My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (9th & Final Season Airing Now)
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Finally watched episode 7.
! FlutterBat completely blew away FlutterHulk as my favourite thing about this season.
Her design was so damn cool.
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! Amazing animation, lighting, and art direction. (Did the MLP staff get a better budget or something? The visual quality of this season has been jaw dropping.)
Non-preachy humanitarian conflict/moral.
Epic, dramatic, Disney-esque song.
FlutterBat.
Great pacing and injected humor.
! 9.6/10, a gem of an episode that excelled in what it tried to do with the concept it was given.
I really really like how this season is turning out and I have yet to be disappointed. -
Fighting is Magic concept by Lauren Faust
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Also a new Two Best Sisters Play:
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Gah, the card game is even more confusing than Magic…I and my lady friend are trying to figure out the mechanics correctly, but it's making my head hurt....that and my lady friend won't give me the rainbow dash/rarity deck till we find the fluttershy/pinkie pie deck... stuck with the twilight/apple jack deck -_-
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@RobbyBevard:
Well, they ARE doing that thing with the keys and refurbishing the old castle.
It's something.
They haven't done anything with the keys for five episodes straight after the end of the season opening though.
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Gah, the card game is even more confusing than Magic…I and my lady friend are trying to figure out the mechanics correctly, but it's making my head hurt....that and my lady friend won't give me the rainbow dash/rarity deck till we find the fluttershy/pinkie pie deck... stuck with the twilight/apple jack deck -_-
Think of it as a trial ;)
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@Shuhan It is confusing. At least you get to try and practice. I bought the Rarity and Rainbow Dash deck and I don't have anyone to help me figure things out.
Rarity Takes Manehatten image from HUB's Twitter:
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Derpy in Japanese:
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Clip from this weeks episode:
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Another clip but with part of a song.
http://tvline.com/2014/01/02/my-little-pony-season-4-mad-men-musical-montage/
! Yay! Rarity song, Plus it's the Statue of Liberty ponified. Neat.
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Derpy in Japanese:
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Ha! They actually say Daapi (Derpy) rather than Ditzy Doo? Her voice fits well, so cheerful, innocent, and clueless.
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OMG Derpy in Japanese personification of kawaii.
The Japanese especially love clumsy cuties, so they'll eat her up. Too bad she doesn't have more scenes.
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OMG Derpy in Japanese personification of kawaii.
The Japanese especially love clumsy cuties, so they'll eat her up. Too bad she doesn't have more scenes.
Blame the moral crusaders who think that cartoons having males be represented as clumy and or less intelligent is A-OK but a female in the same role is worse then sticking razorblades into kid's candy on Halloween and will somehow bring about the nd of all human civilisation as we know it.
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@No:
Blame the moral crusaders who think that cartoons having males be represented as clumy and or less intelligent is A-OK but a female in the same role is worse then sticking razorblades into kid's candy on Halloween and will somehow bring about the nd of all human civilisation as we know it.
The problem wasn't that Derpy was clumsy or that she was a girl. (And indeed, her original voice sounded like a boy's and there as nothing in-episode to really indicate either way.)
Its that they made her seem retarded and the name, rather than the fond fandom nickname, well… came off as insulting her for having brain damage.
The fandom gets it, but I can see why there was a negative reaction outside the fans.
Second Derpy voice was better anyhow. And Japanese is even better. It really IS a shame that it pretty much killed her for all of season 3 and she'll probably never have a large role again... but she kind of works best as a silent background Harpo type.
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@RobbyBevard:
It really IS a shame that it pretty much killed her for all of season 3 and she'll probably never have a large role again… but she kind of works best as a silent background Harpo type.
And we're back to the "stuck inside the box" argument again.
Mainly how we all know that's pretty much the case, even without anything "scandalous" happening, due to how the writers just seem content with sticking to the tried and tested formula…..which isn't bad but it feels really restrictive to note they seem to he hellbent on never really overstepping their current boundaries, even a little.
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@RobbyBevard:
The problem wasn't that Derpy was clumsy or that she was a girl. (And indeed, her original voice sounded like a boy's and there as nothing in-episode to really indicate either way.)
No but the problem was that she was apparently kinda dumb which obviously means the world is coming to an end.
Meanwhile in Ed, Edd and Eddie, Ed was for all intents and purposes functionally retarded and it served as a source of comedy.
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I think it'd be pretty cool if they brought back Derpy with her not-retard voice, but apparently that's something that's just really hard to rescind.
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@No:
No but the problem was that she was apparently kinda dumb which obviously means the world is coming to an end.
Crossed eyes, slow way of talking, accident prone, and a nickname that calls attention to her being different. Derpy is best pony, and I loved that the fandom got that kind of shout out, but… well... she seemed retarded.
She came across as retarded, not just dumb or clumsy.
If she'd started with her second voice, or been called Ditzy, it might not have been a thing.
I mean, they let the fact that Rainbow Dash is special slide constantly.
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Great Rarity episode.
! Song was nice. Felt bad for Rarity being tricked but it does make a point. Some people/ponies will do anything to win/get ahead. I also liked that one pony's redemption near the end and she gave Rarity the rainbow-colored spool of thread.
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Aah, been waiting for this ep.
! First of all, I loved how quite on the nose this episode was, what with openly questioning what ponies just randomly break into song, and Rarity's "Is Friendship Magic?!" was gold. Overreacting like usual, hehehe.
! It had an interesting point that some ponies do do anything to win. I suppose they could've made Suri much more over the top and whatnot, but she seemed so….casual about the whole thing. I mean, the whole "uber-pompous high-class bitch" angle was mostly avoided.
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! "Normally Rainbow Dash doesn't even like musicals."
"Yeah, who just randomly bursts out into song like that?"
! "Well gee Rarity, it's not like you made a bunch of gowns for us and we were total ingrates!" -
I may be a little biased because i think that Rarity is best Pony in the mane six but THAT EPISODE WAS AWESOME.
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Hmm, maybe I should stop getting up to watch these in the morning and just watch them later on Youtube. I've been doing that for all but one of the episodes this season and for the most part I haven't been crazy about them. And the one episode I did wait to watch (Bats!) I really enjoyed.
! Anyway, I just thought this episode was decent. Everything played pretty predictably and there was some handwaving of a few plot points ("My offscreen friend got me the tickets" or "We overslept and missed the concert"). Even the song I wasn't that impressed with.
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This episode was actually pretty damn good.
! I did assume something like that was gonna happen, given the first song. Nice, though it would be good if Rarity maybe lost, but her winning isn't so bad either.
! Mind you they could of had Rarity stay back in Manehattan doing the dresses she promised, and then simply have her back next episode. Felt a little too convenient that she just didn't need to do them, and it would have kept her a week or two at most given her usual speed, if she hired whatever her name was as an assistant. This feels like she kinda screwed that person at the theater over. Speaking of whom, for someone that's connected to the plot as much as they were, them not even showing up is a little odd methinks.
! But, and I know I'm repeating myself here, we are currently 6 episodes past the season opening and the keys are yet to be even mentioned. -
@No:
This episode was actually pretty damn good.
! I did assume something like that was gonna happen, given the first song. Nice, though it would be good if Rarity maybe lost, but her winning isn't so bad either.
! Mind you they could of had Rarity stay back in Manehattan doing the dresses she promised, and then simply have her back next episode. Felt a little too convenient that she just didn't need to do them, and it would have kept her a week or two at most given her usual speed, if she hired whatever her name was as an assistant. This feels like she kinda screwed that person at the theater over. Speaking of whom, for someone that's connected to the plot as much as they were, them not even showing up is a little odd methinks.
! But, and I know I'm repeating myself here, we are currently 6 episodes past the season opening and the keys are yet to be even mentioned.! The keys are going to be objects that we've seen in the character-driven episodes. There's been a lot of red herrings in there. I'm almost certain the rainbow thread that was given to Rarity at the end of the episode is going to be one of the keys
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! The keys are going to be objects that we've seen in the character-driven episodes. There's been a lot of red herrings in there. I'm almost certain the rainbow thread that was given to Rarity at the end of the episode is going to be one of the keys
Ah that would be…..kinda meh.
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What a great Rarity episode!
! I've been waiting for Rarity's "element" to be shown again since I've felt she's been missing that side of her a lot in the past season, and now they hit us over the head with it! I was surprised that she also gave jewels to everyone, what happened to the bit? I guess that was just the show's way of showing how generous she was.
! I did want to see more of Rarity's acts of generosity come into play for her, like the taxi driver who skipped the line for her. The ponies she helped should have appeared more to help her, it would have made a lot more sense if they came to help her, not just her friends. Put the selfish bitch in her place, yes?
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Something someone brought up just hit me though
! The people are total jerks to Twillight even though she's a Princess, and multiple-times saviour of Equestria and the whole world, as in the place these people live too.
! How is it that she helps beat Nightmare Moon and stop eternal night, defeats Discord (and gets commemorated for it), helps stop Changelings take over Equestria, saved Celestia (again) and Luna AND was made a Princess and people all respond to her with a mix of annoyance and rudeness ? -
@No:
Something someone brought up just hit me though
! The people are total jerks to Twillight even though she's a Princess, and multiple-times saviour of Equestria and the whole world, as in the place these people live too.
! How is it that she helps beat Nightmare Moon and stop eternal night, defeats Discord (and gets commemorated for it), helps stop Changelings take over Equestria, saved Celestia (again) and Luna AND was made a Princess and people all respond to her with a mix of annoyance and rudeness ?Manehattan's a tough crowd.
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@RobbyBevard:
Manehattan's a tough crowd.
! This happens alot though. I get that she's not trying to show off but, ya know, the people might be a little gratefull and all that ?
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@No:
! This happens alot though. I get that she's not trying to show off but, ya know, the people might be a little gratefull and all that ?
! Might be bad publicity. I envision:
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Rainbow Power Display
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Rainbow Power Display
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Seems like ponies have mega evolutions now
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I really enjoyed that one.
This episode as a whole was a GREAT defense of Rarity's element and character.! Okay, that's it. I'm convinced.
All these zoomed endings must be some kind of key and/or finale foreshadowing.
Meaning Fluttershy's fang might not be a throwaway thing after all. This is VERY welcome. -
@Vegard:
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so… prepare for kinda meh!
! Personally I'm okay with it.Well
! there goes any hope for at least an ongoing storyline element :getlost:
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@RobbyBevard:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/7020c6b1b1efa6cc201520277dc1e528/tumblr_mz07gfIDKd1s6hcc5o1_500.png
Fuckin peasants. >:( .
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@No:
! there goes any hope for at least an ongoing storyline element :getlost:
! This all ties back into "no out of the box thinking" bit I've mentioned before.! Really? I think what they're doing IS pretty out of the box. The whole of season 4 seems to BE the out of the box season.
The tie between the endings, if they make it so, is actually a great piece of foreshadowing and link-up IMO.
! Usually, a finale of this show involves a threat that pops up out of nowhere and they get blasted away by friendship/love/happiness etc.
Twilight's coronation shook things up, and changed the show forever. This season is a brand new adventure,
in a world where the elements of harmony no longer exist and Twilight is now a princess. It's a new era.
! Thus, if these endings can successfully link to the keys and/or the finale, then i will consider it a stroke of genius by the staff.
The foreshadowing seems to a much deeper one than the show's ever done. How you can still accuse them of comfort zones is honestly baffling.
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the 3rd Japanese MLP Opening
And a clip for the new episode
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I got the inspiration to make this PMV after watching "Bats!"
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So Season 5 confirmed
! We have My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. We are now going into our fifth season—just a tremendous success for us. We are now going into our second season of Littlest Pet Shop. We introduced a new character into the Littlest Pet Shop world, called Blythe. She’s a really cute pre-teen who can talk to our Littlest Pets and they have created this wonderful world that little girls are really responding to. Littlest Pet Shop and My Little Pony both, from a ratings perspective against other girl-skewing shows, are doing tremendously well in the international market.
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So Season 5 confirmed
! We have My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. We are now going into our fifth season—just a tremendous success for us. We are now going into our second season of Littlest Pet Shop. We introduced a new character into the Littlest Pet Shop world, called Blythe. She’s a really cute pre-teen who can talk to our Littlest Pets and they have created this wonderful world that little girls are really responding to. Littlest Pet Shop and My Little Pony both, from a ratings perspective against other girl-skewing shows, are doing tremendously well in the international market.
That's great ! I was sort of afraid this might end up being the last season, no real reason except the community seems to not be as crazy active then it used to during the end/after Season 1.
Glad I'm wrong about that.
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Rainbow Falls Extended Synopsis
! Rainbow Dash and her Ponyville team arrive in Rainbow Falls to fly in the qualifying round of the Equestria Games when it becomes apparent that the competition definitely has a hoof up on them. Then, when the elite Cloudsdale team offers Rainbow Dash a spot on their top notch squad, she’s faced with making a tough decision about where her loyalties lie, on “My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic,” Saturday, January 18 at 10:30 a.m. ET/ 7:30 a.m. PT on the Hub Network.
and Three's A Crowd
! As Twilight Sparkle eagerly anticipates the arrival of Princess Cadance, Discord dishes up quite the dreadful disruption when he arrives and begs the ponies to take care of him while he is sick. But when Discord’s diva like demands get ridiculously out of hand, Twilight’s generosity and friendship skills are put to the test during her special weekend, on “My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic,” Saturday, January 25 at 10:30 a.m. ET/ 7:30 a.m. PT on the Hub Network.
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the synopsis of and three's a crowd totally caught me on guard!!!!
discord is back and hes sick!!!!!!!
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and Three's A Crowd
! As Twilight Sparkle eagerly anticipates the arrival of Princess Cadance, Discord dishes up quite the dreadful disruption when he arrives and begs the ponies to take care of him while he is sick. But when Discord’s diva like demands get ridiculously out of hand, Twilight’s generosity and friendship skills are put to the test during her special weekend, on “My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic,” Saturday, January 25 at 10:30 a.m. ET/ 7:30 a.m. PT on the Hub Network.
Oh cool. Then that's probably the one where
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Y'know the hardest part about being someone who now does "blind reaction" videos on youtube?
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Rainbow Falls Extended Synopsis
! Rainbow Dash and her Ponyville team arrive in Rainbow Falls to fly in the qualifying round of the Equestria Games when it becomes apparent that the competition definitely has a hoof up on them. Then, when the elite Cloudsdale team offers Rainbow Dash a spot on their top notch squad, she’s faced with making a tough decision about where her loyalties lie, on “My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic,” Saturday, January 18 at 10:30 a.m. ET/ 7:30 a.m. PT on the Hub Network.
! Well, that will undoubtedly be the episode where Rainbow Dash gets to show her attribute of Loytalty. Now let's see what form her "key" will take.
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So Season 5 confirmed
Aww yeah.
Nice feel-good episode this week.
! Come on, I was smiling the whole time. Pinkie's downright ecstatic to be related to Applejack's family, even if it's through a distant relative. And then we go into "fun road/river trip" mode, which I always like. Good songs, and while the moral is….expected, it's still a good one.
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Yep, really liked this week's episode (though I overslept just long enough to miss the cold open. Dammit!)
! The song was great and it was just a really fun episode with lots of great character moments. Them going through the scariest cave in Equestria got the biggest laugh out of me.
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Episode pls? Poor guy not in US D;
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Can anyone post a Youtube link when one shows up ? I can't really find it yet.
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@No:
Can anyone post a Youtube link when one shows up ? I can't really find it yet.
MDL just posted one right above you. Or is that one not working for you?