History FridgeBrilliance / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSeason5

* As Twilight describes, each BadFuture gets worse and worse, penultimately ending with... the [[ConMan Flim Flam Brothers]]? Them being worse makes sense you look at how each BadFuture is presented. Sombra's isn't a complete victory just yet; just that if Celestia wins, it'll be extremely rough recovery. Chrysalis' showed the population had some semblance of civilization even if it was tribal and they were living in paranoia. Nightmare Moon ruled with an iron fist and demanded utter loyalty, but was by far the most civilized though who knows how long that'll last. Discord sent everything into chaos, but the princesses are alive and kicking despite being clown get-ups. Then Tirek is just destroying everything, which finally goes into "No Hope" territory for real. How did the Flim Flam Brothers top ''all of that''? By being greedy to the point of self-defeat, using up natural resources until there's absolutely nothing left. There's not much that's as humiliating and disgraceful as the world being done in by the petty and careless greed of two ponies.

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* It seemed weird as to [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot why didn't Cadance go with Pinkie Pie to Yakyakistan]] considering how [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd she is beginning to think that the Crystal Empire is boring.]] Cut forward to the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E1TheCrystallingPart1 next season premiere]] and you realize that she is probably pregnant with Flurry Heart and not risk a miscarriage.

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*** She had to have stayed in the past. If she didn't, she would have learned the first time around about [[ForWantOfANail the consequences of messing with the past]] instead of Twilight having to drag her in to show her. Your point about how the spell works is still valid, though; otherwise she would be ahead of Twilight in time whenever Twilight used the spell.

* Some of Fluttershy's worries mimic the philosophy "See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil". Fluttershy was afraid of wearing a veil with her costume because she wouldn't be able to '''see'''. She didn't want to go apple-bobbing because she wouldn't be able to '''hear'''. And she didn't want to eat any candy because it would be too sticky in her mouth for her to '''speak'''.

* Why was Moondancer so affected by Twilight not going to the party, even if the rest of her friends did attend? The flashbacks show that she and Twilight shared the same interests and were the closest to each other among their classmates, so Moondancer considered her as her best, closest friend. When Twilight didn't go to the party, it crushed Moondancer because she thought this proved that even a pony with her same intelligence and interests didn't consider her friendship worthy, and even if the others were still friendly, Moondancer thought they'd get bored/tired of her even faster than Twilight, having little in common with anypony else, so she preferred to keep to herself rather than exposing to another deception.

* Twilight has to confront a smart unicorn whose view of friendship was devastated after a single, very close friend suddenly vanished from her life, and ends up isolating herself from what she thought caused her pain. Twilight therefore gives a brief peek to the past to see what caused all her troubles, and ends up making some effort to show her that there are many more friends around the world for her to meet, and she ends up giving up her harmful ways. This is essentially the conflict with Moondancer in this episode, but it gives the feeling of serious {{foreshadowing}} of what eventually happens with Starlight Glimmer in the season finale as their pasts have a similar structure.
* Now with this episode taken into context, would Twilight have taken Celestia's orders of "make some friends" as a reason to attend Moondancer's party, resulting in GoneHorriblyRight all the way back in the first episode and dooming Equestria? Most likely no. Why? Because Twilight at that time only considered them acquaintances while having a low opinion on friendship overall and would have considered the earlier clause of having to go to Ponyville for festival preparations as well. Given how much Twilight worships Celestia, there's no way she would defy this part of the order. Not to mention, having the Elements of Harmony be wielded by only unicorns scream UnfortunateImplications. Since Celestia was their headmare back when they were younger, it's possible that she knew about Twilight's Canterlot classmates and put emphasis on Ponyville for that particular year. Notice how previous and future Summer Sun celebrations all take place in Canterlot instead. Coincidence? I think not. The only plausible scenario that wouldn't screw Moondancer over would be if Twilight had attended the party after receiving the order... only to tell Moondancer that she has to go to Ponyville. The rest would then suggest having Moondancer move her party to Ponyville while attending the celebrations along with the others instead. Given Twilight's attitude at that time, that's sadly very unlikely.

* The fandom often makes Lyra the 'crazy one' and Bon Bon the 'sane one' when [[FanPreferredCouple pairing them]], but this episode reveals that Lyra is actually the normal one while Bon Bon ''[[spoiler: is a secret agent.]]' So it makes perfect sense that Bon Bon plays 'normal', as she's keeping up a facade and is trying to avoid drawing any unwanted attention; and her 'normalcy' image is far more believable when compared with a more eccentric personality, like Lyra's.

* This episode reveals that Marble is [[ShrinkingViolet incredibly shy]] (even more so than Fluttershy), while Limestone is a [[GrumpyBear grouchy]] {{Jerkass}}. Is it any wonder why Maud is the only sister Pinkie invited to Ponyville? Or to the Gala, for that matter.

* Starlight sitting on Fluttershy's chair. The chair has butterflies. [[TheButterflyEffect Guess what effect occurs in this episode?]]

* The young filly with SuperStrength has a hedgehog cutie mark. This cutie mark reflects a metaphor known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog%27s_dilemma the Hedgehog's Dilemma]] based on intimacy. It basically states that people are sometimes scared of being intimate with others due to fears they will accidentally hurt them, just like hedgehogs and porcupines aren’t able to cuddle or be near one another [[PricklyPorcupine due to their spines/quills hurting others]]. Thus, her SuperStrength prevents her from being close or intimate to her schoolmates because she's [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength scared of hurting them or other school things]]. Her TaremeEyes reflect this as only other ShrinkingViolet characters like Fluttershy and Coco Pommel have them.