S07E07: Parental Glideance

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Re: S07E07: Parental Glideance

Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun May 07, 2017 6:56 pm

Just Scuds wrote:
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Image Yes ... now take that feeling - and multiply it over a thousand years over an entire land ...


:awesomedash: Of course my mom knows who he best Pony is.
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Sun May 07, 2017 7:16 pm

That was a good bit of cartoon.
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sun May 07, 2017 8:17 pm

Rainbow Dash' parents confirmed as angels, based on the complete lack of any sort of hurt, resentment, or disappointment on her withholding such a central part of her life from them.

The overall lesson of the episode of course being that leaving mouldy sandwiches in your written reports will affect your academic performance.

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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sun May 07, 2017 8:59 pm

That was fun. Interesting to know more about Rainbow's life, as well as an implied look at Scootaloo's life (either she has no parents or they neglect her). Well done!

Wayoshi wrote:The show also added a quality new writer, and it really showed: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2624720/

Oooh! Worked on Avatar, Korra, and...Johnny Test?

I guess they can't all be winners :v:
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Postby VGAddict (?) » Sun May 07, 2017 10:06 pm

How would you rate S7 as a whole so far?
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sun May 07, 2017 10:27 pm

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I love how the other Wonderbolts didn't get mad or anything, they just found the whole thing hilarious :v:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sun May 07, 2017 10:28 pm

Yeah, they're the best work family. :allears:
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Postby Marimo (?) » Sun May 07, 2017 10:44 pm

Highbrow Dash wrote:I love how the other Wonderbolts didn't get mad or anything, they just found the whole thing hilarious :v:

They also didn't even really make fun of her that much. All I recall is one instance of some light teasing by Spitfire.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sun May 07, 2017 10:57 pm

Image Your probation is over, you're officially one of us, Rainbow Crash...I mean Dash.

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Postby Daring Do (?) » Mon May 08, 2017 1:22 am

First part of the episode with her parents seemed so cartoony (not complaining, it was fun) that I was half wondering for a second if it would turn out Scootaloo hit her head after being slingshot, and the whole thing was a dream.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Mon May 08, 2017 2:24 am

This episode :lol: Really good work from Hamilton and the art team.

Highbrow Dash wrote:I love how the other Wonderbolts didn't get mad or anything, they just found the whole thing hilarious :v:


Fleetfoot is such a stinker, egging Dash's parents on. Image

Geez, there's just so much going on in this episode. I couldn't stop cracking up.
  • "I, uh, installed the sound effects myself."
  • They bronzed Dash's half-eaten apples and broken lanterns.
  • "Dash-mentos"
  • The Wonderbolts uniform is also cursed. That's bad.
  • Dash's parents firing mortars at the Wonderbolts
  • Dash's parents' early '90s clothes in the flashbacks
  • Dash apparently beating all of the Wonderbolts, Lightning Dust, Derpy, Flitter, and Cloudchaser in the senior flappers' club. Poor Flitter.
  • "Is it a falconer's knot? Or a farmer's loop?"

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Postby The Doctor (?) » Mon May 08, 2017 3:13 am

I can't remember the last time I rewatched an episode the same day. It's that good.

"Great job yelling at us, sweetie. No one else can make their parents feel as worthless as you"

:gotcha: That's some epic level guilt tripping.



Rainbow and parents cheering on Scootaloo at the end was probably the most :3: thing this show has ever done.
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Mon May 08, 2017 3:29 am

This episode more than made up for the last two "eh" episodes.
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After the first photo, I said out loud "I bet Derpy's eyes get more messed up with each photo," and sure enough that's exactly what happened. Amazing! :ponydrugs:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Mon May 08, 2017 5:13 am

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:drpony: I regret to inform you, your Derp has reached stage five. At this point ... the damage ... will be irreversible!

Image Give it to me straight, Doc. Can I still play the piano?

:drpony: I suppose there's no reason why you shouldn't...

Image Well, I couldn't before!

:drpony: *sniff* So brave ... so cheesy ... so brave!
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Mon May 08, 2017 10:01 am

Gah damn, what a fantastic episode. And from a new writer too? Unreal.

Wayoshi wrote:I'm pretty sensitive to cringe humor when watching shows and I really wasn't bothered at all by this. :pinkieshrug:


Same, never even touched that nerve once for me.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Mon May 08, 2017 4:08 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote:[*]The Wonderbolts uniform is also cursed. That's bad

I never counted on a recap of Rainbow and the wonderbolts. Over the years it seemed like it was just a bunch of stuff that happened - flirting with a goal but never making it. And yet when put together in one place it actually appears like a coherent story.

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"What else is in that scrapbook of yours?"

:scootawoo: "Well — there was that time I founded the Rainbow Dash fan club and it really caught on around town!"

"That's good!"

:nngh: "But then all that fame went to Rainbow's head..."

"Oh ... that's bad."

:scootawoo: "But her friends cared about her so much so they created a masked superhero to teach her a lesson!"

"That's ... strange."
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Mon May 08, 2017 6:43 pm

Did anyone else think Windy Whistles sounds a lot like Canni Soda, the Galacon mascot?

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Postby Aramek (?) » Mon May 08, 2017 7:19 pm

They're both cutie patooties. :allears:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Mon May 08, 2017 9:11 pm

:scootawoo: Princess Celestia?

:delight: Yes, Scootaloo?

:scootatrue: Can I use your magical realm to spy on everything Rainbow Dash has ever done in order to get pictures for a report on her?

:areyousure: Sure
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue May 09, 2017 12:51 am

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I spy with my little eye....

The "Doctor Who Reference Square on by Bingo card getting circled.

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Postby Daring Do (?) » Tue May 09, 2017 2:03 am

Btw

I heard M.A. Larson wrote Time Turner in Slice of Life as being more "Doc Brown" than "the Doctor"... but the voice actor went and voiced him like the latter. >_> Would've been an epic fandom troll if he'd pulled it off.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Tue May 09, 2017 3:54 am

The Doctor wrote::scootawoo: Princess Celestia?

:delight: Yes, Scootaloo?

:scootatrue: Can I use your magical realm to spy on everything Rainbow Dash has ever done in order to get pictures for a report on her?

:areyousure: Sure


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Postby Daring Do (?) » Tue May 09, 2017 4:46 pm

This episode had an implication that Scootaloo wishes her parents were as supportive as Rainbow Dash's. Faust and Big Jim talked on Twitter some months back about how Scootaloo's parents work demanding jobs and she's good at evading her babysitter - but this episode seems to put a slightly sadder spin on that.

Should there be an episode involving Scootaloo and her parents, with the lesson being that even if your parents are busy, it's not always by choice, and it doesn't mean they don't love you? Would it be relatable for enough of the target audience? And more importantly, would it fit the kind of stories the show tells and the kind of lessons it tries to teach?
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Tue May 09, 2017 6:01 pm

Carefully handled, it could be a good, character building episode. Image
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Tue May 09, 2017 11:11 pm

PonyHag714 wrote:Carefully handled, it could be a good, character building episode. Image


And if not handled carefully?
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Tue May 09, 2017 11:26 pm

Daring Do wrote:
And if not handled carefully?


God help us all.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Tue May 09, 2017 11:38 pm

Highbrow Dash wrote:
God help us all.

"Today...on a very special episode of My Little Pony..."
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"So you're saying..."

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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Wed May 10, 2017 6:16 am

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:offendash: How do you compare who is better or worse at hanging up a towel?!

:flutterunsmith: Well, you know, sometimes it's not balanced right and it slides right off and onto the floor-
Image Or the towel is too wet and if you hang it up on a bar and it dries except for where it hugs the bar and it gets all smelly, or it gets bunched up and wrinkled...
Image And let's not even get into all the complexities of hanging things on a clothesline!
Image But, y'know - Rainbow does it better than most.
Image Sometimes I say, "That Rainbow Dash is something special - she can really hang a towel!"

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Postby Aramek (?) » Thu May 11, 2017 1:44 am

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HNNNGGGGG! :ponydrugs:
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Thu May 11, 2017 4:26 am

Aramek wrote:Image

HNNNGGGGG! :ponydrugs:


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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu May 11, 2017 4:30 am

Adorable as she is, Dash's mom should have been Firefly.
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Postby stonecutter (?) » Fri May 12, 2017 5:44 am

The Doctor wrote:Adorable as she is, Dash's mom should have been Firefly.

And if not Firefly, I was hoping at least for Sandy Duncan doing the voice for her.

Now that my internet's back, I can watch this episode again. :v:
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Postby Bakufoon (?) » Fri May 12, 2017 6:13 am

With the name Windy Whistles I was hoping for a g4 Wind Whistler. Well, my first hope was Firefly :V
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Fri May 12, 2017 12:55 pm

Wait, wait, wait, did I miss an episode? I thought that leaked Fluttershy episode was last week's episode. But it was Raindow's dad one? I stopped reading the comments once I realized it was talking about the episode. Buck my life, now I'm behind another episode.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Fri May 12, 2017 2:32 pm

Soft Snow wrote:Wait, wait, wait, did I miss an episode? I thought that leaked Fluttershy episode was last week's episode. But it was Raindow's dad one? I stopped reading the comments once I realized it was talking about the episode. Buck my life, now I'm behind another episode.
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You're actually two episodes behind. You get to watch two Pony episodes! :party:
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Fri May 12, 2017 3:00 pm

How did I fall this far behind?
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Postby Aramek (?) » Fri May 12, 2017 3:01 pm

Canada is airing a new one on Saturday and Sunday!
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Fri May 12, 2017 3:03 pm

That is to many episodes at once! No wonder I kept falling behind.
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Fri May 12, 2017 11:37 pm

Soft Snow wrote:That is to many episodes at once! No wonder I kept falling behind.
:gonkity:


You know those Canadians, always living in the fast lane.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sat May 13, 2017 12:52 am

RudeCyrus wrote:Holy crap, I loved every second of this episode.

Just saw it. I felt the same way.
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You know those Canadians, always living in the fast lane.

No one knows about those Canadians. That is why they are called Canadians. We kind of got this feeling that Canada exists, but we can't say for sure because when was the last time anyone checked to see if they are still there? I mean Canada could have left a long time ago and we are all just assuming its still there. I got pretty close to where Canada is suppose to be last week, but all I saw as water. So I can't say what, if anything, they are known for. I mean what does a Canadian even look like?
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