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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: [[In-Universe]] examples include several characters are different from their toy and UK canon counterparts. Most noticeable is Wind Whistler - [[The Spock]] in the cartoon but [[The Ditz]] everywhere else.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: Of ''four'' toylines.
* [[Animated Anthology]]: There were two episodes per airing, and four intellectual properties showcased.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: The ''My little Pony'', ''Glo Friends'', and ''Mondreamers'' segments showcased every delicious flavor of this trope to the point where it crossed right into [[The World Is Always Doomed]].
* [[The Eighties]]: Perhaps a no brainer, but in truth you will be hard pressed to find a more ''80s'' show than this.
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* [[And I Must Scream]]: Ponies are turned into glass, ice, and stone.
* [[Animated Anthology]]: Like whoa.
* [[Anything That Moves]]:
** Prince Charming (a ''human''), flirts with human ''and Pony'' alike (bringing a new level to [[Furry Confusion]]). The thing is, Heart Throb [[Interspecies Romance|reciprocates...]]
** Prince Charming was THE Prince Charming from the books, and he was only acting in character, while Heart Throb was a hopeless romantic living her lifelong dream. After a while, both of them realize that the situation is awkward and politely call it quits.
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* [[For Science!]]: The Gizmonks from "The Great Rainbow Caper". Even ''they'' don't know what some of their inventions do.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: In-universe example, when [[The Spock|Wind Whistler]] invokes this trope for a [[Story Within a Story]] in ''Crunch the Rockdog'':
{{quote|Wind Whistler: "Why would Valentine's friend [[Riding Into the Sunset|gallop away at sunset?]]"
Paradise: "Huh?"
Wind Whistler: "It is illogical to begin a long journey just as the sun is setting." }}
* [[Furry Confusion]]: Zeb in "Bright Lights" is a pretty jarring presence, given that he's the only fully-anthro, fully-clothed biped among the equine characters. Though we will admit, he's also the only zebra we ever see on the show.
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: A [[Geodesic Cast|rotating cast]], due to the need to promote as many toys as possible. "The Return of Tambelon" [[Crowded Cast Shot|tries to squeeze them all in]], and thus features more than forty characters in forty minutes.
* [[Loads and Loads of Races]]: Between humans, five different pony species, grundles, bushwoolies, and others, the TV specials and movie had already started this trend. The cartoon kept it up - every other episode, the protagonists encountered members of a previously unmentioned race.
* [[Missing Episode|Missing Song]]: "The Glass Princess" originally contained the song "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131110002935/http://www.kimsites.net/dreamvalley/songs86-2.html#hurry Hurry]", which has not released or repeated since 1986. Even within fan circles, only an audio copy and lyrics are known to exist. So unless it was simply cut for time, what on earth warranted its censorship?
* [[Magical Land]]: Ponyland
* [[Moral Dissonance]]: In "The End of Flutter Valley", [[Inept Mage]] Draggle is depressed because she can't do evil magic right. The Ponies promise to teach her some good Pony magic if she'll set them free. After seeing some demonstrations via song, Draggle agrees to let them out...and they trap her in a net and wander off.
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** The only exception being one of the four episodes comprising the [[Darkest Hour|Return of Tambelon]] arc. An awkward break between scenes suggests a song ''was'' planned - but with so much going on, there was no time left for it.
* [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman]]: ''The Glass Princess'' did this for Shady. The writers were known to go out of their way to try to justify's Shady's existance. Over the course o the show, she is shown to be clumsy, terrible at sports, not all that bright, not very brave, and more of place holder on whatever she was in than any actual help. Yet despite the presence of Gusty, Magic Star, and [[The Ace|Megan]], she's the one who saved the day.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]:
** The Ponies themselves! Not once do any of the one-off characters wandering into Dream Valley/Ponyland say anything to the effect of, "Holy crap, Unicorns are real?"
** It's been shown that the rest of the world of Dream Valley is just as full of (semi) anthropomorphic animals, bizarre monsters, and magical artifacts. To them, the place is pretty normal. Megan, who's from Earth, was caught off guard the first time she met a talking, flying pony, but she adapted quickly. And she told her siblings about them, so they were prepared when they met the ponies... Though the fact they ''believed'' her stories is its own oddity...
* [[Vain Sorceress]]: Porcina from "The Glass Princess".
* [[Villain Song]]: Quite a few. The best ones are probably "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" from "The Ghost of Paradise Estate" (which is a borderline [[Disney Acid Sequence]] given the way Squirk uses his dark magic), the excellent [[Nightmare Retardant]] "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131110002935/http://www.kimsites.net/dreamvalley/songs86-2.html#nothing_quite_like_shadows There's Nothing Quite Like Shadows]" from "Bright Lights" (just reading the lyrics should do), and "Here's to Power" from "The Quest of the Princess Ponies".
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: The unicorns' [[Useless Superpowers|teleportation abilities]] would be a whole lot more useful if they could "wink" through walls. Or cages. Or ''nets''. And yet they have no problem [[Game Breaker|using it while playing tag]].
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]:
** Pegasi can fly. Unicorns teleport and each have a unique [[Elemental Powers|elemental]] or [[Psychic Powers|psychic]] power. Earth Ponies... can run and jump real well. And occasionally bake. With hooves.
** The Flutter Ponies once mentioned, while grounded, that they weren't great runners, so it could be useful under the right circumstances.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Poor Gusty. She's the most combat oriented of the ponies, so course in order to show that the villlains mean business, something bad must happen to her, and it always does.
* [[The World Is Always Doomed]]:
** The possibility that dark magic may render Dream Valley uninhabitable crops up ''nine times'' in twenty-eight stories.
** Additionally, those were most of the multi-episode stories, so they represent the bulk of the episodes.
* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]: Not as bad as the specials, but when there are villains, they take the scare factor [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Draggle. While both Draggle and Reeka are disappointments to their mother, Draggle is clearly shown to be the least favorite due to her [[Ambiguous Disorder|struggles]] with magic and her [[Moe|sensitivity]]. At one point, Hydia exclaims, "There are plenty of other witches! Why did I have to get Draggle?"
* [[The Voiceless]]:
** Sundance. Like many other characters, her voice actress from The Movie did not return for the TV series. Unlike the other characters, they never cast anyone to replace her! And thus Sundance appears in dozens of episodes without saying a word.
** Also the Flutter Pony Lily.
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* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Glo Bashfulbug. She has an attraction to Glo Bug, but never knows how to say it.
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: Much like the ''Pony'' segments, any conflict that wasn't solved in ten minutes ended with one of these. Though, the ''Glo Friends'' cliff hangers actually tended to be less severe than the former's.
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* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Glo Butterfly believes she can cast magic, but all her "tricks" are this trope.
* [[Cowardly Lion]]: Glo Bashfulbug. Her "lack" of courage borders on [[Informed Attribute]].
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* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Most of the names of the Glo Friends were indicative of their personality traits.
* [[Fantastic Light Source]]: The Glo Friends, themselves, and both the Red Ant Army and the Moligans want to use this fact to their advantage.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: The Glo Wees. They ever have a book that allows them to communicate with nature.
* [[Furry Confusion]]: So, we have the Glo Friends and Moligans, who wear clothes, and various [[Talking Animal|talking animals]] that don't. Huh.
* [[Getting the Boot]]: The method by which the Moligans are banished by King Mole.
* [[Gold Fever]]: The Moligan's motive, pretty much. It's bad enough that they're willing to harm innocent creatures and the environment to get it, too.
** This applies to Driver and his Red Any Army, too.
* [[Good Morning, Crono]]: Any episode involving the ever-lazy Glo Bedbug.
* [[Grumpy Bear]]: Glo Snail.
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: Glo Bedbug, should not come as no surprise.
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* [[Saving Christmas]]: The plot of a rare TV special ''The Glo Friends Save Christmas'', which actually predated the series. Can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvAMVf4j6OY here].
** The Glo Friends had to free Santa from the clutches of an evil witch named Blanche.
* [[The Storyteller]]: Glo Grannybug.
* [[Strong Ants]]: The Red Ant Army.
* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: Excavator, who is pretty much the only genuinely intelligent Moligan.
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