History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1

** Doubles as a RewatchBonus for [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 the series premiere]], but the spell Starlight uses to immobilize Rainbow Dash the first time she changes the timeline is the same spell she used to immobilize Twilight so she could take her cutie mark.

* AdultsAreUseless: Apparently there are ''no camp councilor ponies'' at flight camp since nopony seems to take it seriously that there are some strange ponies on the premises harassing the campers.

* DreamCrushingHandicap: No rainboom means Twilight is certain she has one.

* LogicBomb: Twilight finds herself in a conundrum when trying to talk the bullies back into teasing Fluttershy.

* NecessarilyEvil: The bullies' teasing of Fluttershy was the critical motivation for Rainbow Dash to challenge them to a race, without which the Sonic Rainboom would never have happened. Starlight [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy realizes this]] and prevents it by [[ManipulativeBastard encouraging the bullies to be nice]] the second time she, Twilight, and Spike travel back through the time spell.

** Sombra is once again a [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Sauron]]-style PresentAbsence whose peak villainy is only discussed by others and/or shown via flashback.

** Sombra is once again a [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Sauron]]-style PresentAbsence who's peak villainy is only discussed by others and/or shown via flashback.

** Sombra is once again a [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Sauron]]-style PresentAbsence villain who's peak villainy is only mentioned and/or shown via flashback.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Unlike the past 2-parters, this is focused entirely on Twilight - her friends have less screentime than herself.

* BigGulp: At the very end of the episode, Twilight gets one when threatened by the resistance ponies thinking she's a Changeling.

** As Twilight and Spike comes back to Ponyville after the lecture, they summarize the season premiere and mention lots of information about Starlight Glimmer. Sure, Spike wasn't there, but from what he knows he was told the whole story in detail already, so this is mostly to refresh the viewers' memories.
** Spike does it again upon arriving on Cloudsdale, recapping Rainbow Dash's story from "The Cutie Marks Chronicles".

* AsYouKnow: As Twilight and Spike comes back to Ponyville after the lecture, they summarize the season premiere and mention lots of information about Starlight Glimmer. Sure, Spike wasn't there, but from what he knows he was told the whole story in detail already, so this is mostly to refresh the viewers' memories.

!! Continued in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 "The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2"]].

** Rainbow Dash's cutie mark story in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles "The Cutie Mark Chronicles"]] is revisited here, this time with Starlight preventing it -- and thus the rest of the Mane Six's stories -- from ever happening.

* ChekhovsGunman: All of Starlight's previous quick background appearances tie together here. In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E12AmendingFences "Amending Fences"]], she saw how one missed event soured Moondancer on the idea of friendship. In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E22WhatAboutDiscord "What About Discord?"]], she overheard the suggestion about using time travel to witness an event that had been missed. Finally, in this episode, Twilight recounting how the Sonic Rainboom brought the Mane Six together gives Starlight the information she needs to potentially stop their friendship before it ever starts.

* PsychoticSmirk: Starlight continues the proud tradition she started back in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 "The Cutie Map"]] by greeting Twilight and Spike with one while [[SlouchOfVillainy leaning back on Fluttershy's throne]].

* WrongContextMagic: When we first saw TimeTravel in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime "It's About Time"]], the best available was a spell that let the caster travel up to a week into the past for a few minutes before automatically coming back, forming a StableTimeLoop, and which could only be used once. Starlight Glimmer's modified version of that spell, [[AmplifierArtifact enhanced by the map (which is in turn linked to the Tree of Harmony)]], is able to travel several years in the past, as many times as the user wants, and lasts long enough to allow her to change the course of history.

* SimultaneousArcs: With ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames''. TheStinger at the end of the movie had Pony Twilight arrive in the human world mentioning she was caught in a time loop which prevented her from coming to Sunset's aid. This episode and the following episode showcases what happened during that time. Both this two-parter and ''Friendship Games'' were written by Josh Haber.

* ChekhovsGun: All of Starlight's previous quick background appearances tie together here. In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E12AmendingFences "Amending Fences"]], she saw how one missed event soured Moondancer on the idea of friendship. In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E22WhatAboutDiscord "What About Discord?"]], she overheard the suggestion about using time travel to witness an event that had been missed. Finally, in this episode, Twilight recounting how the Sonic Rainboom brought the Mane Six together gives Starlight the information she needs to potentially stop their friendship before it ever starts.

* SplitScreen: One is used to show the two Pie sisters smashing a rock into rumble simultaneously.

** When the two arrive in the Sombra ruled universe, they find Applejack who, thanks to the constant war going on, is less then accommodating to the two. Even bluntly pointing out to Twilight that they aren't friends in that world.

** When the two arrive in the Sombra ruled universe, they find Applejack who, thanks to the constant war going on, is less accomadating to the two, even bluntly pointing out to Twilight that they aren't friend in that world.