History FridgeHorror / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSeason6

* Depictions of Daring Do BoundAndGagged appear on merchandise. That means FetishFuel is canon in Equestria.

* If Starlight had taken Twilight back to her village instead of Trixie (as Twilight had wanted), Chrysalis would have had two choices on her hooves: Either the changelings likely would have struck while they were together, and Starlight would have been replaced along with Twilight. Then there would have been nopony left to stop them. Or Chrysalis would have to risk kidnapping the Royal Family and the other Element bearers anyhow, leaving Twilight to rally a veritable coalition of allies to storm her hive, smash her Swarm, and save her friends and family.
** But Twilight had no allies left. If anything, this makes her behaviour in "No Second Prances" even worse in hindsight - had Starlight not befriended Trixie, the rescue would most likely fail earlier at the trap stage, and Equestria would be doomed. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job there, Princess of Friendship.]]
*** But one has to consider the likes of Dragon Lord Ember and Prince Rutherford, whom Twilight befriended previously. If she could ask them for help, they would have been more than willing to lay siege to the Changeling Hive to help save their friends and allies from Chrysalis.
* Did the Changelings just render the Map kaput again by using it as a phone?
** There's nothing to suggest those communication devices actually drew power from the map. They seemed to have their own source of magic.

* When we see The Royal Family and the Elements of Harmony trapped in their cocoons, one has to wonder how long they have been trapped in there since their kidnapping, compared to how long Celestia was stuck in one back at the Royal Wedding, and what would happen if Chrysalis had truly won and conquered Equestria...[[spoiler:Would she let them go? Would she keep them in the cocoons for the rest of their lives? The mere thought of the Royal Family and Elements of Harmony starving to death unless the cocoons are keeping them nourished somehow even comes to mind. There are many ways that things could have ended badly for them had Starlight and Thorax not pulled out a miracle that resulted in the destruction of Chrysalis' throne and freeing them from the cocoons.]]

** Keep in mind at "A Canterlot Wedding", [[NearVillainVictory the the Changelings decisively won]], in spite of everyone putting up a fight, until a love powered DeusExMachina. If you count the comics as canon, despite the heroes now being familiar with them, they've never won against them unless they had a power boost (Twilight), surprise (Celestia), or they [[ILetYouWin were supposed to lose as a distraction]]. It was only luck the heroes lasted as long as they did, long enough for [[SpannerInTheWorks new characters to show up and help]].

** Or even worse, starved to death being shunned and beaten away by ponies seeing only a monster, just like Thorax was, until he happened by chance on non-pony who could empathise with his plight.

* [[spoiler: Chrysalis should count herself very lucky she had her magic dampening throne. Otherwise, there would have been nothing stopping Discord from torturing her, or worse, for taking Fluttershy.]]

* There were mentions of zombies before, but the skeletal goons of Squizard clearly show that ponies understand the idea of necromancy. Just where did such generally benevolent creatures get such an idea?
** From the same place they got the ideas for the rest of the dark magic out there. You don't really think the Alicorn Amulet and the Inspiration Manifestation book made themselves, do you? Ponies may be generally benevolent, but those who go bad are capable of going ''very'' bad.
** Probably starting with the death of a loved one and the understandable desire to reverse that. If somepony else knew about this desire, they might have figured out how such an ability might be twisted to ''other'' ends...

* What did Spoiled Rich do[=/=]say to Diamond Tiara after the pileup, and what will she do[=/=]say if Diamond doesn't win in any category?
** Why does it matter? It looked to me at the end of "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" like Diamond Tiara no longer cared about what her mother thought of her. Plus that same ending showed Spoiled Rich struck speechless when Diamond Tiara stood up to her, so there's room for interpretation as to what she could really do to Diamond anymore.

* While most of Rainbow's pranks are harmless, her prank on Mr. Cake, putting a brick in his sandwich, could have seriously injured him and ruin his teeth. Just in case anypony is wondering about her CharacterDevelopment...
** It may not be as bad as it seems, though. We've seen earth ponies happily eat rocks before, so it's theoretically possible that a brick would be safe, albeit unpleasant.
* No one seems to have brought this little can of worms up yet.....where, yes, some of the pranks Dash pulled were rather mean and inconsiderate but there is a difference between a mean but ultimately harmless prank... and making your friend believe they hurt everyone they held dear and basically started the {{ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE}}!
** The Zombie Apocalypse prank was, in the end, no more harmful than some of the pranks Rainbow Dash pulled. A much larger scale prank, yes, but in the end everyone was OK. Heck, some of Rainbow's pranks, like the above mentioned brick, were arguably ''more'' harmful. It's also basically implied to have been a last-resort plan; nothing else they tried could talk her down, and the pranks were getting to be too much, [[GodzillaThreshold they had to find some way to get through to her before she went even farther.]]
* I'm sure I might be overthinking, but ''what if Rainbow Dash found a weapon during the "{{zombie apocalypse}}"?!''
** If she was under the impression that they were incurable, then yeah, that'd be problematic, but she seemed to believe that as long as they didn't eat any more cookies that they'd eventually return to normal. Element of Loyalty wouldn't want to injure or potentially kill her friends if there was still an opportunity to save them. Heck, as soon as it was clear that Applejack, Rarity, and the CMC were lost, Rainbow could have just flown over the horde and gotten the heck out of there, but she didn't, because she was trying to keep them from eating more of what she thought was causing this. [[HeartwarmingMoments She clearly cares more about her friends than herself in that moment]] and therefore wouldn't dream of defending herself with physical force.

* Yes, it is of course terrible that all the (otherwise borderline-ridiculously forgiving) ponies so willingly demonstrate FantasticRacism against the Changelings. Except that, as Thorax's flashback shows, they're ''right''. Thorax appears to be literally the only Changeling who has any problem with the Changelings being evil.

** And considering her aversion towards him, a part of her might have ''liked it'' that way.
*** No she wouldn't. As an old Boy Scout, I know exactly how deadly both of those are, and exactly how painful and slow a death they grant. It doesn't matter how much she dislikes him, nobody worth knowing wants someone to die from their insides literally dissolving.
*** While I don't think anyone worth knowing would actually want someone to die just for being annoying, regardless of how, Rainbow Dash doesn't strike me as someone who would be knowledgeable enough about wild poisons to know how they would kill him.[[note]]This assumption was more or less confirmed in "Campfire Tales" where Rainbow Dash picks several berries with the intent to eat them before Scootaloo points out that they're poisonous, showing that Rainbow's knowledge of wild berries is very lacking.[[/note]] Heck, I assumed death by nightshade wouldn't be any more painful than death by hemlock until I looked it up.

* "Dragons don't do friends/helping", but dragon eggs and baby dragons must come from something. Their traditional mating habits must be barbaric.
** Not necessarily. They could just mate like many animals. The female chooses a mate based on some set of traits, they mate, then split ways.
** Not to mention that since dragons live very very long lives, they don't need to mate as often.
* The fact that in their culture, dragons must follow the Dragon Lord's orders. Thank goodness that kind of power is in the hands of somebody like Ember and not Garble.
** It could've been fridge horror for both sides if Garble followed through with his threat to pillage and raze Equestria. Yes Garble, [[MuggingTheMonster go ahead and invoke the ire of 4 extremely powerful Alicorn royals and their entire nation (along with their allies, which just so happens to include a certain master of chaos)]]. I'm sure warring against some "namby pamby" ponies who control the weather, crush boulders, magically warp reality, and even destroyed Equestria across several different timelines [[SarcasmMode is a brilliant idea]].

* Look at the Crystal War Timeline in ''The Cutie Remark''. Either before they have a chance to catch their collective breath after defeating Sombra or else while still fighting him, the ponies of Equestria are likely to face a dragon invasion.
* "Dragons don't do friends/helping"... But at least one, the one who's now ''in charge'' no less, seems to have learned the value of teamwork. One dragon on its own can be a nightmare scenario, so what's it going to be like if they start showing up in ''groups''?
** Except that one dragon in charge is also on amicable terms with the ponies, and dragons are shown to have UndyingLoyalty towards whoever is in charge. If she put out an official decree that dragons had to leave the other races alone--and she probably would as soon as she caught wind of any attack plans--they'd listen without question. (This can also dampen the above horror about Garble attacking Equestria when he grows up--if he felt he had to listen to Spike about his punishment, he'd probably also have to listen to Ember about this.) This was basically confirmed in ''Shadow Play'' where Ember is said to have outright commanded the dragons to make peace with ponies.
*** It could still turn out badly for other races. Dragon Lord Ember has no such ties to griffons, yaks, diamond dogs, etc.

** Except that one dragon in charge is also on amicable terms with the ponies, and dragons are shown to have UndyingLoyalty towards whoever is in charge. If she put out an official decree that dragons had to leave the other races alone--and she probably would as soon as she caught wind of any attack plans--they'd listen without question. (This can also dampen the above horror about Garble attacking Equestria when he grows up--if he felt he had to listen to Spike about his punishment, he'd probably also have to listen to Ember about this.)

* [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS04E04DaringDont Daring Do is real]]. So what if [[Literature/TheDaringDoAdventureCollection Knuckerbocker]] (or whatever his true name is) had been in the middle of aiding an imperiled Daring when Torch gave the summons for his farewell?

*** While I don't think anyone worth knowing would want someone to die just for being annoying, regardless of how, Rainbow Dash doesn't strike me as someone who would be knowledgeable enough about wild poisons to know how they would kill him. Heck, I assumed death by nightshade wouldn't be any more painful than death by hemlock until I looked it up.

* I'm sure I might e overthinking, but ''what if Rainbow Dash found a weapon during the "{{zombie apocalypse}}"?!''

* The flashback takes place when Filthy Rich and Spoiled Milk were engaged and before Apple Bloom and Diamond Tiara were born. If their hospital visit is any indication, what are the odds that they're getting married because [[ShotgunWedding they just conceived Diamond Tiara]]? For that matter, could Diamond have been the result of Spoiled Milk using TheBabyTrap to force Filthy Rich into marriage?

* Gabby may be lucky that the other griffons pushed her away. With selfishness so deeply ingrained in griffon culture, and Gabby so eager to help, they could have easily taken advantage of her and [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity milked her kindness for all it was worth]].

** It could also be interpreted as a somewhat shameless and extremely reckless attempt.

* [[spoiler: Sunburst is nowhere to be seen during the entire two-parter. The only thing we hear about him is Thorax mentioning that he sent him to try and find Princess Twilight. He's also not seen among the captured ponies. Did he manage to escape, or did something else awful happen to him?]]

** Keep in mind at "A Canterlot Wedding", [[NearVillainVictory the the Changelings decisively won]], in spite of everyone putting up a fight, until a love powered DeusExMachina. If you count the comics as canon, despite the heroes now being familiar with them, they've never won against them unless they had a power boost (Twilight), surprise (Celestia), or they were supposed to loose as a distraction. It was only luck the heroes lasted as long as they did, long enough for [[SpannerInTheWorks new characters to show up and help]].

** For the more cynical, it could also be interpreted as a somewhat shameless and extremely reckless attempt

** Last time the book was in an episode, Rarity transformed it to look different, and Spike later ''ate'' it. In its cameo in this episode, it looks like it did before either of those things. There's a simple, mundane explanation, and it's probably the most unsettling possibility: what if there's other copies of it?

* The flashback takes place when Filthy Rich and Spoiled Milk were engaged and before Apple Bloom and Diamond Tiara were born. If their hospital visit is any indication, what are the odds that they're getting married because [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar they just conceived Diamond Tiara]]? For that matter, could Diamond have been the result of Spoiled Milk using TheBabyTrap to force Filthy Rich into marriage?