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YMMV / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S4 E22 "Testing Testing 1, 2, 3"

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  • Accidental Innuendo: Twilight's delivery of "Look at us" during the fashion lesson is a bit...seductive.
  • Fanfic Fuel:
    • The founder of the Wonderbolts was named Fireflynote . As to be expected, a flood of fanfics and fanarts about G1 Firefly founding the Wonderbolts is probably the main thing that'll come from the fandom following this episode.
    • The Worldbuilding of the Wonderbolts' creation leaves a year-long gap from Luna's banishment to their founding, a time period ripe for fanfic filling. The history also provides mentions of numerous "Celestial Eras" (4, at least) and half-a-dozen famous past Wonderbolts.
    • The actual Equestrian military is named, and confirms that all three races are a part of it. Also, we see that entry into the Wonderbolts does not require entry into the EUP.
  • Ham and Cheese: Rarity's performance in the revised version of Fluttershy's play.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Jerkass Woobie: While Rainbow Dash spends much of the first half playing pranks on Twilight and then blaming her for her studying woes, it's hard not to feel sorry for her when she goes into her Heroic BSoD.
  • Visual Effects of Awesome:
    • Twilight and Rainbow's shadows realistically wrapping around everything below them, especially the house. The shots actually seem specifically set up to show off the effect, though later providing critical to showing off Rainbow's Chekhov's Skill.
    • Both flight sequences show an impressive use of keeping the visuals interesting while what would normally be a boring Talking Heads setup by having the two fly around each other, dodging clouds, and, within the second sequence, Twilight constantly checking below as her plan is executed on the ground.
    • Say what you will about Pinkie's rap song, the effects used to emulate video cassettes from the late-eighties/early nineties were pretty good. They were also used during the "rewinding" bits.

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