History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear

* FridgeHorror: Grand Pear having apparently cut off all contact with his daughter combined with her relative youth means that he may never have been informed of her death, and his return to Ponyville may have been an attempt to reconcile with ''her,'' not her children.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Given how lovingly Granny Smith has cared for her grandchildren the past 7 seasons, one would never guess they were half-descended from her hated rival. Every moment where she's raised and loved them has been a testament that she buried the hatchet for the sake of not only her unborn grandchildren, but her son and daughter-in-law.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: This episode has gained a reputation for being a tearjerking experience because of how pure and sweet Bright Mac and Buttercup's relationship was, the Apple siblings learning the sad history they went through, and how Granny Smith and Grand Pear finally put their feud to an end for the sake of their family. It's considered one of the best episodes of the series; being the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6240452/?ref_=tt_eps_rhs_0 highest-rated MLP episode on IMDB]] with a 9.6 out of 10, beating out the 9.5-rated "A Canterlot Wedding Part 2" and "Twilight's Kingdom Part 2".
** It took until Season 9's "The Last Crusade" for it to be dethroned. It's still holding a 9.5 in second place.

* {{Tearjerker}}: This episode has gained a reputation for being a tearjerking experience because of how pure and sweet Bright Mac and Buttercup's relationship was, the Apple siblings learning the sad history they went through, and how Granny Smith and Grand Pear finally put their feud to an end for the sake of their family.
* ToughActToFollow: Subverted; the episode manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular Season 7 episodes "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem". It's even considered one of the best episodes of the ''series''; "The Perfect Pear" is the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6240452/?ref_=tt_eps_rhs_0 highest-rated MLP episode on IMDB]] with a 9.6 out of 10, beating out the 9.5-rated "A Canterlot Wedding Part 2" and "Twilight's Kingdom Part 2".

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Given how lovingly Granny Smith has cared for her grandchildren the past 7 seasons, one would never guess they were half-descended from her hated rival.

** Whatever's going on with Mrs. Cake's name. We learn here that her given one is Chiffon Swirl, and it's implied she changed it when she married Carrot Cake, but Chiffon Cake is a perfectly nice, serviceable name. We don't know if Cup Cake is a nickname or if she legally changed it, and either way, we don't know why.
*** And speaking of Carrot Cake, ''his and Cup Cake's'' own love story.

** Before this episode aired, it was very popular in the fandom to depict the Apples as having a strong enmity for pears, ranging from culinary disagreements and economic competition to it being treated as an almost religious matter or a downright mafia-like setup (case in point, comics such as [[http://emlan.deviantart.com/art/ponykoma-apple-acres-257095158 this one]] -- which was made ''six years ago'' -- [[http://allthebitz.tumblr.com/post/100545367637/applejack-being-the-dramatic-one-for-a-change this one]] or [[http://doublewbrothers.deviantart.com/art/Apple-571933495 this one]]). This episode's revelation that a) a Pear-Apple feud did indeed exist and b) the Apple siblings themselves are half-Pear made these comics and headcanons quite funny in hindsight.

* 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 ''Series/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.

* MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, Grand Pear clearly ''believes'' his disowning of Pear Butter and never reconciling with her or meeting her children before her death to be this. Thus when he comes to Ponyville, he only intends on watching his grandchildren from a distance because he doesn't believe he deserves a place in their lives after what he had done. Thankfully, his grandkids are able to dissuade him from this notion when they confront him, hugging him and saying that they forgive him.

* MemeticMutation: Fans have made one over the scene where Mrs. Cake excitedly [[MsFanService shows off her cutie mark]].

* Tearjerker: This episode has gained a reputation for being a tearjerking experience because of how pure and sweet Bright Mac and Buttercup's relationship was, the Apple siblings learning the sad history they went through, and how Granny Smith and Grand Pear finally put their feud to an end for the sake of their family.
* ToughActToFollow: Subverted; the episode manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular Season 7 episodes "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem". It's even considered one of the best episodes of the ''series''; "The Perfect Pear" is the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6240452/?ref_=tt_eps_rhs_0 highest-rated MLP episode on IMDB]] with a 9.6 out of 10, beating out the 9.4-rated "A Canterlot Wedding Part 2", "The Return of Harmony Part 2", and the two-part "Twilight's Kingdom".

** Before this episode aired, it was very popular in the fandom to depict the Apples as having a strong enmity for pears, ranging from culinary disagreements and economic competition to it being treated as an almost religious matter or a downright mafia-like setup (case in point, comics such as [[http://emlan.deviantart.com/art/ponykoma-apple-acres-257095158 this one]] -- which was made ''six years ago'' -- or [[http://doublewbrothers.deviantart.com/art/Apple-571933495 this one]]). This episode's revelation that a) a Pear-Apple feud did indeed exist and b) the Apple siblings themselves are half-Pear made these comics and headcanons quite funny in hindsight.

* ToughActToFollow: Subverted; the episode manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular Season 7 episodes "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem". It's even considered one of the best episodes of the ''series''; "The Perfect Pear" is the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6240452/?ref_=tt_eps_rhs_0 highest-rated MLP episode on IMDB]] with a 9.5 out of 10, beating out the 9.4-rated "A Canterlot Wedding Part 2", "The Return of Harmony Part 2", and the two-part "Twilight's Kingdom".

* ToughActToFollow: Subverted; the episode manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular Season 7 episodes "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem". It's even considered one of the best episodes of the ''series''; "The Perfect Pear" is the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6240452/?ref_=tt_eps_rhs_0 highest-rated MLP episode on IMDB]] with a 9.6 out of 10, beating out the 9.4-rated "A Canterlot Wedding Part 2", "The Return of Harmony Part 2", and the two-part "Twilight's Kingdom".

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

* HeReallyCanAct: Creator/WilliamShatner, long considered the poster child of LargeHam, gives a relatively subdued, yet still emotional performance as Grand Pear.

* ToughActToFollow: Subverted; the episode manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular Season 7 episodes "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem". It's even considered one of the best episodes of the ''series''; "The Perfect Pear" is the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6240452/?ref_=tt_eps_rhs_0 highest-rated MLP episode on IMDB]] with a 9.5 out of 10, beating out the 9.4-rated "A Canterlot Wedding Part 2", "The Return of Harmony Part 2", and the two-part "Twilight's Kingdom".

* ToughActToFollow: Subverted; the episode manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular Season 7 episodes "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem". It's even considered one of the best episodes of the ''series''; "The Perfect Pear" is the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6240452/?ref_=tt_eps_rhs_0 highest-rated MLP episode on IMDB]] with a 9.6 out of 10, beating out the 9.4-rated "A Canterlot Wedding Part 2", "The Return of Harmony Part 2", and the two-part "Twilight's Kingdom".

** The throwaway scene of Changeling!Applejack eating a pear in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E25ToWhereAndBackAgainPart1 To Where and Back Again]] is a lot funnier now that we know that the real Applejack was ''extremely'' averse to pears back then.

** [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/12174595667/applefact-in-2005-united-states-consumers-ate-an This]] blog post from [[Blog/AskJappleack]], featuring Jappleack slapping Apple Bloom for getting a pear cutie mark.

** This fanart featuring [[https://lugiaangel.deviantart.com/art/Apple-Parents-Remember-Me-Normal-Photo-Version-305854776 the apples sibling father]], which was posted 5 years before the release of this episode.

* 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 Butter and Bright Mac 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 Butter and Bright Mac's fate say that they're dead, or that they're [[HesJustHiding just missing with their fate currently unknown]].

* ToughActToFollow: Subverted; the episode manages in some people's opinion to top the also popular Season 7 episodes "Discordant Harmony", "Rock Solid Friendship", and "A Royal Problem". It's even considered one of the best episodes of the ''series''; "The Perfect Pear" is the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6240452/?ref_=tt_eps_rhs_0 highest-rated MLP episode on IMDB]] with a 9.7 out of 10, beating out the 9.4-rated "A Canterlot Wedding Part 2", "The Return of Harmony Part 2", and the two-part "Twilight's Kingdom".