S05E06: Appleoosa's Most Wanted

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Re: S05E06: Appleoosa's Most Wanted

Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun May 03, 2015 9:05 pm

It would be interesting if his breed was so rare in Equestria that they are often klutzes, not fitting in well with regular ponies due to their even-bigger-than-Big-Mac size, and they often got those types of cutie marks. His name is Troubleshoes... :v:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun May 03, 2015 9:15 pm

What if actual horses are considered to be giants in Equestria, like Troubleshoes?
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun May 03, 2015 9:22 pm

Man, he really IS huge.

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Judging from all the different comparison images people have been making, he's a little taller than Celestia and a little shorter than Iron Will.
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Postby The Outlander (?) » Sun May 03, 2015 9:41 pm

This sucks, Celestia is no longer Biggest Pony. :rainbert:

Well, I suppose she still could be, assuming Troubleshoes isn't actually a pony like what seems to be implied.

Oh, also, episode was really good, Season 5 seems to get better as it goes for me. :yay:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun May 03, 2015 9:42 pm

The Outlander wrote:This sucks, Celestia is no longer Biggest Pony. :rainbert:


Horn counts towards height. :prettywings:
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Sun May 03, 2015 9:51 pm

Officially speaking, he's the biggest model they've done for a pony/horse to date- and inicidentally, it bumps Celestia's size range into the high end of "normal" for ponydom in the process.

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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun May 03, 2015 10:05 pm

I think Troubleshoes still counts as a pony, considering that he has a cutie mark. Even the Saddle Arabians lacked them.
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Postby Factory Factory (?) » Sun May 03, 2015 10:08 pm

Y'alls some horsists.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sun May 03, 2015 11:10 pm

Turns out Celestia isn't huge cause she's a princess, she just happens to have big bones :v:
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Postby The Ghost Of Ember (?) » Sun May 03, 2015 11:54 pm

I imagine he's a halfbreed between a Clydesdale and a pony. I mean, we know halfbreeds exist since mules are a thing. Unfortunately mules don't get the Cutie Mark Gene. Poor bastards.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 12:41 am

It could be that the characters in this show are "Little Ponies", Big Mac is a big little pony, and Troubleshoes is a regular sized pony, but still a diminutive breed of horse.
Actual horses are flippin' huge. :plonk:

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Horn counts towards height. :prettywings:


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Postby Pocket (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 3:28 am

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:It could be that the characters in this show are "Little Ponies", Big Mac is a big little pony, and Troubleshoes is a regular sized pony, but still a diminutive breed of horse.
Actual horses are flippin' huge. :plonk:

The scaling speculation charts floating around out there seem to confirm this. They vary quite a bit, but none claim they're as big as real ponies.
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Postby Rainbow Crash (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 3:56 am

I'm pretty bummed that Princess Celestia is no longer the biggest horse, but a good episode none the less
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 6:13 am

Rainbow Crash wrote:I'm pretty bummed that Princess Celestia is no longer the biggest horse, but a good episode none the less


You big silly, Celestia is much more taller than she appears. She only pretends to be that height as to not scare away her subjects. :gotcha:
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Postby Youtwo (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 9:30 am

Pretty good episode if you ask me. I liked Sweetie Bell's couple of moments. Also Troubleshoes is a pretty great one off character. This is probably my 3rd or 4th favorite episode this season so far. It's actually kinda hard to choose :-P
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 12:06 pm

Man, this episode really seems to have stymied discussion. :rainbert:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 12:15 pm

Pocket wrote:The scaling speculation charts floating around out there seem to confirm this. They vary quite a bit, but none claim they're as big as real ponies.

Most of the size charts I've seen put the average female pony (i.e. the non-purple members of the Mane Six) at about 3 feet, 8 inches (111 cm) tall. That particular measurement I took from one which used the eight-foot-tall candy cane in the Hearth's Warming Eve intro as a reference. That particular chart measured Celestia's height at 6 feet, 3 inches (193 cm), so that means Troubleshoes would easily be taller than pretty much any of us.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 12:38 pm

It's interesting that the only reason he's so big seems to be so his hoofprints can be huge. Which isn't really that important a plot point, considering he has a telltale horseshoe too.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 12:40 pm

Headless Horse wrote:Man, this episode really seems to have stymied discussion. :rainbert:

Well, there's not really too much to talk about here. Bloom and Gloom kind of already captured all the talk about the strangeness of cutie marks and aside from Troubleshoes being so unbelievably huge, this episode didn't do much of anything else that was especially worthy of discussion. This episode would've fit right into S1, but in S1 everything was incredibly new.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 1:01 pm

Headless Horse wrote:Man, this episode really seems to have stymied discussion. :rainbert:


Some episodes are just like that, for me anyway. You watch them and enjoy them, but at the end there's just not a lot you wanna say.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 1:14 pm

Personally I blame Polsky. Why do his episodes always have to be so safe and unremarkable? :argh:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 1:58 pm

If only there was some controversy somewhere.... :gotcha:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 2:20 pm

When AJ left the cabin before the CMC could explain what happened with Troubleshoes, Sweetie should have used magic to pull her back inside. :cooliebelle:

:sweet: :ohboy: :scootawoo: Cutie Mark Crusaders Sweetie's magic growing geometrically! YAY!
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 2:28 pm

With the way it was shown in this episode, it almost seems like the animators here set out to explain that yes, applying kinetic energy via magic requires more work based on the selected object's weight (as seen with that heavy barrel at the end, with Sweetie Belle's force being resisted by the pull of gravity) and distance from the caster (as with the keys; she'd been doing this from behind a window and a wall or two, as well). This is all stuff I'd assumed since S1, though.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 2:45 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:If only there was some controversy somewhere.... :gotcha:

How about controversy in the spelling of the city's name? Is it Appleoosa (episode title), Appleloosa (trading card), or Appaloosa (AKR Tweet)? :rariwhat:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 2:54 pm

I get the sense that the ponies of Appleoosa really like playing into these old west tropes.

:scootawoo: :"Look! The keys for the jail cell are hanging on a nail wall just outside of reach, and the sheriff is nowhere around!"
:sweet: :"Ok! I saw this in a movie once. Let's get ourselves a long broom handle and some stiff wire and -"
:ohboy: :"Got 'em!"
:flail: :"That's not how you're supposed to do a jailbreak!"
:scootatrue: :"Whatever works!"



I'm half expecting -

:nngh: :"We're all out of applesauce..."
:ohboy: :"Not to worry, I brought my own!"
:squintyjack: :"What's that you got there?"
:angry: :"Hey! This ain't Three Horseshoes Applesauce!"
:amazed: :"What's the difference?"
:twasnothin: :"Three Horseshoes Applesauce is made right here in Appleoosa with fresh apples and spices by ponies who know what good applesauce is supposed to taste like!"
:gah: :"This stuff's made in Mane-hatten?"
:aghast: :"MANE-HATTEN?!!"
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 3:04 pm

I always thought the city was spelt like the episode title.
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Postby Daring Do (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 3:11 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:With the way it was shown in this episode, it almost seems like the animators here set out to explain that yes, applying kinetic energy via magic requires more work based on the selected object's weight (as seen with that heavy barrel at the end, with Sweetie Belle's force being resisted by the pull of gravity) and distance from the caster (as with the keys; she'd been doing this from behind a window and a wall or two, as well). This is all stuff I'd assumed since S1, though.


Reminds me of how teleporting's caused Twilight to be noticeably tired out before - These are nice touches that add something to the setting, I feel. By making these spells take effort instead of just being "free actions", it helps explain why they don't just use them all the time. It's the kind of thing a kids' show could probably get away with, but they go the extra mile - and that's why we love them.

To add to the talk on spelling, the Equestria map (which I happen to have saved to my desktop) spells it Appleloosa too.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 3:51 pm

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote::twasnothin: :"Three Horseshoes Applesauce is made right here in Appleoosa with fresh apples and spices by ponies who know what good applesauce is supposed to taste like!"
:gah: :"This stuff's made in Mane-hatten?"
:aghast: :"MANE-HATTEN?!!"


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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 4:28 pm

This was a nice little breather episode. :3:
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Postby Wylie (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 4:36 pm

Your Obligatory Polsky Controversy™ for this episode:

Buffalo only show up in flashbacks. Did the Appleoosans commit genocide offscreen? Enquiring minds want to know!
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 5:49 pm

Yeah, not an episode to write home about, but also nothing bad at all, either. Lots of cute little moments, and I enjoyed Troubleshoes a lot. The Eeyore horse. :allears:
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 7:16 pm

Headless Horse wrote:It's interesting that the only reason he's so big seems to be so his hoofprints can be huge. Which isn't really that important a plot point, considering he has a telltale horseshoe too.

A mysteriously small horseshoe, given the size of his feet.

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 7:40 pm

Hmmm....I've been thinking about that emoticon. It could be a :disappointed: smiley.
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Postby Xenon (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 8:25 pm

Man, we're on a roll of ponies breaking the law. Last episode we had Rainbow Dash destroying critical national infrastructure, and this episode the CMCs orchestrated a jailbreak. :v:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 9:05 pm

Now all we need is a bank robbery in the next episode and we'll have a hat trick. :v:
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Postby Weird Autumn (?) » Mon May 04, 2015 9:56 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Now all we need is a bank robbery in the next episode and we'll have a hat trick. :v:

Script leaks from next week's episode, The French Cutenection.
:anticipation: Girls, the thermal drill!
:scootawoo: How can it be a drill if it ain't drillin'?
:ohboy: Who sold us this drill, the cops?
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Postby Lapis Infinitas (?) » Tue May 05, 2015 4:53 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:A mysteriously small horseshoe, given the size of his feet.

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Maybe ill-fitting horseshoes are the cause of his klutziness?
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Postby Factory Factory (?) » Tue May 05, 2015 5:32 am

Now here's a question for you: do the shoes stay on with nails, like real horseshoes, or do they stay on with hoofhands magic (a.k.a. sticky note adhesive)?
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue May 05, 2015 6:37 am

Opposing Farce wrote:Script leaks from next week's episode, The French Cutenection.
:anticipation: Girls, the thermal drill!
:scootawoo: How can it be a drill if it ain't drillin'?
:ohboy: Who sold us this drill, the cops?


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