History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox

* ParentalBonus: The bowling alley scene features a few background ponies who [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed look an awful lot like]] the main characters ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Jesus]]) from ''TheBigLebowski''. Behold, [[http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/387553_10150369639653026_572648025_8303893_48402492_n.jpg Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman]] and [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/198894-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic John Turturro]] as ponies.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Twilight's book on the Cutie Pox goes to great efforts on this. Lampshaded by Spike.
-->'''Spike:''' Try saying ''that'' ten times fast!\\
'''Twilight:''' [[DudeNotFunny *bucks Spike off her back*]]

** Also, at the bowling alley, one of the background ponies was modeled off [[TheBigLebowski a pedophile]].

* BaitAndSwitchComment: From Cheerilee

** "My Little Lebowski" references a movie that little girls [[TheBigLebowski should not be watching]]. And worse, in the original movie Jesus Quintana ''was a pedophile''!

** The whole episode plays out like an episode of [[HouseMD House]], all that was needed was for Zecora to be a total JerkAss.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Apparently, anypony who even ''reminds'' Spike of Rarity earns his enamor, as demonstrated when Twilight's hair is momentarily styled like Rarity's thanks to Apple Bloom's [[YouWannaGetSued loop-de-hoop]] skills.

--> '''Pinkie Pie:''' Augh! Make it stop, MAKE IT STOP!

* BeyondTheImpossible: Apple Bloom stacks feat upon feat as new cutie marks appear, starting with loop-de-hooping and spinning plates and moving on to incorporate sculpting and lifting a barbell [[PrehensileTail with her tail]].

* RhymesOnADime: Zecora appears in this episode in top form, as usual. In fact, she makes an on-the-fly rhyme for a situation that [[BeyondTheImpossible she couldn't possibly have known about beforehand.]]

* ShipTease: When Apple Bloom is teaching her classmates how to use a hula hoop, she tosses one to Snips. He blushes. [[ToyShip It has led to shipping]].

** "My Little Lebowski" references a movie that little girls [[TheBigLebowski should not watching]]. And worse, in the original movie Jesus Quintana ''was a pedophile''!

* [[GodivaHair Godiva Mane]] - on Apple Bloom's statue of Venus, although [[AnimeAnatomy what she's supposed to be covering]] is unclear.

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One bright sunny day, Apple Bloom and the Cutie Mark Crusaders decide to try their hooves at bowling! They fail miserably (as usual), but what's this? As Apple Bloom makes her throw, someone yells "Cool! A bowling cutie mark!" Apple Bloom, excited, looks at her flank... which is still bare, as the cheers were for a young pony who happened to get a strike in the next lane. To add insult to injury, her own ball finally completes its meandering journey to the pins, [[EpicFail only to bump against one without even budging it.]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Apple Bloom ''really'' wanted a cutie mark...she definitely wasn't expecting to come down with a magical disease that causes her to ''break out'' in cutie marks.

* YankTheDogsChain: Apple Bloom's attempts at bowling is met with applause when she gets a strike with another pony saying that she got a bowling cutie mark...except that was actually directed towards the pony who got a strike in the lane next to her. Apple Bloom's ball doesn't knock down a single pin. Considering how devastated she must have felt, it's no wonder Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle couldn't cheer her up.

--> '''Cheerilee:''' *sternly* Applebloom! I want you to take your loop-de-hoop into the yard!\\
'''Applebloom:''' *dejectedly* Yes ma'am.\\

'''Applebloom:''' *beams happily*
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Apple Bloom ''really'' wanted a cutie mark... she definitely wasn't expecting to come down with a magical disease that causes her to ''break out'' in cutie marks.

** You know something is bad when the third cutie mark shows up, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers because it's already been established that Applebloom can't dance.]]

** Literally -- Twilight's book mentions "the trots", which is slang for diarrhea in the UK.

** The bowling alley outside sign and some parts of its indoor decor sports a design aesthetic that mimics the [[http://www.spaceagecity.com/googie/ Googie/Populuxe]] modern architecture style of the mid 20th century. Even at least two of the background ponies have cutie marks based on common icons of this style.
** The whole episode plays out like an episode of [[HouseMD House]], all that was needed was for Zecora to be a total JerkAss.

** Apple Bloom also calls one of her hula hoop tricks "Hooplah," the name of a custom hula-hoop company.

** The imaginary symbol for "The Bowling Dolls" in the ColdOpen is styled after ''CharliesAngels''.

Desperate for a cure, Applejack takes Apple Bloom to see Twilight Sparkle for help. Twilight soon discovers that Apple Bloom has caught [[TitleDrop the Cutie Pox]], a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal puzzling plague that perplexed ponies back in the paleo-pony period]], where ponies earned multiple cutie marks and were compelled to act out every one of their talents. When Apple Bloom starts to speak in French, they resolve to find Zecora to ask for a cure, but are held back as Apple Bloom develops even more cutie marks and is immediately driven to perform each one. The citizens of Ponyville start to panic...

...and not five seconds after saying that, the Cutie Mark Crusaders announce that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint they've waited long enough, then happily run off into the distance to do some more crusading]]. Maybe Zecora can help them get their marks in potion-making!

* ShipTease: When Apple Bloom is teaching her classmates how to use a hula hoop, she tosses one to Snips. He blushes. [[ToyShip It has lead to shipping]].

* SingleTargetSexuality: Apparently, anypony who even ''reminds'' Spike of Rarity earns his enamor, as demonstrated when Twilight's hair is momentarily styled like Rarity's.

** Applejack , the Element of Honesty, couldn't make the Seeds of Truth bloom. Zecora implies that it has to be a confession, [[FridgeBrilliance and Applejack had no lie to confess]].

'''Big Macintosh:''' Nope!\\

* ParentalBonus: The bowling alley scene features a few background ponies who [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed look an awful lot like]] the main characters from ''TheBigLebowski''. Behold, [[http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/387553_10150369639653026_572648025_8303893_48402492_n.jpg Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman]] and [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/198894-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic John Turturro]] as ponies.

* LoopholeAbuse/ExactWords: Applebloom said she'd wait, never said how long.

'''Twilight:''' [[DudeNotFunny *bumps Spike off her back*]]