Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-3410511-20160701061513/@comment-5837525-20160701142700



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The Crystal Empire - Part 2 had Twilight learn the meaning of self-sacrifice. Sleepless in Ponyville reveals that Rainbow Dash has had her own fears to face. In Daring Don't AND Rainbow Falls, Rainbow learns to stop seeing her heroes through rose-colored glasses.

I would argue that season 3 and 4 had plenty of character development for the Mane Six and moments where we "learn something new about" them. By that point in the series, we already know a lot of them; later seasons just build upon the foundation.