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I removed all of these, because ALL of them contain natter suggesting it wasn\'t really like that (with which I pretty much agree myself).
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I removed all of these, because ALL of them contain natter suggesting it wasn\\\'t really like that (with which I pretty much agree myself). Open for further debate, of course, but not on the main page.
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** Even more recently, \'\'[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]\'\' has the moral of \
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** Even more recently, \\\'\\\'[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]\\\'\\\' has the moral of \\\"Sometimes it turns out that you were right all along and the other guys were wrong.\\\" Which is entirely true, but also entirely atypical for for a kids\\\' show.
*** The whole episode is somewhere between Broken aesop, Space Whale aesop and idiot plot since the only reason the Apple family could beat the Flim-Flam brother\\\'s machine was because they got help from another 5 ponies who worked to exhaustion, the machine would have eventually defeated them if there was no time limit, and the whole town was going to let a couple of strangers to take over the city\\\'s main food supply. Not to mention that the whole conflict could have been evaded if someone had the insane idea of negotiating a fair price for both sides.
*** The episode was more or less a jab at corrupt business people, and the actual aesop was a restatement of a lesson Applejack learned much earlier in season 1, that you shouldn\\\'t be afraid to ask for help. Plus, it\\\'s a nice subversion of how there\\\'s usually a new lesson learned per episode, instead applying a previously learned lesson to a different situation. But it\\\'s possible to read too deep into a TV Show.
*** The (apparent) \\\"actual\\\" moral was supposed to be along the lines of \\\"It\\\'s better to do a job right than to do it fast.\\\" Everyone outside of the Apple Family were all for Flim & Flam\\\'s cider, until they [[TooDumbToLive turned off the quality control]] so they could churn out more cider. But the only reason they did that was because the rest of the Mane 6 showed up to help the Apple family, thus tripling their work force after the contest started. But they only did THAT because the machine was run by a couple of unicorns who put literally no effort into it aside from pushing a button and magic-floating apples into the hopper. And to top it ALL off, the contest was only started because they started by wanting to \\\'\\\'drive the Apple family out of business\\\'\\\', then simply \\\"compromise\\\" by buying the apples from them and giving them a percentage. Which still would have likely gotten them more money in a season than their old fashioned way would have, but would have [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules gone against their integrity]].
** The episode \\\'\\\'Dragon Quest\\\'\\\' has one at the end. At the end of the episode, Spike adopts a phoenix he names \\\"Peewee\\\" after refusing to smash the egg when Teenage Bully Dragons make him go on a raid. This is supposed to parallel how Spike was adopted as an egg and raised by something outside his species (IE: Ponies). One tiny little problem. No one knew who Spike\\\'s parents were, and it\\\'s explicitly stated that they just found him as an egg, implying his parents either died or abandoned him long before Princess Celestia found him and gave him to Twilight Sparkle. Spike, on the other hand, is \\\'\\\'\\\'well-aware\\\'\\\'\\\' who Peewee\\\'s parents are and knows where they live (IE: The Everfree Forest). Plus, he had plenty of time to go after the Phoenixes and return their egg to them. So, erm, [[UnfortunateImplications kidnapping is fine as long as you intend to raise the child as your own?]]
*** It is implied that the phoenixes\\\' family left that place forever, after being disturbed by the teenage dragons. Counting the fact phoenix seem to be even more rare than dragons in Equestria, even if Spike wanted to give Peewee back to his family (or even another one) it would\\\'ve be almost impossible.
*** The whole episode is somewhere between Broken aesop, Space Whale aesop and idiot plot since the only reason the Apple family could beat the Flim-Flam brother\\\'s machine was because they got help from another 5 ponies who worked to exhaustion, the machine would have eventually defeated them if there was no time limit, and the whole town was going to let a couple of strangers to take over the city\\\'s main food supply. Not to mention that the whole conflict could have been evaded if someone had the insane idea of negotiating a fair price for both sides.
*** The episode was more or less a jab at corrupt business people, and the actual aesop was a restatement of a lesson Applejack learned much earlier in season 1, that you shouldn\\\'t be afraid to ask for help. Plus, it\\\'s a nice subversion of how there\\\'s usually a new lesson learned per episode, instead applying a previously learned lesson to a different situation. But it\\\'s possible to read too deep into a TV Show.
*** The (apparent) \\\"actual\\\" moral was supposed to be along the lines of \\\"It\\\'s better to do a job right than to do it fast.\\\" Everyone outside of the Apple Family were all for Flim & Flam\\\'s cider, until they [[TooDumbToLive turned off the quality control]] so they could churn out more cider. But the only reason they did that was because the rest of the Mane 6 showed up to help the Apple family, thus tripling their work force after the contest started. But they only did THAT because the machine was run by a couple of unicorns who put literally no effort into it aside from pushing a button and magic-floating apples into the hopper. And to top it ALL off, the contest was only started because they started by wanting to \\\'\\\'drive the Apple family out of business\\\'\\\', then simply \\\"compromise\\\" by buying the apples from them and giving them a percentage. Which still would have likely gotten them more money in a season than their old fashioned way would have, but would have [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules gone against their integrity]].
** The episode \\\'\\\'Dragon Quest\\\'\\\' has one at the end. At the end of the episode, Spike adopts a phoenix he names \\\"Peewee\\\" after refusing to smash the egg when Teenage Bully Dragons make him go on a raid. This is supposed to parallel how Spike was adopted as an egg and raised by something outside his species (IE: Ponies). One tiny little problem. No one knew who Spike\\\'s parents were, and it\\\'s explicitly stated that they just found him as an egg, implying his parents either died or abandoned him long before Princess Celestia found him and gave him to Twilight Sparkle. Spike, on the other hand, is \\\'\\\'\\\'well-aware\\\'\\\'\\\' who Peewee\\\'s parents are and knows where they live (IE: The Everfree Forest). Plus, he had plenty of time to go after the Phoenixes and return their egg to them. So, erm, [[UnfortunateImplications kidnapping is fine as long as you intend to raise the child as your own?]]
*** It is implied that the phoenixes\\\' family left that place forever, after being disturbed by the teenage dragons. Counting the fact phoenix seem to be even more rare than dragons in Equestria, even if Spike wanted to give Peewee back to his family (or even another one) it would\\\'ve be almost impossible.
