Tetrominon 
While I acknowledge that, taken objectively, this does make for quite a pathetic display on their part, you seem to be forgetting one significant detail: this is not just an ordinary crowd of children they’re up against, these are Ponyville children, born and bred. The CMC routinely make excursions into the Everfree Forest like it was absolutely no big deal! Snips and Snails once wandered in, aimlessly trying to find a creature they couldn’t even have possibly known was actually in there to find, yet managed to stay unharmed long enough to stumble across it anyway! And even if none of the others even once set a hoof past the treeline, they’ve still grown up in a town where rampaging monsters are considered an inconvenience to scheduling at best! Those hard-life big city criminal types never stood a snowball’s chance.
Undesirable
Also, these are some of the worst thugs I’ve ever seen. Like, wow are you bad at this.
While I acknowledge that, taken objectively, this does make for quite a pathetic display on their part, you seem to be forgetting one significant detail: this is not just an ordinary crowd of children they’re up against, these are Ponyville children, born and bred. The CMC routinely make excursions into the Everfree Forest like it was absolutely no big deal! Snips and Snails once wandered in, aimlessly trying to find a creature they couldn’t even have possibly known was actually in there to find, yet managed to stay unharmed long enough to stumble across it anyway! And even if none of the others even once set a hoof past the treeline, they’ve still grown up in a town where rampaging monsters are considered an inconvenience to scheduling at best! Those hard-life big city criminal types never stood a snowball’s chance.
