Getting Back on Your Hooves: Difference between revisions

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Trixie's father appears to have been of the emotional variety {{spoiler|though Checker may have been making it seem worse than it was.}}

* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: Twilight does this to [[Prince Charmless|Prince Blueblood]] during a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]. After explaining how [[God-Emperor|Celestia and Luna]] seek such a close relationship with their subjects, a stark contrast to the self obsessed, high and mighty Blueblood, she asks him a question that, for once, actually makes him think about his actions:

* [[Bad Dreams]]: Twilight's been having recurring nightmares about [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E2 The Return of Harmony Part 2|Discord's brief reign]], and the effect he had on her friends. Trixie helps her find a way to cope with them, as an early sign of her [[Character Development]].

* [[Berserk Button]]: {{spoiler|Losing is one for Checker Monarch.}}

* [["I Am" Song]]: The second song, Checker Monarch's [[Villain Song|"Through My Eyes"]], gives us an insight into her cruel, manipulative persona.

* [[Inexplicably Awesome]]: Pinkie Pie, as always:

'''Fluttershy''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Um…Pinkie does things like that…]] Sorry, I can't explain it any better than that, but even Twilight can't figure out how Pinkie does a lot of the things she does…[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E15 Feeling Pinkie Keen|She's tried]]… }}

* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Trixie forms one with the Cutie Mark Crusaders after she saves them from a Ropen in the Everfree Forest (though Sweetie Belle already liked her before then).

* [[Lack of Empathy]]: Checker, being [[The Sociopath]], has this, but it's also clear that [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|it also blinds her to certain flaws in her plans.]]

** Trixie's words imply she ''forced'' herself to have this due to her childhood {{spoiler|though mainly Checker's lies}}, but is regaining her sense of empathy now that she sees it was stupid to suppress it in the first place.

* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: Trixie's reaction after her encounter with Fluttershy's "[[It Makes Sense in Context|ninja chicken]]".

** This also appears to be Twilight's attitude towards the events of "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E3 Lesson Zero|Lesson Zero]]".

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Apparently, during one of their attempts to get their Cutie Marks, the CMC ended up in a wrecking ball crane and set it off.

* [[No Sense of Direction]]: While trying to find a camp spot in the Everfree Forest, the Cutie Mark Crusaders get so lost they somehow end up in the middle of a cave.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Trixie upon realizing the three ponies she publically humiliated are three of the heroines who saved Equestria ''twice''.

** She has one earlier, when she realizes that Twilight is ''the Princess''' personal student.