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[[File:Friendship-Is-Magic-1_5139.jpg|frame|Welcome to Ponyville! ''[[GASP|GAAAAASP!!]]'']]

 

'''Also known as "Friendship is Magic, part 1".'''

 

 

 

Twilight Sparkle sits alone by a tree, reading up on the history of Equestria and the tale of Nightmare Moon. Long ago, two sisters ruled the land; the elder raised the sun at dawn while the younger raised the moon at dusk. One day however, the younger sister grew resentful of the fact that the ponies played in the day, yet slept through her wonderful night. She became bitter and one night refused to lower the moon. The elder sister was forced to use the power of the Elements of Harmony to banish her sister to the moon. After some further research, Twilight Sparkle is convinced that soon the Mare in the Moon will return for her revenge "on the longest day of the thousandth year"...which happens to be the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration. She gets her baby dragon assistant, Spike to send a letter to Princess Celestia, current ruler of Equestria on the matter and she doesn't like the response:

 

 

 

 

Next on the list is [[The Fashionista|Rarity]] who's in charge of the decorations. Spike is [[Precocious Crush|smitten instantly]] while Rarity is shocked and appalled by Twilight's messy mane. Insisting that she fix it up, she runs Twilight through a number of costumes (and gushes over her dreams of moving to Twilight's hometown of Canterlot) before Twilight drags Spike from the boutique and out to the edge of the woods where [[Friend to All Living Things|Fluttershy]] is leading a choir of songbirds in rehearsal. Unfortunately, Twilight appears at a bad time and startles both the birds and poor Fluttershy. Despite her best efforts, Twilight just can't get [[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy]] to talk to her...[[Cuteness Proximity|until she sees Spike]], that is. After Spike literally tells Fluttershy his life story, Twilight manages to brush her off and drag Spike into the library with her. Hoping to finally get some time to herself, she turns on the light...

Oh look, [[Brick Joke|it's that pink pony from earlier.]] [[Genki Girl|And she won't stay still.]] [[Motor Mouth|And she won't shut up either.]] She introduces herself as Pinkie Pie, and while she's explaining at a mile a minute that the reason she dashed off was to set up a surprise welcoming party, Twilight unwittingly [[I Need a Freaking Drink|pours herself a drink]] of hot sauce, [[Extreme Omnivore|which Pinkie then eats on a cupcake without a second thought.]] Running to her room, Twilight ponders the idea that these new ponies are her friends and worries over whether or not the Mare in the Moon will really return. Before she has time to fret any further, she's beckoned to the town hall to watch the sun rise.

 

 

 

'''''TO BE CONTINUED'''''

[[Mood Whiplash|*cue happy credits music*]]

 

 

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* [[Apocalypse How]]: Nightmare Moon's eternal night immediately brings about planet-wide societal disruption. If left unchecked, it would eventually result in planet-wide societal collapse, or even extinction of the pony species.

* [[Baby Talk]]: Twilight does this to get Fluttershy to leave her and Spike alone.

* [[Balloon Belly]]: Twilight Sparkle gains one after meeting Applejack's family and being persuaded to stay for brunch. "I ate too much pie..."

* [[Big Entrance]]: Nightmare Moon's arrival at the Summer Sun Celebration.

* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Fluttershy after seeing Spike.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: In the Russian dub, Twilight calls Nightmare Moon "Lunyia Poni" twice in a succession.

* [[Exposition Cut]]: How Spike tells his life story.

... and that's the story of my entire life. Well, up until today. Do you want to hear about today? }}

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Whilst Twilight is dictating her letter to Princess Celestia and the "camera" is following her, the huge hourglass in the Canterlot library passes in front of a unicorn head statue, causing it to distort to the profile of Nightmare Moon.

* [[Funny Background Event]]: Two notable ones.

** During the party scene, when Twilight is pouring herself a drink, a gray pegasus up in the corner has crossed eyes. "And so the legend of Derpy Hooves is born" said one poster on [[Image Boards|4chan]], and [[Ensemble Darkhorse|born]] it ''was''.

* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Twilight's reaction to Pinkie's [[Motor Mouth]]. Unfortunately, it turns out to be hot sauce.

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Things are pretty happy and funny... and then Nightmare Moon shows up...

* [[Magic Countdown]]

** [[Averted Trope|Averted]] when Twilight Sparkle meets Rainbow Dash. She dares her to clear the sky in ten seconds. And it takes ''exactly'' ten seconds of screen time for Rainbow Dash to do it.

** We also see from Twilight's perspective when the four stars align and Nightmare Moon is set free.

* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: At first glance, one might think that [[Somewhere an Ornithologist Is Crying|Somewhere An Ornithologist Was Crying]] over the bird that looked like a cardinal but was red on top and brown on the bottom; males are red above and below and females are brown above and below. The pyrrhuloxia is pied but is gray below, and the two species can hybridize.

* [[Storybook Opening]]. Unsurprisingly accompanied by an [[Art Shift]], using quasi-animations based on the illustrations in the book Twilight is reading.

* [[Theory Before Phenomenon]]: Naturally Twilight's investigations into ancient folklore have immediate dire ramifications.

* [[Vertigo Effect]]: On Twilight when she sees Nightmare Moon.

* [[When the Planets Align]]: On the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars help Nightmare Moon escape her prison.

 

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