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7	As part of the release of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', a series of eight, self-contained shorts that can be considered preludes for the film (though "Shake Your Tail!" and "Perfect Day for Fun!" probably fit better as sequels) have been released on Creator/TheHub's various media channels. All of these are new scenes and are neither part of the film proper nor reused in it (although they get some nods). They include:
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9	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh7j1qUaGOc "Music to My Ears"]], featuring DJ Pon-3 strutting across town to the rhythm of electro music in her headphones.
10	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg46129oPIs "Guitar Centered"]], featuring Rainbow Dash and Trixie competing over a guitar.
11	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BniijKHywXM "Hamstocalypse Now"]], featuring Fluttershy dealing with rowdy hamsters with the calming sounds of a tambourine.
12	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTmZ3UEpkBs "Pinkie on the One"]], featuring Rainbow Dash discovering that Pinkie Pie's inexhaustible energy is ideal for a drummer.
13	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBxfpBquX-o "Player Piano"]], featuring Rarity discovering the benefits of a lighter-weight keytar over a grand piano.
14	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7z8TEpYMYs&list=PLNXV9Mb7egjHnPs8HxD56ec6qea0A-b7e "A Case for the Bass"]] featuring Applejack trying to get her bass guitar back after Granny Smith sells it to the Flim Flam Brothers by mistake.
15	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdVdpRzUzR0 "Shake Your Tail!"]], departing from the character-focused shorts, has the Rainbooms try to decide on a theme for an upcoming school dance. The title song is reused in the film.
16	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKBTsZgk1aA "Perfect Day for Fun!"]], showing the Rainbooms having fun at a school carnival before performing for the crowd.
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18	After the film's premiere, three more music video shorts were released on March 31st, collectively known as "Rainbow Rocks Encore":[[note]]"Shake Your Tail!" and "Perfect Day for Fun!" are sometimes grouped with them, since they're music videos too and also chronologically following the movie.[[/note]]
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20	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C7D5Tr5Sj0 "Life Is a Runway"]], a Rarity song, featuring some fan favorites getting fashion make-overs.
21	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ixfTKGG8A "Friendship Through the Ages"]], a group song featuring the outfits from the Rockin' Hairstyles line.
22	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqnbYUG6Bn8 "My Past Is Not Today"]], a Sunset Shimmer IAmBecomingSong. Features the debut of Sunset's standard look for ''Friendship Games''.
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25	!!The ''Rainbow Rocks'' Shorts provides examples of:
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27	[[foldercontrol]]
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29	[[folder:General -- Pre-Movie Shorts]]
30	* AllThereInTheManual:
31	** The shorts and their novelization tell how Twilight's human friends came to form a rock band and got their current instruments.
32	** The novelization explains Twilight's presence in "Shake Your Tail!" and "Perfect Day for Fun!" as being part of a FantasySequence. Pony Twilight, at home in Equestria, misses her Canterlot High friends and imagines herself having fun with them.
33	* AnimatedMusicVideo: "Music to My Ears", "Shake Your Tail!" and "Perfect Day for Fun!"
34	* EpisodeTitleCard: All the shorts use one, unlike episodes of the series.
35	* ThePowerOfRock: In the character-focused shorts, the Equestria Girls transform by playing their respective instruments.
36	* ShipTease: In the novelization, Twilight refers to Flash Sentry as "handsome".
37	* ShoutOut: When performing in the two "exclamation marks" shorts, Applejack, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash wear makeup evocative of both the "facial Cutie Marks" the first film's dolls had and the trademarked makeup of Music/{{KISS}}.
38	* ShownTheirWork: As with the main movie, it is quite noticeable that the animation team worked on the appropriate motions for close-ups when the characters are playing their instruments, such as the fingering patterns on the guitar necks or Rarity's keytar.
39	* SignatureInstrument: Five of the prequel shorts show the girls picking their favorite instruments through moments of MagicMusic:
40	** "Guitar Centered": An electric guitar for Rainbow Dash, which gets an instant makeover of shiny sapphire-blue and lightning bolts when she start playing.
41	** "Hamstocalypse Now": Fluttershy pulls out her tambourine and uses it to sooth rowdy hamsters.
42	** "Pinkie on the One": Pinkie Pie can't help drumming with whatever at hand, making her a perfect pick as a drummer for the group.
43	** "Player Piano": Rarity gives up on playing the grand piano when a keytar is suggested instead and she digs it.
44	** "A Case for the Bass": Applejack recovers her bass guitar from the Flim-Flam brothers, and playing covers it with her apple cutie marks.
45	* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: As part of the general effort by ''Rainbow Rocks'''s marketing to avoid LateArrivalSpoiler for the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1 first film's]] ending, Sunset Shimmer never appears in the pre-movie shorts. (The post-movie shorts subsequently bring her to the forefront.)
46	* TransformationSequence: One for each of the five character-centered shorts. The main point of them can be said to show off how playing music is triggering a transformation to anthropony form for each member of the Rainbooms, along with some other magical effects (at the very least, {{power float\|s}}ing).
47	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In all of the main characters-centered shorts, no-one seems to bring attention to the fact that the girls are suddenly regaining the pony ears and pony tails from the previous movie. Then again, no-one really seemed to notice their transformation in the previous movie either.
48	* TheVoiceless: DJ Pon-3 appears to be this. In the novelization of the shorts, she does not speak at all, instead communicating through text messages even to the people near her, which implies she may in fact be TheSpeechless.
49	[[/folder]]
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51	[[folder:Music to My Ears]]
52	* AscendedExtra: DJ Pon-3 has an entire short dedicated to her. Quite impressive for a background character who had a total screentime in both the cartoon and first movie of less than two minutes beforehand, and ''still'' [[TheVoiceless hasn't verbalized so much as a single sound]].
53	* AscendedMeme: DJ Pon-3 spends all of the short breakdancing and strutting to electro music (''not'' dubstep) on her way to class.
54	* TheCameo: Cranky Doodle Donkey appears as one of the school's teachers.
55	* DisneyAcidSequence: Most of the short, whenever DJ Pon-3 has her headphones on. Implying this is how she views the world while listening to electro music.
56	* FeetFirstIntroduction: DJ Pon-3's intro. And yes, she exchanged her boots for sneakers since ''Equestria Girls''.
57	* {{Foreshadowing}}: This seems like the odd one out of the shorts, focusing completely on AscendedExtra DJ Pon-3 and barely even featuring the Equestria Girls at all. [[spoiler:Cue the revelation at the climax of the movie that she actually has a significant plot-relevant role to play as the EleventhHourRanger.]] The short also highlights the fact that her headphones constantly blast music that blocks out all other sounds, [[spoiler:including MindControlMusic]].
58	* LowerDeckEpisode: "Music to My Ears" is this for DJ Pon-3.
59	* MatchCut: DJ Pon-3 letting the doors of the café close behind immediately cuts to her kicking open the front doors of Canterlot High School.
60	* MickeyMousing: The video is mostly nothing but DJ Pon-3 and the world around her moving in rhythm with electro music.
61	* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: There is exactly one line of dialogue, spoken by Mrs. Cake when Vinyl Scratch takes her headphones off to order something.
62	* MisterMuffykins: Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon are shown with a chihuahua carried in a purse.
63	* MundaneMadeAwesome: DJ Pon-3 just crossing the street? AWESOME!
64	* {{Overcrank}}: The moment DJ Pon-3 enters the café and until she reaches the counter, the motions slow down along with the music. This doesn't seem to concern Pinkie Pie, however.
65	* SourceMusic: The music entirely comes from DJ Pon-3's headphones. It starts when she select it at the beginning, pauses at the café when she takes them off, and stops when Principal Celestia confiscates her headphones. The music returns when Vinyl puts on a set of earbuds.
66	[[/folder]]
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68	[[folder:Guitar Centered]]
69	* AsideGlance: From Pinkie Pie, not surprisingly: she winks toward the audience at the end, with an IrisOut closing on her eyes.
70	* BattleAura: All of the girls gets a magical aura when they "pony up", but Rainbow Dash's is the most impressive in this short since it happens during a "shred-off": she's covered in a nimbus of yellow, crackling electric energy, along with GlowingEyes, spooking Trixie.
71	* BehindTheBlack: Trixie is nowhere to be seen in the music shop, nor there is any hint she's coming in from the other characters, until the very moment she grabs the double-necked guitar along with Rainbow Dash.
72	* ContinuityNod:
73	** Pinkie shows Rainbow a banjo and a tuba, two instruments her pony version could play in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]".
74	** Rainbow Dash does what can be only be described as a "Sonic Rainstomp", producing a similar effect as her counterpart's Sonic Rainboom.
75	* ConvenientColorChange: During her "shred-off" with Trixie, Rainbow Dash goes "full pegasus" and her TransformationSequence also transforms the guitar she borrows for the contest, making the body a shiny sapphire-blue and the neck red with lightning bolts. Rainbow decides to take ''this'' guitar rather than the double-necked model she and Trixie were competing over, and it keeps its new appearance in the movie.
76	* DuelsDecideEverything: Rainbow Dash and Trixie have a "shred-off" to decide who gets to buy a coveted double-necked guitar. RD wins, only to let Trixie have first crack at the guitar since she came to prefer the one she used against her.
77	* {{Eyedscreen}}:
78	** First Rainbow Dash, when she accepts to duel for the guitar, has a close-up on her eyes framed by black bands.
79	** Then Trixie, during the shred-off, by means of a horizontal SplitScreen with her eyes in the middle.
80	* FishEyes: Very briefly, Trixie has her eyes rolling in opposite direction after she's sent crashing into drums by Rainbow Dash's "Sonic Rainstomp".
81	* {{Foreshadowing}}: This short highlights the fact that a literal BattleOfTheBands can occur (as happens during "Under Our Spell" and the finale of the film) as the force of music impacts both Trixie and Rainbow Dash as they play against each other.
82	* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Trixie, to enhance her dramatic statement: "You'll pay for this, Rainbow Dash!"
83	* GlowingEyes: Unlike with the other girls in the rest of the shorts, Rainbow Dash's power-up is accompanied by blank, white glowing eyes.
84	* IrisOut: The short finishes with one, closing up on Pinkie Pie's face.
85	* LiteralMinded: Pinkie Pie shows as much when Trixie swears revenge on Rainbow Dash for leaving Trixie with a guitar she can’t afford (well, either that or she's just rubbing it in):
86	-->'''Trixie Lulamoon:''' You'll pay for this, Rainbow Dash!\
87	'''Pinkie Pie:''' No, silly! If you want it, ''you'll'' have to pay for it.
88	* PyrrhicVictory: Rainbow Dash forfeits the double-necked guitar to Trixie after their guitar duel; Trixie has only so much time to savor her "victory" before realizing [[OhCrap her prize costs $12,000]].
89	* ReflectiveEyes: When Rainbow Dash catches sight of the double-necked guitar, it reflects in her eyes.
90	* RevealShot: A pair of blue hands close on the two necks of the guitar Rainbow Dash has chosen... only for the view to zoom out and show that one of those hands belongs to Trixie. Cue tug-o-war for the guitar.
91	* ShoutOut: "Guitar Centered" in title is most likely a nod to the Guitar Center chain of music stores.
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94	[[folder:Hamstocalypse Now]]
95	* EekAMouse: Rarity becomes jumpy when she realizes that hamsters are rodents.
96	* EpicFail: Fluttershy asks Rarity to keep watch on the otherwise tame hamsters while she cleans their habitat. Rarity causes the hamsters to break out into chaos because she felt the need to design cute little outfits for them and making some jealous of others. Also, she named them.
97	* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
98	** One of the hamsters rides on the kitty cat like a cowboy.
99	** In another shot, one hamster in a suit and tie proposes marriage to another in a dress with a ridiculously large ring, which she promptly smacks away.
100	* IdiotBall: Rarity picks it up by making outfits for the hamsters while Fluttershy cleans their home. Clearly they're too much for her but she doesn't realize this until after Fluttershy is about finished.
101	* IncrediblyLameFun: Fluttershy is thrilled to be cleaning the hamster habitat; she even signed up for the job months in advance.
102	* MindControlEyes: The hamsters get swirly eyes as soon as they hear Fluttershy's tambourine.
103	* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: The hamsters are [[MindControlMusic entranced by Fluttershy's tambourine]], which she uses to herd them back into their enclosure, thus triggering her TransformationSequence.
104	* {{Ridiculously Cute Critter}}s: The hamsters are so cute that Rarity not only quickly overcomes her EekAMouse reaction, but designs cute outfits for them. Also, she named them.
105	* ShoutOut:
106	** "Hamstocalypse Now" in title to ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
107	** A herd of ridiculously cute hamsters with varied personalities, wearing clothes and having anthropomorphized fun together? [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Just like with those Kids Next Door....]]
108	* ShownTheirWork: The guitar shop is stocked with all sorts of electric guitars and other instruments with recognizable real-life counterparts, even if their depictions are somewhat stylized.
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111	[[folder:Pinkie on the One]]
112	* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Pinkie Pie, who literally channels SelfDemonstrating/{{Animal}} when she's put behind the drums for the first time. She certainly has enough energy for the job.
113	* AnswerCut: Rainbow Dash and others are in the cafeteria, with Rainbow worried by who can be their drummer, all while Pinkie is bouncing around the table, banging out a rhythm with utensils across glasses, dishes, and her friends, when inspiration suddenly strikes Rainbow. Cut to Pinkie laying down a wicked drum solo.
114	* CoveredInGunge: Rainbow Dash first gets splashed by chocolate batter, and later covered from head to toes in glitter dust, in both cases thanks to Pinkie Pie.
115	* DefensiveWhat: Pinkie Pie when Applejack stops her from drumming with her spoons during lunch.
116	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Rainbow Dash telling Pinkie -- ''Pinkie'' -- to use as much glitter as she wants.
117	* ShoutOut:
118	** After Pinkie completes her drum solo / transformation sequence, she spends a few moments breathing heavily, her hair a mess and her tongue hanging out, the same as one [[Franchise/TheMuppets Animal]] would do.
119	** In the cafeteria scene, one of the geek characters is apparently reading 4chan on his laptop; 4chan is typically credited with being where the brony fandom originated even if entirely not intentional.
120	* ShownTheirWork: The phrase "on the one" (which Music/JamesBrown often used to cue his band) means that the first beat of each measure should have a heavy drum accent. This pattern is uncommon in popular music, which typically emphasizes the second and fourth beats. Thus, a song that is "on the one" is strange and unusual, a perfect way to describe Pinkie.
121	* {{Sting}}: Pinkie plays a RimShot at the end as a response to Rainbow Dash.
122	-->'''Rarity:''' What ''ever'' made you think of Pinkie for the drums?\
123	'''Rainbow Dash:''' I dunno. Guess I just have a sense for these things.
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126	[[folder:Player Piano]]
127	* AirQuotes: Applejack does one-handed quotes when mockingly mentioning Rarity's "Full Musicality".
128	* AwesomeButImpractical: Rarity wants to incorporate a grand piano into the band's songs because it is the height of elegance for instruments. But getting it across campus to the rehearsal hall proves too much of a hassle, even with the Diamond Dog Boys doing the heavy lifting. She gets around this problem by switching to a keytar.
129	* BigEntrance: The four friends are waiting for Rarity to practice, and Applejack comments, "That gal probably just want to make some sort of grand entrance." Cue the doors bursting open with Rarity being carried in on a grand piano by the humanized Diamond Dogs.
130	-->'''Rarity:''' Ta-daaaa!
131	* FalseDichotomy: Rarity wants to play a concert grand piano in the band; the only other option offered is a keytar, even though an electric piano or synthesizer would have fulfilled the "portable" requirement and allowed similar musical expression to a real piano.
132	* HairReboot: Rarity's hair is a mess after having pushed the wheel-less piano for a while. When she "vamps up" to call for the Diamond Dog Boys' help, though, it gets back to perfect just by smoothing it with her hand.
133	* MythologyGag: The short introduces the humanized version of the Diamond Dogs from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]". Once again, they are played like a fiddle by Rarity.
134	* TheVoiceless: The Diamond Dogs (portrayed as [[HumanityEnsues humans]]) appear in a subservient role to Rarity, never uttering a word.
135	* WingdingEyes: The humanized Diamond Dogs' eyes turn gem-shaped at the sight of Rarity.
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138	[[folder:A Case for the Bass]]
139	* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Flim and Flam try to make a 50,000% profit (selling AJ's bass for $1,000 after buying it for $2 at the family garage sale). Their excuse is that they need to cover their overhead and transportation costs. AJ manages to talk them back down to $2 in exchange for crier services.
140	* ContinuityNod:
141	** As in Equestria, Granny Smith is the one in this universe to get Applejack into hot water with Flim and Flam, in this case having sold Applejack's bass to them.
142	** One of the items Flim and Flam try to sell is a brain-activity sensor similar to the one Twilight used on Pinkie in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]".
143	* ConvenientColorChange: A subtler version than with Rainbow Dash occurs. As Applejack transforms, her bass gains some decorative etching, a pair of F-holes, and an apple on its body, and smaller apples between the frets. This appearance also carries over to the movie.
144	* FacePalm: Applejack at the end, when Granny Smith ponders since when did she play the bass.
145	* GoofySuit: Applejack has to wear a banana outfit to act as crier for the Flim-Flam Brothers pawn shop. Of course it looks ridiculous; the cowboy hat perched on top of the stem doesn't help.
146	* HairReboot: The Flim-Flam Brothers' hair (and mustache) are blown straight by Applejack's guitar solo, but they get it back to normal just by shaking heads.
147	* LeanAndMean: Though it can be argued how villainous they are, the human versions of the Flim-Flam brothers are very tall and thin. It's quite notable because the design of male characters in the movies isn't usually that skinny.
148	* PyrrhicVictory: When Applejack proves her ownership of her bass, Flim and Flam propose a trade instead of the $1,000 sale price. What does it entail? Applejack playing her bass outside as an advertisement for the Flim-Flam Brothers pawn shop. To add insult to injury, she has to wear a banana outfit as well.
149	-->'''Granny Smith:''' Since when do you play the bass?\
150	'''Applejack:''' ''[{{facepalm}}]''
151	* ShoutOut: Three record albums hung on a wall in Flim and Flam's store are distinctly similar to the prism of Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', the banana of the Creator/AndyWarhol-inspired color for the Music/VelvetUnderground's [[Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico first]] and SelfTitledAlbum, and the cover of Music/{{Wilco}}'s "AM". Framed film posters in the back of the store looks much like that for ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and ''Film/Batman1989''.
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154	[[folder:Shake Your Tail!]]
155	* AnimalEaredHeadband: The horse-ears headbands and tails from the first movie make a comeback during the party.
156	* ContinuityNod:
157	** In the second verse of the song, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack have lyrics reflecting their Equestrian counterparts' Elements of [[TensionCuttingLaughter Laughter]], Generosity, and [[BrutalHonesty Honesty]], respectively.
158	** The Wondercolts' horse-ears headbands and tails from the first movie make a comeback during the party.
159	* FingerFraming: Rarity makes this gesture at the beginning of the music video.
160	* IdiosyncraticWipes: Several are used, from the characters crossing the screen, to flowers and paper planes covering it, to RD pulling a rainbow-colored banner from the ceiling.
161	* InstantCosplaySurprise: Pinkie Pie dresses all her friends (and herself) as hula dancers (including grass skirts and leis) in a flurry of flowers, and they at first look puzzled by this.
162	* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: The title song is the only audio.
163	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Throughout the music video, the Rainbooms have been trying out different party themes according to their own preferences. In the end, they just combine them all and rock out.
164	* OffscreenCrash: When Pinkie Pie is sent flying from the mechanical rodeo bull, we see the other girls cringing as she crashes. In truth she landed into hay bales and is unharmed ([[WasntThatFun and delighted]]).
165	* WatchWhereYoureGoing: Pinkie and Twilight smashes heads when they're both trying to catch a basketball and ends up too focused on it.
166	[[/folder]]
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168	[[folder:Perfect Day for Fun!]]
169	* TheCameo: Discord appears as a stuffed toy prize.
170	* ContinuityNod:
171	** Applejack beats Rainbow Dash in the "Test Your Strength" game just like their pony selves do in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends Fall Weather Friends]]".
172	** A Discord plushie freaks Fluttershy out.
173	** Cheerilee and Big Mac walk side-by-side [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay once more]].
174	* HumanHummingbird: Rainbow Dash shortly loses her balance and is about to fall from the scene. Note that she's flapping both her arms ''and'' [[WingedHumanoid her wings]].
175	* IdiosyncraticWipes: Here it's mainly the girls' cell phones which are used for screen wipes.
176	* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: Again, the title song is the only audio, though it has AJ speak one line that rhymes with the lyrics.
177	* MissedHimByThatMuch: The Rainbooms are separated into three groups of two, and half of the short is about them trying to meet up.
178	* PhotoBoothMontage: The photo booths are the meeting place of the girls, and when they're finally together, a few pictures of them fooling around inside are shown.
179	* PicturePerfectPresentation:
180	** There is a zoom on a poster announcing the Rainbooms performing, which transition to the band actually on stage.
181	** Inverted with the ending shot, with the group picture zooming out to show it is on the screen of Twilight's phone while the girls are on the Ferris wheel.
182	* PopUpTexting: The main characters try to find a common meeting place at their school carnival. As they communicate via text, they have pop-ups indicating what they are saying, although they only do this through symbols, with no actual words displayed in the pop-up (e.g. "Butterfly Star @ Photo Booth" means "Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle are near the photo booths").
183	* ShipTease: Big Macintosh and Cheerilee can be seen walking together. [[TeacherStudentRomance Since Big Mac is (apparently) a student and Cheerilee a teacher though...]]
184	* SplitScreen: Lots of them as the six girls are separated into three pairs and looking for each other at the carnival. With the last one, though, the separation disappears to show they're back together.
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder:General -- Post-Movie Shorts]]
188	* AnimatedMusicVideo: All three shorts -- "Life Is a Runway", "Friendship Through the Ages" and "My Past Is Not Today" -- is a music video in animated form.
189	* ArtEvolution: Subtle details, but some things have evolved since the movie.
190	** Beyond Sunset Shimmer's change in wardrobe, her hair also looks more desaturated than before (especially obvious when she's standing next to her brightly colored pictures from the first movie).
191	** The characters having boot-shaped feet, even when in sandals, is changing for something more anatomically correct (notably seen with Sweetie Drops in "Life Is a Runway" and Pinkie Pie in "Friendship Through the Ages").
192	* CostumeEvolution: Sunset has a new outfit in the shorts after cementing her HeelFaceTurn at the end of the film proper, consisting of a turquoise blouse (matching the color of her eyes) with a translucent yellow skirt, blue leggings, a new pair of black boots with higher heels and a new black jacket with shorter sleeves, both with orange trim.
193	* EpisodeTitleCard: Very fancy ones, just like with the previous shorts.
194	* FreezeFrameBonus: Sunset Shimmer has been added to the ponies-to-humans EyeCatch at the end of each short, to the right of Twilight. This can be easy to miss, since it's otherwise identical to the end of the opening for the first movie.
195	* PromotionToOpeningTitles: A variation. The ponies-to-humans EyeCatch at the end of each short now has Sunset's silhouette added to the right of Twilight.
196	[[/folder]]
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198	[[folder:Life Is a Runway]]
199	* TheCameo: Roseluck and Amethyst Star get human versions. Bulk Biceps, Derpy, Lyra and Bon Bon (already shown in the film) also appear.
200	* ContinuityNod: Rarity walks out in the same outfit she used for the final concert of ''Rainbow Rocks''.
201	* CostumePorn: The whole short, naturally, being all about Rarity getting the fashion show of her dreams.
202	* EarlyBirdCameo: The dresses for Bon Bon, Roseluck and Amethyst Star are close matches to those of the post-''Rainbow Rocks'' doll releases for these characters. Lyra's is far different (which in reality is much more rainbow-crazy).
203	* {{Fanservice}}: Rarity's fashion show, giving new outfits to several fan favorites and having them do a SupermodelStrut, can hardly be described as anything else.
204	* InstantCosplaySurprise: Rarity has an ImagineSpot where she can simply point at others and dress them in her fashions in an instant, giving Derpy, Cheerilee, Lyra and Bon Bon fresh new outfits. Pony Rarity can do this for real, so it can take the viewer a moment to remember that human Rarity can't outside an ImagineSpot.
205	* ModelingPoses: Rarity primarily, as well as all of her models on the runway, take poses that show off the design of their clothes.
206	* SupermodelStrut: Rarity ''seriously'' shakes her hips on leaving the boutique. And all of her impromptu models too, once on the runway. Of course, that's how fashion models are supposed to move.
207	[[/folder]]
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209	[[folder:Friendship Through the Ages]]
210	* EightiesHair: As fitting with the style of her segment, Pinkie Pie sports a very '80s-ish crimped side ponytail hairstyle, looking pretty much ''pixelated''.
211	* ACappella: Following each individual segment, the girls sing a cappella as an ensemble in a BohemianParody.
212	* BeYourself: Applejack's segment has her say this, with Sunset moving on from duplicating Applejack's dance moves to doing some of her own, illustrating this.
213	* BohemianParody: Among the many musical shout-outs throughout the short, the part following the individual segments where the girls are singing together in the shadow and their faces are lighted one by one is clearly inspired by the start of "Bohemian Rhapsody".
214	* ContinuityNod: For her segment, Rarity is wearing the same ''Sgt. Pepper''-style vest she tries once in the movie, although along a more complete outfit.
215	* CostumePorn: Whatever you think of the Rockin' Hairstyles dolls line, those designs look great once animated.
216	* CrowdSurfing: Sunset Shimmer indulges in surfing atop the crowd of CHS students during Rainbow Dash's PunkRock part.
217	* DiegeticSwitch: It looks like that, in their respective scenes, Twilight (on the piano), Fluttershy (on the tambourine) and Applejack (on her bass) are the one playing, but the music continues even when they stop. Would be the case for Rainbow Dash too, except she has backup guitarists.
218	* EverybodyDoTheEndlessLoop: Shows up for a bit towards the end, where all seven girls are seen dancing together.
219	* FreezeFrameBonus: For a second and a half in Pinkie Pie's segment, she wears her Gummy plushy as a scarf.
220	* GenreRoulette: The short does this with music genres, with each segment from the Rainbooms being [[MusicalPastiche based off a different type of music]]. Twilight Sparkle's is {{classical\|Music}}, Fluttershy's is {{folk\|Music}}, Rarity's is Beatles-eque pop rock, Rainbow Dash's is {{punk\|Rock}}, Applejack's is {{country\|Music}}, and Pinkie Pie's is {{new wave\|Music}}.
221	* GroupHug: One concludes the music video, once again with Sunset Shimmer in the middle.
222	* IdiosyncraticWipes: The short has one between every different singer segment: flying dandelion seeds, a flower stem seguing into Rainbow Dash's guitar neck, [[RockersSmashGuitars guitar bits flying around]], an apple-shaped iris out, the image getting pixelated and blocks falling down, photograph flashes... and finally, a record rolling around with Sunset Shimmer's face in the center.
223	* MakingASpectacleOfYourself:
224	** Rarity has large sunglasses with purple-tinted lenses as part of her costume.
225	** Pinkie Pie is briefly seen with heart-shaped shutter shades.
226	* MusicalPastiche: Each individual segment is in a specific music style, from various time periods as the title alludes.
227	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Pinkie Pie is dressed to a tee like '80s Music/CyndiLauper, fittingly.
228	* RockersSmashGuitars: Rainbow Dash ends up smashing a guitar during her PunkRock segment. Note that it isn't her favorite one she acquired in "Guitar Centered".
229	* ShoutOut: The short is saturated with musical shout-outs, each related to the music homaged.
230	** The intro musically resembles ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}''' "Let It Go".
231	** Fluttershy's segment is straight out of ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', with a bit of Franchise/DisneyPrincess vibe.
232	** Rarity's is making a two-fer reference to Music/TheBeatles, with her costume coming from ''[[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper]]'' while the background is typical of ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''.
233	** Pinkie's borrows general elements of the '80s, including at one point using ''Series/SavedByTheBell''-type backgrounds. She also reaches to extract Sunset from a glowing grid into cartoon form, similar to visuals of Music/{{Aha}}'s "Take on Me". At one point, her lyrics invoke Creator/AndyWarhol's expression "FifteenMinutesOfFame".
234	** The concluding ACappella ensemble references Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody", as mentioned above.
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237	[[folder:My Past Is Not Today]]
238	* CallBack: The short features a couple flashbacks and call-backs, mostly to the first movie. Notably, we see Sunset Shimmer taking off the wall the three pictures of her former victories as Princess of the Fall Formal and throwing them in a trash can.
239	* TheCoatsAreOff: Sunset tosses away her brand-new jacket at the end of the song.
240	* ContinuityNod: Sunset Shimmer [[TheCoatsAreOff casts her jacket off again]], as she did at the end of ''Rainbow Rocks''.
241	* CueTheSun: It goes from sunset to sunrise in two minutes from the beginning to the end of the music video.
242	* {{Flashback}}: Two flashbacks from before the ''Rainbow Rocks'' events are used:
243	** The first is reused footage of Demon-Sunset's DefeatMeansFriendship from ''Equestria Girls''.
244	** Then, we have a subsequent scene of the students spurning Sunset Shimmer, with the exception of her friends.
245	* HotWings: Sunset Shimmer manifests phoenix-like wings at the end.
246	* IAmBecomingSong: Sunset Shimmer sings about leaving her former self behind for a more promising future, refusing to be defined by her past deeds.
247	* IHatePastMe: The song is all about Sunset Shimmer rejecting her villainous past and any lingering sway it has over her, even [[TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf chasing away a reflection of her demonic form]] and throwing the pictures of her past Fall Formal victories away. And that's not even mentioning all ThePhoenix symbolism, especially the HotWings she manifests as the sun rises.
248	* ImageSong: The lyrics and video show some of Sunset Shimmer's reformation, which is only hinted at in the film.
249	* IncrediblyLongNote: The note on the final word of the song ("today") is very lengthy, further emphasizing the moment Sunset spreads her wings.
250	* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Sunset Shimmer sees her reflection in the glass dome of the school library becoming that of her demonic form, before angrily chasing it away.
251	* ThePhoenix: Sunset takes on a form with flaming bird-like wings at the end, after singing about atoning for all her sins. The imagery literally demonstrates putting her old life behind her as part of completing her full HeelFaceTurn. The lyrics even directly mention the phoenix.
252	* PowerFloats: Sunset Shimmer starts floating toward the end, even before acquiring HotWings.
253	* ThePowerOfTheSun: Sunset gains her HotWings as the sun rises. Fitting, given her cutie mark and ThePhoenix symbolism in the song.
254	* ReflectiveEyes: At the beginning, the setting sun is reflected in Sunset's eyes for a short moment.
255	* RuleOfSymbolism: There's a lot of symbolism and references revolving around ThePhoenix as Sunset casts off any lingering sway from her dark past and rises into the air with HotWings as the sun comes over the horizon.
256	* TheShadowKnows: The EpisodeTitleCard shows Sunset Shimmer's shadow shaped like her grinning demonic form.
257	* ShoutOut: Sunset Shimmer has a [[Manga/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]]-style hairdo and pose when she transforms at the end.
258	* StealthPun: "My Past Is Not Today", a Sunset Shimmer song, starts out with her framed by... the sunset. And at the end, she's literally ''shimmering''.
259	* StockFootage: Footage from the climax of ''Equestria Girls'' is used as a flashback.
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Context WebAnimation / MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocksShorts