S06E16: 28 Pranks Later

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Re: S06E16: 28 Pranks Later

Postby Soft Snow (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:01 am

The Doctor wrote:I mean, imagine if Twilight was suddenly terrified of not doing something for Princess Celestia, but decided now to brainwash the entire town in an effort to get the job done.

Honestly, I can see her doing this. I don't recall their relationship growing that much. Has her character gotten to the point where she doesn't overreact what Celestia thinks?
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:08 am

This was MMDW done way better. MMDW was weak because it ignored a ton of the world (Why does Ponyville have ravines out of nowhere and roads that go nowhere? Why is there a skyscraper being built in a small village?), stomped on characterization (Nobody made any effort to talk RD down first), and set up a ton of conveniently contrived situations to enable it in the first place.

Here, it sells much better - the world remains pony, ponies DO try to get Dash to stop and she keeps blowing them off which justifies them going nuclear, and the reason weird stuff keeps happening is, well, Dash won't stop her shenanigans.

Other than the stumble with Fluttershy - I don't think Dash is THAT insensitive to her - the rest made me laugh over and over and over.

This episode has one major failing : They really, really should have gotten Dave Polsky to write the episode where the pink-eyed horse turns everypony into zombies:v:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:19 am

Even if you cast aside any OOC complaints, I feel like we're still left with a pretty stale episode.

Prankster gets pranked was basically the whole episode. End joke was again a "everyone laughs after a fakeout lol". Maybe I'm getting a bit burned out on pony, but this episode did less than nothing for me. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:35 am

I'll just poke my nose in here and say that it wasn't Dash being an inconsiderate jerk that bothered me, it was that she specifically did it to Fluttershy. Had it been any other character I would've completely accepted it without a second thought.

The fact that the show has specifically done a "we don't prank Fluttershy" bit that even Dash herself accepted (in addition to six years of Fluttershy generally being a delicate flower whom only a monster would deliberately frighten) made this feel immediately wrong to me.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:14 am

:3: Y'know, some days you just wanna be lazy and pick the low hanging fruit.

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This kinda mirrors something allllllll the way back in the pilot when Rainbow, the world's laziest overachiever, clears the sky in ten seconds flat because Twilight goaded her on. Dash is willing to go way out of her way to prove a point.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 3:13 pm

I did have quite a number of LOL moments in this episode though. Harry's "eyes on you" gesture for one; also Cheerilee flipping the blackboard over to reveal Dash and then chasing her offstage—there's something that I find hilarious about that. :3:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:16 pm

PaulloDEC wrote:I'll just poke my nose in here and say that it wasn't Dash being an inconsiderate jerk that bothered me, it was that she specifically did it to Fluttershy. Had it been any other character I would've completely accepted it without a second thought.

The fact that the show has specifically done a "we don't prank Fluttershy" bit that even Dash herself accepted (in addition to six years of Fluttershy generally being a delicate flower whom only a monster would deliberately frighten) made this feel immediately wrong to me.

I'd submit that "we don't prank Fluttershy as much" is the real key. She's gotten so much tougher over the last six seasons, and we saw how forceful with Zephyr she was. Dash probably had a little "there's something I'm not supposed to do here...?" moment, that was quickly forgotten, due to how sick nasty of a spook that was gonna be.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:45 pm

I mean if you want to talk about Dash being thoughtless, I think it's at least as notable how blatantly she ignored Pinkie being laid low in bed, even when Pinkie prompted her with every opportunity to think "Oh hmm, maybe there's something wrong with these cookies, I should at least put some more thought into this".

She just kept ignoring the promptings and couldn't think about anything beyond the prank itself, and at that point you're definitely supposed to treat Dash as an antagonist, at least for the duration of her current spell of prank-happy-ness. With that in mind her inconsiderateness to Fluttershy makes more sense in context.
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Postby Auxiliatrix (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:52 pm

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:This kinda mirrors something allllllll the way back in the pilot when Rainbow, the world's laziest overachiever, clears the sky in ten seconds flat because Twilight goaded her on. Dash is willing to go way out of her way to prove a point.


All you have to do is give Dash the proper motivation, and she'll put in an insane amount of effort. I'm sure this won't be the last time we see this part of her character show up. :-P
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Postby Rainbow Crash (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:54 pm


I think the CMCs look a bit older in this shot. Maybe it's just the uniforms


As for Dash and Fluttershy, I've always thought their relationship changed after Dragonshy. I think all the time they were growing up, Dash thought Fluttershy was a chicken who needed to be coddled and was a burden sometimes, just like the beginning of that episode. But I think Fluttershy gained a lot of respect from Dash when she stood up to the dragon. After that, Dash knew Fluttershy could be stronger and braver, she just needed a push sometimes. From then on, most of their relationship challenges have centered around how far Dash can push Fluttershy before it's too much. You'll notice that the pranking episode came before Dragonshy, too.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 6:04 pm

Auxiliatrix wrote:
All you have to do is give Dash the proper motivation, and she'll put in an insane amount of effort. I'm sure this won't be the last time we see this part of her character show up. :-P

She's a slacker Super Saiyan.
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Postby Chaos Sonic (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:39 pm

I just wonder how they got the babies to participate so well. :ponder:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:36 pm

Rainbow Crash wrote:I think the CMCs look a bit older in this shot. Maybe it's just the uniforms

Apple Bloom isn't wearing her bow here. That could be it.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:54 pm

I see they all earned their arson patches.

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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:11 pm

Spooky.

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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:56 am

Is there a little bit of Night of the Living Dead mixed in with this scene? Or, is that just because it's basically the root of all zombie movies?


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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:01 am

She's just wild about Harry :whatsup:
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Postby Auxiliatrix (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:36 am

Soft Snow wrote:Spooky.

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That art is kind of awesome. :awesomedash:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:54 am

They animated various ponies (particularly Fluttershy) with tears in their eyes when they were getting pranked. Even just for fleeting shots you only catch for a moment. It's a simple little thing that really adds to the emotional impact of what they're trying to get across.

Fear and despair and futility can be overpowering.

That art ^^ noticed.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:20 am

Headless Horse wrote:They animated various ponies (particularly Fluttershy) with tears in their eyes when they were getting pranked. Even just for fleeting shots you only catch for a moment. It's a simple little thing that really adds to the emotional impact of what they're trying to get across.

Fear and despair and futility can be overpowering.

That art ^^ noticed.

Huh, I've remember Fluttershy having tears, but I don't recall other Ponies doing the same. Anyone have pics?
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:08 am

AJ and Rarity scowled more than shed tears.
At least not this episode.

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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:17 am

:no: :ohrarity: :applejargh: RAINBOW DASH!!!
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:24 am

Mr. Big wrote:Huh, I've remember Fluttershy having tears, but I don't recall other Ponies doing the same. Anyone have pics?


The others didn't cry, but they probably did a little too good of a job selling everyone else's frustration.

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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:45 am

On the flip side, you can also see Rainbow Dash crying from laughter, like here:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:55 am

Or here's a clearer screenshot of the same.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:55 pm

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:-/ You'd think Princess Twilight Sparkle would be above all this.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:08 pm


On the one hand, a brick in a sandwich is a not at all harmless prank. On the other hand, we've seen ponies eat literal rocks before. Plus Mr. Cake has a face like Trapjaw from He-Man.
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Postby Auxiliatrix (?) » Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:53 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:On the one hand, a brick in a sandwich is a not at all harmless prank. On the other hand, we've seen ponies eat literal rocks before. Plus Mr. Cake has a face like Trapjaw from He-Man.


I'd argue the prank with Celestia could potentially be harmful, though maybe not physically. What if one of those letters actually had something important in it? How long would it take to clean all those up, anyway? :-P
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:18 am

I think the real harm in sending all those letters is that they could have been keeping Celestia from her cake. Do you know what happens when Celestia doesn't get her cake?
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:21 am

It's a wonder Spike didn't catch on after he kept getting scroll after scroll. I'm not saying he was, but it's almost as if he was in on the prank against Celly with Rainbow Dash. :spike101:
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Postby Octavia (?) » Wed Aug 17, 2016 5:51 am

Mechanical Ape wrote:On the one hand, a brick in a sandwich is a not at all harmless prank. On the other hand, we've seen ponies eat literal rocks before. Plus Mr. Cake has a face like Trapjaw from He-Man.

Also it seems like a brick in a sandwich would be pretty noticeable from the moment you tried to pick it up. :-I
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:07 am

By the way, Sweetie Belle has gotten much better with her magic.

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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Aug 17, 2016 10:28 am

Remember that she studied magic under Twilight Sparkle. If she didn't learn anything from Twilight then I'd be rather concerned.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:40 am

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Just a -touch- to the left and you could argue that Spike's new cutie mark is a magical whoopie cushion.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Aug 17, 2016 2:22 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote:By the way, Sweetie Belle has gotten much better with her magic.

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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Wed Aug 17, 2016 3:33 pm

I hope that someday they will do an overly detail explanation of how their magic works. I mean not an actual scientific explanation, that would be silly, but something that would make it sound technical and probable. Like when they release blueprint schematics for fictional star ships. Something to better explain the level of difficulty for each spell. As a totally nerd, I'll eat something like that up.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Aug 17, 2016 4:38 pm


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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:28 pm


Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle have badges for a fire and a tree, but Apple Bloom only has the fire badge. Huh.
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