Am i the only one who thinks this is right up there as one of the best episodes?
I'm giving it at least a 9/10 when i upload my reaction to youtube.
I laughed, i (briefly) cried, i had fun.
Things i loved about it:
! - Addressing Scootaloo's disability
- Continuity (Rainbow coach, Harshwinny + the games, Snowflake (Roid Rage), etc)
- The continued high standard of animation/lighting
- A nice song, which is so beautifully sung that i couldn't possibly forget to add it to my ipod.
- Intentional mockery of a bully's simple brain ("We already called them blank flanks!")
- The routine itself, which they did an awesome job with.
- Rainbow's great characterization (and the running joke about her lack of professionalism)
- The cutie mark crusaders FALLING OUT. That's a major plus point right there because it's something they NEEDED to do at some point (IMO).
Even the best of friends fight, and it was GREAT to finally see something like that. - Rainbow's intervention, while rushed a little bit, was very in-character and came off as pretty damn awesome on her part.
(Also, the element of loyalty said you never leave your friends behind. That was amazing, writers.) - That heart to heart between Dash and Scootaloo brought a tear to my eye due to the feels.
- Badass scooter montage (which could also possibly be showing that her training made her stronger/faster on the scooter?)
This is honestly one of the only episodes of the show i actually applauded at the end.
I don't know why i love this so much, but i do.
Which makes me feel a little bit awkward when i see the lukewarm response it's getting from everyone else XD