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Owl's Well That Ends Well (April 22nd 2011, 22 minutes)

Summary: Spike gets replaced by an owl?

Meteor shower. Which isn't in any way controlled by the ponies. Also a book on astronomical stuff, including moons and the like. So the ponies are familiar with the concept of moons not under control, and they are aware of other planets.

Punch being spiked is a recognizable joke, which means the ponies are familiar with alcohol, or something similar.

How would that be a job for Spike? How would he retrieve the scroll?

Sunflower smoothie. I'm sorry, but ick. It's probably better for ponies.

I'm having some problems visualizing the actual layout of the library. There's an upstairs living area, that somehow connects to the sleeping loft which is below it, I think. The loft is open to the library, but the upstairs living area isn't.

What was that doily thing that Spike pulled out while looking for a quill? It had tabs on the side. I'd almost say some kind of saddle underclothes. Still odd.

Dragons, even when they are depicted as sophont, are rarely gregarious. This one seems typical. For all the things this series has 'borrowed' from D&D, it seems they haven't lifted the dragon color-coding. Green dragons in that system tend to have poisonous breath rather than flaming. And yes, purple dragons show up in D&D on rare occasions, usually in April-Fools articles.

When Spike gets tired, it's immediate. All the ponies seem to attribute it to being a baby dragon, but I wonder if Spike suffers from narcolepsy.