YMMV / My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship

• Alternative Character Interpretation: There's some implication that the costume designer that quit at the beginning was performing her own take on Writer Revolt invoked with the last lineup of costumes. The costumes in question are just simple white shapes, and when confronted, the designer had no qualms about calling out Vignette for her constant waffling about the costumes before quitting at the end of Vignette's tirade, hinting that the quitting might have been planned and the costumes were just her deciding "Screw it" beforehand.
• Anti-Climax Boss: The girls undergo their dramatic magical girl transformation, and combine their magic to... just destroy Vignette's cellphone. Word of God admits that it makes no sense in any narrative standard and they only ponied up to sell toys.
• Ass Pull: Vignette's magical cellphone being revealed to just teleport her victims to a random room in the festival that is for some reason white all around just seems like a lazy attempt for our heroines to "get out of the phone".
• Demographically Inappropriate Humor: Vignette has a video on her social media account, depicting herself lying on her bed and touching her mouth suggestively, which looks reminiscent of online videos that elementary school children probably shouldn't watch.
• Fanfic Fuel: Megan Williams, or at least a character who looks a lot like her, exists in the Equestria Girls' universe, opening the door to a lot of possible ideas.
• Les Yay:
  • The Applejack x Rarity subtext is first shown when they are waiting eagerly to hear they've been hired at a carnival so they can work together, laugh as they say the same things in unison, and are more upset that they won't spend the summer together than Applejack not getting hired. After their argument, their make-up includes blushing, held hands, looking into each other's eyes, and finally a big hug with Foot Popping from Rarity. Then comes the ending song, with the two singing a duet as they look into each other's eyes, and sing lyrics like "It's you and me / this is how it should be" and "behind that perfect snapshot / are the people who you love". Finally, the special ends with a Photo Montage, the last picture being of the group looking at the camera... except for Rarity and AJ, who are making eyes at each other and holding hands. When asked about it, Word of God directly admitted that once they realized Rarity and Applejack's conflict in the film was more like a lover's quarrel than friends arguing, they decided to run with it while keeping it ambiguous enough that it could still be seen as just friends.
• The Scrappy: Vignette Valencia is seen as the weakest villain and redemption in the 'Equestria Girls'' franchise, lacking the Freudian Excuse or remorse that's defended in the other controversial redemptions as well lacking memorability, entertaining trait or creditability as a threat due to her poorly thought-out plan. Her shallow and annoying personality, questionable fashion scene, and Mean Boss tendencies even before being Drunk on the Dark Side didn't help. Season 2 of the shorts put her in a better light, but was seen as too little too late and would have been better spent on returning more popular characters.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Word of God is that it was intended that Vignette Valencia "wasn't aggressively snobby, just carelessly self-centered in a relatable ridiculous way"◊. But as she seems just as unpleasant even before she got the magic phone and showed no signs of magical corruption despite Sunset's claims, was self-aware enough to discredit the accusations against her, and never showed obvious remorse during her "redemption" fan option is they failed.

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