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== Season 1 ==
* [[Tropers/Timelord Mc Carver|Timelord Mc Carver]]: I think I may be the only one that was brushed the wrong way with [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E5 Griffon the Brush Off|Griffon the Brush-off]]. There were a lot of things wrong with this episode's aesop. For one, Gilda just suddenly being cruel to Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie for no reason other to show that she's a [[Jerkass]] quickly got on my nerves. Rainbow Dash ardently defending her wasn't helping things either. Had they not overly show how and why she's a Jerkass and gave her some [[Character Development]], this could have been a great episode. Instead, it's on par with Dragon Quest as my least favorite episode in MLP:[[Fi M]].
* [[Tropers/Termina Est|Termina Est]]: Doubt anyone shares the same view, but oh well, for me, it was [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[Tropers/Abra Cadavre|Abra Cadavre]]: I agree. While I normally like the main characters, the blatant hypocrisy was ridiculous. Also, on the subject of the "lie" about the Ursa Major: Trixie's a magician. She's supposed to entertain people. That's, y'know, her job. And finally, Snips and Snails. They almost got Ponyville destroyed by an Ursa Minor thanks to Spike giving them that idea, and Twilight rewards them for it. I'm sorry, but for me, that was where the episode crossed the line.
** [[Tropers/RK Striker JK 5|RK Striker JK 5]]: Boast Busters rubbed me the wrong way as well. It was clearly Trixie's job to boast and get an audience for her show. Applejack, Rarity and Dash were way out of line with her. And when the Ursa comes, what does she do? Fight it, despite the town heroes being jerkasses and having absolutely no ties whatsoever to Ponyville. Meanwhile, the hecklers... stand and shiver in fright. Her wagon is destroyed and possessions probably tossed out due to Twilight's incredibly callous line to "Get rid of that junk." [[What the Hell, Hero?]] indeed!
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== Season 2 ==
* [[Moe Dantes]]: I know I'm in a minority, but ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** ABRICK: This Troper had a lot of complaints about The Return of Harmony two-parter in general, but the one moment that really sucked was when Applejack actually bothered to listen to a bunch of [[Obviously Evil]] talking apple piles. Note that she wasn't under Discord's control at that point, and she knows that Discord is a master of illusion and deceit powerful enough to take away (or at least create the illusion of taking away) horns and wings from a pony, and yet she does not even consider the talking apples to be untrustworthy or something Discord made. The only way this moment could not be a [[Idiot Ball]] of ungodly proportions is if Applejack thought Discord wouldn't be stupid enough to make a obvious trap, and even then that's Golden-age Superboy levels of brain fart.
** Tropers/45xxx: When I first found out what both parts of "Return of Harmony" were going to be [[Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure|about]], I knew that it would be hard to watch when {{spoiler|Discord got involved with his [[Mind Rape]] business}}. And I was right. Those parts of the two episodes are always the hardest to watch for me: {{spoiler|seeing Discord [[Break the Cutie|completely warp]] the personalities of 5 for the Mane 6, seeing them act like pricks, and seeing Twilight [[Despair Event Horizon|break on her own]] is just brutal to watch}}. The more I watch those two episodes, the more angry and frustrated I get during those parts, and the more I hate that asshat Discord. Granted, things pick up considerably {{spoiler|after Twilight returns to normal and fixes her friends}}, but those parts still suck regardless.
** Frankiefoster: I agree. The only thing saving the ending was the [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110924194336/mlp/images/6/6d/Discord_defeated.png "I will return" face he makes while being stoned again, possibly promising he'll have his revenge on the ponies sometime in the future.] The stuff leading up to that? Bullshit in a cup.
*** Fantazindy: I guess it's pretty mutual around here that the ending was seriously too rushed... and it pretty much shortchanged everybody of what could have been a battle of epic proportions. The only action scene in that episode was really just trying to turn Rainbow Dash back to normal... but other than that, nothing. In fact, the middle showed signs that the whole thing was rushed: they could have made the middle much more emotional, since Twilight losing her 'magic' element would have a rather huge impact to the viewers. Then there was the turning everypony back to normal sequence... which again, was rushed. I can't help but feel relieved this was not the season one finale... it would have shortchanged everybody everywhere from what could have been something exciting and epic. Considering how consistent MLP's quality is this was a big letdown..
* CCPrime: I realize a lot of people will disagree with me, but I found "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** vexusdylan: Took the words right out of my mouth. This show is normally pretty good, but this episode seemed like it was just made for bronies and feels out of place with the rest of the series. I'm not gonna lie, I really thought the show was gonna jump the shark at that point.
** [[Not A Jackal]]: It's actually worse than that- the episode had to be written over a year before it aired, which means they made it before bronies were a thing. Which means that this episode was still intended for it's target audience of young girls.
** [[Tropers/Novus Wulf|Novus Wulf]]: Y'know, forget what I said about Season One (entry already removed)...this was the worst episode of the season (and in the entire series so far, beating out my former least favorite and other bad episodes like [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E18 The Show Stoppers|The Show Stoppers]]) hands down. Not even the others listed above or below come close to how a truly reviling, disgusting episode this is. The best part? It's a Microcosm of nearly every misstep Season 2 had - mishandled Aesops, [[Character Derailment]], Forced/Ascended Memes in an attempt to pander to the Brony Crowd (for why else would Fluttershy be mauling a bear, or the "Rainbow Nuke" scene) - the list goes on.
* Oddlyweird: I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned this one. For me, ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[Agu Fungus]]: Completely agree with Oddlyweird. The fact that Luna was portrayed as a [[No Indoor Voice|loud mouthed]] [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]], Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash came off as insensitive jerks (surprise, surprise), the bad Nightmare Moon propaganda by Zecora, everyone else being scared despite that she isn't Nightmare Moon anymore, and Luna being forced to stick to her sordid past and [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|make it look like a good thing]] [[Flat What|just to be accepted]] is what instantly makes this episode one of the worst (if not the only) episodes of the season. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Congratulations, writers]]; you managed to turn a well beloved [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] into a [[Base Breaker]]. [[And Another Thing|One more thing]]: "Sometimes, it's fun to be scared", not if it means hurting someone's already hurt reputation even more, Pinkie Pie.
** Capsarc: What really bugged me about this episode was the fact that Nightmare Night even existed. [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] aside, Celestia has always been a benevolent, caring ruler, almost to the point of being [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|Crystal Alicorn Jesus]]. The first thing she does when Luna is cured is embrace her, welcome her back to the family and put on a big celebration for her. Then we find out that there's been a holiday that does nothing but turn her sister into a boogeyman who eats children, and for a thousand years Celestia does nothing to try and improve her sister's reputation or preserve her good name. [[What the Hell, Hero?|What the hell, Celestia?]] Sure, you could say that she didn't want to create a revisionist history but there's a difference a fair treatment of a bad person and outright demonification.
** [[Tropers/Revelo|Revelo]]: Pinkie's behaviour really got on my nerves in this episode too. Never mind the fact that there had been a celebration in Ponyville to celebrate Luna's redemption ages ago and that everyone bar Twilight and Pinkie seemed to forget that in the meantime. Never mind that Luna surely has had enough time to get used to any changes that happened over a thousand years. The fact that the element of laughter seems to be completely unaware that shes hurting Luna's feelings and having fun at her expensive without coming up to her and explaining just what Nightmare Night is all about just makes it worse, especially that she riles up the children to go along with it becomes hard to swallow when you see how sad Luna is getting at just wanting to fit in, it's insensitive and completely terrible behaviour by a pony who is supposed to exist to make others smile. And just when it looks like Twlight is finally going to call her out for that mean behaviour she grabs hold of the [[Idiot Ball]] and declares Pinkie a genius. While scaring can be fun, Twilight would have been completely justified saying to Pinkie "Why didn't you explain that to us at the starting of the celebration?!" It would have made the episode a lot less awkward and made Luna the butt for far less jokes.
* Rahkshi500: I know many people will really disagree with me on this, but I found "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[Mc Gillicutty]]: You've gotta love the Aesop, too: if one of your friends isn't living up to your moral standards- or if they're just getting on your nerves- don't talk to them about it; lie to them and attempt to manipulate them into changing their behavior!
** [[Tropers/Kentucky Troper 1990|Kentucky Troper 1990]]: Totally concur on this episode. That scene where they sit around, [[But He Sounds Handsome|rubbing MDW's accomplishments in her face]] to egg her on, was just an exercise in utter dickishness. Real nice friends they were...
* tvtroper98: ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Piothe Pony]]: In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[Lilfut]]: My main issue with Hearth's Warming Eve was the pacing. It seemed very obvious to me that the writers were rushing for [[An Aesop|the Aesop]]. In particular, why didn't we get to actually see the peaceful times before the blizzard? Why did they have exactly one summit before deciding to find new frontiers? This was made all the worse by the good elements of the episode - the [[Deep-Immersion Gaming|Deep Immersion Acting]], the exploring of the [[Verse]], the [[Awesome Music]]... Maybe it was [[Christmas Rushed]]?
* InTheGallbladder: "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[Tropers/CJ Croen 1393|CJ Croen 1393]]: I was offended by RD's behavior in the redub. In the original scene, she was noticeably annoyed by Derpy's clumsiness, like we would all expect. In the redub, she's simpering and sympathetic. So Rainbow Dash is allowed to be a jerk to her best friend Pinkie and her good friend Rarity but just because Derpy might have a disability she's exempt? Great job Hasbro. [[Broken Aesop|You decided to say that you don't discriminate against disabled people by saying that they need special treatment]]. I have [[Asperger Syndrome]] and I honestly don't think Derpy has any mental handicaps (the eyes count as a physical one) but if she did wouldn't be a better Aesop for kids to see that people don't have to get special treatment and always be absolved from blame just because they're different? Honestly, it's this type of thing that causes kids to think that if they pretend to be disabled they'll get to do whatever they want without any consequences. And that's just awful.
*** Brokenshell: For this troper, it was the sheer [[They Just Didn't Care|absence of effort]] of the redub! The woman who voiced RD didn't even sound in character! I honestly thought it was a fan dub when I first watched it! I can get over Hasbro erring on the side of caution about the whole Derpy thing, but I can't forgive complete and utter lack of quality. Studio B knew they were [[Internet Backdraft|screwed either way]] over this, maybe appearing to give a flying crap about it would've softened the blow?
** [[Dthe B]]: I was legitimately pissed off at the revelation that everypony left Rarity and Pinkie Pie to fend for themselves in the desert! That is a move of such profound [[Jerkass|jerkassness]] that I'm both at a loss for words and wouldn't blame Rarity and Pinkie if they broke off contact with the other four.
** [[User:BT Isaac]]:The pinkie promise. At first Pinkie is genuinely pissed at Applejack, but immediately forgives her after realizing that she didn't [[Exact Words|technically]] broke her promise. So what were kids supposed to learn? That it's okay to break a promise as long as you do so via [[Loophole Abuse]]?
* [[RA 2]]: So Applejack "didn't learn anything" from the events of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[User:Peteman]]: I have to agree that Applejack not learning anything is really a failure of imagination on her part. Her farm could have been lost on a stupid bet, but she didn't learn anything about not getting caught up in stupid competitiveness. Her family lost large chunks of the southern field by letting the Flim Flam brothers harvest it so recklessly. Her "victory" over them was largely due to luck and idiocy on the part of her competitors. So, Applejack is basically proud of being an uneducated hick who shot herself in the hoof over self-destructive levels of pride that her family didn't need to be a part of and doesn't learn anything from it.
*** [[Fairfield]]: There is also the issue that her ''family'', the original limits of the competition terms, really ''didn't'' win. Only by dragging the rest of the town onto her side did Applejack get ahead, and while Flim and Flam were stupid to let Applejack change the terms, Applejack was worse; selfishly recruiting the whole town for labor intensification and putting the rest of the economy on hold just so she could produce a ''luxury.'' At the very least, this episode could have ended with the rather mature Aesop that business competition is good for everyone because it prompts all competitors to try harder, but with Flim and Flam leaving and the Apple Family's monopoly maintained, they will not have such an incentive to overproduce next season and likely be faced with the same shortages. Finally, why are you vilifying industrial consumerist capitalism in a show that [[Merchandise-Driven|wouldn't have existed without it?]]
* [[Don East]]: I used to like Pinkie Pie, my second favorite pony overall behind Fluttershy. But as Season 2 progressed, I started to dislike her, namely how she was Flanderized from being a silly pony to hyperactive [[Man Child|Mare Foal]] who won't shut up. The moment that solidified my disdain for the character was in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** faiteslebruit: Agreed, that episode really bummed me out. If it had ended in ANY way other than that fairy tale happy ending Pinkie Pie would have become one of the biggest jerks in television history. If she didn't just happen to know Matilda she would have just shoehorned herself into someone's life who clearly didn't want to know her, destroyed all of his precious memorabilia, and reminded him of the worst experience of his life. The writers made sure Pinkie Pie really lucked out in this episode.
** [[User:Roxor]]: For someone who was already jaded by the utterly atrocious "Lesson Zero" and a long slog of underwhelming episodes, "A Friend In Deed" was bad enough to make me stop watching the show. First we have to deal with a song which is way too long to enjoy in a voice which induces headaches, then Pinkie spends most of the episode acting like a school bully (seriously, her constant annoyance and fake "I don't know what you're talking about" act is classic bully behaviour), then right when we expect her to get her comeuppance, the writers let her off the hook with an [[Ass Pull]] so huge it would involve volumes of waste comparable to that handled by a sewage treatment plant and an Aesop of "you can get whatever you want if you're sufficiently annoying".
* [[Psi Basilisk]]: There are a lot of problems with the episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[Tropers/Marox XIII|Marox XIII]]: Okay, I agree with those events going too far but I tolerated them for the sake of story. What has me writing this entry is the entire scene where [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|she's chewing out Pinkie Pie and Rarity.]] Not just berating them but attacking them verbally where it hurts the most: their lives. Calling their destined pursuits "frivolous?" Telling them they're wasting their lives on something so unimportant that nopony gives a flying [[Curse Cut Short|fuc]]-oh right, feather about? Excuse me Ms. [[Fandom Nickname|Flutterbrute]], but that's how they make a living, [[Fridge Logic|compared to being shut-up in a cottage taking care of animals for no profit.]] I know this episode was to show off how bad it is to go overboard with being assertive and whatnot, but the whole scene just feels waayyy out of place for Fluttershy to say. (Seeing Pinkie Pie and Rarity run away with a face full of tears didn't help matters either.) Even though justified through her assertiveness training, she's not the kind of pony to belittle and mentally break her friends. Overall, not only was the scene cringe-inducing, but handled very poorly. This really put FS down on the my pony tier list for me, and the episode ultimately leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
*** [[Tropers/Lord Darkcaller|Lord Darkcaller]]: I could deal with most of those parts. What made me a bit upset was the fact that they made a [[Hollywood Nerd|nerd]] [[Hollywood Homely|jo]][[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|ke]] in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic! I mean, come on! This isn't a Disney/Nickelodeon sitcom! I watch this show to get away from those jokes! That really took me by surprise and left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
* [[Storm Requiem]]: I'm probably in the minority here, but I really, really disliked ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* fluffything: ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Mihotheneko: Am I the only one who thinks that the dragon's felt like a particularly mean [[Take That]] at people who don't like the show? I dunno, watching it, the entire thing just felt like the writer's were going "[[This Loser Is You|Here's a group of guys who don't like Ponies.]] [[Chaotic Stupid|All they do is stupid dares all day.]] If you like ponies they'll make fun of you and ridicule you."
** Edman24: You have to love the [[Fantastic Racism]] here, too. It was noticeable in this series before, but here it's pretty much hammered hard. One group of Dragons are immature jerks, so that means all dragons are a waste of time with Spike rejecting who he is. There have been several instances of Ponies being obnoxious jackasses (Including the Mane 6), so can we automatically write off ponies as being jackasses? There's [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]], and then there's just insulting my intelligence.
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** [[Storm Requiem]]: Am I the only one who hated the scene with Twilight, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash in the beginning? We're supposed to agree that Fluttershy ''trampling'' Dash is awesome/hilarious/etc, but honesly, it made me dislike Fluttershy even more. Yes, okay, Rainbow could do with learning that no means no, but Fluttershy should NOT be given a pass on everything just because she's normally nice and a shy person. I already feel like she got off easy in 'Putting your Hoof Down', but in this one she just gets angry, tramples Rainbow Dash and runs off. If another one of the Mane Six had reacted like that, people would be saying they went overboard, but no, because "sweet little Fluttershy" comes out with a loud, "I. Said. NO!", we're meant to be cheering her on. It's honestly beginning to feel like everytime Fluttershy asserts herself, she automatically gets her own way, which is not exactly a brilliant message to be sending out, imo.
*** Psi001: It may have worked better if they hadn't given Rainbow Dash another blatant [[Jerkass Has a Point]] moment just beforehand by pointing out Fluttershy had previously dragged her to the Butterfly Migration in a near identical scenario (except RD begrudingly suffered it in silence) and what was supposed to look like RD goading her past breaking point was just her pointing her out as a [[Hypocrite]]. ''That'' was the thing that outraged Fluttershy to the point of violence? Granted one could wonder if the plot of "Hurricane Fluttershy" straight afterwards (Fluttershy suffers a painful task for RD's sake) was supposed to balance this.
* Calamity2007: I normally don't agree with some of the entries, much less ever thinking I would make one but "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[Some New Guy]]: Between Big Mac's rant, Twilight's over-reactive force field, and Rainbow Dash and Angel attacking them, this was arguably one of the darkest segments of the entire series. Not to mention it reeks of [[Character Derailment]]. Sure, RD has proven to be boisterous and blunt in the past, but she would never actually attack anypony in pure anger, much less children. The entire town basically traumatized three children, who were already hurting because of what they've done, completely ignoring that Diamond Tiara had essentially blackmailed them into publishing the embarrassing stories and photos. Look, I get that the town was angry and disappointed that the CMC would publish such "slander", but there is a fine line between being disappointed and outright abuse.
** [[Laundry Laudanum]]: There is an obvious line between being reasonably upset at someone and acting like a petulant child when you're a full-grown adult. I can understand Rarity's and even Applejack's reasons for their bitterness towards the trio (having your own sister saying such things about you publicly is undoubtedly an awful experience, and reading someone's personal diary is never okay), but to go so far as for every single citizen of Ponyville to completely shun and in some cases verbally lambast them? I don't think they did anything abhorrent enough to deserve such a punishment. Overreaction, much?
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