History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Robins make their nests out in the open and not in hollowed out trees and therefore don't use birdhouses. Robins also do not eat birdseed so would have no interest in the rather copious amount of it Fluttershy provides. How Fluttershy could not know this despite basically being an expert on animals is anyones guess.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Robins make their nests out in the open and not in hollowed out trees and therefore don't use birdhouses. Robins also do not eat birdseed so would have no interest in the rather copious amount of it Fluttershy provides. How Fluttershy could not know this despite basically being an expert on animals is anyone's guess.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Robins make their nests out in the open and not in hollowed out trees and therefore don't use birdhouses. Robins also do not eat birdseed so would have no interest in the rather copious amount of it Fluttershy provides.

* WeCanRuleTogether: Rarity's speech to Spike at the height of her madness has her inviting him to join her in remaking all of Equestria.

* MessyHair: Twilight gets his with this ''hard'' at the end of the episode after having to clean up after everything Rarity did to Ponyville while under the effects of the spell. She hasn't looked that disheveled since "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]".

Back at the library, Spike writes in the Mane Six's journal that a true friend won't be angry if you tell them the truth, because they know you care about them. Twilight enters, visibly frazzled, having had to clean up all of the dark magic Rarity was using. She scolds Spike for taking a book from the old castle's library... to which Spike replies that Twilight looks awful. He's just being a good friend by telling her the truth, right?

** Rarity's upgrade to the mariachi band for the filly's party includes two orchestra members who played at the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver Grand Galloping Gala]].

** The sequence when Spike takes the book from the pedestal is played out very similarly as to when [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Aladdin takes the Genie's lamp from the Cave of Wonders]].

-->From in the head to out in the world, every thought to action.''\\

* MessyHair: Twilight gets his with this ''hard'' at the end of the episode after having to clean up after everything Rarity did to Ponyville while under the effects of the spell. She hasn't looked that disheveled since ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]''.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Claude's criticism of Rarity's puppet stand is what leads to Spike finding the Inspiration Manifestation book and creating the chaos that follows afterwards.

* TomeOfEldritchLore: The book that Spike finds with the spell to help Rarity is hidden in the old Everfree Castle, hidden by a secret wall, behind a locked gate, and on a rock stairway that immediately crumbles when the book is removed from the pedestal. It's made of stone and even has spikes sticking out of the cover. [[WhatanIdiot Spike seems to think it's safe]].

* LoveMakesYouDumb: Spike's desire to help Rarity cause him to overlook the obvious signs how dangerous the spellbook is. He then doesn't tell anyone or Rarity she's gone mad with power because he's afraid that Rarity won't consider him a friend anymore.

* ShaggySearchTechnique: Spike finds the lever that opens the BookcasePassage completely by accident; he doesn't even know the passage is there until it opens.

* IAteWhat: Averted when Spike ''swallows'' the evil tome and it doesn't do a thing to him. It doesn't cure Rarity either, though (see above).

* IdiotBall: Spike holds it in this episode, since it's fairly obvious Rarity has gone mad with power, but decides to not tell anypony about it because he's afraid that Rarity won't consider him a friend anymore.

** Let's see: something that increases your creativity, but at the same time increases your dependency (and involves a SicklyGreenGlow)? [[Litterature/TheTommyknockers Where have I heard that before?]]\\

* CityOfGold: Rarity paves all the streets in town with gold, Which ends up blinding a lot of ponies due to the suns reflection.

* [[WeCanRuleTogether We Can Make Equestria Fabulous Together]]: Rarity's speech to Spike at the hight of her madness has her inviting him to join her in remaking all of Equestria.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Spike silently lampshades his use of this trope:
-->'''Spike:''' "So that puppeteer didn't like your exquisitely-crafted "best puppet theater in the history of puppet theaters" puppet theater." (counts the number of times he said 'puppet theater' on his claws and shrugs).

* OnlySaneMan: Owlowiscious is this to Spike, since he's GenreSavvy enough to know not to use spells from a book hidden in a secret ominous cave.