Previously on My Little Phony...

*Army of Dark Qiviuts remain outside my door*

*army takes a drink*

 

CUE THE TITLE SEQUENCE!

*La-La-La, My Little Phony, we're running out of ideas, My Little Pony, until you all share your money with me*

Spoilers ahead, this is your only warning.

Alright, guys, it's Monday! You know what that means! Yes, that's correct. When we last left our little ponies, they'd been transported to yet another dimension where things suck and villains win. Their lives were being threatened by Fluttershy, so they're totally screwed. But what of the questions we had unanswered? Will our heroes survive being crucified?

Yes. #ZecoraIsBestPony

Will someone post a gallery on MLP Wikia so I don't have to take my own screencaps?

No.

After Zecora throws pixie dust on Twilight to prove they're not changelings, the two explain to each other how each of their worlds were affected by a common multiple. Zecora takes the team to their hide out, where Chrysalis and her changelings have already infiltrated. As an epic battle ensues, Twilight pussies out.

You better run for your life if you can, little girl. Hide your head in the sand, little girl. Catch you with another man, that's the end, little girl.

After reaching the map and returning yet again to the Cloudsdale Rainboom Event of 199Whatever, Twilight and Starlight engage in a Transformers Prime-esque battle of the horn beams and after a minute of cool action shit, Twilight notices that Rainbow Dash has stopped the race to watch the battle, which created another alternate universe. In this universe, it is eternal night, and Nightmare Moon has taken over Equestria. You know, the Chrysalis and Nightmare Moon worlds aren't as cool as the King Sombra one. Like, you can keep those two worlds to the comics or something, but make King Sombra's world a series!

Alright, alright, I'll surrender and bring Celestia back from the moon if you'd please ignore the TV-Y tag on my wall.

Nightmare Moon demands to see the cutie map so she can use it to destroy the elements of harmony, but Twilight bests her rather easily and returns to Cloudsdale to yet again fight with Starlight Glimmer. A montage ensues of the different worlds that Twilight encounters, including Tirek's world, Discord's world (that one was pretty fun), and even Flim and Flam's world. Twilight gets tired of Starlight's shit and decides to show her what she's doing, bringing her through the portal into one of the alternate worlds.

Well, this changes everything.

Of course, it's not that simple, Starlight gets angry and decides to show Twilight why her friendship was so unimportant. She brings her to the town where she used to live to show Twilight the relationship she had with one of her friends, Sunburst. However, he got his cutie mark in...um...being yellow? I don't understand what this cutie mark is supposed to be. He rearranged some books and now he has the sun as a cutie mark. What, is that supposed to mean he's good at magic or something? I don't understand this shit!!!

Sun-shaped cutie marks make the Discovery Family logo disappear!

Twilight explains how losing one friend =/= eternal suffering and how you have to open up to making new friends. After Starlight threatens to tear up the spell, trapping them in a time loop, Twilight repeats herself and then Starlight gives in. When they return to the "normal" present, the other five guys finally decide to show up to the castle. Twilight and her friends discuss what to do with Starlight, and they decide to pull a Sunset Shimmer. She is redeemed, and Twilight and her friends promise to teach Starlight everything they know about friendship and stuff.

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THEY SING ABOUT THAT

I totally cut the CMC out on purpose.

And so concludes the season five finale.

Having assessed the whole finale, start to finish, I have this to say about it:

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Okay, then.

There's nothing really wrong with it plot-wise. The time travel/dimension thing is a little wonky but nothing to obsess over, and I guess one could question how Starlight got so goddamn powerful, but my problems lie elsewhere. I just think that Starlight's whole redemption was Sunset Shimmer's redemption but this time in Equestria. I thought the Equestrian version of Sunset Shimmer was, you know, Sunset Shimmer. As a result, it doesn't feel like there's anything new to offer to the table with her turn-around. On top of the fact that Starlight has the personality of a cardboard box, there's just nothing coming out of this resolve. If she's to be of some kind of focus next season, I have no comments about it.

On the plus side, I really liked the concept of this finale. Not sure if I mentioned this in my last review, but the whole idea of "what if Twilight and the gang didn't stop [insert villain]?" is really cool for this show in particular to tackle, and they're all done rather well. On top of that, I did find this finale enjoyable despite the kind of flat resolution. Overall, I will give this episode an 8/10 as well, bringing the overall average of the finale to a straight eight. "The Cutie Re-Mark" was enjoyable and interesting, but the antagonist choice was poor.

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Well, that season was all over the place. I guess I'll just return to season one and review...

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*GULP*

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*Army of Dark Quivits remain outside my door taking drinks*

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I suppose I'll be, heh, eagerly counting the days 'till Friday...