This shit made gen-Zers piss & cry in fear back in the day.
https://mlppasta.fandom.com/wiki/Cupcakes_(Original)
https://youtu.be/FQUH232K-y8?t=759
It's what Smile is based off of.
I don't like Smile very much cause it's counterintuitive... Fluttershy should have won, not Pinkie.
Any narrative dictates that who starts the problem gets the comeuppance, yes. Seems like this generation doesn't know the word "comeuppance".