History Fridge / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress

** Driving the train? Technically one person (the fireman) shovels the coal into the boiler and a second person operates the engine controls.
* FridgeBrilliance: Is it really any surprise that the first person Pinkie accused (and did it again later) was the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff griffon]]?
** Wait, does that mean Pinkie's a racist?

*** Still, it’s a frikkin’ cake, and the house didn’t even have wheels. Also, [[VoodooShark this raises further questions]]: Why didn’t simply put the cake on a trolley?

*** Still, it’s a frikkin’ cake, and the house didn’t even have wheels. Also, [[VoodooShark this raises further question]]: Why didn’t simply put the cake on a trolley?

*** Still, it’s a frikkin’ cake, and the house didn’t even have wheels.

** Canterlot is also sticking out of a ''mountain''. The Friendship Express probably has to spiral around quite a few times to make it up there, and seeing how it's a coal-driven steam locomotive and probably doesn't have modern braking technology, it's not going up there very fast.

* FridgeBrilliance: Is it really any surprise that the first person Pinkie accused (and did it again later) was the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff griffon]]?

** I've kinda assumed that ponies had magical weight reduction abilities that can make their apparent strength go all over the place.

** I think you'll find it's a lot harder to carry something heavy that's putting a great deal of pressure on your spine than it is to drag something heavy along. It's like some people being strong enough to pull a loaded car with a rope, but they wouldn't be able to carry even half that weight on their backs.

* In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts And Hooves Day]]'', Big Macintosh was pulling an entire house without breaking a sweat, and now he’s almost collapsing under the weight of a cake. Just how heavy is that cake?

* In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay]]'', Big Macintosh was pulling an entire house without breaking a sweat, and now he’s almost collapsing under the weight of a cake. Just how heavy is that cake?

*** Also, remember the two-parter ''The Return of Harmony'', in which the mane six simply walk to Canterlot and back in a matter of minutes.

* FridgeBrilliance: Had Applejack actually ate the cake, the Element of Honesty would have confessed.

** Beside Applejack would just kept quiet -- she knows that can't tell a good lie to save her hide even with magic help.

*** My calculations were based on the episode "The Best Night Ever", where they left by hoof in the day and arrived by evening.

** We have the Element of Generosity being extremely greedy, the Element of Kindness ruining months of work for her neighbours, and the Element of Loyalty betraying her friend's trust. I'm pretty sure the Elements do not factor into this..

*** My calculations were based on the episode "The Best Night Ever", where they left in the day and arrived by evening.

** Ponyville to Canterlot is a short trip by Pegasus carriage, not by train or by hoof. In Hearth's Warming Eve, we don't know when the trip started, so that doesn't say anything. In It's About Time, they left while the sun was still up, and arrived maybe an hour before dawn. If the Mane Six left late afternoon and arrived early morning, that would be consist with the only other time shown.

** The train [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot travels at the speed of plot.]]

** The bakers seemed to be the only passengers on the train. If it was being chartered specifically for contest entries it may have been travelling slower than usual to avoid jostling and turbulence.

** Beside Applejack would just kept quiet -- he knows that can't tell a good lie to save his hide even with magic help.

** We have the Element of Generosity being extremely greedy, the Element of Kindness ruining months of work for her neighbours, and the Element of Loyalty betraying her friend's trust. I'm pretty sure the Elements do not factor into this.
** Beside Applejack would just clam up about it.

* Isn't Canterlot only a few hours walk from Ponyville? How would a train ride take all night?

* Isn't Canterlot only a few hours walk from Ponyville? How would the ride take all night?

* FridgeLogic: RuleofFunny aside, wouldn't it been better for the girls and Big Mac's back if they use a carriage to take the cake to the train station?