I agree with the above analysis. The whole "guilty until proved innocent" thing is jumping to conclusion.
Which trope best describes Rarity's flirting in this episode: Femme Fatale, Distracted by the Sexy, or Favors for the Sexy? I'm leaning toward the last one, but I wanted to give the tropers who made entries for the others a chance to defend their choices.
EDIT: Actually, I'm thinking Rarity's flirting falls under Show Some Leg; Favors for the Sexy applies to the ponies she manipulates.
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Distracted by the Sexy doesn't fit; the trope describe it as non-intentional from the woman's part. It's mostly a male reaction.
Femme Fatale probably ought to be mentioned, but in this episode it's more parodied than anything else.
Rainbow Dash's Happy Dance makes her adorkable? Oh, No... Not Again! Jings crivens, we sent through this with Twicakes in "Castle Sweet Castle".
Maybe somebody should start a YKTTW for series with Generic Cuteness and/or Ridiculously Cute Critters that make a habit of having a main character do something extra-cute just for the heck of it, whether it's to make viewers reach for their insulin or whatever. I'm not gonna start one, but I'd hat one if I saw it.
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There's a common interpretation among the viewers that Soarin says that Rainbow will be kicked out of the Wonderbolts unless she can prove her innocence, effectively placing her in a "guilty until proven innocent" scenario, with her entire Wonderbolts career on the line. I really don't think that's correct. Soarin's exact words are:
To me, this means that Rainbow can fly at that day's show if she's proven innocent, and she'll be banned permanently if she's proven guilty. The remaining possibility — that neither case can be proven — means that Rainbow cannot fly at the show, but it is not necessarily the end of her career, either.
Effectively, Soarin says that Rainbow is suspended from active duty pending the outcome of the investigation, which is actually a very reasonable course of action under the circumstances.
If you pay close attention to the hushed dialogue the Wonderbolts have among themselves just prior to this, the word "suspended" seems to be the last thing they say.
I don't think the Wonderbolts would kick Dash out without firm evidence, and I think the dialogue bears that out. Rainbow is merely being disallowed from flying one show, thus preventing her from gaining an advantage from her suspected misconduct, but not being permanently punished for something that hasn't been proven.
Truth in Television, quite prudent, and it doesn't make the Wonderbolts jerks.
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