S05E21: Scare Master

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Re: S05E21: Scare Master

Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:34 am

WandereringPony wrote:Twilight herself is officially a costume. Wonder if anyone does Cadence?


Cadance is the only Princess who hasn't gotten a costume. She didn't even get a Dress in Rarity's shop. :fluttersmith:
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Postby Marimo (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:51 am

The Doctor wrote:She didn't even get a Dress in Rarity's shop. :fluttersmith:

Rarity said she took inspiration from sights there in Canterlot. Cadence lives in the Crystal Empire.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:28 am

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Postby Pocket (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:17 am

For what it's worth, I know someone who's pretty much Fluttershy IRL. And she happens to be way into anime. So having Fluttershy's drawings be anime as fuck felt so natural to me that it didn't even register as a gag.
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Postby MurdER_weapOn '78 (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:06 am

I've fucked up and I won't be able to watch this :gonkity:

EDIT: Ok I've seen it now, the episode's been taken down from Youtube but I ended up watching it on Nico with Japanese subs :yay:

Anyway, a good episode but not as good an episode as I'd been led to believe, no way is it the best of S5 so far.
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Postby Doctor Wheeze (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 2:37 pm

I love that they're distinguishing the ponies' art styles/skill levels. The idea that Fluttershy has an anime style is pretty hilarious, and Pinkie's crude crayon drawings are adorable.

I was shocked by Granny Smith's description of the maze - kinda gruesome stuff for this show. Quite a contrast from how long they danced around the issue of Applejack's parents.

One incredibly minor point I don't think I've seen anyone point out - the bear's name is officially Harry. That's kind of an obscure callback. Neat!

All in all, top-shelf Fluttershy episode :yay:
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:57 pm

Someone (Muffins) dressing up princess Twilight makes sense seeing how popular her dress was earlier. I imagine her costume is more common in places where she doesn't live like Canterlot or some other place.

Maybe Equstria should do a survey of the most searched Nightmare Night costumes? :gotcha:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:24 pm

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:) :"So, whaddaya think?"

:starity: :"Ah - You've made a few ... interesting .. artistic choices, Pinkie dear."

Image :"Yeah! I'd decided emphasize everypony's most notable features."

Image :"My eyes look as though they're being attacked by a pair of spiders."

Image :"Eh, well."
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Postby Bremen (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:35 pm

I bet someone on the art team had a wonderful time making those pictures :gotcha:
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Postby Durandal (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:54 pm

Those doodles are fantastic. As was Derpy's Princess Twilight costume :lol:
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Postby PictishBeast (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:27 pm

Dash and Fluttershy's bag doodles are the best.

And AJ's looks like "sigh...apples..."
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Postby PictishBeast (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:40 pm

Headless Horse wrote:- I guess Equestria has a space program if RD's space helmet is anything but the realm of in-universe sci-fi.


In one of the comics there was a bit where they traveled to the moon by lassoing it and walking over to it tightrope-style.

Which I loved. That's the kind of dreamlike fantasy worldbuilding I think the show could use more of, not "hey here's this reference to this thing you like from this other thing."
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:05 pm

Equestria has had a Space Program for at least a millennium.

:delight: We chose to go to the Moon! We chose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because my Sister is crazy. Because that goal will serve to protect and continue our lives and bright sunny days. Because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept...
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Postby SneakHorse (?) » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:05 pm

Solid episode, with some very nice visual gags, as has been mentioned. I also dug the subverted moral lesson at the end; like others, I was fully expecting Fluttershy to learn how valuable overcoming her fears were, etc., so her going "I gave this a shot and still don't like it at all" was a nice change of pace.
PictishBeast wrote:In one of the comics there was a bit where they traveled to the moon by lassoing it and walking over to it tightrope-style.

Which I loved. That's the kind of dreamlike fantasy worldbuilding I think the show could use more of, not "hey here's this reference to this thing you like from this other thing."


Eh, I think the show can do both fantasy worldbuilding and Metal Gear/Big Lebowski references. I'd like to see more of the former but I don't think the presence of the latter detracts from the show or anything.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:19 pm

Andew Ryan's Fursona wrote:Rarity passing on the bat costume made me laugh out loud.

And then it comes back later when Fluttershy wears it for real! (I like to imagine Angel breaking into the boutique for it.)


:vogue: Now let's see ... Mummy? no. Headless Pony? no. Vampire Fruit Bat? Definitely no.
:vogue: Sexy Vampire Fruit Bat -- absolutely not.
:nnngh: D-do ponies actually buy the Sexy Vampire Fruit Bat?
:vogue: Oh, Fluttershy, you have no idea.
:nnngh: I'd like to go back to my cottage now.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:28 pm

Speaking of that costume, I still think it's weird that Fluttershy clearly looked to have actual bat wings, ears, and fangs when she attacked Spike, but it wasn't until after she saw everyone's reactions that those were suddenly shown as costume pieces. Usually the animators are a lot better about being consistent with details like that.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:09 pm

But Rarity showed Fluts a vampire fruit bat costume, which you can see she is considering before Rarity passes on

I don't think it's that much of a stretch that the costume perfectly matches her transformation
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Postby Durandal (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:27 pm

BUT HOW DID SHE CHANGE HER EYE COLOR???? :flail:
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Postby PictishBeast (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:54 pm

I think it's just Scooby Doo rules, where they show some undeniable monster creature and then explain at the end that it was just paper mâché and flashlights. An intentional visual cheat so the viewers are in the same boat as the characters in thinking that the thing in question might actually be a g-g-ghost.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:11 pm

Durandal wrote:BUT HOW DID SHE CHANGE HER EYE COLOR???? :flail:

Colored contacts :-D
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:17 pm

Yeah, I was waiting for Fluttershy to take out her red contacts (which would be the size of saucers, because pony eyeballs). But maybe she just has hay fever.
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:44 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:And then it comes back later when Fluttershy wears it for real! (I like to imagine Angel breaking into the boutique for it.)


:vogue: Now let's see ... Mummy? no. Headless Pony? no. Vampire Fruit Bat? Definitely no.
:vogue: Sexy Vampire Fruit Bat -- absolutely not.
:nnngh: D-do ponies actually buy the Sexy Vampire Fruit Bat?
:vogue: Oh, Fluttershy, you have no idea.
:nnngh: I'd like to go back to my cottage now.


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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:53 pm

Anyone else noticing that the AC3 surround sound on the iTunes release is broken (the stereo is fine)?

I've reported the problem to Apple – they are usually pretty good at fixing it. They only post what they are given by Hasbro, so that's where the blame belongs. Too bad, really. Season 4 had a number of quality issues, but I think this is the first one this season.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 9:06 pm

I wonder if it's broken in both the version that was (presumably) posted today and the version that was leaked back in September.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 9:19 pm

Niels Olof wrote:Anyone else noticing that the AC3 surround sound on the iTunes release is broken (the stereo is fine)?

Yeah, I noticed that when it came out on iTunes previously. Guess they didn't get around to fixing it. Maybe in another six months! :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:11 pm

The old and new versions were both broken. I’ve got my $2.99 back – and now to wait for the reissue of the fixed version.
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Postby marshmallow (?) » Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:48 pm

I might be crazy, but the end of the episode reminded me of a certain N64 game made by Rareware.

https://youtu.be/OginIsvEImc
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:21 am

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Image :"Did I ever tell you about the night that the mannequin came to life and haunted all the costumes?"

Image :"What happened?!"

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:rariwhat: :"I just told you, darling. A mannequin came to life and haunted all the costumes."

Image :"AUGHH!"
Image :"Tell us another!"

Image :"Very well. Sit comfortably ... "

Image :"- but brace yourselves for the Tale of The"

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Image :"Messy In-con-siderate ghost who irritated every pony within a hundred miles!"
Image :"Oooooooo...."


:liarjack: :"..."


Image :"Was it messy, inconsiderate-"

Image :"And irritating to everypony within a hundred miles?"

Image :"Ooooooooo?"

Image :"Is there an echo in here? Yes. It was all of those things."

Image :"huh."

:sheepish: Image :"yeah..."

Image :"Rarity, I uh Iiiiiiiiii ummmmm I- "

:cheese: :"YEAH."
Image :"I - how you do you say ... uh **tch** Twilight? How do I put this?"

Image :"I don't know!"

Image :"*pfffffffff* Y'know y'know Rarity you're - aaaaaa"
Image :"P-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-aaaaaa you're you're you're "

Image :"you're not good at this at all..."

Image :"WHICH! IS! not to say that there isn't plenty of room for improvement!"

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Image :"Yeah! Right! Uhh.... Acres 'n acres of room for improvement!"

:shock: :"Yes, you just gotta work on your ... work on your ..."

Image :"Yes, dear?"

Image :"Well it's not so much that your stories sink or swim, it's more like they dissolve."

Image :"..."

Image :"Yeah, they don't really take shape. Listening you tell them is kinda like watching a pony try to inflate a balloon that has a hole in it. "

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Image :"Uh huh. It's not that your -uh- themes don't have bite but, uh"
Image :"Something something Apple something-something ..."

:bluh: :"Aww shucks, it's not as if I have an apple analogy hiding under my hat that I can whip out like a party trick."

Image :"Not a problem, dear; you've made your point."
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:33 am

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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:05 pm

I really liked this episode, it was so cute. :allears:

I'm glad I held off on watching the leak. :3:
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Postby Durandal (?) » Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:18 pm

I'm surprised this thread is only 3 pages long because this was a really awesome episode overall. It's like the halloween episode we should have had 3 years ago but never really got.

Also, I realized which artist Pinkie's doodles reminded me of.

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Either this one or Cygaj, probably
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:28 pm

I'm guessing the lack of posts in this thread is because most of the people watched the leak and talked about it in the earlier thread.
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Postby PictishBeast (?) » Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:50 pm

Durandal wrote:I'm surprised this thread is only 3 pages long because this was a really awesome episode overall. It's like the halloween episode we should have had 3 years ago but never really got.


I actually liked Luna Eclipsed better. I thought the idea of Luna as a terrifying, arrogant anachronism was really cool.

Slightly disappointed in how they walked it back in later episodes but not a huge deal
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:34 pm

PictishBeast wrote:
I actually liked Luna Eclipsed better. I thought the idea of Luna as a terrifying, arrogant anachronism was really cool.

Slightly disappointed in how they walked it back in later episodes but not a huge deal

Eh, I think I would've been disappointed if Luna kept acting that way forever. If she were constantly like that then it'd seem like she was learning absolutely nothing from being part of modern society, wouldn't it?
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Postby Homeswirl (?) » Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:27 am

There's less to say about really good episodes. More contentious ones go to 100 pages.



I don't care that it's been posted twice already:

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MY PANCREAS ASPLODE

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Postby PictishBeast (?) » Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:59 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Eh, I think I would've been disappointed if Luna kept acting that way forever. If she were constantly like that then it'd seem like she was learning absolutely nothing from being part of modern society, wouldn't it?


Maybe not forever, but maybe more than one episode? Luna in Luna Eclipsed was a terrifying empress, the kind who would smite you for using the wrong fork. That's personality. By contrast the Luna in any CMC episode is a generic plot device/exposition machine.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Nov 07, 2015 4:17 pm

One thing I don't think I commented on was how funny it was watching Pinkie Pie sliding around everywhere on her roller skates. That was definitely a nice, new brand of physical humor involving her.
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Postby Frith (?) » Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:44 pm

Some jokes were good, some character interactions were nice and the moral lesson was really good but othewise the episode was rather dull.
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Postby diribigal (?) » Mon May 23, 2016 1:35 am

I've been catching up on netflix. I just saw Canterlot Boutique and this one (which is 15 on Netflix for some reason).
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