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* PolkaDotPaint: Apple Bloom applies a HotPaintJob in just two brush strokes in this manner.
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** The racing course is set up with a four-way intersection for some reason.
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* ControlFreak: AJ, Rarity, and Rainbow each take over the construction of their associated Crusader's cart, to the point that they can't even try for the original categories they wanted.
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* SeriousBusiness: The derby, full stop. Apparently every town in Equestria, even ''Cloudsdale'' has a version of it.
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* TemptingFate: Scootaloo asks how anything could go wrong wish Rainbow Dash on her team.
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* PunBasedTitle: "Cart before the horse" is an idiom for doing things the wrong way around, confusing cause and effect, or doing something with the wrong emphasis, the latter of which is what happens in the episode.
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* PunBasedTitle: "Cart before the horse" is an idiom for doing things the wrong way around, confusing cause and effect, or doing something with the wrong emphasis, the latter of which is what happens in the episode. Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash all literally place more importance in building their carts to their liking than working as a team with the younger ponies.
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* PunBasedTitle: "Cart before the horse" is an idiom for doing things the wrong way around or confusing cause and effect, which is what happens in the episode.
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* PunBasedTitle: "Cart before the horse" is an idiom for doing things the wrong way around or around, confusing cause and effect, or doing something with the wrong emphasis, the latter of which is what happens in the episode.
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** The Applewood Derby is a nod to the Pinewood Derby, an annual event for Cub Scouts, an event where boys craft cars out of a block of wood and race them down a track. Typically, there are prizes for the fastest cars and most creative design. And, in a case of TruthInTelevision, often fathers become a little too competitive, taking over the design and construction of the cars.
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** The Applewood Derby is a nod to the Pinewood Derby, an annual event for Cub Scouts, an event where boys craft cars out of a block of wood and race them down a track.track; the Derby itself is similar to Scout go-kart races. Typically, there are prizes for the fastest cars and most creative design. And, in a case of TruthInTelevision, often fathers become a little too competitive, taking over the design and construction of the cars.
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** Just because adults are older than children doesn't mean they're always right. They still have flaws and make mistakes as much as any kid does.
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** Averted if viewers recall the Applewood Derby doesn't only give first prize ribbons for being the fastest cart of the race, but also having the most creative-looking design and the most traditional-appearing cart.
* VicariouslyAmbitious: The older trio start using the Crusader's carts to fulfill their own ambitions about the race, and ignoring what category they want to try to win in.
* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''. It's also an ''Apple cart'', making this a MultipleReferencePun.
* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''. It's also an ''Apple cart'', making this a MultipleReferencePun.
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* VicariouslyAmbitious: The older trio start using the Crusader's carts to fulfill their own ambitions about the race, and ignoring what category they want to try to win in.
* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''. It's also an ''Apple cart'', making this a MultipleReferencePun.
* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''. It's also an ''Apple cart'', making this a MultipleReferencePun.
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* BookDumb: Snails, at the beginning he expresses fear at the idea of learning, and Snips echoes a fear of schoolwork after the opening.
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* SoreLoser: Rarity, for not winning "most creative" in her youth.
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* {{Technobabble}}: Cheerilee's initial description of the physics they're going to learn, which Sweetie Belle even lampshades.
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* VicariouslyAmbitious: The older trio start using the Crusader's carts to fulfill their own ambitions about the race, and ignoring what category they want to try to win in.
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%% * DrivesLikeCrazy: If the preview is any indication, the Applewood Derby is definitely going to see this trope coming into play.
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* AesopAmnesia: Both Applejack and Rarity seems have forgotten the past episodes where they learn to listen more their little sister.
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* AnAesop: In group/team work, it's important to allow others' opinions and suggestions when undertaking a big task rather than taking all the credit and ideas for yourself.
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* AnAesop: AnAesop:
** In group/team work, it's important to allow others' opinions and suggestions when undertaking a big task rather than taking all the credit and ideas foryourself.yourself.
** Also, if you don't stand up for yourself in a team/group assignment, the more experienced members will take over the responsibilities for you.
** In group/team work, it's important to allow others' opinions and suggestions when undertaking a big task rather than taking all the credit and ideas for
** Also, if you don't stand up for yourself in a team/group assignment, the more experienced members will take over the responsibilities for you.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity all take over carts and brush off the Crusaders' ideas in other to satisfy their own agendas of being the fastest, being the most traditional and to erase the shame of not winning the most creative, respectively.
* PunBasedTitle: "Cart before the horse" is an idiom for doing things the wrong way around or confusing cause and effect.
* PunBasedTitle: "Cart before the horse" is an idiom for doing things the wrong way around or confusing cause and effect.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity all take over the design and construction of the carts and brush off the Crusaders' ideas in other to satisfy their own agendas of being the fastest, being the most traditional and to erase the shame of not winning the most creative, respectively.
respectively. They even get to drive the carts and bump down the Crusaders, being the ones who were supposed to drive, to being just passengers.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the end, AJ, Rainbow and Rarity finally get hit with this after realizing they did go overboard with their designs and agendas and apologize to the Crusaders and the other racers/Cheerilee for their actions.
* PersonalRaincloud: Rarity gets one during her flashback as she stares in shock at Derpy winning first place for most creative cart.
* PunBasedTitle: "Cart before the horse" is an idiom for doing things the wrong way around or confusing cause andeffect.effect, which is what happens in the episode.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the end, AJ, Rainbow and Rarity finally get hit with this after realizing they did go overboard with their designs and agendas and apologize to the Crusaders and the other racers/Cheerilee for their actions.
* PersonalRaincloud: Rarity gets one during her flashback as she stares in shock at Derpy winning first place for most creative cart.
* PunBasedTitle: "Cart before the horse" is an idiom for doing things the wrong way around or confusing cause and
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** The background music for the Cloudsdale cart race in Rainbow Dash's flashback sounds like it would be just exactly at home in ''Franchise/MarioKart''.
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** The background racetrack and music for the Cloudsdale cart race in Rainbow Dash's flashback looks and sounds like it would be just exactly at home in ''Franchise/MarioKart''.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: If you don't stand up for yourself in a team/group assignment, the more experienced members will take over the responsibilities for you.
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* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''. It's also an ''Apple cart'', making this a MultipleReferencePun.
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* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''. It's also an ''Apple cart'', making this a MultipleReferencePun.MultipleReferencePun.
* YouDidntAsk: The three adults' slight rebuttal to the WhatTheHellHero above was basically that the Crusaders asked them for help first and if they knew they were going overboard, the Crusaders could have told them so.
* YouDidntAsk: The three adults' slight rebuttal to the WhatTheHellHero above was basically that the Crusaders asked them for help first and if they knew they were going overboard, the Crusaders could have told them so.
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* ShoutOut: The background music for the Cloudsdale cart race in Rainbow Dash's flashback sounds like it would be just exactly at home in ''Franchise/MarioKart''.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The background music for the Cloudsdale cart race in Rainbow Dash's flashback sounds like it would be just exactly at home in''Franchise/MarioKart''.''Franchise/MarioKart''.
** The Applewood Derby is a nod to the Pinewood Derby, an annual event for Cub Scouts, an event where boys craft cars out of a block of wood and race them down a track. Typically, there are prizes for the fastest cars and most creative design. And, in a case of TruthInTelevision, often fathers become a little too competitive, taking over the design and construction of the cars.
** The background music for the Cloudsdale cart race in Rainbow Dash's flashback sounds like it would be just exactly at home in
** The Applewood Derby is a nod to the Pinewood Derby, an annual event for Cub Scouts, an event where boys craft cars out of a block of wood and race them down a track. Typically, there are prizes for the fastest cars and most creative design. And, in a case of TruthInTelevision, often fathers become a little too competitive, taking over the design and construction of the cars.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Uh, Applejack? The point of a race is to go ''fast''.
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* AnAesop: In group/team work, it's important to allow others' opinions and suggestions when undertaking a big task rather than taking all the credit and ideas for yourself.
* AppealToTradition: Applejack brushes off Apple Bloom's suggestion of building a faster cart simply stating the Apple Family has always been known as traditional cart builders.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Uh, Applejack? The point of a race is to go ''fast''.
* AppealToTradition: Applejack brushes off Apple Bloom's suggestion of building a faster cart simply stating the Apple Family has always been known as traditional cart builders.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Uh, Applejack? The point of a race is to go ''fast''.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity all take over carts and brush off the Crusaders' ideas in other to satisfy their own agendas of being the fastest, being the most traditional and to erase the shame of not winning the most creative.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity all take over carts and brush off the Crusaders' ideas in other to satisfy their own agendas of being the fastest, being the most traditional and to erase the shame of not winning the most creative.creative, respectively.
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* SwanBoats: Rarity's cart is basically a swan boat on wheels, much to Sweetie Belle's annoyance.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: If you don't stand up for yourself in a team/group assignment, the more experienced members will take over the responsibilities for you.
* SwanBoats: Rarity's cart is basically a swan boat on wheels, much to Sweetie Belle'sannoyance.annoyance as she wanted something traditional instead.
* SwanBoats: Rarity's cart is basically a swan boat on wheels, much to Sweetie Belle's
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* WhatTheHellHero: The Crusaders call out their sisters (or sisterly figure, in Scootaloo's case) for taking over the building of the carts without allowing them any input.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity all take over carts and brush off the Crusaders' ideas in other to satisfy their own agendas of being the fastest, being the most traditional and to erase the shame of not winning the most creative.
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* SwanBoats: Rarity's cart is basically a swan boat on wheels, much to Sweetie Belle's embarrassment.
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* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Rarity winning second place for most creative cart in her youth certainly think so. Worse as she lost to ''Derpy'' of all ponies.
* ShoutOut: The background music for the Cloudsdale cart race in Rainbow Dash's flashback sounds like it would be just exactly at home in ''Franchise/MarioKart''.
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* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''. It's also an ''apple cart'', making this a MultipleReferencePun.
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* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''. It's also an ''apple ''Apple cart'', making this a MultipleReferencePun.
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* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''.
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* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''. It's also an ''apple cart'', making this a MultipleReferencePun.
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* PunBasedTitle: "Cart before the horse" is an idiom for doing things the wrong way around or confusing cause and effect.
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%% * DrivesLikeCrazy: If the preview is any indication, the Applewood Derby is definitely going to be one.
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%% * DrivesLikeCrazy: If the preview is any indication, the Applewood Derby is definitely going to be one.see this trope coming into play.
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* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents AmazinglyEmbarrassingSisters]]: Neither of the Crusaders are impressed by their sisters behavior
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* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents AmazinglyEmbarrassingSisters]]: Neither of the Crusaders are impressed by their sisters behavior
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** ComicallyMissingThePoint: Uh, Applejack? The point of a race is to go ''fast''.
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** ComicallyMissingThePoint: Uh, Applejack? The point of a race is to go ''fast''.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: AJ, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash take away the potential glory from the CMC.
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* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''horseless carriage''.''[[TheGayNineties horseless carriage]]''.
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* WackyRacing: The CMC and their sisters (or, in Scootaloo's case, sisterly figure) take part in the Applewood Derby go-kart race.
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* SwanBoats: Rarity's cart is basically a swan boat on wheels, much to Sweetie Belle's embarrassment.
* WackyRacing: The CMC and their sisters (or, in Scootaloo's case, sisterly figure) take part in the Applewood Derby go-kartrace.race.
* VisualPun: The cart Applejack enters appears to be/is modeled after an old horse-drawn buggy. It's literally a ''horseless carriage''.
* WackyRacing: The CMC and their sisters (or, in Scootaloo's case, sisterly figure) take part in the Applewood Derby go-kart
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: AJ, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash take away the potential glory from the CMC.
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*WackyRacing: The CMC and their sisters (or, in Scootaloo's case, sisterly figure) take part in the Applewood Derby go-kart race.
*WackyRacing: The CMC and their sisters (or, in Scootaloo's case, sisterly figure) take part in the Applewood Derby go-kart race.
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The [[http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-the-cart-before-the-ponies/EP013304160142?aid=zap2it official synopsis from Zap2it]] is: "The Cutie Mark Crusaders get the chance to race in the annual Applewood Derby; their teammates Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash take over the competition."
This episode will air August 6, 2016.
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This episode will air August 6, 2016.
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