Homer, you know she doesn't even have her CM yet, give it a rest.

Yeah, the Doctor hates pears and with good reason, they're a repulsive and worthless fruit.

Anyway, I have a new image for the image dump.

edited 24th Nov '12 10:44:54 AM by Cookoo

Well, I have to say that "One Bad Apple" was a lot better than I thought. I was so sure that it was going to be a train wreck! Thankfully, it was not!

Yeah, Scootaloo is definitely standing out more. Let me tell you that the sight of Sweetie Belle crying is something I never want to see again! <Afraid> That has to be the first time I have ever seen Sweetie Belle's house, and her father Magnum made a cameo appearance.

At least Diamond Dazzle Tiara and Silver Spoon ended up in the mud.

edited 24th Nov '12 12:02:22 PM by TiggersAreGreat

@Cookoo: Is Pinkie looking at the Fluttershy Issue centerfold?!

Nice glasses, Applebloom

@Tigger: REDACTED the streamlink, mods don't like direct episode links for reasons of copyright.

edited 24th Nov '12 10:46:57 AM by AceOfScarabs

Is that a romance novel or a magazine from Fluttershy's modeling days?

Also, brilliant.

I tried pears once. I don't like the texture of the skin. So yeah, I'mma have to side with the Doctor.

@Veggie Salad

The joke was clearly a miss even in-universe, hence Apple Bloom's deadpan "Seriously?"

Hello y'all. How was the episode? Did it piss a bunch of people off?

Okay! Thanksgiving duties!! vacation! out of breath! Can't find free time to watch it! Finally got to see the online video! *pant*

I still don't think that's the best voice they could've given her. It seems to low for a kid, and the accent is grating. But maybe it's one of those girls who had a particularly deep voice.

I love the snappiness of the animation this episode! It's faster and more entertaining than usual.

HOW DARE YOU MAKE SWEETIE BELLE CRY! The fact that that isn't even her own cousin just shows how much she cares.

Why is Pinkie in a cabbage? For the "leaf me" joke! HAHAHA!

edited 24th Nov '12 10:52:13 AM by Shota

I think Pinkie was operating on the logic that if the float crashed the lettuce would turn into salad, but they didn't it until afterward, and even then they thought it was lame.

Never change, Pinkie Pie. :)

Well, for a word salad, it was kinda... ...flat and plain.

edited 24th Nov '12 10:57:33 AM by AceOfScarabs

Just watched the episode. It was entertaining, but I am not terribly pleased with the underlying message that fighting back bullies (although in an admittedly harebrained way) is the same thing as being a bully. I mean, sure, the proper action would have been to tell Applejack; but there is a difference, I think, between harassing other people in order to maintain a desirable social status and defending oneself from harassers.

edited 24th Nov '12 10:59:11 AM by Carciofus

@Carcio: Well, Babs might have been driven into a lake, lol.

@Car They weren't defending themselves. They were setting a trap for the sole purpose of humiliating her in front of the entire town. That is bullying.

Okay, finally got around to watching the whole episode. Overall I think it's pretty good, if a bit compressed. I really liked how they hinted at Babs' self-confidence issues, it made a lot of her behavior more tolerable and it let them tackle the subject from multiple angles. I also like the way that they showed that asking an adult could help, but it wasn't what solved the issue. They also handled the Cycle of Abuse aspect of it pretty well.

That said, some of the pacing seemed a bit off. Babs goes from being nervous and almost shy to being a total jerk really fast, and there were a couple of jump cuts in there that seemed a bit disconnected. Like the song, while I think it's probably the best one in the season so far, comes out of freaking nowhere, and the whole A-team plot seemed really rushed (it would have helped if they had worked on it for a day or two ahead of time rather than thinking of it and then putting it together right away). I also would have liked to see DT and SS get addressed a bit more.

But for the most part, I thought it was pretty good.

Yeah, their goal there was explicitly revenge; they wanted to get her back for the crap she did to them and do so in a really mean way. Defending themselves would be if they had tried to take back the clubhouse, or attempted to physically prevent her from stealing their milkshakes or something. They wanted to embarrass and humiliate her to make themselves feel better, which is pretty much what bullying is.

edited 24th Nov '12 11:05:36 AM by JapaneseTeeth

Good episode. Probably one of my favourite CMC episodes. My only major criticism is that Babs' voice was......an odd choice.

Best line: "Lettuce in!"

I like how the CMC are more mature than Pinkie.

@JT: They've had quite a few episodes of experience throwing together wacky plans. I daresay they've gotten good at it already

Now, what does a Cutie Mark for being a master planner of wacky hijinks look like?

Well, after taking so much abuse back home, it's not hard to imagine that she just snapped.

Babs would have gotten what was coming to her if sue fell into the lake because BLANKITY BLANK BAD SEED BLANK BLANKING LAME FUEDIAN EXCUSE BLANKING BLANK BLANK BLANK!

Also , I find this coincidence amusing.

Now where was I? Ah yes, BLANKITY BLANK BAD SEED BLANK BLANK!

shoots Mousa with another Ginger-class Tranq

Also stop that, you're bringing in the Windigos again.

edited 24th Nov '12 11:05:41 AM by AceOfScarabs

I thought Babs was alright. Other than the voice because what was going on there.

Alright, Mousa, that's quite enough. You can stop being over-the-top now.

Yeah, sure, it would have been lovely for the CMC to fail to stop their hastily-crafted revenge plot.