YMMV / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S2 E12 "Baby Cakes"

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• Accidental Aesop: If all else fails, there's always crying.
• Fanfic Fuel: How'd two Earth Ponies produce a unicorn baby and pegasus baby?
• Heartwarming in Hindsight: Pinkie's interactions with the twins and her learning about the responsibility of taking care of them becomes even sweeter when in the distant finale, she has a foal of her own.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Twilight bluntly telling Pinkie that she didn't think she could handle it and offering to help. Come Season 7 where Twilight proves to be an even bigger disaster at babysitting than Pinkie.
• I Knew It!: The brief touch on pony genetics in the Cold Open confirms the fan theory (backed by comments from Lauren Faust) that the different ponies can interbreed, and have a child from different type. Fanon examples of that theory include Berry Punch & Ruby Pinch and the Derpy/Dinky family.
• Misaimed Fandom: The "Piggy Dance" song is meant as a jab at repetitive, inane songs from other shows for small children that the showrunners consider themselves above. Most people don't get it and take it at face value, enjoying it and wishing the Cake twins did too.
• Squick: Mr. Cake changing the twins' diapers. With his mouth.
• Suspiciously Similar Song:
  • Several scenes use a riff on "Aquarela do Brazil", most famously known today from the movie Brazil [1].
  • Also, Pinkie's "pig song" bears more than a small resemblance to the Chicken Dance.
• Tear Jerker: Pinkie Pie's crying may be over the top most of the time, but her crying in this episode is particularly emotional and this time played for drama.
• The Woobie: Pinkie just wanted to spend more time with the twins - who she clearly adores. She learns how stressful it is taking care of them, and she's even resorted to yelling at them before she ultimately bursts into tears at the whole thing.

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