History TearJerker / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSeason6

* Quibblepants ''is'' a big jerk about it, but imagine your excitement about a new book of your favourite franchise only to find out it changed and lost it's focus on the things you love most about it.

* While Thorax does wish to teach the magic of friendship to the other Changelings, he still refers to Chrysalis as an "evil queen". This might suggest that she may be too far gone to be reformed like other villains in the show have been.

* In a meta-sense, the Mane Six not appearing in this episode at all. While the show is no stranger to one or more of them being absent for an episode, it's quite empty to see one that has none of them at all after five seasons worth more than 100 episodes with them.

** When trying to justify herself, Trixie says something that probably struck a little ''too'' close to home for Starlight: "Beating Twilight is just a bonus!" Not only is this line like a dagger to the poor heart of Starlight, it surely must have reminded Starlight of what she said to Twilight after her second attempt to stop the Sonic Rainboom in the past succeeded: "Stopping the Rainboom was just a ''bonus!''" To be so full of vitriol, so full of ''spite'', Starlight relates all too well with Trixie on this, and she had to have been thinking sadly, "I guess we truly are the same, you and I."]]

** When trying to justify herself, Trixie says something that probably struck a little ''too'' close to home for Starlight: "Beating Twilight is just a bonus!" Not only is this line like a dagger to the poor heart of Starlight, it surely must have reminded Starlight of what she said to Twilight after her second attempt to stop the Sonic Rainboom in the past succeeded: "Stopping the Rainboom was just a ''bonus!''" To be so full of vitriol, so full of ''spite'', Starlight relates all too well with Trixie on this, and she had to have been thinking sadly, [[NotSoDifferent "I guess we truly are the same, you and I."]]

** During the song, there's a subtle but effective moment wherein [[TheAtoner Starlight]] looks down in apparent guilt. The meaning is quite clear; [[NotSoDifferent she's been where Thorax is now]] -- a former villain, reformed by an offer of friendship but still feeling guilty over the mistakes of her past, and so she not only understands what Spike is saying but likely [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feels terrible]] for being so willing to [[{{Hypocrite}} harshly judge Thorax despite the fact that she knows how it feels to be in his shoes]].

* The Ghost of Hearth's Warming Past (played by Applejack) showing Snowfall Frost (played by Starlight) her backstory. Snowfall used to love Hearth's Warming, but her bitter and cruel teacher, Professor [[Franchise/HarryPotter Snape]]--er, Flintheart, treated it as childish. [[JerkAss He even ''breaks one of her ornaments'' and coldly tells her learning magic is more important than celebrating holidays,]] which makes Snowfall cry and then turn into the pony she is today as a result. It's hard not to feel sorry for Snowfall, having been convinced holidays shouldn't even exist by her professor.

* The Ghost of Hearth's Warming Past (played by Applejack) showing Snowfall Frost (played by Starlight) her backstory. Snowfall used to love Hearth's Warming, but her bitter and cruel teacher, Professor [[Franchise/HarryPotter Snape]]--er, Flintheart, treated it as childish. He even ''breaks one of her ornaments'' and coldly tells her learning magic is more important than celebrating holidays, which makes Snowfall cry and then turn into the pony she is today as a result. It's hard not to feel sorry for Snowfall, having been convinced holidays shouldn't even exist by her professor.

** When trying to justify herself, Trixie says something that probably struck a little ''too'' close to home for Starlight: "Beating Twilight is just a bonus!" Not only is this line like a dagger to the poor heart of Starlight, it surely must have reminded Starlight of what she said to Twilight after her second attempt to stop the Sonic Rainboom in the past succeeded: "Stopping the Rainboom was just a ''bonus!''" To be so full of spite and vitriol, Starlight relates all too well with Trixie on this, and she had to have been thinking sadly, [[NotSoDifferent "I guess we truly are the same, you and I."]]

* The reveal that [[spoiler: Trixie became friends with Starlight so she could get back at Twilight.]] While Twilight is disappointed, Starlight is utterly heartbroken. Her putting a hoof over her heart and her expression, one could say that she can literally feel her heart shatter.

** When trying to justify herself, [[spoiler:Trixie says something that probably struck a little ''too'' close to home for Starlight: "Beating Twilight is just a bonus!" Not only is this line like a dagger to the poor heart of Starlight, it surely must have reminded Starlight of what she said to Twilight after her second attempt to stop the Sonic Rainboom in the past succeeded: "Stopping the Rainboom was just a ''bonus!''" To be so full of spite and vitriol, Starlight relates all too well with Trixie on this, and she had to have been thinking sadly, [[NotSoDifferent "I guess we truly are the same, you and I."]]]]
*** Also it can be an example of HarsherInHindsight as [[spoiler: in the season finale when Twilight was trying to change Starlight's ways, commenting that she could always make new friends, Starlight feared that making new friends would not work out.]] Guess what almost happened here.
** Even worse [[spoiler: Trixie ''genuinely liked'' Starlight. But her ego got the better of her and screwed things up. And unlike before where she tried to shift blame, this time she realizes that she was the one who caused the problem.]]

* Starlight ([[spoiler:actually Thorax]]) seeing [[spoiler:almost all her close friends trapped in cocoons, suffering and [[AndIMustScream psychologically begging to get out.]]]] Her horrified reaction is bad enough, but [[spoiler:imagine what the real Starlight was thinking when she first encountered them.....]]
* Thorax [[spoiler: helplessly struggling to hold onto the love inside him, weakly moaning that it's practically slipping away from him. It's the closet thing to a near-death scene we have.]]
* Queen Chrysalis [[spoiler: rejecting Starlight's redemption. Made more so sad by the fact that Starlight is acutely aware that Chrysalis is in the exact same position she was in, during ''The Cutie Map'']].
** [[spoiler: Also, if one looks carefully when Celestia, Luna, Twilight, Shining Armor, Rainbow Dash, and Thorax run over to join Starlight to watch Chrysalis escape, Celestia looks deeply saddened. Either by how Starlight's attempt to get Chrysalis to accept friendship failed, or how, despite the bad blood between her and Chrysalis, the former Queen refused to accept friendship and chose to remain consumed by her dark emotions. As a result, Celestia will probably feel regretful in having to send Chrysalis to Tartarus in the future if she never repents and accepts friendship at all.]]
* [[spoiler: To expand on the above: Chrysalis' situation may now be a case of AlasPoorVillain. Think about it; she's been dethroned and her entire hive has turned on her, allying with her sworn enemies. She has no home, no friends, and she's consumed by the desire to get revenge against Starlight. She went from having everything to having nothing in the span of a few minutes. Considering that Chrysalis is one of the more (if not the most) popular antagonist in the show, it's a fair bet to say Starlight wasn't the only one saddened when Chrysalis rejected her offer.]]

[[folder: The Crystalling]]

[[folder: The Gift of Maud Pie]]

[[folder: On Your Marks]]

[[folder: Gauntlet of Fire]]

[[folder: No Second Prances]]

[[folder: Newbie Dash]]

[[folder: A Hearth's Warming Tail]]

[[folder: The Saddle Row Review]]

[[folder: Applejack’s "Day" Off]]

[[folder: Flutter Brutter]]

[[folder: Spice Up Your Life]]

[[folder: Stranger Than Fanfiction]]

[[folder: 28 Pranks Later]]

[[folder: The Times They Are A Changeling]]

[[folder: Dungeons and Discord]]

[[folder: Buckball Season]]

[[folder: The Fault in Our Cutie Marks]]

[[folder: Viva Las Pegasus]]

[[folder: Every Little Thing She Does]]

[[folder: Where the Apple Lies]]

[[folder: To Where and Back Again]]

* Starlight ([[spoiler:actually Thorax]]) seeing [[spoiler:almost all her close friends trapped in cocoons, perhaps suffering and [[AndIMustScream psychologically begging to get out.]]]] If the [[spoiler:real Starlight showed up and saw the cocoons instead, chances are she'd be heartbroken to see what her friends are going through.]]

* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct Spike's entire performance is beautiful, uplifting and saddening all at the same time]]. Either way, you've got tears fighting behind your eyes.

* Spike's entire performance is [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct beautiful, uplifting and saddening all at the same time]]. Either way, you've got tears fighting behind your eyes.

* Spike's entire performance is beautiful, uplifting and saddening all at the same time. Either way, you've got tears fighting behind your eyes.

* Trixie's HeroicSacrifice. It is just poignant to see a character who started out as a egoistic, self-absorbed braggart [[CharacterDevelopment develop]] to the point of being capable of willingly putting her life in mortal danger so that those she cares about may save their own. By the look on her face during that scene, you can easily see that she is ''scared out of her life'' (especially when the tunnel she's in is suddenly lit by dozens of [[GlowingEyesOfDoom eyes]] staring at her), but it still doesn't change their decision nor resolve. She holds on, until the very end, in order to give her friends more precious time.

* Twilight Sparkle is the Princess of Friendship, Starlight Glimmer is trying to learn how to be a good friend, and both Shining Armor and Cadance (particularly the latter) have been established as some of the nicest, kindest ponies in Equestria. It can pretty jarring seeing ''all of them'' react with hostility the second the possibility of a "Changeling spy" is mentioned and emphatically stating ''there is no such thing as a "nice" Changeling''. Yes, when you take into consideration their past experiences with changelings, their reasons for feeling this way come across as completely justified, and they come around pretty quickly by the end, but it's still painful to see such nominally kind and accepting characters turn so hostile against someone [[FantasticRacism just because they're a Changeling]].

** Even as he's hissing from starvation, Thorax tries his best to apologizes when his identity is revealed. Probably worried he's frightened Flurry Heart.

* The reveal that [[spoiler: Trixie became friends with Starlight so she could get back at Twilight.]] While Twilight is disappointed, Starlight is utterly heartbroken.

* During the show, while it's mostly funny, we can see how remorseful Trixie is when she is [[SelfDeprecation mentally kicking herself while talking.]]