My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E08 Look Before You Sleep: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Look-Before-You-Sleep_9115.jpg|frame|Are we having fun yet?]]

 

'''Applejack:''' You know, there's "fussy", and there's just plain "Gettin' on my nerves"! }}

 

 

Thanks to a weather scheduling mix-up, there's a big thunderstorm coming to Ponyville, but Applejack and Rarity are distracted from their work preparing by arguing over whether to secure loose branches to the trees or just pull them down. They try to head home and cool their heels after the argument escalates, but the storm hits suddenly, forcing them to take shelter with Twilight Sparkle in Ponyville's library. Since Spike is out of town on "official business", Twilight decides to turn the event into a slumber party, despite Applejack and Rarity's reluctance to spend any more time with each other.

First up on the agenda (according to Twilight's book on slumber parties) is make-overs. Applejack is baffled as to why Rarity is reluctant to get her hooves dirty, but is willing to mess around with mud-masks, and thinks the "cucumbers over the eyes" thing is a waste of perfectly good food. Still, she goes along with it in order to make Twilight happy, despite rising tension with Rarity.

 

'''Rarity:''' That's not even a word. }}

 

 

S'mores are up next, but Rarity's perfectionism once again clashes with the more laid-back Applejack. The two take the next event, "truth or dare", as an excuse to dare each other to do things they hate, with Rarity being dared to stand in the rain and let her mane get all wet, and Applejack being dared to put on a frilly party dress. After Twilight is literally caught in the crossfire of a nasty pillow fight, she gives up and convinces the two to call it a night.

Unfortunately, Applejack and Rarity are forced to share a bed, and are so tense they even have to fight over the blanket and whether or not one should make the bed ''before'' sleeping in it. Twilight finally decides she's had enough, especially when the two argue over who's been trying harder to get along.

 

 

Turns out there is, as lightning strikes the top of a nearby tree, threatening to bring it down on a neighboring house. Applejack is quick to try and pull it away, but her reckless roping brings it crashing through the window of Twilight's tree house instead! With the storm outside worsening and a neurotic Twilight freaking out over whether or not a tree coming through the window fits into the slumber party itinerary, Applejack and Rarity are forced to set aside their differences in order to shift the fallen tree. Once the crisis is averted, Twilight is pleased to see her friends getting along again, and the three get down to genuinely enjoying the night together.

=== Tropes ===

 

* [[Adorkable]]: The already-awkward Twilight takes it [[Up to Eleven]].

** "Can't hear ya! I'm asleep. *snort* SHOO! *snort* SHOO! *snort* SHOO!

* [[Bottle Episode]]: This episode may have intended to conserve the budget, since it has only three speaking parts and is set mostly inside Twilight's treehouse.

* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Rarity's topiary spell comes in handy.

* [[Cucumber Facial]]: Subverted as a [[Brick Joke]] near the end.

* [[Death Glare]]: Rarity briefly gives Applejack one of these when the latter is about to buck the last remaining piece of wood out of the window frame, as if to say "Don't you dare!" This prompts AJ to gently toss the stump out with her teeth instead.

* [[Flat Joy]]: Rarity and Applejack express this when Twilight announces their slumber party.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:

** Twilight's slumber party guide: "[[Subject 101|Slumber 101]]: [[The Joy of X|All You've Ever Wanted to Know About Slumber Parties (But Were Afraid to Ask).]]"

* [[Ghost Story]]: One of the items on Twilight's list of slumber party activities. Hers is a real one that manages to scare the other two, while Applejack and Rarity just use it as an excuse to take verbal shots at each other.

* [[Headless Horseman]]: Twilight's horror story of the Headless Horse parodies this.

* [[Here We Go Again]]: At the near end of the episode, it almost looks like it would result in this, but it's subverted.

* [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]]: "...just like this one. And three ponies were having a slumber party. Just. Like. This one." (Beginning of Twilight's ghost story.)

* [[Mundane Ghost Story]]: Applejack's and Rarity's.

* [[Omega Cast]]: Apart from just a few background pony's at the beggining, Twilight, Applejack and Rarity are the only characters to appear in this episode.

* [[Slumber Party]]: The focus of the episode. Many of the party games (Truth or Dare, 20 Questions) are ''literally'' [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|by the book]].

* [[Subject 101]]: Twilight's guidebook.

* [[There Is Only One Bed]]: Applejack and Rarity are forced to share Twilight's spare bed. The usual [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity of this trope ensues]].

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Applejack and Rarity, who in this case are at each other's throats due to their personality differences.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: The pillow fight.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?|What The Hell, Friends?]]: After an entire evening of Applejack and Rarity constantly sniping at each, Twilight finally calls them out for ruining the entire slumber party.

* [[You Just Had to Say It]]

 

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