History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie

* {{80s Hair}}: Schoolgirl!Cheerilee

* WastedSong: Pinkie Pie's cupcake song is 25 seconds of catchy goodness. Listening to it will result in an almost irresistible desire to obtain and eat cupcakes.

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Was intended to be one for a spinoff starring the Cutie Mark Crusaders, which never surfaced.

* SelectiveEnforcement / CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The second Apple Bloom's lips touch the note Diamond Tiara is trying to pass, Cheerilee comes down on her like a ton of bricks -- ignoring Diamond Tiara being on the other end of it, and ''then'' ignoring that DT loudly mocks her in the middle of class, ''and'' that the whole thing was a setup. Ponyville's school system clearly has not instituted a zero-tolerance policy on bullying.

* PersonalRaincloud: When Rainbow Dash remarks that Apple Bloom's got "a dark cloud over her head", [[LiteralMetaphor she means it quite literally]].

Apple Bloom is at school one day, listening intently to her teacher Cheerilee delivering a lecture on "cutie marks", the picture on a pony's flank that helps represent who they are and what they can do. Apple Bloom is one of the last girls in her class to get a cutie mark, alongside her nerdy friend Twist. This makes them a prime target for teasing from [[AlphaBitch Diamond Tiara]] and [[TheDragon Silver Spoon,]] a pair of bossy, spoiled, upper-class fillies who already have their cutie marks, and are only inviting Apple Bloom and Twist to Tiara's "cuteceañera" so they can lord it over the "blank-flanks".

* AlphaBitch: Diamond Tiara, with Silver Spoon as TheDragon.

* {{Expy}}: Twist closely resembles PepperAnn.

* ShoutOut: Who would have expected a MyLittlePony episode making a ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' reference, if even only in name?

* BegoneBribe: [[AllInTheScript Time Turner]] ends up buying an apple just so that Apple Bloom stop hounding him.

* BegoneBribe: A male poney ends up buying an apple just so that Apple Bloom stop hounding him.
* BlatantLies: At the cuteceañera, Apple Bloom claims that she now has a cutie mark but can't show it because it's so incredibly amazing. Diamond Tiara actually buys it when threatened with being outshone at her own party, but the ruse doesn't hold for long.
** Apple Bloom, telling Bon Bon that she [Bon Bon] bought those apples.

* EurekaMoment: On learning that getting a cutie mark late runs in the family, Apple Bloom thinks that maybe her cutie mark is related to something else that runs in the family: apples!

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Outshined at your own cuteceañera, can you imagine how embarrassing that would be?"

* JustForPun: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincea%C3%B1era Cuteceañera]]."
* {{Leitmotif}}: That background music during the Cuteceañera, which gets turned into the Cutie Mark Crusaders' theme.

* ShoutOut: Who would have expected a MyLittlePony episode making a ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' reference?

* MotorMouth: Apple Bloom explaining her problem to Rainbow Dash. Her exact quote is way too long to put here.

* PersonalRaincloud: When Rainbow Dash remarks that Apple Bloom's got "a dark cloud over her head", [[VisualPun she means it quite literally]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Absolutely not a metaphor for puberty.]] [[hottip:*:[[GeniusBonus Note the magnetic permeability symbol on the chalkboard]].]]

** The title is a Creator/HPLovecraft reference, too.
** Or perhaps to TheCallOfTheWild?

* BrickJoke: The horribly burned cupcakes that Applebloom cooks are later decorated and served to unsuspecting party guests. HilarityEnsues.

->'''Apple Bloom:''' You don't have any cutie marks either? I thought I was the only one!
->'''Scootaloo:''' We thought we were the only two!

* ArgumentOfContradictions: Apple Bloom and Scootaloo do this. "Maybe that's our special talent: arguing." "Is not!" "Is too!" "Is not!" "Is too! Anything yet?" "Darn." A [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xsjb13xPdk YouTube video]] parodies this by having the logo of FoxNews appear as the cutie mark, suggesting that this is the type of behavior the network encourages with its style of reporting.

* AlphaBitch: Diamond Tiara, with Silver Spoon as TheDragon.

%% SEEN IT BEFORE?: If it happens in different episodes to the same character, you could put the trope in that character's description on the Characters page.

Apple Bloom is sent into a funk, until Rainbow Dash offers to coach Apple Bloom in all manner of activities until she finds what her special talent is. One [[TrainingMontage frantic, slapstick montage]] later, and the only thing Apple Bloom has earned is a distaste for sports and a few bruises. Fortunately, Pinkie Pie needs some assistance making treats at Sugar Cube Corner, and Apple Bloom brightens at the prospect of earning a cutie mark in baking. Unfortunately, Apple Bloom's attempt at making cupcakes only demonstrates that cooking is definitely ''not'' her special talent, and the only thing she gets on her flank is some spilled flour.

* SelectiveEnforcement[=/=]CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The second Apple Bloom's lips touch the note Diamond Tiara is trying to pass, Cheerilee comes down on her like a ton of bricks -- ignoring Diamond Tiara being on the other end of it, and ''then'' ignoring that DT loudly mocks her in the middle of class, ''and'' that the whole thing was a setup. Ponyville's school system clearly has not instituted a zero-tolerance policy on bullying.
* ShoutOut: Who would have expected a MyLittlePony episode making a ''CallOfDuty'' reference?
** The title is a HPLovecraft reference, too.

Apple Bloom is sent into a funk, until Rainbow Dash offers to coach Apple Bloom in all manner of activities until she finds what her special talent is. One frantic, slapstick montage later, and the only thing Apple Bloom has earned is a distaste for sports and a few bruises. Fortunately, Pinkie Pie needs some assistance making treats at Sugar Cube Corner, and Apple Bloom brightens at the prospect of earning a cutie mark in baking. Unfortunately, Apple Bloom's attempt at making cupcakes only demonstrates that cooking is definitely ''not'' her special talent, and the only thing she gets on her flank is some spilled flour.

Apple Bloom is at school one day, listening intently to her teacher Cheerilee delivering a lecture on "cutie marks", the picture on a pony's flank that helps represent who they are and what they can do. Apple Bloom is one of the last girls in her class to get a cutie mark, alongside her nerdy friend Twist. This makes them a prime target for teasing from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, a pair of bossy, spoiled, upper-class fillies who already have their cutie marks, and are only inviting Apple Bloom and Twist to Tiara's "cuteceañera" so they can lord it over the "blank-flanks".

* MotorMouth: "[=TheresacuteceanerathisafternoonandeveryponyinmyclasswillbethereandtheyallhavetheircutiemarksandIwannagetmycutiemarkbutI'mnogoodatsellingapplesbutIreallywannagotothepartybuthowcanIgotothepartyifIdon'thavemycutiemarkcausemybigsistersaysI'mgonnagetiteventuallybut=] - I want it ''now!''"

* MotorMouth: "[="TheresacuteceanerathisafternoonandeveryponyinmyclasswillbethereandtheyallhavetheircutiemarksandIwannagetmycutiemarkbutI'mnogoodatsellingapplesbutIreallywannagotothepartybuthowcanIgotothepartyifIdon'thavemycutiemarkcausemybigsistersaysI'mgonnagetiteventuallybut=] - I want it ''now!''""

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A minor example, but it was Rainbow Dash that told Apple Bloom to keep trying various things in rapid succession in the hopes that she finds her mark. This would be carried on into the Cutie Mark Crusaders modus operendi.