S05E01-02: The Cutie Map

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S05E01-02: The Cutie Map

Postby Big Boss (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:29 pm

In the Season 5 premiere of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the Mane 6: Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Applejack meet Starlight Glimmer when they are summoned to solve a friendship problem only to find a utopian village in which everyone has given up their Cutie Marks. At first look, the ponies in this village appear happy, but it soon becomes clear that Starlight Glimmer has a vastly different and rather sinister view on friendship and the individual talents that make Equestria's ponies so special.


Air Date: April 4, 2015 at 11:00AM Eastern on Discovery Family. Official preview clips and images are okay to post, as is speculation about the episode.
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Postby drunkill (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:31 pm

The wait is almost over.

What we've seen so far in preview clips, this episode looks to be a bunch of fun and exposition-y.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:32 pm

So far it looks like this'll be the first season premiere that doesn't have the Mane Six saving the world from some destructive force. Unless Starlight Glimmer proves to actually be a demon or something, I think this'll really be a different kind of story.
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Postby Throbulator (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:45 pm

Holy cow, did 1984 come to Equestria? :starity:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:55 pm

Wow, I thought these sort of threads were supposed to open on Thursday? Are new episode threads going to be open on Monday from now on?

Also, wow, this opener looks interesting. Never thought we'd get tolitarianism in MLP.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:00 pm

This looks like a far-to-long return to the Mane 6 on an adventure. I'm optimistic for this one.
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Postby Seven Seas (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:37 pm

Oh gosh, my first real episode thread on this forum! :scootawoo: I can't wait to experience the season with allayouse.

Have I mentioned how excited I am to start seeing more of Equestria? I hope that, in true MLP style, every trip outside of Ponyville leaves us with a couple of world-building tidbits and a million open-ended questions.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:41 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Wow, I thought these sort of threads were supposed to open on Thursday? Are new episode threads going to be open on Monday from now on?

It's been a very long time since the last new episode, hasn't it? Dexanth usually started the Let's Re-Watch threads on Thursdays, but new episode threads go up earlier than that. Nearly all of S3's episode threads were started the Monday before airing, for example.

Also, I just remembered that I'm going to have to miss this one live. I'm traveling for Easter.
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Postby Big Boss (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:14 pm

The hype train's leavin the station early. GET TO IT.
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Postby Davyinatoga (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:24 pm

:amazing: :amazing: :amazing: :amazing: :amazing: :amazing: :amazing: :amazing: :amazing:

I am so glad I have the day off.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:31 pm

I don't have any big thing for University coming up too so now...PONY TIME HAS BEGUN. :amazing: :party:
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:39 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Never thought we'd get tolitarianism in MLP.


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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:49 pm

That doesn't count and you know it. :offendash:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:14 pm

Throbulator wrote:Holy cow, did 1984 come to Equestria? :starity:

Pony do the political movement :amazing:

ROBOT B9 wrote:Wow, I thought these sort of threads were supposed to open on Thursday? Are new episode threads going to be open on Monday from now on?

I did most of them on Wednesday in S4. I was thinking of doing this tomorrow for early hype, but kefka decided on early early hype. :-P
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:16 pm

Considering it's MLP, wouldn't Animal Farm be more appropriate? :amazing:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:04 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Considering it's MLP, wouldn't Animal Farm be more appropriate? :amazing:

That'd be doubly ironic since in Equestria, pigs seem to be the dumbest hoofed mammals we've ever met.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:13 pm

What if Starlight Glimmer is a pig all along? :amazing:

Ah, I missed this crazy speculation about episodes. :v:
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:35 pm

Oh cool, it's the Ultima V of ponies! Thou shalt be honest, or thou shalt lose thy tongue. :bluh:

But more seriously, how is it possible to rescind one's cutie mark? We've known from the start that marks are governed by a force stronger than pony magic. :iiam:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:50 pm

Could be from some sort of magic reversal or something. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:54 pm

A different kind of friendship. One that Equestria might not be ready for? :ponder:

It's The Qun! :flail:
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Postby Ransom (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:51 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:Oh cool, it's the Ultima V of ponies! Thou shalt be honest, or thou shalt lose thy tongue. :bluh:

But more seriously, how is it possible to rescind one's cutie mark? We've known from the start that marks are governed by a force stronger than pony magic. :iiam:

I always thought a pony version of Ultima IV with the elements could be a great game.
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Postby Wildfire (?) » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:54 pm

IT'S HAPPENING. The drought is over. :amazing:
Glad it falls on my weekend off. I'll get home from work at 7 and jump straight onto Bronystate to reserve my spot.
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:48 am

I have a pretty busy day on Saturday, but I'll make time for some ponies and some discussion with y'all. Damn it, this is important! :v:
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:12 am

I'm here for ponies.

And the episode airs in the middle of a long, long weekend? That's some great timing right there.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:31 am

Bronystate...I think I used that before but I'm not sure.

Anyway, picking a holiday weekend to return seems like a really great choice. :)
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Postby Frosthawk (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:03 am

The only thing it's not good for is people being able to attend meetups. :applejargh:
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Postby Applepie (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:17 am

Few days to go. :yay:
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:20 am

I shouldn't even be posting in this thread given my experiment but after the wait just SO AWESOME :awesomedash:

To finally be almost done with the wait, I mean
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Postby Wildfire (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:22 pm

Well it looks like I'll just get up and watch it. For the first time the plant will be shut down for Good Friday. 4 day weekend including ponies. :-P
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:26 pm

The new season didn't seem real to me until I saw this thread. This thread makes it real. :awesomedash:

So with Starlight Glimmer, we now have a second pony (along with Sunset Shimmer) named semi-synonymously to "Twilight Sparkle". And I suppose that signifies that, like SS, Starlight Glimmer will be a kind of evil counterpart Twilight.

I'm wondering, though, if that's the case, will we meet evil counterparts of all the ponies in this village? An anti-Mane Six?
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:38 pm

That would be interesting but we kinda had the anti-Main Six in Return of Harmony, right? :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:47 pm

Also Twilight vs Trixie, Dash vs Lighting Dust, Pinkie vs Cheese, Rarity vs Suri. I guess Fluttershy and Applejack are still missing one? :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:49 pm

Applejack has the flim flam brothers and I guess you could make the case that Fluttershy has Discord. That's all 6.
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Postby Master_Twig (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:50 pm

Highbrow Dash wrote:Also Twilight vs Trixie, Dash vs Lighting Dust, Pinkie vs Cheese, Rarity vs Suri. I guess Fluttershy and Applejack are still missing one? :pinkieshrug:


Applejack has the Flim Flam Brothers. (Edit: Darn you Robot :applejargh:)

The closest Fluttershy would have would be Iron Will, but he wasn't really a villian. Antagonist, sure, but he was actually trying to be helpful. Same with Cheese Sandwich.
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Postby Seven Seas (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:51 pm

Applejack vs. Flim and Flam?
Old Fluttershy vs. New Fluttershy? :modesty:

I don't think this is what Mechanical Ape meant, though. :-P
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Postby RudeCyrus (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:23 pm

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Postby Wylie (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:26 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:So with Starlight Glimmer, we now have a second pony (along with Sunset Shimmer) named semi-synonymously to "Twilight Sparkle". And I suppose that signifies that, like SS, Starlight Glimmer will be a kind of evil counterpart Twilight.


It wouldn't surprise me to find out that "Trixie" turns out to be one of those strange words in Equestrian with dual meanings: both "The brief time between late afternoon and early evening" and "a small speck of light." :-I
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:42 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:The new season didn't seem real to me until I saw this thread. This thread makes it real. :awesomedash:

So with Starlight Glimmer, we now have a second pony (along with Sunset Shimmer) named semi-synonymously to "Twilight Sparkle". And I suppose that signifies that, like SS, Starlight Glimmer will be a kind of evil counterpart Twilight.

I'm wondering, though, if that's the case, will we meet evil counterparts of all the ponies in this village? An anti-Mane Six?

I doubt it. Right now, I guess that the process behind Starlight Glimmer is that they wanted a name that reminded viewers somewhat of a leader like Twilight Sparkle. Sunset Shimmer has not appeared at all (and will almost certainly never appear) in FiM, so I suppose that Meghan and the gang didn't give a shit about using that naming scheme again, since FiM and EqG are supposed to be somewhat separate.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 5:03 pm

Seven Seas wrote:I don't think this is what Mechanical Ape meant, though. :-P

Kinda sorta? All the Main Six have their opposites, but what I think I'm imagining are ponies who represent not the opposite but just the wrong versions of the Elements. It would be the difference between the Flim Flams, who don't care about honesty at all, and a pony who does claim to value honesty, but it's really a twisted and harmful version -- brutal honesty that is used to hurt, maybe. You could then contrast the philosophies of Applejack and Fruit Basket (or whoever) and thereby get a deeper understanding of honesty itself.

I mean, I'm not saying the episode is going to go this route; it's just where my mind went after reading the premise.
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Postby Mordja (?) » Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:33 pm

oh cool, horsie show is back, guess I'll post in these threads for the duration
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