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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

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I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#49601: Feb 15th 2014 at 11:27:53 AM

WTF, why is this journal just full of colored squiggles?

Hey, you try writing with a pencil held in your mouth. Not easy.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#49602: Feb 15th 2014 at 11:31:22 AM

Well, that's the fastest start-to-song ever.

Wow. Yeah.

Awesome, got to the show a minute late and apparently missed a Fluttershy song.

Only the beginning had any words, anyway.

No no, that was plot singing. This is singing singing.

I beleive the term is diagetic.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#49603: Feb 15th 2014 at 11:34:26 AM

How are there a lot of fan nods? Seemed pretty sparse really.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#49604: Feb 15th 2014 at 11:35:16 AM

Hell yeah, a capella

A capella? Where? I love capellas!

Fluttershy can still hang upside down. call back!

I noticed that too. Also did they say hooflights? And why are the relationship status still here?

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#49605: Feb 15th 2014 at 11:41:02 AM

@Story I don't know.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#49606: Feb 15th 2014 at 11:42:50 AM

I love this! Best Fluttershy episode!

Stare Master is still my top FS episode. KC&FO is pretty high up there too though.

I noticed that the bowties were the same as the ones on Bon Bon's cutie mark. Nice try show, but it's too late. She's a candy maker now, and you can't convince me otherwise.

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Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#49607: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:17:40 PM

@story: I don't remember if it was a tweet or what, but I seem to recall someone on the show mentioning at some point that Bon Bon's cutie mark was supposed to be bow ties, and that everyone had mistaken them for candy. It is entirely possible that my memory is making shit up though.

Also, on closer inspection, the bowties in this episode look a bit different from her cutie mark anyway.

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#49608: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:18:22 PM

Fandom nods:

  • Flutterguy
  • The show ACKNOWLEDGING IT IS CALLED Flutterguy
  • Big Mac singing
  • Big Mac "never gets to talk" jokes
  • Continuity (again, Flutterguy, and the appearance of Goldie Delicious)
  • Berry fainting, probably in response to seeing Big Mac be so good at singing

I suppose they're less nods, and more stuff the fandom would enjoy seeing and have been for a long time.

edited 15th Feb '14 12:19:00 PM by Shota

Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#49609: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:20:31 PM

Flutterguy isn't really a fandom nod, since the name came straight from the episode.

Calnos The Jossed from Nowhere Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Jossed
#49610: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:21:28 PM

Spike called Flutterguy Flutterguy when Flutterguy debuted, that's what its always been.

Continuity is good writing, not fandom nodding.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#49611: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:23:12 PM

A con: this probably had the most hated version of Pinkie I ever seen.

What? I liked her. I'd say worst was either Luna Eclipsed or FPK.

Welp, I'm off to go see The Lego Movie. Later all.

Be sure to tell me how it is.

Turkey call...huh. Lord only knows what you have to do for that. Le sigh Pinkie, why must you do that?

What? It's not like it was her fault.

Honestly, it almost feels like a Lampshade Hanging. The writers know that Big Macintosh is The Quiet One so they play around with it.

I think the subject matter of the song is what confirms it.

I feel like the only person who wasn't annoyed by Pinkie.

Not the only one.

and the other two members of the Ponytones could have been background ponies and nothing would change.

You mean they weren't?

Speaking of background ponies. Dinky has a pet tortoise is canon. Adorable fanart now! Also, Lyra was hanging out with Blues a lot this episode...do I smell the rage of shippers?

I thought she was just hanging out with Tank. Also, Lyra and Bonbon were together in line, so they haven't broken up or anything.

Hey, you try writing with a pencil held in your mouth. Not easy.

I'm so tempted to go Challenge Accepted. But really it's just a matter of developing your muscles through practice. Most people can't write with their feet, but if you've grown up doing it, it's easy.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#49612: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:27:19 PM

Yeah, that was what I was going to say. Flutterguy was never a fan thing, though it sounds like the kind of thing that would be.

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#49613: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:31:06 PM

I honestly, completely, forgot that.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#49614: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:32:08 PM

@Story To clarify it was more or less a comment about how incentive Pinkie was in that episode atleast in my opinion. I think I should've elaborated more on that but otherwise meh.

edited 15th Feb '14 12:34:51 PM by Starscream759

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Calnos The Jossed from Nowhere Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#49616: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:35:15 PM

@Calnos In a word: crazy.

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Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#49617: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:36:31 PM

Hm, I'm not really a fan of the EG toy designs. Needs more horse.

edited 15th Feb '14 12:36:43 PM by Crowfall

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#49618: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:44:23 PM

Incentive? Do you mean invective? Or insensitive?

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#49619: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:45:11 PM

@Story God damn auto correct!

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#49620: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:46:54 PM

@Shota: Uh, Only a few of those things really count as nods:

  • Flutterguy: This was just a call back. Granted, a call-back that lots of fans wanted to see, but still something that would make perfect sense outside of the fanbase.
  • The show ACKNOWLEDGING IT IS CALLED Flutterguy: Uh, Spike is the one who first called her that, back in Bridle Gossip
  • Big Mac singing: This could count.
  • Big Mac "never gets to talk" jokes: This could also count.
  • Continuity (again, Flutterguy, and the appearance of Goldie Delicious): There's nothing particularly fan-oriented about referring to past episodes.
  • Berry fainting, probably in response to seeing Big Mac be so good at singing: That was Cheerilee, first of all. Could qualify though, given how many fans responded to "Hearts and Hooves Day"

Granted, it might just be different definitions of fandom nods here; I tend to only count it if it's specifically referring to a meme or running joke in the fandom. I.e. Derpy having a muffin, Lyra doing something human, stuff like that.

@Cal: All I'm going to say is that Vinyl has a pimpin' ride.

edited 15th Feb '14 12:51:54 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#49621: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:52:14 PM

You know when Zecora started laughing there for a second I thought that SHE was going to volunteer to join the Ponytones. As the Bass voice.

Ah, the triumphant return of Blu Man- The heck!? That's not Blu Mankuma as Flutterguy! They replaced him with somepony else?! Which brings me to my next question: Where is Friendship is Magic recorded?

edited 15th Feb '14 12:52:36 PM by WillKeaton

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#49622: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:56:06 PM

Vancoover, pretty sure. And if not, around that area. No way they recorded with him though.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#49623: Feb 15th 2014 at 12:59:41 PM

Well, she had to sound like Big Macintosh, after all.

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Rainbow Pomeranian Lover from Central Illinois (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
Pomeranian Lover
#49624: Feb 15th 2014 at 1:00:29 PM

I watched the new episode and enjoyed it very much. I really like that they brought back Flutterguy, I was curious when I saw one of the previews and wondered how Fluttershy would be replacing Big Macintosh, since their usual voices are very different, but giving Fluttershy that poison joke-induced deep voice would certainly do it! I also liked that they didn't just magically have her get over her stage fright at the end, and had her take the smaller step of singing in front of her friends but not big crowds of other ponies. I'm rather ambivalent on Pinkie's behavior, though. As others have mentioned, she was more insensitive than she usually is, as she has shown the ability to be more attuned to other ponies' emotions than that. But at the same time, she also has had times where she gets loud and obnoxious and oblivious to her effects on others (such as in A Friend in Deed), plus she LOVES being in the spotlight herself and probably has a hard time imagining the idea of hating it. Not to mention it helped that she was called out for her behavior, particularly by Rarity. So while it's not Pinkie at her best, I still think it's understandable behavior for her (considering that the last episode was about her being upset that she would lose her party pony spotlight) and thankfully she was called out on it.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#49625: Feb 15th 2014 at 1:06:27 PM

@Japanese Teeth As much as I'd like to hear Tigatron's voice again, JT's right that wasn't the point that they were going for.

edited 15th Feb '14 1:06:41 PM by Starscream759

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