->''as bad as this may sound, I'm trying to bring back stupidity to [[TheAbridgedSeries abridged series]]''
-->--'''wacarb'''

''[[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX113_fWui8qzNrGtCEJIKr7eHEEnCCzT Ultra Fast Pony]]'' is an AbridgedSeries based on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It launched in August 2012. Series creator wacarb succeeded where numerous abridgers before him failed (or never even tried): covering every single episode of ''FIM'''s first season, in order. New episodes came out roughly once per week.

In a version of Equestria with a much weaker FourthWall, Twilight Sparkle learns that a world-ending catastrophe is imminent (and that’s probably a bad thing). With “help” from five Ponyville mares, and liberal exploitation of {{plot hole}}s, Twilight prevents the apocalypse. As a reward for her heroism, Princess Celestia banishes Twilight to Ponyville.

Twilight proceeds to learn firsthand about the Magic of VitriolicBestBuds-ship from her five new friends: Applejack (a simple apple farmer, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial certainly not]] a high-ranking member of a [[TheIrishMob massive criminal empire]]), Rainbow Dash (the fastest and most irritating pony alive), Rarity (a dressmaker with a suspicious tendency to injure herself), Pinkie Pie (an energetic fangirl and [[TheGadfly gadfly]]), and Fluttershy (who’s ''just so shy''). Shenanigans ensue, mixed with large helpings of snark, satire of the brony community, LampshadeHanging, and SelfDeprecation.

At the moment, ''UFP'' is on hiatus. However, wacarb is planning to cover season two in the future.

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!!This work provides examples of:

* TheAbridgedSeries
* AcceptableTargets: [[invoked]] "Snuggle Berry was an alicorn {{OC}}, so it's ok that she died."
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:"Random Eye Magic"]] is revealed in its final seconds to have been an elaborate dream.
* AmusingInjuries: After waking from cranial trauma, Twilight declares, "Look really I didn't the brain damage!" She returns to full lucidity seconds later.
* AreWeThereYet:
** As they're approaching the castle in the Everfree Forest:
-->'''Pinkie:''' Are we there yet?\\
'''Twilight:''' No, we're not there!\\
'''Rainbow:''' Look guys, we're here.\\
'''Twilight:''' It's just a coincidence. We're not really here.
** As they're climbing the mountain:
-->'''Rarity:''' Are we there yet?\\
'''Twilight:''' No!\\
'''Rarity:''' How about now?\\
'''Twilight:''' Yes!
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny:
** Twilight leaves for Ponyville specifically so she can research Night Moon Mare and prevent the end of the world. After a single run-in with Rainbow Dash, Twilight makes it her mission to destroy Dash, and she completely forgets about the impending apocalypse.
** Rarity wants to destroy Fluttershy's modeling career. She creates a ZanyScheme to accomplish this, but the scheme immediately derails into punishing Rainbow Dash instead.
* AxCrazy: Derpy Hooves is implied to be this in her few scenes. In "A Library With No Twilight", she attacks tree branches while hurling curses at Mother Nature. In "Ponynet Fight!", she drops heavy objects on Twilight's head, then declares, "You see, my way does work better!"
* BadLiar:
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' Dumb body bag! ... I mean, fabric.
* UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}}: Rarity has a ''lot'' of leather gear at her boutique. Her fantasies of Prince Blueblood involve branding irons and getting chained to the bed. Her masochism is so far gone that she enjoys pain for its own sake--whenever she's in physical danger, she's ''disappointed'' if she comes out unhurt. She engages in SelfHarm when others don't indulge her.
* BelligerentSexualTension: According to both Spike and the Gala song choir, [[spoiler:Twilight and Celestia]] both have a crush on each other. Nearly all of their interactions have been antagonistic.
* BigNo: In "Gelatin Swingsets", we discover what a Big No sounds like translated into scat.
-->'''Scootaloo:''' Skoooooooooooooooooooooooobobidobidooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
* BondVillainStupidity:
-->'''Night Moon Mare:''' I could kill you all now, but I'll run away!
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
-->'''Twilight:''' I hope you get crabs!\\
'''Night Moon Mare:''' Well, that's kind of a mean thing to say.\\
'''Twilight:''' And the crabs give you cancer.\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Night Moon Mare:''' What?\\
'''Twilight:''' Crabancer!
* ButtMonkey: Spike is a source of free labor and physical comedy ("I swear, it's like everyone hates me or something!"). Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are both so unliked that they can coerce Twilight by threatening to hang out with her.
* CallBack: The last stinger at the end of the season one finale is a reference back to the first episode: [[spoiler:Night Moon Mare saying, "Saaaaaaaaaaaaaand!"]]
* CaptainObvious: Twilight dips into this occasionally.
-->'''Twilight:''' According to this book I'm reading, the world is going to end soon! I think that might be bad.\\
\\
''[Rarity falls from Cloudsdale towards the ground.]''\\
'''Twilight:''' I'm not sure, but I think that might end badly.
* CatchPhrase:
** From Fluttershy "I'm just so shy", and later "I'm so bad with animals". Also her tendency to swear by the names of black celebrities. [[LampshadeHanging "I didn't think Fluttershy had enough catch phrases, so I gave her another one."]]
** In Night Moon Mare's limited screen time, she manages to say "Saaaaaaaaand!" enough times to get Twilight complaining.
** Twilight's "Dammit!"
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: All over the place.
** In "Funk Master Z", after establishing that Twilight is the only one of the mane six who isn't racist towards Zecora:
-->'''Twilight:''' You know what? You all stay here, and I'm gonna go talk to her.\\
'''Pinkie:''' Don't worry Twilight, we'll go with you!\\
'''Twilight:''' Did you not just hear a word I said?!\\
'''Applejack:''' Yeah, but we hate listening to you, remember?\\
'''Twilight:''' Fine! Whatever!
** In "Gelatin Swingsets", after Scootaloo learns that Sweetie Belle sold her scooter:
-->'''Scootaloo:''' \\
'''Sweetie Belle:''' Sure, okay.\\
''[Scootaloo [[HeadDesk smashes her face into the piano keyboard repeatedly]].]''\\
'''Sweetie Belle:''' What'd you do that for?\\
'''Scootaloo:''' \\
'''Sweetie Belle:''' Well, maybe you wouldn't feel so bad if you didn't hit your head on the piano.\\
''[Beat. Sweetie Belle smiles at Scootaloo.]''\\
''[Scootaloo resumes smashing her head against the keyboard.]''\\
'''Sweetie Belle:''' I like that noise, though. Totally brutal.
** In "The Longest Episode":
-->'''Spitfire:''' In fact, you're not allowed in my presence anymore. ''Stop following me.'' \\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' Omigosh, that's a friggin' secret code! That's the secret code for I have to follow her! I am so freakin' good at secret codes.
* ContinuityNod: Lampshaded. The Cutie Mark Crusaders kidnap Luna to finance their fort; in the next episode, Celestia mentions that she's "pretending to care" about the kidnapping. This is accompanied by the caption "EPIC CONTINUITY!"
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Celestia gets angry that Fluttershy is late for the tea party, so she regales her other guests with an agonizingly detailed account of every prior tea party she's ever had in her millennia of existence.
* CowboyCop: In "Stay Tuned", Pinkie is "a cop on the edge, living on the limits of the law, with a gambling problem and a brother on the other side!"
* CrazyEnoughToWork:
-->'''Twilight:''' ''That's'' all you know [about Pinkie Sense]?\\
'''Applejack:''' Well, if you want, you can just try asking her.\\
'''Twilight:''' That idea isn't crazy enough to "just might work"!\\
''[14 hours later...]''\\
'''Twilight:''' Pinkie, can you tell me how your Pinkie Sense works?\\
'''Pinkie:''' Yeah, okay.\\
'''Twilight:''' I can't believe that worked!
* CurseCutShort: In "Random Eye Magic", both in the cold open and the ending, Twilight's cusses get cut off by the theme song and the end titles, respectively.
* DaChief: Sir Lintsalot, Rocky, and Mr. Turnip all tell Detective Pinkie that they need results, dammit. They've got the District Attorney breathing down their necks, and if Pinkie can't crack the case open, then she'll have to [[TurnInYourBadge turn in her badge]].
* DisneyOwnsThisTrope:
** Doctor Whooves had to change his name to Time Turner, to avoid running afoul of copyright.
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' Oh, kind of like Timmy Turner, from [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents that other cartoon]]!\\
'''Time Turner:''' Oh dammit!
** "Copywrong" gets interrupted by a sudden visit from the Copyright Police, who proceed to break both of Wacarb's legs.
* DoubleStandard:
** Lampshaded. "There is no swearing in Ultra Fast Pony. Racism and sexual innuendos are OK. But no swearing!"
** In "One Joke to Rule Them All", Twilight's "new joke" gets a tepid reaction from everyone. At the end, Princess Celestia tells exactly the same joke, but everyone cracks up at it. Twilight does not take this well.
** "Breaking copyright laws is bad. Racism is OK."
* DreamWithinADream: In "Random Eye Magic", Spike wakes up from a dream... then turns around and tells Twilight that she's the one who's dreaming, and she wakes up. [[spoiler:She wakes up again at the end of the episode--it was AllJustADream.]]
* DrinkingGame: "A Dog and Pony Show" becomes "The David Bowie Drinking Game", with the opening text encouraging viewers to take a drink for every single reference to DavidBowie. [[spoiler:The very next scene consists of Rarity chanting, "Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie..."]]
* TheExoticDetective: Detective Pinkie's partner, Gummy, has psychic powers.
* FailedASpotCheck: Fluttershy is supposed to wait until the snow is cleared away before waking up the animals. She doesn't notice that the snow is still there, even though she's standing in it.
-->'''Fluttershy:''' I thought it was dandruff!
* FakeStatic: In "Random Eye Magic".
-->'''Twilight:''' Hey, you get back here, I'm speaking to you!\\
'''Rainbow:''' I'm sorry Twilight, I can't hear you, I'm going through a tunnel or something.\\
'''Twilight:''' You're in the sky!\\
'''Rainbow:''' I can't hear you, Twilight!
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[invoked]] Lampshaded, as the characters themselves occasionally wonder what kind of message they're sending to the viewers.
** In "Fillin' Dem Plot Holes, Bro!":
-->'''Twilight:''' They rely on friendship, but they only work with magic.\\
'''Applejack:''' Well, that's a terrible lesson for the children. What are we supposed to tell them, "No matter how big your problem is, you can only solve it with magic"?\\
'''Twilight:''' That is exactly right!
** In "Everybody Hates Gilda":
-->'''Celestia:''' What is this? Invisible ink? Is this what we're teaching our children these days? Yes, no, I see why they say this has great morals for all the children, oh, that's really great! I mean, what kind of idiotic writer tells children that it's okay to be continuously playing pranks on everyone? We're raising a generation of assholes, that's what we're doing.
** In "The Longest Episode:"
-->'''Twilight:''' We taught children all over the world that it's okay to crash parties, then run away.
* FanGirl: Pinkie is a ''LordOfTheRings'' fanatic. She frequently compares her own adventures to events from ''LOTR'', and she wants to go to the Grand Galloping Gala so she can meet Peter Jackson and show him her fanfics.
* FantasticRacism: Gilda and Blue Twilight are driven away because the citizens of Ponyville are complete xenophobes. The ponies try to do the same to Zecora, but she successfully defends herself. (The dragon incident is kind of a wash. Applejack is gung-ho for killing the dragon, but Twilight convinces most of the ponies to try reasoning with him... until AJ points out she can have Big Macintosh break the spines of everyone who doesn't agree with her plan.) Pegasi were (or possibly still are) generally used as slave labor. All of these play out with enough references to RealLife racism that the captioned disclaimer "I swear I'm not racist" becomes a running gag.
* FlatCharacter: In "Out with the Old Characters":
-->'''Silver Spoon:''' I wish I had a personality.
* FlintstoneTheming: Defied and lampshaded. Characters frequently use insufficiently ponified dialogue (like "everybody" or "Oh, man..." or references to "both your legs") and the captions react with shock nearly every time.
-->'''Twilight:''' Pinkie, you are not the internet!\\
'''Pinkie:''' Oh, you mean ponynet!\\
'''Twilight:''' Not everything has to have the word "pony" on it!\\
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'''Celestia:''' Want to name a country after horses, even though there are plenty of other creatures living here? [[{{Ubermensch}} Do it! You're immortal, who cares?]]
* {{Foil}}: Trixie's similarities to Twilight are lampshaded to the extent that everyone just calls her Blue Twilight.
* ForScience: Twilight's justification for stalking Pinkie Pie. "Nothing's illegal if it's for science!"
* TheGadfly: Pinkie Pie doesn't actually believe [[spoiler: she has Pinkie Sense]]. She pretends to believe it for the sole purpose of annoying Twilight.
* GilliganCut: Aside from the example under Crazy Enough To Work (above) there's:
-->'''Applejack:''' I bet you're gay.\\
'''Rarity:''' I am not!\\
''[14 hours later...]''\\
''[Night has fallen, and Applejack and Rarity are sharing a bed.]''\\
'''Rarity:''' This doesn't prove anything.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: The narrator certainly thinks so. Particularly noticeable in "A Library with No Twilight", where every comment from the narrator is not-so-subtly encouraging Rarity and Applejack to get into compromising positions.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Princess Celestia is capricious and cares about nothing but tea.
-->'''Celestia:''' ''[to Fluttershy]'' I need you to kill my pet bird, Philomena, for me. Well, I'd do it myself, but the animal rights groups have been giving me a lot of trouble, and also some letter bombs. They told me to treat the animals like I would treat a pony, but I told them I already do. Apparently that's something the police want to talk to me about as well.
* GutturalGrowler: Sweetie Belle. She used to be a rock band (presumably DeathMetal) vocalist.
* HardWorkMontage: Rarity uses her powers as "the master of montages" to finish dresses for her friends in record time.
* HehHehYouSaidX:
-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' Haha! Bro! His name is Thunderbutts! Hey, bro! His name is Thunderbutts, bro, yeah it's funny.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Rainbow Dash has never had any friends prior to the mane six, and the longest she's ever stayed with a single foster family was one week. When the parasprites turn violent, Dash's reaction is "My new family's trying to kill me [[OhNoNotAgain again]]!"
* HypocriticalHumor:
** In "Now with a Sound Effect", the characters demonstrate MediumAwareness and comment on the improved quality of the recording. Then Twilight remarks that this is the best lip-synching she's ever seen, but the line is spoken over a clip where Twilight isn't moving her mouth at all.
** In "Hippocratic Oafs", the ponies think Trixie is an annoying show-off, so they respond by showing off themselves. "It's okay when we do it!"
* IJustWriteTheThing: One can only assume that wacarb is being slightly silly:
-->'''wacarb:''' dude, I have no idea what I'm doing when I make these, I just sit in front of a microphone a couple hours and say random words out of my mouth, hoping they can somehow make sense. (or as much sense as wanting to make an episode about gelatin swingsets can get)\\
because of this I can watch my own series and laugh, because every episode is new to me as well.
* ImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler:Twist]] is just a figment of Apple Bloom's imagination. [[StealthPun Which means that she's a]] PlotTwist.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Applejack emphatically denies that she stole Rarity's tree. She claims that the "Rarity" carved into the tree trunk could have been left by a completely different Rarity. The lies just get more absurd from there.
* ImStandingRightHere:
-->'''Rainbow:''' Uh, guys, we need to find a nice way of telling Rarity these dresses look like ass.\\
'''Rarity:''' You know I can hear you, right?\\
'''Rainbow:''' Nevermind, guys, I think she already heard me say that the dresses look like ass.
* InformedFlaw: Fluttershy claims to be shy ([[CatchPhrase all the time, in fact]]) but she never actually has any trouble speaking up or interacting with others. She seems to be using "shy" as a synonym for [[ExtremeDoormat "complete pushover"]], and she certainly is a pushover--just a surprisingly outgoing one.
* InsaneTrollLogic:
** In "Little Miss Montage", as Rarity is designing a dress for Rainbow Dash:
-->'''Rainbow:''' I wanna look like my parents.\\
'''Rarity:''' Well, what do they look like?\\
'''Rainbow:''' I dunno? I was dead before they were born.\\
'''Rarity:''' Wait. You were dead before ''they'' were born?\\
'''Rainbow:''' Obviously, if they haven't been born yet, then I must still be dead? Duh.\\
'''Rarity:''' That's a... interesting ideology.\\
'''Rainbow:''' Ideology? I'm not Buddhist.
** In "Gelatin Swingsets", the Cutie Mark Crusaders are putting on a show, and decide to play to their strengths:
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' Since I'm used to destroying things, I'll make the sets.\\
'''Scootaloo:''' [[TheUnintelligible Skeebadoo-bopbalah hebadoobah-skeeballah!]] ''[Translation: Since I'm easy to understand, I'll sing!]''\\
'''Sweetie Belle:''' Since I was the lead singer in my last band, I'll make the uniforms.
** In "Copywrong", Fluttershy models some of Rarity's dresses:
-->'''Rarity:''' I own those clothes. You are wearing my clothes. According to proper logic, I own you, so no running away or anything.
* InsufferableGenius: Twilight Sparkle, much more so than in canon.
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' Whoever told us reading was fun was lying!\\
'''Twilight:''' Oh, girls. Reading isn't about fun, it's about pretending you're better than everyone else.
* InteractiveNarrator: In "A Library with No Twilight", Rarity and Applejack hear and react to every (creepy) word the narrator says. Eventually, they bond with each other by mocking the narrator.
* TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness: In "Ponynet Fight!", Twilight and Pinkie's argument over Pinkie Sense is transformed into every internet argument about science, ever.
-->'''Twilight:''' Spike, get your things ready for a new mission.\\
'''Spike:''' Problem, master? \\
'''Twilight:''' A problem of the worst kind. Someone is wrong on the ponynet!
* TheIrishMob: Applejack and her family are the Equestrian equivalent.
* JerkassWoobie: [[invoked]] Rainbow Dash, who's terribly obnoxious to everyone, but really just wants to find a foster family that would love her. Eventually lampshaded during the Gala song.
-->'''Rainbow Dash''': I just want to be loved for once at the gala.\\
'''The Choir''': No pony likes Rainbow Dash / Because she is annoying / But now I kind of pity her / No wait, the feeling has passed
* LateToThePunchline: In "Shameless Self Reference", Fluttershy continually fails to understand jokes the others are making. At the end, as the other react to Dash's TitleDrop, Fluttershy jumps and shouts, "I got the joke! I got the joke!"
* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: Both Twilight and Night Moon Mare threaten to kill each other, and neither bats an eye at this. But when Twilight says "I hope you get crabs!" NMM is so shocked she can only respond, "Well, that's kind of a mean thing to say."
* LemonyNarrator:
** His name is Phil, and he turns everything into innuendo. ''Oh, yeah...''
** The caption writer also gets in on the act, generally to mock ''UFP'''s shortcomings or to agree with whatever the characters say. (He also sides with the ponies against Phil the narrator.) At one point, he argues with Scootaloo--by covering up her translation subtitles with his own captions.
* LukeIAmYourFather:
-->'''Spike:''' You're not my mom.\\
'''[[spoiler:Twilight:]]''' What are you talking about? Of course I am.\\
'''Spike:''' Really?\\
'''[[spoiler:Twilight:]]''' Yes, Spike, it is true.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: All of Celestia's relationships.
-->'''Celestia:''' ...And that was where I met my 43rd True Love.
* MeanwhileBackAtThe: Parodied. The very first words in the series are the narrator's "Meanwhile, in Equestria. Oh yeah..." Then the second episode opens with, "Meanwhile, in the previous episode..."
* MistakenForGay: For reasons unknown, Applejack and Rainbow Dash are both convinced that Rarity is gay.
* MoodWhiplash: ''UFP'' uses, as its theme music, the ''"frieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeends!"'' clip from the end of the official ''Friendship Is Magic'' opening theme. Many episodes derive humor from the abrupt transition between the cold open and this theme music.
-->'''Twilight:''' Rainbow Dash, apologize!\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' No!\\
'''Twilight:''' Dammit!\\
'''Theme music:''' ''Frieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeends!''
* MrSeahorse: All the buffalo tribe's females have been kidnapped, so it's up to the males of the tribe to give birth. It's not pretty.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:
-->'''Applejack''': You're just making dresses for all your friends, then.\\
'''Rarity''': That's right.\\
'''Applejack''': How in blaze are you going to make five dresses?\\
'''Rarity''': And Fluttershy.\\
'''Applejack''': Six dresses.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Since the abridging process cut out all the foreshadowing about the Elements of Harmony...
-->'''Twilight:''' Vaguely established magical friend powers, activate!\\
'''Night Moon Mare:''' What the heck is that?\\
'''Twilight:''' It's a plot hole. Deal with it!
* NightmareFetishist: Sweetie Belle. All her suggestions for club names sound like death metal albums.
-->'''Apple Bloom:''' How about the Cutie Mark Crusaders?\\
'''Sweetie Belle:''' The Crusades were the most violent, depraved, torturous, and brutal times of all history. I frickin' love it.
* NestedStoryReveal: [[spoiler:"The Butts Family"]] turns out to just be a "scary" story told by Pinkie.
* NeverMyFault:
-->'''Twilight:''' Spike, [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny we have a new mission]]. I'm going to ''take that pony down!''\\
'''Spike:''' But what about the end of the world?\\
'''Twilight:''' Oh, you ''bet'' I'm going to end her world!\\
''[Later]''\\
'''Spike:''' Master, weren't we supposed to be doing something very important?\\
'''Twilight:''' ... No.\\
''[Even later, Night Moon Mare returns, intending to bring about the end of the world.]''\\
'''Twilight:''' Dammit, I knew I forgot something! Why didn't Spike remind me?!
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In episode 2, Twilight doesn't get rewarded for saving the world from the apocalypse; she gets punished for missing a tea party while she was saving the world. Her sentence is banishment to Ponyville.
* NoodleIncident: Rarity needs Fluttershy to model for her. We're privy to the very beginning and very end of Rarity's explanation why: it's apparently a very convoluted tale involving a handicap access ramp, an off-color nectarine, and a wager about the color of the sky.
* NoYou: When combined with Blueblood's halting speech patterns, the results are odd.
-->'''Blueblood:''' I believe that goes against... several, ''safety'' regulations!\\
'''Rarity:''' Shut up.\\
'''Blueblood:''' No! ... You!
* NWordPrivileges:
-->'''Dragon''': What's a pegger like you doing out of the fields?\\
'''Fluttershy''': Oh, hell no! You can't say that word! Only pegasus' can say that word!
* OhMyGods:
** Rainbow Dash's default exclamation is "OMC!" (Oh my Celestia.)
** From "Mob Wars":
-->'''Applejack:''' I swear to god... Do we even have gods in Equestria? But I swear...
** Fluttershy uses the names of black celebrities as expletives.
* OlderThanHeLooks: Spike is 67.
* OnlySaneMan: Scootaloo tries (and often fails) to prevent the other Cutie Mark Crusaders from engaging in gratuitous destruction. Twilight is the sole voice of reason whenever the topic of racism comes up. When Twilight goes off the deep end, Spike tries (and usually fails) to talk reason into her.
* OutOfFocus: Lampshaded.
** Twilight briefly meets Apple Bloom in episode 1. Apple Bloom returns in episode 9, and Twilight has completely forgotten about her in the meantime.
** After Zecora's brief scene in "One Joke to Rule Them All", there's a caption "And we'll never see Zecora again... A fate worse than Luna."
* OutOfGenreExperience:
** "Edgar Allen Poen". No funny voices, no AlternateCharacterInterpretation, no jabs at the fandom; just the episode "Owl's Well That Ends Well" retold in the style of Edgar Allen Poe's "Literature/TheRaven".
** "Stay Tuned" uproots Pinkie Pie and plunks her into a CopShow parody.
* OverlyPrepreparedGag: "Shameless Self Reference", episode number 16, ends with Rainbow Dash claiming to be an "[[TitleDrop Ultra Fast Pony]]". The end credits then claim that Wacarb created the entire series for the sole purpose of making that joke.
* PersecutionFlip: Fluttershy--a former slave--is angry that slavery was abolished before she could get her turn to hold the whip.
-->'''Fluttershy:''' Oh, I get it. It's okay to have Fluttershy do everything ''her'' owners say. But as soon as ''she'' gains ownership of her own farm, suddenly it's all "Equal rights" and "Slavery is not okay anymore!" In the name of the black smoke in the sky, I demand reparations!
* PlanetOfSteves: The three Diamond Dogs are ''all'' named David Bowie.
* PlotHole: Lampshaded. Episode 2 is named "Fillen' Dem Plot Holes, Bro!", and Twilight spends the entire ColdOpen explaining plot points that should have been covered in the previous episode but weren't.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure:
** In "The David Bowie Drinking Game", Twilight tries to correct her friends' sayings, without realizing that they're actually making DavidBowie references.
-->'''Rarity:''' Well, look back in anger, I say.\\
'''Twilight:''' Oh, Rarity! It's "''don't'' look back in anger."\\
'''Rarity:''' Twilight, you don't know who David Bowie is, do you?\\
'''Twilight:''' Yeah, I had no idea what's going on this episode.
** Pinkie is a fan of the ''Lord of the Rings'' movies. Somehow, she's completely unaware of the books those movies were based on.
* PreviouslyOn: Parodied on "Stay Tuned", where the "Previously On..." montage is several times longer than the episode itself.
* PrinceCharming: In a complete inversion from canon, Prince Blueblood actually is a perfect gentlestallion. Things still don't work out between him and Rarity, because she ''wants'' a prince who's willing to bully her.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Prince Blueblood... ''talks just like''... WilliamShatner!
* ReadTheFreakingManual:
-->'''Twilight:''' Nothing's illegal if it's {{for science}}!\\
'''Spike:''' Isn't that what you said when you tried to clone that burrito?\\
'''Twilight:''' How was I supposed to know they'd turn into super-intelligent evil mutants that haunt us to this very day?\\
'''Spike:''' Because that's what it said in the instruction book.\\
'''Twilight:''' Shut up, Spike.
* ReformedCriminal: Pinkie Pie: "I'm a former criminal trying to make up for what I did in the past by joining the force."
* RunningGag: "14 Hours Later." and "I swear I'm not racist".
* TheScapegoat:
** As it becomes clear that Winter Wrap Up is completely ruined, they put the issue to a vote and everybody ([[TheDitz including Rainbow Dash]]) agrees to blame Rainbow Dash for the fiasco.
** Apple Bloom blames Twist for every bad idea she has, even after [[spoiler:she realizes Twist is a figment of her imagination]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After seeing the other ponies' treatment of Blue Twilight, Purple Twilight decides she's had enough. "That's it. I'm out. I hope a bear eats you all."
* SelfDeprecation: All over the place. Wacarb frequently mocks his own editing or lip-synching by slapping a "Quality editing!" subtitle on sub-par scenes, or uses a "This looks familiar..." subtitle to lampshade his over-reliance on particular footage.
* SelfHarm: Rarity enjoys pain. She hurts herself because it's fun.
-->'''Twilight:''' We have to do something, guys. If she gets too depressed, she might start hurting herself.\\
'''Fluttershy:''' But she does that anyway.\\
'''Twilight:''' Oh, yeah. Rarity, you're not hurting yourself in there, are you?\\
'''Rarity:''' Do I ''sound'' like I'm in a good mood?
* SelfInsertFic: Pinkie writes a ''Lord of the Rings'' fanfic where "the brave and sexy Pinkie" joins the Fellowship of the Ring and winds up in a love triangle with Bill the pony and Shadowfax.
* SeriesFauxnale: The season one finale, "The Longest Episode", plays out like it's the last episode ever. Twilight [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness seemingly breaks character]] to tell everypony how much she appreciates their friendship. It's followed by a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue and extended end titles with Wacard thanking everyone who helped or inspired him. But in the comments below the video, Wacard says he has every intention of abridging season two.
* SeriousBusiness: Princess Celestia takes her tea and tea parties ''very'' seriously. She banishes Twilight to Ponyville for skipping a tea party (in the process of saving the world from Night Moon Mare). She won't cut a visit to Ponyville short upon learning that Manehattan is on fire, but she will cut the visit short upon learning that Princess Luna is holding a tea party without her.
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: The episode "Shameless Self Reference" is loaded with call backs to prior episodes, as well as references to Wacarb's fanfics and non-''UFP'' videos. Every single one of these is accompanied by an in-video comment with a link to the object of the reference.
* ShoutOut:
** Pinkie's references to ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' imply that Wacarb is a fan as well. One does not simply reference Bill the pony via pop cultural osmosis.
** A few to ''HomestarRunner''. Photo Finish sounds like (a slightly less CloudCuckoolander-ish) Senor Cardgage. The background "music" in "Stay Tuned" is very similar to the music from the ''Dangeresque'' films.
** As young Rarity gets dragged towards her new destiny, the ''WallaceAndGromit'' theme music plays. A caption appears, reading "I love this song".
** When Rarity reaches her destiny, she's disappointed that it's not [[TheLionKing Pride Rock]], just an ordinary rock.
* SideEffectsInclude:
-->'''wacarb:''' Get your own gelatin swingset today! (Warning, swingset may cause diabetes, heart failure, motion sickness, stickiness, nausea, lycanthropy, rising, falling, and being laughed at by your friends because you own a gelatin swingset)
* SmallReferencePools: [[invoked]] Rarity won't allow the Diamond Dogs to go for the most obvious David Bowie reference: "Who are you? And don't say Ziggy Stardust, or I'll be pissed."
* SmashCut: Combined with MediumAwareness to end the first episode.
-->''[Night Moon Mare is freed, and will soon destroy the world.]''\\
'''Twilight:''' Don't worry, I have a pla-\\
''["To be continued..."]''\\
'''Twilight:''' Dammit!
* {{Smurfing}}: Verging on PokemonSpeak.
-->'''Twilight:''' Not everything has to have the word "pony" on it!\\
'''Pinkie:''' Whatever you say, Pony Sparkle!\\
'''Applejack:''' Top o' the mornin' to you, Pony Pie! How ya doin'?\\
'''Pinkie:''' Oh yeah, I'm alright. Thanks for asking, Ponyjack!\\
'''Applejack:''' Pony pony?\\
'''Pinkie:''' Pony pony pony!\\
'''Twilight:''' You can stop now.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Pops up a few times in "Edgar Allen Poen":
-->That day, I remained observant, as our contest grew more fervent.\\
Every task I had to finish, I was always beaten to.\\
And whatever Twilight needed, all my efforts were impeded\\
But defeat was not conceded. There was much more I could do.\\
But Owloysius beat me to all the work I set to do.\\
I called him gay. He said "Who."
* SoulBrotha: Zecora.
* SpaceJews: Fluttershy and Zecora are both the Equestrian equivalent of black stereotypes. Fluttershy fits the old [[UncleTomfoolery "cowardly black servant"]] trope, while Zecora is the cool, rap-spouting "urban" character.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: The episode that introduces the Cutie Mark Crusaders is titled "Out with the Old Characters".
* SpySpeak: Twilight tries to do this, but the "code sign" she delivers turns out to be a prank at her expense.
-->'''Twilight:''' The dawn cow barks at the lonely sponge on a midsummer's eve.\\
'''Mrs. Cake:''' Damn it all, what are you talking about, girl?
* StaticCharacter: In "Now with a Sound Effect":
-->'''Fluttershy:''' I hope all my episodes revolve around me being shy!\\
''[Insert an image macro of Fluttershy in the memetic "Pinkie shrug" pose, with the caption "Character development?"]''
* StealthPun: Pinkie calls all of her friends "bro", but her Kiwi accent renders it as sounding like "brew". So everyone in Ponyville is [[FriendshipIsWitchcraft Pinkie's Brew.]]
* StiffUpperLip: Gilda has a posh British accent, and maintains composure even while suffering from severe burns and a malfunctioning pacemaker.
* TheStinger: Every episode gets one, and "The Longest Episode" gets three. Generally, they're an extra joke that wouldn't have fit in the episode, or a scene redubbed with audio from an outside source.
* StrawFeminist: Bon Bon is "one of those feminists". We [[TheUnintelligible never actually hear]] what Bon Bon believes, but it's enough to scare Applejack.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: I'm a poet and I didn't even realize it!
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Rarely used, but heavily {{lampshaded}}.
-->'''Twilight:''' What, we couldn't get the ''real'' music?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Oh, no way, bro! It's copyrighted!\\
'''Twilight:''' Never stopped us before.\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Oh, quiet, bro, or [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope they'll hear you]]!
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Applejack's introduction.
-->'''Twilight:''' This farm smells like pony droppings.\\
'''Applejack:''' Well it'll smell a lot worse after I bury you under it.\\
'''Twilight:''' What?\\
'''Applejack:''' Oh, nothing, no need to get alarmed, we're just a normal family. Oh, we sell apples, we sell apples. ''[winks]''
* TakeThat:
** The series takes a couple of jabs at ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'':
*** In "One Joke To Rule Them All", Twilight, as a "new joke", takes up saying "Talk about eye candy!" at random occasions. Which nobody finds funny.
*** "I stole all these jokes from Friendship Is Witchcraft. And by that I mean there are no jokes this episode". The episode in question indeed contains no jokes (see OutOfGenreExperience).
*** "Pega, Please" has one that's either much more subtle or just a coincidence. Twilight says that the dragon is "dra''gone''", which Spike finds [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly lame]]. ("Dragone Baby Gone" is the title of another ''Friendship is Witchcraft'' episode.)
** In "Little Miss Montage", DJ Scratch Vinyl 3-Pones plays "Hamster Dance", which prompts Hoity Toity to comment, "Oh, now that's just poor taste in music. Still better than {{dubstep}}, though."
* TakeThatAudience: After establishing just how creepy Phil the Narrator can be, the episode ends with the text, "Phil is a brony, exactly like you! YES! JUST LIKE YOU!"
* TakeThatCritics:
** "One Joke to Rule Them All" has a rather pointed TakeThat at ''FriendshipIsWitchcraft''. Wacarb's description of the video predicts how the viewers will react:
-->insult the canon? "heh, that was kinda funny."\\
insult the {{fanon}}? "[[SacredCow I'LL EAT YOUR FAMILY!]]"
** After Pinkie admits to trolling Twilight, Twi wonders about the possibility of trolling the audience... then Pinkie pulls up screenshots of negative youtube comments from prior episodes. Wacarb's AuthorAvatar informs them that they're giving bronies a bad name--[[SelfDeprecation then realizes that he's also to blame for stirring up those commenters in the first place.]]
* TalkLikeAPirate: Big Macintosh, with "Yarr!" replacing his signature "Eeyup".
* TemptingFate:
** In "Funk Master Z", Twilight praises Ponyville for going an entire week without driving away some outsider. As soon as she finishes, she realizes her friends are hiding from Zecora because she's ''different''. Cue a RapidFireNo on Twilight's part.
** In "Little Miss Montage":
-->'''Twilight:''' I think karma kicked in and the universe is finally giving me a happy, stress-free day!\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' Look out below!\\
''[Crash]''\\
'''Twilight:''' Thanks, universe. Thanks a lot.
* ThatCameOutWrong / VerbalBackspace:
-->'''Twilight:''' Hey, Zecora. You wanna hang?\\
''[Beat. OhCrap expression on Twi's face.]''\\
'''Twilight:''' Wow, that came out so wrong. I mean, do you wanna hang out?
* ThereAreNoRules: At the Running Of The Leaves, it's stated outright that there's no rule against cheating.
* ThinkOfTheCensors: In Pinkie's "Zorba Style" song:
-->'''Pinkie:''' When I get some good luck\\
After my hoovies get stuck\\
My Bill will rescue me and then we will...\\
wait, I can't say that word.
* ThrowingTheFight: Sort of. In "Mob Wars", Big Macintosh is training for a prize fight--he's supposed to win the fight, but the opponent is supposed to go down in the fourth round and no sooner.
* TitleDrop:
-->'''Rarity''': But I don't get it. How were you able to get down there so quickly?\\
'''Rainbow Dash''': Gee Rarity I don't know, I guess you could say I'm an [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Ultra. Fast. Pony.]]
* TooKinkyToTorture: You can't threaten Rarity with pain. Anything you can think to inflict, she probably already does for fun.
-->'''Applejack:''' You take that back or I'll cut ya!\\
'''Rarity:''' Oh, yeah, will you? ''[hopefully]'' Will you? ... You can if you want...
* TooMuchInformation: Twilight's reaction to hearing about Rarity's fantasies about Prince Blueblood. Applejack's reaction to hearing what Twilight's been doing during Winter Wrap Up ([[ThatCameOutWrong described with the worst possible wording]]).
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Twist is a big believer in the doctrine that ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption, so she's constantly encouraging Apple Bloom to burn down schoolhouses and kill anyone who slights her.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Celestia does whatever the buck she wants. No one can possibly tell her otherwise, because she's immortal.
* UncleTomfoolery: Fluttershy is a former slave; even though she's free now she continues to "do everything the white pony tells [her] to do" because she's too spineless to refuse.
* TheUnintelligible:
** Scootaloo does not speak; she {{scat|ting}}s. She even gets subtitles to translate all her dialogue. Skoobideeboo!
** Bon Bon's lines are just an irritating "Ya ya ya ya".
** Braeburn's Irish accent is so thick that Fluttershy can't understand a word he says.
* UterineReplicator: According to Twilight's explanation in "Making Babies", foals are created via magic. Because sex was "messy and painful"; besides, there aren't enough males around for that to work anymore.
* ValleyGirl: Rainbow Dash sounds the part.
* VerbalTic: Pinkie uses "bro" a lot. (But with her accent, it comes out sounding more like "brew".)
* VocalDissonance: Applies to nearly every female character, [[CrossdressingVoices since it's one guy doing all the voice work]]. Rarity's nasally Australian accent and Sweetie Belle's gravelly growl are the most pronounced examples.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Rarity is allergic to water.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight:
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' So, me and my band tried to patch things up the other night. Yeah, didn't go very well. [...] Also, don't go in the bathroom. Someone vomited blood in there, and it might have been me. Details are a little bit fuzzy.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "Pega Please", we never find out whether the dragon left peacefully, or if the ponies went with AJ's plan and killed him. The closest thing to an explanation is Twilight saying that he's "dra''gone''".
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The end of "The Longest Episode" explains the mane six's futures.
* WhosOnFirst: Thanks to her accent, Pinkie's pronunciation of "talking" sounds a lot like "[[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkien]]". Which leads to a bit of confusion when she tries to ask who wrote the ''Lord of the Rings'' books.
* AWizardDidIt: [[invoked]] At the Running Of The Leaves.
-->'''Celestia:''' You two were so busy fighting you forgot to get any of the leaves down.\\
'''Applejack:''' What are you talking about? We were kicking the trees and everything, how did ''we'' do the worst job?! \\
'''Celestia:''' Because, uh... magic.
* WordSaladLyrics:
** Because she RhymesOnADime, the second half of Zecora's lines are overwhelmingly non-sequiturs.
-->'''Zecora:''' The ponies of this town / are really weird. / Did you know Santa Claus / has a beard?
** Rarity's HardWorkMontage is set to [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"]] with new, nonsensical lyrics.
-->'''Rarity:''' Sweet dreams are made of peas. / Who am I to eat your cheese?
* YourAnswerToEverything: Spike claims that tomato juice is the cure for everything.
* ZanyScheme: In "Copywrong", Rarity devises an insanely convoluted plan to ruin Fluttershy's career as a model. The plan doesn't even mention Fluttershy, and instead culminates in [[ButtMonkey being mean to Rainbow Dash]].
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