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| 6 | [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic/TropesAToB Tropes A-B]] | [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic/TropesCToD Tropes C-D]] | ''' Tropes E-K''' | [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic/TropesLToP Tropes L-P]] | [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic/TropesQToS Tropes Q-S]] | [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic/TropesTToZ Tropes T-Z]] |
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| 8 | !!!''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' provides examples of the following tropes: |
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| 13 | * EarlyBirdCameo: |
| 14 | ** Snips and Snails showed up as thieves in the [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] game ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'' on the Hub's website before their first appearance on the show. |
| 15 | ** The Cutie Mark Crusaders -- Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle -- appear huddled together for a short moment at the end of the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon first episode]] (Apple Bloom had already been introduced earlier, but the other two wouldn't officially meet her until [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Episode 12]]). |
| 16 | *** Sweetie Belle also appears briefly at the beginning of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Call of the Cutie]]" due to an animation error, where an anonymous pony based on her model should've been shown. |
| 17 | ** In the [[http://i.imgur.com/gZhjI.jpg Comic-Con 2011 poster]]/[[http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.262953797055398.84804.118429394841173 desktop background]], [[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82897&view=findpost&p=1936410 the rightmost pony in the Twinkling Balloon is Pipsqueak]], who wasn't introduced until "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]". |
| 18 | ** Displays seen during a party at Hasbro's world headquarters, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM78zuCRcdE during the Hong Kong Licensing Show]] and [[http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php?topic=290623.msg110717#msg110717 at a British Toys "R" Us store]] featured Princess Cadance and Shining Armor before their debut in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding, Part 1]]". |
| 19 | ** [[CanonForeigner Diamond Rose]] [[http://csr.hasbro.com/pla01-our-employees.php appeared]] on Hasbro's Corporate Social Responsibility site before the first toy of her was [[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?R=C976877E-5056-900B-1077-F1350B3FDC1A:en_US listed]] on their ''My Little Pony'' site. |
| 20 | ** ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/game-mylittlepony-discover Discover the Difference]]'', another flash game on the Hub's website, provides glimpses at the beginning of the instrumental version of a ThemeTuneExtended, as well as revealing scenes from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E24OwlsWellThatEndsWell Owl's Well That Ends Well]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]", and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]". |
| 21 | ** ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'' showed Twilight as able to grant functional wings with magic, though they were a very different kind of wing (proper pegasus wings) than the ones she gave Rarity (butterfly wings made of gossamer and dew). |
| 22 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: |
| 23 | ** Ponies that have both wings and a horn weren't referred to by the fanon term "{{alicorn}}" until season 3.[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon The premiere]] has the narrator refer to Celestia and Luna as "unicorns". The season 2 script and a 2013 comic later call Chrysalis a "pegacorn". |
| 24 | ** In the first season, Twilight seems to be far more skeptical of the supernatural than in later episodes. Most notably in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]", where she refuses to just simply accept that Pinkie has an innate sense to know when bad things are about to happen and that curses exist, respectively (though she was admittedly right about the latter in that particular instance). It appears the writers just took the standard AgentScully bookworm archetype that Twilight is mostly modeled after and ran with it, with Twilight believing the MagicAIsMagicA rules of her universe to be consistent no matter what. |
| 25 | ** It took a while for the visual effects for unicorn magic to be standardized, and even then the ColorCodedWizardry didn't really show up until "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]". |
| 26 | ** The exact nature of unicorn magic seems different early on. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]", unicorn magic appears to be entirely in-born. A unicorn either has an ability, or they don't. However, later episodes seem to suggest that unicorn magic is much closer to [[FunctionalMagic Rule Magic]], thanks to the appearances of magical schools and spell books, wherein any unicorn's ability to learn a spell is limited only by aptitude at learning magic, rather than by simply being born with a given list of "tricks". |
| 27 | ** The third episode of the series, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]", was the first episode to be written, and it shows -- Spike has no interest in Rarity, non-unicorn ponies can somehow levitate the tickets above their heads etc. It's also the lightest episode plot-wise, as it was originally intended for a [[ThreeShorts Two Shorts]] format. |
| 28 | ** The character designs as originally drawn by Creator/LaurenFaust (seen in the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic main page image]]) have bigger pupils and irises in their eyes than what's used in the show proper. This eye style was probably dropped because it gave the characters a slightly unsettling look. |
| 29 | ** Zecora has (what closely resembles) a cutie mark. No other species has been shown having a cutie mark (even the other equines, such as the donkeys) and it's eventually explicitly confirmed that ponies are indeed the only species that gets cutie marks. Given that Zecora was the first non-pony equine character introduced in the show, it seems she was just given a cutie mark by default without anyone really thinking about it. |
| 30 | * EarlyPersonalitySigns: |
| 31 | ** Applejack is seen once as a baby asking for apple fritters, showing that she's always [[TrademarkFavoriteFood loved apples]]. |
| 32 | ** Thorax was born smiling and scared of his mother Chrysalis, showing that he was the first [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch nice Changeling]]. |
| 33 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: |
| 34 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return Of Harmony]]", the Mane Cast has to do this, ''especially'' Twilight Sparkle. [[BigBad Discord]] [[BreakTheCutie breaks]] and {{Mind Rape}}s all of them (except Twilight), turns their homeland into a chaotic WorldGoneMad (centered in their hometown of Ponyville, no less), and Twilight crosses the DespairEventHorizon when the Elements Of Harmony won't work because of the previously mentioned events. She was getting ready to ''pack up and leave'' before Princess Celestia sends her all the letters she'd sent to her on friendship the previous season. She then has to ''literally'' fight her friends to let her use her magic to remind them of all the good times they've shared before they can finally use the Elements Of Harmony to vanquish Discord. They saved all of Equestria and restored their friendship but it was ''far'' from easy! |
| 35 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]]" is another prime example of this. By the time Celestia finally gets around to declaring the [[spoiler:real bride and groom formally married]], there's no doubt that both of them have earned it after what they've been through. And of course Twilight Sparkle, after having her suspicions blown off by everypony and for a while seeming to lose her friends, her mentor, ''and'' her big brother over it only to have the main villain promptly banish her underground as soon as everypony else has left... ultimately gets them all back ''and'' gains a new CoolBigSis in the bargain. |
| 36 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 The Crystal Empire]]" takes this even further.[[note]][[http://tinyurl.com/cgs23km One scene in particular]] makes it look like Sombra was victorious, but it turned out [[AllJustADream it was just an illusion created by the nightmare door]]. Eventually Twilight realizes that stopping Sombra required accepting help from others to an extent that might deprive her of the credit for saving the kingdom and might mean she fails her "test". In the end, [[SecretTestOfCharacter it also turned out that accepting this was part of the test]].[[/note]] |
| 37 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", even more so than previous seasons. Tirek has left most of Equestria powerless and defeated, sent three of its Princesses to Tartarus, and has more or less become a PhysicalGod. Even Discord is left [[DespairEventHorizon broken and powerless]] after betraying Equestria to the tyrannical centaur before being betrayed himself. The Mane Six think all is lost... then get the last Rainbow Key, allowing them to unlock their [[SuperMode Rainbow Power forms]], defeat Tirek, and restore Equestria, with Twilight finally finding her place as Princess of Friendship. Not to mention that unlocking the Rainbow Power was the culmination of all the Mane Six's hard work, in a subplot that spanned across the entire fourth Season. Earned, indeed. |
| 38 | * EarWorm: "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Winter Wrap Up]]" is so catchy that even Discord sings it while bathing. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E7Bats Bats!]]" Pinkie Pie sings "Fruit bat round-up!" to the tune. |
| 39 | * EasilyForgiven: Many antagonists are forgiven quickly. {{Justified|Trope}}, considering the series main theme is ''friendship''. |
| 40 | ** {{Downplayed}} with Luna. She tried to create eternal night and is immediately forgiven by her sister, the Mane Cast, and Ponyville. However, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]" shows that they are still terrified of her. |
| 41 | *** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E13DoPrincessesDreamOfMagicSheep Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?]]" shows that Luna is slow to forgive ''herself'' for her crimes. |
| 42 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress MMMystery on the Friendship Express]]", the Cakes spent months working on a special cake for a dessert competition, hoping to win first place. Pinkie spent a whole night guarding the cake from the other chefs, fearing they wanted to destroy it to eliminate the competition. [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity]] eat roughly half the cake, and yet, Pinkie instantly forgives them when they apologize. |
| 43 | ** A special case in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]]"; after essentially disowned by everyone, Twilight Sparkle forgave everyone after one little apology from Applejack. To be fair, there are more important matters at hoof like [[spoiler:the Changeling Invasion]]. |
| 44 | ** Babs Seed from the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]]" spends most of the episode bullying the Cutie Mark Crusaders, with the worst of it including kicking them out of their own clubhouse and forcing Apple Bloom to sleep on the floor in her own room, but when the CMC find out about how she herself was bullied, and turned to bullying herself because of this, they immediately forgive her, save her from a booby trapped second float they set up for her, and even end up befriending her by the end of the episode. The CMC even apologize for the booby trap first. In the later episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]", Apple Bloom refers to Babs as "my favorite cousin". After all the bullying she did to her, she ends up being her favorite cousin in a family that may very well include hundreds of relatives. |
| 45 | ** And as of the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]", Trixie, who takes over Ponyville and rules it with an iron hoof, though it takes roughly a second for Twilight Sparkle to accept her apology at the end. This might be at least partially justified due to the [[ArtifactOfDoom Alicorn Amulet]]. |
| 46 | *** This is, however, {{subverted}} in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E6NoSecondPrances No Second Prances]]", as it is shown that Twilight is still distrustful of Trixie. |
| 47 | ** The episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm And Flutter On]]" involves Fluttershy forgiving [[spoiler:Discord, despite the fact that he caused the Mane Six to go BrainwashedAndCrazy and causing the WorldGoneMad]]. |
| 48 | *** In that episode, although [[spoiler:Discord was forgiven, despite the severity of Discord's actions, the Mane Six really let him off lightly. But Princess Celestia told Twilight that they're keeping the Elements just in case, and that although they've forgiven him, they haven't forgotten.]] |
| 49 | ** At the end of the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E10RainbowFalls Rainbow Falls]]" Soarin' quickly forgives Spitfire and Fleetfoot, despite the fact that they never visited him at the hospital when he hurt his wing and were planning on replacing him with Rainbow Dash. |
| 50 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", even after he sided with Tirek, Twilight still considered Discord a friend, much to his surprise. This trope also applies to Fluttershy, who Discord is still on good terms with despite hurting her earlier with his betrayal. That said, he does notice he doesn't get a throne along with the others and is told he'll have to earn it, and seemed to regret what he did even before Tirek stabbed him in the back. |
| 51 | * EatTheCamera: |
| 52 | ** Rarity in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E20ForWhomTheSweetieBelleToils For Whom the Sweetie Bell Toils]]". |
| 53 | ** Applejack in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E9PinkieApplePie Pinkie Apple Pie]]". |
| 54 | ** Soarin' in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E10RainbowFalls Rainbow Falls]]". |
| 55 | ** Fluttershy in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E14FilliVanilli Filli Vanilli]]". |
| 56 | ** Starlight Glimmer in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E8AHearthsWarmingTail A Hearth's Warming Tail]]". |
| 57 | * EdibleAmmunition: The citizens of Appleloosa use apple pies to repel a buffalo stampede. The entire episode was a metaphor for the American Settlers encroaching on the Native's land. And the pie battle was very intentionally a tame version of a shootout, because you wouldn't get incapacitated by a pie, would you? |
| 58 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy Dragonshy]]", Applejack demonstrated expert marksmanship with kicked apples. She didn't get to use them against the dragon, but she was ready to. |
| 59 | *** In the same episode, Angel beans Fluttershy with a half-eaten carrot. |
| 60 | ** Catapult-launched pumpkins are a popular part of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Nightmare Night]] celebrations. Presumably, they could be re-purposed for less festive occasions. |
| 61 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]", Pinkie Pie tries to fend off Spike by throwing cakes at him. He just catches them instead. |
| 62 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]", Trixie conjures several pies and throws them at Twilight Sparkle, who defends herself by summoning a parasprite. |
| 63 | * EdibleThemeNaming: Applejack. Her entire family qualifies too, given that they're named after brands of, types of, or products made from said fruit. |
| 64 | ** Distant relatives seem to be named after different fruits, such as aunt and uncle Orange. |
| 65 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]", when Applejack is shrunk, Spike dubs her "Appletini". (Both names are kinds of alcoholic drinks.) |
| 66 | ** Seems to be a pattern with most (though not ''quite'' all) Earth Ponies; Pinkie hails from the Pie family, though makes her living with the Cakes; two of Equestria's founders were Chancellor ''Pudding''head and her secretary Smart ''Cookie''; even Rose and Daisy could arguably count, since ponies have been seen multiple times eating flowers. |
| 67 | ** Many of the background pony names, too. |
| 68 | * {{Edutainment}}: |
| 69 | ** During the first Season, the show was broadcast with an E/I logo in the upper left corner, but the only real concession it makes to being educational and informative is to have AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle dialogue at the end of every episode. (These days, simply claiming to encourage positive social values is often enough to allow the use of the logo.) Cable channels aren't required to air E/I programming, but there may be conditions to the partnership between Hasbro and Discovery Channel to form the Hub that the audience doesn't know about. Still, a cartoon that manages to be {{Edutainment}}, MerchandiseDriven and genuinely entertaining even for adults all at the same time is a truly astonishing achievement. |
| 70 | *** The E/I mark goes back to the Discovery Kids days; the network adds E/I tags in electronic program listings to make it easier for parents to find actual educational children's programming. Since no other cable network (like Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network) uses the E/I tag, it's a really big advantage for The Hub to tag their shows E/I. |
| 71 | *** The show could be a TropeCodifier for Stealth Education. The writers are very talented at sneaking in educational tidbits without disrupting the flow of the show -- going all the way back to the pilot, where Twilight explains that being "on the precipice (or threshold, or brink) of disaster" means that "something really bad is about to happen", and that "imperative" means "important". |
| 72 | *** A ''particularly'' stealthy tidbit they snuck in was actual physics equations for time dilation, like Gamma Correction, in an episode dealing with time travel. Who knew you could learn college-level physics in a TV-Y program? |
| 73 | *** Hasbro has also released guidelines for some episodes for parents that want their kid to learn more. |
| 74 | *** The bug has been absent in Season 2, which left certain fans wondering if Hasbro has ditched the Edutainment aspect of the show. Either that, or The Hub has since deprecated the practice all together. |
| 75 | ** The [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] EdutainmentGame ''[[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-little-pony-twilight-sparkle/id465213808?mt=8 Twilight Sparkle: Teacher for a Day]]'' is an interactive storybook with two types of educationally-beneficial minigames thrown in. The makers of the game have gone on to make another one, ''[[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-little-pony-ruckus-reader/id498464830?mt=8 Ruckus Reader]]''. |
| 76 | * EightiesHair: |
| 77 | ** One episode showed a photo of the teacher, Cheerilee, in TheEighties. [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim "Yes, I know, but honestly, that's how everypony was wearing their mane back then."]] |
| 78 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", the Mane Six all gain '''fabulous''' new 'dos after getting their Rainbow Power. |
| 79 | * EitherOrOffspring: Ponies from different races reproducing will never have an offspring who has magic from both races. They will be one or the other or, in rare cases, neither. |
| 80 | * EldritchAbomination: |
| 81 | ** Discord, who's made from the body parts of different animals. |
| 82 | ** The Windigoes who are shown to have existed for thousands of years, and will most likely never be completely destroyed as long as hate still exists in Equestria. |
| 83 | * EldritchLocation: The Everfree Forest is one to the ponies. |
| 84 | -->That place just isn't natural! [[InvertedTrope The plants grow, animals take care of themselves, and clouds move]], ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor all on their own!]]'' |
| 85 | ** Discord's home was eventually revealed to be this. |
| 86 | * ElementalPowers: |
| 87 | ** Rainbow Dash, as a pegasus, can manipulate cloud-borne water to create rain (her profession), and also to create rainbows, as seen most clearly with her stunt in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]". Her name also contains the word "rain", despite the fact that one might think that Rainbow Dash, as a great flyer, might also be associated with the air. |
| 88 | ** Rarity can magically locate pockets of precious or semiprecious stones within solid rock, giving her an earth affinity. It is possible that her special talent was originally intended to be this, before being changed to fashion design (she was not originally planned to be a [[TheFashionista Fashionista]], and she was based on Sparkler, a G1 pony who, in the toyline, collected shiny objects). |
| 89 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: |
| 90 | ** In the [[ChristmasEpisode episode]] "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E8AHearthsWarmingTail Hearth's Warming Eve]]", when Windigos are attracted by the hatred between the three pony tribe leaders and begin freezing everything, the new friendship between the tribe leaders' assistants manifests as a magical flame that shoots from Clover the Clever's horn, vanquishes the Windigos, and melts the ice along with the leaders' hearts. |
| 91 | ** Towards the end of the two-part season finale "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]]", when Queen Chrysalis and her Changeling army have taken over Canterlot and left Shining Armor too weak to recast his defensive shield, Princess Cadance casts her [[ThePowerOfLove love spell]] on his horn, creating a barrier of love that expels the Changelings. |
| 92 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight’s Kingdom, Part 2]]", "Rainbow Power", the force that was locked inside the box, is unlocked after Twilight turns over all the alicorn magic she had been storing and proves to be the key to defeating Tirek. However the key to unlock the box is generated from Discord's artifact he received from Tirek and he's only released after the exchange to turn over the magic to Tirek occurs, meaning Tirek had literally ''won'' by the time the Rainbow Power box is unlocked (so it's really more of a "Twelfth Hour Superpower"). |
| 93 | * EmbarrassmentPlot: |
| 94 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E11MoltDown Molt Down]]", Spike is going through a developmental dragon phase and finds the symptoms (itchy red scales, smelling bad, random voice pitch changes, and burping out fire) annoying and embarrassing. |
| 95 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep Read It and Weep]]", Rainbow Dash takes up reading while in hospital and is embarrassed to admit to liking it because she think her friends will tease her for being an "egghead". |
| 96 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E7NewbieDash Newbie Dash]]", Rainbow Dash is embarrassed by being called "Rainbow Crash" at Wonderbolt Academy. |
| 97 | * EmbodimentOfVirtue: Each pony in the Mane 6 represents a social virtue: |
| 98 | ** Pinkie Pie represents Laughter (more traditionally known as Mirth). |
| 99 | ** Fluttershy represents Kindness. |
| 100 | ** Applejack represents Honesty. |
| 101 | ** Rainbow Dash represents Loyalty. |
| 102 | ** Rarity represents Generosity. |
| 103 | ** Twilight Sparkle represents Friendship, in the show considered synonymous with the force of Magic. |
| 104 | * EmotionlessGirl: Maud Pie. She is about as emotionless as the rocks she is obsessed with, which is a sharp contrast to her sister [[CloudCuckoolander Pinkie Pie]]. [[NotSoStoic She does show slight emotion]] whenever she talks about how much she loves her sister, or when [[BigSisterInstinct Pinkie Pie is in extreme danger]]. |
| 105 | * EmpathicWeapon: The Elements of Harmony. They only work for those who represent their Elements, stop working if the harmony between the users is broken, and can reform from being destroyed. |
| 106 | * EnchantedForest: The Everfree Forest, an overgrown wilderness that does not respond to the ponies' control and home to a wide variety of dangerous monsters, magical plants, and strange secrets. The ponies are generally very apprehensive about entering it. |
| 107 | * EndOfSeriesAwareness: |
| 108 | ** The final season-opener is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin appropriately titled]] "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E1TheBeginningOfTheEndPart1 The Beginning of the End]]", and the three-part GrandFinale consists of a two-parter called "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E24TheEndingOfTheEndPart1 The Ending of the End]]" followed by "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E26TheLastProblem The Last Problem]]". |
| 109 | ** Also {{lampshaded}} by Yona In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E3Uprooted Uprooted]]": |
| 110 | -->'''Yona:''' Yaks know things not forever. That's why smash and rebuild. |
| 111 | * EnemyMine: The main plot of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]]" is to rehabilitate or "reform" the unfrozen Discord so Princess Celestia can use his magic for good. |
| 112 | * EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo: |
| 113 | ** Fluttershy is the soft spoken as compared to literally everypony else. But she is particularly contrasted with Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, who are the most energetic. |
| 114 | ** Rarity is also soft spoken in comparison with Pinkie and Dash, unless she's throwing a dramatic crying fit or tantrum. |
| 115 | * EnergyAbsorption: Tirek's power. |
| 116 | * EngineeredPublicConfession: DoubleSubverted in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E20VivaLasPegasus Viva las Pegasus]]". Fluttershy disguises herself as a pony named Impossibly Rich in an attempt to trick Gladmane into telling how he handles his employees over a microphone, only for him to see right through the trick. Then when Gladmane gloats about getting the upper hand, Fluttershy has her hoof on the button to his loudspeaker. |
| 117 | * EpunymousTitle: Episodes include: |
| 118 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy Dragonshy]]" (the character who saves the day is Fluttershy, who is gunshy about dragons) |
| 119 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]" (after Pinkie Pie's "Pinkie Sense") |
| 120 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]" (Princess Luna deals with being "eclipsed" by her previous Nightmare Moon image) |
| 121 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]" (after Rainbow Dash's "sonic rainboom") |
| 122 | * EscortDistraction: Happens in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E3CastleSweetCastle Castle Sweet Castle]]": In a [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 prior episode]], the Golden Oak Library, Twilight's home in Ponyville, gets destroyed by Tirek. In place, she now lives in the newly emerged Castle of Friendship, but it turns out Twilight doesn't feel home in there. Her friends try to surprise her by remodeling the castle, so they enlist Spike to keep Twilight distracted until they're done. |
| 123 | * EtTuBrute: |
| 124 | ** A comedic example happens in the episode, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party Of One]]". Pinkie Pie assumes that her friends are turning their backs on her after Spike said that they don't like her parties anymore. As it turns out, her friends are setting up a birthday party for her without telling her about it. |
| 125 | ** A brainwashed example occurs in the two-parter episode, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return Of Harmony]]". In that episode, Discord, knowing about ThePowerOfFriendship, brainwashes the TrueCompanions into turning against each other. After a CircleOfShame by the Discord's balloons, which tells her that her friends are laughing about her behind her back, corrupted Pinkie Pie's reply to Twilight Sparkle is to be expected when she and the corrupted Applejack found her: |
| 126 | --> '''Twilight Sparkle:''' Pinkie Pie! Are we glad to see you!\ |
| 127 | '''Pinkie Pie:''' Oh you are, huh? Why? Need a good laugh? |
| 128 | *** To say nothing about how poor Twilight felt when one by one, her friends are acting different from themselves, and when Rainbow Dash went flying out of the maze after what Applejack told her. |
| 129 | ---> '''Applejack:''' (watching as Rainbow Dash went flying out of the maze) Well, looky there. Rainbow Dash is flying away. She's abandonin' us.\ |
| 130 | '''Twilight Sparkle:''' Now I know that's a lie. How can it be? |
| 131 | ** A relatively mild example occurs in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]". When the Gabby Gums column begins to print false-but-still-damaging stories of the Mane Six, it's initially suggested to Rarity that since Sweetie Belle works for the school paper, she might know who GG is. Rarity is immediately offended by the implication that her sister would associate with a pony with such blatant disregard for everypony's feelings. Her tune changes immediately once she discovers Sweetie Belle stole Rarity's diary and published it. To drive this home, Rarity confronts Sweetie with "Et tu, Gabby Gums?". |
| 132 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", Fluttershy is the only of the Mane Six who seems wholly shocked by Discord's betrayal. |
| 133 | *** Before her, Shining Armor is likewise stunned that Discord would turn his back on them. |
| 134 | *** Discord [[LaserGuidedKarma gets hit with this moments later]] by Tirek, who he seemed to have thought was actually his friend. It causes Discord to, for the first time in the series, be ''broken''. |
| 135 | * EverybodyCries: {{Subverted}} in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E5TanksForTheMemories Tanks for the Memories]]". When Rainbow Dash sobs knowing that Tank has to leave her to hibernate, the others join in.... except for Twilight and Applejack. We then learn from Pinkie Pie that she was crying because Twilight wasn't and that Applejack "cries on the inside". |
| 136 | -->''(Nearly every pony cries when we see Applejack taking off her hat)''\ |
| 137 | '''Twilight''': You, too?\ |
| 138 | '''Applejack''': Nope, I'm good. |
| 139 | * EverybodyLaughsEnding: Several episodes end with this; see the individual [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic recap articles]] for specifics. |
| 140 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: |
| 141 | ** The biggest weakness of Discord is his inability to truly understand how strong the bond between the Mane Cast truly is. He's taken completely off-guard when he discovers that they've reforged their friendship after he seemingly broke it apart [[spoiler:leading to his defeat]]. He also gets ''very'' frustrated when Fluttershy proves too kind and accepting of her own faults to fall for his [[MoreThanMindControl attempt to convince her her friends think she's weak and helpless and thus she should be mad at them]]. This makes sense when one considers he's the [[EvilCounterpart polar opposite]] of the Elements of Harmony, which run on the PowerOfFriendship. It may also be another of the apparent {{Shout Out}}s to [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Him]], who shared this weakness as well. Ironically, in his [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn second appearance]] [[spoiler:he not only manages to comprehend it in the end, the act of doing so is what redeems him, as his new found friendship with Fluttershy makes him unable to bring himself to do anything to jeopardize it]]. |
| 142 | ** Queen Chrysalis, the BigBad of the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 second]] SeasonFinale, also has this problem. She's the sadistic, {{shapeshifting}}, [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus-like]] Queen of the Changelings who stole Princess Cadance's identity to feed off the [[ThePowerOfLove love]] her husband-to-be had for her. In the end, she doesn't once think that this same power could be turned against her. To her, it was just food and she didn't understand its true power. |
| 143 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 1]]", during his HannibalLecture to Discord, Tirek dismisses his brother's befriending of ponies so many years ago as a sign of a weak mind. More generally, he considers friendship just another form of imprisonment. |
| 144 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", Tirek cannot understand friendship, and is confused when Twilight demands Discord's release after he betrayed them. It is this mistake that leads to his defeat and re-imprisonment for eternity. |
| 145 | * EvilCounterpart: |
| 146 | ** Nightmare Moon to Luna |
| 147 | ** Chrysalis to Cadance |
| 148 | ** Trixie to Twilight (in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]", at least) |
| 149 | ** [[spoiler:[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10ARoyalProblem Daybreaker]]]] to Celestia |
| 150 | * EvilCounterpartRace: Changelings to ponies. |
| 151 | * EvilIsPetty: While Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon aren't necessarily ''evil'', for some reason they go out of their way to mock the foals in their class that don't have cutie marks yet. |
| 152 | * EvilLaugh: Nightmare Moon and Discord. Spike also gets one in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E24OwlsWellThatEndsWell Owl's Well That Ends Well]]". |
| 153 | ** Fluttershy of all ponies gets one in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]". |
| 154 | ** [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] adores this trope, getting one several times in the first part of the two-part [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Season 2 finale]], and about once every five minutes, give or take, in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 second part]]. |
| 155 | ** [[spoiler:[[EnfantTerrible Cozy Glow]]]] seems to like doing this as well. |
| 156 | * EvilPlan: |
| 157 | ** Nightmare Moon's "everlasting night" plan in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon pilot]]. |
| 158 | ** For a god of chaos, Discord is incredibly strategic about getting his "rulership" (AKA position to make up extremely creative and nonsensical torments for everyone) of Equestria back. |
| 159 | ** [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis's "first Canterlot, then all of Equestria" plan in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Season 2]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 finale]].]] |
| 160 | * EvilSoundsDeep: |
| 161 | ** [[MadGod Nightmare Moon]] of the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon pilot]] has a pretty deep voice and a great EvilLaugh. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that her larger stature (roughly 1.5 times the size of the main characters) would give her longer vocal cords, and thus a lower-pitched voice. |
| 162 | ** ZigZagged by Discord, who, being voiced by Creator/JohnDeLancie, has a somewhat high-pitched voice. However, he's got a great range, and there are several lines where it sounds deeper than normal. |
| 163 | ** [[EvilOverlord King Sombra]] of the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 Season 3 opener]] has a very deep voice indeed. |
| 164 | ** At first in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 1]]", Lord Tirek's voice is frail and old, but he later gains a deep, booming voice as he returns to his original power. |
| 165 | * EvolvingCredits: |
| 166 | ** The opening credits are updated in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", including [[PromotionToOpeningTitles the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Big Macintosh, more background ponies]], and the Friendship Express Train, as well as an additional appearance of Canterlot and the mountains in the background. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial Sisterhooves Social]]", [[http://www.ponibooru.org/post/view/81791 parts of the Friendship Express Train were recolored and/or rearranged]], making it and its Nursery Train Car the same color as they are in the show proper and in the toys. The song itself was also rerecorded, which has been used for all subsequent seasons. |
| 167 | ** Season 4 adds Discord in Fluttershy's house and has the photo of the girls expanded to feature much of the extended cast, and Luna joins Celestia in opening it at the end. |
| 168 | ** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 Season 5's opening]] features Twilight's new castle instead of the library to reflect the changes from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Season 4's finale]]. |
| 169 | ** Season 6 tweaks the cast photo, adding Starlight Glimmer and making changes to the CMC, reflecting events from Season 5. |
| 170 | ** Season 7 has Starlight Glimmer no longer looking nervous in the cast photo. The logo has changed colors to match with the one from the comics and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017''. |
| 171 | ** Bizarrely, the closing credits in the first two season never reflected the episode, listing the same set of voice actors and roles for every episode regardless of which characters were present or absent. Season 3 started using proper credits. |
| 172 | ** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E1SchoolDazePart1 Season 8's opening]] features a complete revamp from the ground-up in the largest change to the opening since the show began. New scenes highlight things that have changed in the ponies' lives since the show started (Rarity [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E14CanterlotBoutique opening the Canterlot Boutique]], Rainbow Dash [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E7NewbieDash joining the Wonderbolts]], Fluttershy [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E5FluttershyLeansIn constructing her animal sanctuary]], etc.), as well as showing the Friendship School that forms a big piece of the overarching plot of Season 8. The end shot of the throne room is also updated with the throne room itself being redesigned to be more in line with the movie's design and adding Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart. |
| 173 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Episodes include: |
| 174 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Friendship Is Magic]]" ([[MagicAIsMagicA and yes, in this universe it really is]]) |
| 175 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]" |
| 176 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]" |
| 177 | * ExactWords: |
| 178 | ** Celestia telling Twilight Sparkle "You simply must stop reading those dusty old books!" is assumed to mean [[CassandraTruth she doesn't believe her warnings about Nightmare Moon's impending return.]] It turns out she ''did'' know, and was telling Twilight to stop reading books wan't because they were untrustworthy, but so she could meet [[ThePowerOfFriendship friends who could help her defeat Nightmare Moon]]. |
| 179 | ** Also done by Applejack, otherwise known for her honesty and integrity, when racing against Rainbow Dash with her [[ItMakesSenseInContext wings tied up]] in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends Fall Weather Friends]]", in which she has no problem hitching a ride on the Twinkling Balloon after Rainbow Dash [[RoadsignReversal sent her wildly off-track]]. Her justification? |
| 180 | --->'''Rainbow Dash:''' What the hay--you said no flying!\ |
| 181 | '''Applejack:''' No, I said ''no wings''. |
| 182 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return Of Harmony, Part 2]]", Discord points out that he never said [[spoiler:the Elements Of Harmony were in the maze. Twists and turns ''were'' his master plan, but it had nothing to do with the Elements.]] |
| 183 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]", Twilight casts a spell to make the parasprites "stop eating all the food". It works perfectly -- the parasprites start eating everything ''but'' food. |
| 184 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May the Best Pet Win!]]": |
| 185 | --->'''Rainbow Dash:''' But I said whoever crosses the finish line ''with'' me gets to be my pet.\ |
| 186 | '''Pinkie Pie:''' You did! You ''did'' say that! She did say that, that was the rule! |
| 187 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]": |
| 188 | --->'''Applejack:''' [[spoiler:If y’all reckon back, I told you that I would tell you everything ''at breakfast!'' But I didn’t come to breakfast! I ''couldn’t'' come to that breakfast! Not if it meant tellin’ y’all what happened!]] |
| 189 | * ExpandedUniverse: The Creator/{{Gameloft}} app and [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW the IDW comic series]] serve as the show's first real bits of ExpandedUniverse stories. Before those, there are mostly just short stories and stock-art comics that can be found in different countries' ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' magazines and/or ''Sparkle World'' magazine, but they... don't follow the show very well. |
| 190 | * ExpositoryThemeTune: "I used to wonder what friendship could be/Until you shared its magic with me..." |
| 191 | * {{Expy}}: Rainbow Dash is one CaptainErsatz of the G1 pony Firefly. |
| 192 | ** Pipsqueak is very similar to [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Mac]]. |
| 193 | *** And Granny Smith is very similar to Madame Foster from the same show. |
| 194 | ** Parasprites are flying [[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles Tribbles]]. Exact same MO. Mass breeders, extremely cute, and eat everything. |
| 195 | ** The [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E6PowerPonies Power Ponies]] are based on comic heroes. Radiance is the ComicBook/GreenLantern, Saddle Rager is the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]], Fili-second is ComicBook/TheFlash, Humdrum is ComicBook/{{Robin}}, Zap seems to be ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}} (with, shades of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] thrown in, if you take the 2014 comic book annual into account), Mistress Marevelous is ComicBook/WonderWoman, and Masked Matter-horn is ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}}. |
| 196 | * ExtremeOmnivore: |
| 197 | ** Pinkie Pie has shown a willingness to eat virtually anything, eating cupcakes with hot sauce and ashen lumps that are supposedly cupcakes without complaint. Her first reaction to seeing a vat of liquid rainbow was to taste it, and it's the ''only'' thing she's complained about the flavor of on-screen -- although she had some bizarre muffins that made her sick, she didn't actually comment on their flavor. So she's probably an Extreme Herbivore at best. |
| 198 | ** Her sister Maud has no problem crunching into hunks of crystal, and she taught Pinkie the family's rock candy recipe -- which uses ''actual rocks'' as one ingredient. |
| 199 | ** Spike definitely qualifies -- he prefers eating gemstones, but can and often will eat literally anything. Including eating and enjoying the above-mentioned muffins. ''After'' seeing a live earthworm stick its head out of one. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", Spike eats a whole book without ill effects. |
| 200 | ** There's also the Parasprites. Twilight tried to stop them from eating all the food by casting a spell to make them stop eating food. They started eating everything else. |
| 201 | ** Rarity and Sweetie Belle's parents enjoyed the [[LethalChef latter's horrible food]], which included ashes (burnt juice) and a bowl of bubbling ooze (toast). |
| 202 | ** Discord, [[RealityWarper reality warping]] AnthropomorphicPersonification of chaos that he is, once drank a glass containing chocolate milk, then tossed aside the chocolate milk. Another time he ate a bowl of paper, specifically the pages of Twilight's spellbooks that had the spell she was looking for. |
| 203 | * EyeCam: Used a few times from the point of view of Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash respectively. Used with the the first two characters when regaining consciousness from fainting and the latter when she's waking up from an accident. |
| 204 | * EyeDentityGiveaway: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E8Frenemies Frenemies]]". When in her cragadile, goat, and ophiotaurus forms, the shapeshifter Queen Chrysalis retains her distinctive blue-green eyes with concentric sclerae and slit pupils. While this is absent in her ursa form, several of its [[CelestialBody component stars]] shine the same color as her eyes. Her {{roc|Birds}} and monkey forms don't bear any signs of this, however. |
| 205 | * {{Eyedscreen}}: |
| 206 | ** Used in Episode 7 "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy Dragonshy]]" when the Mane Cast is preparing to confront the dragon. |
| 207 | ** Chief Thunderhooves of the buffalo tribe uses the effect several times in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]". |
| 208 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", Tirek gets this [[spoiler:when he tells Discord YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness]]. |
| 209 | * EyePoke: [[SociallyAwkwardHero Twilight]] attempts to perform a "Pinkie Promise": |
| 210 | -->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my AUGH! |
| 211 | [[/folder]] |
| 212 | |
| 213 | [[folder:F]] |
| 214 | * FaceFault: |
| 215 | ** The other ponies in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy Dragonshy]]" when Fluttershy is too scared to go in the cave. |
| 216 | ** Rainbow Dash in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]", again because of Fluttershy. This time because she just can't get an outdoor voice "yay" from her. |
| 217 | * FacePalm: |
| 218 | ** Twilight's typical response to the strange happenings around her. |
| 219 | ** The other Ponies get in on it too, with Rainbow Dash doing a ''Double'' Facehoof at times. |
| 220 | *** Behold fanart of a ''quadruple'' [[http://bobmortar.deviantart.com/art/Rainbow-Dash-Quadruple-Facehoof-vector-287398077 facehoof]]. |
| 221 | ** Angel Bunny does a facepaw whenever he finds Fluttershy frustrating. |
| 222 | ** One of the Diamond Dogs facepaws when Rarity is aggravating him. |
| 223 | ** Spike faceclaws from time to time. |
| 224 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", Owlowiscious simulates this with his [[FeatherFingers flight feathers]] when Spike reads the cover page of the book and says "I'm likin' the looks of this one!". Even more impressive in that he used one of his wings to do it while in mid-flight, and still remained airborne. |
| 225 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]", Spike's [[CringeComedy cringe-worthy]] attempt at the Cloudsdale anthem naturally induces this to much of the audience (both in and out of universe). |
| 226 | ** Now compiled in this handy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIQZ-hfwATQ compilation]]! Begins at 2:45. |
| 227 | * FacePlant: Happens to most of the mane characters at one time or another. |
| 228 | ** Apple Bloom has this as a running joke in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts and Hooves Day]]". |
| 229 | ** Happens to Spike in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", when he tries walking in the bulky crystal armour Rarity puts him in. |
| 230 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]", when Spike is brought before Cadance upon arriving in the Crystal Empire, he falls face-first on the ground when the guards transporting him come to a halt. |
| 231 | * FaceplantingIntoFood: |
| 232 | ** In "A Bird in the Hoof", Fluttershy is looking after Celestia's apparently-sick pet bird Philomena and serves her [[SoupIsMedicine a bowl of soup]]. Philomena apparently passes out right into the soup. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|trope}}, since it turns out that Philomena isn't sick at all, just about to enter her burning cycle (she's a phoenix) and she faked all her symptoms besides the molting.]] |
| 233 | ** In "Castle Sweet Castle", Twilight avoids living in her new castle by helping her friends with their chores. At the breakfast Twilight holds for her friends, she falls asleep at the table and uses the pancakes as a pillow. |
| 234 | * FadeAroundTheEyes: |
| 235 | ** The villainess Queen Chrysalis [[spoiler:in disguise as Princess Cadance]] does this at one point in her VillainSong. Significant in that, when the screen fades to black, [[spoiler:we see her ''real'' eyes, instead of those of the princess]]. |
| 236 | ** Grogar does this at the very end of part 2 of "The Beginning of the End" as he forces Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow to work with him following the Mane Six destroying Sombra. Similar to Chrysalis' example, when the screen fades to black, [[spoiler:we seem to get a glimpse of his real eyes -- from his true form of Discord.]] |
| 237 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: The Cutie Mark Crusaders' attempts to gain their cutie marks always fail, because otherwise there couldn't be more episodes about them attempting to gain their cutie marks. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Season 5]], at long last! ]] |
| 238 | * FailureMontage: |
| 239 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]" has a montage early on featuring the Cutie Mark Crusaders trying and failing at various tasks in attempts to get their Cutie Marks. |
| 240 | ** The Mane Cast during the "What My Cutie Mark is Telling Me" song in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]". All of them except for Twilight Sparkle are shown trying, and failing, to do one another's jobs. |
| 241 | ** The Cutie Mark Crusaders, yet again, in the "Hearts as Strong as Horses" song in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E5FlightToTheFinish Flight to the Finish]]". In this case the Failure Montage leads up to eventual success through teamwork. |
| 242 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E12PinkiePride Pinkie Pride]]" has Pinkie Pie, feeling overshadowed as resident Party Planner Pony, trying out other jobs including operating room nurse, mailmare, and construction worker. |
| 243 | * FaintInShock: |
| 244 | ** Rarity in-universe acknowledges that she does this all the time, to the point that she has a special couch to faint onto... Some standout occasions: |
| 245 | *** Twice during the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]" First, when she hears that mysterious zebra Zecora's stripes are not a fashion choice, but something she was born with, and then again when the other ponies list the "horrors" of the Everfree Forest. |
| 246 | *** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]" when Sapphire Shores asks her to make five more dresses in addition to the one she just made. |
| 247 | ** Happens twice in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]". |
| 248 | *** Applejack ends up fainting after believing she's finished her apple-picking all by herself, only to be shown an acre that still needed to be picked. In the latter case, it's likely justified, as Applejack was suffering from severe sleep deprivation in addition to the shock, thus crossing over with the Exhaustion Faint. |
| 249 | *** In that same episode, this trope is parodied when a Flower Sister faints when faced with a bunny stampede (normal-sized bunnies, mind you, who were rather harmless). |
| 250 | * FakeHairDrama: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]", Fluttershy is driven to tears by the newspaper gossip columnist accusing her of getting tail extensions. |
| 251 | * FakeWizardry: PlayedWith in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]". Twilight Sparkle, a magical unicorn prodigy, defeats her rival, Trixie (who was using an [[AmplifierArtifact Amplifier]] ArtifactOfDoom to cast more powerful magic spells), by using a useless MagicFeather trinket and stage magic tricks to simulate even more powerful magic that Trixie was unable to do and fool her into taking off the Artifact to get the MagicFeather (and therefore removing her powerful magic amplifier). |
| 252 | * FalseCameraEffects: There is a LensFlare in the opening animation. |
| 253 | * FamilialChiding: A series that focuses on friendship and how to be a better person, there are a few instances of this. |
| 254 | ** "Gryphon the Brush Off" has Fluttershy, who was recently bullied by Gilda, wonder about the wisdom of Pinkie Pie's plans to throw a party for Gilda. |
| 255 | ---> '''Pinkie Pie:''' Don't worry your pretty little head about mean old Gilda. Your auntie Pinkie Pie's got it all taken care of. |
| 256 | ---> '''Fluttershy:''' ''(irked)'' I'm a year older than you. |
| 257 | ** After Discord learns that the Elements of Harmony have been returned to the Tree of Harmony, and he cannot be turned to stone by them again, Fluttershy calls him out on his seeming eagerness to return to his former ways. |
| 258 | ---> '''Fluttershy:''' But our friendship remains. And if you want to remain friends, you'll stop thinking whatever it is you're thinking and help us clean up. |
| 259 | ---> '''Discord:''' Fine. But I don't do windows. |
| 260 | * FancyCamping: Rarity bring a two-story tent on the camping trip with Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash. She even adorns the place with flowers in a fancy vase. |
| 261 | * {{Fanservice}}: Of the non-sexual variety. After [[EnsembleDarkhorse Derpy Hooves]] took off within the fandom, animators started including her more and more often, sometimes in a scripted event and other times as a FunnyBackgroundEvent -- to the point that spotting her has become a Literature/WheresWaldo-esque game in some circles. |
| 262 | ** However, by far the largest example of this is in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]", when the name Derpy for [[EnsembleDarkhorse Derpy Hooves]] was made canon, as well as ''giving her a voice''! |
| 263 | *** And then, when the name caused considerable backlash, she returned to being unnamed. |
| 264 | ** The entire impetus behind Episode 100, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]"; which includes Derpy Hooves in a major speaking role, as well as multiple other background and one-shot ponies (and Chinese river dragons) in smaller speaking roles. References to fanon and fan-works abound. |
| 265 | ** Played straight whenever Creator/TaraStrong decides to troll the fandom. |
| 266 | *** And on rare occasion, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1aTKd4lRPo in the show itself]]. |
| 267 | ** [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW IDW's official comics]] are chock full of fanon shout-outs, although they also sneak in some played-straight fanservice once in awhile. It's not really more fanservicey than one might expect from a G-rated comic, though included are some sultry character poses and subtle [[ShipTease ship teasing]] (Rarity's micro series issue has some of the more obvious examples thus far). |
| 268 | * {{Fansub}}: An official Mexican ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' [[http://mylittlepony.com.mx/index3.php website]] used Wonderbolts Fansub's Spanish one of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding, Part 1]]", leaving in the group's credits and even ''a [=MediaFire=] URL to download the first two seasons with Spanish fansubs''. |
| 269 | ** [[RecursiveTranslation The official Japanese dub is getting them.]] |
| 270 | * FantasticAesop: |
| 271 | ** The show is generally pretty good at avoiding this, but it still runs into it on occasion. "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]" is a good example, as its moral is that friendship is important because everyone has a special connection with their friends, even before they've met. Which is a nice thought, and may very well be true InUniverse, but in real life it's entirely possible to become really good friends without having ever crossed paths in the past. |
| 272 | ** As Twilight said in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", [[SchmuckBait "Never, ever, ever, EVER take another book out of the library at the castle without asking!"]] (Or three Princesses might have to spend their entire day cleaning up your mistake. [[AndThatsTerrible Shame on you.]]) Gets funnier when you realize Spike ''ate'' the book [[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse and Twilight doesn't even think it worth mentioning]]. |
| 273 | * FantasticCasteSystem: {{Downplayed}} but still there. Only the pegasi can control weather, only the unicorns can use magic (which, because magic effectively gives them fingers, means they dominate the traditional artisan professions), and earth ponies have an innate ability to work the ground. Ponies have found ways to employ their powers in more personal ways, but on the whole the society seems to fall on these three genetic lines. |
| 274 | %%* FantasticDrug: Pinkie Pie's laughter-inducing apple cookies from the German [[ComicBookAdaptation magazine comic]] ''Wundersame Apfelkekse''.%%Are an example how? |
| 275 | * FantasticFlora: |
| 276 | ** Poison Joke is a wild flower causes maliciously humorous, often ironic afflictions on those who come in contact with it. |
| 277 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]" features two: Heart's Desire is a plant with heart-shaped flowers that can, if eaten, grant someone their greatest desire. The Seeds of Truth are another flower that only grows when true words are spoken, and which can undo the effects of Heart's Desire. |
| 278 | ** Zap Apples are a magical variety of apple tree that only grows its rainbow-colored fruit after a series of ominous signs (including a lightning storm and swarms of crows). |
| 279 | ** Dragon-sneeze trees grow large flowers that induce violent, fiery sneezing fits in dragons. |
| 280 | ** The plot of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E18AHealthOfInformation A Health of Information]]" is precipitated by the effects of a flowering tree whose pollen induces swamp fever, a sickness that begins with annoying but harmless effects (spotting and coughing up bubbles), develops more serious symptoms (sneezing out lighting bolts) and ultimately sees the afflicted person [[{{Transflormation}} sprout branches and turn into another tree of the same species]]. |
| 281 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E22GrowingUpIsHardToDo Growing Up Is Hard to Do]]", Twilight and Fluttershy are studying a mysterious flower that can grant wishes, at the cost of needing to consume a petal for each wish granted. |
| 282 | * FantasticNamingConvention: |
| 283 | ** Pony names are simple one- or two-word constructs with literal meanings relating to their appearance, talents and/or personality. While Western-style surnames have occurred from time to time, most families in the show seem to go for FamilyThemeNaming (such as the Apples, who are all named after apple cultivars or apple-based products, and Pinkie Pie's relatives, who are all named after types of rock). Although there are plenty of exceptions, there are also noticeable naming trends within the three tribes of ponies: |
| 284 | *** Most earth pony names derive from words relating to the earth, plants and food.[[note]]Applejack, Apple Bloom, Big Macintosh, Granny Smith, Bright Macintosh and Pear Butter, Igneous Rock and Cloudy Quartz, Limestone and Marble, Mudbriar, Cupcake and Carrot Cake, Smart Cookie, Cherry Jubilee, Cheese Sandwich, Meadowbrook, Cattail, Tree Hugger, Burnt Oak, Sandbar...[[/note]] |
| 285 | *** Pegasus names tend to involve flying, weather and the sky.[[note]]Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Soarin', Misty Fly, Thunderlane, Wind Rider, Lighting Dust, Zephyr Breeze, Night Glider, Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail, Commander Hurricane...[[/note]]At one point, this led to a WhosOnFirst situation when some pegasus weather workers couldn't figure out whether the phrases "Clear Skies", "Open Skies" and "Fluffy Clouds" referred to the weather or each other. |
| 286 | *** Unicorn names often derive from celestial objects and phenomena, usually but not always nighttime ones.[[note]]Twilight Sparkle, Starlight Glimmer, Sunset Shimmer, Starswirl, Moondancer, Sunburst, Twilight Velvet and Night Light, Stellar Flare[[/note]]This seems to be the least prevalent of the three naming trends. |
| 287 | ** Griffon names are mostly "regular" human names, with one caveat -- every one of them[[note]]to wit, Gilda, Gustave, Grandpa Gruff, Greta, King Grover, King Guto, Gabriella called "Gabby" and Gallus[[/note]] starts with the letter "G". |
| 288 | ** Dragon names tend to be short, one- to two-syllable words usually referring to body parts, noises or something to do with fire.[[note]]Spike, Garble, Crackle, Ember, Torch, Smolder[[/note]] |
| 289 | ** Changelings use names derived from arthropod anatomy and biology, usually ones with emphasis on sibilants.[[note]]Chrysalis, Thorax, Pharynx, Ocellus[[/note]] |
| 290 | ** The hippogriffs/seaponies mostly have names composed of two words, either separated by a space or as a single compound word, pertaining to either the sky.[[note]]Skystar, Sky Beak[[/note]] or the sea[[note]]Silverstream, Terramar, Ocean Flow, Seaspray[[/note]] |
| 291 | * FantasticRacism: |
| 292 | ** Prejudice between the pony tribes was the central issue that brought the Windigos to their homelands in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]". Still in the present, the Canterlot elite (chiefly unicorns) look down on the rural farming towns (traditionally and predominately earth ponies) as yokels (even if they may "appreciate their work ethic"). |
| 293 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]", there is animosity between the ponies and the bisons over land rights, in a way inspired by conflicts between native Americans (the bison) and U.S. settlers (the ponies). It has more to do with differing opinions than species, however, and ultimately given the opportunity to talk to each other they easily settle their issues. |
| 294 | ** Ponies tend to have a very low opinion of dragons, which they see as brutes at best and beasts at worst. The dragons fully reciprocate this -- they tend to see ponies as either contemptible weaklings or convenient snacks, when they bother to acknowledge them at all. |
| 295 | ** Chancellor Neighsay is very distrustful of the other "creatures", to the point of closing Twilight's School unless she acquiesced to only accepting ponies. He ceases to be a racist after the multi-species Student Six help him escape his chains. |
| 296 | * FantasyConflictCounterpart: "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]" deals with a scenario much like early America's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars Indian Wars]], settlers taking over the natives' ancestral land for their own purposes, without native consent, which in turn cranks off the natives. Due to [[SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism the nature of the show]], things get resolved before they escalate too far. |
| 297 | * FantasyCounterpartCulture: |
| 298 | ** Zecora the zebra is obviously supposed to be from an African counterpart culture, given her accent and the fact that that her hut is decorated with stylized African masks. She was even meant to speak Swahili in her few foreign language lines, but the staff couldn't find a translator in time and resorted to writing invented words that mimic the general sound of Swahili. The [[HandWave canon explanation]] is that Zecora "speaks Zebra". |
| 299 | ** The buffalo tribe in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]" were obviously supposed to be the Plains Indians in the "Cowboy Settlers vs. Native Indians" setup of the episode. |
| 300 | ** [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Pinkie Pie]] apparently grew up on what is supposed to be a fantasy counterpart Amish '''rock''' farm -- complete with the conservative fashion, wide brim hat-and-sideburns-wearing father, and parents sleeping in separate beds. |
| 301 | ** {{Pegasus}} ponies in general seem to take some influence from classic Greek culture (which makes sense, considering pegasi are creatures from Greek mythology). Their architecture and fashion seem decidedly Hellenistic, and they were portrayed as a Sparta-like martial culture in "flashback" to the past, such as "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E16CampfireTales Campfire Tales]]". |
| 302 | ** Meanwhile, the other two types of ponies both represent Western Europe, but apparently evolved socially at different rates: In the aforementioned "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]", the unicorns are stuck in TheHighMiddleAges with a feudal monarchy, while the earth ponies dress like continental Europeans (from France, the Netherlands, and Germany in particular) during UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance and have elected a chancellor. |
| 303 | ** The setting of the ''JustForFun/DaringDo'' [[ShowWithinAShow book series]] is quite plainly a [[TwoFistedTales pulp fiction]]-style depiction of South America, complete with {{Mayincatec}} stone ruins and a villain, Ahuizotl, taken from Aztec mythology. |
| 304 | ** The Crystal Empire, which blends late-Victorian architecture, CrystalSpiresAndTogas fashion sense, and [=medieval/Renaissance=] sporting events. |
| 305 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]" features visiting delegates from Saddle Arabia, which is a stand-in for... well, guess. An interesting note is that its male delegate carries a crescent moon coat-of-arms, and Saudi Arabia does not have this as its crest, although many of its neighboring countries do. |
| 306 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]]" introduces the Kingdom of Griffonstone, whose culture seems to be caught somewhere between the Urals and the Caucasian mountains (primarily Georgian, Armenian and Kazakh cultures) with a dash of Tibet and Mongolia to round out the society's remote mountainous flair. |
| 307 | ** Whereas Griffonstone mostly scratches Mongolian culture, Yakyakistan all but embraces it, combining Mongolian aesthetics with temper and attitude not unlike those of Vikings. |
| 308 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E16CampfireTales Campfire Tales]]", Mistmane's homeland, from its architecture to its culture to its dress styles, is openly based on [[FarEast eastern Asia]]. |
| 309 | ** The desert village in southern Equestria seen in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E17DaringDone Daring Done?]]" and in Somnabula's issue of ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyLegendsOfMagic Legends of Magic]]'' is heavily reminiscent of ancient Egypt. It is located close to ancient pyramids, its present citizens all seem to wear kohl and, in Somnabula's time, its residents all wore distinctly Egyptian clothing, the area was explicitly ruled by a Pharaoh, and the beginning of the flashback segment recounting Somnabula's tale is in the form of animated hieroglyphics. |
| 310 | ** In the present day, locations in Equestria are based on different cultures of different eras: |
| 311 | *** Ponyville seems to be based on 17th to 19th century Europe with their building's architecture mostly being timber-framed cottages which were popular in places like England, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Scotland, and Switzerland from the Renaissance age to the 19th century. |
| 312 | *** Cloudsdale is based off ancient Greece. |
| 313 | *** Manehattan is roughly based off 1940's [[BigApplesauce New York City]] but with all the cars replaced with horse-drawn carriages, some of which painted like yellow checker cabs. |
| 314 | *** Appleloosa is a 19th century American wild-west settlement, similar to those seen in [[TheWestern Westerns]]. |
| 315 | *** Canterlot seems to be inspired by 20th century London with a dash of Paris -- both from an architecture and socio-economic standpoint. This is strengthened in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E8AHearthsWarmingTail A Hearth's Warming Tail]]", which is an [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol adaptation]] of Literature/AChristmasCarol, which takes place in 19th century London. |
| 316 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]", in addition to the Saddle Arabians (who are more horse-like than pony), there are pony-like delegates from other cultures: a mare with a half-sun-like headdress akin to the Incan or Mayan culture, and a stallion with a very Mesopotamian headdress, beard, and hair/mane style. We later find that these two are representatives from Maretonia. |
| 317 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E23TheHooffieldsAndMccolts The Hooffields and the McColts]]", the titular feuding clans are very clearly Appalachian hillbillies. |
| 318 | ** Curiander Cumin and Saffron Masala, a father-and-daughter pair who appear in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E13SpiceUpYourLife Spice Up Your Life]]", are very Indian in their names, appearance, and in the style of the restaurant they keep. Cumin specifically mentions that they moved to Canterlot from a distant part of Equestria. |
| 319 | * FantasyCounterpartMap: Equestria at first was sort of based on North America, with many Equestrian cities being located roughly in the same place as their real-life counterparts, such as Manehattan, Fillydelphia, and Baltimare on the east coast, with Vanhoover and Las Pegasus on the west. When Equestria was later expanded, the cities remained in roughly the same place, but the continent looked far less like North America. |
| 320 | * FantasyLandmarkEquivalent: The Statue of Liberty is depicted as a pony in this universe's New York equivalent [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Manehatten]]. |
| 321 | * FantasyKitchenSink: The series draws heavily on several mythologies, ranging from ancient Greece to the Americas. |
| 322 | ** Two of the main species of ponies are unicorns and pegasi. |
| 323 | ** The non-pony sentient species in the series include griffons, dragons, and at least one centaur, a minotaur, a chimera, and an Ahuizotl. |
| 324 | ** The less-sentient species in the series include a [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore]], a cockatrice, Cerberus, an Orthros, and a {{jackalope}}. |
| 325 | * FantasyWorldMap: An official map has been present for a while, but has evolved and been added to fairly consistently over the course of the show. The [[http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/13c677ba-a271-44c1-bc88-267b9eeb4335/43658821-d205-45d6-aa54-169154af5c6a.jpg original version]] released was fairly simplistic and mostly showed Equestria itself and some areas around its borders. The [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uj5l0C_W9Ps/Vh9gxWnaXKI/AAAAAAAAA98/kYLCGxpkHmI/s1600/eq_map.jpg second version]], released around Season 5, edited and {{retconned}} some of the old geography to include newer locations and expanded to cover some areas beyond what the old map did; the journey to A.K. Yearling’s house in the episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E4DaringDont Daring Don't]]'' can be [[http://cheezburger.com/7946296576 retraced on it]]. [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2017/10/6/1553160.png The third update]], released for [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the movie]], is chiefly an extension of the second, tacking on new lands to the south of the previous areas. As a whole, these maps make abundant use of HereThereBeDragons. |
| 326 | * FascinatingEyebrow: |
| 327 | ** Princess Celestia does this near the end of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", as Twilight's friends are taking the blame for her casting a spell that makes the entire town fight over a doll so that she could learn some sort of lesson about friendship to send her for that week. |
| 328 | ** Octavia, one of the ''many'' fan-favourite background characters, pulls this expression in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" when Pinkie makes a request. [[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Octavia Even her wiki page used it.]] |
| 329 | ** Well, well, well. It seems we have some [[{{Pun}} neigh-sayers]] among the Tropers! Even if Celestia and Octavia can pull off the FascinatingEyebrow, the fact remains that [[LargeHam THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE]] can [[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/File:Trixie_eye_close_up_E6-W6.png do it]] better! In fact, she does it at ''least'' one time other than during [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters her episode]]. |
| 330 | ** [[http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/027/9/6/applejack_raises_her_eyebrow_by_themajesticpony-d73xfpy.png Applejack]]has a pretty good one as of Season 4. |
| 331 | ** Owlowiscious' design doesn't really allow for much of one, but in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]" he's definitely giving the same spirit in his look at Spike when Rarity starts going off the deep end. |
| 332 | * FashionShopFashionShow: Twilight and Fluttershy go through this, courtesy of Rarity. Though Twilight doesn't buy anything and Fluttershy was just modeling. |
| 333 | * TheFashionista: Not only is Rarity the proprietor of the Carousel Boutique, but there's an entire fashion industry in Equestria including designer Hoity Toity, photographer Photo Finish, print advertising campaigns, and trend-following audiences at fashion shows who can't seem to form opinions of their own. |
| 334 | * FeatherFingers: This was {{averted}} initially. Ponies use their mouths, magic, or sometimes even tails to manipulate objects as long as it can be made to work. However, later Season 2 episodes features ponies using their hooves as hands more often, or in the case of pegasus characters (Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy), a literal feather finger. |
| 335 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]", the titular character tries to improve her flying by training, including doing wing "push-ups". |
| 336 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", Owlowiscious simulates a facepalm with his flight feathers when Spike reads the cover page of the book and says "I'm likin' the looks of this one!". Even more impressive in that he used one of his wings to do it while in mid-flight, and still remained airborne. |
| 337 | *** When Spike fails to tell Rarity how inappropriate the birdhouse makeover is, Owlowiscious folds his wings and feathers in a manner that resembles fists on his hips when giving Spike a [[DisapprovingLook disparaging glare]]. |
| 338 | * FelonyMisdemeanor: Only Rarity understands what a "crime against fabulosity" ruining the water serpent's mustache was. |
| 339 | ** Pinkie Pie's extreme attitude towards keeping secrets, which leads her to stalk Twilight all over town reminding her that she risks losing Rarity's and Fluttershy's friendship '''''FOREVER!''''' In a bizarre attempt to drive the point home, [[Manga/DeathNote she takes an apple... and]] ''[[Manga/DeathNote eats it]]''. Possibly a representation of ''Twilight's head'', considering her reaction to Applejack breaking her Pinkie Promise in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]". |
| 340 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]", everypony (and buffalo, and dragon) reacts to Chief Thunder Hooves getting a PieInTheFace as if he'd been mortally wounded. |
| 341 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" the stampeding baby rabbits have devoured every plant in every pony's gardens. |
| 342 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]" a parasprite ate Bon Bon and Lyra Heartstrings's cakes. Which made Lyra cry. |
| 343 | * FeudEpisode: |
| 344 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends Fall Weather Friends]]" between Rainbow and Applejack, to see which pony is better than the other. |
| 345 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E8LookBeforeYouSleep Look Before You Sleep]]" between Applejack and Rarity. |
| 346 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial Sisterhooves Social]]" between Rarity and Sweetie Belle, the latter dismissing her as a sister for being unappreciative. |
| 347 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E20VivaLasPegasus Viva Las Pegasus]]" between the Flim-Flam brothers. |
| 348 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E22PPOVPonyPointOfView P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)]]" between Pinkie, Applejack and Rarity. |
| 349 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10ARoyalProblem A Royal Problem]]" between Celestia and Luna, which Starlight is sent to resolve. |
| 350 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E9NonCompeteClause Non-Complete Clause]]" between Rainbow and Applejack again. |
| 351 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E13TheMean6 The Mean 6]]" between all the main ponies plus Starlight, thanks to misunderstandings caused by their clones, and they never found out the truth. |
| 352 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E17TheEndInFriend The End in Friend]]" between Rainbow and Rarity, which lampshades their TheFriendsWhoNeverHang relationship. |
| 353 | * FictionalAccent: The Breezies speak in a language and with a matching accent that seem to be a blend of Swedish and Scottish. |
| 354 | * FictionalFlag: Equestria is occasionally shown as using a flag depicting Celestia and Luna flying around a sun-and-moon symbol against a light blue background. The Crystal Empire has a flag showing the Crystal Heart, surrounded by a crystalline snowflake pattern, on purple. |
| 355 | * FillingTheSilence: |
| 356 | ** In the Italian dub, the characters are a bit more "vocal" than in English: Lyra Heartstrings shouts [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6cRUVXVyfQ "Ciao!...oh?"]] in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon first episode]] and other characters seem to growl where there were just silent glares before. Oddly, the dragon in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy Dragonshy]]" has the original "dog whimper" and an Italian "dubbed whimper" ''at the same time'' when it was being scolded by Fluttershy. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]]", the Changelings make grunts the whole time. |
| 357 | ** The Japanese dub has characters make grunts where they were originally silent. One particularly noticeable instance is when Featherweight is heard making a couple of grunts in the Japanese version of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]", while he didn't even have a voice actor in the original. When [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Trixie flees the town when she's discovered to be a fraud]], in the original, she said nothing, but in the Japanese version, she shouts "I'll remember this!" as she runs away. When Spike opens the door in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]", a sound effect plays of a truck backing up as he backs out of the door. The Japanese dub, however, adds a bit of CulturalTranslation by having Spike say the voice clip that plays when trucks back up in Japan: "Bakkushimasu, gochuui kudasai (Backing up, please be careful)." |
| 358 | ** The Finnish dub does this as well, especially to Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and (sometimes) Fluttershy. |
| 359 | * FingerlessHands: Though much of the time we see the pony characters manipulating things with either their teeth, wings, or magic, or pushing or rolling objects with their hooves, there are a heck of a lot of times where their hooves function, for the most part, as hands in holding various objects '''despite the lack of fingers'''. WordOfGod has tried to have such cases avoided, but becomes necessary in cases of non-magical ponies talking and trying to gesture with a prop at the same time. Generally done for RuleOfCool or RuleOfFunny. Also, not surprising given [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Faust's resumé]]. |
| 360 | ** Their backsides also seem to follow this: Applejack has been able to balance an entire bushel of apples on her hindquarters without a thought while walking, and many other ponies are seen carrying large items in a same fashion. Also see PrehensileHair[=/=]PrehensileTail [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic/TropesLToP below]]. |
| 361 | * FireBreathingDiner: Twilight Sparkle suffered this after accidentally drinking some hot sauce. ''Even her tail and mane were on fire''. |
| 362 | ** Gilda suffers this, too, during her HumiliationConga. [[PassThePopcorn Pinkie Pie used the fire to roast some marshmallows.]] |
| 363 | ** Pinkie Pie discovers that rainbows don't really taste like Skittles, or vice versa, in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]". |
| 364 | * FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode: A flashback in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles Cutie Mark Chronicles]]" focuses on Twilight's first day at Celestia's school for gifted unicorns. |
| 365 | * FirstNameBasis: Pretty much anypony who refers to Twilight Sparkle simply calls her "Twilight". Interestingly, Princess Celestia is the only character to refer to her by her full name with any regularity. |
| 366 | ** {{Averted}} with Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. The former can be either Pinkie or Pinkie Pie (and in one FullNameUltimatum, "Pinkamena Diane Pie"), while the latter can be called by first name, last name, or both, with equal familiarity. |
| 367 | * {{Flanderization}}: This phenomenon has happened to some of the characters, mostly in Season 2. |
| 368 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Winter Wrap Up]]", Big Macintosh has actual dialogue. Since then, most of his lines have been "Eeyup" and "Nope", Although later episodes give him more varied lines, though he's still usually quiet. |
| 369 | ** Rarity, who goes from a generous and occasional melodramatic LargeHam to still being generous but ''much'' more [[DramaQueen melodramatic]]. |
| 370 | ** Rainbow Dash sits somewhere between this and CharacterDevelopment: Season 2 developed Rainbow Dash into a CoolBigSis for Fluttershy and gave her some more pronounced SmartBall moments; [[DependingOnTheWriter while still playing up her narcissism]], she is more rounded in Season 2 than in Season 1. |
| 371 | ** Fluttershy was initially meek (to the point of being somewhat aloof) and barely able to conjure up sentences to even her closest friends. Her later appearances, though more timid or cowardly, make her more cheerful and sociable. She was exaggerated in one area and rounded out in another. Her development was spelled-out several times in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E5FluttershyLeansIn Fluttershy Leans In]]". |
| 372 | ** Pinkie Pie suffers this as well, going from a character with a fondness for treats that would sometimes [[ComicallyMissingthePoint miss the point]] of situations, while still being dependable and determined to prove herself to being [[spoiler:so consumed by the mere mention of frosting that she became lost in her own fantasy of it and needs Fluttershy to wipe the drool from her chin, not to mention going for coloring books while the rest of the cast are looking for a solution to a very real and immediate danger ''right outside the door'']]. |
| 373 | ** Spike's love to work and his clumsiness reached the top in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E10SpikeAtYourService Spike at Your Service]]". |
| 374 | * FiveStagesOfGrief: "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E5TanksForTheMemories Tanks for the Memories]]" has Rainbow Dash experience these while dealing with her tortoise, Tank, having to hibernate for the upcoming winter. To summarize: |
| 375 | ** Denial: Rainbow not feeling happy at Tank having to hibernate and still wanting to spend her first winter with him. |
| 376 | ** Anger: Getting mad at her friends for constantly hearing the word "hibernate" over and over again, and even yells at them despite claiming she's not angry. |
| 377 | ** Bargaining: Trying to stop winter from coming soon by sabotaging the winter factory, [[spoiler:which eventually fails]]. |
| 378 | ** Depression: [[CatharticCrying Crying]] [[InelegantBlubbering loudly]] after Fluttershy sternly says to her that she is unable to spend her first winter with Tank[[note]]Which later [[EverybodyCries causes]] Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie to end up crying as well[[/note]]. |
| 379 | ** Acceptance: Agreeing to let Tank hibernate for her first winter with him, with Rainbow Dash reading a bedtime story to Tank. |
| 380 | * FlashForward: In the initial version of a [[http://www.hubworld.com/hubworld/specials/little.st-pet-shop-downloadables/assets/printables/playdate-recipes.pdf recipes PDF]] on Creator/TheHub's website, [[https://derpicdn.net/img/download/2012/10/27/133955__safe_scootaloo_sweetie+belle_apple+bloom_cutie+mark+crusaders_hub+logo_older_official_hubble_chocolate.png the page]] for Cutie Mark Crusaders Chocolate Popcorn included SideStoryBonusArt (originally [[http://fav.me/d397gyq fanart]] drawn by layout artist Kat Stenson long before becoming part of the show's crew) that depicted Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle all grown up with cutie marks. |
| 381 | * FlatCharacter: Diamond Tiara. {{Lampshaded}}; her cutie mark matches her crown. This also applies to her BFF Silver Spoon. |
| 382 | ** {{Averted}} in the case of Diamond Tiara after "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Crusaders of the Lost Mark]]" explained that her scorn towards blank-flanks and general mean behaviour were instilled by her overly-demanding mother. |
| 383 | * FleurDeLis: Celestia, Luna, and Nightmare Moon have this integrated into the "boots" they wear as part of their royal attire (Nightmare Moon even having it as part of the design of her collar). A unicorn mare seen in Canterlot with Fancy Pants in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet And Elite]]" is even ''named'' this and has three of these symbols as her cutie mark. Princess Cadance has a crown in the shape of this symbol as well. |
| 384 | ** One of the many cutie marks Apple Bloom gets in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]" is a fleur de lis which causes her to speak French. |
| 385 | * {{Flight}}: In the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise, the pegasi (winged ponies) and alicorns (winged unicorns) are the only ponies who can fly naturally. This doesn't exclude other kinds, though. In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', There is a spell to give other kinds of ponies wings... [[spoiler:but only for a limited time]]. And then you have Twilight Sparkle self levitating in the third Season. [[spoiler:And then by the end of the season it became obsolete. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Although, the flight lessons might not have taken, given her performance here.]]]] |
| 386 | * FlintstoneTheming: Whether a geographical location, an episode title, or a character name, it will invariably be based on either equine anatomy or function. |
| 387 | * FloatingInABubble: |
| 388 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 1]]", Spike is briefly trapped in a bubble by Discord, which pops after lifting him up for a bit. Rainbow Dash catches him before he hits the ground. |
| 389 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", when bargaining with Twilight for all the alicorn magic in Equestria, Tirek holds her friends -- including [[TheOneGuy Spike]] and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Discord]] -- suspended in individual bubbles. |
| 390 | * FlowerPotDrop: Every episode involving "Pinkie Sense" has used this: |
| 391 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]", when the already horribly-injured Twilight Sparkle is assuring Spike that something is not going to fall, a flowerpot then crashes on her head. [[AnvilOnHead Then an anvil.]] [[SerialEscalation Then a hay wagon.]] ''[[PianoDrop Then a grand piano.]]'' They all turned out to have fallen out from a delivery truck that [[TheDitz Derpy Hooves]] was working at. |
| 392 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well]]", during TheReveal that [[spoiler:Mare-Do-Well is some of the Mane 6 teaching Rainbow Dash a lesson]], Pinkie Pie says she [[spoiler:stopped the building collapse]] with her Pinkie Sense. She then detects a falling flowerpot with it, and dashes away to avoid it. |
| 393 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime It's About Time]]", when Twilight asks the gypsy Pinkie Pie if she can use her Pinkie Sense to detect what will happen in the future, Pinkie explains that it's only for immediate emergencies. Cue flowerpot to Twilight's head. |
| 394 | --->'''Pinkie:''' Like that. ''(pause)'' [[LampshadeHanging Where did that even come from?]] |
| 395 | *** Twilight then had to wear a white bandage over her head due to the injury for the rest of the episode. [[spoiler:Which turned out to be the reason Future Twilight was wearing one.]] |
| 396 | * FlyingCar: Pegasus flight magic has been used for a variety of flying vehicles. |
| 397 | * FlyingOnACloud: While they don't fly around on them, pegasi and other creatures with wings (e.g. griffons, birds) can do this. A spell exists for non-pegasi to do it too; it gets a lot of use in FanFiction. |
| 398 | * {{Foil}}: Interestingly enough, each of the Mane Six acts as a foil to another one. The most obvious pair in this regard is Applejack and Rarity; their scenes together emphasize Applejack's more blunt and tomboyish side while highlighting Rarity's mildly obsessive-compulsive girly-girl nature. Similarly, Fluttershy's soft-spoken and gentle personality [[SilkHidingSteel wrapped around an iron core]] amplifies Rainbow Dash's personality as a loud, brash, and reckless pony [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a soft center]]. Twilight's straight-laced no-nonsense approach to most things and love of organization contrasts particularly with Pinkie Pie's free-wheeling and scatterbrained pursuit of fun, as well as Pinkie Pie's sometimes irrational behavior against Twilight's preference for logic. These contrasts are almost certainly intentional, and used to help advance a less overt {{aesop}} about friendship; the Mane Six can be such close friends and an effective team ''because'' of their differences, not in spite of them. |
| 399 | ** These are the more obvious pairings, but there are portions of each one's personality that serves to counter some part of the other in some way, shape, or form. |
| 400 | * FoodAsBribe: Twilight is faced with this several times throughout "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]" by her friends in attempts to gain an extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala, but Twilight manages to turn away the bribes each time despite stating several times how hungry she is. Pinkie Pie also uses this against Spike in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]" as part of her PerpSweating sequence. |
| 401 | * ForcedTransformation: |
| 402 | ** A few times in the show. In a flashback, Twilight's PowerIncontinence turns her parents into potted plants. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]", people keep interrupting her as she's practicing her Apples to Oranges spell, resulting in unfortunate orange/animal hybrids of a bird and a frog when her aim is thrown off. |
| 403 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", a party clown gets turned into a waiter and a mariachi pony gets turned into Octavia! |
| 404 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 405 | ** As the camera follows Twilight Sparkle when she's dictating her letter to Celestia in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon the pilot episode]] (around 4:50 into the episode), the hourglass distorts everything behind it like you'd expect, but ''replaces'' the unicorn head sculpture outside with Nightmare Moon's head. |
| 406 | ** In the same episode, Rarity is choosing decorative ribbons. Upon selecting a particularly glittery one, she declares "Sparkle always does the trick!". |
| 407 | ** Also in the same episode, Twilight exclaims, "[[TemptingFate the fate of Equestria does not rest]] [[ImNotHereToMakeFriends on me making friends.]]" By the end of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Episode 2]], it's pretty clear that it does. |
| 408 | ** Listen closely to the music playing at Pinkie's surprise party in episode one. It's almost identical to the tune of her song in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Episode 2]]. |
| 409 | ** When Nightmare Moon shows up at the festival, the Cutie Mark Crusaders are briefly shown cowering in fear next to each other, despite the fact that this episode was ''before'' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Call of the Cutie]]". |
| 410 | ** The camera also pans across each of Twilight's friends as she lists each of the Elements of Harmony as they correspond to each pony. |
| 411 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Call of the Cutie]]", Rainbow Dash tells Apple Bloom that she got her cutie mark after her first race. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]", she says that she's only done a sonic rainboom once before, when she was "just a filly". These are, in fact, the same event, which is shown in detail in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]". |
| 412 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]" hinted what each of the Cutie Mark Crusaders' special talents are. Apple Bloom's is designing, Sweetie Belle's is singing/song-writing, and Scootaloo's is dancing. |
| 413 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]", what happens at Gummy's birthday party is mostly {{Fauxshadow}}ing, but one of Pinkie Pie's lines is true {{Foreshadowing}}. |
| 414 | --->'''Pinkie:''' I can't tell you that, silly--then it wouldn't be a surprise! |
| 415 | ** In the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon first episode]], Twilight proclaims that "all the ponies in this town are CRAZY!". By the time the first Season ended, all the mane characters had had a mental breakdown at least once. |
| 416 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", Spike mentions that Twilight has a cape, and that he and Twilight dropped it off at the cleaners. [[spoiler:In the next episode, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]", Twilight wears a cape as part of her Nightmare Night costume.]] |
| 417 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]" during the infamous [[SanitySlippage Pinkamena insanity scene]], an odd rendition of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 Discord's theme]] can be heard briefly in the background. |
| 418 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 Return of Harmony Part 1]]", after Rainbow Dash says that she'll always be loyal to the princess, Discord ominously says "We'll see about that...". [[spoiler:He later gives her a SadisticChoice and inverts her sense of loyalty.]] |
| 419 | *** In the same episode, when Discord is taunting Celestia about being imprisoned in stone, he is leaning on one of the pictures in a window, and then knocks on the forehead of the pony whose image he's leaning on. The pony in question is Fluttershy, [[spoiler:the only one he had to magically touch instead of tempt to turn bad and the pony that would eventually reform him]]. |
| 420 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress MMMystery on the Friendship Express]]", as Pinkie is describing each of the entries for the contest, you can tell who is going to eat which dessert by looking at whoever has the most craving expression as Pinkie is describing it. |
| 421 | ** When we first see the Elements of Harmony in their new forms in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony second episode]], Twilight's isn't a necklace like the other five, instead taking the form of a tiara (which she [[LampshadeHanging comments on in]] "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony, Part 2]]"). In [[spoiler:"[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]", when Twilight becomes an alicorn and a princess, the tiara changes shape slightly and becomes her crown]]. |
| 422 | ** In Part 1 of "A Canterlot Wedding" when we see Cadance in the present day, there is one visual hint that she's actually Queen Chrysalis in disguise: Her horn has a SicklyGreenGlow, instead of the baby blue glow in Twilight's flashback. |
| 423 | ** One particularly clever bit of foreshadowing is also extremely subtle. Twilght's mane and tail are both cut in a style called "Hime Cut" and have been since day one. In Japanese, this literally means, "Princess Cut". What does she become at the end of Season 3 again? |
| 424 | ** A rather subtle bit of foreshadowing occurs in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]", with Pinkie Pie's role being switched to running Sweet Apple Acres. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E9PinkieApplePie The following season]], we discover that she may [[spoiler:be a distant relative of the Apple family]]. |
| 425 | ** Back from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd Three's a Crowd]]", Discord, in full-on jester mode, gives Twilight a friendship medallion of little value. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", Discord gives Twilight the medallion he got from Tirek, assuring her he fully means his friendship this time. |
| 426 | *** Before being sent to Tartarus with Luna and Cadance, Celestia weakly tells Tirek that he would not prevail. [[spoiler:Her prediction would later come true when Twilight and her friends unlock their rainbow powers from the chest and send him back to Tartarus.]] |
| 427 | ** Multiple comments and actions by Princess Celestia hint at the end of Season 3, but the most prominent example is her brief conversation with Princess Luna at the beginning of the Season 3 opener, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 The Crystal Empire]]", and her comments to Twilight a short time later about being "ready to move on to the next level". |
| 428 | ** Each of the [[HalfArcSeason Key episodes]], where the Mane Six receive [[PlotCoupon tokens of gratitude]] from [[OneShotCharacter some stranger]] whom they helped to learn a [[DoubleAesop lesson about friendship]], has subtle hints of the Mane Six's coat colors in the background. These colors are also seen when the Tree of Harmony destroys the vines from Discord's Plunder Seeds in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E2PrincessTwilightSparklePart2 Princess Twilight Sparkle]]". |
| 429 | ** When the six-locked chest first appears, Celestia tells Twilight the whereabouts of the keys is a mystery she won't be solving alone. It's Discord who solves the mystery, bookmarking the entries with the lessons from the key episodes, allowing Twilight to pinpoint their connections. |
| 430 | ** In the Season 5 opener "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map]]", all the unmarked ponies of the village have desaturated coat and mane/tail colors and equal sign cutie marks, and live in houses adjacent to each other in two rows. Starlight Glimmer is the only resident whose coat is not desaturated like the others, and lives in her own house dead center, hinting that she's not unmarked and her equal sign cutie mark is really makeup covering the real cutie mark underneath. |
| 431 | ** In Season 6's "A Hearth's Warming Tail", during the climax of Snowfall's VillainSong, ghostly Windigoes fly out of the cauldron and swirl through the air when she finishes the spell to destroy Hearth's Warming, hinting at the [[BadFuture horrible consequences]] that follow if she succeeds. |
| 432 | ** Season 8 has several hints that [[spoiler:Cozy Glow is not what she seems.]] |
| 433 | *** Her cutie mark is a chess piece (A rook, to be precise), showing she's a {{Chessmaster}}. |
| 434 | *** While meeting the CMC and when they offer to tutor her, she questions such and asks what's in it for them. [[spoiler:The [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E25SchoolRazePart1 finale]] reveals she only seeks friendship for her own benefit.]] |
| 435 | *** During her tutor session, she initially guesses the Elements of Generosity and Magic as "Intelligence" and "Control", respectively. Then when she correctly guesses them, she sports a rather confident SlasherSmile. |
| 436 | *** Just before Cozy reveals to the CMC that she failed her test, [[FreezeFrameBonus her face displays a smirk for a single frame]] as she turns her head. |
| 437 | *** Cozy never takes a sip out of the "empathy cocoa" Starlight gives her, showing she has a LackOfEmpathy [[spoiler:as proven in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E25SchoolRazePart1 finale]]]]. |
| 438 | *** Cozy's line, "I guess I still have a lot to learn about friendship," turns out to be true as [[spoiler:the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E25SchoolRazePart1 finale]] reveals she only sees friendship as a source of power and doesn't even know what it really is]]. |
| 439 | *** In the beginning of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E22WhatLiesBeneath What Lies Beneath]]", when Twilight announces the upcoming test and all the students groan annoyed, Cozy can be seen smiling and clapping with excitement. |
| 440 | *** At the end of the same episode above, Cozy says "Just let Cozy take care of everything." as she looks into the floor grate where the Tree of Harmony is hidden, its glow casting an ominous light onto her face. |
| 441 | *** Chrysalis's brief appearance in the mid-season finale is rather prominent, as she shows what could come in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E25SchoolRazePart1 season finale]] itself. Chrysalis sees the Elements as a weapon, like how [[spoiler:Cozy sees friendship as a source of power]]. Also, the Elements are used to thwart Chrysalis' revenge by destroying the Mean Six, [[spoiler:and they do this again in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E25SchoolRazePart1 finale]] by protecting the Young Six from being sent to another dimension so they can thwart Cozy's plan to take over Equestria]]. |
| 442 | ** Season 9 has multiple hints that [[spoiler:Grogar is Discord in disguise]]: |
| 443 | *** When Celestia and Luna decide to delay their retirement, Discord is annoyed and believes his anticipation for Twilight to become their successor is all for nothing. Also, note that Grogar first shows up right after the scene where the Princesses announce their retirement. |
| 444 | *** Discord somehow doesn't detect Tirek's presence at the Summer Sun Celebration, despite being his partner five seasons ago. He also nervously and politely denies himself when the ponies suspect he's the reason behind all the chaos. |
| 445 | *** Discord claims Twilight's CharacterDevelopment is "boring", and seems to perk up once the preparations suddenly go downhill. |
| 446 | *** When Twilight is angry at her friends for not telling her when the Summer Sun Celebration went downhill, Discord spies on her, anticipating the inevitable, only to be annoyed when she quickly controls herself. |
| 447 | *** After the sun is raised, this line comes up. |
| 448 | ---->'''Discord:''' You know, it really does seem like you just might be ready for whatever comes next, Your Majesty. |
| 449 | *** The fact that Grogar leaves the lair and comes back in the end at ''exactly the same time'' no longer seems coincidental, since Grogar says he has to get "something" in a slightly meek tone, hinting he's really Discord who uses this as a [[INeedToGoIronMyDog lame excuse]] to check on Twilight in Canterlot and test her if she's ready to become the new ruler. |
| 450 | *** Note that Discord and Grogar share almost the same eye design and colors (red irises over yellow sclerae), and Grogar's brows are about the same as Discord's. It's more noticeable when [[FadeAroundTheEyes the screen fades to black around them]] at the very end of part 2 of "The Beginning of the End". |
| 451 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: |
| 452 | ** Apparently, in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E5GauntletOfFire Gauntlet of Fire]]", Twilight and Rarity never bother to use their magic to defend themselves after their disguise is revealed and Garble has them cornered. |
| 453 | ** Also in Part 1 of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E1TheBeginningOfTheEndPart1 The Beginning of the End]]", Twilight and Rarity don't remember to use their magic to [[spoiler:catch the Elements from falling and breaking on the ground after King Sombra destroys the Tree of Harmony]]. |
| 454 | ** In the GrandFinale, the villain trio don't even bother to use Grogar's bell against Twilight when she's delivering her rousing speech, and projects a rainbow beam which defeats them and strips them of their powers. |
| 455 | * ForgotICouldFly: Rainbow Dash ''never'' forgets this, and is rarely seen walking on the ground. Fluttershy, however, is a mediocre flyer at best, and rarely flies if she doesn't have to, and on occasion, doesn't even remember she can. The other ponies occasionally forget that two of them (although, in practice, only one of them) can fly. In one instance, this trope is {{inverted}}, as Twilight Sparkle asks if she can help with weather duty, forgetting she needs to be able to fly to do that. |
| 456 | ** Applejack forgets that her friends can fly when she attempts a TrainEscape in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]". |
| 457 | ** Twilight Sparkle spends half of the first couple of episodes teleporting every few seconds, but totally forgets she can do it when the hydra in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]" is chasing her toward the rocks she ended up jumping on. |
| 458 | ** Twilight understandably does this a few times early after getting her wings, to the point Spike actually has to remind her that (something he regretted soon after). |
| 459 | * ForgotTheirOwnBirthday: The entire plot of "Party of One" is caused by Pinkie forgetting about her own birthday (which was coincidentally one day after the birthday of her pet alligator Gummy). When her friends try to secretly prepare a birthday party for her, Pinkie mistakes their odd behavior as them not wanting to be friends with her anymore. |
| 460 | * ForgotToGagHim: Rarity is captured by creatures who want to use her gem-finding powers for their own purposes. She turns the tables by whining so obnoxiously through the whole thing that at one point they even agree to work for ''her'' just to get her to stop, and [[PityTheKidnapper are desperate to get rid of her]] by the end. |
| 461 | * FoulFlower: {{Parodied}} in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E13DoPrincessesDreamOfMagicSheep an episode]] where an entity named Tantabus haunts everyponies' dreams. While the other five ponies' dreams involve cakes, dresses, books, apples, and giant bunnies, local ActionGirl Rainbow Dash's has hers fighting changelings. When the Tantabus invades her dream, it changes into a SugarBowl filled with harmless singing flowers who somehow terrify her. |
| 462 | -->''We are such happy flowers'' |
| 463 | -->''We will sing for hours and hours'', |
| 464 | -->''Aren't we ''unBEARABLY CUTE''?'' |
| 465 | -->''Watch me play this solo flute'' |
| 466 | -->''[A flower plays flute as Rainbow Dash screams in horror]'' |
| 467 | * TheFourChordsOfPop: The theme song uses I-IV-vi-V. |
| 468 | * FourFingeredHands: Hands, as an unavoidable consequence of having four-legged animals as the dominant species, are rarely seen, but whenever they appear they have four fingers -- an example comes from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]", when one of the Pinkie clones causes three stubby fingers and a thumb to sprout from its hoof. Justified in the case of the more humanoid dragons (Spike, the teenage dragons seen in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E21DragonQuest Dragon Quest]]") as they aren't human. |
| 469 | * TheFourLoves: The need of ''Phileo'' love is the main theme of this series; but the other three are addressed as well. ''Storge'' is referenced from time to time, often in combination with ''Phileo'', and in particular with regard to Applejack and Rarity's family bonds. ''Agape'' is referred to as an emphasis to ''Phileo'' (eg. the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]] pageant). Even ''Eros'' has been referenced at times; most commonly with Shining Armor and Princess Cadance's wedding, though obviously only indirectly, [[spoiler:such as with Princess Cadance's pregnancy]], and with Spike's crush on Rarity. |
| 470 | %%* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The Princesses: Celestia (the Realist), Luna (the Cynic), Cadance (the Optimist) and Twilight Sparkle (the Conflicted).%%ZCE. How are they examples? |
| 471 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: |
| 472 | * FourthWallMailSlot: On March 9th, 2012, to promote that month's UsefulNotes/McDonalds toys, [[http://www.happymeal.com/en_US/index.html#/MyHappyMeal HappyMeal.com]] [[http://www.ponibooru.org/post/view/146062 interviewed Pinkie Pie with ten questions submitted by fans]]. |
| 473 | * FreeRangeChildren: The Cutie Mark Crusaders appear to have no constraints whatsoever, considering we see them doing things like practicing extreme sports deep in the forest or mountains with no supervision at all. Applejack never seems to worry about Apple Bloom unless the plot calls for it, and Rarity generally tends to get Sweetie Belle as far away from her as possible, due to Sweetie's tendency to cause havoc around her. Though we have seen their parents, they only appear in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial one episode]] for less than two minutes. |
| 474 | * FreezeFrameBonus: |
| 475 | ** In the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon first episode]], when Twilight is talking about Nightmare Moon and the Hourglass passes over the unicorn head statue in the background (at around the 4:50 mark), it changes to look like Nightmare Moon, going back when it is no longer behind the Hourglass. |
| 476 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon the Brush Off]]", when Rainbow Dash and Gilda race to a cloud, each claims to have been first, but Pinkie Pie claims Rainbow Dash won by just a little bit. To the naked eye it looks like a draw, with both arriving in a flash at the same time, but freezing the image at the right time shows Pinkie is right. |
| 477 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]", when Twilight Sparkle casts the wing-making spell, an outline of Rarity with her butterfly wings appears for a couple of frames in the explosion of light, several minutes before we get to see the results of the spell properly. |
| 478 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E17StareMaster Stare Master]]": When her friends dismiss the broken table as "Who wants a hammer for a cutie mark?", Apple Bloom looks dreadfully upset. |
| 479 | *** Just before Sweetie Belle starts singing, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom cover their ears. |
| 480 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]", during Fluttershy's flashback, at the end of her song, if you watch the upper-left corner of the screen carefully, you can see Rainbow Dash just as she hits her first Sonic Rainboom. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dashfreezeframe_916.png See here.]] |
| 481 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]", during Pinkie Pie's SanitySlippage, her normal GenkiGirl look appears in place of her morose form in single frames. |
| 482 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial Sisterhooves Social]]", Sweetie Belle runs a race with Applejack. At the very beginning Applejack gets completely covered in mud and they run the race together, it's only until the end when it's revealed that [[spoiler:Rarity]] was really the one who ran the race. If you look back at "Applejack's" eyes you'll see that they're blue just like [[spoiler:Rarity's]] (Applejack's eyes are green). |
| 483 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet And Elite]]", during Rarity's "Becoming Popular" song, close examination of the "talking portraits" scene reveals cameos from Hoity Toity, Sapphire Shores, Photo Finish... [[http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n197/TheNovak/BecomingPopularFreezeFrameBonusHighlighted.png and Derpy with a paper bag on her head]]. |
| 484 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]": The dog anatomy pictures in the Vet's room all have the outline of Winona, Applejack's dog. |
| 485 | *** When Spike recovers his normal size and Rarity says "''You'' were the rampaging dragon?", Spike grins and strikes a "let me explain" pose for half a second before plummeting to the ground. |
| 486 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]", if you look closely during the opening, the babies in the nursery have the same or similar color schemes as other ponies, though most of them match more than one other pony (two that can be pinned down are the ones matching [[AllThereInTheScript Rainbowshine]] and Medley). |
| 487 | ** And in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]", when Diamond Tiara shoves Dinky Hooves (Derpy's daughter in fanon) aside, Dinky gets [[FishEyes Derpy's eyes]] for a moment. |
| 488 | ** In the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E9PinkieApplePie Pinkie Apple Pie]]", when Pinkie is about to plow into Applejack, if you look closely at the right side of the screen at about the 17 minute mark, you will see a [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos faceless, white pony]] [[http://derpicdn.net/img/2014/1/12/522525/large.png wearing a suit]]. |
| 489 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E18MaudPie Maud Pie]]", when Maud saves Pinkie Pie, we finally get to see Maud's cutie mark for a split-second. [[note]]Not surprisingly, it's a rock.[[/note]] |
| 490 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]": In the background crowd scenes, many [[TheCameo past characters from the show]] can be vaguely seen, including [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Gilda]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow Sapphire]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E20ForWhomTheSweetieBelleToils Shores]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles aunt and]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion uncle Orange]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress Gustave Le Grande]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagics3E12GamesPoniesPlay Ms. Peachbottom]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E12PinkiePride Cheese Sandwich]], Octavia, the ''Series/MadMen'' ponies, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E21LeapOfFaith Silver Shill]], and many many others. |
| 491 | *** In the stands near the royalty box is a pegasus mare with Bulk Biceps' body shape and the atypical beehive hairdo, butterfly glasses, and a string of pearls necklace. She has been dubbed "Mama Biceps". |
| 492 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 1]]": The necklace Tirek wears in the present is the same one Scorpan is shown wearing during their backstory. |
| 493 | *** Discord-as-a-pony's cutie mark resembles a cyclone or tornado. Appropriate for the spirit of chaos. |
| 494 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", the cucumber sandwiches Discord offers Fluttershy are cut into the shape of butterflies, or ''Fluttershy's cutie mark,'' which makes it even more insulting when he drops them on the ground in front of her. |
| 495 | ** Derpy Hooves' [[TheCameo cameos]] are sometimes this, like in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May the Best Pet Win!]]", where she peeks out of Fluttershy's chicken coop near the end of the "Finding a Pet" song. |
| 496 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p50-oWY1pFE This promo]] from the Hub riffs on the "There's an App for That" ads from Apple. Every pony app shown has an appropriately {{pun}}ny name and a matching icon (e.g. Wikiponia, Hooftube, etc.), proper use of pony terminology for various app functions, and even the "PNN" news article with tiny text which flashes by at the end is fully coherent and readable. Someone at Creator/TheHub obviously knew that the PeripheryDemographic would examine every frame for details like that, going so far as to give a ShoutOut to popular Pony Blog ''Equestria Daily''. |
| 497 | * FreudianTrio: Really more of a Freudian Sextet: |
| 498 | ** Twilight Sparkle: Intellectual, driven, conscientious, principled, and dutiful, but also obsessive-compulsive, and at least initially cold and impersonal. (Superego) |
| 499 | ** Rarity: Driven, ambitious, orderly, meticulous, and also can be obsessive-compulsive. (Also Superego) |
| 500 | ** Applejack: Responsible and sensible. (Ego) |
| 501 | ** Fluttershy: Also generally responsible, and tries to mediate conflict within the group, and in general. (Also Ego) |
| 502 | ** Rainbow Dash: Brash, arrogant, voluble, but also lazy and prone to selfishness. (Id) |
| 503 | ** Pinkie Pie: Chaos incarnate. (Also Id) |
| 504 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Fluttershy is a friend and support to all the critters of Ponyville and environs, and services as a combination caretaker, shelter, and veterinarian to the various animals. |
| 505 | * FriendlyRivalry: |
| 506 | ** Applejack and Rainbow Dash are great friends, but that doesn't stop them from competing against one another. |
| 507 | ** Rainbow Dash apparently forms these kinds of friendships a lot, as evidenced by her interactions with Gilda and Lightning Dust. |
| 508 | ** This is the purpose of the "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]", which pit athletes from different parts of the kingdom against each other. Rainbow Dash and Spitfire [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this with an enthusiastic hoofbump at the finish line after the relay race. |
| 509 | * FriendshipHatingAntagonist: To contrast the Main Six and ThePowerOfFriendship they wield, many villains in the show despise, mock, misunderstand, or otherwise reject friendship and teamwork. This is most notable with [[spoiler: the team-up of Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow. Chrysalis and Tirek]] are both intent to win on their own, without getting help from the other two, while [[spoiler:Cozy Glow]] stands out for understanding the innate power that friendship can offer you. The three eventually develop a strong sense of teamwork but continue to consider friendship a disease they must not succumb to. As a result, they're defeated not just by the Main Six, but by the ''entire population of Equestria'', joining together in friendship. |
| 510 | * TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: |
| 511 | ** We rarely see [[TheFashionista Rarity]] and [[TheLadette Rainbow Dash]] spend time together on-screen, let alone know what their relationship as friends are like. At most, they have a few snarky conversations and that's it. This is rather notable as this series mostly revolves around ThePowerOfFriendship and TrueCompanions. |
| 512 | *** There was in fact [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E17TheEndInFriend an episode]] revolved around Rarity wanting to be a good friend to Rainbow Dash, the plot barely required them to have a single conversation together. |
| 513 | ** [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]] and [[TheWorkaholic Applejack]] don't interact as much as well. |
| 514 | ** Interestingly, the first Season acted as something of a {{Deconstruction}} of this, since the six ponies were implied to be acquaintances before but only brought together due to their new-found friendship with Twilight Sparkle, thus leading to many of them being put into situations together and gaining new bonds (e.g. Applejack and Rarity in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E8LookBeforeYouSleep Look Before You Sleep]]"). |
| 515 | * FriendshipSong: |
| 516 | ** The ThemeSong "Friendship is Magic", representing the themes of friendship in the show. |
| 517 | ** "B.B.B.F.F." (Big Brother Best Friend Forever) also does this to introduce the relationship between Twilight Sparkle and her brother Shining Armor. |
| 518 | ** "A True, True Friend", also, as one might expect. |
| 519 | * FriendshipStrainingCompetition: "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends Fall Weather Friends]]" has Rainbow Dash and Applejack, both known for being competitive and stubborn, try to prove their respective dominance with several competitions. Rainbow wins most of them when she cheats with her wings, so Applejack challenges her to one more competition, a race during the annual "running of the leaves". This race brings out the worst in them, as they exchange trash talk, assume the other was cheating, and then end up cheating themselves. All of this makes them end up tying for... last place, with even the nonathletic Twilight placing ahead of them. They both admit they went too far and agree to not let their future competitions get in the way of their friendship again, ending the episode with another, much friendlier race around the track. |
| 520 | * FrightBesideThem: A very unusual example in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleManeia Castle Mane-ia]]". While exploring a haunted castle, Rainbow Dash feels a hoof around her and assumes it is Applejack who got scared. However Applejack is actually standing far away. Rainbow Dash and Applejack become terrified as the hoof is coming out of the wall and run away. Then on the other side of the wall, Rarity had reached her hoof through and just got scared as she felt something alive on the other side. In this case the "Fright Beside Them" turns out to be another friend having the same experience in reverse. |
| 521 | * FrothyMugsOfWater: Cider, a prized but limited-quantity beverage that ponies love. The series is full of winks and nudges that it's alcoholic, and it froths like beer to boot. Evidently the subtext isn't quite thin enough though; in [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage some regions]] "cider" refers to the hard kind by default, so the beverage is changed to "juice". |
| 522 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]" has ponies enthusiastically clinking their mugs, looking euphoric after drinking it, and Rainbow Dash eats dirt that had cider spilled on it because she's desperate for a taste. |
| 523 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E10TheBreakUpBreakDown The Break-Up Breakdown]]", a depressed Big Mac [[DrowningMySorrows chugs cider]] upon thinking Sugar Bell broke up with him. |
| 524 | ** Berry Punch's card in the TCG has the quote "And one more for the road!" and the Apple Cider card itself says that ponies refer to cider as "liquid courage". |
| 525 | ** Larson had once pitched a prohibition-style script where Flim becomes the Mayor of Fillydelphia and banned cider, so Applejack becomes a bootlegger smuggling it into the city. Hasbro shot it down, presumably because any pretense of subtlety would have been lost forever after such a storyline. |
| 526 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: |
| 527 | ** The [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon first episode]] featured one of the guests at Pinkie's welcoming party for Twilight, a grey pegasus with gold eyes wearing a cross-eyed, vacant grin on her face. "Derpy Hooves" quickly became [[MemeticMutation something of a sensation]] among the show's PeripheryDemographic, enough that she made cameos in a few later episodes and by the next season was featured in a Funny Background Event OncePerEpisode. |
| 528 | ** A green unicorn named "Lyra Heartstrings" is fond of this. Quite often in crowd scenes she will be jumping up and down ecstatically with a grin on her face, and it's common for her to do out-of-place human actions like sitting upright. In one memorable scene, she was seen in a city in the clouds, bouncing up and down. Despite the fact that she was a unicorn, they did not give her wings to make her a pegasus. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]" she appears in the background during the climactic fight calmly drinking a soda, uninterested in the battle. |
| 529 | ** Gummy's antics with a ball of yarn in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]". |
| 530 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]", Pinkie Pie menacingly bites an apple while trying to scare Twilight out of telling Rarity's secret, only to really enjoy the apple and forget she was doing. During most of Twilight and Fluttershy's conversation following, Pinkie remains in the background still eating the apple. |
| 531 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]", Pinkie Pie clones herself, and her duplicates can frequently be seen doing something silly in the background, like one who keeps on dancing during the barn-raising scene even as [[ByWallThatIsHoley she narrowly avoids getting squashed by a falling barn wall]]. |
| 532 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ddfcSPNxRB0 Discord and Angel]] provide this trope in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]]" behind Fluttershy's back. |
| 533 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E19TradeYa Trade Ya!]]", whenever the episode cuts to one of the B-Plots -- Rarity and Applejack bickering over what to pool their resources to buy -- Rainbow and Fluttershy can be seen passing in the background several times while on their ChainOfDeals quest, carrying various items or struggling with the two-headed dog. |
| 534 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 1]]", when Discord dresses up in a big, silly alicorn horn, wings, and crown, the Mane Cast all give him funny glances... except for Fluttershy, who appears to be giggling to herself. |
| 535 | * FurryConfusion: |
| 536 | ** Applejack has Winona, a sheepdog who behaves just like a regular (albeit well-trained) animal. In a later episode, we are introduced to the Diamond Dogs, anthropomorphic creatures that speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothing. To be fair, the Diamond Dogs are essentially canine-looking [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] with a PunnyName. |
| 537 | ** If horse-drawn carriages get brought up, expect a good dose of LampshadeHanging, such as in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]" ("Okay, your turn to pull.""Aw, but we just switched!") and "The Best Night Ever" (Twilight enchants a few mice to turn into full-grown horses to pull their carriage, said mice run off... and Rarity solves the problem by simply asking her neighbors to pull). Basically, horse-drawn carriages are shown as the pony equivalent of rickshaws, even acting as a taxi service. |
| 538 | ** The animals Applejack and family herd hit this fairly often. Early on, we see her herding stampeding cows... who turn out to actually be a panicked mob she was running crowd control on (with a lasso and sheepdog). Later, we see her herding sheep into a pen... who then comment that she could have just asked. |
| 539 | ** As a standard rule, practically every animal appears to be sentient and sapient, although only a subset is shown to be capable of speech (mostly equines, bovines, and magical creatures); other animals, including other ungulates, are consistently depicted as regular if clever animals. Angel Bunny is intelligent, bad-mannered and capable of bossing around Fluttershy (admittedly not a difficult feat), Owloysious is a capable assistant librarian, and the animals in "May the Best Pet Win" are sufficiently self-aware to ignore their natural behaviors and try for the pet job. |
| 540 | * UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: The show often serves as a ClosetKey for many in regards to this. |
| 541 | * FurryReminder: Creator/LaurenFaust wanted it to be clear that the ponies were ''ponies'', not pony-shaped humans. This is mainly and most clearly done through [[ShownTheirWork careful integration of actions that actual horses do]]. Even the slight AnthropomorphicShift of Season 2 doesn't stop the reminders from coming. |
| 542 | ** Regular references are made to the cast eating hay, oats, and flowers, as early as the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster third Episode]] with Twilight and Spike ordering hay fries and a daffodil and daisy sandwich at a cafe. Later episodes establish hayburgers exist as well. "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]" has a saloon in Appleloosa called "The Salt Block"; horses lick salt as a source of nutrition and it helps keep them cool, which would be pretty handy in the prairies of Appleloosa. |
| 543 | ** Their physical reactions include laying their ears back to show unhappiness, and lowering their heads and pawing the earth to show anger and aggression. The latter is a plot point in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]", as [[CrossCulturalKerfluffle zebras do that to find water]] and the ponies, unfamiliar with zebras, see her as threatening. "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]" even has Rainbow Dash flicking her tail when being taunted by another pegasus, which horses do when annoyed. |
| 544 | ** Neighs, snorts, whinnies, and other "horse" noises are common things to hear and are used when appropriate, such as snorting when they're annoyed. However, this one is ZigZagged since they rarely move their mouths when making these sounds. Given all the other authentic examples here, this is unlikely to be an oversight, and may be treated as sound effects rather than pieces of dialogue. |
| 545 | ** During Rarity's "Art of the Dress" song, she sings at one point about the parts of the body to be covered -- and they're all ''horse'' parts. The lines include "Croup, dock, haunch/shoulders, hips" and "Making sure it fits forelock and crest/Don't forget some magic in the dress/Even though it rides high on the flank/Rainbow won't look like a tank." For bonus points, the patches of fabric she's cutting as she sings these lines are for the appropriate parts of the body. |
| 546 | ** At one point, Pinkie rolls around in the grass. You may think it's just her randomness, but real horses do that a lot. Pinkie also once scratches herself in a way ponies do but larger horses don't. Beyond remembering they're ponies and not people, the animators [[ShownTheirWork remember]] that they're just ponies and not ''other sorts of horse.'' Now ''that'' is attention to detail. |
| 547 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]", the Cake's foals are able to run around full-tilt at a month old. This is perfectly possible for real foals, since they can walk within a few hours of birth (and, in the wild, will be abandoned if they can't stand up within a few ''minutes''). In that episode, the month old Pumpkin Cake is clearly teething. Guess when real ponies start to grow teeth. Yup, at about a month old. |
| 548 | ** While it's a little inconsistent and they are sometimes seen clapping hooves together instead, from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]" onward, ponies are most commonly seen drumming hooves against the ground to signify applause. |
| 549 | ** Much of the tech in the series -- at least, tech that doesn't fall into the [[SchizoTech schizo]] category -- also serves as a furry reminder. Buttons for camera shutters and doorbells, for example, are large enough to easily be pressed with a hoof or muzzle, and their typewriters have only two hoof-sized keys and a space bar. |
| 550 | ** The dialogue in the series as well is fairly carefully written to make sure they don't say any "human" terms. They refer to each other as "every''pony''" and say things like "lend a hoof", and the entire series as a whole has only slipped up a couple of times. |
| 551 | ** Even when the ponies get scared, they’re often shown to react closer to the way equines do than humans. For example, whenever a pony sees something that makes them mildly wary or concerned, they tend to back up while keeping their eye on the thing that’s worrying them, much like real equines do (an instinct to prevent predators or snakes from being able to jump on their backs or bite at their hind legs). Whenever characters panic, you’ll notice most ponies tend to sprint away away from the danger as fast as possible; again, much like real equines. Even when Fluttershy gets so terror-struck that her legs (and wings) lock into place and she can’t move a muscle? You bet your hooves, some horses and ponies do that. |
| 552 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]", Twilight Sparkle swats a parasprite away from her with her tail, much like how real horses and ponies do with flies. |
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| 555 | |
| 556 | [[folder:G]] |
| 557 | * GagDub: ''My Little Pony: The Brony Edition'' is back after a Copyright Snafu! You better [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes get those episodes]] because, when Hasbro gets them, [[MissingEpisode it's never coming back!]] Ponies mixed with the insanity of ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'', the wackiness of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', the vulgarity of WesternAnimation/SouthPark, and all the 4th wall breaking/accurateness of ''Manga/SgtFrog''. Condensed into 24 full-length 21-23 minute long [[https://www.copy.com/s/gt2QkGcMo7eakUt4/Episodes episodes]]. |
| 558 | ** If that isn't enough their SpinOff Sleepover at Fluttershy's/Sleepover at Pinkie Pie's are very much WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay homages. |
| 559 | ** An unofficial remaster of said GagDub called My Little Pony: [[MeaningfulRename Uncut Edition]] is set to release on July 10, 2021. You will have a 3rd chance to [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes get the episodes]] before it becomes [[MissingEpisode lost again]]! |
| 560 | * GeodesicCast: We have the Mane Six, the Pillars of Equestria (also six ponies who are associated with various concepts and are purposefully paralleled with the Mane 6), and the Young Six (who get their own associations with the Elements of Harmony). |
| 561 | * GenderBender: |
| 562 | ** In the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]". Twilight Sparkle briefly changes Applejack from a mare to a stallion. [[spoiler:It turns out her entire magic display was fake and it was really Applejack's brother Big Macintosh [[RingerPloy pretending to be a genderbent version of her]] (his minimal dialogue is a giveaway for observant viewers).]] |
| 563 | ** Possibly in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", depending on whether Rarity ''replaced'' that mariachi pony with Octavia, or ''turned him into her''. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse The episode doesn't really explain what happened there.]] |
| 564 | * GenreBlind: |
| 565 | ** Twilight Sparkle, the main character, insists that "The future of Equestria does not rest on me making friends." [[SpoilerOpening Read the title again]] and take a guess [[ForegoneConclusion how that pans out]]. |
| 566 | ** None of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who are searching for their special talents, have realized that they live in a world which runs off StevenUlyssesPerhero. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle have talents related to their names that they are mostly unaware of -- riding a scooter and singing, respectively.[[note]]Apple Bloom, on the other hand, is a talented carpenter, and her ThemeNaming reflects her family's business instead.[[/note]] |
| 567 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]": Spike apparently hasn't learned from the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E6PowerPonies enchanted comic that was literally enchanted]] that something that ''sounds'' innocuous might be much more dangerous. [[FridgeLogic Also]], you would think that someone who has spent his whole life around a unicorn that specializes in magic and is an expert in spellbooks would know a tome of dark magic when he saw one. |
| 568 | * GeographicFlexibility: Ponyville can gain features and buildings with no explanation or prior appearance should the plot require it. Equestria as a whole also qualifies, and although there is an [[http://futzi01.deviantart.com/art/Map-of-Equestria-323909537 official]] [[http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/1/12/Map_of_Equestria_online_version_2012-08.jpg map]], the map has the disclaimer: "Distance Not To Scale"; most likely not to constrain the development in later episodes. |
| 569 | ** This would make the above map more like the caricatured postcard maps of RealLife national/global landmarks, more than an one used for established travel. |
| 570 | * GenreShift: The [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon series premiere]] was a HighFantasy MagicalGirl story that just happened to star ponies. Once Nightmare Moon was defeated and the world was saved, the show instantly shifted to a SliceOfLife ensemble comedy with AnAesop at the end of nearly every episode. While these make up the bulk of the series, the MagicalGirl stories still return on occasion, usually in season premieres and finales. Note that this doesn't stop the Mane characters from being badass on frequent occasions, it just means the that thematic focus isn't on that part. |
| 571 | ** Sometimes individual episodes switch to another genre entirely, like Western or Mystery. |
| 572 | * GentleGiant: |
| 573 | ** Turns out both the manticore and the sea serpent in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Episode 2]] are friendly and easy-going beings. |
| 574 | ** Big Macintosh also qualifies for this, given his huge build, calm personality, and how he patiently puts up with Applejack's stubborn nature. |
| 575 | ** Celestia counts. She's bigger, and more powerful than most of the cast and is LargeAndInCharge. |
| 576 | * GhibliHills: Surrounding Ponyville and Fluttershy's house. |
| 577 | * GiftOfSong: |
| 578 | ** In the ChristmasEpisode, "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyBestGiftEver The Best Gift Ever]]", this is Spike's gift to Rarity after he stresses through the special over what to give her for Hearth's Warming Eve. |
| 579 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear The Perfect Pear]]", Pear Butter performs a song (You're In My Head Like A Catchy Song) for her boyfriend, Bright Mac, as a gift for the anniversary of when they first met. |
| 580 | * GigglingVillain: While Chrysalis can certainly pull off a full-blown EvilLaugh, she does tend to giggle creepily when amused. |
| 581 | * GilliganCut: Done ''without a cut'' in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Call of the Cutie]]", when Apple Bloom declares that she won't go to Diamond Tiara's cuteceañera, which, thanks to the RuleOfPerception, turns out to have already started BehindTheBlack. The show [[JustifiedTrope Justifies]] this by Apple Bloom forgetting Pinkie was hosting and she was already where the party was set to be held. |
| 582 | ** Used more conventionally to omit any explanation for how the Cutie Mark Crusaders ran into Twilight Sparkle in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]": |
| 583 | --->'''Scootaloo:''' Come on, girls! We need action! We need Rainbow Dash! |
| 584 | --->''(cut)'' |
| 585 | --->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' As a young filly in Canterlot, I always wanted to go to the Summer Sun Celebration... |
| 586 | * GivingUpOnLogic: The episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]" is all about Twilight Sparkle trying to find a logical reason how Pinkie Pie has the strange ability called "[[SpiderSense Pinkie Sense]]". By the end of the episode, Twilight Sparkle gives up, and learns that not all things need to be completely understood to be considered real or true. |
| 587 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: |
| 588 | ** Twilight Sparkle gets these when she uses some of her more powerful spells. |
| 589 | ** Princess Luna also gets these when angry. |
| 590 | ** The Mane Six whenever they break out the Elements of Harmony. |
| 591 | ** Whenever Rarity uses the magic found in the "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]" spellbook, her eyes glow a sickly green color and she becomes more and more obsessed with making everything pretty. |
| 592 | * GoalInLife: Discovering your purpose in life creates your cutie mark on your flank. Given how permanent those things seem to be, one has to hope there's no pony equivalent to a mid-life crisis. |
| 593 | ** Well, considering that most of the Mane Six's breakdowns had something or other to do with their cutie mark[[labelnote:e.g.]]Pinkie Pie in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]", having an insanity scene; Fluttershy not being able to make the creatures of the Canterlot Gardens love her in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]"; et cetera[[/labelnote]], it seems that the fan-named Cutie Mark Failure Insanity Syndrome is said equivalent. |
| 594 | ** The cutie mark just represents that particular pony's special talent, which often goes hand in hand with their chosen occupation. For example, Rainbow Dash's cutie mark signifies that her special talent is high-speed flying. She definitely enjoys it, and made a career out of it by joining the Wonderbolts, but she's also shown great skill in weather control (clearing the sky in ten seconds flat, etc.). Another good example is Pinkie Pie. Her special talent, as shown by her three-balloons cutie mark is organizing parties. However, she's also an excellent ice skater and is able to play several instruments at once, which don't have any direct relation to parties. |
| 595 | * GoodEyesEvilEyes: The show tends to give the good characters the standard big watery eyes while villains tend to get scary (and mostly serpentine) peepers. Even minor "villains" like Trixie and Gilda tend to have less reflections in their eyes. Spike ([[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess except for one episode]]) [[AvertedTrope averts]] this, as does [[spoiler:Discord after his HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 596 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", when Rarity is succumbing to the influence of the spell, her eyes glow freakish green, and the usually enormous irises shrink. When Spike is showering her with kind words of praise and support, her eyes return to their normal limpid pools of blue. |
| 597 | * TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: As to be expected from an idealistic child-friendly TV-Y show like this, No matter [[DarkestHour how dire the situation]], or how powerful, threatening or seemingly unstoppable or infallible the villains become, the heroes will ''always'' prevail. Always. No PyrrhicVictory or cost, either. So you basically know how the whole situation is going [[ForegoneConclusion to end]] ahead of time. However, the show still manages to keep up the interest anyway by offering storytelling twists in other ways, proving that this is [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools not necessarily a bad thing]]. |
| 598 | * GoodParents: Twilight Sparkle's parents and Rarity's parents. |
| 599 | * GoodPrincessEvilQueen: The only character bearing the title "Queen" is Queen Chrysalis, the villainous leader of the Changelings, a race of shapeshifting emotion-eaters. Every other female monarch (Celestia, Luna, Cadance, Twilight Sparkle) bears the title "Princess". This was an EnforcedTrope, as Celestia was a queen when the show was being planned, but Hasbro [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/4/1603670/1791456540 asked the creator to make her a princess]] because children viewed princesses as good and queens as evil. |
| 600 | * GoshDangItToHeck: Naturally, this show cannot have cursing, and even "heck" is used sparingly. Instead there are numerous substitute phrases using horse {{pun}}s, such as "what the hay was that?", "oh ponyfeathers", and "for pony's sake". The most transparent of these is provided by Fluttershy in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]]", who snaps "Nopony gives a flying feather!". Season 6 has Fluttershy use "peeved", and the other characters react as if she said a curse, including her mumbling "Excuse my language." |
| 601 | * GonnaFlyNowMontage: An almost literal one for Fluttershy in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]", where she trains herself to be a stronger flyer (with her animal friends acting as motivational trainers). |
| 602 | * GoToSleepEnding: At the end of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]", the Mane 6 ask what Pinkie Pie wants to do after the whole duplicating mess. Pinkie Pie decided right then and there to just lay down and go to sleep. The others then quietly leave. |
| 603 | * GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: Fluttershy to Rainbow Dash in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]": |
| 604 | -->'''Fluttershy:''' But Rainbow Dash, just because you failed the Sonic Rainboom ''a hundred thousand times'' in practice doesn't mean you won't be able to do it in front of an ''entire'' stadium full of impatient, super-critical sports fan ponies! |
| 605 | ** PlayedWith in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]". Photo Finish really wasn't trying to be reassuring. |
| 606 | --->'''Photo Finish:''' Nervous? Don't be ridiculous. You're only facing a large crowd of ponies who will be watching your every moves and silently judging you. |
| 607 | ** Also see the entry for IronicEcho. |
| 608 | ** Photo Finish saying that didn't affect Fluttershy very much, but Pinkie Pie's attempts at encouragement reducing Fluttershy to tearful hysterics becomes a RunningGag in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E14FilliVanilli Filli Vanilli]]". |
| 609 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The BigBad of the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Season 2 finale]] is [[spoiler:Chrysalis, queen of the Changelings]]. |
| 610 | ** Nightmare Moon is implied to play to this trope in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Season 1 premiere]]. |
| 611 | ** This trope was intentionally {{averted}} by making Equestria a principality. |
| 612 | ** [[spoiler:[[EnfantTerrible Cozy Glow]]]] crowns herself the "Empress of Friendship" once she gets rid of Twilight. |
| 613 | * GoldenMoment: The first four seasons' episodes all ended with one of the main cast narrating a summation of the episode's moral. This was dropped by the start of Season 5, as even the writers were growing tired of having to stop an episode to explain the lesson that most anyone with a brain would already have picked up on. |
| 614 | * GrandFinale: The series ended with an overreaching three-part finale consisting of the two-parter "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E24TheEndingOfTheEndPart1 The Ending of the End]]", followed by "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E26TheLastProblem The Last Problem]]". |
| 615 | * GrailInTheGarbage: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony, Part 2]]", Twilight, under the influence of Discord, literally throws ''the Element of Magic'' in the trash. |
| 616 | * GreenGators: Crocodilians, including regular crocodiles, Pinkie's baby alligator Gummy, and monstrous creatures such as the Cipactli and cragadiles, are all various shades of green. This discrepancy is especially obvious in a gag in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E12PinkiePride Pinkie Pride]]" when a scene cuts to Gummy as a real baby alligator in live-action, whose hide is a much duller hue than the animated Gummy's bright emerald green. |
| 617 | * GreenRooming: [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Princess Luna]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Zecora]] both got entire episodes dedicated to introducing each early on in Season 1, but neither really got any further screentime until Season 2 (barring one quick scene for Zecora in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury episode immediately after her introduction]]). |
| 618 | * GrossUpCloseUp: A few relatively tame ones. |
| 619 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]" features a close-up of one Diamond Dog's dirty claws. |
| 620 | ** Rarity's pruney hoof in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]". |
| 621 | ** Philomeena's bloodshot eyes in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof A Bird in the Hoof]]". |
| 622 | ** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Spike's cheek]] where Rarity kissed him, one week later... he said he was never gonna wash it again, and gosh darn it, he meant it! |
| 623 | ** Spike's molt in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E11MoltDown Molt Down]]". |
| 624 | * GrowlingGut: A trope that seems to occur frequently in this series (at least compared to the other ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' series). The most notable occurances are: |
| 625 | ** Twilight Sparkle's stomach growls a total of seven times in the episode, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]". |
| 626 | ** Pinkie Pie's stomach growls in the episode, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]". It happens to her again in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 Season 5 premiere]]. |
| 627 | ** Applejack suffers this in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof Bird in the Hoof]]". It happens again in her cutie mark story [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles the next episode]]. |
| 628 | ** Spike's stomach growls three times in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E8JustForSidekicks Just for Sidekicks]]". |
| 629 | * GuideDangIt: The magical map in Princess Twilight's castle, introduced in Season 5, only says which members of the Mane 6 need to go on a mission and where they should go. It doesn't tell them what the problem is or how to solve it -- figuring these out comprises much of the action in episodes involving map missions. The writing staff may have decided that it's better for the characters to receive quests from a magical artifact instead of Princess Celestia as they had before, since if Celestia gave them information about the quest it would be too easy for them, and if she withheld the information it would only perpetuate her reputation as a {{troll}}. |
| 630 | * GuiltInducedNightmare: |
| 631 | ** Exaggerated and invoked during "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?". To keep punishing herself for her actions as Nightmare Moon, Luna created the Tantabus to torture her in her dreams. This meant that each night she had continuous nightmares, not just because of her guilt but as a way of keeping herself reminded of her guilt. |
| 632 | ** In "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils", this is invoked. Sweetie Belle is furious with Rarity for unintentionally upstaging her, so she ruins a headdress that Rarity has made. Luna [[DreamWalker gives her a nightmare]] that reveals a BadFuture; if the headdress remains unfixed, Rarity will be an outcast among the fashion community and [[SanitySlippage her sanity will shatter]]. Upon waking up, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo hurry to Canterlot to save the headdress. |
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| 635 | [[folder:H]] |
| 636 | * HairRaisingHare: The bunny stampede from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]". More specifically, a herd of baby bunnies runs off and stampedes through Ponyville, causing the locals to panic. One pony even faints in the midst of it, though the bunnies simply run around her. |
| 637 | * HalfBakedNiceness: Happens several times: |
| 638 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited For Success]]": Rarity makes dresses for the rest of her friends, but they don't like them as much as she'd hoped. They try to think of a compliment, but all they can come up with is that the dresses are "something" while Fluttershy goes "It's... nice". Rarity quickly notices something isn't right, and the others keep trying to be nice - until Rainbow Dash bluntly says her dress isn't as cool as she imagined. |
| 639 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]": Twilight tries to give a doll to the Cutie Mark Crusaders, but said doll is clearly in very bad shape. The three girls attempt to think of something nice, only to merely call the doll "great" while Sweetie Belle says she likes her mane in a very confused tone. |
| 640 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]]": Queen Chrysalis, masquerading as Princess Cadance, tries Applejack's treats. She doesn't like them, but says that she "love-love-loves" them to appear polite. Applejack gladly gives her more treats, while Twilight simply stares completely unimpressed. |
| 641 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E24TheEndingOfTheEndPart1 Ending Of The End]]": Cozy Glow tells Chrysalis and Tirek to say something nice to each other. They don't want to, but try to do it anyway; Chrysalis says [[TriviallyObvious Tirek is red]], while Tirek says Chrysalis is "not as annoying as [he] expected". Despite the compliments being very low-effort, Cozy Glow accepts it and continues discussing Grogar's bell. |
| 642 | * HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Specifically the male ponies; most of them wear vests. As stated elsewhere, female ponies generally just wear some form of accessory. |
| 643 | * {{Hammerspace}}: The show frequently features the use of hammerspace by ponies, but mostly in small ways. Pinkie Pie, however, very frequently produces things out of Hammerspace, though Rarity has a slight tendency towards it, especially with her [[DramaQueen drama couch]] (for her to fall on; pulled on from just offscreen) in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]". Spike occasionally digs around in his pockets for some items, even though he doesn't wear clothes. |
| 644 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]", after melting the ice cloud, Spike pulls an umbrella out of nowhere. |
| 645 | * HammyVillainSeriousHero: Upon his debut, Discord is a LargeHam Spirit of Chaos, bent on spreading chaos all over the land and causing, well, discord towards mission-driven Twilight Sparkle and her friends. |
| 646 | * HandmadeIsBetter: Zigzagged in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]". The central conflict of the episode is a contest between the Apple family, who hand-make (or, well, hoof-make) their apple cider by a careful and laborious artisanal process, and the Flim-Flam brothers, who mass-produce large quantities of it using a complex machine. The twist is that the brothers' product is in fact really good -- it only turns into an undrinkable mess once they turn off the quality control in order to ramp up production. |
| 647 | * HandOrObjectUnderwear: Yes--even though they're ponies and don't normally wear clothes, this trope gets used for the odd gag: |
| 648 | ** An episode revolving around small-but-cute flying pests called Parasprites had a gag that was a send-up to this trope: they were snuggling next to Rainbow Dash against her will, and she wanted them off her. They still try to snuggle at her, shaping themselves into a few different configurations, one of which looked like a bikini covering her censorable bits (even though a pony's mammaries aren't by their forelegs). |
| 649 | ** In one episode Rainbow Dash pulls Fluttershy's sheets off to get her out of bed, she gasps and covers her chest even though they usually don't wear clothes (spoiler: they're ponies!), Rainbow Dash gives her an annoyed look and Fluttershy grins sheepishly. |
| 650 | ** Another episode has Discord using a vacuum to suck Rarity's goo-covered Gala dress off of her, causing her to rear up and cover her chest and crotch while slinking away in embarrassment. |
| 651 | * HandyMouth: Ponies that aren't using their magic or hooves to carry or manipulate things sometimes utilize their jaws — the series gets somewhat schizophrenic about this issue. |
| 652 | * HardLight: Rainbows are a liquid. It's safely edible, but painfully spicy. It's also sticky enough to be used as war paint. |
| 653 | * HatedItemMakeover: |
| 654 | ** In "Sisterhooves Social", Sweetie Belle cleans Rarity's messy room, but all this does is piss her off, as she prefers it to be disorganized so that it can give her inspiration for her dresses. |
| 655 | ** Downplayed in "Castle Sweet Castle". Twilight's castle, magically created from the remnants of her former home in the Golden Oak Library [[spoiler: after it was destroyed by Tirek]], is so cold and intimidating to Twilight that she avoids spending time there at first. Her friends almost make this worse by trying to redecorate based on their own preferences rather than Twilight's, but subvert this by scrapping their plans and creating a chandelier of memories from the Golden Oak Library to make it feel more like home. |
| 656 | * HateSink: [[PrinceCharmless Prince Blueblood]], [[SpoiledBrat Diamond Tiara]] [[spoiler:(at first)]], and Svengallop are but some examples. |
| 657 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: |
| 658 | ** Amongst the unique abilities ponies possess, Fluttershy being the FriendToAllLivingThings is highly useful when [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows nature needs to managed]], but doesn't seem that impressive. Except her ability really does include '''all''' living things, including a manticore, a ''gigantic'' adult dragon, a cockatrice, Cerberus, and even [[spoiler:the spirit of chaos himself]], all of whom she managed to pacify with nothing but a firm tone and a kind touch (with occasional help from [[DeathGlare The Stare]]). Good thing she's the nice, shy little pegasus she is... |
| 659 | ** Earth ponies don't have any obvious magic, unlike the unicorns, who cast spells from their horns, and the pegasi, who walk on clouds, control weather, and have tactile telekinesis that allows them to tow things while in flight. According to WordOfGod, they're stronger and have more endurance than a unicorn or pegasus of comparable physique, and have a deeper connection with nature[[note]]Making Fluttershy a bit of an odd duck, since she's a pegasus whose specialty lies within the earth pony domain[[/note]]and the earth. The latter means that they are inherently better at growing and tending plants of any kind, to the point where in ancient times earth ponies were the only pony tribe capable of producing food, and even in modern times only earth ponies have ever been seen growing anything. The greater strength of earth ponies is seen most notably in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts and Hooves Day]]", where an earth pony schoolteacher is strong enough to break through two walls when properly motivated (and without ImpactSilhouette, she just demolishes it), while one who is notably stronger than average is shown effortlessly towing a ''house''. While ''skipping.'' |
| 660 | ** Pinkie Pie's special ability is making other ponies happy. While this mostly manifests in throwing sweet parties and being a delightful {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, this also gives her access to the RuleOfFunny, allowing her to regularly perform feats that [[WrongContextMagic break the magical rules of Equestria]], most forms of logic, and ''[[FourthWallObserver the fourth wall]]'', interrupting the IrisOut on three separate occasions. |
| 661 | *** Pinkie's "party cannon" helps her set up parties super fast. As the changeling fight showed, it can also be used as an actual cannon. |
| 662 | ** A literal example with Princess Cadance, the third alicorn in the series. She's a LoveGoddess who has the power to repair the bonds between ponies and spread love wherever she goes. Compared to the {{Physical God}}dess level abilities her aunts show, this doesn't seem as impressive. Then you remember that ThePowerOfFriendship is the most powerful magic in the world, and ThePowerOfLove is its close cousin. Cue her and her husband-to-be using ThePowerOfLove [[spoiler:to deliver a HeartBeatDown to [[BigBad Queen Chrysalis]] that sends her and her minions ''[[TwinkleInTheSky hurtling over the horizon]]'']]. We see in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 Season 3 opener]] that her love magic is capable of repelling King Sombra, an ancient and extremely powerful unicorn king who took ''both'' her super-powered aunts to defeat a thousand years ago. |
| 663 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", [[ThePowerOfFriendship The Elements of Harmony]], in their Rainbow Power form, are more powerful than the magic Tirek absorbed from countless ponies across Equestria, including that of the four alicorn Princesses and the personification of Chaos. |
| 664 | * HeartOfTheMatter: The Crystal Empire protected by the powerful Crystal Heart which serves to focus the population's collective spirit to protect the Empire from evil forces. |
| 665 | * TheHecateSisters: The three alicorns in Season 2: Cadance is the Maiden, Celestia is the Mother, and Luna is the Crone (despite being younger than Celestia, thanks to her role and personality). |
| 666 | * HeelFaceTurn: Redemption is a recurring theme in the series, starting at the very beginning with [[spoiler:Nightmare Moon's transformation back into Princess Luna]]. Other reformed antagonists include [[spoiler:Discord, Gilda, Trixie, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and Starlight Glimmer]]. |
| 667 | * HellIsThatNoise: |
| 668 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 1]]", Tirek's magic drain is accompanied by a rather chilling screeching sound. |
| 669 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", Tirek draining Discord is accompanied by a distorted, possibly reversed version of his normal drain sound effect. |
| 670 | * HelpingGrannyCrossTheStreet: Rainbow Dash feels outshined by Mare-Do-Well, and unable to find anyone in need of rescuing, obstinately insists on "helping" Granny Smith cross the street even though she didn't want to cross it at all. |
| 671 | * HereThereBeDragons: [[http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/1/12/Map_of_Equestria_online_version_2012-08.jpg Hasbro's official map of Equestria]] states, "Dragons be here." [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the existence of actual dragons in Equestria. |
| 672 | * HeroicBSOD: Almost OncePerEpisode. All of the mane ponies get one in the first Season, ranging from mild nervous breakdowns to freaky psychoses, and Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle continue to get more in the second. Each time, the reasons are intimately related to the character's personality, strengths and weaknesses. See specific episodes or the [[HeroicBSOD/WesternAnimation relevant Heroic BSOD example page]] for more details; appears in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" (Applejack), "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]" (Twilight), "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]" (Rarity), "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]" (Rainbow Dash), "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]" (Pinkie Pie), and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" (Fluttershy); and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony]]" (Twilight), "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]" (Twilight), "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]]" (Fluttershy), "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]" (Fluttershy) and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]]" ([[ButtMonkey Twilight]]). |
| 673 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: |
| 674 | ** Nearly saves [[CowardlyLion Fluttershy]] from corruption in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 Season 2 premiere]]. Discord starts mocking her about how weak and useless she is, expecting her to get riled up and protest about how her kindness has done so much good... but instead, her self-esteem is so crappy she "agrees" with him wholeheartedly, and starts talking about how grateful she is to have friends who are willing to help her so much because she's good for so little, despite the fact that this is the pony who walked up to a [[AndroclesLion raging manticore]], [[StaringDownCthulhu made a dragon cry]], and stared down a cockatrice that was [[TakenForGranite turning her to stone]] at the time, among other things in Season 1 alone. Just when it looks like she's off the hook, Discord loses his patience and corrupts her by sheer brute force. |
| 675 | ** Twilight Sparkle also has shades of this, particularly in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]"; she's afraid of defeating a Main/SmallNameBigEgo character in a magical contest simply because she doesn't want others to think she's showing off. This later comes into effect in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", where Twilight begins mentally unhinging because she hasn't sent in her weekly friendship report and fears [[HeldBackInSchool getting sent back to magic kindergarten]], or possibly [[DisproportionateRetribution to the moon]]. Never mind all her positive findings before then. |
| 676 | ** Spike's reaction to praise from the Mane Six and Princess Cadance for saving everypony from the iceberg cloud in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]". |
| 677 | -->'''Spike''': I just saw what needed to be done and reacted. Just so happens I can breathe fire, and if any of you could do that, you'd have done the same. |
| 678 | * HeroismWontPayTheBills: Despite the Mane Six saving Equestria, Applejack still has to find ways to raise money to keep her farm (as shown in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]"). |
| 679 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: |
| 680 | ** [[spoiler:Daring Do]] is this when she's discovered to be real. |
| 681 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", Twilight goes through a lot of offscreen trouble to clean up Rarity's mess. She eventually had to call in backup from Luna and Cadance, and it's made clear that the whole ordeal caused a great amount of stress. |
| 682 | * HeteroSexualLifePartners: Pretty much the entire Mane Six. |
| 683 | ** PlatonicLifePartners: Twilight Sparkle and Spike. |
| 684 | * TheHerosJourney: The first two episodes of Season 1 qualify as this for Twilight Sparkle. |
| 685 | * HiddenObjectGame: ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/game-mylittlepony-discover Discover the Difference]]'', ''[[http://mcdonalds.com.mx/mlp_bakugan/encontra.html Encuentra los Símbolos]]'', and the Hidden Picture and Spot the Difference activities in the UsefulNotes/IOSGames ''[[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-little-pony-twilight-sparkle/id465213808?mt=8 Twilight Sparkle: Teacher for a Day]]'' and ''[[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-little-pony-ruckus-reader/id498464830?mt=8 Ruckus Reader]]''. |
| 686 | * HilarityEnsues: On a fairly regular basis. |
| 687 | * HisOwnWorstEnemy: Princess Luna's worst enemy was herself. While the Mane Cast and her own sister had to stop her as Nightmare Moon, her suffering and even her banishment were of her own doing, mainly for her inability to deal with her jealousy and her loneliness. |
| 688 | * {{Hobbits}}: Of the pony breeds, Earth ponies seem to fit this mold best. They also don't have overt magic or flight, making them a little more relatable to the audience. |
| 689 | * HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: |
| 690 | ** Used in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Season 2 finale]]. When the Changeling invasion moves into full swing, Princess Celestia immediately calls upon the Mane 6 to get the Elements of Harmony to stop them. However, [[ZergRush thanks to overwhelming numbers]], the heroes are stopped by the Changeling army before they even manage to reach the Elements, much less use them. The trend continues in the next episode, the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 Season 3 premiere]]. Although that was less of TheWorfEffect[=/=]CurbStompBattle and more of SecretTestOfCharacter mixed with the fact that the Crystal Ponies already have their own version of the Elements of Harmony in the form of the Crystal Heart. In the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E1PrincessTwilightSparklePart1 Season 4 premiere]] [[spoiler:the Mane 6 have to sacrifice the Elements to save the day, depriving them of their phlebotinum]]. |
| 691 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]", the [[PowerNullifier unicorn magic disabling spell]] helps snap Spike out of his HeroicBSOD by making him [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman the only one capable of saving the day]]. |
| 692 | * HoldYourHippogriffs: Too many examples to list. Spread all over this article -- there's a pony theme going on. |
| 693 | ** Horse-related {{pun}}s galore! |
| 694 | ** (Usually) replacing "body" with "pony", such as "everypony" and "somepony". |
| 695 | ** Longer phrases like "on the other hoof" and "stand back you foals." |
| 696 | ** Oddly {{averted}} with "look a gift horse in the mouth", "hungry as a horse", etc. |
| 697 | ** What Twilight says to Applejack in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" also counts as a LastSecondWordSwap to viewers. |
| 698 | --->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' AJ, I think you're beating a dead... ''(camera zooms out to reveal Applejack's been trying to buck apples off a dead tree)'' ...tree. |
| 699 | ** PlayedWith during an aversion in the same episode: |
| 700 | --->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Ugh. That pony is as stubborn as a mule. ''(Turns and sees a mule next to her)'' No offense... |
| 701 | --->'''Mule:''' None taken. |
| 702 | *** They do it again in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]". |
| 703 | ---->'''Rainbow Dash:''' Be cool or be mule! ''({{Beat}})'' No offense.\ |
| 704 | '''Same Mule:''' None taken. |
| 705 | %%*** Babs Seed does another one in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]]". |
| 706 | ** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Iron Will]] [[Creator/MrT pities da foal.]] |
| 707 | * HollywoodBoardGames: |
| 708 | ** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy "Dragonshy"]]: [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPinkiePie Pinky Pie]] might be scatterbrained and the ultimate GenkiGirl but also displays moments of brilliance, such as when she beats Rarity at TabletopGame/TicTacToe 35 times in a row. Rarity, who can be quite stubborn, [[BestOutOfInfinity keeps challenging her for rematches]]. |
| 709 | ** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep "Read It and Weep"]]: A bedridden Rainbow Dash gets enraptured by an adventure book despite her initial reluctance. This initially embarrasses her, so when her friends bring her a ''TabletopGame/{{Battleship}}'' knock-off (with a pony and a cumulus for ships) to play, all Rainbow wants is to finish quickly the game and resume reading her book. Her friends are flabbergasted by this behavior because not only Dash is acting suspiciously but they thought they'd have better luck at cheering Rainbow up with a board game. Under normal circumstances, Twilight and Fluttershy would have been right. |
| 710 | ---> '''Rainbow Dash''': Aw, shucks! You rained on my cumulus! |
| 711 | * HollywoodDensity: |
| 712 | ** As explained in a now-infamous college physics lecture, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applejack is apparently made of dark matter]]. |
| 713 | ** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Pinkie Pie's balloon basket gag.]] |
| 714 | ** A meta example, [[TrollingCreator Lauren]] [[Creator/LaurenFaust Faust]] once tweeted that pegasus ponies can fly, not because of their wings, but because their flatulence is pure helium. |
| 715 | * HonestAdvisor: |
| 716 | ** Applejack ''would'' be this if she had any interest in politics. However, she played one in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Christmas episode]]. TheLeader she served was such an arrogant [[TheCaligula nutjob]] that she had long since degenerated into a DeadpanSnarker. |
| 717 | ** Owlowiscious to Spike in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]". |
| 718 | * HonestyAesop: |
| 719 | ** Applejack is the element of honesty, and several episodes, notably "Leap of Faith", revolve around her honesty being put to the test. |
| 720 | ** In "The Cutie Pox", Apple Bloom comes down with the titular disease, and the only cure is a flower grown from the "seeds of truth", which can only grow when someone tells the truth to it. This causes Apple Bloom much conflict, because this means that she will have to confess that she got the disease by sneaking into Zecora's house and brewing a potion in a dishonest attempt to get a cutie mark. |
| 721 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E23WheretheAppleLies Where the Apple Lies]]", Apple Bloom accidentally mixes up cider with zap apple jam, and tries to lie so she can fix it herself. Applejack, Granny Smith and Big Macintosh then tell her about how a younger Applejack almost ruined the family business with her lies. The whole situation had taught Applejack that lies only pile on each other and make things worse. |
| 722 | * HordeOfAlienLocusts: The [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Parasprites]]. |
| 723 | * {{Hotblooded}}: Rainbow Dash and, to a lesser extent, Applejack. |
| 724 | * HowDoIShotWeb: |
| 725 | ** The [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E1PrincessTwilightSparklePart1 Season 4 premiere]] starts out with Twilight Sparkle learning how to fly with her new wings with mixed results. Later in the two-parter, she is able to fly from one city to another with Spike as a passenger but not without him kissing the ground afterwards. |
| 726 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E6PowerPonies Power Ponies]]", the cast gets [[TrappedInTVLand sucked into a superhero comic]] and receive super powers. When they first confront the villain they utterly fail to use their powers effectively. Over the course of their episode they learn to get it together. |
| 727 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", Twilight has to raise the sun and lower the moon now that she has Celestia's and Luna's magic. It's a bit shakey, but she manages. |
| 728 | * HumanlikeAnimalAging: ZigZagged. Ponies seem to live as long as humans. On the other hand, baby ponies seem to develop very quickly, like real horses. Also, though it's debated to what extent it was intended to imply this, the very elderly Granny Smith was present for the founding of Ponyville, and that was later established to have happened quite some time ago. If taken at face value, Granny's been in the triple digits longer than most of the cast has been alive, with other generations having come and gone, suggesting that, rarely, some ponies can live a great deal longer than is normally possible. The comic character Professor Inkwell is a similar case: looks very old now; looked younger when some adult ponies were children... and looked just as young for events that should be well before her time even then, but it's unclear if it's WritersCannotDoMath at work. |
| 729 | * HumanlikeFootAnatomy: While the pony characters appear to walk on actual hooves, they can pick up and hold things they shouldn't be able to. They also seem to have "elbows" in their forelegs for gesturing purposes. |
| 730 | * HumiliationConga: |
| 731 | ** Gilda, in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon the Brush Off]]", goes to one of Pinkie Pie's parties and is hit with prank after prank. |
| 732 | ** What happens to poor Twilight when she tries to help Fluttershy wake the animals in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Winter Wrap Up]]". |
| 733 | ** Twilight again in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]", throughout pretty much the whole episode. |
| 734 | ** Almost the entire cast gets pounded with this trope in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]". |
| 735 | * HurricaneOfPuns: In several episodes. |
| 736 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]" has Twilight discovering pony illnesses in a book: Hay fever, and The Trots. |
| 737 | ** The ThemeTuneExtended (which can be found as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo sing-along]] on the DVD ''The Friendship Express'') includes puns on each of the Mane Six's names sans Twilight. |
| 738 | * HybridOverkillAvoidance: If two ponies of different types have children, the children will be one or the other instead of a cross. Ponies of mixed ancestry can produce children of other types, for instance two Earth ponies had one unicorn and one Pegasus foal. Alicorns (with the traits of all three) are made, not born, with one known exception. |
| 739 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 740 | ** Most of the Mane Six are this in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well]]". Sure, they weren't happy with Rainbow Dash getting a bit of a big head over getting praised for saving lives, but they were doing it just to spite somepony. And they bragged even more about it just to make her feel worse. Well, WithFriendsLikeThese |
| 741 | ** Then there's "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]". The citizens of Ponyville enjoyed reading about the gossip that was spread about each others, but when ''they'' were gossiped about, they got angry. |
| 742 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", despite continually showing bitterness and hate for his brother Scorpan betraying him to save Equestria, Tirek has no qualms about stabbing Discord in the back for power. |
| 743 | * HypocriticalHumor: |
| 744 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]", Spike gets mad at Twilight for telling someone about his crush on Rarity... while he's wearing a fanboyish t-shirt with her picture on, making his crush pretty darn obvious. |
| 745 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]": |
| 746 | -->'''Rarity:''' You talk about it [AJ's tree, Bloomberg] as if it's your baby or something.\ |
| 747 | '''Applejack:''' Who're you calling a baby?! Bloomberg's no baby! ''(Nuzzles her tree)'' [[BabyTalk Don't let widdle Warity make you all saddy-waddy! Bloomberg's a big and strong apple tree. Yes he is!]] |
| 748 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", Rarity calls Twilight a "drama queen" when she finds out Twilight is worried about not sending her friendship report to Princess Celestia on time... while lying on a ''fainting couch'' Rarity had magically summoned because she forgot the plates for a picnic. |
| 749 | *** ...which is immediately {{lampshaded}} when everyone gives her an odd look, causing her to hastily add "[[HypocrisyNod ...relatively speaking.]]" |
| 750 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May The Best Pet Win]]", Rainbow Dash tells the tortoise competing to be her pet "This isn't a game, you know!". She immediately tells the rest of the prospective pets "These games will determine which one of you has the most important qualities I'm looking for in a pet." |
| 751 | ** A somewhat more meta example occurs in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime It's About Time]]", when Twilight Sparkle is visited by herself from the future, she declares that such a thing is not scientifically possible. Twilight, of course, is a magical purple unicorn. |
| 752 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleManeia Castle Mane-ia]]", Spike gets told that sarcasm is unfunny. This is coming from [[DeadpanSnarker Twilight Sparkle]]. |
| 753 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E8RarityTakesManehattan Rarity Takes Manehattan]]", Rainbow Dash mentions that she hates musicals, because the ponies are [[ThatRemindsMeOfASong always starting musical numbers at the drop of a hat]]. Cue musical number. |
| 754 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight’s Kingdom, Part 1]]", Rainbow Dash points out that Spike had bragged during the train ride about how he'd saved the Crystal Empire the last time they were there. Rarity reminds Rainbow Dash that she's fond of boasting about her own exploits. |
| 755 | [[/folder]] |
| 756 | |
| 757 | [[folder:I]] |
| 758 | * IAmAMonster: |
| 759 | ** Fluttershy in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]]" after making Pinkie Pie and Rarity cry. |
| 760 | ** Thorax refers to himself as “the evil changeling” in “The Times They Are A Changeling.” He also is implied to dislike his natural changeling appearance, as he said nopony could trust someone who looks like it. |
| 761 | * IAmSong: |
| 762 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uerFwX9ZTCE The Cutie Mark Crusaders' Theme Song]] from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]". It could also double as an "I Want" (referring, of course, to cutie marks). |
| 763 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet and Elite]]" has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmC2WXkPagE Becoming Popular (The Pony Everypony Should Know)]]", which tracks Rarity's rise in the Canterlot social hierarchy. |
| 764 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]" introduces two self-proclaimed "[[SnakeOilSalesman traveling salesponies]] ''[[GratuitousFrench nonpareil]]''" and their titular machine with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssl1RxwMWNA The World-Famous Flim-Flam Brothers]]". It also doubles as a VillainSong. |
| 765 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend In Deed]]" gives us Pinkie Pie's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNrXMOSkBas Smile Song]]", which perfectly describes her personality. |
| 766 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]" brings us a rare inversion when five of the Mane Six get their cutie marks switched. |
| 767 | * IAteWhat: |
| 768 | ** In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Part 1]] of the series opener, Twilight Sparkle [[INeedAFreakingDrink pours herself]] (and drinks from) a glass of what turns out to be [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce hot sauce]]. |
| 769 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" has an exhausted and sleep-deprived Applejack mishearing Pinkie Pie's muffin recipe instructions and making muffins with potato chips, soda, lemon juice and "wheat worms" ([[InsaneTrollLogic "That must be fancy talk for earthworms!"]]). Cut to the local health clinic, which is overloaded with victims of food poisoning. |
| 770 | -->'''Nurse''': There was a mishap with some of the baked goods. |
| 771 | -->'''Pinkie Pie''': No, not baked goods... baked ''bads''! ''[[VomitDiscretionShot *barf*]]'' |
| 772 | ** {{Averted}} in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]". Spike ''swallows'' the evil tome and it doesn't do a thing to him. It doesn't cure Rarity either, though. |
| 773 | * IBelieveICanFly: In addition to the numerous {{pegasus}} and {{alicorn}} ponies, [[spoiler:pre-alicorn]] Twilight can [[NotQuiteFlight briefly]] [[PowerFloats levitate]] [[MindOverMatter with her unicorn magic]]. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]", Rarity is temporarily granted [[PowerGivesYouWings magic butterfly wings]], [[IcarusAllusion which get burned off when she flies too close to the sun]]. Come the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1 Season 5 finale]], we see [[ArcVillain Starlight Glimmer]] performing straight-up magic flight without wings. |
| 774 | * IdiosyncraticWipes: During the TitleSequence, each of Twilight Sparkle's friends in the Mane Six gets one, related to their specialities (and cutie marks): a dashing rainbow for Rainbow Dash, a party balloon inflating to cover all the screen for Pinkie Pie, a growing eye twinkle for Rarity, a shower of apples for Applejack, and a swarm of butterflies for Fluttershy. |
| 775 | * IJustWantToBeBadass: Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo suffer from this. Spike also heads into this a few times, when his status as a less-than-ferocious dragon is pointed out, but he's [[RealMenWearPink usually secure in his masculinity]]. |
| 776 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: The Cutie Mark Crusaders (Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle) want desperately to learn their special talents so they can earn their Cutie Marks and no longer be "Blank Flanks". |
| 777 | * ImagineSpot: |
| 778 | ** They happen several times in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]", where Twilight's friends fantasize about going to the Grand Galloping Gala. This is basically repeated in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]". |
| 779 | ** Twilight imagines the Parasprites carrying away Princess Celestia in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]". |
| 780 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]", the ponies worry about Rarity in the clutches of the Diamond Dogs, and Spike imagines himself [[IndulgentFantasySegue charging in and saving her single-handedly]]. |
| 781 | *** As a muscular dragon knight in shining armor, no less. When Spike has a hopeless fantasy, he clearly doesn't do it by halves! |
| 782 | ** For some reason, of the seven Glimmer Wings toys, the three that are of ponies from the show are also the only ones whose Glimmer Wings are stated to be imaginary: ''[[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=C2DE513E-5056-900B-104E-C0A7A3C36D3A Glimmer Wings Rarity]]'' ("[[BoldInflation RARITY]] imagines having beautiful wings just like her [[GodCreatedCanonForeigner butterfly friend]], and fluttering across the sunny sky!"), ''[[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=C2D7D92A-5056-900B-1014-E122BBE206E2 Glimmer Wings Rainbow Dash]]'' ("[[BoldInflation RAINBOW DASH]] has fun pretending her wings look just like her [[GodCreatedCanonForeigner dragonfly friend]]'s as they buzz around [[BoldInflation PONYVILLE!]]"), and ''[[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?R=9E036BC4-5056-900B-107B-D822B7295F8C:en_US Glimmer Wings Fluttershy]]'' ("[[BoldInflation FLUTTERSHY]] thinks her [[GodCreatedCanonForeigner dragonfly friend]]'s wings are beautiful. She imagines how she would look with wings like that!"). |
| 783 | * ImperfectRitual: Happens twice. In the pilot two-part episode, the Elements of Harmony needed to defeat Nightmare Moon are destroyed, but Twilight Sparkle realizes she can use her friends as substitutes for the elements due to them embodying their traits, and this works. In the second season opening, Twilight later tries to use the Elements of Harmony as embodied in her and her friends to defeat Discord, but Rainbow Dash is missing so she substitutes Spike. This time, it doesn't work. |
| 784 | * ImportationExpansion: The Japanese dub has a short segment after the show called "Little Pony TV". |
| 785 | * ImpossiblePickleJar: Rainbow Dash open a jar of pickles as one of her "heroic" stunts as she is getting desperate for "heroic" things to do. |
| 786 | * ImprobablyFemaleCast: With a few exceptions, almost all recurring characters are female. |
| 787 | ** Even the extras are predominantly female. |
| 788 | ** The show has passed the inverse UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest (two male characters who speak about something other than a female character) in four episodes, once with Snips and Snails have an argument about getting stuck with bubble gum, another where Donut Joe and Gustav were arguing about whose dessert was best, once when Discord tells Spike his new role is a big deal and a fairly long scene in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Season 4 finale]] where Discord has a conversation with Lord Tirek. |
| 789 | * InconsistentDub: |
| 790 | ** In the French dub: |
| 791 | *** Ponyville keeps alternating between keeping its original name, or being literally translated to Poneyville. Sometime, the names alternate in the same episode. |
| 792 | *** The Elements of Harmony are either called "Éléments d'Harmonie", which is a literal translation, or "Éléments d'Équilibre", which means "Elements of Balance". Sometime, the names alternate in the same episode. |
| 793 | *** The Everfree Forest was originally changed to "la Forêt Désenchantée" (the Un-enchanted Forest), but starting from the middle of the season 2, they decided to keep the original "Everfree" name. |
| 794 | *** Owlowiscious is meant to keep his original name, but in "May the Best Pet Win!", he's called "Chouette délicieuse", meaning "Delicious owl". Doubles as a BlindIdiotTranslation because Owlowiscious's name is meant to be a mix between "owl" and "Aloysius", not "owl" and "delicious". |
| 795 | *** The Wonderbolts go untranslated in all but one episode. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]" they're called "Les Flèches de l'Air" (lit. "The Arrows of the Air/Air's Arrows"). |
| 796 | * InconsistentSpelling: Besides some character names (see the [[Characters/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Characters pages]] for those), a few other names haven't always been spelled the same by official sources, such as Manehatten/Manehattan. |
| 797 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: Every so often, a pony grabs some juice and starts chugging. |
| 798 | ** In the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon pilot]], Twilight empties a bottle into a glass and starts to drink it through a straw. |
| 799 | ** At the fancy party that Rarity is attending, she throws down a glass like a shot when the other Mane Cast start to terrorize it. |
| 800 | * INeedToGoIronMyDog: |
| 801 | ** In the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]", Twilight is afraid of being labeled a braggart, and so balks at using her magical skills to one-up a boastful unicorn. She finally beats a hasty retreat by claiming, "I think I hear my laundry calling." |
| 802 | *** Possibly PlayedWith, also in "Boast Busters", when Spike makes a somewhat panicked exit after declaring that Twilight is the most magical unicorn in Ponyville while standing beside his crush Rarity who is also a unicorn, not giving an even remotely reasonable explanation but exclaiming: "Oh, um... ''*cough*'' Hey, Rarity...I...MUSTACHE!" immediately before darting off screen. |
| 803 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E8LookBeforeYouSleep Look Before You Sleep]]", both Rarity and Applejack try to get out of Twilight's slumber party (or rather, spending time with each other) by suddenly remembering pressing engagements. Rarity's is plausible but vague, but Applejack's is simply, "I'm powerful late for... something." |
| 804 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]", Rainbow Dash actually draws a wristwatch on her foreleg in order to have an excuse to say "Oh, look at the time!" and get out of explaining to Pinkie why she and Fluttershy can't attend her next party. She and Fluttershy then claim to be late to house -- sorry, ''cave''sitting for a vacationing bear (that loves to play seashells and collect volleyball). |
| 805 | *** This being Pinkie Pie, she finds this excuse to be the most plausible excuse any of her friends have come up with, compared to: Twilight studying for the princess -- which is her favorite spare time activity, Applejack picking apples -- which, as the head of an apple orchard, is something she does almost every day, and Rarity washing her hair (although Rarity did stick her head directly into the trash can to make the excuse more believable, because Pinkie told her her hair looked clean). |
| 806 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet and Elite]]", Rarity has a series of them whilst trying to make excuses so she can switch between a fancy garden party and Twilight Sparkle's birthday party. Whilst initially she goes with sensible ones like "I need the little filly's room", she runs out of scenarios quickly and finally winds up just saying "I have to... to go to [[BuffySpeak the-to the thing with the... stuff, you know...]]" |
| 807 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", Twilight, who is trying to control her new powers gained from the other three princesses, says "Gotta go... somewhere... else." to avoid talking to Spike. |
| 808 | * InflatingBodyGag: |
| 809 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]", Pinkie Pie's "Pinkie Sense" makes her twitch all over--in anticipation of a "doozy" happening soon--and this includes her spontaneously inflating very briefly. |
| 810 | ** Takes a more grotesque turn in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]": Twilight casts a spell to send the clones back to the Mirror Pool, and this makes the clones inflate and pop first. |
| 811 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E10SpikeAtYourService Spike at Your Service]]", while desperately looking for [[UnwantedAssistance some way to help]], Spike offers to help Applejack with breathing. He shoves a fireplace bellows into AJ's mouth and pumps hard enough to inflate her. |
| 812 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E13SimpleWays Simple Ways]]", Pinkie gasps so hard that her head inflates, and she just floats off-screen. |
| 813 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E12DiscordantHarmony Discordant Harmony]]", Discord calms himself down by breathing into a paper bag. The bag stays still, while Discord inflates and deflates as he breathes. |
| 814 | * InherentlyFunnyWords: According to Pinkie Pie, "Chimicherrychanga", "Kumquat" and "Pickle barrel". |
| 815 | * InjuredLimbEpisode: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep Read It and Weep]]", Rainbow Dash injures her wing and has to go to hospital. She is bored and takes up reading the ''Daring Do'' books. In the book she was reading, Daring Do's wing was injured too. |
| 816 | * InNameOnly: The main cast all take the names and basic appearances of characters from previous generations of the franchise, but the resemblance pretty much ends there. Lauren Faust primarily based the Mane Cast's personalities on how she used to play with her own My Little Pony toys as a kid -- toys that weren't even of the same characters except for Applejack. She also used the ponies from the G1 cartoon as inspiration. |
| 817 | * InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: |
| 818 | ** The Season 2 episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime It's About Time]]" is a typical slice-of-life episode whith Twilight having to learn not to worry so much about what might happen tomorrow after spending the week trying to prevent upcoming disasters. At the same time, it's setting up two huge SeasonFinale crises: |
| 819 | *** In that episode, Twilight had to bring Cerberus back to the Gates of Tartarus where he belongs. In the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightskingdomPart1 Season 4]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightskingdomPart2 finale]], we learn that [[spoiler:Tirek, one of the most dangerous creatures in Equestria, [[AscendedFridgeHorror escaped from jail during that time]]]]. |
| 820 | *** It also introduces a time-travel spell created by Starswirl the Bearded. Twilight makes a point that it can only be used once, so you'd think it couldn't show up again, right? Except that, as demonstrated by the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1 Season 5]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 finale]], [[spoiler:the spell, altered by a very skilled unicorn alongside the use of an AmplifierArtifact, can have absolutely devastating effects]]. |
| 821 | ** “[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]“ seems to just be an episode about the [[MonsterOfTheWeek problem of the week]] that the Mane Six will of course overcome by the end...which they do [[spoiler: but Twilight also becomes not just an [[WingedUnicorn alicorn]] but a princess as well.]] |
| 822 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E6AppleoosasMostWanted Appleoosa's Most Wanted]]" is at first a self-standing episode in which the Cutie Mark Crusaders help an older stallion to find the real meaning of his Cutie Mark. [[spoiler:[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Later on in the season]], it turns out helping other ponies realize their talents '''is''' their own special talent.]] |
| 823 | * InsaneTrollLogic: |
| 824 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress MMMystery on the Friendship Express]]", Pinkie Pie makes wild assumptions that the other three bakers were responsible for eating her cake, skipping the part where you give reasons to your conclusions entirely. Twilight quickly points out that each of her claims were ridiculous. |
| 825 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]", a sleep-deprived Applejack uses this to justify [[ICantHearYou all the ways she mishears]] Pinkie Pie's list of ingredients for the muffins they're making. |
| 826 | -->'''Pinkie Pie:''' A cup of flour...\ |
| 827 | '''Applejack:''' "A cup o' sour?" Well, lemons are sure sour... |
| 828 | ** Rainbow Dash has had this on occasions. First when Rarity asked her how to make a dress, she wanted her to make it ''[[MemeticMutation twenty percent cooler]].'' Another instance we have her wanting to choose a pet, and she lists "coolness, awesomeness, and radicalness" as three different categories, and of course she never explains the difference. |
| 829 | ** Twilight Sparkle, while normally logical and calculating, has fallen to this a few times, most notably when she's trying to impress Princess Celestia. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", Twilight is about to miss sending the princess her weekly letter. Twilight responds that if she misses one assignment, the princess will think Twilight is not taking her studies seriously, and give her a test. If Twilight fails the test, she'll be sent back a grade. But because of how much she failed, she'll be sent to magic kindergarten. Therefore, missing any assignment will cause Twilight to go back to kindergarten. |
| 830 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]", when the torch seemingly lights up on its own, Spike concludes he must have lit it with his mind. |
| 831 | * InsistentTerminology: |
| 832 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]": "I am NOT whining; I am ''complaining''!" |
| 833 | ** Then of course, there's Trixie, or as she prefers, '''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]] [[TheMagnificent Great and Powerful]] [[MilesGloriosus Trixie!]]''' |
| 834 | ** The underdog candidate in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May the Best Pet Win]]" is not a turtle; it's a tortoise. (Despite the fact that the word "tortoise" literally means "land turtle".) |
| 835 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep Read it and Weep]]", there's a brief debate over whether Rainbow Dash was causing a ruckus or a fracas. |
| 836 | ** And in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]", Shining Armour insists that his TearsOfJoy at the end are, in fact, "Liquid pride... totally different thing!". |
| 837 | * {{Interquel}}: The German [[ComicBookAdaptation magazine comic]] ''Apple Blooms großes Abenteuer'' is about the first meetup of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and is thus set after the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Call of the Cutie]]" and before all of the episodes involving the club. |
| 838 | * InterspeciesRomance: |
| 839 | ** Mules and donkeys have appeared in various episodes, which leads to the conclusion that ponies can have babies with donkeys. |
| 840 | ** Also, Spike the dragon's one-sided crush on Rarity the unicorn. Fortunately, with the show's Y rating, we can rest assured that we will be spared the mental imagery of their unholy offspring. |
| 841 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44OUB98t8zw#t=127s One]] of Creator/TheHub's [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Royal]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]] bumpers gives Spike a crush on Tori Spelling. |
| 842 | ** Yona, a yak, eventually hooks up with Sandbar, an Earth Pony, after the two attend a dance together. This relationship is shown to last well into their adulthood. |
| 843 | * InTheNameOfTheMoon: The first preformance of the mares as magical girls involved this; it's completely improvised, and ''almost'' perfectly executed (you can see Twilight's eyes glancing down for a second, looking for the right words) because Twilight Sparkle is just that eloquent. An especially ironic example given who the villain is. |
| 844 | * InvisibleBackupBand: This happens pretty much anytime anypony bursts into song. |
| 845 | * InvisibleMeansUndodgeable: Unicorn magic, having clearly dodgeable projectiles, as well as unstoppable telekinesis-styled magic. |
| 846 | * InvisibleParents: |
| 847 | ** The parents of Twilight Sparkle (whose parents were mysteriously absent for most of their son's [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 wedding episode]] but appear at the end, as well as in flashbacks), Rarity, and Pinkie Pie have only been shown on screen as cameos, though Twilight And Pinkie's later get ADayInTheLimelight. Justified with Pinkie's as they live far out of town. Fluttershy's and Rainbow Dash's parents are not seen or mentioned until until their debuts in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E12FlutterBrutter Season 6]] (along with Fluttery's brother) and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E7ParentalGlideance 7]] respectively. Rainbow Dash [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents had a reason]] she was avoiding her parents. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear Season 7]] [[NeverSayDie all but states]] and WordOfSaintPaul confirms Applejack's parents are dead, which proir episodes hinted at. |
| 848 | ** Outside the six main characters, this trope is played very much straight with Scootaloo, having led to fan theories that she may be an orphan and that she wants Rainbow Dash to treat her like sister because she never had a family. In Season 4, the house she lives in is shown, looking pretty ordinarily, but still no parent in sight. It is even more noticeable when [[spoiler:they are absent when their daughter celebrates getting her Cutie Mark]]. Finally explained and {{averted}} in Season 9's "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E12TheLastCrusade The Last Crusade]]"; both her parents are adventurer types who study exotic wildlife to find new medicines for ponies and are therefore almost always absent from home. |
| 849 | * InvisibleWriting: As a practical joke, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash replace Twilight Sparkle's ink with invisible ink. Twilight eventually did the same thing to Princess Celestia. |
| 850 | * IPhony: In the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p50-oWY1pFE There's a Pony for That]]" promo. |
| 851 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 852 | ** Twilight is reluctant to make friends; Nightmare Moon can only be defeated with the Elements of Harmony, which are powered by ''friendship.'' |
| 853 | ** [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis is powered by love, yet she is defeated by it.]] |
| 854 | ** Sweetie Belle even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] how ironic life can get in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]]" when they realize [[spoiler:they've resorted to [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal bullying to get back at a formerly bullied bully who was only bullying them to avoid getting bullied herself]] (try saying that ten times fast!)]]. |
| 855 | ** Meta Example: None of the American voice actors for the main characters are American, they're all [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]]. (Although [[Creator/TaraStrong one of them]] lives and works in California.) |
| 856 | ** Music/WeirdAlYankovic guest-voiced a character on the show named Cheese Sandwich. Weird Al himself is a vegan. |
| 857 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", it's Discord, of all creatures, that hands Twilight the final key to help her open the box. |
| 858 | ** Starlight Glimmer stole the cutie marks of everypony from the village, ''but she still has her own.'' |
| 859 | ** The Cutie Mark Crusaders spent five whole seasons obsessing over getting their Cutie Marks. [[spoiler:When they decided to stop worrying about getting their Cutie Marks, they immediately got them.]] |
| 860 | ** The Mane Six's EvilDoppelganger lookalikes were created from trees, yet they are ''destroyed'' by one. |
| 861 | ** Chrysalis made the clones for the purpose of destroying the Mane Six and Starlight, but once they find the Elements, the ''clones'' are what get destroyed. |
| 862 | ** Chancellor Neighsay is against the idea of Twilight's School of Friendship involving non-pony creatures because he claims they will use that knowledge to take over Equestria and use it against ponykind. Ultimately, [[spoiler:Cozy Glow, a ''pony'', is the one who does just that, and Neighsay eventually realizes the error of his ways and apologizes.]] |
| 863 | * IronicEcho: PlayedWith. During "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]", Fluttershy says to Rainbow Dash (who's suffering from a bad case of stage fright) that there's no reason to feel nervous about facing a crowd of ponies who will watch, criticize, and judge each and every one of her moves. Later, during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]", Photo Finish gives Fluttershy a similar speech when the nervous pegasus is about to begin her first modeling pass. |
| 864 | ** "Pinkie Pie, you are so ''random''." has a very different connotation between "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon the Brush Off]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]". |
| 865 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]", Pinkie says "Okie dokie lokie" with great enthusiasm. The next time she says it, however, it's with great skepticism. |
| 866 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", Applejack delivers a real stinging one to Discord after Tirek betrays him, reflecting what he told Fluttershy earlier: |
| 867 | -->'''Applejack''': Surely you saw this coming.\ |
| 868 | '''Discord''': I didn't. I truly didn't. |
| 869 | ** From a dramatic stand point, Tirek giving Discord the medallion has this happen when Discord gives it to Twilight. |
| 870 | * IstanbulNotConstantinople: Strangely {{averted}} by characters making references to our Earth -- Twilight calling Spike "[[TheCasanova Casanova]]" and "[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]]"; Spike wanting a "Literature/FuManchu beard" in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]"; and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited For Success]]" with French ''haute couture'', Dutch apple pie, and constellations as seen from Earth including [[FurryConfusion Sagittarius]], Orion, and Canis Major -- as well as the Ursas Major and Minor. |
| 871 | ** Characters have spoken in familiar languages and accents (French, German, Italian, Brooklyn, etc.). |
| 872 | * ItCantBeHelped: Rarity says this in the Japanese dub in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E17StareMaster Stare Master]]" when she says that she can't host Sweetie Belle's sleepover. |
| 873 | * ItIsAlwaysSpring: Things generally seem to take place in summer unless the plot demands otherwise ("[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Winter Wrap Up]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends Fall Weather Friends]]" two episodes later for some reason, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]" which was Nightmare Night/Halloween...). It doesn't stop the foals from having school though. |
| 874 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: In the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Season 2 finale]], Shining Armor says the breastplate he wants to wear for the wedding -- which has the same six-pointed star that features prominently on his and Twilight's cutie marks -- "was my favorite uncle's". |
| 875 | * ItsPersonal: |
| 876 | ** Discord does this by breaking apart the Mane Cast's friendship, [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and [[MindRape Mind Raping]] them, [[DrivenToMadness driving everyone they care about insane]], and turning their homeland into a WorldGoneMad. By the end, they're reasonably ticked off at him. This is most clear with Fluttershy, who furiously calls him "THAT...BIG...DUMB...''MEANIE!!!''" at one point. For [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]], that's pretty much the meanest thing she's ever (willingly) said about ''anyone'' at the time. |
| 877 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 2]]", while Tirek did plenty of evil, horrific things throughout his time as BigBad, destroying Twilight's library home makes her go berserk and attack him with everything she has. She doesn't seem to feel any remorse about [[DraggedOffToHell sending him back to Tartarus either]]. |
| 878 | * IWantSong: |
| 879 | ** Played straight with Twilight's verses in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Winter Wrap Up]]". |
| 880 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u7XysaEVBs At the Gala]]" from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" is a variation, having each of the characters singing about what they hope they will get out of their night at the gala. |
| 881 | ** Similarly, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHf-YnY9k7k Find a Pet]]" from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May the Best Pet Win!]]" establishes Rainbow Dash's qualities she wants in a pet. |
| 882 | ** Pinkie Pie also had a smaller one in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]" when she tried to convince Twilight to give her the extra ticket she had. |
| 883 | ** Twilight has a more selfless variation with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWwuFLb5o34 You'll Play Your Part]]", in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom, Part 1]]", with Twilight wanting to be able to do more with her role as a Princess to help out others. |
| 884 | * IWarnedYou: Nearly every episode in which Twilight isn't the main focus has her basically [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the {{Aesop}} partway through the story. The IdiotBall is essentially the only reason she lacks this kind of foresight in her own episodes. |
| 885 | * IWishItWereReal: Some bronies wished the show's ponies were real (either to show their fondness to the characters or they genuinely wished they exist in real life). Fan works depicting them as pets, friends or them popping out of TV screens/monitors or coming to life from paper drawings are common within the fandom (with Pinkie Pie being depicted quite often [[BreakingTheFourthWall for obvious reasons]]). |
| 886 | ** LongingForFictionland: The reverse is also prominent within the fandom. Fan works and discussions about what would happen if they get transported to Equestria are quite common. Often it involves turning into ponies themselves. |
| 887 | [[/folder]] |
| 888 | |
| 889 | [[folder:J]] |
| 890 | * {{Jerkass}}: The Mane Six have encountered their fair share of them. |
| 891 | ** [[BitchInSheepsClothing Gilda]] from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon the Brush Off]]". |
| 892 | ** [[BetaBitch Silver Spoon]] and [[AlphaBitch Diamond Tiara]], the latter moreso. |
| 893 | ** [[PrinceCharmless Prince Blueblood]] turns out to be nothing more than "[[MemeticMutation the plot]]". |
| 894 | ** The Flim Flam Brothers from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]". [[spoiler:They take this trope to such an extreme that, by the end of the episode, ''the entire populace of Ponyville'' runs them out of town.]] |
| 895 | ** The teenage dragons Spike encounters during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E21DragonQuest Dragon Quest]]". They bully Spike, call [[PhysicalGod Celestia]] a "namby-pamby pony princess", and want to eat the Phoenix eggs. |
| 896 | ** Lightning Dust in Season 3's "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy Wonderbolts Academy]]". She caused the other cadets to spin out of an obstacle course, and caused a tornado in order to clear the most clouds despite already being so far ahead it was redundant. The move went out of control and destroyed a portion of Cloudsdale, as well as swallowed up Rainbow's friends who just happened to fly in to visit. Rainbow Dash managed to save her friends, while Lightning Dust makes light of the situation afterward. Rainbow Dash angrily called her out on her stunts that could have potentially hurt some ponies or worse, but that she didn't seem to care because they "won". |
| 897 | * JerkassBall: A large premise in most episodes (often combined with IdiotBall). The main dilemma of some stories is caused by one of the ponies acting arrogant, self-centered or even borderline insane. ''Every'' character bounces this at least once in the series (usually in their limelight episodes). |
| 898 | * JerkassHasAPoint: |
| 899 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]", [[AlphaBitch Diamond Tiara]] probably only calls Apple Bloom out on her cutie marks [[spoiler:which were caused by the Cutie Pox]] being fake in order to take her down a peg when a second one appears, since she hates [[HaveIMentionedIAmADwarfToday anypony]] taking the spotlight away from her. Still, she's 100% right, and even the teacher Cheerilee shares her skepticism. |
| 900 | ** [[BigBad Queen Chrysalis]] also gets one when she brags to the cast that she managed to carry out her plan to take over Equestria even when Twilight Sparkle thinks something is wrong with Princess Cadance [[spoiler:who was actually Chrysalis herself in disguise]] thanks to all of Twilight's friends not believing her and coldly walking out on her when she tried to explain herself. It was at that point when the others have a JerkassRealization and apologize to Twilight. |
| 901 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]", while the puppeteer could have been nicer about his criticism towards the puppet theater Rarity built, ample stage space and mobility are far more important for a traveling puppeteer than how shiny it looks. |
| 902 | * JerkJock: The three male pegasi who bully Rainbow Dash in Cloudsdale. Their cutie marks are a dumbbell, three basketballs, and three American footballs. |
| 903 | ** Rainbow Dash herself and Applejack are milder examples of Jerk Jocks when they laugh at Twilight for entering the Running of the Leaves. |
| 904 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rainbow Dash is this the majority of the time, being egotistical and aggressive, but loyal and altrustic to her friends. Do ''not'' bully them. |
| 905 | ** Rarity can be considered a mild example; she's vain and greedy at times, but it is heavily outweighed by her generosity and empathetic moments. |
| 906 | ** Fluttershy's pet rabbit, Angel Bunny. He comes off as an abrasive [[SpoiledBrat spoiled child]] at times but he's shown that he really does care about his owner. |
| 907 | ** Spike also fits. He may be lazy and snarky, but he really cares about Twilight and the others, and is still a good guy. |
| 908 | ** Discord becomes one in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]]". Sure, he keeps messing around with the ponies, but he really honors Fluttershy as a friend. |
| 909 | * JobSong: |
| 910 | ** {{Downplayed}} for Flim and Flam's cider song, which is mostly just advertising their cider-maker but also about how they're travelling salesponies. |
| 911 | ** In "What My Cutie Mark is Telling Me?", the protagonists, with the exception of Twilight, have swapped cutie marks and are singing about having to do one another's job and not being very good at it. |
| 912 | * JokersLoveJunkFood: Pinkie Pie, the Element of Laughter, and known to [[BreakingTheFourthWall break a fourth wall or two]], has a SweetTooth and is often seen eating large amounts of candy and dessert. |
| 913 | * JobsOnlyVolunteer: Mr. and Mrs. Cake are searching for a babysitter for their kids on short notice. Pinkie Pie is more than eager to take up the task, but the Cakes ask all of the main six ponies first and only ask Pinkie after all the rest say no. |
| 914 | * JuxtaposedHalvesShot: |
| 915 | ** Used during the song "What My Cutie Mark Is Telling Me" in the episode "[[Recap.MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]", one shot with all six of the Mane Cast. |
| 916 | ** During the DistantDuet in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E13SpiceUpYourLife Spice Up Your Life]]", the split screen ends up used to show Rarity's and Pinkie's half-faces split in the middle, followed by Coriander's and Saffron's. |
| 917 | [[/folder]] |
| 918 | |
| 919 | [[folder:K]] |
| 920 | * KafkaKomedy: The Cutie Mark Crusaders are a LighterAndSofter variation of this. |
| 921 | * KarmaHoudini: That one big ugly stallion selling cherries who totally screws-over poor Fluttershy in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]]" is ''not'' included in Flutter's latter RoaringRampageOfRevenge. |
| 922 | ** [[spoiler:Also applies to [[RealityWarper Discord]] in the SeriesFinale: having been the one responsible for freeing a trio of Villains that before posed no serious threat to Equestria, not only does he not get any comeuppance for this act of treason, but he gets to decide the punishment for the Villains.]] |
| 923 | * KeepItForeign: Unlike what happened with the original ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' series, the foreign versions of the show keeps the original MLP logo in English, with only the ''Friendship is Magic'' subtitle translated into the local language, possibly due to Hasbro's request, ''regardless if the viewers, especially the younger ones, can pronounce the name of the show or not''. |
| 924 | ** There's a good justification for that: In some languages like Spanish, for putting a good example, the name of the franchise was translated as ''Mi Pequeño Pony''. The problem here is, ''Mi Pequeño Pony'' refers to a ''male'' pony, and since all the main cast is ''female'', and since Spanish doesn't have gender-neutral versions for the same name, maybe Hasbro decided to use the original English name not only in Spanish but in many other languages too. |
| 925 | ** Also happens in the Japanese version, but dealing with the ''honorific titles'': Princess Celestia (and Luna) are addressed in Japanese with their English title "Princess" (プリンセス) rather than "Hime" (姫) or "Queen" (Jou'ou/女王), since in Japanese culture, a princess is rarely portrayed as a ruler, compared with a queen. But, since Hasbro is possibly forcing the Japanese translators to keep the "Princess" title despite this cultural tidbit, maybe they decided to use the English title as a compromise, though it's worth noting that the Japanese website refers to her as "女王・プリンセスセレスティア" (''Jouou [[GratuitousEnglish Princess Celestia]]'', literally "Queen Princess Celestia", with the ''Princess'' title as part of her name in Japanese). |
| 926 | * KickTheDog: The VillainSong "This Day Aria". "No I do not love the groom/In my heart there is no room/But I still want him to be all miiine!" ''Ouch.'' |
| 927 | * KidsAreCruel: The show loves using this trope, and not just for anti-bullying {{aesop}}s. For example, it's heavily implied that Fluttershy's shyness and performance anxiety came about because of all the bullying she suffered at flight camp. Also, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's bullying is shown to have a major effect on Apple Bloom's self-esteem in the episode where the Cutie Mark Crusaders are formed. And if [[spoiler:Cozy Glow]] isn't the most heartless child in Equestria, she's definitely in the running. |
| 928 | * KillerRabbit: Angel is a light-hearted take on one. The Parasprites too -- especially when [[spoiler:they start trying to eat ''Ponyville'']]. |
| 929 | * KneelBeforeFrodo: |
| 930 | ** In the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Season 3 finale]], the [[PunnyName mane]] characters and Princess Celestia do this to [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle, who became an alicorn as a result of creating new magic and ascended to princesshood]]. |
| 931 | ** Also, Luna gets this in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Nightmare Night episode]]. Occasionally happens to Celestia if she appears suddenly, such as in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends Fall Weather Friends]]". |
| 932 | ** Also, everyone in the Crystal Empire does this to Cadance in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 Season 3 opener]] -- [[spoiler:activating the Crystal Heart in the process]]. |
| 933 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E24EquestriaGames Equestria Games]]", when praising Spike for saving everypony and the Games, Princess Cadance prostrates herself before him so that her entire body and head are level with the baby dragon's shoulders, and addresses him in the custom of her subjects as Great and Honorable Spike the Brave and Glorious. |
| 934 | * KnockoutGas: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress MMMystery on the Friendship Express]]", Pinkie gives explanations for how culprits could have committed a crime, all of which parody movies. One of these involves her getting knocked out by gas. |
| 935 | * KnowYourVines: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]", the Mane Six walk through a patch of bright blue flowers to stop Apple Bloom following Zecora. The next morning they wake with embarrassing changes, such as Pinkie's swollen tongue, that they blame Zecora for. Eventually it is revealed that the flowers were "poison joke" and the effects were pranks. Played by the plant. |
| 936 | * KubrickStare: Pinkie Pie gives a surprisingly chilling one in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]". |
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