Opaline enacts her plan to steal the Cutie Marks of every pony and gain control of all magic.
Tropes:
- Call-Back:
- Spike refers to himself as a "Royal Advisor", the position he was given by Twilight Sparkle in the Grand Finale of Friendship is Magic.
- Spike calls Sunny a princess. In G4, Alicorns were all royalty.
- Opaline scoffs at how she was told that "friendship is magic".
- The Cameo: Phyllis briefly appears, with Sprout running to her after losing her cutie mark.
- Cliffhanger: Opaline steals Hitch's cutie mark, and smugly declares that she's coming for his friends' marks too.
- Continuity Nod:
- During Opaline's attack on Zephyr Heights, Thunder realizes he's forgotten his shield and asks Zoom if she has one. It turns out to be a tennis ball, which they used in A New Generation as a (thoroughly ineffective and unnecessary) countermeasure for unicorn magic.
- The information Elder Flower related about Together Trees in "Father of the Bridlewood" is mentioned.
- Curb-Stomp Cushion: Hitch is no match for Opaline by himself, but he puts up an admirable effort using conjured vines to restrain her several times, even after she's bound his hooves together.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Opaline claims that she made Misty her "friend", yet could not understand why her presence didn't activate her Together Tree. Even when acknowledging that Misty did eventually bring back enough unity magic to trigger the process, she's oblivious as to why.
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Sunny and Zipp share one as they realise Opaline is using the Together Trees to travel.Zipp: If our cutie mark magic is flowing through the roots of the trees...
Sunny: ...then Opaline must be able to reach them through her own tree!
Zipp: So, she can travel through the trees and she's using the trees to steal the cutie marks?! - Given Name Reveal: The non-sardine can wearing seagull in Hitch's squad is revealed to be named Steven.
- Help Mistaken for Attack: The ponies of Maretime bay are initially terrified when the dragons arrive, believing that they're under attack.
- It's All My Fault: Misty blames herself for Opaline's actions, believing Opaline couldn't have gotten so far without her help.
- Let's Split Up, Gang!: Sunny's group divide up in order to try and protect all the pony settlements from Opaline.
- My Significance Sense Is Tingling: Misty somehow senses Opaline's arrival in Maretime Bay.
- Technologically Blind Elders: When Zipp asks if Pipp left Queen Haven a voicemail message warning her of Opaline's plans, Pipp retorts that Haven doesn't know how to check her messages.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Though Misty herself never learns of it, Opaline reveals that Misty's friendship with the Mane Five, combined with her staying at Opaline's Castle (which she volunteered to do), was what finally allowed Opaline's Together Tree to form a connection with the Trees inside of Equestria, permitting Opaline to bypass Twilight's protective barrier and steal everypony's Cutie Marks.
- When Trees Attack: Opaline uses the Dragonstone to corrupt the Together Trees, turning them purple and making them sprout energy vines which ensnare ponies and steal their Cutie Marks.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Fountain is not happy to go into Opaline's dungeon, claiming that she has been trapped in a dungeon once before.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Misty assures the ponies that even without their Cutie Marks, they haven't lost what makes them special.
