S04E19: Trade Ya!

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S04E19: Trade Ya!

Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:55 pm

Spike and the Mane 6 are headed to the Rainbow Falls Traders Exchange to find items they treasure. But when things don’t go exactly as planned, the girls learn that nothing is more valuable than their friendship.


This thread is for discussion of this episode. The episode airs at 10:30 AM Eastern / 7:30 AM Pacific on Saturday, April 19!

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

Writer: Scott Sonneborn (2nd of S4, Somepony to Watch Over Me)

(This is the episode that was pushed back to now due to "production reasons" (Big Jim tweet). :pinkieshrug:)
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:57 pm

Hmm...I wonder why this was pushed back.

Anyway, it'll be neat to see the location of Rainbow Falls again and I'm really interested to see how "things don’t go exactly as planned".

Nice to see that Spike's going to tag along as well. Hopefully we'll get some good moments from him.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:01 pm

So at this point, I'm still hoping there's some type of pun on "how valuable" friendship is. Let's trade friendships! :-P

But yeah... this seems like a slice-of-life Best Night Ever. That could certainly be good, but the synopsis isn't particularly exciting or enlightening. I also don't see why it has to be in Rainbow Falls - I would have loved a nice Ponyville flea market like in Micro #7 of the comics.
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:03 pm

Wayoshi wrote:I also don't see why it has to be in Rainbow Falls - I would have loved a nice Ponyville flea market like in Micro #7 of the comics.


Maybe it ties into the Equestria game. :pinkieshrug:

Other than that I got nothing.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:04 pm

I definitely think it has to do with the Equestrian Games in some way. The fact that they're travelling to Rainbow Falls ties into it somehow.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:28 pm

I want to hear more about Spike's role here. With him apparently taking the lead n this trip, it must be something important for him.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:32 pm

Wayoshi wrote:I also don't see why it has to be in Rainbow Falls - I would have loved a nice Ponyville flea market like in Micro #7 of the comics.


I'm not complaining because Rainbow Falls is freaking gorgeous and I'm stoked to be seeing those backgrounds again. No questions asked. :D

I hope there are tons of MLP merchandise in-jokes.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:33 pm

The synopsis is so vague that I really have no idea what could possibly happen in this episode. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:11 pm

Finally, a Spike adventure. :awesomedash:
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:12 pm

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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:18 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:I want to hear more about Spike's role here. With him apparently taking the lead n this trip, it must be something important for him.


Spike brings in gems in hopes of trading for a rare super-sized and tasty gem that Rarity promptly gets him to give to her instead. :v:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:02 pm

The Doctor wrote:
Spike brings in gems in hopes of trading for a rare super-sized and tasty gem that Rarity promptly gets him to give to her instead. :v:

Actually, since Rarity is going to be there, I doubt Spike is going there to get anything for her. It wouldn't be a surprise that way! And Rarity would surely buy up any especially fancy gems as soon as possible, lest Spike start to get hungry after having purchased them himself...
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Postby Dragongem (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:53 pm

Octavia wrote:The synopsis is so vague that I really have no idea what could possibly happen in this episode. :pinkieshrug:


This episode is actually an allegory for the current financial crisis. So Twilight is going to get a subprime mortage on a new tree, Rarity is going to get a loan for her business, and Pinkie Pie is going to buy stock in Fannie Neigh. Then Discord packages all of the loans into one deal sells it to an unwitting Applejack...
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:10 pm

Spike's looking for the new three-foot-tall Godzilla perfect mold with working roar and nuclear armor plate glow, while everyone else discovers that, as heroes of the realm, there's a burgeoning market for unlicensed knockoffs of themselves.

:allears: I look so daring in these poses!
:excite: I got a car!
:applejargh: :gonkity: What are we, chopped liver?!
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:22 pm

:hilarious: "Hey look! It's Twilight Sparkle's balloon!"
:-/ "'Pony pulls the wagon'? Who writes this junk?"
:rainbert: "I can't even buy my own action figure! Vendor says they were all scooped up by an 'anonymous fan'."
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To be continued, though!
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:29 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote: :excite: I got a car!
:applejargh: :gonkity: What are we, chopped liver?!

Better yet: Applejack gets a truck with a cardboard Twilight standing in the bed.
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Postby The Outlander (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:48 pm

:rainbert: This Daring Do doesn't look anything like the real one. Can't the toy-makers get anything right?
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:50 pm

I don't think it's that kind of trading though it would be very nice if they pulled that off.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:17 pm

This and the next two episodes focus on Spike in some way. I wonder if that's why this episode was pushed back for later.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:20 pm

Wayoshi said that Big Jim said that it was pushed back for "production reasons," but who knows what that means. Hopefully not the same production issues that plagued much of the end of S3!
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Postby acksed (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:25 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote:Spike's looking for the new three-foot-tall Godzilla perfect mold with working roar and nuclear armor plate glow, while everyone else discovers that, as heroes of the realm, there's a burgeoning market for unlicensed knockoffs of themselves.

:allears: I look so daring in these poses!
:excite: I got a car!
:applejargh: :gonkity: What are we, chopped liver?!

Please please please let it be like TNG's Captain Picard Day:
:shock: They seem to have an exaggerated opinion of me.
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:-/ Isn't there something else you have to do?
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:-/ Buck you all.
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Postby Dragongem (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:34 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote:Spike's looking for the new three-foot-tall Godzilla perfect mold with working roar and nuclear armor plate glow, while everyone else discovers that, as heroes of the realm, there's a burgeoning market for unlicensed knockoffs of themselves.

:allears: I look so daring in these poses!
:excite: I got a car!
:applejargh: :gonkity: What are we, chopped liver?!



:allears: Okay, so the new McDonhorses toys are out! There's Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Twilight, me, and... uh... well... hm...

:angry: DAGNABBIT.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:35 pm

This is going to be a bizarre episode. :-I

:v: I traded some stuff and got this stuff.
:applejargh: You've ruined our friendship!
:rariwhat: No she didn't.
:-D Hooray!

This is what I see happening. :-I
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Postby Dragongem (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:42 pm

ShieldedDiamond wrote:This is going to be a bizarre episode. :-I

:v: I traded some stuff and got this stuff.
:applejargh: You've ruined our friendship!
:rariwhat: No she didn't.
:-D Hooray!

This is what I see happening. :-I


But what if Rainbow Dash traded away the friendship????


Realchat: I could probably see the ponies treasuring the same items and getting frustrated/angry over it. An episode on wanting the same things.
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Postby Lorce (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:01 pm

Mr. Big wrote:This and the next two episodes focus on Spike in some way. I wonder if that's why this episode was pushed back for later.

Obviously all just a setup to make Spike a princess in the finale. Thanks M.A. Larson. :v:
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Postby Octavia (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:12 pm

Lorce wrote:Obviously all just a setup to make Spike a princess in the finale. Thanks M.A. Larson. :v:

Spike will get his wings! :-D
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:25 pm

:vogue: I think I'll but these gems by trading this Rainbow thread that I'll never use.

:amazing: a brand new party cannon, and all you want is an old rubber chicken? SOLD!

:twasnothin: 1 bit for a new barn. Sounds good.

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:ponder: a Breezy Flower for a new animal habitat? OK.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:29 pm

Octavia wrote:Spike will get his wings! :-D

Much like Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle in the beginning of this season, season 5 opens with Scootaloo trying to teach Spike how to fly. The key difference is that neither of them are able to get off the ground. :gotcha:

...I made myself sad. :fluttersmith:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:09 pm

Why am I this excited for such a blank summation?!

I'm so excited!

:psygum:
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Postby Applepie (?) » Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:51 pm

At last after a Weekend without FiM.
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:01 am

Maybe they'll trade off their Rainbow Key items, not realising their true value. :v:
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:18 am

Angel Beat wrote:Maybe they'll trade off their Rainbow Key items, not realising their true value. :v:


Not gonna lie, that would be so mean, but so hilarious.
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Postby Peregrine (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:44 am

Who WOULD know the value of the items and would be malicious enough to trade for them? And would have the power and resources to make high-value trades as The Doctor suggested... Demons in Equestria?!
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:35 am

No matter what the synopsis says I know the moral of this episode is Flea Markets Are Evil!l

This is a very important lesson to teach children. :twiright:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:17 am

Eh, sometimes you can find some really cool stuff in a flea market. I find them fun to browse around in.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:16 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Eh, sometimes you can find some really cool stuff in a flea market. I find them fun to browse around in.



Oh don't get me wrong, they can be fun to go to, but it's always good to be on the look out for shady characters selling bootleg merch or trying ta rip yea off.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:21 pm

Oh yeah, I've been burned on a bootleg before. I once bought a "Booss" wallet for 10 euros when I was 15 because I thought it looked cool and said "Boss". I still have it, to be honest. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 2:21 pm

Compared to all other lessons on the show, "flea markets are evil" seems rather ... uninspired and PSA-esque. I don't think they will go for something that dull. It could be more alone the lines of the value we put in posessions and how that can affect friendships.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 2:24 pm

Wait, the whole "flea markets are evil" thing has been done in cartoons?! How does that even work?

Anyway, I'm expecting the moral to be about how the value of having friends and good experiences with others can sometimes be more important then material possessions.
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 2:42 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Wait, the whole "flea markets are evil" thing has been done in cartoons?! How does that even work?


Where did I say that? I haven't seen a cartoon do that before. I just think it would be a really dull lesson compared to all the others on Friendship is Magic so far.
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