S04E12: Pinkie Pride

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Re: S04E12: Pinkie Pride

Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:19 pm

Fantastic episode. Best Pinkie episode (though to be fair, that isn't hard for me. I did not enjoy Party of One as much as many did.)

+ Pinkie. She has been in top form this season and she's been enjoyable, even in large doses.
+ Weird Al did not overshadow the rest of the cast. He played an important part of the episode, but was not what it was all about. The writers get this, and I welcome guest stars in the future if they stick to that.
+ The Songs. They were all good. I agree with those who say the last song felt a bit off, but it was still good for me. It didn't feel as off as say "Find a Way" from MMC did.
+ Live action Boneless and Gummy*
+ Pinkie Pie's key is a rubber chicken. I've said before that I think the items aren't the keys but the actions are the keys, but now I want them to be the keys just to see Pinkie try and jam a rubber chicken into the keyholes. :lol:
+ Story worked well. While the conflict did feel slightly forced (not nearly to the levels of Rainbow Falls) with everyone seemingly ditching pinkie at the drop of a song, there is the implication that everyone (or at the very least Twilight) assumed it would be a team effort with Pinkie and Cheese. AndPinkie has been established as being one to quickly assume abandonment by her friends, so it all came together.


- I liked the "Pinkie never invites Spike to parties" joke when I assumed it was just a series of coincidental situations. I now have to assume it's intentional given he was present in most the episode up until the actual party that the entire town apparently showed up for.
- Live action Boneless and Gummy*

*I don't know why, but this joke was simultaneously hilarious and awful for me...


Best episode of the season? Give me a week to let the awesome set in. I don't know if I'd put it over Flight to the Finish. I'd say as a key episode, Rarity Takes Manehattan was better, but this was certainly a more enjoyable and fun fun fun episode.
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Postby Wildfire (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:20 pm

OH MY GOD.
If DHX tops this episode, it will be the most epic one ever, but I don't think that's going to happen. The bar has been set too high.

How about that filly Derpy everyone? And this time they dropped Tzar Bomba on the 4th wall and vaporized it.

I noticed something during the dueling song: It used an accordion riff from Al's Polka Your Eyes Out song (at :035):

And Boneless Chicken... That was Chicken's cousin on Cow and Chicken. :starity:



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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:21 pm

Episodes like this are the reason I watch this show :allears:
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Postby ToastyBiggins (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:21 pm

I've been staring into space for the last few minutes. It feels like someone poured pop rocks and coke into my brain. That episode...like...I just...wow.

Ponies.

*falls into Pinkie coma*
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:22 pm

Yea I just wanna agree with Doctor's post, I actually wasn't a huge fan of other pinkie episodes, I thought they were ok and all but never really went out to find them save for the Smile song, but this was just a home run. So yea, it was great even for someone who isn't a total Pinkie fan.
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:23 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:LIVE ACTION FOOTAGE :lol:

That Gummy joke was awesome.

Pinkie speaks Spanish? I guess she's related to Chema El Panadero after all.


Pinkie speaks "Party" fluently in over 200 different countries, many of which don't even exist on Equestria or one-off dimensions.
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Postby Discord (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:24 pm

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I think it was Headless that made that comparison, and he nailed it.


That's pretty awesome.

She definitely did that song justice as an inspiration. :twiright:
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Postby InC (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:24 pm

It had both ponies and cheese. Voted 5, went hogwild, would goof again, S++, Cheese tier, Pinkiest episode ever. :-D
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:25 pm

Time for some staff tweet shots. And by that, I mean Amy is tweeting up a storm. Song inspirations & more:

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Postby Mir (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:27 pm

The Doctor wrote: + Story worked well. While the conflict did feel slightly forced (not nearly to the levels of Rainbow Falls) with everyone seemingly ditching pinkie at the drop of a song, there is the implication that everyone (or at the very least Twilight) assumed it would be a team effort with Pinkie and Cheese. AndPinkie has been established as being one to quickly assume abandonment by her friends, so it all came together.


This is nothing new. Everyone knows ponies are brainwashed by songs. They just can't resist.
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Postby Discord (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:28 pm

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God damn it Thiessen. Stop being so awesome. :applejargh:

This show. :awesomedash:

(I wonder if that isn't going to sell for thousands of dollars at a charity auction at some point :smirk: )
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:30 pm

I love that Pinkie starts looking for a career as if she didn't already have a job with the Cakes. :v:
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Postby HuffyTheMagicDragon (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:35 pm

I already said it in the spoiler thread but I'll say it again with feeling here: AMAZING EPISODE :party: :-D :ponydrugs:
Best Key episode yet. Probably best episode of the season.

There sure were a LOT of those mane-six-colored rainbows, especially in Pinkie's sad song sequence:
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Postby MochaBean (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:39 pm

Oh yeah, the surgery scene. :v:

That's up there with the funeral scene in Hearts and Hooves Day on the "I can't believe they did that"-o-meter. :gotcha:
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Postby Kronos (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:43 pm

Watching this episode was like discovering ponies all over again. Truly, the only significance of Weird Al being Cheese Sandwhich was the overabundance of Polka which is by no means a problem :-D

And the return of AKR. Oh, how we have missed you, AKR. This episode has cemented you as best Pinkie Pie writer :party:

I can only hope that after the ups and downs of early S4 quality, this episode marks a return to the glory days of S2.

Also: I want to visit Jayson's basement. It's obviously where Pinkie Pie has come the closest to breaking the 4th wall.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:46 pm

So I'm trying to pick a awesome avatar moment from the episode but all of it is too perfect, I just can't decide.
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:57 pm

It's been a long time since this show has truly made me feel like :ponydrugs: personified.

It's a nice feeling! :-D
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Postby Pocket (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:58 pm

What the watch did I just hell.

:hithere: I think this brain episoded my break.

I seriously was worried that this was going to be stupid and terrible. Like, I was on board with Weird Al getting a guest role way back when they first talked about it, but a lot has changed since then. It really did have the potential to come off as a cheap gimmick and distract from the story. Forcing him to sing on a show that's almost never great at its lyric writing certainly wouldn't have helped.

And you know what? It worked out all right. Truth be told, it was kind of a weak episode from a story and writing standpoint. But that might be a big part of why Al's role wasn't distracting. There wasn't much to distract from. Just pure cheese.

Speaking of, there has to be some kind of significance to Weird Al and grilled cheese that I'm not getting; this is at least the second time he's guest starred in something where it came up. (The other was his parody of "Jack and Diane" in the Simpsons episode — "They say love goes on/Long after the grilled cheese sandwich is gone".)
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Postby Star Platinum (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:58 pm

I don't usually like musical episodes, and I have some nitpicky silliness I didn't like in the episode, like the Pinkie sense reference and the use of "epic". But god damn if this episode didn't throw the hardest emotional punches since Hurricane Fluttershy. First they had :fluttersmith: the saddest thing :cry: with the first half of Pinkie's lament, and then they had :D the most wonderful thing :-D in the form of Cheese's flashback. That one scene sums up what Pinkie Pie is all about. It was Pinkie.avi. Open a dictionary and you'll not only inexplicably find an entry on "Pinkie Pie", but that scene is also somehow playing on the page. That scene made me feel fuzzies whose warmth is beyond any scientific measure. Little filly Pinkie is the embodiment of mankind's hopes and dreams. :ponydrugs: :ponydrugs: :ponydrugs:
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Postby Somnambula (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:03 pm

MochaBean wrote:Image

I think it was Headless that made that comparison, and he nailed it.


:modesty: That was me!

I knew I was also picking up some Broadway inspiration vibes on "Pinkie's Lament," but I couldn't pin it down. I would've guessed Les Miserables - but now I can see Don't Cry for Me Argentina.

I couldn't resist watching the leak yesterday but can't wait for glorious HD today! Awesome episode, I've already rewatched it like five times!
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Postby MochaBean (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:05 pm

Somnambula wrote: :modesty: That was me!

I stand corrected! :party: Nice catch!
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:07 pm

I really didn't think Rainbow Dash and the others were all that bad in following Cheese Sandwich. I might've been a bit annoyed with her were it not for how she talked Pinkie Pie out of leaving Ponyville in the end.


Anyway, yeah, I loved this episode. As I was saying in the spoiler thread, all the songs were excellent, which was something I worried just a bit about.
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Postby Strangest Letter (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:07 pm

Pocket wrote:
Speaking of, there has to be some kind of significance to Weird Al and grilled cheese that I'm not getting; this is at least the second time he's guest starred in something where it came up. (The other was his parody of "Jack and Diane" in the Simpsons episode — "They say love goes on/Long after the grilled cheese sandwich is gone".)


Wierd Al just loves singing about cheese.
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:08 pm

Has anyone posted this yet:

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Because I may or may or not be dead of cute atm

Bravinim wrote:
Wierd Al just loves singing about cheese.


Not quite a cheese sandwich, but what the heck:

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Postby !saak (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:10 pm

I'm still too amazed to say anything so I'm just doing a little dance :party:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:12 pm

I thought the first song felt fairly B&Bish! Nice! Amy was really on her A game here!

Also loved how the good off used Weird-ALS Polka Music in the BGMS

But yeah. Deffinanlty the most fun episode pony has done to date.

Also, filly Derpy in the confession song was adorable!
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:16 pm

londonarbuckle wrote:Has anyone posted this yet:

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Because I may or may or not be dead of cute atm


Cloud Chaser and Flitter are new best fillies.
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Postby MochaBean (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:16 pm

londonarbuckle wrote:Has anyone posted this yet:

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Because I may or may or not be dead of cute atm

I didn't even notice Lyra, Bonbon, Flitter and Cloudchaser until this. :awesomedash: :allears: :-D
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:16 pm

Pocket wrote:Truth be told, it was kind of a weak episode from a story and writing standpoint.

It was very simple - which you have to have to do a musical right. MMC was kinda simple, but not really, and that kept it from ascending to these levels.

But weak? Pinkie goes through all the emotions here, and the rest of the Mane 6 are just in hivemind mode because Cheese Sandwich is Cheese Sandwich (and besides the point, they really don't abandon her, it's Pinkie who gives up too easily at first). It's actually pretty strong on top of being simple, which is why it's perfect.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:17 pm

Little Lyra and Bon Bon are adorable... :allears:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:19 pm

:idea: Bon Bon's glathes are great.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:20 pm

Hey...maybe that means Twist will grow out of it as well.

Also, did anyone notice Berry Punch was still an adult? :starity:
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Postby ScionVyse (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:24 pm

Best episode ever? Quite possibly. I knew a Pinkie Pie vs. Weird Al showdown would be awesome, but I didn't think they'd go so all out for it. I hope the rest of the season isn't bad because of how much awesome they packed into this. :awesomedash: :awesomedash: :awesomedash:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:26 pm


Is it wrong that I think it's funny that Cloudchaser still had anime-as-fuck hair even when she was a kid? :gotcha:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:36 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Hey...maybe that means Twist will grow out of it as well.

Also, did anyone notice Berry Punch was still an adult? :starity:



I've learned not to put to much stock into minor/BG pony ages at this point. If we take things seriously somehow all the minor/BG characters are simultaneously older & the same age as the mane six, since we have now seen both older & filly versions of them in flash backs. Derpy gets a pass for being a Time Traveler though. :v:
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:39 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Hey...maybe that means Twist will grow out of it as well.

Also, did anyone notice Berry Punch was still an adult? :starity:


Enough alcohol and she's VERY well preserved. Pickled!

Also, Bon-Bon confirmed for contacts. :)
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:41 pm

  • Cheese Sandwich's cheese accordion cutie mark actually plays when his Cheesy Sense goes off.
  • His "woo-hoo-hoo-HOOO!" reminds me of:
  • The start of the opening song reminds me of "What My Cutie Mark is Telling Me."
  • Either the half of the market we never see is very wizardy-themed, or they still haven't cleaned up the decorations from the Starswirl convention.
  • Rainbow posing in front of her own picture :lol:
  • "Hey, good-lookin', want some mayonnaise?!"
  • Cheese's party cannon releases a pod of... pelicans.
  • Cheese Sandwich originally lived in Manehattan.
  • So... did Pinkie pretty much leave the rock farm and move to Ponyville on her own?
  • Not just filly Bon Bon with Twitht glatthhes, but Lyra bouncing up and down in the background! :crack:
  • "Swear on Camembert!"
    There's a "gouda" gag earlier that I couldn't make out, also.

Hey, look who's back from a long absence for a cameo!
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This lineup looks very familiar :smirk:
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The shopkeeper ponies. I really like her mane! :ohboy:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:42 pm

The real age-related question is that of Rainbow Dash's. There were 21 candles on her cake. Normally I wouldn't put too much stock into such a detail, but it's one of those things that felt just a little too right to not have been considered during the animation process. (Wayoshi has brought up the point that there could be more on the side we didn't see, but then that'd mean she's somewhere between 35 and 42, which is ridiculous.)
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:42 pm

Gotta put in a good word for filly Cheerliee. Too bad little Mac wasn't there too. :eeyup:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:48 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:The real age-related question is that of Rainbow Dash's. There were 21 candles on her cake. Normally I wouldn't put too much stock into such a detail, but it's one of those things that felt just a little too right to not have been considered during the animation process. (Wayoshi has brought up the point that there could be more on the side we didn't see, but then that'd mean she's somewhere between 35 and 42, which is ridiculous.)



All ponies live to be 1000 years old so 35 is the equestrian Equivlant to 15 :v:


Actually I Believe amy mentioned in one of her tweets Pinkie & Cheese just put as many candles on the cake as they could fit.

After all gotta leave the ponies actual ages forever ambiguous for fans to argue over. :gotcha:

Edit: also, hey, the pony with the Thor Hammer cutie mark is back. Nice!
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