History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason

'''Applejack:''' It's what the Apple Family calls harvestin' time.

* PerfectlyCromulentWord: {{Lampshaded}} when Applejack has to explain "[[TitleDrop applebuck season]]' to Twilight.

* PerfectlyCromulentWord: {{Lampshaded}} when Applejack had to explain "[[TitleDrop applebuck season]] to Twilight.

** Twilight gives a quick one when Applejack and Pinkie Pie make faces in the trophy.

* AsideGlance: Twilight and Pinkie stare in the direction of the camera in bafflement after Applejack falls asleep on her hooves.

* ContinuityNod:
** Twilight suggests asking the rest of the Apple clan (last seen in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Mare in the Moon"]]) for help, only for Applejack to explain they were just in town for a family reunion, and are busy working their own farms.
** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster In the previous episode]], Applejack mentioned Big [=McIntosh=] wearing Granny Smith's girdle around town if she and Twilight harvested the apples in time. It's as good an explanation as any for where Big Mac's injuries came from.
** Another possible explanation for Big Mac's injuries is the "Rusty Old Plough" that he was seen straining to pull in the previous episode.

* NoodleIncident: How ''did'' Big [=McIntosh=] hurt himself anyway? We never got into that. Though see ContinuityNod for two likely explanations.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first scene of this episode is the most Big [=McIntosh=] has ever been seen spoken in one place. He would become TheQuietOne later on--this is the only episode where he speaks multiple full sentences without invoking OOCIsSeriousBusiness.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: See Twilight's quote above, but made so much more the better by Tara Strong's rapid-fire delivery.

** In [[ArtisticLicenseBiology Biology]]: [[SomewhereAnEquestrianIsCrying real-life equines cannot throw up]]. If they got to the point where they'd need to, [[FridgeHorror they can ]] ''[[FridgeHorror die]]'' [[FridgeHorror because of it]].

** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster In the previous episode]], Applejack mentioned Big [=McIntosh=] wearing Granny Smith's girdle around town if she and Twilight harvested the apples in time. It's as good an explanation as any for where Big Mac's injuries came from. [[note]] Another one is the "Rusty Old Plough" that Big Mac was seen straining to pull. [[/note]]

* [[{{Facepalm}} Facehoof]]: Twilight does one as Applejack struggles offscreen to tip herself and her cart back over.

* {{Pun}}: Pinkie Pie after Applejack messes up her muffins:
-->'''Nurse:''' It was a mishap with some of the baked goods.\\

* FurryReminder: AJ falls asleep standing up (horses are notorious for this) and neighs when snoring.

* VisualPun: Many of the apple trees have apple-shaped crowns.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Applejack misunderstands every single one of Pinkie Pie's ingredients for the muffins, from "chocolate chips" to "wheat germ".
* MythologyGag: Applejack's G1 namesake was a klutz (the whole "Who's a Silly Pony?" thing comes from a song on a read-along ''My Little Pony'' audiobook released in the UK). The sort of messing up that Applejack does here is exactly the sort of things she would have done.
** The nurse's name (AllThereInTheManual) is Nurse Redheart. The G1 era has a trio of "nurse ponies" who are all called Nurse [Something]heart. Nurse Redheart in particular has Nurse Sweetheart's color scheme. (They're toyline-only, unless Nurse Sweetheart's design being used for teenage main cast member Sweetheart in ''MyLittlePonyTales'' counts.)

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Applejack's misinterpretation of Pinkie Pie's basic muffin recipe, with both "cup of sour" and "wheat worms" serving as squick InUniverse.

* BreakTheMotivationalSpeaker: Twilight gets increasingly frustrated when her speech at Applejack's award ceremony keeps getting interrupted.

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!!Tropes (YMMV items can be found [[YMMV/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason here]]):

''(said after stopping a cattle stampede)''

!!Tropes (YMMV items can be found [[YMMV/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason here]].)

!!Tropes ([[YMMV/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason YMMV items can be found here.]])

!!Tropes ([[YMMV/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason YMMV items can be found here]]).

It's harvest time (AKA [[TitleDrop "Applebuck Season"]]) at Sweet Apple Acres. Unfortunately, Big [=McIntosh=] has injured his back, leaving Applejack as the only pony available to bring in the harvest. When Mac suggests that the job might be more than she can handle, she takes it as a challenge and vows to finish the job by herself... right after she saves the town of Ponyville from a stampede of panicked cattle.

Applejack remains stubborn as ever...up until she thinks she's finished, only for Big [=McIntosh=] to show up and point out that she's only harvested half the trees on the farm. At this point, her body has taken all the abuse it can and she collapses. Upon regaining consciousness, Applejack has finally learned her lesson about not being afraid to ask for help. Indeed she literally begs for her friends' assistance, and all the apples are harvested on time with their help.

** In [[ArtisticLicenseBiology Biology]]: [[SomewhereAnEquestrianIsCrying Real-life equines cannot throw up]]. If they got to the point where they'd need to, [[FridgeHorror they can ]] ''[[FridgeHorror die]]'' [[FridgeHorror because of it]].

* ContinuityNod

* {{Fainting}}

* MythologyGag: Applejack's G1 namesake was a klutz (the whole "Who's a Silly Pony?" thing comes from a song on a read-along ''My Little Pony'' audiobook released in the UK). The sort of messing up that Applejack does here is exactly the sort of things she'd have done.

* PassThePopcorn: Pinkie Pie puts away plenty of popcorn pieces (post-Ponyville's proliferation of panic) during her pal's prompt preservation of the place. (She digs into a bag of popcorn facefirst as she watches Applejack herd the stampeding cattle away from Ponyville.)

* StubbornMule: Twilight calls Applejack this...and then tells an [[RightBehindMe actual]] [[VisualPun mule]] [[PresentCompanyExcluded no offense was meant.]]

* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer

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* {{Squick}}: InUniverse, all the ponies have this reaction to Spiking fishing the "baked bads" out of the trash and eating them.