History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E14StrangerThanFanFiction

** Previously in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]]", Twilight is disappointed that the map didn't summon her to Griffonstone. In this episode, she finally gets to go...on the day of the Daring Do convention.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: In-universe: Quibble Pants enjoyed the first three Daring Do books, but lost interest when the later books shifted the emphasis from puzzle-solving to action.

* AccidentalAesop: A lot fans of some media really care about realism.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: This episode is a dig at fans who take the entertainment media they like way too seriously (be it this series or any other shows, movies, music, books, games, etc) to the detriment of their enjoyment of it or their interactions with other fans. The intended [[AnAesop aesop]] is to teach that a difference of opinions is common in fandom, but you don't need to challenge the way anyone else likes something if you're not on the same page; a good fandom works by everyone tolerating each other's opinions.

** The meeting between Rainbow and Quibble could have been more interesting if Rainbow had worn a baseball cap and messenger bag similar to the cover of ''Ring of Destiny'' and Quibble had [[YourCostumeNeedsWork pointed out details she didn't get right.]]

* AccidentalInnuendo: The JustForFun/DaringDo body pillows at the convention are most likely based on similar [[TheMerch officially licensed]] pillows featuring popular comic book heroes (often in such compromising situations as BoundAndGagged) and readily available from such conservative retailers as UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} and Target, especially during the back-to-school season (which is the time the episode was originally aired). They only take on a suggestive tone when viewed in light of fan-made {{Ecchi}} body pillows marketed specifically as dakimakura.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The Daring Do body pillows at the convention are most likely based on similar [[TheMerch officially licensed]] pillows featuring popular comic book heroes (often in such compromising situations as BoundAndGagged) and readily available from such conservative retailers as UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} and Target, especially during the back-to-school season (which is the time the episode was originally aired). They only take on a suggestive tone when viewed in light of fan-made {{Ecchi}} body pillows marketed specifically as dakimakura.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The Daring Do body pillows at the convention are most likely based on similar [[TheMerch officially licensed]] pillows featuring popular comic book heroes (often in such compromising situations as BoundAndGagged) and readily available from such conservative retailers as Walmart and Target, especially during the back-to-school season (which is the time the episode was originally aired). They only take on a suggestive tone when viewed in light of fan-made {{Ecchi}} body pillows marketed specifically as dakimakura.

** Patton Oswalt has a stand-up routine in which he talks about ''My Little Pony'' and how his daughter watches it and it's one show he doesn't care to watch with her, [[HypocriticalHumor only to very accurately recite a synopsis about the entire series pilot, plus the Cutie Mark Crusaders, with increasing enthusiasm]]. Now he's actually involved with an episode.

** The meeting between Rainbow and Quibble could have been more interesting if Rainbow had worn a baseball cap and messenger bag similar to the cover of ''Ring of Destiny'' and Quibble had [[YourCostumeNeedsWork pointed out details she didn't get right]].
** Considering Rainbow Dash is even more passionate about the Wonderbolts then she is about Daring Do, and the Aesop of this episode was to accept other people's opinions as different, it may have been better for her to have met someone who thought a different team of stunt fliers were better than the Wonderbolts and would even have made for some good WorldBuilding.

* CanonFodder: Daring Do's arch nemesis is Ahuizotl, she has the Amulet of Colhuacan and the Chest of Chicomoztoc, she fended off the spirit form of Xiuhtecuhtli retrieving the amulet, the temple was guarded by the Chipactli, and there are several other references to Myth/AztecMythology in "Daring Don't"... but if Aztec pony mythology is anything like the real thing, these barely scratch the surface.

** Previously in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]]", Twilight is disappointed that the map didn't summon her to Griffonstone. In this episode, she finally gets to go... on the day of the Daring Do convention.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The Daring Do body pillows at the convention are most likely based on similar [[TheMerch officially licensed]] pillows featuring popular comic book heroes (often in such compromising situations as AllTiedUp) and readily available from such conservative retailers as Walmart and Target, especially during the back-to-school season (which is the time the episode was originally aired). They only take on a suggestive tone when viewed in light of fan-made {{Ecchi}} body pillows marketed specifically as dakimakura.

* CanonFodder: Daring Do's arch nemesis is Ahuizotl, she has the Amulet of Colhuacan and the Chest of Chicomoztoc, she fended off the spirit form of Xiuhtecuhtli retrieving the amulet, the temple was guarded by the Chipactli, and there are several other references to Aztec mythology in "Daring Don't"... but if Aztec pony mythology is anything like the real thing, these barely scratch the surface.

*** On another note, his character criticizing everything about (what he thinks is) an adventucation. Is he in Equestria or onboard the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Satellite of Love]]?
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakimakura Body pillows]] of Daring Do (and the Mane 6 and many background ponies) existed long before this episode came out.

** Considering Rainbow Dash is even more passionate about the Wonderbolts then she is about Daring Do, and the aseop of this episode was to accept other people's opinions as different, it may have been better for her to have met someone who thought a different team of stunt fliers were better then the Wonderbolts and would even have made for some good WorldBuilding.

*** On another note, his character criticizing everything about (what he thinks is) an adventucation. Is he in Equestria or onboard the [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Satellite of Love]]?

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: This episode is a dig at fans who take the entertainment media they like way too seriously (be it this series or any other shows, movies, music, books, games, etc) to the detriment of their enjoyment of it or their interactions with other fans. The intended [[AnAesop aesop]] is to teach that a difference of opinions is common in fandom, but you don't need to challenge the way anyone else likes something if you're not on the same page; a good fandom works by everyone respecting each other's opinions.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: This episode is a dig at fans who take the source material of things they like way too seriously (not just of this series, but anything media related be it shows, movies, music, books, games, etc). The intended [[AnAesop aesop]] is to teach that a difference of opinions is common in fandom, but you don't need to challenge the way anyone else likes something if you're not on the same page; a good fandom works by everyone respecting each other's opinions.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Twilight visiting Griffonstone would have made for a great episode.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Twilight visiting Griffonstone would have made for a great episode too.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The Daring Do body pillows at the convention are most likely based on similar [[TheMerch officially licensed]] pillows featuring popular comic book heroes (often in such compromising situations as AllTiedUp) and readily available from such conservative retailers as Walmart and Target. They only take on a suggestive tone when viewed in light of fan-made {{Ecchi}} body pillows marketed specifically as dakimakura.

** Previously in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]], Twilight is disappointed that the map didn't summon her to Griffonstone. In this episode, she finally gets to go... on the day of the Daring Do convention.