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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 4 |OT| Twilight Princess Returns
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Rhomega Beta
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Fluttershy is into role-playing.
So this was... pretty good, I think? The Breezies were more interesting than they had any right to be, and I liked the way they depicted Seabreeze (especially towards the end).
The Mane 6 were all pretty well-served throughout too, though I'm getting especially concerned about they way the writers are treating poor Spike. That scene could easily have been about Spike seeing the leaf fall and trying to stop it, rather than Spike causing the leaf to fall in the first place. A tiny change, and suddenly Spike becomes heroic rather than a nuisance.
Anyway, still enjoyed it a lot. Not sure where I'd place it after a single viewing, but it definitely doesn't represent a drop in quality for me.
I did notice this, though I wasn't certain we hadn't seen the 3D glasses before. Cute reference, anyway.
This was just weird. Probably a little random for my tastes.
The Mane 6 were all pretty well-served throughout too, though I'm getting especially concerned about they way the writers are treating poor Spike. That scene could easily have been about Spike seeing the leaf fall and trying to stop it, rather than Spike causing the leaf to fall in the first place. A tiny change, and suddenly Spike becomes heroic rather than a nuisance.
Anyway, still enjoyed it a lot. Not sure where I'd place it after a single viewing, but it definitely doesn't represent a drop in quality for me.
I get that reference.
And they once again showed Doctor Whooves isn't taking that stupid Grey pony with him, but the adorable, Rose.
I did notice this, though I wasn't certain we hadn't seen the 3D glasses before. Cute reference, anyway.
This was just weird. Probably a little random for my tastes.
HassanJamal
Member
Got to disagree there, I think the designs looked better in the show than the toys.
Have yet to seen episode that was bad as Spike at your service so its safe to say the writers are doing grand this season. So yeah, fun lil episode. Maybe they had a gas leak year.
Now we have Flutterbreezy and she finally got her rainbow inspiration/lesson/power up thing. 2 more and we'll finally see what's in the box, I assume, unless these arent the keys but a replacement for their EoH.
wookieofdoom
Member
Boy, this episode. This episode was not good. Yeesh.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
That ending was soooo weird. lol
The whole "to sell toys" thing came out pretty strongly in this one, IMO. I'd be very surprised if that entire ending deal wasn't just there for merchandising purposes.
Owlowiscious
Member
Not a super fantastic episode. But we should remember, the production values and etc etc etc etc that makes this a watchable kid's program. It still had that.
It was a cute episode. I like cute. The story was maybe not the best, but the breezies were really cute. And yeah, this was totally a "To Sell Toys!" episode. That kind of comes with the territory for Hasbro shows, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes... not.
The moral of sometimes needing to be short term cruel to be long term kind if a very good one, though. Not one you see often on kids' show. So, props to DHX for actually doing that one.
Also, shout-out to Twilight Sparkle whose plot device spell did exactly what it was supposed to and didn't backfire in any way. You go, pony! And I was sure she'd end up enlarging the ladybug when they transformed back, but nope. I guess the Flutterbat thing taught Twilight to aim very carefully with her spells now.
The moral of sometimes needing to be short term cruel to be long term kind if a very good one, though. Not one you see often on kids' show. So, props to DHX for actually doing that one.
Also, shout-out to Twilight Sparkle whose plot device spell did exactly what it was supposed to and didn't backfire in any way. You go, pony! And I was sure she'd end up enlarging the ladybug when they transformed back, but nope. I guess the Flutterbat thing taught Twilight to aim very carefully with her spells now.
wookieofdoom
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Yeah, I do not blame the writer for this one. After all, she wrote one of the best episodes of the whole series. I don't think any writer really could've made this one great, and still Natasha managed to squeeze in some pretty good moments. I really like the Rarity scene with the super bright clothes, that got a good chuckle out of me. Every season is going to have it's dud, and for me it was this one. Considering the rest of the episodes have been good to great to all time best episode ever, I would say having just one dud is a good indication of just how strong this show is. For me, season 4 has had the most consistent stretch of good episodes of the show's run.
Choppasmith
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I thought it was pretty good personally. The Breezies were cute I thought, they initially reminded me of the fairy things in Rayman Origins. Do we have any idea where their language actually comes from?
Shadow Hog
Member
Only just caught up with this and last week's episodes.
"Twilight Time": Fun to watch, barring some of the awkward mob-chanting-episode-name moments. Twilight pigging out on diner food was fun. Also liked how the giant pile of nachos was subtly snuck into the garbage bin during the last few shots. Small, intra-episode continuity nods like that amuse me.
"It Ain't Easy Being Breezies": Eh. The moral of "you have to know when to let go, when you're holding people back" wasn't too bad, but the Breezies are kinda creepy to look at (oddly, the almost-perfectly-static manes bother me more than the long, spindly legs), and I can only imagine the squeaky, pseudo-Scottish/Scandanavian, gibberish-speaking voices would get on people's nerves sooner than later. Flutterbee was a good sight gag, though.
Actually, given it's established that the Breezies' voices were up-pitched in post, since the main characters had a similar effect applied when they were Breezies, I wonder how long it is before somebody down-pitches their voices to get what they actually sound like, Alvin and the Chipmunks-style.
And if there isn't fanart of Rainbow Dash as a griffon or dragon now, this fandom has failed.
"Twilight Time": Fun to watch, barring some of the awkward mob-chanting-episode-name moments. Twilight pigging out on diner food was fun. Also liked how the giant pile of nachos was subtly snuck into the garbage bin during the last few shots. Small, intra-episode continuity nods like that amuse me.
"It Ain't Easy Being Breezies": Eh. The moral of "you have to know when to let go, when you're holding people back" wasn't too bad, but the Breezies are kinda creepy to look at (oddly, the almost-perfectly-static manes bother me more than the long, spindly legs), and I can only imagine the squeaky, pseudo-Scottish/Scandanavian, gibberish-speaking voices would get on people's nerves sooner than later. Flutterbee was a good sight gag, though.
Actually, given it's established that the Breezies' voices were up-pitched in post, since the main characters had a similar effect applied when they were Breezies, I wonder how long it is before somebody down-pitches their voices to get what they actually sound like, Alvin and the Chipmunks-style.
And if there isn't fanart of Rainbow Dash as a griffon or dragon now, this fandom has failed.
Myke Greywolf
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I was the first one to do it, actually... uploaded it 25 minutes after the episode ended.
Choppasmith
Member
When I first heard that line I thought, "Man, Gilda fans/shippers are going to go nuts"
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
You haven't seen the drawing I did right after that one, and I'm not going to post it here either.
I loved that. Twilight's reaction to being blamed by Rarity was priceless.
There weren't a lot of laughs in the episode besides that one actually, though I did like Applejack nearly stepping on one of the Breezies.
kunonabi
Member
the episode needed more of the mane 6 as fluttershy and the breezies were just boring.
I'd agree with that. I doubt the Breezie Marketing Taskforce over at Hasbro would, though.
s_mirage
Member
I agree, this was clearly an episode mandated by marketing. It wasn't awful but I just found it rather bland and probably the weakest episode of the season so far.
Fluttershy had a good one, too. When Seabreeze is missing, she starts shouting for him... and checks underneath her hoof.
wookieofdoom
Member
That made me chuckle too. That's the nice thing about this show. Even episodes that I really didn't like, they still have one or two little moments that are pretty darn funny.
De-hyped. New writer likely means the episode won't touch the more sensitive subjects
You didn't really think they were going to go there did you?
DrForester
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De-hyped. New writer likely means the episode won't touch the more sensitive subjects
Yeah, remember how by the numbers and boring "Sleepless in Ponyville" was...
There's a fireswamp, all this episode needs is a few rodents of unusual size to be awesome.
Rhomega Beta
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DrForester
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There's still like a 50% chance it's playful and cuddly. This is Equestria after all.
B-but the Element of Honesty episode
That's going to be episode 21 Leap of Faith.
DrForester
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Good episode. Like Simple Ways it had a lot of good things, but was a bit tarnished by having the main character go a bit too "full retard"
wildthing2022000
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The main character was Applebloom, AJ was a supporting character this episode.
This episode? AJ has always been a support character.
I guess this means she's a sith?
Rhomega Beta
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Yeah, did she argue against Apple Bloom to stay home alone at the beginning?
See, I knew AJ couldn't be trusted.
But, I do agree with Dr. Forester in that AJ was really out of character. Applebloom and the CMC have always done dangerous stunts. AJ never seemed to worry too much before.
Also, there was a scene where AJ told Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo that Rarity was coming to watch them while she went after Applebloom. How did she get in contact with Rarity?
Really enjoyed this one, though Slice of Life episodes do tend to be my favourites. Applejack's worry and anxiety when events moved out of her comfort zone rang true to me, and Applebloom's frustration felt equally honest.
Loads of great laughs too, from the gag with the hillbilly's (hillpony's?) mother to Sweetie Belle's complete misunderstanding of how the "disguise-yourself-as-Applebloom-sleeping" trick was supposed to work.
So yep, another great debut for a writer new to MLP. Hope to see more like this from Scott Sonneborn in the future.
I'm going to say distress flare. Or possibly AJ just deliberately ruined some clothing and Rarity instinctively sensed it.
Loads of great laughs too, from the gag with the hillbilly's (hillpony's?) mother to Sweetie Belle's complete misunderstanding of how the "disguise-yourself-as-Applebloom-sleeping" trick was supposed to work.
So yep, another great debut for a writer new to MLP. Hope to see more like this from Scott Sonneborn in the future.
I'm going to say distress flare. Or possibly AJ just deliberately ruined some clothing and Rarity instinctively sensed it.
Amibguous Cad
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This episode was thorough mediocre, in my opinion.
Rhomega Beta
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I honestly wouldn't be surprised, since they do have refrigerators. Then again, Twilight still has to contact Princess Celestia by using quills and inkwells to write on parchment.
