S05E17: Brotherhooves Social

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Re: S05E17: Brotherhooves Social

Postby Angel Beat (?) » Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:59 pm

At least Big Mac... got... more lines? :-I
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:17 am

I'm sure this will be well-intentioned and have a good message while also being kinda tone deaf and inappropriate. Like Over A Barrel or Bridle Gossip :v:
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:44 am

Mac in drag? This sounds like an hilarious idea! I can't wait to watch it! :ohboy:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 7:10 am



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Bwelp; here goes nothing...
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Postby MurdER_weapOn '78 (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:44 am

Some Scoots/RD interaction would be nice, or maybe show us some ponies' sisters that we haven't seen before.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:54 pm

MurdER_weapOn '78 wrote:Some Scoots/RD interaction would be nice, or maybe show us some ponies' sisters that we haven't seen before.


Maybe get those two ponies from Canterlot Boutique.



:gotcha: I would also love to see a running background gag of Celestia and Luna competing and winning every event. Just have them getting more and more medals throughout the episode.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:49 pm

:gah: :"Applejack! I need you to be on my team!"

:twasnothin: :"I can't be around for that, but I hereby volunteer my brother for the Sisterhooves Social!"

:eenope: :"I don't like it - But I'll do it!"

:sweetiefrown: :"But Rarity won't be able to make it either!"

:rariwhat: :"I'm afraid you're out of luck, dear."

:excite: :"This is a friendship problem and I can solve it!"

:wingsright: :"As Princess of Friendship, I hereby volunteer my brother for the Sisterhooves Social!"

:notgonnadoit: :"Wait, what?"
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:59 pm

:notgonnadoit: "I dunno if they'll buy it, Twi."
:excite: "Nonsense, you and Rarity and Sweetie Belle are all white, nopony will notice."
:v: "Yeah, you don't really look like either of your parents, SA. Why are you white?"
:-/ "Oh my gosh, Rainbow! You can't just go around asking ponies why they're white!"
:v: *long, protracted, wet fart sound*
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:29 pm

Image :"........."

Image :"On second thought maybe I can make it - "
:ohboy: :"THAT'S GREA-"
Image :"Ohhhhhhh! Sweetie! I almost forgot - right about the same time as the Social, don't you have to be somewhere else - with the thing at the place?"
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Image :"Such a travesty! Whoever will be my pairing for the social now?!"
:-/ :"Whomever."

:notgonnadoit: :"......"

Image :"And remember, the key to winning the egg balancing contest is to stare deep into each other's eyes to establish trust, so we move as one!"

:notgonnadoit: :"You know I'm ... uh ... married ... you were there ....... Changling attack ... Fate of Equestria..."
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:51 pm

That one guy has a crush on Orchard Blossom. :v:

I like that the other Crusaders and Rainbow Dash aren't fooled, but they go along with it anyway
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:52 pm

I'm laughing my ass off so far.

Prediction: They all know. They all know the whole time, and are all "Uh, you don't really need to, but, ehh, alright."
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Postby Cthulhu Inc (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:59 pm

Yep. :v:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:00 pm

That was really fuckin' sweet.

All my :3:
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:00 pm

THE FEELS :gonkity:
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Postby RudeCyrus (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:01 pm

:flutterunsmith: That ending.
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Postby Wildfire (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:02 pm

Oh my god I've never laughed that hard at an episode of pony before. :hilarious:
and then they suddenly hit us in the feels at the end. 8/10 episode.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:03 pm

This is probably one of my favorite episodes of the season because it was perfectly self-aware the entire time. Favorite part was the judge at the end. Had Mac just gone ahead and asked to compete above the board, they'd have totally said yes.

Score more points for pony world showing off 'How to do things right' :awesomedash:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:03 pm

I think they could have done without the drag humor. Was just cliche after cliche. It still could have been a lot worse.

But the ending totally made the episode. :3:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:05 pm

Well, Big Mac definitely got his most dialogue ever. :eeyup:

Some good brother/sister bonding stuff there. I liked seeing that there was more to Big Mac than just a workhorse with two words of dialogue. He deserves a chance to shine in a bigger way.

I admit I did find Mac acting in drag funny. I think it was handled as well as it could have been. A good character building episode. :sweet:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:12 pm

:eenope: :"Now how exactly are you two sisters, again?"

:3: :"Scoots here is like my brother from another mother - "

:awkward: :"Except sisters, and without all the rhyming!"
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:18 pm

The humor didn't do it for me at all this time. So yeah, episode fell flat for me also. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:23 pm

The drag didn't ruin the episode for me, but it didn't help it. They had to play the "stupid" card on Big Mac so that he doesn't know the rules for an event he and his family help organize. Also, it would have been just as good without it. Have him compete, have him screw up over and over again because the two aren't in sync. Gets the same point across of Apple Bloom being disappointed in the end and leading to the touching final scene.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:26 pm

I'd call this one average. Some funny parts, as typical for Polsky. A lot of intentional cringe. The only real awkward bit is the shift in gears between AB being pissed off at Mac for interfering and forgiving him afterward. She's more cognizant of others' feelings than I'd expect from a kid.

Going to be a lot of Big Mac emotes in this one, I think.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:27 pm

Dexanth wrote:This is probably one of my favorite episodes of the season because it was perfectly self-aware the entire time. Favorite part was the judge at the end. Had Mac just gone ahead and asked to compete above the board, they'd have totally said yes.

Score more points for pony world showing off 'How to do things right' :awesomedash:

I was really worried they'd go full-on Some Like it Hot and have the judge swooning after Big Mac the whole time, but I'm glad they didn't. :nngh:

I liked this episode better than the previous one, but it didn't stand out as one of the best of the season. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:32 pm

Big Mac sings soprano pretty good for a baratone :gotcha:
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:34 pm

Men in drag were not particular funny when Monty Python did it, and it is by now well past its sell by date. I find few things in comedy as off-putting as cringe humour, so most of what was supposed to funny here fell rather flat. It really does not matter whether the rest of the ponies (with the possible exception of one senior citizen) were in on the deception or not. Polsky has done much better, especially in season four, but also in this season.

That said, there were still the occasional highlight, such as the back and forth between Rainbow Dash and Big Mac in the registration queue. The high point of the episode was, of course, Big Mac opening up to his sister at the end—a strong scene that while it cannot make this episode neither shiny nor chrome, at least saves it from being completely mediocre. On rewatch, I would however be happy just to skip to the end.
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Postby Chaos Sonic (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:39 pm

Mr. Big wrote:That one guy has a crush on Orchard Blossom. :v:

Given they all knew, the whole time, does that make him our first confirmed gay pony?
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Postby Applepie (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:41 pm

Interesting to have more Big mac lines.
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:47 pm

I don't believe Polsky actually wrote this one because no one said "what in the wide world of Equestria."

...although AJ did say "sugarcube" twice, so I guess that's at least two shots to be drank while watching this.
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:01 pm

All I'm going to say for now is... That ending was the most feels-inducing scene in the show's history. IN THE SHOW'S HISTORY.

(Also, I liked talkative Big Mac getting another appearance.)
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Postby Marimo (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:03 pm

Chaos Sonic wrote:Given they all knew, the whole time, does that make him our first confirmed gay pony?

Do we actually know that that one judge knew too, and that it wasn't just everyone knew without saying anything except him?
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:05 pm

Daring Do wrote:All I'm going to say for now is... That ending was the most feels-inducing scene in the show's history. IN THE SHOW'S HISTORY.

What happened to Hurricane Fluts, Lesson Zero, Filli Vanilli, and several more :rainbert:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:07 pm

Daring Do wrote:All I'm going to say for now is... That ending was the most feels-inducing scene in the show's history. IN THE SHOW'S HISTORY.


:v: Nope.

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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:07 pm

That was a very cute and sweet episode.
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:08 pm

"Great Moments in Animation."

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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:11 pm

I think Big Mac and Luna could have a good talk.

:eenope: I was jealous of my sister being a hero and getting all the attention.

:unenthused: I hear you.
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Postby MochaBean (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:11 pm

Adelor Lyon wrote:"Great Moments in Animation."

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Keep on Truckin' :v:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:13 pm

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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:38 pm

Oddly enough, if the episode hadn't been so cringy during the competition, the feels at the end would have been muted.

This wasn't "Spike singing the national anthem" cringe, it was "Wow, Big Mac went that far for his little sister just to be her hero again."

Also, confirmed for a teensy bit of inferiority complex. Who'da thought we got a Big Mac episode disguised as something else?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:40 pm

WandereringPony wrote:Oddly enough, if the episode hadn't been so cringy during the competition, the feels at the end would have been muted.

This wasn't "Spike singing the national anthem" cringe, it was "Wow, Big Mac went that far for his little sister just to be her hero again."

Also, confirmed for a teensy bit of inferiority complex. Who'da thought we got a Big Mac episode disguised as something else?



I don't think so. I think the ending would have been just as effective had we seen Big Mac compete normally, but screw it up since he hasn't been practicing with Apple Bloom for weeks. Apple Bloom still would have went away disappointed after the Social and lead into the same ending.
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