History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E16ItAintEasyBeingBreezies

* BodyHorror: The Mane 6's transformation into Breezies -- in which their limbs, head and torso shrink down individually and in random order -- doesn't really look all too pleasant. Rarity herself is disgusted when an antenna forms out of her neck.

* EverythingsWorseWithBees: Seabreeze crashes into a beehive, and the residents are more than a little upset at the damage.

* BodyHorror: The Mane 6's transformation into Breezies -- in which their limbs, head and torso shrink down individually and in random order -- doesn't really look all too pleasant.

** Fluttershy mentions that she knows so much about the Breezies because she went to study them during [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd "Three's a Crowd"]].

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The Breezies have an accent that falls somewhere between a Scottish and Scandinavian. Seabreeze, in particular, sounds very much like Dexter. Kudos to Brian Drummond for a spot-on imitation of Christine Cavanaugh.

* SurroundedByIdiots: Seabreeze may've been too harsh with his compatriots, but then It Ain't Easy Being Civil, when your compatriots are shortsighted and self-indulgent dead-beats, who are eager to abandon their homes and families (even if one argues it's their business, they are also denying Seabreeze the return to ''his'' family) for the sake of stuffing their mouths and lazing off at Fluttershy's expense. If that wasn't bad enough, [[TooDumbToLive they are doing this is a world that is basically a]] DeathWorld to them, and they are disrupting an important supply mission for their world.

** This isn't the first time that Twilight's used a full [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver cross species]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies transformation]] in the show, although it's the first time that she's done it to a pony ''intentionally'' (i.e., not counting the time she [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles accidentally turned her parents into potted plants]]).

* JerkassHasAPoint: As mean as he is to the other breezies, Seabreeze is right to stress the urgency of their need to return home while the other Breezies are slacking off.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Averted. There is no obvious difference between male and female Breezies, though clearly the ponies and other Breezies can tell them apart. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsLuRd7FGnE Though as a reviewer pointed out]], the mane styles might give a hint.

* BioluminescenceIsCool: Seabreeze demonstrates that the tips of the breezie's antennae glow.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seabreeze's group of breezies ''look'' innocent and seem well behaved, but they don't hesitate to exploit Fluttershy's hospitality and aren't the slightest bit interested in continuing their journey home. Combined with the fact that they were at the tail end of the flight to begin with, Seabreeze's [[CassandraTruth accusations seem more accurate than anything else.]]

* BodyHorror: The Mane 6's transformation into breezies -- in which their limbs, head and torso shrink down individually and in random order -- doesn't really look all too pleasant.

*** Once again, a Breezie tangles with a beehive--this time with actual bees in it.

** When the Fluttershy tells the Breezies she can't let them go while they're sick, Seabreeze yells [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "D'oh!"]].

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: The Breezies' accent sounds like a strange mix between Scottish and Scandinavian. Or Eastern European -- Seabreeze sounds an awful lot like Dexter, especially in his cadence and in the way he pronounces "stupid."

** Fluttershy is worried she may have stepped on Seabreeze (see BlackComedy above) in the same way she thought she may have sat on [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip "Appleteeny"]].

* BodyHorror: The Mane 6's transformation into breezies doesn't really look all too pleasant.

!!Tropes present in this episode (YMMV tropes go [[YMMV/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E16ItAintEasyBeingBreezies here]]):

-->'''Fluttershy''': I do know that if you don't leave soon, you may never make it back, and that would be terrible.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The Breezies have an accent that falls somewhere between a Scottish and Scandinavian.
** Seabreeze, in particular, sounds very much like Dexter. Kudos to Brian Drummond for a spot-on imitation of Christine Cavanaugh.

** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]", Dash tries to get Fluttershy to cheer loudly. Here, Fluttershy is trying to get Rainbow Dash and the other Mane Six to cheer more quietly (because loud noises will upset the Breezies). She even ends the ColdOpening with a small "yay." This scene even takes place in the same field that the original "Sonic Rainboom" occurred at.
** Fluttershy mentions that she knows so much about the Breezies because she went to study them during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd Three's a Crowd]]".

** Like Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy has a moment of realization that causes her eyes to flash rainbow, and gets an item from someone she helped that also shines rainbow--in this case, a flower from Seabreeze.

** The pair of sunglasses Fluttershy puts on to shield her eyes when Rarity unveils her sparkly cloak that nearly blinds everyone is the same pair she once wore to disguise herself from the public back in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]".
*** Another reference to Green Isn't Your Color: When Rarity thinks her outfit has too much purple, she accuses Twilight of being too polite to admit what was wrong, just as she was in that episode.

-->'''Fluttershy''': Oh, I understand the language of all kinds of creatures!\\
'''Seabreeze''' (rolling his eyes): Ooh, you must be so proud.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd Three's a Crowd]]", Fluttershy mentions being invited to observe the Breezies.
** This is the third episode title, following "Bats!" and "Pinkie Apple Pie", [[https://twitter.com/MMeghanMcCarthy/status/318848041757057024 to be tweeted by Meghan [=McCarthy=] on April Fools 2013]] that has turned out to be a true episode title.

* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Discussed by Rarity and Fluttershy, with Rarity's sequin-covered jacket - and [[UpToEleven the blouse under it]] - shown as [[SubvertedTrope subversions in-context]].
* EverythingsWorseWithBees: Seabreeze crashes into a beehive, and the residents are more than a little upset at the damage.

* FrothyMugsOfWater: While they're staying at Fluttershy's cottage, the Breezies have a party in which they slug back shots of grape juice.[[note]]Actually, they're drinking from tiny droplet-sized thimbles, but proportionally they are as big to the Breezies as Apple Family Cider mugs are to ponies.[[/note]]

* HoldYourHippogriffs: Seabreeze uses "everybreezie" and "nobreezie" the way the ponies use "everypony" and "nopony"; this is especially clear when he says "Home...where everybreezie is like us," pointing out how different the Breezies are from ponies and "everybreezie" else.

-->'''Rarity''': ''(nearly incandescent)'' I suppose this won't do either?
* {{Jerkass}}: Seabreeze, the head Breezie, repeatedly insults his fellow Breezies and is incredibly ungrateful to Fluttershy despite the fact that she's trying to help them. However, much of that stems from his desperation to return home to his family, and [[TookALevelInKindness he learns to be more kind and supportive of his Breezie brethren]].
** Unless his group only [[TookALevelInJerkass turned into a bunch of slackers]] when they met Fluttershy, he's been putting up with their shenanigans for some time. That makes his lack of patience considerably more understandable.

* [[MonsterIsAMommy Jerkass Is a Daddy]]: Part of the reason that Seabreeze is so anxious to get home is that he has a wife and kid waiting for him.

* MorphicResonance: When the Mane Six are transformed into Breezies, they keep their cutie marks (which real Breezies don't have), and Rarity and Twilight get to keep their unicorn horns (unlike [[https://derpibooru.org/562780 this fanart]] that was drawn before the episode aired).

*** Seabreeze was the name of one of the G2 ponies.

*** There's another portal to another dimension with a narrow window of opportunity, albeit different from the one in the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls feature film]].

--> '''Rarity:''' Oh, there's too much purple on this isn't there? I knew it. But Twilight refused to admit it.
-->'''Twilight:''' What!? I --

'''Fluttershy:''' ''(blushing)'' I'd... rather not say.

-->'''Seabreeze:''' I wish we did not need that [[spoiler:stupid]] breeze to activate our magic!
-->'''Seabreeze:''' There is nothing special about these [[spoiler:losers]]!

** Pinkie uses her tail to hang from a tree in the ColdOpen.

* ShipTease: Time Turner and Roseluck; see {{Shoutout}} below.

** Seabreeze. He's a tiny fae creature with a dark blue coat, a vaguely-Scottish-ish accent, and anger issues. He's a pony version of a bloody [[{{Discworld}} Nac Mac Feegle]].

* SurroundedByIdiots: Seabreeze may've been too harsh with his compatriots, but then It Aint Easy Being Civil, when your compatriots are shortsighted and self-indulgent dead-beats, who are eager to abandon their homes and families (even if one argues it's their business, they are also denying Seabreeze the return to ''his'' family) for the sake of stuffing their mouths and lazing off at Fluttershy's expense. If that wasn't bad enough, [[TooDumbToLive they are doing this is a world that is basically a]] DeathWorld to them, and they are disrupting an important supply mission for their world.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Averted. There is no obvious difference between male and female Breezies, though clearly the ponies and other Breezies can tell them apart.

* TravelMontage: Used when the Mane 6 as Breezies help the rest to the portal to their home.

* ViolentGlaswegian: Though the general accent used by the Breezies is a mix of Scottish and Scandinavian accents, Seebreeze as the leader and BraveScot of the group has a much stronger and violent dialect.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: The Breezies' accent sounds like a strange mix between Scottish and Scandinavian.
** Or Eastern European - Seabreeze sounds an awful lot like Dexter, especially in his cadence and in the way he pronounces "stupid."

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]] ]]

* AsYouKnow: The episode opens with Fluttershy explaining to the rest of the Mane Six that, as they know, the Breezies are about to come through Ponyville.

** This isn't the first time that Twilight's used a full [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver cross species]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies transformation]] in the show, although it's the first time that she's done it to a pony.

* MorphicResonance: When the Mane Six are transformed into Breezies, all of them have Breezie wings so there's no longer any distinction between earth ponies and pegasi, but Rarity and Twilight get to keep their unicorn horns (which means there's no distinction between unicorns and alicorns either).

** Seebreeze. He's a tiny fae creature with a dark blue coat, a vaguely-Scottish-ish accent, and anger issues. He's a pony version of a bloody [[{{Discworld}} Nac Mac Feegle]].

* AsYouKnow: The episode opens with Fluttershy explaining that, as they know, the Breezies are about to come through Ponyville.

** [[Series/DoctorWho Time Turner and Roseluck]] appear with each other again, with Time Turner inexplicably wearing [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E12ArmyOfGhosts 3D glasses]].

-->'''Seabreeze:''' I wish we did not need that "stupid" breeze to activate our magic!
-->'''Seabreeze:''' There is nothing special about these "losers"!

** The pair of sunglasses Fluttershy puts on to shield her eyes when Rarity unveals her sparkly cloak that nearly blinds everyone is the same pair she once wore to disguise herself from the public back in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]".

** The pair of sunglasses Fluttershy puts on to shield her eyes when Rarity unveals her sparkly cloak that nearly blinds everyone is the same pair she once wore to disguise herself from the public back in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]".
*** Another reference to Green Isn't Your Color: When Rarity thinks her outfit has too much purple, she accuses Twilight of being too polite to admit what was wrong, just as she was in that episode.

** One of the Breezies asks Fluttershy for a [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd tiny glass of water]].

* BodyHorror: The Mane 6's transformation into breezies doesn't really look all to pleasant.

* ActorAllusion:
** Fluttershy's voice actress, Andrea Libman, played one of the Breezies in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3 the G3 cartoon]] (one who, like Fluttershy, has a yellow body).
** Fluttershy's bee costume also brings into mind another character that Andrea voices, Maya the Bee.