S04E18: Maud Pie

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Re: S04E18: Maud Pie

Postby Frith (?) » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:11 am

My opinion about this episode is really mixed. Maud's shtick didn't work for me at all so the first 14 minutes of the episode were just boring. I think the reason for that was that Maud was just too stoic for my taste.

But then the last third of the episode was really good. Maud showed a bit more characterization and it was actually quite sweet how much she seemed to care about Pinkie. The moral (Don't force people to be friends if they don't seem to connect) was also quite good.

Our main character Pinkie was also really good in this episode. She was easy to relate in this episode and above all her actions weren't as over the top as they usually are. I seem to like her more when she's in main role and not in supportive role. As for the other characters, I don't have much to say about them other that they were fine.

So overall, the last third of the episode saved the episode, but I still can't say that it's one of the best episodes in S4. I think it's somewhere in the middle in my S4 rankings.
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Postby Amethyst_Gem (?) » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:57 pm

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:-D BFFs :flutterhat:
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Postby fenster (?) » Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:28 pm

Amethyst_Gem wrote:Image

:-D BFFs :flutterhat:


Personally, I like animals more than Parties. :flutterdear:
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:59 am

Fluttershy wrote:even though they may look a teeny bit scary, they're actually very sweet and help keep other, more dangerous insects away


Fluttershy implies that spiders are insects.

This is obvious misinformation in my cartoon pastel horse show and it will not stand! :twonk:
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:24 am

Highbrow Dash wrote:
Fluttershy implies that spiders are insects.

This is obvious misinformation in my cartoon pastel horse show and it will not stand! :twonk:


By Luna, you are right. As a major arachnophile (though I have not kept any, since my beautiful Brachypelma Vagans passed away a decade ago), I cannot believe I did not catch that. I guess I was too taken by the friendly demeanor of the arachnid in question to pay attention to what yellow quiet was saying.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:51 pm

Story of her life :fluttersmith:
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Postby Princess Thunderburger (?) » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:18 am

I've been playing a bit of catch-up since I wasn't working over the weekend and I have to say, I found Maud Pie really relatable. I mean this unironically. :maud:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:29 am

Catch-up sounds like the worst game. :maud:
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Postby Wylie (?) » Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:31 am

Headless Horse wrote:Catch-up sounds like the worst game. :maud:


But the best condiment! :party:
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:43 am

Wylie wrote:
But the best condiment! :party:

:pinkieshrug: But personally, I prefer mustard.
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Postby Princess Thunderburger (?) » Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:06 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote: :pinkieshrug: But personally, I prefer mustard.

Mustard is like ketchup, except waaaay more intense. :maud:
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Postby acksed (?) » Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:00 pm

Djeinus wrote:Mustard is like ketchup, except waaaay more intense. :maud:

I couldn't agree more. :maud:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:24 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote: :pinkieshrug: But personally, I prefer mustard.


That's because mustard is the best condiment. :twiright:
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Postby MochaBean (?) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:36 pm

Image Mustard forever, mayonnaise never.
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:11 am

What a twist! :gotcha:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:13 am

I prefer my own stone ground mustard :maud:
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Postby Mordja (?) » Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:49 pm

Started my rewatch again and Maud Pie was exactly as amazing as it was the first time around. Hilarious in ways FIM has never been before (aka cringe humor and awkward silence) and touching in ways only FIM can be. So I guess this post is pretty much just about tiny details I missed!
-Rarity's hat falling apart oh my god
-Cool distortion effect after Maud launches her nuclear rock. Earth pony is stronk...
-Except they're really susceptible to getting their hooves stuck under midsized rocks. It keeps happening!
-The other ponies actually do start moving towards Pinkie in her time of need, but Maud's just faster.
-I love that Rainbow emotes differently from her friends, like when she's leaning on the mailbox this episode, or in another one (can't remember which), while everyone else walks down a staircase normally, she walks on the railing.
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Postby diribigal (?) » Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:36 am

Unfrotunately, I was spoiled by seeing a clip of "it's a dress" before finally seeing this ep, but I definitely loved it. I was never quite like Maud myself, and I'm drifting further away from that, but I appreciate her (and have a friend who is pretty darn close). :maud:
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Postby Corpy (?) » Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:39 am

Maud fucking owns.
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Postby Stargazer (?) » Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:08 am

Never been like Maud, except for maybe the protective bit (but I can't grind rocks into dust so it really doesn't count). That said, this episode is the funniest one to me, hands down. Had more than one moment of uncontrollable laughter while watching it. Maud is so cool, how each character reacts to her is genuinely realistic and totally within personality. Rarity's rock hat, the added humor with Maud crunching into one ("It's crunchy"). Pinkie's fear of abandonment did not get lost within the humor of the ep which is pretty fantastic - that's good writing right there. Maud's beautiful poetry. Hide and seek with Boulder. RD's reaction to literally anything.

RD: That pony is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an igneous.
Rarity: Don't you mean "inside an enigma"?
RD: Nope. I mean igneous. It's a kind of rock.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:21 am

Stargazer wrote:Never been like Maud, except for maybe the protective bit (but I can't grind rocks into dust so it really doesn't count). That said, this episode is the funniest one to me, hands down. Had more than one moment of uncontrollable laughter while watching it. Maud is so cool, how each character reacts to her is genuinely realistic and totally within personality. Rarity's rock hat, the added humor with Maud crunching into one ("It's crunchy"). Pinkie's fear of abandonment did not get lost within the humor of the ep which is pretty fantastic - that's good writing right there. Maud's beautiful poetry. Hide and seek with Boulder. RD's reaction to literally anything.

RD: That pony is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an igneous.
Rarity: Don't you mean "inside an enigma"?
RD: Nope. I mean igneous. It's a kind of rock.


Dash's "Ask me how I know that." caps that scene perfectly. Also they threw a Cold War reference into pony, I'm still not sure how that even worked.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:37 am

Wylie wrote:Also they threw a Cold War reference into pony, I'm still not sure how that even worked.


Wait, what?
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Postby Wylie (?) » Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:51 pm

The origination of "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma" was a quote from a Churchill speech about Russian politics.

Edit: I guess I'm just old enough to remember that line being used to describe the Soviet Union- and then to hear Dash of all ponies come up with it, and then Rarity (why not Twilight?) try to correct her- it broke my brain a little bit.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:11 pm

To be fair, I think that line has diffused itself into common speech enough to where it's not really a Cold War reference anymore.
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Postby Ragnar (?) » Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:23 am

Corpy wrote:Maud fucking owns.

Quoting this because it is in fact true.
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