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* CanadaEh: The pony trimming the dragon-sneeze trees has a definite Canadian accent.
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Aesop now a disambiguation, BA now YMMV.


* AnAesop: Even the smallest and tiniest bit of contributions can add up to something big and great.



* BrokenAesop: The moral of the story is presented as "don't let power go to your head", but the problems that occur in the third act stem from the well-meaning but ill-informed decisions Spike made ''before'' he started misusing his power. On the other hand, his abuses of power (getting food for himself, commissioning a painting of himself, etc.) have effectively no consequence.
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* OpeningTheFloodGates: Happens to Fancy Pants after the main hall floods. He gets knocked over by a wall of water after opening the door.
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* SistineSteal: At one point, Spike forces a painter to portray him in the style of [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo's]] ''[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Creaci%C3%B3n_de_Ad%C3%A1n_%28Miguel_%C3%81ngel%29.jpg Creation of Adam]]'' (only with floating gems in place of God).

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* SistineSteal: At one point, Spike forces a painter to portray him in the style of [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo's]] ''[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Creaci%C3%B3n_de_Ad%C3%A1n_%28Miguel_%C3%81ngel%29.jpg Creation of Adam]]'' Creator/{{Michelangelo|Buonarroti}}'s "Art/CreationOfAdam" (only with floating gems in place of God).
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* CanadaEh: The pony trimming the dragonsneeze trees has a definite Canadian accent.
* ChekhovsGun: The dragonsneeze trees, the moved polo game, and the broken water main are all introduced as one-off annoyances and later come together in a perfect storm of disaster.

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* CanadaEh: The pony trimming the dragonsneeze dragon-sneeze trees has a definite Canadian accent.
* ChekhovsGun: The dragonsneeze dragon-sneeze trees, the moved polo game, and the broken water main are all introduced as one-off annoyances and later come together in a perfect storm of disaster.



* OhNoNotAgain: Spike has this reaction when he realizes the bouquet he's been handed near the end of the episode is composed of Dragonsneeze blossoms, leading into the OhCrap moment with the Royal Sisters-In-Law, Fancy Pants, and the delegates.

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* OhNoNotAgain: Spike has this reaction when he realizes the bouquet he's been handed near the end of the episode is composed of Dragonsneeze dragon-sneeze blossoms, leading into the OhCrap moment with the Royal Sisters-In-Law, Fancy Pants, and the delegates.

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Spike begins to stop any and every loud noise in Canterlot in the hopes of not waking Twilight up, including stopping a polo game, a worker from cutting down dragon sneeze trees, and a maintenance worker from repairing a water main. However, two delegates appear at Twilight's tower, both having been booked to speak in the same hall at the same time, and they want Twilight to decide what to do about it. Spike briefly wakes Twilight up to ask her what to do, but Twilight is still so groggy that her answer makes no sense. In a panic, Spike just tells the two delegates that Twilight said to share the hall. This satisfies the two delegates, and they leave. Soon, more and more ponies begin showing up asking how to solve various problems with the summit, with Spike speaking on Twilight's behalf for all of them. After the line has dispersed, Spike reasons that he can do many of Twilight's tasks so she won't have to worry about them, though the thrill of his word having some force behind it means he wants to complete them all.

While Spike does complete many of the tasks, Cadance warns Spike not to let the power go to his head, since being a princess requires a lot of hard work. Spike initially agrees, but then quickly begins slacking off, getting massages, paintings, and bowls of gems. Finally, in the main hall, Cadance tells Spike that he's been abusing his authority, but Spike assures Cadance everything is fine. Just then, a ball from the moved polo game causes one of the dragon sneeze trees to fall over, bursting the water main and flooding the main hall. Even with the water drained, the dragon sneeze trees cause Spike to have an allergic reaction with a fiery sneeze that destroys the gemstone statue. Though Cadance manages to close the water main with crystal magic, the main hall has been completely ruined.

An angry mob of ponies, led by Fancy Pants, see the disaster and intend to storm into Twilight's room to complain. Spike tries to explain himself, but the mob won't listen. Spike just manages to beat the mob and locks the door to Twilight's room, but she wakes up soon after. Though well-rested, the door opens, and the mob calls out Twilight on the horrible decisions she apparently made. In the main hall, Twilight sees what Spike's decisions have caused, and he admits he was acting on his own without Twilight's permission to the assembled ponies. He apologizes for not getting into the spirit of the summit, and that he'd made what was meant to be ponies coming together as one all about himself. Touched by Spike's confession, the gathered mob rebuilds the hall and fixes the statue. However, one of the ponies gives Spike a bouquet of dragon sneeze flowers, causing him to get ready to sneeze at the statue again as Twilight, Cadance, and the delegates there recoil in horror...

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Spike begins to stop any and every loud noise in Canterlot in the hopes of not waking Twilight up, including stopping a polo game, a worker from cutting down dragon sneeze dragon-sneeze trees, and a maintenance worker from repairing a water main. However, two delegates appear at Twilight's tower, both having been booked to speak in the same hall at the same time, and they want Twilight to decide what to do about it. Spike briefly wakes Twilight up to ask her what to do, but Twilight is still so groggy that her answer makes no sense. In a panic, Spike just tells the two delegates that Twilight said to share the hall. This satisfies the two delegates, and they leave. Soon, more and more ponies begin showing up asking how to solve various problems with the summit, with Spike speaking on Twilight's behalf for all of them. After the line has dispersed, Spike reasons that he can do many of Twilight's tasks so she won't have to worry about them, though the thrill of his word having some force behind it means he wants to complete them all.

While Spike does complete many of the tasks, Cadance warns Spike not to let the power go to his head, since being a princess requires a lot of hard work. Spike initially agrees, but then quickly begins slacking off, getting massages, paintings, and bowls of gems. Finally, in the main hall, Cadance tells Spike that he's been abusing his authority, but Spike assures Cadance everything is fine. Just then, a ball from the moved polo game causes one of the dragon sneeze dragon-sneeze trees to fall over, bursting the water main and flooding the main hall. Even with the water drained, the dragon sneeze dragon-sneeze trees cause Spike to have an allergic reaction with a fiery sneeze that destroys the gemstone statue. Though Cadance manages to close the water main with crystal magic, the main hall has been completely ruined.

An angry mob of ponies, led by Fancy Pants, see the disaster and intend to storm into Twilight's room to complain. Spike tries to explain himself, but the mob won't listen. Spike just manages to beat the mob and locks the door to Twilight's room, but she wakes up soon after. Though well-rested, the door opens, and the mob calls out Twilight on the horrible decisions she apparently made. In the main hall, Twilight sees what Spike's decisions have caused, and he admits he was acting on his own without Twilight's permission to the assembled ponies. He apologizes for not getting into the spirit of the summit, and that he'd made what was meant to be ponies coming together as one all about himself. Touched by Spike's confession, the gathered mob rebuilds the hall and fixes the statue. However, one of the ponies gives Spike a bouquet of dragon sneeze dragon-sneeze flowers, causing him to get ready to sneeze at the statue again as Twilight, Cadance, and the delegates there recoil in horror...






* ChekhovsGun: The Dragonsneeze trees, the moved polo game, and the broken water main.
* ChekhovsGunman: The polo ponies after their game is moved.

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* ChekhovsGun: The Dragonsneeze dragonsneeze trees, the moved polo game, and the broken water main.
main are all introduced as one-off annoyances and later come together in a perfect storm of disaster.
* ChekhovsGunman: The polo ponies after are introduced as one of a few things that Spike needs to deal with. After their game is moved.moved, one of their balls happens to hit a dragon-sneeze tree and set off the end-of-episode disaster..



* FantasticFlora: Dragon-sneeze trees grow large flowers that induce violent, fiery sneezing fits in dragons.



* InterruptedByTheEnd: Spike being handed a bouquet of dragon sneeze flowers right after the Citizens of Equestria Statue had just been reassembled. Just as he is about to sneeze, it cuts right to black.

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* InterruptedByTheEnd: Spike being handed a bouquet of dragon sneeze dragon-sneeze flowers right after the Citizens of Equestria Statue had just been reassembled. Just as he is about to sneeze, it cuts right to black.



* MassOhCrap: The looks on Twilight, Cadance, Fancy Pants, and all the delegates as they recoil upon seeing Spike gearing up to sneeze after his Dragon Sneeze allergies are triggered again by unintentional accident at the end of the episode.

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* MassOhCrap: The looks on Twilight, Cadance, Fancy Pants, and all the delegates as they recoil upon seeing Spike gearing up to sneeze after his Dragon Sneeze dragon-sneeze allergies are triggered again by unintentional accident at the end of the episode.



* PlotAllergy: The "dragon sneeze trees" are trees that have flowers that make Spike sneeze and accidentally knock the statue down.

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* PlotAllergy: The "dragon sneeze "dragon-sneeze trees" are trees that have flowers that make Spike sneeze and accidentally knock the statue down.



* SmashToBlack: Spike nearly sneezes again after getting a bouquet of dragon sneeze flowers... and then the episode ends.
* SneezeOfDoom: Spike's sneezing from the dragon sneeze flowers destroys the gem statue. He gears up for another one after the delegates put it back together again.

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* SmashToBlack: Spike nearly sneezes again after getting a bouquet of dragon sneeze dragon-sneeze flowers... and then the episode ends.
* SneezeOfDoom: Spike's sneezing from the dragon sneeze dragon-sneeze flowers destroys the gem statue. He gears up for another one after the delegates put it back together again.

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