S04E17: Somepony to Watch Over Me

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Re: S04E17: Somepony to Watch Over Me

Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 4:44 am

I wanna give toothy belle A hug!! :allears:
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 4:46 am

People think that loks bad? It looks adorable to me :allears:
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Postby Wylie (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:15 am

By the way, have we ever had an entire episode with an appearance by only one of the Mane 6? Rarity was mentioned, but never showed up. The rest of the cast was the Apple family, the CMC, the chimera, and the Pony Dynasty crowd.
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Postby ZamuelNow (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:25 am

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:29 am

Flight to the Finish. :-P

TTime also nearly qualified, so... yeah, not as rare anymore really.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:29 am

Never mind. :awkward:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:30 am

It is overall still rare to only have 1 of the mane six in an ep, 3 outta 80 something episodes.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:24 am

Huh...there's only that amount? I could have sworn that there were more episodes with only one member of the Main Six appears. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby LardLad3545 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:35 am

So upon re-watch, my opinion didn't change. Still a solid B+ episode hampered only a little bit by lack of emotional impact. I get why some thought AJ's actions were way over the top, but it just didn't bother me just like Spike didn't bother me in SAYS. I dunno, I guess I just don't care about things like that quite as much.

A few points of interest. Firstly, that I spent my entire re-watch just waiting to see the cajun ponies again, which is remarkable considering they appear for a grand whopping total of about 30 seconds, but dayum, I just love those guys. "Oh, ma mama, don' be like that!" Just... :awesomedash:

Also, two other bits of greatness. Firstly, when AB tries to get the soup out of the fridge, it crashes on her, and we see AJ talking. When it cuts back to AB, she's licking sauce off her hoof like a goddamned cat. That ranks in the top three adorable moments of all time for the show. GOD DAYUM. Secondly, when AB first realizes she's in a fire swamp and the camera pans out to reveal several pits of erupting flame, there's accurate dynamic shadows being cast for each eruption of flames. It's absolutely gorgeous and I'm not sure shadows have been portrayed like that before. It was glorious. A very solid episode supported with two incredibly :-D moments leads to a happy LardLad.
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Postby E-Tap (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:39 am

Headless Horse wrote:I am thoroughly in favor of this episode :jingo:

Give me more episodes like this or give me death. :jingo:
I could not agree more and couldn't stop laughing until the swamp scene, holy toledo. I'm still convinced the huge mountain of hay under Apple Bloom's window was there as a precaution Applejack set up as if she knew Apple Bloom would try to escape through the window for some reason.
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Postby ThunderBunny (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:53 am

I tend to be easily annoyed by the CMC, but I actually thought this episode was pretty solid. Applepone was a bit over the top, but I didn't find it too hard to accept, personally. And please allow me to be one more person loving the crap out pf th hats & bows closet. :awesomedash:

For some reason the only part I didn't like as much was the whole chimera scene. I'm not even sure why, to be honest. Maybe it was the pacing? :pinkieshrug:

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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:18 am

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:19 am

So...Applejack is a chariot, then? :gotcha:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:03 am

That car pony is hilarious and adorable at the same time. Does she have a name?
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:27 am

I wonder why Applejack decided on Rarity of all ponies to come babysit.

Going by Baby Cakes, she seems like the least likely candidate. Unless she and AJ have grown closer over time, which is possible and nice. :3:

Fluttershy would have been the most fitting choice, I think. There's precedent and everything. And Pinkie is a possibility too; she's kindasorta family, even. :-P

This is leaving aside the whole question of how AJ contacted Rarity, of course. I kinda like to think she just yelled to Rainbow Dash in a tree, who begged off the babysitting job by flying off and dumping it on the first pony she ran into in town.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:30 am

Headless Horse wrote:I wonder why Applejack decided on Rarity of all ponies to come babysit.

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Postby Frith (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:34 am

Headless Horse wrote:I wonder why Applejack decided on Rarity of all ponies to come babysit.

Because Rarity is Sweetie Belle's older sister?
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Postby Star Platinum (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:36 am

It makes sense that she would contact the closest available family member to watch over the fillies, and, well... :nngh:

Also they're not foals like in Baby Cakes, I think Rarity would be more willing to do this favor.
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:46 am

I'm betting they have a mutual agreement going on. In a pinch, they can have Rarity take care of both of them someplace or vice versa.

Scootaloo is apparently S.O.L. there.
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Postby Chaos Sonic (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:53 am

Headless Horse wrote:This is leaving aside the whole question of how AJ contacted Rarity, of course. I kinda like to think she just yelled to Rainbow Dash in a tree, who begged off the babysitting job by flying off and dumping it on the first pony she ran into in town.

Well, Equestria seems to have some fairly intelligent birds. Perhaps they have really good carrier pigeons. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:55 am

Personally, I think Scootaloo tags along with the other CMC getting watched over.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 11:27 am

Chaos Sonic wrote:Well, Equestria seems to have some fairly intelligent birds. Perhaps they have really good carrier pigeons. :pinkieshrug:

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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 12:52 pm

I say she just called Rarity on one of these.

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Also she obviously chose Rarity cause she's fabulous! At watching fillies that is. XD.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:20 pm

Star Platinum wrote:Also they're not foals like in Baby Cakes, I think Rarity would be more willing to do this favor.

This. Remember how, back in Stare Master, Rarity was originally going to be hosting the CMC? They were far from babies then and they've grown up even more now. Besides, it's not as if Rarity really needed to take care of Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle here. Most likely she was just humoring Applejack.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:34 pm

Yeah. I think I'll just look at it as an extension of the dynamic in Sisterhooves Social, which I'm totally okay with. :vogue:
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Postby Wylie (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:52 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:That car pony is hilarious and adorable at the same time. Does she have a name?


The 'booru thinks she's "Wheely Bopper".
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:25 pm

Aw, what a cute name. I wouldn't mind having that character in fanworks more often...she's surprisingly adorable and funny.
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Postby Passport Clean (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:30 pm

In my headcanon Rarity is childfree but not a jerk about it, just notably averse to dealing with babies... headcanon is a bad thing and I do not endorse it. :-I

That car pony, on the other hand, is the sort of thing that makes this fandom great.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:39 pm

Headless Horse wrote:I wonder why Applejack decided on Rarity of all ponies to come babysit.



Well, going by Baby Cakes, because Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie were all busy. :gotcha:

Headless Horse wrote:This is leaving aside the whole question of how AJ contacted Rarity, of course. I kinda like to think she just yelled to Rainbow Dash in a tree, who begged off the babysitting job by flying off and dumping it on the first pony she ran into in town.


:roll: With the MCI Friends and Family plan. Duh.

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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:40 pm

Passport Clean wrote:In my headcanon Rarity is childfree but not a jerk about it, just notably averse to dealing with babies... headcanon is a bad thing and I do not endorse it. :-I

Babies are messy and Rarity hates messes. I wonder how she ever put up with Sweetie Belle when the both of them were younger.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:51 pm

My only problem with the Pinkie Pie babysitting episode is it means they can't do that exact same concept with Rarity.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:00 pm

They can always do a variation of it down the road...just because the story's already been done doesn't mean they can't make a creative turn on it.
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Postby Sind (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:08 pm

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Didn't really care for this one :pinkieshrug:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:12 pm

lol, poor Scootaloo.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:14 pm

I think that deleted scene could have just ended with Scootaloo on the windowsill and it'd be a little funnier. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:27 pm

That bow collection does make a surprisingly good throne... :ponder:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:29 pm

I'm picturing Scoots pounding on the window a la Fred Flintstone.

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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:30 pm

shotgunbadger wrote:My only problem with the Pinkie Pie babysitting episode is it means they can't do that exact same concept with Rarity.

It never would've been exactly the same with Rarity given that Sweetie Belle and her friends aren't babies. Or were you asking for an episode where Rarity has to put up with the Cake twins?
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