I'm watchin' 'em on my PS3.

Yay.

Okay, then, commencing watch now.

EDIT: Wow, Derpy in the first minute, and a call-back to the mule. I can already see why people like this one.

edited 24th Mar '12 1:42:31 PM by JapaneseTeeth

I don't know if this was brought up, and I'm waiting on an HD version of the episode to appear, but is it just me or is this a male version of Firefly? The cutie mark! I must see the cutie mark!

FLUTTERTREE CONFIRMED FOR CANON.

BEST. EPISODE. EVER.

I wonder if Fluttertree is a conscious homage

Oh wow, now they have the crappy old-timey educational film reel. I'm only 2 minutes in and this episode is a gold mine.

I noticed that to. Will wait for HD.

Could be coincidental, but I'm not sure.

Insufficent talk of Warbonds.

Actually depending on the overall tech level of Equestria they decide to stick with it may very well have been made more recently.

edited 24th Mar '12 1:46:57 PM by Mio

@JT: Yup. This was an awesome episode as you can see.

.*hmph* You whippersnappers with your HD. Why, when I was a colt, we used an antenna on top of our tee-vees to get three channels, and maybe a UHF channel if we were lucky. And we were HAPPY to have 'em.

End old fart rant.

Lol cheesy 80's style training montage.

Recently finished the episode. Nice to see RD not being arrogant. 'Roid Rage (what I like to call the overly muscular pegasus) was pretty funny. And the Fluttertree was a nice touch. Montage was likewise funny.

Hey, Cuts (the pudgy grey pony in Hearts and Hooves Day) is in the next episode!

This episode contains:

• Flutterfilly and Rainbow Filly
• Fluttertree
• Some horse on steroids (Dear god)
• Record breaking number of derpy appearances.
• Assertiveshy
• Cheesy educational video
• Training Montage.
• Minor elements of shipping.
• Spitfire.
• Read It And Weep Callback

edited 24th Mar '12 2:09:08 PM by stevebat

I read "callback" as "Candlejack"

The small t

edited 24th Mar '12 2:12:03 PM by crowlover

Okay... so.

That episode was AWESOME. Like seriously, probably competing for my favourite, now. I loved Dash's relationship with Fluttershy, how she genuinely cared about her, not just winning the record. I think it was probably one of the first times we've genuinely seen that famous loyalty of hers, and it was beautiful to see. I loved the moral of the episode, too - the letter even had me tearing up a bit.

The gags were all pretty great - I loved the beef-colt hopping in and screaming, I almost chocked on my lunch when he first showed up. Fluttertree was great, as was the paltry training montage.

The incidental characters were great - Pegasi are my favourite tribe, really, and there were a lot of really cute ones here. Thunderlane, those two with the cool hair, plus that blue pegasus who got the 11.0 power. I think I'll be keeping an eye on him...

The only thing that gets me about the episode is the whole record thing. If they lost 8 pegasi and just barely had enough to actually raise the water, they wouldn't of come even close to the record - they would have hit about 880 at the minimum, a hundred from the last record. There's no way 8 pegasi could combine to total 180 WP. And the record seems sort of unfair. Pitting a small town up against a city? Gee, I wonder who wins...

But yeah, absolutely amazing episode, to be sure. It made me just wanna give Shy a great big hug.

You too? I thought I was the only one who read that as Candlej

Finished the episode. I really enjoyed it. It managed to keep RD from being a jerk, her relationship with Fluttershy was great, and I'm really happy with the way they handled Fluttershy's issues. Especially in the fact that they didn't solve the problem by suddenly having Fluttershy be awesome at flying. All the jokes and Derpy appearances were just the icing on the cake. On preliminary watch it's definitely up there as one of the better episodes, if not the one of the best. Not to mention that they finally started using Spike as a supporting character again.

@Keg: Or RD just screwed up the math when she was calculating how much wingpower they'd need to break the record.

edited 24th Mar '12 2:13:44 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Why do people make a big deal out of Derpy appearances? I know we all love her and all, but she didn't do anything in particular in this episode other than help out with the tornado. She is an actual recurring character that's shown to be a citizen of Ponyville, ya know! :P

Then again, they did show her more than usual...

I wonder if the amount of Derpy appearances was a subtle reassurance to the fanbase?

I think it's just that it's good to know that the animators didn't edit her out after the fiasco. It's just nice to see that she's still around.

But really, I was more surprised by the Fluttertree than anything else. I was not expecting that at all.

/offtopic

What is the name of that song that plays for the Hub Family Movies ad? I must know. It's killing me. D:

Still no HD upload?

So I will go to continue fighting Kilrathi.

Someone needs to make a pegasus-centered AMV based on this song

@Kegi y-you no like Earth Ponies?