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== Season 1 - Part 1 ==

 

== Elements of Harmony ==

** The best part is that it isn't even a [[Leeroy Jenkins]] style gesture of defiance. By charging, Twilight Sparkle lured Nightmare Moon down off the podium and away from the Elements of Harmony to meet her charge... and then used her teleport-dodge to skip right ''past'' Nightmare Moon at the last instant, leaving her on top of the podium with the Elements while Nightmare Moon is stuck running in the exact opposite direction of where she needs to be. [[Badass Bookworm]] ''and'' [[Batman Gambit]], all in one move.

** This is followed by the [[Big Damn Heroes|arrival of Twilight's new friends]] and them demonstrating the [[Power of Friendship|Magic of Friendship]] to Nightmare Moon by forcing her to taste the Rainbow of Light. The page image should give you a rough idea why this is so awesome.

* Applejack, even though it was something she shouldn't have done, earned one by harvesting ''half the farm's apple trees'' by herself. Sweet Apple Acres is ''really'' big (there's a reason it's called Sweet Apple ''Acres''), so it's likely not an easy feat to harvest half the apples in the entire area within the span of a couple days. Yet Applejack still managed it.

** And don't forget that she, in the words of Mayor Mare, single-hoofedly saved Ponyville from a stampede of panicked cows.

 

== Griffin The Brush Off ==

== Dragonshy ==

* Fluttershy at the end. She made a dragon cry. A really, ''really'' big dragon, when the entire episode had been about how she's ''terrified'' of dragons.:

** Equestria would've been covered in the dragon's smoke for ''100 years'' if Fluttershy hadn't stepped up. That mare saved the entire country.

 

== Look Before You Sleep ==

 

== Feeling Pinkie Keen ==

 

== Sonic Rainboom ==

 

== The Stare Master ==

** Also, what she says to the Crusaders right before she does it: after spending the entire episode unable to get them to heed or obey her, she just shouts (well, shouts by Fluttershy standards), "Girls! Behind me now!" You realize in that moment that [[Go Through Me|she has resolved to save the fillies in her charge or die trying]]. The final scene shows that she now doesn't even have to raise her voice to instantly get their attention.

 

* Rarity gets captured by a group of dogs who want her to find gems for them. This, of course, includes living in labyrinthine tunnels, hand (or hoof?) digging them up and pulling the cart they go in. She complains a good amount, messing with the dogs' heads and setting them up to be insecure and defensive, but it really takes off when they tell her to stop whining. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Thirty of the most hilariously satisfying seconds later,]] [[Badass Damsel|she's sitting on a throne with an army of dogs digging up jewels, giving them to her, and begging the "rescue party" to take her with them just to shut her up.]]

** Even before she starts her climactic whining act, she gets a notable moment when she tricks several dogs into collapsing a pillar on themselves.

* A group of Diamond Dogs ambush, mount, and rope the ponies in the "rescue party," with one Dog shouting "More workhorses!" Applejack responds:

 

== Over a Barrel ==

 

== Cutie Mark Chronicles ==

* In what could be ''the'' crowning moment of the season, Rainbow Dash perform her first Sonic Rainboom as a ''young filly'', earning her Cutie Mark in the process, and in doing so {{spoiler|1=inadvertently causes the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw1CEObbhyw rest of the mane cast to get theirs as well.]}}

* Filly Twilight's sudden power-up that caused her to not only hatch Spike (which, presumably, was what the test was for), but to cause her examiners to float in the air, turn her parents into plants, and enlarge baby Spike enough to break a hole in the tower ceiling and attract Celestia's attention. It was ''awesome'' to see just how powerful her magic is even at such a young and untrained age. Like Celestia says:

** Faust stated that the dragon egg test was something akin to an [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]]; the fact that Twilight actually hatched the egg forced Celestia to learn how to raise and train Spike on her own to later give to Twilight as her assistant.

 

 

== The Best Night Ever ==

** The clincher? {{spoiler|The Prince shrinks back as Rarity gives her speech, afraid of her getting frosting and cake on him. When he complains about her being messy, she shouts "Afraid to get ''DIRTY?!''" and shakes herself so that he gets covered in frosting too. Anyone who's been watching the entire show up to this point will appreciate this moment even more, considering Rarity's own moments of [[Super OCD]] in previous episodes.}}

 

* Discord himself gets quite a few in the first episode. He manipulates the ponies under his rules, and orchestrates their loss like a pro. Dash's corruption in particular is extremely cunning, appropriate considering it ‘wins’ him the game.

** Also managing to steal the elements ''when they were guarded by a spell only Celestia could break.''

* Seeing the girls working together to get rid of the cotton-candy rain clouds is pretty impressive.

** It took Rainbow Dash [[Call Back|ten seconds]] to clear the clouds.

 

== The Return of Harmony, Part 2 ==

'''Twilight:''' If you can't catch her, [[The Bad Guy Wins|Discord wins!]]<br />

** She then proceeds to outpace Rainbow Dash. This is ''Fluttershy'' we're talking about. The one who has repeatedly been stated to be a rather poor flyer. By comparison, Rainbow Dash is capable of ''shattering the visible light spectrum''.

* {{spoiler|Discord's downfall. The Rainbow Of Light return and Twilight get an ''epic'' [[World of Cardboard Speech]], followed by ''[[Oh Crap|the look]]'' on Discord's face when he realizes the Elements Of Harmony work now and it's too late for him to do anything about it.}}

'''Twilight Sparkle''': I'll tell you what we've learned, Discord! We've learned that friendship isn't always easy, but there's ''no doubt'' it's worth fighting for! }}

** What's more [[Badass]] is she just told off what amounts to the ''God of Chaos.'' The girl has ''serious'' guts. On top of that, she delivered that speech just after teleporting to her friends and protecting them from Discord's telekinesis with a magical barrier. That bears repeating - ''she actually stood up to, and invalidated Discord's magic with her own''.

* Twilight being the ''only'' one to overcome the depths of despair and chaos without assistance from magic. Then going about saving her mates. Which included having to tie up and probably chase Fluttershy, who we see can be a competent flyer when she isn't scared.

* Twilight and Spike fighting and successfully retrieving the book containing the Elements of Harmony from the corrupted ponies. Notably, Twilight takes on [[Reality Warper|Pinkie]] and [[Badass Normal|Applejack]] ''at the same time'', ''without'' resorting to magic.

** Beforehand, Rainbow Dash kicking through walls and ''biting'' through ceiling beams.

*** Clearly, Rainbow Dash is too awesome to be contained by the show's world. Here's hoping she doesn't get fourth-wall lessons from Pinkie.

** Spike gets another one by {{spoiler|writing to the high ruler of all Equestria herself, knowingly going above Twilight's head in doing so, so that she could come down and help Twilight out with her problems, knowing that they have taken too great a hold on her. And he did this with a claw cramp that he got from writing all day.}}

* Princess Celestia's clearly angry demeanor towards Twilight when she arrived and the magic she uses to cancel Twilight's spell is a reminder why she is the Princess of Equestria.

* As if her appearance here wasn't awesome enough, Zecora's story-telling is just amazing. She really has a flair for the dramatic, and the way she makes use of her own special brand of magic makes it even cooler, with just enough creepiness to be scary at the same time.

* Luna stopped a panicked ''stampede'' of townsponies with the [[Large Ham|over the top]] Traditional Royal Canterlot Voice, essentially bringing everypony within earshot to their knees (even Twilight).

* The fans were very worried about this episode, as giving Luna a canon personality would invalidate a year's worth of fanwork speculation that had become very popular. That her canon personality has actually mostly been accepted by those fans seems almost as unlikely as the show itself earning such devotion.

* Rainbow Dash dressing as a ''Shadowbolt''.

** The final slide toward the finish line. Any baseball player will tell you this is a risky move, in terms of both its effectiveness and the potential for injury. Rarity's willingness to go for it without even thinking says quite a bit about her.

* Applejack is able to {{spoiler|hold her breath under the mud for the entire time the race lasts}}, just to help Rarity and Sweetie Belle make up. This applies to {{spoiler|Rarity}} as well, perhaps even more so. Think about it: {{spoiler|In order for her and Applejack to switch places like that without Sweetie Belle or anypony else noticing, Rarity must have been waiting under the mud for quite a while before the race even started.}}

* Rarity was able to keep herself under control with all of Sweetie Belle's messes. Considering how frequently [[Sanity Slippage]] happens in this show, the fact she had enough self control to not snap under the pressure is a feat in and of itself.

 

== The Cutie Pox ==

* Zecora successfully guessing what Apple Bloom's injury is as she sets up her rhyme.

** Her sudden disappearance at the end of the episode. Leaving in ''style.''

** Tank {{spoiler|lifting up a boulder with his head and carrying Rainbow Dash to safety, proving his worth to her.}}

** The bat fighting its way out of an eel's mouth.

*** And if that hadn't worked, Tank was about to drop Opal's cathouse on her. At the end of the episode, he successfully steals her toy.

* How Rainbow Dash started the avalanche. Those weren't loose boulders or anything. She cracked ''solid rock'' just by smacking into it. Clearly the Ghastly Gorge just isn't ''tough'' enough to have Rainbow Dash in it.

 

== The Mysterious Mare Do Well ==

* For all her ego, Rainbow Dash does actually rescue a filly from the bottom of a well, saves a baby carriage from tumbling off a cliff(Same cliff as above. [[No OSHA Compliance|They should really put up some guardrails or something]]), and catches an entire balcony of senior citizens. If she wasn't such a braggart she'd make a heck of a super hero.

** Incidentally, during the building rescue she successfully manages to dodge a ton of debris almost falling onto her -- the same way she wasn't ''quite'' able to the previous episode.

 

== Sweet and Elite ==

* Pinkie Pie has a ''[[Crazy Awesome|party cannon.]]''

* "Yes, yes I do know them. They may not be as sophisticated as you Canterlot ponies, but they are my very best friends, and they are, without a doubt, the most important ponies I know."

** The Wonderbolts are apparently the Equestrian Air Force.

* It may be counterproductive, but Pinkie Pie defending the bakery the only way she can from a giant dragon she doesn't know is Spike was pretty darn brave.

* Applejack staring after Spike (with a mustache of leaves, no less), uttering nothing but a simple: "[[Let's Get Dangerous|Twilight, get my rope.]]"

* Despite the soft purple and green colour scheme, giant Spike still looks pretty badass. He also has the potential to completely curbstomp ''everyone'' in the show (including Equestia's air force and its more potent magic users).

 

== Hearth's Warming Eve ==

** It must be mentioned that not only did this act ''save the world'', it also was without the Elements Of Harmony or anything else. It was pure [[Power of Friendship]] with ''nothing powering it up.''

* It's not as obvious, but give the mane cast credit, they put on the ''biggest'' play in Equestria and did ''very'' well. Especially true for Fluttershy, who was pretty much scared to death of performing but did excellently all the same.

 

== The Last Roundup ==

* Applejack's impressive rodeo moves in the cold opener.

* Fluttershy once again proving that she can keep the pace with Rainbow Dash. Not to mention ''she's'' the one who rams AJ's transportation.

** For that matter, her and Rainbow Dash managing to fly over a train while pulling a wagon with Twilight in it.

* Applejack becomes the first character to actually not need to learn a lesson, as she'd spent the whole episode already knowing it.

* Twilight gathering the rest of the mane cast to help out the Apple Family with Twilight choosing the appropriate pony for each job. With their help, they end up turning out five cider barrels to the Flim Flam brothers' three, forcing them to forgo quality control for the sake of quantity.

* Rainbow Dash's reaction to the Flim Flam Brothers' [[Kick the Dog]] moment, even if Applejack stopped her before she could beat the tar out of them:

* It's clear that the entire town is visibly upset by their [[Kick the Dog]] moment and that the Apples just lost everything. They didn't ''just'' chase the Flim Flam Brothers out of town for rotten cider, but for how rotten of ponies they were to some of their own, giving the entire town one of these.

* Applejack refusing to rise to the brothers' bait of trying to make her upset and holding true to her word. She could have easily let Rainbow Dash mess them up, but she refused to fall to their level.

 

== Read It and Weep ==

* Another one for the writer for mixing three different aesops into one episode and doing it very cohesively.

* That the show included an Ahuizotl, a mythological creature most of the fans wouldn't even know what it was. The writers ''really'' did their homework on this one!

 

== Hearts and Hooves Day ==

* Michelle Creber gets an entire song to herself, switching effortlessly between Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom's voices.

* Cheerilee ''smashes'' through the blockade Sweetie Belle set up for her in her attempt to reunite with Big Mac. She also destroys the front doors of both Sugarcube Corner and the Carousel Boutique, wiping out most of the latter building's front wall for good measure.

 

== Putting Your Hoof Down ==

** She tipped two giant carts over with a kick. This is coming from a pony who formerly couldn't even knock over a vase when ''angry''.

** And then she stood up to Iron Will in the end.

* Iron Will himself, given that he did things like stretch a fence as if it were the ropes of a wrestling ring when frustrated, riled up an entire crowd of ponies with his Hogan-esque Showmanship, and made ''Fluttershy'' a bully with nothing but a few pamphlets and catchy slogans. Did we mention he's also a [[A Load of Bull|Minotaur?]]

* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|While heartwarming]] as well as awesome, Rarity and Pinkie Pie standing up to Iron Will, a minotaur several times the size of either of them, to try to protect Fluttershy from his demands. Turns out that they were wrong about his intentions (he respectably backed down after Fluttershy stood up to him), but they had no idea that would happen. Bonus points for Pinkie, who not only put herself between Iron Will and Fluttershy's door multiple times, but got "in his face" a couple of times as well to try to put him off.

* When defending Rarity, Pinkie Pie still brings her [[Crazy Awesome|own unique flair]] to the argument, complete with rhymes and poses.

* The two phoenixes saving their kids, showing what a bird made of fire can really do.

* Even though they ran away afterwards, the three willing to go [[Mama Bear]] on the teen dragons. Especially Rarity.

* Spike finally being accepted into the dragons' group. He even wins the "King of the Horde" competition momentarily under his own power.

* Right in the beginning, it's clear that Fluttershy still has her new assertive attitude. When Rainbow Dash pulls her through the door to see the dragons, Fluttershy bounces back, knocking back Dash before ''hopping off her ribcage'' and racing for the window...

* Upon learning that the present pegasi might not be able to create a strong tornado to bring the water up to Cloudsdale much less break the wingpower record, Rainbow Dash decides to go through with it anyway, saying that while they won't be able to break the record, Cloudsdale still needs that water. Expect no less from the Element of Loyalty.

** When the tornado fails, Twilight urges Rainbow Dash to give up since somepony could get hurt if they fail to make another strong tornado. Her response:

* {{spoiler|When Fluttershy was in the second tornado, images of the fillies who picked on her flashed in her head. Instead of letting it get to her like it did throughout the episode, she screams "NO!" and speeds up, giving the tornado the proper velocity needed to send the water to Cloudsdale.}}

* Fluttershy sucks an about-to-fall tear right back up into her eye.

 

== Ponyville Confidential ==

* Twilight making a force field around the whole library. The next Nightmare Moon or Discord is going to have a much tougher fight on their hands with magic like that.

* Watch Rarity's shadow when she goes into Sweetie Belle's room to confront her about being Gabby Gums. She ''kung fu kicks'' the door open.

== A Canterlot Wedding Part 2 ==

* The entire episode for everyone involved at Studio B. When you have fans saying that the two parter was comparable to [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney]] [[The Renaissance Age of Animation|Renaissance]] era films, you know they ''really'' hit one out of the park this time.

** What Princess Celestia says before she starts fighting Queen Chrysalis, that shows that Celestia would be ''damned'' if Chrysalis were to succeed in her plan..

* Cadance {{spoiler|the real one}} gets a minor one when she and Twilight face off {{spoiler|against the brainwashed bridesmaids, simply by distracting them with the bouquet and tossing it into a ditch, luring them away.}}

** And again when {{spoiler|she casts her Love spell just once and immediately breaks Chrysalis' sway over Shining Armor. To put that into perspective, Chrysalis has been regularly blasting Shining Armor with a brainwashing spell for at days.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Power of Love]] repels you! Specifically, Cadence and Shining Armor's love for each other is enough to rekindle his Magic and get the forcefield back up and running, expelling the ''entire'' Changeling Army from Canterlot and foiling Queen Chrysalis' master plan in the process. Sure, the mane cast could've easily [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomped Queen Chrysalis and her entire army with the Elements of Harmony]] (if they could've gotten to them without the Changelings intervening), but all that was needed was the love of two Ponies for each other. [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]] indeed.}}

* They may have been horrifying, but try to argue that the designs for the Changelings (especially the Queen Changeling) weren't absolutely incredible.

** When {{spoiler|Queen Chrysalis transforms into her original self, complete with [[Samurai Jack|Aku-like]] transformation}}.

* It's hard to argue against how bold Queen Chrysalis' plan was. As she says in her [[Villain Song]], she had fooled everypony, ''even Celestia''.

* Let's not forget the ending in which Rainbow Dash pulls off a Sonic Rainboom ''at a moment's notice, against gravity.''

* Real!Cadance and Twilight crashing the wedding.

'''Twilight Sparkle''': '''[[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace|STOP!]]'''<br />

'''Changeling!Cadance''': ''(talking about Twilight while [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit|sobbing dramatically]])'' Why does she have to ruin my special day?<br />

== Misc. ==

 

* Another out-of-universe example: Lauren auctioned off a series of sketches for charity. The sketches were of [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Derpy]], [[What Could Have Been|pegasus Pinkie Pie]], Applejack, and Twilight. All together, the sketches raised '''$15,451'''.

* In an out-of-show example, show creator [[Word of God|Lauren Faust]] disowns an ignorant user on deviantArt who dismisses the show's [[Periphery Demographic]] as "manchildren" and defends the show's appeal ([http://imgur.com/tFs93 You go girl.]):

** The best part? The original user [http://junkie121.deviantart.com/journal/My-Little-Pony-Friendship-is-Magic-219295096 is a brony].

** [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/lauren-faust-is-just-awesome.html She did it again.]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDfmRqK92jQ This ad] for the show, a parody of "[[Katy Perry|California Girls]]".

* [http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137386121/bill-clinton-plays-not-my-job Bill Clinton was asked questions about the show during an interview with NPR], answering questions about Rarity, cutie marks, and Nightmare Moon. Granted it was multiple-choice with gag answers to ''shove'' you in the right direction, but still.

** Lauren Faust's response on her [[Deviant ART]] page makes it even better: ''If I were still in charge, I would soooooo fight to have Krastos the Glue Maker a real villain! But oh well.''

* The [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S6VcoYziwks/TicMw3e3pkI/AAAAAAAAArQ/vb2YJ89hxBA/s1600/ponyposter.jpg official Comic Con poster] includes almost every single significant, speaking, and/or popular character from show (at the time). [[And Zoidberg|And Rainbow Day]].<ref> It's the non-speaking, insignificant characters that make this awesome. Almost every background or minor character that is loved by the fandom are in there. Derpy Hooves, the Great and Powerful Trixie, the Shadowbolts, Pokey Pierce, Pinkamena's friends, Doctor Whooves (Nayuki, who made the poster, confirmed that he was turned specifically so that his cutie mark could be seen), Lyra Heartstrings and Bonbon (together and smiling at each other. Nayuki confirmed that it was intentional as a fandom nod), Octavia, Vinyl Scratch, Colgate and Berry Punch (Nayuki confirmed that it was unintentional but is happy that it turned out that way. Colgate also is giving a dentist's smile. Whether this is a reference to her fan name is currently unknown). If you haven't figured it out already, Nayuki confirmed that the poster was made for Bronies.</ref>

* August 1, 2011, [[Stephen Colbert]] opened ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' with a shout out to "[[One of Us|all [his] bronies]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUNZ0bc9fAE who may be watching."]

** He gave [http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/mon-april-9-2012-bob-lutz a second shoutout] on April 9, 2012.

** Then he retracted [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvVlZe3hDS4 everything he said about bronies] on April 18, 2012.

** And John de Lancie is experiencing the joy of being part of the MLP fandom. From his twitter: 'Roddenberry warned me that I had no idea what I was getting into with Star Trek. Someone should have warned me about My Little Pony! Egads!'

* Let's just say every brony or pegasister who is ballzy enough to do a public presentation about this show (being outside the target demographic and all that).

* [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/11/most-badass-car-ever.html The Most Badass Car Ever].

* The Brony Commentaries recount the story of a college student who had the show so much on his mind that he began a paper with "Dear Princess Celestia," not realizing it until after he'd turned it in. When the paper was graded, the professor's comments began with "My faithful student."

* In the November 5th issue of the [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203707504577012141105109140.html?KEYWORDS=My+Little+Pony Wall Street Journal], an article was on the front page detailing the rise of the Brony fandom. Contrary to the above examples, the article takes a neutral stance, explaining how the show gained its momentum, even getting a statement from Hasbro about their response to the Bronies. They even did the research, going so far as to mention the Pegasisters and taking time to explain that being a brony doesn't automatically make you gay.

* There's a Humble Indie Bundle going around. [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/12/humble-brony-bundle-domination.html Guess which group donated the most money.]

** [[Minecraft|Notch]] got second, which is significant because of the story behind it. Notch claimed on Twitter that he was a brony, but later said "I'm not actually a brony, but I've seen clips of the show and want to see it". A random brony then made a deal with Notch - if the bronies could out-donate Notch, then Notch would have to watch MLP:FiM. If Notch won, then all the bronies who donated would buy Minecraft. The bronies ''won'', bringing Notch into the herd in the process.

* Hasbro in general has been awesome to the fandom, taking a light-hearted stance on uploading the episodes to Youtube, the various fan-works, and trying to honestly answer questions the fans have about upcoming products. Part of this is because the company has ''never'' seen anything like this before.

** And only weeks later, they reached 1''50'',000,000

* A major Fan Run Convention, BronyCon Winter 2012, which is held in New York, had a massive turnout this January because 3 major voice actors were there: Andrea Libman, Nicole Oliver, and Ashleigh Ball. The CMOA is that, this summer, the first announced guests are Lauren Faust and John De Lancie. That's right, the creator herself and Discord are coming to BronyCon, and they had to move it to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in New Jersey for more space. Check out [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/01/bronycon-turned-upside-down-starts.html#more Equestria Daily] for more information about the news and [http://www.bronycon.org BronyCon.org] for more information about the convention.

** The guest list has grown since then, in both senses. Tara Strong, Andrea Libman, Nicole Oliver, Cathy Weseluck, Lee Tockar, Peter New, and Amy Keating Rogers have been announced as guests of honor, and the number of attendees has topped 2,000.

* On February 11, 2012, Hasbro [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/celestia-is-finally-white.html announced] that they would be releasing toys of fan-favorite characters Trixie, DJ PON-3, Zecora and Nightmare Moon, along with a more show-accurate Celestia. Taking a look at the [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|reactions from the fans]], it's clear that most of them consider this a CMOA for Hasbro.

* The Series could be considered a [[Moment of Awesome]] for the Flash software.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPjFavgKO5I Gabe Newell watches My Little Pony].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-GKOrOmR40 And Notch too].

*** [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/commander-shepards-best-pony-in.html#more And] [[Mass Effect|Commander Shepard]].

* One for the brony fanbase as a whole, if only for the sheer troll potential. Seth uncovered a poll on the Hub's website asking what the station's fan's favorite show was. Cue bronies flooding the poll with MLP votes, and then, when they moved it to another website, ''they did it again''.

*** The $200,000 goal was reached with nearly a week to spare. It was raised to $270,000 in order to allow the crew to travel to conventions in England and Germany; as of June 7, 2012, that total has also been met.

 

 

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