History Awesome / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSeason2

* It was cool to see Fluttershy finally [[KickTheSonOfABitch standing up to those pushing her around]], [[TookALevelInJerkass for a while, at least]].

-->'''Pinkie''': I'm not giving him cake! I'm ''assaulting him with cake!!''

* Rarity losing the DistressedDamsel attitude and talking down Giant!Spike (even though she has no idea it's him), knowing full well he's a rampaging beast who's easily twenty times bigger than her.

* Filthy Rich deserves an honorable mention for making his [[SpoiledBrat spoiled daughter]] join Granny Smith and the other youngsters in wearing [[BunniesForCuteness rabbit ears]] and singing to the water instead of giving into her selfish demands. This may, depending on how you see it, either be great or [[AbusiveParents abusive]] parenting, but Diamond Tiara gets her comeuppance.

* The gauntlet that JustForFun/DaringDo, the Franchise/IndianaJones {{Expy}} that Rainbow imagines herself as, runs through upon first entering the temple. And showing the benefits of owning a NiceHat.

** Want to know something even more awesome? [[spoiler:Even after that massive power up she'd gotten, Chrysalis was still visibly straining against Celestia's power. She thought she was going to lose, thus Celestia's power without any artifical boosting, is greater than the Changeling's alicorn queen boosted by days of gorging on true love. In light of that, Celestia, even if she lost, still managed to make Chrysalis sweat a bit before she did.]]

* [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments While heartwarming]] as well as awesome, Rarity and Pinkie Pie standing up to Iron Will, a minotaur several times the size of either of them, to try to protect Fluttershy from his demands. Turns out that they were wrong about his intentions (he respectably backed down after Fluttershy stood up to him), but they had no idea that would happen. Bonus points for Pinkie, who not only put herself between Iron Will and Fluttershy's door multiple times, but got "in his face" a couple of times as well to try to put him off.

* Iron Will himself, given that he did things like stretch a fence as if it were the ropes of a wrestling ring when frustrated, riled up an entire crowd of ponies with his Wrestling/HulkHogan-esque Showmanship, and made ''Fluttershy'' a bully with nothing but a few pamphlets and catchy slogans. Did we mention he's also a [[ALoadOfBull Minotaur?]]

* Pinkie Pie has a ''[[CrazyAwesome party cannon.]]''

* When defending Rarity, Pinkie Pie still brings her [[CrazyAwesome own unique flair]] to the argument, complete with rhymes and poses.

* [[spoiler:Discord's downfall. The Rainbow of Light return and Twilight gets a WorldOfCardboardSpeech, followed by ''[[OhCrap the look]]'' on Discord's face when he realizes the Elements of Harmony work now and it's too late for him to do anything about it.]]

* While it's a more skewed case, Chrysalis more or less mocking Twilight's friends over how easy they were to [[EasilyCondemned deceive into condemning Twilight]]. The HeelRealisation this caused was considered quite gratifying to many fans.

* After trapping Twilight in the underground cave, Changeling!Cadance gloats about having her brother wrapped around her finger. Twilight instantly goes from cowering terror to zapping mass beams at her in a frenzied rage. You do ''not'' threaten her big brother.It's always been assumed that Twilight was capable of powerful offensive magic but this is the first time we get to see it onscreen.
** Keep in mind, this takes place immediately after the end of the previous episode where the she and said brother have had a serious falling out in which he straight up tells her not to bother showing up to the wedding at all. The sheer amount of devotion to her brother that shows is awesome in and of itself.
* This one's easy to miss. When the mane six are captured and brought back to Chrysalis, they are led in by a changeling escort. Except for Rainbow Dash, who's dragged in, still airborne, by two changelings restraining both her forelegs. Even when obviously outnumbered, she's not going anywhere without a fight. Just what you expect from her.

*** Also, the bat [[ThemeTuneCameo performing the show's theme tune]] on water glasses before neatly disintegrating them. Even Rainbow thinks it's awesome.

* When Cadance is trapped in the crystal cave with Twilight trying to find a way out. They see a light that's far away and Twilight stops in but Cadance pushes a heavy mining cart with everything she has because she knows she needs to find to save Shining Armor.