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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 4 |OT| Twilight Princess Returns
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SparksterMeta0
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Shadow Hog
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So much for Inkie, Blinkie and Clyde/Sue/Tim.
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DrForester
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Fluttersong to start the episode is a good thing.
DrForester
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The Spirit of Music is inside all of you.
wookieofdoom
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Pinkie Pie was down right evil this episode. Also apparently Lyra has a boyfriend.
DrForester
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Candy Mane, no longer the oldest Cutie Mark Crusader!
Hurray for ponies standing next to each other!
I liked the episode, even if it was predictable. And yeah, Pinkie was quite the jerk this episode. New Element of Honesty.
DrForester
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Lyra got herself a boyfriend.
fandom implosion imminent.
fandom implosion imminent.
Shining Sunshine
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Dang, filly can sing.
s_mirage
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Rhomega Beta
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I'd wondered if that wasn't 100% the intent, but then we have this face:
The mares certainly see something they like...
DrForester
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Well he certainly made Cheerilee swoon...
Or is she just screwing with him...
Now that's good continuity. It a good callback to H&HD and still teases the audience.
TheCthultist
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Well, FIMFiction is already filing up with Lyra/...whoeverherboyfriendwas stories. The episode's been out for less than 24 hours and there's already a mountain of terrible romances and clop fics piling up... Stay classy, fandom...
Not so sure about this one. The first four minutes or so were some of the most redundant writing the series has ever done. I mean, how can any of the Mane 6 be unaware that Fluttershy suffers from a crippling shyness at this point? It's pretty much her whole deal.
Not sure why the whole gang was out there, either. Could easily have just been Rarity.
Lots of good stuff later though, and Pinkie's evil streak was hilarious every time. Also this:
The Poison Joke callback was a neat choice, and I loved Applejack's interrogation of Big Mac. Finally, ponies with manes up in towels is on the highest tier of adorableness.
Will need a rewatch to get a proper fix on it, but still fun in the short-term.
Not sure why the whole gang was out there, either. Could easily have just been Rarity.
Lots of good stuff later though, and Pinkie's evil streak was hilarious every time. Also this:
The Poison Joke callback was a neat choice, and I loved Applejack's interrogation of Big Mac. Finally, ponies with manes up in towels is on the highest tier of adorableness.
Will need a rewatch to get a proper fix on it, but still fun in the short-term.
s_mirage
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Nah. For starters, in this episode Pinkie wasn't really about having fun at all. If anything she seemed to be trying to make Fluttershy even more self conscious for some reason. Also, this isn't too dissimilar to Pinkie's nearly life ruining insensitivity that she displayed with Cranky, and that was before the mirror pool incident. Pinkie has form for this kind of thing.
UberTag
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Not to mention her long-running predilection for dragon racism which has been established since Season 1. Nobody ever calls her on it because Spike's too much of a nice guy and Pinkie's fun nature overrides any accusations of being intentionally mean-spirited - but it's there.
Swooning Cheerilee was the best part of this episode. Cracked me up a ton.
Even with the previews out there, I didn't connect the dots on where they were going with this premise. As soon as Zecora's hut showed up, I knew but I feel bad about not deducing this premise in advance especially with it being known that Big Mac was the one in need of a replacement.
The MLP writers have really gotten into a groove the past 3 weeks.
wookieofdoom
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I'm with you buddy. There are moments in this episode that I think are great, and I love the resolution with the whole "baby steps." But I thought Pinkie was actually kind of obnoxious this episode, which even at her most spazzy I find her endearing. This time around...I dunno, she got on my nerves. I also found the song to be grating. The first time they sang it, I was okay with it. But then it played over and over again and by the end I was glad I didn't have to listen to it anymore. Overall I would put this epide somewhere in the middle. It's watchable and some great humor, but it's not one I would return to over and over.
Maybe a second view would improve it for me.
HassanJamal
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Season 4 for Fluttershy thus far has been FlutterHulk, FlutterBat, FlutterGuy, Flutter???
Throughout the episode, I really expected Pinkie Pie to reveal that she planned all of that mayhem, to help Fluttershy get over her stage fright....but it never showed up. Missed opportunity right there by the writers.
Also, dat freakout by Fluttershy...hoo boy.
Throughout the episode, I really expected Pinkie Pie to reveal that she planned all of that mayhem, to help Fluttershy get over her stage fright....but it never showed up. Missed opportunity right there by the writers.
Also, dat freakout by Fluttershy...hoo boy.
wookieofdoom
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Let's not forget Nightmare Night where she purposefully antagonized Luna to point Luna got so pissed she cancelled the holiday. It's oddly not that out of character for her. Sometimes she just an idiot.
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They put some candy in Candy Mane's mane.
Shadow Hog
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Only just watched it today. Great episode, and I loved the callback to Flutterguy, but I can't help but think it was something of a flawed premise. "Fluttershy doesn't like singing in front of people, even her own best friends" they say... after she's openly sung a duet with Rainbow about finding pets, and is all-too-eager to do it a second time at that episode's end.
Nice callbacks in the episode, but how did the rest of the Mane 6 seem to forget that Fluttershy has anxiety issues? Especially Pinkie Pie, who was probably written to be unthinkingly insensitive but just came off as a mean-spirited bully instead. Low point for her character.
I can't hate an episode about singing though. dat Big Mac voice.
I can't hate an episode about singing though. dat Big Mac voice.
Choppasmith
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Yep, this for me. This definitely goes in
my awesome episode tier but only once you forget some of those inconsistencies.
Also noticed they didn't go with the original Flutterguy voice, not a terrible thing mind you. Also, surprised Fluttershy actually referred to the name. Kinda felt like a deliberate but of fanservice more than anything.
My favorite part for my sister and I was the rapid fire exchange between Big Mac and Applejack.
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You do know that Spike called her Flutterguy in "Bridle Gossip", right?
Also, singing with her best friend is one thing, in front of a crowd is another. The bigger inconsistency was that Rainbow Dash forgot she had a good singing voice.
Choppasmith
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Yeah, but it seemed so weird for her to say it like it was a whole different entity. Not bad, just stuck out to me was all.
And yeah, I wouldn't say the episode was canon-defiantly bad or anything. I think it's just a small goof and lapse in logic/continuity in an otherwise solid episode.
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Are those weird pony head shots the equivalent of duck faces?
Are we of the opinion that all of the musical numbers in MLP actually take place as they appears to us, though? I thought the usual rule for this sort of thing was that the viewer just sees a musical interpretation of an event rather than an accurate representation of what happened. If it's the latter, it raises some interesting questions about songs like "Babs Seed".
If you mean the hideous Pinkie and AJ shots on the last page, then yes. Definitely the Pinkie one, anyway.
Shadow Hog
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The one instance I highlighted is pretty much spelled out as them actually singing about it by the dialog in the actual episode.
S04, E20: For Whom the Sweetie Bells Toils
Air Date: March 30
Synopsis:
S04, E21: Leap of Faith
Air Date: March 30 (again, so one of these is wrong)
Synopsis:
Nothing on episode 19, yet.
Air Date: March 30
Synopsis:
Sweetie Belle ruins a costume for one of Rarity's clients on purpose; Luna visits her in her dreams.
S04, E21: Leap of Faith
Air Date: March 30 (again, so one of these is wrong)
Synopsis:
Applejack is doubtful of the Flim Flam Brothers' cure-all tonic; Granny Smith tries it and it seems to work.
Nothing on episode 19, yet.
UberTag
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Happy to see another Sweetie Belle ep after she's been virtually ignored since Season 2. I'm half expecting we'll get another Dream Luna ep for Apple Bloom during Season 5 now.
Perhaps there will be an episode afterwards where all of the CMC exchange notes on dreaming about Luna thinking that they were the only one who talked to her in their dreams only to be shocked by the revelation that they all do. They then meet up with her as a group and she gives them a quest that will ultimately lead to them receiving their cutie marks.
Perhaps there will be an episode afterwards where all of the CMC exchange notes on dreaming about Luna thinking that they were the only one who talked to her in their dreams only to be shocked by the revelation that they all do. They then meet up with her as a group and she gives them a quest that will ultimately lead to them receiving their cutie marks.
Figure I'll throw in another .gif from last week's ep as I wound up on the top of a page again.
Flim and Flam are back? Could be good. Fingers crossed for a song.
Great to see another Sweetie Belle episode too, especially with a synopsis as interesting as that one.
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Luna stalking the CMC again rather than finaly doing a Celestia episode...
Have we even seen Celestia since episode 2?
Shadow Hog
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I guess they're airing episodes out of order again. I mean, they did it in Seasons 2 and 3, and in both cases it was heralded by later episodes showing up before earlier ones on Zap2It...
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Luna teaches Sweetie Belle how to deal with an older sister that is superior and more awesome than her in every way.
I should be hyped but they just sound like rehashes of
Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 and Sleepless in Ponyville
Rhomega Beta
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Now that we can agree on.
At least they're making good on Luna's dream visiting thing.
And.
YUS.
YUS YUS YUS YUS.
The world famous Flim Flam Bro-thers!
I already expect more or less the same thing as their debut: Flim and Flam are full of shit but I'll leave it be. Just have an awesome as hell song.
And.
YUS.
YUS YUS YUS YUS.
The world famous Flim Flam Bro-thers!
I already expect more or less the same thing as their debut: Flim and Flam are full of shit but I'll leave it be. Just have an awesome as hell song.
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But they weren't full of shit. They made a vastly superior product. It made cider just as good as the Apple family, but could produce in much greater quantities. Their only flaw was overconfidence by allowing the Apples to use more people and then becoming flustered in the end.
Shadow Hog
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I kind of expect the plot to go something along the lines of this:
Granny Smith: Oh, I feel ill.
Applejack: Don't worry Granny Smith, we've got a remedy that'll fix you up! ...in a month or so.
Granny Smith: Oh, this illness is so bad, I don't know if I can take a whole month!
Flim/Flam: Did we hear somepony was ill?
Applejack: You again? Go away.
Flim/Flam: Hey, now, we feel bad about trying to run you out of town so long ago. But we've got a new cure-all that should alleviate your sickness in no time flat! And given our past transgressions, we'll give you enough to cure you, on us.
Applejack: No, seriously, go away.
Granny Smith: I'll take it!
Applejack: Granny?!
Flim/Flam: Here you go.
Granny Smith: Wow, this really does work! I feel fit as a fiddle.
Applejack: I just know those two good-for-nothings are up to something. And I'm going to prove it!
[hijinks ensue]
Applejack: Huh, I guess you were being honest this time around after all. Can you forgive me?
Flim/Flam: Certainly.
Applejack: Well, this is what I get for being so judgmental towards people who've hurt me in the past. I should learn to forgive and forget.
Discord: Does that mean I'm off the hook, too?
Applejack: No.
~fin~
Granny Smith: Oh, I feel ill.
Applejack: Don't worry Granny Smith, we've got a remedy that'll fix you up! ...in a month or so.
Granny Smith: Oh, this illness is so bad, I don't know if I can take a whole month!
Flim/Flam: Did we hear somepony was ill?
Applejack: You again? Go away.
Flim/Flam: Hey, now, we feel bad about trying to run you out of town so long ago. But we've got a new cure-all that should alleviate your sickness in no time flat! And given our past transgressions, we'll give you enough to cure you, on us.
Applejack: No, seriously, go away.
Granny Smith: I'll take it!
Applejack: Granny?!
Flim/Flam: Here you go.
Granny Smith: Wow, this really does work! I feel fit as a fiddle.
Applejack: I just know those two good-for-nothings are up to something. And I'm going to prove it!
[hijinks ensue]
Applejack: Huh, I guess you were being honest this time around after all. Can you forgive me?
Flim/Flam: Certainly.
Applejack: Well, this is what I get for being so judgmental towards people who've hurt me in the past. I should learn to forgive and forget.
Discord: Does that mean I'm off the hook, too?
Applejack: No.
~fin~