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[[File:Friendship-Is-Magic-2_6074.jpg|frame|You haven't seen the last of Nightmare Moon! {{spoiler|[[My Friends and Zoidberg|And Princess Luna.]]}}]]

 

'''Nightmare Moon:''' You're kidding. You're kidding, right? }}

 

 

...But as Twilight hears her friends coming to her rescue, she has an epiphany and the seemingly-destroyed elements activate. As Twilight explains to a baffled Nightmare Moon, [[It Was With You All Along|the real power of the elements was within her five friends]] and her realizing just how much they meant to her was the "spark" needed to awaken the Sixth Element, Magic. With the combined powers of the Elements of Harmony, they make swift work of Nightmare Moon.

 

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: [[Fan Nickname|Steven Magnet]], the sea serpent who throws a ''complete'' hissy fit because half his mustache gets cut off.

* [[Aside Glance]]: While Rarity is talking about having just cut off her own tail, Pinkie Pie turns her eyes briefly in the direction of the camera.

* [[Battle Interrupting Shout]]: Fluttershy stops her friends from fighting the manticore with a shout of "WAIT!"

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Twilight seems to cross this when Nightmare Moon smashes the Elements Of Harmony, the only thing capable of defeating her, right in front of the poor girl. Thank goodness Twilight's friends showed up...}}

* [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]]: Nightmare Moon would have gotten away with the Elements scot-free if she would have just stopped trying to trip up the Mane Six.

* [[Easily Forgiven]]: After ''one thousand years'', a bit of magic and one "I'm sorry" are enough to {{spoiler|reconcile Princess Luna.}} Not too surprising considering ''she'' was the one who spent that time imprisoned which Celestia can't have wanted but was forced to do; [[Word of God]] states something was {{spoiler|corrupting Luna}} and the corruption seems to be finally driven out when (as mentioned in [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E1 The Return of Harmony Part 1|another episode]]) the heroines activate the full potential of the Elements.

** Keep in mind that the first thing that Nightmare Moon wanted to do when she returned was to cause a second ice age for the entire planet. If she suceeded in doing THAT even if NM was somehow expunged from her afterwards she would be the only pony left in the entire world. Luna is smart enough to understand why Celestia did what she had to do and, if their positions were reversed, would've been forced to do the same.

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: Friendship is magic. ''Devastatingly powerful'' magic.

* [[Face Your Fears]]: The message of Pinkie Pie's song.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: For every Element Twilight lists off, the camera centers on the pony that represents it.

* [[Friend or Idol Decision]]/[[Leave Your Quest Test]]: Nightmare Moon forces this on Rainbow Dash...unsuccessfully because Rainbow Dash isn't a ''[[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|complete]]'' [[Jerkass]].

* [[Hidden Depths]]: The quest for the Elements Of Harmony reveals these in the group to Twilight Sparkle and the audience.

* [[High Fantasy]]: Only this first story out of the whole series and the first episode still consisted largely of a kind of social comedy. Not counting that part, the story is like freaking ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' in half an hour. With ponies.

* [[Hope Spot]]: Twilight manages to feint her way past Nightmare Moon and seemingly activates the Elements Of Harmony with her magic. {{spoiler|Then Nightmare Moon crushes it and the Elements to bits.}}

* [[Human Traffic Jam|Pony Traffic Jam]]: When Pinkie Pie stops abruptly in front of the agitated river.

* [[I Choose to Stay]]: After making friends in Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle doesn't want to go back to Canterlot. Luckily for her, Princess Celestia is more than supportive about her decision.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: The rainbow-colored beam produced by the Elements of Harmony seems to be a nod to the Rainbow of Light from the G1 special "Rescue from Castle Midnight".

** In "Rescue from Castle Midnight", the ponies have to cross a raging river and a rickety bridge to get to a castle.

* [[Nice Job Guiding Us Hero]]: Nightmare Moon allows the group to discover the location of the Elements Of Harmony for her by waiting and watching outside their window.

* [[The Night That Never Ends]]

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