History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy

** Fluttershy was bullied in school, tossed off a cloud by her teacher.

'''Rainbow Dash:''' You're game!? \\[[note]]as part of the joke this is deliberately misheard as "you're gay!?"[[/note]]

'''Rainbow Dash:''' You're game!? \\

* HarsherInHindsight / HilariousInHindsight:

''Rainbow Dash grabs Fluttershy and flies through the air holding alright.'' \\

* LesYay: When Rainbow Dash is first trying to get Fluttershy confident in her cottage, Fluttershy affirms she'll try, and Rainbow lifts her up by her forelegs:
--->'''Rainbow Dash:''' You're game?
--->'''Fluttershy:''' I'm game.
** The intonation of these two lines have several fans jokingly thinking this being Fluttershy's affirmation of an alternative lifestyle...

** Fluttershy was bullied in school, tossed off a cloud by her teacher, and this is ''before'' she discovered her cutie mark and thus before she had forest friends to console her.

* LesYay: When Rainbow Dash is first trying to get Fluttershy confident in her cottage, Fluttershy affirms she'll try, and Rainbow lifts her up by her arms:

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Showing that even years after the fact Fluttershy is psychologically damaged by childhood bullying and teasing could certainly be seen as a message about just how badly that kind of thing can hurt someone.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The muscular pegasus appearing for a few seconds and screaming '''YEAH!''' Never established in previous episodes, has a NonStandardCharacterDesign, and barely acknowledged after an appearance.
** Technically {{Averted}} with the Season 3 episode, "Wonderbolt Academy", where he shows up again as a Wonderbolt cadet.
* CharacterRerailment: Angel seems to be more sympathetic towards Fluttershy, considering his behavior in his [[TookALevelInJerkass last]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown appearance.]]

** Flitter, Cloudchaser, Thunderlane, Rumble, and Blossomforth have developed quite a following each as well. The former two especially, with their own distinctive designs (Flitter's pink bow and Cloudchaser's AnimeHair mane) likely contributing much to that.
* HarsherInHindsight / HilariousInHindsight: Fluttershy breaking down after everypony laughs at her? [[WebAnimation/PonyDotMov Be glad she didn't become a psychotic killer]].
** On the HilariousInHindsight angle, several months before this episode, there was [[http://mariokidd319.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4neghq this]] piece of fan art shipping Fluttershy and an OC named RGB, whose cutie mark is a tornado.
** On the HarsherInHindsight side, ''FanFic/GettingBackOnYourHooves'' had a CircleOfShame flashback to flight school disturbingly similar to Fluttershy's in this episode, only with [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]], despite the chapter being posted about two weeks before the episode aired.
* HoYay: When Rainbow Dash is first trying to get Fluttershy confident in her cottage, Fluttershy affirms she'll try, and Rainbow lifts her up by her arms:

** However, the intonation of these two lines have several fans jokingly thinking this being Fluttershy's affirmation of an alternative lifestyle...

** And... y'know... Fluttershy.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Angel]].

** One scene in particular, ''not'' helped by [[LonelyPianoPiece the background]] [[PlayingTheHeartStrings music]]:

* TheWoobie: Fluttershy, to ''unheard of'' levels.

* CharacterRerailment: Angel seems to be more sympathetic towards Fluttershy, considering his behavior in his [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown last appearance.]]

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* TheWoobie: Fluttershy, to ''unheard of'' levels.

* CharacterDerailment: Spike seems unusually harsh in criticizing Fluttershy's weaker performance, even if he just stating what he believes is the truth in the numbers. (Compare to both Rainbow Dash and Twilight that spin the results in the most positive light to help Fluttershy's confidence).

* EnsembleDarkHorse: The massively-muscled pegasus with the tiny wings, who had fanart within about ten seconds of the preview clip airing.

* CrazyAwesome: Referred to by name by Rainbow Dash.

* AscendedMeme: The ultra-muscular pegasus' tiny wings could be viewed as a subtle acknowledgement of the [[SomethingElseAlsoRises "wingboner"]] meme when his allusion to steroid abuse is taken into account.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The tornado scene.

--->'''Rainbow Dash:'''Fluttershy, wait! So some punks poked a bit of fun at you and you got stage fright, big deal. You're not gonna go quit just because of ''that'', are you?

** CharacterDerailment: On the other hand, Spike is rather insensitive to Fluttershy's shaky confidence, to the point that Twilight has to thump him across the head a few times.

** Rainbow Dash also got her [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Heart of Gold]] back.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced:
** Derpy is back after a conspicuous absence from the last two episodes. Some had speculated that Derpy may have been completely removed from the show as fallout from Derpygate.
** Fluttertree became canon (though it was technically canon from the start, as it originated from a conversation in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]").
** Spitfire shows up near the end.
** This episode finally shows Rainbow Dash in a very sympathetic light after the treatment she had been getting through much of the season.
*** Same with Angel after his {{Jerkass}} behavior in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]]".
** Having another Fluttershy episode was certainly nice.