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[[File:Swarm-of-the-Century_9550.jpg|frame|[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Tribbles?]] Amateurs.]]
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Twilight begins to panic, fearing the worst if they can't get the bugs under control before Celestia arrives. Applejack then shows up with a cart full of apples (which gets promptly eaten), and soon joins their cause. They manage to herd the swarm into the Everfree forest, only to find ''another'' swarm at Fluttershy's because [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me|she had secretly kept one for herself]]. Rainbow Dash generates a tornado to whisk them away, but it gets interrupted when Pinkie's new cymbals get sucked in, raining the insects over Ponyville. Tensions escalate when Pinkie Pie is obsessed with finding instruments instead of helping the others, resulting in the herd outright ignoring her due to Princess Celestia's impending arrival.
Over in Ponyville, the bugs have descended and are eating every food and crop, causing Applejack to run back home to protect her farm. Twilight casts a spell on the creatures to get them to stop eating the food. It works, but now they've started eating ''everything else'' instead... buckets... tents... lampposts... '''everything.''' Panicking, the ponies break off to defend their homes, only to find themselves helpless against the horde. Twilight snatches a parasprite and rushes to Zecora for help, but the zebra can only tell her that they're doomed.
As Twilight rushes back to Ponyville, she spots the Princess already on her way from the castle. The town itself is a wreck, and the ponies are too panicked to be able to do anything about it. Just as Twilight starts to completely lose her mind, she hears a musical procession start up, and at its source is... Pinkie Pie!?
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* [[Big Eater]]: The parasprites, to the point where magically ruining their appetite for food will cause them to go after objects and buildings instead.
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* [[Hand or Object Underwear]]: The parasprites seem to form this briefly on Rainbow Dash when they cling to her body. [[Lampshaded]] by the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPqjKk_xCo "Equestria Girls"] commercial.
* [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Horde Of Impossibly Cute Locusts]]
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Most definitely Fluttershy for keeping one of the parasprites even after their devastation was clear, thus thwarting Applejack's herding attempt, which otherwise would have worked.
* [[Imagine Spot]]: Twilight has one, where she envisions Princess Celestia being forcibly whisked away by the parasprite swarm.
* [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me]]: Fluttershy's reaction to parasprites, even after the devastation they cause is clear.
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* [[Shout-Out]]:
** This entire episode is essentially a [[Whole-Plot Reference]] to [[Star Trek: The Original Series|"The Trouble With Tribbles"]].
** The Parasprites start multiplying in numbers when Spike [[Gremlins|feeds one after midnight.]]
** And this line:
{{quote|'''Twilight:''' [[Blazing Saddles|We need to build an exact copy of Ponyville right over there. We've got less than a minute!]]}}
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''(Spike and the parasprite are sleeping peacefully)''
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' ''(yawns)'' What's there to worry about? }}
* [[This Is No Time for Knitting]]: Pinkie's hunt for musical instruments amid the infestation crisis had a practical point after all.
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: This is how Rarity discovers how the parasprites reproduce.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: According to Larson, the episode was originally called [https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/statuses/209495405443039233 "Pied Piper Pinkle"] in reference to the homage to said fable the episode ended up with, though he says this is not a bad thing. Also, in regards to the ending, [https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/statuses/209495990804291584 this] [[Fridge Horror|is all you need to know...]]
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