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Real-time notes from watching MLP episodes (starting with G1)

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One Bad Apple

See * for disclaimer   One Bad Apple (November 24th 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: Apple Bloom gets a visit from a cousin she's never met before, and discovers that sometimes blood isn't enough.   Apple Bloom hasn't met this cousin before. Which means this cousin hasn't been to any of the Apple Family Reunions, at least while Apple Bloom has been going. There's a question, are the Reunions always at Sweet Apple Acres, or do they take place elsewhere as well? Is Sweet Apple Acres the original
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Too Many Pinkie Pies

See * for disclaimer   Too Many Pinkie Pies (November 17th 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!   Twilight specifies that this transformation spell is more difficult than an average spell and at the edge of her capability. However, it seems to work even when she's tackled during the casting. However, the resulting transformation is not quite right. So the transformation itself isn't that hard, but there are boundaries and restrictions that Twilight is trying to apply to th
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The Crystal Empire

See * for disclaimer   Season 3. A weird season overall for various reasons.   Why did I get sick just when I got two two-parters to go through. Forgive me if this note-taking is a bit incoherent, or a veer into areas I normally don't touch.   The Crystal Empire (Part 1 and 2) (November 10 2012, 2 x 22 minutes)   Summary: The Return of the Crystal Empire, and yet another 'big threat' from Celestia's past comes with it.   This is actually one I've gone over a lot in my worldbuilding blo
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A Canterlot Wedding

See * for disclaimer   A Canterlot Wedding (Part 1 and 2) (April 21st 2012, 2 x 22 minutes)   Just as a note, I'm pretty sick right now, so this may be more incoherent than normal.   Summary: Twilight's big brother is getting married, but to who?   Part 1   Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. The first mention of this princess. We've not had an Italian pony name before, and for that matter the only other non-English name I remember is Fleur de Lis, and I'm not sure anyone said her name in show.
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MMMystery on the Friendship Express

See * for disclaimer   MMMystery on the Friendship Express (April 7th 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: Who murdered the Cake? Not the Cake family, but the desert. Honestly, you people.   This time the title actually does reference something. Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie with Hercule Poirot as the detective.   Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness. Yeah, I can see that. It's basically a cheesecake base (using mascarpone, which is a very creamy cheese), with meringue as fill
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Ponyville Confidential

See * for disclaimer   Ponyville Confidential (March 31st 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: The Cutie Mark Crusaders try for journalism cutie-marks, and miss the mark as usual.   School paper. Does that kind of thing still exist? It was a big deal back in the 80's when I was in school, but I would have thought it had faded away by now.   Journalism. Does that kind of thing still exist? Yeah, yeah, sarcasm.   Wait, that formula on the blackboard. That's what was written on there back in the
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Hurricane Fluttershy

See * for disclaimer   Hurricane Fluttershy (March 24th 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: Cloudsdale needs water, and Rainbow Dash needs every pegasi to join into the effort, even Fluttershy.   Reference to an actual mule. That surprises me, actually. Mules are specifically the offspring of a male donkey and a mare. The offspring of a female donkey and a stallion is a 'hinny'. Technically they are infertile not because they are the offspring of two different species, but because the two parents
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Dragon Quest

See * for disclaimer   Dragon Quest (March 17th 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: Spike joins the Great Dragon Migration to find himself.   The title may be a reference to popular console RPG series, but I can find no connection between the stories.   The Great Dragon Migration takes place only once in a generation. Twilight has been called out before for temporal exaggeration leading to Granny Smith being hundreds of years old, so I don't know how much stock to put into this. However, it is
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It's About Time

See * for disclaimer   It's About Time (March 10th 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: Twilight comes from the Future to warn of impending Doomtm!   Arbor Day. Started in 1872 in Nebraska, it's a holiday where everyone is encouraged to plant a tree to combat deforestation. This is now an international 'holiday', but it doesn't have a set date. Each nation, and usually each state/province has it on a different day, so the calendar reference of the 4th of whatever doesn't help us. In any case, this
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Putting Your Hoof Down

See * for disclaimer   Putting Your Hoof Down (March 3rd 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: Fluttershy takes some training for Assertiveness, and Asserts herself all over Ponyville.   Okay, given the buildings around, that set of tents offset from the Carousel Boutique in the opening credits appears to be a permanent market place.   Pop-up pamphlet. Cute.   Interesting. Why set up the seminar stage in the middle of the hedge maze? Oh, and goats wearing clothing and com headsets.   Okay, Ir
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A Friend in Deed

See * for disclaimer   A Friend in Deed (February 18th 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: Pinkie encounters a donkey who doesn't want to be friends. Challenge accepted!   Wow, legwarmers. Haven't seen those since the 80's. The feathers hanging from a clip on the headband, check. The music's pretty appropriate to that era as well.   We've seen the cows talk before, but this time one is acting entirely ponyish with the going to shops and the like.   And Matilda the donkey.   Now, we have the
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Hearts and Hooves Day

See * for disclaimer   Hearts and Hooves Day (February 11th 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: The CMC play matchmaker with Cheerilee, Big Mac, and chemistry!   Back when I used to teach summer school, the classroom ended up looking like that a lot. Mind you I was supposed to be teaching grade 8 math, but still.   A relatively modern-looking clock. If they count time starting at midday and midnight like we do, then we're looking at school letting out at the equivalent of 3 pm.   A couple of
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Read It and Weep

While the view count for these episode watching thingies is relatively low, I'm seeing some regular names show up in the viewing box. I honestly don't know why you guys keep coming back. This stuff is interesting to me, and I'm using this for my own purposes, but I'm puzzled as to why some of you are reading these so regularly when I'm not putting any effort into making them entertaining or anything. I'm not even grammar checking them, it's just stream of consciousness stuff.   I've also notic
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The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000

See * for disclaimer   This is one of my favorite episodes, mainly because I liked Music Man and other films of that type and period. I know there are lots of Bronies who don't like musicals and that kind of thing because it's 'too old', but I'm old too. So there.   The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 (January 28th 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: The Apples get embroiled in a bet, and might loose the farm because of it.   Camping out for cider season. I can see this, but the evident demand
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The Last Roundup

See * for disclaimer   The Last Roundup (January 21st 2012, 22 minutes)   Summary: Applejack goes AWOL.   The title of this episode is also a song from 1933, written by Billy Hill and covered by numerous musicians including Gene Autry and Dean Martin. There were several films by that name, ranging from a 1929 silent film, through a 1934 film, and a more well known 1947 one with Gene Autry again. There's no real connection between any of these and this episode beyond the title, but I have n
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Hearth's Warming Eve

See * for disclaimer   Hearth's Warming Eve (December 17th 2011, 22 minutes)   Summary: The dead of winter, and the true meaning of Equestria!   I've been waiting for this one. Before I begin my normal 'here's what I noticed' spiel, I'm going to address the fact that what I'm about to watch is the ponies putting on a play, and therefore cannot be taken as History. That is true in a way. It's no more 'true' history than Shakespeare's various plays like Henry V and so on. Shakespeare wrote h
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Baby Cakes

Okay, this should catch me up from the Episode Watching blog point-of-view. I'll likely reset the dates on the last two entries once the next one comes out to keep to the 'one-a-day' promise I made myself. Again, it wasn't due to the forum issues that I fell behind, I just had other priorities come along so I hadn't put enough buffer in place for the holidays. The forum troubles just came along coincidentally when my buffer ran out.   See * for disclaimer   Baby Cakes (January 14th 2011, 22
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Family Appreciation Day

See * for disclaimer   Family Appreciation Day (January 7th 2011, 22 minutes)   Summary: Apple Bloom learns a lot about her family history.   The timberwolves are howling. The zap apples are coming. I believe this is the first reference to timberwolves.   Looking forward to making zap apple jam for years. Either this is the first year she's old enough to do all the tasks, or the zap apples don't occur every year.   Five petals, so they're at least similar to regular apples in that resp
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Secret of My Excess

This was supposed to be published yesterday morning, but the forum... excitement prevented me from posting it. I'm running a bit behind now for other reasons as well, so I'll likely redate this to yesterday in the future if I manage to get caught up.   See * for disclaimer   Secret of My Excess (December 10th 2011, 22 minutes)   Summary: Spikezilla!   Oh man, Twilight. You may like to read, but you have no respect for the books themselves, do you?   One of the books is on Medieval Eque
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Sweet and Elite

See * for disclaimer   Sweet and Elite (December 3rd 2011, 22 minutes)   Summary: Rarity wades into the Canterlot life, will she still be a Ponyville pony at the end?   This is showing how much influence Twilight actually has. Even as Celestia's student, being able to pull strings like that is pretty impressive.   The general dress of the Canterlot ponies is reminiscent of the Edwardian period. Colorful, elaborate cuts, and less restrictive than Victorian fashions. Plus an emphasis on bi
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The Mysterious Mare Do Well

See * for disclaimer   The Mysterious Mare Do Well (November 26th 2011, 22 minutes)   Summary: A Challenger Appears! And Rainbow Dash is not happy to have competition in the hero business.   Posters, T-shirts, funny hats. Somewhere in Ponyville there is a printing shop making a lot of money off of these ponies.   Also we're seeing a lot more colts and fillies than appear in the Ponyville one-room school house indoor scenes. Either there are more schools in the area, it's not an all-day a
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May the Best Pet Win!

See * for disclaimer   May the Best Pet Win! (November 19th 2011, 22 minutes)   Summary: Rainbow Dash confuses looking for a pet and looking for an accessory.   Rainbow Dash has a tendency to sleep *everywhere*.   This is a park, which means it's a maintained area for recreation. Given the ponies' previous reactions to 'wild' regions like the Everfree, the assumption seems to be that there are ponies actively maintaining every location other than the Everfree or similar forests. So basic
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The Cutie Pox

See * for disclaimer   The Cutie Pox (November 12th 2011, 22 minutes)   Summary: Apple Bloom finds a way to force her cutie-mark, and suffers the consequences.   There is a bowling alley in Ponyville. Dedicated bowling alleys have been around since the 1900's, but that specific design with the swooping roof is very atomic-era 1950's.   I like the way the CMC always assume they'll all have the same cutie-marks.   No specialty bowling shoes? Huh.   Heh. Cute Big Lebowski reference.  
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Sisterhooves Social

See * for disclaimer   Sisterhooves Social (November 5th 2011, 22 minutes)   Summary: Rarity's parents leave Sweetie Bell with her sister for an entire week. Will they learn how to be sisters again?   Rarity's mother has a very Brooklyn-style accent, but her father is a bit more Milwaukee that that slight Scandinavian flavor. I can almost hear the 'Yaa, you betcha.'   You can see Sweetie Bell just trying to be Rarity there, with all the luggage.   Or you could... wash them. It's not li
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Luna Eclipsed

See * for disclaimer   Luna Eclipsed (October 22nd 2011, 22 minutes)   Summary: Can Luna escape the reputation of Nightmare Moon?   Is Spike wearing a Barney costume?   Ponyville Retirement Village. An odd detail, but an interesting one. Retirement villages are not the same thing as retirement homes. Retirement villages is an age-restricted community, and has shared resources that are restricted to the residents use only. They may have assisted living facilities like a retirement home, b
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