Line #25 Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue71


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3	''Happy Haunts''
4	-->Story by Ted Anderson, Art by Andy Price
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6	"Twilight's new students experience Nightmare Night in Ponyville for the first time! Big scares are in store, but things start to get downright dangerous when they wander into a very haunted Castle of the Two Sisters!"
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8	"An annual tradition goes delightfully awry"
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11	!!Tropes:
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13	* TheCameo:
14	** In the splash page, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadance, Starlight Glimmer, Sunset Shimmer, and Trixie all make appearances.
15	** A bust of Queen Chrysalis is among the decorations at the Castle of the Two Sisters.
16	* CallBack: Silverstream mentions the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E2SchoolDazePart2 last time]] the Young Six were at the Castle of the Two Sisters.
17	* ContinuityNod: Ocellus transforms into the "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue17To20 T. rex Fluttershy]]".
18	* CuteLittleFangs: For some reason, Ocellus is drawn as having fangs in this issue.
19	* HalloweenEpisode: Well "Nightmare Nights" episode, but by now it's pretty much a given this is Equestria's version of Halloween. Oddly this is the first and only time in the comics the holiday is celebrated.
20	* MonsterMash: Not exactly, but the costumes the Mane cast wear for Nightmare Night is reminiscent of this trope.
21	** Twilight Sparkle is [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]].
22	** Pinkie Pie is a [[FishPerson fish pony]].
23	** Fluttershy is a [[WolfMan werewolf]].
24	** Rainbow Dash and Applejack are FrankensteinsMonster and Bride respectively.
25	** Rarity is the [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom of the Opera]].
26	** Spike is a {{mummy}}.
27	* PoorCommunicationKills: Twilight left a note for Pinkie Pie, instructing her to decorate the castle for the students. Unfortunately, the rest of the Mane Six found the note, each one assuming the instructions were for them, leading to the castle being filled with mis-matched items.
28	* RememberedICouldFly: Smolder is afraid of the castle burning down until Yona reminds her that she is immune to fire.
29	* RummageSaleReject: Silverstream, being unable to decide which costume to wear, chooses to wear all of them at once.
30	* SecurityCling:
31	** Smolder clings onto Yona when the decorations catch fire.
32	** Harry jumps onto Fluttershy's forelegs after he and the others run out of the castle.
33	* ShoutOut:
34	** There are several in this issue, mostly involving the Nightmare Night costumes.
35	*** Big Mac is dressed as [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin, with a stuffed tiger for Hobbes]].
36	*** The Cutie Mark Crusaders are dressed as Film/TheThreeStooges.
37	*** Bon Bon is dressed as [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Uhura]], while Lyra is dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]].
38	*** Owlowiscious wears a [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batman cowl]].
39	*** One of the ponies is dressed as ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.
40	*** Another one of the ponies is dressed as [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]].
41	*** There are six ponies wearing the same costumes as the kids in ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown''.
42	** When Ocellus turns into a ''Tyrannosaurus'', she makes the same pose Rexy does at the end of ''Film/JurassicPark'' complete with falling banner.
43	* UseYourHead: Yona and Sandbar headbutt their way through a stuck door.

Context Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue71