History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation

*** Justified: We don't know whether they took responsibility for the mess, but they didn't have the magic to undo it. That's why three princesses had to do it.

* FacePalm: Owlowiscious has this reaction in response to Spike's ignorance of the deadly boobytrap he barely survived after taking the spellbook from its' pedestal. Even more impressive in that he used one of his wings to do it while in mid-flight, and still remained airborne.
* {{Facepalm}}: Owlowiscious simulates this with his [[FeatherFingers flight feathers]] when Spike reads the cover page of the book and says "I'm likin' the looks of this one!"

** During the prologue, various pony families are seen together setting up the fair, including [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Thunderlane and Rumbler]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E11FamilyAppreciationDay Diamond Tiara and Filthy Rich]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial Sweetie and her (and Rarity's) parents (without their vacation clothes), and Dinky and Amethyst Star]].

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Robins make their nests out in the open and not in hollowed out trees and therefore don't use birdhouses.

* FacePalm: Owlowiscious has this reaction in response to Spike's ignorance of the deadly boobytrap he barely survived after taking the spellbook from its' pedestal.

* ClownCarBase: While Rarity's "improvements" on the birdhouse make it double in size, the interior is so big that the robin gets lost and it includes a shoe closet and stairwell.

* CreepyDoll: The puppeteer's puppets, or least when he manipulates to shun Rarity.
* CurseEscapeClause: Good thing that the spell has one to undo the hold it had on Rarity.

* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil Detecting Owl]]: Owlowiscious picks up that there's something wrong with the book right off the bat. And of course tries to dissuade Spike from taking it.

* SicklyGreenGlow: The power from the tome produces this color whenever Rarity uses this power.
* SpikesOfVillainy: As if the book hidden behind a fall on a pedestal over a pit weren't suspicious enough, it has these on the cover.

** Twilight also berates spike at the end of the episode for taking the spell book from the castle without asking permission.

* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: The Inspiration Manifestation spell is waaaaaay on the side of romanticism, turning anyone that casts it into a VisionaryVillain. It [[AwesomeButImpractical slurps up any practicality in the vicinity and and transforms it in favor of flashy style.]] Think of [[ThisIndexIsHighlyImprobable any trope with the word "Improbable" in its title,]] and you have anything this spell makes. [[RealityEnsues Except it's ACTUALLY improbable.]] [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowed]] by the opening, where Rarity makes a puppet stand and it's completely unusable by the very puppeteer it's made for. [[FridgeBrilliance So, it actually makes sense]] [[WeaksauceWeakness that a single sentence of]] BrutalHonesty would [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight snap the caster out of it]], since [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids the most loftiest of ideals are more easily subjective to someone pointing out their obvious faults.]]

* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: The Inspiration Manifestation spell is waaaaaay on the side of romanticism, turning anyone that casts it into a VisionaryVillain. It [[AwesomeButImpractical slurps up any practicality in the vicinity and and transforms it in favor of flashy style.]] Think of [[ThisIndexIsHighlyImprobable any trope with the word "Improbable" in its title,]] and you have anything this spell makes. [[RealityEnsues Except it's ACTUALLY improbable.]] [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowed]] by the opening, where Rarity makes a puppet stand and it's completely unusable by the very puppeteer it's made for.

* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: The Inspiration Manifestation spell is waaaaaay on the side of romanticism, turning anyone that casts it into a VisionaryVillain. It [[AwesomeButImpractical slurps up any practicality in the vicinity and and transforms it in favor of flashy style.]] Think of [[ThisIndexIsHighlyImprobable any trope with the word "Improbable" in its title,]] and you have anything this spell makes. [[RealityEnsures Except it's ACTUALLY improbable.]] [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowed]] by the opening, where Rarity makes a puppet stand and it's completely unusable by the very puppeteer it's made for.

*** Gets funnier when you realize he ''ate'' the book and Twilight doesn't even think it worth mentioning.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Twilight.

* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted; even though the spell breaks, the changes still remain. It takes ''three'' princesses all day to reverse everything.

The Ponyville Foal and Filly Fair is almost underway, and Rarity is making a puppet stand with Spike's help. However, her elaborate booth is unappreciated by the puppeteer, who needs a much more practical setup. Distraught, drowns her sorrows in ice cream. Seeking to help, Spike and Owlowiscious search the Castle of the Two Sisters for a spellbook that might be of use, eventually stumbling upon a hidden tome that claims to give an inspiration manifestation. Rarity recites the spell, and is granted the power to manifest her ideas, but with the warning that only true words can free her from its power. Rarity and Spike track down the puppeteer, showing him a much better version of a puppet theater, which he accepts. Spike attempts to return the book, but Rarity decides to keep it, citing its use for her talent.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Robins nest in hollowed out trees and therefore don't use birdhouses.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Robins don't nest in hollowed out trees and therefore don't use birdhouses.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Robins don't nest in hollowed out trees and therefore don't use birdhouses. Possibly justified in that it was Fluttershy asking - the bird probably would have nested upside-down if ''she'' asked nicely enough.

** Another one occurs when Rarity exclaims that she's so excited. Spike's response? [[{{Saved By The Bell}} I'm so scared.]]

** Twilight looking disheveled is vaguely similar to [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Frankie's anger at Wilt at the end of "Squeeze the Day"]].

*** Her being obsessed with a book brings to mind a certain [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans character who had a fling with a man in a book, and how obsessed she was to find out what happened at the end of said book...]]somewhat.

*** As Twilight said, [[SchmuckBait "Never, ever, ever, EVER take another book out of the library at the castle without asking!"]] (Or three magical alicorn princesses might have to spend their entire day cleaning up your mistake. [[AndThatsTerrible Shame on you.]])

* ArtisticLicenseBiology[=/=]SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying: Robins don't nest in hollowed out trees and therefore don't use birdhouses (they also don't eat birdseed either, being strictly insectivorous).