When they focus on any one character, that character tends to regress for the sake of progress at the end of the episode. At first, I was irritated that they went with 'Spike Get Out of Control And Does Something Stupid' once again, but really, that's their M.O. ![]() It didn't actively offend, but it wasn't at all enjoyable. This episode was like a cup of room temperature water to me. Most of the people in that film have what I'd consider to be a slightly overblown northern accent that is common in the region. The Whinnyapolis pony is a nod to the main character in the Coen Brothers movie Fargo. Why is the place filled with "dragon-sneeze trees" anyway?.That chainsaw just felt wrong for the setting.Fancy Pants wasn't nearly as pleasant as last time round.Yet another "Spike does something stupid" episode.Good to see Canterlot for a while again.Some nice little world-building touches.I actually quite like Spike and would love to see one, but this wasn't really it.īest quote: Twilight: "Just put the hay in the apple and eat the candle, hmm?" This is overly convenient of course, but we mustn't forget the target audience here! Still, let's not get carried away: this was indeed another in the long line of mediocre Spike episodes, and the wait goes on for a truly great one. On the other hand, it was fun to note Gustav Le Grand's cameo, and the OCs of IDW comic team Katie Cook and Andy Price.Īs so often in Equestria, everything was sorted out almost at once when the wrongdoer confessed his "crimes". (The drill didn't have this problem after all, one appeared in "Sonic Rainboom" way back in S1!) I also felt Fancy Pants was slightly out of character in terms of his deviousness. There were some little touches I wasn't that happy with: the chainsaw in particular seemed out of place, especially as there was no magical aura to be seen. She was clearly suspicious of Spike's motives, but perhaps because she doesn't know him quite as well as Twilight does, she didn't quite have Twi's ability (or confidence?) to call him out on it. ![]() We know the dragon has special status in the Crystal Empire, so it makes perfect sense for their ruler to be the one who takes him under her wing. I thought it was a very good move to make Cadance the princess who had the most to do with Spike this time. Once she'd woken up properly later on, she (believably) instantly realised that Spike was up to something. As we saw in "Castle, Sweet Castle", tired!Twi is adorable, and the highlight this time came near the beginning, when she could only sleep properly after cuddling a pile of books close. The only Mane Sixer to be seen this time was Twilight, though she spent a good part of the episode snoring her head off after her exhausting summit preparations. It was nice to see the odd crystal pony and griffon, but almost everyone was a pony. I'm at a disadvantage to North American viewers in that I have no idea whether the "Whinnyapolis" delegate, say, has an accent that's a good approximation to our world's Minneapolis sound, but never mind. There was some enjoyable world-building in the Great Equestrian Pony Summit (GEPS), what with all the delegates from various parts of the world. ![]() This ep didn't actively repel me or anything, but it was another in the long line of Spikesodes that brought a "meh" reaction. There's just not enough for the writers to do with him, and that seems to be the problem this time round as well. The problem with Spike episodes seems often to be that, enjoyable supporting character as he is, the little dragon simply isn't a strong enough character to carry an episode on his own. It has to be said that the hit rate of episodes with multiple writing credits is not particularly good, and that neither is that of Spike episodes in general, but maybe "Princess Spike" will be an exception. There's a new writer in Neal Dusedau, while the story itself is credited to Jayson Thiessen and Jim Miller. Maybe that's Special Agent Not Actually TwistĪfter last week's general insanity, the 101st episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic returns to whatever passes for normality in Equestria.
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