S06E23: Where The Apple Lies

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Will Appledad and/or Applemom show?

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Yes sugarcube
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S06E23: Where The Apple Lies

Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:25 pm

When Apple Bloom tells a white lie to cover up a mistake, Applejack shares the story of how she came to value honesty after telling a series of lies that almost destroyed the farm and landed the whole Apple family in the hospital.


This thread is for discussion of the episode. This episode airs at 11:30 AM Eastern / 8:30 AM Pacific on Saturday, October 8!

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

Writer: Dave Rapp

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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:32 pm

Pre- or post-cutie mark, do you think? And how many named ponies will make kiddie cameos?
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Postby Applepie (?) » Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:48 pm

And as told earlier no leak today.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:21 pm

This thread needs a prediction poll.

Will we see the Apple Parents?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:43 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:Pre- or post-cutie mark, do you think? And how many named ponies will make kiddie cameos?

I think pre. If she felt ashamed enough of what happened then that'd be a good motivation for her wanting to go to Manehattan instead of continuing to live on the farm.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:25 pm

The Doctor wrote:This thread needs a prediction poll.

Will we see the Apple Parents?

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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:41 pm

I'm pessimistic re: Ma and Pa Apple, but would love to be wrong.

I expect for simplicity they both died instantly after Apple Bloom's birth, their practical life function fulfilled.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:17 pm

I voted no, but remembering that we got one batch of Parents this season with Fluttershy, maybe they'll go for two.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:05 am

I wonder if filly Applejack cried Timber Wolf as the reason that got her family into trouble?
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:08 pm

There's no way they show up.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:10 pm

Highbrow Dash wrote:There's no way they show up.

This is the best chance we have to ever see them.

If they don't show up here, then I'm gonna go ahead and call it that we will never see them.

Still I don't expect to see them either.
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Postby Applepie (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:43 pm

Brandnew teaser is released.

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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:26 pm

Big Mac was more talkative when he was younger :v:
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:26 pm

I think big Mac stopped talking because he realized he's kind of a dick when he talks most of the time.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:09 pm

Maybe in this episode she gave him such an Image that it shut him up for the rest of his life.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:12 pm

Huh, it's after she got her cutie mark. I didn't expect that.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:54 pm

Looks like No Apple Parents 2K16 is gonna win it.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:02 pm

DerFurShur wrote:Looks like No Apple Parents 2K16 is gonna win it.


They could still appear. We didn't see Apple Bloom in the Cutie Mark flashback.

I still think it's unlikely though.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:44 pm

Stop talking to the camera, Granny, you're freakin' me out!



:gah: "Who's Apple Blight? Is he that cousin we're not s'posed to talk about? The one who came out the wrong way?"
:twasnothin: "Hush now. So anyway, after buryin' Ma and Pa, me and Big Mac continued our argument about soil aeration ..."
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Fri Oct 07, 2016 11:45 am

Applejack switches the bug spray for Big Mac's hair spray. Crops destroyed.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:07 am

Know what I would love to see in this episode?

A brief exchange between Teenage Applejack and Teenage Rarity. Maybe something snarky, showing that they are most certainly not friends yet.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 11:49 am

That'd be funny, but I'd be surprised if there's time for that today.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:51 pm

This'll be fun. I'm super busy this morning, so I'll get dressed, watch this, and bail.
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Postby drunkill (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 3:32 pm

PONY RIDES THE CART! :awesomedash:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 3:39 pm

This is supper cute so far. :3:
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Postby drunkill (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 3:49 pm

This episode is great, especially all the half told backstories for Big Large Mac.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 3:58 pm

This episode is doing its job, but god damn this synopsis faking us out about the hospital stuff.

But Derpy's eye surgery cameo was awesome.
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:00 pm

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Man, this was a fun episode. :allears:

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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:01 pm

This was funnier than I expected.

And yes, the fake-out in the summary about the "hospital" thing. :lol:

Also, I guess last names are a thing in MLP. Spoiled Rich's maiden name is Milk.

It's safe to say Apple Bloom wasn't born yet (off screen), since Diamond Tiara clearly wasn't.
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Postby RudeCyrus (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:02 pm

Pony surgery :gonkity:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:04 pm

Wayoshi wrote:This episode is doing its job, but god damn this synopsis faking us out about the hospital stuff.

In retrospect, it's pretty hilarious. "landed the whole Apple family in the hospital" sounds so tragic, but it's funny instead when it was due to a crazy misadventure thanks to Applejack. And here I was thinking that this was how Applejack's parents were going to die!

Yeah, though. Great episode and also pretty relatable for me. I pity the British viewers who had to have this censored just because of any mention of cider at all.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:07 pm

I think I prefer quiet Big Mac. Image

But this was an enjoyable episode. It reminded me of shows like Three's Company where a character would make something up and then have to take increasingly elaborate steps to cover it up. I'd say Big Mac was the star of this one, and the reason he became quieter makes sense.

Too bad we didn't see Mom and Dad, at least in a picture, but that's a minor point. Image
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Postby Rainbow Crash (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:14 pm

So glad they made a new model for teenage Applejack :awesomedash:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:40 pm

I was expecting some explanation for why Talkative Mac turned into Monosyllabic Mac, but I wouldn't say the events of this episode would cause such an extreme change, so it seems to have just been mostly a gag after all. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:04 pm

I thought they made it pretty clear that Big Mac used to not listen to others very much because he was always going off about something or other.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:12 pm

In the hospital, fillies want you to come play with them, Applejack.

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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:17 pm

Mr. Big wrote:It's safe to say Apple Bloom wasn't born yet (off screen), since Diamond Tiara clearly wasn't.


I guess so, but that's weird. Their parents were still around, just somewhere else? :rariwhat:

Anyway, that was a cute and funny episode. I'm just sad there wasn't a Rarity cameo, that could've been hillarious :v:
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:19 pm

Highbrow Dash wrote:
I guess so, but that's weird. Their parents were still around, just somewhere else? :rariwhat:


Oh shit, AB is adopted.

It all makes sense now.
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Postby Swift (?) » Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:43 pm

Wayoshi wrote:I was expecting some explanation for why Talkative Mac turned into Monosyllabic Mac, but I wouldn't say the events of this episode would cause such an extreme change, so it seems to have just been mostly a gag after all. :pinkieshrug:


Nah, they made the connection clear. When AJ confesses and takes the blame, Mac says it's partly his fault as well and that if he "paid more attention to what [she] had to say instead of talking all the time, none of this would have happened".

Followed by, "I just need to talk less, listen more." :eeyup:

It's not necessarily a direct connection (i.e. from that day forth Big Mac talked only in eeyups and nnnopes), but it's clear this contributed to his change in speaking style.

Anyways, this was a sweet episode. I enjoyed talkative Big Mac and his dynamic with AJ a lot, the escalating hospital shenanigans were pretty funny, and it's always nice to see flashbacks expanding characters' backstories. Nothing groundbreaking, but it was a nice watch.

Having read this thread, I am now thoroughly confused on the timeline for this, Applebloom's birth, and their parents' death/mysterious departure. :-I

Sure got the impression they were gone this episode. Especially with Granny's dialogue about her not going anywhere and therefore the farm not passing on to Mac or AJ anytime soon. It would seem odd that she skipped over their parents in that bit.
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