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[[File:hearthswarming2_5157.png|frame|And ''that's'' how Equestria was made! Close Curtain!]]
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'''Note:''' [[Out of Order|This is the thirteenth episode of the second season, but was the eleventh aired and is listed as Season 2 Episode 11 by iTunes.]] As such, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
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=== Tropes ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[
** Fluttershy plays the Pegasus Private Pansy.
** Twilight Sparkle plays Clover the Clever.
** Rarity plays Princess Platinum.
* [[Adorkable]]: Princess Platinum, flustered over the failed negotiations, plops her crown on upside-down.
* [[Are We There Yet?]]: Parodied when Princess Platinum as she and Clover search for a new land. [[Lampshade Hanging|Clover pushes a branch to reveal the castle, pointing out she'd only been walking five minutes.]]
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Commander Hurricane.
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* [[The Caligula]]: Chancellor Puddinghead is/was a more benign version of this trope.
* [[Call Back]]:
** While riding the Friendship Express Train to Canterlot, Fluttershy says she's so excited she feels like shouting and gave a small, barely audible "woo hoo!", similar to "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** The stained glass windows depicting the Mane cast defeating Nightmare Moon and Discord, seen in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
** Clover the Clever was the student of Star Swirl the Bearded, who was first mentioned in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[The Cameo]]:
** Jet Set and Upper Crust make an appearance, looking as stuck-up as ever.
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** Spike who is an important part of the main cast but often an outsider and observer of most of the action is the narrator.
* [[Character Exaggeration]]: The three leaders are essentially the same as their actresses, but with [[Flanderization|the negative aspects of their strongest personality traits exaggerated.]] As a result the three assistants take their actresses' [[Only Sane Man|beleaguered qualities]] up a notch as well, acting even more frustrated and snarky than normal.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The Wendigo being beaten by using the bond between ponies to power a spell without the Elements. {{spoiler|A similar technique is used by Shining Armor and Princess Cadence to defeat Queen Chrysalis in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Christmas Episode]]: Or Equestria's analogous holiday, anyway. The decor is ''very'' Christmas, though the holiday itself is more like a combination of Thanksgiving and a national founding day.
* [[Compressed Hair]]: Pinkie Pie somehow manages to keep her tail neatly stuffed inside her costume.
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** Also foreshadowed by the fact the Pegasi still control the weather and yet a blizzard occurs without warning.
** The open window blowing in the chilly air while the ponies were arguing among themselves alludes to the entire history described in the pageant.
** Remember that power of love used to defeat the Windigoes toward the end of the episode? {{spoiler|Turns out ''that'' was the big lead up to the season finale they were talking about.}}
* [[Framing Device]]: The play serves as one to the story itself, with the mane six playing the founding ponies of Equestria.
* [[Funny Background Event]]:
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* [[GASP]]: Everypony's reaction to the fact that the ponies once all hated each other.
* [[Get On With It Already]]: [[All There in the Script|Shoeshine]] ([[Fan Nickname|"Linky"]]), one of the ponies in the audience, shouts this when Spike keeps rambling.
* [[Glad I Thought of It]]: Chancellor Puddinghead's response to her secretary suggesting "Earth" instead of "Dirtville".
* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: When the three assistants realize there's no escaping their fate, they decide to become friends before their end so they can at least die as friends instead of meaningless enemies. [[The Power of Friendship|This was a]] [[Circle of Friendship|very wise move.]]
* [[Go, Ye Heroes, Go and Die]]: When Rarity tries to encourage Fluttershy out of her stage fright. It almost works.
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* [[The Lancer]]: The second-in-commands are more reasonable [[Foil|Foils]] and trusted companions to their superiors.
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: One of Derpy's cameos involves her waving at the 'audience'.
* [[Literal
* [[Losing Horns]]: Play after "thinking inside the chimney" line.
* [[Made of Good]]: {{spoiler|The heart-shaped beacon of the Fire of Friendship, which still burns to the present}}.
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* [[Servile Snarker]]: Clover the Clever and Smart Cookie both display this towards their respective leaders.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** The cave scene is reminiscent of the poem [https://web.archive.org/web/20130920071128/http://www.poetryoflife.com/the-cold-within/ ''The Cold Within.'']
** The fiery heart resembles the one used in [[The Powerpuff Girls|another show that Faust worked on]]. Some fans have also noted its similarity to the stylized heart/moon of [[Kingdom Hearts]].
* [[Snowball Fight]]: The three leaders briefly get into one until they realize that there's a snowstorm coming.
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* [[Split-Screen Reaction]]: Used both times in association with [[Finish Dialogue in Unison]] above to show the three leaders coming to the same conclusion. [[Played With]] on its second use when the three, announcing the new land as their own, discover they are all claiming the same piece of land less than ten feet from one another.
* [[Straight Man|Straight Mares]]: The three second-in-commands to their leaders.
* [[Stealth Pun]] / [[Visual Pun]]: Chancellor Puddinghead wears a hat that looks like pudding. A literal pudding head.
* [[Sugar Apocalypse]]: Hatred, fights and disharmony brought an ice age that destroyed the old world and forced the three Pony races to work together and accept each other to survive. The final scenes of the episode strongly hinted that this could happen again if ponies start fighting again.
* [[Surprise Creepy]]: Considering this was an episode centering around a normal play, it's kind of a shock when [[Eldritch Abomination|the Windigoes show up]]. Made creepier by the fact the first few times we see them there's ''no explanation at all'' and we don't get one until the climax.
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* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]: Everypony reacts in shock to the fact that the ponies once all hated each other.
* [[Wendigo]]: Averted in a way that might bear mention; the creatures that freeze over everything by the [[Fantastic Racism]] and hatred found by the three pony races are called Windigoes (a spelling variant), but they actually have nothing to do with the original cannibalistic spirit.
** In a way, the cannibalistic trait is still present, as the Windigoes are horse like spirits who "feed" of the negative emotions of ponies.
** The Windigoes have more in common with [[Cthulhu Mythos|Ithaqua]], also known as the Wind-Walker and the Wendigo, who ''is'' associated with snow and ice.
* [[You Mean "Xmas"]]: Hearth's Warming Eve instead of Christmas Eve, obviously, but the background instead celebrates the founding of Equestria rather than the birth of a savior like our Christmas. The "peace on earth" and "goodwill" parts are definitely part of the story and lesson.
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