Ummm Sorry to bring this up again. But Tia Means aunt, not Auntie.

Is there a real distinction between the two? I mean, they come down to the same thing, don't they? But then I suppose if they're two words in english, why wouldn't they have two words in another language. Just out of curiosity, what is Auntie in Spanish?

Its because Auntie (As we already know), is aunt, but in a more "term of endearment" form.

Tia just means aunt, is the normal word without any modifications for endearment, in fact I dont think an equivalent to Auntie exists in Spanish, as it already denotes familiarity.

The closest to an equivalent would be Tiíta (Note the accent in the second i) and I dont think that word actually exists.

Yeap there isn't an equivalent of auntie in Spanish. Nobody uses that tiita as far as I am aware of.

Luna should call Celestia hermanita instead lol

edited 15th Jul '11 11:41:53 PM by FallenLegend

A Dog and Pony Show is the only episode I've actually managed to catch on TV and I don't really plan on doing it again (it required me to wake up really early and I don't exactly sleep in. Stupid Treehouse hours). Was worth getting up just to say I did catch one on TV, though, especially since I really like the episode.

All right, did another sketch for the poison joke theme at the DA ATG. This time Scoots gets victimized.

Wow, that was also the first episode i saw live on TV.
I DVR all the episodes for my brother

@Fallen: actually they do, they say "tita" and "tito". Tío/Tía in Spaniard parlance has come to mean "Dude/Bitch".

edited 16th Jul '11 1:04:53 AM by GoodGuyGreg

Celestia's guard is like the Space Marines from Warhammer 40,000 ; they have something magicked in them from the original guard (maybe Celestia herself? or a foal of hers who was the first guard?) to be big and strong, and as a side effect they end up looking the same

I watched Over A Barrel again yesterday, and came up with a complicated pun: In the episode, the settlers use apple pies as weapons. We have also seen people drowning their sorrows in sweet things. The buffalo gets apple pies in the end. In other words, the Apple-loosans end up doing what many a cliched Western villain has done: selling guns and whiskey to the Indians!

The apple pies as weapons is freaking hilarious to me, btw. Even if there has been plenty of real dangers in the show of someone getting hurt, I can't help love the idea of a robber threatening someone with a pie! Or: "Look out! He has a crumpet!" Or a spy spoof where someone has leaked the secret location of the really big intercontinental muffin to... whoever you want to throw muffins at.

Inter-Continental Blueberry Muffin? Sweet!

Oh, and speaking of pies...

Daniel Ingram asks: Re-done and re-mixed theme music - Yea or Nay?

It's going to be subtle stuff. Nothing major.

edited 16th Jul '11 3:03:47 AM by edvedd

Yeah, that's how I feel, because most of the characters sound like an average person putting on a voice, but Cathy Weseluck's voices just sound really odd to me.

Especially since she's NEAR and the two sound simmilar. I'll never look at Spike the same way again

So like, is Twilight Sparkle super gay for Celestia, or am I reading too much into it?

I don't see that myself. Sure, they're kinda close for being teacher/student, but consider that, in a way, Celestia might be the only other pony that Twilight really talked to before she moved to Ponyville, and pretty much her only friend besides Spike.

Nightmare Moon: The Princess is an important guest for me too, you know. I can't let her go.

Twilight Sparkle: That makes want to get her back even more!

Sorry. I had to use some of Last Alert's dialogue.

EDIT: Ninja'd... damn...

edited 16th Jul '11 6:32:16 AM by Psychopulse

Yeah. Pretty much everypony in Equestria is a big fan of Celestia's, which makes sense - she's a very warm and accessible monarch - so I can only imagine the sort of respect and affection her dedicated pupil would have for her. I actually wouldn't be surprised if Twilight did have a minor crush on her teacher when she first hit puberty. Just because that would be adorable.

Don't forget that the actress for Spike also voiced Trunks in DBZ.

Remember a little while ago when Treehouse aired Party of One and censored the word loser? Well, Boast Busters just aired and one of Trixie's lines was removed. Specificaly "When Trixie is through the only thing they'll call you is loser." How exactly is the word loser so offensive? I'm willing to bet a lot of Gilda's lines in Griffon the Brush-off are going to be censored too.

I was just going to post something like that as well, but you beat me to it. What makes this one worse is how they silenced the whole line and not just the word. At least in Party of One they didn't silence an entire comeback. Not even closed captioning helped me out on what the quote was, it just said (no audio). I have to agree, do they really think "loser" is that offensive? But considering Treehouse itself, they have not a clue about what they're doing, especially considering (I'll say it again) about how they air Friendship is Magic right after Barney and Friends on Sundays. Chances are, by that scheduling alone, they probably want all their programming to be squeaky clean, but they're not even doing a good job at that. They let shows by with references to death, having the characters say die, but they think that saying "losers" is too far.

@Good Guy Greg: We know that Tito/Tita is indeed said in our language, we are talking about our "fake" word Tiita with two i's. And it still doesnt mean "Auntie".

Probably just another case of Moral Guardians overdoing it. They're probably afraid that kids who watch the show will start using the word, which is obviously a horrible thing. Nevermind the fact that in the instances that it's used the character is either insane or obviously supposed to be a jerk.

You just mentioned insane and it got me wondering... Should the group REALLY be hanging out with Pinkie Pie? I mean she's not a Cupcakes level psychopath, but she's definitely more unhinged than the others (When the others lose it they normally have a better reason than her) Her friends were planning a SURPRISE party and she ended up like THAT.

I think the opposite, actually. Pinkie Pie seems to be most level-headed when her friends are there to keep her insanity in check. She only went insane when she thought that they were abandoning her. She'd be way worse off if she was left to her own devices. She basically thrives on social contact; her "special talent" is makes other ponies happy, and if she can't do that, that's when her psychosis comes out.

Maybe, but you do have to take into account that some of the shows on Treehouse have taught kids not to say those words, like that one episode of Franklin where he tried to stop his little sister from saying "stupid" because she overheard him say it. So....are they saying they saying that "stupid" is ok but "losers" is too far? Anybody that watched those shows should already know that they shouldn't say those words and apply it to this show and be able to apply that "losers" is bad. But then again, that episode was teaching not to say that word, but Fi M didn't....well, I just answered my own question.

edited 16th Jul '11 7:35:28 AM by x86x

"Party of One" is the only time we've seen her get quite that depressed, and that was because she thought her friends had abandoned her. Given that she learned the Friendship Report that episode too, it probably won't happen again - losing her friends is probably the only thing that would cause Pinkie to do that, and I'd imagine that though Pinkie doesn't have the best information retention rate of the mane six, she'll remember to trust her friends more if something like that happens again.

edited 16th Jul '11 7:35:17 AM by RedSavant

That actually makes a lot of sense. Someone mentioned something about Ponies going insane if they fail at their special talents. Makes me want to see a one-shot pony who went COMPLETELY batshit because of it.

edited 16th Jul '11 7:36:24 AM by gingerninja666