History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom

Rarity apologizes for stealing the spotlight and being too vain and prideful, and Rainbow Dash forgives her, regretting only not being able to meet the Wonderbolts when they were conscious. At that moment, who should show up but the Wonderbolts themselves, who thank Rainbow Dash for saving them. To make things even better for the already excited young pegasus, Princess Celestia shows up to declare Rainbow Dash the winner of the competition. The Princess then turns to Twilight, asking if she's learned anything about friendship lately, and Twilight decides to let Rarity declare the {{Aesop}} of the episode: that one should "keep your hooves on the ground" and be supportive of your friends. Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash is approached by her old bullies, who apologize for the way they treated her, and want to hang out. Rainbow Dash turns them down, saying that "I've got plans!" as she flies off with two male members of the Wonderbolts...

* ChewingTheScenery: Rainbow's hammy moments in the episode have been compared to TheRoom on Youtube. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rktsTnKsZYA As seen here]].

* [[{{Facepalm}} Facehoof]]: Rainbow Dash does two concerning Fluttershy's cheering, the second accompanied by her flipping over.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything The construction worker ponies staring at Rarity's wings.]]

* ItGotWorse: Rarity's wings are gone and she's plummeting from a great height through Cloudsdale (Which cannot support her since she's not really a Pegasus) to the ground below. Then, in her panicked flailing, she punches out the Wonderbolts, who are trying to save her. Now Dash has to rescue FOUR ponies.

* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Nor is it the 2000 G-forces you would get from a 90-degree turn with that small a radius at Mach 1.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Fluttershy's voice doesn't really lend itself to loud cheering, so Andrea Libman pretty much just uses Pinkie Pie's voice.

* SchizoTech: Pinkie's foam "#1 finger". Of course, this ''is'' [[RealityWarper Pinkie]].

'''Rainbow Dash:''' ...Ugh! You're gonna cheer for me like ''that''? Louder.\\

'''Rainbow Dash:''' Ugh... *falls over*\\

** Uhh…………………………[[AWizardDidIt magic?]]

* MagicAIsMagicA: After she's rescued by Rainbow Dash, Rarity has to sit in the Twinkling Balloon - she hasn't had the cloud-walking spell cast on her.

** Rainbow Dash's tips to Fluttershy are (1) Loss of Control, (2) Screaming and Hollering, and (3) Passion. Elements of a good cheer, or [[TheImmodestOrgasm something else entirely?]]

** If you know more about aerodynamics than I do (it would not be unlikely) then feel free to confirm or erase this, but wouldn't having one hoof forward be more efficient in terms of decreasing wind resistance?

And so the competition begins, presided over by not only the Wonderbolts, but also Princess Celestia herself. Rarity and Rainbow Dash get slowly pushed near the end of the show; Rarity is too busy in her dressing room (putting on a rather garish getup), and Rainbow Dash keeps changing the order of the contestants as she still doesn't feel ready. Finally, both ponies have to go on together, despite Rainbow Dash having been reduced to a nervous, shaking wreck. Rainbow Dash tries to go through her routine while Rarity struts her stuff in the air, but Rainbow ends up messing up the first two parts of it, leaving only one chance of saving herself from losing: the Sonic Rainboom. Meanwhile, Rarity, her ego having inflated to ridiculous levels, decides to fly up as close to the sun as possible, letting the light shine through her wings and covering all of Cloudsdale in colorful light. Almost immediately though, her wings get incinerated in the sunlight, leaving Rarity to plummet to the ground. Three of the Wonderbolts dive down to save her, but get knocked out by Rarity's wild flailing through the air. Rainbow Dash noticed her friend and her heroes in trouble, and zooms down to save them. As she does so, she goes so fast she creates a Sonic Rainboom in the process, surprising the crowd, and causing Fluttershy to cheer louder than ever. Rainbow Dash is so busy snatching the falling ponies out of the air that she doesn't even realize what's happened until she starts soaring back to the arena. Having perfected her winning move ''and'' saved the Wonderbolts and Rarity, Rainbow Dash excitedly declares it the "best day ''ever!''"

** Rainbow Dash's tips to Fluttershy are (1) Loss of Control, (2) Screaming and Hollering, and (3) Passion. Elements of a good cheer, or [[TheImmodestOrgasm something else entirely?]]

* EarlyBirdCameo: This episode is Spitfire's first appearance[[hottip:*:There is a similar solid orange maned Wonderbolt who appears "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]" but she also appears here and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver "Best Night Ever"]], suggesting she's a different pony from Spitfire]], though we wouldn't learn her (and Soarin') name or more of their personalities until "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]".

* SchizoTech: Pinkie's foam "#1 finger". Of course, this ''is'' Pinkie.

* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Nor is it the 2000 G-forces you would get from a 90-degree turn at Mach 1.

Rarity apologizes for stealing the spotlight and being too vain and prideful, and Rainbow Dash forgives her, regretting only not being able to meet the Wonderbolts when they were conscious. At that moment, who should show up but the Wonderbolts themselves, who thank Rainbow Dash for saving them. To make things even better for the already excited young pegasus, Princess Celestia shows up to declare Rainbow Dash the winner of the competition. The Princess then turns to Twilight, asking if she's learned anything about friendship lately, and Twilight decides to let Rarity declare the {{Aesop}} of the episode: that one should "keep your hooves on the ground" and be supportive of your friends. Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash is approached by her old bullies, who apologize for the way they treated her, and want to hang out. Rainbow Dash turns them down, saying that "I've got plans!" as she flies off with the Wonderbolts...

Rarity apologizes for stealing the spotlight and being too vain and prideful, and Rainbow Dash forgives her, regretting only not being able to meet the Wonderbolts when they were conscious. At that moment, who should show up but the Wonderbolts themselves, who thank Rainbow Dash for saving them. To make things even better for the already excited young pegasus, Princess Celestia shows up to declared Rainbow Dash the winner of the competition. The Princess then turns to Twilight, asking if she's learned anything about friendship lately, and Twilight decides to let Rarity declare the {{Aesop}} of the episode: that one should "keep your hooves on the ground" and be supportive of your friends. Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash is approached by her old bullies, who apologize for the way they treated her, and want to hang out. Rainbow Dash turns them down, saying that "I've got plans!" as she flies off with the Wonderbolts...

* EarlyBirdCameo: This episode is Spitfire's first appearance[[hottip:*:There is a similar solid orange maned Wonderbolt who appears "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]" but she also appears here and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver "Best Night Ever"]], suggesting she's a different pony from Spitfire]], though we wouldn't learn her (and Soarin') name or more of their personalities until "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]."

* FridgeBrilliance: There's ''another'' reason why Rainbow Dash was able to pull off the Sonic Rainboom on her second attempt: the first time, she did it {{Superman}}-style (one front leg out). The second, ''both'' were out.