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** This point gets driven home when Phoenix is still determined on getting Rainbow Dash acquitted, [[spoiler:or helping on doing it, even after knowing that Twilight was planning on firing him; he just can't allow himself to let the innocent be punished. Twilight is very surprised to hear this, and it no doubt plays into her decision to forgive him]].
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** This point gets driven home when Phoenix is still determined on getting Rainbow Dash acquitted, [[spoiler:or or helping on doing it, even after knowing that Twilight was planning on firing him; he just can't allow himself to let the innocent be punished. Twilight is very surprised to hear this, and it no doubt plays into her decision to forgive him]].him.
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* Phoenix telling Rainbow Dash he admires her for [[spoiler:not giving in to Ace's blackmail]], causing her expression to change from angry to happy, as Rainbow thanks Phoenix for his words.
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* Phoenix telling Rainbow Dash he admires her for [[spoiler:not not giving in to Ace's blackmail]], blackmail, causing her expression to change from angry to happy, as Rainbow thanks Phoenix for his words.
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* Fluttershy [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes saving Phoenix from the timberwolves in the forest]]]], and telling him that she forgives him [[spoiler:for the stunt he had pulled in court, putting her behind bars without okaying his plans with her first]].
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* Fluttershy [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes [[BigDamnHeroes saving Phoenix from the timberwolves in the forest]]]], forest]], and telling him that she forgives him [[spoiler:for for the stunt he had pulled in court, putting her behind bars without okaying his plans with her first]].first.
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* [[spoiler:Cruise Control tells Twilight what he has been forced to do thanks to Ace Swift's blackmailing, and laments about his sister, saying that he doubts that she'd look up to him the same way as she did before. Twilight tells him that she'd look up to him even more; he's willing to hold back on something he loves for her sake. He has a clear change of expression when she says this]].
-->'''Twilight:''' [[spoiler:I think you're a good big brother]].
** The impact of this part increases when you realize that [[spoiler:Twilight would know because she has an older brother]]. Though when you take into consideration that the story was written before Season 2, it becomes all the more sweeter since it's HeartwarmingInHindsight.
** [[spoiler:When Twilight manages to break the final psyche-lock without drawing on any evidence, Cruise Control outright thanks her for figuring it out on her own.]]
* Twilight wants to run out to [[spoiler:find Fluttershy]], but there's the little problem with the trial about to take place.
-->'''Twilight:''' [[spoiler:I think you're a good big brother]].
** The impact of this part increases when you realize that [[spoiler:Twilight would know because she has an older brother]]. Though when you take into consideration that the story was written before Season 2, it becomes all the more sweeter since it's HeartwarmingInHindsight.
** [[spoiler:When Twilight manages to break the final psyche-lock without drawing on any evidence, Cruise Control outright thanks her for figuring it out on her own.]]
* Twilight wants to run out to [[spoiler:find Fluttershy]], but there's the little problem with the trial about to take place.
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* [[spoiler:Cruise Cruise Control tells Twilight what he has been forced to do thanks to Ace Swift's blackmailing, and laments about his sister, saying that he doubts that she'd look up to him the same way as she did before. Twilight tells him that she'd look up to him even more; he's willing to hold back on something he loves for her sake. He has a clear change of expression when she says this]].
this.
-->'''Twilight:'''[[spoiler:I I think you're a good big brother]].
brother.
** The impact of this part increases when you realize that[[spoiler:Twilight Twilight would know because she has an older brother]].brother. Though when you take into consideration that the story was written before Season 2, it becomes all the more sweeter since it's HeartwarmingInHindsight.
**[[spoiler:When When Twilight manages to break the final psyche-lock without drawing on any evidence, Cruise Control outright thanks her for figuring it out on her own.]]
own.
* Twilight wants to run out to[[spoiler:find Fluttershy]], find Fluttershy, but there's the little problem with the trial about to take place.
-->'''Twilight:'''
** The impact of this part increases when you realize that
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* Twilight wants to run out to
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* [[spoiler: Gilda's]] final speech in ''Part 4''. Sniff... [[MoodWhiplash Well, until the last line, anyway.]]
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* [[spoiler: Gilda's]] Gilda's final speech in ''Part 4''. Sniff... [[MoodWhiplash Well, until the last line, anyway.]]
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** And now [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]] actually did see [[spoiler: Rainbow and Gilda]] [[HeartwarmingInHindsight mend their friendship.]]
* [[spoiler:Fluttershy]] arriving to be the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] despite [[spoiler:the scathing "never want to see you again" WhatTheHellHero that Rainbow Dash had delivered earlier. Furthermore, her additional testimony is based on evidence that Phoenix uses in the latter part of the session, meaning that she returned much earlier and had been watching the remaining trial]].
* Phoenix shows the extent of his ideals when he [[spoiler:stops the Judge from handing down an easy Not Guilty verdict after Sonata's confession to prove that she's not the murderer. In essence, the final confrontation is changed from its usual function as the final nail in the coffin for the guilty party, and instead becomes the light of hope Sonata needed so much]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Sonata:''' Why would I lie confessing my guilt? I suppose if I was trying to protect someone... Trust me, that's not the case. Because the sad truth is... I don't have anyone to protect.]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Phoenix:''' Then let me protect you.]]
** Yet another case of HeartwarmingInHindsight, though this time for Phoenix's series. [[spoiler: Turnabout Reclaimed ends the ''exact same way.'']]
* [[spoiler:Sonata [[TheAtoner taking the first steps to repent for all she's done]] by donating Ace's entire fortune to Cruise Control's sister's medical case, in addition to ensuring once and for all that she stays in the hospital she needs. She even entrusts Twilight with carrying it out, due to her impending incarceration, and asks Phoenix to tell Pinkie that her odd grimaces were [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually efforts to hold back laughter.]] Really, her entire HeelFaceTurn is a long heartwarming moment, especially from the instant she takes off her glasses (not actually needing them) and [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely smiles]] as she thanks Phoenix for giving her a second chance.]]
* After the trial, Fluttershy's whole speech to Rainbow Dash [[spoiler:about why she stuck around during the trial and why she got back up on the stand, ultimately ending in the two of them making up]]. It manages to bring Rainbow Dash to tears, [[SandInMyEyes though she denies it]].
** This is followed by [[AnAesop Twilight's friendship report on the events]], which she makes Phoenix proofread. [[spoiler:''"Friendship IS unnecessary... Like art, poetry and music. We don't need it to survive like food and water; rather, it's one of those things that gives our life, and other lives, value and meaning. (...)"'']]. The fact that these scenes are accompained by ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVMpN7jb-lA Turnabout Sisters Ballad]]'' doesn't hurt in the slightest.
* [[spoiler:Fluttershy]] arriving to be the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] despite [[spoiler:the scathing "never want to see you again" WhatTheHellHero that Rainbow Dash had delivered earlier. Furthermore, her additional testimony is based on evidence that Phoenix uses in the latter part of the session, meaning that she returned much earlier and had been watching the remaining trial]].
* Phoenix shows the extent of his ideals when he [[spoiler:stops the Judge from handing down an easy Not Guilty verdict after Sonata's confession to prove that she's not the murderer. In essence, the final confrontation is changed from its usual function as the final nail in the coffin for the guilty party, and instead becomes the light of hope Sonata needed so much]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Sonata:''' Why would I lie confessing my guilt? I suppose if I was trying to protect someone... Trust me, that's not the case. Because the sad truth is... I don't have anyone to protect.]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Phoenix:''' Then let me protect you.]]
** Yet another case of HeartwarmingInHindsight, though this time for Phoenix's series. [[spoiler: Turnabout Reclaimed ends the ''exact same way.'']]
* [[spoiler:Sonata [[TheAtoner taking the first steps to repent for all she's done]] by donating Ace's entire fortune to Cruise Control's sister's medical case, in addition to ensuring once and for all that she stays in the hospital she needs. She even entrusts Twilight with carrying it out, due to her impending incarceration, and asks Phoenix to tell Pinkie that her odd grimaces were [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually efforts to hold back laughter.]] Really, her entire HeelFaceTurn is a long heartwarming moment, especially from the instant she takes off her glasses (not actually needing them) and [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely smiles]] as she thanks Phoenix for giving her a second chance.]]
* After the trial, Fluttershy's whole speech to Rainbow Dash [[spoiler:about why she stuck around during the trial and why she got back up on the stand, ultimately ending in the two of them making up]]. It manages to bring Rainbow Dash to tears, [[SandInMyEyes though she denies it]].
** This is followed by [[AnAesop Twilight's friendship report on the events]], which she makes Phoenix proofread. [[spoiler:''"Friendship IS unnecessary... Like art, poetry and music. We don't need it to survive like food and water; rather, it's one of those things that gives our life, and other lives, value and meaning. (...)"'']]. The fact that these scenes are accompained by ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVMpN7jb-lA Turnabout Sisters Ballad]]'' doesn't hurt in the slightest.
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** And now [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]] actually did see [[spoiler: Rainbow and Gilda]] Gilda [[HeartwarmingInHindsight mend their friendship.]]
*[[spoiler:Fluttershy]] Fluttershy arriving to be the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] despite [[spoiler:the the scathing "never want to see you again" WhatTheHellHero that Rainbow Dash had delivered earlier. Furthermore, her additional testimony is based on evidence that Phoenix uses in the latter part of the session, meaning that she returned much earlier and had been watching the remaining trial]].
trial.
* Phoenix shows the extent of his ideals when he[[spoiler:stops stops the Judge from handing down an easy Not Guilty verdict after Sonata's confession to prove that she's not the murderer. In essence, the final confrontation is changed from its usual function as the final nail in the coffin for the guilty party, and instead becomes the light of hope Sonata needed so much]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Sonata:'''much.
-->'''Sonata:''' Why would I lie confessing my guilt? I suppose if I was trying to protect someone... Trust me, that's not the case. Because the sad truth is... I don't have anyone to protect.]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Phoenix:'''\\
'''Phoenix:''' Then let me protectyou.]]
you.
** Yet another case of HeartwarmingInHindsight, though this time for Phoenix's series.[[spoiler: Turnabout Reclaimed ends the ''exact same way.'']]
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*[[spoiler:Sonata Sonata [[TheAtoner taking the first steps to repent for all she's done]] by donating Ace's entire fortune to Cruise Control's sister's medical case, in addition to ensuring once and for all that she stays in the hospital she needs. She even entrusts Twilight with carrying it out, due to her impending incarceration, and asks Phoenix to tell Pinkie that her odd grimaces were [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually efforts to hold back laughter.]] Really, her entire HeelFaceTurn is a long heartwarming moment, especially from the instant she takes off her glasses (not actually needing them) and [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely smiles]] as she thanks Phoenix for giving her a second chance.]]
chance.
* After the trial, Fluttershy's whole speech to Rainbow Dash[[spoiler:about about why she stuck around during the trial and why she got back up on the stand, ultimately ending in the two of them making up]].up. It manages to bring Rainbow Dash to tears, [[SandInMyEyes though she denies it]].
** This is followed by [[AnAesop Twilight's friendship report on the events]], which she makes Phoenix proofread.[[spoiler:''"Friendship ''"Friendship IS unnecessary... Like art, poetry and music. We don't need it to survive like food and water; rather, it's one of those things that gives our life, and other lives, value and meaning. (...)"'']].)"''. The fact that these scenes are accompained by ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVMpN7jb-lA Turnabout Sisters Ballad]]'' doesn't hurt in the slightest.
*
* Phoenix shows the extent of his ideals when he
-->[[spoiler:'''Sonata:'''
-->'''Sonata:''' Why would I lie confessing my guilt? I suppose if I was trying to protect someone... Trust me, that's not the case. Because the sad truth is... I don't have anyone to protect.
[[spoiler:'''Phoenix:'''
'''Phoenix:''' Then let me protect
** Yet another case of HeartwarmingInHindsight, though this time for Phoenix's series.
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* After the trial, Fluttershy's whole speech to Rainbow Dash
** This is followed by [[AnAesop Twilight's friendship report on the events]], which she makes Phoenix proofread.
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* The moment every [[spoiler:Lyra]] fan has been waiting for since the series began: [[spoiler:She meets a human!]]
* During the credits, [[spoiler:we learn that the Equestrian 500 was called off due to everything that had happened. Regardless, Rainbow Dash, Lenora, and Cruise Control decide to hold their own race since Rainbow Dash lost out on her chance to compete. Especially heartwarming is seeing Cruise Control finally at peace now that Sonata is using Ace's fortune to fund his sister's treatment and ready to give it his all.]]
* During the credits, [[spoiler:we learn that the Equestrian 500 was called off due to everything that had happened. Regardless, Rainbow Dash, Lenora, and Cruise Control decide to hold their own race since Rainbow Dash lost out on her chance to compete. Especially heartwarming is seeing Cruise Control finally at peace now that Sonata is using Ace's fortune to fund his sister's treatment and ready to give it his all.]]
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* The moment every [[spoiler:Lyra]] Lyra fan has been waiting for since the series began: [[spoiler:She She meets a human!]]
human!
* During the credits,[[spoiler:we we learn that the Equestrian 500 was called off due to everything that had happened. Regardless, Rainbow Dash, Lenora, and Cruise Control decide to hold their own race since Rainbow Dash lost out on her chance to compete. Especially heartwarming is seeing Cruise Control finally at peace now that Sonata is using Ace's fortune to fund his sister's treatment and ready to give it his all.]]
* During the credits,
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* At the very end of it all, [[spoiler:Trixie secretly sends Phoenix home with a blue silk magician's hat after hearing him admit to wanting one as a kid. The fact that it looks almost identical to the top hat Phoenix's adoptive daughter Trucy would come to wear in later years only makes it better -- for all we know, it might ''be'' the same hat]].
** In addition, [[spoiler:inside the hat is the picture they all took together, with the words "Thank you." written on it -- and Trixie's cutie mark as a signature. Despite her condescending bravado, she actually ''is'' grateful to him for proving her wrong and setting her on the road to rebuilding.]]
-->'''Phoenix:''' [[spoiler:You know... maybe I did get something out of this after all...]]
* The final stinger has some sweet moments made clear after [[CrypticConversation the cryptic part of the conversation]] is figured out. [[spoiler:Mia is very proud of Phoenix, and seems to be in friendly terms with Celestia despite the short time she's known her.]]
** Not to mention: [[spoiler:According to Mia, Equestria bears a remarkable resemblance to Heaven.]]
** In addition, [[spoiler:inside the hat is the picture they all took together, with the words "Thank you." written on it -- and Trixie's cutie mark as a signature. Despite her condescending bravado, she actually ''is'' grateful to him for proving her wrong and setting her on the road to rebuilding.]]
-->'''Phoenix:''' [[spoiler:You know... maybe I did get something out of this after all...]]
* The final stinger has some sweet moments made clear after [[CrypticConversation the cryptic part of the conversation]] is figured out. [[spoiler:Mia is very proud of Phoenix, and seems to be in friendly terms with Celestia despite the short time she's known her.]]
** Not to mention: [[spoiler:According to Mia, Equestria bears a remarkable resemblance to Heaven.]]
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* At the very end of it all, [[spoiler:Trixie Trixie secretly sends Phoenix home with a blue silk magician's hat after hearing him admit to wanting one as a kid. The fact that it looks almost identical to the top hat Phoenix's adoptive daughter Trucy would come to wear in later years only makes it better -- for all we know, it might ''be'' the same hat]].
hat.
** In addition,[[spoiler:inside inside the hat is the picture they all took together, with the words "Thank you." written on it -- and Trixie's cutie mark as a signature. Despite her condescending bravado, she actually ''is'' grateful to him for proving her wrong and setting her on the road to rebuilding.]]
rebuilding.
-->'''Phoenix:'''[[spoiler:You You know... maybe I did get something out of this after all...]]
all...
* The final stinger has some sweet moments made clear after [[CrypticConversation the cryptic part of the conversation]] is figured out.[[spoiler:Mia Mia is very proud of Phoenix, and seems to be in friendly terms with Celestia despite the short time she's known her.]]
her.
** Not to mention:[[spoiler:According According to Mia, Equestria bears a remarkable resemblance to Heaven.]]
** In addition,
-->'''Phoenix:'''
* The final stinger has some sweet moments made clear after [[CrypticConversation the cryptic part of the conversation]] is figured out.
** Not to mention:
