Finally, we have a Spike episode on our hooves! I know a lot of you have been waiting for it, and we got a lot of great material out of it to sort through- new ponies, new canon, and finally some more Cheerilee! Everypony was on top form.
Except Rarity. She's in time-out.
Click past the break for our episode recap!
Let's start our new pony roundup with Junebug! She kind of looks like Carrot Top's sister, actually, except she has an actual voice actor.
Then we had this guy, the pony pediatrician with the questionable anatomy posters in his office. I don't believe I've heard the accepted fanon name for this guy yet, but his mane looks like a giant muffin to me.
Right after that we had the vet pony. I gotta say, I like her color scheme. I want to see more of her. Artists, we need fanart of this pony, stat.
 |
| Click it! |
 |
| Somewhere in the middle of all this, Twilight made this face. |
 |
| Do I even need to caption this scene? |
 |
| No points for guessing the movie reference this time. |
This is admittedly a minor complaint, but this is pretty much how I imagined this scene going back in Canterlot:
"Princess Celestia, there's a dragon attacking one of your towns!"
"Hm? Oh. Just send the Wonderbolts at it."
"Just the Wonderbolts?!"
"Yeah."
And I know I said Rarity was in time-out, but, I mean, come on...
I'm pretty sure that Studio B is trolling someone here, and I'm pretty sure that it's us.
She has enough accidental bedroom eyes, and then they throw those in. On purpose.
264 comments:
is it just me, or did it seem that at the part where rarity was examining spike's gem, when she held her hoof up to her mouth, it had fingers on it?
ReplyDelete@Risky
ReplyDeleteI think it's because the accelerated growth. He got a growth spike (C WUT I DID THAR?), going from baby dragon to as large as other dragons in less than a day. That must have done a number on his physiology.
Even counting on that, Spike is a magical dragon. He can send and recieve mail with his breath. I expected him not to look like other dragons.
On the episode, I loved it. Grown Spike looks good, and those bedroom eyes from Rarity were hilarious. She's a naughty pony.
The hilarious thing about this ep is that it proves how ladies generally get what they want from us gullible Y-chromosome havers.
ReplyDeleteThe bedrooms eyes/promises of things to come.
-__________________________-
Damnit. I tried to tell him not to fall for it... I really did...but he didn't hear me thro the T.V.
@frith
ReplyDeleteI had to see Dark City twice to fully appreciate it.
Its alot deeper then most give it credit for.....very good flick IMO.
Am I the only one that thinks that the doctor pony's hat looks like a turret? I vote: DR TURRET!
ReplyDeleteDocument ALL the MEMES!!!
ReplyDelete@NDupree93
ReplyDelete...I'll be in my bunk. :P
I really feel bad for the Wonderbolts. They're supposed to be based on a military team that performs stunts as well, such as the Blue Angels (Who I love to see), but it seems whenever we see them try something besides stunts, it goes wrong for them.
ReplyDeleteI know the show is supposed to have the mane 6 sort things out, but it'd be nice to see them come in to support them and actually help. Maybe help Dash beat up a big monster someday or something.
@fairy-eater
ReplyDeleteOh god! Xenogears flashbacks! Equestria is Solaris! Celestia is Emperor Cain!
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteFantastic season so far, but I really feel like we're overdue for a Pinkie Pie episode.
ReplyDelete@Sessalisk
ReplyDeletethe globe is tilted to alow for easyer viewing.
@Jon Fawkes
ReplyDeleteProbably not. She has a canon name, and so the fanbase can't make up a mind-numbingly literal nickname for her (the proposed nicknames for the doctor and vet are incredibly stupid and unimaginative, for example, except Petunia/Pet the Vet) and rage when they feel it's being threatened.
Hold up-- has everypony really forgotten to post about that pony Spike got the toy ball from? He has an ice cream sundae for a cutie mark, and his name is Lickety-Split (which, by the way, is the name of a girl pony from G1).
ReplyDelete@Son Gopaul
ReplyDeleteConsidering her name was PRONOUNCED WITH A J SOUND AND NOT A D SOUND ON THE SHOW ITSELF BY TWO DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, it's June Bug. Dimwit. With a D. Which sounds nothing like J. Which stands for JUNE Bug.
My in-progress fic with Cheerilee as a pimp is now canon. Yes. With Rarity as a stripper.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget jumping Rarity.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, she never seemed so... happy :D
Nevertheless, she is dangerous. Such beauty should be considered as a weapon of mass destruction ;)
King-Kong mix is awesome :)
Okay, okay, I get it. The doctor's hair looks like a muffin. I thought so, too. But Dr. Muffin Top? Really? Come on, guys, I know we can do better than that.
ReplyDeleteAnd by "we" I mean "you". Get to it.
I have tried to think of one myself, but I'm drawing a blank. I did, however, come to a decision that in my headcanon he is related to Twist in some way.
Rarity just made this episode hers even though it was focused on Spike. Least that's how it felt.
ReplyDeleteGo figure. EqD wants to punish Rarity when she's finally making progress in my eyes.
ReplyDeleteOh well. I ABSOLUTELY loved this episode. Wonderfully developed emotion throughout the episode and you have the main plot and subplot intertwined beautifully in a way that doesn't seem forced or lame. I just can't stop smiling about this episode. This has been the biggest redeemer for Rarity in my eyes.
Just a few things I noticed,
ReplyDeletea - There are 6 Wonderbolts, so seeing as only three show up to combat 'GreedSpike' I feel this lends itself to the theory that they just happened to be near and decided to help, not that they were sent to go help.
(Fun fact, this happened while Rarity was falling in the Sonic Rainboom episode as well. What? The other three couldn't be arsed to go help?)
b - Another issue for continuity is that after 'Lesson Zero' we learn that Twilight's letters are no longer every week, just kinda when it happens, so theoretically there so be three or more lessons in a week, or as few as one in a single month kind of idea. Throws the concept of measuring passage of time by letters just got thrown out the window...
That M.D. Pony reminded me of a non-pony Carrot Top. Just hope that the M.D. Pony doesn't go into prop comedy.
ReplyDelete@Emty
ReplyDeleteSweet jesus thats brilliant.
Petunia it is! Pet the Vet! Fanon established, no take backs.
@Dibullba
ReplyDeleteI've been calling the vet Cat Scan
Did anyone else think that the music from the start of the episode when Twilight was sorting her books sounded like the Mickey Sorcerer's Apprentice music?
ReplyDelete@Azurek
ReplyDeleteMeasuring the passage of time via weekly letters was always a bit dubious in my eyes. Twilight does not seem like the kind of student who would pass up extra credit and not write more than one Friendship report a week if the opportunity presented itself.
One a week was the minimum, in my eyes.
@Something To Quack About I've got to agree with you. We finally have a doctor in Ponyville. Surely we can think of a more creative name for him than "Muffin Top".
ReplyDelete@Harwick
ReplyDeleteAlso a Good point. I didn't really like the theory to begin with either, as I feel it's pretty clear we don't see every day or even week of these ponies lives, so I didn't think it was very accurate either.
Just thought I'd mention it's even less accurate now after Lesson Zero.
If it weren't for certain connotations associated with the word "clop" I'd suggest naming the doctor Asclopius, after Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it with ponies and getting tied up? I mean, really...
ReplyDeleteI can't share this in real life because i don't have any brony friends outside, but at least i can share here and am excited that I took the Rarity shots.
ReplyDelete^_^ It was my first contribution, and i'm excited it got into the episode follow-up. Thank's Cereal and... other mods.
@archiveit
ReplyDeleteMaybe something playing off of Hippocrates? It does have "hippo" in it, which means "horse"
@Woodencoyote See, this is the sort of thinking we need to be doing.
ReplyDeleteThe only problem that I had with this episode was the implication that as Spike ages, he's going to get greedier, and that the "dragon heart" affects all dragons. That might be a problem when it comes to a potential romance between Spike and Rarity (their lifespan difference notwithstanding). Perhaps Spike's specific condition is a pathological affliction to which dragons are especially vulnerable? I'm not too comfortable with either the idea of a Spike that will inevitably succumb to greed or the idea of a Spike that will forever remain a child.
ReplyDeleteAside from that, the canonification of the relationship elicited a "Squee!"
@archiveitWell, there have to be colts somewhere, and Big Mac cannot be the only employed colt besides Mr. Cake ... right??
ReplyDelete@Sunlit Waves
ReplyDeleteWe have Davenport too, the stallion who sells quills and sofas
With Rarity, glad to see that she is back to her normal self after SisterHooves, remember she is a knieving, stunning, manipulative GENEROUS, and dramaitacal mare.
ReplyDeleteIt was the gift of Spike's most prized jewel, that snapped him out of his greed-fueled growth spurt.
If Rarity falls to her doom 2 things happen. Wonderbolts get trashed, and Rainbow Dash saves her plot.
Rarity is on my top 6 ponies.
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDelete@frith
ReplyDeleteAll sound answers, I'll take this one. Thanks, that was bugging me.
just to let you ponies know, a globe apears in first season: Call of the cutie mark in beguining of the episode in the classroom left side of screen next to silver spoon
ReplyDeleteMy vote is for Dr. Muffintop. Yeah, it's goofy, but seriously! Muffins!
ReplyDeleteI didn't like Rarity in the last episode, but I liked her better in this episode. She may have taken advantage of Spike to get the ruby, but at least she seemed genuinely grateful for it. In the last episode, she acted grateful for what Twilight did but then never told the truth, so it seemed more like she was just grateful that they didn't figure out she was lying.
ReplyDeleteRe: Continuity...
ReplyDeleteIn the last episode, we'll see an old Mane 6 (along with Spike, Celestia, Luna and perhaps a few other) sit around a table reminiscing about days gone by. These episodes are merely retellings of old adventures. And as we all know, you're not always entirely chronological about retelling your life!
@Pyro Brony
ReplyDeleteI've looked at all instances where Rarity was examining Spike's gem and where you could say she's "holding her hoof to her mouth"... These are the screencaps I made:
Image 1
Image 2
Image 3
Image 4
Image 5
Image 6
None of them have fingers.
I gotta know what kind of cereal Lyra eats in the morning because she always has a gigantic grin on her face. Maybe she's just really good in bed.
ReplyDeleteJune Bug is Berry Punch's distant cousin. June only drinks from park statue fountains.
ReplyDeleteMy theory regarding Derpy's scene is that she was installing/inspecting a new safety device in the well in case any more fillies end up trapped down there.
ReplyDeleteI was pretty surprised to see a new doctor instead of Nurse Redheart, but thinking back on it, it makes sense. He's a pony pediatrician, and Spike's (normally) a baby dragon, after all.
Those bedroom eyes have got to be inspired by Whifi's pony love-faces... I mean, can it not be more obvious?
ReplyDelete@Risky
ReplyDeleteHere's an interesting thought. Lauren Faust had posted sketch of a dragon in her 2008 "pitch bible" for the show.
Someone had asked, "Wow, I wonder what female dragons would look like?" Lauren replied along the lines of, "Who's to say they weren't?"
Chew on that for awhile. :)
Interesting stuff today.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to rewatch the episode but I have the feeling June Bug was the one removing her hazmat suit from near the end of "Cutie Pox".
I've heard alot of people wonder about the doc being related to Twist in some way.
Bedroom eyes...so that's what it's called, I've been calling it her appreciative seductress face.
1. The sun and moon that hang over Equestria are not actually the real sun and moon that the rest of the planet experiences. They are enchanted stand-ins that Celestia (and now Luna) have created to aid the weather control. They are actually more like objects on a dome, which is why Rarity's wings dusted when she flew "too close" to the "sun."
ReplyDelete2. Celestia doesn't intervene in emergencies because everything that happens is a test for Twilight Sparkle. I imagine Celestia watching events unfold in her crystal ball or whatever, biting her hooves down to nubs with stress. But if she saved everyone, Twilight would never learn a thing. The only time Celestia ever actually intervened is when Twilight Sparkle herself was the problem.
@Harwick
ReplyDeleteEven if the planet is round, it doesn't necessarily change anything: if Celestia can control the entire planet, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for Luna, in her apparently empowered Nightmare Moon state, to also control the moon, and create a total solar eclipse in addition to stopping the rotation of the planet. No non-euclidean whatsit needed.
@Ganonfan98
ReplyDeleteTrue, that could work. You'd have to have a pretty tiny sun, one smaller than the moon, in order to cast a shadow over the entire planet. (Or the moon would have to be much larger than the planet, which confused the issue over which should orbit which.) But it everything else is up for grabs, then there's no reason Celestia's sun can't be little.
I think that the doctor should definitely be called Muffin Top
ReplyDeleteIf Spike and Rarity were to have a child, logically it would be a Draconequis. Here's hoping!
ReplyDelete@archiveit
ReplyDeleteOh really now! The Equestrian population is not 90% female! It's simply that most of the males are illiterate slaves kept out of sight in the gem mines! Duh!
*trolololo* >:3
@Harwick THE GLOBE PROVES THAT EQUESTRIA IS EARTH IN DA FUTURE!!
ReplyDeletePLANET OF DA PONIES!!! *shakes fist at humanity* YOU FOOLS! YOU BLEW IT UP! YOU-
...
Actually, conidering it became Equestria, I guess everything worked out for the best! Down with humans! *hangs "HAIL CELESTIA!" sign behind him*
@ScribbleFlicker
ReplyDeleteLickety Split is canon polymorph pony? ;3
@Shiranai Or, Equestria could be a pocket universe shaped like a torus, created during Wesley Crusher's warp experiment.
ReplyDeleteAnd soon it will collapse and all the ponies will disappear, as they never really existed in the first place.
*trolololo*
;D
@Harwick
ReplyDeleteI've long-suspected that the speed of light didn't necessarily limit the speed of particles that were not electromagnetic radiation.
Nutrinos are tiny even as particles go. They may be at the upper limit of another boundary beyond th quantum level. Perhaps they act via rules which govern the most basic structure of the universe, the foundation upon which everthing else is built upon. They may be allowed to move according to 'expansion', which as we know can occur at many times the speed of light.
Then there is quantum entanglement, a phenomenon which is currently given a low-end speed limit of 10,000 times light speed (and many be many times faster; we cannot know until the speed of entanglement can be measured at distances of tens of thousands of miles).
And then we have dark energy, which no one knows what the bloody hell it is!
The universe has many secrets left in store for us, ponies. Of that you may be very sure!
Wow, this whole episode rocked. I was cracking up all the way through it. For one, I LOVED Spike's grown up look. It was obvious that he is a different type of dragon than the others that we have seen thus far and I thought he looked really cool. Rarity was that hilariously, awesomely strange mixture of dramatic, manipulative, greedy, generous, and kindly sweet that she always is. Twi was AMAZING in her motherly yet also best friend role with Spike throughout the entire thing. Applejack's "Twahlaht, get mah rope" line, culminating in the epic fail wrangling attempt. Plus, those awesome support/background ponies, God I loved them; then, of course, Cheerilee deserves her own mentioning just because she is definitely one of the best support ponies in the whole show; I just love her. The whole episode was simply fantastic.
ReplyDeleteNow if Spike had turned to a dark green or red when he "grew" then he would have been more... intimidating... lol. A giant pink-purplish dragon just isn't scary. :P
ReplyDeleteIs it me or is Lickety Split a little androgynous in appearance? The reason I ask is when he closed his eyes when he bounced the ball, it revealed he had girly eyelashes (at least, that's what I saw). Possible effeminate pony?
ReplyDeleteLoved Spike in his new hat! I'm waiting for a Spike/Smooth Criminal video or flash video on Youtube NEtime now! XD
ReplyDelete