• We ♥ Ponies - My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Fan Favorites Mare-athon


    On the 11th of February, The Hub will be airing a five hour Mare-athon leading up to their new "Hearts and Hooves" Valentines day episode.  It's really awesome to see our favorite ponies getting dedicated holiday stuff!

    They need our support for the final Hubworld poll taking place on January 24, and asked EQD to gather the collective community to decide on it.  Right now,  FiM has a massive number of episodes, and The Hub has asked us to help get that down to 20!

    The deadline for our personal poll is Monday at midnight ET (9:00 PM Blog Time), so we have the weekend to decide which episodes we want to see included.

    After the break, I will include a list of all of them as a refresher (plus some alternate pre-air names, because those are awesome).

    Hit the poll up on the side bar! 

    (Note: This post is stickied! New stuff will pop up below it!)


    Episode 101: Friendship is Magic - Part 1
    After attempting to warn Princess Celestia about the return of the wicked Night Mare Moon,
    Twilight Sparkle and Spike travel to Ponyville where they meet Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash,
    Rarity and Fluttershy.

    Episode 102: Friendship is Magic - Part 2

    It is up to Twilight and her new pony friends to help the Princess, but it will not be easy. NightMare Moon challenges the ponies with individual obstacles they must overcome to find the Elements of Harmony before it is too late.

    Episode 103: The Ticket Master
    When Twilight Sparkle receives two tickets from Princess Celestia to the Grand Galloping Gala, all of her friends want to go…but who will she choose?

    Episode 104: Applebuck Season
    It’s Applebuck Season in Ponyville and a short-handed Applejack is determined to complete the harvest all by herself.

    Episode 105: Griffon the Brush-off
     Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash pal around playing pranks on the other ponies, but when Dash’s old friend Gilda the Griffon shows up, Pinkie Pie suddenly becomes a third wheel.

    Episode 106: Boast Busters
    The arrival of Trixie, a boastful pony with magical skills, irritates the ponies in Ponyville who turn to Twilight to challenge her.

    Episode 107: Dragonshy
    Fluttershy must convince a sleeping dragon to move out of town before the plume of black
    smoke it’s producing covers all of Equestria!

    Episode 108: Look Before You Sleep
    When the ponies gather at Twilight’s for a slumber party, Rarity and Applejack begin to quarrel and threaten to ruin the party.

    Episode 109: Bridle Gossip

    When the ponies are afflicted with bizarre and humorous sicknesses they accuse a mysterious
    zebra named Zecora of placing a curse on them.


    Episode 110: Swarm of the Century
     Parasprites, furry little multiplying creatures, descend upon Ponyville and begin to devour
    everything and it’s up to the ponies to find a solution.

    Episode 111: Winter Wrap Up
    Twilight Sparkle does her best to prepare for the upcoming Winter Wrap-Up without relying on her magic to help.

    Episode 112: Call of the Cutie
    Apple Bloom is discouraged because she has not received her cutie mark yet so she aggressively searches out her purpose in life so she can get it.

    Episode 113: Fall Weather Friends
    When Rainbow Dash and Applejack compete against each other in the annual Running of the
    Leaves, competition turns sour and the ponies do whatever it takes to win.

    Episode 114: Suited for Success
    Rarity offers to make dresses for her friends for the upcoming Gala but gets in over her head
    when she tries to incorporate all of their individual styling ideas.




    Episode 115: Feeling Pinkie Keen
    Amazed with Pinkie Pie’s ability to predict the future, Twilight Sparkle follows her around in
    order to uncover the source of her incredible abilities.

    Episode 116: Sonic Rainboom
     When Twilight uses her magic to give Rarity wings so that she can watch Rainbow Dash
    compete in a race, Rarity is so taken with her new ability that she disrupts the competition.

    Episode 117: Stare Master (pka Fluster-shy)
    Fluttershy offers to babysit the Cutie Mark Crusaders but quickly discovers that they are more than she can handle.

    Episode 118: The Show Stoppers
     The Cutie Mark Crusaders sign up for a talent show hoping to discover their true life meaning and finally earn their cutie marks.

    Episode 119: A Dog and Pony Show
    While hunting in the woods for gems for a new dress, Rarity is taken by a group of greedy
    Diamond Dogs and forced to find jewels for them.

    Episode 120: Green Isn’t Your Color

    Rarity recruits Fluttershy as a model in hopes of impressing a famous designer with her dresses, but it’s Fluttershy’s modeling career that takes off instead!

    Episode 121: Over a Barrel
    The ponies work to settle a complicated land dispute between the Apple-loosans and a herd of buffalo fighting over the same territory.

    Episode 122: A Bird in the Hoof
    Without asking permission, Fluttershy borrows the Princess’s sick bird in order to heal it, and
    the ponies must work together to get it back before she notices.

    Episode 123: The Cutie Mark Chronicles
    Frustrated with their lack of success, The Cutie Mark Crusaders seek out Twilight and the rest of the ponies to learn the stories of how they got their cutie marks.

    Episode 124: Owl’s Well That Ends Well
    When Twilight becomes friends with an Owl who helps her around the house with chores, Spike becomes jealous and fears he will be replaced.

    Episode 125: Party of One
    Confused and discouraged, Pinkie Pie goes on a mission to find out why her friends are avoiding her most recent party invitation.

    Episode 126: The Best Night Ever

     Expectations are high for the Grand Galloping Gala but when the ponies arrive they find that their individual interests in the Gala are not all they had hoped for.


    201 - The Return of Harmony – Part 1: 
    The peace of Equestria is threatened when Discord, a mischievous spirit of disharmony, escapes from his imprisonment in stone. Twilight and her friends must defeat him using the Elements of Harmony. If only they can find them!

    202 – The Return of Harmony – Part 2: 
    Discord’s mischief causes a rift between the six friends and
    renders the Elements of Harmony useless. Twilight needs to rekindle their friendship in order to use the Elements against Discord.

    203 – Lesson Zero: 

    Hyper-organized Twilight panics when she can’t find a lesson about friendship for her weekly letter to Princess Celestia.

    204 – Luna Eclipsed: 
    It’s Nightmare Night and the macabre celebrations are in full swing when Luna
    herself shows up in Ponyville, determined to change her frightening public image.

    205 – Sisterhooves Social: 
    Sweetie Belle disowns Rarity as her sister when she refuses to participate in a rough and tumble celebration of sisterly unity.

    206 – The Cutie Pox: 
    Apple Bloom finally gets her Cutie Mark! But joy turns to panic as she gets as second, then a third, then a dozen cutie marks.

    207 – May the Best Pet Win! (formerly known as “The Tortoise & the Mare”): 
    Rainbow Dash holds a flying race to determine who will win the honor of being her pet.

    208 – The Mysterious Mare Do Well: 
    A new masked avenger is stealing Rainbow Dash’s thunder as Ponyville’s resident hero.

    209 – Sweet and Elite: 
    During a successful trip to Canterlot, Rarity has to choose between the important social connections she’s made in the capitol and her uncouth Ponyville friends.

    210 – Secret of My Excess (formerly known as “Attack of the 50 Foot Dragon”): 
    Spike’s birthday gifts activate his greedy dragon instincts and cause an outrageous growth spurt that threatens to destroy all of Ponyville.

    211 – Family Appreciation Day: 
    Apple Bloom does everything she can think of to stop Granny Smith from speaking to her class and causing everlasting embarrassment.

    213 – Hearth’s Warming Eve: 
    The six friends are honored to put on Canterlot’s most important play of
    the season, the Hearth’s Warming Eve’s holiday pageant that illustrates how Unicorns, Pegasi and Earth Ponies put aside their differences and founded Equestria.

    379 comments:

    1. Wow so IDK which one to choose lol theres so many good ones!

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    2. I would vote for Lesson Zero or PArty of One, but they're going to get tonnes of votes anyway. So I went with A Dog and Pony Show.

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    3. @Kurraga

      That's my strategy as well. Don't vote for the obvious favorites, pick a middle weight.

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    4. I am so troubled...I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH!

      But I voted for Lesson Zero.

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    5. I love being a brony!

      They asked us....

      I is pleased.

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    6. you already know..........LUNA!!!

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    7. Well, the Discord episodes are a must-see.

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    8. Gotta go with Luna on this one, though I hope Hearth's Warming Eve gets up as well.

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    9. The Hub is asking us to narrow the field down to 20 episodes?

      o.O

      Really, has this level of interaction between a fandom and a network ever happened before?

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    10. Heh, there's going to be a Valentine's Day episode? That sure creates a lot of room for speculation.

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    11. I think that we should the ablitity to vote for more then one or else we are going to have some very low numbers per episode

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    12. Wait.. why is Hearths Warming Eve 213? If we're gonna argue that it should actually be 213 rather than 211, then shouldn't Winter Wrap Up be 113 as well? (Basically, either do both by episode order or by release order.. not one of each.) Or was WWU really 111 to begin with? >.< I'm confused, because of when they aired..

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    13. No votes for Owl's Well that Ends Well, The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well, or The Ticket Master. Lawl. Yet there are already over one hundred votes for Luna Eclipsed and Lesson Zero

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    14. My guesses that WILL be there
      Lesson Zero
      Luna Eclipsed
      Party of One
      Sisterhooves Social
      Winter Wrap Up
      Elements of Harmony 1-2
      Return of Harmony 1-2
      A Dog and a Pony Show
      Secret of My Excess
      May the Best Pet Win
      Bridle Gossip
      Dragonshy

      But my guesses are as good as anyponys

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    15. VALENTINES DAY EPISODE!?!?! Dear celestia LET THERE BE SHIPPING =D

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    16. Wow this is really awesome. I thought there was a reason for the poll being so big. :p Voted for Bird in the Hoof.

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    17. Parasprites are "furry little creatures?" Hmm, that's new...

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    18. Parasprites are "furry little creatures?" Hmm, that's new...

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    19. Open the flood gates. We could use this as a mini census of the community (by vote counts). Lets show them how many we are.

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    20. Why are people voting for Family Appreciation Day? It hasn't even aired yet. I wish I lived in the US so I could actually watch the hub. Well, maybe somepony will stream it.

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    21. @SunshineBlogger
      It's the Alicorn Princess Candence getting Married to the Unicorn Stallion Shining armor

      Despite Rarispike, I'd put down all my money in a moments notice to say there wouldn't be any other shipping. Especially between any of the mane 6.

      And no, vague statements the community takes as sexual innuendoes do not count.

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    22. "Hearts and Hooves" Valentines day episode.


      so, wait, is this for MLP or what? why haven't we heard of it? what does this mean?

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    23. @Kurraga
      Forgot to add: The two parters need more love. You can't leave those out of a pony marathon!

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    24. Aw man! I want the synopsis for Hearts & Hooves!

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    25. I know season 2 is panning out to be great, but the poll is leading me to believe that bronys have short memory spans...

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    26. Wow!! This is a big honor.
      Hmmm, decisions decisions...

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    27. I voted Suited for success even though i think a day long marathon showing all the episodes would be best.
      I chose suited for success because Rarity is my favorite and art of the dress is my favorite song

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    28. Dammit. Why does everybody love Lesson Zero?

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    29. Err, shouldn't we be voting for our top 20?


      I've got 6-8 "favorites" and I don't want to let any slip. Plus, I don't want to change my vote to a moderately popular (but not absolute favorite) episode just to bump it into the top 20.

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    30. Party of One is my favorites... but pretty much all of them save for a few, very few. I'm excited for the V-day episode regardless of the content of said new episode.

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    31. @pmcollectorboy
      Beats me. My second most hated episode, but I'm not one to judge others on taste.

      If people love it, they love it. *shrug* I'll debate the merits/etc of episodes or whatever anytime, but of course it all comes down to subjectivity anyway.

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    32. @pmcollectorboy

      cause PedoTwi.

      and everything absolutely sucks in comparison. :P

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    33. pick one? this is harder than my poll where i asked to pick 5... which btw revealed 'owl's well' as least fav and 'winter wrap-up', 'lesson zero', 'luna eclipsed', and 'feeling pinkie keen' as most fav

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    34. i puts my heart at rest knowing this fandom likes the same episodes as i do
      ...now im not worried about not voting

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    35. @DarkRaven22

      They showed the episodes out of their originally intended air order to make Hearths Warming Eve air before Christmas.

      It is still listed as 213 though.

      (Winter Wrap Up must have been a different scenario.)

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    36. Dog & Pony was my choice.

      Y'know, you should've allowed for multiple choices (say 5 or so). Unless the Hub vote's gonna be one-IP, one-vote as well...

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    37. Looks like party of one is locked in, so I'm going for boast busters. The great and powerful Trixie needs your support!

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    38. Is this image header based on the new episode? I have not recalled seeing that before...

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    39. Uh-oh... a Valentine's day pony episode? Will some form of shipping become canon?

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    40. It's just a "turning point" episode for me, and I recognize it marked itself as the episode where "the game" was changed up for the show's format.

      IMO, the thing wore out its welcome about halfway in and then redeemed itself when Celestia showed up. Otherwise it was just too creepy and hectic. Some people like hectic. I don't. I like the more world building and emotion building episodes.

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    41. @Sandoval

      In the end, I chose the same because surprisingly it looks like everyone has forgotten that Rainbow Dash is best pony. ;)

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    42. @Shiranai

      I LOVE Dashie, but Pedo Twi edges her out ever so slightly.

      now, she is better than regular Twilight, but Pedo Twi beats all.

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    43. @Harwick

      Someone up above speculated that it will be the episode with Princess Cadence and Shining Armor. I suppose this qualifies as "shipping" in a technical sense.

      I somehow don't think Rainbow Dash will be dating Applejack in this episode.

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    44. I hate to say it but I'm sure that the Hearts and Hooves episode is going to throw out a lot of fandom pairings. I hope Lyra/BonBon and Green Grapes/Daisy stays though.

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    45. This is one of the toughest decisions I've ever been faced with.
      Hmmmmm.....
      Return to Harmony, Part 1 it is then.

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    46. I for one feel incredibly honored that the HUB is asking us to do this. That said, I think I'll have to go with Party of One and Lesson Zero.

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    47. I don't care if Hearts and Hooves throws away pairings, Rainbow Dash x Twilight forever >_>

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    48. Whoa, wait wait wait... the HUB asked EQUESTRIA DAILY to host a poll for them that determines what they'll run on their channel?

      Am I the only one who realizes the significance of this fact?

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    49. This is so hard! Boast Busters? Dragonshy? Swarm of the Century? Or how about Suited for Success? Maybe Party of One? Oh, can't forget the Cutie Mark Chronicles! And Stare Master!

      Dang, I need to think about this.

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    50. Wait, has Family Appreciation Day even aired yet?

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    52. Congrats Equestria Daily for being a representative of what the HUB will air.

      You all should be proud of yourselfs

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    53. 38 episodes. Our votes cut it down to twenty. The Hubworld poll cuts it down to the ten episodes that a five-hour mareathon would entail.

      This is almost cruel to us, giving us more veto power, more to cut than the final poll will have.

      I voted for May the Best Pet Win, by the way. The mareathon needs to have the best song, after all, and I'm sure others will take care of the usual suspects.

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    54. A Valentine's day episode?

      Oh, the shippers are going to have a field day...

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    55. Jesus cannot believe people voting for Lesson Zero. Completely unfunny episode.

      People have such raging hard-ons for the 'XX goes crazy!' episodes.

      At least Part of One was slightly decent.

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    56. @GabuEx

      Nope! I recognized how big of a deal this is for us. Then again, The Hub has always seemed to love us.

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    57. @Calvinandhobbes it will have aired by then :D

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    58. Here's hoping for more Hub/EQD interaction like this.

      However, it think it would be better if instead of voting for *one* episode in the poll, we could pick our top 5 or 10 episodes, and then hit submit on the poll (if that is even possible). Because right everypony is just going to vote on their favorite episode, but will have no chance to voice their opinion on what the next best ep is and so on.

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    59. Of course, now that I think about it, Sethisto is probably just going to say, "I don't know how it happened, but Boast Busters won all TWENTY of the top slots. It seems you'll just have to air the episode with my lo-I mean, the best pony ten times in a row, oh well~"

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    60. I voted for Lesson Zero. It's a classic. I love Twilight so much, and she's delightfully nutty in that one. Plus, we're talking about a Marathon for an episode that threatens to sink every ship ever sailed in this fandom. We're going to have to go with nuttiness for it.

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    61. Looking over this list again made me realize not only how frickin amazing nearly every episode of this show has been. But also how well Season 2 has lived up to expectations and even surpassed them.

      Gosh I need to rewatch Season 1 again, it's been a little too long.

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    62. Lesson Zero and Party of One are my favourites, but Lesson Zero definitely is #1.

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    63. @Cottonmouth

      Hey, look, it's Cottonmouth!

      Stop it. Go away.

      (Hey, it worked at FiMchan...)

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    65. Equistria daily, You are bucking awesome.
      We dont have the Hub here, but voted for: May the best pet win for your viewing pleasure.

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    66. Wait, I was so busy thinking about Season 1 (which I think is better than most of Season 2) that I completely forgot about the Season 2 episodes that I DID absolutely adore. Should I vote for Sisterhooves Social? Sweet and Elite? Secret of my Excess?

      Nah, I'll stick with Season 1. I'll go insane if I expand the possibilities. Guess I'll skip out on voting for Party of One, since by the comments that's doing great. It deserves it too, Pinkie Pie being best pony and all. Um... okay, I'm thinking I'll vote for either Boast Busters or Swarm of the Century. I think I can sleep on it now that I have it down to two.

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    67. Wait, "May The Best Pet Win" was originally The "Tortoise and the Mare". Who the hell would change a title that great?

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    68. Both the Cutie Mark Chronicles and Sonic Rainbow appear to be winning, so I voted for Fall Weather Friends.

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    69. wow this is really cool.

      I voted for dragonshy. It's actually not my favorite but i dont want it to not make the top 20 so ya...

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    70. @Scribejay
      "Tortoise and the Mare" would give away the ending before the episode even started. Admittedly, some people predicted it before the episode started anyway, but if you didn't know about merchandise you wouldn't go into it expecting a tortoise to win.

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    71. @Scribejay

      That name is great, yes, but it kinda gives away the whole episode from the start as well. I assume that's also why they changed Attack of the 50-Foot Dragon.

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    72. I hope there is more HUB & EqD interactions in the future.

      I choose Sweet and Elite.

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    73. Gawd... do you have any idea how hard choosing only 1 episode is? D:

      Crap... Ahhhggg... I Narrow'd down to a few...
      Green isn't your color
      Winter Wrap up
      Lesson Zero
      Hearths warming eve
      Luna
      Sonic Rainboom
      RoH pt 1 and 2

      But in the end I wanted to see more Fluttershy... Green isn't your color ftw... Hope it at least makes the listings :(
      Can't believe the network is actually asking the fans which eps they like'd most... Kudos to hub you guys impress me more and more every week

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    74. Whoa, a network actually asking its fan base on how they should arrange a five hour bloc of programming.

      I can honestly say that I've never, ever heard of that happening. So much awesome!

      I picked Sweet and Elite; Rarity was just too good in that not to.

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    75. Why is Return of Harmony losing? C'mon, it's Discord!

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    76. This is sick! Dragonshy for sure. Why? Rainbow Dash hits a dragon in the face, Fluttershy has a moment that is total BA, did I mention the fact that a sick looking dragon is in it?, and it's one of the only episodes I dont have on my dvr. haha

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    77. "Hearts and Hooves"
      Oh Luna, it's a shipping episode!

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    78. My god. The Hub really is amazing.

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    79. Haven't voted yet, as I'm still deciding.

      I'd think it odd to have half of the pilot or Return of Harmony on the marathon and not the other half if votes lean that way.

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    80. Also, perhaps you should give everyone 3 or 5 choices? Not only is it pretty hard to choose a favorite, but it looks like everyone is choosing the same few episodes with the other 30 receiving next to no votes.

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    81. I went ahead and voted for Boast Busters instead of waiting until morning.

      Come on guys, more Boast Buster votes. The Great and Powerful Trixie must appear!

      I totally did not just do this because I was afraid of what Seth would do if we don't see Trixie.

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    82. More choices would be appreciated. But otherwise we can vote tactically.

      Right now, it looks like the threshold will be about 1.5%. So something below 1%, or above 2%, is probably a waste of your vote.

      I'm a little disappointed that several Fluttershy episodes get killed by that standard. But I ended up voting for "At the Gala". Great song and Flutterage - what's not to love?

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    83. Oh man, now that is fascinating to see how the results break down.

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    84. I love you, Hub!
      Voting for Cutie Mark Chronicles.

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    85. It's interesting how underrated "look before you sleep" is, it's probably one of the best episodes along with "the ticket master" and "winter wrap up" for example.

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    86. Drangonshy
      Luna Eclipsed
      Lesson Zero
      The Return of Harmony part 1
      The Return of Harmony part 2
      The Elements of Harnmny part 1
      The Elements of Harmony part 2
      Sisterhooves Social
      Hearth Warming's Eve
      Winter Wrap Up
      Griffon Brush Off
      Party of One
      Feeling Pinkie Keen
      Applebuck Season
      Boast Busters

      So many to choose from! That's all I could think of :(
      Oh well, that's what the rest of the community is for.

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    87. a valinines day episode? SWEET!!! i wonder if our awesome main six ponies will have a little crush on anyone???? i cant wait to see this mare-athon!!!!!!! SO AWESOME!

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    88. So, the Hub is asking us? Thats awesome! This Fanbase never stops amazing me.

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    89. I'm happy Dragonshy is doing well. To me, it is THE MLP:FIM episode. Everything great about the series in one singular episode.

      Not my favorite (that'd be fall weather friends), but IMO the most iconic of the series' strengths.

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    90. Why does dog and pony show not have like tons of votes it's just as good as lesson zero and luna eclipsed

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    91. I picked the Ticket Master, as it was a nice wind-down from the epic intro episodes. Plus, it's one I've only seen once! GASP!

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    92. I voted for the Cutie Pox.
      We are the 0%

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    93. Since Lesson Zero and Luna Eclipsed seem to be doing well, I am going to cast my vote for The Best Night Ever. I mean, it has one of the best songs on the show and Flutterage, what more could you want? Though I really wish that we were allowed to vote for our top 5, so that we could get a better range of episodes and 1/4 of the entire results wouldn't be Lesson Zero.

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    94. I hope this new episode doesn't sink the Pinkie Dash ship, that'd totally ruin my day.

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    95. Hearts and Hooves... *crosses fingers* oh PLZ!!! let there be Spike x Rarity or Rainbow Dash x Soarin or Twilight x Big Mac!!! And maybe if possible a little background Lyra x Bonbon sitting together in a restaurant laughing!! Thats all I need!!! BUT MOSTLY DASHxSOARIN!!! PLZZZZZZZ!!!! <X3

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    96. I have no idea what the best episode would be. (At least that's what I think this is asking. My brain seems to have died an hour or so ago and even though I re-read the article a few times I am still only getting part of the story.)

      But I don't think you can go wrong with Lesson Zero.

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    97. I'm torn between Winter Wrap Up and Bridle Gossip...

      I mean I love that song as much as the next brony

      But on the other hoof Flutterguy cracks my shite up

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    98. Huh. I knew I was in the minority in disliking "May the Best Pet Win" but really? Enough people love it THAT much? Is it just for the Find a Pet song?

      Am I the only person who was unimpressed by that song? I mean, it's a nice song, just not as nice as every other song. It took me a few views to even remember the tune. Every other song in the show I hum for hours.

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    99. I guess I'm just glad, none of the episodes have zero votes...

      Shows the MLP has somthing for every pony ...

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    100. Funny how the majority is expecting yuri shipping when they should realize that the show is basically heterosexual? Why would the elements of harmony hook up with each other anyway? It's called friendship is magic for a reason. o.o

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    101. @Kewpa

      Since when has canon stopped shipping before?

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    102. Why no love for Griffon Brush-off? It's got to be the episode with the best friendship message and it shows how Pinkie deals with bullies.

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    103. @CTMAAA
      If it makes you feel better, I loved Cutie Pox myself. 4th best season 2 episode so far, imo (after sweet and elite and RoH 1/2).


      I'd vote for it if I could vote for 20 instead of 1.

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    104. The Best Night Ever gets all my love.

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    105. waaiit I CAN ONLY VOTE FOR ONE!?

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    106. I love how the come to the bronys for the vote.

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    107. I want three votes at least -.-

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    108. Voted for Lesson Zero - in retrospect, should have voted for Bridle Gossip. Slipped my mind that Lesson Zero would get a lot of the votes.

      On another note, much love for the Hub!

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    109. C'mon, everypony, let's get Sisterhooves Social at least in the top 20! :D

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    110. Celestia damn it! some times i really REALLY hate living in Canada. oh well i voted anyway for my most favorite breakdown of my most favoritest pony EV-ER! “party for one” all the way pinkie pie is best pony always!

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    111. Come on bro's the Discord conclusion was easily the best in the series. Just because it's older doesn't mean it has lost its charm.
      I had everything, drama, a sad Twilight (which broke my heart), Flutterbitch, an inspiring Twilight, and love to help friends.
      Best episode, ever.

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    112. Sweet and Elite, Swarm of the century and Feelin' pinkie keen :)

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    114. How can "Sonic Rainboom" and "Winter Wrap Up" be so low? D:

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    115. I tried rating the episodes by my favorites, it was a lot harder than I thought it would be:
      1. Fall Weather Friends; 2. Luna Eclipsed; 3. Party of One; 4. Hearth’s Warming Eve; 5. The Best Night Ever; 6. Griffon the Brush-off; 7. The Show Stoppers; 8. Suited for Success; 9. The Cutie Mark Chronicles; 10. Winter Wrap Up; 11. Dragonshy; 12. Friendship is Magic - Part 1; 13. Friendship is Magic - Part 2; 14. Sonic Rainboom; 15. Sisterhooves Social; 16. A Bird in the Hoof; 17. May the Best Pet Win!; 18. Applebuck Season; 19. The Return of Harmony – Part 2; 20. The Return of Harmony – Part 1

      These didn't make the cut:
      21. The Ticket Master; 22. Call of the Cutie; 23. Lesson Zero; 24. Swarm of the Century; 25. The Cutie Pox; 26. Bridle Gossip; 27. Look Before You Sleep; 28. A Dog and Pony Show; 29. Secret of My Excess; 30. Sweet and Elite; 31. Stare Master; 32. The Mysterious Mare Do Well; 33. Green Isn’t Your Color; 34. Feeling Pinkie Keen; 35. Boast Busters; 36. Owl’s Well That Ends Well; 37. Over a Barrel

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    116. *ahem*
      So many choices, and such riches a plenty.

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    117. The Great And Powerful Trixie demands more of you vote for Boast Busters!

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    118. Remember Everypony! ONE BRONY, ONE VOTE! NO BALLOT STUFFING!

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    119. I voted for Dragonshy. It isn't my favorite episode, necessarily, but we haven't seen Season 1 in a while, have we? I don't get the Hub, though, so I guess this doesn't matter much for me.

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    120. Here's an idea: Before you vote, open the site or some posts on the site in multiple tabs, and vote in each one. Theoretically, it'll count all of them as separate votes. This way, you can vote for your top episodes. Of course, some ponies would probably cheat and vote for the same episode in all the tabs.

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    121. voted for Luna Eclipsed, I kinda like season 2 better.

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    122. I'm kind of scared of the new episode "Hearts and Hooves" and its coinciding theme. For some reason for majority of the shows I watch, I lose interest in the heroine(s) once they establish a relationship with a newly introduced love interest. I'd rather have (And not know) the main 6 to not have a desirable significant other. It keeps expectations stretched out wide and not squeezed into a tiny bottle neck. Oh well, there's no synopsis yet. I'm crossing my fingers..

      Ooooh, Voted for Dragonshy (It's what exposed me to MLP:Fim). Fluttershy's whimpers and squeaks topped off with Pinkie's adorable randomness is cuteness at no comparison!!!

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    123. @Eddmario that is a good idea! cuz its hard to choose just one episode out of 39 awesome episodes XD

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    124. Im fine aslong as they include Party of One, Fall Weather Friends, and Sonic Rainboom

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    125. @Pinkypie
      Its going to be two new characters, Princess Candence, and some guy named Shining Armour having their wedding. And its pretty unlikely that the mane6 will be matched with anyone else.

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    126. Now, this is a poll where I can vote without remorse.

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    127. @Ogrecakes
      Do you have actual confirmation on that?

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    128. As much as I loved Luna Eclipsed, Feeling Pinkie Keen, Lesson Zero, and Secret of My Excess, I have to go with the episode that made me fall in love with Pinkie Pie: Party of One. She was so cute all throughout that episode (especially that insanely cute basket hat), had a surprising depth to her character, and her breakdown after her (false) realization that her friends had (not really) abandoned her really made me want to just give her a hug and tell her everything will be ok.

      Ultimately, everything about Pinkie harkens back to the good ol' days of the Warner Bros. era of animation in the '90s. Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Pinkie and the Brain, Freakazoid, and so many others. She really is the lost Loony Toon.

      Also: honorary mention goes to Sonic Rainboom, for being the episode that finally pushed me over the edge and made me a brony back in the day. Any show that has the hardcore cred to whip out a Challenger 1985 reference in its musical track automatically gets my approval. Heck, there was plenty of music that evoked Gradius all throughout that episode. 5 star. Would watch again.

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    129. It looks like Lesson Zero is winning.

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    130. Ack! This is a horrible way to choose 20 out of 38 episodes... Realistically people need to be able to choose like their top 10 or something. Please, please restart this poll after this morning's episode and make at least five selectable options (if it were practical every person should choose their Top 20 but I know that's probably an unreasonable request).

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    131. the second discord episode is sooo good, vote for it! :D

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    132. Yeah, +1 to getting more choices.

      I figured all my favorites would get selected by the others, so I went into my favorite of the medium-tier episodes and voted for Applebuck Season.

      Eh...looking at the results, I'm starting to think I'm in a minority on that one...Ah well, makes me unique and special.

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    134. People are obviously biased towards S02... not that there's anything wrong with that.

      We need more choices though. Now it's like the retarded election system that more and more countries adopt, where they force you to choose between two total idiots because no one else will ever beat them anyways.

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    135. @TornadoNot a bad problem to have, if you ask me :3

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    136. More Boast Busters!
      Show 'em we want Trixie back!

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    137. The poll needs to have multi-choice enabled :< So hard to chose just one out of so many great episodes one wants to see.

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    138. They all are my favourites, but must go with one that has less votes.
      So i picked Hearth's Warming Eve episode.

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    139. Hey /v/ Im not going to vote for "The mysterious Mare do Well" because Im not a EPIC 4 TEH WIN LOLOLO

      ROFL

      LMFAO XFD @ PONIFaGz we r leegin forgive us never forget

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    140. Hey, isn't this supposed to be stickied?

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    141. I voted for Secret of my Excess, hands down. Why are we voting for an episode that hasn't even aired, yet (today's ep, can't it wait until it airs)? lol

      For the Valentine episode, I'm hoping it involves Spike and Rarity. That would be sweet.

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    142. I tried to come up with a list of exactly 20 out of 37 episodes done so far (the one that hasn't aired yet I eliminated automatically). It took over an hour and I think I short-circuited my brain:

      Episode 101: Friendship is Magic - Part 1
      Episode 102: Friendship is Magic - Part 2
      Episode 106: Boast Busters
      Episode 107: Dragonshy
      Episode 109: Bridle Gossip
      Episode 110: Swarm of the Century
      Episode 111: Winter Wrap-up
      Episode 114: Suited for Success
      Episode 115: Feeling Pinkie Keen
      Episode 116: Sonic Rainboom
      Episode 120: Green Isn’t Your Color
      Episode 123: The Cutie Mark Chronicles
      Episode 125: Party of One
      Episode 126: The Best Night Ever
      Episode 201: The Return of Harmony – Part 1:
      Episode 202: The Return of Harmony – Part 2:
      Episode 203: Lesson Zero:
      Episode 204: Luna Eclipsed:
      Episode 209: Sweet and Elite:
      Episode 213: Hearth’s Warming Eve:

      21 would have allowed my to keep Episode 112 in though.

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    143. http://images.4chan.org/b/src/1325929091339.png

      I lol'd. Well, here we go.

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    145. Been said a dozen times, but a bunch of neckbeards have a huge campaign to "ruin the ponyfags" or something by voting for MMDW. So, just disregard that one and don't include it even if it makes the top 20.

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    146. @GabuEx

      Eenope;
      bookmarking and keeping my eye on it.

      I can send the link to anyone who ever argues that the Hub channel doesn't know/care about bronies. Not knowing or caring is Hasbro's toy dev. team's job, lol. (Hooray for poor cross-team business networking!... or perhaps toy development budget cuts...)

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    147. Just as long as the list has Winter Wrap up and Sweet and Elite, I'm set.

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    148. Dragon Shy, Party of one, lesson zero, Luna Eclipsed.
      If any of those make it I'm happy!

      @Gorgutz:

      Pardon my ignorance but is MMDW an acronym for one
      of the episodes, or something else?

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    149. As much as I'd not like to say this, I'd have to agree. The votes for MMDW shouldn't even be considered because of the trolls from /v/.

      I don't like to disrespect the work put into it, but I don't think it deserves a spot in the cut-off if it does get in. Please take this into account Seth...

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    150. Never mind Gorgutz, figured it out as soon as I submitted.

      I personally don't have much of a problem with the "Mare
      do Well" episode, though I think the reveal could have
      been better !(spoilerz)! Personally I thought Trixie would have made more sense because then it would show she had learned her lesson about humility. I think the only episode so far I've actually hated has been "Griffin the Brush off", and even that episode has some hilarious moments.

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    151. I advise you reboot the voting seth and allow multiple choices, mainly because /v/ is doing a raid (P.S. Feeling Pinkie Keen was decided as the series worst episode guys. Mare do Well is not a great episode but it's not a terrible one.) But also because only voting for one (which I chose Bridle Gossip) sucks and I wish I could vote for more.

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    152. @Killsteal_Wolf

      What's wrong with "Feeling Pinkie Keen"?
      It has some great Pinkie Pie moments, and a
      great Derpy Hooves scene. Plus it has the iconic
      "Twilight evolved into Rapidash" moment. Please
      don't tell me this is still being about the moral of
      the episode, because it's totally taken out of context.

      Finally is it fair for any of us to ask to reboot the contest
      because of spam voting? We do it all the time. Just
      look at the Hasbro naughty and nice contest, or that
      toy contest vote that we dominated on both the website
      and Facebook.

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    153. I'm waiting until Family Appreciation Day until I zap my vote. :D

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    154. Mare do well's definitely the worst written episode, but it's not "omg horrible!!11!" Visually it was great; the costume is friggin awesome from a design standpoint. I love the darkwing duck look


      I'd definitely rank lesson zero and feein' pinkie keen below it, if only because watching those episodes fills me with literal physical pain. I've only been able to stomach those episodes twice each, and hope never to see them again. Mare do well's boring, but past the hydro electric power plant, nothing about it makes me want to stab myself.

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    155. Generally, when it comes to bad episodes, the show has virtually none of them, almost all of them are good. It's just that of them, if you were to get a worst of list, Feeling Pinkie Keen, Over a Barrel and Mysterious Mare do Well almost always seem to show up on it.

      And I must say that voting for just one episode is near impossible to do. If we can chose 20, making the poll multi-choice would be better. Not to mention it would probably drown out any /V/ raid posts as well.

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    156. @Killsteal_Wolf

      I agree with you there, it's kinda confusing why
      we can't vote for more than one episode.

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    157. In fact, I would have polled this at Bronycon to be honest. Get everyone who went there to put down 20 of the episodes, it may not be fully representative of the whole community, but it does representive part of the majorly dedicated community, but I digress, I still think Multiple Choice is better than a single one. And I still find it funny that, even if the raid is voting, it's still losing to Lesson Zero.

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    158. @Kaijyuu

      Out of curiosity, what things did you not like about
      those episodes? Was it the character development?
      The writing? Or is it one of those hates you just
      can't quite explain; like why I hate "Griffin
      the brush off" so much, I don't know why it just drives
      me nuts.

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    159. What is the plot for this valentines episode?

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    160. Wow that's really awesome that the Hub have asked EQD to do this!
      So hard to choose though hmmmm.

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    161. It's not technically my least favourite, it's what most of my friends say is there least favourite, and it seems to stem from them not liking the moral of the episode or how on earth Pinkie Pie even got Pinkie Sense and how irrelevant it seems in the series (It's second appearance being in Mare do well Anyway does not help.)

      But regardless, I think it should be rebooted for one sole reason alone. What if after watching Family Appreciation Day, it suddenly turns out to be everyones favourite episode? Everyone would have to revote again just to vote for it. Now on premise alone the episode is already beating Ticket Master and Owl's Well. But if it does become the new top favourite and everyone will want to vote for it. You might as well throw out the current poll and start the poll again.

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    162. Valentine episdode?

      Brace Yourselves.
      Tons of shipping fanfics are coming.

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    163. @Bronyhub
      For Pinkie Keen:

      100% of my hate is due to the writer shoving "faith" and "belief" down the audience's throat. I actually like Twilight being arrogant and prideful... I do NOT like the "leap of faith" scene (hello? teleport!), or the wording of the moral. Fix those two things (all it needs is a little rewording and the episode's about pride instead of belief, a much better moral) and it'd be a pretty good episode... the "pinkie sense" thing is pretty neat, IMO.

      For Lesson Zero:

      It's not my kind of comedy, at all. "Over the top" is a complement to some people, but to me it denotes something trying waaaaaay too hard to be ridiculous. Once you stop laughing at the jokes and just look at the story behind it, it's nothing but out of character moment followed by out of character moment. No comedy I've ever enjoyed stands on comedy alone... in fact no anything I've ever enjoyed stands on one schtick alone. Pure whatevers, be they comedy, drama, what have you, almost universally suck in my opinion. Such is the case with Lesson Zero. It has no virtues except one, comedy, and it's not a form of comedy I enjoy in the first place.

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    164. Also yes, I very much support rebooting the poll and giving everyone 20 votes. You'll get a much better spread of what everyone "overall" likes. With 1 vote, your second favorite episode is given as much a boost by your vote as your most hated episode.

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    165. Actually, I would honestly do the poll later, considering the possibility people could also love Baby Cakes, The Last Roundup, The Super Eazy Cider Squeazy 60000 and Read it and Weep could also make peoples favourites list. But I guess that's the Hubs decision and not ours.

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    166. Triple post, maybe.


      I don't want to be super negative and all that, so here's why I voted for Fall Weather Friends (my favorite):

      Character conflict. This episode is AWESOME at depicting the tension between AJ and rainbow. Both of them come off as jerks in their own way (though rainbow especially) and both are still sympathetic. Add on a pretty decent plot (look before you sleep had good character conflict too but the sleepover plot really brought it down), some good gags, cartoon physics shoutouts out looney tunes, and the superb ending scene, and you've got a friggin awesome episode.

      Not perfect of course but gets damn close.

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    167. Shouldn't we get 20 votes rather than 1... to balance it out more.

      Plus I heard that 4chan got involved to swing the vote for Mare do Well (Since I'm sure the Hub will be interested to know what works for the fans, for example: Insane Ponies or Comic Hero Parodies).

      20 or 10 votes to *different* episodes would make the results more clear. Plus trolls wouldn't know what else to vote for besides what they were tolled to do.

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    168. I voted for Sonic Rainboom, though that apparently seems to be one of the least popular choices.

      When I first saw that Mysterious Mare Do-Well was ranking up so high I was genuinely happy! I really liked that episode, so seeing it on the possible top 20 cheered me up. Then I realized it was trolls acting, and I found it hilarious. So their plan to "ruin" us is to vote "en mass" for an episode that they think the fanbase considers the worst? They kind of forgot that, even the worst MLP:FiM episode is still awesome, so their attempt at trolling is blowing in their twisty-nose, mouth-breathing faces.

      I say, keep voting for MMDW, because that episode kicked ass, and was a lot of fun. Yes, it wasn't precisely well written, but the action in it was awesome! And it's always cool to have Dash getting lectured.

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    169. I agree that it should've been a multichoice poll

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    170. Oh man, this is awesome! Major kudos to the Hub for letting us do this!

      Hmmm...Lesson Zero is my favorite, but it's already got the lead (and MMDW is doing great too, so that's good...) so I'm gonna vote for Feeling Pinkie Keen, as that's my favorite season one episode.

      Though really, I was hoping for a multi-choice poll...

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    171. Celestia dammit 4chan ಠ_ಠ
      http://images.4chan.org/b/src/1325929091339.png

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    172. @BronyGamer

      Oh, don't sweat it man. It's one episode out of 20, and it's a pretty good one as well (at least in my opinion).

      It could be worse, they could be voting for "Over a Barrell". But in the end, it's pointless. Even that episode is a ton of fun. That plan doesn't even qualify as an attempt.

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    173. I actually liked over a barrel :X


      Sure the buffalo were patterned after native american stereotypes that pretty much never existed, and the conflict resolution itself sucked badly, but the buildup was excellent! Maybe I'm just a sucker for showdowns at high noon.

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    174. @James Corck I don't mind the episode, just the trolls. Kinda funny how they think that they can troll us by showing us an Mlp episode.
      I think that they don't realise that even if we would have a bad episode, we still would watch it

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    175. Valentine episode? I suspect there will be lots of subtext for everypony x everypony, but of course nothing officially confirmed. Well, shippers will view it as a support for their favorite pairing and ignore everything else. What else is new here...

      This will be a perfect time for Trixie to return and make amends (if you know what I mean) with Twilight. But it would be too cool to actually happen...

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    176. @BronyGamer

      I subscribe to a theory that popped up in Ponibooru a few hours ago.

      I bet this is the work of a closet brony who loves Mysterious Mare Do-Well and sent the entirety of 4chan to vote for it. And it's working great! More power to the guy.

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    177. What the hell are they going to do for the Valentine's day episode? Jokingly give each other cards saying "won't you be mine?"

      OR - and this is a big OR - there will be BOYS in the valentine's day episode! *Le gasp*

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    178. Heh, this must be the most pointless troll attack I've ever heard of. They're voting for one of my favorite episodes! Even if it's the most poorly-regarded episode by the fanbase so far, it still has plenty of fans. In fact, I don't think there is a single episode out there that doesn't have plenty of fans in it's own regard...that's the nice thing about having 20 episodes, ultimately there will be enough variety to satisfy all of us.

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    179. Besides, I thought the episode that was universally hated (I liked it) was Feeling Pinkie Keen for having a religious subtext.

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    180. I love Discord as a character, but I voted for "Secret of my excess" because it's the episode I laughed the most with.

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    181. @R10t Pol1ce
      One thing I hope they do NOT do is one-shot boys for each of the characters. Since they'd need to be gotten rid of by the end of the episode, they'd probably be jerks.


      I'd prefer they gave each other valentines and make it a gift giving drama.

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    182. Blog ponies:
      The effect of this type of poll is that all people's favorites will get chosen. The secondary effect is that some episodes everyone agrees are excellent and solid, but aren't particularly our favorites, will not.

      It's up to you whether we should try to find those solid episodes everypony likes (for example, by taking off the top 5 or so options and repolling at some point), or whether we want to get as many people's #1 episodes as possible.

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    183. Can we switch the poll over to the episode we DON'T want to see?

      That's harder to stack, and the last thing I want to see is the HUB misdirected about which episodes are worth imitating.

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    184. Woah, the Mare Do Well is in the lead? I didn't think that was a great episode, it even spurred on Seth's "don't be so mean about the show" post.

      Maybe I'm just complaining because I voted for the Return of Harmony Part 2...

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    186. Mare do well the most popular episode?
      What is this trickery ? :D

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