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Ha. "If Jimmy doesn't share his cookies right now, the other ponies won't be his friend for, like, twenty minutes!"

It looks like the Castle of the Crystal at the end of The Dark Crystal with a darker shade. In fact, it looks so similar now that I look at it that I'm beginning to suspect that this was intentional. I dunno, maybe it's the general tree shape/being made of crystal. My guess is that it comes complete with living quarters for Twilight and Spike. I doubt the Magic of Friendship would just leave a princess hanging.

yesyesyesyesyesyes Speaking of grumps, am I the only one who thinks Daniel Avidan could be on this show and totally nail it? Heck, he can even sing like the best of them if need be. yay, unicorns... The Mayor Luigi fiasco convinced me Dan & Arin would have been a great Flim & Flam in an alternate universe.

If the entire season involves them running off across Equestria to solve problems big and small like the Comic Con preview implied, than yes, a simpler episode would be a nice change of pace. What would be cool is if the episode was the cap for character threads from throughout the season. For example, if the Cutie Mark Crusaders do in fact get their cutie marks like many believe they will, than maybe the episode would contain the aftermath of that and show the CMC deciding what to do now that their series-long goal has been completed. Have Rainbow Dash officially become a Wonderbolt after being a part of the reserves during the season. If there was a romance being developed, have it pay off. Have a little scene between Celestia and Twilight reflecting on what they've gone through over the course of the season, or have a defeated villain make a quick cameo that maybe sets up the next season. Perhaps it means the episode won't stand up on its own, but I'd think that make a nice respite after whatever crazy villainy the Mane Six dealt with in the past few weeks.

I'm assuming the same way the Royal Family makes money: through taxation and grants. I'm sure ponies would be more than willing to fund the princess who saves all their lives on a consistent basis, whereas our Royal Family doesn't appear to do anything beyond stare at people disapprovingly.

"Let me guess, Applejack, the happy lil' apple tree gets planted in a separate place then where it was planted originally! Great story, was even better the 163rd time! MANGO-BASED STORIES OR GET OUT."

Fluttershy, because she seems to have that caretaker role down pat. Applejack might be nice, but I'd get tired of the apple-based lullabies after the first few hours or so.

This isn't a hate thread. Wasn't that hard.

I'm not a closet brony, but I'd rather not have my family walk in on me watching the show, as they're not very accepting of it. Unfortunately, my father always walks in on the last five minutes of the new episodes on Saturday and I can feel his silent judgement piercing my soul. Worst incident was when he walked in while I was watching "Suited For Success" on Netflix. It was a disaster of masculine dignity.

Dude, that episode made the entire town look like jerk-butts. Anyway, no, Big Mac wasn't "ruined," so much as just underused.

Season 4 was certainly different both in its tone and its content thanks to the idea of a more involved over-arcing theme and more experimentation on the writers' part, but while I don't think everything in the season was gold (I don't think half the key episodes work, as a matter of fact), and it may actually be my least favorite of the seasons, it was far from awful. The general quality of the show is good enough that even the weaker, middle-of-the-road episodes still have something to admire, and I still quite liked a few of the better episodes (Pinkie Pride, Testing Testing 1 2 3, For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils). It's really up to opinion (I'm one of the few people I know who actually liked Season 3 on the whole), but I wouldn't dismiss the entire season as a dud.