Note: a few of my early Season 3 reviews are a bit shortened compared to later ones since when I started reviewing episodes back in Season 3, I hadn't really developed a reviewing system at that point. I apologize if some of these early reviews are a bit simplistic compared to my later reviews.

Oh my, this was a wonderfully hilarious and creative episode! The Mirror Pool itself was an extraordinarily creative idea, one of the more interesting additions to MLP canon in Season 3, and the Pinkie Clones... oh my, the Pinkie Clones!!! I have now witnessed madness incarnate, and it is a pink swarm of chaos and insanity!!! The test absolutely made me lose it, mostly just the test itself! I mean, c'mon, who actually thought they'd have to watch paint dry?!?! That is sooooooo funny, but also so creative; certainly the anti-thesis to Pinkie Pie if there ever was one. Nice to see some of AJ's extended family as well, RD reading another Daring Do novel was a nice bit of continuity, and I lost it when Rainbow Dash actually became aware of Pinkie's breaking the laws of physics at the swimming pool (lovely meta moment right there )! The woodland critters with Fluttershy were delightful as well, and it was especially hilarious seeing the Harry the bear in the group, and also, we got the return of Tank (which I completely missed and only caught when I rewatched the tree clip on YouTube )!!!! Overall, this was a great first normal episode of the season, a worthy successor of "Party of One" and "Lesson Zero", and a great Pinkie Pie episode that highlighted her insecurity issues almost as well as "Party of One" and what makes her just a great and irreplaceable character all around!

Well, it's official, we're all doomed.