History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies

** The frame of the barn [[ByWallThatIsHoley falling over one of the Pinkie clones]] is similar to a scene from Weird Al's "Amish Paradise" video about raising a barn. The song itself was used for a pony video prior to the episode and Weird Al had a cameo appearance in the show two years later.

** The idea of the remaining Pinkie being a clone or one of the clones getting missed in the roundup.

** The final test given to the Pinkies is quite funny to those familiar with the fanfic Fanfic/PinkieWatchesPaintDry.
** One of the clones sprouting fingers is quite funny to those who've read {{Fanfic/Anthropology}}.
* MostAnnoyingSound: '''FUN!'''
-->'''Applejack''': Oh, give it a rest.

** Never mind, even the real Pinkie herself wound up having issues with it.

** [[spoiler:The final test given to the Pinkies is quite funny to those familiar with the fanfic Fanfic/PinkieWatchesPaintDry.]]
** [[spoiler:One of the clones sprouting fingers is quite funny to those who've read {{Fanfic/Anthropology}}.]]

** This has gotten discussed so often that the fans have stopped feeling any horror over it, and any question of "Hey, what if..." related to this episode will usually get a response along the lines of ''"Who cares?!?"''

** 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."

* IdiotPlot: As the duplicates lacked Pinkie's memories, quizzing them on their history would have revealed them immediately.

* WhatAnIdiot: Pinkie's friends can't seem to figure out who the real Pinkie is, despite her having much more of a dynamic with them. and it's firmly held by Twilight, who couldn't tell the mopey OutofCharacter Pinkie Pie as the REAL one given the circumstances.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: WordOfGod [[https://twitter.com/MMeghanMcCarthy/status/278922377767813120 states]] that the Pinkie Pie clones were merely [[EmptyShell magical imitations]], and were surprised that some viewed their fate as being "killed" for not having the time or change to [[CharacterDevelopment develop the same depth]] as the original Pinkie Pie.

* IdiotBall: Pinkie's friends can't seem to figure out who the real Pinkie is, despite her having much more of a dynamic with them. and it's firmly held by Twilight, who couldn't tell the mopey OutofCharacter Pinkie Pie as the REAL one given the circumstances.

* TakeThatScrappy: One of the Pinkie clones turns her face into a pony's face from [[DorkAge G3]] only to get zapped 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.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[BrokenBase Debates rage on]] about the [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman existence of the Pinkie clones and the way Twilight dispatches them]]. Many bronies have grown sick of the debate itself, regardless of how they feel about the subject and others declared a ''boycott'' of /mlp/ over the constant debate threads.

* TearJerker:
** The first Pinkie Pie clone crying about not being able to do anything fun is oddly heart-wrenching. It doesn't help that her voice sounds like the verge of tears. [[http://i.imgur.com/MJexp.jpg This face]] says it all.
** The real Pinkie's sadness about possibly being a clone herself is depressing.

*** The last two are discredited by episode's end because the one left is the only real Pinkie shown to have any depth outside of "having fun". However, this is fanfic so they can do what they want.

* 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.
* FanficFuel: As mentioned below, stories about multiple Pinkies already exist, 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.
** Both, however, are intended to be discredited by episode's end - or at least, the first is since only the real Pinkie was shown to have any depth outside of "having fun". Doesn't stop them from trying if they want, though.
* HilariousInHindsight: This isn't the first time the concept of multiple Pinkies was [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42336/An-Infinite-Number-of-Pinkies explored.]]

* ShippingGoggles: A good chunk of the fandom seems to have decided that since Fancy Pants was in Ponyville, this obviously means he was doing something with Rarity that cannot be shown on children's television. To be fair though, Rarity was dressed to the nines for no clear reason, and it does seem odd that a Canterlot noble seems to be just hanging out in Ponyville....
** Maybe she was modeling a new dress style for Fancy Pants?
** Rarity dressing to the nines for no reason isn't that strange, considering this is ''Rarity'' we're talking about.

* 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.
* TearJerker: The first Pinkie Pie clone crying about not being able to do anything fun is oddly heart-wrenching. It doesn't help that her voice sounds like the verge of tears. [[http://i.imgur.com/MJexp.jpg This face]] says it all.
** The real Pinkie's sadness about possibly being a clone herself is just depressing.

* 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 leads one to wonder how it was never noticed before, considering how many times that library must have undergone cleaning and re-shelving by its [[SuperOCD resident]].
** Also, given that only a few pages about the book may be about the pool, one wonders what other "secrets" are contained within, who wrote it, and why it was hidden like that.

* NightmareFuel: Watching the Pinkie clones blow up, having one of them sprout ''fingers'' from their hoof, and the real Pinkie's existential crisis.

* 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.
* FridgeHorror: Yes, Studio B did everything to reassure the viewers that the Pinkie Pie that remains is the real one, but [[AmbiguousCloneEnding what if she isn't and Twilight actually zapped the real one]]?
** 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....
**** WordOfGod states that "Magic came out, magic went back in", essentially confirming that the sentient Pinkies were, in fact [[KilledOffForReal destroyed when they were absorbed into the pool]]. In essence, that makes this episode and the nature of the Mirror Pool more-or-less "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E5TheRebelFlesh The Rebel Flesh]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E6TheAlmostPeople The Almost People]]", with ponies.
** It doesn't say much for Pinkie's self-esteem that she's so quick to doubt whether she's her real self.
*** Or her mental state in general. For all her outward cheeriness, Pinkamina seems rather fragile and insecure.
** If those animals were turned into oranges, how long will they live?
*** 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?
*** Considering who and what [[MadGod Discord]] is, he probably ''created'' it. [[OhCrap And if he created it]]...
** The first Pinkie Pie clone expressed sadness, reason, and anxiety. The last clone 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 "Alpha!Pinkie" actually entered the pool, 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 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....

*** Uh actually I think it makes it worse as it shows pretty clearly that at least one of them was close enough that it might well have been a near exact copy, but just immature. The fact it showed fear and didn't want to die actually makes it far, far worse as it reinforces the implication that a functionally sentient if immature being (a child more or less)is being ruthlessly murdered because it's inconvenient.

*** Uhh actually I think it makes it worse as it shows pretty clearly that at least one of them was close enough that it might well have been a near exact copy, but simply immature due to being you know literally a day a old. The fact it showed fear and didn't want to die actually makes it far, far worse as it reinforces the implication that functionally sentient if immature being is being ruthlessly murdered because it's inconvenient.

*** 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.