History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2

* EarWorm: As is to be expected. ♪ Let the rainbow remind you ♪

** The SuperMode forms of the Mane Six when they unlock the chest. Sure it's a cool moment, but they just look silly, what with the EightiesHair. They've been compared to [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Mega Evolutions]], for one. Many agree that the advertising versions of Rainbow Power, which feature everything but the large hair, look much less silly. The crew seem to have taken notice of the audience reaction, as they've only made a single appearance since...in a dream sequence.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Let's just say it's obvious where a fair chunk of Season 4's budget went. The effects in these two episodes are some of the greatest yet seen in the series.

** If [[{{Satan}} Lord Tirek]] hadn't crossed this already, he certainly did when he imprisoned Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Spike, drained their magic, betrayed Discord, ''and'' drained him of his magic. Even earlier than that, he banishes Celestia, Luna, and Cadance to Tartarus, even though they have no magic and are powerless to do anything against him.

** This is widely regarded as the best episode of the series, and meant that the Season 5 finale had a lot to ensure up to. A big point of contention being the HeelFaceTurn of the BigBad, since Discord got a far better received one here despite it being only a subplot in comparison.
** "Twilight's Kingdom" left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Season 5, while still considered a good season in its own right, never quite reached the heights of Season 4 and its finale, and it was made worse with Seasons 6 and 7 being seen as the weakest season in the show for the former and a SoOkayItsAverage season for the latter. The story's impact is felt even further in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the 2017 movie]], which took a lot of its influence from it in terms of plot and scope.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Season 5, while still considered a good season in its own right, never quite reached the heights of Season 4 and its finale, and it was made worse with Seasons 6 and 7 being seen as the weakest season in the show for the former and a SoOkayItsAverage season for the latter. Twilight's Kingdom impact is felt even further in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the 2017 movie]], which took a lot of its influence from it in terms of plot and scope.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Let's just say it's obvious where a fair chunk of Season 4's budget went. The effects in these two episodes are some of the greatest yet seen.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Season 5, while still considered a good season in its own right, never quite reached the heights of Season 4 and its finale, and it was made worse with Seasons 6 and 7 being seen as the weakest season in the show for the former and a SoOkayItsAverage season for the latter.

* FridgeHorror: {{Defied}} when Twilight grabs Owlowiscious moments before the library is blown up.

* TearJerker: The destruction of Golden Oaks Library qualifies as one. It's been the HomeBase for Twilight since [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon the]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony very beginning]] we've come to known and now it's gone.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Season 5, while still considered a good season in its own right, never quite reached the heights of Season 4 and its finale, and it was made worse with Seasons 6 and 7 being seen as SoOkayItsAverage for some people.

** The Mane Six's [[ReformedButRejected open]] [[TheFriendNobodyLikes hostility]] toward Discord all season long could have been acknowledged as [[ThenLetMeBeEvil a possible reason]] for Discord's betrayal and something for them to own up to, but it's never even implied. However, they are genuinely horrified when they see Discord being betrayed, implying that they actually did have some real feelings for him.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Season 5, while still considered a good season in its own right, never quite reached the heights of Season 4 and its finale, and it was made worse with Seasons 6 and 7 being seen as SoOkayItsAverage (and in 6's case, the weakest season in the show) for some people.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Season 5, while still considered a good season in its own right, never quite reached the heights of Season 4 and its finale, and it was made worse with Season 6 being seen as SoOkayItsAverage and the weakest season in the show for some people.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Let's just say it's obvious where a fair chunk of Season 4's budget went. The effects in these two episodes are some of the greatest yet seen.

** The Mane Six's [[ReformedButRejected open]] [[TheFriendNobodyLikes hostility]] toward Discord all season long could have been acknowledged as [[ThenLetMeBeEvil a possible reason]] for Discord's betrayal and something for them to own up to, but it's never even implied. However, they are genuinely horrified when they see Discord being betrayed.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Season 5, while still considered a fairly good season in its own right, never quite reached the heights of Season 4 and its finale, and it was made worse with Season 6 being seen as SoOkayItsAverage and the weakest season in the show for some people.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot

** The Mane Six's open hostility toward Discord all season long could have been acknowledged as a possible reason for Discord's betrayal and something for them to own up to, but it's never even implied.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Season 5, while still considered a pretty decent season in its own right, never quite reached the heights of Season 4 and its finale, and it was made worse with Season 6 being seen as SoOkayItsAverage and the weakest season in the show for some people.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Season 5, while still considered a pretty good season in its own right, never quite reached the heights of Season 4 and its finale, and it was made worse with Season 6 being seen as SoOkayItsAverage and the weakest season in the show for some people.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Seasons 5 and 6 were subjected to mixed reception, or at worst, cries of SeasonalRot. Some say that is not to say they were bad seasons overall, but that Season 4 and ''Twilight's Kingdom'' had left such a spectacular impression, that there was simply ''nothing'' the creators could do from now on that was going to top it, and to some, this is the ''true finale'' of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and had the biggest status quo shattering event in the show, that it led to some fans declaring FanonDiscontinuity over the rest of the series. Seasons 5 and 6 were subjected to mixed reception, or at worst, cries of SeasonalRot. Some say that is not to say they were bad seasons overall, but that Season 4 and ''Twilight's Kingdom'' had left such a spectacular impression, that there was simply ''nothing'' the creators could do from now on that was going to top it, and to some, this is the ''finale'' of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''.

** The final battle with Tirek is widely noted for its ''Dragon Ball Z'' influences, which was cool; making the ponies go Super Saiyan just made it extra silly on top of looking ridiculous.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and made the biggest Status Quo shattering event in the show, that it pretty much leads to some fans to FanonDiscontinuity the rest of the series. Seasons 5 and 6 were subjected to [[ToughActToFollow mixed reception]], or at worst, cries of SeasonalRot. Some say that is not to say they were bad seasons overall, but that Season 4 and ''Twilight's Kingdom'' had left such a spectacular impression, that there was simply ''nothing'' the creators could do from now on that was going to top it, and to some, this is the ''finale'' of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''.

** ''Twilight's Kingdom'' left such a huge mark and made the biggest Status Quo shattering event, that it pretty much leads to some fans to FanonDiscontinuity the rest of the series. Seasons 5 and 6 were subjected to ToughActToFollow or at worst, cries of SeasonalRot. That is not to say they were bad seasons overall, but that Season 4 and ''Twilight's Kingdom'' had left such an impression, that simply ''nothing'' the creators could do was going to top it, and to some, this is the ''finale'' of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''.

* ToughActToFollow: This is widely regarded as the best episode of the series, and meant that the Season 5 finale had a lot to ensure up to. A big point of contention being the HeelFaceTurn of the BigBad, since Discord got a far better received one here despite it being only a subplot in comparison.

** The SuperMode forms of the Mane Six when they unlock the chest. Sure it's a cool moment, but they just look silly, what with the EightiesHair. They've been compared to [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Mega Evolutions]], for one. Many agree that the advertising versions of Rainbow Power, which feature everything but the large hair, look much less silly.

** Was Discord [[FaceHeelTurn siding with Tirek]] a deliberate betrayal of his friends, or did (save Fluttershy) [[TheFriendNobodyLikes none of them actually liking him]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Celestia claiming she had him freed because he could be useful]] make Tirek's [[BreakingSpeech argument that their "friendship" was just a way to keep him in line]] seem legit? Helping is that seeing Shining Armor and Fluttershy [[EtTuBrute shocked and hurt by his betrayal]] caused Discord to [[HeelRealization regret his actions]].

** Was Discord [[FaceHeelTurn siding with Tirek]] a deliberate betrayal of his friends, or did (save Fluttershy) [[TheFriendNobodyLikes none of them actually liking him]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Celestia claiming she had him freed because he could be useful]] make Tirek's [[HannibalLecture argument that their "friendship" was just a way to keep him in line]] seem legit? Helping is that seeing Shining Armor and Fluttershy [[EtTuBrute shocked and hurt by his betrayal]] caused Discord to [[HeelRealization regret his actions]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: A very common comment from bronies reacting to the Twilight vs. Tirek fight was "Is that a little girls show?" Seriously, almost all of them (from Website/YouTube videos) say some variation of this.

** The Mane Six's open hostility toward Discord all season long could have been acknowledged as a possible reason for Discord's betrayal and something for them to own up to, but it's never even mentioned.