My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - S07E15 - Triple Threat

In the "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" episode "Triple Threat", Spike The Dragon accidentally invites both Ember, the female Dragon Lord, and Thorax, the new leader of the Changelings, to the same event in Ponyville. And when Spike starts to think of how different they are, he automatically assumes that they will not like each other, and even begins to fear that they might declare war against each other. So when Ember and Thorax arrives, he tries to keep them away from each other as much as possible. But that plan gets an unexpected complication, when the Friendship Map summons him to solve a friendship problem, in Ponyville.

When Thorax and Ember finally meet, it's because of a simple misunderstanding. Thorax sees Ember yelling at Spike, and believes she's intent on hurting him. So, Thorax transforms into a big bear, and jumps in to defend Spike. And when Thorax changes into the bear, he stands up on his back legs, and beats his chest, to show that he means business.

"This scene has one kind of strange element to it. Namely the fact that Thorax performs a chest pound, even though bears don't do that. But, in all honesty, I don't really care, because he looks already so awesome as a bear, that the chest pounding just adds to his might."

"But I am still a bit disappointed in this episode, because Ember, the Dragon Lord, is the kind of girl whom you would expect to do a chest beat, in response to Thorax's challenge. And yet, she never does it. She just goes on to defend Spike, because she thinks Thorax is out to hurt him, and she does it without responding to Thorax in a similar manner. In short, a missed opportunity, if ever I saw one. Nice way to miss the goal, Hasbro."