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Desperate to get her cutie mark before the big party, Apple Bloom tries to earn her mark by helping her big sister Applejack with the family business. Unfortunately, she's a little too young to help with harvesting, and her hard-sale at the apple stand does more harm than good. Applejack suggests Apple Bloom go to the party with her fellow blank-flank Twist, but much to Apple Bloom's chagrin, she finds her friend has already earned her cutie mark, which prompts a passing Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon to rub in the fact that Apple Bloom is officially the last girl in her class to earn her mark.
Apple Bloom is sent into a funk, until Rainbow Dash offers to coach Apple Bloom in all manner of activities until she finds what her special talent is. One frantic, slapstick montage later, and the only thing Apple Bloom has earned is a distaste for sports and a few bruises. Fortunately, Pinkie Pie needs some assistance making treats at Sugar Cube Corner, and Apple Bloom brightens at the prospect of earning a cutie mark in baking. Unfortunately, Apple Bloom's attempt at making cupcakes only demonstrates that cooking is definitely ''not'' her special talent, and the only thing she gets on her flank is some spilled flour.
Desperate, Apple Bloom begs Twilight Sparkle to conjure up a cutie mark for her, but as Twilight demonstrates, even magic can't force a cutie mark to appear before its time. Bloom is all but ready to give up on going to the cuteceañera after all... unfortunately, she'd forgotten in her haste that the party is being held right there at Sugar Cube Corner.
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The trio resolve to become fast friends, and to help each other find their purpose in life as the "Cutie Mark Crusaders". Twilight, meanwhile, is inspired to write a friendship report about how something you think will alienate you from others can actually lead you to making good friends.
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* [[Absentee Actor]]: Spike and Fluttershy; although Carousel Boutique appears, Rarity is absent as well.
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* [[Record Needle Scratch]]: Justified in the best possible way, as Apple Bloom trips and runs into the record player, causing the horrible embarrassing incident that the sound heralds.
* [[Selective Enforcement]]/[[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]: The second Apple Bloom's lips touch the note Diamond Tiara is trying to pass, Cheerilee comes down on her like a ton of bricks -- ignoring Diamond Tiara being on the other end of it, and ''then'' ignoring that DT loudly mocks her in the middle of class, ''and'' that the whole thing was a setup. Ponyville's school system clearly has not instituted a zero-tolerance policy on bullying.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Who would have expected a [[My Little Pony]] episode making a ''[[Call of Duty]]'' reference?
** The title is a [[H.P. Lovecraft]] reference, too.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Twist makes peppermints.
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