Footnotes:

[1] Trickier than it sounds, since Dr. Abacus happened to be standing on all fours at the time. Were she a heraldic animal rather than an academic one, the posture she momentarily achieved would have been referred to as "rampant", and when you dither enough that it requires you to go rampant, it must be said that you have considerably dithered.

[2] Not strictly true, mathematically, but the proof for this would be beyond the scope of this work.

[3] To be fair, it usually did.

[4] This time... it's personal.

[5] Some ponies simply aren't satisfied with the fact of being violet-eyed missing princess-heirs to distant and long-forgotten magical kingdoms, who also can fly.

[6] CV-450, by contrast, is the Official Petition for Change of Name for a Princess Alicorn (Regnant) of Equestria, and has been filed exactly once in history, in an apparent attempt by Princess Celestia to change her own name to "Mrs. Big Stupid Meanie No-Pants Sun-On-Her-Butt". The signature was later determined to have been forged.

[7] And boy, were her wings tired! No, seriously, they were.

[8] He was also rarely seen in a state of habille, and was virtually never kempt.

[9] A gross exaggeration; he was merely slightly less angry.

[10] Some of Dotted's most delightful dreams prominently featured this point, but he always awoke disappointed.

[11] Well, more royal than Cadence, at least.

[12] Nestled snugly in between "Austerity Measures" and "Preemptive National Defense".