Just a reminder for all the people out there with The Hub channel; the We ❤ Ponies Mare-athon is currently under way! Go support the show on the actual network, and find out who won at the same time!
Now that it's over, have the top 9 after the break!
#9 Hearth's Warming Eve
#8 Feeling Pinkie Keen
#7 Lesson Zero
#6 Party of One
#5 May The Best Bet Win
#4 Suited for Success
#3 The Best Night Ever
#2 Green Isn't Your Color
#1 Luna Eclipsed
308 comments:
@Sunset Sprinkles
ReplyDeleteThey're all there, they had the CMC doing classic horror monsters. Scootaloo is Wolfman, Sweetie Bell is Dracula, and Applebloom is the Bride of Frankenstein.
HUZZAH! HOW MANY POINTS DO I RECEIVE?!
ReplyDeleteSoo much screentime for Viking Raindrops
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ReplyDelete@Justin
ReplyDeleteWhat about prankster Luna?
@MyBoyJ
ReplyDeleteShe's a close second
this marathon had all of my favorite background ponies Octavia, Vinyl Scratch/DJ-P0n3,Bon Bon, Pipsqueak, and Spitfire
ReplyDeleteI wanted to be a zombie next year.
ReplyDeleteOh a piece of candy
ReplyDeleteEh I don't know I may have to put sarcastic Luna on top
ReplyDeleteThat Transformers commercial made me think of the G-Men from Psychonauts.
ReplyDelete"Hello fellow road crew worker, our backs are killing us".
nooooooo just saw peoples comments of the top ten yes poines. but y no pick spike. poor spike gets no love.
ReplyDelete@Unknown
ReplyDeleteIsnt Spike suposed to get his own marathon of the 4 eps he has most screen time in soon?
I am also pleased with the listing.
ReplyDeletewhy do ponies always wear shoes on their front hooves and not their back?
ReplyDelete@Greenf0x
ReplyDeleteThat was a few weeks ago for Chinese New Year.
@TheHugeManatee
ReplyDeleteTheir front hooves act as hands. back are obviously feet. do you pick things up with your feet?
so logic means you wont want your dirty hooves(hands) to pick up stuff you eat
Well we just had Halloween so now's about the time for Valentine's Day
ReplyDeleteis it me or does scoots color look a little off
ReplyDelete@Greenf0x
ReplyDeleteThen wouldn't that mean they should wear shoes on their back hooves like humans and if they want their front hooves clean they should wear some type of hoof glove?
@TheHugeManatee sghhhhhhhhhhhh
ReplyDeleteOk Sweetie makes the best seductive faces.
ReplyDeletelooks like somepony is ditching school
ReplyDelete@Greenf0x
ReplyDeleteI know right? xD
@TheHugeManatee i said the same thing during the livestreem a few days ago
ReplyDeletedat song. better than the cmc theme song
ReplyDeleteI can my fav didn't make list, Sisterhoove Social.
ReplyDeleteMy fav didn't make the list, Sister Hoove Social so should of least made the list.
ReplyDeletespoilers and stuff but it happened like 50 seconds ago
ReplyDelete@Dͪ͊ͦḮ̘ͯS̔̐̓C̹̔Ò͓͙̫R̀͠͞D͙̫
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link why you so broken
anyone notice the ladder is from twilight's house
ReplyDelete@MyBoyJ What is the "The Mare Do Well Incident"?
ReplyDeletealas the mare-athon is over
ReplyDeleteWow I just got back from the livestream the episode was awesome very good and worth the hype
ReplyDeleteI have been up since 3:55 WORTH IT!
ReplyDelete5 hours of pony and I REGRET NOTHING!
ReplyDelete@Solzan Nemesis
ReplyDeleteAfter Mare Do Well aired, a lot of ponies on here were loudly complaining about it and saying the show had jumped the shark. Sethisto even made another post trying to defuse the situation.
Trolls became aware of this and votebombed the preliminary Mare-a-Thon poll hosted here by voting for Mare Do Well because they thought they could get it on the Mare-a-Thon and we would all grit our teeth in anger.
Just sat through the entire mare-a-thon... Interesting choices for everypony's favorite episodes... Number 1 was pretty much expected.
ReplyDelete9.) Hearth's Warming Eve
8.) Feeling Pinkie Keen (seriously? :/ )
7.) Lesson Zero
6.) Party of One
5.) May the Best Pet Win
4.) Suited for Success
3.) The Best Night Ever
2.) Green isn't Your Color (really?)
1.) Luna Eclipsed.
Although I was always enjoy the episodes that ended up on the marathon, I'm somewhat upset that Secret of my Excess did not make it. I thought it would work well as a lead up to the Hearts and Hooves episode.
ReplyDeleteI'm slightly disappointed that winter wrap up didn't make the cut
ReplyDelete@MyBoyJ Thank you for the answer. Funny I thought it was a good ep.
ReplyDeleteNo Sonic Rainboom. No Dragonshy. No Sweet and Elite. No Sisterhooves Social. I am disappoint. I'm happy for Green Isn't Your Color, though.
ReplyDeletenext time they should have more than 9 episodes
ReplyDelete@Solzan Nemesis
ReplyDeleteI thought so too. It had lots of action, good jokes, and great superhero references.
I stayed up after i got home from work to start the mare a thon and up to the newest episode omg so worth the wait ive never laughed so hard
ReplyDeleteDang, no cutie mark chronicles?
ReplyDeleteI'm really surprised about the choices honestly.
ReplyDeleteTwo Rarity episodes near the top, but the BEST Rarity episodes (Dog and Pony Show & Sweet and Elite) missing?
May the Best Pet Win but no Sonic Rainboom?
No Winter Wrap-up? No Discord?
I'm kind of curious as to whether there were more kids or Bronies voting. How about an EqD vote to see how different results we'd get that way? :)
@Wloff
ReplyDeleteThe Hub actually came to EqD to get a preliminary list of episodes for the Mare-a-Thon voting.
There was a poll and I believe Lesson Zero won.
@Sunset Sprinkles Stayed up all night and watched every one. :D
ReplyDeletewe H*RT ponies marathon
ReplyDelete@Wloff
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to the poll I was talking about.
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/01/hubs-valentines-mare-athon-poll-results.html
Well, consider in the EqD poll, you could only vote for 1 episode. So in a situation like that, Lesson Zero comes out in the #1 spot.
ReplyDeleteBut the Hub poll had you pick 10 eps, equal weighting. I could see a situation where a lot of people voted for Lesson Zero and Luna Ecliped but not Party of One, and a lot of people voted for Party of One and Luna Eclipsed but not Lesson Zero. Thus, the freakout episodes appear at #7 and #6, while Woona appears at #1. If that makes any sense.
Pretty good, but Y U NO HAVE SONIC RAINBOOM OR WINTER WRAP UP? Cutie Mark Chronicles would've been pretty cool too. I didn't know Green Isn't Your Color was so popular! I thought for sure Sonic Rainboom would've gotten #2 at least, and I figured Winter Wrap Up would at least PLACE on the list. Hm. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteWow, almost all second season? I like the second season, but it hasn't come close to supplanting my favorites from season one.
ReplyDelete@Pav Feira
ReplyDeleteYeah, equal weighting of the votes can create some unexpected results, especially when you mix in the target demographic.
Everyone loves Luna! :D
ReplyDelete@MyBoyJ
ReplyDeleteAwesome, thanks!
But yeah, I kind of agree that the "choose ten" voting system creates pretty different results.
Still, it's interesting that in the EqD poll Mysterious Mare Do Well was 3rd, Sonic Rainboom 5th and Winter Wrap Up 6th, and none of those even made it in the Mare-a-thon list. Maybe the kids have shorter memories and thus end up voting for Season 2 more than Season 1...?
@Wloff
ReplyDeleteIn the EqD poll, Mare do Well got votebombed by trolls who thought we hated it. They were trying to get it on the Mare-a-Thon to troll us there.
Hah... that trolling tactic might work better if there actually was a single episode that would be bad enough to hate :)
ReplyDeleteHuh. This top10 is pretty far from my own (2 of my the least fav of all made it here), though as there are no bad pony episodes, I'm content with everything.
ReplyDelete@MyBoyJ Yeah, about that. Why did they even think that in the first place? I mean, there isn't even a bad episode of MLP, but of all of them why Mare Do-Well? I liked that one (of course I like all of them, but that one had RD fanclub, which was awesome :D).
ReplyDelete@Kagemaru6613
ReplyDeletePlease refer to my post at 9:06. I explain it there.
next marathon should be all day ponies
ReplyDelete@TheHugeManatee
ReplyDeleteWe need a few more episodes before we could fill up an entire 24 hours. 48 Episodes would do it, and we're at 43 now.
I'm pretty happy with this, I may have subbed out Pinkie Keen with Winter Wrap Up and May the Best Pet Win with Sweet and Elite but, it's not a big deal I love all of them. Kinda sad to see no Sonic Rainboom or Cutie Mark Chronicles too, but eh, only 9 so, what are you gonna do?
ReplyDeleteBut yeah screw this voting crap, just play'em all!! :P
@MyBoyJ Really? I never knew that. Of course, I became a brony after everything up through Hearth's Warming had aired, so that makes sense. Very interesting...
ReplyDelete@Kagemaru6613
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was ridiculous, lots of ponies were talking about quitting the show. However, virtually all of them are still here. It was most likely just a matter of the reality of the episode not matching their expectations.
When the episode summary was released and mentioned a "masked hero" everypony speculated as to who it could be. Some said it was Trixie making a return, others said Derpy, or some new character. When it turned out to be none of the above, lots of ponies overreacted and got flankhurt.
That's why I never look at any summaries in advance myself and generally try to keep myself as unspoiled as possible. There's just nothing good coming from trying to predict what an episode will be like... you just build up your own ideas and then feel disappointed when they end up doing something totally different (whether it was actually good or not).
ReplyDeleteBesides, the strongest element in any good storytelling is surprise. Why people try to prevent themselves from being surprised is beyond me.
@Wloff
ReplyDeleteEspecially for Read it and Weep. That summary gave away most of the episode.
I couldn't watch it. I over slept T_T
ReplyDeleteAnd my TV suck anyways so the sound and images distort. Weirdest thing in only happens with the Hub
@Chaos15
ReplyDeleteIt's an anti-Brony conspiracy!
Well, that or just bad reception.
I watch The Hub all of the time anyway. Great channel!
ReplyDeleteYES! YES! YES! Luna is best princess pony!
ReplyDeleteVery strong selection. These are definitely some of the best episodes in the show. Just wish I could have been there, but ah well.
ReplyDeleteGot up at 3 AM to watch this. IT WAS WORTH IT!
ReplyDeleteWe chose a great set of episodes for this Mare-a-thon! Let it be noted that Rarity was prominent in three of the top four episodes and she was excellent. 8^) Twilight Sparkle is my favorite pony, but Rarity is such great fun!
ReplyDeleteAlso, watching the Mare-A-Thon as broadcast by the Hub as it was being broadcast is extra special. Thank you people doing the streams!
ReplyDeleteGreen isn't your color? Really? Wow!
ReplyDeleteI woke up at ten minutes to six this morning after sleeping for roughly four hours. I watched the entire Mare-a-Thon and couldn't be happier. Ponies are my caffeine.
ReplyDeleteI feel like there's a season two bias with the results:
ReplyDeleteWinter Wrap-up, Sonic Rainboom, Bridle Gossip, and A Dog And Pony Show were all great, all from season 1, and all didn't make the cut.
Stayed up all night to catch the marathon. Fell asleep at May The Best Pet Win, woke up to see Dan Vs... bleh.
ReplyDeleteoO I'm a bit confused with how there's a season two bias when 5 of the 9 were from season 1. If anything that's distributed fairly evenly especially since the list alternates between s1 and s2 for each time slot.
ReplyDeleteRegardless, I'm all about enjoying them as they come, since like others said, there are no bad pony episodes.
It was awesome to simply rewatch many of the older episodes in a random order and all that just reinforced why I love why this series so much ^^
Got up at five, put on the hub, hid the remote and laughed when everyone had to watch ponies for hours, best day ever.
ReplyDeleteWow...that is a fantastic lineup. All those were on my top 10!
ReplyDeleteGood episodes so far, but I missed my favourite, The Stare Master.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised lesson zero did so poorly and green isn't your color, a season one episode no less did so well...
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I woke up at 5 for this considering I went to bed at 1, I was counting myself lucky to wake up at 6 for my alarm to catch a few episodes, only My Little Pony can get me up before my alarm.
ReplyDeleteSInce Read it and Weep wasn't out during the time of voting I'm glad Luna Eclipsed won. In my opinion Read it and Weep is number one and Luna Eclipsed is number two.
ReplyDeleteWhy isn't The Last Roundup up there? That's not right..
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I slept through the entire marathon...
ReplyDeleteahh I feel asleep, I never fall asleep like that.
ReplyDeleteI started watching Hearth Warming and got all ready for the MLP over load.
sigh getting old....
jelly pony.
ReplyDeleteWow, most of those are S2 episodes. Guess that shows the continual strive for improvement in quality as the show goes on =D
ReplyDeleteHow did Sweet and Elite not make it? I demand a recount!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunate I don't have a TV let alone the Hub channel, but an amazing computer with amazing internet makes up for that, though I wish I could have seen it! Must have been awesome, and those are some great episodes!
ReplyDeleteHub, you're awesome.
No "Secret of My Excess" or even "Winter Wrap Up"? I'm surprised, especially with the latter ep. I have to wonder if some of the votes got disqualified from people that were trying to rig the results. Oh, well. Even though I did pick "Luna Eclipsed", I never imagined it would get the #1 position.
ReplyDelete@burnfist23
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised and disappointed, too. But it is what it is.
Best bet?
ReplyDeleteWhat's with all the hate against Green Isn't Your Color? That's one of the most smartly written episodes ever.
ReplyDeleteNo Sonic Rainboom? No Sweet and Elite? No A Dog and Pony Show?
ReplyDeleteBut Luna Eclipsed as BEST episode? Seriously. Ugh, I am disappoint...
6/10 of my top 10 were in there so i was happy. yay for Woona.
ReplyDeleteHuzzah, my list made it into a post! :D
ReplyDeleteA very small contribution, but a big one for me!
"No Sonic Rainboom? No Sweet and Elite? No A Dog and Pony Show?" THIS! And Sisterhooves Social! That episode had a really Disney-esque kind of feeling to me.
ReplyDeleteLuna Eclipsed is a really good episode, to be sure, but I wouldn't put it anywhere near the top ten in my book.
Awesome as ponies are, i feel bad for the kids who had thier site taken over by ponies
ReplyDeleteMay the best bet win. Sounds like ponies are endorsing gambling.
ReplyDelete*Get me on the phone with Vegas! We need an 11 year olds and under casino erected in the next 48 hours if we hope to make any money out of this!*
Aside from Luna's ep, I would've switched out those other season 2 episodes from that list. I had no problems with Hearth's Warming Eve, but there were definitely better (or at least less polarizing) choices that could've occupied Lesson Zero & Best Pet Win's spots IMO, and everyone has rattled off those substitutes ad infinitum already above. (Once more won't hurt though... Sonic Rainboom, Sweet and Elite, Sisterhooves, Dog and a Pony Show, Secret of my Excess, Last Roundup, etc.)
ReplyDeleteStill, the other episodes that placed still did make this a pretty decent list, and it was a voting process after all. I can't shake the feeling though that maybe they felt there would be too much Rarity if Sweet & Elite and/or Sisterhooves would've been in the list. Definitely wouldn't have mattered in the slightest to a person like myself who loves seeing more Rarity and Sweetie Belle, but those two were really good, and I am a bit surprised they weren't in the list based on the equally positive reception I had seen here.
1) Why didn't I vote?
ReplyDelete2) Why isn't Lesson Zero #1 x3
@pmcollectorboy
ReplyDelete>>What's with all the hate against Green Isn't Your Color? That's one of the most smartly written episodes ever.
I know! I don't get it! It's easily my favorite season 1 episode. It's just so clever. ^^ Photo Finish is hysterical.