


This is my least favorite inconsistency in the whole show.
While I don't like inconsistencies in fiction, I don't usually get worked up about them, since I accept it as something that just happens with franchises. But sometimes a franchise will pull something that just bothers me to no end.
In MLP's case, is Scootaloo forgetting that she knows about Lightning Dust and her history with Rainbow Dash.
Firstly, these two episodes are only a Season apart, so there's a very good chance that someone who watched the Season 7 episode will notice the inconsistency in Season 8. I think even a young child would be able to notice it.
It almost feels like an insult to the show's audience, that they'd just not notice or care about this very clear inconsistency.
But what really gets me is how Rainbow Dash's parents make a cameo at the end of The Washouts. Their debut appearence was in Parental Glideance, the episode that this episode is contradicting. This really tells me that the people working on The Washouts were either not paying attention or just didn't care about the contradiction being made.