Re: S05E05: Tanks For The Memories

At any given point, in any episode, at least half the background ponies you see are having similar conversations. You just can't hear them.
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!saak wrote:This episode didn't gel with me yesterday and that was because of the odd tone that Op Farce and Durandal mentioned, but I saw it again just now and... this is nigh peak pony![]()
MurdER_weapOn '78 wrote:Was this the first time we've seen Rainbow Dash crying? I don't remember seeing it before.
ROBOT B9 wrote:What episode is that from? A part of me wants to say its from Return of Harmony.
Mir wrote:
At any given point, in any episode, at least half the background ponies you see are having similar conversations. You just can't hear them.
PictishBeast wrote:
Fluts being the one to tell Dash "cut the shit" was the BEST. Usually their roles are reversed like in Hurricane Fluttershy.
And, those two have known each other since they were kids. None of the other ponies share that bond. So while the rest of them are standing around not knowing what to do with a tough character in tears (seriously that's an awful situation to face), Fluttershy steps in to deliver a good hoof upside the head.
MurdER_weapOn '78 wrote:Regarding the vandalization of Cloudsdale, I think the Mane 6 can basically do what they like with total impunity, unless there's a future episode with a plot point that requires one of them to be sent to prison.
Jill wrote:I've also never heard of someone's pet needing to go into hibernation to begin with, which I assume is because pets generally have a warm place to stay and eat year-round which kinda defeats the purpose??? And in the event I'm wrong about that, I still have to wonder why Angel wasn't at least mentioned at any point. (unless I missed something???)
Grilox wrote:"Yes Grilox would have an avatar of the worst scene in ponies of course" - Throbulator, 2012
Fizzbuzz wrote:but I do think it's a good sign of how they let go of a lot of the horsiness that S1 pushed.
ROBOT B9 wrote:It's obvious. Twilight will have to get a scapegoat for Rainbow Dash to get off the hook.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Something I considered just now is the outfits of the Mane Six in the last scene of this episode.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Something I considered just now is the outfits of the Mane Six in the last scene of this episode.
Now, remember Twilight's winter outfit from Winter Wrap Up, the one she was so meticulous about putting on during the intro?
I think this is a decent demonstration of both how the show's found more time for incidental art like this and also how it's let its characters act more human in some aspects. While she still has boots and a scarf, Twilight seems to have lost the saddle, and while in her case it was likely for practical reasons (she did grow wings in the year or two between then and now, after all), none of the others are wearing anything as distinctly horselike as that either. In fact, the jackets and sweater worn by Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Fluttershy feel downright reminiscent of a bunch of anthro and humanized pics I've seen of them (especially Fluttershy; I can't count how many humanized pics I've seen of her where she's wearing a pale yellow turtleneck). I ain't saying the animators took inspiration from fanart for this, but I do think it's a good sign of how they let go of a lot of the horsiness that S1 pushed.
WandereringPony wrote:
Then again, Twilight does have those huge ol' wings for insulation. She's actually wearing less clothing than anyone else at this point in the literal depths of winter.
On the other hand, Rainbow Dash wearing something that keeps her wings cramped like that, just so she can carry Tank? That says volumes without saying a word.
Bremen wrote:It's one of those "take from this what you will" things, but in Hearth's Warming Eve Spike narrates "The Earth Ponies were freezing. The home of the pegasi faired no better; the pegasi were hungry. And the unicorns were freezing and hungry." The animation kind of bears this out; the Earth ponies and Unicorns are both shown to be shivering in the snow, but the Pegasi are shown walking around outside without any winter clothing and not seeming to be bothered. Some fans who read way too much into the setting (like me!) have taken this to mean that cold resistance is one of the Pegasi racial traits (which makes sense for a high altitude flyer). If so, Twilight's alicorn status might mean the cold doesn't bother her much.
Headless Horse wrote:
Her shriek here is the most feminine-sounding thing I've ever heard come out of Rainbow Dash's mouth.
Headless Horse wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, the friendship lesson/Dear Princess Celestia letter—delivered in the form of a couple of facial expressions and some body language. The show's grown up along with its audience.
Bakertoons wrote:Just wondering if anyone noticed that M.A. Larson was the story editor for this episode (which I admittingly expected, since he said he added the "winter is coming" line).
I guess he's going to story edit every other episode or something.
Headless Horse wrote:Applejack sucks so bad at being empathetic.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Something I considered just now is the outfits of the Mane Six in the last scene of this episode.
Now, remember Twilight's winter outfit from Winter Wrap Up, the one she was so meticulous about putting on during the intro?
I think this is a decent demonstration of both how the show's found more time for incidental art like this and also how it's let its characters act more human in some aspects. While she still has boots and a scarf, Twilight seems to have lost the saddle, and while in her case it was likely for practical reasons (she did grow wings in the year or two between then and now, after all), none of the others are wearing anything as distinctly horselike as that either. In fact, the jackets and sweater worn by Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Fluttershy feel downright reminiscent of a bunch of anthro and humanized pics I've seen of them (especially Fluttershy; I can't count how many humanized pics I've seen of her where she's wearing a pale yellow turtleneck). I ain't saying the animators took inspiration from fanart for this, but I do think it's a good sign of how they let go of a lot of the horsiness that S1 pushed.
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