One little bit that gets glossed over is how alike Spike and Twilight are here. Spike has stage fright and feels (briefly) uncomfortable with all the praise and fancy titles. Twilight is clearly still feeling out of place as a princess and wishing she could just be down in the bleachers with her friends.
Yet Twilight is excited for him when he's getting praised to the heavens, hoof-fed gems, and fanned with palm fronds. I expected this to wind up being more of a shared experience for them, but there was only Spike's jab about how "you NEVER let anypony down!"
I'm glad that they reworked the Ponyille uniforms a bit.
Laughed at Twilight looking pensive when Spike asked about turning back time -- a spell Spike knows she knows.
edit: 
"Hullo, Gaw-juss!"
I think palette-swap Red Griffon is new. Maybe she has returned from the Dark World.

So, what are we supposed to make of these guests of honor?

The princesses are obvious, and then there are foreign dignitaries.
And then... Mayor, Fancy Pants, Fleur, Cherry Jubilee, and two others I don't think we've seen. The last one is clearly important because of his giant hat.
rudecyrus wrote:Oh my god that was painful. I was cringing all the way through it. It was amazing.
That was the most awkward scene in the history of the show.
I wound up skipping through it the first time because holy crap.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Ponyville is not
that small anymore. Besides, given Ponyville's apparently significant racial diversity, perhaps they were able to field more of the best kinds of pony for each event than other cities with worse racial balance.
And yet, we still never see any competitors in these games except the pegasi.

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