S06E05: Gauntlet of Fire

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Re: S06E05: Gauntlet of Fire

Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:01 pm

As it turns out the gauntlet of fire was a flaming armored glove, end of story :here:
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:02 pm

I liked seeing the two Princesses just hanging out with Twilight in the beginning. Nice!

All in all, pretty decent. Loved the dragon designs, and it opens up to future episodes. I liked Amber.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:03 pm

That was really amazing. Very pretty design, characters, and a whole lot of cool ass shit happened.

I laughed every time I saw Rarity and Twi in costume.


Hugeass rock tubes *plok plok plok* hopping like chess pieces.
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Postby Sidotsy (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:03 pm

Another good episode imo and spike wasn't worthless. I'm starting to not hate him.
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:03 pm

I kept trying to figure out of Ember's voice was Rebecca Shoichet's or Tabitha's. Neither! :amazing:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:04 pm

Mr. Big wrote:I liked Amber.

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Amber is a pretty name, tho. :allears:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:04 pm

Really great episode. I kind of figured how it would turn out, but it was entertaining along the way. Princess Ember is an interesting character, it would be nice to see her again as the representative of the dragons in a Canterlot event of some kind.

I got a kick out of seeing Garble again, at least they didn't take the easy way out and have him be a nice guy at the end, apologizing the Spike, etc.

Nice to see Celly and Luna again so soon, too. :pcstare: :unenthused:

Also, I like the different kinds of music they're using in the end credits now.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:04 pm

Yeah, that was a good Spike episode.

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Adelor Lyon wrote:I kept trying to figure out of Ember's voice was Rebecca Shoichet's or Tabitha's. Neither! :amazing:


I was thinkign Rebecca for a little bit too.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:04 pm

Ember was really pretty. :3:
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Postby Marimo (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:05 pm

Wayoshi wrote:This episode was pretty bad in zooming through generic plot points, but it wasn't too bad. Didn't really rehash DQ at all which was good, besides Garble still being a dumb character.

I actually found him a bit more entertaining because they dumbed him down a bit more, as well as made him the butt of more jokes.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:06 pm

Aramek wrote:Ember was really pretty. :3:


She was a cute dragon. :3:
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Postby Marimo (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:07 pm

I'd have to recheck, but the sea creatures and monsters throwing boulders were new weren't they?
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:07 pm

I liked this one. The opening was great with Spike assisting Rarity, the recurring gag with Princess Twilight Sparkle and Rarity appearing out of nowhere amusing, Princess Ember a welcome change in dragonhood, and the conclusion satisfying.


Spike did right.


I repeat: Spike did right.


These are the end times. :twonk:
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Postby drunkill (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:10 pm

The two new VAs were very good. Dragon Lord was Australian, I could tell that pretty quickly, turns out he mostly does advertising/radio work. Embers VA was really good too.

A good episode, if a little silly. I do like the idea of burps being greetings though.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:10 pm

Niels Olof wrote:I liked this one. The opening was great with Spike assisting Rarity, the recurring gag with Princess Twilight Sparkle and Rarity appearing out of nowhere amusing, Princess Ember a welcome change in dragonhood, and the conclusion satisfying.


Spike did right.


I repeat: Spike did right.


These are the end times. :twonk:


:gotcha: Loved how Ember asked them how they got there and the question is just ignored.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:14 pm

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:gotcha: Loved how Ember asked them how they got there and the question is just ignored.

"We used the elevator around back."
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:14 pm

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:gotcha: Loved how Ember asked them how they got there and the question is just ignored.

While not outright said, I kinda figured that they teleported with unicorn magic.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:15 pm

Ember might be my favorite new character of the season so far.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:17 pm

PonyHag714 wrote:
Nice to see Celly and Luna again so soon, too. :pcstare: :unenthused:


"An emergency trip to the dragon lands? What an excellent opportunity to conduct research!"
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Also, I like the different kinds of music they're using in the end credits now.

Tara no longer gets top billing in the credits list, too.



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Postby Marimo (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:27 pm

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"An emergency trip to the dragon lands? What an excellent opportunity to conduct research!"
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Tara no longer gets top billing in the credits list, too.

I think it might be listed by line count now.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:28 pm

Something was missing this episode...

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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:29 pm

Crackle was in the episode getting crushed by the spike rocks
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:32 pm

DerFurShur wrote:Crackle was in the episode getting crushed by the spike rocks


:party: Then the episode was great!
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Postby Applepie (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:36 pm

I was so hoping that Spike got wings at the end like in the fan arts. But, I got my female dragons.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:40 pm

Yeah, spike not having wings still seems odd. Even more odd is that they didn't take the opportunity this episode to show other flightless dragons.
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Postby LunarRainbow92 (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 5:04 pm

I really hope they don't start pairing Ember and Spike together, :gonkity:
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Postby Marimo (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 5:08 pm

LunarRainbow92 wrote:I really hope they don't start pairing Ember and Spike together, :gonkity:

I don't think that was what they were going for. Even that blushing at the end when Spike hugged her, given that they established Ember as not being used to physical contact like hugs, is probably just out of general embarrassment.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 5:15 pm

Marimo wrote:I don't think that was what they were going for. Even that blushing at the end when Spike hugged her, given that they established Ember as not being used to physical contact like hugs, is probably just out of general embarrassment.


There are probably over 50 Spike x Ember stories written already....
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Postby Bremen (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 5:46 pm

This episode had Spike actually being clever and accomplishing things, a tsundere dragon queen, and bad things happening to Garble. I declare it a great success!
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 5:49 pm

Twi and Rarity's writing was kind of awkward, but I didn't really mind; This felt like a different show, what with the focus on dragons instead of horsies. I liked that. Was it just me or did even the dragons' animations seem different from the rest of the show?

Almost forgot the weird thing, though, how all the dragons we saw were "teenage" sized. Why weren't any of the big dragons we've seen in the past there? Considering they wanted a big and strong dragon, why nothing but runts?
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:04 pm

Garble makes a great jerk. "Ha ha! I'm funny."

Daring Do wrote:Almost forgot the weird thing, though, how all the dragons we saw were "teenage" sized. Why weren't any of the big dragons we've seen in the past there? Considering they wanted a big and strong dragon, why nothing but runts?

They were, just in the background. Not really sure why, but this seems like a test for the young.

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Small details: Princess Ember was the only one not laughing at Spike for being a runt.
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(she looks different because she painted her scales)
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:25 pm

Clearly dragons are ageist and don't think an old timer is fit to be leader anymore.

Damn mellinials with their lazy helping each other and their being smart and they're promising not to invade and pillage other countries.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:27 pm

The Doctor wrote:Yeah, spike not having wings still seems odd. Even more odd is that they didn't take the opportunity this episode to show other flightless dragons.



:delight: :"I had an old dragon egg lying around. I figured, hey, why not hatch it, right? Seems like a good enough test for a magic student. How was I supposed to know it contained a functionally extinct evolutionary dead end?"

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:delight: Wellllll~~ look on the sunny side - Lonesome George lived for a hundred years and had many fans around the world....

:gotcha: :yikes: :-/ :unenthused:
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Postby SneakHorse (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:36 pm

Very good episode all around, and easily the best Spike episode so far. Ember and Torch were both solid new characters - Ember's arc was well done and Torch was funny and had a voice that reminded me of Immortan Joe, which is always a plus. Beyond that, the Twilight and Rarity costume gags were funny, Spike actually got to be useful...like I said, very good all around.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:40 pm

So how long until Celestia retires so Twilight and Ember can join together as nerd rulers?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:41 pm

Ember isn't a nerd. Just tsundere... very very tsundere...
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:42 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote:(she looks different because she painted her scales)
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Okay, so I'm going to assume that's Rarity on the left and Twilight on the right, mostly because they both have branches for horns and the one on the right has a branch off to the side which is a wing and THAT IS TOTALLY SOMETHING I COULD SEE PONIES DOING EVEN WITH A DISGUISE! :amazing:

The paint washing/smearing off of Ember is a really good touch, too. This episode is a real visual treat.
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Postby RudeCyrus (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:45 pm

Ember was a cool character. I laughed whenever Twilight and Rarity showed up in different costumes.
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Postby Perpetual Lurker (?) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:45 pm

I wasn't feeling the beginning of the episode, when it looked like Garble was just going to be a constant nuisance, but as soon as Ember started interacting with Spike, things immediately turned around. It's pretty rare to see a character arc like that play out over the course of a single episode, but here it worked really well, and it showed that Spike was capable of spreading the ideals of friendship just as well as his pony friends.

Also, Twilight and Rarity constantly appearing at the next stage of the gauntlet with different disguises and no explanation for how they got there was a really great gag that only got better the more it was repeated.
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