History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E17MadeInManehattan

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Rarity gives a pony a new hat, but in doing so, draws the pony's attention away from the hat vendor's stand she was browsing through. Naturally the vendor isn't happy about that and chastises Rarity for losing a sale.
** Rarity and Applejack hope to get other businesses to help with the theater but naturally they refuse because of being too busy, among other reasons.
** Applejack volunteers to straighten up the park for the program. But even with all her hard work, she can barely clean a section of it, ultimately admitting it's too much for one pony.

* RealityEnsues:
** Rarity gives a pony a new hat, but in doing so, draws the pony's attention away from the hat vendor's stand she was browsing through. Naturally the vendor isn't happy about that and chastises Rarity for losing a sale.
** Rarity and Applejack hope to get other businesses to help with the theater but naturally they refuse because of being too busy, among other reasons.
** Applejack volunteers to straighten up the park for the program. But even with all her hard work, she can barely clean a section of it, ultimately admitting it's too much for one pony.

* YouLookFamiliar: A couple of the Manehattan ponies are similar to those seen in the show before; the pony running the hat stall looks similar to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Claude the puppeteer]] and the pony running the popcorn stand could easily pass for Babs Seed's mother. (Although considering the setting, maybe she is!)

* {{Adorkable}}: Twilight is bored and keeps expressing it with raspberries and bored sighs.

* HypocriticalHumor: One of the ponies Applejack and Rarity ask for help refuses on the grounds that he runs a large import/export business and can't spare the time... before the camera pulls back and reveals he's lounging on an inflatable raft.

** Spike can be seen reading a comic that appears to be the pony version of a ''[[Franchise/ArchieComics Jughead & Archie]]'' comic.

* OutOfOrder: It's scheduled to be the 16th episode of season 5, despite being 17th in the production order.

* ButtMonkey: Applejack goes through a bit of a wringer trying to clean up the park on her own.

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: To ''Film/MaidInManhattan''.

* GoodGriefAnotherPeanutsShoutOut:
** Rarity setting up a "Friendship Advice" stand similar to Lucy's Psychiatric Help stand.
** Rarity saying Charlie Brown's catchphrase ("Good grief").
** A pony that walks past the stand has a similar zig-zag sweater and single hair curl on its head like Charlie Brown (his cutie mark is even a football, which Lucy tends to pull away from him).
** The music also shifts briefly to a Music/VinceGuaraldi-inspired ditty when the booth is first revealed.

** There are several to ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', as noted above.

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: To Film/MaidInManhattan.

* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth: AJ does this to Rarity to stop her when she starts getting overly melodramatic about the difficulties in getting the park and the stage ready for the play.

* YouLookFamiliar: A couple of the Manehattan ponies are similar to those seen in the show before; the pony running the hat stall looks similar to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Claude the puppeteer]] and the pony running the popcorn stand could easily pass for Babs Seed's mother.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesterAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Applejack?]]]]

* StylisticSuck: The final production of Midsummer Theater Revival.