The Masquerade (G1.5 TV episode, July 25^th 1992, 11 minutes)

Summary: The girls are to attend a costume ball where they dress up as what they want to be in the future. Bon Bon feels that her dream isn't possible, and is too embarrassed to go.

Yeah, the pony brushing her teeth in the intro gets freakier each time I see it.

Masquerade party that evening? Only an hour or two to come up with costumes? Really? I mean, yes, I do that, but I have a room of my house devoted to period clothing construction... which is currently full of bags of fleece as my wife's spinning and weaving has kinda taken over... Anyway, that's not really a reasonable thing to ask kids to do.

Yeah, I'm not going to like this one, am I? No, I'm being judgmental. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be a fashion model. It's all in how the episode treats the topic, not the topic itself.

It's just unfortunate given the stereotypes layered onto the idea even in the 90's.

Actually, good advice on costumes. Simple, but detailed. A good number of small details on a clean outfit makes much more impact that a lot of big props. Treat costumes as someone else's clothes and you'll do better at professional costume contests.

Male pony named 'Lancer' with a fleur de lis cutie mark. Again, some of these ponies are difficult to peg the theme on. I'm not sure how that all holds together.