I always love Pinkie Pie episodes, for the simple reason that Pinkie Pie reminds me a lot of me, simply because of her bouncy, exuberant personality. What I really loved about this episode were three main things, starting with the character development that we got in how hard Pinkie plans her parties (oooh, alliteration!!), having planned her parents 50th and 100th parties, having files on EVERYPONY in ponyville, if not in equestria, including likes and dislikes. As someone who organises events from time to time myself, I know how much time and effort goes into organising something like a party, specially if you want to make the person feel loved and cared for. Pinkie takes pride in her work and is willing to go the extra mile to make people happy, as is shown by the fact that she travels all across equestria just to try and find out what yakyakistan is like. I'd love to have that kind of commitment to my job!!

The next thing I really loved was Pinkie's monologues as she's travelling through equestria. The style, reminiscient of those classic PI stories, was quite fun and although I don't have much to say on the matter (apart from PONY BEATLES YAY!!!!!!!!!) I thought it set the mood quite well, though the slide all the way back down to ponyville might have been stretching it a bit, but I suppose you have to allow for cartoon humour.

The final thing that really struck me about this episode was the moral. Being a Christian and part of a loving church family, I know what it's like to feel loved and accepted for who I am. I know that not everyone gets that. One thing the church has done, in order to bring people in, is to copy what the world does, rather than doing what God has called them to do, which ultimately is to be themselves. If we show a culture of honour, love and acceptance, people are going to sit up and pay attention to that, rather than trying to copy what the world does and not doing a very good job of it.

I hope you enjoyed my thoughts on this, I would point out that you don't have to agree with them so please no flames, thanks!!