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**** Alternatively you can just assume the deleted scene where she ''did'' confess to taking a bite happened offscreen. It was cut due to lack of time after all.
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**** Alternatively you can just assume the deleted scene where she ''did'' confess to taking a bite happened offscreen. It was cut due to lack of time after all.
all. Therefore ''everyone'' was NotSoAboveItAll concerning their Elements.
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** I think a lot of that stems from the fact that Applejack is usually the StraightMan who acts as the voice of reason. Everyone has weird quirks, but Applejack's aren't played up nearly as often as the other cast members. Therefore, people assume that Applejack is more committed to her virtue because she doesn't have any silly antics to get in the way.
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** I think a lot of that stems from the fact that Applejack is usually the StraightMan who acts as the voice of reason. Everyone has weird quirks, but Applejack's aren't played up nearly as often as the other cast members. Therefore, people assume that Applejack is more committed to her virtue because she doesn't have any ([[NotSoAboveItAll quite as many]]) silly antics to get in the way.
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**** Alternatively you can just assume the deleted scene where she ''did'' confess to taking a bite happened offscreen. It was cut due to lack of time after all.
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**** It's a PlotHole within the fandom, since half of it likes to tie everything to the Elements of Harmony like they're the most defining traits ever. Simply put, the assumption of her resisting temptation because she's the Element of Honesty is just a fan opinion, and oddly, makes the least amount of sense- it's not dishonest to take a bite of the cake, as long as she fessed up to it (which she does in a deleted scene). It has NOTHING to do with the Elements or commitment to them. AJ just has more self-control than the others do, and it's possible the reason she wanted to hit the hay so early was because she was so tempted and figured getting the cake out of her sight would help her get it out of mind until the next day.
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*** Maybe the sprinkles needed to settle overnight?
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*** Yeah, but the problem is that people assign her victory to her status as the Element of Honesty alone, as opposed to her tendency to be more committed to her virtue.
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** I think a lot of that stems from the fact that Applejack is usually the StraightMan who acts as the voice of reason. Everyone has weird quirks, but Applejack's aren't played up nearly as often as the other cast members. Therefore, people assume that Applejack is more committed to her virtue because she doesn't have any silly antics to get in the way.
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* If Applejack was able to resist the temptation of stealing the cake because she's the Element of Honesty, shouldn't that apply to the other Elements as well? Like the Element of Loyalty wouldn't screw over a friend like that, the Element of Generosity wouldn't be so greedy, or the Element of Kindness wouldn't screw over her friend and an overworked pair of new parents. That is not to say that the characters have to always have to act according to the Element, but to assign such behavior to their Elemental status when the others apparently fail in theirs just seems jarring.
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* If Applejack was able to resist the temptation of stealing the cake because she's the Element of Honesty, shouldn't that apply to the other Elements as well? Like the Element of Loyalty wouldn't screw over betray a friend friend's trust like that, the Element of Generosity wouldn't be so greedy, or the Element of Kindness wouldn't screw over her friend and an overworked pair of new parents. That is not to say that the characters have to always have to act according to the Element, but to assign such behavior to their Elemental status when the others apparently fail in theirs just seems jarring.
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* If Applejack was able to resist the temptation of stealing the cake because she's the Element of Honesty, shouldn't that apply to the other Elements as well? Like the Element of Loyalty wouldn't screw over a friend like that, the Element of Generosity wouldn't be so greedy, or the Element of Kindness wouldn't screw over her friend and an overworked pair of new parents. That is not to say that the characters have to always have to act according to the Element, but to assign such behavior to their Elemental status when the others apparently fail in theirs just seems jarring.
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* [[spoiler: Apart from Pinkie and Twilight, the only member of the mane case who isn't guilty is Applejack. This makes perfect sense, because she is the element of honesty. As for Pinkie and Twilight, they were BeneathSuspicion because [[FairPlayWhodunnit "The detective must not himself commit the crime."]]]]
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* This episode also highlights the ''best'' possible reason to hire Pinkie at Sugarcube Corner: Her loving description of food can make anypony hungry and eager to buy more from them!
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** His reason for being in Ponyville is asked for and gotten when he shows up on the train -- he was there to pick up sprinkles (presumably some kind of special sprinkles that are easier to find in Ponyville than in Canterlot) for his dish. That just leaves the question of why he took his donuts with him ''to'' Ponyville.
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!!FridgeLogic:
* Doughnut Joe's shop is already in Canterlot; why would he need to take a train there from Ponyville?
* Doughnut Joe's shop is already in Canterlot; why would he need to take a train there from Ponyville?
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!!FridgeHorror: Somepony is eventually going to have to explain to the Cakes that their magnum opus didn't make it to Canterlot.
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*Somepony is eventually going to have to explain to the Cakes that their magnum opus didn't make it to Canterlot.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Why did Big Macintosh have a hard time hauling the MMMM? He was trying to keep it from falling over!
** [[spoiler: Apart from Pinkie and Twilight, the only member of the mane case who isn't guilty is Applejack. Which makes perfect sense, she is the element of honesty, after all. As for Pinkie and Twilight, they were BeneathSuspicion because [[FairPlayWhodunnit "The detective must not himself commit the crime."]]]]
*** [[spoiler: This would actually have been a plot point in a deleted scene, where Applejack ''is'' a culprit, but unlike the other three, snaps and confesses on her own accord.]]
* FridgeHorror: Somepony is eventually going to have to explain to the Cakes that their magnum opus didn't make it to Canterlot.
** [[spoiler: Apart from Pinkie and Twilight, the only member of the mane case who isn't guilty is Applejack. Which makes perfect sense, she is the element of honesty, after all. As for Pinkie and Twilight, they were BeneathSuspicion because [[FairPlayWhodunnit "The detective must not himself commit the crime."]]]]
*** [[spoiler: This would actually have been a plot point in a deleted scene, where Applejack ''is'' a culprit, but unlike the other three, snaps and confesses on her own accord.]]
* FridgeHorror: Somepony is eventually going to have to explain to the Cakes that their magnum opus didn't make it to Canterlot.
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*Why did Big Macintosh have a hard time hauling the MMMM? He was trying to keep it from falling over!
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* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: Apart from Pinkie and Twilight, the only member of the mane case who isn't guilty is Applejack. Which makes perfect sense, she is the element of honesty, after all. As for Pinkie and Twilight, they were BeneathSuspicion because [[FairPlayWhodunnit "The detective must not himself commit the crime."]]]]
** [[spoiler: This would actually have been a plot point in a deleted scene, where Applejack ''is'' a culprit, but unlike the other three, snaps and confesses on her own accord.]]
** [[spoiler: This would actually have been a plot point in a deleted scene, where Applejack ''is'' a culprit, but unlike the other three, snaps and confesses on her own accord.]]
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* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: Why did Big Macintosh have a hard time hauling the MMMM? He was trying to keep it from falling over!
**[[spoiler: Apart from Pinkie and Twilight, the only member of the mane case who isn't guilty is Applejack. Which makes perfect sense, she is the element of honesty, after all. As for Pinkie and Twilight, they were BeneathSuspicion because [[FairPlayWhodunnit "The detective must not himself commit the crime."]]]]
** *** [[spoiler: This would actually have been a plot point in a deleted scene, where Applejack ''is'' a culprit, but unlike the other three, snaps and confesses on her own accord.]]
**[[spoiler: Apart from Pinkie and Twilight, the only member of the mane case who isn't guilty is Applejack. Which makes perfect sense, she is the element of honesty, after all. As for Pinkie and Twilight, they were BeneathSuspicion because [[FairPlayWhodunnit "The detective must not himself commit the crime."]]]]
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* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: Apart from Pinkie and Twilight, the only member of the mane case who isn't guilty is Applejack. Which makes perfect sense, she is the element of honesty, after all. As for Pinkie and Twilight, they were BeneathSuspicion because [[FairPlayWhodunnit "The detective must not himself commit the crime."]]]]
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* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: Apart from Pinkie and Twilight, the only member of the mane case who isn't guilty is Applejack. Which makes perfect sense, she is the element of honesty, after all. As for Pinkie and Twilight, they were BeneathSuspicion because [[FairPlayWhodunnit "The detective must not himself commit the crime."]]]]"]]]]
* FridgeHorror: Somepony is eventually going to have to explain to the Cakes that their magnum opus didn't make it to Canterlot.
* FridgeHorror: Somepony is eventually going to have to explain to the Cakes that their magnum opus didn't make it to Canterlot.
