History WesternAnimation / MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship

* DisproportionateRetribution: Trixie's reaction to Sunset refusing to put her in the yearbook as the "Greatest and Most Powerful-est" is to swear {{Revenge}} on her.

* {{GASP}}: A loud, collective gasp is the other girls' reaction to Rainbow Dash calling their current work "just a yearbook."

* LastSecondWordSwap: When Sunset confronts Trixie in the hallway and accuses her of erasing everyone's memories, there is a short pause after she calls her "[[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]]" before calling her a "blow-hard". Trixie is still shocked at first, as if Sunset used [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch another word that starts with "B"]].

-->'''Trixie:''' You know, a lot of people don't realize how much work goes into raising tadpoles. You really have to coddle them...

* {{Fanservice}}: The ''Equestria Girls'' characters (especially the main ones) in swimsuits. While they're all fairly conservative swimsuits given the age bracket of the series, it's still everyone in swimsuits (and Fluttershy in a [[SensualSpandex wetsuit]]).

* ArbitrarySkepticism: While their memories of Sunset's reformation are gone, the rest of the group all clearly remember the other adventures they've been in, including encountering RealityWarping and mind-altering magic. Sunset also has a magical geode the same as theirs, and demonstrates her powers to them by reading their minds. Yet none of the Rainbooms except for Human Twilight give any thought to the idea that maybe Sunset is telling the truth and there's some sort of magical mischief going on. This is justified by Rarity's comments that Sunset's geode could be a cheap knock-off, and the fact that Sunset's powers have been shown to be more subtle than the others.

** Sunset is quick to forgive [[spoiler:Wallflower Blush for all the trouble she caused, and personally delivers a yearbook that has her and the other Equestria Girls' names in them.]]

* TheyveComeSoFarSong: The opening song is appropriately titled "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin We've Come So Far]]", and it is sung in the internal thoughts of the Equestria Girls as they express how far they've come to be true friends and make memories for the yearbook together.

* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: After seeing her friends at the beach, Sunset Shimmer returns to CHS, crosses the portal to Equestria, travels with Princess Twilight to Canterlot's castle to speak with Princess Celestia, then goes to the restricted section of the Canterlot Library and spends time doing research. While it's not specified how long Sunset studied, it was long enough to check mountains of books and get Sunset bored out of her skull. Afterward, Sunset returns to Twilight's castle, crosses back to the human world, and returns to the beach. Even after all of that, the rest of the Equestria Girls are still enjoying their day out.

* HeadDesk: After unsuccessfully looking for the missing page of Clover the Clever's journal, Twilight yells "I'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD TO YOU, LIBRARY!" and slams her face on the table in frustration. This happens to be exactly what was needed, however, since this makes the small chest that contained Clover's notes fall and break open, revealing the missing page inside the front ornament.

* NiceHat: Human Twilight and Rarity both sport these as part of their swimwear ensembles - a peaked cap and a broad-brimmed sun hat, respectively.

%% "Equestria Girls" is acceptable since it is used in the novelizations.

* NiceHat: Twilight and Rarity both sport these as part of their swimwear ensembles - a peaked cap and a broad-brimmed sun hat, respectively.

* NiceHat: Twilight and Rarity both sport these as part of their swimwear ensembles - a peaked cap and a broad-brimmed sun hat, respectively.

** Sunset's backstory before the first movie, especially her past rebellion against Celestia's teachings and her SpoiledBrat behavior,, is brought up when Sunset comes face-to-face with Celestia for the first time in years.

* RevengeByProxy: After the culprit accidentally blows their own cover and confirms Sunset's story by SayingTooMuch, they decide that if removing Sunset from the memories of everyone else doesn't work, then they'll remove all the memories her friends have of high school, including of each other. [[spoiler:Wallflower says then they'll think of each other the same way Sunset thinks of her, which is "not at all."]]

* RewatchBonus: You might notice that [[spoiler:Twilight's camera machine has a blinking red light]] the second time you watch the VillainSong, because as we learn later, [[spoiler:Sunset started filming on it, knowing she'd probably lose her memory so she wanted to have a video to rewatch and remember what happened]]. Additionally, shortly after getting Twilight's message, Sunset is seen reaching off-screen and there's an audible click of her [[spoiler:turning on the camera]].

** Later, as she's starting to suspect [[spoiler:Wallflower Blush of being responsible, she grabs her hand and reads her mind to confirm her suspicions]].

* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: After seeing her (former) friends at the beach, Sunset Shimmer returns to CHS, crosses the portal to Equestria, travels with Princess Twilight to the Canterlot royal palace, then to the restricted section of the library and spends an unspecified amount of time doing research (enough to get bored out of her skull). Afterward, she returns to Twilight's castle, crosses back and returns to the beach... where the rest of the girls are still enjoying their day out.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: While their memories of Sunset's reformation are gone, the rest of the group all clearly remember the other adventures they've been in, including encountering RealityWarping, mind-altering magic. ''And'' Sunset has a magical geode the same as theirs and demonstrates her powers to them. Yet none of them except for Human Twilight give any thought to the idea that maybe Sunset is telling the truth and there's some sort of magical mischief going on. This is justified by Rarity's comments that Sunset's geode could be a cheap knock-off and the fact that Sunset's powers have been shown to be more subtle than the others.

* BoringButPractical: Compared to other [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]], the Memory Stone's LaserGuidedAmnesia power is certainly "Boring". However, being able to simply make your enemies forget you is certainly more "Practical" than actually fighting them, and even an amateur (e.g., [[spoiler:Wallflower Blush]]) can become a surprisingly effective mastermind with it.

** Trixie wants to be included in the yearbook as the "Greatest and Most Powerful-est" student. During her RageBreakingPoint, Sunset snaps at Trixie that "'Powerful-est' isn't even a word!"

** Sunset's whole backstory before the first movie, especially her past rebellion against Celestia's teachings, is naturally brought back when she's facing again the Princess of the Sun for the first time in years.

* CelestialDeadline: If the Memory Stone isn't destroyed by sunset[[note]]the time of the day, not the character[[/note]] on the third day, the erased memories are lost forever.

** The pictures on the "memory ribbons" can be recognized as coming from specific episodes of the Digital Series or previous shorts/specials/movies, though this [[FreezeFrameBonus goes by fairly quickly]].

* CringeComedy: Twilight Sparkle tries to "smooth up" the reunion between Sunset Shimmer and Princess Celestia, and ends up making it even more awkward.

** [[spoiler:Her stolen memories]] [[FreezeFrameBonus show Twilight from]] "Stressed in Show", similarly canonizing Rainbow Dash's ending.

* FinishingEachOthersSentences: After witnessing Sunset Shimmer's sacrifice of her memories for their sake, her friends (who are still under the influence of the Memory Stone) take turn to speak reassuring words to her.

* HeadDesk: After unsuccessfully looking for the missing page of Clover the Clever's journal, Twilight yells "I'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD TO YOU, LIBRARY!!!" and slams her face on the table in frustration. This happens to be exactly what was needed, however, since this makes the small chest that contained Clover's notes fall and break open, revealing the missing page inside the front ornament.

** Even without their memories of her, the girls found Sunset's [[spoiler:sacrifice of her memories to prevent the same thing from happening to them]] so noble and selfless that they agree to call her their friend. It counts as this trope because, from their perspective, this is Sunset-the-tyrant rather than Sunset-their-friend-and-fellow-hero.
* HeroicSacrifice: Non-lethal example. When Sunset's friends are about to have ''all'' their memories of high school erased, including of each other, Sunset [[spoiler:jumps in the way and gets her own memories erased because she doesn't want their friendship ruined again. This makes Sunset lose all her memories of the human world, and not recognize where she is or ''what'' she is]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: Although Sunset may have redeemed herself and became a better person, Trixie points out that Sunset doesn't just have to be mean in order to hurt someone, indicating that she only really cared for those close to her, and that everyone else ([[spoiler:especially Wallflower Blush, who started erasing everyone's memories in the first place]]) were just shadows passing by. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone This is what makes Sunset understand how she still has a lot to work on in herself]].

* MilkingTheGiantCow: When she yells "I'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD TO YOU, LIBRARY!!!", Princess Twilight goes up in the air, flailing her legs and her wings.

* NoSavingThrow: The effects of the Memory Stone can't be countered or blocked, no matter how strong the target is or how precious the memories are. Clover the Clever ended up having to work around this by constantly leaving himself notes to chase the sorceress who had it first, because even someone as smart as him couldn't defend against it. At various times, all of the victims end up getting hit with its effects, and none of them can block it, either, no matter if they have magic at their disposal (like the heroines) or not (like Trixie and the rest of the CHS students).

** First, she reads Applejack's mind by grabbing her wrist, discovering she's been erased from her friends' memories.

* CordonBleughChef: Pinkie Pie makes cupcakes with edible sunblock as the frosting. Fluttershy [[{{Squick}} thinks it's gross]].

** When Sunset loses patience at being treated like a bully again, she starts shouting that she isn't mean to everyone, which only makes her ''look'' mean and scares everyone away.

** When Sunset overlooks video of her confrontation after having her memory of the afternoon blanked out, the music from the VillainSong also plays from the video. Trixie notes that the song is rather long.

* BoringButPractical: Compared to other [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]], the Memory Stone's LaserGuidedAmnesia power is certainly "Boring." However, being able to simply make your enemies forget you is certainly more "Practical" than actually fighting them, and even an amateur (e.g., [[spoiler:Wallflower Blush]]) can become a surprisingly effective mastermind with it.

* CatchPhraseInterruptus: Twilight confronts the villain by trying to say "you don't understand the magic of friendship," but Pinkie Pie interrupts her, telling everyone to "Light her up, ladies!"

* {{Adorkable}}: Princess Twilight learns the Canterlot Library has a restricted section she's never seen. She starts hyperventilating just hearing about it, and once she actually gets inside, [[{{Squee}} she can hardly contain her excitement]].

* SamusIsAGirl: Clover the Clever, portrayed by Twilight in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]] pageant in Season 2, was actually a stallion.

* CelestialDeadline: If the Memory Stone isn't destroyed by Sunset on the third day, the erased memories are lost forever.

* CelestialDeadline: If the Memory Stone isn't destroyed by sunset on the third day, the erased memories are lost forever.