History Awesome / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSeason2

* [[SpoiledSweet Fancy Pants]]' [[NiceGuy entire]] [[UnclePennybags character]]. A fashionable, aristocratic pony who's actually an open-minded good sport, and not a snooty, pretentious jerk like the other Canterlot elite? Is it any wonder that he's a trendsetter, while the other ponies are merely [[YesMan Yes Ponies]]? The show's subverted the "high society is evil and filled with haughty jerks" before with other celebronies who turn out to be reasonable people, but Fancy Pants' character--and in direct opposite to the more typical {{Jerkass}} high society ponies, who are noticeably less important than he is--is the most blatant yet.

*** Speaking of the Seamstress, notice how throughout the fighting montage we see everypony else fighting against one or small groups of Changelings with Rarity missing throughout most of the montage except during the final minutes [[IAmNotLeftHanded is that dustcloud in the background throughout most of the fight]] ''[[OneManArmy her]]'' [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome doing?]]

[[folder: The Return of Harmony, Part 1]]

[[folder: The Return of Harmony, Part 2]]

[[folder: Lesson Zero]]

[[folder: Luna Eclipsed]]
* Luna makes her long awaited return by arriving in a beam of moonlight riding a demonic chariot pulled by a pair of pegasi that look like soldiers right out of Pony Hell with Luna herself dressed like a [[StarWars Sith Lord]], all set to [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Nightmare Moon's theme]] from Season 1 and DramaticThunder. It doesn't help improve her "public image", but it sure was a [[BigEntrance badass entrance]].

[[folder: Sisterhooves Social]]

[[folder: The Cutie Pox]]

[[folder: May the Best Pet Win!]]

[[folder: The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]

[[folder: Sweet and Elite]]

[[folder: Secret Of My Excess]]

[[folder: Family Appreciation Day]]

[[folder: Baby Cakes]]

[[folder: Hearth's Warming Eve]]

[[folder: The Last Roundup]]

[[folder: The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]

[[folder: Read It and Weep]]

[[folder: Hearts and Hooves Day]]

[[folder: A Friend in Deed]]

[[folder: Putting Your Hoof Down]]

[[folder: It's About Time]]

[[folder: Dragon Quest]]

[[folder: Hurricane Fluttershy]]

[[folder: Ponyville Confidential]]

[[folder: [=MMMystery=] on the Friendship Express]]

[[folder: A Canterlot Wedding Part 1]]

[[folder: A Canterlot Wedding Part 2]]

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* Luna makes her long awaited return by arriving in a beam of moonlight riding a demonic chariot pulled by a pair of pegasi that look like soldiers right out of Pony Hell with Luna herself dressed like a [[StarWars Sith Lord]], all set to [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Nightmare Moon's theme]] from Season 1 and DramaticThunder. It doesn't help improve her "public image", but it sure was a [[BigEntrance badass entrance]].

* The whole "Smile" sequence, and not just for [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome the music.]]

* [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming While heartwarming]] as well as awesome, Rarity and Pinkie Pie standing up to Iron Will, a minotaur several times the size of either of them, to try to protect Fluttershy from his demands. Turns out that they were wrong about his intentions (he respectably backed down after Fluttershy stood up to him), but they had no idea that would happen. Bonus points for Pinkie, who not only put herself between Iron Will and Fluttershy's door multiple times, but got "in his face" a couple of times as well to try to put him off.

[[AC:The Return of Harmony, Part 1]]

[[AC:The Return of Harmony, Part 2]]

[[AC:Lesson Zero]]

[[AC:Luna Eclipsed]]

[[AC:Sisterhooves Social]]

[[AC:The Cutie Pox]]

[[AC:May the Best Pet Win!]]

[[AC:The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]

[[AC:Sweet and Elite]]

[[AC:Secret Of My Excess]]

[[AC:Family Appreciation Day]]

[[AC:Baby Cakes]]

[[AC:Hearth's Warming Eve]]

[[AC:The Last Roundup]]

[[AC:The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]

[[AC:Read It and Weep]]

[[AC:Hearts and Hooves Day]]

[[AC:A Friend in Deed]]

[[AC: Putting Your Hoof Down]]

[[AC: It's About Time]]

[[AC: Dragon Quest]]

[[AC: Hurricane Fluttershy]]

[[AC: Ponyville Confidential]]

[[AC: [=MMMystery=] on the Friendship Express]]

[[AC: A Canterlot Wedding Part 1]]

[[AC: A Canterlot Wedding Part 2]]

* While it's a more skewed case, Chrysalis more or less mocking Twilight's friends over how easy they were to [[EasilyCondemned deceive into condemning Twilight]]. The HeelRealisation this caused was considered quite gratifying to many fans.

* The entire canyon race, until Rainbow's accident, is one major crowning moment of awesome. They even went so far as to use Creator/RichardWagner's "Ride of the Valkyries". At one point, Dash briefly [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall whistles along with it]].

* The entire episode for everyone involved at Studio B. When you have fans saying that the two parter was comparable to [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]] [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Renaissance]] era films, you know they ''really'' hit one out of the park this time.

* [[spoiler:Discord's downfall. The Rainbow Of Light return and Twilight gets a WorldOfCardboardSpeech, followed by ''[[OhCrap the look]]'' on Discord's face when he realizes the Elements Of Harmony work now and it's too late for him to do anything about it.]]

** It must be mentioned that not only did this act ''save the world'', it also was without the Elements Of Harmony or anything else. It was pure PowerOfFriendship with ''nothing powering it up.''

[[AC:The Sisterhooves Social]]

** Twilight's KirkSummation[=/=]ShutUpHannibal deserves special mention for the fact it's probably one of the most {{Badass}} ways of [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle stating the Aesop of an episode]] ''ever.''

** What's more {{Badass}} is she just told off what amounts to the ''God of Chaos.'' The girl has ''serious'' guts. On top of that, she delivered that speech just after teleporting to her friends and protecting herself and them from Discord's telekinesis with a magical force field. That bears repeating - ''she actually stood up to and countered Discord's magic with her own''. The force field returning the ground back to normal when it lands really sells it.

* It's more Awesome in Hindsight, but think: if that's the Traditional Royal Canterlot Voice, ''Celestia must have used it too''.

* The gauntlet that JustForFun/DaringDo, the IndianaJones {{Expy}} that Rainbow imagines herself as, runs through upon first entering the temple. And showing the benefits of owning a NiceHat.

-->'''Fluttershy:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis That BIG. DUMB.]] '''[[LetsGetDangerous MEANIE!]]'''

* "[[ShoutOut As Celestia is my witness]], ''[[GoneWithTheWind I will never go sisterless again!]]''"

* Iron Will himself, given that he did things like stretch a fence as if it were the ropes of a wrestling ring when frustrated, riled up an entire crowd of ponies with his HulkHogan-esque Showmanship, and made ''Fluttershy'' a bully with nothing but a few pamphlets and catchy slogans. Did we mention he's also a [[ALoadOfBull Minotaur?]]

* The gauntlet that JustForFun/DaringDo, the IndianaJones {{Expy}} that Rainbow imagines herself as, runs through upon first entering the temple. And showing the benefits of owning a NiceHat.

** When [[spoiler: Queen Chrysalis transforms into her original self, complete with [[SamuraiJack Aku-like]] transformation]].

* The entire episode for everyone involved at Studio B. When you have fans saying that the two parter was comparable to [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]] [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Renaissance]] era films, you know they ''really'' hit one out of the park this time.

* While it's a more skewed case, Chrysalis more or less mocking Twilight's friends over how easy they were to [[EasilyCondemned deceive into condemning Twilight]]. The HeelRealisation this caused was considered quite gratifying to many fans.