History Recap / MyLittlePonyTalesS1E17UpUpAndAway

The next day, Miss Hackney takes the class outside to meet Mr. Kiddoo, who intends to give them a lesson in aerodynamics using his hot air balloon. However, he and Miss Hackney are quite enamored with one another, and he decides to have tea with her before he starts the lesson. Most of the students obediently follow them inside, but Patch stays and gets inside the balloon, which Bon Bon witnesses. Patch makes off with the balloon, and Bon Bon tries to hold it down, only to get pulled away with it.

* OutOfGenreExperience: We go from plots like "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyTalesS1E2TooSickToNotice Bon Bon feigns illness for attention]]" or "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyTalesS1E12TheGreatLemonadeStandWars the girls and the boys run competing lemonade stands]]" to "There's a UFO... oh, wait, it's just three pegasi and a winged unicorn flying around the world in the form of a blinding light nobody can see through unless they want to reveal themselves." It's even kicked off by Patch wanting to do something adventurous and picking something significantly more dangerous than what your average kid could stumble into doing.

* OnlySaneWoman: Bon Bon plays this role this episode. Miss Hackney and Mr. Kiddoo abandon the students to have tea together when they should have been teaching, Patch takes the opportunity to try out the hot air balloon, and Bon Bon is the only one of the other present students to take note of what Patch is doing and try to get her to evacuate the balloon. To a lesser extent, there's Starlight who attempts to chase after them and asks if they're okay when they return.

* AngerBornOfWorry: Although Miss Hackney is angry with Patch and Bon Bon for their excursion in the hot air balloon, she's hapy they're safe and sound.

* OnlySaneWoman: Bon Bon plays this role this episode. Miss Hackney and Mr. Kiddoo abandon the students to have tea togeher when they should have been teaching, Patch takes the opportunity to try out the hot air balloon, and Bon Bon is the only one of the other present students to take note of what Patch is doing and try to get her to evacuate the balloon. To a lesser extent, there's Starlight who attempts to chase after them and asks if they're okay when they return.

* OutOfGenreExperience: We go from plots like "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyTalesS1E2TooSickToNotice Bon Bon feigns illness for attention]]" or "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyTalesS1E12TheGreatLemonadeStandWars the girls and the boys run competing lemonade stands]]" to "There's a UFO... oh, wait, it's just three pegasi and an alicorn flying around the world in the form of a blinding light nobody can see through unless they want to reveal themselves." It's even kicked off by Patch wanting to do something adventurous and picking something significantly more dangerous than what your average kid could stumble into doing.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The police officers who block the girls from going up to see the UFO only do so because the area is potentially dangerous.

{{Cyclops}}: The giant in Patch's song only has one eye.

* DeusExMachina: Patch and Bon Bon are saved from becoming shark food by pegasi and an alicorn.

* PoliceAreUseless: The police officers are, at the beginning, doing their job properly and preventing anyone from going to the top of Pony Point, but Patch successfully sneaks past them the following night.

Fortunately, an alicorn and three pegasi appear to repair the hole in the balloon and relight its burner. Patch is amazed by the sight, but Bon Bon is too scared to come out from under her blanket and see. One of the pegasi introduces herself as Brightglow and bids Patch farewell.

* IWantSong: "The Adventure" concerns Patch's desire for, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin adventure]].

* OutOfGenreExperience: We go from plots like [[Recap/MyLittlePonyTalesS1E2TooSickToNotice "Bon Bon feigns illness for attention"]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyTalesS1E12TheGreatLemonadeStandWars "the girls and the boys run competing lemonade stands"]] to "There's a UFO... oh, wait, it's just three pegasi and an alicorn flying around the world in the form of a blinding light nobody can see through unless they want to reveal themselves." It's even kicked off by Patch wanting to do something adventurous and picking something significantly more dangerous than what your average kid could stumble into doing.

* DeusExMachina: Patch and Bon Bon are saved from becoming shark food by [[spoiler:pegasi and an alicorn]].

* FromBadToWorse: The episode starts innocently, with the girls trying to go search for a UFO. Then halfway through the episode, Patch steals a hot-air balloon and Bon Bon ends up aboard while trying to stop it. Then the wind blows them over the ocean. Then a bird pokes a hole in the balloon, and they lose the instruction manual when Bon Bon tries to throw it at it. Then the flame in the burner goes out. Then they start falling into the waters below that are full of sharks. If it wasn't for [[spoiler:the UFO from the beginning (which turned out to be a group of flying magical ponies),]] it wouldn't end well for those two...
* HowUnscientific: The episode features a UFO, which turns out to actually be [[spoiler:pegasi and an alicorn]] hidden by the light shining from their travel.

* OutOfGenreExperience: We go from plots like "Bon Bon feigns illness for attention" or "the girls and the boys run competing lemonade stands" to "There's a UFO... oh, wait, it's just [[spoiler:three pegasi and an alicorn flying around the world in the form of a blinding light nobody can see through unless they want to reveal themselves.]]" It's even kicked off by Patch wanting to do something adventurous and picking something significantly more dangerous than what your average kid could stumble into doing.
* ParanormalEpisode: Notable for being the only episode featuring [[spoiler:non-earth ponies]], who were otherwise absent from the show as this iteration had removed most fantastic elements.

* OutOfGenreExperience: We go from plots like "Bon Bon hides her bad grade" or "the girls and the boys run competing lemonade stands" to "There's a UFO... oh, wait, it's just [[spoiler:three pegasi and an alicorn flying around the world in the form of a blinding light nobody can see through unless they want to reveal themselves.]]" It's even kicked off by Patch wanting to do something adventurous and picking something significantly more dangerous than what your average kid could stumble into doing.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure "You've come such a long, long way/And I've watched you since that very first day"]]'']]

* TooDumbToLive: Bon Bon tries to scare off a bird by throwing the instruction manual at it.

-->'''Patch:''' Bon Bon, look! It's glowing magical ponies!
-->'''Bon Bon:''' Sure, what happened to the UFO?!

-->'''Police Chief:''' Sorry, Patch, you can't go up there.
-->'''Patch:''' Er, why's that, chief?
-->'''Police Chief:''' Ma'am, didn't you hear about the UFO?
-->'''Clover:''' No, uh-uh, not us, we just wanted to see the flying saucer.
-->'''Patch:''' ''Clover...''

[[caption-width-right:350:[[''Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure "You've come such a long, long way/And I've watched you since that very first day"'']]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure You've come such a long, long way/And I've watched you since that very first day]]]]