History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E6PowerPonies

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* PoppingButtons: Fluttershy's flower necklace snaps when she [[HulkingOut hulks out]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Defied. Fluttershy/Saddle Rager walks away from fighting against Mane-iac under the assumption that her friends have it under control but Spike stops her.

* MagicalAccessory: Rarity and Rainbow Dash get their powers from a bracelet and necklace, respectively.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Mane-iac is beaten by her own doomsday weapon, and some of her {{mook}}s fall prey to the Hairspray Ray of Doom when it's knocked over.

* ScrewThisImOuttahere: Defied. Fluttershy/Saddle Rager walks away from fighting against Mane-iac under the assumption that her friends have it under control but Spike stops her.

He sneaks his way into the factory, where the Power Ponies are being kept frozen in a cage by a steady dose of the Hairspray Ray of Doom. The Mane-iac reveals she intends to use the Electro-Orb to power a doomsday weapon that will amplify the power of her mane, releasing a blast that will cause everypony's mane in Maretropolis to grow wild. Fluttershy points out that Spike is still free, which the Mane-iac laughs off, once again calling him useless. Twilight, however, says that in their world, Spike always comes through when they need him. Overhearing, Spike is touched, and manages to find it in himself to distract the Mane-iac long enough to free the Power Ponies from the Hairspray Ray of Doom. As they dispatch more of the Mane-iac's {{Mook}}s, the Mane-iac readies her doomsday weapon at Fluttershy, swatting away a firefly from her line of sight. That causes the animal-loving Fluttershy to finally [[HulkingOut get angry]], blasting the Mane-iac with her own weapon, tying her up in her own mane with Fluttershy smashing the weapon to pieces.

With the Mane-iac defeated, the Mane Cast are transported back to Equestria. Spike says he's learned that you don't need superpowers to be a superhero, or to be a super friend. When asked how a comic book could have sucked them all in, Spike reveals he bought the comic from the House of Enchanted Comics in Canterlot, thinking the "enchanted" part was just a name. As the Mane Cast walk away, the comic vanishes from the mantle behind their backs.

* AttackReflector: The beam from the Mane-iac's superweapon just bounces back of Saddle Rager once Hulked Out.

* HulkingOut: Fluttershy/Saddle Rager has this power.

** Rarity's [[Franchise/GreenLantern constructs]] being ''pink'' also alludes to the Star Sapphire Corps or [[Franchise/{{Ben 10}} Gwen Tennyson]].

* StealthPun: Applejack is perfect for wielding a glowing lasso: Wonder Woman's Golden Lasso makes anyone it lassos or holds tell the absolute truth.

* SuperheroEpisode: The second one, after [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell "The Mysterious Mare Do Well"]], though this one is more explicitly so with the costumes and the city being called [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Maretropolis]]. The characters even have superpowers based on things they can do anyway: Twilight has earlier used beam attacks, Pinkie Pie always moves at arbitrarily high speeds, Applejack is already a champion with lassos and throwing horseshoes, weather control is Rainbow Dash's day job, Fluttershy can ''intimidate'' a dragon when she's angered, and Rarity is an established artist/designer who gets on a roll when inspired.

* SuperStrength: Saddle Rager's power once Hulked Out, of course. She utterly trashes the Mane-iac's superweapon, tearing off metal like it is paper.

* YouAllLookFamiliar: Aside from a few unique designs, all of Mane-iac's henchmen have the same design.

* DeepImmersionGaming: [=LARPing=] superheroes in a pocket dimension made to resemble "Maretropolis" from the comic book.

* MythologyGag: This isn't the first time Pinkie Pie [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls (or at least a version of her)]] has decided to clean the floor with her head.

* PieInTheFace: Pinkie does this when fighting mooks, twice.

* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: The first indication of Fluttershy's HulkingOut.

* PrehensileHair: The Mane-iac's a mane and tail act like multiple [[CombatTentacles tentacle-like limbs]], a power very likely inspired by Franchise/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s Medusa of ComicBook/FantasticFour and ComicBook/TheInhumans, who takes her cues from Medusa in Myth/ClassicalMythology.

* GenreSavvy:
** In the fictional world, however, his knowledge is sound. Spike knows he's the PluckyComicRelief sidekick in the story and frequently lampshades the fact. Also, he clearly knows his comics and helps the Mane Six figure out their abilities as the Power Ponies.
** To a lesser degree, Pinkie Pie is the first to really figure out [[SuperSpeed her super powers]], which makes sense, since this isn't the first time Pinkie has used super speed.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Mane-iac periodically reapplies the power nullifying hairspray rather than just using it once and leaving the Power Ponies to their own devices. She's still GenreBlind enough to not bother capturing the underestimated sidekick, though.

-->'''Applejack:''' Time to Power Pony Up!\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Oh, nice catchphrase.

-->'''Applejack:''' Time to Power Ponies Up!\\

* LoserFriendPuzzlesOutsiders: Mane-iac mocks Spike, saying that the only reason the others keep him around is that they feel sorry for him. Twilight instantly launches into a ShutUpHannibal speech, declaring that telling her that even if they don't always need Spike's help they have faith that he'll save them all, since he always comes through for them.

* ButtonPopping: Fluttershy's flower necklace snaps when she [[HulkingOut hulks out]].

* DeepImmersionGaming: LARPing superheroes in a pocket dimension made to resemble "Maretropolis" from the comic book.

* TrappedInTVLand: The Mane Six and Spike are sucked into a [[PortalBook comic book world]].

* VillainBall: The Mane-iac's plan falls apart because [[SuicidalOverconfidence she was cocky enough of Humdrum's uselessness to just let him go]].

** Fluttershy/Saddle Rager is very similar to SelfDemonstrating/TheIncredibleHulk.

* BrickJoke: Arguably with "Putting Your Hoof Down", in which we see what happens when Fluttershy loses her temper. When she's realized she becomes a monster, she's shown walked to her cottage to a piano bit similar to ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' ending credits. This episode is a natural extension of that.

[[caption-width-right:350:The Power Ponies in all their glory. Humdrum/Spike isn't in this pic, but so what? [[TemptingFate He's useless anyway]].[[labelnote:note]]In the comic universe, from left to right: Saddle Rager, The Masked Matter-horn, Mistress Mare-valous, Zapp, Radiance, and Fili-Second[[/labelnote]]]]