History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E22WhatAboutDiscord

** The episode in general, particularly the treatment of the Aesop. Some feel Discord was funny enough, and there was a good moral about [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and being okay with feeling upset or left out. Others think the episode's too mean-spirited, since Twilight is ProperlyParanoid about Discord [[TricksterMentor manipulating events, which was specifically to make her break down]], yet she is criticized by her friends, but when they find out about Discord's duplicity, they more or less just tell a passive-aggressive joke at his expense.

** Was Discord just being a dick by intentionally leaving Twilight out of the weekend of fun he had with her friends, or was he genuinely trying to teach the lesson like he claimed based off of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord his experiences with such feelings in the past?]] Especially after his HeelFaceTurn when the cast still didn't fully trust him. It's quite likely that it was the former, and then Discord [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope just ended up becoming an asshole about it]] after he saw how extreme Twilight's reaction was.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was Discord just being a dick by intentionally leaving Twilight out of the weekend of fun he had with her friends, or was he genuinely trying to teach the lesson like he claimed based off of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord his experiences with such feelings in the past?]] Especially after his HeelFaceTurn when the cast still didn't fully trust him. It's quite likely that it was the former, and then Discord [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope just ended up becoming an asshole about it]] after he saw how extreme Twilight's reaction was.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Many felt this way about Twilight. The episode paints Twilight as being mean and distrustful for being suspicious of Discord and accusing him of manipulation (her friends also criticize her for this), but the fact is that Discord has been duplicitous and dangerous in every one of his past appearances, so Twilight would have good reason to suspect him. Throughout the episode, her friends spend a long time laughing excessively hard at jokes which Twilight ([[HumorDissonance and the audience]]) don't get due to a lack of context, which leads to her breaking down in tears. In the end, she turns out to be ProperlyParanoid; Discord ''is'' manipulating events (albeit without magic) specifically to leave her out of her friends' fun, and although he claims to be trying to teach her a lesson about jealousy, he clearly takes pleasure in making her break down.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was Discord just being a dick by intentionally leaving Twilight out of the weekend of fun he had with her friends, or was he genuinely trying to teach the lesson like he claimed based off of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord his experiences with such feelings in the past?]] Especially after his HeelFaceTurn when the cast still didn't fully trust him.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: While the episode did make the point that it's OK for your friends to have inside jokes you're not in on, and it's OK to be upset you missed out on the experience, it also makes the point that repeatedly making inside jokes in front of friends who won't get it is rude. Especially when you [[WhatTheHellHero don't even try to explain]], or worse, [[KickTheDog do it intentionally to make them feel left out]].

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Many felt this way about Twilight. The episode paints Twilight as being mean and distrustful for being suspicious of Discord and accusing him of manipulation (her friends also criticize her for this), but the fact is that Discord has been duplicitous and dangerous in every one of his past appearances, so Twilight would have good reason to suspect him. In the end, she turns out to be ProperlyParanoid: he ''is'' manipulating events (albeit without magic) specifically to leave her out of her friends' fun, and although he claims to be trying to teach her a lesson about jealousy, he clearly takes pleasure in making her break down.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Many felt this way about Twilight. The episode paints Twilight as being mean and distrustful for being suspicious of Discord and accusing him of manipulation (as do her friends), but the fact is that Discord has been duplicitous and dangerous in every one of his past appearances, so Twilight would have good reason to suspect him. In the end, she turns out to be ProperlyParanoid: he ''is'' manipulating events (albeit without magic) to leaver her out of her friends fun, and although he claims to be trying to teach her a lesson about jealousy, he clearly takes pleasure in making her break down.

** The episode in general, particularly the treatment of the Aesop. Some feel Discord was funny enough, and there was a good moral about [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and being okay with feeling upset or left out. Others think the episode was too mean-spirited in general, since Twilight turns out to be ProperlyParanoid about Discord [[TricksterMentor specifically manipulating events to make her break down]], yet she is criticized by her friends, but when they find out about Discord's manipulations, they more or less just tell a passive-aggressive joke at his expense.

** The episode in general, particularly the treatment of the Aesop. Some feel Discord was funny enough, and there was a good moral about [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and being okay with feeling upset or left out. Others think the episode was too mean-spirited in general, since Twilight turns out to be ProperlyParanoid about Discord [[TrickstorMentor specifically manipulating events to make her break down]], yet she is criticized by her friends, but when they find out about Discord's manipulations, they more or less just tell a passive-aggressive joke at his expense.

** The episode in general, particularly the treatment of the Aesop. Some feel Discord was funny enough, and there was a good moral about jealousy and being okay with feeling upset or left out. Others think the episode was too mean-spirited in general, since Twilight turns out to be ProperlyParanoid about Discord specifically manipulating events to make her break down, yet she is criticized by her friends, but when they find out about Discord's manipulations, they more or less just tell a passive-aggressive joke at his expense.

* BrokenBase: Discord's behavior in this episode. Some find him trying to make Twilight jealous by intentionally leaving her out of the weekend fun with her friends to be too mean-spirited, especially considering he's been reformed by this point. Others find his antics to be hilarious and that while he is a bit of a jerk about the whole event, he's done worse things after his reformation and still managed to continue being a good person.

** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E20TheOneWherePinkiePieKnows The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows]" featured an advertisement throughout that episode for the ''Back to the Future'' TV marathon, three weeks before this episode aired.

** There was also a fan made flash created 3 years ago that showed Pinkie driving the Delorean.
** ''The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows'' featured an advertisement throughout that episode for the ''Back to the Future'' TV marathon, three weeks before this episode aired.

* BizarroEpisode: Being a Discord-centric episode, it's to be expected, but the other ponies even get in on too.

* JerkassWoobie: Twilight Sparkle becomes increasingly pompous and hostile in her jealousy over Discord, resorting in her outright accusing Discord of returning to villainy. At the end of it however, she is merely a victim of Discord's trolling, and felt so left out and ashamed of her emotions that she is practically crying by the time she comes clean.

* BrokenBase: Discord's behavior in this episode. Some find him trying to make Twilight jealous by intentionally leaving her out of the weekend fun with her friends to be to mean-spirited, especially considering he's been reformed by this point. Others find his antics to be hilarious and that while he is a bit of a jerk about the whole event, he's done worse things after his reformation and still managed to continue being a good person.

** A lot of it can also be reinterpreted abiding by his own trouble with jealousy in a [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord previous episode]].
%%* BizarroEpisode

** For that matter, when he himself wasn't part of the InJoke, was his reaction to it genuine, or was it him seizing on an opportunity to turn himself into the fool as a way to apologize to Twilight and/or make her feel a little better about his jerkish behavior?

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: While the episode did make the point that it's OK for your friends to have inside jokes you're not in on, and it's OK to be upset you missed out on the experience, it could've also made the point that repeatedly making inside jokes in front of friends who won't get it is rude. Especially when you [[WhatTheHellHero don't even try to explain]], or worse, [[KickTheDog do it intentionally to make them feel left out]].

* BrokenBase: Discord's behavior in this episode. Some find him trying to make Twilight jealous by intentionally leaving her out of the weekend fun with her friends to be to mean-spirited, especially considering he's been reformed by this point. Others find his antics to be hilarious and that while he is a bit of a jerk about the whole event, he's done things worse after his reformation and still managed to continue being a good person.

*** There was also a fan made flash created 3 years ago that showed Pinkie driving the Delorean.
*** ''The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows'' featured an advertisement throughout that episode for the ''Back to the Future'' TV marathon, three weeks before this episode aired.

*** ''The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows'' featured an advertisement throughout that episode for the ''Back to the Future'' TV marathon, four weeks before this episode aired.

** For that matter, when he himself wasn't part of the in joke was his reaction to it genuine, or was it him seizing on an opportunity to turn himself into the fool as a way to apologize to Twilight and/or make her feel a little better about his jerkish behavior?

*** There was also a fan made flash created 3 years ago that showed Pinkie driving the Delorean
*** ''The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows'' featured an advertisement throughout that episode for the Back to the Future TV Marathon, four weeks before this episode aired.

** For that matter, when he himself wasn't part of the in joke was his reaction to it genuine, or was it him seizing on an opportunity to turn himself into the fool as a way to apologize to Twilight and/or make her feel a little better about his jerkish behavior.

* BrokenBase: Discord's behavior in the episode. Some find him trying to make Twilight jealous by intentionally leaving her out of the weekend fun with her friends to be to mean spirited, especially considering he's been reformed by this point. Others find his antics to be hilarious and that while he is a bit of a jerk about the whole event, he's done things worse after his reformation and still managed to continue being a good person.