History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver

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--> "Oh! These ponies don't want a party... they want a PAR-''TAY''!"

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "At the Gala," which seamlessly combines a different musical style for each of the mane six.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: When Psychoshy shows up.

** The song between Fluttershy and the meadowlark is straight-up the same melody as Snow White's during her "I'm Wishing" song.
** Fluttershy's attempt to trap a critter and its resulting backfire would land her among the ranks of Elmer Fudd and Wile E. Coyote.
** The˙fruit-based carriage and mice turned into horses is reminiscent of Cinderella.
*** See Genre Savvy above.

** Twilight made a passing mention just before Opal's entrance that the spell only lasts until midnight, as appropriate of her genre stealing... so, they most likely returned to Fluttershy's entourage the next morning...

** Let's see... Celestia's party got cut short by a spectacular case of DisasterDominoes courtesy of Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie knocked her guests out of their starched shirt complacency, her PrinceCharmless of a nephew got a well deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and she got to spend some quality time in a relaxed late-night restaurant with the mane cast. Yup, a winner is Celestia.

At first, things seem to be going all right, and at least somewhat according to what the girls envisioned. However, things quickly go wrong. The partygoers don't appreciate Pinkie's enthusiastic nature; Twilight can't get a chance to really have a conversation with the Princess as the two of them have to greet every single guest; Rarity's object of affection, Prince Blueblood, acts like a complete JerkAss towards her; all the animals in the garden run away from Fluttershy, who grows more and more impatient as they do so; Rainbow Dash gets to hang out with the VIP crowd thanks to the Wonderbolts recognizing her, but can't get a moment to talk to them; and Applejack ends up making only one sale after about an hour at the Gala. Determined, however, the ponies pledge to make it the "best night ever".

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: It seems that Ashleigh Ball has some trouble singing in Applejack's voice, instead she uses her own singing voice and puts a slight accent on the lyrics that are more spoken than sung. Rainbow Dash isn't immune to this either as her voice loses some of its usual rasp altough it's barely noticable.

At first, things seem to be going all right, and at least somewhat according to what the girls envisioned. However, things quickly go wrong. The partygoers don't appreciate Pinkie's enthusiastic nature; Twilight can't get a chance to really have a conversation with the Princess as the two of them have to greet every single guest; Rarity's object of affection, Prince Blueblood, acts like a complete JerkAss towards her; All the animals in the garden run away from Fluttershy, who grows more and more impatient as they do so; Rainbow Dash gets to hang out with the VIP crowd thanks to the Wonderbolts recognizing her, but can't get a moment to talk to them; and Applejack ends up making only one sale after about an hour at the Gala. Determined, however, the ponies keep trying to make it the "best night ever".

-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' ...No!...\\

-->'''Rarity:''' ...I've waited all my life...\\

* GoneHorriblyRight: Princess Celestia invited the main cast in hopes that they'd liven up the Gala; they prove so lively that the Gala is destroyed by their antics. Played with in that Celestia still considers this an improvement over how the Gala would have gone without them.

The girls meet up with Spike, [[DrunkOnMalts who's been drowning his sorrows in fried pastry and sprinkles at a local doughnut shop]]. They all relate what went wrong with their night over a plate of doughnuts, and agree that it was the worst night ever. Just then, Celestia arrives in the shop, thanking the ponies for making it the best Gala ever. Turns out the Gala's always a boring, horrible event, and Celestia invited the six in hopes that they would liven things up a bit, although the chaos that followed wasn't exactly what they had in mind. The episode ends with Twilight realizing that friends can make even the worst situations seem that much better.

* DrowningMySorrows[=/=]DrunkOnMalts: Spike does this with doughnuts. It even comes complete with an IllTellYouWhenIveHadEnough exchange.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Fluttershy going nuts.

* SpontaneousChoreography: On part of everyone during "At the Gala."

* TruckDriversGearChange: "Pony Pokey," before each of the second through fifth verses.

** Pinkie's [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles straight hair makes an appearance, but poofs up again because she's happy]].