History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin

* CanadaEh: DHX Media/Studio B seems to be showing it's Canadian roots, by staging Rainbow Dash and the eagle playing curling (a popular Canadian sport) in the photo montage. Perhaps a bit of irony if the eagle is meant to be a bald eagle, the symbol of America, where curling is practically non-existent, to the point that it curling is stereotypically connected to Canada in this fashion.

* MindScrew: I know I can't be the only one who was as weirded out by that dream in the beginning of the episode as Rainbow was.

** FridgeBrilliance: Twilight would use the same spell she use in Sonic Rainboom to walk on the clouds.

* BaseBreaker: The musical number is turning out to be this. Some fans find it catchy and appreciate its musical-style nature. Other fans hate it ''because'' it seems like it belongs in a stage musical, and contrasts with pretty much all the prior songs.
** Which is pretty bad when you consider that [[SundayInTheParkWithGeorge two]] [[IntoTheWoods songs]] from Season One are pretty much renditions or [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong Suspiciously Similar Song versions]] of songs from musicals.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced / FanonDiscontinuity: Depending on one's hope, this episode either happily followed with established alignment with Rainbow Dash gaining the tortoise as a pet, or broke fan's hopes that Rainbow would gain a "cool" pet (or yes, [[RunningGag even Scootaloo]]). WordOfGod [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2286445078 notes]] the episode was written a year prior and happened to coincidentally overlap with some of the fandom approaches.
** AndTheFandomRejoiced: The fans get to hear Rainbow Dash sing again.
*** As well as the fact that after two Fluttershy-less episodes, she's back and also sings.
*** It was the first song of the season! Seven episodes and a summer break since "The Best Night Ever" and finally a new song!
** AscendedMeme: [[http://www.mylittleponynews.com/2011/02/toyfair-2011.html After the turtle toy was revealed]], there was popular fanon involving Rainbow Dash having a pet turtle/tortoise named Speedy, which may or may not have been inspired by said turtle toy. Guess it was an obvious pet of choice to begin with for a speedster.
** Also a fair amount of FridgeBrilliance in this. All the other pets were focused on winning, with a "nice guys finish last" attitude. The tortoise helped Rainbow Dash free her trapped wing from under a rock, thus showing that he, like Rainbow Dash, is ''loyal''. (she is the Element of Loyalty, after all!)
*** Though that leads to FridgeLogic since Angel isn't the kindest, and Opal isn't the most generous, Gummy is basically the ComicallySerious and Winona may or may not be a liar.
*** Then again, the other ponies (likely) had their pets before being told they were the Elements of Harmony, with the exception of Twilight, so they probably weren't looking for that quality in their pet. And Twilight hadn't even been looking for a pet in the first place.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Rainbow Dash's amalgam of the other Mane cast's pets looks so silly and harml--[[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/86839 OH MY CELESTIA!]]
** Rainbow gets her wing stuck under a boulder, without any chance of help arriving any time soon. Similarities to ''[[OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours 127 Hours]]'' have not gone unnoticed. And this is more {{High Octane Nightmare Fuel}}.
*** To be fair about it, all her friends knew exactly where she went and she was within easy binocular range, so she was probably being a little overdramatic.
** The Quarry Eels. While the scene was played for laughs and took RefugeInAudacity, some tropers have passed comments about Rainbow Dash's lack of consideration for the animals' safety. It does not come off well when the bat nearly gets eaten, and the eagle briefly looks like its head was bitten off.
*** You could argue that this is why only ''those'' animals participated in the race (the tortoise wasn't invited but joined anyway). All the different animals participated in the other contests, so there's no evidence that any sort of elimination was going on. Maybe for the final event Rainbow only included the ones she knew could handle it (hence why the butterfly doesn't join, even though it "won" an event).

* FridgeBrilliance: Though used as setting up the ChekhovsSkill for Tank, the tortoise's plan of tipping over Opal's cage on top of her from behind would have been rather effective to get the mouse from her if the butterfly hadn't beaten him to it. In generally, Tank appeared to have several moments of genius hampered by being a slow tortoise than anything else.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced / FanonDiscontinuity: Depending on one's hope, this episode either happily followed with established alignment with Rainbow Dash gaining the tortoise as a pet, or broke fan's hopes that Rainbow would gain a "cool" pet (or yes, [[RunningGag even Scootaloo]]). WordOfGod [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2286445078 notes]] the episode was written a year prior and happened to coincidentally overlapped with some of the fandom approaches.

** Which is pretty bad when you consider that [[SundayInTheParkWithGeorge two]] [[IntoTheWoods songs]] from Season One are pretty much renditions or [[JimmyHartVersion Jimmy Hart Versions]] of songs from musicals.

** The Quarray Eels. While the scene was played for laughs and took RefugeInAudacity, some tropers have passed comments about Rainbow Dash's lack of consideration for the animals' safety. It does not come off well when the bat nearly gets eaten, and the eagle briefly looks like its head was bitten off.

* FridgeLogic: One wonders where Tank can sleep since only pegasi[[hottip:*:and apparently birds]] can stand on clouds.

** Was there anything the non-Tank competitors could have actually done to help Rainbow out of her predicament?

* FridgeLogic: One wonders where Tank can sleep since only pegasuses[[hottip:*:and apparently birds]] can stand on clouds.

* FridgeHorror: When Applejack points out that there's been an avalanche in the valley, for a moment just before Pinkie and Fluttershy spot Tank with Rainbow Dash in tow they have no idea what happened. For all they know, Rainbow Dash could've been crushed under the rocks. In this light, Applejack's fear and urgency take on a much darker tone.

* {{Anvilicious}}: [[SarcasmMode Gee, I wonder which pet Rainbow will choose]], it certainly can't be that turtle[[hottip:*:tortoise]] that keeps on popping up during the duet...

*** Or maybe it's because the writers of the show have to somehow incorporate the toys into the show.

* FridgeLogic: One wonders where Tank can sleep since only pegasi[[hottip:*:and apparently other birds]] can stand on clouds.

** The "fixed" versions, while slightly improved, still look off to this troper. Audiences probably subconsciously picked up how improbable the mouth shapes are, given the ponies' facial structures.
*** Lots of explainations going around along those lines; also doesn't help that the brief expressions makes them look like [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick]].

* AccidentalInnuendo: "And that's why ''you'' would never qualify be [[LesYay my]] [[{{BDSM}} pet]]."

*** You could argue that this is why only ''those'' animals participated in the race (the tortoise wasn't invited but joined anyway). All the different animals participated in the other contests, so there's no evidence that any sort of elimination was going on. Maybe for the final event Rainbow only included the ones she knew could handle it.

* AccidentalInnuendo: "And that's why you can never qualify be [[LesYay my]] [[{{BDSM}} pet]]."