S04E19: Trade Ya!

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:59 pm

Aw...this ending is adorable.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:59 pm

A fairly dumb episode, but in a good way.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:00 pm

:yay: :awesomedash: The best freinds!
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:00 pm

This show can continue to make my heart melt in new and more wonderful ways! :allears:
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:01 pm

I forgot that this was airing, so I only saw the second and third acts, but what I saw was great. Rainbow literally traded Fluttershy for a book :v:

Once it's on YouTube I'll watch the first act.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:01 pm

Wayoshi wrote:A fairly dumb episode, but in a good way.

:applejargh: You're a dumb episode! Auuugghhh! :applejargh:
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Postby Doctor Wheeze (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:01 pm

That episode was great :3: It reminded me of Castle Mane-ia: pairing off the ponies in twos for some great ensemble comedy.
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Postby Lorce (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:01 pm

Spike broke the rules by trading after it was all over! :rant:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:01 pm

That was a lot of heartwarming fun. I think I loved the whole thing, it was a great ensemble episode.
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:02 pm

Sweetest episode in a while. :allears:
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Postby Mordja (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:02 pm

Man this episode was funny and sweet and just perfect. :3:
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Postby MochaBean (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:02 pm

Aww, I was kinda hoping that filly would come back and get the books.

:twiright: The knowledge that she'll be learning is a good enough trade for me.

That was a cute episode.
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:03 pm

The back-and-forth dialogue between Apple Horse and Dress Horse was amazing. I appreciate the fact that characters in this show can bounce such entertaining banter off of each other! :vogue: :twasnothin:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:03 pm

This episode was cute, fun, & funny! 10/10. :party:

Moral: don't trade your friends into slavery for Daring Do Books! :v:

Rarity & AJ kind of have a Laverne & Shirly thing going on at this point.
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*Although we know Flutes is actually best friend* :allears:
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Postby HuffyTheMagicDragon (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:04 pm

This episode was 22 minutes of ponies just being ponies and I loved it. :awesomedash: I'm not sure what else there is to say. Just a really fun ensemble ep.

My only complaint is AJ and Rarity didn't seem to get as much screen time as the others.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:04 pm

Lorce wrote:Spike broke the rules by trading after it was all over! :rant:

I AM NOT BOUND BY MERE PONY LAW! :spike101:
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:04 pm

Aw, that was a pretty sweet episode. Too bad Fluttershy didn't get to trade her bear call.
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Postby Venusy (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:05 pm

This is a cute, fun episode; good morals about what's really important, good use of all of the main 6 (though Pinkie was kind of overbearing, and RD/FS's story kind of restated some things more often that was necessary - I guess they thought kids would need a reminder of the trade quest). While ending with the bird call was cool, I'd have liked to see the Orthros stick around Ponyville. :allears:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:06 pm

That really was nice, and it was what I was hoping for, but... hmm. I'm really not sure what to feel here. I guess it's just so different compared to what the show does that it's hard to compare this to other episodes. This was a total day in the life of the Mane Six, no huge dramas or evildoers or anything. I'm definitely very glad we had this episode, at least. (Though I do wish we'd gotten to see a bit more of Spike. I had been thinking he'd be involved somewhat more than he was here.)
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:07 pm

Great episode, amazing all around.

:v: "Gee Twilight you'd think you'd mention that book pretty fast when I said I literally traded my best friend into slavery for it, but I guess we can wait till the train too..."
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:09 pm

Yeah, I think this was the most slice of life episode they've done in a while. It's really fun to see these kind of episodes.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:10 pm

I enjoyed this one. A good slice of life type episode. We got to see Twilight exercise a little princess authority. :twiright:

I liked AJ's Shell Game-style scene with the two brooches. :twasnothin:
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Postby Frith (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:10 pm

That was sweet episode. It was a bit like Castle Mane-ia, but better.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:11 pm

I wonder who or what inspired the pony selling the Discord lamps. His wheelchair was certainly odd, though it's mostly odd in that he even had one in the first place. I would expect an artisan selling his wares to have similarly overwrought personal accoutrements like that.
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Postby Discord (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:11 pm

That was 22 minutes of saccharine sweetness and I loved it. :allears:

Very simple, stock stories but a lot of character moments to enjoy. If we ever got "22 Short Stories about Ponyville" I feel like it'd be a lot like this, only more bite-sized.

The horsies are friennnnndss ~ :awesomedash:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:11 pm

:yay: :awesomedash: Best part of the episode. Continues to show their friendship in a really fun way. Trade quest was a lot of fun. RD was done very well as getting entirely too caught up in the moment, but she immediately works to correct it. Then were get not one but two pony hugs between the two. :3:

:vogue: :twasnothin: Not as much time spent on these two, but their story was a lot more simple. It worked and I am glad it didn't devolve into a screaming match. It was done very well.

:wingsright: :q: This one was kind of meh. Where the other two were well done mini-arcs, it felt like this was "And then these two...". Also, apparently the showrunners saw that they only had 4 episodes left and that Twilight being a Princess should actually mean something.

:no: I get that he spent the whole episode with the comic pony making one trade, but I would have liked at least a few lines if dialogue.


Great episode. While the Twilight/Pinkie story was a bit of a drag, the other two (especially RD/Flutts) just made this episode wonderful.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:14 pm

He was kind of off to the side, but at least Spike appeared in the last shot. :dearcelestia:
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:18 pm

Yay! Hub already has this episode on their site, so I just watched the parts I missed.

So they went because Twilight had to be there, on an official duty. I like that she's getting more and more attention now that everybody noticed she's a princess :v:

The Rainbow Dash sub-plot is my favorite. I always enjoy these "chain of trades" stories, so it was fun

But yeah, this is the most slice-of-life episode this show has ever done. I wish they do more of these.

I can see why Spike wanted to get rid of that comic book.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:18 pm

I did feel like Pinkie's role was kinda forced in and didn't work perfectly. Twi could have realized the books were very valuable to her without Pinkie being an impossible salesman surely, right...? Oh well, that's what's going to happen when you have two good pairings already in use and are just going to do pairs the whole episode.

I'm a bit surprised AJ/Rarity got a sudden conclusion in Act III, and that was it. A scene or two more I thought could have come. Instead we gets Fluts being a bit too much of a pushover (I kinda wish she lashed out at some point as R.D. started getting ridiculously unreasonable once the bearcall was lost - but I guess not enough time).

But really - the entire sequence of DD book pony thinking taking Fluts away from her home, Fluts actually accepting it, and R.D. actually accepting it were all really dumb, and it was just so that Twi could actually exercise her role of power. Pretty weak if you ask me - just have R.D., you know, realize before accepting the deal. :pinkieshrug:

Overall a good, cute harmless episode that isn't trying to be amazing with all the stupid around. Some of the directing / background storytelling naturally brings it up, as usual.
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:20 pm

Niels Olof wrote:Wait.... Twilight is selling library STOCK?!


Libraries here do used book/surplus sales all the time to make room for new stock. Makes sense to me.
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Postby Caldera (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:21 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:I wonder who or what inspired the pony selling the Discord lamps. His wheelchair was certainly odd, though it's mostly odd in that he even had one in the first place. I would expect an artisan selling his wares to have similarly overwrought personal accoutrements like that.

Yeah, it's like those moments in games when you see an NPC who looks suspiciously detailed. :starity: Like, I'm pretty sure we've seen regular wheelchairs before and they were really ordinary compared to his.
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Postby Applepie (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:22 pm

That was an OK episode. I hope next episode will be better. The episode had an epic start, but then it went downhill. Anyway, there was some great animation, the return of beasts from Tartarus and Daring Do got mentioned Again.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:23 pm

If there are more episodes like this in the future (and hopefully there will be), I hope they'll shake up the interactions between the six of them. We've seen Rarity and Applejack and Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy doing things together an awful lot now, and Pinkie Pie pretty much dominated everything that she did with Twilight. In fact, all that kind of reminded me of how those two were split off from the others back in Castle Mane-ia.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:26 pm

Wayoshi wrote:I did feel like Pinkie's role was kinda forced in and didn't work perfectly. Twi could have realized the books were very valuable to her without Pinkie being an impossible salesman surely, right...? Oh well, that's what's going to happen when you have two good pairings already in use and are just going to do pairs the whole episode.

I'm a bit surprised AJ/Rarity got a sudden conclusion in Act III, and that was it. A scene or two more I thought could have come. Instead we gets Fluts being a bit too much of a pushover (I kinda wish she lashed out at some point as R.D. started getting ridiculously unreasonable once the bearcall was lost - but I guess not enough time).

But really - the entire sequence of DD book pony thinking taking Fluts away from her home, Fluts actually accepting it, and R.D. actually accepting it were all really dumb, and it was just so that Twi could actually exercise her role of power. Pretty weak if you ask me - just have R.D., you know, realize before accepting the deal. :pinkieshrug:

Overall a good, cute harmless episode that isn't trying to be amazing with all the stupid around. Some of the directing / background storytelling naturally brings it up, as usual.


RD getting caught up in things is very much in character for her though. It worked, as well as her immediately realizing what she did and trying to correct it. I didn't see Fluttershy as being a big pushover this episode, because it was all done for her friend. Love that in the end RD traded for a new animal whistle for Fluttershy. The two might have an odd freindship, but it is the best friendship. :3:
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Postby Discord (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:27 pm

I thought the Pinkie-Twilight story worked well :pinkieshrug: Pinkie was off-the wall in a believable way, eccentric in a manner that doesn't betray her character and kind of harkening back to her market sensibilities in "Putting Your Hoof Down". The transition into Twilight realizing the value of her books worked well for me too, and I thought it was a pleasantly surprising resolution to the little story. It wasn't as developed as the RD/Fluts, but for its length, I really liked it.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:29 pm

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:32 pm

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RD getting caught up in things is very much in character for her though. It worked, as well as her immediately realizing what she did and trying to correct it. I didn't see Fluttershy as being a big pushover this episode, because it was all done for her friend. Love that in the end RD traded for a new animal whistle for Fluttershy. The two might have an odd freindship, but it is the best friendship. :3:

I guess you could say for RD it did, but for the other two... :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:33 pm

I thought the Pinkie-Twilight relationship was hilarious, probably one of my favourite parts of the episode. I think it was Pinkie's over the top auctioneering and Twilight's reactions to it that worked so well. Also, Pinkie ended up helping Twilight understand the value of her books in a roundabout way.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:34 pm

Wayoshi wrote:For anyone curious:

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I thought the Daring Do Stand ponies voice was familiar, but didn't know it was the same gal who voiced the lead in the English dub of The Girl Who Lept Through Time! Nice!
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:36 pm

As soon as the first vendor told Rainbow she wanted something else, I was immediately reminded of the kid who started with a cell phone and bartered it into a Porsche Boxster. The episode didn't disappoint; it was exactly like that. And the comedic timing of the crystal chalice smashing was some of the funniest they've had on the show, similar to Rainbow crashing into the skylight and sliding down in Games Ponies Play, AJ's crack about Rarity's costumes in Testing, Testing, and most of Castle Mania. There were a lot of great laughs in this episode, and it was way better than I initially expected (I didn't even know the title until last night).

I was really unenthusiastic about this episode as it started, going into the first commercial break I was still really meh, but the second act really woke the episode's pace up. I was genuinely surprised how long the second act felt; when it cut to commercial, I hadn't realized we weren't even in the third act yet! This episode felt pretty long to me, and it'll have good rewatchability due to the number of background gags and ponies it has. Was the animal barter pony a nod to Kratos from God of War?

I think the pony in the wheelchair device has an excellent, amazing color scheme. He looked kind of like an OC's design in a way that was different from the normal show style and somewhat distinctive, but I definitely think it was a good design. If the show staff can start designing more background ponies like that, the show's overall palette of background ponies will really benefit.
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