S04E11: Three's a Crowd

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Re: S04E11: Three's a Crowd

Postby Just Scuds (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:20 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote:That's why her dresses are stronger than Kevlar. :vogue:


:wink: "Bulletproof, but not binding"
:vogue: "Repellant but not repulsive. "
:wat: "Armor but not bulky like an armoire."

:bluh: "Hoo! Git a writer!"

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Wait a sec, is the health bubble's shimmery texture the same as Rarity's shimmery-but-not-showy fabric? :squintyjack:

Actually it's a noise shader :spoiler:
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Postby Tears (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:33 pm

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Postby Sind (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:07 pm

I'm kind of tempted to join this rt too (if I'm even allowed to =P), as I have a more mixed opinion about this episode (enjoyed it, but there's a lot in it that bugs me) than I have with most episodes.
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Postby Rarietty (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:20 pm

Can I please join in on the Round Table? I haven't done one yet for an episode and I have opinions about Discord and pop culture references. :-P
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Postby Wylie (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:24 pm

Confirming I want in. Also, Round Tables are much, much better when there's competing opinions to talk about!

"Did you think it was great? I thought it was great."

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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:55 pm

And that's exactly why I'll only join this Round Table if you need a complete dofus opinion.

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:28 pm

I have a feeling I'll end up doing the same thing in next week's episode.

So, how did the themes of the episode link up to the rest of the season?

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Postby Passport Clean (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:32 pm

@ Aramek and Headless

I appreciate the vote of confidence guys, but Tailspin is right to an extent. Smugly moaning about the fandom is 50% of my shtick here, and that's terrible. I’ve violated the off-site rule dozens of times, enough that I probably should have been suspended at least once. I’ve actually become what I despise, a fan who makes the fandom more negative for others.

And I’m nowhere near as sorry as I should be for these things.
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Despite lucid moments like this one my behavior doesn’t change, and just as Grue was banned for being intrusively unpleasant about season 3 I will likely be banned for the above eventually.

Keeping a clinical distance from this forum (and bronies and fandoms in general) is probably the best course of action. Maybe I’ll pop in once in a great while when I have something of constructive value to contribute. I don’t know. I’ll play it by ear.

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:45 pm

Did you really need to make that mean-spirited a post?
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:58 pm

I'd request to join but it'd just be me fangirling over Cadance like in my Tumblr review
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:07 pm

Yo Passport, why so serious? I'd hate to see you go.
As someone who takes the show the same way you do, I'll let you in on a secret: it's still all about Ponies! :spoiler:
You once told me this is all just television and forums, enough worrying about stuff.
Come here, enjoy ponies, tell us why you like ponies, and poni poni; am I right or am I right? :spike101:
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Postby Passport Clean (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:14 pm

Wayoshi wrote:Did you really need to make that mean-spirited a post?


See, that whole post was supposed to be my confession and surrender with a little self-prodding humor thrown in, but I even managed to make that come out wrong. :-P

Fine, direct approach then:

I am wrong to have done the things I did. I will very likely continue to do bad things if I spend too much time here. It is an established pattern of negative behavior. I'm reducing my presence for the comfort of others and to avoid an eventual ugly end. I will aim to be more selective in my posting in the future, thinking twice and all that.

My apologies. You folks keep having fun.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:17 pm

PC, I forget, but, do I have you on Skype/Steam? If not, you should add me to Skype/Steam so we can be internet buddies. If so, chat more.
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Postby Big Boss (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:25 pm

Passport Clean wrote:My apologies. You folks keep having fun.


Quit it with the parting shots. In fact, just stop posting like that all together. If you can't stop posting like that, then you will probably have a very difficult time going forward.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:03 pm

:pinkieshrug:

Yesterday I went to work, exercised at the gym for two hours, went home and worked on a few of those image posts and made a new gif avatar while I was waiting for my laundry to finish. Ponies are pudding to me, and if it's made from Madagascar instead of Indonesian vanilla and the Vanillascenti prefer Mexican vanilla...
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Postby Thaddeus (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:41 pm

Did you just turn into Discord for a second there, Scuds? Because I have no idea what the fuck you just said. :v:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:31 pm

:excellent: Ponies are pudding... hee-hee!

If time spent in a day was a diet, ponies are dessert, say vanilla pudding. Delicious delicious empty calories that, while technically are unnecessary but, there's something lacking without it.

So, if there was a pudding enthusiasts group and they talked about pudding all day they'll start splitting hairs over corn vs rice starch and different varieties of vanilla.

But, over there is a gal who likes chocolate eclairs and that guy there has been known to dabble in doughnuts. :wat:
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Postby Frosthawk (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:49 pm

"Fluttershy is the best pony."

-Discord, Trickster God of Chaos
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Postby Kronos (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:09 pm

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:But, over there is a gal who likes chocolate eclairs and that guy there has been known to dabble in doughnuts. :wat:


That was Gustav LeGrande, not Gilda :rainbert:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:16 pm

Mic Roe Pony wrote:Did you just turn into Discord for a second there, Scuds? Because I have no idea what the fuck you just said. :v:

No, but at this point I think Tabitha St. Germain has taken control of his forums account.
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:11 am

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I was going to try to explain this one, but then I looked closer, and I think the only rational explanation is that Fluttershy hired M.C. Escher as her architect.

:yay: Thanks, M.C. Escher!


Wouldn't having Discord for a housemate be close enough?

Anyway, if you look closer, you realize what Dash is hanging out on is part of something like this:

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Basically, something for the ferrets/squirrels/climbing critters to run around on. The perspective is a bit odd, but if you look further "back" you can see there's actual space for Dash to tuck herself in on top of the beam(s).
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Postby Mir (?) » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:59 am

No, there... actually isn't. There are other little walkways, but that thing Dash is sitting on is definitely supposed to be against the ceiling. Just look at where it meets up with all the other beams.
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:49 am

Speaking of ways of being a fan, I find it amusing that Rainbow Dash (quite fittingly, i might add) now twice has been used by the writers to showcase less than ideal fannish behavior (in addition to rather adorable geek-outs, naturally). She needs to expand her reading repertoire a bit, methinks, rather than just rereading Daring Do.
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Postby Glazius (?) » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:30 pm

Mir wrote:No, there... actually isn't. There are other little walkways, but that thing Dash is sitting on is definitely supposed to be against the ceiling. Just look at where it meets up with all the other beams.


There's also the little bypass stairway immediately in front of the crossbeam. The tops of the stairs are level with the top of the beam, just about, right? So there's got to be space for something to have a walkway there, and therefore there's got to be space above the beam.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:27 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:Discord is still evil. Just... the good kind of evil. :-I



:excellent: So am I formerly chaotic evil or chaotic neutral, or have I been totally reformed?

ImageYou're a total jerk!

:excellent: Oh, my goodness! Have you ever heard 'Treat others the way you would like to be treated?' I have been nothing but civil to you, The Royal Highness the Alicorn Princess Twilight Sparkle.


Image RRRRRAAHHHHH!!!

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A 300 reference in My Little Pony. Life is complete. :lol:

:twasnothin: Sayonara, everypony! I'm off to the world cider championship!

:rainbert: Farmer!

:squintyjack: Uhhhh, what?

Image Come back with your hat or on it!

:bluh: and a mighty fine day to you, Rainbow.
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Postby Snowfire (?) » Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:13 pm

Has this episode been fixed on iTunes yet? :fluttersmith:
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Postby Frith (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:08 am

I'm terribly late with this but here're my thoughts about the episode.

I've mixed feelings about this episode. There were some things I liked a lot and there were some things I didn't like in the episode. The things I didn't like weren't particularly bad things but rather annoying.

I start with good things; It was really nice to see that Twilight and Cadance finally had some interactions between each other in normal life situation. Their relationship was also portrayed really well; they really acted like old friends.

I also liked how Cadance was portrayed in the episode. I've actually always liked Cadance and I hope we would see her more often in the future.

Then the bad thing in the episode; Discord. I've never really liked Discord and this episode didn't change my opinion. His humor and gimmicks just don't work on me. He's not a awful character but rather annoying. But I've to give again credit to John De Lancie, he's really good actor.

I was also disappointed that Fluttershy and Discord didn't have much screen time together. Their friendship seems interesting because it seems that Fluttershy is Discord's only friend.

Overall, my opinion about the episode didn't change from the first viewing. It's decent episode and nothing special.
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Postby acksed (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:48 am

I'm way late, but I'll just say I have never, ever laughed as hard as I did at pony show as I did watching TaC cold. In the past, there were "heh"s ("Tell me she's not-" "She is."), a few chortles ("Yaaaay.") and some genuine laughs ("She only has one cat." "Give her time..."), but this was near wall-to-wall laughs as soon as Discord showed up. In short:

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:vogue: "I'm going to ignore that comment out of a desire to help you."
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Feb 01, 2014 6:09 am

Nice job with the Round Table everyone involved.
http://www.roundstable.com/2014/01/31/t ... more-13360

And to add on the conversation, I don't really see a big comparison to Picard and Q and Twilight and Discord, and that mostly comes from how this episode ended. In the end, Discord did want to ruin their weekend. He wasn't there to teach Twilight anything. Q at all times never screwed with Picard for the sake of screwing with Picard. With the exceptions of his first two appearances, Q was trying to show the crew something new through his schemes. And in his first two appearances he was the antagonist, in his later appearances he was never the antagonist. Discord, while no longer seeing world domination, and capable of keeping his powers in check, still just likes to screw with people for his own amusement.
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Postby Yarma (?) » Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:32 am

So cadence would like to laser fight monsters sometimes. Being chucked at that somber dude was probably her idea too, also she rides in a diamond death train. That's metal as fuck.

I'll just echo all the other good things about this episode, of which there are many.

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Postby Snowfire (?) » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:49 am

I asked this before, but does anyone know if this episode has been re-released on iTunes yet with the audio fixed? I can't get a straight answer from Apple and I'm getting annoyed.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:06 am

Snowfire wrote:I asked this before, but does anyone know if this episode has been re-released on iTunes yet with the audio fixed? I can't get a straight answer from Apple and I'm getting annoyed.

Apple wouldn't know. It's always up to the publisher (in this case, Hasbro) to make sure the audio and video and everything are correct. Apple just runs the iTunes Store.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:26 am

It's a pain to redownload the episodes, so I haven't checked yet. But given that they still don't have some of the episodes up in 1080p, I'm not holding out much hope. :ohrarity:
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Fri Nov 21, 2014 3:00 am

Welcome to Week Twenty-Eight of Let's Re-Watch, where a random episode from the pony pantheon is chosen to be the episode of the week!

The basics :
1. Threads will go up on Thursdays! Re-watch day is Saturday. You can obviously join in sooner or later, but the first two days are more for reminiscing, while Saturday-Wednesday is for fresh eyes! Sometimes I put this up early on Friday cause it's still Thursday as far as I'm concerned.
2. Each week is a random episode. All episodes are now fair game, except repeats!
3. This is fun, and totally random - I literally roll the episode moments before making the thread. Two-parters are combined so technically have a double chance of being chosen but hey! More fun!
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In this episode, we learn that Princess Cadance and Twilight Sparkle are both huge nerds

Week Twenty-Eight is

Three's A Crowd!

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Three's A Crowd is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the seventy-sixth episode overall. In this episode, an ill Discord interrupts Twilight Sparkle's quality bonding time with Cadance.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Nov 21, 2014 3:14 am

I don't know why, but this episode didn't really excite me. It isn't a bad episode, but I don't really remember it being that good. Everything is there. Discord being Discord, Cadance finally getting some time to shine, Twilight Nerd. But in the end, I just don't rank it that highly.

I think my favorite part was Rainbow Dash just leaving everyone. Loyalty or not, she knows this will not end well and knows that getting out of there is the best solution.

And John de Lancie can not sing.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Fri Nov 21, 2014 3:26 am

Discord denied me a a proper Cadance/Twilight bonding episode.

But I'll take Cadance one-upping his attempts to ruin their bonding as a consolation.

Also Fluttershy's hat was cute... and Twi and Cady fighting the worm was cool (best alicorns). :wingsright: :allright:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Nov 21, 2014 3:52 am

First off, I'd like to repost this video, since I'm a literal 13-year-old who thinks overwrought dubstep edits are hilarious:


This is another one of those ones that I've got to rewatch. When I first saw it I'd been hoping for more characterization and attention for Cadance, and while we got a little of that, I'd like to rewatch it with Twilight Sparkle in mind. Later S4 episodes (Twilight Time and TT123) were some of her best showings since S1, so if I was paying too much attention to Pink Sister-In-Law then perhaps I missed some actually good time for Twilight.
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Postby Homeswirl (?) » Fri Nov 21, 2014 3:54 am

I haven't rewatched it yet, but this is one of my favorite Discord episodes. He genuinely does not understand friendship, and this episode plays that part of it extremely well.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Fri Nov 21, 2014 3:55 am

We got to see her nerd out over a Starswirl Convention that was pretty cute.
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Postby Tad (?) » Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:09 am

I remember not really liking or disliking this episode as a whole. It didn't really grab me I guess. Or maybe I'm not remembering it fully. I think I was kinda hoping to see Twilight and Cadance bonding. :v:
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