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#8776 Kerrah Sat, 28th Jan '12 8:59:30 AM from Helsinki, Finland

I liked this episode. It continues the FIM tradition of a really funny episode with a somewhat disappointing payoff.

The song was all kinds of cool, if not exactly catchy as hell.

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#8777 Carciofus Sat, 28th Jan '12 10:40:23 AM from Canterlot

Finally saw the episode. Now this one, I really liked.

Although once the brothers had won the exclusive rights to selling cider in Poniville, they could have simply bought Apple Family's quality cider at discount prices — they are basically the only ones they can sell the cider to, after all — and resell it at a surcharge...

Furthermore, A whole lot of apples and trees were destroyed in the competition. Who's gonna pay for those?

Finally, Why did they even accept that bet? Does Apple family hate money? Their best strategy would have been to let the brothers do their competition thing — having to import apples from outside and so on is bound to make their product of lower quality and more expensive anyway — and then buy them and their, admittedly pretty useful, machine off...

But that's really just me being contrary: the episode was really good, the letter was great, and I especially liked Applejack refusing to go easy on the quality control, even though that was likely to lose her the bet. Now that's an honorable mare!

edited 28th Jan '12 11:00:32 AM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

#8778 A Crack In Time Sat, 28th Jan '12 12:06:53 PM

Got a bath bomb today. It's lilac and has stars on it.

It sparkles a bit.

It's called Twilight.

#8779 Hsere Sat, 28th Jan '12 12:21:19 PM

My mind went there the instant I saw this scene

.

I am a horrible, horrible, person. :(

edited 28th Jan '12 12:22:24 PM by Hsere

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#8780 Haldo Sat, 28th Jan '12 12:44:16 PM from SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

Element of Honesty FTW!

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#8781 marston Sat, 28th Jan '12 1:13:15 PM from America

Don't worry, your not the only one you thought of that when that scene popped up, because I thought of that too. Starange, isn't it?

#8782 Kerrah Sat, 28th Jan '12 1:48:43 PM from Helsinki, Finland

http://snapai.deviantart.com/art/FlimFlam-Logo-281984468

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edit: Time to ponify the song Ponies paid homage to

.

Well, either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do now wish to acknowledge, or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the presence of a pony cartoon in the internet!

Ya got trouble, my friend, right here,
I say, trouble right here in the internet
Why sure I'm a cartoon watcher,
Certainly mighty proud I say
I'm always mighty proud to say it

I consider that the hours I spent
Watching Spongebob were golden
Help you cultivate some taste
And a cool wit and a clever smile
Ever watch that one episode
Of The Batman Animated Series
With the villains playing poker?

But just as I say,
It takes judgement, brains, and maturity to like
Something like Avatar
I say that only a boob likes
To watch those candy-coloured ponies
Because that's prissiness!
The first big step on the road
To the depths of girliness

I say, first, you watch ponies,
Then you start wearing dresses
An' the next thing ya know,
You're wanking off to horses
Like a damn furry!

And then you start buying dolls and shirts
And playsets from the Hasbro store
Not action figurines like Transformers, no!
But a toy that can't kick of punch!
Like to see your friend start brushing
A pony's mane?

Make your blood boil?
Well, I should say
Friends, lemme tell you what I mean
Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six ponies in the main cast
You buy six dolls, you're out of money
Then you're a Bum on the street
With a capital "B"
And that rhymes with "P"
And that stands for pony!

I ran out of juices after that.

edited 28th Jan '12 3:05:59 PM by Kerrah

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#8783 Pykrete Sat, 28th Jan '12 2:55:28 PM from Viridian Forest

That musical number was epic, and Applejack is officially best pony. The letter at the end was frigging glorious

What confuses me is how they managed to stick their hooves through the mug handles...

edited 28th Jan '12 2:58:50 PM by Pykrete

#8784 Haldo Sat, 28th Jan '12 2:58:18 PM from SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

That number really did remind me of "Trouble in River City"

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#8785 Pykrete Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:00:07 PM from Viridian Forest

My mind jumped to the con men in Big River, but mostly just because I saw it very, very recently, and it is pretty obviously a take on Trouble in River City instead.

Have I mentioned how much I love the production crew's taste in classics to be referencing? Because I really do. Somewhere out there I seriously hope a lot of parents get their 9 year old girls get hooked on 60's film over this series

edited 28th Jan '12 3:02:06 PM by Pykrete

#8786 Carciofus Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:07:38 PM from Canterlot

Just finished reading Canterlot Follies

, a MLP/Jeeves and Wooster crossover. Really quite well-made — it rather captures the feel of the original, I think.

But now I'm waiting for the next update, the story is at fairly interesting a cliffhanger...

edited 28th Jan '12 3:08:20 PM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

#8787 Kerrah Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:10:46 PM from Helsinki, Finland

Berry Punch: "But why is the cider gone?"

edited 28th Jan '12 3:10:54 PM by Kerrah

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#8788 Carciofus Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:12:17 PM from Canterlot

But that "cider" was essentially just apple juice, they did not give it any time to ferment...

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

#8789 Hekireki No Makai Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:15:24 PM from ／人◕‿‿ʘÉ

Okay guys, I'm watching the episode now.

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#8790 Pykrete Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:19:08 PM from Viridian Forest

It was going to be done sooner or later.

Haters gonna hate

And on the note of Applejack being best pony, this

makes me smile even more because my dad is from that school.

Carc: Holy crap, there's another Jeeves and Wooster one out there? MUST READ.

edited 28th Jan '12 3:21:09 PM by Pykrete

#8791 Hekireki No Makai Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:22:14 PM from ／人◕‿‿ʘÉ

Anyone other than me notice the way Rarity was looking at Spike while they were waiting in line?

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#8792 Kerrah Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:35:18 PM from Helsinki, Finland

http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/120715

Something I just noticed.

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#8793 Japanese Teeth Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:37:00 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Carciofus: In North America, "normal" cider is non-alcoholic; it's different from apple juice in that it has spices and whatnot added to it. We don't see that part of the creation process either, but it could easily be off screen.

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#8794 Hekireki No Makai Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:40:04 PM from ／人◕‿‿ʘÉ

Now that is an interesting building... Well, if Applejack's family can have a monopoly on apples in ponyville, I guess someone else can a have a similar monopoly on carrots.

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#8795 Carciofus Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:40:54 PM from Canterlot

@Teeth: Ah, thanks, this explains it.

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

#8796 Kerrah Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:44:28 PM from Helsinki, Finland

Apparently's it's been visible before. *shrug* I never noticed.

edit: Yay, I got Slowpoke'd.

edited 28th Jan '12 3:45:11 PM by Kerrah

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#8797 Pykrete Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:47:04 PM from Viridian Forest

This

is either fake or amazingly uncanny.

#8798 Kerrah Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:56:23 PM from Helsinki, Finland

Before the episode aired, I expected the Flim-Flams to be evil rednecks.

Everything went better than expected.

edited 28th Jan '12 3:56:46 PM by Kerrah

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#8799 Hekireki No Makai Sat, 28th Jan '12 3:59:50 PM from ／人◕‿‿ʘÉ

Rednecks? No. Evil? Debatable. Good people? Not really, but still debatable. Though I do like that they're voiced by Samuel Vincent and Scott McNeil (at least I think it's him).

edited 28th Jan '12 4:00:10 PM by HekirekiNoMakai

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#8800 Kerrah Sat, 28th Jan '12 4:05:43 PM from Helsinki, Finland

Yeah, I think evil rednecks would have been way more boring than this oddly specific "early 1900s scam artist" characterisation.

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