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--> Written and drawn by Katie Cook
A two page spread showing various scenes in the aftermath of the Big Mac (#9-10) arc.
--> Written and drawn by Katie Cook
A two page spread showing various scenes in the aftermath of the Big Mac (#9-10) arc.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* ExplosiveStupidity: Pretty much expected with the [=CMC=] and their attempts to get their cutie marks by setting off their fireworks. Sweetie Belle eventually does this ''twice'' by lighting their stacks as a result of [[MondeGreen mishearing the code words]] from the other crusaders. They don't get hurt but they do wind up destroying the hardware store and the gazebo.
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* ExplosiveStupidity: Pretty much expected with the [=CMC=] and their attempts to get their cutie marks by setting off their fireworks. Sweetie Belle eventually does this ''twice'' by lighting their stacks as a result of [[MondeGreen [[MondegreenGag mishearing the code words]] from the other crusaders. They don't get hurt but they do wind up destroying the hardware store and the gazebo.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: Sweetie Belle mishears the line "pyrotechnics" as "pirates", the code word to start the fireworks display. Later she mishears the ''new'' code word ("Frutie Barks") as "Cutie Marks" and launches another barrage of fireworks. The comic blatantly hints she will do it [[RuleOfThree a third time]] as the new ''new'' code word ("Peaty Mells") sounds almost exactly as her name, though her friends are smart enough to take the matches from her before this can happen.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: MondegreenGag: Sweetie Belle mishears the line "pyrotechnics" as "pirates", the code word to start the fireworks display. Later she mishears the ''new'' code word ("Frutie Barks") as "Cutie Marks" and launches another barrage of fireworks. The comic blatantly hints she will do it [[RuleOfThree a third time]] as the new ''new'' code word ("Peaty Mells") sounds almost exactly as her name, though her friends are smart enough to take the matches from her before this can happen.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Coincidence or fandom nod, but Fleetfoot does the infamous [="Wing Boner"=] stance, pounding heart and all, when she notices how handsome Big Mac is.
** Sweetcream Scoops and her kisses booth. Look at the ''mountain'' of gold behind of her.
** One of the booths says "Guess your weight, age or sex", granted, it is referring to guessing their gender, but still...
** Coincidence or fandom nod, but Fleetfoot does the infamous [="Wing Boner"=] stance, pounding heart and all, when she notices how handsome Big Mac is.
** Sweetcream Scoops and her kisses booth. Look at the ''mountain'' of gold behind of her.
** One of the booths says "Guess your weight, age or sex", granted, it is referring to guessing their gender, but still...
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Coincidence or fandom nod, but Fleetfoot doesGettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the infamous [="Wing Boner"=] stance, pounding heart and all, when she notices how handsome Big Mac is.
** Sweetcream Scoops and her kisses booth. Look atfuture, please check the ''mountain'' of gold behind of her.
** One of the booths says "Guesstrope page to make sure your weight, age or sex", granted, it is referring to guessing their gender, but still...example fits the current definition.
** Coincidence or fandom nod, but Fleetfoot does
** Sweetcream Scoops and her kisses booth. Look at
** One of the booths says "Guess
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* CityOfWeirdos: Invoked in the cover for issue #9 by Andy Price.
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%%* QuirkyTown: Invoked in the cover for issue #9 by Andy Price.
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* [[NobodyPoops Nopony Poops]]: {{Averted|Trope}}, as Pound needs a diaper change when Mr. Cake foists the twins onto Big Mac. A toilet seat can be seen among the rubble of the destroyed hardware store, too.
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* [[NobodyPoops Nopony Poops]]: NobodyPoops: {{Averted|Trope}}, as Pound needs a diaper change when Mr. Cake foists the twins onto Big Mac. A toilet seat can be seen among the rubble of the destroyed hardware store, too.
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* MythologyGag: During Mac's rounds through the fair, the reader can see Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Twilight mentioning some off-screen adventure to their friends and family. It involved a lot of bees, a giant beehive and a "Sun Stone" - all part of the plot of "The End of Flutter Valley" series of episodes from ''MyLittlePonyAndFriends''.
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* MythologyGag: During Mac's rounds through the fair, the reader can see Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Twilight mentioning some off-screen adventure to their friends and family. It involved a lot of bees, a giant beehive and a "Sun Stone" - all part of the plot of "The End of Flutter Valley" series of episodes from ''MyLittlePonyAndFriends''.''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends''.
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''Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair''
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''Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair''
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* [[ButtMonkey Butt Pony]]: Big Mac all throughout the story arc.
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* [[ButtMonkey Butt Pony]]: ButtMonkey: Big Mac all throughout the story arc.
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For Big [=McIntosh=], today was supposed to be another quiet day on the farm, but when Granny Smith tells him that the gazebo needs fixing, he finds he's [[ForWantOfANail run all out of nails]], and needs to make a trip into town. Unfortunately, today's the Summer Wrap-Up Festival, and the fairgrounds stand between him and the hardware store. As he tries to make his way though, Big Mac is waylaid by numerous citizens of town - the Cutie Mark Crusaders on another attempt to get their cutie marks with a fireworks launcher, the Cakes to help him babysit their foals for a few minutes, and even Princess Luna drags Big [=McIntosh=] to be her partner for the game events. Eventually, he reaches the hardware store - only to find it both closed down for the fair, and in ruins after being hit by one of the CMC's accidental launches.
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For Big [=McIntosh=], Macintosh, today was supposed to be another quiet day on the farm, but when Granny Smith tells him that the gazebo needs fixing, he finds he's [[ForWantOfANail run all out of nails]], and needs to make a trip into town. Unfortunately, today's the Summer Wrap-Up Festival, and the fairgrounds stand between him and the hardware store. As he tries to make his way though, Big Mac is waylaid by numerous citizens of town - the Cutie Mark Crusaders on another attempt to get their cutie marks with a fireworks launcher, the Cakes to help him babysit their foals for a few minutes, and even Princess Luna drags Big [=McIntosh=] Macintosh to be her partner for the game events. Eventually, he reaches the hardware store - only to find it both closed down for the fair, and in ruins after being hit by one of the CMC's accidental launches.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Sweetcream Scoops to Big [=McIntosh=], as usual.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Sweetcream Scoops to Big [=McIntosh=], Macintosh, as usual.
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* AccidentalDanceCraze: Big [=McIntosh=] is mistaken as the lead dancer of Sapphire Shores's crew and dragged up her float for her show. Since he's already up there, Mac decides to try looking for Lugnut among the crowds and stands on his hind legs to get a better view: the rest of the dancers copy his movements as the music plays and eventually the entire thing catches on. The dancers decide to call it "The Navigator" and it spreads like fire among Ponyville.
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Big [=McIntosh=].
* AscendedMeme: Lyra walks away from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's advice booth with a thought bubble, a picture of a chair with a red "no" symbol over it. Ever since Lyra's appearance in "Dragonshy" where she's sitting on one of the benches like a human rather than a pony, the fandom has tagged Lyra as wanting to be more human-like or at least sit in more seemingly awkward positions that would be normal for humans but odd for ponies.
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Big [=McIntosh=].
* AscendedMeme: Lyra walks away from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's advice booth with a thought bubble, a picture of a chair with a red "no" symbol over it. Ever since Lyra's appearance in "Dragonshy" where she's sitting on one of the benches like a human rather than a pony, the fandom has tagged Lyra as wanting to be more human-like or at least sit in more seemingly awkward positions that would be normal for humans but odd for ponies.
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* AccidentalDanceCraze: Big [=McIntosh=] Macintosh is mistaken as the lead dancer of Sapphire Shores's crew and dragged up her float for her show. Since he's already up there, Mac decides to try looking for Lugnut among the crowds and stands on his hind legs to get a better view: the rest of the dancers copy his movements as the music plays and eventually the entire thing catches on. The dancers decide to call it "The Navigator" and it spreads like fire among Ponyville.
*ADayInTheLimelight: For Big [=McIntosh=].
* AscendedMeme:AscendedMeme:
** Lyra walks away from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's advice booth with a thought bubble, a picture of a chair with a red "no" symbol over it. Ever since Lyra's appearance in "Dragonshy" where she's sitting on one of the benches like a human rather than a pony, the fandom has tagged Lyra as wanting to be more human-like or at least sit in more seemingly awkward positions that would be normal for humans but odd for ponies.
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** Lyra walks away from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's advice booth with a thought bubble, a picture of a chair with a red "no" symbol over it. Ever since Lyra's appearance in "Dragonshy" where she's sitting on one of the benches like a human rather than a pony, the fandom has tagged Lyra as wanting to be more human-like or at least sit in more seemingly awkward positions that would be normal for humans but odd for ponies.
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* ChickMagnet: Big [=McIntosh=]. '''Luna herself''' is charmed by and openly expresses how much she likes him and enjoys his company (although she's too focused on winning the games to display any ''romantic'' interest. At least until she spends a ferris wheel ride with him).
** CluelessChickMagnet: Big [=McIntosh=] ''never'' notices the looks and whistles he gets from young mares, famous celebrities and even ''the Princess of the Night'' during his search for nails. Inverted in the case of Sweetcream Scoops, which Big Mac states in his internal dialog "DANGER! Abort! Abort!"
** CluelessChickMagnet: Big [=McIntosh=] ''never'' notices the looks and whistles he gets from young mares, famous celebrities and even ''the Princess of the Night'' during his search for nails. Inverted in the case of Sweetcream Scoops, which Big Mac states in his internal dialog "DANGER! Abort! Abort!"
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* ChickMagnet: Big [=McIntosh=].Macintosh. '''Luna herself''' is charmed by and openly expresses how much she likes him and enjoys his company (although she's too focused on winning the games to display any ''romantic'' interest. At least until she spends a ferris wheel ride with him).
** CluelessChickMagnet: Big [=McIntosh=] ''never'' notices the looks and whistles he gets from young mares, famous celebrities and even ''the Princess of the Night'' during his search for nails. Inverted in the case of Sweetcream Scoops, which Big Mac states in his internal dialog "DANGER! Abort! Abort!"him).
** CluelessChickMagnet: Big [=McIntosh=] ''never'' notices the looks and whistles he gets from young mares, famous celebrities and even ''the Princess of the Night'' during his search for nails. Inverted in the case of Sweetcream Scoops, which Big Mac states in his internal dialog "DANGER! Abort! Abort!"
* CluelessChickMagnet: Big Macintosh ''never'' notices the looks and whistles he gets from young mares, famous celebrities and even ''the Princess of the Night'' during his search for nails. Inverted in the case of Sweetcream Scoops, which Big Mac states in his internal dialog "DANGER! Abort! Abort!"
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* ContinuityNod: Big [=McIntosh=] was called on by the CMC to repair the gazebo from "Hearts and Hooves Day".
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* ContinuityNod: Big [=McIntosh=] Macintosh was called on by the CMC to repair the gazebo from "Hearts and Hooves Day".
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Big Macintosh.
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* FourthWallPortrait: Andy Price's ponysona draws a caricature of Big [=McIntosh=] which looks more like a real-life horse than the cartoon style, which he tries to sell to Mac.
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': Nope.
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': Nope.
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* FourthWallPortrait: Andy Price's ponysona draws a caricature of Big [=McIntosh=] Macintosh which looks more like a real-life horse than the cartoon style, which he tries to sell to Mac.
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': -->'''Big Macintosh:''' Nope.
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* ImagineSpot: Fleetfoot has one [[ShipTease about marrying Big McIntosh]] presented as a TimeCompressionMontage.
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* ImagineSpot: ImagineSpot:
** Fleetfoot has one [[ShipTease about marrying BigMcIntosh]] Macintosh]] presented as a TimeCompressionMontage.
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* LowerDeckEpisode: Starring Big [=McIntosh=] and the other citizens of Ponyville. While the Mane 6 are present (see MythologyGag below), they appear in the background.
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* LowerDeckEpisode: Starring Big [=McIntosh=] Macintosh and the other citizens of Ponyville. While the Mane 6 are present (see MythologyGag below), they appear in the background.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Luna and Big [=McIntosh=] fit this trope like a glove. While Luna is loud, assertive, athletic and the goddamn ''Princess of the Night'', Big Mac is quiet, shy, polite and very gentle.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Luna and Big [=McIntosh=] Macintosh fit this trope like a glove. While Luna is loud, assertive, athletic and the goddamn ''Princess of the Night'', Big Mac is quiet, shy, polite and very gentle.
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--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Hey you! Are you ready to buff up?
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Yeah!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': YEAH!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': '''YEAH!'''
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Well, okay, you have a nice day!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Yup.
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Yeah!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': YEAH!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': '''YEAH!'''
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Well, okay, you have a nice day!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Yup.
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[[caption-width-right:300:You have no idea, Big Mac...]]
-->Written by Katie Cook, Drawn by Andy Price, Colored by Heather Breckel
-->Released July and August 2013.
For Big [=McIntosh=], today was supposed to be another quiet day on the farm, but when Granny Smith tells him that the gazebo needs fixing, he finds he's [[ForWantOfANail run all out of nails]], and needs to make a trip into town. Unfortunately, today's the Summer Wrap-Up Festival, and the fairgrounds stand between him and the hardware store. As he tries to make his way though, Big Mac is waylaid by numerous citizens of town - the Cutie Mark Crusaders on another attempt to get their cutie marks with a fireworks launcher, the Cakes to help him babysit their foals for a few minutes, and even Princess Luna drags Big [=McIntosh=] to be her partner for the game events. Eventually, he reaches the hardware store - only to find it both closed down for the fair, and in ruins after being hit by one of the CMC's accidental launches.
Determined to find nails, Big Mac returns back into the fray of the festival, now looking for Lugnut, the hardware store owner, running into more antics from the various Ponyville citizens, as well as avoiding another CMC disaster. As the sun sets, he has yet to find Lugnut, and starts to head for home considering the day wasted. Zecora suggests that he think about all the memories of the rest of the day, and he realizes that while he didn't find his nails, he did have a good time. She also points out that she saw Lugnut back at his store. Big Mac finds him there and learns that the store's supply of nails melted when the fireworks hit it. Lugnut recalls that Apple Bloom should have some to spare, since she took all the nails on the farm to build the CMC's fireworks launcher. He gives Big Mac some nails from the launcher, which he has since dismantled, and promises to deliver some lumber to the farm the next day. A confused Big Mac returns home and finds the gazebo in ruins, the latest and last victim of the CMC's pyrotechnics.
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!!These issues contain examples of:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Sweetcream Scoops to Big [=McIntosh=], as usual.
** Based on his expressions and thought, he defines Luna as this by the end of #9.
** Fleetfoot escapes the first aid tent to stalk Big Mac in #10.
** Tealove joins the fray during #10 as well, and Photo Finish does the same on her own special way.
* AccidentalDanceCraze: Big [=McIntosh=] is mistaken as the lead dancer of Sapphire Shores's crew and dragged up her float for her show. Since he's already up there, Mac decides to try looking for Lugnut among the crowds and stands on his hind legs to get a better view: the rest of the dancers copy his movements as the music plays and eventually the entire thing catches on. The dancers decide to call it "The Navigator" and it spreads like fire among Ponyville.
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Big [=McIntosh=].
* AscendedMeme: Lyra walks away from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's advice booth with a thought bubble, a picture of a chair with a red "no" symbol over it. Ever since Lyra's appearance in "Dragonshy" where she's sitting on one of the benches like a human rather than a pony, the fandom has tagged Lyra as wanting to be more human-like or at least sit in more seemingly awkward positions that would be normal for humans but odd for ponies.
** A mailbox outside of Derpy's "house" ([[ContinuityNod the cocoon she was trapped in back in Issue #1]]) reads "D. Hooves", affirming her fan-given last name.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Not even a strongpony like Mac beats Celestia in hoofwrestling.
* BigBallOfViolence: Fleetfoot and Tealove get into one over Big Mac. Naturally, he isn't paying attention.
* BigEater: During the single-page chart showing Big mac's progression through the fair, he stops at three different food booths, each time eating an absurd amount of food/drink.
* BreatherEpisode: After two arcs dealing with supernatural threats, this one just focuses on characters going about their business.
* BrickJoke:
** Early in #9, Sweetie Belle mistakenly sets off the fireworks early. It's alluded to that the launch seemed to cause some sort of damage, but only at the end is it revealed that the hardware store Big Mac has been looking for has burned down due to the earlier launch. This is even mentioned by Scootaloo, stating that the fate of the firework "ball" is the "future's problem".
** The gag itself gets repeated in issue #10, when Snips sets off the CMC's fireworks catapult ''again''. At the end of the issue it turns out that it hit the gazebo Big Mac was trying to repair.
** On the very first issue, we get a quick view of Time Turner staring at a fobwatch with a surprised expression. On ''this'' issue he's back, freaking out about how "the watch is him."
* BurningWithAnger: Big Mac's reaction after failing the ball-throw twice.
* [[ButtMonkey Butt Pony]]: Big Mac all throughout the story arc.
* CallBack: Spike and Angel don their vaudeville-like outfits and fake mustaches (used for narrative in Issue #3) to provide the dramatic cliffhanger (and a terrible pun) for Issue #9.
** In #10, Big Mac wins a stuffed pony modeled after Pinkie's PaperThinDisguise from the first comic arc.
** Which he then passes off to Fleetfoot, who has escaped from the first aid tent (where she was taken after her crash-landing in #9) and is now stalking him.
** Derpy apparently now lives in the cocoon she was trapped in back in Issue #1 during the Changeling invasion.
* CatFight: Fleetfoot and Tealove get into one over Big Mac. One panel even has them pose as cats hissing at each other.
* ChickMagnet: Big [=McIntosh=]. '''Luna herself''' is charmed by and openly expresses how much she likes him and enjoys his company (although she's too focused on winning the games to display any ''romantic'' interest. At least until she spends a ferris wheel ride with him).
** CluelessChickMagnet: Big [=McIntosh=] ''never'' notices the looks and whistles he gets from young mares, famous celebrities and even ''the Princess of the Night'' during his search for nails. Inverted in the case of Sweetcream Scoops, which Big Mac states in his internal dialog "DANGER! Abort! Abort!"
* CityOfWeirdos: Invoked in the cover for issue #9 by Andy Price.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The CMC, to no surprise. Their first fireworks conflagration flies off into the unknown. Scootaloo's first thought is basically "where are we going to get more fireworks?"
* ContinuityCameo: Given that this is an issue dedicated to the background characters, these should come as no surprise:
** Donut Joe is running a stand at the summer fair.
** Derpy Hooves and Time Turner are next to the Muffins booth which naturally doubles as a ShoutOut to Series/DoctorWho.
** Octavia Melody and Parish Nandermane have their cart stolen, unknown to them, by the CMC.
** Lyra is taking advice from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon about her habits of sitting like a human.
** Flax Seed, from the Rarity micro-comic, is running a stand, and Roseluck is carrying a bag with the "F&W" (Flax and Wheat) logo that Rarity designed for them.
** Mr. Waddle announces the start of the games; in continuing from his appearance in "Hearts and Hooves Day", he is apparently a pony of the cloth.
** DJ Pon-3 is off singing to herself a song on her iPod-like device in issue #9, and DJ-ing the Hoedown in issue #10.
** Derpy later appears on a sign on Spike's theater prop.
** One of the barber ponies is Barber Groomsby, who was introduced in one of the more recent "G4" blindbag waves.
** Cherry Jubilee and other residents from Dodge are on one float.
** Sapphire Shores is leading a musical act on one of the floats.
** Peewee the phoenix chick is hanging around with Spike.
** Photo Finish discovers the beauty of Big Mac as a photography subject.
** Flim and Flam are trying to sell "Parasprite Away", at a "bargain price" of [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts 5 bottles for the cost of 7]].
** Discord and Queen Chrysalis appear as both part of Spike's figurines, and on a photo posing board.
** Other appearances include Pipsqueak, Snips, Snails, Wild Fire, Cranky Doodle Donkey, and Rarity's parents. The usual Cavalcade of normal show background ponies (e.g. Sweetie Drops/Bon Bon, Minuette, Golden Harvest, etc.) all appear as bystanders throughout.
* ContinuityNod: Big [=McIntosh=] was called on by the CMC to repair the gazebo from "Hearts and Hooves Day".
** Trixie has set up a puppet show for the kiddies retelling [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters the Ursa Minor incident]] [[RashomonStyle in a very different way]], mentioned by Big Mac himself.
** Princess Luna arrives to have fun at the Summer festival, showing that while she still has a few odd mannerisms such as the antiquated speaking style, the lessons of "Luna Eclipsed" have stayed with her.
*** And she even gives a Fluttershy-ism after one rather loud demand to Big Mac:
---> '''Princess Luna''': '''You there, thou hast the appearance of being physically fit and increasing my chances of winning. Come forth.''' ''If you don't mind, please.''
** The Cake Twins are still exhibiting extraordinary magic and flight abilities for baby foals.
** Parade balloons of in-universe fictional characters Daring Do and the Mysterious Mare-Do-Well are part of the parade.
** Summer Wrap-up starts the next day, including the ponies in their duty vests, a song that matches the phrasing of "Winter Wrap-Up" and a panel that recreates one scene from the show.
** Big Mac gives a sidelong {{Death Glare}} to Flim and Flam.
* CouldntFindALighter: Sweetie Belle lights the match by striking it [[RuleOfCool against her chin!]]
* CrashIntoHello: Fleetfoot meets Big Mac this way.
** And in the next issue, Tealove.
* CrocodileTears: Spike uses this to guilt trip ponies into buying his merchandise. Given the massive pile of bits behind him, it's been a good strategy for him.
* DeconstructiveParody: Luna, at least for Big Mac. At first he likes her, but soon her [[LargeHam personality]] wears thin and he sneaks away to continue his search for nails.
* TheDitz: Sweetie Belle is either this, or indulging in pyromania.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Big Mac tried a "test your strength" machine. It cost him ten bits to repair the broken bell.
* EasyComeEasyGo: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated.]] Big Mac wins 5 bits playing with horse shoes, [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength only to break the strength hammer swing game, costing him 10 bits.]]
* ExplosiveStupidity: Pretty much expected with the [=CMC=] and their attempts to get their cutie marks by setting off their fireworks. Sweetie Belle eventually does this ''twice'' by lighting their stacks as a result of [[MondeGreen mishearing the code words]] from the other crusaders. They don't get hurt but they do wind up destroying the hardware store and the gazebo.
* ExpressiveShirt: Luna wears one while competing along with Big Mac during the festival which constantly changes lines like "Blame my sister!", "Dream Girl", and "Best". [[https://twitter.com/AndyPriceArt/status/358974917988999168 It's like the artist has a certain fascination with the character.]] There's even a StealthPun in there: "Dream Girl"? She certainly is one.
* FantasticTimeManagement: During the splash page of Big Mac's trip through the fair, he stops by the Science Fair tent. He ends up sucked into a timewarp, saves Ponyville from a bunch of Mutant Apes, then arrives back five minutes before he left.
* FlyingBrick: Luna can pull off a WheelOfFeet with a full-grown stallion lashed to one leg, and she can overpower four mares in a tug-of-war with just her neck (though Big Mac was clearly helping with that one).
* FourthWallPortrait: Andy Price's ponysona draws a caricature of Big [=McIntosh=] which looks more like a real-life horse than the cartoon style, which he tries to sell to Mac.
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': Nope.
* ForWantOfANail: Big Mac's empty nail box is labeled "'For Want Of' Brand Nails". Also the principle driver for the story as, well, Big Mac needs more nails to fix the gazebo.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Big Mac is meandering through the fair on the splash page, you can see signs directing him to the wood crafts tent, where he hopes to find nails. Even a sign mid-way through promises "Nail art" at the tent. When he gets there, all he finds is another sign "Sorry, all out of nails".
** Fleetfoot's "stalking" of Big Mac in Issue #10, which then extends to Tealove and their eventual catfight over Big Mac.
* FurryReminder: The carnival game busker even points out that it's hard for a pony to hold a baseball, and Big Mac has problems throwing it until he resorts to a well-placed buck that destroys the game stall.
* GameBreaker: In-universe, half of the competitors at the fair are shooting angry looks at Luna and Big Mac, clearly aware that the Princess now has an advantage they can't possibly beat ([[FlyingBrick if they could even beat her to begin with]]).
** In issue #10, Celestia is even stronger. Big Mac is hoof-wrestling against her, but despite his own SuperStrength, he's straining as hard as he can, and Celestia's just smirking.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Coincidence or fandom nod, but Fleetfoot does the infamous [="Wing Boner"=] stance, pounding heart and all, when she notices how handsome Big Mac is.
** Sweetcream Scoops and her kisses booth. Look at the ''mountain'' of gold behind of her.
** One of the booths says "Guess your weight, age or sex", granted, it is referring to guessing their gender, but still...
* HilarityEnsues: When the [=CMC=] attempt to get their cutie marks using a firework launcher.
* ImagineSpot: Fleetfoot has one [[ShipTease about marrying Big McIntosh]] presented as a TimeCompressionMontage.
** Tealove gets a similar montage after she bumps into him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon ask Big Mac why he wears his bulky, heavy yoke all the time, even when he's not doing any farm work.
* LamePunReaction: The pets to Spike's 'nail' jokes, while he's doing the narrating.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The Sound Effect "BOOM" when the fireworks go off in the distance appears physical as the CMC hold on to its letters to keep them from flying off from the blast of the explosion.
** When Nurse Redheart interrupts Fleetfoot's ImagineSpot, she asked Big Mac if she is with Fleetfoot, to which he responds "Nope." In panel, we can see the romantic ThoughtBubble of Fleetfoot being punctured by a nail that came out of Big Mac's single-minded balloon, once she hears Big Mac's reply.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Fleetfoot falls for Big Mac as soon she meets him. The concussion she received after falling from the sky also helped a bit.
** Same with Tealove. Again, the concussion she got from bumping into him probably helped.
* LowerDeckEpisode: Starring Big [=McIntosh=] and the other citizens of Ponyville. While the Mane 6 are present (see MythologyGag below), they appear in the background.
* ManipulativeBastard: Spike, in running his "Kissy Kissy Booth + Crafts" stand. He gives a rather sad tale of not being able to sell his homemade figures, not to mention his "debonair smooching", basically conning Big Mac into buying a figure. In a second, Spike quickly affirms no refunds and tosses Big Mac's money on the rather large stash behind him.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Luna and Big [=McIntosh=] fit this trope like a glove. While Luna is loud, assertive, athletic and the goddamn ''Princess of the Night'', Big Mac is quiet, shy, polite and very gentle.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Time Turner freaking about his fobwatch, revealing he ''is'' The Doctor. Now his previous freakout on the 1st issue watched by one of the Observer Ponies makes more sense.
* {{Mondegreen}}: Sweetie Belle mishears the line "pyrotechnics" as "pirates", the code word to start the fireworks display. Later she mishears the ''new'' code word ("Frutie Barks") as "Cutie Marks" and launches another barrage of fireworks. The comic blatantly hints she will do it [[RuleOfThree a third time]] as the new ''new'' code word ("Peaty Mells") sounds almost exactly as her name, though her friends are smart enough to take the matches from her before this can happen.
** She still manages to do it again [[NoodleIncident somehow]] by Issue #10, burning down the craft tent.
* MundaneMadeAwesome:
** The Big Mac/Bulk Biceps conversation.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Hey you! Are you ready to buff up?
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Yeah!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': YEAH!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': '''YEAH!'''
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Well, okay, you have a nice day!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Yup.
** Luna's desire to win the Summer fair games. When she takes off her hoofboots and ties her mane into a pony tail, you ''know'' she's serious.
** Celestia is easily ''winning'' a hoof-wrestling match with Big Macintosh.
* MythologyGag: During Mac's rounds through the fair, the reader can see Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Twilight mentioning some off-screen adventure to their friends and family. It involved a lot of bees, a giant beehive and a "Sun Stone" - all part of the plot of "The End of Flutter Valley" series of episodes from ''MyLittlePonyAndFriends''.
* NewsTravelsFast: When Big Mac is dragged into performing as one of Sapphire Shores' dancers, he instead continues to look around for Lugnut - unaware that the dancers are all following his lead. By the time he gets to the hoedown later that day, his new "dance", the Navigator, has become the latest sensation among all the Ponyville citizens.
* [[NobodyPoops Nopony Poops]]: {{Averted|Trope}}, as Pound needs a diaper change when Mr. Cake foists the twins onto Big Mac. A toilet seat can be seen among the rubble of the destroyed hardware store, too.
* NoodleIncident: One of the booths that Big Mac visits in one of the splash pages is a science booth, where he somehow travels in time to save Ponyville from mutant apes and is returned five minutes before he left.
* OddFriendship: Big Mac is a quiet, shy farmer who gets picked by Luna (The Princess of the Night herself) as her teammate for the games. They form a surprisingly good team, as they both steamroll their oponents during the games, thanks for an unexpected great chemistry (they even win a syncronized swimming contest) that makes them enjoy the games and have a helluva of a good time. Big Mac even seems to forget his quest to get nails for a while. However, it's subverted by the end: Mac's first thought when Luna isn't looking is to sneak away from her and [[TheUnfettered get those nails]].
** DoubleSubversion. Luna and Big Mac go for a ride on a ferris wheel later that night. [[ShipTease Luna even kisses Big Mac.]]
* PictorialSpeechBubble: Throughout, Big Mac's need for a nail is illustrated simply by him thinking of a picture of a nail.
* TheQuietOne: Though an established character trait for Big Mac, his thoughts that provide the story's narration are much more detailed while his actual spoken words remain extremely terse.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The quiet and shy Big Mac forming a team with Luna, the explosive Princess of the Night. She absolutely ''adores'' the experience, which contaminates Big Mac a bit.
* SchmuckBait: The "Test Your Strength" booth with Princess Celestia there to hoof-wrestle all comers. Even Big Mac's CharlesAtlasSuperpower attempt doesn't do more then make her smirk at him.
* SelfDeprecation:
--> '''Spike''': Is this really going to be a '''''two-part story'''''?
* ShaggyDogStory: Big Mac wasn't out of nails, Applebloom had just hoarded them all in her clubhouse. What's more, the gazebo ends up completely wrecked by one of the Crusaders' balls of fireworks. Then subverted when Lugnut and Big Mac are shown fixing the gazebo with the Crusaders' help in the black and white slides.
* ShipTease: Luna plants a kiss on Big Mac's cheek during a ferris wheel ride. Also, when he meets up with Cheerilee, the first thing she does is give him a very affectionate hug.
* SoLongSuckers: The Cakes ask Big Mac if he could either watch the foals or deliver the cake. Big Mac gives a moment of hesitation, enough time for the Cakes to thrust the foals at him and run off with the cake, laughing and shouting "FREEDOM!".
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Played with. Zecora has to stop briefly while talking with Big Mac to come up with a proper rhyme when she next speaks.
--> '''Zecora''': You'll have to excuse me and give me pause[=/=]I have to think of a rhyme for my next clause.
* UnwantedHarem: By the end of the story arc, Big Mac gets no less than three mares to fall for him, completely by accident.
* WheelOfFeet: Luna at the start of the 7-legged race.
* WhenIWasYourAge: Granny Smith's rant.
* TheJoyOfX: Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair.
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[[caption-width-right:300:You have no idea, Big Mac...]]
-->Written by Katie Cook, Drawn by Andy Price, Colored by Heather Breckel
-->Released July and August 2013.
For Big [=McIntosh=], today was supposed to be another quiet day on the farm, but when Granny Smith tells him that the gazebo needs fixing, he finds he's [[ForWantOfANail run all out of nails]], and needs to make a trip into town. Unfortunately, today's the Summer Wrap-Up Festival, and the fairgrounds stand between him and the hardware store. As he tries to make his way though, Big Mac is waylaid by numerous citizens of town - the Cutie Mark Crusaders on another attempt to get their cutie marks with a fireworks launcher, the Cakes to help him babysit their foals for a few minutes, and even Princess Luna drags Big [=McIntosh=] to be her partner for the game events. Eventually, he reaches the hardware store - only to find it both closed down for the fair, and in ruins after being hit by one of the CMC's accidental launches.
Determined to find nails, Big Mac returns back into the fray of the festival, now looking for Lugnut, the hardware store owner, running into more antics from the various Ponyville citizens, as well as avoiding another CMC disaster. As the sun sets, he has yet to find Lugnut, and starts to head for home considering the day wasted. Zecora suggests that he think about all the memories of the rest of the day, and he realizes that while he didn't find his nails, he did have a good time. She also points out that she saw Lugnut back at his store. Big Mac finds him there and learns that the store's supply of nails melted when the fireworks hit it. Lugnut recalls that Apple Bloom should have some to spare, since she took all the nails on the farm to build the CMC's fireworks launcher. He gives Big Mac some nails from the launcher, which he has since dismantled, and promises to deliver some lumber to the farm the next day. A confused Big Mac returns home and finds the gazebo in ruins, the latest and last victim of the CMC's pyrotechnics.
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!!These issues contain examples of:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Sweetcream Scoops to Big [=McIntosh=], as usual.
** Based on his expressions and thought, he defines Luna as this by the end of #9.
** Fleetfoot escapes the first aid tent to stalk Big Mac in #10.
** Tealove joins the fray during #10 as well, and Photo Finish does the same on her own special way.
* AccidentalDanceCraze: Big [=McIntosh=] is mistaken as the lead dancer of Sapphire Shores's crew and dragged up her float for her show. Since he's already up there, Mac decides to try looking for Lugnut among the crowds and stands on his hind legs to get a better view: the rest of the dancers copy his movements as the music plays and eventually the entire thing catches on. The dancers decide to call it "The Navigator" and it spreads like fire among Ponyville.
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Big [=McIntosh=].
* AscendedMeme: Lyra walks away from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's advice booth with a thought bubble, a picture of a chair with a red "no" symbol over it. Ever since Lyra's appearance in "Dragonshy" where she's sitting on one of the benches like a human rather than a pony, the fandom has tagged Lyra as wanting to be more human-like or at least sit in more seemingly awkward positions that would be normal for humans but odd for ponies.
** A mailbox outside of Derpy's "house" ([[ContinuityNod the cocoon she was trapped in back in Issue #1]]) reads "D. Hooves", affirming her fan-given last name.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Not even a strongpony like Mac beats Celestia in hoofwrestling.
* BigBallOfViolence: Fleetfoot and Tealove get into one over Big Mac. Naturally, he isn't paying attention.
* BigEater: During the single-page chart showing Big mac's progression through the fair, he stops at three different food booths, each time eating an absurd amount of food/drink.
* BreatherEpisode: After two arcs dealing with supernatural threats, this one just focuses on characters going about their business.
* BrickJoke:
** Early in #9, Sweetie Belle mistakenly sets off the fireworks early. It's alluded to that the launch seemed to cause some sort of damage, but only at the end is it revealed that the hardware store Big Mac has been looking for has burned down due to the earlier launch. This is even mentioned by Scootaloo, stating that the fate of the firework "ball" is the "future's problem".
** The gag itself gets repeated in issue #10, when Snips sets off the CMC's fireworks catapult ''again''. At the end of the issue it turns out that it hit the gazebo Big Mac was trying to repair.
** On the very first issue, we get a quick view of Time Turner staring at a fobwatch with a surprised expression. On ''this'' issue he's back, freaking out about how "the watch is him."
* BurningWithAnger: Big Mac's reaction after failing the ball-throw twice.
* [[ButtMonkey Butt Pony]]: Big Mac all throughout the story arc.
* CallBack: Spike and Angel don their vaudeville-like outfits and fake mustaches (used for narrative in Issue #3) to provide the dramatic cliffhanger (and a terrible pun) for Issue #9.
** In #10, Big Mac wins a stuffed pony modeled after Pinkie's PaperThinDisguise from the first comic arc.
** Which he then passes off to Fleetfoot, who has escaped from the first aid tent (where she was taken after her crash-landing in #9) and is now stalking him.
** Derpy apparently now lives in the cocoon she was trapped in back in Issue #1 during the Changeling invasion.
* CatFight: Fleetfoot and Tealove get into one over Big Mac. One panel even has them pose as cats hissing at each other.
* ChickMagnet: Big [=McIntosh=]. '''Luna herself''' is charmed by and openly expresses how much she likes him and enjoys his company (although she's too focused on winning the games to display any ''romantic'' interest. At least until she spends a ferris wheel ride with him).
** CluelessChickMagnet: Big [=McIntosh=] ''never'' notices the looks and whistles he gets from young mares, famous celebrities and even ''the Princess of the Night'' during his search for nails. Inverted in the case of Sweetcream Scoops, which Big Mac states in his internal dialog "DANGER! Abort! Abort!"
* CityOfWeirdos: Invoked in the cover for issue #9 by Andy Price.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The CMC, to no surprise. Their first fireworks conflagration flies off into the unknown. Scootaloo's first thought is basically "where are we going to get more fireworks?"
* ContinuityCameo: Given that this is an issue dedicated to the background characters, these should come as no surprise:
** Donut Joe is running a stand at the summer fair.
** Derpy Hooves and Time Turner are next to the Muffins booth which naturally doubles as a ShoutOut to Series/DoctorWho.
** Octavia Melody and Parish Nandermane have their cart stolen, unknown to them, by the CMC.
** Lyra is taking advice from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon about her habits of sitting like a human.
** Flax Seed, from the Rarity micro-comic, is running a stand, and Roseluck is carrying a bag with the "F&W" (Flax and Wheat) logo that Rarity designed for them.
** Mr. Waddle announces the start of the games; in continuing from his appearance in "Hearts and Hooves Day", he is apparently a pony of the cloth.
** DJ Pon-3 is off singing to herself a song on her iPod-like device in issue #9, and DJ-ing the Hoedown in issue #10.
** Derpy later appears on a sign on Spike's theater prop.
** One of the barber ponies is Barber Groomsby, who was introduced in one of the more recent "G4" blindbag waves.
** Cherry Jubilee and other residents from Dodge are on one float.
** Sapphire Shores is leading a musical act on one of the floats.
** Peewee the phoenix chick is hanging around with Spike.
** Photo Finish discovers the beauty of Big Mac as a photography subject.
** Flim and Flam are trying to sell "Parasprite Away", at a "bargain price" of [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts 5 bottles for the cost of 7]].
** Discord and Queen Chrysalis appear as both part of Spike's figurines, and on a photo posing board.
** Other appearances include Pipsqueak, Snips, Snails, Wild Fire, Cranky Doodle Donkey, and Rarity's parents. The usual Cavalcade of normal show background ponies (e.g. Sweetie Drops/Bon Bon, Minuette, Golden Harvest, etc.) all appear as bystanders throughout.
* ContinuityNod: Big [=McIntosh=] was called on by the CMC to repair the gazebo from "Hearts and Hooves Day".
** Trixie has set up a puppet show for the kiddies retelling [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters the Ursa Minor incident]] [[RashomonStyle in a very different way]], mentioned by Big Mac himself.
** Princess Luna arrives to have fun at the Summer festival, showing that while she still has a few odd mannerisms such as the antiquated speaking style, the lessons of "Luna Eclipsed" have stayed with her.
*** And she even gives a Fluttershy-ism after one rather loud demand to Big Mac:
---> '''Princess Luna''': '''You there, thou hast the appearance of being physically fit and increasing my chances of winning. Come forth.''' ''If you don't mind, please.''
** The Cake Twins are still exhibiting extraordinary magic and flight abilities for baby foals.
** Parade balloons of in-universe fictional characters Daring Do and the Mysterious Mare-Do-Well are part of the parade.
** Summer Wrap-up starts the next day, including the ponies in their duty vests, a song that matches the phrasing of "Winter Wrap-Up" and a panel that recreates one scene from the show.
** Big Mac gives a sidelong {{Death Glare}} to Flim and Flam.
* CouldntFindALighter: Sweetie Belle lights the match by striking it [[RuleOfCool against her chin!]]
* CrashIntoHello: Fleetfoot meets Big Mac this way.
** And in the next issue, Tealove.
* CrocodileTears: Spike uses this to guilt trip ponies into buying his merchandise. Given the massive pile of bits behind him, it's been a good strategy for him.
* DeconstructiveParody: Luna, at least for Big Mac. At first he likes her, but soon her [[LargeHam personality]] wears thin and he sneaks away to continue his search for nails.
* TheDitz: Sweetie Belle is either this, or indulging in pyromania.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Big Mac tried a "test your strength" machine. It cost him ten bits to repair the broken bell.
* EasyComeEasyGo: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated.]] Big Mac wins 5 bits playing with horse shoes, [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength only to break the strength hammer swing game, costing him 10 bits.]]
* ExplosiveStupidity: Pretty much expected with the [=CMC=] and their attempts to get their cutie marks by setting off their fireworks. Sweetie Belle eventually does this ''twice'' by lighting their stacks as a result of [[MondeGreen mishearing the code words]] from the other crusaders. They don't get hurt but they do wind up destroying the hardware store and the gazebo.
* ExpressiveShirt: Luna wears one while competing along with Big Mac during the festival which constantly changes lines like "Blame my sister!", "Dream Girl", and "Best". [[https://twitter.com/AndyPriceArt/status/358974917988999168 It's like the artist has a certain fascination with the character.]] There's even a StealthPun in there: "Dream Girl"? She certainly is one.
* FantasticTimeManagement: During the splash page of Big Mac's trip through the fair, he stops by the Science Fair tent. He ends up sucked into a timewarp, saves Ponyville from a bunch of Mutant Apes, then arrives back five minutes before he left.
* FlyingBrick: Luna can pull off a WheelOfFeet with a full-grown stallion lashed to one leg, and she can overpower four mares in a tug-of-war with just her neck (though Big Mac was clearly helping with that one).
* FourthWallPortrait: Andy Price's ponysona draws a caricature of Big [=McIntosh=] which looks more like a real-life horse than the cartoon style, which he tries to sell to Mac.
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': Nope.
* ForWantOfANail: Big Mac's empty nail box is labeled "'For Want Of' Brand Nails". Also the principle driver for the story as, well, Big Mac needs more nails to fix the gazebo.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Big Mac is meandering through the fair on the splash page, you can see signs directing him to the wood crafts tent, where he hopes to find nails. Even a sign mid-way through promises "Nail art" at the tent. When he gets there, all he finds is another sign "Sorry, all out of nails".
** Fleetfoot's "stalking" of Big Mac in Issue #10, which then extends to Tealove and their eventual catfight over Big Mac.
* FurryReminder: The carnival game busker even points out that it's hard for a pony to hold a baseball, and Big Mac has problems throwing it until he resorts to a well-placed buck that destroys the game stall.
* GameBreaker: In-universe, half of the competitors at the fair are shooting angry looks at Luna and Big Mac, clearly aware that the Princess now has an advantage they can't possibly beat ([[FlyingBrick if they could even beat her to begin with]]).
** In issue #10, Celestia is even stronger. Big Mac is hoof-wrestling against her, but despite his own SuperStrength, he's straining as hard as he can, and Celestia's just smirking.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Coincidence or fandom nod, but Fleetfoot does the infamous [="Wing Boner"=] stance, pounding heart and all, when she notices how handsome Big Mac is.
** Sweetcream Scoops and her kisses booth. Look at the ''mountain'' of gold behind of her.
** One of the booths says "Guess your weight, age or sex", granted, it is referring to guessing their gender, but still...
* HilarityEnsues: When the [=CMC=] attempt to get their cutie marks using a firework launcher.
* ImagineSpot: Fleetfoot has one [[ShipTease about marrying Big McIntosh]] presented as a TimeCompressionMontage.
** Tealove gets a similar montage after she bumps into him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon ask Big Mac why he wears his bulky, heavy yoke all the time, even when he's not doing any farm work.
* LamePunReaction: The pets to Spike's 'nail' jokes, while he's doing the narrating.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The Sound Effect "BOOM" when the fireworks go off in the distance appears physical as the CMC hold on to its letters to keep them from flying off from the blast of the explosion.
** When Nurse Redheart interrupts Fleetfoot's ImagineSpot, she asked Big Mac if she is with Fleetfoot, to which he responds "Nope." In panel, we can see the romantic ThoughtBubble of Fleetfoot being punctured by a nail that came out of Big Mac's single-minded balloon, once she hears Big Mac's reply.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Fleetfoot falls for Big Mac as soon she meets him. The concussion she received after falling from the sky also helped a bit.
** Same with Tealove. Again, the concussion she got from bumping into him probably helped.
* LowerDeckEpisode: Starring Big [=McIntosh=] and the other citizens of Ponyville. While the Mane 6 are present (see MythologyGag below), they appear in the background.
* ManipulativeBastard: Spike, in running his "Kissy Kissy Booth + Crafts" stand. He gives a rather sad tale of not being able to sell his homemade figures, not to mention his "debonair smooching", basically conning Big Mac into buying a figure. In a second, Spike quickly affirms no refunds and tosses Big Mac's money on the rather large stash behind him.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Luna and Big [=McIntosh=] fit this trope like a glove. While Luna is loud, assertive, athletic and the goddamn ''Princess of the Night'', Big Mac is quiet, shy, polite and very gentle.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Time Turner freaking about his fobwatch, revealing he ''is'' The Doctor. Now his previous freakout on the 1st issue watched by one of the Observer Ponies makes more sense.
* {{Mondegreen}}: Sweetie Belle mishears the line "pyrotechnics" as "pirates", the code word to start the fireworks display. Later she mishears the ''new'' code word ("Frutie Barks") as "Cutie Marks" and launches another barrage of fireworks. The comic blatantly hints she will do it [[RuleOfThree a third time]] as the new ''new'' code word ("Peaty Mells") sounds almost exactly as her name, though her friends are smart enough to take the matches from her before this can happen.
** She still manages to do it again [[NoodleIncident somehow]] by Issue #10, burning down the craft tent.
* MundaneMadeAwesome:
** The Big Mac/Bulk Biceps conversation.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Hey you! Are you ready to buff up?
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Yeah!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': YEAH!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': '''YEAH!'''
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Nope.
--> '''Bulk Biceps''': Well, okay, you have a nice day!
--> '''Big [=McIntosh=]''': ...Yup.
** Luna's desire to win the Summer fair games. When she takes off her hoofboots and ties her mane into a pony tail, you ''know'' she's serious.
** Celestia is easily ''winning'' a hoof-wrestling match with Big Macintosh.
* MythologyGag: During Mac's rounds through the fair, the reader can see Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Twilight mentioning some off-screen adventure to their friends and family. It involved a lot of bees, a giant beehive and a "Sun Stone" - all part of the plot of "The End of Flutter Valley" series of episodes from ''MyLittlePonyAndFriends''.
* NewsTravelsFast: When Big Mac is dragged into performing as one of Sapphire Shores' dancers, he instead continues to look around for Lugnut - unaware that the dancers are all following his lead. By the time he gets to the hoedown later that day, his new "dance", the Navigator, has become the latest sensation among all the Ponyville citizens.
* [[NobodyPoops Nopony Poops]]: {{Averted|Trope}}, as Pound needs a diaper change when Mr. Cake foists the twins onto Big Mac. A toilet seat can be seen among the rubble of the destroyed hardware store, too.
* NoodleIncident: One of the booths that Big Mac visits in one of the splash pages is a science booth, where he somehow travels in time to save Ponyville from mutant apes and is returned five minutes before he left.
* OddFriendship: Big Mac is a quiet, shy farmer who gets picked by Luna (The Princess of the Night herself) as her teammate for the games. They form a surprisingly good team, as they both steamroll their oponents during the games, thanks for an unexpected great chemistry (they even win a syncronized swimming contest) that makes them enjoy the games and have a helluva of a good time. Big Mac even seems to forget his quest to get nails for a while. However, it's subverted by the end: Mac's first thought when Luna isn't looking is to sneak away from her and [[TheUnfettered get those nails]].
** DoubleSubversion. Luna and Big Mac go for a ride on a ferris wheel later that night. [[ShipTease Luna even kisses Big Mac.]]
* PictorialSpeechBubble: Throughout, Big Mac's need for a nail is illustrated simply by him thinking of a picture of a nail.
* TheQuietOne: Though an established character trait for Big Mac, his thoughts that provide the story's narration are much more detailed while his actual spoken words remain extremely terse.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The quiet and shy Big Mac forming a team with Luna, the explosive Princess of the Night. She absolutely ''adores'' the experience, which contaminates Big Mac a bit.
* SchmuckBait: The "Test Your Strength" booth with Princess Celestia there to hoof-wrestle all comers. Even Big Mac's CharlesAtlasSuperpower attempt doesn't do more then make her smirk at him.
* SelfDeprecation:
--> '''Spike''': Is this really going to be a '''''two-part story'''''?
* ShaggyDogStory: Big Mac wasn't out of nails, Applebloom had just hoarded them all in her clubhouse. What's more, the gazebo ends up completely wrecked by one of the Crusaders' balls of fireworks. Then subverted when Lugnut and Big Mac are shown fixing the gazebo with the Crusaders' help in the black and white slides.
* ShipTease: Luna plants a kiss on Big Mac's cheek during a ferris wheel ride. Also, when he meets up with Cheerilee, the first thing she does is give him a very affectionate hug.
* SoLongSuckers: The Cakes ask Big Mac if he could either watch the foals or deliver the cake. Big Mac gives a moment of hesitation, enough time for the Cakes to thrust the foals at him and run off with the cake, laughing and shouting "FREEDOM!".
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Played with. Zecora has to stop briefly while talking with Big Mac to come up with a proper rhyme when she next speaks.
--> '''Zecora''': You'll have to excuse me and give me pause[=/=]I have to think of a rhyme for my next clause.
* UnwantedHarem: By the end of the story arc, Big Mac gets no less than three mares to fall for him, completely by accident.
* WheelOfFeet: Luna at the start of the 7-legged race.
* WhenIWasYourAge: Granny Smith's rant.
* TheJoyOfX: Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair.
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