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** Among those attending the wedding include [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E2TheCutieMapPart2 Double Diamond, Party Favor, and Night Glider]] from Sugar Belle's former village, and [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear Burnt Oak]] who had been there for Big Mac's parents' marriage.

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** Among those attending the wedding include [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E2TheCutieMapPart2 Double Diamond, Party Favor, and Night Glider]] from Sugar Belle's former village, and [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear Burnt Oak]] who had been there for Big Mac's parents' marriage.
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** Among those attending the wedding include [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E2TheCutieMapPart2 Double Diamond, Party Favor, and Night Glider]] from Sugar Belle's former village, and [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear Burnt Oak]] who had been there for Big Mac's parents' marriage.
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* TemptingFate: After Big Mac's proposal crashes and burns, Spike says that "at least it can't get any worse." Discord responds with "[[GenreSavvy As the Lord of Chaos, I'd advise against saying things like that.]]" Sure enough, immediately afterwards, a giant apple monster roams into Ponyville.

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* TemptingFate: After Big Mac's proposal crashes and burns, Spike says that "at least it can't get any worse." Discord responds with "[[GenreSavvy As "As the Lord of Chaos, I'd advise against saying things like that.]]" " Sure enough, immediately afterwards, a giant apple monster roams into Ponyville.

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-->'''Discord:''' You know, thinking back, I probably could have been clearer which pony to deliver the messages to.

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-->'''Discord:''' [[DidntThinkThisThrough You know, thinking back, I probably could have been clearer which pony to deliver the messages to.]]\\
'''Spike:''' [[SarcasmMode Ya think?]]


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* StrollingThroughTheChaos: While everypony else is running in terror from Discord's apple monsters, Lyra and Bon Bon are proposing to each other.

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* ShoutOut: Granny Smith describes going into space with [[ActorAllusion Grand Pear]] in her dream; specifically, [[Franchise/StarTrek where nopony has gone before]]. She goes on that Discord was pretty much the same.
* TemptingFate: After Big Mac's proposal crashes and burns, Spike says that "at least it can't get any worse." Discord responds with "As the Lord of Chaos, I'd advise against saying things like that." Sure enough, immediately afterwards, a giant apple monster roams into Ponyville.

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Granny Smith describes going into space with [[ActorAllusion Grand Grand]] [[Creator/WilliamShatner Pear]] in her dream; specifically, [[Franchise/StarTrek where nopony has gone before]]. She goes on that Discord was pretty much the same.
** The FramingDevice described in FourthWallPsych recalls ''Series/TheOfficeUS''.
* TemptingFate: After Big Mac's proposal crashes and burns, Spike says that "at least it can't get any worse." Discord responds with "As "[[GenreSavvy As the Lord of Chaos, I'd advise against saying things like that." ]]" Sure enough, immediately afterwards, a giant apple monster roams into Ponyville.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride!"'']]
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* ExactWords: Discord brings the apples to life with his magic and tells them to go to their designated destinations on their stems and deliver their messages. However, this leads to the apples running wild and telling everypony they see their messages. Discord realizes his goof quickly.
-->'''Discord:''' You know, thinking back, I probably could have been clearer which pony to deliver the messages to.

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* ShoutOut: Granny Smith describes going into space with [[ActorAllusion Grand Pear]] in her dream; specifically, [[Franchise/StarTrek where nopony has gone before]].

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* ShoutOut: Granny Smith describes going into space with [[ActorAllusion Grand Pear]] in her dream; specifically, [[Franchise/StarTrek where nopony has gone before]]. She goes on that Discord was pretty much the same.
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* BadVibrations: Just before the giant apple monster appears, Granny Smith and the CMC see a bucket of water shaking.


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* NeverMyFault: When the giant apple monster appears, Big Mac immediately yells "Discord!". Discord protests "Why is it everypony automatically assumes I had anything to do with this?". He's forced to yield when the apple monster makes Big Mac's marriage proposal.
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** The events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10HardToSayAnything Hard to Say Anything]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E10TheBreakUpBreakdown The Break-Up Breakdown]]" are brought up.

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** The events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10HardToSayAnything "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E8HardToSayAnything Hard to Say Anything]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E10TheBreakUpBreakdown The Break-Up Breakdown]]" are brought up.

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* CallBack: The proposal and wedding of Big Mac and Sugar Belle takes place beneath the apple-pear tree of Pear Butter and Bright Mac.

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The proposal and wedding of Big Mac and Sugar Belle takes place beneath the apple-pear tree of Pear Butter and Bright Mac.Mac.
** The events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10HardToSayAnything Hard to Say Anything]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E10TheBreakUpBreakdown The Break-Up Breakdown]]" are brought up.



* WackyMarriageProposal: Both Sugar Belle and Big Mac try to do this to one another. Big Mac tries to get Sugar Belle to see apples with notes, and Sugar Belle tries to get various desserts made with her proposal in them. However, things get increasingly out of control as Discord's powers and miscommunication keep occurring.

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* WackyMarriageProposal: Both Sugar Belle and Big Mac try to do this to one another. Big Mac tries to get Sugar Belle to see apples with notes, and Sugar Belle tries to get various desserts made with her proposal in them. However, things get increasingly out of control as Discord's powers and miscommunication keep occurring.occurring.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mrs. Cake, who is usually a good cook with sweets, rushes so much to get all the desserts ready for Sugar Belle's plan to propose to Big Mac that her desserts end up tasting very bad.


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* ShipTease: Discord claims that Octavia and Bulk Biceps went on a date together once, but the exact details are unknown.
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* TemptingFate: After Big Mac's proposal crashes and burns, Spike says that "at least it can't get any worse." Discord responds with "As the Lord of Chaos, I'd advise against saying things like that." Sure enough, immediately afterwards, a giant apple monster roams into Ponyville.
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* ShoutOut: Granny Smith describes going into space in her dream; specifically, [[Franchise/StarTrek where nopony has gone before]].

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* ShoutOut: Granny Smith describes going into space with [[ActorAllusion Grand Pear]] in her dream; specifically, [[Franchise/StarTrek where nopony has gone before]].
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the apple monsters' attack on Ponyville, Lyra and Bon-Bon are shown proposing to ''each other'' in the background.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the apple monsters' attack on Ponyville, Lyra and Bon-Bon Bon Bon are shown proposing to ''each other'' in the background.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the apple monsters' attack on Ponyville, Lyra and Bon-Bon are shown proposing to ''each other'' in the background.
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* HappilyMarried: Big Mac and Sugar Belle get married by episode's end.
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* HowWeGotHere: The first two acts of the episode are mostly in a flashback format, narrated by Spike, Discord, Mrs. Cake and the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: As Discord's apple monsters fuse together into one, it eventually becomes a huge apple creature, stalking through Ponyville to find Sugar Belle.



* FourthWallPsych: Throughout the episode, various characters appear to talk to the viewer about how the WackyMarriageProposal went wrong. Turns out they were all talking to Applejack the entire time.

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* FourthWallPsych: Throughout the episode, various characters Spike, Discord, Mrs. Cake, and the CMC appear to talk to the viewer about how the WackyMarriageProposal {{Wacky Marriage Proposal}}s went wrong. Turns out they were all talking to Applejack the entire time.

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* CallBack: The proposal and wedding of Big Mac and Sugar Belle takes place beneath the apple-pear tree of Pear Butter and Bright Mac.
* DramaticIrony: The audience knows that Big Mac and Sugar Belle are trying to propose to each other at the same time, but the characters don't. It all comes to a head in the third act.
* FourthWallPsych: Throughout the episode, various characters appear to talk to the viewer about how the WackyMarriageProposal went wrong. Turns out they were all talking to Applejack the entire time.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: In a "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" moment, [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2019/10/5/2160703.gif Lyra Heartstrings proposes to Bon Bon/Sweetie Drops]] during the apple rampage. The favor is returned.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Lyra Heartstrings and Bon Bon become an OfficialCouple with their simultaneous proposal.
* ShoutOut: Granny Smith describes going into space in her dream; specifically, [[Franchise/StarTrek where nopony has gone before]].
* TheyDo: Sugar Belle and Big Macintosh end this episode with their wedding, even doing so in the shade of the apple-pear tree of Pear Butter and Bright Mac.
* WackyMarriageProposal: Both Sugar Belle and Big Mac try to do this to one another. Big Mac tries to get Sugar Belle to see apples with notes, and Sugar Belle tries to get various desserts made with her proposal in them. However, things get increasingly out of control as Discord's powers and miscommunication keep occurring.
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%%* FramingDevice: The plot is told in flashback via ConfessionCam by Spike and the others to show how the proposal came together.
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When Big Mac and Sugar Belle decide to propose to each other, everything their friends do to help ends up making a mess of the whole thing!
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->Written by Josh Haber and Mike Vogel

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->Written by Josh Haber & Mike Vogel

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