YMMV / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S1 E7 "Dragonshy"

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• Angst? What Angst?: Rarity shows this after her failed attempt to lure the dragon out of the cave, caring more about not getting the treasure.
• Broken Base: Fans are divided on Rainbow Dash towards Fluttershy. Was she the only sane mare or an insensitive Jerkass?
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Again, the Dragon gets this treatment for being one of the most sympathetically portrayed ones (other than Spike and Princess Ember) on the show. He just wants to sleep instead of actually cause any destruction, he actually responds positively to Rarity (until he realizes she's trying to steal from him), he only becomes violent when Rainbow kicks him first, and he ultimately proves to be willing to listen to reason when Fluttershy stands up to him.
  • Aside from sympathetic reasons, a lot of people liked the Dragon simply because he looked a bit like Tolkien's description of Smaug.
• Heartwarming in Hindsight: The Dragon ultimately being a Jerk with a Heart of Gold Noble Demon instead of just some one-dimensional monster. As of "Gauntlet of Fire", it turns out that most Dragons are actually similar to him.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Fluttershy is correct in asserting that Spike's not a huge, gigantic, terrifying, enormous, teeth-gnashing, sharp-scale-having, horn-wearing, smoke-snoring, could-eat-a-pony-in-one-bite, totally-all-grown-up dragon. Except later, he becomes just that.
  • At one point, Fluttershy says, "This is a time for panic!" Pinkie, not listening to her, says, "I'm going to need balloons!" In "It's About Time", she uses balloons to panic.

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