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Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM
What do D, P, and X refer to?
edited 10th May '14 4:07:42 PM by HiddenFacedMatt
"The Daily Show has to be right 100% of the time; FOX News only has to be right once." - Jon StewartThe Wonderbolts quiz you on their history? That's...what? And I'm pretty sure that would be the one test Rainbow Dash doesn't need to study for.
Twilight apparently prides herself on her ambush skills. That's a thing now.
So Twilight's jonesing for a teacher high. You do not deny her the teacher high!
Seriously, Dashie's acting like reading about the Wonderbolts is something she wouldn't already do. Enthusiastically. Faithfully. Obsessively. Unhealthily.
Immediately after ascension, Twilight read entire tomes on "how to use your new wings in delivering speeches".
...Did Dash just draw a pin-up of Twilight? Oh, the shippers probably had a field day with that.
The history of the Wonderbolts movie was directed by Michael Bay. 100% historically accurate. 100% medically accurate.
There is now a performance of Stomp! being held in the library.
Firefly confirmed for ancient historical figure.
Seriously Twi, this is probably the single most unnecessary lesson you've ever taught, including all those times your sleepovers inevitably devolve into lectures on particle physics. I'm positive Dash is just fucking with her. Obviously all you'll need to do is make sure she has breakfast first.
Also, most of this is stuff that would be completely useless to be testing ponies on. At least they're not memorizing dates, but it still resembles trivia more than history.
Did Fluttershy just snarl at them? And not apologize? Holy shit she's come far.
"I think I have a way to help Rainbow." And then they just watch the movie.
What do you mean who's that? It's Opal and Angel wearing wigs. Also how the hell did they agree to this?
This is the most postmodern rendition of history I've seen since postwar Russia getting set to the Tetris theme.
Pinkie Pie is rapping. Somehow I knew this day would come.
Rarity is now Napoleon.
"An historical". Alright, Frasier.
Why is everypony suddenly so knowledgeable about the history of the Wonderbolts? And why are all their uniforms completely impractical for flight?
Applejack, as usual, is best pony.
So Rainbow Dash is a savant when she's in the air. Kind of like how I play video games while studying and it actually works because associative memory rocks.
If the cloud starts raining when Dash naps on it, does that mean she wet the bed?
Even if Rainbow Dash isn't just BS'ing them all about somehow not knowing the complete unabridged history of the Wonderbolts, can't she just, like, retake the test if she fails? I can't help but think we're getting a bit dramatic about things.
Congratulations. You now know exactly the same history you probably knew before anyone else in Ponyville did.
So Dash's bullshit learning gimmick is potentially really dangerous. If she flies past a science fair, Equestria is hosed.
Meh. I mean the lesson is a good one, but speaking as someone who actually learns that way it could've been done a lot better. This way it just comes off as plot-resolving magic and nobody will realize that it's actually a thing that people can use.
edited 10th May '14 4:09:56 PM by Pykrete
previously, on my little pony...
Twilight is going to get all the magic?
"But with the power of friendship!-" "No, Twilight. No friendship."
so transferring their magic is just something they can do? Is that an alicorn only thing?
oh yeah, shoot magic at the magic eater. real smart, shining.
denied!
NOT THE TREEHOUSE!
OH SHIT TWILIGHT IS GOING FULL ON KAMEHAMEHA!
what the hell!? this is straight out of a shonen anime!
okay, time for the box!
RAINBOW POWER!
XP granted for befriending a giant magical spider!So yeah, that was just flat out insanely awesome and just, damn. Best two-parter yet and just so much awesome, and heartwarming. So much world building. So much EVERYTHING! Characters being great, addressing things people had been bitching about making them actually have a POINT. Discord just plain being amazing. Not a big fan of the Rainbow Power look, but it's not to bad. Other then that, EPIC!
...gawd, they look hideous.
okay, so they plant the box, and...
A NEW TREEHOUSE YAY!
oh thank god they changed back to normal.
princess of friendship, huh?
and another song.
and Dislestia shippers go wild.
XP granted for befriending a giant magical spider!...gawd, they look hideous.
Oh, I dunno. I thought Dashie's "80s glam metal band" hair was hilarious.
This, pretty much. Heck, I actually like the versions of the Rainbow Power forms that didn't have the long hair, like this for example.
http://derpibooru.org/549972?scope=scpe24389d6a29f5d74786af95e23ed119fc32895764
http://derpibooru.org/616417?scope=scpe24389d6a29f5d74786af95e23ed119fc32895764
Also, the list of villains from several pages ago forgot Sunset Shimmer. She's trapped in the CHS universe with no hope for escape.
edited 10th May '14 4:37:51 PM by Smasher
Oh no, everypony's looking at me and judging me. They probably think all I'm a brazen hussy because of all these tattoos. Why oh why did I ever let Rarity talk us into this 80s costume party?
Also, we don't really know if we'll ever see the mane six Rainbow Power Up again, or if it was a one-time deal and the box was like, "Okay, mission accomplished."
I put my friend in a coconut! He lives in my hat! Hey, come hang out!Okay — episode about mundane royal bureaucracy GO.
Blah blah responsibility unwanted fame.
Spike nearly epic fails, and Twilight gets paparazzi'd for her use of completely ordinary levitation.
How does Dash not have a special edition of <insert Daring Do book here>? I could see that before this season, but now she's bros with the author.
Wait, it's the only one in all of Equestria? That's a hella short print run for an entire edition.
So this episode is going to be a Zelda minigame.
Rarijack bait.
The Daring Do fan wants...what exactly? The circus tent, the two-headed bulldog, or the musclebound stallion?
Applejack wants to trade all their stuff for a pie tin that cooks things five seconds faster and probably gives you cancer. Please Celestia don't let this pony ever hear of Facebook MMO's.
And Rarity accidentally a priceless artifact.
I'm rather curious as to how Discord has in-universe fans. Also curious as to why Fluttershy can't just give him some random piece of genuine Discord-spawned junk seeing how they're a thing.
Also why are there suddenly tons of disabled ponies in this series? It's awesome, but just a bit out of the blue is all.
Trade sequence entry point found! You trade the SHIT out of that — aaaand epic fail.
Once more, Pinkie and Twilight get paired off and a small foal gets traumatized.
Okay, the smashed chalice mosaic gag was pretty epic
Rarity and AJ are competing in the most ancient of pony sports: passive-aggressiveness.
Pinkie may well be the best salespony ever.
We now have a case of grand theft munchies indredients. Also they're forgetting to charge anyone for the food...
You can still save this, Dashie! It's just like Frogger!
Oh buck you orthros lady. Buck you.
Whoa, whoa. I don't think you can trade for Fluttershy, much as the shadier parts of the fandom would like to — DAMMIT DASH YOU JUST TRADED FLUTTERSHY.
Well, that one was fun. Probably the best one from the group I've been binging on so far.
Now that Season 4 is officially over, this seems like as good a time as any to re-post this:
Syd: I'd probably swing by every so often.
Re: Rainbow Designs: I felt they were a bit too over-the-top too. Tirek couldn't handle the gaudiness. Seriously, though, I found this rendition of Twi
, which I actually really like because it keeps some of the colour scheme, but tones down a lot of the things like the random sparkles in her hair and gets rid of the equally-random hoof-tattoos.

edited 10th May '14 4:04:33 PM by Ruise
Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.