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** and yet Spike pointed out they looked grey when they got back to the library in part 2, so it's probable that it did have a visual effect noticable by the other characters, that was largley ignored. Discord himself also qualifies due to not realizing everyone was in a much more unified mood upon their second attempt to "friend him". and that they weren't grey anymore.

** Twilight ''did'' notice that her friends were acting strangely. The fact that she didn't suspect of Discord's influence (at first at least) is probably due to the fact that she couldn't imagine him cheating on the rules ''he'' sets up for the game by [[Mind Rape|Mind Raping]] all of them (which he didn't (well, partially), with the exception of Fluttershy and maybe Rainbow Dash too). It also sure helps that the maze was '''very''' big (as seen in some scenes), so they probably travelled separeted for some hours at least, which maybe made Twilight think that they acted like that because of stress and fear, rather than Discord's influence. As for Spike, he maybe was tslking about how grumpy they were looking, not necessarly the color.

*** It also doesn't help that this is in early season 2, which was well before Twilight Sparkle had sufficient character development to finally overcome her greatest weakness. Which was that she had the emotional intelligence of a brick. Criticizing her for being unable to pick up social cues from her friends is about like criticizing Mr. Magoo for being unable to read the eye exam chart.

** Many of the episodes hinge on one or more of the cast picking up the Idiot Ball. Among the ones that stand out are [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E04 Applebuck Season|Applebuck Season]], [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E22 A Bird in the Hoof|A Bird in the Hoof]], [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E20 Green Isn't Your Color|Green Isn't Your Color]], [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E03 Lesson Zero|Lesson Zero]] and [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E04 Luna Eclipsed|Luna Eclipsed]].

* In [[Voltron Force]] [[S 2 E 1]] (''Inside the Music''), Pidge picks up the Idiot Ball and runs with it for a touchdown. He's so heavily invested in keeping his secret identity as the mastermind of the band "Stereolactic" a secret, that he doesn't even tell his [[True Companions]]. This results in the [[Kid Sidekick|Cadets]] wasting time and effort chasing him down, believing that he's the Drule agent, that could have been used finding the real agent.

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