Talk:Too Many Pinkie Pies/@comment-4215388-20181027020237

This episode had some extremely dark undertones with the "I might zap the real Pinkie and then she's gone forever!" aspect. Why not:

1) Have a spell Twilight learns that ONLY works on the clones?

2) Quiz the clones on what their friends' names are? Pinkie only accurately taught the clones Applejack and Fluttershy's names. They would probably mess up the rest of her friend's names, which is something the real Pinkie would not do.

3) Use the Element of Laughter necklace to magic up a way to figure out which one is the real Pinkie Pie.

4) Realize that the ONE moping Pinkie Pie in town, and the one that comes up with the idea for the test, is actually the real Pinkie?

All of those are a lot safer than the possibility of a very depressing outcome. The real Pinkie was clearly the last one left as, going back to my #2 idea, one of the clone Pinkie's wouldn't know who Princess Celestia is or know to write a letter to her at the end of the episode. Still, this was a really unsettling episode.