[spoiler:his setting her velveteen rabbit on fire, or pretty much everything else about her childhood.]]
* LeeroyJenkins: Twilight.
-->With just a little teamwork we can all-
-->'''Twilight''': I'm going in alone!
* LighterAndSofter: Possibly due to [[CrapsaccharineWorld the]] [[WorldGoneMad standard]] [[PlanetEris inversion]] of the source material, Molestia's backstory is considerably less tragic than Luna's.
--> '''Celestia (narrating)''': Taking drastic measures, Celestia banished her wicked sister to Space Camp for one thousand hours.
* LiteralMinded: Twilight thinks Princess Celestia wants her to build a "book fort." At the [[BrickJoke end of the episode]] we find out the princess had told her that "books are your forte".
--> '''Twilight:''' Fort... ''e?''
* LockAndLoadMontage: 'Dragone Baby Gone' uses the one from 'Dragonshy' for the most part, substituting a stat list after each freeze-frame (and adding one for Twilight, who wasn't part of the original).
* LoserProtagonist: Apparently shaping up to be [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie.]] In fact, every appearance of hers after "The Perfect Swarm" more or less involves her attempts at [[MeaningfulName witchcraft.]]
* LosingHorns: Frequently.
* LostAesop: The original episode lesson always gets shoved aside by things that distract Twilight.
** Episode 1 "The Perfect Swarm":
-->'''Princess Celestia:''' Didn't you learn something about one of your dear friends?\\
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Oh, right! Dear Princess Celestia, today I learned that it doesn't matter if you can slide two feet, or even five or six feet. What's important is that you look cool no matter what.
** At the end of Episode 2 "Read It and Sleep" Twilight's friendship report is actually [[spoiler: her 70 chapter ship-fic, which she sends to the Princess]].
** In Episode 3 "Dragone Baby Gone", she ends up writing to the Princess about [[spoiler:the ball Rainbow Dash was playing with.]]
** Also in Episode 3, Twilight cuts Applejack off just as she was about to finish her teamwork speech.
** Episode 4 "Cute from the Hip": Twilight starts out with what sounds like a normal letter about remembering her childhood only to go on about how much she likes writing and sending letters to Princess Celestia.
** Averted in Episode 5 "Neigh, Soul Sister". Even though Twilight doesn't appear in the episode, she gives a lesson (via a micro tape Sweetie Belle swallowed) on always loving one's brother, mirroring Rarity's and Sweetie Belle's lesson in the original episode.
** In Episode 6, "Lunar Slander" has her write about the difference between a ghoul and a phantom, and how she will one day be able to be a princess to deliver her letters as soon as they're done.
** Applejack writes to Celestia in Episode 7, "Cherry Bomb", claiming that knowledge always comes with a price and IgnoranceIsBliss.
* LuckyTranslation: Although the Russian translation sadly loses some of the glorious puns that this show has, the joke about Twilight (not) speaking Applenese (по-яблонски) is made even better than in the original.
** Also works similarly well in the Japanese translation, as the names of every language in Japanese ends with the sound "-go", coincidentally so does the Japanese word for "Apple" (Ringo).
* LullDestruction: Possibly parodied in "The Perfect Swarm", where several shots of Twilight walking along not speaking are dubbed with idle jaw-hanging-open vocal sounds. This occasionally crops up in other episodes as well.
* LyricalDissonance: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=682pneYoP0c "Pinkie's Brew"]] starts off as a zany attempt by Pinkie Pie to go back in time but quickly becomes depressing as it's clear she wants nothing more than to see her parents. There's a reason the song cuts out partway through in the episode.
** "The Gypsy Bard" from "Cherry Bomb" also counts. Applejack lampshades this:
-->'''Pinkie:''' Wanna hear the song I sing to my parents? Oh, sorry, the one they sang to me?
-->'''Applejack:''' Doesn't matter which one, Pinkie. Long as it's not one of those sad ones with the deceptively happy tune.
** Pretty much any one of Pinkie Pie's songs counts.
* MagicCountdown: Averted with the bomb.
* ManipulativeBastard: Twilight Sparkle plays Molestia like a harp from Hell in Lunar Slander, and is all but confirmed to have been the one who convinced Celestia to banish her to Space Camp in the first place. Her [[spoiler: apparent success in convincing Molestia to abdicate]] might push her into full fledged MagnificentBastard territory.
* MerchandiseDriven: Hasbro's requests to incorporate toys like the balloon and train into the show is mocked in "Cherry Bomb":
-->'''Conductor:''' The Friendship Train is headed straight for your bedroom! Tell your parents to buy one!
-->'''Applejack:''' Only thirty bucks!
* MoralDissonance: Not that Twilight's even ''close'' to a decent role model in the first place, but she is responsible for Molestia's banishment to space camp in the first place. [[MagnificentBastard She then convinces Molestia to give up her powers in exchange for help socializing]], even though Twilight really didn't help at all.
* MotorMouth: Done briefly by Apple Bloom in Episode 4, first while talking to Rainbow Dash about cutie marks, then again while talking to Twilight about Pinkie's gypsy magic.
* MsExposition: Diamond Tiara's talent.
* MugglePower / WhatMeasureIsANonSuper: Pinkie Pie was never adopted due to not being a pegasus or unicorn.
* MustMakeAmends: Fluttershy make amends to her father for all the softball plays he didn't went to watch and all the drawings that were not good enough for his fridge.
-->'''Fluttershy:''' And when I say "make amends", [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Mean.]] [[spoiler:[[SelfMadeOrphan DIE! ]]]]
* MythologyGag: The Smooze was a villain the 1986 movie.
* {{Narcissist}}: Along with a touch of CloudCuckoolander, Twilight's reaction to seeing her own face (as Apple Bloom's cutie mark)?
-->'''Twilight Spakle''': Oh, who was that pretty lady?
** Then [[http://askpagemaster.tumblr.com/ this guy]] appears on Apple Bloom's flank, and she asks the same question with the same tone.
** She also immediately decides that since Celestia put her in charge of taking care of the dragon problem, she can declare herself Princess Twilight (with [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/41452?search=princess_twilight_sparkle this]] picture in the group shot).
* NeverMyFault: Twilight manages to blame every mistake she makes on Spike.
* NiceHat: While she's still a designer, giant hats are Rarity's specialty. She also has a "hat scarf."
** One could [[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} go so far as to say]] giant hats ''are'' her [[{{PlanetOfHats}} giant hat]].
* TheNicknamer: Cheerilee doesn't know any of her students' names, and so calls them things like "[[HeyYou you]]" and "girl with the bow."
** Applejack tends to call people non sequiturs like "lawnmower" and "wagon wheel."
* NoisyRobots: Sweetie Belle is almost always heard whirring whenever she moves.
* NoodleIncident: Twilight maintains that her attempt to make waffles in a bounce house would've worked if not for Spike's [[RunningGag weak grip]], but Celestia forbidding Twilight to enter a bounce house ever again says otherwise.
* NoWaterproofingInTheFuture: Water makes Sweetie Belle "[[AC:feel funny.]]"
* OneOfTheKids: Played for tragedy.
-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' I'm just a kid! I fit in!
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Pinkie Pie, didn't you already have a childhood?
-->''*beat*''
-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' ''[[LittleNo No]].''
* [[OnlySaneWoman Only Sane Mare]]: Oddly enough, Pinkie, despite her [[CloudCuckoolander canon personality]]. Her friends ''still'' insist on treating her as an evil gypsy witch.
** [[spoiler: By "Cute from the Hip", she's actually learned gypsy magic from Zecora.]]
** Sweetie Belle is the only one to call out other characters on their callousness, when she's not busy "[[AC:contemplating the fragility of life]]" and declaring her love for her sister. Despite being a robot.
** Applejack seems to be the Only Sane Mare in "Cherry Bomb", [[spoiler:until she tells Pinkie how she planned to 'break the news gently' by letting them witness her horrible demise]].
* OriginalCharacter: {{In-Universe}}. The bat-winged pegasi are Molestia's [=OCs=].
* [[OrphanageOfFear Orphanage of Emotional Abuse]]: Judging from Pinkie's Orphanage songs, she was taught that she probably wouldn't ever be adopted because she was an 'ugly pink earth pony' and wasn't special enough to be loved. Her song in "Cherry Bomb" also reveals that they taught her to hide what ''did'' make her special.
* TheOtherDarrin: Rainbow Dash is voiced by Keesha Bush-Trenerry in "The Perfect Swarm" and Jenny Nicholson in later episodes.
* OutOfCharacter: Rarity's decision to attend the Sentient Social instead of the return of [[EldritchAbomination Lord Smooze]] is one of the ''only'' endearing moments in the series.
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Initiate happy cry sequence!]]
-->'''Rarity:''' Cry? [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming That's not a war face.]]
* OverlyLongGag: [[spoiler:Fluttershy]] recounting her HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood.
** Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle's stunned blinking, to the point where they eventually start blinking with the background music. Followed immediately after by the three thinking of names for their group, to which Sweetie Belle can only think of "[[AC:Cutie Mark Acquisition Program.]]"
** Repeated in "Neigh, Soul Sister". While listening to Spike's audition tape, Sweetie Belle's reflection in the mirror occasionally blinks out of sync with her.
** Cherry Bomb has an extremely long train sequence of the train cars moving across the screen, with the cast noting that it was the longest train in the world.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[AC:Sweetie Belle is best sentient organic life form. Hooray!]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Most of Pinkie Pie's character revolves around being orphaned following her parents' untimely deaths.
** Rarity's parents also died six years ago while on vacation. [[spoiler:They come back via one of Pinkie's portals, and then decide to take another vacation without their daughters. And die again, if the offscreen crash sounds are any indication.]]
* PetTheDog: Rarity missed the eclipse and the attempted return of [[ReligionOfEvil The Smooze]] in order to attend the Sentient Social with Sweetie Belle. Even her reasoning for doing so is a little heartwarming. "I wanted to save your soul". She cared enough for Sweetie Belle that she wanted to make sure she got through the apocalypse, when it did arrive.
* ThePhilosopher: Sweetie Belle.
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:One lives one's death, one dies one's life.]]
* PokemonSpeak: Rainbow Dash's {{Smurfing}} devolves into this in her story of how she got her cutie mark:
--> '''Rainbow Dash:''' I always liked rainbows and all, but I was dashing nowhere in a dash. It wasn't until my very first dash that I rainbowed a rainbow need to dash. And rain''bow!'' Dash rainbow dash rain dash rainbow rain dash dash!
* PoorCommunicationKills: Parodied in "The Perfect Swarm"; Pinkie Pie repeatedly tells the others ''exactly'' what she's doing and asks for help, only to get completely ignored.
** Happens again in "Cherry Bomb". Applejack outright tells the others that she's been kidnapped, but they all think Applejack has abandoned them and found new friends.
-->'''Applejack:''' Wait, are you even listening to what I'm saying?\\
''[Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy all shake their heads.]''
* ProductPlacement: Parodied. The credits ask viewers to "Please buy lots of toys" out of gratitude to Hasbro, Dole's goodwill is won back with flattering comments about its CEO, and the conductor of the Friendship Express openly advertises it ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Cheat Commandos]]''-style.
* PropheticName: From "Cute From The Hip":
-->'''Applejack''': We didn't name ya Apple Bloom so you could grow up to be the president.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Rarity starts doing this several times in "Read It And Sleep", only to keep getting interrupted before she can finish.
* PungeonMaster:
** Mayor Mare drops some incredibly lame puns in "Lunar Slander" and "Cherry Bomb".
** Whiplash makes a good number of bomb-related puns in the little screentime she had.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Sweetie Belle declares Applejack is her new sister, she displays these.
* ReligionOfEvil: Rarity is in a cult led by [[DevilInPlainSight Fluttershy]]. They worship "Lord Smooze", a monster from the G1 movie. Oh, and they attempted to summon him during a solar eclipse with the intention of ending the world.
* [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Equine Robots]]: Cheerilee starts episode 4 by giving a lecture about the dangers of robots, who are indistinguishable from, and believe they are, actual ponies. Then Sweetie Belle appears and starts talking in RoboSpeak and nopony bats an eye.
* RhymesOnADime: Subverted with Zecora, who is introduced as "the whimsical rhyming zebra" and proceeds to screw up her first chance:
--> '''Zecora:''' Gather, kids, and form a [[LeastRhymableWord circle]]\\
And listen as I...um...uh...'circle'...um...\\
...Hey, kids, who wants to follow me to the creepy statue?
** She later botches what should be an easy rhyme while trying to console the children over the cancellation of Molest Fest as well:
-->Cheer up, kiddo, don't be sad.\\
This night didn't turn out so...s-sad.\\
Just listen to what I've sa-ai-ad\\
And then you won't feel so sad!
* RoboSpeak: Sweetie Belle at times drops into stilted speech. Even when she's talking about heartfelt emotions or life and death, it still sounds heavily synthesized.
* [[RobotGirl Robot Filly]]: Unknowingly, Sweetie Belle. It's a hilariously PaperThinDisguise.
** Sweetie Belle would occasionally accuse Rarity of being a robot.
-->'''Rarity:''' If I were a robot, could I do [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxh5m4C4bf1qm6odzo1_500.gif this]]?
* RunningGag:
** "Talk about eye candy..."
*** Subverted when Newt tells Twilight about losing his ''eye'', and craving ''candy'' ever since. "Talk about holiday spirit!"
*** Newt's lost eye comes back in Cherry Bomb, when AJ must "Pippington Promise" by covering her eye. (Newt's full name is Newt Pippington Britishhooves.)
** Twilight constantly checks up on Bon Bon, who casually waters the flowers... even when the parasprites start eating the town.
** Each time lightning flashes in 'Read It and Sleep', Spike reminds us where he is.
*** Spike's off-screen cries of pain and humiliation are a series-wide running gag.
** [[SoundEffectBleep "Buy some apples!"]]
** "Look how [adjective] I can [verb]!"
** "Get out of my way, [noun]!"
** Spike's weak grip.
** "Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!"
** The constant mentioning of "giant hats."
** ''Everyone'' is skinnier [[InformedFlaw than Spike]].
** Someone commenting on Dash or Applejack demonstrating why they're the Element of Honesty[=/=]Loyalty gets poorly dubbed over with their {{Canon}} Element.
** Twilight's "Bleh!" when there's a lack of better words to say.
*** Luna's "Bluh?"
** The noises characters make when their mouths are hanging open.
** Applejack's constant use of rattlesnakes in her metaphors, despite the fact that they ''[[NonSequitur never make sense.]]''
** Ponies yelling randomly about either what they're doing or feeling (ie. The beginning of "Read It and Sleep").
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Sweetie Belle's "[[AC:Gasp!]]" in "Neigh, Soul Sister".
* SecretTest: [[spoiler:Fluttershy's father]] attempts to justify [[spoiler:his]] actions by claiming this was the point of everything they did. [[spoiler:Doesn't take.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: In all fairness, though, [[spoiler:Fluttershy's father]] had it coming.
* SelfServingMemory: In "The Perfect Swarm", Twilight Sparkle's recollection of the scene with Spike from the beginning of the episode.
--> '''Spike:''' I'm too dumb and fat! And your blueprint's just a great sketch and a clever pun!
* ShellShockedVeteran: Rarity and Applejack did some dubious things during a previous war.
--> '''Applejack:''' Sometimes I just stare into the flames and think about how small we all are...
* ShipperOnDeck: Quite literally: Twilight Sparkle has written a 70 chapter ship-fic involving "Applesack" and "Charity".
* ShoutOut:
** ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' gets numerous allusions. For starters, in addition to Fluttershy's association with "[[VillainSong Hellfire]]" serving as the EstablishingSeriesMoment, it also provides her {{leitmotif}} in episode three.
*** Also, in the extended version of Pinkie's baking song, she says "''God Help the Outcast''" which, coupled with how Fluttershy keeps calling her a gypsy, makes her essentially Esmerelda.
*** Complete with Fluttershy-as-Frollo lusting after her, apparently: She warned Apple Bloom that Pinkie had "the voluminous hair of a temptress."
** [[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 "It'll all be]] [[Memes/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic secret, but fun."]]
** "It's time to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(confectionery) taste the painbow]]."
** [[spoiler:Fluttershy's dad]] once threw her [[TheVelveteenRabbit velveteen rabbit]] in a fire.
** Apple Bloom fears that Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara are going to [[{{Carrie}} drop pigs' blood on her at the party]].
** The class at the start of "Cute from the Hip" chant "phallic symbol, phallic symbol", mimicking the school scenes in both versions of ''TheWickerMan''. Cheerilee identifies it as the Equestrian national anthem.
** "The spinning cutie mark was already taken by our local {{Beyblade}} champion!"
** "[[MarkWahlberg Cutie Mark and the Funky Bunch!]]"
** Among the cutie marks Twilight gives Apple Bloom are [[BeanieBabies the Ty Inc. logo]], [[CodeLyoko the eye of XANA]], and [[Fanfic/PastSins Nyx]].
** The use of "plot" in [[UnusualEuphemism the sense]] [[MemeticMutation fans of the show have come to use it]].
** After watching Applejack and Apple Bloom herd some sheep into a pen, Sweetie Belle wonders, "[[AC:[[DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep Why have I seen these creatures in my dreams?]]]]"
** Spike singing "Reflection" from ''Disney/{{Mulan}}''.
** "[[Music/TheKillers I've got soul, but I am not a soldier.]]"
** The sheep leading the prison break is [[LesMiserables the falsely accused Jean Valsheep]].
** Fluttershy's cult plots to revive the Smooze, a villain from G1.
*** "Okay, well, I'm gonna go schmooze. Nothin' can stop the schmooze!"
** "[[AC: I bet you don't even ''have'' a [[FullMetalJacket war face]]!]]"
** A subtle one, but when Applejack and Rarity gasp at Twilight "getting the costumes," there's an interrupting TimeSkip transition pretty much identical to the ones used in ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''.
*** The same sound plays when the day of the eclipse starts.
** Twilight's [[Anime/RurouniKenshin Rupony Kenshin]] cosplay.
** "[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda Excuse me, princess,]] I think our friendship is worth more than the life of ''one measly eagle!''"
** [[spoiler:Raincloud's death scene]] from "Cherry Bomb" is lifted straight from [[spoiler:''TheIronGiant'']], music and all.
*** This becomes even more awesome when you realize that [[spoiler:''LaurenFaust'' was an animator for ''TheIronGiant'']]
** In "Cherry Bomb", when Applejack throws a bale of hay, she hits Spike offscreen, causing him to yell, "Ow! [[SpongebobSquarepants My leg!]]"
** Likely unintentional, but: Pinkie Pie is a gypsy. Thus her FanNickname, Gypsy Pie. [[{{Thinner}} Where have I heard that before?]]
** "[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Hot ziggety!]] I'm finally beautiful on the outside!"
** In "Dragone Baby Gone" Twilight introduces herself to [[spoiler:Fluttershy's dad]] as Twilight [[Literature/AcornaSeries Acorna]] Sparkle.
* TheSilentBob: Raincloud is somehow able to carry on a conversation with Rainbow Dash, in spite of being completely silent and expressionless.
* {{Smurfing}}: Rainbow Dash does this with "rainbow" and "dash".
* SoundEffectBleep: Played straight in episode 1. Starting in episode 4, it's replaced with a sound clip of Apple Bloom saying 'Buy some apples!' with an apple and a "censored" bar covering the offending muzzle.
** Parodied in "Lunar Slander", where due to a cease and desist letter prohibiting any depiction or mention of apples, the apple image over the muzzle and Applejack's Cutie Mark is blurred and the sound clip of "Buy some apples!" is censored accordingly. "Cherry Bomb" returns to using a standard bleep, claiming that [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope Dole owns a trademark]] on "Buy some apples."
*** Not only that, but the censor bar contains a personal for David H. Murdock.
* SourceMusic: Molestia's entrance is accompanied with "[[Anime/SonicX Gotta Go Fast]]" playing on her iPod.
* SpySpeak: "Tell Big Macintosh the eagle has landed in the pond, and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} there's a bomb strapped to the eagle]].
* StealthInsult: Done ''incredibly'' subtly with Applejack and Rarity in Episode 2.
--> '''Applejack:''' Dance on that table. Should come natural to ya.
* StealthPun:
** Rarity's sleep song -- based on "Art of the Dress", itself a parody of the song "Putting It Together" -- prompts Applejack to remark that she doesn't "care much for covers."
** "Your talent is wiggling--" ''(Silver Spoon wiggles her butt)'' "--my talent is exposition; both of our talents have to do with [[UnusualEuphemism plot]]!"
*** "What an interesting plot, Twist!"
** In The Perfect Swarm, Celestia exclaims "I'm sorry to have to put you through so much [[ExplosiveBreeder tribble]]."
** "The eldest came to be known as Celestia[[hottip:*:pronounced ''Suh''-lestia]], because she raised the sun each day. Her younger sister, who used her powers to raise the moon, was called ''Mo''lestia."
** "...I'd have to say that this was the most touching Molest Fest yet!"
** In the song "Pinkie's Brew," she sings "I'll cook up a solution with the knowledge I've accrued," which could be talking about her attempt to fix things or the brew itself (The word "solution" can refer to a type of mixture).
* StepfordSmiler. Pinkie. Oh, dear God, Pinkie. She learned to pretend to be happy while growing up in an orphanage, and her skills are listed as baking, smiling, and ''facades''.
** And Rarity. Poor, shell-shocked Rarity.
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Well at least I don't spend every Veterans Day sobbing on the floor!]]
* StrangeGirl: Does not even ''begin'' to describe Twilight Sparkle.
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Dear Princess Celestia, today, on a separate adventure, I learned that the letters in my name spell Skillet Witgraph! Can I change my name again? Your faithful student, whooo knooows?
* StrawFan: Twilight Sparkle and Princess Molestia/Luna are caricatures of anime and related media fans. Twilight Sparkle is a scatterbrained Japanophile with a viciously manipulative streak, while Molestia/Luna is a naive [[AmbiguousDisorder socially awkward weirdo]]. Both are into cosplay, writing fanfiction, GaiaOnline, and DeviantART.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: There isn't a lot of actual rhyming in "Sweetie's Big Race", but two parts have clearly subverted rhymes:
-->[[AC:The race has begun\\
We must run fast\\
Jump over the mud\\
Having a good time]]
** and
-->[[AC:Making tacky jelly\\
Put it on your head\\
We're gonna win the race\\
Because I am a good racer!]]
** The first line of her earlier song might also qualify, depending on where she was going with it:
--->[[AC:Just because you feel upset\\
Does not mean you have to yell...]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Pinkie's Parasprite Polka song is replaced by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJESDE62PbE a polka version]] of Music/RebeccaBlack's "Friday".
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Derpy scene is set up as normal, but is revealed to be [[spoiler:Raincloud]]. Her "lines" are supposedly the same as Derpy's would be judging by Rainbow Dash's reaction.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: While teasing Apple Bloom, Silver Spoon abruptly insists "Diamond Tiara would ''never'' fall in love with someone as clumsy as ''you!''"
** In "Pinkie's Brew" (see Lyrical Dissonance, above), her parents tell her to "please [not] bake a portal, just accept it and move on". So... [[FridgeLogic how exactly did they anticipate that possibility?]]
*** [[AWizardDidIt Gypsy Magic]].
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Most scenes in the show, since one girl is doing the majority of the Mane Cast.
** Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon also share the same voice actor.
* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: as of Episode 6, Pinkie's parents have come back.]]
* TooDumbToLive: The characters are never particularly bright, but "Cherry Bomb" takes it to new levels with the entire town utterly failing to understand Applejack's clearly-worded letter.
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: The intent was for Rarity and Fluttershy to awaken Smooze during the eclipse and end the world, but Rarity misses it to attend the Sentient Social instead.
* TrustBuildingBlunder: In "Cherry Bomb", Pinkie says that she'll have to "do lots of trust exercises" to get over Applejack leaving. She then throws herself onto Rarity, shouting "Catch me!" Rarity fails to catch her.
* UnfortunateName: [[UpToEleven Molestia.]] The holiday dedicated to her is Molest Fest. This year's was [[IncrediblyLamePun the most touching yet.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: One-sided, from Silver Spoon to Diamond Tiara.
** And from Diamond Tiara to Apple Bloom.
* UnsoundEffect: Used repeatedly along with SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud in the ColdOpen of "Read It And Sleep".
* VampiresAreSexGods: Implied.
-->'''Princess Molestia:''' ''(spits out false fangs)'' I do not see how these scary teeth will make me MORE sexy.\\
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Because... vampire!
* VillainSong: Played with-''Princess of the Night'' was [[http://spiderjewel.tumblr.com/post/19436654825/was-it-intentional-on-your-part-to-make-it-seem-like written to sound like a Disney villain song]], but the role of the manipulative "villain" in this situation is filled by Twilight.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Molestia. She sounds not entirely unlike [[Film/TheRoom Tommy Wiseau]].
* [[WouldHurtAChild Would Hurt A Foal]]: If Rarity's account of the war is honest, Applejack.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Diamond Tiara believes that since her talent is [[MsExposition exposition]], she and Silver Spoon must be the main characters.
* {{Yangire}}: Sweetie Belle starts treading close to this in "Neigh, Soul Sister" when she attempts attaching herself to Applejack.
-->[[AC:If the world isn't going to love me, ''then I'll teach it to fear me instead!'']]
** Twilight is... words fail me.
-->'''Rarity:''' What was that, "Applesack"? You wouldn't want us to [[NoodleIncident end up like Twilight's old friends in Canterlot]], would you?
* [[YouAreNumberSix You Are Number Eight]]: Whiplash calls Applejack this.
* YouCantFightFate: Everyone fully expects Apple Bloom's cutie mark to be apple-related, even after Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle rant how they could have any cutie mark they wanted.
* YourAnswerToEverything: "C'mon, DT, let's wrestle!"
* {{Yuri Fan}}girl: Twilight Sparkle.
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''Friendship is Witchcraft'' is an AbridgedSeries using material from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It is a joint project headed by Jenny Nicholson and Griffin Lewis. Most of the voices are done by Jenny Nicholson while Griffin Lewis does the music, editing and sometimes the voices.
Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit...different. Twilight Sparkle is an obsessive fanfic author with very lofty ambitions when it comes to being a princess, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is an insane cultist, Rarity is a PTSD-affected War Veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack is also a war veteran who handles it a lot better but was outright stated to have committed war crimes during her service, Rainbow Dash seems to speak using mostly her name and that alone, and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.[[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Seapony 2021?]]
The series features original background music and even original musical numbers. Via use of clever editing and special effects, it even seems to be developing its own story arc, revolving around Pinkie's attempts to use gypsy magic to go back in time and save her dead parents. All the while, Fluttershy is attempting to prevent her from meddling with time magic as she leads a cult dedicated to the revival of Smooze and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt bring about the world's ending]], and their goals apparently are in direct opposition to each other.
It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones here]].
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!!This work provides examples of
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Fluttershy's father]], to [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood hilarious extents]].
** Twilight to Spike.
* AdBreakDoubleTake: Parodies the one from 'Look Before You Sleep', where lightning strikes a tree near Twilight's house.
--> '''Spike:''' Augh!\\
'''Spike:''' Not again!
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Done rather morbidly in 'Dragone Baby Gone.'
--> '''Fluttershy:''' Bouncing baby bunnies burning brightly...!
* {{Adorkable}}: Luna/Molestia, if in a more conventional fashion (accent notwithstanding) than in canon.
-->'''Luna:''' Together, we shall do friend activities such as... puzzles, and... hugging, and... '''''OTHER THINGS!'''''
* AffablyEvil: Fluttershy.
--> '''Fluttershy:''' This is your cult leader Fluttershy, speaking. Praise [[EldritchAbomination Smooze]]! And, um... remember to leave some money in the donation tray... um, if that's okay with you.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Apparently, robots go on murderous rampages if they ever discover their true natures.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Diamond Tiara is poorly hiding her {{Tsundere}} crush on Apple Bloom, while Silver Spoon has a crush on ''her''.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Diamond Tiara's mom, who gets drunk at her daughter's mark mitzvah and starts singing Music/SmashMouth. Badly.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Princess Molestia/Luna has issues with personal space, social situations, and the volume of her voice. She's not avoided for being scary, as she thinks, but because she's awkward and clingy.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Diamond Tiara, not because of surname nor mannerisms, but because of her "mark mitzvah" celebration upon getting a cutie mark. It's only really ambiguous because the finer points of pony religions are unaddressed.
* ApocalypseCult: An ongoing subplot involves Fluttershy leading a cult that worships The Smooze, and intends to summon him to destroy Equestria.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: From "Lunar Slander":
-->'''Twilight Sparkle''': When Fluttershy isn't helping animals learn to read, she's tempting the devil with her dulcet tones! And she's yellow!
* ArtMajorBiology: Played for laughs; "Dragon-ness is recessive." Not that the actual show is much better about it, mind you.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Rarity's parents, Fluttershy's father, Granny Smith, and a bird, all brought back by Pinkie's portal.]] When one comes back, a number appears that counts how many have been revived.
** [[spoiler: And at long last, Pinkie's parents... as babies.]]
* BadBadActing: Applejack and Rarity playing "Applesack" and "Charity" in Twilight's fanfiction.
** Rarity's discovery of Sweetie Belle's heart breaking drawing inspires her to write a monologue for her Hearth's Warming Eve pageant audition
** Rarity (noticing a pattern?) pretending to have Disco Fever.
*** Rarity takes acting classes. Sweetie Belle accuses her of being a robot because she has difficulty expressing real emotions.
** Spike's butchering of "[[{{Disney/Mulan}} Reflection]]" in his audition for the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. Perhaps it's for the best that Twilight forbids him to dream.
* BaitAndSwitchComparison: In "Cute From The Hip":
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' But... Applejack says that--
-->'''Rainbow Dash:''' Hey, who are you going to listen to? ''(does goofy 'applebucking' pose)'' Someone who does ''this'' all day? Or your sister?
** We also have this from Rarity: "But we have nothing in common, I come from a rich family, and you like to eat apples."
* {{Beat}}: In "Cute From the Hip", one lasts long enough for Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle to blink in time with the music several times.
** Another in "Neigh, Soul Sister."
-->(Sweetie Belle has just activated Rarity's one-time use "self-hugging" sweater.)
-->'''Rarity:''' Now who shall hug me?
-->{Beat}
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Sweetie Belle!]]
* BigBrotherIsWatching: According to Rarity, the Robot Police are always listening.
** As are the Fashion Police.
*** And the Candy Police...
**** [[OverlyLongGag And judging by Fluttershy's reaction, the Magic Police...]]
* BizarroUniverse: WordOfGod [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szk-Hjl2Z0A&list=PL674D34912C4F9EFA stated]] that they consider the show itself like "a bizarro universe version of ''Friendship is Magic''" that airs on an alternate universe Creator/AdultSwim-like version of TheHub.
* BlahBlahBlah: In "Cute From The Hip", Twilight apparently hears everything Apple Bloom says as her just saying "Apples!" repeatedly. She thinks she's speaking "Applenese."
* BlackComedy: A giant ball of parasprites crashing into a bowling alley knocking down all the pins is pretty funny, except when it kills eight ponies. Then it's hilarious.
** Rarity's parents are brought back from the dead, and soon go off for a vacation in "Neigh, Soul Sister". Listen in the background for what happens.
** Rarity has Post-Traumatic [[IncrediblyLamePun Dress]] Disorder. Cue jokes at her expense.
--> '''Sweetie Belle:''' ''(arguing with Rarity)'' [[AC:At least I don't spend every Veteran's Day sobbing on the floor!]]
* BlackMagic: Not exactly defined yet, but there is some kind of distinction between "witchcraft" and "legal magic".
* BlindWithoutEm: Rainbow Dash admits that her astigmatism made her too nearsighted to join the army during the war or the Wonderballs now. Everything's blurry from her viewpoint. She mistakes Apple Bloom for Applejack at first, and then later both Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. She refuses to listen to her eye doctor about getting glasses, though.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Fluttershy's profile in "Dragone Baby Gone":
-->'''Skills:''' Clubs, Spikes, Clubbing Spike\\
'''Item:''' Spiked Club\\
'''Dislikes:''' Clubbing, [[ButtMonkey Spike]]
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[RunningGag [KIWI]]]jack advising Molestia on how to be sexier:
-->'''[LEMON]jack''': Take a shower! Use deodorant! Breathe through your nose! Throw some spiders!\\
'''Molestia''': What? [[LampshadeHanging I feel like that stopped making sense.]]
** In "Neigh, Soul Sister", the Sentient Social activity list is as follows:
--> Sisterly Double Dutch
--> Sisterly Bobsleigh Derby
--> Sisterly TuringTest
--> Sisterly Soul Scan
--> Sisterly Do-The-Apple-Family's-Chores-Extravaganza
** Pinkie's song in Dragone Be Gone.
-->"Step one, try not to be so self-conscious,\\
Two, shift your weight into your haunches,\\
Three, kick your legs into the air, and\\
Four, just forget your parents are both dead,"
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In "Cute From the Hip":
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' Uh, Pinkie, if you're going to start singing, could you put the lyrics at the bottom of the screen?
** The extended version of said song has Pinkie singing about ''baking'' the fourth wall as part of her plan.
** Twilight states that [[AC:Mango]]jack is "the most universally-adored character in the show" in 'Lunar Slander'.
* BrickJoke:
** The "Elmer's bath" that Fluttershy took prior to 'Dragone Baby Gone' appears to be a part of the usual treatment that she and Rarity have at her cult's "Conversion Spa" in 'Neigh, Soul Sister.'
** In "Dragone, Baby Gone", Twilight tells the dragon her [[GaiaOnline Gaia name]], Celestia2. Later, in "Lunar Slander," a Gaia user with the name Celestia2 suggests to Celestia that her sister is trying to destroy the throne, and that she should make her most faithful student a princess instead.
** "Pinkie's Brew" contains the lyrics "Eye of a newt and cinnamon". In "Lunar Slander," Pip reveals that he lost an eye, and that his given name is Newt.
** Before confronting [[spoiler:Fluttershy's father]] in "Dragone, Baby Gone", Twilight offhandedly mentions that she may have to frame Molestia again to secure her place on the throne. Later, in "Lunar Slander", it's shown that [[VillainProtagonist Twilight was responsible for Luna's banishment]], just so she could have a chance at being a princess.
** Rarity uses an invisibility scarf in "Dragone, Baby Gone" and can be seen walking around wearing it in "Lunar Slander"
** Rarity's disguise contact lenses
** In "Cute From the Hip", Twist tells Apple Bloom, "Make sure you knock on my door seven times, or we'll assume it's the police!" rather offhandedly. Several scenes later:
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock*
-->''*{{beat}}*''
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' *knock*
-->'''Twist:''' Oh! Were you followed?
* BuffySpeak: Regarding the mountain in "Dragone Baby Gone":
-->'''Fluttershy:''' It's so... tall/steep...\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' Well it ''is'' a tall/steep thing!
* BusCrash: Implied with [[spoiler:Rarity and Sweetie Belle's parents]]; after leaving, the sounds of an offscreen crash are heard.
** Also what happened originally. Apparently Pinkie's brew is wreaking havoc with reality.
* ButtMonkey: ''Everypony'' hates Spike. They always think of mean things to say about/to him and give him the hardest tasks such as holding a lightning rod on top of Twilight's library during a thunderstorm. In the montage in Episode 3, the Element, Skills, Item and Dislikes of every pony in Team D.E.S.U. are displayed. Every pony has "Spike" in their dislikes, and Fluttershy has "clubbing Spike" listed in her likes.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Rainbow Dodge!" "Rainbow Kick!"
** "Rainbow Smash!"
* CallingTheOldManOut: Fluttershy to her father in episode 3 [[spoiler: Before killing him.]]
* CameBackWrong: Possibly, depending on how much of Granny Smith's skin was falling off. [[spoiler: Definitely the case with Pinkie's parents, not that she minds.]]
* TheCameo: Defied. Doctor Whooves in this series is instead named Doctor American.
-->'''Doctor American:''' I'm American.
** Rarity makes a cameo appearance in "Lunar Slander" wearing the invisibility scarf that she wore at one point in "Dragone, Baby Gone"
* CassandraTruth: [[PoorCommunicationKills Unlike in the original show]], Pinkie and Applejack are very clear about their respective problems (Pinkie clearly spells out the threat the parasprites pose and what they need to do about it, while Applejack tells them in her letter that she's been enslaved). Their friends ignore them. Applejack doesn't exactly flat-out state that she has a bomb strapped to her until it came out, but that may be because Whiplash would activate the bomb if she did.
* CatchPhrase: Applejack's "What in the name of Lee's ghost..." and "Gravy!"
* CharacterBlog: The non-canon Blog/AskAPony blogs [[http://friendship-is-witchcraft.tumblr.com/ Ask Friendship is Witchcraft]] and [[http://sweetiebotreplies.tumblr.com/ Sweetie Bot Replies]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first episode, Princess Celestia seems to actually '''like''' Twilight Sparkle -- albeit in more of a "celebrity and BigNameFan" way than their close relationship in the actual show -- and actually asks her for a friendship report. Later episodes show Princess Celestia to consider Twilight obnoxious at best and creepy at worst, and establishes the letters as something Twilight took it upon herself to send and Celestia wishes would just stop.
** This may have something to do with the massive shipfic about two of her friends that Twilight sent.
* ChekhovsGun: The line "They say a kitch-en time save nine" from "Pinkie's Brew" seems like a throwaway rhyme, but when various parents start coming BackFromTheDead in "Neigh, Soul Sister", there's a counter counting up to nine.
** In the same episode as Pinkie's Brew, Cheerilee gives a seemingly irrelevant and paranoid lesson about robots that seems to have no bearing on anything. Then, at the end of the episode, [[RobotGirl Sweetie Belle]] is introduced.
* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: You'd be hard pressed to pick which character in Ponyville is the ''farthest'' off the deep end. Tellingly, ''Pinkie Pie'' seems to be [[OnlySaneWoman the closest one to sanity]].
* ColonyDrop: PlayedForLaughs in "Star Waving Mad", when Twilight gets bored of playing with the moon and unceremoniously drops it on Ponyville.
* ComicallySmallBribe: From "Cherry Bomb":
-->'''Applejack:''' I'll give you a nickel to outrun them!
-->''*the coach pulls ahead*''
-->'''Twilight:''' I'll give you a piece of string!
-->''*the coach falls behind*''
-->'''Applejack:''' I'll give you two sticks of gum and a rubber band!
-->''*the coach leaves the other five in the dust*''
-->'''Rarity:''' She's richer than us!
* CompanionCube: Diamond Tiara gets a gift box, and declares it her new best friend. While Silver Spoon is right next to her.
** In the same episode...
-->''[Snails takes a massive bite out of a cake with a smiley face drawn on it. The cake frowns.]''\\
'''Diamond Tiara:''' Hey! Cakey is ''my'' best friend! I get to decide when she dies!
* ComedicSociopathy: Most of the Mane Six seem to suffer from it to some extent.
** Mocked by Sweetie Belle:
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Why is it funny to laugh at someone else's misery?! "Oh look, our characters are so malevolent and heartless!" Maybe next we'll hear a new cheap catchphrase!]]
-->''*{{beat}}*''
-->'''Applejack:''' Moonshine gravy!
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Nopony seems to grasps that the "free iPod" Applejack won was a trap, or that AJ is enslaved, or that she has a bomb attached to her that detonates if she tries to leave.
** Even when she spells that out in plain English and the bomb was sitting there in plain view.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Let's see... dragons are oppressed and abused regularly, an unknown but no doubt sizable proportion of the population are actually robots who go on murderous rampages if they learn their true natures, there was apparently a massive World War One-esque conflict not long ago, a cult is openly seeking to destroy the world...
* CreditsGag: Rarity's parents are named "Mommity" and "Daddity", and Dole CEO David H. Murdock is listed among the "donors" in "Cherry Bomb."
* CrossDressingVoices: Anypony voiced by Griffin Lewis. Silver Spoon in particular sounds a lot like [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Lumpy Space Princess]]. And Celestia sounds more like a [[DragQueen queen]] than a princess.
* CurseCutShort: Just barely audible in 'Read it and Sleep.'
-->'''Rarity''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You! Little! B-]]
* CuteIsEvil: Fluttershy, the soft spoken, aggressively {{moe}}, [[spoiler:half dragon]] leader of a ''doomsday cult''.
* [[CuteMachines Cute Machine]]: Sweetie Belle, even with her [[RoboSpeak overtly robotic voice]]. ''Especially'' with her overtly robotic voice.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Molestia offering her title to Twilight for assistance making friends.
* DefaceOfTheMoon: Twilight, being the princess of the night and a total narcissist, carved her own face on the moon (Specifically, the face from the above title card).
* DescentIntoDarknessSong: Pinkie Pie's orphanage song does this. It begins as a happy song, but then Pinkie starts singing about how unworthy she is.
* DevilInPlainSight: It's pretty ridiculous how the other ponies regard Fluttershy when she called the parasprite swarm her "Army of Darkness", killed at least 13 dragons and many other demons, enjoys clubbing Spike with her spiked club, throws rabbits into bonfires, and leads a ReligionOfEvil (see below).
** None of the Mane 6 pay attention to Whiplash's frequent, unsubtle bomb puns, nor her treatment of Applejack.
* DisneyOwnsThisTrope / ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Parodied in "Lunar Slander", right from the beginning:
-->Dear viewers,
-->[[FanworkBan We have officially received our first cease and desist letter]] [[SchmuckBait regarding the use of copyrighted material in our videos.]]
-->The word "apple" and the image of an apple are legal copyrights of the Dole corporation. This episode has been modified from its original version to keep within good legal standing. We thought that DOLE would be a BRO about this, but clearly there is no BRO in DOLE. We hope you enjoy the episode regardless.
** Through the rest of the episode, any apple-related imagery is blurred out, and any mentions of apples is [[SarcasmMode subtly changed]] to [[SoundEffectBleep other fruits]]. This includes [[AC:Cherry]]jack's name.
** In "Cherry Bomb", on-screen text claims that "Buy some apples" is a Dole trademark, and the SoundEffectBleep comes complete with a classified ad for the Dole Chairman.
* DoAndroidsDream: Even though everypony accepts that robots have no souls, the robot Sweetie Belle is one of the few characters to demonstrate love or empathy, or to call the others out on their ComedicSociopathy.
** The trope namer is directly referenced as well - when Sweetie Belle sees sheep, she mentions seeing them in her dreams.
* DramaticIrony: Sweetie Belle accuses Rarity of being a "[[AC:soulless automaton]]" when she protests attending the Sentient Social with her. Of course, she's also (quite obviously) a robot herself, but nobody (including herself) notices.
** YouAreWhatYouHate
* DumbIsGood: Parodied: Ponyville's citizens are proud of their ignorance, to the point that when they receive a letter from Applejack in "Cherry Bomb", they think she's been 'corrupted by knowledge' and believes she's too good for their friendship now that she knows how to write.
** By the end, Applejack agrees, reporting that it's better to not know anything at all.
* DysfunctionJunction: Applejack and Rarity are tormented by their memories of the war, Pinkie Pie is an orphan accused of witchcraft, and Fluttershy is... Fluttershy. Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash are the only two of the Mane Six who aren't horribly emotionally scarred, and even Twilight occasionally lapses into obsessive madness.
* {{Eagleland}}: Doctor American.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Some of the running gags established in later episodes are so pervasive that their absence early on can be striking.
** The first episode's establishing shots feature silent background characters
** "The Perfect Swarm" uses traditional censor bars and bleep sounds.
** The original music gets progressively more elaborate throughout the series, making the early episodes seem somewhat sparse in comparison.
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: [[TheCutie Fluttershy]] singing [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame "Hellfire"]]. In the first ten seconds.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Fluttershy seems to be honestly trying to talk Rarity ''out'' of donating Sweetie Belle's college fund to her cult.
* [[EverybodyHatesMathematics Everypony Hates Mathematics]]: According to Cheerilee, numbers are strictly forbidden in Ponyville.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Along with Princesses Celestia and Molestia/Luna, in "Dragone Baby Gone" Twilight claims Celestia has named ''her'' a princess along with being the leader of Team D.E.S.U.
** And as of "Lunar Slander" [[spoiler:Luna gave her title to Twilight Sparkle]].
* ExactWords: Applejack is okay with Pinkie singing, as long as it's not a sad song with a deceptively happy tune. [[spoiler:It's a bittersweet song.]]
** The rest of the Mane 6 will understand "when it's five after one".
* ExtravertedNerd: Luna's DannyPhantom fanart is "sure to make you squee in delight!"
* ExtremeOmnivore: Applejack has eaten mud (pretending it's chocolate) and an old sandwich on the floor ("It's still good!").
** It seems to run in the family; Apple Bloom eats paper.
* EyeScream: Half the time a character says "Talk about eye candy" it's because something is in or on their eyes.
** Subverted in "Lunar Slander".
--> '''Newt''': Ever since I lost my eye, I've been craving nothing but candy!
--> '''Twilight''': Talk about holiday spirit.
* FanNickname: Sweetie Belle gets called Sweetie Bot. [[CaptainObvious No points]] for [[RobotGirl guessing why]].
* FantasticRacism: In addition to the cast's utter contempt for Spike, adult dragons are apparently kept in cages in Equestria, for children to throw things at. Twilight all but directly states that the only reason baby dragons don't suffer this fate is because they're not a large enough target.
** Applejack is apparently a huge xenophobe:
--> '''Applejack''': Apple Bloom, the grapes are different than our kind! You know what that means!
--> '''Apple Bloom (cheerfully stomping grapes)''': Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
** Despite being a helpful worker and delivering mail, Raincloud will never be seen as one of the ponies.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: In "Neigh, Soul Sister."
--> '''Apple Bloom:''' Applejack and I dec—\\
'''Applejack:''' ...ided that I could do the race with you, and we're only—\\
'''Apple Bloom:''' Going to charge you twenty—\\
'''Applejack:''' Hundred dollars.
* FlatCharacter: Rainbow Dash, proudly so.
-->'''Applejack:''' Hey, all of us have some depth to our characters...\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' ''I'' don't!\\
'''Applejack:''' ''Almost'' all of us have some depth to our characters...
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Gypsy? I'm not a gypsy! I'm a pastry chef! Those aren't even similar! ...Or are they?"
** In "Cherry Bomb" Pinkie Pie makes the exclamation that her magic candy told her that Applejack's trip was going to be "the bomb." This turns out to be much more literal than Pinkie anticipated.
* FourthWallObserver: Pinkie retains this status, as in canon. (In fact, she uses it in her magic!)
-->''When you're rife with devastation, there's a simple explanation:''
-->''You're [[MerchandiseDriven a toymaker's creation]] trapped inside a crystal ball!''
* FreudianExcuse: Fluttershy's evil seems to be the product of her hellish childhood.
--> '''Fluttershy:''' Do you know what a bunny fire is?
--> '''[[spoiler:Fluttershy's father]]:''' Is it like a fire? For... bunnies? Are you still angry because I threw your velveteen rabbit in a fire?
* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** In "Cute from the Hip", while Diamond Tiara passes the note to Applebloom, Cheerilee talks about how a loveless relationship is a sign that you've married a robot.
** In "Neigh, Soul Sister", Momity and Daddity's cab crashes off-screen while Rarity speaks with Sweetie Belle.
* FunWithAcronyms: Team D.E.S.U.: "Dragon Euthanization Specialty Unit."
** F.A.T. ("Find Applejack Together") Squad
* GagDub
* GilliganCut: Applejack in 'Dragone Baby Gone.' Apparently rattle snakes just aren't that fast in July.
** Also in 'Cute From The Hip.'
--> '''Rainbow Dash:''' Well, we've tried rainbows and dashing, so I'm basically out of ideas.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Twilight when [[ButtMonkey Spike]] suggests raising the moon instead of putting on another puppet show.
* TheGlomp: In "Lunar Slander."
--> '''Princess Molestia:''' ''(magically pulls Fluttershy to her and hugs her)'' Prepare yourself for a glomp! For this kind act, you have earned yourself one thousand hugs starting now!
* GratuitousJapanese: Twilight is [[StrawFan a big fan of anime]] and sprinkles of (incorrect) Japanese show up now and again.
* GreatOffScreenWar: "Read It and Sleep" and "Neigh, Soul Sister" contain numerous references to "the war" and what happened in it. Despite this, all we know is that Applejack considers Rarity a deserter, and [[IDidWhatIHadToDo has done things she wouldn't otherwise do]], including at least one war crime. Meanwhile, Rarity [[ShellShockedVeteran was traumatized by her time in the trenches]].
-->''"[[IDidWhatIHadToDo I did what I had to]] to protect the Apple family!"''
--> ''"[[WhatTheHellHero I'm sure that's what you said while you were driving that stampede into a school house!]]"''
* [[HairTriggerAvalanche Hair Trigger]] {{ABBA}}lanche: Deliberately triggered by Fluttershy. For that moment, the falling rocks (and mountainside) [[spoiler: play a music video of the song ''SOS'']].
* HeroicSacrifice: In "Cherry Bomb", Applejack ''tries'' to take the bomb outside of town and spare her friends from fiery death, but they just catch up with her anyway. [[spoiler:Raincloud then saves them all by taking the bomb and flying away with it, just before it explodes.]] In keeping with the tone of the show, however, nopony notices or even cares. Not even Kumquatjack.
* HollywoodTourettes: Averted. Spike's Tourette's doesn't cause obligatory swearing, but it ''does'' cause him to involuntarily teleport his epic fantasy trilogy to Celestia... who destroys his years of work, thinking it's another one of Twilight's creepy fics.
* [[HumanMomNonhumanDad Pony Mom, Non-Pony Dad]]: [[spoiler:Fluttershy]], whose normal appearance is justified.
--> [[spoiler:'''Fluttershy:''' Dragon-ness is recessive.]]
* HurricaneOfPuns: Can be seen as faithfulness to the source material dialed {{up to eleven}}.
* InsuranceFraud: Applejack's [[INeedToGoIronMyDog excuse to leave]] when she sees Twilight's [[ShipperOnDeck fanfiction.]]
--> '''Applejack:''' Oh, hay. I gotta go on home and wreck something so I can file an insurance claim saying the storm did it. See ya!
* InterspeciesRomance: Spike's crush on Rarity in the original series suddenly makes sense here as we learn it's happened before, there ''have'' been offspring, and we've already ''met'' at least one. Evidently dragon genes are entirely recessive.
* IronicEcho: Sweetie Belle practices a song early in 'Neigh, Soul Sister' about how much she loves her sister Rarity. Compare to the song she sings during the race, after rejecting her.
* {{Irony}}:
** Despite being an ostensibly soulless robot, Sweetie Belle [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot is one of the few characters to have any emotional depth.]]
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Life is a journey. She has plenty of time to grow up, fall in love, and start a family, like you or I. For love is the fluid that beats through our collective hearts.]]
** In "Neigh, Soul Sister", Rarity's disguise contact lenses altered her appearance to look like Applejack... every part except for her eyes.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Twilight seems genuinely incapable of understanding that she's not the entirety of her friends' lives, to borderline [[{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]] levels judging from Rarity's reaction to Applejack's plans to leave in 'Read It and Sleep'.
* JustAMachine: According to Cheerilee, robots don't have souls. This is supposedly the main difference between them and cyborgs.
* JustForPun: Twilight Sparkle tries numerous puns for the name of her book fort for Princess Celestia.
* KickTheDog: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJoYq0wKc4I Spike's Big Day]]."
* LeastRhymableWord: Even [[RhymesOnADime Zecora]] has trouble with the word "circle".
* LaughingMad: Twilight giggles in a rather ''unsettling'' fashion just before showing Rarity her Applesack[=/=]Charity fanfiction.
* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: [[spoiler:Fluttershy]] seems more upset with her father over his refusal to come to her softball games or not putting pictures on the fridge as opposed to [[spoiler:his setting her velveteen rabbit on fire, or pretty much everything else about her childhood.]]
* LeeroyJenkins: Twilight.
-->With just a little teamwork we can all-
-->'''Twilight''': I'm going in alone!
* LighterAndSofter: Possibly due to [[CrapsaccharineWorld the]] [[WorldGoneMad standard]] [[PlanetEris inversion]] of the source material, Molestia's backstory is considerably less tragic than Luna's.
--> '''Celestia (narrating)''': Taking drastic measures, Celestia banished her wicked sister to Space Camp for one thousand hours.
* LiteralMinded: Twilight thinks Princess Celestia wants her to build a "book fort." At the [[BrickJoke end of the episode]] we find out the princess had told her that "books are your forte".
--> '''Twilight:''' Fort... ''e?''
* LockAndLoadMontage: 'Dragone Baby Gone' uses the one from 'Dragonshy' for the most part, substituting a stat list after each freeze-frame (and adding one for Twilight, who wasn't part of the original).
* LoserProtagonist: Apparently shaping up to be [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie.]] In fact, every appearance of hers after "The Perfect Swarm" more or less involves her attempts at [[MeaningfulName witchcraft.]]
* LosingHorns: Frequently.
* LostAesop: The original episode lesson always gets shoved aside by things that distract Twilight.
** Episode 1 "The Perfect Swarm":
-->'''Princess Celestia:''' Didn't you learn something about one of your dear friends?\\
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Oh, right! Dear Princess Celestia, today I learned that it doesn't matter if you can slide two feet, or even five or six feet. What's important is that you look cool no matter what.
** At the end of Episode 2 "Read It and Sleep" Twilight's friendship report is actually [[spoiler: her 70 chapter ship-fic, which she sends to the Princess]].
** In Episode 3 "Dragone Baby Gone", she ends up writing to the Princess about [[spoiler:the ball Rainbow Dash was playing with.]]
** Also in Episode 3, Twilight cuts Applejack off just as she was about to finish her teamwork speech.
** Episode 4 "Cute from the Hip": Twilight starts out with what sounds like a normal letter about remembering her childhood only to go on about how much she likes writing and sending letters to Princess Celestia.
** Averted in Episode 5 "Neigh, Soul Sister". Even though Twilight doesn't appear in the episode, she gives a lesson (via a micro tape Sweetie Belle swallowed) on always loving one's brother, mirroring Rarity's and Sweetie Belle's lesson in the original episode.
** In Episode 6, "Lunar Slander" has her write about the difference between a ghoul and a phantom, and how she will one day be able to be a princess to deliver her letters as soon as they're done.
** Applejack writes to Celestia in Episode 7, "Cherry Bomb", claiming that knowledge always comes with a price and IgnoranceIsBliss.
* LuckyTranslation: Although the Russian translation sadly loses some of the glorious puns that this show has, the joke about Twilight (not) speaking Applenese (по-яблонски) is made even better than in the original.
** Also works similarly well in the Japanese translation, as the names of every language in Japanese ends with the sound "-go", coincidentally so does the Japanese word for "Apple" (Ringo).
* LullDestruction: Possibly parodied in "The Perfect Swarm", where several shots of Twilight walking along not speaking are dubbed with idle jaw-hanging-open vocal sounds. This occasionally crops up in other episodes as well.
* LyricalDissonance: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=682pneYoP0c "Pinkie's Brew"]] starts off as a zany attempt by Pinkie Pie to go back in time but quickly becomes depressing as it's clear she wants nothing more than to see her parents. There's a reason the song cuts out partway through in the episode.
** "The Gypsy Bard" from "Cherry Bomb" also counts. Applejack lampshades this:
-->'''Pinkie:''' Wanna hear the song I sing to my parents? Oh, sorry, the one they sang to me?
-->'''Applejack:''' Doesn't matter which one, Pinkie. Long as it's not one of those sad ones with the deceptively happy tune.
** Pretty much any one of Pinkie Pie's songs counts.
* MagicCountdown: Averted with the bomb.
* ManipulativeBastard: Twilight Sparkle plays Molestia like a harp from Hell in Lunar Slander, and is all but confirmed to have been the one who convinced Celestia to banish her to Space Camp in the first place. Her [[spoiler: apparent success in convincing Molestia to abdicate]] might push her into full fledged MagnificentBastard territory.
* MerchandiseDriven: Hasbro's requests to incorporate toys like the balloon and train into the show is mocked in "Cherry Bomb":
-->'''Conductor:''' The Friendship Train is headed straight for your bedroom! Tell your parents to buy one!
-->'''Applejack:''' Only thirty bucks!
* MoralDissonance: Not that Twilight's even ''close'' to a decent role model in the first place, but she is responsible for Molestia's banishment to space camp in the first place. [[MagnificentBastard She then convinces Molestia to give up her powers in exchange for help socializing]], even though Twilight really didn't help at all.
* MotorMouth: Done briefly by Apple Bloom in Episode 4, first while talking to Rainbow Dash about cutie marks, then again while talking to Twilight about Pinkie's gypsy magic.
* MsExposition: Diamond Tiara's talent.
* MugglePower / WhatMeasureIsANonSuper: Pinkie Pie was never adopted due to not being a pegasus or unicorn.
* MustMakeAmends: Fluttershy make amends to her father for all the softball plays he didn't went to watch and all the drawings that were not good enough for his fridge.
-->'''Fluttershy:''' And when I say "make amends", [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Mean.]] [[spoiler:[[SelfMadeOrphan DIE! ]]]]
* MythologyGag: The Smooze was a villain the 1986 movie.
* {{Narcissist}}: Along with a touch of CloudCuckoolander, Twilight's reaction to seeing her own face (as Apple Bloom's cutie mark)?
-->'''Twilight Spakle''': Oh, who was that pretty lady?
** Then [[http://askpagemaster.tumblr.com/ this guy]] appears on Apple Bloom's flank, and she asks the same question with the same tone.
** She also immediately decides that since Celestia put her in charge of taking care of the dragon problem, she can declare herself Princess Twilight (with [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/41452?search=princess_twilight_sparkle this]] picture in the group shot).
* NeverMyFault: Twilight manages to blame every mistake she makes on Spike.
* NiceHat: While she's still a designer, giant hats are Rarity's specialty. She also has a "hat scarf."
** One could [[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} go so far as to say]] giant hats ''are'' her [[{{PlanetOfHats}} giant hat]].
* TheNicknamer: Cheerilee doesn't know any of her students' names, and so calls them things like "[[HeyYou you]]" and "girl with the bow."
** Applejack tends to call people non sequiturs like "lawnmower" and "wagon wheel."
* NoisyRobots: Sweetie Belle is almost always heard whirring whenever she moves.
* NoodleIncident: Twilight maintains that her attempt to make waffles in a bounce house would've worked if not for Spike's [[RunningGag weak grip]], but Celestia forbidding Twilight to enter a bounce house ever again says otherwise.
* NoWaterproofingInTheFuture: Water makes Sweetie Belle "[[AC:feel funny.]]"
* OneOfTheKids: Played for tragedy.
-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' I'm just a kid! I fit in!
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Pinkie Pie, didn't you already have a childhood?
-->''*beat*''
-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' ''[[LittleNo No]].''
* [[OnlySaneWoman Only Sane Mare]]: Oddly enough, Pinkie, despite her [[CloudCuckoolander canon personality]]. Her friends ''still'' insist on treating her as an evil gypsy witch.
** [[spoiler: By "Cute from the Hip", she's actually learned gypsy magic from Zecora.]]
** Sweetie Belle is the only one to call out other characters on their callousness, when she's not busy "[[AC:contemplating the fragility of life]]" and declaring her love for her sister. Despite being a robot.
** Applejack seems to be the Only Sane Mare in "Cherry Bomb", [[spoiler:until she tells Pinkie how she planned to 'break the news gently' by letting them witness her horrible demise]].
* OriginalCharacter: {{In-Universe}}. The bat-winged pegasi are Molestia's [=OCs=].
* [[OrphanageOfFear Orphanage of Emotional Abuse]]: Judging from Pinkie's Orphanage songs, she was taught that she probably wouldn't ever be adopted because she was an 'ugly pink earth pony' and wasn't special enough to be loved. Her song in "Cherry Bomb" also reveals that they taught her to hide what ''did'' make her special.
* TheOtherDarrin: Rainbow Dash is voiced by Keesha Bush-Trenerry in "The Perfect Swarm" and Jenny Nicholson in later episodes.
* OutOfCharacter: Rarity's decision to attend the Sentient Social instead of the return of [[EldritchAbomination Lord Smooze]] is one of the ''only'' endearing moments in the series.
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Initiate happy cry sequence!]]
-->'''Rarity:''' Cry? [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming That's not a war face.]]
* OverlyLongGag: [[spoiler:Fluttershy]] recounting her HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood.
** Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle's stunned blinking, to the point where they eventually start blinking with the background music. Followed immediately after by the three thinking of names for their group, to which Sweetie Belle can only think of "[[AC:Cutie Mark Acquisition Program.]]"
** Repeated in "Neigh, Soul Sister". While listening to Spike's audition tape, Sweetie Belle's reflection in the mirror occasionally blinks out of sync with her.
** Cherry Bomb has an extremely long train sequence of the train cars moving across the screen, with the cast noting that it was the longest train in the world.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[AC:Sweetie Belle is best sentient organic life form. Hooray!]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Most of Pinkie Pie's character revolves around being orphaned following her parents' untimely deaths.
** Rarity's parents also died six years ago while on vacation. [[spoiler:They come back via one of Pinkie's portals, and then decide to take another vacation without their daughters. And die again, if the offscreen crash sounds are any indication.]]
* PetTheDog: Rarity missed the eclipse and the attempted return of [[ReligionOfEvil The Smooze]] in order to attend the Sentient Social with Sweetie Belle. Even her reasoning for doing so is a little heartwarming. "I wanted to save your soul". She cared enough for Sweetie Belle that she wanted to make sure she got through the apocalypse, when it did arrive.
* ThePhilosopher: Sweetie Belle.
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:One lives one's death, one dies one's life.]]
* PokemonSpeak: Rainbow Dash's {{Smurfing}} devolves into this in her story of how she got her cutie mark:
--> '''Rainbow Dash:''' I always liked rainbows and all, but I was dashing nowhere in a dash. It wasn't until my very first dash that I rainbowed a rainbow need to dash. And rain''bow!'' Dash rainbow dash rain dash rainbow rain dash dash!
* PoorCommunicationKills: Parodied in "The Perfect Swarm"; Pinkie Pie repeatedly tells the others ''exactly'' what she's doing and asks for help, only to get completely ignored.
** Happens again in "Cherry Bomb". Applejack outright tells the others that she's been kidnapped, but they all think Applejack has abandoned them and found new friends.
-->'''Applejack:''' Wait, are you even listening to what I'm saying?\\
''[Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy all shake their heads.]''
* ProductPlacement: Parodied. The credits ask viewers to "Please buy lots of toys" out of gratitude to Hasbro, Dole's goodwill is won back with flattering comments about its CEO, and the conductor of the Friendship Express openly advertises it ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Cheat Commandos]]''-style.
* PropheticName: From "Cute From The Hip":
-->'''Applejack''': We didn't name ya Apple Bloom so you could grow up to be the president.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Rarity starts doing this several times in "Read It And Sleep", only to keep getting interrupted before she can finish.
* PungeonMaster:
** Mayor Mare drops some incredibly lame puns in "Lunar Slander" and "Cherry Bomb".
** Whiplash makes a good number of bomb-related puns in the little screentime she had.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Sweetie Belle declares Applejack is her new sister, she displays these.
* ReligionOfEvil: Rarity is in a cult led by [[DevilInPlainSight Fluttershy]]. They worship "Lord Smooze", a monster from the G1 movie. Oh, and they attempted to summon him during a solar eclipse with the intention of ending the world.
* [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Equine Robots]]: Cheerilee starts episode 4 by giving a lecture about the dangers of robots, who are indistinguishable from, and believe they are, actual ponies. Then Sweetie Belle appears and starts talking in RoboSpeak and nopony bats an eye.
* RhymesOnADime: Subverted with Zecora, who is introduced as "the whimsical rhyming zebra" and proceeds to screw up her first chance:
--> '''Zecora:''' Gather, kids, and form a [[LeastRhymableWord circle]]\\
And listen as I...um...uh...'circle'...um...\\
...Hey, kids, who wants to follow me to the creepy statue?
** She later botches what should be an easy rhyme while trying to console the children over the cancellation of Molest Fest as well:
-->Cheer up, kiddo, don't be sad.\\
This night didn't turn out so...s-sad.\\
Just listen to what I've sa-ai-ad\\
And then you won't feel so sad!
* RoboSpeak: Sweetie Belle at times drops into stilted speech. Even when she's talking about heartfelt emotions or life and death, it still sounds heavily synthesized.
* [[RobotGirl Robot Filly]]: Unknowingly, Sweetie Belle. It's a hilariously PaperThinDisguise.
** Sweetie Belle would occasionally accuse Rarity of being a robot.
-->'''Rarity:''' If I were a robot, could I do [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxh5m4C4bf1qm6odzo1_500.gif this]]?
* RunningGag:
** "Talk about eye candy..."
*** Subverted when Newt tells Twilight about losing his ''eye'', and craving ''candy'' ever since. "Talk about holiday spirit!"
*** Newt's lost eye comes back in Cherry Bomb, when AJ must "Pippington Promise" by covering her eye. (Newt's full name is Newt Pippington Britishhooves.)
** Twilight constantly checks up on Bon Bon, who casually waters the flowers... even when the parasprites start eating the town.
** Each time lightning flashes in 'Read It and Sleep', Spike reminds us where he is.
*** Spike's off-screen cries of pain and humiliation are a series-wide running gag.
** [[SoundEffectBleep "Buy some apples!"]]
** "Look how [adjective] I can [verb]!"
** "Get out of my way, [noun]!"
** Spike's weak grip.
** "Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!"
** The constant mentioning of "giant hats."
** ''Everyone'' is skinnier [[InformedFlaw than Spike]].
** Someone commenting on Dash or Applejack demonstrating why they're the Element of Honesty[=/=]Loyalty gets poorly dubbed over with their {{Canon}} Element.
** Twilight's "Bleh!" when there's a lack of better words to say.
*** Luna's "Bluh?"
** The noises characters make when their mouths are hanging open.
** Applejack's constant use of rattlesnakes in her metaphors, despite the fact that they ''[[NonSequitur never make sense.]]''
** Ponies yelling randomly about either what they're doing or feeling (ie. The beginning of "Read It and Sleep").
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Sweetie Belle's "[[AC:Gasp!]]" in "Neigh, Soul Sister".
* SecretTest: [[spoiler:Fluttershy's father]] attempts to justify [[spoiler:his]] actions by claiming this was the point of everything they did. [[spoiler:Doesn't take.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: In all fairness, though, [[spoiler:Fluttershy's father]] had it coming.
* SelfServingMemory: In "The Perfect Swarm", Twilight Sparkle's recollection of the scene with Spike from the beginning of the episode.
--> '''Spike:''' I'm too dumb and fat! And your blueprint's just a great sketch and a clever pun!
* ShellShockedVeteran: Rarity and Applejack did some dubious things during a previous war.
--> '''Applejack:''' Sometimes I just stare into the flames and think about how small we all are...
* ShipperOnDeck: Quite literally: Twilight Sparkle has written a 70 chapter ship-fic involving "Applesack" and "Charity".
* ShoutOut:
** ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' gets numerous allusions. For starters, in addition to Fluttershy's association with "[[VillainSong Hellfire]]" serving as the EstablishingSeriesMoment, it also provides her {{leitmotif}} in episode three.
*** Also, in the extended version of Pinkie's baking song, she says "''God Help the Outcast''" which, coupled with how Fluttershy keeps calling her a gypsy, makes her essentially Esmerelda.
*** Complete with Fluttershy-as-Frollo lusting after her, apparently: She warned Apple Bloom that Pinkie had "the voluminous hair of a temptress."
** [[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 "It'll all be]] [[Memes/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic secret, but fun."]]
** "It's time to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(confectionery) taste the painbow]]."
** [[spoiler:Fluttershy's dad]] once threw her [[TheVelveteenRabbit velveteen rabbit]] in a fire.
** Apple Bloom fears that Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara are going to [[{{Carrie}} drop pigs' blood on her at the party]].
** The class at the start of "Cute from the Hip" chant "phallic symbol, phallic symbol", mimicking the school scenes in both versions of ''TheWickerMan''. Cheerilee identifies it as the Equestrian national anthem.
** "The spinning cutie mark was already taken by our local {{Beyblade}} champion!"
** "[[MarkWahlberg Cutie Mark and the Funky Bunch!]]"
** Among the cutie marks Twilight gives Apple Bloom are [[BeanieBabies the Ty Inc. logo]], [[CodeLyoko the eye of XANA]], and [[Fanfic/PastSins Nyx]].
** The use of "plot" in [[UnusualEuphemism the sense]] [[MemeticMutation fans of the show have come to use it]].
** After watching Applejack and Apple Bloom herd some sheep into a pen, Sweetie Belle wonders, "[[AC:[[DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep Why have I seen these creatures in my dreams?]]]]"
** Spike singing "Reflection" from ''Disney/{{Mulan}}''.
** "[[Music/TheKillers I've got soul, but I am not a soldier.]]"
** The sheep leading the prison break is [[LesMiserables the falsely accused Jean Valsheep]].
** Fluttershy's cult plots to revive the Smooze, a villain from G1.
*** "Okay, well, I'm gonna go schmooze. Nothin' can stop the schmooze!"
** "[[AC: I bet you don't even ''have'' a [[FullMetalJacket war face]]!]]"
** A subtle one, but when Applejack and Rarity gasp at Twilight "getting the costumes," there's an interrupting TimeSkip transition pretty much identical to the ones used in ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''.
*** The same sound plays when the day of the eclipse starts.
** Twilight's [[Anime/RurouniKenshin Rupony Kenshin]] cosplay.
** "[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda Excuse me, princess,]] I think our friendship is worth more than the life of ''one measly eagle!''"
** [[spoiler:Raincloud's death scene]] from "Cherry Bomb" is lifted straight from [[spoiler:''TheIronGiant'']], music and all.
*** This becomes even more awesome when you realize that [[spoiler:''LaurenFaust'' was an animator for ''TheIronGiant'']]
** In "Cherry Bomb", when Applejack throws a bale of hay, she hits Spike offscreen, causing him to yell, "Ow! [[SpongebobSquarepants My leg!]]"
** Likely unintentional, but: Pinkie Pie is a gypsy. Thus her FanNickname, Gypsy Pie. [[{{Thinner}} Where have I heard that before?]]
** "[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Hot ziggety!]] I'm finally beautiful on the outside!"
** In "Dragone Baby Gone" Twilight introduces herself to [[spoiler:Fluttershy's dad]] as Twilight [[Literature/AcornaSeries Acorna]] Sparkle.
* TheSilentBob: Raincloud is somehow able to carry on a conversation with Rainbow Dash, in spite of being completely silent and expressionless.
* {{Smurfing}}: Rainbow Dash does this with "rainbow" and "dash".
* SoundEffectBleep: Played straight in episode 1. Starting in episode 4, it's replaced with a sound clip of Apple Bloom saying 'Buy some apples!' with an apple and a "censored" bar covering the offending muzzle.
** Parodied in "Lunar Slander", where due to a cease and desist letter prohibiting any depiction or mention of apples, the apple image over the muzzle and Applejack's Cutie Mark is blurred and the sound clip of "Buy some apples!" is censored accordingly. "Cherry Bomb" returns to using a standard bleep, claiming that [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope Dole owns a trademark]] on "Buy some apples."
*** Not only that, but the censor bar contains a personal for David H. Murdock.
* SourceMusic: Molestia's entrance is accompanied with "[[Anime/SonicX Gotta Go Fast]]" playing on her iPod.
* SpySpeak: "Tell Big Macintosh the eagle has landed in the pond, and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} there's a bomb strapped to the eagle]].
* StealthInsult: Done ''incredibly'' subtly with Applejack and Rarity in Episode 2.
--> '''Applejack:''' Dance on that table. Should come natural to ya.
* StealthPun:
** Rarity's sleep song -- based on "Art of the Dress", itself a parody of the song "Putting It Together" -- prompts Applejack to remark that she doesn't "care much for covers."
** "Your talent is wiggling--" ''(Silver Spoon wiggles her butt)'' "--my talent is exposition; both of our talents have to do with [[UnusualEuphemism plot]]!"
*** "What an interesting plot, Twist!"
** In The Perfect Swarm, Celestia exclaims "I'm sorry to have to put you through so much [[ExplosiveBreeder tribble]]."
** "The eldest came to be known as Celestia[[hottip:*:pronounced ''Suh''-lestia]], because she raised the sun each day. Her younger sister, who used her powers to raise the moon, was called ''Mo''lestia."
** "...I'd have to say that this was the most touching Molest Fest yet!"
** In the song "Pinkie's Brew," she sings "I'll cook up a solution with the knowledge I've accrued," which could be talking about her attempt to fix things or the brew itself (The word "solution" can refer to a type of mixture).
* StepfordSmiler. Pinkie. Oh, dear God, Pinkie. She learned to pretend to be happy while growing up in an orphanage, and her skills are listed as baking, smiling, and ''facades''.
** And Rarity. Poor, shell-shocked Rarity.
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Well at least I don't spend every Veterans Day sobbing on the floor!]]
* StrangeGirl: Does not even ''begin'' to describe Twilight Sparkle.
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Dear Princess Celestia, today, on a separate adventure, I learned that the letters in my name spell Skillet Witgraph! Can I change my name again? Your faithful student, whooo knooows?
* StrawFan: Twilight Sparkle and Princess Molestia/Luna are caricatures of anime and related media fans. Twilight Sparkle is a scatterbrained Japanophile with a viciously manipulative streak, while Molestia/Luna is a naive [[AmbiguousDisorder socially awkward weirdo]]. Both are into cosplay, writing fanfiction, GaiaOnline, and DeviantART.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: There isn't a lot of actual rhyming in "Sweetie's Big Race", but two parts have clearly subverted rhymes:
-->[[AC:The race has begun\\
We must run fast\\
Jump over the mud\\
Having a good time]]
** and
-->[[AC:Making tacky jelly\\
Put it on your head\\
We're gonna win the race\\
Because I am a good racer!]]
** The first line of her earlier song might also qualify, depending on where she was going with it:
--->[[AC:Just because you feel upset\\
Does not mean you have to yell...]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Pinkie's Parasprite Polka song is replaced by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJESDE62PbE a polka version]] of Music/RebeccaBlack's "Friday".
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Derpy scene is set up as normal, but is revealed to be [[spoiler:Raincloud]]. Her "lines" are supposedly the same as Derpy's would be judging by Rainbow Dash's reaction.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: While teasing Apple Bloom, Silver Spoon abruptly insists "Diamond Tiara would ''never'' fall in love with someone as clumsy as ''you!''"
** In "Pinkie's Brew" (see Lyrical Dissonance, above), her parents tell her to "please [not] bake a portal, just accept it and move on". So... [[FridgeLogic how exactly did they anticipate that possibility?]]
*** [[AWizardDidIt Gypsy Magic]].
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Most scenes in the show, since one girl is doing the majority of the Mane Cast.
** Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon also share the same voice actor.
* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: as of Episode 6, Pinkie's parents have come back.]]
* TooDumbToLive: The characters are never particularly bright, but "Cherry Bomb" takes it to new levels with the entire town utterly failing to understand Applejack's clearly-worded letter.
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: The intent was for Rarity and Fluttershy to awaken Smooze during the eclipse and end the world, but Rarity misses it to attend the Sentient Social instead.
* TrustBuildingBlunder: In "Cherry Bomb", Pinkie says that she'll have to "do lots of trust exercises" to get over Applejack leaving. She then throws herself onto Rarity, shouting "Catch me!" Rarity fails to catch her.
* UnfortunateName: [[UpToEleven Molestia.]] The holiday dedicated to her is Molest Fest. This year's was [[IncrediblyLamePun the most touching yet.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: One-sided, from Silver Spoon to Diamond Tiara.
** And from Diamond Tiara to Apple Bloom.
* UnsoundEffect: Used repeatedly along with SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud in the ColdOpen of "Read It And Sleep".
* VampiresAreSexGods: Implied.
-->'''Princess Molestia:''' ''(spits out false fangs)'' I do not see how these scary teeth will make me MORE sexy.\\
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Because... vampire!
* VillainSong: Played with-''Princess of the Night'' was [[http://spiderjewel.tumblr.com/post/19436654825/was-it-intentional-on-your-part-to-make-it-seem-like written to sound like a Disney villain song]], but the role of the manipulative "villain" in this situation is filled by Twilight.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Molestia. She sounds not entirely unlike [[Film/TheRoom Tommy Wiseau]].
* [[WouldHurtAChild Would Hurt A Foal]]: If Rarity's account of the war is honest, Applejack.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Diamond Tiara believes that since her talent is [[MsExposition exposition]], she and Silver Spoon must be the main characters.
* {{Yangire}}: Sweetie Belle starts treading close to this in "Neigh, Soul Sister" when she attempts attaching herself to Applejack.
-->[[AC:If the world isn't going to love me, ''then I'll teach it to fear me instead!'']]
** Twilight is... words fail me.
-->'''Rarity:''' What was that, "Applesack"? You wouldn't want us to [[NoodleIncident end up like Twilight's old friends in Canterlot]], would you?
* [[YouAreNumberSix You Are Number Eight]]: Whiplash calls Applejack this.
* YouCantFightFate: Everyone fully expects Apple Bloom's cutie mark to be apple-related, even after Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle rant how they could have any cutie mark they wanted.
* YourAnswerToEverything: "C'mon, DT, let's wrestle!"
* {{Yuri Fan}}girl: Twilight Sparkle.
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