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*** Angel [[Took a Level In Kindness]] in a later episode, so it kind of evens out.
** Something like half the town [[Took a Level in Jerkass]] in that episode. Some viewers have claimed [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Gilda]] had crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]] when she made Fluttershy cry. She arguably did ''less'' to abuse Fluttershy than what most of the background characters did in that episode.
*** There is a consistent fan theory that this is a ''prequel'' episode, showing an incident that occurred back before Twilight Sparkle arrived in Ponyville and before the cast had had any of their character development. Evidence in support of this theory: Twilight appears nowhere in the episode, the only Mane Cast members in the episode are those who were confirmed as already being friends or acquaintances with each other even back before the pilot episode, nothing they do is inconsistent with their season 1, episode 1 characterizations despite them all having substantially diverged or progressed from them since then, and [[Word of God]] is that some episodes are shown in achronic order.
** This tendency is common with most of the characters in the show, due to its tendency to deconstruct the character's flaws as part of the episode's Aesop. Usually one of the characters will become highly egotistical, neurotic or vindictive (or in some exaggerated cases, [[Sanity Slippage|borderline insane]]) for a brief point [[Once Per Episode]] before learning their lesson and reverting back. Rainbow Dash may be a slightly more consistent example, if only because she has gotten the lion's share of Aesops in recent episodes and thus required more frequently to act up.
* In ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', when Ratchet {{spoiler|takes some [[Psycho Serum]]}}, it impairs his judgement, causing him to become increasingly obnoxious and aggressive, even to his own team. Not to mention becoming overconfident to take on ''Megatron'' and the Decepticons on his own (which would cost him). He not only ''[[Dirty Old Man|flirts]]'' with Arcee but he also directly [[What the Hell, Hero?|calls out]] Optimus for being too soft for what had happened to {{spoiler|Cliffjumper}} and also passing several chances to finish Megatron off. While his judgement was impaired, it's implied that he's saying what he would have normally held back. Fortunately, by the end of the episode, he returns back to normal.
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