S05E09: Slice of Life

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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:07 pm

That was massive pandering. It was rad. I enjoyed this episode.
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Postby PictishBeast (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:17 pm

That was the stupidest episode of pony I've ever seen and I kind of loved it. :crack:
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:18 pm

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No one's pointed it out so I guess I will, but I'm pretty sure Berry's drunk.


On the other hoof, mr. Cake seems positively serene.
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Postby LunarRainbow92 (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:21 pm

THAT WAS AN AWESOME EPISODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, THERE SO ARE MANY THING I LOVED ABOUT IT!

1. Dr.Whooves (That scarf LMAO!)
2. Finding out that Bon Bon is actually a secret agent
3. The Big Lebowski ponies
4. The return of Steven magnet
5. Vinyl and Octavia playing music together
6. Princess Celestia and Luna arguing
7. Shining Armor's liquid pride LOL!
8. Cameo of Button Mash

Oh god there so many other things I could list LMAO!
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:26 pm

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This is actually legit rotational physics. Torque (Greek letter τ), inertia I, rotational acceleration α, rotational speed ω, and in general considering the rotation of the ball affecting its translational motion (you see some more basic equations for momentum P=mv and force F=ma), these are all the proper equations, even centripetal acceleration a-sub-c. Pleases my inner physics soul when 99% of the time cartoons go all gibberish.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:31 pm

Niels Olof wrote:
On the other hoof, mr. Cake seems positively serene.


Mr. Cake's upstairs neighbor/apprentice/babysitter is Pinkie Pie. This is nothing more than Thursday afternoon to him.


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This may be good physics, but it's bad bowling. There are 5 rows of pins there, implying 15-pin bowling.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:33 pm

You know one thing that surprised me in retrospect? This episode didn't reference EqG at all. I had actually been expecting some sort of reference; not something like Sunset Shimmer returning, but maybe they'd make a joke about Flash Sentry or about an alternate universe populated by tall, rail-thin ape versions of themselves or something.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:34 pm

I did like the Doctor calling Dude out on saying "man" all the time. :v:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:35 pm

Updated the pic, it wasn't quite fully written down (the coefficient of friction μ-sub-s in particular). Only a couple frames with it fully done before the big = comes up. :-P

Also the bowling pins can be in a square shape for all I care, that's the best frame ever. :-P

Fizz: I thought Flash might show up in the background. I dunno, this is about FiM reaching 100, the count didn't include any EqG content so...
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:37 pm

Dr. Whooves brings a whole new meaning to Do The Math. :spike101:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:40 pm

Wayoshi wrote:Fizz: I thought Flash might show up in the background. I dunno, this is about FiM reaching 100, the count didn't include any EqG content so...

EqG is still a big thing that happened. It didn't happen in FiM, necessarily (in fact, maybe the lack of EqG jokes here is a sign that Hasbro really does want to keep the two more separate), but it did make quite an impact on the fans.
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:42 pm

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I, too, would like a pony squeaky toy.
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Wait, what happened to Steven?
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:45 pm

What the hell did I just watch? :psygum:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:50 pm

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What's with the look on Cadance and Shining Armor's faces?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:51 pm

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What's with the look on Cadance and Shining Armor's faces?

He had previously been weeping uncontrollably and she's likely still not sure what to make of it.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:59 pm

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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:01 pm

I don't know how to process what I just watched. Insanity.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:04 pm

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What's with the look on Cadance and Shining Armor's faces?

She is observing how to sit.

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Postby The Ghost Of Ember (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:09 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:He had previously been weeping uncontrollably and she's likely still not sure what to make of it.


Matilda was the one that got away.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:14 pm


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I don't know know many shows regularly have someone getting grabbed by the cheeks like this.

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Look at 'em. He's just so dang happy.

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Postby Frosthawk (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:17 pm

If nothing else, my main takeaway here is that Lyra and Bon-Bon are fucking adorable.


The Gummy dialogue, too, was just one of my Favorites.
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:21 pm

So every wedding episode we've seen so far had at least one changeling in it. :v:

Probably feeding on all that looooove. :allears:
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Postby Throbulator (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:22 pm

Who voiced Gummy's monologue? Sounds like the same VA who did paralyzed horse from Bravest Warriors.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:22 pm

The only thing I felt was missing was drunk Berry Punch, so thanks to the poster who found her! Now the episode is 100/100. :ponydrugs:

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Werner Herzog.
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:23 pm

Throbulator wrote:Who voiced Gummy's monologue? Sounds like the same VA who did paralyzed horse from Bravest Warriors.

Lee Tockar, aka Steven Magnet. :smirk:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:27 pm

:notgonnadoit: Did I leave the water running?

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Postby MochaBean (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:41 pm

Now someone needs to illustrate the Continuing Adventures of Cranky and Steven. :awesomedash:

Loved it. The way they kept emphasizing the phrase "best friend" during Lyra and Bon-Bon's scene made me laugh every time.

It turns out Gummy's brain is working at hyper-speed. He thought out that entire inner-monologue while everyone was still in mid-air. :gotcha:
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Postby Factory Factory (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:44 pm

And yet he can't bake a dang cake.

Maybe he thinks so quickly that he doesn't register pony speech as communication, the same way we wouldn't recognize words if they were slowed down too much. Maybe Pinkie knows, and that's why she talks so fast... but still not fast enough for Gummy.
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:45 pm

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What's with the look on Cadance and Shining Armor's faces?


I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Button Mash making eyes at the filly he's sitting next to. They kept him well out of potential fan-to-canon range of Sweetie Belle.
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Postby Throbulator (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:46 pm

Angel Beat wrote:Lee Tockar, aka Steven Magnet. :smirk:


Damn, he's good. :starity:
I looked up the VA for Paralyzed Horse, Victor Caroli, and it turns out he voiced Tirek in Rescue at Midnight Castle.
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:47 pm

Factory Factory wrote:And yet he can't bake a dang cake.

Maybe he thinks so quickly that he doesn't register pony speech as communication, the same way we wouldn't recognize words if they were slowed down too much. Maybe Pinkie knows, and that's why she talks so fast... but still not fast enough for Gummy.

Maybe it sounds like gibberish to him. :ponder:

Like human speech does to Momo in AtLA.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:05 am

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I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Button Mash making eyes at the filly he's sitting next to. They kept him well out of potential fan-to-canon range of Sweetie Belle.

I think he was standing in the same crowd as Sweetie Belle in the early scene where everyone was wondering why the Mane Six were huddled together. But yeah, that was one fanon thing I'm glad the show didn't reference beyond having him appear in this episode.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:20 am

Discord's summer home, complete with pipe organ.
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Much Too Flashy, Too Young, Strangely Obsessed
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I wonder what spiky hair dude's deal is.
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The audience's reaction to this episode.
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Lemon Hearts, what are you doing with that scepter...?
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Probably my favorite shot of the episode. Pinkie taking on the nefarious bugbear with a juggling act while Special Agent Sweetie Drops casually backs into the crowd with her totally-inconspicuous shades and wristwatch.
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Most of the kids are from Call of the Cutie, but I had to go look up the pink-haired one. Apparently she was one of the awful fillies at Sweetie Belle's birthday party in that flashback in season 4.
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Nosebleed seating for returning main characters and non-ponies.
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"Barrel is my plus one."
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The guests.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:37 am

Flitter and Cloudchaser, the stars of any crowd shot, no matter how many other characters are in it.


Here's the really important question: who caught the bouquet?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:40 am

Celestia can not be comfortable on a chair that small...
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:42 am

Mechanical Ape wrote:Here's the really important question: who caught the bouquet?

I don't think they ever got the flowers. :shocktavia:
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:44 am

The only 'flowers' that were there, were Doc's bombs, iirc. :ponder:
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:56 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:I don't think they ever got the flowers. :shocktavia:


Well, the garter then. :v:

What made this episode really fun was that yes, fan pandering, but it was presented in context that served the plot or subplot that it was presented in. Time Turner's search for an outfit was a recurring thread, so when he shows up in the scarf at the end, it feels earned. Memes with effort! It's nice.

Vinyl and Octavia splitting their house straight down the middle, sitcom-style, was one of my favorite little touches. :lol:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:57 am

"All those benches we've sat on..." :gotcha:

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You know, my main reaction to all this is... that the writing for characters like Doc and Steven Magnet was really good. I mean, in Doc's case you get a certain amount of a boost when what you're doing is parody; you can just ape certain tropes and you get a reasonable facsimile. But even with that in mind, his Doctor schtick sounded fresh and plausible and it had some actual depth to it too (the whole "magic vs. science" thing).

And Steven Magnet—well, they went right ahead and played up the campiness to the hilt, which they couldn't not do if they were going to go ahead and have him show up again; but they parlayed it into a decent plot point or two (the whole "darling, the wedding is the important thing; the show must go on :iiaia: " deal and how it spins Matilda's growing calm back into panic). It's the kind of thing you get out of camp characters in lots of places where they continue to show up—it's not as popular a trope these days as it was in the 90s, so it feels like a bit of a throwback to some character Nathan Lane would have played or something. But it was totally believable within that template, and not just a dumb cameo and an annoying catchphrase.

Some of the other characters were written a lot more broadly or as more ridiculous jokes (Lyra and Bon Bon in particular), or laden with exposition in a really distracting way (the donkeys), so as "non-pony" as the episode inevitably felt, at least the level of depth of the writing for those characters felt par for the course. But in both the cases of Doc and Steven (and Gummy too!), I feel like they really went the extra mile. For us.


What I really can't believe is that in all that went on in this half hour or so, they had the time to spend on Octavia and Vinyl's duet. And I'm so, so glad they did. :yay:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:58 am

The Doctor wrote:Celestia can not be comfortable on a chair that small...


"Hey, you with the hair, down in front!"
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