Trust nopony, not even yourself.
Hitch spends his day patrolling Maretime Bay keeping the peace for both ponies and critters alike. After discovering several missing items in his closet, Hitch believes he was the thief who stole them but the truth is more complicated than he thinks.
Tropes:
- Captivity Harmonica: When Zipp walks into the police station after Hitch arrested himself due to thinking that he was the thief, her first hint to the situation is the sound of his mournful playing on a harmonica.
- Continuity Nod: The paintings seen in the art gallery include a number of pieces
◊ from G5's prequel show, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, namely a parody of Salvador Dalí's "The Persistence of Memory" seen in "Sweet and Elite" and the cubist and Andy Warhol paintings of Tree Hugger shown being painted in "On Your Marks", as well as a painting of Rainbow Dash. - Foreshadowing: Zipp is able to quickly analyze Hitch's String Theory of clues and evidence and find a connection to them that he missed. This shows her ability to spot details others overlook and sets up her future position as a detective.
- Frame-Up: Zipp suspects that someone is trying to frame Hitch for their crimes, since everything being stolen is "all of his favorite things". It ends up subverted when it turns out the thieves were the various animal friends Hitch has, who all stole the stuff intending for them to be gifts for Hitch.
- Mona Lisa Smile: The stolen painting is a parody of the Mona Lisa with a pony instead of a human.
- "The Scream" Parody: One of the paintings in the exhibition is a portrait of Rainbow Dash in the painting's famous distorted wail.
- Spotting the Thread: When Zipp examines Hitch's String Theory of clues and evidence, she realizes everything being stolen is all of his "favorite things".
- String Theory: When trying to puzzle out the case, Hitch pins several pictures of victims and stolen objects to a cork board and starts connecting them with red string.
