History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1

* CommonKnowledge: Many criticize everyone ignoring Twilight's warnings that Cadance was an imposter despite the known threat against Canterlot. But Twilight only warned them Cadance was evil [[RightForTheWrongReasons never suspecting they were an imposter]] outright stating in "Part 2" she was fooled to (while changelings are well known afterward this episode treated them as [[OutsideContextProblem unknown at the time]]), and her suppositions and waring were unconnected to/never brought up the threat to Canterlot.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Little Twilight and Cadance friendship dance. With "sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake!" as the first verse, it is understandable to get this reaction.

* FourthWallMyopia: The cause of the backlash over everyone refusing to believe and walking out on Twilight. Twilight made the same poor decisions as them[[labelnote:examples]]Their AesopAmnesia about taking your friends worries seriously, with Twilight also forgetting the far more recent lesson of not jumping to conclusions without proof; being [[EasilyCondemned quick to condemn]] Twilight, while she was just as quick to condemn Cadance, never considering that might [[NotHerself not be herself]]; everyone ignoring the threat to Canterlot, yet Twilight also did never consider that it might be connected.[[/labelnote]] and discredited herself with her behavior throughout the episode[[labelnote:examples]]Twilight acting rather grouchy and unpleasant both before and during the wedding plans while being unhealthily possessive of her brother, nitpicking every instance of poor behavior from the bride and reducing her to tears via hardcore slander, and repeatedly blowing off her friends' concerns.[[/labelnote]], hence Twilight immediately accepting their apologies and spending as much time admitting she was wrong as well. But as the episode took place almost entirely from Twilight's perspective, it disproportionally showed why her actions seemed justifiable while the justification for everyone elses[[labelnote:examples]]Their mentioning Cadance's alibis. "Cadance" giving them positions as bridesmaids showing she feigned niceness as needed to gain trust.[[/labelnote]] received little emphasis. It also overlooks the obvious proof to audiences that Cadance was an imposter ([[OutOfCharacterAlert not remembering "ladybugs awake"]], their different magic color) was something nopony but Twilight knew and magic color was never confirmed as diegetic respectively with Twilight failing to mention them when making her case.

* SlowPacedBeginning: This episode focuses on building up characters that [[RememberTheNewGuy it's hard to believe we didn't hear of sooner]] and has established ones making [[WhatAnIdiot less than intelligent calls]] to [[YouCantThwartStageOne set the stage for Part 2]], which had enough action and payoff to make it well received in spite of the controversial setup.

* FourthWallMyopia: The cause of the backlash over everyone refusing to believe and walking out on Twilight. Twilight made the same poor decisions as them[[labelnote:examples]]Their AesopAmnesia about taking your friends worries seriously, with Twilight also forgetting the far more recent lesson of not jumping to conclusions without proof. Being [[EasilyCondemned quick to condemn]] Twilight, while she was just as quick to condemn Cadance, never considering that might [[NotHerself not be herself]]. Everyone ignoring the threat to Canterlot, yet Twilight also did never consider that it might be connected.[[/labelnote]] and discredited herself with her behavior throughout the episode[[labelnote:examples]]The others see Twilight going from irrationally angry over the wedding to borderline unhinged, displaying an unhealthy possessiveness over her brother, nitpicking every instance of poor behavior from an understandably stressed bride (since wedding preparations are ''very'' stressful for people), repeatedly blowing off her friends' concerns, and finally reducing a pony to tears via hardcore slander.[[/labelnote]], hence Twilight immediately accepting their apologies and spending as much time admitting she was wrong as well. But as the episode took place almost entirely from Twilight's perspective, it disproportionally showed why her actions seemed justifiable while the justification for everyone elses[[labelnote:examples]]Their mentioning Cadance's alibis. "Cadance" giving them positions as bridesmaids showing she feigned niceness as needed to gain trust.[[/labelnote]] received little emphasis. It also overlooks the obvious proof to audiences that Cadance was an imposter ([[OutOfCharacterAlert not remembering "ladybugs awake"]], their different magic color) was something no-one but Twilight knew and magic color was never confirmed as diegetic respectively with Twilight failing to mention them when making her case.

* FourthWallMyopia: The cause of the backlash over everyone refusing to believe and walking out on Twilight. Twilight made the same poor decisions as them[[labelnote:examples]]Their AesopAmnesia about taking your friends worries seriously, Twilight also forgot the far more recent not to make conclusions without proof. Being [[EasilyCondemned quick to condemn]] Twilight, Twilight was just a quick to condemn Cadance never conserving she might [[NotHerself not be herself]]. Everyone ignoring the threat to Canterlot, Twilight also did never considering it might be connected.[[/labelnote]] and discredited herself with her behavior all episode[[labelnote:examples]]The others see Twilight going from irrationally angry over the wedding to borderline unhinged, displaying an unhealthy possessiveness over her brother, nitpicking every instance of poor behavior from an understandably stressed bride (since wedding preparations are ''very'' stressful for people), repeatedly blowing off her friends' concerns, and finally reducing a pony to tears via hardcore slander.[[/labelnote]], hence Twilight immediately accepting their apologies and spending as much time addmitting she was wrong as well. But as the episode took place almost entirely from Twilight's perspective it disproportionally showed why her actions seemed justifiable while the justification for everyone elses[[labelnote:examples]]Their mentioning Cadance's alibis. "Cadance" giving them positions as bridesmaids showing she feigned niceness as needed to gain trust.[[/labelnote]] received little emphasis. It also overlooks the obvious proof to audiences that Cadance was an imposter ([[OutOfCharacterAlert not remembering "ladybugs awake"]], their different magic color) was something no-one but Twilight knew and magic color was never confirmed as diegetic respectively with Twilight failing to mention them when making her case.

* BrokenBase:
** Even before The Hub's premiere, a few fans called ExecutiveMeddling on this two-parter, since it concerns a frilly, girlish wedding of two characters only introduced this episode that [[RememberTheNewGuy no one has ever heard of before]] for the sake of Hasbro's marketing, while other bronies called it a fitting way to end the second season.

* FoeYay: The IncestYayShipping for Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor gets more ''shippy'' after the latter calls the heroine out for saying that Cadance is evil. Watching that scene over and over again would soon make it sound like a SiblingRivalry conversation.
* FourthWallMyopia: The rest of the Mane Six and Princess Celestia turning on Twilight is heavily criticized by a significant portion of the audience. However, the viewers are only following the story from Twilight's point of view, witnessing her attitude towards her brother, all of the bride's suspicious behaviour, and flashbacks [[OutOfCharacterAlert showing something's amiss]]. InUniverse, the others see Twilight going from irrationally angry over the wedding to borderline unhinged, displaying an unhealthy possessiveness over her brother, nitpicking every instance of poor behavior from an understandably stressed bride (since wedding preparations are ''very'' stressful for people), repeatedly blowing off her friends' concerns, and finally reducing a pony to tears via hardcore slander.

* SlowPacedBeginning: This episode focuses on building up characters that [[RememberTheNewGuy it's hard to believe we didn't hear of sooner]] and has established ones making [[WhatAnIdiot less then intelligent calls]] to [[YouCantThwartStageOne set the stage for Part 2]], which had enough action and payoff to make it well received in spite of the controversial setup.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Had Cadance not been revealed as an impostor in the next episode, a case could be made for the Aesop being "Being stressed about your wedding is no excuse for being a SpoiledBrat."

* {{Fanon}}: The scene where Cadance shows her powers for the first time to a pair of arguing ponies is often subject to fanart where it is revealed that in reality they are either [[IncestIsRelative blood-related family members like siblings]] or at least one of them is actually married to somepony else offscreen.

* RonTheDeathEater: Pretty extreme yes, but for everyone who walked out on Twilight, some of the cynical fans have a case of NeverLiveItDown against them.

* {{Fanon}}: The scene where Cadance shows her powers for the first time to a pair of arguing ponies is often subject to fanart where it is revealed that in reality they are either [[IncestIsRelative blood-related family members like siblings]] or at least one of them is [[YourCheatingHeart actually married to somepony else offscreen]].

* CatharsisFactor: For anyone who was upset about Celestia and the other Mane Six walking out on Twilight for having warned them that all was not right with Cadance, it is rather satisfying when Chrysalis gloats to the lot of them about how easily she was able to fool them even after Twilight had attempted to warn them of her suspicious behavior.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Cadence being an alicorn had a very mixed reception, in part due to how this interferes with previous interpretations of Celestia and Luna -- before this episode aired, it was very prevalent among the fandom to interpret Celestia and Luna as the only alicorns (currently) in existence and alicorns in general as being powerful PhysicalGods. Cadance's introduction did not exactly conform very well to these headcanons, and not all the fandom was happy with this development. It doesn't help that, in this two-parter at least, her being an alicorn is pointless to the story.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Little Twilight and Cadance friendship dance. With "sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake!" as the first verse, it is understandable to get this reaction.
* WhatAnIdiot: Twilight barges into the wedding rehearsal and loudly accuses Cadance of being evil and ruining her brother's life without providing any real proof to back up her claims. What was she expecting?

* {{Fanon}}: The scene where Cadance shows her powers for the first time to a pair of arguing ponies is often subject to fanart where it is revealed that in reality they are either [[IncestSubtext blood-related family members like siblings]] or at least one of them is [[YourCheatingHeart actually married to somepony else offscreen]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Twilight when she's suspicious of Candence being evil is presented as her being the only one aware of her odd behavior with nopony else believing her suspicions, as well as correct for her suspicions in the end. However, while Cadence not remembering their secret hoofshake makes Twilight understandably suspicious and is revealed to be Queen Chrysalis disguised as Cadence, she had a very good alibi for her behavior towards everything as an understandably stressed bride who wants her wedding day to be perfect since they can bring out the worst in people by making them worry that something will go wrong and ruin it. Plus, Twilight refuses to listen to her friends' perspective of Cadence or hear out her brother's reason for why he didn't tell her about the wedding sooner before getting angry with him. And as the final nail in the coffin, she straight up accuses Cadence of being evil in front of everypony without any evidence to support her claim, resulting in Cadence running off in tears, Shining Armor banning Twilight from the wedding, and the rest of the Mane Six and Celestia turning their backs on her for her behavior. While Twilight turned out to be right about Cadence's odd behavior, her own behavior in this episode paints her as being [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] rather than suspicious of Cadence, and Shining Armor kicking her out of the wedding isn't really unjustified since she nearly ruined a very important day for him.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Twilight when she's suspicious of Candence being evil is presented as her being the only one aware of her odd behavior with nopony else believing her, as well as correct for her suspicions in the end. However, while Cadence not remembering their secret hoofshake makes Twilight understandably suspicious and is revealed to be Queen Chrysalis disguised as Cadence, she had a very good alibi for her behavior towards everything as an understandably stressed bride who wants her wedding day to be perfect since they can bring out the worst in people by making them worry that something will go wrong and ruin it. Plus, Twilight refuses to listen to her friends' perspective of Cadence or hear out her brother's reason for why he didn't tell her about the wedding sooner before getting angry with him. And as the final nail in the coffin, she straight up accuses Cadence of being evil in front of everypony without any evidence to support her claim, resulting in Cadence running off in tears, Shining Armor banning Twilight from the wedding, and the rest of the Mane Six and Celestia turning their backs on her for her behavior. While Twilight turned out to be right about Cadence's odd behavior, her own behavior in this episode paints her as being [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] rather than suspicious of Cadence, and Shining Armor kicking her out of the wedding isn't really unjustified since she nearly ruined a very important day for him.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Twilight when she's suspicious of Candence being evil is presented as her being the only one aware of her odd behavior, as well as correct for her suspicions in the end. However, while Cadence not remembering their secret hoofshake makes Twilight understandably suspicious and is revealed to be Queen Chrysalis disguised as Cadence, she had a very good alibi for her behavior towards everything as an understandably stressed bride who wants her wedding day to be perfect since they can bring out the worst in people by making them worry that something will go wrong and ruin it. Plus, Twilight refuses to listen to her friends' perspective of Cadence or hear out her brother's reason for why he didn't tell her about the wedding sooner before getting angry with him. And as the final nail in the coffin, she straight up accuses Cadence of being evil in front of everypony without any evidence to support her claim, resulting in Cadence running off in tears, Shining Armor banning Twilight from the wedding, and the rest of the Mane Six and Celestia turning their backs on her for her behavior. While Twilight turned out to be right about Cadence's odd behavior, her own behavior in this episode paints her as being [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] rather than suspicious of Cadence, and Shining Armor kicking her out of the wedding isn't really unjustified since she nearly ruined a very important day for him.

* FourthWallMyopia: The rest of the Mane Six and Princess Celestia turning on Twilight is heavily criticized by a significant portion of the audience. However, the viewers are only following the story from Twilight's point of view, witnessing her attitude towards her brother, all of the bride's suspicious behaviour, and flashbacks [[OutOfCharacterAlert showing somethings amiss]]. InUniverse, the others see Twilight going from irrationally angry over the wedding to borderline unhinged, displaying an unhealthy possessiveness over her brother, nitpicking every instance of poor behavior from an understandably stressed bride (since wedding preparations are ''very'' stressful for people), repeatedly blowing off her friends' concerns, and finally reducing a pony to tears via hardcore slander.

* NeverLiveItDown: Fans will not let Twilight's friends, her brother Shining Armor, and Celestia calling out and ditching her after the accusation scene, with a throwaway apology from Applejack next episode. This is despite "Cadance" [[{{Bridezilla}} having an alibi for her suspicious behavior]], and Twilight being a jerk about it even before she had a reason to be suspicious, had no proof for her claims, and admitted [[RightForTheWrongReasons she was wrongly paranoid]]. Many exaggerate it as them cutting off ties with Twilight when they were simply leaving her to reflect on her actions, which would've been harmless if not for the unforeseeable Changeling invasion. This also ignores that Shining Armor was implied to have been brainwashed by "Cadance", and Twilight's friends [[FourthWallMyopia not knowing of or seeing what the audience and Twilight saw]], and "Cadance" making offscreen efforts [[PragmaticVillainy to win Twilight’s friends' trust]].

** Referring to the jealousy suggestion above, was Twilight legitimately accusing Cadence of being evil, or was she looking for an excuse to dislike her for taking her brother away from her?
** Some people think one reason Twilight's friends didn't believe her suspicions that Cadence was evil, is because her complaints about "Cadance" not acting the way Twilight remembered was just Twilight [[NostalgiaFilter trying too hard to relive her nostalgic memories and refusing to accept that her old foal sitter had changed]]

* NeverLiveItDown: Fans will not let Twilight's friends, her brother Shining Armor, and Celestia calling out and ditching her after the accusation scene, with a throwaway apology from Applejack next episode. This is despite "Cadance" [[{{Bridezilla}} having an alibi for her suspicious behavior]], and Twilight being a jerk about it even before she had a reason to be suspicious, had no proof for her claims, and admitted [[RightForTheWrongReasons she was wrongly paranoid]]. Many exaggerate it as them cutting off ties with Twilight when they were simply leaving her to to reflect on her actions, which would've been harmless if not for the unforeseeable Changeling invasion. This also ignores that Shining Armor was implied to have been brainwashed by "Cadance", and Twilight's friends [[FourthWallMyopia not knowing of or seeing what the audience and Twilight saw]], and "Cadance" making offscreen efforts [[PragmaticVillainy to win Twilight’s friends' trust]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Twilight is presented as being the only one suspicious of "Cadance's" behavior. However, while Cadance not remembering their SecretHandshake makes Twilight understandably suspicious, her own behavior throughout this episode makes her appear [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]], and Shining Armor isn't wrong in kicking her out of the wedding since she nearly ruined a very important day for him.

* FourthWallMyopia: The rest of the Mane Six and Princess Celestia turning on Twilight is heavily criticized by a significant portion of the audience. However, the viewers are only following the story from Twilight's point of view, witnessing her attitude towards her brother, all of the bride's suspicious behaviour, and flashbacks [[OutOfCharacterAlert showing somethings amiss]]. InUniverse, the others see Twilight going from irrationally angry over the wedding to borderline unhinged, displaying an unhealthy possessiveness over her brother, nitpicking every instance of poor behavior from an understandably stressed bride (since wedding preparations are ''very'' stressful for people), repeatedly blowing off her friends' concerns, and finally reducing a pony to tears via hardcore slander. If Twilight were to present solid evidence regarding Cadance's behavior calmly voice her suspicions in private, then the others likely wouldn't have dismissed her so harshly since she almost ruined the wedding.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Had Cadance not been revealed as an impostor in the next episode, a case could be made for the Aesop being "just because you're stressed about your wedding, it does not excuse you treating everyone else like dirt."

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Cadence being an alicorn had a very mixed reception, in part due to how this interferes with previous interpretations of Celestia and Luna -- before this episode aired, it was very prevalent among the fandom to interpret Celestia and Luna as the only alicorns (currently) in existence and alicorns in general as being powerful PhysicalGods. Cadence's introduction did not exactly conform very well to these headcanons, and not all the fandom was happy with this development. It doesn't help that, in this two-parter at least, her being an alicorn is pointless to the story.

** The debate over Twilight's confrontation with the others likely would have caused the episodes to be OvershadowedByControversy if not for the action-packed payoff of Part 2. Many feel the others were in the wrong for dismissing her in spite of everything she had done by that point in the series to show she wouldn't make such an accusation baselessly, knowing Cadance well enough so that her suspicions should have been taken seriously, and their not giving Twilight a chance to explain herself more rationally. Others defend them, arguing Twilight has been known to FreakOut over the smallest problems before, [[NotHelpingYourCase her behavior throughout the episode didn’t live down her accusations of jealousy]], and she failed to give any evidence that couldn't be rationalized away (like Cadance forgetting their SecretHandShake), giving them enough to justify their dismissal. There's also those that think [[BothSidesHaveAPoint both sides were equally right/wrong]] and/or want the others to ''[[QuitYourWhining get over it]]'', since, in the long run, it's a minor plot point compared to the others that happened in the two-parter and the rest of the series.
* FoeYay: The IncestYayShipping for Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor gets more ''shippy'' after the latter calls the heroine out for saying that Cadence is evil. Watching that scene over and over again would soon make it sound like a SiblingRivalry conversation.
* FourthWallMyopia: The rest of the Mane Six and Princess Celestia turning on Twilight is heavily criticized by a significant portion of the audience. However, the viewers are only following the story from Twilight's point of view, witnessing her attitude towards her brother, all of the bride's suspicious behaviour, and flashbacks [[OutOfCharacterAlert showing somethings amiss]]. InUniverse, the others see Twilight going from irrationally angry over the wedding to nearly unhinged, displaying an unhealthy possessiveness over her brother, nitpicking every instance of poor behavior from an understandably stressed bride (since wedding preparations are ''very'' stressful for people), unwilling to listen to her friends' perspective, and finally reducing a pony to tears via hardcore slander. If Twilight were to present evidence regarding Cadence's behavior and privately voice her suspicions instead of vocally accusing her of being evil ''during the wedding rehearsal'', then the others likely wouldn't have dismissed her so harshly since she almost ruined the wedding.

** Awhile back, there was a "Smug Cadence" meme which had a picture of the bride-to-be with smug face making snarky comments about her being another alicorn, her being pink, and her marrying Twilight's brother among other things. First episode airs and Cadance is shown to be very smug and snarky. In truth, the imposter was and the real deal isn't.
** During a flashback, a young Twilight Sparkle moans about how she's [[IJustWantToBeSpecial just a "regular old unicorn"]] to Cadence. This is rather ironic considering what would happen to Twilight Sparkle at [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure the end of the following season]].

* NeverLiveItDown: Fans will not let Twilight's friends, her brother Shining Armor, and Celestia calling out and ditching her after the accusation scene, with a throwaway apology from Applejack next episode. This is despite "Cadance" [[{{Bridezilla}} having an alibi for her suspicious behavior]], and Twilight being a jerk about it even before she had a reason to be suspicious, had no proof for her claims, and admitted [[RightForTheWrongReasons she was wrongly paranoid]]. Many exaggerate it as them cutting off ties with Twilight when they were simply leaving her to to reflect on her actions, which would've been harmless if not for the unforeseeable Changeling invasion. This also ignores that Shining Armor was implied to be brainwashed by "Cadance", and Twilight's friends [[FourthWallMyopia not knowing of or seeing what the audience and Twilight saw]], and "Cadance" making offscreen efforts [[PragmaticVillainy to win Twilight’s friends' trust]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Twilight when she's suspicious of Candence being evil is presented as her being the only one aware of her odd behavior, as well as correct for her suspicions in the end. However, while Cadence not remembering their secret hoofshake makes Twilight understandably suspicious, the rest of Cadence's behavior towards everything makes her come off as less of being evil and more as an understandably stressed bride who wants her wedding day to be perfect since they can bring out the worst in people by making them worry that something will go wrong and ruin it. Plus, Twilight refuses to listen to her friends' perspective of Cadence or hear out her brother's reason for why he didn't tell her about the wedding sooner before getting angry with him. And as the final nail in the coffin, she straight up accuses Cadence of being evil in front of everypony without any evidence to support her claim, resulting in Cadence running off in tears, Shining Armor banning Twilight from the wedding, and the rest of the Mane Six and Celestia turning their backs on her for her behavior. While Twilight turned out to be right about Cadence's odd behavior, her own behavior in this episode paints her as being [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] rather than suspicious of Cadence, and Shining Armor kicking her out of the wedding isn't really unjustified since she nearly ruined a very important day for him.
* WhatAnIdiot: Twilight when she confronts Princess Cadence -- by loudly accusing her of being evil and planning to ruin her brother's life without providing any real proof to back up her claims -- during the wedding rehearsal. What was she expecting?