History FridgeBrilliance / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSeason5

** Shown up at her own cutie mark party?
** Didn't win an award at the talent show?
** Got humiliated up at a family history show and tell by a business partner's family? (And before that, got threatened by Babs and ended up falling in mud thanks to another member of said family, thus likely going home covered with mud and a pig with her tiara.)
** Demoted in the Foal Free Press?
** Failed to be the flag carrier of Ponyville?

* Back in "Bloom and Gloom", Apple Bloom had a nightmare that once she got a cutie mark, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon would still mock her. Some fans would hope the teasing would stop once the CMC got their cutie marks. But this actually foreshadowed that the opposite must happen: before they can hope to earn their cutie marks, the CMC had to get to the root of what made Diamond Tiara a bully, and help her be a better pony. Only then would they get their cutie marks without fear of Diamond Tiara degrading or insulting it.

* Not sure if it was intentional, but let's think about Gummy's monologue. It came completely out of nowhere, makes little to no sense (the episode would've worked the same way with any kind of joke) and it hasn't even been referenced ever since. It is an almost literal Big-lippedAlligatorMoment.

** Except the one Pinkie hid on the train is colorfully wrapped. You'd think something like that would stick out like a sore thumb among a dull grey rock farm(granted, it's possible she's the only one that does that, but in that case you'd at least expect hers to be found fairly easily).

* [[https://derpiboo.ru/1000824?scope=scpeeae93e2d86f862d0c7fde8288603e755a6969df4 This]] image sums up Diamond Tiara's character development in a nutshell.

** Nightmare Moon craving the admiration and love of other ponies might also be the reason why, out of all the possible timelines, her's is by far the most pleasant to live in. Sure, everypony is afraid of Nightmare Moon and an eternal night certainly isn't great but at least it looks like society still exists and isn't involved in a hopeless war.

* Why did Flim and Flam get their own timeline, when the other timelines all had villains who were in two parters? Well, Flim and Flam may not have been antagonists in a two part episode, but they have been antagonists in two episodes. At this point in the series, the only other villains that matched this feet were Diamond Tiara & Silver Spoon, who were in no way threats to anyone and were in multiple episodes, and Trixie.

** Way back in "Winter Wrap-Up", he didn't know what hibernation _was_, and his response to the explanation was, and I quote, "I definitely like the idea of hibernation, uh, except for the "eat less food" part." This would seem to indicate that he doesn't hibernate, brumate, or otherwise sleep through winter.

* Apple Bloom was ticked off about Applejack missing the Sisterhooves Social, but Sweetie Belle managed to come to terms with Rarity missing it pretty well, despite temporarily ''disowning'' her for refusing to participate [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial last time]]. Why? Because Apple Bloom and Applejack do the Social together every year... except for the last one, which they sat out as part of a plan to help Sweetie Belle and Rarity reconcile; every year, like clockwork, and then they miss ''two in a row'', which would be especially jarring to a filly raised in a family that puts as much emphasis on tradition as the Apples do. Sweetie Belle, on the other hand, was mad at Rarity last time for ''refusing'' to take part in the Social with her; this time, Rarity would have chosen to go to the Social with Sweetie Belle had the map not called her away, so while Sweetie Belle was disappointed, knowing Rarity would have been there if she could have helped soften the blow.

* It seemed weird as to [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot why didn't Cadance go with Pinkie Pie to Yakyakistan]] considering how [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd she is beginning to think that the Crystal Empire is boring]]? Cut forward to the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E1TheCrystallingPart1 next season premiere]] and you realize that she is probably pregnant with Flurry Heart and not risk a miscarriage.

*** Why do we think Chrysalis and Tirek can't be turned? Look back at some season 2 Headscratchers. They were saying the same thing about Discord. We know Tirek had a good-guy brother, and in season 6, we met a [[spoiler:good changeling]], so it isn't a species imperative that they be AlwaysChaoticEvil. It may seem idealistic, but given who's already been reformed, I'm going with the "while there is life, there is hope" perspective. (Of course, if an enemy gets ''annihilated'', that kills any chance they might have had.

** The first Hooffield and [=McColt's=] falling out led to their families feuding for years.

* The episode excuses how Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Lyra Heartstrings are seen in both Ponyville and Canterlot, but not Amethyst Star, who was also in the first episode. However, this makes perfect sense if one presumes Amethyst moved to Ponyville as a foal. This not only fits with her being an organizer for the town before Twilight moved there, as said in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]," but explains how flashbacks show the other four as foals in Ponyville; they was probably there visiting Amethyst Star. This would also explain why Twilight and Spike don't address Amethyst as one of their Canterlot friends -- if she only came there for visits, Twilight likely didn't know her well enough to consider her a friend.

** There's also another possible explanation: Cadance was also their foalsitter and they kept in touch for longer, seeing as all four of them were more social than Twilight was before she moved to Ponyville, that three of them live closer to Cadance being Canterlot residents, and the fourth visits regularly despite having moved to Ponyville since.
* Moondancer is implied to be who Twilight would have become had she not traveled to Ponyville or learned the importance of friendship. She even had the same mane style as Twilight back then. Now, look at Human!Twilight in the Equestria Girls Friendship Games trailers. Notice anything familiar when comparing Human!Twilight to Moondancer?

* The appearance of their cutie marks being accompanied by much more showy magical effects as usual, including floating in the air, colored auras and blinding white light, has been noted. But when you think about it, previous occurrences seen in the show concerned only one pony at a time. Here, not only the three fillies are receiving them simultaneously, they are linked together, as proven by the identical shield designs and their common talent of helping other find their purpose in life. This is certainly not a common phenomenon among ponies, and thus probably resulted in a greater magical discharge, hence the more impressive light show.

** Note only that, but note how selective her mother seems to be in who she LETS her daughter be friends with. Silver Spoon is probably one of the few ponies on a VERY short list she could actually be friends with...and now she drove her away.

** Got humiliated up at a family history show and tell by a business partner's family? (And before that, got threatened by Babs and ended up falling in mud thanks to another member of said family, thus likely going home covered with mud and a pig with her tiara)

* For every failure, her mother would be harder on her and keep pushing her to be better and better, despite this method leading only to failure. She only succeeds when she finally defies her mother.

* The CMC show Diamond Tiara two paths, one where she can stop being a bully and be a good pony and another path where she chooses to stay under her mother's hoof and continue to be a bully. At this point, many viewers expected Diamond Tiara to pick the path towards the light after hearing the CMC's song and were disappointed, for a short while, when Diamond Tiara chose the opposite path. Diamond Tiara, however, was reformed by the CMC and did pick the Good Path. There just wasn't anything on the path the CMC pointed at. Just a gazebo with nothing important around.

* The Crusaders are bored in this episode, despite just realizing their long-time goal of getting their Cutie Marks. Well... that's exactly why they're bored. They just experienced a life-changing event, one they've been working so hard for. Compared to that, everything will seem dull for a while.

* The [[Main/BigfootSasquatchAndYeti yeti]] being portrayed as a bear-like monster rather than as a bipedal primate might seem baffling for some, but it makes sense when you remember a possible explanation for several sightings of huge, humanoid apes is that they are actually misidentified bears rearing on their hind legs. In addition, it is also believed that the yeti itself may probably be an undiscovered species of bear rather than an ape.

** With their birth order established, Applejack's counterpart is not Pinkie, but Limestone: both run their respective families' farms and take their jobs seriously (although Limestone is more of a {{Jerkass}} about it).
** By the above logic, Pinkie is actually a counterpart to ''Apple Bloom'': excitable [[Main/GenkiGirl Genki Girls]] who serve as foils to their more responsible siblings, but while Pinkie obsesses over trying to be friends with everypony, Apple Bloom is happy with her close-knit group of friends. Pinkie is also far less grounded in logic than Apple Bloom.