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*** It's never alright to follow your instincts, [[DoubleStandard unless when they're otherwise right]].

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*** It's never alright to follow your instincts, [[DoubleStandard [[{{Hypocrite}} unless when they're otherwise right]].
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*** It's never alright to follow your instincts, [[DoubleStandard unless when they're otherwise right]].
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*** If you don't seem to be good at anything, go into management! (Just like in {{Dilbert}}!)

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*** If you don't seem to be good at anything, go into management! (Just like in {{Dilbert}}!)ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}!)
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*** Be nice or the windigoes will get you.
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*** [[SpaceWhaleAesop Time Travel is bad, confusing, and will ruin your happiness, so don't do it]].

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Well, no, the episode makes it very clear that this is what NOT to do.


*** Want to avoid being bullied? Be a bully, of course!



*** An apologetic bully gets no punishment, no matter how nasty she's been, so long as she has a sympathetic enough sob story which isn't too different from the sob story of her victims (i.e. getting bullied for their lack of something).




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*** If someone tells you something you're trying to buy is dangerous, then meh, someone will come and save you later, and you can just say sorry. That gives you instant amnesty.
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*** Just stand there and watch when your younger sibling is being bullied, they'll sort it out themselves.
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*** wat to avoid being bullied? Be a bully, of course!

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*** wat Want to avoid being bullied? Be a bully, of course!
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*** wat to avoid being bullied? Be a bully, of course!
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*** When you realize just how horrible things you were doing in order to get a revenge on your unwilling rival, you should seek her forgiveness. But feel free to ignore all those other people you've been tormenting along the way.

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*** When you realize just how horrible things you were doing in order to get a revenge on your unwilling rival, you should seek her forgiveness. But feel free to ignore all those other people you've been tormenting along the way.way.
*** Don't bother trying to improve yourself. You'll only turn evil.

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*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Being a jerk makes]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver you the worst]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 kind of person]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters and you deserve all the bad things that happen to you]]. On the other hand, being massively inconsiderate to the point [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep where you steal]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver cause major]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed property damage]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy potentially ruin the environment]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero endanger people's lives (including children)]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason actually hospitalize them]], will have no negative consequences for you beyond some mild inconveniencing. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Even bringing about the apocalypse is more forgivable]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel enslaving a town]] than being a school-age bully if you give a convincing enough sob story.

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*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Being a jerk makes]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver you the worst]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 kind of person]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters and you deserve all the bad things that happen to you]]. On the other hand, being massively inconsiderate to the point [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep where you steal]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver cause major]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed property damage]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy potentially ruin the environment]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero endanger people's lives (including children)]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason actually hospitalize them]], will have no negative consequences for you beyond some mild inconveniencing. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Even bringing about the apocalypse is more forgivable]] apocalypse]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel enslaving a town]] is more forgivable than being a school-age bully if you give a convincing enough sob story.
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*** If there's too much stuff to do, just clone yourself!

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*** If there's too much stuff to do, just clone yourself!yourself!
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel
*** When you realize just how horrible things you were doing in order to get a revenge on your unwilling rival, you should seek her forgiveness. But feel free to ignore all those other people you've been tormenting along the way.
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*** When a cloning operation results in imperfect copies showing signs of mental retardation, it's okay to just off them all without second thoughts.

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*** When a cloning operation results in imperfect copies showing signs of mental retardation, it's okay to just off them all without second thoughts.thoughts.
*** If there's too much stuff to do, just clone yourself!
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*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Being a jerk makes]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver you the worst]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 kind of person]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters and you deserve all the bad things that happen to you]]. On the other hand, being massively inconsiderate to the point [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep where you steal]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver cause major]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed property damage]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy potentially ruin the environment]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero endanger people's lives (including children)]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason actually hospitalize them]], will have no negative consequences for you beyond some mild inconveniencing. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Even bringing about the apocalypse is more forgivable]] than being a school-age bully if you give a convincing enough sob story.

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*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Being a jerk makes]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver you the worst]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 kind of person]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters and you deserve all the bad things that happen to you]]. On the other hand, being massively inconsiderate to the point [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep where you steal]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver cause major]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed property damage]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy potentially ruin the environment]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero endanger people's lives (including children)]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason actually hospitalize them]], will have no negative consequences for you beyond some mild inconveniencing. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Even bringing about the apocalypse is more forgivable]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel enslaving a town]] than being a school-age bully if you give a convincing enough sob story.
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** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential
*** Remember, it's perfectly okay to enjoy the pain and humiliation of others. Gossip is only a terrible crime when you're the one being gossiped about. Everyone else is fair game.
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*** It's no big deal if you ruined your friends' contest entry that took months to plan and create, those creative types will find a way to make it work.
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*** Genocide solves everything!

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*** Genocide solves everything!everything!
*** When a cloning operation results in imperfect copies showing signs of mental retardation, it's okay to just off them all without second thoughts.
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*** Genocide solves everything!
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*** Genocide solves everything!
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*** Defeat an army of love-eating monsters by finding your partner and loving him really hard.

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*** Defeat an army of love-eating monsters by finding your partner and loving him really hard.hard.
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*** Throwing your wife always works.
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*** Genocide solves everything!
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Something a villain does can\'t really count as an aesop (warped or not); the second example is just complaining about fan reactions


*** When someone was in despair, you should make fun of them and do a BigYes.
*** If a guy is called the spirit of "chaos", looks funny, and has a sense of humour, never mind the psychological trauma he inflicts upon his victims or his ignoring the wishes and welfare of others in making the world his personal plaything. [[DracoInLeatherPants He's just too funny to be evil!]]

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*** It's obvious that looking weird and having a weird house, a tendency to sing, and exotic cuisine is logically equivalent to being evil, actual criminal record be blowed. In short, foreign = evil. After all, TheSmartGuy said so.

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*** It's obvious that looking weird and having a weird house, a tendency to sing, and exotic cuisine is logically equivalent to being evil, actual criminal record be blowed. In short, foreign = evil. After all, TheSmartGuy said so.equals evil.



*** You can be crowned winner of a sporting event if you use a blatantly unfair advantage against an opponent you couldn't beat without said advantage, even with a supposedly impartial judge keeping score. No one besides her will question it, you keep the winner's title anyway, and it's obvious she's just being spiteful.

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*** You can be crowned winner of a sporting event if you use a blatantly unfair advantage against an opponent you couldn't beat without said advantage, even with a supposedly impartial judge keeping score. No one besides her will question it, you advantage. You keep the winner's title anyway, and it's obvious she's just being spiteful.no one besides the loser will question it.



*** If a guy is called the spirit of "chaos", looks funny, and has a sense of humour, never mind the psychological trauma he inflicts upon his victims or his ignoring the wishes and welfare of others in making the world his personal plaything. [[DracoInLeatherPants He's really not that bad; he's just too funny to be evil!]]

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*** If a guy is called the spirit of "chaos", looks funny, and has a sense of humour, never mind the psychological trauma he inflicts upon his victims or his ignoring the wishes and welfare of others in making the world his personal plaything. [[DracoInLeatherPants He's really not that bad; he's just too funny to be evil!]]



*** Jobs are simply a personal conveniences. The owner and her business, however nice she is, can be forgotten about once you've fulfilled your ulterior motive for being her employee.

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*** Jobs are simply a personal conveniences. The owner and her business, however nice she the former is, can be forgotten about once you've fulfilled your ulterior motive for being her employee.


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*** Sabotaging a rival competitor won't get you disqualified if you 'fess up to it. This works even if you only 'fess up after being found out.
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*** Jobs are simply plot conveniences. The owner and her business, however nice she is, can be forgotten about once you've fulfilled your ulterior motive for being her employee.

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*** Jobs are simply plot a personal conveniences. The owner and her business, however nice she is, can be forgotten about once you've fulfilled your ulterior motive for being her employee.



*** Putting a note in an awkward place, and not even looking more diligently for one, are both romantically tragic rather than pretty stupid.

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*** Putting a note in an awkward place, and or not even looking more diligently for one, are both is romantically tragic rather than pretty stupid.



*** Being smacked in the face and thrown out of your house requires no harsher punishment than a mean staring contest.

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*** Being smacked in the face and thrown out of your house requires no harsher punishment than a mean staring contest.

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*** The appropriate punishment for such property-damaging and life-threatening stupidity is to give the offenders moustaches.



*** It's obvious that looking weird and having a weird house, a tendency to sing, and exotic cuisine is logically equivalent to being evil, actual criminal record be blowed. In short, foreign = evil. After all, TheSmartGuy said so.



*** You can be crowned winner of a sporting event if you use a blatantly unfair advantage against an opponent you couldn't beat without said advantage, even with a supposedly impartial judge keeping score. No one besides her will question it, you keep the winner's title anyway, and it's obvious she's just being spiteful.



*** Harassing the guests and musicians is the best way to enliven a social event.



*** When someone was in despair, you should make fun of them and do a BigYes

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*** When someone was in despair, you should make fun of them and do a BigYesBigYes.
*** If a guy is called the spirit of "chaos", looks funny, and has a sense of humour, never mind the psychological trauma he inflicts upon his victims or his ignoring the wishes and welfare of others in making the world his personal plaything. [[DracoInLeatherPants He's really not that bad; he's just too funny to be evil!]]



*** Jobs are simply plot conveniences. The owner and her business, however nice she is, can be forgotten about once you've fulfilled your ulterior motive for being her employee.



*** Gamble your livelihood recklessly; even if you lose, events will conspire to help you get back into business anyway.



*** Putting a note in an awkward place, and not even looking more diligently for one, are both romantically tragic rather than pretty stupid.



*** Sellers rising their prices? How dare they! If something is offered for a higher price than you think it's worth, don't bother going to another vendor; just cheat to get it on your terms.

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*** Sellers rising raising their prices? How dare they! If something is offered for a higher price than you think it's worth, don't bother going to another vendor; just cheat to get it on your terms.



*** Being smacked in the face and thrown out of your house requires no harsher punishment than a mean staring contest.



*** Girls, if your brother is getting married and you don't like the bride, you have every right to call off the wedding.

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*** Girls, if your brother is getting married and you don't like the bride, you have every right to call off the wedding.wedding.
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*** Only marry someone if you already know and love their younger sister.
*** Defeat an army of love-eating monsters by finding your partner and loving him really hard.

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*** When someone was in despair, you should make fun of them and do a BigYes



*** Stealing things turns you into Godzilla.

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*** Stealing things Greed turns you into Godzilla.
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[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie If your friend gets something you don't have, then stop hanging out with them for the rest of the series. Just stick with people who are like you.]]

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*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie If your friend gets something you don't have, then stop hanging out with them for the rest of the series. Just stick with people who are like you.]]
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[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie If your friend gets something you don't have, then stop hanging out with them for the rest of the series. Just stick with people who are like you.]]

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*** Don't argue with your rival when trying to win a race, otherwise you'll lose to the nonathletic nerd.

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*** Don't argue If you let rivalry interfere with your rival when trying to win performance in a race, otherwise you'll lose to the nonathletic nerd.



*** If a group of people come rushing to your aid because they thought you were in trouble, don't bother thanking them.



*** When a girl uses her charms to get a boy that she knows has a crush on her to give up his most prized possession to her, it's charming. When the boy similarly nags people to give him gifts, it's a shameless display of {{Greed}}.

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*** When a girl uses her charms to get something from a boy that she knows has a crush on her to give up his most prized possession to her, boy, it's charming. When the boy similarly nags people others to give him gifts, it's a shameless display of {{Greed}}.


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*** Unfriendly people are really just hiding their inner pain. Pester them until they reveal it to you.
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*** If your girlfriend has suddenly turned bitchy and abusive, it's not her fault, she's been replaced by a doppleganger.

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*** If your girlfriend has suddenly turned bitchy and abusive, it's not her fault, she's been replaced by a doppleganger.doppleganger.
*** Girls, if your brother is getting married and you don't like the bride, you have every right to call off the wedding.
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*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Making a delicate person cry]] once is worse than repeatedly [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown physically]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E21DragonQuest abusing]] them or almost getting them killed [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy (accidentally]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles or]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony not]]).

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*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Making a delicate person cry]] once is worse than repeatedly [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown physically]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E21DragonQuest abusing]] them or almost getting them killed [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy (accidentally]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony (intentionally]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles or]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy not]]).



*** If your girlfriend has suddenly turned bitchy and abusive, it's not her fault, she's been replaced by a doppleganger.

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Due to its heavy focus and large number of aesops in this show, there are plenty of materials for this game.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
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*** It's entirely possible that your friends aren't quite right in the head. Especially the one that randomly throws parties and bursts into song at the drop of a hat. Embrace it, because that's what makes them special, and it will liven up and enrich your life.
*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Nature should be controlled]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends and bent to the whim of your society at all times.]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony A place where it's allowed to take its natural course? Scary as hell and to be avoided except as a last resort.]]
*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie You are born with one talent and one talent alone.]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles Attempts at trying to be good at anything]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers but that one single talent will always fail.]] And if you don't know what your true calling in life is by the time you hit puberty, there's something wrong with you.
*** Having severe mood swings at the drop of a hat is no big deal. IT'S QUIRKY AND CHARMING.
*** Hard work never pays and people don't appreciate it anyway so just stay out of the way if you feel like doing any useful work.
*** LonersAreFreaks. It's right there in the title - if friendship is magic, then lack of friendship makes you unimportant and unspecial.
*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 Your friends are worth fighting for...]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff except when they're not.]]
*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver If you are attending a formal event and you act like an obnoxious party crasher]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite (or if you really are one)]], it's the fault of those snobby, upper crust people for not loosening up.
*** When your teacher tells you to "make some friends", she really means "make ''exactly'' five friends, whom you will learn to love as if you've known them for your whole life within a day, and proceed to spend ''all'' your time with them forever." Because friendship is a privilege for a chosen few-- all others are unnecessary and unworthy of your time!
*** [[FantasticAesop If you don't have someone who practices magic in your group of friends, you're not real friends.]]
*** It is perfectly fine to kick someone out of their rightful dwelling, because their vicinity causes you inconvenience. It is definitely not your problem where and how are they going to find shelter now.
*** Being passive-aggressive is a [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell great way]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver to deal with your problems]], instead of confronting them directly.
*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Making a delicate person cry]] once is worse than repeatedly [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown physically]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E21DragonQuest abusing]] them or almost getting them killed [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy (accidentally]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles or]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony not]]).
*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie For girls growing up means finding your one calling in life and pursuing it.]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess For boys, however, it means becoming a greedy monster. The only way for a boy not to be a CompleteMonster is to grow up around lots of girls,]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E21DragonQuest and then reject his own kind and decide to become just like one.]]
*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff People from]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters out]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite of town]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow tend to]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed be jerks]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip or people]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver tend to be jerks]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite to people from]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver out of town.]]
*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason It's okay to use racial slurs]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy as long as you ensure afterwards that any member of the target race that could hear you is okay with this.]]
*** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Being a jerk makes]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver you the worst]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 kind of person]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters and you deserve all the bad things that happen to you]]. On the other hand, being massively inconsiderate to the point [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep where you steal]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver cause major]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed property damage]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy potentially ruin the environment]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero endanger people's lives (including children)]] or [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason actually hospitalize them]], will have no negative consequences for you beyond some mild inconveniencing. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Even bringing about the apocalypse is more forgivable]] than being a school-age bully if you give a convincing enough sob story.
*** Drugging people for love is A-OK. No one will hold it against you that you literally poisoned people and the damage they caused in their stupor.
*** People are more likely to be pissed that you humiliated them rather than if you drugged them.
** Meta example: An attempt at making an engaging cartoon for little girls will end up attracting primarily adult men.
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*** Are you the only one who knows of an impending apocalyptic event? Well, you shouldn't worry about that; you really need to get out more.
*** If your sister is being obnoxious and won't compromise, seal her away in the moon. And if she tries to take revenge, use six inexperienced and quirky teenagers to stop her.
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*** It doesn't matter if the performance is free, the attendance optional and everyone else seems to be enjoying themselves. If you don't like it, heckle and try to upstage the performer instead of just leaving. If they put you in your place, they're the ones in the wrong.
*** There will be minimal negative ramifications, for you, for heading into an EldritchLocation to lure an uncontrolled giant monster, say, a celestial ursine to your populated and unsuspecting village for something as petty as finding out if someone has accomplished a feat before, on the grounds of if they could do it before, regardless of possible unknown circumstances involved, she can do it again. And if she can't, well the safety of you and your neighbors is SomeBodyElsesProblem.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip
*** In a world with magical unicorns, it's completely ridiculous to assume they could curse you. Or zebras dressed like wizards chanting strangely. Everyone knows FLOWERS lay curses on people.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp
*** If you don't seem to be good at anything, go into management! (Just like in {{Dilbert}}!)
*** The plebeians cannot manage themselves and require the nobility to organize them into being effective at their tasks.
*** If you fail at real work because you're too accustomed to using resources inherited from your noble bloodline, it's not because you're spoiled, it's because you're ''naturally gifted'' in being in a position of authority.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends
*** Don't argue with your rival when trying to win a race, otherwise you'll lose to the nonathletic nerd.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow
*** Being a whiny spoiled brat is the best way to escape kidnappers who want to enslave you.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel
*** It's okay to take land away from native Indians as long as you throw pie at them.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof
*** If someone takes your pet away to try and treat them, feel free to troll the fuck out of them and worry them to death.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne
*** Don't throw surprise birthday parties for Bipolar ponies or they may bake you into cupcakes.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver
*** It's perfectly normal to expect that your special talent will always work, and if it doesn't you're allowed to do anything to force it to. Even going insane and trying to capture things.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2
*** Friendship is worth fighting for - especially against [[SpaceWhaleAesop gods of Chaos]].
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell
*** [[TallPoppySyndrome If you openly express any amount of pride in your accomplishments, your friends are perfectly justified in staging a collaborative effort to publicly one-up you.]]
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess
*** When a girl uses her charms to get a boy that she knows has a crush on her to give up his most prized possession to her, it's charming. When the boy similarly nags people to give him gifts, it's a shameless display of {{Greed}}.
*** Stealing things turns you into Godzilla.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup
*** If a friend does not want to talk about a touchy subject, the best thing to do is to repeatedly nag her until she fesses up.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000
*** Technological progress and men in management positions are evil! Oh, and so is capitalism. If two guys show up with a perfectly effective means of fostering industrialisation and increasing overall productivity, it's your duty to humiliate them and permanently run them out of town, even if they're technically just doing their jobs.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed
*** Stalking, harassment and accidental vandalism will make you friends.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown
*** Toying with people is A-OK, as long as you pay them afterwards.
*** Sellers rising their prices? How dare they! If something is offered for a higher price than you think it's worth, don't bother going to another vendor; just cheat to get it on your terms.
*** Being manipulative is awesome! Especially when you use it to cheat others out of their livelihood and effort.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress
*** Never praise anything. All you're doing is ensuring that someone will steal it.
** Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1
*** If your girlfriend has suddenly turned bitchy and abusive, it's not her fault, she's been replaced by a doppleganger.

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