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{{quote|Written by Meghan McCarthy}}
Twilight Sparkle is picnicking with her friends, when Spike produces a list of instructions from Princess Celestia for the Mane Six to organize and support a wedding in Canterlot. They are confused until Spike produces the previous message announcing that Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is marrying Shining Armor -- Twilight Sparkle's ''older brother''.
Twilight takes it very hard that her brother, with whom she was very close, didn't give her the news in person -- or even tell her he was seeing someone. She fears their relationship will never be the same now that she lives in Ponyville and he's getting married. Her worries preoccupy her all the way to Canterlot.
When she confronts her brother, he is very happy to see her and clarifies her understanding. The mysterious princess is actually Twilight's much-beloved old foal-sitter, who Twilight knew as "Cadence". Shining Armor goes on to explain that due to a threat to the city, all his concentration is going into the constant upkeep of a spell of protection for Canterlot. Once he asks Twilight to be his Best Mare, Twilight is more than mollified; she's pleased, and very happy to see her old friend -- until Cadence arrives and brushes off the [[Secret Handshake]] from their youth. Twilight is set on edge by this cool reaction from her old friend, but lets it go ...
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** Shining Armor's is "Captain of the guard", a profession once shared by Jaller in ''[[Bionicle]]'', whom shares the [[Andrew Francis|same VA]] as Shining Armor.
* [[Affectionate Gesture to the Head]]:
** Shining Armor gives Twilight an affectionate hoof noogie during the [[Flash Back]] accompanying the "B.B.B.F.F." song.
** Princess Mi Amore Cadenza reaches out with a hoof and strokes Twilight's mane {{spoiler|right before casting the fire circle and sending her under the castle}}.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: How Princess Mi Amore Cadenza acts. {{spoiler|But it's not her.}}
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* [[Behind the Black|Behind the Purple]]: While Twilight and her friends are gathered around a table, Applejack peeks over Twilight's head so she can be seen... by the camera.
* [[Best Woman|Best Mare]]: Shining Armor asks Twilight to be this. {{spoiler|Until she accuses the bride of being evil}}.
* [[Bridezilla]]: Mi Amore Cadenza acts like this, and Rarity theories it's due to the wedding planning pressure. {{spoiler|She did want her day to be perfect, but she was also literally not herself.}}
* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Twilight's first reaction to being told her brother is marrying Cadence is nothing more than absolute glee that her childhood friend and the "best foalsitter ever" is marrying her brother. Then she sees the [[Jerkass]] Cadence has become {{spoiler|(or seemed to)}}. {{spoiler|In the end, thanks to Impostor Cadence, she ends up becoming this in everyone else's eyes to some degree.}}
* [[Call Back]]:
** Applejack is the caterer for the wedding like she was for the Summer Sun Festival in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|the very first episode.]]
** Fluttershy's [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|bird]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E5 Griffon the Brush Off|choir]] makes a return.
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** Rainbow Dash is called to perform her [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E16 Sonic Rainboom|Sonic Rainboom.]]
** Pinkie plays the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E10 Swarm of the Century|Parasprite Polka]] while demonstrating to Mi Amore Cadenza.
*** She was using it to portray The Chicken Dance, an old wedding tradition in some circles.
** We see that force field that Twilight conjured [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E23 Ponyville Confidential|in "Ponyville Confidential'']] except this time Shining Armor's the one who made it. (Maybe she learned the spell from her big brother.) The [[Anti-Magic]] bubble from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E2 The Return of Harmony Part 2|"The Return of Harmony Part 2"]] also looked the same.
** Twilight does her joyful jumping around thing both as a filly and an adult, like she did in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E23 The Cutie Mark Chronicles|''The Cutie Mark Chronicles'']].
** The [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E3 Lesson Zero|Smarty Pants doll]] makes a brief reappearance in Twilight's flashback to Cadence. Twilight is pulling Smarty Pants out of a toy chest with her magic just before Cadence walks into the room. When Twilight sees Cadence, she drops Smarty Pants to get a hug. Smarty Pants is even seen with her quill and notebook!
** In the same scene, near the roof is a kite exactly like the one Apple Bloom tried to learn to fly in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E12 Call of the Cutie|Call of the Cutie]].
** Call Back to "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E14 Suited for Success|Suited For Success]]", possibly mixed with [[Character Development]]. This time Rainbow Dash is able to articulate what she doesn't like about her dress and how it can be improved, and Rarity is more pleasant about making changes to it.
* [[The Cameo]]: Luna appears several times throughout the two-parter, though she has no bearing on the plot.
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** [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Princess Cadence's full name is Mi Amore Cadenza, which is like "my love cadence" in a mix of Italian and Spanish.<ref>It would be "Il mio amore Cadenza" in Italian, and "Mi Amor Cadencia" in Spanish.</ref> This is fitting given her cutie mark and special talent.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Yep, [[Running Gag|they do it again]] with the happy theme music at the end first half of a two-parter.
* [[Musical Spoiler]]: B.B.B.F.F. has a subtle but major one which could only be spotted by people well-versed in musical theory. {{spoiler|[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/day-arias-hidden-meaning.html The song ends with a chord progression known as a Deceptive Cadence]}}. Confirmed by [[Word of God|Word of Composer]].
* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits|My Brother Is Off Limits]]: Everyone else thinks Twilight is just doing this trope and being jealous, whereas she thinks she has reason to think there's something badly wrong with the bride. The viewer may well be able to see in advance that Twilight is {{spoiler|right, even if there is probably a ''little bit'' of this trope there too}}.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Twilight after everyone walks out on her and she thinks she messed up. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, this time she was ''right''.}}
* [[Nice Hat]]: The Mane Six's hats -- both in the episode(s) and in promotional material (see, for example, the [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/03/updated-billboard-size-more-parody.html billboard image]).
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* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: Celestia's looking worried [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E1 The Return of Harmony Part 1|again]]? We're doomed.
* [[Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure]]: The episode ends with every last one of Twilight Sparkle's friends -- and her ''mentor!'' -- on the outs with her. Luckily, the status quo is back to normal almost as soon as the second part begins.
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* [[Villain Ball]]: What chance would have Twilight -- despodent, regretful, not believed by anyone -- had to {{spoiler|ruin the imminent invasion}} if the villain had just left her alone instead of acting against her? Almost certainly not as much as now.
* [[Walking Spoiler]]: {{spoiler|The impostor Cadence, or if you prefer, Queen Chrysalis of the Changelings, since this is revealed in part 2.}}
* [[Wedding Day]]: Shining Armor to Princess Cadence.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?|What The Hay, Hero?]]: Twilight gets quite a heavy one at the end of the episode by Shining Armor after she accuses Cadence of being evil on bases he can easily counter, and sends her out crying.
* [[Wham! Line]]:
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