History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E24TheEndingOfTheEndPart1

* VocalEvolution: When Tirek drains Rockhoof's magic and reverts him to his tiny form, Rockhoof's voice becomes much smaller and squeakier, and sounds like a young teenager as opposed to the adult sounding voice he had previously.

* BatmanGambit: Discord is revealed to have performed this on both sides. As Grogar, he brought Tirek, Cozy, Chrisalis, and King Sombra to teach them to work together in order to become a more dangerous force to Equestria (Sombra went on his own and was vanquished once more). In truth, however, he orchestrated this as a final test for the Mane Six, and especially Twilight. Unfortunately, the former worked a little ''too'' well, especially when Grogar's bell was used to take Discord's powers.

** The way Twilight conjures a DeflectorShield large enough to envelop all her friends at once while facing the villains is reminiscent of a similar force field created by Star Swirl [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E26ShadowPlayPart2 when confronting the Pony of Shadows]]. Also the fact that it shatters like glass under Chrysalis' attack mirrors the way Star Swirl's barrier was destroyed.

* NoSell: Tirek doesn't even flinch when Star Swirl, Mistmane and Mage Meadowbrook bombard him with attacks.

** The Pillars are ancient heroes of Equestria and have defeated several dangerous threats like the Sirens, but even they are no match for a powered-up Tirek. Star Swirl in particular; he was stated to be even more powerful than Twilight in "Shadow Play -- Part 2", but here, his attacks can't even harm Tirek.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Discord is revealed to be this to a tee since he gambled all of Equestria being at risk for the sake of Twilight being confident enough to rule. This quote pretty much sums it all up.
-->'''Discord:''' I intended to prepare Twilight for anything, by orchestrating an epic attack at her coronation.

* VocalEvolution: When Tirek drains Rockhoof's magic and reverts him to his tiny form, Rockhoof's voice becomes much smaller and squeakier as opposed to the adult sounding voice he had previously.

* ItsAllAboutMe:
** When Discord says he has GoodNewsBadNews, he says that the bad news is that he's lost his magic, but the good news is that Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow now have all the power of Grogar's bell. When Rainbow Dash incredulously asks how that's good news, Discord responds that anything that isn't about him losing his magic ''is'' good news.
** When Rarity explodes at Discord's backfired scheme, she states that it ruined Twilight's big day -- and hers, since Twilight would be wearing the dress ''she'' made at the coronation.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Discord impersonated Grogar so that Twilight could defeat the LegionOfDoom [[EngineeredHeroics gain confidence in ruling through her victory]], only for the villains to rebel against him and defeat him, especially because he left them unsupervised for too long, as Tirek lampshades.

* AbsenteeActor: When the rest of the Pillars of Equestria are dispatched, Stygian is inexplicably absent despite being TheStrategist of the group and the Pillars suffering for their lack of strategy.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Despite gaining a serious power boost from becoming an alicorn, Cozy is still smaller than the adult Mane Six. Rainbow Dash is able to send Cozy spinning just by flying around her at high speed, and the Mane Six's combined efforts succeed in pinning her down.
** Starlight pulls off an UnflinchingWalk, only to be sent flying by an explosion's shockwave, resulting in her defeat.

** When being attacked by the Mane Six and the LegionOfDoom, respectively, neither Cozy nor Twilight think to just ''teleport'' themselves to safety.

* OneWingedAngel: The trio undergoes one upon being powered up by the Bewitching Bell. While it's downplayed for Tirek, who merely pumps up to his third form, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow undergo more radical changes, with Cozy even becoming an ''alicorn'',

* ShadpwDiscretionShot: A couple.