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Even though this show is considered to be a surprise Cult Classic, there are some episodes that even the most hardcore of Bronies would want locked deep in the pits of Tartarus. Please order entries by episode number.

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Season 8

A Matter of Principals I Like Robots: So, yeah, I get that reformed Discord is supposed to be a Lovable Rogue and a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, but his behavior in this episode was just plain insufferable.



The worst moment of the entire episode, though, was the ending: Starlight apologizes to Discord, who has done nothing but be a jerkass the entire episode, claiming that she should have approached the situation like a guidance counselor, and promises to make him secondary head mare. So what exactly is the moral here? 'If your feelings are hurt or you feel bad about something, feel free to make others suffer until they relent and give you what you want?'



Other episodes where Discord's antics have gotten out of hand at least have Discord realizing the error of his ways, other ponies calling him out for it (Fluttershy during the Smooze incident), or Discord himself getting some kind of retribution for his actions (him getting sick at the end of "Three's a Crowd"). This one trying to justify such selfish and bratty behavior just left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't hate Discord, but episodes like this really don't help his case.

The Washouts Bobg: When Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash see that Lightning Dust is the leader of The Washouts, Scootaloo has no idea who Lightning is, made clear when she says "You two know each other?". This creates a huge Plot Hole, as Scootaloo knew all about her and told Rainbow's parents about her in Parental Glideance. This gets even worse at the end when we see that Rainbow's parents have joined the Scootaloo fan club, making it clear the writers remember that episode. How the heck did they miss that detail than?

Father Knows Beast Drake Clawfang: What might have been merely a bad episode reached the deepest pits of rage I could feel for the show when Spike pulls the "You're Not My Father" bit on Twilight.



That line transcended the episode and translated to direct anger and disgust for the writer when they assigned Spike that line. Twilight raised Spike, she hatched him, they grew up together, she bathed him, fed him, taught him, disciplined him. She is the only parental figure he has ever known for his entire life, and they consider each other family, as stated in "Once Upon a Zepplin".



Spike's rejection of Twilight as a parental figure in favor of his real father is the cherry on top of an Idiot Plot episode. It's a slap in the face to everyone who cared about Spike and Twilight's relationship and it spits on the past seven seasons spent exploring it.



Season 9

The Beginning of the End Teleport_Ted: King Sombra's new characterization? Dumbed-down, stereotypical Big Bad Wannabe. Welp — goodbye, unique No-Nonsense Nemesis from "The Crystal Empire" and "The Cutie Re-Mark"... and goodbye, Character Development and World Building note E.g. — Princess Amore, Radiant Hope, and the Umbrum. from the FIENDship Is Magic and Siege of the Crystal Empire comics. Sadly, this wouldn't be the only reason why Season 9 ended up being my least-favorite Season; but it's definitely the first one that comes to mind.

The Ending of the End Aj Wargo: Brace yourself for what I consider to be the biggest slap in the face ever, fellow bronies. In a twist so stupid and abysmal... there was no Grogar. It was Discord in disguise using the villains to prepare Twilight to be a good ruler. They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character doesnt even begin to describe this. For one thing, this goes against nearly everything about Discord- why would he be trying to use these villains as pawns if he knows Tirek attacked him before? Also, Discord never displayed shapeshifting as one of his abilities at any point in the series- sure, he can change outfits on a dime, but never outright turning into someone else. And, in terms of writing, why would you deny the fans a final battle with one of G1s best villains? I am personally angry about this because I am a die-hard fan of G1 and was looking forward to a proper final battle. This ruined the finale for me and made me fear for the future of this franchise. O_Zone: While the twist does feel like a bit of an Ass Pull, I actually could have been more forgiving of it if not for one small thing; the way we find out it's Discord. The Bewitching Bell takes Discord's powers away from him...you know the same item that "Grogar" told the trio about back in Frenemies? The same one HE told them to retrieve? So basically, Discord inadvertently set up his own downfall not thinking the Trio would use said bell on HIM...his plan could have ultimately still failed without the bell (they could have turned on him another way), and while this wouldn't have save the eventual twist, I feel it would have made it more palpable. Javertshark 13: The worst part about the twist is the sheer level of Moral Dissonance involved. Up until the reveal, I was actually impressed that the writers had manged to flesh out the villains and make them somewhat sympathetic, due to Grogar's abusive treatment of them. Then we find out that Discord was using the villains, including a child, as disposable pawns, and we're expected to sympathize with his motives in doing this. Apparently, we're not supposed to care that Discord showed such callousness towards their lives, and we're actually meant to feel sorry for him because the villains he was abusing turned on him. It's a complete double standard, as until this point, Grogar's treatment of the villains seemed to depict him as even worse than they were, but then we're told that since it was actually Discord, it's suddenly forgivable. Even when the heroes call him out, they're only angry that his plan was reckless and put Equestria in danger, with no one mentioning that abusing and manipulating others, regardless of their own crimes, is wrong. It's bad enough on its own, but the fact that he involved Cozy Glow in this makes it downright disgusting. We're actually being told that child abuse is forgivable, as long as said child is evil, and therefore deserves anything she gets. It's irredeemable for the writers, and is easily the most sickening thing I've seen on the show. Threedogs 123: For me, it's what they do to Cozy Glow, turning a child into stone. So many adults were given a second chance despite also doing awful things, including a mare who enslaved a village and tried to alter the past despite seeing it could result in the apocalypse, a mare who betrayed her country and lead an invasion on it, personally turning three of the princesses to stone and imprisoning civilians in cages, and a reality warping being who turned the land into a Crapsack World. All of them far more powerful than a simple child. Even a trio of evil creatures who tried to conquer the world and never actually reformed were allowed to walk around free after their defeat. Yet a child gets imprisoned in Tartarus presumably for life and later turned into stone presumably for all eternity. Nobody ever bothered with a more normal prison with an explicitly not lifelong sentence even in the season 8 finale. They gave her a fucking life sentence instead of anything else. Yet the sirens were allowed to run free. No wonder so many people were pissed about the season 8 finale. The writers had a chance to fix this in season 9, and instead they made it even worse. She was already serving her stupidly harsh sentence in Tartarus before being forcefully broken out and railroaded into committing more crimes with the end result of being given an even harsher sentence suggested by the person who broke her out in the first place, who is allowed to run free. What a horrible miscarriage of justice. Again, we have no reason to believe that it won't be permanent. I don't care what anyone else says, as far as I'm concerned, all the heroes have crossed the Moral Event Horizon by virtue of the fact that none of them objected to this. This ruined the entire series for me, and the fact that so many people say she deserved it disgusts me. I only hope that the comics or Word of God confirm that she will not necessarily have to stay in stone for all eternity. tvlegend: While I am quite upset with the twist that Grogar is not real, the thing about it that sickens me most is the fact that Discord put Fluttershy, his closest friend, in danger. Let me repeat that. Discord just put his best friend in a situation where she could have been seriously hurt, or even killed, all so that he could give Twilight a confidence boost! If one of my friends was in need of a confidence boost, I wouldn't lock him in a house with a serial killer! Even though Fluttershy isn't my favorite member of the Mane 6 (That honor goes to Rainbow Dash), I'm still quite ticked off that Discord wound up endangering her life through this stupid plan of his!



Equestria Girls

The first film Magnet Missile: I have to say for the first film, they built up Sunset Shimmer as a powerful villain. Oh, guess what happens after she goes One-Winged Angel on the protagonists? She's defeated in possibly one of the most anticlimactic fights. To go from a powerful villain to being defeated in seconds just seems like a slap in the face. Yeah, she's reformed in the second film but that doesn't change the fact she was an Anti-Climax Boss in the first movie.



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