S04E13: Simple Ways

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Re: S04E13: Simple Ways

Postby Just Scuds (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:47 am

:gah: Ah don't feel raaht ahbout doin' this.
:nngh: I don't feel right watching this!
:lol: This is just weird!
:ohboy: Don't think about it. Just do it!

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:anticipation: Ah do declah, Mistah Trenderhoof, you do look dashing in that new set of whiskahs.
:starity: I do declare, Mr Trenderhoof-
:gah: Stop!
:ohrarity: Oh what now?
:gah: Yer enunciatin'. Ya gotta flatten y' speech a bit; not sound like you're sittin on a pincushin.
:wat: I do not sound like I am sitting on any such thing!
:smirk:

:starity: I have just had a revelation!
:whine: Perhaps this was never meant to be!
:sweetiefrown: No?
:rariwhat: What do you suppose Mr. Trenderhoof sees in Applejack?
:scootawoo: Authenticity!
:anticipation: Yeah! Applejack is nevah one to put on airs or ... or
:ohboy: Or pretend that she is clearly something that she isn't.
:scootawoo: She's an apple farmer. She is what she is. The hat says it all!
:yikes: Her Simple Ways -
:v: *honk* *honk*
:yikes: Make her likable for who she is.
Image And hey! Maybe being so uncomplicated and direct makes her just the sort of person he wants to be around.

:wat: What does that make me?
:smirk: Well for starters...
:starity: Yes, darling?
:ohboy: The fake eyelashes, the eyeshadow -
:lol: The smell of your various mane and tail products.
:yikes: No offence!
:nngh: Your pancake makeup.
:gah: That stuff dries out and gets everywhere!

:ohboy: And your accent! Mom and dad don't talk like you do. You sound like you don't even want to let everypony know that you're from around here!
:lol: Yeah! Only the snootiest of the Canterlot upper crust talk like that. What's with that anyway?
Image Do you want everypony to think that you're some exotic exile from Canterlot who set up her wonderous fashion shop in far-off Ponyville?
:eep: I mean that in the best way possible. Please don't kill me.

:cry: So you are saying that everything I do is a kind of contrivance. A sort of tawdry stagecraft. But who am I without my fashion and my highly cultured diction and prim manners?
:gonkity: I have become 'the mask', as it were!

:starity: I have had another revelation!
:vogue: Spike, fetch that diary and prepare to take dictation!
:dearcelestia: Aww yeah! Just like old times!

:vogue: Today I've learned that if somepony does not fall in love with you for who you are, you should not change yourself to try and suit them. You would ultimately be living a lie, and not just a like to someone like Trenderhoof, but a lie to one's self.
:wink: And that ultimately, honesty is the best poli-
:twasnothin: Howdy Rarity!
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Postby reidransom (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:59 am

Tabitha doing Rarity doing AJ sounds hilarious. Feel like this is gonna be a fun one.
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Postby Applepie (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:32 am

Rarity and AJ episode.

This gonna be good. :yay:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:51 pm

The Doctor wrote:Well, in BNE and HHD the romance was played out as a joke rather than anything resembling a relationship. Outside of EQG the show has only two romantic couples. Cadance and Shining armor, and Carror and Cup Cake. Well, three if you subscribe to the theory that a Fancy Pants and Fleur were based on Errol Flynn and his French model wife...

There's also Big Mac and Cheerilee. H&HD wasn't completely clear on where they stood once the love potion wore off, but after their appearance together again in JFS, I assumed that they actually got together anyway. There's still a lot of room for personal interpretation on that one, though.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:05 pm

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:[pure gold]


See, now anything the show does that isn't that is going to disappoint me. :golfclop:
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Postby Kronos (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:16 pm

Seeing as how this is the episode that *broke* Tabitha, I'm expecting some zany VA work.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:41 pm

This episode concept and ensuing discussion have done one thing for sure: reminded me that Rarity smashing her glass slipper in panic on the way out of the Gala is one of the best goddamn jokes in this or any show. :lol:

It has trope subversion, great timing and delivery, totally incidental "horsiness", comes at just the right moment when the episode is already riding out its climactic chaos, and it's a perfect character moment too. :ponydrugs:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:44 pm

I hope we get a moment like that in this episode...the set up seems to perfect not to have it.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:53 pm

We should be getting our previews for the ep today &/or tommorow, can't wait
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:59 pm

For a while I was worried about the lack of previews for this episode so far, but then I realized I was comparing it to last week. Pinkie Pride was nearly in the same league as season premieres and finales in terms of hype and promotion.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:22 pm

Huh, that's true. I guess the reason it was hyped so much was because of its big name guest star.
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Postby Veradox (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:39 pm

I wonder how Spike will feel about Rarity's new "Love Interest". :eep:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:43 pm

Veradox wrote:I wonder how Spike will feel about Rarity's new "Love Interest". :eep:



Either be extremely jealous, or be the bigger man and help Rarity try to win him over....or not be in the episode at all!? :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:11 am

Veradox wrote:I wonder how Spike will feel about Rarity's new "Love Interest". :eep:

If he does show up then the most he'll probably do is give Trenderhoof the stinkeye a few times. This episode already has a lot on its plate between Rarity, Applejack, and Trenderhoof, so having Spike deal with his lingering feelings would likely stretch things too thin.
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Postby Dal (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:12 am

Or if they follow the comics, he is in the background making Trenderhoof's life a bit more difficult.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:15 am

Dal wrote:Or if they follow the comics, he is in the background making Trenderhoof's life a bit more difficult.

That counts as "dealing with his lingering feelings" in my book. :smirk:
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:17 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:If he does show up then the most he'll probably do is give Trenderhoof the stinkeye a few times. This episode already has a lot on its plate between Rarity, Applejack, and Trenderhoof, so having Spike deal with his lingering feelings would likely stretch things too thin.


Spike tries to become a writer to win Rarity over; helps Dash with her unfinished novel :v:
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:19 am

Dal wrote:Or if they follow the comics, he is in the background making Trenderhoof's life a bit more difficult.


Only a bit?

Poor, poor Hayseed Turnip Truck. That is easily Spike's most villainous moment.
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 1:56 am

Hey, I suck at embedding or whatever so here :effort:

https://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony

Latest clip... I feel pain :negative:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:02 am

Trenderhoof being a hipster? Confirmed.

Tabitha once again delivering a ridiculously wonderful Rarity performance? Confirmed.

Spike in a tuxedo? I wonder what that's about.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:03 am

This image scares me..guess befriending weird al increased pinkies...pinkie powers.

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Postby drunkill (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:10 am

Welp, Twilight was only making a joke, I don't think she expected that result

Yesss, Ace pony returns, in the background pf that photo :D
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:12 am

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Something ain't right
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Something tells me Spike knows as much as the audience how this will go down... in FLAMES :rimshot:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:15 am

AppleCobbler44 wrote:Something tells me Spike knows as much as the audience how this will go down... in FLAMES :rimshot:

Yeah, that little dude is way too happy about this, especially compared to the other five. Something's up here. :squintyjack:

Also I have watched this clip four times now and it is still hilarious.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:16 am

Got a direct link to the video? That one is redirecting me to the Spanish MLP page, which doesn't have it :pinkieshrug:
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Postby The Outlander (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:17 am

I noticed the ridiculous tennis pony in the background out of nowhere and started laughing uncontrollably.

Anyway, so I don't have to create more original thoughts, my post from the spoilers thread:

Okay, so on one hand this episode has the potential to teach what people like about other people, and that doing one thing or the other isn't necessarily going to please who you want to please, and instead there's a certain social ballet you need to be on the same level with. On the other hand this could be a terrible, stereotypical love triangle story.

On my third mutant hand it could be about how Rarity reduces herself to a lovestruck filly and lets her business fall into ruin or loses the part of herself that makes her friends with the others, but the episode is about learning how that's a bad thing and how to avoid it, which I suppose Applejack could demonstrate. On the fourth hand, this could present a good look at how you can really be close friends with those you're attracted to, and talk about the differences and similarities between friendship and romance, though Hearts and Hooves Day kind of already did that.

I honestly don't know what to feel.


Okay I lied, I have some thoughts about the clip. With how ridiculous Trenderhoof looks I can only assume this isn't going to be played straight, which is a plus. I also like how worried everyone looks in the end, like they're concerned Rarity is getting too absorbed. Sounds a bit like my third theory in the quote; maybe Rarity will first devote every part of herself to Trenderhoof, to the chagrin of her friends, then they step in when she takes to extremes and starts acting like Applejack to impress him. The lesson will be about how, if you need to change fundamentally who you are for love, or anything else, it probably isn't worth pursuing.

If it's not that, the crew obviously has a tendency to both subvert and follow expectations, while still putting a unique spin on things that's endlessly entertaining to watch, so I'm not super worried. Just a little bit. :-P
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:18 am

Unhappy with being just a Giraffe Pie, Pinkie has evolved into Balloon Pie. :jingo:

Hard to believe this guy is a writer:

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Fizzbuzz wrote:Also I have watched this clip four times now and it is still hilarious.

It's decently funny, but I don't see anything super funny here. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:22 am

Those giggles, oh my god. :allears:

Rarity might be a liiittle obsessed, what with the lock of mane and all. :v:
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:22 am

Highbrow Dash wrote:Got a direct link to the video? That one is redirecting me to the Spanish MLP page, which doesn't have it :pinkieshrug:


http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/02/episode-13-simple-ways-teaser-clip.html

Sorry, I don't understand the internetz (embedding) :pinkieshrug:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:23 am

Trenderhoof a hipster?

:party: I called it!

Spike looking fab in a tux. Check.
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Rarity in what might be her most fabulous dress ever? Check.



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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:27 am

Watching that scene, loved how Spike just keeps smiling, Spike isn't nervous about Trenderhoof, he knows Rarity has naturally bad taste in men & this will end the same way as the BluBlood debacle did.

Either that or he's planning something to take care of him Ala Hayseed. XD
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:28 am

Here's a YT embed.

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Postby RudeCyrus (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:36 am

OMG Rarity in a dress :allears:

That ring on her horn cracks me up.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:41 am

Spike's way too cute for his own good in that suit. :spike101:

I'd like Trenderhoof to come face to face with the legendary travel writer, Temple Foalding. :serious:

Or Arthur Frommare. :v:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:59 am

:-I That dress makes your flank stick out, Rarity.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:00 am

Wayoshi wrote:It's decently funny, but I don't see anything super funny here. :pinkieshrug:


C'mon, those Tabitha giggles? That's worth the price of admission right there. :allears:
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:02 am

Not gonna lie... if there's one thing I'm concerned about with this episode it's AJ :yikes:

I don't really post expectations anymore and this may affect my thoughts of the episode so better let it out there like a disclaimer before/in case it happens.

What I'm kinda hoping either: a.) AJ is totally oblivious to him while he's being awfully show off-y which to Rarity seems like the two are getting close when in reality they're not or b.) Trenderhoof is that good or even jerk-ish that he's able to drag AJ kicking and screaming against her will and AJ throughout the episode is begging Rarity to save her. Both scenarios can be funny if done right.

What I'm fearing is that Trenderhoof will have his way just because AJ's [insert 'No Longer S1-AJ because she'd be direct and buck him to kingdom come back then' argument that I've yapped on about for centuries] and Trenderhoof isn't actually doing much to get his way. Basically, AJ can't say no or be mean.

Of course, there was the SAYS episode where AJ was also too nice and I did find it funny. It was one of the rare moments where they made good use of her overly niceness and turned it against her but that also worked for me because it was Spike we're talking about, not some stranger. Unless Trenderhoof injects AJ with nanobots to explode if she refuses or is a relative of the Prince of Bel Air (don't know why I made that connection), I may be annoyed if AJ's excuse is just that she can't say no to a stranger.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:11 am

Or if it is an Honesty ep, AJ could pretend to be interested in him so he writes about the farm.

She is a business mare after all. Given using Trenderhoof just to get a book written to drums up business for Sweet Apple Acres is admitingly kind of wrong, but hey, who knows, AJ is willing to go to great lengths for her work & her family, this might be the first time we see AJs "Darker side" so to speak.

:eyebrow: Ahll use this guy ta get more folks interested in the farm, then drop him like a bucket o rotten worms!

:flimflam: Hey stop stealing our shtick! We're the con artists in this show!

:applejargh: Dag nab it, ah told y'all ta stay offa my property!
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:17 am

@SoundMonkey44 That t'would be a nice conflict of interest, really :smirk:

(I know we don't agree on many things with AJ or her family but I'll gladly let you go back in time and plant the idea in Josh Haber's mind via that movie no one understood just as he's about to start the script so that episode will happen)
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:18 am

Rarity definatly is one creepy fangirl :starity:
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