History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation

* NightmareFuel: A minor case as befitting this show, but (save [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Twilight]]) nopony goes around the bend quite like Rarity.

* {{Narm}}: The climax of the story ends up causing some viewers to giggle when Spike says Rarity has "turned into Website/SomethingAwful."

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Spike takes a spell book out of the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters to inspire Rarity, despite all of the warning signs and being told by Owlicious not to do so.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Spike to listen to the owl and think of a way to inspire Rarity without using magic or maybe bring the book to Twilight first to make sure what he's doing is safe.\\
'''Instead:''' He ignores the owl's pleas and takes it directly to Rarity.\\
'''So:''' Spike shows her the "Inspiration Manifestation" spell.\\
'''You'd Then Expect:''' That Rarity, even in her creative funk, would be suspicious of said spell and think for a moment that Spike's attempt to get her back in the swing of things could have serious consequences.\\
'''Instead:''' She casts the spell and proceeds to wreak havoc in Ponyville.\\
'''You'd Then Expect:''' During Rarity's earlier attempts to "improve" Ponyville, for Spike to point out just how impractical some of Rarity's improvements (i.e. giving Rainbow Dash a dress that prevents her from doing her job handling the weather; fancying a party that's clearly intended for children) are, thus freeing Rarity from the spell before things get too out of hand.\\
'''Instead:''' Spike puts his feelings for Rarity over the flaws in her works and doesn't finally give her the much-needed criticism until ''after'' she made a complete mess of Ponyville (to the point that it took three princesses to clean it up) and plotted to do the same in other cities.
** For a couple of clearly-experienced businessponies, neither Rarity nor the puppeteer are having their best days. Rarity's first design is quite literally unusable and entirely based on form over function, and ''barely lets someone fit into it''. You'd think a Tailor would know more about that, but of course, she has to design it the most improbably bad way possible. At the same time, the puppeteer should have at least taken a look through Rarity's [[PimpedOutDress usual line of work]] to give himself an idea of what he could expect; giving an artist a three-word description like "traveling puppet theater" and expecting them to read your mind is a great way to piss your contractor off.

* NightmareFuel: A minor case as befitting this show, but (save [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Twilight]]) nobody goes around the bend quite like Rarity.

* FridgeBrilliance: Twilight would have had plenty of reason to be irritated at Spike just from how big the cleanup was, but a potential additional reason comes to light when she mentions she had to enlist Luna in it. Princess Luna is nocturnal which means that not only did Twilight have to call for backup in the end, she had to ''wake Luna up'' to do so. That would have been irritating for Luna and unpleasant for Twilight.
* FridgeHorror: Rarity doesn't eat or sleep once she's possessed by the "Inspiration Manifestation" spell. Would the spell have kept her alive indefinitely, or would she have artisted herself to death?

* WinBackTheCrowd: After her [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E10RainbowFalls previous episode]] was panned by [[WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter several]] [[WebVideo/MLPAnalysis viewers]], helping write the first widely-liked Spike episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess since Season 2]] got Corey Powell into people's good sides again. Then again, Meghan McCarthy, a popular writer on the show's staff, ''did'' pitch in...

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* WinBackTheCrowd: After her [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E10RainbowFalls previous episode]] was panned by [[WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter several]] [[WebVideo/MLPAnalysis viewers]], helping write the first widely-liked Spike episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess since Season 2]] got Corey Powell into people's good sides again.