I... DON'T think she does a very good job at it. Don Rickle aside, I don't think I've be entertained by watching someone not only humiliate someone else, but also hurt them (Trixie making a raincloud strike lightning at Rainbow Dash sticks out in my mind and makes me think she's gone too far).Marshal Dan Troop said:I think it's because Trixie comes off as more sympathetic because from a lot of peoples view point shes just trying to do her job (which she is apparently very good at) but she keeps getting yelled at for being arrogant when really shes just trying to entertain people. While Flim and Flam come off as *bleep*s and are hurt because they appear in a very flawed episode.
If she REALLY just wanted to entertain people, then she shouldn't be gloating like that. Also, notice, when it's just Snips and Snails and she's NOT on stage she still keeps up her snooty, arrogant attitude. Everything you said is basically just fanon, or at the very least, headcannon, it's something people WANT to believe, not something that's actually confirmed within the show itself. That's kind of what annoys me about Trixie, they're trying to make her sympathetic by making up stuff to MAKE her seem sympathetic.
I didn't think Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 was a flawed episode... Even though I have mixed feelings about it, I think everything IN the actual episode works, especially the antagonists Flim and Flam.