History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E13DoPrincessesDreamOfMagicSheep

** When Big Mac turned himself into a princess in this episode, many saw it as just a joke and a ContinuityNod to other times when Mac showed a softer side. The later episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E18BrotherhoovesSocial]] shows that it had a [[IJustWantToBeSpecial deeper meaning]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** For those who felt the Nightmare Forces from the comics devalued Luna's being TheAtoner, this episode qualifies, given the Tantabus is the literal embodiment of her guilt.
** Also, fans have long wanted to see the GodEmperor princesses cut loose, but anytime something that would require the level of power we expect from those who control the sun and moon -- and hear of them having used in the distant past -- shows up, they end up suffering TheWorfEffect, or never acting beyond exposition duty at all. ''Not today,'' as we truly get to see Luna take action, showing herself quite powerful though not without limits. One sequence was much like fans have discussed wishing had happened at times like "A Canterlot Wedding"; a role that lets the Princesses not seem so useless by holding down the fort in one way while still needing the Mane Six. In this case, Luna's mindlinking ''the entire city,'' which limits, but ''doesn't'' fully eliminate, her ability to act directly.
** It could also be seen as this for the fans who disliked "Luna Eclipsed" for allowing Luna to let her past define her, instead of leaving it behind, in order to gain friends.

* {{Wangst}}: [[http://sonikku001.deviantart.com/art/Past-Sins-551713735 This fan comic]] sums up why some felt Luna's guilt was excessive.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Luna claiming Celestia has no power in the dream realm just a {{handwave}} to keep her her out of the story? Or was it just an excuse Luna made to avoid having to confront Celestia over the Tantabus and her role in it? Two seasons later, the show denies both. DreamWalker is a "Princess of the Night" exclusive power tied to Luna's cutie mark.

* WhatAnIdiot: Pinkie Pie dreams of giving ice cream to everypony in Ponyville, therefore dragging the entire town into fighting Tantabus.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Pinkie Pie dreams of giving ice cream to everypony in Ponyville, therefore dragging the entire town into fighting Tantabus.
** Luna can create shared dreams, which means she could have locked the Tantabus into a single dream shared by the Mane Six right from the start but doesn't consider it until after Pinkie had dragged the rest of Ponyville into it.

* Pinkie Pie dreams of giving ice cream to everypony in Ponyville, therefore dragging the entire town into fighting Tantabus.
* Luna can create shared dreams, which means she could have locked the Tantabus into a single dream shared by the Mane Six right from the start but doesn't consider it until after Pinkie had dragged the rest of Ponyville into it.

* WhatAnIdiot: Pinkie Pie dreams of giving ice cream to everypony in Ponyville, therefore dragging the entire town into fighting Tantabus.

* LesYay:
** Lyra and Bon Bon's response to finding themselves fused WesternAnimation/CatDog-style is ''pure delight'' [[https://derpibooru.org/934915 followed by hugging.]]
** Also, Applejack and Pinkie Pie [[https://derpibooru.org/935210 share a bed]] at one point, though they are ambiguously [[KissingCousins cousins]].

** Was this a good episode that portrayed Luna finally forgiving herself in a well-done manner whilst adding some hilarious {{Fandom Nod}}s and showing that the background ponies can get in on the action just as well as the Mane Six? Or was it a badly done episode that portrayed Luna as a pony with [[HarmfulToMinors issues bordering on self-destruction]] that were far too quickly and unrealistically shunted under the rug, thinking that the show was biting off more than it can chew with this mature subject matter?

** Ever since ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' was released, there had been immediate comparisons between the "Happy Flowers" and Flowey.

** Some wanted Twilight's [[AbsurdPhobia fear of quesadillas]] to be part of her nightmares.

** Was this a good episode that portrayed Luna finally forgiving herself in a well-done manner whilst adding some hilarious {{Fandom Nod}}s and showing that the background ponies can get in on the action just as well as the Mane Six? Or was it a badly done episode that portrayed Luna as a pony with [[HarmfulToMinors issues bordering on self-destruction]] that were far too quickly and unrealistically shunted under the rug?

** A lot of fans wanted Princess Celestia to have a role in the story -- as the one ''most'' hurt by the Nightmare Moon incidents, and the one who also most loves Luna, she kinda needed to be here. Especially since Celestia herself has been shown to feel guilt over the incident. (Of course, there's always the chance Celestia had her own form of self-punishment for what she had to do, of which cheerfully playing her role in the Summer Sun Celebration is surely only part...)

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Tantabus when it grows bigger and takes pony form. Terrifying as the implications are as it nearly escapes to Equestria, it likewise looks beautiful.

* AwesomeArt: The Giant Tantabus Pony is some of the most beautiful art to ever come out of the series.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Luna claiming Celestia has no power in the dream realm just a {{handwave}} to keep her her out of the story? Or was it just an excuse Luna made to avoid having to confront Celestia over the Tantabus and her role in it? Two seasons later, the show confirms the first one.
* AssPull: The HandWave that Celestia has no power in the dream realm comes off as a ''really'' lazy way of [[DeusExitMachina keeping her from having a role in the story.]]

* AccidentalInnuendo: "It's so nice to be the pet for once."

** Sometime after the airing of "Magical Mystery Cure", M.A. Larson took a lot of in-jest flack from the older fans for making Twilight an Alicorn (the "Thanks M.A. Larson" meme). During a brief Twitter discussion with Larson, Peter New made a bad pun leading Larson to jokingly tell New he has "punched his ticket to Alicorntown!" (The original tweet has been deleted but [[https://derpiboo.ru/229163 survives in graphic form]]). This led fan artists, particularly Pixelkitties, to create [[http://studioneko.deviantart.com/art/PrincessBigMacintosh-351584164 fanart depicting]] [[http://pixelkitties.deviantart.com/art/Princess-Flyer-352750741 Big Mac as such.]] Guess who ascended to [[https://derpiboo.ru/934838 Princesshood]] thanks to the massive Ponyville-wide dream?

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Luna claiming Celestia has no power in the dream realm just a {{handwave}} to keep her her out of the story? Or was it just an excuse Luna made to avoid having to confront Celestia over the Tantabus and her role in it?

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Luna claiming Celestia has no power in the dream realm just a {{handwave}} to keep her her out of the story? Or was it just an excuse Luna made to avoid having to confront Celesta over the Tantabus and her role in it?