My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Image #832,122

Admittedly, I kind of groaned a bit.

I preferred it back when what exactly the Wonderbolts were was a bit ambiguous. Back when you could just assume they were a bunch of glorified entertainers.

The whole parallel to a real military airforce just seems kind of… uh… pointlessly dumb? The actual royal guards can't do a damn thing on the show, now they're just adding another branch to it. Especially with the long-winded history they give. Can't help but wonder aloud, "Okay, that's cool, but did they ever actually do anything?"