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S04E13: Simple Ways

Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 3:55 pm

Rarity is known around Ponyville for her confidence and class, both of which are lost when Trenderhoof, the world famous travel writer and apple of Rarity's eye, comes to town. So, when Trenderhoof's attention is drawn (from another synopsis: has a crush too) to Applejack, Rarity does the unexpected and begins to dress and act more like Applejack than herself, which ends up in a muddy mess.


This thread is for discussion of this episode. The episode airs at 10:30 AM Eastern / 7:30 AM Pacific on Saturday, February 8!

Official preview clips and images are okay to post, as is speculation about the episode.

Writer: Josh Haber (2nd, Castle Mane-ia)
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 3:58 pm

This sounds pretty silly. Might be good.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:01 pm

This could be really funny, especially if Rarity will try to act like Applejack. I can just picture it now:

:vogue: Yeehaw, darling. Yippie-Kippie-Yay! Aw, hay!
:applejargh: I don't sound like that, ya varmint!
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Postby Kitsune (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:03 pm

:awesomedash: Say something Southern!

:vogue: Ain't.

:awesomedash: :notthisshitagain:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:12 pm

I want to see Applejack get all flustered at finally getting a gentleman caller. And see him seet the family.

:granny: What are your intentions with my Grandaughter, young man?

:anticipation: What are your intentions with my big sister, mister?

:eenope: ...


Think while Rarity tries to simplify herself to get the guys attention, AJ will seek out Rarity on how to be more ladylike. Trenderhoof the hipster leaves them both but learns a valuable lesson about honesty and leaves Applejack his fedora as a key.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:15 pm

Oh god, if they manage to reference The Glass Menagerie with that plotline... :awesomedash:

:granny: GO TO THA MOON, YA SELFISH DREAMER!
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:22 pm

Even I won't go so far as to think it will outshine Pinkie Pride, but it will, at the minimum, be completely motherfucking awesome. :iiaia:
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Postby Sind (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:23 pm

I am really looking forward to this episode~
I generally like the interactions between Rarity and Applejack, and Castle Mania is my favorite S4 episode sans the previous.

Also, nothing bad can come from Rarity being silly :gotcha:

plus,
Meghan McCarthy wrote:Episode 413 might feature my favorite Rarity performance ever. Really not sure how @StTabitha made it through that record.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:26 pm

Oh man, that tweet has me all hyped up now. :excite:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:38 pm

Kitty Kate wrote:.:awesomedash: Say something Southern!

:vogue: Ain't.

:awesomedash: :notthisshitagain:


:bluh: Consarn it!

:vogue: Tarnation!

:flail: It's lahk ah can't tell them apaht!
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Postby Lion Heart (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:27 pm

She's had practice pretending to be AJ already. Sorta?
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:34 pm

An episode with the two best ponies, and the promise of Tabitha being Tabitha. I'm in :-P
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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:59 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:Even I won't go so far as to think it will outshine Pinkie Pride, but it will, at the minimum, be completely motherfucking awesome. :iiaia:

Yeah, this.

I haven't been reading the spoiler forum much, so, I didn't know what this would be about beyond the title.

It takes some massive chutzpa to go on after an absolute powerhouse like Pinkie Pride. But, daaaaaamn this one sounds amazing. :ponydrugs:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:08 pm

I'm especially curious as to how Applejack will handle this sort of attention. I recently realized that back around the beginning of the series I had pigeonholed Rarity as "the" romantic of the six, at the exclusion of the other five. If Applejack doesn't immediately shoot Trenderhoof down then I may very well have to reconsider that line of thought entirely.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:21 pm

I'm voting for "AJ is utterly oblivious the whole time." No other reason that that would be funny.
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Postby MasterOfKnees (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:31 pm

The synopsis is simply golden, and with Josh Haber already proving to be quite the comical writer in Castle Mane-ia this is destined to rock big time. I can't help but already smile at how ironic it is that Rarity is going to try and turn into the kind of pony she detested all the way back in Look Before You Sleep, but desperate times call for desperate measures I suppose.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:33 pm

Aramek wrote:I'm voting for "AJ is utterly oblivious the whole time." No other reason that that would be funny.

It'd be funny if there were someone like that, but I doubt it'd be Applejack. She's always been good at discerning the feelings of others. Pinkie seems like she'd be the most oblivious to romantic advances. She'd think she had just quickly made very good friends with whoever was calling on her! :v:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:35 pm

Oh, wow, I didn't even see the writing credit...my excitement just increased tenfold. :hiiiii:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:55 pm

Okay, second guess.

Aj isn't interested in him because "He ugly."

And then we learned AJ was shallow. :gotcha:
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Postby HuffyTheMagicDragon (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:12 pm

The way this keeps playing out in my head is with Applejack awkwardly trying to reject Trenderhoof (what a name) but failing, and Rarity trying to impress him but failing. However, I kind of hope AJ reacts in a more unexpected way. I just don't know what that way might be. :pinkieshrug:

But in any case, with Rarity and Haber and this premise, the episode is virtually guaranteed to be hilarious. Basically this:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:21 pm

Still hoping there's some deviation from the generic love triangle plot.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:29 pm

I think it will definitely deviate. Remember how Castle-Mania managed to use cliches, but did them and subverted them in such a skillful way that made them feel fresh?
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Postby Kamek (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:43 pm

After last week's episode I'm suddenly not looking forward to future episodes... I don't see how ANYTHING could possibly top that.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:47 pm

To quote Ian Malcolm, nature will always find a way. While this might not be as good as last week's, it'll probably still be a lot of fun.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:48 pm

I am still baffled by that guy's name. "Trenderhoof." If it weren't for the romance angle, I'd wonder if he wasn't a pony at all.
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Postby Cthulhu Inc (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:52 pm

This is going to be so awesome :awesomedash:




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Postby Kitsune (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:54 pm

Trenderhoof doesn't have a chance because AJ will be on a date with the apple from Bats! for the whole episode. :gotcha:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:10 pm

I'll be honest, I'm very concerned for this, I don't like it. So I guess I'll have to avoid the thread and go in blind and withhold judgment until I see it. Because right now I'm very :nngh:
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Postby Perpetual Lurker (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:31 pm

Wayoshi wrote:Still hoping there's some deviation from the generic love triangle plot.


It's not even a generic love triangle to begin with.

A generic love triangle is usually A<->B<->C, where the conflict is that B is interested in both A and C, and they are both interested in her.

This story is Rarity->Tenderhoof->Applejack, where nobody is reciprocating any affection, and no one party is the object of affection of more than one other party. It's a completely different dynamic, IMO. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:37 pm

Trenderhoof getting actually enamored by AJ just feels so wrong. I am calling it being entirely a misunderstanding by Rarity, Trenderhoof just wants to write about AJ for some reason.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:42 pm

Wayoshi wrote:Trenderhoof getting actually enamored by AJ just feels so wrong. I am calling it being entirely a misunderstanding by Rarity, Trenderhoof just wants to write about AJ for some reason.


:eyebrow: Of course. Because nopony could ever be interested in a nice farm girl like Applejack instead of a diva like Rarity, right?
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Postby Tears (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:42 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote:I am still baffled by that guy's name. "Trenderhoof." If it weren't for the romance angle, I'd wonder if he wasn't a pony at all.


Well I guess tenderfoot is someone who is naive, particularly someone who isn't adapted to an outdoor lifestyle. Combined with trend, maybe he's a Conde Naste Traveller sort of guy with a Henry David Thoreau style romanticism of the rustic life.

Which could be a fun reversal - Rarity's into him because he's a well-travelled, urbane guy, and he's got a rolodex full of urban sophisticates like Rarity and is much more drawn to AJ's casual, unpretentious outdoorsiness :twasnothin:

I am really looking forward to this episode, Haber wrote Rarity so well last time, and his AJ was great too. Every future episode we have a synopsis for has all sorts of potential.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:44 pm

Perpetual Lurker wrote:
It's not even a generic love triangle to begin with.

A generic love triangle is usually A<->B<->C, where the conflict is that B is interested in both A and C, and they are both interested in her.

This story is Rarity->Tenderhoof->Applejack, where nobody is reciprocating any affection, and no one party is the object of affection of more than one other party. It's a completely different dynamic, IMO. :pinkieshrug:


It's more Shakespearean the latter way.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:17 pm

Three things I'm hoping for:

1. Rarity visits Sweetie Belle for Remedial Messiness 101.
2. AJ is not interested in the guy, but pretends to be because it's fun to yank Rarity's chain.
3. Rarity, in full western regalia, sings a country song, which is to say Rarity's interpretation of what she thinks country songs are supposed to sound like.
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Postby Star Platinum (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:17 pm

Really? A character who Rarity has a crush on and who develops a crush on Applejack? What an obvious Gary Stu self-insert. Looks like this is the first FiM episode I won't bother watching at all. :rainbert:

















This is going to own own own :awesomedash:
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Postby MochaBean (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:21 pm

Rarity -> Trenderhoof -> Applejack -> Apples -> Soil & Water -> The Sweet Embrace of Oblivion and Non-Being

It's a love vector.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:21 pm

Gotta admit, my hype levels are at a season-4 low for Shipping: The Episode.

But it will be a chance for Tabitha to go completely nutty, so I'm looking forward to that.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:24 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:Three things I'm hoping for:

1. Rarity visits Sweetie Belle for Remedial Messiness 101.
2. AJ is not interested in the guy, but pretends to be because it's fun to yank Rarity's chain.
3. Rarity, in full western regalia, sings a country song, which is to say Rarity's interpretation of what she thinks country songs are supposed to sound like.


So long as the episode end with Applejack singing a Pony version of Country Roads I'll be happy.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:28 pm

Wylie wrote:Gotta admit, my hype levels are at a season-4 low for Shipping: The Episode.


Eh, we were worried before the horsie wedding too :pinkieshrug:

There's basically no chance of them pulling a Brad for this episode.
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Postby Star Platinum (?) » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:31 pm

Don't forget about Hearts and Hooves Day, one of the top 5 funniest episodes in the series.
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