History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E25TheEndingOfTheEndPart2

With Tirek, Cozy Glow, and Chrysalis having captured those who remained behind to buy Twilight time to escape, Cozy is eager to kill them as quickly as possible. However, she is discouraged by Chrysalis, who believes it would be more humiliating to first display them to the rest of Equestria as proof that their heroes lost even while alive. Tirek, still, argues that their most pressing concern is finding Twilight before doing anything else, reasoning that with her free they still face a constant threat. Chrysalis attempts to reassure him by noting that even without Twilight, her friends are still imprisoned with no way to use their magic, the Trio having re-purposed the pieces of Chrysalis' throne that Shining Armor brought over to act as a magical suppressor to their prisoners. Though she warns Cozy that even their magic is vulnerable to the shards if they get too close (Chrysalis' changeling magic now being fused with Grogar's making her susceptible), she gloats at how the three of them only got as far as they did because of "Grogar's" help, [[YankTheDogsChain yanking over a chained up]] and humiliated Discord. Cozy attempts to absorb the remaining magic from the bell while the other two are momentarily distracted, but is stopped by Tirek. He reminds her of what happened the last time she tried to take Discord's magic, and she argues that she only wants the Princesses' that she drained earlier, prompting Chrysalis to snap at her about wanting to take all the power for herself. Cozy says she deserves the alicorn magic because she's "the best" of the three, as the Trio descends into bickering. As they argue, the Mane Five and Spike attempt to devise a way to escape, but Chrysalis' sticky webbing is too much of a challenge to navigate past. Discord again apologizes for having been responsible for the Trio's rise to power, as Tirek yells at Cozy that none of them can absorb the Princesses' magic without first learning how to control Discord's Chaos magic. Discord interjects by promising to tell them how to control his magic, but only with the caveat that they spare his friends (and ask nicely). Tirek reasons that Discord is simply lying in exchange for a favor, to which Discord retorts by saying he'd never tell Tirek how to control his magic after [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Tirek's betrayal the last time they worked together]]. When Tirek threatens to destroy him if he continues his insults, Discord smugly responds by arguing that Tirek is only obsessed with gaining magic because he's afraid he'll never live up to his father, King Vorak's, expectations. An enraged Tirek fires an energy blast at him, but he deflects it using a piece of Chrysalis' throne. Though the villains at first believe Discord failed in hitting one of them, it's revealed that he was actually aiming at Starlight's cage. She uses a magical shockwave to free the rest of the prisoners. The Princesses, Starlight, Discord and the Pillars stay behind to give the Mane Five and Spike the opportunity to escape and find Twilight.

* CanonImmigrant: Discord teases Lord Tirek by mentioning him disappointing his father, King Vorak. IDW's ''Fiendship Is Magic'' limited series featured one story of younger Tirek's dealing with his family (including his brother Scorpan) and which introduced King Vorak, as well as Discord's involvement in his royal duties.

With Tirek, Cozy Glow, and Chrysalis having captured those who remained behind to buy Twilight time to escape, Cozy is eager to kill them as quickly as possible. However, she is discouraged by Chrysalis, who believes it would be more humiliating to first display them to the rest of Equestria as proof that their heroes lost even while alive. Tirek, still, argues that their most pressing concern is finding Twilight before doing anything else, reasoning that with her free they still face a constant threat. Chrysalis attempts to reassure him by noting that even without Twilight, her friends are still imprisoned with no way to use their magic, the Trio having re-purposed the pieces of Chrysalis' throne that Shining Armor brought over to act as a magical suppressor to their prisoners. Though she warns Cozy that even their magic is vulnerable to the shards if they get too close (Chrysalis' changeling magic now being fused with Grogar's making her susceptible), she gloats at how the three of them only got as far as they did because of "Grogar's" help, [[YankTheDogsChain yanking over a chained up]] and humiliated Discord. Cozy attempts to absorb the remaining magic from the bell while the other two are momentarily distracted, but is stopped by Tirek. He reminds her of what happened the last time she tried to take Discord's magic, and she argues that she only wants the Princesses' that she drained earlier, prompting Chrysalis to snap at her about wanting to take all the power for herself. Cozy says she deserves the alicorn magic because she's "the best" of the three, as the Trio descends into bickering. As they argue, the Mane Five and Spike attempt to devise a way to escape, but Chrysalis' sticky webbing is too much of a challenge to navigate past. Discord again apologizes for having been responsible for the Trio's rise to power, as Tirek yells at Cozy that none of them can absorb the Princesses' magic without first learning how to control Discord's Chaos magic. Discord interjects by promising to tell them how to control his magic, but only with the caveat that they spare his friends (and ask nicely). Tirek reasons that Discord is simply lying in exchange for a favor, to which Discord retorts by saying he'd never tell Tirek how to control his magic after [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Tirek's betrayal the last time they worked together]]. When Tirek threatens to destroy him if he continues his insults, Discord smugly responds by arguing that Tirek is only obsessed with gaining magic because he's afraid he'll never live up to his father, King Vorak's, expectations. An enraged Tirek fires an energy blast at him, but he deflects it using a piece of Chrysalis' throne. Though the villains at first believe Discord failed in hitting one of them, it's revealed that he was actually aiming at Starlight's cage. She uses a magical shockwave to free the rest of the prisoners, staying behind with the others to give the Mane Five and Spike the opportunity to escape and find Twilight.

* EasilyForgiven: DoubleSubverted. The ponies are not so quick to forgive Discord for dooming Equestria by uniting the villains in order to provide challenges to Twilight to boost her confidence. It isn't until he throws a GambitRoulette that frees Starlight so she could free all of the other prisoners that they start to forgive him. Especially since he risked his own life in doing so.

* EasilyForgiven: DoubleSubverted. The ponies are not so quick to forgive Discord for dooming Equestria by uniting the villains in order to provide challenges to Twilight to boost her confidence. It isn't until he throws a GambitRoulette that frees Starlight so she could free all of the other prisoners that they fully forgive him. Especially since he risked his own life in doing so.

* EasilyForgiven: DoubleSubverted. The ponies are not so quick to forgive Discord for dooming Equestria by uniting the villains in order to provide challenges to Twilight to boost her confidence. It isn't until he throws a GambitRoulette that frees Starlight so she could free all of the other prisoners that they fully forgive him. It's also rather jarring that he wasn't at least given some form of community service like in the season 4 premiere, where he was made to help clean up the damage caused by the plunderseeds he planted.

* EasilyForgiven: DoubleSubverted. The ponies are not so quick to forgive Discord for dooming Equestria by uniting the villains in order to provide challenges to Twilight to boost her confidence. It isn't until he throws a GambitRoulette that frees Starlight so she could free all of the other prisoners that they fully forgive him.

* AndIMustScream: The final fate of Queen Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy glow is to have them stuck as stone statues. As Discord says it, three people who hate friendship so much being stuck together for eternity is truly one of the greatest punishment.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The villains are treated as so unforgivable for their actions by the heroes that they're subject to a fate of being TakenForGranite while Discord, who enabled and encouraged all of said villains' actions, and even broke two of them out of Tartarus while they were already serving their sentences, is forgiven by the heroes and even decides the villains' fate without stating why he deserves such.

* MoralDissonance: The villains are treated as so unforgivable for their actions by the heroes that they're subject to a fate of being TakenForGranite while Discord, who enabled and encouraged all of said villains' actions, and even broke two of them out of Tartarus while they were already serving their sentences, is forgiven by the heroes and even decides the villains' fate without stating why he deserves such.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The most serious out of every 2-parter, since it's the GrandFinale. Equestria is doomed by the three villains, all pony races have been turned against each other, Twilight and her friends nearly die, and as if it weren't enough, all hope would've been lost if it hadn't been for the Young Six uniting everyone.

Returning to the villains, they notice the Windigos have returned, and Chrysalis suggests not using the bell to get rid of them, much to Tirek and Cozy's dismay. She argues that if they let the Windigos tarnish the land the ponies will become so desperate for relief that they'll willingly bow down to her in exchange for her banishing them. Tirek rebukes her with the warning that the Windigos are ancient and poorly understood beings, and that it would be safer to get rid of them as quickly as possible before their power grows out of control. Cozy cuts their argument short by pointing out that the Mane Six and Spike have returned. The three teleport to their enemies with the bell, gloating how they continue to fight even when it's hopeless. Twilight attempts to explain how as long as she has her friends, there is always hope, but is interrupted by an impatient Cozy Glow. Twilight teleports them a short distance away to devise a plan where she, Rainbow, and Pinkie will act as decoys to distract the Trio while the remaining four attempt to get a hold of the bell. They nearly succeed, but Chrysalis gets wise to their act and blasts the four away before they can obtain it. After managing to fight back each of the Mane Six, Chrysalis succeeds in forcing them to stop attacking by threatening to [[IWillTearYourArmsOff rip Spike's wings off]] if they continue to resist them. Tirek gloats about how their own friendship proved to be their undoing, readying to deliver a killing blow along with the other two. The seven [[FaceDeathWithDignity accept their fate]], huddling together as the three fire a massive energy blast at them. As the screen is engulfed in blinding white light, the group is surprised to find a magical barrier protecting them from the Trio's magic. They turn to see [[TheCavalry dozens of reinforcements]] from the combined Equestrian races having arrived to aid them. As the villains are distracted by [[ZergRush being overrun with dozens of enemies]], the seven friends are magically lifted to safety by a large group of unicorns working in tandem. When Twilight asks what convinced them all to come help, the Young Six reveal that they and several other students of Twilight's school all managed to convince their respective races to put aside their fear and distrust to instead help Twilight and her friends fight the Trio.

However, the villains quickly start to pick off their attackers just as the unicorns' shield fails. Twilight fires an energy blast at the three to halt their advance and teleports all of their prisoners onto the hilltop with the rest of the reinforcements. As Twilight monologues how friendship is a power shared among all races, not just her friends or ponies, the Mane Five, Spike, Pillars, and Young Six are all magically lifted around her. Their combined Friendship Magic joins together with Twilight to create an enormous rainbow laser that blasts away the Windigos before firing at the Trio, draining them of all their absorbed magic and returning them to their original forms. An enraged Chrysalis yells at the heroes that the three of them will never be stopped, and they will always come back to try to take over Equestria and destroy their friendship. In the middle of her rant, however, a giant cupcake crushes the three. The heroes look to Discord who says he had nothing to do with it, before noticing that Pinkie recovered Grogar's bell and absorbed Discord's Chaos magic. She temporarily grows massive and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity slightly insane]] before Discord flies up to retrieve the bell and reabsorb his magic. After returning the Princesses' magic to them, they confront the trapped villains with Celestia announcing that there is no punishment great enough to pay them back for their actions. Discord whispers a suggestion to the two, who agree it sounds quite fitting. He joins them in firing an energy blast at the Trio, [[TakenForGranite turning them to stone]] the same way Discord was. Discord snarks that it is only fitting that the three who hated friendship so much are now forced to be together for all eternity.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: The villain trio have no explanation for not using the Bewitching Bell on Twilight while she is delivering her RousingSpeech, nor the rainbow beam which drains them of their powers.

* FadeToWhite: Occurs when the heroes are on the recieving end of a fatal attack by the villains; the screen then cuts to white, then fades in to them still standing, before zooming out to show they are protected by a magic shield coming from out of nowhere before revealing all of Equestria has come to help them.

* {{Heroes Frontier Step}}: While being responsible for the trio conquering Equestria. Discord swears to make up for his actions and shows commendable bravery and heroism, deflecting a beam from Tirek that could have possibly killed him in order to free Starlight, so she could free the rest of the heroes, than joins the battle against the trio without any powers, so the Mane five and Spike can escape to save Equestria.

* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: A variant. When Tirek blasts Discord when he mocks him, he manages to deflect the blast. Cozy thinks Discord was trying to pull a CatchAndReturn, but in reality he ricochet the shot to hit Starlight's cage so she could break free and save everyone.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Discord sees this as the final fate of the villains, frozen as a statue like he was forever and forced to spend an eternity together. Although its worth to note he says 'would' want so it could just be symbolism. Word of God states that unlike Discord, the trio are unconscious as statues. If this punishment is permanent, to them it is like being erased from existence. (Though this might be preferable to [[AndIMustScream being awake as statues like Discord was]].)

** A few yaks jumping up and down cause enough of a tremor to inconvenient the villains and pin down Queen Chrysalis for a while despite her boosted power.

* BroughtDownToBadass: Celestia outright declares that she and Luna are not completely helpless even without their magic before they charge the villains, giving the Mane Six the opportunity to escape. Zigzagged; in Discord's case, he proves to be a effective [[Guile Hero]] who tricks all three powered up villains to free Starlight and he also...can't really do much else to help in the fight but throw rocks.

* CanonImmigrant: Discord teases Lord Tirek by mentioning him disappointing his father, King Vorak. IDW's ''Fiendship is Magic'' limited series featured one story of younger Tirek's dealing with his family (including his brother Scorpan) and which introduced King Vorak, as well as Discord's involvement in his royal duties.

* BroughtDownToBadass: Celestia outright declares that she and Luna are not completely helpless even without their magic before they charge the villains, giving the Mane Six the opportunity to escape.

* BondOneLiner: "Together Forever, I can't think of anything they would want less."

Returning to the villains, they notice the Windigos have returned, and Chrysalis suggests not using the bell to get rid of them, much to Tirek and Cozy's dismay. She argues that if they let the Windigos tarnish the land the ponies will become so desperate for relief that they'll willingly bow down to her in exchange for her banishing them. Tirek rebukes her with the warning that the Windigos are ancient and poorly understood beings, and that it would be safer to get rid of them as quickly as possible before their power grows out of control. Cozy cuts their argument short by pointing out that the Mane Six and Spike have returned. The three teleport to their enemies with the bell, gloating how they continue to fight even when it's hopeless. Twilight attempts to explain how as long as she has her friends, there is always hope, but is interrupted by an impatient Cozy Glow. Twilight teleports them a short distance away to devise a plan where she, Rainbow, and Pinkie will act as decoys to distract the Trio while the remaining four attempt to get a hold of the bell. They nearly succeed, but Chrysalis gets wise to their act and blasts the four away before they can obtain it. After managing to fight back each of the Mane Six, Chrysalis succeeds in forcing them to stop attacking by threatening to [[IWillTearYourArmsOff rip Spike's wings off]] if they continue to resist them. Tirek gloats about how their own friendship proved to be their undoing, readying to deliver a killing blow along with the other two. The seven [[FaceDeathWithDignity accept their fate]], huddling together as the three fire a massive energy blast at them. As the screen is engulfed in blinding white light, the group is surprised to find a magical barrier protecting them from the Trio's magic. They turn to see [[TheCavalry dozens of reinforcements]] from the combined Equestrian races having arrived to aide them. As the villains are distracted by [[ZergRush being overrun with dozens of enemies]], the seven friends are magically lifted to safety by a large group of unicorns working in tandem. When Twilight asks what convinced them all to come help, the Young Six reveal that they and several other students of Twilight's school all managed to convince their respective races to put aside their fear and distrust to instead help Twilight and her friends fight the Trio.

However, the villains quickly start to pick off their attackers just as the unicorns' shield fails. Twilight fires an energy blast at the three to halt their advance, and teleports all of their prisoners onto the hilltop with the rest of the reinforcements. As Twilight monologues how friendship is a power shared among all races, not just her friends or ponies, the Mane Five, Spike, Pillars, and Young Six are all magically lifted around her. Their combined Friendship Magic joins together with Twilight to create an enormous rainbow laser that blasts away the Windigos before firing at the Trio, draining them of all their absorbed magic and returning them to their original forms. An enraged Chrysalis yells at the heroes that the three of them will never be stopped, and they will always come back to try to take over Equestria and destroy their friendship. In the middle of her rant, however, a giant cupcake crushes the three. The heroes look to Discord who says he had nothing to do with it, before noticing that Pinkie recovered Grogar's bell and absorbed Discord's Chaos magic. She temporarily grows massive and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity slightly insane]] before Discord flies up to retrieve the bell and reabsorb his magic. After returning the Princesses' magic to them, they confront the trapped villains with Celestia announcing that there is no punishment great enough to pay them back for their actions. Discord whispers a suggestion to the two, who agree it sounds quite fitting. He joins them in firing an energy blast at the Trio, [[TakenForGranite turning them to stone]] the same way Discord was. Discord snarks that it is only fitting that the three who hated friendship so much are now forced to be together for all eternity.

Celestia affirms that with her defeat of Tirek, Cozy, and Chrysalis, Twilight has once-and-for-all proven herself ready to take on the role as ruler of Equestria, with Discord himself giving an approving nod and slight bow. Twilight accepts her title, with her first action being to postpone her coronation to give her and her friends time to recuperate from their battle. The seven head over to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver Pony Joe's doughnut shop]] for a [[FoodEnd post-fight meal]]. Fluttershy comments on how it feels like the end of era, but Rainbow argues that it is merely the beginning of an "even more awesome" one. Twilight reassures everyone that no matter what coming challenges they may face, things will work out perfectly. After all, so long as she has her friends by her side, [[TemptingFate how could things unfurl any other way?]]

With Tirek, Cozy Glow, and Chrysalis having captured those who remained behind to buy Twilight time to escape, Cozy is eager to kill them as quickly as possible. However, she is discouraged by Chrysalis, who believes it would be more humiliating to first display them to the rest of Equestria as proof that their heroes lost even while alive. Tirek, still, argues that their most pressing concern is finding Twilight before doing anything else, reasoning that with her free they still face a constant threat. Chrysalis attempts to reassure him by noting that even without Twilight, her friends are still imprisoned with no way to use their magic, the Trio having re-purposed the pieces of Chrysalis' throne that Shining Armor brought over to act as a magical suppressor to their prisoners. Though she warns Cozy that even their magic is vulnerable to the shards if they get too close (Chrysalis' changeling magic now being fused with Grogar's making her susceptible), she gloats at how the three of them only got as far as they did because of "Grogar's" help, [[YankTheDogsChain yanking over a chained up]] and humiliated Discord. Cozy attempts to absorb the remaining magic from the bell while the other two are momentarily distracted, but is stopped by Tirek. He reminds her of what happened the last time she tried to take Discord's magic, and she argues that she only wants the Princesses' that she drained earlier, prompting Chrysalis to snap at her about wanting to take all the power for herself. Cozy says she deserves the alicorn magic because she's "the best" of the three, as the Trio descends into bickering. As they argue, the Mane Five and Spike attempt to devise a way to escape, but Chrysalis' sticky webbing is too much of a challenge to navigate past. Discord again apologizes for having been responsible for the Trio's rise to power, as Tirek yells at Cozy that none of them can absorb the Princesses' magic without first learning how to control Discord's Chaos magic. Discord interjects by promising to tell them how to control his magic, but only with the caveat that they spare his friends (and ask nicely). Tirek reasons that Discord is simply lying in exchange for a favor, to which Discord retorts by saying he'd never tell Tirek how to control his magic after [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Tirek's betrayal]] the last time they worked together. When Tirek threatens to destroy him if he continues his insults, Discord smugly responds by arguing that Tirek is only obsessed with gaining magic because he's afraid he'll never live up to his father, King Vorak's, expectations. An enraged Tirek fires an energy blast at him, but he deflects it using a piece of Chrysalis' throne. Though the villains at first believe Discord failed in hitting one of them, it's revealed that he was actually aiming at Starlight's cage. She uses a magical shockwave to free the rest of the prisoners, staying behind with the others to give the Mane Five and Spike the opportunity to escape and find Twilight.

* {{Bond One-Liner}}: "Together Forever, I can't think of anything they would want less."

* {{Bold One-Liner}}: "Together Forever, I can't think of anything they would want less."