History Awesome / PonyPOVSeries

** Of course, this is followed by a series of events that are just straight up awesome (and quite a few are heartwarming): Amicitia turns much of existence into a StableTimeLoop, among other things turning out to be [[BigGood the Benevolent Interloper]], helping herself in the past (as well as being the one who taught Dark World Dinky the Memory Spell); is the one who led Firefly to the Rainbow Bridge and convinced her to ask Megan for help, setting the events of G1 in motion; protected a [[HeroicBSOD BSODing]] Celestia during the Alicorn/Draconequi War, and helped her, Luna, and Galaxia escape to the mortal world.]]

* Cadence gets a subdued one in Shining Armor 16-2: the group is in a Hooviet-allied nation and, in disguise, attends a play depicting Hooviet propaganda views about Equestria. Slipping into TranquilFury, Cadence drops their disguises, letting the actors know that they just [[OhCrap spent two and half hours insulting the home nation of a diplomatic party]]. She then politely compliments them on producing such a wonderful parody, forcing them into the choice of either defending it as a straight play (thus admitting that the Hooviets are jerks) or going along with it being a parody (thus admitting it as propaganda.

* It's an AlternateTimeline, but [[http://itsfrompeople.deviantart.com/art/Shady-Line-Of-Fate-300014343 Shady: Line of Fate]] has Luna managing to pull Shady into Discord's nightmare as a result of [[ForWantOfANail Surprise accidentally triggering her magic falling on her in her sleep]]. Thanks to Shady's intervention, Good!Discord is able to summon Destruction's power, supercharged with his memories of his friends and family, against Evil!Discord using Havoc's avatar's power. It's outright stated that Havoc's power should have still won out against Destruction's, but Good!Discord's bond with his family made it powerful enough for the two to cancel each other out instead, taking Evil!Discord with them.

** That's also not to mention the moment where Shining pulls a fast one on Makarov for insulting Celestia, and say that THAT is an insult to get upset over.
** There's also Thunderchild's BigDamnHeroes moment saving Shining from Makarov. Then when the GunShipRescue happens, Master Chief Spartan [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking shows what he's made of]] and [[FoeTossingCharge plows straight through about ten Mooks all by himself.]]

*** Twilight gets one directly after by tricking the Valeyard into teleporting an exploding rock right in his face thinking it was Rarity's regenerating Element of Desire.

*** Apple Pie gets one too by kicking the Valeyard in the face, stunning him and setting up Derpy's assault.
* Rancor gets one in "Love/Hate Bedlam part 2", where she becomes the first character to be completely unaffected by the voice's attempts to manipulate her, to the point of realizing that its presence is unusual (as opposed everyone else, who just accepted it). She then gets a meta one, as she systematically [[{{Jossed}} Josses]] every single theory as to the voice's identity.

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* A meta example: Alexwarlorn and the crew deserve credit for ''[[{{Determinator}} still going]]'' despite [[TroubledProduction the overall production turning into a hell for everyone involved]] at times.
** And in all honesty, leaving aside any personal views on quality, managing to produce something as large as the Wedding Arc in a rather short space of time is quite an achievement no matter how you look at it.

** Followed the next chapter by traveling TheMultiverse, subtly interfering and manipulating events to give happy (or at worse, [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]]) endings to practically ''every'' major MLP DarkFic out there -- yes, even [[Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}} THAT one]]. Most impressive, however, was engineering the FanFic/RainbowFactory's destruction, with its leader getting chased by an angry mob and [[KarmicDeath falling into the Pegasus Machine himself]].

*** The author himself get's an awesome moment for somehow managing to make the friggen' ''[[TastesLikeDiabetes G3 ponies]]'' look absolutely badass.

** And then, how the Valeyard is taken down -- Derpy remembers something the Doctor told her once, which makes her realize that the Valeyard is using a template to maintain his personality after regeneration, which Applejack and Rarity quickly deduce is being hidden by illusion around his neck. As the Valeyard has an OhCrap, Twilight neutralizes the Valeyard's sonic attacks, allowing Derpy and Rarity to take it from him -- and then throw it away, as Rarity instantly realizes it's a decoy. Then she [[spoiler: locates the real one inside his body, ''rips it out'']], and destroys it, leaving him vulnerable. This is then crowned by Derpy going into a TranquilFury [[spoiler: and ''beating the Valeyard to death'', letting him regenerate back into the Doctor]]. It's as awesome as it sounds.
*** Apple Pie gets one too by [[spoiler:kicking the Valeyard in the face, stunning him and setting up Derpy's assault.]]

** Rarity going into a TranquilFury and [[spoiler: promising to kill Fluttercruel for all the evil she's done, especially to Fluttershy]].

** Angry Pie gets one in a flashback, when it turns out that she [[spoiler: is the one who killed Discord's League of Auxiliary Minions, for threatening one of her adopted foals]].

** Angry Pie [[IAmNotLeftHanded demonstrates how dangerous]] her reality-bending abilities and UnstoppableRage are when [[TranquilFury she's focused]]: [[spoiler: She gives Twilight a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, wrecks her horn, and even manages to dig out her Element.]]

*** Fluttercruel [[IAmNotLefthanded finally pulls out her most dangerous weapon of all]]: [[spoiler: [[CallBack The Stare, just like her mother's]]. She manages to Stare Rarity into submission and comes within seconds of murdering her...only for Tom's fragment to [[EyeScream smash itself straight through her eye]] and leave her wide open for Rarity to take the Element of Cruelty. Then, while Fluttercruel (who was likely suffering the same RapidAging as Twilight without her Element) is ranting about her taking it, Rarity finishes her off by impaling her.]]

** [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Dark-World-21-The-Real-Hoof-Blues-1-2-340347911 Also in this chapter]] at one point a [[TranquilFury frighteningly calm yet still enraged]] Angry Pie [[CurbStompBattle beats the ever-loving daylights]] out of Rarity, Derpy, and Spike [[OneManArmy all at once]]. She does this by [[spoiler: grabbing the diamond sword Rarity made out of her own blood and then stabbing Derpy with it ''while Rarity still holds it'' and simultaneously kicking Rarity in the head.]]
** While it's also [[NightmareFuel/PonyPOVSeries terrifying]], [[spoiler: Twilight revealing herself to be NotQuiteDead, followed by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling Angry out on her hypocrisy]] while [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating her to death]]]] is quite cathartic.
** Which is then followed by a ''proper'' awesome moment, as [[spoiler: Twilight's friends and a ''different'' voice talk Twilight back from the edge of the MoralEventHorizon, after which she then [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind enters Angry Pie's mind]] and manages to talk her personalities into [[SplitPersonalityMerge merging back together]], saving her.]]
* In "Off Da Rails", [[spoiler: [[NotQuiteDead Fluttercruel]]]] is trying to [[BreakThemByTalking break]] the Elements of Harmony by pointing out they're ultimately selfish hypocrites who are willing to forgive their friends anything (even trying to kill them), but are perfectly willing to kill those they don't know for the same crimes. Rarity and Twilight shoot this down by partially ''agreeing'' with it, admitting their faults, but also saying that friendship is more complicated than that.

* [[spoiler: The Elements of Harmony and a copy of Destruction's power (fired by Rarity) [[YinYangBomb reacting]] and obliterating [[OneWingedAngel Odyne!]]Cruelty's body. When she then tries to BodySurf into Twilight, Pinkie('s ghost) knocks her away, and Fluttershy's spirit shows up to restrain her daughter long enough to hit her with the Elements again, banishing her from the mortal plane and even destroying the piece of Havoc in her in the process.]]
** As if that wasn't awesome enough, it gets followed up by [[spoiler: Fluttershy traveling to the Draconequi realm and [[StaringDownCthulhu staring down]] all of Discord's siblings and ''Havoc'' and telling them that she has the right to take Cruel with her and teach her a better way to use her concept. Havoc is [[YouGotGuts impressed]] enough by this he lets her go.]]
** The author gets one for managing to [[spoiler:make ''Fluttercruel'' sympathetic, and making it ''work''.]]

* During the final confrontation with Discord, [[spoiler: Twilight breaks away from the Nameless Passenger's script by refusing to give into her hate and stopping the others from beating the already dying Discord to death, saying there's no point in fighting him when he's already lost. In doing so, it's implied she's broken a GroundhogDayLoop.]]
** Followed up on in the following chapter when [[spoiler: she actually ''does'' break the loop by finally shaking off the Passenger's influence and refusing to restart the loop. This forces the Passenger to try and possess Twilight, only to be forced away by her friends' care for her.]]
** The above also counts as one for [[spoiler:Discord. He had Twilight use her Memory Spell on him so the memories would show her what resetting time would ''really'' do, {{Out Gambit|ted}}ing the Passenger in the process. On top of that, he {{Troll}}s the Passenger by forcing her to endure several hundred pictures of him mooning himself set to a continuous loop while Twilight sees the memories.]]
* "Give A Reason" has Twilight and the others continuing to shoot down [[spoiler:Nightmare Paradox]]'s lectures [[spoiler:even when Paradox takes Twilight to a PocketDimension]]. Twilight even turns a few back ''on'' her. [[spoiler:Paradox]] doesn't listen, but it was still awesome.
** Rarity, with the others supporting her, [[spoiler:using the Elements of Chaos to break through Paradox's PocketDimension]] and showing Twilight YouAreNotAlone.
* Sparkler confronting her grandmother over [[spoiler:her attempted murder of her daughter (and Sparkler's mother), Ditzy]]. Her grandmother rants and raves about how [[spoiler:Ditzy was a "failure" and an "embarrassment"]], but Sparkler has none of it, completely telling her off and reaffirming her love for [[spoiler:her mother]].
* The continuing battle between the Dark World Mane Six (and their allies) and [[spoiler: Nightmare Paradox's PsychoRangers]] has some quite awesome moments:
** [[spoiler: Paradox]] is stopped from taking advantage of the previous chapter's cliffhanger by Rainbow Dash [[spoiler: and the Princesses]] arriving in time to fight them off and free the others from their various imprisonments.
** Spike and Apple Pie are tag-teaming [[spoiler: Nightmare Mirror]], who tries to BreakThemByTalking, pointing out that Apple Pie is just a [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirl]] in over her head, and Spike is a freak (being a generous dragon) who Rarity wouldn't look at twice if he wasn't an adult. However, Apple Pie merely laughs off her situation, and her cheerfulness empowers Spike, who says he likes being unique, and doesn't care ''why'' Rarity's with him as long as she is.
** Rainbow Dash hits [[spoiler: Paradox]] so hard she actually manages to break off her WhiteMaskOfDoom... which reveals that [[spoiler: in a previous loop, an attack from Alicorn!Trixie scarred Paradox's face so badly it left a WoundThatWillNotHeal]].
*** [[spoiler:Even more so with the later reveal that said Trixie ''survived'' her universe's erasure and became Princess Anasi.]]
** [[spoiler: The group causes enough damage to the Nightmares that they're forced to retreat back into Paradox. Afterwards, the Benevolent Interloper points out that Paradox is on her last legs.]]
** Minty Pie finally catches up with the group, and when [[spoiler: Paradox]] tries to incinerate her, she jumps out of the way and uses [[spoiler: Paradox]]'s own attack to destroy [[spoiler: the time-reset spell Paradox has been trying to get Twilight to use]]. Twilight is stunned at how good her combat reflexes have become.
*** She also deserves credit for staying so calm in the fight, even when [[spoiler: Paradox]] almost kills her a couple of times.
*** As well as [[spoiler:cutting off Twilight's horn to stop Paradox's attempt to corrupt Twilight into a Nightmare.]]
* The epic conclusion to Dark World's FinalBattle: [[spoiler: Twilight distracts Paradox with a speech, before [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu throwing her soap box]] in Paradox's face, followed by the heroes attacking the distracted Nightmares and mortally wounding them... only for Paradox to [[TimeMaster rewind time]] and undo the damage. But then, [[BackupFromOtherworld Discord calls Paradox from the afterlife]] and {{Troll}}s her into the start of a VillainousBreakdown, ending with telling her that [[OhCrap he was just a distraction]]. At this point, it turns out that Twilight ''[[BatmanGambit wanted]]'' Paradox to undo the last attack, so that she could copy her time powers. Then, combined with her link with Minty Pie, Twilight is able to [[GondorCallsForAid summon the]] [[CrisisCrossover G1, G2, G3 and G4 (pre-Reign of Chaos) Mane Casts]], tapping into their Elements of Harmony as well as reactivating the Princesses', giving the heroes ''six'' sets of Elements to use. For final measure, Twilight's parents (still plants) restrain Paradox, allowing the heroes to deliver the final blow, which seemingly destroys the other Nightmares and depowers Paradox, starting the process of fusing her with Twilight in order to turn Twilight into an Alicorn.]]

-->"You have power over time? The magic between friends transcends time, space, reality, death, beyond all barriers! Friendship doesn't just pierce the barrier between life and death, but all barriers, everywhere! This is a friendship that pierces the walls between worlds! We've been made, unmade, and remade, but the links we've forged between our souls are all still here! You have [[spoiler: six Elements of Harmony]] that are absolute? We have six sets of hearts beating together in harmony! You have a [[spoiler: gallery of Nightmares]]? We have a herd of FRIENDS! I'm not scared. Not with all of you by my side. And neither are they scared by my side!"
** More impressive? Twilight [[spoiler:''had no idea her parents were going to do that!'' This means that Twilight's plan was to ''overpower'' the Nightmare's [[WorldWreckingWave Elements]] in a BeamOWar. It didn't happen, but still, that takes ''guts'' after seeing what they can do!]]
** [[spoiler:Eclipse deserves a villainous one for the fact all this was more or less a ''requirement'' to defeat her due to how dangerous she ultimately was.]]
* [[spoiler:While also sad, Razzaroo and Twilight's fight for the position of Alicorn is a moment of awesome in and of itself, as is the fact Razzaroo not only survive the G3 universe's erasure, but progress far enough to potentially become an Alicorn. Even though Twilight wins out, it's later revealed that she becomes the Alicorn of Wishes and Miracles.]]
* [[spoiler: Twilight not only completing her Alicornification, but helping Rarity undertake her own, in the process releasing a WorldHealingWave that removes the last of the negative traits of Discord's chaos from the world.]]
* One of the first things Twilight does [[spoiler: as an Alicorn]] after the FinalBattle is restore the ''entire'' JustForFun/DaringDo franchise ''from memory''. Followed by doing the same with the [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Super Stallion]] franchise for [[Heartwarming/PonyPOVSeries Apple Pie]].
* While it's also a TearJerker, there's [[spoiler: the duel between Amicitia and a younger Cadence, [[KnightTemplar who's convinced that magic is inherently evil and wants to prevent it entering the universe]], at the dawn of time. Amicitia manages to NoSell all of Cadence's attacks for a while, before Cadence manages to overpower her... causing Amicitia to stop holding back and nearly kill her, forcing Cadence's Light of Existence to be reborn as a mortal, presumably causing her to change her mind and become the kinder pony seen in the rest of the series]]. In any case, Havoc and Rancor were thoroughly impressed.
** Havoc Himself gets one. [[spoiler:He outright admits that at the dawn of time His Concept currently has no purpose, meaning, at the time, He's essentially powerless (or at least considerably weaker). When Amicitia tries to call Him out on not interfering, He's not even phased and gives a perfectly acceptable explanation for why He didn't and why He was there with Rancor in the first place that even the Alicorn of ''Twilight Sparkle'' has no choice but to admit is correct and accept.]]
** Of course, this is followed by a series of events that are just straight up awesome (and quite a few are heartwarming): [[spoiler: Amicitia turns much of existence into a StableTimeLoop, among other things turning out to be [[BigGood the Benevolent Interloper]], helping herself in the past (as well as being the one who taught Dark World Dinky the Memory Spell); is the one who led Firefly to the Rainbow Bridge and convinced her to ask Megan for help, setting the events of G1 in motion; protected a [[HeroicBSOD BSODing]] Celestia during the Alicorn/Draconequi War, and helped her, Luna, and Galaxia escape to the mortal world.]]
** [[spoiler:Amicitia cures [[FanFic/BackgroundPony Lyra]]'s curse.]] Boom.
** Followed the next chapter by [[spoiler: traveling TheMultiverse, subtly interfering and manipulating events to give happy (or at worse, [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]]) endings to practically ''every'' major MLP DarkFic out there -- yes, even [[Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}} THAT one]]. Most impressive, however, was engineering the FanFic/RainbowFactory's destruction, with its leader getting chased by an angry mob and [[KarmicDeath falling into the Pegasus Machine himself]].]]
** A later chapter revisits this [[spoiler: and, after manipulating things so that humans are no longer a SlaveRace and things are better for human and pony alike in the ''Fanfic/{{Chains}}'' reality, and keeping Rarity from killing stallions in an attempt to make a perfect spouse for herself, and instead convincing her to create Equestria's first dating service (and getting help from Anasi to [[SealedEvilInACan seal away the spirit of Loneliness that almost drove her to do those horrible things]] for good measure), Amicitia comes to the universe of ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame''. There she is contacted by that world's Celestia, who tries to convince her to go back to the distant past and convince Luna and Celestia to kill Titan and Terra instead of [[SealedEvilInACan sealing them away]] (since even if she stops Esteem from releasing them, somepony else could later). But before she can make a decision about how best to help that world, which she dearly wished to, Nyarlathotrot shows up, mad at Amicitia for giving so many worlds happy endings, and enters the world himself in an attempt to make the events even ''worse'', with Amicitia chasing close behind. The two then star a game of [[GoodAngelBadAngel shoulder angel]], with Amicitia stopping Nyarlathotrot at every turn. And even then, she manages to get Empyrean to realize his father's evil and surrender instead of fighting the rebels, and has Fluttershy pull a BigDamnHeroes moment and save the price [[OffingTheOffspring when Titan tries to kill him]] [[YouHaveFailedMe for failing him]] and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness not being useful anymore]], though she is unable to change anything else prior to that]].

** Cadence gets an awesome moment when she taps into the harmony between the members of Misfit Actual and the Rebels in order to kick Makarov's flank, all while singing a TheVillainSucksSong, which acts as a ShutUpHannibal to the BreakingLecture he had been giving. [[spoiler: Makarov pulls an ActuallyADoombot, but it's still impressive, especially when she then picks the robot up and throws it out of the village to explode harmlessly.]]
** Shining managing to defeat one of Makarov's [[CoDragons Alicorn Cyborgs]] [[spoiler: {{Mercy Kill}}ing the poor pony [[AndIMustScream trapped inside]].]]

* The chapter also has Misfit Actual being completely defiant even as [[spoiler: Makarov has them all tortured]].
* In Chapter 17.1 Shining Armor gets a truly amazing [=CMoA=] by using his magic to ruin the [[AntiMagic magic-blocking force field]] that [[spoiler:Makarov]] has raised to wipe out all the forces in the massive battle they're observing. He also [[DeadpanSnarker mocks his enemy and his bragging all through it]], reducing him to helpless fury.

** Dima [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu giving Makarov one last screw you]] by [[spoiler: sacrificing himself to save Gilda, ruining Makarov's hopes of a climatic battle with him and Shining simultaneously]].

* 17.5 has the entire FinalBattle between Misfit Actual and Makarov, which they get an edge in by {{Troll}}ing him to make him lose control of his powers. But the key moment in when [[spoiler:Gilda, [[DefiantToTheEnd fatally wounded but still going]], [[LastBreathBullet destroys Makarov's Iron Curtain]], allowing [[ClockRoaches the Wolf]] to come in and erase Makarov]]. On top of that, Shining makes it perfectly clear that he's willing to [[TakingYouWithMe let the Wolf take him too if it means destroying Makarov]].
* In 18.1 [[spoiler: [[Series/DoctorWho the Master]] tries to convince Minuette to open her fob watch so she becomes him again and fight against Marakov.]]
--> '''Minuette''': "But if I open it...[[spoiler:if I release you...I'll stop being me, won't I?"]]
--> '''[[spoiler: [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]]''':]] "Why does that matter?"
--> '''Minuette''': [[spoiler:"My friends would lose me forever. I'd be replaced by a monster who I can't trust to still be their friend. I can feel it. A darkness...You have no heart."... But how could I ever trust my friends with somepony with no heart?]] You're right, I'll do anything for my friends. And that includes [[spoiler:NEVER becoming you."]]
--> '''[[spoiler: [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]]''':]] YOU EQUINE FOOL! You are [[spoiler:ME! You are the [[Series/DoctorWho MASTER]]!]]
--> '''Minuette''': [[spoiler: No. I. Am. Minuette. Colgate]] (''hurls fob watch across the room'')

** A minor one, but a scene with the CMC showed that [[spoiler:[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]] was in this universe trying to do his "make a contract with me and become magical girls (or rather, fillies)" nonsense with them]]... only for [[spoiler: the Wolf to come in and (after undoing Scootaloo's contract) '''erase him and "[sever] the race of fairies' connection to this universe"''']]. If you know ''anything'' about [[spoiler:Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica]], then this should rival [[spoiler: erasing ''Makarov'']] for you.

** The crew help save Caruba from a disastrous megastorm triggered by recent events disrupting mana streams [[spoiler:though [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of Sunset and Ranger's lives.]]]]

** Minutte gets one shortly before, when she [[spoiler: throws the Master's fob watch to the Wolf, [[PayEvilUntoEvil erasing the bastard once and for all]]]].
*** What's more awesome about that? [[spoiler:Minuette was completely aware that destroying the Master could very well erase her along with him. [[TakingYouWithMe She does it anyway]].]]
*** [[spoiler:And survives.]]

* Silver Spoon [[spoiler:managing to break free of Nightmare Diamond Tiara's MindRape and drive her out of her mind. By [[{{Determinator}} absolutely refusing to accept Diamond is irredeemable and can't become friends with the CMC.]]]]
* Trixie managing to [[spoiler:resist the temptations of an entity seemingly representing the Alicorn Amulet.]]
* It turns out [[spoiler:Cranky ''did'' face Discord. And [[ShutUpHannibal shut down his attempt to play games with him.]]]]

* While she still [[spoiler:loses in the end,]] Celestia gets bonus points for ''winning'' the BeamOWar this time around and giving Chrysalis a nasty head wound. She only doesn't end things then and there because A) she had to hold back so not to hurt the innocent ponies crowding the room and B) [[spoiler:Chrysalis PlayingPossum to give herself the opening to counterattack.]]
** Likewise, Luna gets one by being seconds away from ''blowing Chrysalis' head off'' [[spoiler:and would have too, if Shining hadn't been brainwashed.]]
** [[spoiler:Starlight Sparkle actually managing to ''wound Chrysalis'', however minor, in a moment of MamaBear rage. It didn't work, but it took ''serious'' guts.]]
** And of course [[spoiler:Twinkle Shine and company being the BigDamnHeroes at the end of the chapter.]]
** Applejack gets one as well. [[spoiler:While being brainwashed by Chrysalis, trapping her in an AndIMustScream situation, she's tempted to become [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare Mirror]] to make it stop and [[EvilVersusEvil stop Chrysalis]]...but ultimately manages to resist the temptation, knowing that it'd just make things worse on everypony else. Applejack resisted going Nightmare despite being in an abolutely ''horrible'' situation, being forced to act completely contrary to her Element in every way, something Fluttershy wasn't able to do.]]
* [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis versus Makarov. Chrysalis for how well she fairs and Makarov for leaving Chrysalis battered and badly wounded during the fight.]]
** [[spoiler:Luna managed to save ''all'' the ponies launched with her from falling to their deaths ''while being launched hundreds of miles''. Also counts as SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} for showing even in a situation like that, the Princesses care for their subjects.]]
** The Mane Six, with help from the Hoofmaiden's group, managing to fight their way out of the Wedding Hall and escape.

** Moth [[spoiler:finally managing to overcome her [[DirtyCoward cowardly nature]] and reveal herself to the group so she can give them intel. Cadence standing up for her also counts.]] Depending on your perspective, [[spoiler:the heroes giving her a beatdown in anger for what her cowardliness did]] can also count.
* How the heroes manage to free [[spoiler: Twilight]] from Chrysalis' control -- by providing a distraction for the Changelings (including Rainbow Dash performing a Sonic Rainboom ''indoors''), they give Cadence the chance to [[spoiler: get through to Twilight with nothing but her love for her]].

* Chrysalis gets a villainous one when [[spoiler: it turns out she was [[CrazyPrepared prepared]] for Twilight being freed by Cadence, having implanted an illusion spell ''in her mind'' to make her think Cadence was Chrysalis, so she'd kill her.]]
** Of course, this is then countered by another heroic CMOA, as Cobweb [[spoiler: turns out to be a disguised Trixie, who realized something was wrong after Chrysalis' attempt to [[BreakTheCutie break her]], and came back in disguise to undermine her. She then fights defensively well enough to match ''Twilight'', long enough to get Cadence [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind inside her head]] to free her from Chrysalis' spell.]]
* The Crusaders [[LetsGetDangerous getting dangerous]] in order to [[spoiler: save Spike]], managing to take down two Changeling adults via having Scootaloo use the PuppyDogEyes technique learned from Applebloom as a distraction, then knocking them out with heavy books from behind (with a GroinAttack thrown in for good measure with one of them). And then they cover their escape by [[spoiler: ''summoning a water elemental'' (they were aiming for a fire one, but it still counts)]].

* Applejack [[spoiler:[[FightingFromTheInside resisting Chrysalis and Evil!Sweetie's attempts to break her while brainwashed.]] According to Chrysalis, what they put her through so far ''should'' have broken her, but she's holding herself together ''through sheer stubborn refusal to quit''.]] There's also [[spoiler:her hitting Chrysalis ''hard'' in the BerserkButton with her ShutUpHannibal.]]

* [[spoiler: Dawn, Noon, and their allies managing to corner Dusk and pin her down long enough to free her from Chrysalis' control. Bonus points for actually managing to outsmart her, when one of the traits she represents is Twilight's intellect.]]

* In [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/Pony-Pov-Series-Wedding-Arc-Orange-Butterfly-455581313 the Orange Butterfly]] chapter two amazing things happen. First of all, Scootaloo saves Sweetie from [[BigBad Queen Chrysalis]]. How? [[spoiler:She FLIES! And YEARS earlier than her Dark World version!]] Go Scootaloo!

** Also in that chapter in a moment that crosses one with crowning moment of Funny and Heartwarming we see [[UpperClassTwit Jet Set and Upper Crust]] having their usual lunch date. [[TemptingFate During a state of martial law, because why should that stop them from their usual schedule.]] It ends with an injured Changeling crashing into their table. The response of these two rather shallow Canterlot nobles? [[spoiler:They treat his injuries and bear him inside.]]

** Likewise is the reveal that Scootaloo's big moment above resulted in [[spoiler: her getting her cutie mark]].
* [[spoiler: Misfit Actual and their allies facing off against Kabuto]].
** [[spoiler: Weaver ending the fight by copying Kabuto's OneWingedAngel process in order to fight him long enough for Garnet to develop a counteragent to reverse it, depowering him. For bonus points she ''knew'' that without his modifications, it's CastFromLifespan nature would likely make it a HeroicSacrifice]].
* [[spoiler:Gag knocking Kabuto out after Garnet's concoctions causes a KarmicTransformation that turns him into an Earth Pony]].
* [[spoiler:Garnet treating Weaver after she's revealed to be a changeling, even allowing Bombardier to shapeshift into Gag and use her mind magic to get the love required]].
* [[spoiler: Thunderchild giving an ''epic'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to [[GeneralRipper Lone Ranger]]]].
* [[spoiler: Weaver and her siblings proving that Changelings can coexist peacefully with other creatures, with bonus points for going out of their way to follow the law as much as possible]].
* [[spoiler:Everypony fighting against the changelings, especially with the new armor Rarity made]].
* [[spoiler: The CMC wreaking havoc on the changelings]].
** [[spoiler: Bonus points for Sweetie freeing a number of brainwashed ponies and using logic to get the changeling Tick to rethink his race's philosophy]].
* [[spoiler:Twinkleshine and Silver Axe performing a TheRestShallPass on the Changelings trying to stop them from reaching Chrysalis.]]
* [[spoiler: Fluttershy cowing a monster being used to guard Chrysalis]].
* [[spoiler: Fluttershy and everyone else telling Chrysalis to shut it]].
* [[spoiler: Twilight figuring out that the changelings are a lost pony tribe]].
* [[spoiler: Shining is free!]]
* [[spoiler: Thunderchild's speech to Bombardier]].
* [[spoiler: Blueblood using the Changelings's lack of knowledge of his CharacterDevelopment to his advantage]].
* [[spoiler: Misfit Actual and the other remaining guards showing up to help Trixie's group fight Hercules Beetle, making the changeling desperate enough to go OneWingedAngel.]]
** [[spoiler: Ellis using a homemade ''bazooka'' to damage Hercules' supposedly invincible shell.]]
** There's the simple fact that [[spoiler:Hercules takes ''10'' powerful ponies and several of Lemon Hearts' {{Familiar}}s fighting him all at once and at the end of the chapter has the upperhand. The Interviewers calling him the 'second most dangerous Changeling in existence' was NotHyperbole.]]
** [[spoiler: The group taking Hercules down by repeatedly hitting him with alternating heat and cold attacks, weakening his armor enough to destroy it completely.]] On the other hand, [[spoiler: Hercules deserves credit for ''still going'' afterwards even though he can barely stand, only stopping when they knock him down and he's too weak to get back up.]]
* [[spoiler:Cadence challenging Chrysalis/Cadenza for the position of Changeling Queen]].
* When [[spoiler:Luna's guard]] shows up to help hold off the Changelings during [[spoiler:Cadence and Cadenza's fight]], the Changelings [[spoiler:use special counters for guard moves]]. [[spoiler:One guard, Average Joe, counters by adapting to their counter, pointing out in an actual battle that style of fighting doesn't work so well.]]
* The arrival of [[TheCavalry Princess Luna and her Guards and some...]] special allies [[spoiler:the lovecats from the first IDW comics arc]] in the [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Wedding-Arc-Princess-Luna-Returns-469847040 Princess Luna Returns chapter]] is a truly heroic moment in the story. It's followed by many, many more in that chapter, such as:
** Rarity calling back to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales her G2 self as Melody and]] healing Cadence's crushed vocal cords [[MagicMusic with a song]]. [[VillainousBreakdown And all Chrysalis can do is rage that this is impossible.]]
** The [[spoiler:Lovecats]] showing up and helping the ponies fight the Changelings. [[BewareTheSillyOnes Effectively.]]

* [[spoiler: Cadence and Cadenza's ShapeshifterShowdown]].
* [[spoiler: Shining and Cadence working together to finish Cadenza off.]]
* [[spoiler: The Mane Six shooting down Lone Ranger's arguments.]]
** [[spoiler: Rarity slices Lone Ranger's throat to scare him and show him how bad what he wanted was, but she did it in such a way that it couldn't possibly kill him.]]
* Remember what Celestia said she would've done to Fluttershy/Fluttercruel if they had gone too far as Princess Gaia? [[spoiler: That's what Kabuto's punishment was.]] [[LaserGuidedKarma And there's no fate more fitting for him.]]

* Subtle, but 'Gaiden; 7 Dreams/Nightmares: Bon Bon's reveals that [[spoiler:G2 Bon Bon's sister Misty [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed herself to shield her daughter]] from the explosion that destroyed civilization, saving her life.]]

* [[spoiler:Starlight managing to admit the role she played in the destruction of the world and find herself guilty in her afterlife trial, saving her soul in the process.]]

** Bright Eyes [[spoiler: having a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind with Cruel Eyes/D___t, first fighting off his attempt at BreakThemByTalking, then "physically" fighting him, ultimately realizing that since they're in ''her'' mind, she has the advantage. Not only that, but after mortally wounding him, she then slices up his Shadow of Existence, making sure that he stays DeaderThanDead.]]
* During the Gaia Festival, [[spoiler:Zecora and Fluttershy are attacked by a pony seeking revenge for Fluttershy's actions as Princess Gaia. Zecora's response is to [[OffhandBackhand calmly punch him out without even turning to face him]].]]

* Sunset Shimmer got her Cutie Mark [[spoiler:by raising the Sun as a little Filly]].
* In the [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Possible-Futures-In-Sunset-We-Trust-485951567 third chapter of the 'Sirens' arc]], we see Sunset Shimmer [[spoiler:finally learn what her true Element of Harmony is. TRUST, the one destroyed long ago by Discord.]]
** In the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames Friendship Games]] [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/221057/2/pony-pov-possible-futures-in-sunset-we-trust/persona22s-pony-pov-friendship-games-pov-adaption adaptation]] [[RecursiveFanfiction written by Persona22]], [[spoiler: her [[SuperMode "Daydream Shimmer" form]] is translated into the POV multiverse as her ''[[AbstractApotheosis ascending to concept status as a goddess!]]'' ]]
* From Tirek's OriginsEpisode: Tirek's army vs [[spoiler:Lahb, the giant spider guarding Pandora's Box of dark magic Morning Star stole and let loose that Lilith created.]] Highlights include:
** [[spoiler:Lahb]] gets one for fighting an army of ''dragon killing'' Centaurs and ''winning''.
** The Moochick [[spoiler:sending the ''forty foot'' spider ''flying'' with a White Magic WaveMotionGun and leaving her stunned for a few moments.]]
** Scorpan managing to actually ''hurt'' [[spoiler:Lahb]] by destroying one of her fangs. [[spoiler:Too bad for him, and the world (due to him being Tirek's MoralityPet), it was a DyingMomentOfAwesome, as she kills him moments later.]]
** While ''also'' terrifying, as it's his StartOfDarkness, Tirek's RoaringRampageOfRevenge against [[spoiler:Lahb, by absorbing some of the dark magic and using it to fire a WaveMotionGun that kills her.]]
* From "The Smooze" chapter has a big villainous one for ''[[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Reeka]]'', who after being hold up with her mother in Mount Gloom, finally decides to apply herself and is revealed to be BrilliantButLazy, creating the Green Smooze [[spoiler:which is ''immune'' to [[AchillesHeel Flutterpony Magic]], the one weakness ''every'' version of the Smooze since Lilith's Smoss has had.]] Even the post HeelFaceTurn Draggle is impressed by what her sister did and this enough to [[WellDoneSonGuy finally get Hydia to be proud of her]]. She gets another later [[spoiler:after Hydia dies in the final battle, Reeka goes ''berserk'' and manages to put up a fight against the ''entire'' army of heroes before being brought down.]] TookALevelInBadass indeed.
** The heroes get one in return by figuring out how to defeat the Green Smooze by [[spoiler:throwing it through a portal to Discord's realm, with the Flutterponies completely exhausting themselves pulling a YouShallNotPass while they set it off]]. Special mention goes to the Bushwhoolies who [[spoiler:tickle the Green Smooze and make it fall in, with Wishful [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing himself to do so]], resulting in the two [[FusionDance fusing together]] and leaving the Smooze the more friendly entity it is in G4.]]
** Megan keeping charge throughout the entire thing and coming up with the plan to defeat the Green Smooze. [[spoiler:She also is the one to take Hydia out by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard deflecting her own death spell back at her.]]]]
** Princess Tiffany gets one by [[spoiler:distracting Reeka enough for her to be beaten, and being badly hurt in the process]].

* Majesty vs. Tirek! The chapter is called "Clash of the Titans" and boy does it live up to it. They have one of, if not THE biggest knock down, dragout fight between two characters in the series. They use magic spells, weather control, creating constructs, transformation, flight, energy blasts, and good old fists and hooves and it's as epic as anything ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' ever dished out. And special mention to Majesty [[spoiler:losing the match but making Tirek's victory totally empty. She uses a spell to erase all memory of herself from everyone everywhere ''except'' for Tirek, so that her death will not affect her ponies and leaves Tirek having gone through the fight of his life and have nothing to show for it.]]

* Human!Trixie [[spoiler:fighting the ''freaking human world Blank Wolf'' to a stand still in her Amulet powered form to protect Princess Twilight is this.]]
* [[spoiler:Sunset TakingTheBullet for her friends against Wallflower is definitely this.]]
* [[spoiler:Due to Wallflower having far more control over the Memory Stone than in canon, the fight is considerably more epic than in canon, ending with a BeamOWar of a shade of Entropy clashing with the Rainbow from the Elements.]]
* The FinalBattle between Human!Majesty and Human!Tirek, ending with [[spoiler:Majesty being impaled by Tirek, but ripping off his ImmortalityInducer crown and [[MutualKill stabbing him through the heart]].]]

* [[spoiler:The Blank Wolf puppy defending Sweetie Bell in her sleep]].
* [[spoiler: The ''Elders'' coming to the Crusaders aid in stopping Discord's plans. Special credit goes to Entropy/Void TakingTheBullet to protect them.]]
* [[spoiler:Anarchy protecting Nurse Red Heart. Considering how powerful this spell is implied to be, the fact he's able to actually protect ponies himself deserves credit.]]
* When Dash [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Somepony-Everypony-is-Wrong-496480605 finally figures out that something's wrong]], she remembers that there used to be this filly who loved her. [[{{Retgone}} She can't remember her name]], but she knows she existed. And she'll save that little filly [[spoiler:that is, Scootaloo]]. [[TheDeterminator No matter what.]]
* The epic duel between Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie when the former [[spoiler:goes after the wrong target when trying to track down and solve the cause of whatever's wrong in Ponyville]]; bonus points for the entire fight - including combatants' motivations and the ending - being a giant Shout-Out[=/=] homage to Homura vs. Mami from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion''.

* [[spoiler:Nurse Red Heart, presumably with Anarchy's help from earlier, managing to turn her area into holy ground dedicated to Saint Sweetheart and gain [[HealingHands Healing Hooves]]. Of note, it's the ''only'' place the CMC have been too so far that isn't corrupted like the rest of the world, even being 'animated' differently.]]
* Scootaloo [[spoiler:not only managing to escape the DeathTrap [[Fanfic/CheerileesGarden the corrupted Cheerilee put her into]] by using Pegasi magic to shatter the cage, but using the PowerOfLove the two had as sisters in G3 to free her, in the process purifying the school with a WorldHealingWave and saving ''her entire class''.]]
* Anarchy [[spoiler:performing a HeroicSacrifice to get [[TheDragon Alula]] off of the CMC's tail. He ''knows'' he's screwed due to his Avatar, but willingly goes into the fight.]]

** The twin revelations that the Nightmares are being aided by [[spoiler:Starlight and Razzaroo]] to escape [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare Whisper]].

* [[spoiler:Small one, but Princess Anasi (aka, the Trixie who scarred Eclipse's face for eternity and is revealed to have survived her universe's erasure) manages to NoSell Nightmare Mirror's truth vision due to being the genuine Concept of Trickery.]]
* [[spoiler:Nightmare Bannerette vs Abandon.]]

* They top the above by [[spoiler:taking out Shub herself]] a few chapters later.
* Flash Sentry, of all ponies, leading a group to save Princess Luna and stop the [[spoiler:Nightmare Forces]].
* Scootaloo saving Rainbow Dash by [[spoiler:getting her and [[EnemyWithout her rumors self to split]]]]. This turns into [[spoiler:one for Rainbow-as-Mare-Do-Well for managing to defeat her own rumor's counterpart by [[KarmicDeath throwing them into the Pegasus Device.]]]]
* Daring Do [[spoiler:[[CurbstompBattle curbstomping the factory workers]] to protect the foals without killing one of them.]]
* Diamond Tiara demonstrating her new power [[spoiler:as a Nightmare by battling an ''[[UnstoppableRage enraged]]'' Venus and knocking her out cold.]]

* Sweetie Belle [[spoiler:using a WaveMotionGun spell Chrysalis taught her to ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu blow a hole through Nyarlathotrot's Dark Storm Avatar]]'' and kill it with the rest of the CMC and Applejack bracing her and Daring Do holding him off (which is one of these in and of itself). Followed by Button Mash, Applejack, Applebloom, and Scootaloo using Button's wind leaf to slice its falling corpse in half when it attempts a TakingYouWithMe.]]
** Not just a [[spoiler:WaveMotionGun. Sweetie Belle's spell apparently calls upon the power of [[TopGod Entropy herself]]. ]]
* Applejack's fight with Nyarlathotrot [[spoiler:especially once AJ's other incarnations lend their strength to her.]]
* [[spoiler:Nightmare Mirror performing a HeroicSacrifice to protect Applejack from one of Nyarlathotrot's attacks, then [[FusionDance fuses with her]], transforming Applejack into her Alicorn self, Princess Veritas. She proceeds to use [[AllYourPowersCombined the powers of all five tribes]] to combat him. Particularly of note is towards the end when she [[PunctuatedPounding pounding into him while]] [[AndThisIsFor dedicating each blow to somepony he hurt in his 'masterpiece' timeline]]. She finishes the fight by [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu literally kicking him so hard]], [[MegatonPunch Nyarlathotrot's soul is launched out of his body and the universe itself.]]]]
** The fact that by doing so [[spoiler:Nythy and his family who helped in his plan are banished from the Pony POV multiverse for 8 billion years.]]
* [[spoiler:Applejack, Starlight, and Razzaroo's rescue of the Interviewers and Shining Armor. Special points go to Starlight, who has to ''shed her Reaper powers'' just to be able to help. [[BroughtDownToBadass it doesn't slow her down much.]]]]

** Strife [[spoiler:{{Curbstomp|Battle}}s a Film/{{Predator}} to give another deity a chance to rescue a pony from it.]]

** [[spoiler:Sea Ponies and King Leo vs Dra-Gon, with King Leo's BigDamnHeroes moment of ''tackling'' Dra-Gon so hard he's sent flying, despite the EldritchAbomination being ''far'' larger than him.]]
** Mother Deer [[spoiler:tricking Discord by reverting back to her original form of the Tree of Harmony (which the Rumors don't know to attack) and using her power to protect her subjects from danger.]]
** [[spoiler:''All Twelve'' Doctors plus Minuette helping save ponies.]]
* [[spoiler:All four Elders, in mortal avatars, curb-stomping expies of VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}, [[VideoGame/AsurasWrath Asura]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], and [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Demi-Fiend]] to allow the CMC to advance. Even better, Discord sent them to counter the Elders because they were all known for being god-slayers, yet the Elders barely even put any effort into the fight.]]
* Flash Sentry defeats two crazed members of the asylum with CQC skills, then [[spoiler:figures out how to bring Celestia back to her senses; with [[TrademarkFavoriteFood cake]].]]
* [[spoiler:The final battles between Scootaloo and Alula and Sweetie Belle and Tootsie. Sweetie manages to overpower Tootsie's CompellingVoice and outlast her, while Scootaloo and Alula fight one another to a draw. Scootaloo and Sweetie then follow this up by redeeming them.]]

* An understated one, but [[spoiler:Rota Fortuna shows Applebloom the true nature of the multiverse and that every choice one makes means other universes exist were they made different ones and asks if this makes choices meaningless. Applebloom's response? No, it doesn't, because those other Appleblooms aren't ''her'' and she's not ''them'', therefore their individual choices DO matter and every version of them has their own past AND future different than the others. Rota commends her for getting the right answer.]]
* [[spoiler:Applebloom calming Button down when his realization he'll cease to exist if they win causes him to attack her.]]
** [[spoiler:Likewise, Button deciding to do what a true hero would do: allow the world to be saved, [[HeroicSacrifice even if it costs him his existence]].]]
* Apple Bloom [[spoiler:[[ShutUpHannibal shuts down]] Nightmare Diamond Tiara's arguments that the Shadows Who Watch are evil, then resists a LotusEaterMachine where she is a princess.]]
* [[spoiler:Applebloom finding the hole in Nightmare Diamond Tiara's plan: the printing press is the keystone of the entire Rumor's plan, so she ''couldn't'' completely destroy it beyond repair. Which means Applebloom can ''fix it''. Cue a BigDamnHeroes by Button Mash and Featherweight, who proceed to hold off Diamond Tiara long enough for Applebloom to fix the Press and use the [[ChekhovsGun drop of Truth in her eye to refill the ink]] to reverse the Rumors plan. This action earns her Cutie Mark, for fixing things.]]
** One of the biggest ones in the entire series? [[spoiler:The CMC saved ''all of existence''.]]
* [[spoiler:Starlight Angel, due to the CosmicRetcon, saving many lives by realizing the explosion was coming early enough to warn others, then performing a HeroicSacrifice to delay the blast as long as she could.]]
* [[spoiler:Button Mash's HeroicSacrifice to save all of reality managed to impress ''all five Elders'' (one of which is [[IceQueen Entropy]] and the other is [[EldritchAbomination Azerhorse]]) enough that they collectively vote to merge his Shadow of Existence with the current Button Mash to resurrect him in a sense and allow him to remember his friendship with the Crusaders and relationship with Sweetie Belle as a reward. When [[TopGod the strongest beings in all creation]] view your actions as worthy of reward unanimously, you know they're impressive.]]
* "Princess Rainbow Dash vs Everything". [[spoiler:The title is ''not'' an exaggeration. It's the fully ascended former Nightmare Manacle vs an ''entire'' universe of {{Peggy Sue}}s and she manages to beat a number of them and hold her own. Even better is she was just the ''distraction'', Princess Apple Bloom from the Variety Show verse repairs Yggdrasil (the computer running the universe) to allow the loop to finally end.]]
* Apparently, [[spoiler:Pitcher Plant and her '[[TheRemnant Black Hive Changelings]]' tried to attack the Wuv Cats' kingdom like Chrysalis did in the prime universe. The Wuv Cats won. Also, apparently she also tried to kidnap the Crusaders as Chrysalis did in Revenge of Queen Chrysalis by brainwashing Fluttershy's animals. The Crusaders also won.]]

* Mother Deer [[spoiler:gives the Elements of Harmony a FullPotentialUpgrade.]]
* The reason why none could tell Discord was free? [[spoiler:Diamond Tiara willingly smashed his statue and allowed him to use her as a host body, since as a Nightmare, she can't be sensed.]]

* Twilight managing to get in Discord's head, even for a moment, by showing him the thing ''he's'' too afraid to face: [[spoiler:the image of Shady hugging little Dissy like mother and son.]]

* Twilight managing to [[spoiler:convert Chrysalis's anti-Nightmare Rune into an anti-''Chaos'' rune to weaken Discord enough to make fighting him feasible, with the Diamond Dogs doing the digging and Gifted Unicorns powering the rune, and creating a forcefield based on hopes and dreams to prevent Diamond from attacking it. Discord [[VillainousBreakdown doesn't take it well.]]]]
* All of "Round 1: Fight!" Especially Rarity [[spoiler:conquering her dark self by realizing that she HAS no dark self to face,]] and Pinkie [[spoiler:pulling a NoSell on Cupcakes Pinkamena because she's ''already'' conquered her dark self long ago.]]
** Trixie gets one for similar reasons to Pinkie, but gets one heck of a ShutUpHannibal on [[spoiler:her dark self.]]
** [[spoiler:Twilight giving her dark self, Nightmare Eclipse, a ShutUpHannibal to her mentioning her friends might die and be separated from her by saying she'd do anything for them, including let them go.]]
* Chapter 8 of the Last Battle has [[spoiler:Fluttershy temporarily unlocking her true Princess Gaia form to annihilate the endlessly-regenerating statues and hedge monsters, without giving them a chance to regenerate again.]]
** Before that [[spoiler:the group uniting to fight together is epic. Even if they keep respawning, shows how tough they've become.]]
* [[spoiler:Nightmare Diamond unleashes an army of the Pinkie clones sent to Oblivion, all armed with copies of the Concept Killing Spear. Twilight very briefly channels her Alicorn self's power, telekinetically pulls all their spears away at once, then twists them into a ball. Then Silver Spoon, all by herself, manages to convince the very angry clones to withdraw.]]
* [[spoiler:Twilight managing to defeat the out of control and CameBackWrong Destruction, with some help from [[EnemyMine Discord.]]]]
* [[spoiler:Fluttershy managing to defeat Griffoncord through clever use of her powers and ultimately trapping him in a LotusEaterMachine. Best of all, she kept her word and beat him nonviolently. Execution also counts: at first it looks like Fluttershy actually ''is'' fighting violently and losing...at which point it turns out the first illusion that 'didn't work' (back on Paradise Estate, something this part of Discord simply doesn't care about) was ''part'' of the real illusion and he already lost.]]
* [[spoiler:Celestia showing just how experienced and powerful she is by how she handles Quetzalcord. Both with her ShutUpHannibal retorts to his attempted BreakingLecture and ShapeshifterGuiltTrip routines, but in physical combat as well. Particularly when she reveals she has the same PowerCopying ability as all Elements of Magic and actually has her own variants of Sombra's, the Siren's, Tirek's, and Chrysalis's spells, an cripples Quetzalcord with a spell she stole from Chrysalis. She then forces Discord to let her go by singing him Dissy's favorite lullaby, something he can't stand.]]
* [[spoiler:Luna managing to defeat Batcord by appealing to his pride and ego and convincing him to fight her one on one, neither using any powers. She ends up forcing him to cheat, and swiftly capitalizes to defeat him.]]
* [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie and Seacord stalemate overall...so Pinkie Pie wins via OffscreenTeleportation and appearing ''outside'' the closed in battlefield with him still trapped inside.]]
* [[spoiler:Dragocord greedgrows Spike back into Spikezilla...and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Spike begins pounding him]] because the thing Spike wants the most is his friends. With help from Trixie (who electrocutes Dragocord by shooting a lightning bolt into one of the giant needles Rarity sent up the Detachment's nose), he ''wins''. By [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asking Dragocord what he and Discord truly want]], something he can't answer.]]
* [[spoiler:The group using teamwork to defeat Deercord, ending with Applejack and Rarity destroying him.]]
* [[spoiler:Trixie's entire showing in the fight shows just how far she's come as both a fighter and a person.]]
* Silver Spoon gets one by [[spoiler:beating Goatcord's first 'game' by tricking him into eating himself. It didn't beat him, but if beat the first stage.]]
* Scootaloo [[spoiler:beating the 'second stage' by punching him in the face with a move she came up with, saving them from being dropped into a pit of fire.]]
* Apple Bloom [[spoiler:beating the third phase by throwing a potion into him.]]
* Sweetie Belle [[spoiler:beating the next phase by using one of her [[DarkIsNotEvil dark magic spells]] on his exposed body instead of aiming for his moving head.]]
* Silver [[spoiler:discovering that some part of Tiara loves her enough so her her tiara still protects her while fighting Goatcord.]]
* [[spoiler:[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Scootaloo figuring out Goatcord's weakness and beating him with the cape Entropy gave her]] until [[CessationOfExistence he ceases to exist.]] Goatcord doesn't return to Discord, he's [[DeaderThanDead just gone.]] And Discord admits his insanity went with him.]]
* [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash managing to defeat Eris despite her pulling out every last stop she could against her. Even when Eris pulls out a ''giant robot'' (which is literally a [[Franchise/PowerRangers Megazord made of megazords)]].]]
* [[spoiler:Celestia and Luna managing to take advantage of Scootaloo erasing Goatcord and Discord's insanity to ask him a series of {{Armor Piercing Question}}s and {{Armor Piercing Response}}s that actually causes him to have a ''HeelRealization'' and try to just call the fight quits. Had Diamond not usurped him, the fight would've been over then and there.]]
* [[spoiler:Celestia and Luna bypassing Nightmare Nhilis's ability to NoSell their magic by using nonmagical attacks.]]

* Rainbow Dash managing to trick [[spoiler:Nhilis]] into destroying her own needle shooting weapons.
* Applejack destroying [[spoiler:Nhilis']] blades and land aa pretty big hit on her.
* Applejack and Pinkie Pie managing to catch and force back [[spoiler:Nhilis']] GiantFootOfStomping, making her hit herself in the process.

* Rarity showing off her NervesOfSteel facing down [[spoiler:Nhilis]] and forgiving her, which definitely hits home.
* Celestia shrugging off [[spoiler:Nhilis']] despair inducing attack because she's endured so much despair for a thousand years she can fight through it.
* Prism Rush managing to talk down Rainbow Dash from falling for [[spoiler:Nhilis's taunts.]]
* [[spoiler: When Sweetie Belle and Nhilis prepare to fire two {{Unholy Nuke}}s at each other that would end badly no matter ''what'' happens, Pinkie Pie manages to get Rarity into the area and let her give Sweetie a CooldownHug, which still leaves Nhilis. ''Discord'' finally swallows his pride and does the one thing he can do to shock her out of the spell: admit that what he did to Shady was wrong and selfish and that he sent Surprise away [[PetTheDog to save her from himself.]]]]
* [[spoiler:Nhilis]] tries to break Rainbow Dash by convincing her that because they're not the Heart World, then they're all fakes. Rainbow finds a very good rebuttal:
--> '''Rainbow Dash''': "... It's true, I'm not the Heart World's Rainbow Dash... and I have NO regrets! She didn't get to know Scoots like I have, but we're still the same pony where it counts. Here, there, Equestria is still a place you can trust griffons, zebras, ponies, donkeys, and the rest to be treated as equals. Where you can count on the Royal Guards to be decent creatures who don't exploit people for 'protection money.' Where my friends have problems, but we aren't psychos. I'm THIS Rainbow Dash, this is MY Equestria, MY friends, MY WORLD, MY FAMILY! And I wouldn't have it any other way!!!!"
* The group coming very close to apparently purifying [[spoiler:Nhilis]] with her only managing to stop it at the last second.
* [[spoiler:Cheerilee managing to defeat the rabid Timberwolves Nhilis sent at the Apple's Farm and Zecora and Cupcakes manage to defeat her Shade she sent at Ponyville.]]
* [[spoiler:Gilda shows up out of nowhere. Nobody saw her coming, and she had no idea what was going on and simply came because she wanted to patch things up with Rainbow Dash. Annoyed at the "useless background character" butting in, Nhilus separates her from the others and tries to kill her. Despite Nhilus having the power of a god and Gilda not having any magical augmentation like the others, Gilda fights back and even makes Nhilus bleed, shocking her. And even when Nhilus beats her down and breaks so many bones she can't move, she remains DefiantToTheEnd and sings the Junior Speedsters song.]]

* The Duel of Tears is as awesome as it is heartbreaking, watching Traitor Dash go all out in her attempt to kill Twilight, and Twilight fighting her off. Highlights include TD revealing that she's been [[IAmNotLeftHanded holding back her power]] for a thousand years and becoming [[TurnsRed Ender Dash]], Twilight [[spoiler: changing into a Pegasus]] in order to fight back evenly, Derpy managing to hold her own for most of the fight, and in a more subtle but still awesome example, [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash being redeemed by the memory spell and talked out of despair by her friends]].
** Derpy [[spoiler:and later Apple Pie]] breaking free of Traitor Dash's [[PeoplePuppets Pony Puppets]] power. When Dash tries to use it on Derpy again, this bit of awesome happens:

* The entire fight with the Valeyard. First off, there's how CrazyPrepared he is (though having a time machine helps with most of that), with the kicker being [[spoiler: Twilight tries to use the memory spell, only for a duplicate construct of the Valeyard's personality to implant itself in her mind and take over]]. Though this is quickly followed by one on Twilight's part when she [[spoiler: [[FightingFromTheInside fights its control]] long enough to tell her friends to ''smash her head'' to destroy the construct; she grows a new one free from its control]].
** Twilight even manages to [[spoiler:trick the infection inside her head into revealing itself to her friends.]]

*** Twilight gets one directly after by [[spoiler:tricking the Valeyard into teleporting an exploding rock right in his face thinking it was Rarity's regenerating Element of Desire.]]

** And then, how the Valeyard is taken down -- Derpy remembers something the Doctor told her once, which makes her realize that the Valeyard is [[spoiler: using a template to maintain his personality after regeneration]], which Applejack and Rarity quickly deduce is being hidden by illusion around his neck. As the Valeyard has an OhCrap, Twilight neutralizes the Valeyard's sonic attacks, allowing Derpy and Rarity to take it from him -- and then throw it away, as Rarity instantly realizes it's a decoy. Then she [[spoiler: locates the real one inside his body, ''rips it out'']], and destroys it, leaving him vulnerable. This is then crowned by Derpy going into a TranquilFury [[spoiler: and ''beating the Valeyard to death'', letting him regenerate back into the Doctor]]. It's as awesome as it sounds.

* Alright, it [[spoiler:was AllJustADream]], but seeing Celestia [[spoiler:use her full-power to defend her subjects from the now evil Luna and ''winning'' was pretty awesome, even if she was the HeroAntagonist at the time.]]
--> '''Princess Celestia''': [[spoiler:I have had a thousand years to prepare for another rogue Alicorn little sister. I hoped and prayed it would not be you. [[CrazyPrepared But I am more than ready]]. [[OneWingedAngel ORION!]]]]
* [[spoiler:Applejack and Orangejack growing to accept their differences, realizing that their similarities are more important than those differences, and standing united to battle [[KnightTemplar Nightmare Mirror]]. Bonus points to Orangejack for calming herself down, [[GuileHero fighting with her head]], and trading verbal jabs with Mirror, despite never being in actual ''battle'' before, let alone versus a Nightmare. ''Then'' it turns out that Orangejack can bear the Element of Generosity.]]
** [[spoiler:Applejack calling [[AlternateSelf alternate versions of herself]] that can bear the Elements of Loyalty, Magic, Laughter, and Kindness and thus invoking the Elements to defeat Nightmare Mirror counts as well.]]
** [[spoiler:And who is Kindness? ''[[DarkIsNotEvil Liarjack!]]''.]]
** Even more impressive? [[spoiler:Luna, and quite a bit of Nightmare Mirror's own words, imply Applejack saved ''multiple worlds'', or at least multiple versions of ''herself'', from Nightmare Mirror by defeating her.]]
* Easy to miss, but [[spoiler:We see Twilight Tragedy manage to get through to Greedity and make her perform a HeelFaceTurn.]]

* Sweetie Belle [[ShutUpHannibal telling off Silver Spoon's mother]] for calling the Cutie Mark Crusaders urchins and considering them too lowly [[spoiler:to be Silver Spoon's friends.]] She tops it off by ending it on a ''completely polite'' note.

** The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Spike, and [[spoiler:[[SixthRanger Silver Spoon]]]] managing to ''travel through time''. Keep in mind this is a group of fillies and a baby dragon who manage to do travel through time ''on accident''.
* [[spoiler: Golden Tiara/Screwball's escape attempt, including effortlessly circumventing the security system including two electric fences, making the orderlies and doctors look like fools. Also she beats a Cockatrice so easily it seems like she's planned it out ahead of time: 1 Closes her eyes. 2 Runs AT it. It's not used to that. 3 Grabbed it's neck and head. 4 Ran for a river, which she could hear even with her eyes closed. 5 Faced it down towards the water and forced its' eyelids open. It is promptly TakenForGranite.]]

* While "Generational Transitions" has quite a few, one impressive one is [[spoiler:Pinkie fusing the spirit of her deceased best friend Minty with G1 Twilight, creating ''Twilight Sparkle''. Let's put this in perspective, Pinkie, [[SpannerInTheWorks intentionally or not]], is personally responsible for TheHero!]]
* [[spoiler:Pinkie and Minty managing to make Luna retreat from their battle while she's trying to erase them.]]
** [[spoiler:The survivors vs Strife.]]
*** [[spoiler: The author himself get's an awesome moment for somehow managing to make the friggen' ''[[TastesLikeDiabetes G3 ponies]]'' look absolutely badass.]]
*** Strife get's a particularly impressive moment when she [[spoiler: ''[[NoSell backhands]]'' The Rainbow of Light. Remember, this is a move that has ''always'' been able to take out any villain in the show and [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable Strife deflects it in a single move.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Hand it to the G3 ponies: despite how majorly the odds are stacked against them, and this being their first real fight in their entire existence, they manage to give Strife a major run for her money and earn her respect.]]
** [[spoiler:Strife vs Celestia.]]
* From the Optional Canon, we get Cadence. You know how Cadence is a PhysicalGod in Canon? Well, in this universe, she defeated Havoc, a GOD of Social Fears (well his avatar) all on her own. The indication from Celestia being that this was the only plausible explanation [[spoiler: on how she managed to be reborn into the POV Universe.]]
** Worth noting is that this carries off of Origins, where [[spoiler:Cadence performed a YouShallNotPass on Havoc to allow her three sisters to escape to Equestria.]]
* It's an AlternateTimeline, but [[http://itsfrompeople.deviantart.com/art/Shady-Line-Of-Fate-300014343 Shady: Line of Fate]] has [[spoiler:Luna managing to pull Shady into Discord's nightmare as a result of [[ForWantOfANail Surprise accidentally triggering her magic falling on her in her sleep]]. Thanks to Shady's intervention, Good!Discord is able to summon Destruction's power, supercharged with his memories of his friends and family, against Evil!Discord using Havoc's avatar's power. It's outright stated that Havoc's power should have still won out against Destruction's, but Good!Discord's bond with his family made it powerful enough for the two to cancel each other out instead, taking Evil!Discord with them.]]

** Just to clarify, she takes on all six of the corrupted Element bearers, and ''wins''. She even manages to restore Twilight to her non-discorded state. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Discord himself then sneak attacks and kills her, before re-discording Twilight.]]

* [[BadFuture Dark World!]]Twilight ''finally'' freeing herself from Discord's taint [[spoiler:with Cadence/Trixie's help]] after a thousand years of being Discord's slave/toy. And she caps off her [[HesBack She's Back]] moment with an ''epic'' NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech. It's honestly one of the most epic moments in the entire fic, and that's ''really'' saying something.

* When trying to get Liarjack to see the light, [[spoiler: Apple Bloom]] enlists a little help from one of the gods. Which one? [[spoiler: Celestia's father! The wise father of all Alicorns. Talk about going to the top for help!]]
* We get another moment with Epilogue!Applejack [[spoiler: escaping from Entropy's realm, thanks to the power of LoveRedeems with her sister Apple Bloom. And it's only here that she is able to finally accept the Element of Kindness as her new self.]]
* While it's an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, it's still worth mentioning. [[spoiler:Laughter!Applejack's world is one where Destruction didn't cause the end of civilization during G2 but the paradise of G3 never happened. This results in a world were an AncientConspiracy is keeping Earth Ponies in the dark about Unicorns and Pegasi, Pegasi are keeping the Unicorns in the dark about Griffins, and Dragons and Alicorns are keeping themselves hidden from everyone. And a group of [[TheMenInBlack Stallions In Black]] erase memories to keep up TheMasquerade. Well Laughter!Applejack's version of the Mane Cast (with [[PerkyGoth Pinkamena]] not having an Element but still being a big help) while still in high school, manage to completely tear down the masquerade, destroy the Stallions In Black's organization, and apparently have several other misadventures.]] Even though we only hear about it, it's still awesome.
** Another example worth mentioning is [[spoiler: Magic!Jack. Yes; that's right; apparently there's a universe where Applejack is injured so badly in an accident that she can never applebuck again, so she turns to books, takes an interest in magic, and ''learns how to perform Unicorn-style magic'', to the point that she ''becomes the Element of Magic''.]] That shouldn't be possible, which makes it even more awesome.

*** [[spoiler:Works so well, in fact, that Fluttercruel is eventually able to manifest an ''Element of Kindness.'' Bonus points to Fluttershy for sowing the seeds of her own salvation by showing kindness to Fluttercruel.]]

** One of the other things she sees is a subtle one. [[spoiler:She sees Twilight, during one of the moments that Discord let her remember the past just so she'd suffer more, wrote ''something'' down and hide it from him. The next scene has Twilight Tragedy's memories of her past life restored, seemingly without Discord's knowledge, and talking to Apple Bloom and Octavia's descendants. This implies that BadFuture!Twilight manages to somehow out think Discord using [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own trick]]!]]
** Another thing she sees is [[spoiler:FutureBadass Twilight facing down what's implied to be ''death!'']]
*** [[spoiler:Furthermore, while talking to Nightmare Whisper, Applejack hints that Twilight is possibly the pony destined to ''defeat'' Death.]]

*** The [[http://fav.me/d4lgn8g fanfiction version]] makes it ''even more'' epic by explaining that [[spoiler:Mimic succeeding in ''wounding'' Discord served as a HopeSpringsEternal, inspiring Celestia and Luna as well as awakening the Element Of Magic, setting the stage for Discord's downfall.]] On top of this, Discord had told her that there's no way she could so much as scratch him. After she does, knowing he's going to kill her regardless, she says this;

** We ''finally'' see this moment in all its glory in "Origins". Its every bit as epic as it was hinted to be, made even more so because [[spoiler:Mimic was Celestia and Luna's mother and she went MamaBear on his flank]]. And she gets the satisfaction of not only being the only mortal pony to harm Discord in such a way he couldn't heal from it, she manages to utterly destroy his SmugSnake facade for the entire fight ''without even touching him'':

* [[spoiler:Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Trixie breaking themselves out of Princess Gaia's [[LotusEaterMachine mind control]] without magical aid.]]
** How they do it is particularly awesome and perfectly in character: [[spoiler: Applejack allows her knowledge of the pool of truth to snap her out immediately, as well as use the truth to fight the illusions. Pinkie Pie uses her MediumAwareness and memories of her BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind to remind herself that something was wrong, and that no matter what, her memories of the best times is enough. And Trixie, well, she gets a little intervention from her Imaginary Friend. "What's with the mallet? What do you mean you're sorry?" [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments WHAM!]]]]
* [[spoiler:Ditzy Doo (Derpy Hooves) going MamaBear on Princess Gaia's birds to protect Dinky, using a mop as a ''quarterstaff!'' Do not touch her little "Muffin" if you know what's good for you!]]
** [[spoiler:And she ''NEVER'' gives in to Gaia. This display of motherly determination and protection causes Luna to publicly give her the title of "'Greatest Mother and Strongest Willed Pony In Equestria'".]]
** [[spoiler: And Pipsqueak being unaffected by the birds because it's implied Luna kept sending creatures of the night (an owl, a swarm of bats and some night-crawling insects) to drive the birds away from her first post-moon friend. She also keeps him safe from the brainwashing fog by having a legion of spiders barricade his door with webs. And even before that, she has given nightmares to his bullies.]]
*** It is also implied that [[spoiler:Luna may have poured a bit of herself into Pipsqueak, which means he may actually have done all that himself!]]
* [[spoiler:The ''entire'' fight with Princess Gaia's Knight [[TheDragon Cheerilee]]. Especially when Trixie goes GuileHeroine and Rarity going MamaBear.]]
** [[spoiler:Not to mention Pinkie Pie ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome breaking into the middle of Cheerilee's]] VillainSong'' while suddenly [[OffscreenTeleportation appearing behind her]], attempting to put her into a ''sleeper hold'' and then drag her to the ground from behind.]]
* [[spoiler:The various allies of the Mane Cast doing their best to fend off Princess Gaia's animal army. This includes highlights such as the Wonderbolts managing to take out a ''full grown dragon'' and Trixie's mother Morgan taking part in the defense of her hometown.]]
** [[spoiler: Especially of note is Philomena as the OneManArmy in protecting Canterlot by incinerating anything that gets close. The royal guards are stunned in fear and awe.]]
* [[spoiler:[=StarSong=] fighting Anarchy in Pinkie's defense. Especially that she's willing to be ''[[HeroicSacrifice erased from existence]]'' [[HeroicSacrifice to protect her friend.]] ]]

* [[spoiler: The whole BossBattle against Nightmare Whisper. If NW wants to destroy Applejack, she'll have to get through everypony else first. And the others ''[[{{Determinator}} won't give up]]'' in their attempt to save Fluttershy, regardless of how much pain or injury they suffer. Especially Rarity, who fights half the battle using telekinesis ''to move her own broken legs!'' ]]
** [[spoiler:The mane cast end it by summoning the Elements of Harmony? Awesome. Summoning them ''WITHOUT'' the Elements themselves?! '''EPIC!''']]
** [[spoiler:There's also Pinkie ''weaponizing'' her MediumAwareness! First in an OffscreenTeleportation kick and then using a HardWorkMontage to tie up Nightmare Whisper.]]
** [[spoiler:Not to mention Pinkie guiding Twilight to Nightmare Whisper by using her Pinkie Sense to tell her where the Nightmare's attacks are ''going'' to strike, allowing Twilight to dodge them by moving in a set pattern using the floor-stones as a grid.]]
*** On top of that, [[spoiler: Pinkie intentionally screws up one of her directions for a moment, because if Twilight had gone there immediately, she would have been hit.]]
** [[spoiler:Twilight finally breaking out of her HeroicBSOD with an ''epic'' NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech. Followed by the ''rest'' of the mane cast (minus Trixie) and Fluttercruel giving equally as awesome ones and summoning the Elements of Harmony.]]
* [[spoiler: Fluttercruel's return from [[TheNothingAfterDeath the Void]]. She severs herself from Nightmare Whisper, gains her cutie mark, and is revealed, to everypony's surprise, to be a second Element of Kindness. And after Nightmare Whisper tells her that, as a being created by Dissonance, she's likely to be destroyed by being a part of the Element's purification technique she says one thing:]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Fluttercruel]]''': At least I can say I went out with a bang.
** [[spoiler:Don't forget that she had to [[EscapedFromHell fight her way out of]] a JuryOfTheDamned to do it!]]
** [[spoiler:Nightmare Whisper and Fluttercruel's [[DeathGlare Stare Off]] probably counts. Even more impressive is that Fluttercruel ''wins!'']]
* In the last part of "Pearl Necklace", [[spoiler:Fluttershy manages to stand in front of a huge crowd and give a speech. As if that weren't impressive enough for a shy Pegasus like her, somepony who still holds a grudge on her throws a rock, nailing her in the head. It takes both of the Flutters to manage it, but they barely flinch and continue the speech.]]
* A subtle moment, but [[spoiler: when all the shadows of pain and suffering return to the world, the characters we see ''don’t'' immediately discard everything that they did and everything that happened during Gaia’s day. Instead, they’re confused, but they take the time to think through it and their confused feelings. It drives home the point that even if Fluttershy’s plan failed, she ''did'' help everyone she could.]]

** The audio adaptation takes this UpToEleven with the music and the imagery. Loneliness' voice actor also deserves one for just how menacing her performance is!

** In a dark way, [[TheReveal the introduction of]] [[OneWingedAngel Nightmare Whisper's TRUE form and powers.]] She's more dangerous and powerful than when she originally appeared -- [[UpToEleven MUCH more dangerous.]]

** One of the thing she learns is that [[MyLittlePony G1 Mimic]] threw down with Discord after he broke down the Rainbow of Light into the Elements, and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kicked his teeth in.]] Granted, it was the last thing she ever did as a solid state of matter, but there's a good reason he only has the one fang.

* While it's an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, it's still worth mentioning. [[spoiler:Laughter!Applejack's world is one where Destruction didn't cause the end of civilization during G2 but the paradise of G3 never happened. This results in a world were an AncientConspiracy is keeping Earth Ponies in the dark about Unicorns and Pegasi, Pegasi are keeping the Unicorns in the dark about Griffins, and Dragons and Alicorns are keeping themselves hidden from everyone. And a group of [[TheMenInBlack Stallions In Black]] erase memories to keep up TheMasquerade. Well Laughter!Applejack's version of the Mane Cast (with [[PerkyGoth Pinkamena]] not having an Element but still being a big help) [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld while still in high school]], manage to completely tear down the masquerade, destroy the Stallions In Black's organization, and apparently have several other misadventures.]] Even though we only hear about it, it's still awesome.

*** Bonus points: during the aforementioned speeches, he figured that Discord was ultimately trying to prove the two of them NotSoDifferent. Spike's actions prove that, in the end, Spike is simply ''better'' than Discord.

** Heck, Rarity managing to shoot down ''every'' lie Fluttercruel tried to tell about Fluttershy without batting an eye. Then there's [[ShutUpHannibal her]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech response]] to Fluttercruel attempting a NotSoDifferent on her, managing to pinpoint Fluttercruel's loneliness over the fact no one else is a psycho like her.

*** Rarity yet again shoots down Fluttercruel's NotSoDifferent accusations and even gets in a nice PreAssKickingOneLiner: ''The only pony who can save you is Fluttershy . . . and since I can't bring her here, I'm going to send you straight to her.''

* The WorldOfCardboardSpeech Dark World!Spike gives that helps him awaken as the new Element of Generosity. Bonus points for incorporating a pretty good TheReasonYouSuckSpeech aimed at Discord, despite Discord ''not even being there.''

** Of special note from the above is the WorldOfCardboardSpeech Twilight gives just before the final attack:

* [[BadFuture Dark World!]]Twilight ''finally'' freeing herself from Discord's taint [[spoiler:with Cadence/Trixie's help]] after a thousand years of being Discord's slave/toy. And she caps off her [[HesBack She's Back]] moment with an ''epic'' WorldOfCardboardSpeech. It's honestly one of the most epic moments in the entire fic, and that's ''really'' saying something.

** [[spoiler:Twilight finally breaking out of her HeroicBSOD with an ''epic'' WorldOfCardboardSpeech. Followed by the ''rest'' of the mane cast (minus Trixie) and Fluttercruel giving equally as awesome ones and summoning the Elements of Harmony.]]

* The Mane Cast and [[SixthRanger Trixie]] [[ThemeTuneCameo singing the show's theme song]] in the penultimate chapter is easily one of the most awesome moments of the fanfic. It's also a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}. Now if only one of the fan music composures or fandubbers would get their hands on this…