History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E10TheSaddleRowReview

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** Buried Lede resembles J. Jonah Jameson from the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' franchise.

Rarity's friends all rush towards Carousel Boutique in Ponyville, eager to stop her from reading a review of her new "Rarity for You" shop in Manehattan. The Mane Six are all quite worried that the review will have Rarity and her shop come off badly, so they want to intercept a newspaper before Rarity can read it. But, when they arrive, Rarity already has a paper, and insists on reading the review together.

* SuperOCD: Twilight is in full organizing form. Not only does she come up with a chant for sweeping, but she ''begs'' Rarity to let her organize the clothes Rarity had shipped to the store, and later calls the final product some of her best work.

* PunnyName: Saddle Row is probably named after Savile Row, a UsefulNotes/{{London}} street which, according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savile_Row its entry]] at Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, is "known principally for its traditional bespoke tailoring for men".

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Testing shop assistants on different kinds of fabric sounds like a good idea... except that Rainbow Dash has ''no idea'' whether their answers are right or not.
** Fluttershy is once again reminded that being a FriendToAllLivingThings does ''not'' mean animals are going to instantly listen to or agree with you, especially if they don't like what you have to say. Once she tells the raccoons that they have to leave the shop they've made their home, they immediately attack her.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: DJ Pon-3 takes the boring shopping music that Pinkie Pie gave her (in an attempt to stop the party) and remixes it with one of her EDM tracks.
-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' Oh no! Not a shopping music mashup!

* GainaxEnding: The episode seems to end with an IrisOut on a GroupHug with the Mane Six, only to inexplicably iris back in to show Plaid Stripes sitting in the cafe where the ponies were interviewed, giving a big, dorky smile at the camera.

* RealityEnsues:
** Testing shop assistants on different kinds of fabric sounds like a good idea... except that Rainbow Dash has ''no idea'' whether their answers are right or not.
** Fluttershy is once again reminded that being a FriendToAllLivingThings does ''not'' mean animals are going to instantly listen to or agree with you, especially if they don't like what you have to say. Once she tells the raccoons that they have to leave the shop they've made their home, they immediately attack her.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of the dancing ponies wears a pacifier around her neck. In rave culture, pacifiers are used to prevent common side effects of ecstasy use, like drying mouth and gritting teeth.

* GainaxEnding: The episode seems to end with an IrisOut on a GroupHug with the Mane Six, only to inexplicably iris back in to show Plaid Stripes sitting in the cafe where the ponies were interviewed, giving a big, {{Adorkable}} smile at the camera.

* {{Adorkable}}:
** Plaid Stripes, from putting a horn on the door to suggesting the use of spoons for clothing, is this.
** Twilight audibly sweeping to the sounds of the rave above them. Cue the rest of the ponies also doing the same.

* RealMenWearPink: The rather macho landlord Mr. Stripes has no problem admitting he loves miniature doll furnitures.
* RealityEnsues:

* UnreliableNarrator: The rest of the Mane Six sometimes delve into this, like Twilight saying Rarity was handling the rapidly deteriorating situation well when she was panicking a bit.

* RascallyRaccoon: Rarity finds some raccoons in a back room and asks Fluttershy to find a way to deal with them. They end up helping Rarity's shop in the end of the episode.

* AnthropomorphicShift: The racoons start out as pure animals, but end up becoming staff in the store, complete with wearing clothing and walking on their hind legs like humans.

* HeliCritter: Pinkie once again uses her tail as a propeller to float off the ground, just like in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E12AmendingFences Amending Fences]]". This time, used to sweep floors.

* InnocentBlueEyes: Smokey Jr., the youngest raccoon, has eyes entirely blue, unlike the two other raccoons' which are black.

* OutOfGenreExperience: With this episode, the show dips its hoof into {{Mockumentary}}-style comedy, with the diner interviews taking the place of talking head confessionals. To further drive the point home, the working title of this episode was [[Series/ParksAndRecreation "Saddle Row & Rec".]]

** Pinkie references "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]" when Rarity wishes she could make more of herself. During that same scene, one of the clones appears in the diner.

* ConfessionCam: The interview spots have shades of this, despite not being a reality show.

* PapaWolf: Mr. Stripes is ''very'' protective of his daughter.

* SequelEpisode: This episode picks up on the plot point started with "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E3TheGiftOfTheMaudPie The Gift of the Maud Pie]]".

* RealityEnsues: Testing shop assistants on different kinds of fabric sounds like a good idea... except that Rainbow Dash has ''no idea'' whether their answers are right or not.

** The episode's alternate title, "Saddle Row & Rec", and the formatting of the episode refer to ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. This might be the reason it was changed as it was a little too on the nose.
*** The fact that the animals that have taken up residence as a shop are raccoons could be a nod to Pawnee's frequent issues with raccoons, and Pinkie sweeping the floor by rotating her tail during the "sweep" scene seems similar to Tom's DJ Roomba.

As the opening approaches, Rarity is finally let out into the shop, to find that Pinkie hired DJ Pon-3 to host music in the store, Rainbow Dash has hired three new assistants, Fluttershy has convinced the raccoons to clean up and serve snacks, Applejack has found a practical use for Plaid Stripes' spoon clothes idea, and Twilight has neatly organized everything in an easy-to-find way. The review ultimately gives "Rarity for You" a positive rating, despite calling the Mane Six "a ragtag group of ne'er-do-wells" who were a bit chaotic in their execution.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Plaid Stripes' idea for spoon-themed clothes turns out to actually appeal to the customers (well, at least one of them that we see, in addition to Applejack).