History Awesome / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSeason5

* Once she gets her cutie mark back, Twilight conjures a large shield that easily dissipates Starlight's laser beam. The same beam that a few moments ago ''disintegrated a whole bridge''. Starlight may have caught her off guard once, but there is no question that Twilight can counter her in a fight. Better yet, Twilight's barrier had always been smooth - but this one looks exactly like the one Starlight herself used moments before, and Starlight says it took her ''years'' to master that spell! Note that later in the season, regular force fields also appear, so this doesn't appear to be just an art upgrade; apparently, Twilight secretly practices Sharingan.

* Once she gets her cutie mark back, Twilight conjures a large shield that easily dissipates Starlight's laser beam. The same beam that a few moments ago ''disintegrated a whole bridge''. Starlight may have caught her off guard once, but there is no question that Twilight can counter her in a fight. Better yet, Twilight's barrier had always been smooth - but this one looks exactly like the one Starlight herself used moments before, and Starlight says it took her ''years'' to master that spell! Either this is an art upgrade, or Twilight secretly practices Sharingan.

* Even though the time loop works to Starlight's advantage by letting her show up wherever and whenever she wants, Twilight proves very quick at adapting to the circumstances. Starlight immobilizes her upon her return? Twilight readies a shield spell for next time. Starlight holds her own in a magical duel? Attack first and imprison her (for bonus points, Twilight [[PowerCopying copies]] Starlight's own spell!). Can't keep her down long enough to stop her from changing the timeline? Drag her into the time spell and show her the BadFuture in person. [[spoiler:And when ''that'' fails to change Starlight's mind, Twilight gives us the actual resolution of the episode, but read on for that one.]] Starlight may also possess powerful magic like Twilight, but in [[PowerCopying magic replication]] and adaptability, Twilight is unparalleled.

* Once she gets her cutie mark back, Twilight conjures a large shield that easily dissipates Starlight's laser beam. The same beam that a few moments ago ''disintegrated a whole bridge''. Starlight may have caught her off guard once, but there is no question that Twilight can counter her in a fight. Better yet, Twilight's barrier had always been smooth - but this one looks exactly like the one Starlight herself used moments before, and Starlight says it took her ''years'' to master that spell! Apparently, Twilight secretly practices Sharingan. Starlight may possess powerful magic like Twilight, but in [[PowerCopying magic replication]] and adaptability, Twilight is unparalleled.

* While the time loop works to Starlight's advantage, Twilight proves very quick at adapting to the circumstances. Starlight immobilizes her upon her return? Twilight readies a shield spell for next time. Starlight holds her own in a magical duel? Attack first and imprison her. Can't keep her down long enough to stop her from changing the timeline? Drag her into the time spell and show her the BadFuture in person. [[spoiler:And when ''that'' fails to change Starlight's mind, Twilight gives us the actual resolution of the episode, but read on for that one.]]

* Props to Starlight, she fights Twilight to a standstill in a magical battle and the time spell is incredibly powerful. We've seen Twilight self-levitate before, but Starlight not only demonstrates the same ability, she maintains it for a ''long'' time and is even lithe enough in flight to avoid Twilight's attacks. Twilight Sparkle herself, the element of magic, acknowledges that Starlight Glimmer is very talented at the end. [[spoiler:And like with her battle against empowered Trixie, this convinces her to change up her tactics and fight her with friendship, giving her a crowning moment of her own.]]

* A few small ones for Moondancer: first, she quickly and easily dispels Twilight's bubble of silence. Later, she levitates Twilight over her head and sets her back down, even though most unicorns haven't been shown to be able to levitate anything as large as themselves. It indicates that Moondancer's magic is unusually potent for a unicorn; of course, since she was a ShadowArchetype of Twilight, that makes sense.

** Even better is Celestia being willing to fight it in spite of it cornering her and everypony else at the Gala counts as this. Even when close to defeat she is a BadassPrincess.

* A little moment is Discord using the Smooze to defeat the Mane Six (sans Fluttershy) when they tried to stop him from sending Tree Hugger to a different dimension. Even better is Discord easily stopping the Smooze to save the Gala by taking away all the treasures it consumed. Considering that not even Twilight AND Celestia's magic did anything to it, this shows how much powerful is Discord compared to them (Granted, he uses indirect magic on the treasures inside The Smooze, unlike the others' direct magical blasts to The Smooze itself, but still...).

* Remember how Discord managed to shrink the Smooze when it started causing havoc at the Grand Galloping Gala? Be does it again by shrinking him inside a bottle. Once again, take into account that not even Twilight and Celestia's magic managed to do anything to Smooze, and yet Discord did the same feat again without even removing treasures that made it grow. It shows tha Discord is individually speaking the strongest magic-user in Equestria.

* Once she gets her cutie mark back, Twilight conjures a large shield that easily dissipates Starlight's laser beam. The same beam that a few moments ago ''disintegrated a whole bridge''. Starlight may have caught her off guard once, but there is no question that Twilight can counter her in a straight up fight. Better yet, Twilight's barrier had always been smooth - but this one looks exactly like the one Starlight herself used moments before, and Starlight says it took her ''years'' to master that spell! Apparently, Twilight secretly practices Sharingan. Starlight may possess powerful magic like Twilight, but in [[PowerCopying magic replication]] and adaptability, Twilight is unparalleled.

* Once she gets her cutie mark back, Twilight conjures a large shield that easily dissipates Starlight's laser beam. The same beam that a few moments ago ''disintegrated a whole bridge''. Starlight may have caught her off guard once, but there is no question that Twilight can counter her in a straight up fight. Better yet, Twilight's barrier had always been smooth - but this one looks exactly like the one Starlight herself used moments before, and Starlight says it took her ''years'' to master that spell! Apparently, Twilight secretly practices Sharingan. Starlight may also be a powerful unicorn, but in [[PowerCopying magic replication]] and adaptability, Twilight is unparalleled.

* Party Favor gets a few during "The Cutie Map." First, when Starlight Glimmer [[SadisticChoice tells Fluttershy to point in the crowd]] and identify [[spoiler:who it was that told the Mane Six about the cutie mark vault]], Party Favor steps up and announces [[IAmSpartacus it was just him]], causing him to be thrown into prison. Later, [[spoiler:as Starlight Glimmer is fleeing from town with the Mane Six's cutie marks in tow]], he manages to swiftly create a bridge out of ''balloons''. But his most awesome moment of all came when ''he'' was the one to call out Starlight when she tried to preach her philosophy one too many times.

* Once she gets her cutie mark back, Twilight conjures a large shield that easily dissipates Starlight's laser beam. The same beam that a few moments ago ''disintegrated a whole bridge''. Starlight may have caught her off guard once, but there is no question as to who is actually the stronger magic user.
** Better yet, Twilight's barrier had always been smooth - but this one looks exactly like the one Starlight herself used moments before. Either it's an art upgrade or Twilight secretly practices Sharingan.

* When Pinkie Pie and Applejack talk with each other in the Pie family mine after the Holder's Boulder disaster, Pinkie tries to assure AJ that no one thinks she's a nincompoop, then lists some adjectives ("Pushy, aggressive, mean...") that might closer fit how her family might think of her. After catching an annoyed eyebrow raise from Applejack though, Pinkie backtracks and says "Oh. I'm not helping. Sorry." This seems small, but is actually huge: '''Pinkie Pie'', practically the pony ''embodiment'' of InnocentlyInsensitive and being oblivious to social cues, realized on her own that she was being rude, and acknowledged it!

** Also, look carefully when Rainbow Dash makes her debut flying into action; she's flying alongside 2 other pegasi. If you quickly observe their fur color and tails, you can see that it's ''Spitfire and Fleetfoot!'' Dash gets to fly with her heroes! Maybe not the way she intended to, but still.

* Something of a villainous one for Svengallop. When Coluratura calls him out, he forgoes the typical VillainousBreakdown and launches into a blistering BreakingSpeech that leaves her a nervous wreck before [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just taking off.]] She recoups and proves him wrong with "The Magic Inside," but more likely than not [[KarmaHoudini he's already scoping out another easily biddable starlet to help him live the high life.]]

** Also, look carefully when RainbowDash makes her debut flying into action; she's flying alongside 2 other pegasi. If you quickly observe their fur color and tails, you can see that it's ''Spitfire and Fleetfoot!'' Dash gets to fly with her heroes! Maybe not the way she intended to, but still.

* Zecora gets one by brewing a potion than can negate Discord's magic (If he's actually used it, that is, as Twilight learns the hard way (See above.).). Talk about BadassNormal.

[[AC: The One where Pinkie Pie Knows.]]

* Despite how bad the [[BadFuture Bad Futures]] are, we see some real badassery shine through. In the Sombra BadFuture Rainbow Dash is a frontline soldier, and Pinkie and Maud have teamed up to fight alongside her, Pinkie displaying SuperStrength akin to her sister! Celestia also takes the frontline against Sombra and pwns some Crystal Empire soldiers without a thought.

* The girls [[WhatTheHellHero calling out Twilight for trying to use a potion on them because she thought that Discord had them under a spell.]] Not only that, but they manage to convince Twilight to reveal her jealously, which she tried to hide from them all episode.

* The girls [[WhatTheHellHero calling out Twilight for trying to use a potion on them because she thought that Discord had them under a spell.]] not only that, but they manage to convince Twilight to reveal her jealously, which she tried to hide from them all episode.

* The Tree of Harmony can't do much to effect the world on its own, but it still demonstrates an awesome degree of power to transcend time, keeping its power available to Twilight through the map even as the timelines get worse and worse. It also may have demonstrated some sentience when it in the end made sure Starswirl's time travel spell would not be used again.

** Either on the part of the Mane Six, for being able to beat every villain but one...

* The Tree of Harmony's can't do much to effect the world on its own, but it still demonstrates an awesome degree of power to transcend time, keeping its power available to Twilight even as the timelines get worse and worse.