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[[File:MMMystery-Friendship-Express_6347.png|frame|It's like an [[Agatha Christie]] novel, but with no corpses and more marzipan.]]
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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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* [[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/Recap/S1
* [[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 a Railway]]: Pinkie's [[Silent Movie]] [[Imagine Spot]] for Gustave includes him tying her to the railroad.
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** "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/Recap/S1
** On a meta level, this is not the first time [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** 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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* [[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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* [[Large Ham]]: Gustave, Mulia, and Joe.
* [[Leg Cling]]: [[All There in the Script|Golden Harvest]] and [[Fan Nickname|Berry Punch]] come out of nowhere and do this with Joe at the end of Pinkie's [[Imagine Spot]] for him.
* [[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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* [[Shout-Out]]:
** The title and theme allude to the [[Parental Bonus|classic murder mystery]] ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'', {{spoiler|including the [[Everybody Did It|ending,]]}} for which ''Murder on the Orient Express'' is both [[Trope Maker]] and [[Ur Example]].
** 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]].''
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* [[Silent Movie]]: Pinkie's [[Imagine Spot]] for Gustave is in the style of one.
* [[Single-Stroke Battle]]: Ninja Mulia vs the cake in one of Pinkie's Imagine Spots. [[Captain Obvious|The cake loses.]]
* [[Sudden Name Change]]: [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[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-Stroke Battle|lightning-fast sword slash variant]] against the cake, causing it to fall apart moments later.
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