Re: S06E03: The Gift of the Maud Pie


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rudecyrus wrote:Can't Rarity make a pouch?
Marimo wrote:Don't know how far in advance Pinkie found out about the pounches being sold, but there probably wasn't enough time for Rarity to make one so it'd be better to buy one already made.
Aramek wrote:That was great. I love it 5ever.
Mr. Big wrote:I love that they managed to make Maud's wink uncanny, with the slower timing. It fits her.
Rarity imitating Pinkie is something that needs to be GIF'd.
Would this count as a bottle episode? There were only four voice actors playing five characters (Pinkie, Rarity, Maud, Police Pony, and that guy Pinkie sold the cannon to). There were ton of new assets, and lots and lots of background ponies, tho.
Also, did they switch the closing music? This is the third episode in a row to use a different music.
Daring Do wrote:Writing seemed questionable. There were some great funny moments (the tradeback scene and the "don't give me that look" thing in the park), but... Rarity seemed wackier than normal. OOC, some might say.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Anyway, yeah, great stuff today and a fine debut from our new writers here.
Regarding Maud, it's rather nice of her to insist on trading back for the cannon. It seemed to me like she was doing it because so as to teach Pinkie a lesson about generosity. Seeing that, I have to wonder how many times Maud has had to help Pinkie like that while they were growing up?
You really think so? My take on Rarity has always been that she's nearly as excitable as Pinkie Pie, but she just keeps it hidden beneath a thick layer of charm and class. Look at episodes like Sleepless in Ponyville, for example, where she outwardly grumbled about nature during the whole camping trip, but once they all got to the falls she finally dropped the act and got hyped along with Sweetie Belle and the others.
Daring Do wrote:
I'll admit I don't remember the end of that episode too well, but Rarity's excitability elsewhere's.. different, you know? It's funny because it leaks out from her being mostly composed/serious. But here, she was too wacky, too much of the time - No usual Rarity subtlety. Or something.
Mr. Big wrote:I love that they managed to make Maud's wink uncanny, with the slower timing. It fits her.
Rarity imitating Pinkie is something that needs to be GIF'd.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Anyway, yeah, great stuff today and a fine debut from our new writers here.
Regarding Maud, it's rather nice of her to insist on trading back for the cannon. It seemed to me like she was doing it because so as to teach Pinkie a lesson about generosity. Seeing that, I have to wonder how many times Maud has had to help Pinkie like that while they were growing up?
You really think so? My take on Rarity has always been that she's nearly as excitable as Pinkie Pie, but she just keeps it hidden beneath a thick layer of charm and class. Look at episodes like Sleepless in Ponyville, for example, where she outwardly grumbled about nature during the whole camping trip, but once they all got to the falls she finally dropped the act and got hyped along with Sweetie Belle and the others.
Daring Do wrote:
I'll admit I don't remember the end of that episode too well, but Rarity's excitability elsewhere's.. different, you know? It's funny because it leaks out from her being mostly composed/serious. But here, she was too wacky, too much of the time - No usual Rarity subtlety. Or something.
Daring Do wrote:Also, I noticed a couple cases of "hoof hands" when holding something with their mouths would've worked just fine. But maybe that's not just this episode.
Wayoshi wrote:This episode was fine, but mostly due to VAing and animation. The story was borderline weak, especially how Rarity suddenly breaks down with 4 minutes left in the episode to rush the plot along. I didn't get this episode premise when it first came out via the book / Zap2it, but I guess they were going for "presents given with love" in the writer's room, etc.
Fizzbuzz wrote:It could be a case of her being paired with Pinkie Pie here. Like, that whole bit in the third act where she was asking why Pinkie was so glum, her doing all the usual goofy cartoon stuff that Pinkie does (as Niels Olof just posted) is quite unusual for her. That's the point of the joke there, though. It's funny because Rarity normally isn't like that.
And speaking of visual stuff...
It really isn't just this episode. The show's art direction has been evolving towards something a bit cartoonier and less horselike than the way things were back in S1. In that vein I've noticed more cases of hoofhands, of ponies who do normally wear clothes, of somewhat more humanoid poses in general, than what would've flown in the past. Personally I think this is a good thing, as I think the show sticking so hard to what horses should and shouldn't be able to do robbed it of a lot of visual storytelling potential in earlier seasons, but I can understand why others might've found those sorts of self-imposed restrictions charming.
Mr. Big wrote:Not the party cannon!
Fizzbuzz wrote:You really think it felt rushed? If you want episodes that feel rushed, I suggest looking at MMC or It Ain't Easy Being Breezies, two episodes which burned their third acts on stuff not even related to their main conflicts. I think this is another fine example of FiM taking a classic sort of story and spicing it up with its great characters.
Mechanical Ape wrote:Might this be another Hearth's Warming episode, already? I'm about to find out![list]
[*] Same-sex couple on the train?
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