History WesternAnimation / MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks

->''And the music, yeah, the music
Gets us to the top
As we learn how the rainbow...

->''You're never gonna bring me down\\
You're never gonna break this part of me\\
My friends are here to bring me 'round\\
Not singing just for popularity''
-->-- '''Sunset Shimmer'''

** Sunset has this reaction when she sees Rainbow steal the spotlight during the semifinals which results in her about to transform.

* VisualPun: During the song "Awesome as I Wanna Be", a spotlight shines on each of the Rainbooms one by one, which is normal since they're performing on scene. It becomes significant when, in the middle of the song, all the rays of light focus on Rainbow Dash, who is literally stealing the spotlight with her showboating.

* TheUnapologetic: Despite being freed from The Dazzlings control at the end of the film, Flash Sentry, Trixie, and the other students don't really give off much of an "I'm sorry" for their horrible treatment of Sunset and the Rainbooms.

* TheSpeechless: Vinyl Scratch never speaks at all. What really pushes her into this is, in the prequel novel, she communicates to people next to her via text messaging, hinting that she might be completely mute.

** Ditto Octavia, who was previously completely voiceless in the series.

** "Tricks Up My Sleeve", the song Trixie and the Illusions perform, notably uses the famous ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' transforming sound effect, best heard on the official soundtrack. [[JustForPun Guess the Autobots get to rock out after all.]]

* SelfDeprecation:[[invoked]] WordOfGod is that the gym scene where the Rainbooms attempt (and fail) to call on their powers to defeat the Dazzlings then and there was intended as a joke about how often defeating the villain has boiled down to exactly what they did: join hands/hooves and call on ThePowerOfFriendship for a DeusExMachina CurbStompBattle. This time, a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs, and nothing happens.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sunset, Sunset, Sunset. You can have as genuine a reformation as you want, but people are not just going to forget your past misdeeds, especially when they included turning everyone into zombie slaves for your evil army.

* FacePalm:

'''Adagio Dazzle:''' ''[groans]'' The chance to get our true Equestrian magic back.\\

* AnimationBump: Even with the great effects the show has gotten over four seasons, the film still pulls it off. There's a lot of usage of shading from light sources, depth of field including racking focus, camera pans and dollies, and compared to the first film the human characters are more dynamic and expressive.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: In-universe, Derpy's band. It's like Yoko Ono and Bjork had a baby.

* VillainSong: The Dazzlings, a.k.a. the Sirens, have three: "Battle", "Under Our Spell", and their part of "Welcome to the Show". The second of these is a double meaning, as it's about falling under their spell in addition to being under it. The third gets a DarkReprise once the trio have been rendered tone-deaf following their pendants being destroyed.

** Rarity and Applejack give one to Rainbow when she [[VisualPun literally steals all the spotlights]] during "Awesome as I Wanna Be".

** The "Hey! Hey!" refrain in "Awesome As I Wanna Be" seems to be paying homage both to Music/{{the Ramones}}' "Blitzkrieg Bop" and Music/AvrilLavigne's "Girlfriend".

** The soundtrack version of Rainbow's song "Awesome As I Wanna Be" has the lyrics, ''"When it comes to makin' music, I'm the ruler / You wish you could be twenty percent cooler."''

** Rainbow Dash makes reference to the "20% cooler" line before performing "Shake Your Tail!" by saying they should be "about 20% less cool". The line is also referenced in the full version of "Awesome As I Wanna Be".

** The soundtrack version of Rainbow's song "Awesome as I Wanna Be" has the lyrics, ''"When it comes to makin' music, I'm the ruler / You wish you could be twenty percent cooler."''

** Rainbow Dash makes reference to the "20% cooler" line before performing "Shake Your Tail!" by saying they should be "about 20% less cool". The line is also referenced in the full version of "Awesome as I Wanna Be".

* DeathGlare: Rarity and Applejack give one to Rainbow when she [[VisualPun literally steals all the spotlights]] during "Awesome as I Wanna Be".

* GarageBand: The "Rainbooms" are seen repeating in the barn of Applejack's family farm. Several of the Web shorts preceding the movie also show them picking up their respective instruments.

** The "Hey! Hey!" refrain in "Awesome as I Wanna Be" seems to be paying homage both to Music/{{the Ramones}}' "Blitzkrieg Bop" and Music/AvrilLavigne's "Girlfriend".

** Rainbow is the only one having fun during her "Awesome As I Wanna Be" number, as the rest of the Rainbooms are showing either disdain, annoyance, and outrage at her always hogging the spotlight.

* NotHimself: The CHS students under the Dazzlings' spell, becoming confrontational and ultra-competitive. Most notable with Flash Sentry, for whom it's completely at odds with his NiceGuy persona from the first movie. He even snaps once at Twilight Sparkle, making her cry. On the other hand, it's unclear whether Trixie would be any less antagonistic even without the Dazzlings' influence.

** Rainbow is the only one having fun during her "Awesome as I Wanna Be" number, as the rest of the Rainbooms are showing either disdain, annoyance and outrage at her always hogging the spotlight.

* DeathGlare: Rarity and Applejack give one to Rainbow when she literally steals all the spotlights during "Awesome as I Wanna Be".

* VisualPun: During the song "Awesome as I Want to Be", a spotlight shines on each of the Rainbooms one by one, which is normal since they're performing on scene. It becomes significant when, in the middle of the song, all the rays of light focus on Rainbow Dash, who is literally stealing the spotlight with her showboating.

* SurpriseCreepy: Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer have this reaction InUniverse to Maud Pie feeding her [[CompanionCube pet rock]] a MidnightSnack.

* WorldOfJerkass: All of Canterlot High except for the Rainbooms, Sunset Shimmer, Spike and Vinyl Scratch become this due to the Dazzlings HatePlague.

* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: Averted both in the "Guitar Centered" short and the movie itself. Trixie and [[spoiler:Sunset Shimmer in the movie]] play Flying Vs, Rainbow Dash used to play a semi-acoustic (but her new guitar is an Ibanez similar to a Strat), Flash Sentry plays a non-reverse Gibson Firebird, and the shop itself is stocked with all sorts of electric guitars and other instruments with [[ShownTheirWork recognizable real-life counterparts]], even if their depictions are somewhat stylized.

* ShownTheirWork: As per the[[invoked]] DVDCommentary, the animation team spent time to get the appropriate motions for close-ups of when the Rainbooms are playing their instruments to match the parts of the songs, such as the fingering patterns on the guitar necks, Pinkie's drum playing, and Fluttershy tuning the head on her tambourine.

** The Dazzlings have their FormFittingWardrobe, HartmanHips and SexyWalk.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The instruments Trixie's bandmates are playing look bizarre to some fans who haven't seen any live performances of electronic music. They're a fairly accurate representation of typical portable sequencers.

* ThisCannotBe: Adagio's reaction after the Dazzlings attempt to finish off the Rainbooms is repulsed and their spell over the crowd is broken is one of disbelief before her RedEyesTakeWarning fade due to having been severely weakened at the loss of her thralls, and she's left looking up at the Rainbooms looking like she just got socked hard in the stomach and got the wind knocked out of her.