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Batbrony Reviews "S02:E06 - The Cutie Pox"


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Alrighty, this should be a fairly short review seeing as "The Cutie Pox" is hardly what I'd call one of the greatest episodes of MLP. Don't get me wrong, this is a fine, run-of-the-mill, normal episode, but it's definitely the first of Season 2 that did not overtly impress me in some way, shape, or form. It plays a fine role as a comedy episode with a good CMC lesson to boot, but other than that, there's not too much to say about it, and the fact that it's somewhat of a chore to rewatch definitely proves it to be just an average episode at best. So let's focus on the few highlights to be found in the pretty average episode, "The Cutie Pox".

 

Now to be sure, the laughs are pretty good, but not really great, in this episode. Most of the episode is pretty standard fare as far as comedy goes for a CMC episode. It is pretty funny seeing all of the different talents Apple Bloom starts getting once the cutie pox get out of control (my personal favorite being her French cutie mark; Michelle Creber speaking in French is too funny!!!). Applejack and Zecora are pretty funny in their one scene together (I always get a kick out of AJ going, "Was your zebra sense a-tingling?"). But by far the most epic laugh in the whole episode comes at the very beginning, in a reference designed specifically for adult viewers of the show that only they would get. Ya'll know what I'm talking about of course; that's right, I'm talking about the Big Lebowski references in the bowling alley!!!

 

 

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Let's see, we've got...

 

Pony Jesus "The Jesus" Quintana

 

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Pony Walter Sobchak

 

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Pony Theodore Donald "Donny" Kerabatsos

 

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And of course, Pony Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

 

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I can't speak for the rest of you of course, seeing as I don't know who has and who hasn't seen "The Big Lebowski" on here, but for me, seeing as "The Big Lebowski" is my all time favorite comedy, this reference is SIMPLY EPIC!!!!!!!!!!! Lauren Faust, I cannot thank you enough for throwing this gem of a pop culture reference into this episode! The Batbrony abides!!!

 

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Alright, that's pretty much the comedy covered for this episode. So what else works? Well, I like seeing the other two CMC, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, at the beginning just having fun with their entire endeavor. The fact that those two still had fun at the bowling alley despite failing entirely to get their cutie marks at all shows that the CMC as a group of friends are growing closer and closer, that most of them just enjoy each others company even if their cutie mark endeavors fail, and I like to see that growth being displayed pretty naturally and subtly. Michelle Creber once again brings a lot of personality to Apple Bloom in another starring role for the young filly, and the only reason it gets boring at all is just because this episode is pretty much retread ground (AB wants her cutie mark NOWWWWWW and is going to do anything to get it, yeah, yeah, yeah, we've seen this episode before). Zecora is fun as usual, even if her rhymes get a little annoying or are a bit of a stretch at times (seriously, who doesn't groan when they hear her say "What has happened to you youth? Ahhhh, you've gone and chipped your tooth!" Seriously, somepony please slap whoever wrote that line!!!). Other than that, most of the episode is filler leading up to AB learning (once again) that she just has to be patient and let things work out as they will before she gets her cutie mark.

 

The only other notable thing in this episode for me are the cutie pox themselves. I find this disease to be pretty interesting, seeing as, depending on the level of seriousness, if you think about it, an outbreak could have pretty catastrophic results for ponies. I won't say much more beyond that I'm trying to work it into a fan fiction I'm working on in a way that I think is fairly interesting, but suffice to say I think it's an interesting addition to MLP canon that gets overlooked by too many in our fanbase. Other than that, this is a solid average episode; nothing spectacular aside from one amazing reference, but not lacking at all either or falling short in any way. Hardly what I'd recommend as a must-see, and there are plenty of episodes I'd recommend you watch before this one, but it's also a perfectly harmless episode as well that makes for some good entertainment.

 

So... yeah, that's all I really have to say about that episode. Here, have some ROFLPWNY!

 

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This is probably one of THE most disappointing episodes for the amount of hype it got in the fandom. Like, the fandom FLIPPED at the premise.

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This is probably one of THE most disappointing episodes for the amount of hype it got in the fandom. Like, the fandom FLIPPED at the premise.

 

Really?  Huh, how 'bout that.  Guess that's why it's never bothered me; I wasn't in the fandom when it debuted so I had no idea that there was any hype at all.  If there was hype I'm not surprised they were disappointed; it's just an average episode at best.

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