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Griffon the Brush-Off (November 12th 2010, 22 minutes)

Summary: Rainbow Dash is visited by an old friend, who doesn't get along well with RD's new friends.

Suddenly cliff. Reinforcing the idea that Ponyville is right there in the foothills of a mountainous region.

And pegasi don't just walk on clouds, but can sleep up there too.

Pepi Le Pinkie. Technically that way of walking is called 'pronking', if you were curious.

Dragons can get hiccups, so can ponies. I've never seen a horse get hiccups, but I've seen dogs get them.

Painting all those apples was one *heck* of an effort.

I'm kinda curious what they had planned for Fluttershy.

Nice to see other species here. Griffons are *really* old in mythology, predating Greek, Egyptian, Persian, etc. It's one of the oldest known mythological creatures that has remained effectively unchanged over the millennia.

Griffons can also walk on clouds.

Junior Speedsters sound a lot like the pegasi/griffon version of the Scouts. I wonder if Earth Ponies and Unicorns have something similar.

Griffons have that prehensile tail trick that prior generations of pony had.

Lots of references to Griffons being rare. No indication if they're from a different country and are rare *here* or just rare in general.

The question is, is Gilda's attitude specific to her or is it part of Griffon culture to be more aggressive given that they are composed of two different predator creatures.

As a note, the interior of Sugar Cube Corners is very similar the way the tourist town of Levenworth in Washington state is decorated. The style of carved lintels above the windows is very reminiscent of Bavaria, which is a blending of Gallic and Germanic cultures in an Alps setting. Given prior generations notes to the same cultures, this isn't that surprising but is nice to see a bit of continuity.