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== 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.:
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** 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.
* Rainbow Dash going up against the dragon beforehand. "[[Get Out!|GET. OUT!!]]" Her "Hell yes I did" nod when the dragon complained about her kicking him counts as awesome and hilarious.
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* Spike also [[Took a Level In Badass|takes a level in badass]] in this episode. Not only does he lead the charge to rescue Rarity, but he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quKW0KeX4_0 takes on three Diamond Dogs at once] and ''actually does a formidable job''.
* A group of Diamond Dogs ambush, mount, and rope the ponies in the "rescue party," with one Dog shouting "More workhorses!" Applejack responds:
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== Over a Barrel ==
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* 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:
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** 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.
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== The Return of Harmony, Part 2 ==
* The entire chase scene after Rainbow Dash is completely epic. Fluttershy, pulling Twilight's Twinkling Balloon, tries to catch up to the corrupted Rainbow Dash, but she's still too fast for her even with Rarity and Pinkie Pie weighing her down. That is until this exchange:
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'''Fluttershy:''' ''(Sobbing)'' I-I can't...
'''Twilight:''' If you can't catch her, [[The Bad Guy Wins|Discord wins!]]<br />
'''Fluttershy:''' [[This Is Sparta|That BIG. DUMB.]] '''[[Let's Get Dangerous|MEANIE!]]''' }}
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* {{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's [[Kirk Summation]]/[[Shut UP, Hannibal]] deserves special mention for the fact it's probably one of the most [[Badass]] ways of [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle|stating the Aesop of an episode]] ''ever.''
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'''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''.
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*** 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.
* Big Macintosh casually [[Foe-Tossing Charge|punting a massive pile of ponies off of him]] ([[Megaton Punch|some of which ended up flying over the horizon]]).
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* Spike finally getting fed up with Twilight's issues and yelling at her to [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|"SNAP OUT OF IT!"]]
** 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.}}
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* 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).
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* 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''.
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** 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.
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* Rarity losing the [[Distressed Damsel]] attitude and talking down Giant!Spike (even though she has no idea it's him), knowing full well he's a rampaging beast who's easily twenty times bigger than her.
** Regarding a couple scenes later, {{spoiler|she is completely right that Spike was able to put the kibosh on his own problems and pull himself together after he's seen what he's done.}}
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** All of the mane cast while helping the Apples. Rainbow Dash keeping up with Big Mac on the treadmill, Pinkie Pie's backwards-somersault mid-air apple catch, Twilight simultaneously barreling the cider ''and'' [[Good with Numbers|calculating both teams' production rates]], and Fluttershy speeding from tree to tree, knocking down apples as fast as--or ''faster'' than--Applejack, who's been doing this her entire life.
* 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:
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* 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...
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* 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:
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* {{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.
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* The incredible [[Beam-O-War]] between Princess Celestia and the Queen Chrysalis. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, Celestia is beaten thanks to Chrysalis feeding off of Shining Armor's love for Cadance.}}
** 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..
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** Want to know something even more awesome? {{spoiler|Even after that massive power up she'd gotten, Chrysalis was visibly straining against Celestia's power. Celestia, even if she lost, managed to make Chrysalis sweat a bit before she did.}}
* 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.}}
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* 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.''
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* Real!Cadance and Twilight crashing the wedding.
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'''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 />
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* 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.]):
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** 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.]
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