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* ForWantOfANail: Sunset comes very close to stealing Twilight's Element of Magic crown and switching it out for a fake had she not tripped on Spike's tail which wakes him and Twilight up and alerts them of her presence.

* CatSmile: In a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you'll-miss-it]] moment during Pinkie's solo in the "Helping Twilight Win the Crown" musical, Pinkie manages to give a faint one while moving towards the camera.

* AlternateSelf: Twilight Sparkle meets A.U. counterparts of her friends who are attending high school together. A.U. Pinkie asks Twilight if she had a twin since she vaguely recalls having seen someone similar with a purple and green dog named Spike in the city, confirming that an A.U. counterpart of Twilight does exist. [[spoiler:This alternate Twilight later appears as an antagonist in the third movie.]]

--->'''Drummer:''' Did that dog just talk? Woah, weird!\\

* YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive: "This pathetic little high school."

* ForTheWantOfANail: Sunset comes very close to stealing Twilight's Element of Magic crown and switching it out for a fake had she not tripped on Spike's tail which wakes him and Twilight up and alerts them of her prescence.

-->'''Sunset Shimmer''': Fizzy apple cider? Ugh! This is my coronation, not a hoedown!

-->'''Flash:''' One "no" would have been fine!

* JawDrop: This is Twilight and Spike's reactions when Pinkie Pie guesses up their whole situation entirely on a hunch.

* SoMuchForStealth: While swapping out Twilight Sparkle's crown with a fake knockoff, Sunset Shimmer almost knocks a lamp to the ground but magically catches it before it could break, and Twilight and Spike don't stir; but when she attempts to sneak out, Spike happens to stick out his tail while sleeping, causing Sunset to trip and crash into the wall, which wakes up Twilight and Spike and they see the crown is stolen. After realizing she's been spotted, Sunset gives up on stealth and gallops away as fast as she could, with Twilight chasing after her and barely managing to tackle her before Sunset breaks loose and escapes through the Crystal Mirror.

* SoMuchForStealth: After swapping out Twilight Sparkle's crown with a fake knockoff, Sunset Shimmer attempts to sneak out, but Spike happens to stick out his tail while sleeping, causing Sunset to trip and crash into the wall, which wakes up Twilight and Spike and they see the crown is stolen. After realizing she's been spotted, Sunset gives up on stealth and gallops away as fast as she could, with Twilight chasing after her and barely managing to tackle her before Sunset breaks loose and escapes through the Crystal Mirror.

* ReplacedWithReplica: While stealing the crown, Sunset Shimmer swaps it with a fake lookalike while she is sleeping.

** Fluttershy's shy squeak from the first episode is used again when she was crying in her flashback.

* ForWantOfANail: If Spike hadn't stuck his tail out while sleeping, he wouldn't have tripped over Sunset Shimmer when stealing Twilight's crown, which in turn wakes up the two and realize the theft, kicking off the conflict of the film.

* OffModel:
** When Sunset Shimmer is threatening to smash the portal with a hammer, [[https://derpibooru.org/1389207 for a few frames]] it looks like she's wearing an earring shaped like her cutie mark. We never see it at any other time.
** In the second to last scene, for a brief moment Twilight has her mane in the style as it was at her coronation. When she turns her head, it reverts to its regular style.
** Human Pinkie has bows on her boots with her fall formal dress, but when she "ponies up" in the final battle the bows disappear.

* NoOntologicalInertia: Any lingering changes wrought in the human world by Twilight's crown are instantly reverted when the portal closes, much to the discomfort of Rainbow's tush.

* StalkerShot: Sunset Shimmer has three of them when spying on Twilight and her human friends throughout the film. First behind the bleachers following the one-on-one soccer game against Rainbow, second from the cafeteria doors when she sees all of the school supporting Twilight's election for Fall Formal Princess, and finally from the janitor's closet when her FrameUp failed and the dance is back on.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWish: At the start of the movie, Twilight is having trouble adjusting to her new wings. Later, she becomes human and freaks out over how different her body is, but as Spike points out, she technically doesn't have wings anymore. Twilight doesn't appreciate this.