History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E13SpiceUpYourLife

* ShownTheirWork: The dishes served by the Tasty Treat are based on real-life Indian cuisine.

* {{Irony}}: Rarity is highly aversive to blandness and sameness in clothing and fashion, as seen in "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map – Part 1]]", "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E14CanterlotBoutique Canterlot Boutique]]" and "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E17MadeInManehattan Made in Manehattan]]", but apparently not as averse to blandness and sameness in food and cuisine. She recommends dining only at restaurants with a three-hoof rating and remodels the Tasty Treat to look exactly like the other establishments on Restaurant Row. Fortunately, Rarity no longer agrees with Zesty Gourmand's preference of blandness and sameness in food and cuisine at the end of the episode.

** Rarity and Pinkie may have saved the shop but can't really sway Zesty to change her opinion.

* ShutUpHannibal: Rarity and Pinkie Pie call out Zesty when she see the business at the Tasty Treat picking up and once more badmouthing the establishment and food. Citing that while she's free to have her own opinion, that doesn't mean everyone else has to follow it.

* TemptingFate: It's hard to imagine things working out very well when the title of the song is "It's Gonna Work".

* JerkassBall: Twilight's old friends, Minuette, Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine are just as uninterested in the Tasty Treat as the rest of the Canterlot ponies until Rarity endorses it towards the end. This is even after it is established that Minuette and Pinkie Pie are friends, so it's not as if she has no reason to listen to her.

* CallBack: This episode features the return of the Cutie Map missions, which haven't been done since "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E23TheHooffieldsAndMccolts The Hooffields and McColts]]". {{Justified|Trope}} by Twilight after saying the Map itself was no longer working after stopping Starlight's [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1 time travel]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 shenanigans]].

* {{Jerkass}}: She may be a critic, but there is no excuse for Zesty to make fun of the tourists for liking the food. Even moreso for seeing the place actually have ''customers'', instantly bust in and chiding the ponies there who actually did try and like the food because they didn't follow ''her'' opinion. When confronted by an entire restaurant full of Ponies who feel that Zesty just needs to mellow out, does she finally give the Tasty Treat a chance? No, she just invokes ScrewThisImOuttaHere in a huff instead, refusing to even give their opinions the time of day.

Though Pinkie's success is limited, attracting only two ponies from Whinnyapolis, they were expecting the Tasty Treat to look different from every other restaurant. When they arrive, they find that Rarity has crafted the Tasty Treat into another fancy, small-portion restaurant to get Zesty Gourmand's approval. Both Zesty Gourmand and the two tourist ponies arrive, the former not impressed by anything and the latter savoring the food. Zesty leaves shortly in a huff, saying that Rarity knows only about clothes and nothing else, so her opinion carries no weight. Defeated, Rarity and Pinkie Pie apologize for ruining the Tasty Treat as Saffron brings everyone bowls of noodle soup. This prompts Coriander to remember the good times they used to have while cooking, reinvigorating his drive. Rarity then realizes that she and Pinkie were doing the wrong jobs; Rarity uses her knowledge of Canterlot's elite life to attract ponies to the Tasty Treat while Pinkie puts the decor back to how it was. This attracts all numbers of ponies to try the food, saving the shop. Zesty Gourmand shows back up, shocked to find the restaurant packed. Zesty is incredulous that the ponies are eating at a restaurant that isn't rated. Rarity counters that while Zesty is entitled to her opinion, it's not going to cover every restaurant, and that her tastes shouldn't define how every restaurant acts, causing Zesty once more to leave in a huff. Saffron and Coriander thank Rarity and Pinkie for bringing them together again, causing their cutie marks to glow, indicating they solved the problem.

* OutOfOrder: This is the thirteenth episode in production order but is the ''twelfth'' episode in broadcast order.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Rarity and Pinkie Pie end up where the map called them due to Pinkie's stomach and sense of smell. In Pinkie's defense, she may just be GenreSavvy.

* AnAesop:
** "Don't let one opinion dictate how you view things, try things yourself and form your own". Or alternatively, "while imitating others can lead to short-term gain, it's playing to your strengths that truly makes an impression on others."

* AnAesop: Don't let one opinion dictate how you view things, try things yourself and form your own.
** Or: "While imitating others can lead to short-term gain, it's playing to your strengths that truly makes an impression on others."

%%* HateSink: Zesty Gourmand in spades. She insists that her opinion on good cuisine is superior and is very rude to everyone who doesn't agree with her.

* HateSink: Zesty Gourmand in spades. She insists that her opinion on good cuisine is superior and is very rude to everyone who doesn't agree with her.

%%* HateSink: Zesty Gourmand, as indicated in other tropes.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Rarity and Pinkie Pie end up where the map called them due to Pinkie's stomach.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Coriander and his daughter Saffron are based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_people Indian people]].

%%* StrawCritic: Zesty Gourmand is a near-perfect example.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Zesty Gourmand has shades of this; when told that the Tasty Treat is actually highly recommended by Rarity, she immediately shuts that down by saying that Rarity can tell you what to wear and when, so she isn't qualified to tell you what or where to eat! Never mind the fact that this is ''exactly'' what Zesty does (and has done) to the restaurant businesses in Canterlot. Rarity immediately calls her out on this hypocrisy.

* {{Irony}}: Rarity is highly aversive to blandness and sameness in clothing and fashion, as seen in [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map Part 1]] and [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E14CanterlotBoutique Canterlot Botique]] and [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E17MadeInManehattan Made In Manehattan]], but apparently not as aversive to blandness and sameness in food and cuisine when she recommends dining only at restaurants with a Three-hoof Rating and remodels the Tasty Treat to look exactly like the other establishments on restaurant row. Fortunately, Rarity no longer agrees with Zesty Gourmand's preference of blandness and sameness in food and cuisine.

* {{Irony}}: Rarity is highly aversive to blandness and sameness in clothing and fashion, as seen in [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map Part 1]] and [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E14CanterlotBoutique Canterlot Botique]], but apparently not as aversive to blandness and sameness in food and cuisine when she remodels the Tasty Treat to look exactly like the other establishments on restaurant row.

** Rarity is highly aversive to blandness and sameness in clothing and fashion, as seen in [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map Part 1]] and [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E14CanterlotBoutique Canterlot Botique]], but apparently not as aversive to blandness and sameness in food and cuisine when she remodels the Tasty Treat to look exactly like the other establishments on restaurant row.

** Rarity is highly aversive to blandness and sameness in clothing and fashion, as seen in The Cutie Map Part 1 and Rules of Rarity, but apparently not as aversive to blandness and sameness in food and cuisine when she remodels the Tasty Treat to look exactly like the other establishments on restaurant row.

* ControlFreak: Zesty, who has pretty much taken control of Canterlot's restaurant business and made them all clones of each other to suit herself.

* TemptingFate: When the title of your song is "It's Gonna Work", you know things ''aren't'' going to work.