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Boast Busters (November 19th 2010, 22 minutes)

Summary: Ponyville is visited by the Great and Powerful TRIXIE! Who immediately comes into conflict with the Mane 6.

That mustache trick is described as a 'growth' spell. Meaning dragons have hair on their upper lip for the spell to grow into a mustache. Much like that sea serpent in the second episode. So is there a dividing line between Steve Magnet and Spike, species-wise? Possibly not that wide of a division.

Twilight is a munchkin. Taking something as generic as 'Magic' as a special talent would violate nearly all RPG character-building systems.

Snips and Snails remind me of the characterization of male MLP characters back in G1.5's My Little Pony Tales. The automatic 'boys are stupid' meme in girls-oriented media.

I love the wagon that folds out into a stage. While I've seen setups similar to that, none of them are automatic, have much less 'stage' area, and they leave very little room for a living space. Plus they're drafty and heavy. This kind of thing was very common in America in the the early 20th century, as an evolution of the 19th century 'Medicine Show'. Bigger setups like circuses would have separate wagons for stages vs. living quarters.

Her control over those fireworks is pretty impressive actually.

I'm not entirely sure what Trixie actually did to Rainbow Dash. That's not telekinesis, unless rainbows are physically manipulatable by non-pegasi. The mini-storm is apparantly telekinesis though, as we'll see later when Rarity pulls the same stunt in a future episode.

Twilight summoned a door? What?

Ursa Minor. This is interesting, as we've seen nothing else like them since. What exactly is it? The stars within it seem to move independantly of the creature.

"Vanquish it, eh?" This is very distinctly the Central Canadian dialect, popularized by Bob and Doug McKenzie. Yes, people do actually talk like that, though it's not as common anymore.

Trixie still gets a bum rap at the end, her act is disrupted by hecklers, her home is destroyed, two other ponies are responsible for the damage, and she gets the blame while they get... rewarded, sorta?