YMMV / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S9 E4 "Sparkle's Seven"

• Alternative Character Interpretation: It's left open-ended whether or not there was any truth to Applejack's "Apple Chord" story.
• Aluminum Christmas Trees: Geese being kept as guards is a thing in real life.
• Contested Sequel: Due to both being milestone episodes, comparisons with "Slice of Life" over which one was better were inevitable.
• Fanfic Fuel:
  • How would the castle defenses be revised?
  • Space travel exists considering Pinkie's Imagine Spot includes her wearing a spacesuit.
  • How does space works with the sun and moon — two very prominent celestial bodies — being magically controlled?
  • How much command Shining Armor exactly has over the defense of Equestria?
  • The previous Sibling Supreme competitions.
  • Spike being raised in Twilight's household. When and how long was it?
• Genius Bonus:
  • Having Shining Armor blab about the updated defenses to Twilight seems like a stupid move at first. But after the episode is over, it's shown that the defenses are to be revised now that the flaws have been pointed out. Workers in the software industry will recognize this as a penetration test, where the flaws of a system are revealed by trying to hack into it.
  • While the geese might seem like a joke, in real life Guard Geese are something used on farms, as geese are easy to train and remain quiet at night unless spooked while also being hard to distract like some guard dogs.
• Memetic Mutation: This image of Princess Luna ominously stroking a goose while glowering at the group immediately became a meme.
• Narm Charm: This episode is incredibly nonsensical and zany, but you can't deny how hilarious it is.
• Unexpected Character:
  • No-one expected that Zephyr Breeze would be appearing in this episode.
  • Maud Pie's cameo also came off as a surprise.

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