History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies

* FridgeLogic: The ADD test was a sufficient solution, but still extremely risky given that Twilight punished ANY lapse in concentration. A safer, more scientific method would take advantage of their ReallyWasBornYesterday status, by having them fill out a quiz on Ponyville, banishing anypony that scored maybe a 7/10 or less.

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* DeusExMachina: The book on the Mirror Pool found in the secret compartment found behind a stack of books by Spike was '''awfully''' convenient, given the timing. It also begs the question how it was never noticed before, considering how many times that library must have undergone cleaning and re-shelving by its [[SuperOCD resident]].

* FanficFuel: As mentioned below, stories about multiple Pinkies already exists, but the Mirror Pool now gives fans a canon method of creating clones, not to mention the mystery surrounding its existence and the accompanying book that was sealed away at the library. And then, of course, there's the whole idea of the remaining Pinkie possibly being a clone. Or one of the clones getting missed in the roundup.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[BrokenBase Debates rage on]] about the [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman existence of the Pinkie clones and the way Twilight dispatches them.]]
** To the point that many bronies have grown sick of the debate itself, regardless of how they feel about the subject; some bronies actually declared a ''boycott'' of /mlp/ over the constant debate threads.
* DeusExMachina: The book on the mirror pool found in the secret compartment found behind a stack of books by Spike was '''awfully''' convenient, given the timing. It also begs the question how it was never noticed before, considering how many times that library must have undergone cleaning and re-shelving by its [[SuperOCD resident]].

* FanficFuel: As mentioned below, stories about multiple Pinkies already exists, but the Mirror Pond now gives fans a canon method of creating clones, not to mention the mystery surrounding its existence and the accompanying book that was sealed away at the library. And then, of course, there's the whole idea of the remaining Pinkie possibly being a clone.
* FridgeBrilliance: The Pinkie clones are all obsessed with fun... ''because they came from Pinkie's reflection''. They were what she was on the outside, namely her appearance and love for fun. They didn't have what was on the ''inside'', which included her strong friendship with the rest of the Mane Six.
* FridgeLogic: The ADD test was a sufficient solution, but still extremely risky given that Twilight punished ANY lapse in concentration. A safer, more scientific method would take advantage of their ReallyWasBornYesterday status, by having them fill out a ten-question survey about Ponyville trivia, banishing anypony that scored 7/10 or less.

** Wait, does Twilight now have the ability to banish anyone to the mirror pool? Or does it (hopefully) only work on ponies that have used the pool?
*** And what if it wasn't just banishment - what if Twilight ''killed'' them? For all we know, the clones didn't exist before they were pulled out of the Mirror Pool, and may have been born from pure magical energy with no consciousness before...
** It doesn't say much for Pinkie's self-esteem that she's so quick to doubt if she's really her real self or not.

*** Twilight probably changed them back after the episode.
** What if somepony less nice than Pinkie discovered the Mirror Pool in the past. Like Discord or Sombra?

** The first Pinkie Pie seemed to be a sentient but very excitable; she felt sadness, she could reason, she felt anxiety. The last Pinkie Pie to vanish seemed ''nervous'' of something right before she was distracted. The others, typically considered shallow clones of Pinkie, could at the very least learn and experience some emotions. That makes Twilight killing them off [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman all the more terrifying.]]
*** General fanon is that the last Pinkie Pie to go was actually the first clone created, thus her unusual emotional range compared to the others. (It's also better dramatically.) This counts down a ''lot'' on the horror factor, since it means all of the other clones are still blanks.
** There are interpretations that come from the fact that since the first - "Alpha!Pinkie" actually entered the pond, the whole episode was happening in a mirror version of Ponyville, and by "zapping" the last, REAL Pinkie Pie, everything went back to how it should be. The {{Flanderization}} is the effect of magic pond.

** And [[http://arcade.equestriagaming.com/2012/06/pinkiepalooza.html this one]]. "Pinkie's gone and broke [sic] the fourth wall again! She's multiplied herself to unimaginable numbers, and now Twilight Sparkle is the only one who can stop the rampaging horde of Party Ponies. Don't feel bad about putting them down though: they are only semi-intelligent copies of the real Pinkie Pie, who is nowhere to be found."
** Also, fans had originally guessed that the mane six would clone themselves in order to better help with the wedding preparations in ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]'' based on the clone filled trailer. This is, of course, before we learn anything about the Changelings.

* TakeThatScrappy: One of the Pinkie clones turns her face into a pony's face from [[DorkAge G3]] only to get zapped and killed by Twilight Sparkle. This is even more noticeable where in a case of ManipulativeEditing, an ad with that clip has Rarity and Fluttershy react to the face with horror.

* FridgeBrilliance: The Pinkie clones are all obsessed with fun...''because they came from Pinkie's reflection''. They were what she was on the outside, namely her appearance and love for fun. They didn't have what was on the ''inside'', which included her strong friendship with the rest of the Mane Six.

* FanficFuel: As mentioned below, stories about multiple Pinkies already exists, but the Mirror Pond now gives fans a canon method of creating clones, not to mention the mystery surrounding it's existence and the accompanying book that was sealed away at the library. And then, of course, there's the whole idea of the remaining Pinkie possibly being a clone.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Debates rage on about the [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman existence of the Pinkie clones and the way Twilight dispatches them.]]

*** Note this troper saw this less than a week after the episode aired. Which means this issue has been debated to an extreme and bronies are planning to boycott mlp in less than a week's time. In case you doubted the passion of this fandom.

*** Considering who and what [[MadGod Discord]] is, he probably ''created'' it.

* TakeThat: This episode could be interpreted as a small TakeThat at fans who complain about Pinkie Pie being Flanderized - pretty much all her clones can say is "FUN!", and the way they behave in general seems to reflect what people who don't like Pinkie Pie [[FanDumb think she's like]], as opposed to the ''real'' Pinkie.
** The whole episode is a TakeThat against flanderization in general. It, in fact, did much to reassure some of the fans that were concerned about Pinkie's possible flanderization.
* TakeThatScrappy: One of the Pinkie clones turns her face into a pony's face from [[DorkAge G3]] only to get zapped and killed by Twilight Sparkle. This is even more noticable where in a case of ManipulativeEditing, an ad with that clip has Rarity and Fluttershy react to the face with horror.

** There are interpretations that come from the fact that since the first - "Alpha!Pinkie" actually entered the pond, the whole episode was happening in a mirror version of Ponyville, and by "zapping" the last, REAL Pinkie Pie, everything went back to how it should be. The [[Flanderization]] is the effect of magic pond.

* TakeThat: It's a large YMMV, but this episode could be interpreted as a small TakeThat at fans who complain about Pinkie Pie being Flanderized - pretty much all her clones can say is "FUN!", and the way they behave in general seems to reflect what people who don't like Pinkie Pie [[FanDumb think she's like]], as opposed to the ''real'' Pinkie.

** The first Pinkie Pie seemed to be a sentient but very excitable; she felt sadness, she could reason, she felt anxiety. The last Pinkie Pie to vanish seemed ''nervous'' of something right before she was distracted. The others, typically considered shallow clones of Pinkie, could at the very least learn and experience some emotions. That makes Twilight killing them off [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman all the more terrifying.]]

** Twilight "banished" the ponies if they did anything other than stare at the wall. What if the real Pinkie Pie had to sneeze? She'd be a goner. Twilight didn't think twice about "banishing" anyone, didn't give them a second thought.

* UncannyValley: Admit it. You were freaked out when the one clone [[spoiler:rearranged her face to look like G3 Pinkie.]]
** Of course, a lot of people probably thought it was way [[SelfDeprecation funnier]] [[TakeThat than]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny freaky]].
** The other clone forming her hoof into fingers as well.

** The first Pinkie Pie seemed to be a sentient but very excitable; she felt sadness, she could reason, she felt anxiety. The last Pinkie Pie to vanish seemed ''nervous'' of something right before she was distracted. The others, typically considered shallow clones of Pinkie, could at the very least learn and experience some emotions. That makes Twilight killing them off [[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman all the more terrifying.]]

*** It doesn't say much about her mental state for her to doubt it either.

*** Concidering who [[MadGod Discord]] is, he probably ''created'' it.

** Wait, does Twilight now have the ability to banish anyone to the mirror pool? Or does it (hopefully) only work on people that have used the pool?

* FanficFuel: As mentioned below, stories about multiple Pinkie already exists, but the Mirror Pond now gives fans a canon method of creating clones, not to mention the mystery surrounding it's existence and the accompanying book that was sealed away at the library. And then, of course, there's the whole idea of the remaining Pinkie possibly being a clone.

*** And what if it wasn't just banishment - what if Twilight ''killed'' them? For all we know, the clones didn't exist before they were pulled out of the Mirror Pool...