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This is "Magic Duel". Spoilers ahead.

 

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So this episode opens up with some hooded motherfucker galloping to the store, in search for some red glowing amulet thing. The shopkeeper is hesitant about selling something on display, until the hooded motherfucker drops a shitload of cash on the desk. Then he's like "whatever", and the title sequence proceeds to remind me that there will be seven fucking seasons of this shit. Once we come back, we see Twilight trying to juggle Fluttershy's animals for......some celebration I guess. I don't have time to keep up with trivial nonsense. However, Rainbow Dash gathers Twilight to the town square, where evil stuff is taking place. What evil stuff, you might ask? Oh, nothing. Just Trixie's back, that's all.

 

Nice Halloween costume, but you've still got two weeks to go.

 

Yes, Trixie. Remember her? That makeshift antagonist from one of season one's worst episodes? We all wanted to see her again. Well, at least all of her fans that worship her. Seriously, those people exist. No wonder this show is dragging on forever. In any other series we'd shit on this character and move on with our lives. Anyways, Trixie challenges Twilight to a magic duel, in which the winner gets to stay in Ponyville and the loser must leave forever. Egh.......great, one of these episodes. Twilight initially doesn't agree, until Trixie starts fucking with her friends. Hey, Trixie-lovers, I said fucking WITH her friends, not...oh forget it, you'll make fan fictions anyway. From putting Rarity in a shit dress to taking Pinkie Pie's ability to speak away, Twilight is given no choice but to rival her and rue the days. So the duel begins, and all seems well in Twilight's favor until Trixie puts her new amulet to prime use: an aging spell on Snips and Snails. Aging spells, however, are extremely powerful magic that even Twilight is unable to overcome. Therefore, Twilight is banished until she can capture the Avatar to restore her honor.

 

Well, I guess they finally got all those damn purple ponies out of Ponyville after all. Now....how about Spike?

 

Twilight decides the best course of action is to take off to Zecora to figure out a solution. Ultimately, Zecora takes Twilight as her "student" of sorts to learn how to best Trixie. Meanwhile, back at the scraphouse, Trixie is turning the town hall into some kind of throne room, and the whole town appears to be turning to utter shit. Kind of like the show, come to think of it. (Ooooh sick burn m8 rekt360noscope420blazeitfam). Therefore, as Twilight trains, the other fuckers find out that the Alicorn Amulet, in which Trixie is wearing, is a powerful enhancer that only Trixie can take off. The plan is to get the information to Twilight so she can come up with a plan. I know this works out in the long-run, but holy shit is that lazy of the others. "Wow, new information! .......Fuck it, Twilight will save us." They send Fluttershy out of the fishbowl commando style to get this information to Twilight.

 

That's...............................fucking impossible.

 

After Twilight learns of this, Zecora tells Twilight to "mix [her] magic and use the six". That sounds like a satanic chant, which is excellent for me, but I digress. Clearly, it means something else, and Twilight sends Fluttershy back to Ponyville with a message. Later, Twilight and Zecora show up at the gates of Ponyville with a "more powerful" amulet than the Alicorn Amulet. They taunt Trixie with this, and eventually coax her into another duel. During round two, Trixie uses her old age spell trick on Snips and Snails, however Twilight oddly has new, much more impressive abilities. Not only was she able to rapidly exchange the ages of Rarity and Applejack, but was also able to give Rainbow Dash a clone, Pinkie Pie a shit ton of instruments, and a transgender Harplejarkle. Raunchiest duel of all-time. Therefore, after these revelations, Trixie steals Twilight's amulet in hopes to become the most powerful unicorn in Equestria, taking the Alicorn amulet off herself. That's when Rainbow Dash jumps in and snags it, but when Trixie thinks this new amulet will grant her all the power in the world, Twilight reveals that it's just a door-stop and that all of the magics were a performance of the utmost tomfoolery. Essentially, betch got pranked, m8.

 

Remember kids. Family members are the most suitable options for your clones in a magic duel!

 

Therefore, Trixie has returned to her former glory as a weakling and the Alicorn Amulet can be hidden away forever. Once Twilight explains her genius, Trixie is forced to run away and hide again, and the day is saved. What an excellent conclusion to the story that was. But it's like I said, folks, Trixie is nothing but a makeshift villain and she'll never be anything mo-.....wait...the episode's not over yet?

 

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Huh, so the celebration for whatever with the animals is taking place....ya-dah-ya-dah-ya........whaaaaaaa? As an explosion of fireworks takes place that Twilight didn't cause, she turns to see Trixie helping her with the performance, and she essentially apologizes for being a shitstone in a cumsack. Hmph. As Trixie trots away, I couldn't help but feel...charmed by that. Maybe, Trixie's worth more than I'd given credit. Finally,

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Pinkie Pie is perfection.

 

So concludes "Magic Duel".

 

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These...episodes keep changing my point of view.

 

First I thought "One Bad Apple" was a piece of shit, and it turns out it was just sort of "okay". Then I thought "Magic Duel" was a mediocre blandfest, and as it turns out, it's actually pretty good. Granted, the first act is fairly wonkey, with the shopkeeper and Trixie taking over and all that. Nothing seemed particularly special, and it appeared to be another one of those skippable filler episodes to please Trixie fans. However, as the story progressed, I became more intrigued with how exactly they were going to thwart Trixie, and once I remembered the intricate plan that took place to get the amulet off of her neck, I smiled. Then there was the surprisingly charming ending that I didn't think I'd feel anything for. Trixie is probably one of the most forgettable villains having come out of "Boast Busters", but this episode changed her into something of a novelty character. Her motives are perfectly summed up in that last minute, and I think it speaks volumes. This episode isn't particularly heavy on character development, even though it is Trixie making the change here, but the plotline was still very interesting. And, of course, there's the last scene of the episode, which was great. Overall, I'm giving "Magic Duel" a 9/10 for excellency well executed.

 

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Still doesn't change the fact that there's a seventh season coming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There's going to be 20+ seasons of this bullshit, isn't there?