History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E6NoSecondPrances

* DeathOfTheAuthor: Nick Confalone was quick to say that he did not intend Trixie going ahead with the trick to be a suicide attempt, though many fans digress since he fails to provide an alternate explanation for what it was meant as. It helps that [[https://derpiboo.ru/1144156 Jim Miller himself was fine with this interpretation]].

* RonTheDeathEater: In line with DracoInLeatherPants above, Twilight Sparkle received ''merciless'' backlash from the fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode. Reactions ranging from questioning her morality to calling her a hypocritical idiot for [[AesopAmnesia forgetting an aesop]] to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. Even though she was [[JerkassHasAPoint right]](To a certain extent), her actions and motivations led to Trixie and Starlight's ugly breakup, and the ugly implications surrounding the aftermath that followed unfortunately only poured more gas on the fire.

* RonTheDeathEater: In line with DracoInLeatherPants above, Twilight Sparkle received ''merciless'' backlash from the fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode. Reactions ranging from questioning her morality to calling her a hypocritical idiot for [[AesopAmnesia forgetting an aesop]] to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. Even though she was [[JerkassHasAPoint right]], her actions and motivations led to Trixie and Starlight's ugly breakup, and the implications surrounding the aftermath that followed unfortunately only poured more gas on the fire.

* ToughActToFollow: When the episode's synopsis was revealed, fans gave it this reaction after [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E5GauntletOfFire the previous one]] established Spike's shining moment and the introduction of a new [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan favorite character]] to be the sixth season's high points so far. With a notorious fandom BaseBreaker like ''Trixie'' involved, it had gotten ''much'' tougher. This unfortunately turned out to be the case for some, as the episode turned out to be the first major BrokenBase episode of the season, as you could see above.

** Trixie went through with her performance despite Starlight not being her assistant anymore. Was she a show-business pro who stubbornly stuck to the time-honored tradition that "the show must go on," or was she [[DrivenToSuicide trying to kill herself with a dangerous stunt]] out of grief for losing her only friend?
*** Or was it a last-ditch attempt to guilt-trip Starlight into coming back for her?

* UncannyValley: [[https://derpibooru.org/1143852 Trixie's posters]] are drawn in a much more detailed and heavily shaded style than the show's more cartoony style, which makes it look a bit out of place.

* LesYay: The Starlight x Trixie ship has set sail with full wind after this episode. If you wanted to stretch it, one could even see subtext in their interactions with Twilight, particularly with Twilight being upset that Starlight stood her up to spend time with Trixie.

** ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' was surprisingly spot on about Trixie having a {{Tsundere}} side.

** Trixie:
*** She went through with her performance despite Starlight not being her assistant anymore, was she just stubbornly trying to let the show go on or was she [[DrivenToSuicide trying to kill herself with a dangerous stunt?]]
*** Trixie, even a depressed Trixie, is a show-business pro. And the most time-honored tradition in her profession is "The Show Must Go On."

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Starlight Glimmer won a lot more favor and sympathy from the fans for her humorous interactions with the Ponyville citizens, being pulled in between Twilight and Trixie's petty squabble, her interactions with Trixie, and overall being the most sympathetic character of the episode.
* RonTheDeathEater: In line with DracoInLeatherPants above, Twilight Sparkle was subjected to this from some fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode. Reactions ranging from questioning her morality to calling her a hypocritical idiot for [[AesopAmnesia forgetting an aesop]] to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. Even though she was [[JerkassHasAPoint right]], her actions and motivations led to Trixie and Starlight's ugly breakup and the implications surrounding the aftermath that followed unfortunately only poured more gas on the fire.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Similar to Discord's treatment in Season 4, after complaints that Starlight's redemption was too quick and easy, here we see that she's still struggling to not fall back into her villainous actions. Trixie gets a bit of the same treatment. We also see that Twilight is in general less accepting/trusting of reformed characters who retain a lot of their smug/jerk tendencies; it's not something she reserved for Discord. [[BrokenBase Then on the other hand]], this may have worked too well, as there are new complaints that this reflects poorly on the "heroes", making them [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] at best and [[KnightTemplar judgmental]] at worst. Twilight Sparkle wound up losing ''a ton'' of favor in this episode among fans because of this.

* RonTheDeathEater: In line with DracoInLeatherPants above, Twilight Sparkle was subjected to this from some fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode. Reactions ranging from questioning her morality to calling her a hypocritical idiot for [[AesopAmnesia forgetting an aesop]] to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. Trixie and Starlight's ugly breakup and the implications surrounding the aftermath that followed unfortunately only poured more gas on the fire.

* RonTheDeathEater: In line with DracoInLeatherPants above, Twilight Sparkle was subjected to this from some fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode. Reactions ranging from questioning her morality to calling her an hypocritical idiot to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. Trixie and Starlight's ugly breakup and the implications surrounding the aftermath that followed unfortunately only poured more gas on the fire.

* RonTheDeathEater: In line with DracoInLeatherPants above, Twilight Sparkle was subjected to this from some fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode. Reactions ranging from questioning her morality to calling her an hypocritical idiot to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar who selfishly cares about her brand of "friendship" and [[ItsAllAboutMe no one elses]]. Trixie and Starlight's ugly breakup and the implications surrounding the aftermath that followed unfortunately only poured more gas on the fire.

* RonTheDeathEater: In line with DracoInLeatherPants above, Twilight Sparkle was subjected to this from some fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode. Reactions ranging from questioning her morality to calling her an idiot to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. Trixie and Starlight's ugly breakup and the aftermath that followed only pouring more gas on the fire.

* RonTheDeathEater: In line with DracoInLeatherPants above, Twilight Sparkle was subjected to this from some fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode. Reactions ranging from questioning her morality to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar. Trixie and Starlight's ugly breakup and the aftermath that followed only pouring more gas on the fire.

* RonTheDeathEater: Twilight Sparkle was subjected to this from some fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode. Reactions ranging from questioning her morality to outright demonization as a KnightTemplar.

* RonTheDeathEater: Twilight Sparkle was subjected to this from some fans due to her very controversial behavior in this episode.

%%* RonTheDeathEater: Some of the fans who criticize Twilight Sparkle's portrayal in this episode tend to lean into this direction.

* RonTheDeathEater: Some of the fans who criticize Twilight Sparkle's portrayal in this episode tend to lean into this direction, with her being labeled as a DesignatedHero at best and the outright villain of the episode at the worst.
** DracoInLeatherPants: In the same vein, many of those same fans place Trixie into this trope, believing that her HeelFaceTurn in "The Magic Duel" was genuine and sticking and that Twilight forced Starlight and Trixie's break up, forgetting that it was Trixie who opened her mouth and ruined things in the process.

* ShipTease: The Starlight x Trixie ship has set sail with full wind after this episode. If you wanted to stretch it, one could even see subtext in their interactions with Twilight, particularly with Twilight being upset that Starlight stood her up to spend time with Trixie.

** Mrs. Cake.
*** Her reaction to Starlight's magical cake potentially driving her out of business.

** Just how much of Trixie and Starlight's initial friendship was born out of Trixie intentionally being manipulative? Was she using her from the get-go or was sticking it to Twilight truly "just a bonus" made worse by Trixie shoving her whole foot into her mouth?
* AuthorsSavingThrow: Similar to Discord's treatment in Season 4, after complaints that Starlight's redemption was too quick and easy, here we see that she's still struggling to not fall back into her villainous actions. Trixie gets a bit of the same treatment. We also see that Twilight is in general less accepting/trusting of reformed characters who retain a lot of their smug/jerk tendencies; it's not something she reserved for Discord. [[BrokenBase Then on the other hand]], this may have worked too well as there are new complaints that this reflects poorly on the "heroes", making them [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] at best and [[KnightTemplar judgmental]] at worst. Twilight Sparkle wound up losing ''a ton'' of favor in this episode among fans because of this.

** A major contention with this episode is how everyone is portrayed. On one hand, you have the fans who believe that this is entirely in character for everyone and that this is just everyone dealing with lingering mistrust. On the other, there are some who believe that this portrayal is out-of-character for them or at least needed to be explained a little more (points go to Mrs. Cake's reaction to Starlight making her cake and Celestia's downright boredom at the dinner).
** The biggest point of contention with the episode concerns Twilight Sparkle and her characterization. You have fans who feel Twilight's characterization is in line with the rest of her appearances, especially when it comes to old foes and you have fans who feel that Twilight is acting out-of-character and should have been more accepting. There are also a handful of fans who take a RonTheDeathEater approach to Twilight's characterization and accuse her of being an outright villain to the DracoInLeatherPants Trixie.
** The episode itself. A really nice episode with many character cameos and call backs and HeelFaceTurn for Trixie, or a downright ''ugly'' episode with a botched moral, and unsympathetic, unlikable characters?
** Trixie's return, and the cameos from Derpy and DJ Pon-3, sparked complaints of pandering. Others just liked seeing the characters again.

** Starlight's portrayal continues to be a bit of a crowd divider. Some were symphathetical about Starlight strugling to fit in with her magical powers while lacking in social skills, and were also glad that she wasn't simply being mopey all the time like in the season premiere. Some felt that since this was done at the expense of bringing in characters to the story just to portray them either as uncharacterstically or [[JerkassBall as unfavorably as possible]], [[CharacterShilling the narrative was going out its way to make Starlight look good.]] Others on the other hand felt that the absurdly skilled neurotic wizard without social skills niche had already been done with Twilight a few seasons ago.

* HarsherInHindsight: Back in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E1TheCrystallingPart1 the season premiere]], Starlight Glimmer expressed doubt and insecurity over her HeelFaceTurn, and Twilight [[EasilyForgiven easily forgave]] her, quickly dismissing her concerns and making for a heartwarming scene. Now it's not so heartwarming anymore as it appears that in this episode Twilight Sparkle ''does'' have her doubts about Starlight when she [[ToxicFriendInfluence befriends Trixie]], who Twilight isn't on good terms with, which [[WhatTheHellHero doesn't go unnoticed by Starlight]]. Ultimately, Twilight's doubts towards Trixie are proven to hold some water, but she's able to mend things up quickly between the three of them.

** In the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW comic book]] two-parter, ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue21To22 Manehatten Mysteries]]'', Trixie forms a bond with Babs for exactly the same reason she did with Starlight: both trying to get over their past actions and reform as better people. Also slightly [[HarsherInHindsight harsh]] though since Trixie here was still nursing a bit of jealousy toward Twilight. Though interestingly through all her appearances in the comic, she never once encounters Twilight. Likewise she focused on Twilight and only Twilight in this episode, and her actions, while petty, weren't that grandiose this time with her showing remorse after nearly losing Starlight, so it evens out.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Starlight Glimmer won a lot more favor and sympathy from the fans for her humorous interactions with the Ponyville citizens, and being pulled in between Twilight and Trixie's petty squabble, her interactions with Trixie, and overall being the most sympathetic character of the episode.

** DracoInLeatherPants: In the same vein, many of those same fans place Trixie into this trope, believing that her HeelFaceTurn in "Magic Duel" was genuine and sticking and that Twilight forced Starlight and Trixie's break up, forgetting that it was Trixie who opened her mouth and ruined things in the process.

** After Trixie's HeelFaceTurn (supposedly) at the end of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]", followed by her subsequent characterization in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue21To22 Manehatten Mysteries]]", some fans were worried about what her ominous introduction in this episode's teaser may mean for her CharacterDevelopment and whether or not it will be undone [[CanonDiscontinuity or simply ignored]] for the sake of plot. Fortunately, come the actual episode this was averted.
** There were also some fans worried that this episode will be a complete rehash of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E22WhatAboutDiscord What About Discord?]]", a previous episode where the plot centered around Twilight not trusting a "former" villain, and didn't win a lot of fans for handing Twilight Sparkle the IdiotBall and use of TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong so the story could work. Unlike the previous entry, this turned out to be the case, though this time Twilight [[JerkassHasAPoint was right about Trixie's motivations]] ([[BecomingTheMask at least at first]]).
* ToughActToFollow: When the episode's synopsis was revealed, fans gave it this reaction after [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E5GauntletOfFire the previous one]] established Spike's shining moment and the introduction of a new fan-favourite character to be the sixth season's high points so far. With a notorious fandom {{base breaker}} like ''Trixie'' involved, it had gotten ''much'' tougher. This unfortunately turned out to be the case for some, as the episode turned out to be the first major BrokenBase episode of the season, as you could see above.

** Trixie:
*** She went through with her performance despite Starlight not being her assistant anymore, was she just stubbornly trying to let the show go on or was she [[DrivenToSuicide trying to kill herself with a dangerous stunt?]]
*** Trixie, even a depressed Trixie, is a show-business pro. And the most time-honored tradition in her profession is "The Show Must Go On."

* ToughActToFollow: When the episode's synopsis was revealed, fans gave it this reaction after [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E5GauntletOfFire the previous one]] established Spike's shining moment and the introduction of a new fan-favourite character to be the sixth season's high points so far. With a notorious fandom {{base breaker}} like ''Trixie'' involved, it had gotten ''much'' tougher. This unfortunately turned out to be the case for some, as the episode turned out to be the first major BrokenBase episode of the season.