So in a lot of stories, where Spike leaves the Mane Six, one of the reasons was because he's the primary target of Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie's pranks.

But instead of taking that as a factor for his reasons to run away, or a "descent into madness" that's rated T, or M, or dark, blah blah blah...

What-IF: It plays out in a Bugs Bunny kind of way, like this?

And then the dragon and ponies started throwing pranks, one after another, with their friends caught in between. Like this.

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Yeah instead of Spike just running away or turning bitter, why doesn't he just fight back himself with his own kind of pranks on them?