Yeah, well, it is Pinkie Pie.

I actually didn't like the episode as much as a lot of others, but it was still pretty cool.

My favourites remain Applebuck Season, Dragonshy, Winter Wrap Up, and Sonic Rainboom.

OMG OMG OMG WE GET THE HUB!

Now I have a GOOD reason to get a receiver box in my room!

Not my favorite episode, due to the focus on the CMC (whom I simply don't care about as much as the adult cast), but still enough awesomeness to be enjoyable. ...But I'm getting a bit annoyed at all the crap happening to Twilight. Now, she's hardly the only character who gets messed up by the world, so I'm wondering if it's just a flaw in my perception, but I'm starting to feel like she's turning into the Chew Toy...Maybe it's just me.

edited 25th Feb '11 3:35:33 PM by suntzu

Sure, "Feeling Pinkie Keen" was one giant Humiliation Conga for her, but in this episode Twilight seemed to just be a victim of circumstance. Aside from "Pinkie Keen", I can't really think of any episodes that have her constantly getting hurt.

This was no chicken. This was evil manifest.

...Sorry, it had to be said.

Yeah, I'm kind of ambivalent about the Cutie Mark Crusaders (Aplebloom seems like she's starting to get flatter as a character rather than developing, and Scootaloo seems... Not really characterized at all. Sweetie Belle is better, but still not as interesting as Twilight and her friends.) But this was as much Fluttershy's episode as theirs, and I enjoyed her part quite a bit.

And as for why Twilight was the one who got petrified? They needed a way to keep her screen time up. She is the main character, after all. And I don't know if it's you or not... I think Rainbow Dash gets chewed on a teensy bit more, but I may be mistaken.

Is it bad that I didn't imagine them to be near as much trouble as they were now, back in the Call of the Cutie?

I mean, Apple Bloom caused a lot of trouble for Applejack, but still.

This was an interesting episode even if I thought those three ponies had gotten over trying to find their cutie marks.

I know!

Scootaloo seems to be the most troublesome of the group. Sweetie Belle was at least trying to help Rarity. And Apple Bloom made puppy dog eyes at twilight in the pilot and was nice to Zecora. Scootaloo... Hasn't really done anything that makes me think of her as anything other than "that orange twerp".

They seem to get next week's episode to themselves... Hopefully Scootaloo will develop a personality other than "loud" by then.

...Also, is it just me, or did Opalescence seem to have gotten a lot meaner since "Suited For Success?"

edited 25th Feb '11 9:03:07 PM by Scrounge

"Besides, what would the cutie mark of somepony whose talent is arguing even look like?"◊

Anyway, I thought this was one of the weaker ones, but there was some changes to the standard formula that were nice to see. For example, I appreciated that they didn't (horse?)shoehorn in a moral with the letter at the end.

But I guess there was a moral, wasn't there? Don't bite off more than you can chew? Isn't that a bit strange considering Fluttershy had no idea it would be difficult, and both Rarity and Fluttershy managed to succeed in the end?

So would the lesson be "don't try new things because it could be hard"?

I guess that's being a bit picky. It wasn't so bad, really.

edited 25th Feb '11 10:57:16 PM by Gelzo

I think for the sake of my sanity I'm going to assume the Aesop of this particular episode goes out to the Crusaders rather than to Fluttershy, and it's "Even if you don't always understand them, the rules grown-ups make are usually there for a reason."

Looking at this episode, there are two main thoughs that I had.

1. I had no idea the Sweetie Belle was Rarity's sister.

2. If Fluttershy is so scared of the Evergreene forst, then why does she live so freaking close to it?

edited 26th Feb '11 3:33:49 AM by Dezmo

^Not just scary animals live there, I'd imagine.

This was okay. Really, half the fun is seeing the ponies under pressure, because they suffer so beautifully.

Ugh, not this again. Didn't they learn their lesson from Call of the Cutie?

Yeah, their behaviour this time was a little disappointing.

Then again, they're little kids and are liable to forgetting the lesson they were just taught. REPITITION!

I dunno, a bit of lampshading would have been nice, at least.

It's a cartoon for little girls. The target audience most likely ALSO forgot the lesson.

Sshh, don't spread that around. You'll spoil their fun.

Well, I supposed they treat it as more of a game now than anything, which is a step forward.

Now if you want to point out stuff that doesn't make sense: Why the hell didn't Sweetie Belle get a freaking Soul Sister cutie mark after that song? That was awesome!

Other highlights were the staredown and "Hammer. ... Hammer."

Can we nominate Fluttershy for the Beast Pantheon?

The decision to dress up as doctors for a carpentry job was hilarious.

"Hammer ... Hammer"

Kinda a pity that Flutershy only revealed her Stare this episode, instead of when it would have helped resolve the plot like with the parasprites. And don't say only oompah music works on parasprites, she used her Stare to win a staring contest with a creature that has a petrifying gaze.