History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1

* FranchiseOriginalSin: "A Canterlot Wedding" introduces Rainbow Dash's never-before mentioned brother and the first alicorn who isn't Celestia or Luna, and was given a massive 'Royal Wedding' marketing and toyline push by Hasbro in a clear attempt to ride the mania created by the previous year's royal wedding of Kate and Prince William. "A Canterlot Wedding" is still a widely-liked pair of episodes, but it was the first blatant example of the show introducing a story in service of creating a marketable toyline, something that became more common in future seasons.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: "A Canterlot Wedding" introduces Rainbow Dash's never-before mentioned brother and the first alicorn who isn't Celestia or Luna, and was given a massive 'Royal Wedding' marketing and toyline push by Hasbro in a clear attempt to ride the mania created by the previous year's royal wedding of Kate and Prince William. "A Canterlot Wedding" is still a widely-liked pair of episodes, but it was the first blatant example of the show introducing a story in service of the toyline, something that became more common in future seasons.

** Don't just frantically accuse someone without sufficient proof.

** ''Another'' possible way of looking at at it is that, given the previous episode, Twilight's friends disliked her [[AesopAmnesia hypocrisy.]]

** The debate over Twilight's confrontation with the others likely would have caused the episodes to be OvershadowedByControversy if not for the action-packed payoff of Part 2. Many feel the others were in the wrong for dismissing her in spite of everything she had done by that point in the series to show she wouldn't make such an accusation baselessly, knowing Cadance well enough so that her suspicions should have been taken seriously, and their not giving Twilight a chance to explain herself more rationally. Others defend them, arguing Twilight has been known to FreakOut over the smallest problems before, [[NotHelpingYourCase her behavior throughout the episode did her no favors]], and she failed to give any evidence that couldn't be rationalized away (like Cadance forgetting their SecretHandShake), giving them enough to justify their dismissal. There's also those that think [[BothSidesHaveAPoint both sides were equally right/wrong]] and/or want the others to ''[[QuitYourWhining get over it]]'', since, in the long run, it's a minor plot point compared to the others that happened in the two-parter and the rest of the series.
* CommonKnowledge: Many criticize everyone ignoring Twilight's warnings that Cadance was an imposter despite the known threat against Canterlot. However, Twilight only warned them Cadance was evil, and [[RightForTheWrongReasons never suspected that she was an imposter]] -- in fact, she outright states in "Part 2" that she was fooled too (while changelings are well known afterward this episode treats them as [[OutsideContextProblem unknown at the time]]), and her suppositions and warning are unconnected to the threat to Canterlot and never bring it up.

* FourthWallMyopia: The cause of the backlash over everyone refusing to believe and walking out on Twilight. Twilight made the same poor decisions as them[[labelnote:examples]]Their AesopAmnesia about taking your friends worries seriously, with Twilight also forgetting the far more recent lesson of not jumping to conclusions without proof; being [[EasilyCondemned quick to condemn]] Twilight, while she was just as quick to condemn Cadance, never considering that might [[NotHerself not be herself]]; everyone ignoring the threat to Canterlot, yet Twilight also did never consider that it might be connected.[[/labelnote]] and discredited herself with her behavior throughout the episode[[labelnote:examples]]Twilight acting rather grouchy and unpleasant both before and during the wedding plans while being unhealthily possessive of her brother, nitpicking every instance of poor behavior from the bride and reducing her to tears via hardcore slander, and repeatedly blowing off her friends' concerns.[[/labelnote]], hence Twilight immediately accepting their apologies and spending as much time admitting she was wrong as well. However, as the episode took place almost entirely from Twilight's perspective, it disproportionally showed why her actions seemed justifiable while the justification for everyone elses[[labelnote:examples]]Their mentioning Cadance's alibis, and "Cadance" giving them positions as bridesmaids showing she feigned niceness as needed to gain trust.[[/labelnote]] received little emphasis. It also overlooks the obvious proof to audiences that Cadance was an imposter ([[OutOfCharacterAlert not remembering "ladybugs awake"]], their different magic color) was something nopony but Twilight knew and magic color was never confirmed as diegetic respectively with Twilight failing to mention them when making her case.

* NeverLiveItDown: Fans will not let Twilight's friends, her brother Shining Armor, and Celestia calling out and ditching her after the accusation scene, with a throwaway apology from Applejack next episode. This is despite "Cadance" [[{{Bridezilla}} having an alibi for her behavior]], and Twilight being a jerk about it even before she had a reason to be suspicious, had no proof for her claims, and admitted [[RightForTheWrongReasons she was wrongly paranoid]]. Many exaggerate it as them cutting off ties with Twilight when they were simply leaving her to reflect on her actions, which would've been harmless if not for the unforeseeable Changeling invasion. This also ignores that Shining Armor was implied to have been brainwashed by "Cadance", Twilight's friends [[FourthWallMyopia never knew nor witnessed the audience and Twilight saw]], and "Cadance" made offscreen efforts [[PragmaticVillainy to win Twilight’s friends' trust]].

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Queen Chrysalis (while disguised) dismisses Pinkie's party plan as infantile and more fit for a child's birthday party than a royal wedding. One can't help but agree.

* TaintedByThePreview: Even before The Hub's premiere, a few fans called ExecutiveMeddling on this two-parter, since it concerns a frilly, girlish wedding of two characters only introduced this episode that [[RememberTheNewGuy no one has ever heard of before]] for the sake of Hasbro's marketing,.

* HarsherInHindsight:
** The need for increased security at the wedding seems a more eerie in light of the issues with insufficient security at the London 2012 Olympics, and even more so after the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.
** ''Everything'' that happens to Shining Armor becomes this when in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]", Cadence reveals that weddings make him cry.

* Was Chrysalis holding the VillainBall by not making an effort to act like the [[NiceGirl real Cadance]] around Twilight, or was she deliberately acting out of character in order isolate her from her friends and loved ones for when she tried to call her out on her behavior?

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Little Twilight and Cadance friendship dance. With "sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake!" as the first verse, it is understandable to get this reaction.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Not a character, but the chibi-like art style that appears briefly during Twilight's DarkReprise of "Big Brother Best Friend Forever", dubbed the [[https://derpibooru.org/search?q=pointy+ponies "Pointy Ponies"]] style, has become very popular among fan-artists.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Not a character, but the chibi-like art style that appears during Twilight's DarkReprise of "Big Brother Best Friend Forever" has become very popular among fan-artists. It's been dubbed the [[https://derpibooru.org/search?q=pointy+ponies "Pointy Ponies"]] style.