My Little Pony

[RogueIce]

That almost works, except in the wide shot of the class laughing at Apple Bloom in "Call of the Cutie" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are nowhere to be seen.

If you look closely their character models were there, they just had different color seems.

Sweetie Belle's character model maybe (though I'm not seeing it) but there were definately no pegasi in that classroom.



The only one that might be SB is the unicorn in the back corner there, but her color is wrong, and as we see in the opening shot she has a Cutie Mark, so is obviously not SB:



Except for the blue unicorn filly (who we can't really see, at least in the screencaps I made), that one pony with the glasses and AB herself, they all have Cutie Marks of their own.

[RogueIce]

Okay, I see what you mean by the manes and tails; Scootaloo and SB's styles are definately there. Scoot's is given to an Earth Pony, though at least Sweetie Belle's mane is on a unicorn.

[lordofchange13]

The one on either far side of the first row look like recolored Scootaloo and sweetie bell models to me, except that the blue one has no wings.

[Crazedwraith]

Oh the things you learn on TVtropes, apparently Apple Bloom's voice actor is:-
A)In the target demographic of the show.
b)the singing voice for Sweetie Belle. Apparently you can hear a trace of AB's accent in it.

Which makes me wonder why they didn't just have Apple Bloom be the CMC who can sing...

[evilsoup]

They'd have had the characterisations and plots for many of the episodes down by the time they were doing any casting, I think.

[Revy]

Shouldn't Scootaloo get sent to flight school at Cloudsdale at some point? Both Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash went there when they were fillies, and both before they had earned their cutie marks. Do all pegasi have to go through flight school? I can't imagine Fluttershy volunteered to go there. Might make for a future episode - the CMC get split up when Scootaloo gets sent to Cloudsdale. Maybe Applebloom and Sweetie Belle would try and get wings to join her, or Scootaloo gets thrown out for having zero flying ability.

[Crazedwraith]

I just assumed RD and Fluttershy were born in cloudsdale. Fluttershy's tale made it seem like she'd never been close to the ground before at all in cutie mark chronicles.

also, Cutie Mark Crusader matching avatars... YAY!

[Zixinus]

It is also possible that parentage was involved as well. Maybe Fluttershy's parents insisted that she went (which makes even more sense if she grew up in Cloudsdayle) while Scootalo's Ponyville parents would rather wait and have their child be home a bit more.

[lordofchange13]

I just assumed RD and Fluttershy were born in cloudsdale. Fluttershy's tale made it seem like she'd never been close to the ground before at all in cutie mark chronicles.

Cloadsdale is suppose to be a city, like manehattan(no idea how it's spelled) and ponyville.

also, Cutie Mark Crusader matching avatars... YAY!

EVERYONE on this thread is required to have a pony related avatar!

[evilsoup]

It just occured to me, in light of the most recent episode showing how effective Zecora's potions are; that the Apple family should really see about getting Granny Smith's hip fixed.

Cutie Mark Crusader matching avatars... YAY!

[Icehawk]

An official preview clip of this weekends new episode!





Something I just had to do after seeing said preview.

[lordofchange13]

An official preview clip of this weekends new episode!

Isn't spike supposed to be Twilight's main pet? instead of owl-lishus.

[Serafina]

Spike isn't Twilights pet, he's her ASSISTANT!
Also, Spike isn't a pet, he's a fully-fledged character.

[evilsoup]

Just because he's a fully-fledged character wouldn't necessarily stop him from being a pet. The fact that they clearly have a sibling relationship rather than an owner-pet relationship stops him from being a pet.

It's nice to see Owloowicious (?) again, I quite like it when there are little touches of continuity like that.

[open_sketchbook]

I like to think of Spike as Twilight's familiar. It's actually how I explained it to somebody I was introducing the show to.

[lordofchange13]

I like to think of Spike as Twilight's familiar. It's actually how I explained it to somebody I was introducing the show to.

But that would imply that Spike is some sort of demon or spirit.

[open_sketchbook]

He fulfills the same role as a familiar; he's an intelligent creature that assists a magic user. The metaphysical ramifications are less important when you are just trying to explain why this purple pony has a tiny dragon following her around and finding her books.

[lordofchange13]

He fulfills the same role as a familiar; he's an intelligent creature that assists a magic user. The metaphysical ramifications are less important when you are just trying to explain why this purple pony has a tiny dragon following her around and finding her books.

ah, i see what you mean. I suppose a familiar would be a better description then pet for spikes relation ship with twilight.

[evilsoup]

He's her little brother, complete up to having a crush on one of her friends. In most fiction I've read with familiars, they are enslaved to the magic-user; as in if the magic-user tells them to do something, they're magically forced to follow that command. There's even a small amount of dialogue evidence that Twilight's parents raised Spike.

[Crossroads Inc.]

Newest Episode is LOADED with Meme potential and, finally a SONG!!!
At long last first song of season two, and it is DAMN Catchy!

Only downside is Dash when a bit overboard on the obnoxious factor this episode.

[RogueIce]

Heck, the preview gave us a meme before the episode even aired.

"Ride of the Valkyries" was awesome to hear. And yes, that song was great. Double great because it was Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash doing all of the singing. Now we just need to get AJ a starring role in a song and we'll be set. Maybe a bit more with RD in the lead as well.

It would be impressive if both AJ and RD did a song together, of course.

I have to agree with Crossroads about Dashie being a bit of a jerk in this episode. I felt bad for the turtle tortoise of course, though he got to be the pet in the end. Still, plenty of woobie potential with all the rest, because she wasn't exactly being nice about it. But that's Rainbow for ya...

Also, one of the minor little bits of characterization that they put in but was very well done: when Fluttershy starts to "fly" RD away, it almost looks like she's in the sky...then they zoom out and we see Rainbow's hind hooves dragging in the dirt. It wasn't until RD started flapping her own wings that they actually got any air.

This, of course, is because Fluttershy isn't all that great a flyer and it's awesome they kept that in. She can obviously fly well when she needs to but it's something that takes a good deal of motivation on her part (generally out of concern for her friends). Excitement over getting Rainbow Dash a pet obviously didn't qualify.

[lordofchange13]

Just about to sit down and watch the episode, i hope the song is good as you all say.


in case anyone wanted it

[lordofchange13]

Was a pretty fun episode. song was decent but was a whole number. the tortoise is such a poetic foil for Rainbow.

[Crazedwraith]

Decent episode. The tortoise may seem to be RD's opposite like most of the pets but really he got chosen for exhibiting RD's element of Harmony: loyalty. So although he's not athletic in the end he's still like her.

Also the name; Tank. Perhaps a coincidence but on of the line's in Rainbow's verse of Rarity's Art of the Dress song is 'Even though it rides high on the flank/Rainbow won't look like a tank/I'm stitching Rainbow's dress'

[Zixinus]

I'm just glad that the animals appear to be game for the race.

I'm guessing Dash thought she'd want a partner in her flying rather than what we consider to be a pet, hence the way she's acted.

I was hoping that we'd get a more clear lesson on what pet ownership entails (ie, how will you take care of it, what you'd like contact with, etc) and that one shouldn't get a pet just for fashion, but because you feel personal appeal in having them in your life. Didn't quite go just there though. I actually wanted to slap Dash on the back of the head, saying "that's not how it's done". They're animals after all, you make a connection with them on their own terms, not on yours. They're not fashion accessories.

In Fluttershy's place, I wouldn't make suggestions but show her around and allow those that get her liking to interact with them somehow (feed them, introduce them, play with them, etc). Just let her make a connection with one.

Where in the holy hell does Fluttershy keep a seal?

Tortoises can't be annoying. They're too slow for that. I had a turtle for a while, it was actually a wild one that got used to me and even allowed me to pet its head.
They're great swimmers though.
Was I the only one that noticed that Tank got sunglasses out as soon as Dash mentioned coolness?

I think they managed to make it work fairly well though. Tank complements Dash's personality fairly well: Dash's element is loyalty and Tank never gives up.

Oh, and looking over Ponibooru, it seems that the creators like to tease us with Derpy. Guess where she is.