S04E24: Equestria Games

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Re: S04E24: Equestria Games

Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 2:54 pm

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 2:55 pm

Ice archery looks surprisingly awesome.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 2:56 pm

Yeah, I definitely want to find a way that mankind can play this game in real life. Also, I'm very tempted to get Pinkie rocking out to the "anthem".
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Postby Star Platinum (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 2:57 pm

:-I Nice security plans, bro.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 2:57 pm

Spike pullin some Platinum Games shit
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 2:57 pm

Oh shit, I was definitely not expecting this turn. Also, Spike is awesome.
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 2:58 pm

That's it. Best Spike episode ever. Period. End of story. :lol:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 2:59 pm

That was great. It provided a lot of awesome moments for Spike and the unexpected turns were cool to see.
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Postby Cthulhu Inc (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:00 pm

I expected Spike to go in and win the ice archery with his opposable thumbs :v:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:00 pm

Ponyville winning the medal count is a joke. I want my small town headcanon. :angry:

Now actually, the moral was pretty good and the worldbuilding (pony unicorn security, that ice archery game) was pretty good. Makes up for the meh plot into a decent ep, I guess.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:01 pm

Simply a perfect episode.

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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:01 pm

Huh....that episode wasn't what I was expecting, but I liked it a lot, and it makes for a good end to a great run from Polsky this season, easily my favorite writer of the season.
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Postby Panboy (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:02 pm

Oh god that anthem bit was hard to watch, I don't think they will ever out do that level of Cringe.
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Postby Perpetual Lurker (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:02 pm

This horsie episode was very funny and very relevant to me personally. I give it an "oh God I'm tearing up right now"/10. :flutterunsmith:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:02 pm

Wayoshi wrote:Ponyville winning the medal count is a joke. I want my small town headcanon. :angry:


Yeah, that seem like a really silly thing to even bother putting in.

Cloudsdale probably won the gold medal count, which is the only proper way to do medal count rankings.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:03 pm

I'm very glad they got to keep the focus on Spike instead of spending a ton of time on Rainbow Dash's team. The anthem scene... man, I'm still in shock. I need some time to come down from that. :-I But overall another excellent episode.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:03 pm

Ponyville still won anyway with the highest medal counts. I guess they had to compensate for Dash not winning the gold.

I loved this ep. That ending is probably the most melancholy the show has ever done. There was a moral, and Spike saved the Empire (again), but he still wasn't feeling good about himself.
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:03 pm

This show continues to floor me on all levels.

That was an outstanding episode. I wish we'd gotten to see more of the games themselves, but I can't really complain. The resolution was super heartwarming, and the comedy moments were all home runs! Not only was that a great Spike episode (probably my favorite of the entire series), but it was just a fun, enjoyable episode in its own right.

Huge props to Cathy, especially for the song!
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Postby Venusy (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:04 pm

:eep: Knew I shouldn't have skipped those cue cards.

Great episode, very good moral that's very applicable to here. Somewhat surprised that none of the princesses managed to do anything about the giant ice ball of death, but it was Spike's moment. :-P
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Postby RudeCyrus (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:04 pm

Great episode with the most awkward moment! :party:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:04 pm

ShinyNautili wrote:Couldn't keep watching after the "Fire with my mind" bit. :-/

Seriously? What was wrong with that? Spike has made up dumb shit like that before. You missed a really great episode over one joke.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:05 pm

CMC being the ones to try and cheer spike up was an adorable thing. :3:
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Postby Stuff (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:05 pm

This was hilarious with a terrific ending. Cloudsdale should write a formal letter of their displeasure.

The only thing that should have been changed was the whole "Ponyville wins the medal count!". The game's doping committee should look in to that...
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Postby InC (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:06 pm

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Postby Foalish Gambino (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:06 pm

shotgunbadger wrote:Spike pullin some Platinum Games shit

So I see that I wasn't the only one who had "RULES OF NATURE!" going through their head during that bit.

Great episode. You gotta go TENOUTTATEN.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:06 pm

I liked this one. I would have liked to see more events, but the ice arrows were pretty cool (No pun intended.) :v:

Note to Harshie: "Spike" would have worked better than "Mr. The Dragon." But at least she lightened up towards him at the end. :spike101:

Spike singing the anthem was one of the highlights of this one. I thought he did a reasonably good job with it, actually.

Disabling the unicorn magic was an interesting idea, although I don't know how necessary it would be. What pony would try cheating with the whole royal gang there. :gotcha:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:06 pm

This was [secondarily] a good episode for Twilight. Adorkable, still getting used to being a princess with Celestia, struggling a bit with telling Spike the truth, and adorkably considering using the time spell when Spike suggests it for a brief second. She definitely needed a little something like this.

Sometimes I feel REALLY awkward watching characters embarrass themselves, but I relatively enjoyed Spike fumbling that way through the song, although I think it went on a bit long. It still takes careful word choice to accomplish that for what, 90 seconds was it? So I'll give credit to Polsky there.
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Postby HuffyTheMagicDragon (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:07 pm

Gorram, that was a really good episode. :starity: It was jam packed with great scenes. The painfully long fake anthem scene was positively glorious. Twilight was at her best, as were Rainbow and Pinkie. And the CMC were adorable. And the lesson was good too. Personally I can't quite find anything worth complaining about. Great job, Polsky!

10/10 - We've got a new best Spike episode.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:07 pm

The Doctor wrote:CMC being the ones to try and cheer spike up was an adorable thing. :3:

Indeed. It's a pity that JFS and now this episode are really the only ones to have them do anything with Spike. Maybe S5 will feature more of them together.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:10 pm

Welp we may have a new best Spike episode.
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Postby Rarietty (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:11 pm

I honestly wasn't expecting the moral there. I was just thinking that only the first half of the episode would be about Spike and then the second half would be entirely focused on the games and worldbuilding, but I like how they intertwined both aspects of the episode rather nicely. That moral is probably my favorite of the season. Also, Spike continues from last week to be well-written and likable, and that's great.

All-in-all, this episode greatly exceeded all of my expectations. :vogue:
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Postby Applepie (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:12 pm

More Derpy, the return of many characters, a song and so on.

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:12 pm

I do have to say that time-skipping over most of the games was a bit of a disappointment. A couple more unique pony sport ideas and there would have been enough for a nice 2-parter with both this Spike plot and some other plot thread.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:13 pm

This episode was so awesome I'm all high and jittery now and I feel the need to accomplish things.

Like, play DS2.
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Postby Stuff (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:14 pm

:shock: I'm very sorry to hear that, Spike.

:allright: It's not like you can turn back time or anything.

:-I'

:fluttersmith: Poor Spike.
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Postby Wildfire (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:15 pm

Star Platinum wrote::-I Nice security plans, bro.


That had to be a stab at the TSA. :gotcha:

Overall a pretty good episode (lot's of Derpy :-P ). After getting knocked down to the lowest level possible, I figured Spike would redeem himself somehow.
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Postby Panboy (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:16 pm

I too expected more games in the episode called Equestria games, I feel we have been mislead by this production, i will now pen an angry letter.

Also loved how when spike wished to go back in time Twilight considers it and cadence unaware of such spells just dismisses the notion before twilight can say anything. subtle but good gag all the same.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:16 pm

Now I'm picturing Spike singing "If I Could Turn Back Time." :dearcelestia:

Looks like Harshie took a cue from Luna for the signal for Spike to light the torch. :lol: It's a good horsie thing to include in the show, though.
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Postby Star Platinum (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:19 pm

Bad:
- only one ponelympics episode after all the buildup
- no lines from Celestia and Luna, is Celestia's last line seriously from 402? :unenthused:
- Ponyville winning the medal count

Good:
- most everything else! :party:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat May 03, 2014 3:19 pm

I really loved all of the world building bits in the episode especially with stuff like the spell disabling thing. I wonder if that's caused a scandal in the last Equestrian Games.

Also, nice to see that others thought of Cher when they heard the turning back time line.
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