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and the other aspect I´ve wanted to talk about was how both 2,4,6 Great and A Trivial Pursuit have shown the same lesson without repeating the formula nor the same conflict.

Their messages fall into the same concept: it doesn´t matter what happens in the end as long as you do it with your friends and spend time together.

Now, one would say that this message is flawed and at its core, it could come from a loser´s mentality because it could mean that "taking part is the most important thing". I would argue that because while they look similar, in practice, they don´t have the same application.

In both episodes, the teams lost in the end (A Trivial Pursuit implied that the sacrifice would mean that the victory was out of the map) but that doesn´t mean the participants were incompetent. Twilight´s team lost by one point (4 for the locals-5 for the visitors) in the match and Dash´s plan for cheerleading stood out to both princesses.

As for ep 17, Twilight can do literally anything she wants by playing with the rules to the limit (and she can get to a real obnoxious level with them) and Pinkie, while she showed signs of being a lackluster player, she knew the answers of her specialty and she felt resigned for not gaining points because of her knowledge.

So yeah, the messages fit for this show and they didn´t leave at all the competent aspect aside, not to mention that even adult shows have hinted at this lesson (American Dad) as well.

Both episodes are more rewarding if they are watched together. As soon as the viewer sets the proper mood with one of them, the next one will feel more digestible to him. Despite having no link between each other, in terms of style, they make sense one leads up to the next in the episode list. Props to the writers for grouping them next to each other.