History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear

* BrokenBase:
** While the episode was met with near-universal positive reception, and it all but outright says that Bright Mac and Pear Butter are dead (confirming years of fan theories and subtle hints), the details of their deaths were intentionally left out. Some fans saw this as a wasted opportunity to build character for multiple Apple family members, while some didn't mind the details being left out and focused on the romance between Bright Mac and Pear Butter.
** Still others refuse to believe that Pear and Bright are dead, insisting they're alive since the episode doesn't outright say "they're dead." This led to some debate over whether all the clues about Pear and Bright's fate say that they're dead, or that they're [[HesJustHiding just missing with their fate currently unknown]].

* FridgeHorror: The situation where Grand Pear estranges himself from his daughter due to his bull-headed rejection of her marriage, only to later live with the regret of never making things right before her death, takes on an even more tragic subtext when you realize this isn't too far off the mark from his actor Creator/WilliamShatner's strained relationships with most of his co-stars from ''LiveActionTV/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. It's mitigated somewhat by the fact that Shatner did indeed bury the hatchet with a number of them before their deaths, but it's still a sobering thought.

** Some people even refuse to ''believe'' that Pear and Bright are dead and insist they are alive since they don't outright say they're dead while other people point out the evidence that proves that they are dead.

* BrokenBase: While the episode was met with near-universal positive reception, and it all but outright says that Bright Mac and Pear Butter are dead (confirming years of fan theories and subtle hints), the details of their deaths were intentionally left out. Some fans saw this as a wasted opportunity to build character for multiple Apple family members, while some didn't mind the details being left out and focused on the romance between Bright Mac and Pear Butter.

** Meanwhile, when it comes to [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 a different sci-fi series]], [[Creator/PattonOswalt Max (aka TV's Son of TV's Frank)]] appeared last season as Quibble Pants, and now [[Creator/FeliciaDay Kinga Forrester]] guest voices as Pear Butter.

* AngstWhatAngst: While all but mentioned the Apple parents are dead and many characters seem to choke up reminiscing about them, none of the Apple siblings seem very distraught by this, focusing more on the feud with the Pears.

* FanficFuel: Burnt Oak tells a story about his own experience with Bright Mac falling in love with Pear Butter, but implies he has a lot more stories about him and Bright Mac. Mrs. Cake has a similar thing with Pear Butter, but Burnt Oak specifically invites the Apples to come around again to hear more.

* HilariousInHindsight: Q is already in the show as Discord, and now Captain Kirk has joined MLP.

* UncannyValley: In Bright Mac's and Pear Butter's first flashback, they're no older than Pumpkin and Pound Cake, but speak to each other with their adult voices.
** It's possible that the two were speaking in baby talk, and that their gibberish was simply translated to the audience.

* UncannyValley: In Bright Mac's and Pear Butter's first flashback, they're no older than Pumpkin and Pound Cake, but speak to each other with their adult voices.

* UncannyValley: In Bright Mac's and Pear Butter's first flashback, they're no older than Pumpkin and Pound Cake, but speak to each other with their adu lt voices.

* ToughActToFollow: Averted, the episode manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem", and is even considered one of the best episodes of the ''series'' let alone the current season.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Applejack's tirade against Strawberry Sunrise is this after revealing the Apples have had a similar, long-standing feud with the Pears.

* HeReallyCanAct: William Shatner as Grand Pear, to the point the common reaction is "wait, what?"

* UncannyValley: In Bright Mac's and Pear Butter's first flashback, they're no older than Pumpkin and Pound Cake, but speak to each other with their adult voices.

** This may be explained away by them being the most affected by it and thus having learned to accept it. Meanwhile, the other ponies we see may have been close friends, but they weren't family and thus weren't forced to deal with the fact that their parents were dead every moment of their lives.

* ToughActToFollow: Manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem", and is even considered one of the best episodes of the ''series'' let alone the current season.

* ToughActToFollow: Manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem", and is even considered one of the best episodes of the season if not of the series.

* ToughActToFollow: Manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem", and is even considered one of the best episodes of the season if not of the series.

* ToughActToFollow: Manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular "Discordant Harmony", and is even considered one of the best episodes of the season if not of the series.

* HilariousInHindsight: Q is already in the show as Discord, and now Captain Kirk has joined MLP.

* HeReallyCanAct: William Shatner as Grand Pear, to the point the common reaction is "wait, what?"