So, the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic examples are suffering from a case of SquarePegRoundTrope. I'm going to go through each example here and compare it to the definition on the main WhamEpisode page
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So, the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic examples are suffering from a case of SquarePegRoundTrope. I\'m going to go through each example here and compare it to the definition on the main WhamEpisode page
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-> The season 2 premiere revealed Equestria's horrible past, broke Celestia's pedestal of perfection, brought a hyper-competent villain who [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped]] the mane six without breaking a sweat, and closed the deal with a lot of NightmareFuel. And the next episode takes this FromBadToWorse.
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-> The season 2 premiere revealed Equestria\'s horrible past, broke Celestia\'s pedestal of perfection, brought a hyper-competent villain who [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped]] the mane six without breaking a sweat, and closed the deal with a lot of NightmareFuel. And the next episode takes this FromBadToWorse.
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Not an example. It doesn't change the status quo. Discord is just a powerful villain who was defeated at the end of a two-parter, and then things went back to normal.
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Not an example. It doesn\'t change the status quo. Discord is just a powerful villain who was defeated at the end of a two-parter, and then things went back to normal.
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-> \"Lesson Zero\" shook up the status quo by allowing the other main characters to write [[AnAesop friendship letters]] to Princess Celestia and thereby shifted the show\'s overall focus slightly away from Twilight, as well as fully establishing a [[SanitySlippage slightly dark]] [[SuperOCD vice]] for the latter that would hinder her for several episodes after.
Not an example. This episode slightly changes the status quo, but not in a shocking way. Season 1 was about \"Twilight and her 5 close friends\"; this episode changed that to the show being about an ensemble of 6. It was a small, inevitable change.
-> \"Secret of My Excess\" also surprised everyone by making Spike confess his crush to Rarity... and Rarity not only already knew, but she also took Spike\'s confession with a smile \'\'and teary eyes.\'\'
Not an example. This is a classic SnapBack. The writers completely forgot about this episode.
-> \"A Canterlot Wedding\", otherwise known as the Season Two Finale, gave us Queen Chrysalis and the changelings. Not only did it add more to the world of Equestria and give us an impressive villain, it surprised EVERYPONY, seemingly coming out of left-field. Especially notable, considering the advertisement for it.
--> Perhaps even more importantly, it gave us the dual revelations that Celestia and Luna \'\'aren\'t\'\' the only two pony princesses after all and that Twilight Sparkle has a big brother.
Not an example. The changelings didn\'t change the status quo, they were just unexpected villains. Cadance and Shining Armor are just new characters / extra worldbuilding.
-> \"Magical Mystery Cure\" in which Twilight rewrites an ancient spell, thereby becoming an alicorn & a princess. Sweet Celestia, where do we go from here?
Perfect example. \'\'This\'\' is a proper Wham. Wham Episodes should never be subtle, or debatable. They should smack you right in the face and make it blatantly obvious.
-> \"Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2\" manages to top the above by having the Mane Six relinquish the Elements of Harmony to keep the Tree of Harmony from dying. NothingIsTheSameAnymore, indeed.
Not an example. It did seem like a Wham at the time, but it turned out to just be the introduction of a story arc where the characters got more powerful versions of the Elements of Harmony at the end.
-> \"Flight to the Finish\" takes a usually feel good Cutie Mark Crusaders style episode and turns it on its head when we learn that Scootaloo\'s wings are impaired and she might never actually be able to fly. This is all the more heartbreaking when you consider [[BreakTheCutie that Rainbow Dash is her hero for being the best flier in Equestria]].
Not an example. It\'s an \'\'unexpected\'\' episode because CMC episodes aren\'t usually somber, but it wasn\'t a shock and it didn\'t change the status quo. If anything, it\'s a minor example of a CerebusRetcon. It took the \"Scootaloo has trouble flying\" joke from previous episodes and took the concept seriously.
-> \"[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight\'s Kingdom - Part 2]]\": Let us count the ways: Twilight\'s library is destroyed; she faces the BigBad in a battle of \'\'Anime/DragonBallZ\'\' proportions; Discord\'s HeelFaceTurn is nearly complete; the Mane Six are bestowed with new Elements of Harmony in the form of Rainbow Power; Twilight is dubbed Princess of Friendship; and Twilight is given a brand new castle of her very own, with thrones for herself and all her friends ([[TheOneGuy including Spike]]).
Decent example. The actual Wham here is Twilight\'s library being destroyed; the rest of it is just embellishment.
-> \"[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Crusaders Of The Lost Mark]]\": The Cutie Mark Crusaders finally get their Cutie Marks, thus ending a major plot arc that had been ongoing since season one. Also, they get their ArchEnemies Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon to undergo [[HeelFaceTurn Heel-Face Turns]].
Great example. Nobody expected the central quest that defined the CMC as characters to suddenly be resolved in a random mid-season episode.
-> \"The Cutie Re-Mark\": Starlight Glimmer is finally redeemed, then Twilight takes her on as a student, meaning she\'s joining the cast as a regular.
Not an example. Starlight being redeemed wasn\'t a surprise, it\'s happened to nearly every villain in the show (Nightmare Moon, Gilda, Trixie, Discord, Sunset Shimmer, etc.) It\'s also not clear yet what Starlight\'s role in the future of the show will be.
So, the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic examples are suffering from a case of SquarePegRoundTrope. I'm going to go through each example here and compare it to the definition on the main WhamEpisode page
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So, the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic examples are suffering from a case of SquarePegRoundTrope. I\'m going to go through each example here and compare it to the definition on the main WhamEpisode page
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-> The season 2 premiere revealed Equestria's horrible past, broke Celestia's pedestal of perfection, brought a hyper-competent villain who [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped]] the mane six without breaking a sweat, and closed the deal with a lot of NightmareFuel. And the next episode takes this FromBadToWorse.
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-> The season 2 premiere revealed Equestria\'s horrible past, broke Celestia\'s pedestal of perfection, brought a hyper-competent villain who [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped]] the mane six without breaking a sweat, and closed the deal with a lot of NightmareFuel. And the next episode takes this FromBadToWorse.
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Not an example. It doesn't change the status quo. Discord is just a powerful villain who was defeated at the end of a two-parter, and then things went back to normal.
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Not an example. It doesn\'t change the status quo. Discord is just a powerful villain who was defeated at the end of a two-parter, and then things went back to normal.
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-> \"Lesson Zero\" shook up the status quo by allowing the other main characters to write [[AnAesop friendship letters]] to Princess Celestia and thereby shifted the show\'s overall focus slightly away from Twilight, as well as fully establishing a [[SanitySlippage slightly dark]] [[SuperOCD vice]] for the latter that would hinder her for several episodes after.
Not an example. This episode slightly changes the status quo, but not in a shocking way. Season 1 was about \"Twilight and her 5 close friends\"; this episode changed that to the show being about an ensemble of 6. It was a small, inevitable change.
-> \"Secret of My Excess\" also surprised everyone by making Spike confess his crush to Rarity... and Rarity not only already knew, but she also took Spike\'s confession with a smile \'\'and teary eyes.\'\'
Not an example. This is a classic SnapBack. The writers completely forgot about this episode.
-> \"A Canterlot Wedding\", otherwise known as the Season Two Finale, gave us Queen Chrysalis and the changelings. Not only did it add more to the world of Equestria and give us an impressive villain, it surprised EVERYPONY, seemingly coming out of left-field. Especially notable, considering the advertisement for it.
--> Perhaps even more importantly, it gave us the dual revelations that Celestia and Luna \'\'aren\'t\'\' the only two pony princesses after all and that Twilight Sparkle has a big brother.
Not an example. The changelings didn\'t change the status quo, they were just unexpected villains. Cadance and Shining Armor are just new characters / extra worldbuilding.
-> \"Magical Mystery Cure\" in which Twilight rewrites an ancient spell, thereby becoming an alicorn & a princess. Sweet Celestia, where do we go from here?
Perfect example. \'\'This\'\' is a proper Wham. Wham Episodes should never be subtle, or debatable. They should smack you right in the face and make it blatantly obviously.
-> \"Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2\" manages to top the above by having the Mane Six relinquish the Elements of Harmony to keep the Tree of Harmony from dying. NothingIsTheSameAnymore, indeed.
Not an example. It did seem like a Wham at the time, but it turned out to just be the introduction of a story arc where the characters got more powerful versions of the Elements of Harmony at the end.
-> \"Flight to the Finish\" takes a usually feel good Cutie Mark Crusaders style episode and turns it on its head when we learn that Scootaloo\'s wings are impaired and she might never actually be able to fly. This is all the more heartbreaking when you consider [[BreakTheCutie that Rainbow Dash is her hero for being the best flier in Equestria]].
Not an example. It\'s an \'\'unexpected\'\' episode because CMC episodes aren\'t usually somber, but it wasn\'t a shock and it didn\'t change the status quo. If anything, it\'s a minor example of a CerebusRetcon. It took the \"Scootaloo has trouble flying\" joke from previous episodes and took the concept seriously.
-> \"[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight\'s Kingdom - Part 2]]\": Let us count the ways: Twilight\'s library is destroyed; she faces the BigBad in a battle of \'\'Anime/DragonBallZ\'\' proportions; Discord\'s HeelFaceTurn is nearly complete; the Mane Six are bestowed with new Elements of Harmony in the form of Rainbow Power; Twilight is dubbed Princess of Friendship; and Twilight is given a brand new castle of her very own, with thrones for herself and all her friends ([[TheOneGuy including Spike]]).
Decent example. The actual Wham here is Twilight\'s library being destroyed; the rest of it is just embellishment.
-> \"[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Crusaders Of The Lost Mark]]\": The Cutie Mark Crusaders finally get their Cutie Marks, thus ending a major plot arc that had been ongoing since season one. Also, they get their ArchEnemies Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon to undergo [[HeelFaceTurn Heel-Face Turns]].
Great example. Nobody expected the central quest that defined the CMC as characters to suddenly be resolved in a random mid-season episode.
-> \"The Cutie Re-Mark\": Starlight Glimmer is finally redeemed, then Twilight takes her on as a student, meaning she\'s joining the cast as a regular.
Not an example. Starlight being redeemed wasn\'t a surprise, it\'s happened to nearly every villain in the show (Nightmare Moon, Gilda, Trixie, Discord, Sunset Shimmer, etc.) It\'s also not clear yet what Starlight\'s role in the future of the show will be.
So, the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic examples are suffering from a case of SquarePegRoundTrope. I'm going to go through each example here and compare it to the definition on the main WhamEpisode page
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So, the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic examples are suffering from a case of SquarePegRoundTrope. I\'m going to go through each example here and compare it to the definition on the main WhamEpisode page
Changed line(s) 3 from:
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-> The season 2 premiere revealed Equestria's horrible past, broke Celestia's pedestal of perfection, brought a hyper-competent villain who [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped]] the mane six without breaking a sweat, and closed the deal with a lot of NightmareFuel. And the next episode takes this FromBadToWorse.
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-> The season 2 premiere revealed Equestria\'s horrible past, broke Celestia\'s pedestal of perfection, brought a hyper-competent villain who [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped]] the mane six without breaking a sweat, and closed the deal with a lot of NightmareFuel. And the next episode takes this FromBadToWorse.
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Not an example. It doesn't change the status quo. Discord is just a powerful villain who was defeated at th end of a two-parter, and then things went back to normal.
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Not an example. It doesn\'t change the status quo. Discord is just a powerful villain who was defeated at the end of a two-parter, and then things went back to normal.
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-> \"Lesson Zero\" shook up the status quo by allowing the other main characters to write [[AnAesop friendship letters]] to Princess Celestia and thereby shifted the show\'s overall focus slightly away from Twilight, as well as fully establishing a [[SanitySlippage slightly dark]] [[SuperOCD vice]] for the latter that would hinder her for several episodes after.
Not an example. This episode slightly changes the status quo, but not in a shocking way. Season 1 was about \"Twilight and her 5 close friends\"; this episode changed that to the show being about an ensemble of 6. It was a small, inevitable change.
-> \"Secret of My Excess\" also surprised everyone by making Spike confess his crush to Rarity... and Rarity not only already knew, but she also took Spike\'s confession with a smile \'\'and teary eyes.\'\'
Not an example. This is a classic SnapBack. The writers completely forgot about this episode.
-> \"A Canterlot Wedding\", otherwise known as the Season Two Finale, gave us Queen Chrysalis and the changelings. Not only did it add more to the world of Equestria and give us an impressive villain, it surprised EVERYPONY, seemingly coming out of left-field. Especially notable, considering the advertisement for it.
--> Perhaps even more importantly, it gave us the dual revelations that Celestia and Luna \'\'aren\'t\'\' the only two pony princesses after all and that Twilight Sparkle has a big brother.
Not an example. The changelings didn\'t change the status quo, they were just unexpected villains. Cadance and Shining Armor are just new characters / extra worldbuilding.
-> \"Magical Mystery Cure\" in which Twilight rewrites an ancient spell, thereby becoming an alicorn & a princess. Sweet Celestia, where do we go from here?
Perfect example. \'\'This\'\' is a proper Wham. Wham Episodes should never be subtle, or debatable. They should smack you right in the face and make it blatantly obviously.
-> \"Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2\" manages to top the above by having the Mane Six relinquish the Elements of Harmony to keep the Tree of Harmony from dying. NothingIsTheSameAnymore, indeed.
Not an example. It did seem like a Wham at the time, but it turned out to just be the introduction of a story arc where at the end the characters got more powerful versions of the Elements of Harmony at the end.
-> \"Flight to the Finish\" takes a usually feel good Cutie Mark Crusaders style episode and turns it on its head when we learn that Scootaloo\'s wings are impaired and she might never actually be able to fly. This is all the more heartbreaking when you consider [[BreakTheCutie that Rainbow Dash is her hero for being the best flier in Equestria]].
Not an example. It\'s an \'\'unexpected\'\' episode because CMC episodes aren\'t usually somber, but it wasn\'t a shock and it didn\'t change the status quo. If anything, it\'s a minor example of a CerebusRetcon. It took the \"Scootaloo has trouble flying\" joke from previous episodes and took the concept seriously.
-> \"[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight\'s Kingdom - Part 2]]\": Let us count the ways: Twilight\'s library is destroyed; she faces the BigBad in a battle of \'\'Anime/DragonBallZ\'\' proportions; Discord\'s HeelFaceTurn is nearly complete; the Mane Six are bestowed with new Elements of Harmony in the form of Rainbow Power; Twilight is dubbed Princess of Friendship; and Twilight is given a brand new castle of her very own, with thrones for herself and all her friends ([[TheOneGuy including Spike]]).
Decent example. The actual Wham here is Twilight\'s library being destroyed; the rest of it is just embellishment.
-> \"[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Crusaders Of The Lost Mark]]\": The Cutie Mark Crusaders finally get their Cutie Marks, thus ending a major plot arc that had been ongoing since season one. Also, they get their ArchEnemies Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon to undergo [[HeelFaceTurn Heel-Face Turns]].
Great example. Nobody expected the central quest that defined the CMC as characters to suddenly be resolved in a random mid-season episode.
-> \"The Cutie Re-Mark\": Starlight Glimmer is finally redeemed, then Twilight takes her on as a student, meaning she\'s joining the cast as a regular.
Not an example. Starlight being redeemed wasn\'t a surprise, it\'s happened to nearly every villain in the show (Nightmare Moon, Gilda, Trixie, Discord, Sunset Shimmer, etc.) It\'s also not clear yet what Starlight\'s role in the future of the show will be.
