S04E15: Twilight Time

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Re: S04E15: Twilight Time

Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:10 pm

It actually makes a lot of sense for Twilight to be helping them when it comes to talent-related knowledge. I'm surprised neither she nor the CMC really thought of this before now. Maybe Twilight gets mobbed because the CMC talked about what they learned and all the other kids want to learn from her as well.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:19 pm

:twismug: Okay fillies, our first lesson is "Our friend, the Dobbin Decimal System."

:spike101: This one's a two-parter!
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:23 pm

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:14 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:It actually makes a lot of sense for Twilight to be helping them when it comes to talent-related knowledge.

How is potion making related to any of their talents?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:41 pm

Wayoshi wrote:How is potion making related to any of their talents?

I meant that more in general, in that the CMC might actually be able to succeed at something if they have her wisdom behind them, as opposed to their usual method of just throwing themselves at whatever comes to mind.


Though for Apple Bloom, I always thought that could end up being her special talent. The Cutie Pox left a glaring hint in that direction, and given her fierce independence, I can see her being willing to learn and apply such an art that most ponies tend to shun. Given that she also lives on a farm, if she did happen to discover a potion with especially useful effects and find a market for it, her family could easily convert some of Sweet Apple Acres's production to ingredients for it, thus tying all that back into her family as well.
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Postby MochaBean (?) » Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:34 pm

If we get a scene of Twilight giving Sweetie magic lessons then this episode will rocket up to my #1 spot. :ohboy:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:44 pm

Wasn't this supposed to be the rumored episode that David Tennant from Doctor Who was suppose to guess star in?
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:50 pm

Where did that thought come from?
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Postby Tears (?) » Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:53 pm

I read a few stories about Michael Jackson's post-fame minglings.

First one, he was friends with a guy who owned a chain of stores. So the guy closed one store early, and had all Michael's celebrity friends turn up to act as random shoppers. So MJ's idea of normality is browsing a closed department store while Dan Aykroyd and Elizabeth Taylor pretend to not notice him, his idea of a normal shopping trip.

Later, he's recording with Akon and feels like checking out a movie. So he puts on his fake face, and MJ and Akon go to the movies. And they make it maybe 45 minutes into the movie before a kid notices, and is all "IT'S MICHAEL JACKSON!", and then MJ and Akon flee to the waiting helicopter, pursued by baying his fans, his idea of going to see a movie.

So that's why poni doesn't feature Twilight's fame. Because true fame is weird.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:18 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:Though for Apple Bloom, I always thought that could end up being her special talent. The Cutie Pox left a glaring hint in that direction, and given her fierce independence, I can see her being willing to learn and apply such an art that most ponies tend to shun. Given that she also lives on a farm, if she did happen to discover a potion with especially useful effects and find a market for it, her family could easily convert some of Sweet Apple Acres's production to ingredients for it, thus tying all that back into her family as well.

Ehh.... if the potion helps Bloom Apples, perhaps.

I questioned your post because my read on the EW clip is that Twi is forcing something she's interested in, a la Slice of Life, but that might have been a hasty judgment.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:33 am

Wayoshi wrote:Ehh.... if the potion helps Bloom Apples, perhaps.

I questioned your post because my read on the EW clip is that Twi is forcing something she's interested in, a la Slice of Life, but that might have been a hasty judgment.


I've always thought that Show Stoppers pretty much told us what their talents were, if they'd just admit it to themselves: Applebloom's is building things, Sweetie's is songwriting, and Scoots' is dance/choreography. But for the purposes of this episode, it makes sense for Twilight to teach AB potion-making, because it would give them something in common. Twilight can help Sweetie with her magic, Scoots with flying, and Applebloom with her potion project.

We've already seen Applebloom show an interest in potions with Zecora, so it's not like this comes out of left field or anything.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:54 am

Wayoshi wrote:I questioned your post because my read on the EW clip is that Twi is forcing something she's interested in, a la Slice of Life, but that might have been a hasty judgment.

Apple Bloom seemed genuinely appreciative of what Twilight was doing, though. Her "uh, more or less" line could either have been because Twilight's formula was terribly complicated or just because she's still a kid. Had the three of them been annoyed with Twilight's manner of teaching then I think it would've showed.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:44 am

From the previews seems this will be a fairly interesting episode.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:47 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote:Where did that thought come from?


From this tiny hard to read comic thingy I have! =D

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:54 am

Wylie wrote:building things

Building/blooming apple-related things, sure. The ultimate cutie-mark has to at least partially go with the name.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:57 am

Wayoshi wrote:Building/blooming apple-related things, sure. The ultimate cutie-mark has to at least partially go with the name.

Yeah, I mean they didn't name her Apple Bloom so she would become president...
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:01 am

Wayoshi wrote:Building/blooming apple-related things, sure. The ultimate cutie-mark has to at least partially go with the name.

Sure, her family's going to be involved somehow, but a big part of Apple Bloom's story has been that farming apples isn't what she really loves, much unlike her brother and sister. Whatever it ends up being, it's definitely going to be a far more intellectual sort of thing than is typical for any member of her family.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:04 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:Sure, her family's going to be involved somehow, but a big part of Apple Bloom's story has been that farming apples isn't what she really loves, much unlike her brother and sister. Whatever it ends up being, it's definitely going to be a far more intellectual sort of thing than is typical for any member of her family.

What could it be if not apple related? Most ponies are named after something about themselves... I just can't imagine Apple Bloom the Carpenter really selling as a toy...
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:16 am

Sobana wrote:What could it be if not apple related? Most ponies are named after something about themselves... I just can't imagine Apple Bloom the Carpenter really selling as a toy...

Hasbro doesn't really care too much about the traits and quirks of the characters as far as toys go. In fact, they mold the characters to fit the toys (the introduction of Cadance and Shining Armor, slapping wings on Twilight, the upcoming Rainbow Power...). Hasbro has also shown even less attention to the CMC, leaving them and Spike relatively untouched compared to the six adults of the main cast. If the Crusaders ever do get their cutie marks, I expect it'll happen without a corporate mandate.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:49 am

Sobana wrote:
From this tiny hard to read comic thingy I have! =D

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Or they could get a good Doctor instead. :roll:
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Postby Wylie (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:53 am

The Doctor wrote:Or they could get a good Doctor instead. :rolleye:


It's like I'm watching that comic happen in real time. :allears:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:05 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:Hasbro doesn't really care too much about the traits and quirks of the characters as far as toys go. In fact, they mold the characters to fit the toys (the introduction of Cadance and Shining Armor, slapping wings on Twilight, the upcoming Rainbow Power...). Hasbro has also shown even less attention to the CMC, leaving them and Spike relatively untouched compared to the six adults of the main cast. If the Crusaders ever do get their cutie marks, I expect it'll happen without a corporate mandate.

I guess that is true. I wonder if they had already set in their minds what they wanted Apple Bloom to be like way back in the show's bible...

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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:32 am

Are there only two preview clips this time? It seems like the pattern has been three all season.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:38 am

londonarbuckle wrote:Are there only two preview clips this time? It seems like the pattern has been three all season.

Yeah, we've gotten one on Facebook and one from Entertainment Weekly, but the clip from TV Guide was missing this week.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:41 am

You mean we won't know how it ends. :v:
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Postby Ransom (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:20 am

Tears wrote:I read a few stories about Michael Jackson's post-fame minglings.

First one, he was friends with a guy who owned a chain of stores. So the guy closed one store early, and had all Michael's celebrity friends turn up to act as random shoppers. So MJ's idea of normality is browsing a closed department store while Dan Aykroyd and Elizabeth Taylor pretend to not notice him, his idea of a normal shopping trip.

Later, he's recording with Akon and feels like checking out a movie. So he puts on his fake face, and MJ and Akon go to the movies. And they make it maybe 45 minutes into the movie before a kid notices, and is all "IT'S MICHAEL JACKSON!", and then MJ and Akon flee to the waiting helicopter, pursued by baying his fans, his idea of going to see a movie.

So that's why poni doesn't feature Twilight's fame. Because true fame is weird.


A person I work with used to give tours in Disney World and actually met Michael Jackson a few times. One time he went in disguise, walked right into the middle of Main Street, ripped off his disguise to reveal a jacket with "MJ" in rindstones on his back and started moonwalking. After the pandemonium, he was banned from the park.

She only told the story once, I might be forgetting a few details.

Anyways, I hope we get a good dose of DT and SS mooching off of Twilight's popularity :scheming:
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Postby Chaos Sonic (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 6:06 am

MochaBean wrote:If we get a scene of Twilight giving Sweetie magic lessons then this episode will rocket up to my #1 spot. :ohboy:

YESSSS. :awesomedash: We can only hope. :excite:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:53 am

I must say though, there is a bit of pressure on this episode, as it is going to be difficult to top last week's. :vogue:
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Postby Perpetual Lurker (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:02 am

We said that last week, too. :v:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:18 am

Yeah, I've been impressed on how the show just keeps pushing the bar up higher and higher...it's really exciting to see what will happen next episode. :excite:
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Postby Sind (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:23 pm

I have to admit, despite generally not liking Dave Polsy's episodes, I'm actually kinda looking forward to this one.

Blame it on my being a CMC(and DT&SS) fan :-P
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:31 pm

Twilight is teaching Sweetie Belle magic. TWILIGHT IS TEACHING SWEETIE BELLE MAGIC! :awesomedash:
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:31 pm

Twilight teaching Sweetie Belle magic! YES! Totes adorbs!
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:32 pm

Huh...potion making is a lot like chemistry. :v:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:33 pm

:twiright: And that's how you make mustard gas, Apple Bloom.
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Postby MochaBean (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:33 pm

Magic practice :awesomedash:

I think that was Tabitha as a plant seedling.
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Postby Ransom (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:34 pm

Aw, Applebloom is making abominations against nature! Twilight must be proud :allears:
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Postby Corpy (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:34 pm

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA that was the most adorable cold open ever :ohboy:
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:34 pm

Apple Bloom's exploding potion is Seamus Finnigan approved. :gotcha:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:34 pm

Just jumping into Twi teaching them felt a bit abrupt.
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