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[[File:MMMystery-Friendship-Express_6347.png|frame|It's like an [[
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▲[[File:MMMystery-Friendship-Express_6347.png|frame|It's like an [[Agatha Christie (Creator)|Agatha Christie]] novel, but with no corpses and more marzipan.]]
▲{{quote| '''Pinkie Pie:''' ''It's the [[Added Alliterative Appeal|Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness]]! It's been... '''[[Up to Eleven|mutilated]]!'''''}}
▲{{quote| Written by Amy Keating Rogers}}
It's a big day for the Cakes: they're entering their newest cake recipe, the "Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness" (or MMMM), in Equestria's National Dessert Competition, and Pinkie Pie is going to make sure that the cake gets there in one piece... even if she has to shanghai Big Macintosh and the rest of the Mane Six into getting it aboard the Friendship Express.
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Pinkie Pie is forced to conclude that there's no evidence the other bakers were behind the sabotage of the MMMM... not only that, but she starts to wonder why the other desserts, as tempting and delicious as they look, were completely untouched. Then the train passes through a tunnel, plunging the room into darkness again... and upon the train leaving the tunnel, ''all'' the desserts are in ruins and Detective Pinkie is completely stumped.
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Twilight takes charge of the investigation, and sends everyone back to their rooms while she and Pinkie Pie look for clues. The first order of business is to retrace Pinkie Pie's steps from when she was chasing the shadowy figures the other night. Through her thorough investigation, Twilight manages to find enough clues to figure out the culprit, and gets Pinkie Pie to gather everypony together.
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=== Tropes present in this episode: [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Absentee Actor]]: Spike
* [[
** The cake Pinkie is guarding is called the "Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness", which has been "mutilated".
** Awesome alliterative instances abound throughout the entire episode. Pinkie Pie's the most prolific pony, but Twilight tries, too.
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** "When committing a crime, it's crucial that one never leaves behind clues."
** "Did you find the devourer of the desserts?"
* [[Affectionate Gesture to
* [[All Animals Are Dogs]]:
** Pinkie scratches herself like a dog when she wakes up the next morning. This is actually something some ponies and foals can do, though full-grown, normal-sized horses are incapable of it.
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* [[Bubble Pipe]]: Used by Detective Pinkie, and later Twilight when she takes over her role.
* [[Call Back]]:
** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Carrying a Cake]]: How they get the "Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness" to the train. Averted in that they manage to get it to the '''train''' safely (despite several near mishaps), if not to its ultimate destination.
* [[Chained to
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:
** That painting of a mustached stallion looks pretty normal, doesn't it? {{spoiler|Except he has long eyelashes}}.
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** The second mystery gives us no clues at all before being solved.
** Subverted with the first one: Much is made of Twilight picking up clues that aren't shown. But there were already clues before that, and the last item picked up actually is shown, it's just subtle.
* [[Cock
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]:
** Also Pinkie's [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]] all have the cake being sliced to pieces, even after Twilight outright tells her after the first one the cake ''wasn't'' cut at all. And everything else she "deducts" until she actually solves the second mystery, especially her interpretations of Twilight's evidence.
** "I admit it! I wear false eyelashes!"
* [[Continuity Nod]]:
** Among the suspects on the train are characters and species from previous episodes, including [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** On a meta level, this is not the first time [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Princess Celestia seemed pretty eager to eat a slice of that cake near the end. [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Pinkie's distinctive gasp from the pilot is recycled when she sees the damaged cake.
* [[Cosmetic Horror]]: Rarity considers her false eyelashes a dark secret, and pulls her mane over her lashless right eye in shame.
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* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: This is how Pinkie describes Gustave's scheme in her imagination.
* [[Delicious Distraction]]: Princess Celestia seems a lot more interested in that cake than any lesson Pinkie Pie has to report.
* [[Double Meaning Title]]: The title is both a play on the murder mystery novel ''[[Murder
* {{spoiler|[[Everybody Did It|Everypony Did It]]}}: Of the passengers on the train, {{spoiler|the only innocent parties are Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Twilight}}.
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: {{spoiler|Fluttershy, Rarity, and Dash ruin a cake that took the Cakes ''months'' of planning and hard work to make... and are forgiven the instant they say sorry.}}
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Parodied with Donut Joe when he talks about his donut creation like he was about to take over the world, and with Gustave in Pinkie's [[Imagine Spot]]. The latter has to be spelled out in the intertitle, since it's a [[Silent Movie]].
* [["Everybody Laughs" Ending|Everypony Laughs Ending]]
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Rarity wears her hair differently throughout much of the episode. {{spoiler|This hides the fact she lost one of her false eyelashes}}.
* [[Fainting]]: It's Mr. Cake who pulls this trope. [[Rule of Three|Three times!]]
* [[Fair Play
** When Pinkie runs down to the caboose, {{spoiler|Rainbow Dash's mane style is visible in silhouette}}
** Next, in the engine car, {{spoiler|the "conductor" uses a female pony model and a yellow ear is seen. These put together mean Fluttershy.}}
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** [[French Cuisine Is Haughty]]
* [[Frying Pan of Doom]]: Ninja Mulia takes out Pinkie with one during her [[Imagine Spot]].
* [[Fun
* [[GASP]]: Pinkie Pie when the damage to the cake is revealed.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Both Twilight and Pinkie exhibit this trope. Twilight claims to have read "many mystery novels," and therefore knows what to do, while Pinkie wastes no time crowning Twilight [[The Watson]], even going so far as to explain her role.
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* [[Gratuitous French]]: Gustave delivers quite a few.
* [[Hammerspace]]: Where Pinkie gets a bubble pipe and a pair of appropriate hats from.
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Pinkie's accusations towards the other bakers are particularly outlandish, as [[Lampshade Hanging|pointed out]] by Twilight. Even if Gustave Le Grand ''could'' be a moustache-twirling Silent Film Villain, Doughnut Joe is ''NOT'' an international Super-Spy, and Mulia Mild is an elderly donkey who is shaking and on the verge of tears at the end of Pinkie's accusation towards her.
* [[Imagine Spot]]: That's a ''really'' wild imagination you've got there, Pinkie.
* [[Innocently Insensitive]]: Twilight clears Pony Joe of suspicion by pointing out that he's not suave superspy material, but rather "big, gruff, and messy". Joe isn't exactly thrilled by the description.
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* [[Knockout Gas]]: Used by Joe on Pinkie during Pinkie's [[Imagine Spot]] for him.
* [[Large Ham]]: Gustave, Mulia, and Joe.
* [[Leg Cling]]: [[All There in
* [[Lights Off, Somebody Dies|Lights Off, Cake Get's Eaten]]: Done twice, in fitting with the episode's [[Affectionate Parody]] of mystery tropes.
* [[Literal
* [[Meaningful Name]]: When taking the initials of the Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness, it sounds like "Mmmm!"
* [[The Name Is Bond, James Bond]]: The beginning of Pinkie's [[Imagine Spot]] for Joe introduces him as "Mane, Con Mane."
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* [[Red Herring]]: Early on, several of the other ponies are clearly enraptured by Pinkie's description of the MMMM, especially {{spoiler|Applejack, who turns out to be one of the only ponies who isn't guilty of any cake-eating, and she's the first one who tried to take a piece off of it}}.
* [[Rivals Team Up]]: {{spoiler|In the end, Pinkie and all of the other chefs combine their creations and enter it as one dessert. It wins a blue ribbon.}}
* [[Rhymes
* [[Rule of Funny]]: Explains why Big Mac has trouble with a cake well within his weight class and why no one thinks of using a cart.
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: Pinkie expects that someone will try to eat the cake and later on wonders why no one went after the other bakers' pastries, but it's pretty much due to Pinkie's predictions and vivid descriptions that the pastries get eaten in the first place.
* [[Schizo
* [[Shout
** The title and theme allude to the [[Parental Bonus|classic murder mystery]] ''[[Murder
** Let's see. We have a train, a mystery, and stolen food. [[Paper Mario:
** Pinkie and Twilight appear to don the appropriate hats and pipe for a full-on [[Sherlock Holmes]] take.
** Each of Pinkie's [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]] for the three chefs is a take on classic films: Gustave's as a [[Silent Movie]]; Pony Joe's as Con Mane, a parody of [[James Bond]]; and Mulia's as an old ninja film.
** Pinkie Pie's [[Animesque]] Ninja Imagine Spot of Mulia Mild use art style very similar to ''[[Samurai Jack]]'''s.
*** Not to mention that Ninja Mulia's jumping from train car to train car is very similar to that of Ryu Hayabusa from the NES series ''[[Ninja Gaiden]].''
** Twilight's evidence bags are manila envelopes like the ones used in ''[[Clue (
** When Pinkie Pie chases {{spoiler|Rainbow Dash}} to the end of the train, she exclaims [[Star Wars|"I have you now!", followed by a surprised "What?!"]] when she finds no one at the exit of the caboose.
** Pinkie Pie makes mention of the competition being to determine whose cake will [[Iron Chef|reign supreme]].
* [[Silent Movie]]: Pinkie's [[Imagine Spot]] for Gustave is in the style of one.
* [[Single
* [[Sudden Name Change]]: [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Summation Gathering]]: Twilight calls one.
* [[Supreme Chef]]: The Cakes, Gustave Le Grand, Doughnut Joe, and Mulia Mild. Their [[Food Porn|irresistible creations]] {{spoiler|don't even make it to the competition whole, as various people can't resist pigging out on them, and the joint entry that they cobble together at the last minute still manages to easily win the Blue Ribbon}}.
* [[Toothy Bird|Toothy Griffin]]: Gustave Le Grand. Although only for expressiveness's sake, since {{spoiler|bite marks on the cake are treated as a proof of his innocence, though the beak would figure far more prominently if he did take a bite out of it}}.
* [[Traveling At the Speed of Plot]]: We know that the Friendship Express can get from Ponyville to Canterlot within a day, yet we have a full night cycle and hit one of the mountain tunnels at the most convenient time. But it wouldn't be a good MMMystery without the night setting.
* [[Unmoving
* [[Visual Pun]]: Mulia Mild's chocolate mousse moose.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]: Rarity wears '''false eyelashes!''' {{spoiler|Oh, and she took a bite of the cake.}}
* [[Written Sound Effect]]: In the title.
* [[The Watson]]: Pinkie makes Twilight play the part, much to her chagrin. They switch places later, more than once.
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* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: Pinkie pulls this trope multiple times. For example, "I have no idea who done dood it," and "Pegassistance".
* [[You Are Already Dead]]: In Pinkie's [[Imagine Spot]], Ninja Mulia does the [[Single
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