My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E07 May the Best Pet Win/YMMV: Difference between revisions

*** As well as the fact that after two Fluttershy-less episodes, she's back and also sings.

*** It was the first song of the season! Seven episodes and a summer break since "The Best Night Ever" and finally a new song!

** Also a fair amount of [[Fridge Brilliance]] in this. All the other pets were focused on winning, with a "nice guys finish last" attitude. The tortoise helped Rainbow Dash free her trapped wing from under a rock, thus showing that he, like Rainbow Dash, is ''loyal''. (she is the Element of Loyalty, after all!)

*** Though that leads to [[Fridge Logic]] since Angel isn't the kindest, and Opal isn't the most generous, Gummy is basically the [[Comically Serious]] and Winona may or may not be a liar.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Though used to set up the [[Chekhov's Skill]] for Tank, the tortoise's plan of tipping over Opal's cage on top of her from behind would have been rather effective to get the mouse from her if the butterfly hadn't beaten him to it. In general, Tank appeared to have several moments of genius hampered by being a slow tortoise than anything else.

* [[Fridge Horror]]: When Applejack points out that there's been an avalanche in the valley, for a moment just before Pinkie and Fluttershy spot Tank with Rainbow Dash in tow they have no idea what happened. For all they know, Rainbow Dash could've been crushed under the rocks. In this light, Applejack's fear and urgency take on a much darker tone. It's even worse if you consider that, from this perspective, that she may not have been immediately killed, but badly broken, suffering great pain as she slowly suffocates.

* [[Fridge Logic]]: One wonders where Tank can sleep since only Pegasi<ref>and apparently birds</ref> can stand on clouds.

** Solid objects can be placed on clouds (like buildings and the balloon gondola). Tank will just have to be ''very'' careful about getting out of bed.

*** Unless he sleeps with his shell copter on, of course!

** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Twilight would use the same spell she use in Sonic Rainboom to walk on the clouds.

** Was there anything the non-Tank competitors could have actually done to help Rainbow out of her predicament?

*** Actually notice the problem and go for help?

** There's also the ''massive'' number of fanfics were Rainbow Dash gets her wing injured. Guess what happens in this episode?

** Then again, the animation team and the toy department are completely separate (and the latter has less creative freedom), so it's most likely either a [[Hilarious in Hindsight|coincidence]] or a friendly [[Take That]].

*** Or maybe it's because the writers have to somehow incorporate the toys into the show.

* [[Mind Screw]]: I know I can't be the only one who was as weirded out by that dream in the beginning of the episode as Rainbow was.

* [[Mondegreen]]: "There are falcons and eagles / They are both quite legal!" Sorry, "regal!"

*** To be fair about it, all her friends knew exactly where she went and she was within easy binocular range, so she was probably being a little overdramatic.

** The Quarry Eels. While the scene was played for laughs and took [[Refuge in Audacity]], Rainbow Dash's lack of consideration for the animals' safety doesn't come off well when the bat nearly gets eaten, and the eagle briefly looks like its head was bitten off.

*** You could argue that this is why only ''those'' animals participated in the race (the tortoise wasn't invited but joined anyway). All the different animals participated in the other contests, so there's no evidence that any sort of elimination was going on. Maybe for the final event Rainbow only included the ones she knew could handle it (hence why the butterfly doesn't join, even though it "won" an event).

* [[Painful Rhyme]]: More like ''not a rhyme at all'' - while the song is generally pretty good with its rhymes, one stanza near the very end of the song sticks out like a sore thumb.

'''Rainbow Dash''': ''What to do, what to do?'' }}

** The problem is the line ending in "bat". If you follow the rhyming structure of the rest of the song, "bat" and "do" would have to rhyme, and obviously, they don't even remotely. It could be argued that "do" was meant to rhyme with "you", which would be acceptable, but even then, "bat" would be similarly paired with "too", which ''still'' doesn't rhyme.

** It's an A-B-A-A rhyming scheme, so the word "bat" is not rhymed with anything. While not common, it's still a recognized pattern. YMMV indeed, as I found this part of the song to flow just as well as the rest.

* [[Ugly Cute]]: The Angel, Gummy, Owlowiscious mix thing. Until [[Nightmare Fuel|Opalescence popped out.]]

** The "fixed" versions, while slightly improved, can still look off: Audiences probably subconsciously picked up how improbable the mouth shapes are, given the ponies' facial structures. Overall, the animation style gives a lack of recognizable depth for their extended snouts, meaning neither option fully works.

*** Not actually improbable, though, just flattened by perspective. From the side, you'd be able to see the pony's lower jaw extending downwards and the smile curving up around her snout, but from the front it's just a smiley face with a mouth curve that changes shape.

 

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