My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E17 Hearts and Hooves Day: Difference between revisions

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[[File:vlc-2012-02-11-16h15m06s194_7308.png|frame|They look adorable together, right? [[Sickeningly Sweethearts|But then]] [[Tastes Like Diabetes|they start talking...]]]]

''Are you talking about my brother?'' }}

 

 

Hearts and Hooves Day has come to Ponyville, a day for ponies to let their loved ones (be they friends, family, or significant others) know how much they mean to each other. The Cutie Mark Crusaders offer their teacher Cheerilee a huge, lavishly decorated paper heart the size of a rug, and in return discover that Cheerilee doesn't have a "very special somepony" to share the day with. According to Apple Bloom, a mare as wonderful as Miss Cheerilee clearly deserves to have somepony special in her life, and Sweetie Belle gets the idea for the Crusaders to go find him. One musical montage later, they've narrowed down the list of eligible bachelors to one: Apple Bloom's older brother, Big Macintosh.

* [[Alternate Animal Affection]]: Rubbing noses.

* [[Anticlimax]]: On the first attempt by the CMC to hitch Cheerilee and Big Macintosh, the fillies wait in a nearby bush, getting more excited by the moment, as the two get closer, and closer, and Cheerilee looks deep into Big Mac's eyes, and then utters...

'''Sweetie Belle''': (popping up out of hiding) '''OH, COME ON!''' }}

* [[Ass Kicks You]]: About a minute into the CMC's song, Sweetie Belle bounces into Scootaloo.

* [[Cringe Comedy]]: Boy, and ''how.''

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Cheerilee is this when she responds to the CMCs' tree identification "question".

* [[Deconstruction]]: The whole episode is basically one gigantic Deconstruction of [[Shipping]], or [[Romance Novel|Romance Novels]] altogether.

* [[Disco Dan]]: One pony has an open jacket showing his [[Carpet of Virility]] and a disco ball cutie mark.

* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]: [[In-Universe]]. The CMCs are disgusted by Big Mac and Cheerilee's displays of affection.

* [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]: The Crusaders' song is something like this, with them going around town rejecting various stallions (and one colt) for various reasons.

(His ''girlfriend'' sure thinks so!) }}

* [[Team Rocket Wins|The Cutie Mark Crusaders Win]]: Subverted in that they do get Big Macintosh and Cheerilee together, but now [[Gone Horribly Right|breaking the love potion's hold on them]] is the crux of the episode. {{spoiler|[[Double Subverted]] when they manage to pull that off too without any of The Mane Cast intervening.}}