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* [[Big Eater]]: The parasprites, to the point where magically ruining their appetite for food will cause them to go after objects and buildings instead.

* [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]: Pinkie Pie, of all ponies, was the only one in Ponyville who knew of the parasprites, and how best to get rid of them.

* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Everyone's first impression (except for Pinkie Pie and Zecora) of the parasprites is to fawn over their adorableness. Even Rainbow Dash goes all girly, basically the only time ever.

* [[Distracting Disambiguation]]:

{{quote| '''Twilight Sparkle:''' Will you forget about your silly instruments for one second? You're ruining our efforts to save Ponyville.<br />

** Rarity deserves special mention as well; not only does she not seem particularly freaked out to have so many in her house all of a sudden (although, we never actually ''see'' her waking up to them like we did the others) she somehow even gets them to start helping her around the shop. She only stops liking them when she finds out exactly ''[[Vomit Indiscretion Shot|how]]'' [[Eye Scream|they]] [[Explosive Breeder|multiply]].

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Celestia at the end seems to know just what the little winged fuzzballs are, and concludes that Ponyville isn't exactly in presentable form at the moment, so she thanks them for the "parade" and extricates the town from the visit by claiming that she's needed elsewhere to deal with an "infestation".

* [[Hand or Object Underwear]]: The parasprites seem to form this briefly on Rainbow Dash when they cling to her body. [[Lampshaded]] by the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPqjKk_xCo "Equestria Girls"] commercial.

* [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Horde Of Impossibly Cute Locusts]]

* [[Losing Horns]]: At the end of the episode, courtesy of Pinkie Pie.

* [[Magical Negro]]: Subverted. Twilight visits the African-themed zebra Zecora for advice. Zecora quickly identifies the name of the troublesome species and, just when it seems like she will reveal a key bit of ancient tribal wisdom, she tells Twilight "...you're doomed." Though since Zecora lives in Everfree Forest, it does make sense to visit her for advice in dealing with something that came from there.

** And Fluttershy holding onto just ''one'' of the parasprites while Applejack is leading the others out of Ponyville with a cartload of apples. As soon as she opens the door a ''tidal wave of parasprites come out of her house''.

** And Rainbow Dash's tornado seems like an effective way to control the parasprites, but Pinkie shows up at the wrong time with a pair of cymbals, which get sucked up and behave as flying buzzsaws, causing Dash to lose control. This in turn results in the tornado flinging the Parasprites ''right into Ponyville''.

* [[The Pratfall]]: When Twilight disturbs Zecora's meditation, the latter falls on her plot. She's so annoyed she forgets to rhyme.

** Maybe it rhymed with something she said before we arrived.

* [[Riddle for The Ages]]: How does Pinkie know about Parasprites?

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: The Parasprites.

* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The parasprites reduce Ponyville to this.

* [[Shout Out]]:

** The Parasprites start multiplying in numbers when Spike [[Gremlins|feeds one after midnight.]]

** And this line:

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