That's only because they remembered her from the Young Flier's competition in Sonic Rainboom. In Ticket Master, Dash was basically trying to show off to some ponies that had no idea who she was by crashing their performance.

Also, kinda off topic, but that bumper sticker I ordered finally came in. I'll try to post a pic of it later. I was going to last night, but I forgot.

edited 23rd Jul '11 12:42:18 PM by JapaneseTeeth

That's because she because she saved their lives earlier and then came in and talked to them normally at the Gala. I doubt they would have been too happy if she crashed their performance.

Edit: Arrows. Also kind of ninjaed.

edited 23rd Jul '11 12:42:38 PM by KuroiTsubasaTenshi

speakin of the bolts: Why were they the ONLY pegasi other than RD who were willing to at least TRY and save Rarity during "Sonic Rainboom"?

edited 23rd Jul '11 12:43:21 PM by gingerninja666

that just proves my point that Rainbow did better in reality then in her fantasy.

Maybe the other pegasi didn't think they were capable or were too stunned to react. Plus I think they were probably willing to put their faith in the Wonderbolts that jumped in since the Wonderbolts are supposed to be the best of the best. I don't think anypony was expecting Rarity to accidently clobber them and make the situation worse.

Yeah, I'm guessing that everyone figured that they were the best fliers in Equestria and therefore the most qualified. Any of the other pegasi might have gotten in their way and made it worse. By the time Rarity KO'd them all, they were too far away for most non-competitive pegasi to do anything. Heck, RD even only barely got to them in time.

@Ben10fan: The catch is that the fantasy and reality don't match up. In reality, she impressed them at a competition that was specifically designed for flyers to show off their skills. In her fantasy, she basically wanted to join them while they were performing. Say you're trying to impress a famous singer; you're way better off singing for them in a talent competition that they're judging (i.e. Sonic Rainboom's competition), than you are jumping on stage and trying to do a duet with them at one of their concerts (what RD's fantasy was like).

Also, her fantasy took place before she rescued them; she didn't think they had any reason to notice her outside of her raw skill.

edited 23rd Jul '11 12:55:35 PM by JapaneseTeeth

I would think that the Pegasus pony have an established rescue falling ponies protocol, and well, the Wonderbolts would be at the top of the list of people who could do it, though where the other three of them were is beyond me.

Only half the team got knocked out. Maybe they were trying to follow up, but then Dash blasted past them.

Maybe those 3 were the best in terms of raw speed, and the others specialize in different areas of flying

I kinda feel bad for the bolts, it's not often you see a competition contestant (especially one for young people) outdo the celebrity judges in their own area of expertise

Not exactly, but that'd be like a contestant on Dancing On Ice skating better than Torvill and Dean

edited 23rd Jul '11 1:10:46 PM by gingerninja666

The main reason that only the Wonderbolts and Dash tried to save Rarity was for dramatic effect. There is no decent in-show explanation.

What do you mean, "no decent in-show explanation"? Isn't saving Rarity from falling to her death a good explanation?

My point is there is no reason ONLY FOUR PEGASI out of the DOZENS present went after her. Sorry if that was confusing...

and I will put my final thoughts out on the Complete Monster topic I started. it is confirmed that season two will have villains, which is already a tonal shift in the show. so having just one or two Complete Monsters probably wouldn't affect anything in my mind. and the Elements of Harmony can also banish, so they could still be used.

edited 23rd Jul '11 1:30:17 PM by Ben10fan

Wonder Bolts are best flyers in Equestria so no point others to go after them, whoof could know that Rarity was that epic fail damsel that she knock out all 3. Also many ponies where paralizated with fear and suprice so they can't have cold blood in that situation.

And about Celestria or her guards, they could safe Rarity but propably Princess knew what will hapen.

I don't see room for Complete Monster here. Even G1 doesn't have them, Grogar or Tirac where so much evil but they not cross on screen Moral Event Horizon.

Well, if everybody jumped after her, nothing would get done. And like other people are saying, the professional flyers were probably the most qualified. As for why nobody followed after them...they couldn't see that far down? They wouldn't have made it in time? They didn't want to add another body to the count, with Rarity still flailing around like an idiot?

It's hard to say exactly what, but there are plenty of reasons.

Yeah, it's like if you see an emergency taking place in any situation, you let the experts take the lead.

One of the first things they teach you during first aid/emergency response training is "Let the pros take the lead. You do far more damage getting in the way."

Now that I think about it, that makes sense. Thank you.

If I might ask a serious question?

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WHY ISN'T RAINBOW DASH PART OF THE WONDERBOLTS YET?!!! She was BETTER than them! As in, she was faster than them, AND she did a Sonic Rainboom, something that's only ever been done twice, both times by her!

She doesn't NEED to impress them. They should be coming to her with an offer to join

edited 23rd Jul '11 1:53:28 PM by gingerninja666

Lack of discipline, perhaps?

They might be full. A team like that probably has a set amount of members. Or maybe show flying has a league, or something, that you need to be a part of, and they just pick you when you're good enough, Like the globetrotters(I assume)?

Actually, we don't know for sure that she's better than them, since we've never actually seen them do a show. We've just seen them go after Rarity and get clobbered - Dash was moving so fast that there's no way Rarity could have hit her.

As for the sonic rainboom, firstly, speed isn't everything. And secondly, it required her to be going full speed at the ground. How many ponies would even want to attempt that?

edited 23rd Jul '11 2:03:28 PM by kegisak

The Wonderbolts are a rather disciplined team, I'm sure they would let her try out, and I'm sure she could win, BUT that doesn't mean the time for it has come up yet.

Next season, now...

Actually, I'd like to see more than the two we have already. I mean, there's about twelve of them.

RD is not part of Wonderbolst because it will break fellowship (Mane Cast).

That would be good RD episode if she tried to join but realisated that she need stay with rest of mane six.

I'm guessing that the main thing is that teamwork is a pretty important part of their shows, and RD hasn't exactly gotten that down yet.

Not to mention that she's only ever done the Sonic Rainboom twice, and one of those was basically due to extenuating circumstances. She has trouble doing on command, and outside of that, we don't really have any points of comparison; we've never seen any other pegasi doing a full performance so we don't know how RD compares.

RD definitely has talent, but she doesn't really have the discipline needed to be part of a team at this point. She can do some impressive tricks, but she has trouble performing reliably and is a bit of a loose cannon.

edited 23rd Jul '11 2:17:47 PM by JapaneseTeeth