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MLP Rewatch: The Ticket Master

Patty Thundersnow

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The Ticket Master is a good example of following up a great premiere with another good episode, even though it was fairly unnecessary. With the overarching storyline being the Grand Galloping Gala, this episode basically starts the season long. This was also Amy Keating Rogers first episode, and knowing what we know now... her episodes are good for the most part. Each of the 5 coming up with reasons why the should go (besides Rarity and RD) were pretty good. Pinkie's antics (and the typical early series song break from her) just added to the greatness that this episode had. The drawback is the extreme persistence of each pony vying for the second Gala ticket. They just did not get it that Twilight couldn't choose. It ends in the best way possible of course, but this episode felt like filler despite starting off the Gala story arc. Overall, a decent to good follow up to the series premiere and did a good job to establish the season long story arc. However... it felt more fillerish than anything. The song breaks with Pinkie were fun, but overall it could have been better.

Grade: B

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Tom Gallagher

They were only learning so it's bound to be rough around the edges. And it gave us this face... :mlp_pinkie: 

Also, who screams 'QUIET' better? Twilight or Starlight? 

'And then I said 'Oatmeal, are you craz'... Oh.'

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Miss

"The drawback is the extreme persistence of each pony vying for the second Gala ticket"

Well that was the lesson of the episode XD so can't really be a drawback. 

"filler"

I always found filler to be a strange word to use in a slice of life show like FIM. None of the episodes feel like filler to me as they all have a lesson in the end that makes the character grow and even though there might be over arching plot, it was never the focus in mlp really. 

 

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Patty Thundersnow
23 hours ago, TomDaBombMLP said:

They were only learning so it's bound to be rough around the edges. And it gave us this face... :mlp_pinkie: 

Also, who screams 'QUIET' better? Twilight or Starlight? 

'And then I said 'Oatmeal, are you craz'... Oh.'

That quote always makes me giggle, and it was no exception this time around.

 

11 hours ago, Misscellanio said:

"The drawback is the extreme persistence of each pony vying for the second Gala ticket"

Well that was the lesson of the episode XD so can't really be a drawback. 

"filler"

I always found filler to be a strange word to use in a slice of life show like FIM. None of the episodes feel like filler to me as they all have a lesson in the end that makes the character grow and even though there might be over arching plot, it was never the focus in mlp really. 

 

I know that was the point of the episode, but they were written in such a way that looking back irritates me.
As for the 'filler', what I deem filler is anything that just seems like could have been accomplished in a more concise way, like this particular episode. This one was basically filled with the 5 vying for those tickets, and that's padding for time pure and simple. That's why it felt more fillerish to me, and why I mentioned it. It could have been done in a more concise manner.

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