Ever since my last review, I decided to watch some of the other episodes in light of hearing about this show's flaws. I considered updating my review, but decided against it. After all, my opinion of the show remains unchanged. It's not a terrible show, but it has gotten off to a terrible start. So instead, I decided to review a single episode. And what better episode than "Horn Sweet Horn", the episode everyone seems to loathe. There are very few pros, we're just gonna see how this episode messed up so badly.
Plot: On paper, the plot is relatively simple: Bubbles meets a pony named Donny, who wants be a unicorn. Bubbles convinces the Professor to change him into a unicorn, but things go wrong and Donny becomes a monster who Bubbles must stop. Again, simple plot right? But despite its simplicity, it still screws up in two major ways:
Making it into a Transgender-themed episode: Now, according to the writers, this wasn't supposed to be a Transgender-themed episode, but the producers insisted that it be one. Well that's the main reason why this episode is so despised. The episode was meant to send a message about self-discovery, but the part where Donny turns into a monster basically sends the message that transgender who attempts to change themselves will suffer horrible choices. So the writers pretty much fucked up a moral in the worst way.
1. The group of unicorns appearing at the end and magically returning Donny to normal and repairing the pickle museum sounds like something straight out of a bad fanfic. But then again, this whole episode reads like a bad fanfic.
2. Donny revealed to be a unicorn all along. Not only is this a cop out of epic proportions, not only does this undermine the entire goddamn moral of this godforsaken trainwreck of an episode, but the fact that none of the characters even bothered to look under Donny's hair displays a level of idiocy that is just migraine-inducing.
Characters: It's not just the plot that's fucked up, it's the characters too.
Bubbles: To say Bubbles acted like a bitch in this episode would be putting it mildly. She basically forced Donny to change who he is just to be friends with a unicorn and prove to people that unicorns are real. Her Mea Culpa at the end did very little to make up for her attitude in this episode.
Donny: If I could describe Donny in one word, it would be "idiot". He immediately trusts a girl he just met, completely trusts them with a life-altering procedure, didn't bother reading all the warnings the Professor gave him, and still has the gall to blame Bubbles? Hey genius, Bubbles was a bitch for coercing you into this, but you were the moron who trusted her. This whole plot would've been avoided if you didn't act like a dumbass.
Conclusion: This episode earned its place on the Dethroning Moment of Suck page and deserves the hate it gets.
Horn Sweet Horn
Ever since my last review, I decided to watch some of the other episodes in light of hearing about this show's flaws. I considered updating my review, but decided against it. After all, my opinion of the show remains unchanged. It's not a terrible show, but it has gotten off to a terrible start. So instead, I decided to review a single episode. And what better episode than "Horn Sweet Horn", the episode everyone seems to loathe. There are very few pros, we're just gonna see how this episode messed up so badly.
Plot: On paper, the plot is relatively simple: Bubbles meets a pony named Donny, who wants be a unicorn. Bubbles convinces the Professor to change him into a unicorn, but things go wrong and Donny becomes a monster who Bubbles must stop. Again, simple plot right? But despite its simplicity, it still screws up in two major ways:
Conclusion: This episode earned its place on the Dethroning Moment of Suck page and deserves the hate it gets.