History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion

[[caption-width-right:350:Can you name everypony?]]

* HardWorkMontage[=/=]MusicalChores: ''[[EarWorm Raise this barn, raise this barn, 1, 2, 3, 4!]]''

** Granny Smith's UnusualEuphemism "feathers on a goat" is a reference to ''Goat-Feathers'' by Ellis Parker Butler

** Onces again, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applejack is a]] [[MythologyGag silly pony]].

!!Tropes present in this episode: [[YMMV/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion YMMV tropes here.]]

* WritersCannotDoMath: Granny Smith states that the last Apple family reunion was 100 moons ago. Since the phrase "moon" refers to a complete 28 day lunar cycle that would mean the last reunion was 2800 days (7.66 years) ago. But we saw the Apple family reunion in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon pilot episode.]] So either its been seven years since Twilight first came to Ponyville or Equestria has a weird lunar cycle or Applejack mixed up the reason why her family was there in the pilot episode as she was overworked when she told Twilight about this and they were there for some other event.
** If lunar quarters - waxing, full, waning, new - are reckoned as separate "moons", then that would be just over two years, which would make the episode timing spot on. Of course, then the ponies would be calling their weeks "months", since month is a cognate, and this conflicts with temporal terminology used in other episodes.
** Or maybe they just mean 'nights'?

* BreatherEpisode: This episode is much LighterAndSofter than most of the episodes in season three that aired prior to it, especially the "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 Crystal]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E2TheCrystalEmpirePart2 Empire]]" storyline.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the episodes in season three that aired prior to it, especially the "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 Crystal]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E2TheCrystalEmpirePart2 Empire]]" storyline.

'''Big [=McIntosh=]:''' Eeyup.

'''Big [=McIntosh=]:''' ''(looking in the distance)'' Eeyup.\\

* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Naturally. Wherever there are Apples, there are going to be a wide range of these, including [[AllThereInTheScript Apple Dumpling and Apple Leaves]], the two MinnesotaNice ponies making apple fritters.

* AmericanAccents: Naturally. Wherever there are Apples, there are going to be a wide range of these, including [[AllThereInTheScript Apple Dumpling and Apple Leaves]], the two MinnesotaNice ponies making apple fritters.

* ObstacleCourse: Applejack extends the seven-legged race into a full-fledged one.

* OncePerSeason: Applejack's barn is destroyed.

* [[CoolOldLady Cool Old Mare]]: Granny Smith, as usual, and now her cousin Apple Rose as well!

* [[OnceAnEpisode Once a Season]]: Applejack's barn is destroyed.

* UnusualEuphemism: Granny Smith lets loose with one when she gets frustrated with the quilt in a flashback:

** Applejack proclaims, "[[LarryTheCableGuy Git 'er done!]]"

** It might be a coincidence, but the title is similar to [[TheAddamsFamily Addams Family Reunion]].

* CallBack: [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple Babs Seed]] is in a new school (which, considering the bullying she went through, is a relief), and she's making progress on that Manehattan branch of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

** Similarly, [[AllThereInTheScript Cherry Berry]], Cloudchaser, [[FanNickname Dizzy Twister]], [[FanNickname Flounder]], [[AllThereInTheScript Golden Harvest]]/[[AllThereInTheScript Carrot Top]], [[FanNickname Green Gem]], Mr. Greenhooves, [[FanNickname Helia]], [[AllThereInTheScript Lucky Clover]], [[AllThereInTheScript Meadow Song]], [[AllThereInTheScript Shoeshine]], and [[AllThereInTheScript Sweetie Drops]]/[[AllThereInTheScript Bon Bon]] can be seen in one or two frames. That said, they could be easily be family friends, in-laws, or even just wanting to know what's going on with the music, and unlike Hayseed Turnip Truck, none of them are included in the family photo.

* CallBack:

** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple Babs Seed]] is in a new school (which, considering the bullying she went through, is a relief), and she's making progress on that Manehattan branch of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Remember when Granny Smith didn't speak in coherent sentences and could hardly move? Here she's sharp as a knife mentally and does a lot of physical labor without any visible complications. Maybe she finally got that hip replaced.
* CoolAirship: Three of the Apples arrive in one.
* [[CoolOldLady Cool Old Mare]]: Granny Smith, as usual, and now her cousin Apple Rose as well!
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Apple Bloom's pleased as punch that every RSVP came back to affirm they will be there. AJ and Granny are more than a bit worried.
* ContinuityCavalcade: Nearly single Apple family member we've been introduced to thus far in the series appears, from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Apple Fritter]] to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Braeburn]] to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E11FamilyAppreciationDay Uncle Strudel]] to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple Babs Seed]], and more. As a bonus, we're introduced to [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters even more Apples]]!

* ToiletHumor: Pinkie Pie burping up that be after she drank honey (Which, can't be drank).