S06E19: Buckball Season

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S06E19: Buckball Season

Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:17 pm

Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy turn out to be Ponyville's best buckball players; Applejack and Rainbow Dash agree to coach them against Appleoosa.


This thread is for discussion of the episode. This episode airs at 11:30 AM Eastern / 8:30 AM Pacific on Saturday, September 3!

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

Writer: Jennifer Skelly (debut)

HD: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4rqeua
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:27 pm

It is about time we properly got an episode featuring pink-and-pink and pink-and-yellow. Too bad I'm going to miss it due to holiday weekend travel.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:36 pm

Is buckball going to be the most like soccer, I'm guessing?

I'm kinda wondering how they're going to make Fluttershy good at it, since she's proven to be pretty bad at both flying and bucking. :fluttershock:
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 4:46 pm

I'll have to wait for a preview because nothing about the summary is giving me a clue. :fluttershrug: :pinkieshrug:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 4:48 pm

Wonder what kind of sport this is that would not have Rainbow Dash and Applejack as the best since they're the athletic ones.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 4:53 pm

Octavia wrote:Is buckball going to be the most like soccer, I'm guessing?

I'm kinda wondering how they're going to make Fluttershy good at it, since she's proven to be pretty bad at both flying and bucking. :fluttershock:

My guess is that it's baseball's ground-bound cousin, kickball. Regarding Fluttershy, maybe it's not commonly played in Cloudsdale (kick a ball hard enough and off it goes, down to the ground...), so in that case she wouldn't have had a chance to be un-bad at it until now.
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Postby Davyinatoga (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:53 pm

Fluttershy is probably good at buckball the same way Bobby Boucher is good at football. :-/
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Postby Applepie (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:54 pm

As other are guessing a character could return.
Pinkie Pie: So, you see this here? This, um, this is um, a big, round room. It's known for its roundness, and bigness, and did I mention that it's round?
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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:55 pm

Davyinatoga wrote:Fluttershy is probably good at buckball the same way Bobby Boucher is good at football. :-/

Flutterhulk. :black101:
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 9:37 pm

Buckball was made up by Pinkie Pie to make Fluttershy believe she was good at a sport. :flutterunsmith:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:23 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:Buckball was made up by Pinkie Pie to make Fluttershy believe she was good at a sport. :flutterunsmith:

That's Pinkieball.

Rarity, go get your croquet mallet.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:35 am

I'm expecting the reason AJ and Dash can't participate in this sport yet will be coaching is that they get temporarily injured or something.

That or they pulled a Russia and got caught doping.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:49 am

After that one Running of the Leaves years ago, every single adult recreational sports league in Equestria banned Applejack and Rainbow Dash from competing in the same sport and the same season.
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Postby Master_Twig (?) » Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:22 am

This episode is totally gonna be a rip off of my baseball fanfic.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:27 am

If this is a new sport they invent, I bet fans will be trying it out at the next convention, watch. They did the same thing when Harry Potter did his whats-you-call-it game where they rode brooms around the field and what not.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:31 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:After that one Running of the Leaves years ago, every single adult recreational sports league in Equestria banned Applejack and Rainbow Dash from competing in the same sport and the same season.

100% on board with this.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Sep 01, 2016 3:04 am

Soft Snow wrote:If this is a new sport they invent, I bet fans will be trying it out at the next convention, watch. They did the same thing when Harry Potter did his whats-you-call-it game where they rode brooms around the field and what not.
:-P

Quidditch should totally be a sport that pegasi play, now that I think about it.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Thu Sep 01, 2016 6:14 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:After that one Running of the Leaves years ago, every single adult recreational sports league in Equestria banned Applejack and Rainbow Dash from competing in the same sport and the same season.


:awkward: "Yeah, they passed a local ordinance after that fiasco. They call it the Rainbowjack Rule. Pretty much every sport, race, and tournament has a version of it."
:twasnothin: "Equestria can't handle our level of commitment."
:rainbert: "And now we're retroactively banned from the Applewood Derby. We had to give back our kiddie participation trophies."
:hilarious: "Oh, and we're not allowed in Pottery Barn, but that's another story."
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:53 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Quidditch should totally be a sport that pegasi play, now that I think about it.


They would be smart enough to ditch the stupid snitch/chaser thing though.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:40 pm

Wasn't there an episode where you can clearly see three Quidditch hoops in the background? Could swear there was.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 12:53 am

Aramek wrote:Wasn't there an episode where you can clearly see three Quidditch hoops in the background? Could swear there was.

There was this:
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and this:
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 5:40 pm

Huh so is Snails supposed to be the one that's surprisingly good at Buckball? Also seems Dash and AJ are still gonna compete maybe, they just need a full team I guess?
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Postby Aramek (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 6:20 pm

I love competent dumb guy pony. :allears:

Look how much better the kids are getting at magic. :allears: :allears:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 7:15 pm

Ugh, Snails. :seethe:
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:19 pm

Snips and Snails are fine when they're not being generically stupid, so this clip was great. :good:
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:29 pm

"Hey kid, wanna lie about your age to get a sports contract?"
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:40 pm

You'd think Applejack and Rainbow Dash would've learned from the events of The Cart Before The Ponies that they shouldn't use kids just to further their own selfish wishes, but...
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:20 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:Snips and Snails are fine when they're not being generically stupid, so this clip was great. :good:

Snails is still obliviously dumb here and has a terrible voice.

Hopefully there are more background ponies fleshed out on the team besides Snails.

Also, I kinda read Snips and Snails as so slow they're nearly adults who happen to still be in school.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:58 pm

I both genuinely enjoy Snips and Snails, and love to mock them because they're clearly meant to be "dumb slapstick character you laugh at".
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:31 pm

I'm pretty indifferent to Snails so he isn't a deal breaker for me. Though if Fluttershy turns out to be just a bit part in an episode focusing on Snails and the supposed returning character I've seen mentioned online (another character I'm really meh about) I'll be pretty salty about it.

The thing I'm most worried about AJ and Dash's handling in this episode. Is the Jerk Dash reunion tour gonna continue tomorrow?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:27 pm

I like that smug look on Snail's face.
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Postby Auxiliatrix (?) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:52 pm

DerFurShur wrote:Huh so is Snails supposed to be the one that's surprisingly good at Buckball? Also seems Dash and AJ are still gonna compete maybe, they just need a full team I guess?


That would be my guess, but in that case, the plot synopsis is worded rather oddly. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sat Sep 03, 2016 12:21 am

Oh my gosh, how would Rainbow Dash feel if Fluttershy is better than her at a sport? :terrified:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Sep 03, 2016 1:05 am

Snails's role here could be much like the role Bulk Biceps had in Rainbow Falls. That is to say, he existed and he did some things but the story really wasn't about him.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sat Sep 03, 2016 2:36 am

It looks like a completely new type of game coming up! Everyone here better practice it!
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:02 pm

:gotcha: Horsie Calvinball
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:35 pm

Pretty sure that's Tara Strong's OC.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:41 pm

Genuinely interesting so far.

Kick their flanks, Ponyville!
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:43 pm

:twiright: :"Though the unicorn's part in hoofball seems trivial, it requires a lot of hand-eye coordination."


:facehoof: :"... eye-horn coordination."

...

:awesomedash: :"I'm a hoofball expert and word champion!"
:v: :"What's hoofball?"



Dash dribbling the ball in the air with with her wing :awesomedash:
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