Wonderbolt Academy (location)

The Wonderbolts Academy is a location first seen in the episode Wonderbolts Academy. It is a boot camp located on a flat mountaintop where pegasi are invited to be trained by the Wonderbolts. In the episode, Rainbow Dash receives her invitation to attend the academy for one week.

Description
The Wonderbolts Academy is a boot camp complex consisting of a paved runway along with some other structures on top of a flat mountain, with other buildings, such as a mess hall and offices located on clouds dotted around the mountaintop. An obstacle course is also located around the mountaintop.

Training
As seen in the episode, Spitfire gives her cadets a typical boot camp styled training while playing the role of a stereotypical drill sergeant.

Cadets are put through a series of exercises, including the aforementioned obstacle course, a flag collecting drill and a cloud-clearing drill. The first exercise is a landing drill where pegasi are instructed to land as quickly and smoothly as possible after being made dizzy by the "dizzitron".

After the dizzitron, the cadets are organised into pairs, with one member being the lead pony and the other being the wing pony. The lead pony wears a gold badge whereas the wing pony wears a silver badge. The lead pony role is given to the pegasus who pushes his or herself harder, as evidenced when Spitfire tells Rainbow Dash this when Rainbow Dash visits her to contest her allocated role as a wing pony.

Reckless behaviour during exercises is punished, as seen when Lightning Dust has her badge and status as lead pony revoked after it is revealed she behaved recklessly during the exercises and as a result put other ponies in danger.

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