History YMMV / MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark

* StrawmanHasAPoint: In "Top Remodel", Sprout claiming Canterlogic was still his despite being since abandoned and the heroes converting it into Canterlove Studios was supposed to be dismissed as him being unrepentant for his wrongdoings in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration A New Generation]]''. But his argument that the property still belongs to his family was unintentionally valid as [[ArtisticLicenseLaw it's never addressed if/how it legally changed ownership after shutting down]].

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Despite having some comical moments, Opaline can be more than a bit unnerving. For one thing she's an ''evil alicorn'' who believes her kind deserve to rule supreme over all ponies just because they're... well... alicorns. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Remind you of anyone?]] Also, Opaline's mistreatment of her minion and adoptive daughter, Misty, is a somewhat disturbingly realistic portrayal of an AbusiveMom; not only does Opaline prey on poor Misty's insecurities and desire for a Cutie Mark to secure her loyalty, but she constantly berates, belittles, humiliates and intimidates her even when she's just trying to help or innocently find something to make her happy. Perhaps what is most frightening about Opaline is the fact that Twilight Sparkle, a brave and powerful princess who believed in ThePowerOfFriendship and had already defeated many dangerous villains, deemed Opaline such a serious threat to Equestria that she not only hid Equestria from the rest of the world, but sealed away ''all of its magic!'']]

* ImprovedSecondAttempt: A criticism of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' was earth ponies seeming lack of [[MagicAIsMagicA the well-defined magic]] like [[MindOverMatter unicorns]] or [[{{Flight}} pegasi]], as their WordOfGod-stated connection to nature [[InformedAbility wasn't clearly demonstrated]] and SuperStrength shown only by a few individuals or inconsistently. ''Make Your Mark'' rectified this by granting earth ponies GreenThumb abilities, even making it a plot point that magic has evolved to explain why earth ponies never had this power before.

* SalvagedStory: A criticism of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' was earth ponies seeming lack of [[MagicAIsMagicA the well-defined magic]] like [[MindOverMatter unicorns]] or [[{{Flight}} pegasi]], as their WordOfGod-stated connection to nature [[InformedAbility wasn't clearly demonstrated]] and SuperStrength shown only by a few individuals or inconsistently. ''Make Your Mark'' rectified this by granting earth ponies GreenThumb abilities, even making it a plot point that magic has evolved to explain why earth ponies never had this power before.

* {{Fanon}}: It's widely assume Queen Haven's song "Pony Love" was about her love of Zipp and Pipp's DisappearedDad.

** ''Winter Wishday'': The debut of the ''Marestream''.

** From the special, there's [[spoiler:Sunny diving into the void after Posey and Windy, finally activating her Alicorn form and saving them]].
** "Growing Pains": The Mane Five's cutie mark magic creates a tree that stops the giant glimmerberry.

* TheWoobie: Misty, BIG TIME [[spoiler: suffers a lot of abuse from Opaline ]]

* TheWoobie: Misty, BIG TIME.

* SalvagedStory: A criticism of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' was earth ponies seeming lack of [[MagicAIsMagicA the well-defended magic]] like [[MindOverMatter unicorns]] or [[{{Flight}} pegasi]] as their WordOfGod stated connection to nature [[InformedAbility wasn't clearly demonstrated]] and SuperStrength shown only by a few individuals or inconsistently. ''Make Your Mark'' rectified this by granting earth ponies explicitly shown GreenThumb abilities, even making it a plot point.

* SalvagedStory: A criticism of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' was earth ponies seeming lack of [[MagicAIsMagicA the well-defended magic]] like [[MindOverMatter unicorns]] or [[{{Flight}} pegasi]] as their WordOfGod stated connection to nature [[InformedAbility wasn't clearly demonstrated]] and SuperStrength shown only by a few individuals or inconsistently. ''Make Your Mark'' rectified this by explicitly showing earth ponies' GreenThumb abilities, even making it a plot point.

* MemeticMutation: "Jazz has no ears!"[[labelnote:explanation]]Jazz Hooves, one of the recurring characters has become notorious for not having her ears visible in the series. Especially jarring since they are clearly visible in "Tell Your Tale".[[/labelnote]]

* MemeticMutation: "Jazz has no ears!"[[labelnote:explanation]]Jazz Hooves, one of the recurring characters has become notorious for not having her ears visible in the series. Especially jarring since they are clearly visible in "Tell Your Tale".
[[/labelnote]]

** Opaline, the then unnamed villainous alicorn, only appeared for a few seconds in the premier, but became its most talked about part due to the likely ramifications they'd have for the backstory and series going forward and speculation about their identity.

** [[spoiler:Opaline, the then unnamed villainous alicorn]], only appeared for a few seconds in the premier, but became its most talked about part due to the likely ramifications they'd have for the backstory and series going forward and speculation about their identity.
** Two words. [[spoiler:'''TWILIGHT'''. '''SPARKLE'''. Near the end of episode 2, she appears through the form of some mystically holographic recorded message, giving a cryptic warning to the Mane 5 about an "evil pony", which doesn't take a genius to know she's talking about Opaline.]]

* TaintedByThePreview: [[spoiler:Twilight's appearance at the end of the second chapter trailer has received some criticism for looking like her normal self, as opposed to her post-TimeSkip Alicorn appearance in the series finale of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', as well as concerns that bringing in G4 characters so soon would be pandering at the expense of the G5 cast and setting. In the second chapter itself, she only makes a singular appearance.]]

* FridgeHorror: The way magic now works exaggerates the power of friendship theme to the point that the general safety of the world is even worse than the [[CrapsaccharineWorld previous installment]]. In the past, you had to be nice to each other or else supernatural monsters would plunge the land into an EndlessWinter. Here, you have to be nice to each other or else you'll risk being rooted into the ground and helpless as ''endless voids'' begin opening in the ground to swallow everything. [[spoiler:Earth Ponies may have finally gotten more obvious magical abilities, but they still got the shorter end of the stick consequence wise.]] Though it is mitigated somewhat by the fact that it took months of quiet resentment and unrest for things to get as bad as they did.

* RealismInducedHorror: Opaline's regular verbal abuse and manipulation of Opaline are perhaps the most villainous thing about her to many, as they parallel the basics of abusive parenting in real life.

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Despite having some comical moments, Opaline can be more than a bit unnerving. For one thing she's an ''evil alicorn'' who believes her kind deserve to rule supreme over all ponies just because they're... well... alicorns. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Remind you of anyone?]] Also, Opaline's mistreatment of her minion and adoptive daughter, Misty, is a rather realistic portrayal of an AbusiveMom; Opaline constantly berates, belittles, humiliates and intimidates poor Misty, even when she's just trying to help or innocently find something to make her happy. She also preys on Misty's insecurities and desire for a Cutie Mark to secure her loyalty. Perhaps what is most frightening about Opaline is that Twilight Sparkle, a brave and powerful princess who believed in ThePowerOfFriendship and had already defeated many dangerous villains, deemed Opaline such a serious threat to Equestria that she not only hid Equestria from the rest of the world, but sealed away ''all of its magic!'']]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of G4's contentious aspects was earth ponies lack of clearly established powers[[note]]Pinkie Pie's [[WrongContextMagic abilities were an acknowledged outlier]]. It took until the Season 4 finale stating "Without their strength, they will not be able to tend the land" to outright confirm earth ponies unique powers. [[InformedAbility But only a fraction showed above-average physical ability, and practically never supernatural levels of agricultural prowess]], with non-earth ponies matching those abilities numerous times.[[/note]] broke the series anti-racism themes by having them objectively inferior to [[MindOverMatter unicorns]] or [[{{Flight}} pegasi]]. The series premiere addressed this by having earth ponies [[JerkassHasAPoint justifiably upset]] over lacking regained magic like unicorns and pegasi a major plot point [[spoiler:and get clearly shown GreenThumb powers afterwards]].

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Despite having some comical moments, Opaline can be more than a bit unnerving. For one thing she's an ''evil alicorn'' who believes her kind deserve to rule supreme over all ponies just because they're... well... alicorns. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Remind you of anyone?]] Perhaps what is most frightening about Opaline is that Twilight Sparkle, a brave and powerful princess who believed in ThePowerOfFriendship and had already defeated many dangerous villains, deemed Opaline such a serious threat to Equestria that she not only hid Equestria from the rest of the world, but sealed away ''all of its magic!'' Furthermore, Opaline's mistreatment of her minion, Misty, is very much like that of an AbusiveMom; Opaline constantly berates, belittles, humiliates and intimidates poor Misty, even when she's just trying to help or innocently find something to make her happy.]]

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Despite having some comical moments, Opaline can be more than a bit unnerving. For one thing she's an ''evil alicorn'' who believes her kind deserve to rule supreme over all ponies just because they're... well... alicorns. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Remind you of anyone?]] Perhaps what is most frightening about Opaline is that Twilight Sparkle, a brave and powerful princess who believed in ThePowerOfFriendship and had already defeated many dangerous villains, deemed Opaline such a serious threat to Equestria that she not only hid Equestria from the rest of the world, but sealed away ''all of it's magic!'' Furthermore, Opaline's mistreatment of her minion, Misty, is very much like that of an AbusiveMom; Opaline constantly berates, belittles, humiliates and intimidates poor Misty, even when she's just trying to help or innocently find something to make her happy.]]

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Despite having some comical moments, Opaline can more than a bit unnerving. For one thing she's an ''evil alicorn'' who believes her kind deserve to rule supreme over all ponies just because they're... well... alicorns. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Remind you of anyone?]] Perhaps what is most frightening about Opaline is that Twilight Sparkle, a brave and powerful princess who believed in ThePowerOfFriendship and had already defeated many dangerous villains, deemed Opaline such a serious threat to Equestria that she not only hid Equestria from the rest of the world, but sealed away ''all of it's magic!'' Also, Opaline's mistreatment of her minion, Misty, is very much like that of an AbusiveMom; Opaline constantly berates, belittles, humiliates and intimidates poor Misty, even when she's just trying to help or innocently find something to make her happy.]]

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Despite having some comical moments, Opaline can more than a bit unnerving. For one thing she's an ''evil alicorn'' who believes her kind deserve to rule supreme over all ponies just because their...well...alicorns. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Remind you of anyone?]] Perhaps what is most frightening about Opaline is that Twilight Sparkle, a brave and powerful princess who believed in world building and had already defeated many dangerous villains, deemed Opaline such a serious threat to Equestria that she not only hid Equestria from the rest of the world, but sealed away ''all of it's magic!'' Also, Opaline's mistreatment of her minion, Misty, is very much like that of an AbusiveMom; Opaline constantly berates, belittles, humiliates and intimidates poor Misty, even when she's just trying to help or innocently find something to make her happy.]]

* OneSceneWonder: [[spoiler:Opaline, the then unnamed villainous alicorn]], only appeared for a few seconds in the premier, but became its most talked about part due to the likely ramifications they'd have for the backstory and series going forward and speculation about their identity.