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The mech fight was cool but pretty stiff. You mean "Mabel ready to grow up" Dipper was already ready. Weridmageddon had a great opener and satisfying ending. Part 2 was an atrocity that played to all the worst elements of Mabels stagnant awful character and brought down the whole event. Seeing the town all help in the fight was an awesome idea but seeing Bill and his henchmen feel week compared to part 1 was jarring. The credits scene was really was nice but it was just...credits really with some clips, would hardly call it some spectacular moment. As a result of the 3 parts Weirdmageddon felt disjointed as an epic 2 episodes with 1 awful one thrown in. It definitely was a great way to end a great show but nah, MLP wins it. It gives resolution to every major character and the most iconic villains while also giving an entire episode just to say goodbye and teach the shows most important lesson yet. I don't think it matters though. MLP and Gravity Falls still tower over finales to shows such as Adventure Time and Steven Universe when it comes to finales. And Star vs is somewhere in the dirt below them. I think they are similarly satisfying to their audiences.

This combined with Ending of the End makes it the best cartoon finale of the decade I think, even surpassing Weirdmageddon. Such an epic two parter that lead to this heartfelt sendoff to our characters.

Pretty sure that has to do with Chrysalis, taking revenge on Starlight while she has power yet is still powerless to stop her. Chrysalis is still recovering from near insanity, seems about right for her. This is interesting, I always wanted to see an evil Twilight in the show but I think that scrapping it was the right call I think the 2nd idea would have been an improvement of the first idea but still I think what we got in the final product was better, my one complaint is that it could have had more episodes for it.

Amazing episode, vogel is a god. Anyone else think this episode hinted that discord knows about Grogar and the villains at the end there?

"Characters like king sombra are supposed to be pure evil" Well...good thing they killed him then. Storm king didnt reform, the shadow didnt reform, grogar wont. Also grogar is more of a devil type character than tirek now. This is just not true, he is not all friends and harmony, all of his appearances lately have been based on his chaotic nature. Just realized that this thread was a necro Never mind then

Yes, of course we do, compared to other cartoons out there, we are by far the worst when it comes to expectations, everything has to be the new best, it has to have themes and morals we agree with (saw plenty of people who didn't like the s8 premiere because """"liberal agenda""" or some nonsense like that) and if we aren't blown away...it's terrible. Season 9 has been back to back highlights for the entirety of it's runtime with the exception of two episodes (She's all Yak and 2,4,6, great) It 22-26 are great it will likely be my favorite season of the show.

Wouldn't the 2nd special be The Best Gift Ever?

This feels like a finale to Twilights freakouts, it was always a popular and funny aspect of her character that kind of overstayed it's welcome and was often overblown. I like Twilighting when it makes sense in the plot. Here I could easily say it doesn't but I don't really care, it was really funny and just a joy to watch. It doesn't rank super highly with me but I still thought it was a great episode My rank is an 85/100

I know all the characters, I know them very well, the movie reintroducing them made sense and was needed. But to me it felt awkward as it isn't something that friends who knew each other for years would do.

As she learns mostly in "Horse Play" and hasn't really fallen back on that development

I think that only applies to specific characters in some cases, as I think the show has been pretty consistent in episode quality since s4, far more good than bad but the bad is really bad in some cases. I had forgotten about this one. Yeah, a lot of my hope is in that one.

I didn't hate this episode, I enjoyed Rainbows uninterested talk at first but it got annoying over time. Smolder was great though And Yona... After Uprooted where I liked her she has gotten klutzier, more clueless and just feels annoying now, she has dropped to one of my least favorite students. This episode was mediocre, but I didn't despise it. Member Tanks for the Memories? I member The last time I finished a RD episode and went "wow, amazing."

Pretty sure Meghan still had a lot to do with the show as she was head of storytelling or whatever, so a lot of things still had to go through her. That said, I voted about the same but can see a lot of areas where it would be worse. She butchers Pinkie Pie every time she writes for her, she doesn't understand power continuity and will lessen the feeling of a powerful character to rise another (Chrysalis v Celestia) (Discord v Tirek) and generally isn't all that great at other characters as well besides Twilight (whom I still think Haber does better) I think Haber and Dubuc have done a wonderful job honestly and am fine without Meghan Edit: Just realized you said no lady writers yeah no. Get outta here Meghan.

WHen the movie felt the need to introduce every character by name it felt jarring and forced but also was needed as it was meant for a new audience as well as current fans. This is the season 9 premiere, they don't need to address each other by name all the time and the interactions they have don't call for it.

That...isn't the lesson of the show at all. Twilight wasn't forced to do any of these things, she accepts them (aside from becoming an Alicorn, but that was something she had earned.) She didn't HAVE to go to ponyville, she didn't HAVE to stay there, she accepted them because Celestia was her mentor.

At a very base level I would say it comes down mostly to characterization and the actual events in the story, but a lot of other things can make an episode lose quality as well. I think 28 pranks later is the best example of a bad episode, it wants to be funny, but fails by (admitted in the episode) using lame overdone pranks endlessly until the characters prank back in what makes for a fun visual but not an interesting conflict. It tries to teach an unimportant lesson by ruining a characters credibility and turning them into a season 1 parody version of themselves. Just...awful.

Yeah I mean we could always do it the season 1 way where they have to say each others full names all the time "What are you all looking at me for?" "Well, Pinkie Pie, this is the part where you cheer us up" "Sorry, Rainbow Dash, nothing about this is funny to me"

Season 4/5 saw the highest episode ratings and fandom activity.

So...that episode was...just amazing. Probably one of my favorite episodes of the series. All the villains felt at their best, they were funny but not like Storm King levels of characterization. Grogar works as the one track mind serious villain and he clearly has tons of power so I can't wait to see what his plan is. Also betting he knows they are trying to double cross him. Anyway Pros -All villain episode -Amazing song -Chrysalis is amazing -Tirek is amazing -Cozy is amazing -Grogar is amazing -Adventure episode -Lore -Worldbuilding -comedy Cons -I don't know 100/100

Sometimes a villain just needs to stay who they are, "development" in the way Siege did completely ruined Sombra for me. We got development of his personality in TBOE and I adored what they did with him and happy they chose to off him instead of going the reformation route like the other villains.

I have arrived. I put off watching it for a day which I only do when I am confident the episode will suck. aaaaaaand the episode sucked, had to happen at least once this season, shame it was with such a promising writer. -Sandbars "crush" is forced as can be and will probably lead nowhere and I hope it doesn't actually, lets forget this one happened -Yona and the mane 5 are hit with the idiot stick and come off as completely ignorant and unaware of what's happening, Yona has been in Equestria for a while now she should not be acting like a complete outsider -The mane 5 feel completely forced into roles for this story -Sandbar and Yona probably have the least buildup as a pair of anyone in the Young 6, so giving them development is fine...but not like this. -The comedy fell flat with every single joke -The song was great -The treehouse scene was okay -It had cute moments Final rating: 40/100 Didn't like at all and don't plan on rewatching

Episode 3 and 3 were both literally about the fallout from Sombras attack. Tf? Also don't use the word filler if you don't know what it means or how to apply it to different types of shows, MLP doesn't have filler. This isn't Game of Thrones or even Steven Universe where there is a grand narrative that takes the center stage. It's a character driven show about learning lessons, as long as it features characters learning lessons...it's not filler. Also, every season trailer is about the premiere and maybe a few episodes after that, it's not the season's fault you didn't catch on to the trend started with the season 5 trailer. This is a textbook case of judging something for not being what you wanted and not judging it for what it is. Back in the day I expected the season 4 finale to be the return of the changelings and that we would get hints of it through Equestria Games...I was wrong as wrong gets and I still loved it because I looked at what it was rather than what I wanted. Does every finale feel out of nowhere to you? Because besides a few exceptions like Shadow Play and School Raze, the primary plot is completely disjointed from the rest of the season, at least here we are getting buildup to what the villains are doing, something that is unprecedented for the show.

Cliche is such a bad critque, it has no substance behind it it's just a buzzword. Everything these days is cliche, it has all been done before, most of what we see has been done many times.

Pear Butter died in childbirth and Bright Mac died of a broken heart

Now that was a great episode, I was expecting something meh but it really turned out amazing. Rainbow Dash was at her best here. Why do so many hate on Haber again? Dude's a solid writer and understands most of the main 6 really well. Pros -Quibble Pants was great, nice seeing more layers to his character -Rainbow Dash was great, this is when she is at her best in stories -Loved the buckball theme, I am not a huge sports fan, but I am a huge continuity fan -Clear Skies and Wind Sprint were both super cute and fun to be around -The story here was really unique and mature, quite the contrast from last week that felt very season 1(in a good way) -A heartwarming and wholesome message that I am sure many stepdads/moms watching MLP with their kid will relate to. -Solid humor and few jokes fell flat -Love seeing a M/F relationship that isn't romantic, been heavy into Star vs lately so I had forgotten what that is like. -Some really nice animation and shots here. -Unlike Uprooted and Point of no Return, this episode felt like it naturally hit it's 22 minute runtime, whereas the others kinda felt like they needed padding Cons -Quibble seemed a little too different at times from his STFF self -Snips is still not used in a likable way, unlike Snails who earned the fandoms liking -Uhhh. I don't know...the location is kinda bland -can you tell I am reaching here This was a great episode. However due to the general theme, setting, and style of it I can't call it something I am in love with. Still tho 90/100 Current episode rankings as of May 4th The Beginning of the End: 100/100 Uprooted: 80/100 Sparkle's Seven: 93/100 The Point of No Return: 83/100 Common Ground: 90/100 Some quick predictions: She's all Yak, 70/100. Frenemies: 95/100.