History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion

* NotSoinnocentWhistle:

* ShownTheirWork: As improbable as it seems, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse#Lifespan_and_life_stages according to]] Wiki/TheOtherWiki horses live on average 25-30 years and begin to breed at the age of four (with a gestation period of a year) so it is entirely plausible that four generations of horses (Auntie Applesauce down to Applejack, Apple Bloom and Big Macintosh) can be alive at the same time.

* ContinuityCavalcade: Nearly single Apple family member we've been introduced to thus far in the series appears, from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Apple Fritter]] to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Braeburn]] to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E11FamilyAppreciationDay Uncle Strudel]] to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple Babs Seed]], and more. As a bonus, we're introduced to [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters even more Apples]]!

* GonnaNeedMoreX: When Granny Smith realizes [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters how many Apples]] are coming to the reunion:

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Inevitable for a show about an Apple family reunion. On the other hoof, for a show supposedly about Applejack, there are a lot of ponies who ''aren't Applejack'', and we spend a lot of the episode with them.

* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines: Three members of the extended Apple family arrive in an airship.

** Similarly, [[AllThereInTheScript Cherry Berry]], Cloudchaser, [[FanNickname Dizzy Twister]], [[FanNickname Flounder]], [[AllThereInTheScript Golden Harvest]]/[[AllThereInTheScript Carrot Top]], [[FanNickname Green Gem]], Mr. Greenhooves, [[AllThereInTheScript Helia]], [[AllThereInTheScript Lucky Clover]], [[AllThereInTheScript Meadow Song]], [[AllThereInTheScript Shoeshine]], and [[AllThereInTheScript Sweetie Drops]]/[[AllThereInTheScript Bon Bon]] can be seen in one or two frames. That said, they could be easily be family friends, in-laws, or even just wanting to know what's going on with the music, and unlike Hayseed Turnip Truck, none of them are included in the family photo.

** WorstWhateverEver: Heartbreakingly uttered by Applejack before she turns things around.
--->'''Applejack:''' [[TearJerker/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic The only thing anypony's gonna remember about this reunion...is that it was the worst one we ever had]].

* UpToEleven: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}; Applejack thinks that taking the family reunion activities UpToEleven will make things more memorable, but all it does is make everypony exhausted and destroy her property.

* YouWereTryingTooHard: Applejack's basic problem over organizing the family reunion.

* {{Adorkable}}: Granny Smith when she was young; her failure to sew and her harmless country swear are huggable.

** The brief scene where Pinkie drinks honey from a beehive and then spits out a bee when she burps is possibly a ShoutOut to old [[Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]] shorts.

* AmericanGothicCouple: Yep, the Apple family still has that painting from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]".

* BabyTalk: [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Baby Applejack]].

* WritersCannotDoMath: Granny Smith states that the last Apple family reunion was 100 moons ago. Since the phrase "moon" refers to a complete 28 day lunar cycle that would mean the last reunion was 2800 days (7.66 years) ago. But we saw the Apple family reunion in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon pilot episode.]] So either its been seven years since Twilight first came to Ponyville or Equestria has a weird lunar cycle or Applejack mixed up the reason why her family was there in the pilot episode as she was overworked when she told Twilight about this and they were there for some other event. If lunar quarters -- waxing, full, waning, new -- are reckoned as separate "moons", then that would be just over two years, which would make the episode timing spot on. Of course, then the ponies would be calling their weeks "months", since month is a cognate, and this conflicts with temporal terminology used in other episodes.

* EmbarrassingOldPhoto:Granny Smith isn't fond of the photo taken during her first failed attempt at adding a patch to the Apple family quilt.

** Applejack demonstrates the "Bobbing for Apples" game by stuffing her mouth full of apples, as in [[PonyDotMov APPLE.MOV]].

* ShownTheirWork: As improbable as it seems, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse#Lifespan_and_life_stages according to]] TheOtherWiki horses live on average 25-30 years and begin to breed at the age of four (with a gestation period of a year) so it is entirely plausible that four generations of horses (Auntie Applesauce down to Applejack, Apple Bloom and Big Macintosh) can be alive at the same time.

* AbsenteeActor:
** Applejack is the only main character with a prominent role in this episode. Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Spike only get brief cameos (with only Pinkie getting a speaking role), while Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy are nowhere to be seen.
** Braeburn returns, but he's relegated to several background cameos, with his only clear line being an "Uh-huh" in a deep voice.

* NotSoinnocentWhistle: Big Mac gives one after stealing an apple fritter. Applejack is not fooled.
** Rainbow Dash gives one earlier after 'accidentally' zapping Applejack with a stormcloud.