The moral of the story: Never put yourself out there. Public ridicule hurts. 
So it’s like the Special Olympics? Everybody wins?
Huh. Based on that last scene it looks like Scootaloo is Rainbow Dash’s sister after all. There’s been some question on that front.
These two episodes were a little too much for the fans the first time around. They wanted them to get back to the ‘mane six’ and stop it with the CMCs. I quite like them, though.
Well, we saw two acts and three prizes. So, the S.O. have nothing on these guys.
It’s certainly quite illuminating about the maturation process of ponies. Clearly, gaining the cutie mark represents the onset of puberty, the visible mark a metaphor for menstruation, which makes Granny Smith quite an interesting character, IMO.