S06E14: Stranger Than Fan Fiction

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S06E14: Stranger Than Fan Fiction

Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Jul 27, 2016 2:18 pm

Rainbow Dash meets a pony, Quibble Pants (Patton Oswalt) at the Daring Do Convention in Manehattan who hates Daring Do as much as she loves it.


This thread is for discussion of the episode. This episode airs at 11:30 AM Eastern / 8:30 AM Pacific on Saturday, July 30!

Official preview clips and images are okay to post (including an EW clip already), as is speculation about the episode.

Writers: Josh Haber, Mike Vogel



HD LINK: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4miq29
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:03 pm

GalaCon is this weekend. Assuming they're going to set up their biggest event hall to show a stream of this episode when it airs there on Saturday, I imagine the experience of going to a convention and watching an episode where Rainbow Dash goes to a convention will be utterly surreal.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:44 pm

Ever thought of reading a different book, RD?
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but why would you post such a thing??
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Postby Sidotsy (?) » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:46 pm

seriously? Other books are for dweebs.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:57 pm

Ponies came back faster than I expected! :-D
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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Jul 27, 2016 9:25 pm

Octavia wrote:Ponies came back faster than I expected! :-D

Quibble Pants is so cool and handsome as well! :allears:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Jul 27, 2016 10:09 pm

Aramek wrote:Quibble Pants is so cool and handsome as well! :allears:

Would you still want to pick him up and throw him?
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Wed Jul 27, 2016 10:14 pm

Oh wow, it is pony time already? That was shorter then I expected. Sitting in front of the air conditioner really did speed up the time.
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Postby Applepie (?) » Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:55 pm

After so mcuh slice of life I guess it's time for some action. Also, reminds me of a pony version of Roland on the Ropes for Amstrad.

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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:12 pm

Soft Snow wrote:Oh wow, it is pony time already? That was shorter then I expected. Sitting in front of the air conditioner really did speed up the time.
:-P

With the show starting up again so soon, I'm actually feeling kind of hopeful that the finale won't air the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:58 pm

Highbrow Dash wrote:Ever thought of reading a different book, RD?

"Rainbow Dash learns other books exist" would need an episode to itself. Possibly a two-parter. We aren't dealing with the brightest gem on the cupcake here.
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:58 pm

Well, that break went over fast.

Oh well, time for more :ponydrugs:!
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:21 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:With the show starting up again so soon, I'm actually feeling kind of hopeful that the finale won't air the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Unless there's a significant break S6 will be over before Halloween.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:24 pm

Wayoshi wrote:Unless there's a significant break S6 will be over before Halloween.

I'm not putting it past Discovery Family to insert a significant break so as to carry the finale all the way to Thanksgiving. :bluh:
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Postby Marimo (?) » Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:53 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:GalaCon is this weekend. Assuming they're going to set up their biggest event hall to show a stream of this episode when it airs there on Saturday, I imagine the experience of going to a convention and watching an episode where Rainbow Dash goes to a convention will be utterly surreal.

The episode winds up as inspiration for Daring Do's new book, and the beginning part will be read to us, starting off with Daring Do going to a convention.

Meanwhile in a higher plane, life forms more advanced than us will be observing how we consume media at Galacon while attending Humancon, a convention about humans.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Fri Jul 29, 2016 5:45 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Would you still want to pick him up and throw him?

Yes.
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Your MRI results have shown total infection to now be approximately one fifth of the full mass of the tissue.

"So you're saying..."

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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 2:12 am

This time tomorrow I'll be watching new pony! I'm so excited!
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Marimo wrote:Meanwhile in a higher plane, life forms more advanced than us will be observing how we consume media at Galacon while attending Humancon, a convention about humans.

There is already a convention about humans. It's called anime. A bit embellished but I think it gets the correct message across.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 2:55 am



HE'S SO AMAZING! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!
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Your MRI results have shown total infection to now be approximately one fifth of the full mass of the tissue.

"So you're saying..."

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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 2:56 am

I cracked up at "Um, you're real. This is real." :lol:

So, from the preview, I'm guessing Rainbow Dash is going to drag the Patton Oswalt pony into a real Daring Do quest, and he thinks it's all pretend acting all throughout.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:12 am


This is the utter culmination of Equestria's bizarre setting and I love it. :awesomedash:
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Postby !saak (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 11:59 am

Kinda iffy on the premise and Dash's Daring Do episodes have a history of being kinda meh but I'll catch it tomorrow still.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:29 pm

:gotcha: Netflix screwed up and uploaded the episode already
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:33 pm

I really wouldn't be surprised if Hasbro deliberately, but secretly, put the episode up on Netflix a few hours early. It's pretty clear that they want to have more digital distribution, judging by how the next EqG movie is going to be on Netflix before it airs on DF.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 1:39 pm

Wait...Netflix is gonna upload these same-day?! :psygum:
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Postby Wylie (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 2:00 pm

It's probably because of some numbering mixup somewhere. Netflix has this as episode 13.

I don't think I'm spoilering anything by saying it's pretty much nonstop awesome :ponydrugs: the entire way through.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 2:26 pm

The Doctor wrote: :gotcha: Netflix screwed up and uploaded the episode already

I may have just watched it :liarjack:

(so awesome :awesomedash: )
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 2:41 pm

Lol Netflix...
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:13 pm

Octavia wrote:I may have just watched it :liarjack:

(so awesome :awesomedash: )

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Postby drunkill (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:22 pm

So with the return of the show, the usual #ponyday discussions on IRC for live viewings has changed locations to the (unofficial) discord server for TRS. You can still join IRC and #ponyday to discuss but note that most people will have moved over to discord. You can join in the chat using this link, either in your browser or by downloading the application: https://discord.gg/fvq3367
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:35 pm

Hahaha, holy shit it's Vince Offer.

SELL DASH SOME SUNSET SHAMWOWS.

Edit: Holy shit literally dying of laughter. Dealer room scene.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:42 pm

Missed the first 5 minutes because my harddrive's too old and keeps crashing. Gonna have to watch that part once someone uploads it :-I

Man, this is gold so far :lol:
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:43 pm

This episode is fantastic, from the little details to the con-meta jokes like bodypillows and silly cosplay like the box head mask thing.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:48 pm

shotgunbadger wrote:This episode is fantastic, from the little details to the con-meta jokes like bodypillows and silly cosplay like the box head mask thing.

My brother really liked that there was at least one obviously ugly pony.

The Daring Do Body Pillows. And one of the henchmen bought one! :lol: But Quibble fucking stole the show, god damn was he cool.
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Postby Davyinatoga (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:54 pm

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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:54 pm

yea also nice that the neckbeard pony and all, while funny, wasn't actually the but of some 'lol and lookit this loser fuck them for coming to a thing they enjoy right' joke and just kinda a 'haha right, because nerd con,' general joke.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:55 pm

!saak wrote:Kinda iffy on the premise

I still hate Daring Do being real with a passion, but the metahumor in this episode was great enough that this episode is up there in the ranks. Guess Daring Do's intelligence has waned since Twilight became a princess the first trilogy. :gotcha:

I'm not going to be able to do my usual screenshots, won't be back from my internship for a couple weeks still. I need a screengrab of Dash's ultimate smug next to Daring Do, though.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:56 pm

and of course they reference stuff like the princess and the tiger riddle and all
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:59 pm

I want Quibble to end the episode still believing this was still a Daring-Do AdventureCation™.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:00 pm

'hey we like the same thing but for different reasons, but at the end of the day we still like the same thing' is probably the best possible moral for this story
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:00 pm

This is one of my favorite credits ever.

NERDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :twonk:

Also I've pasted a dailymotion into the OP, enjoy.
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