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  1. Patty Thundersnow
    I love the fact that Fluttershy is playing a semi-antagonist role here in this episode. It's a very interesting. twist to her character, and her usual character trait of being too trusting for her own good. Then again, that's why we all love her. The return of Ahuizotl makes the final episode that features Daring Do that much better. But, again, this episode focuses on the nieveities of Fluttershy and just how trusting she truly truely is. The end absolutely fantastic. I love how Fluttershy saves the day yet again. Love this build that they gave Ahuizotl at the end here, and the turn around with Ahuizotl and Caballeron. Overall, I thought the build up for this was good. I also loved the use of Fluttershy in this as well. Finally, I loved the overdue return of Ahuizotl and the character building that his character went through.

    Grade: A-
  2. Patty Thundersnow
    The apple family dynamic was absolutely brillant in this episode from start to finish. I have always enjoyed the apple family episodes because of this tight knitted way. Apple Bloom and AJ were brilliant in this one, especially in the final act of the episode. Overall, it had a really good pace, a nice story, and the flashback which tied into the story about AJ. I really hope the address this again later in the season. 
    Grade: A
  3. Patty Thundersnow
    I freaking love the cold open of this episode! Having the major players of this episode doing monologues describing what happened is fantastic. The final Spike/Discord/Big Mac certainly got off to a great start from then and there. It's a great example of a flashback episode, giving Mac a bit more personality and Discord is being Discord as normal. Love the usual references and gags, along with the the apples basically taking over Ponyville, and the CMC were helping Sugar Belle with her message sending. I love the moment with Granny describing her dream as well. (Star trek reference!) The ending to this episode is probably the most touching and great ending to the normal episodes. Seeing this ending is the best way that they could have gone before the series finale. Glad they decided to wrap up the Big Mac/Sugar Belle story arc, because they ended up creating a gem of a episode.
     
    Grade: A
  4. Patty Thundersnow
    Where do I begin with the series finale... It was every bit as epic as I thought it would be. THis will be brief, as I do not want to spoil anything for those who weren't able to see it this evening. I will say it had a great build throughout the hour allotted, and ended in the way it should have. The epilogue was awesome, the last song of the series was a great cap to the show, and the last shot and book closing was exactly how I wanted the show to end. The perfect end to this great show.
     
    Grade: A+
  5. Patty Thundersnow
    This episode is focused on Celestia and Luna, took long enough to get a sister buddy episode for them. It started off well enough with Luna and Celestia helping out situations involving the mane 6. It then became a sort of duling storylines episode, with the Celestia and Luna portion and the mane 6 trying to run Equestria as practice for their incoming transition into leadership. Segment 2 started with a great song featuring Celestia and Luna. Love the combined voices of Celestia and Luna in song. Celestia is a bit more wild, where Luna is wanting to do the more mundane. The things that each sister pushes on the other makes the episode that much better. The mane 6 storyline features the return of Fancy Pants and some of the other uppercrust ponies. Segment 3 begins with the mane 6 storyline and Twilight being twilight. This is followed up by Luna and celestia doing things alone. The finale to the episode, Celestia and Luna talking was by far the best thing about this episode. I love this sibling dynamic between the two. This episode was fantastic, from the handful of pop culture references, the designs of Celestia and Luna for their day off, and the dueling storyline with the Mane 6 (and Twilight twilighting). This is one of, if not the best, episode of the season thus far.
     
    My Grade: A+
  7. Patty Thundersnow
    Here's my thoughts on the massive 16 match card of Wrestlemania 35.
    1. Women's Battle Royal (Kickoff Show)- With no true title defense of the Smackdown Women's Championship this year, this will have a lot of women superstars from Raw, Smackdown, and NXT, and perhaps even some legends returning for a one off. Winner - Asuka
    2. Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (Kickoff Show)- This one will, like the Women's battle royal, feature a slew of talent from all three brands. The stupid storyarc with Braun Strowman, Colin Jost and Michael Che will finally end. Winner-Brawn Strowman
    3. Buddy Murphy (champ) v. Tony Nese for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (Kickoff show)- The cruiserweight division's championship is once again relegated to Wrestlemania Kickoff show status. However, I think this will be a sleeper for one of the best matches of the night. Murphy has been doing a fantastic job as the top guy of the division, and the battles that Murphy and Nese have had will make this match that much better. Winner- Buddy Murphy
    4. The Revival (champs) v. Hawkins and Ryder for the Raw Tag Team Championship- The first match of the the main card is a match that was confirmed earlier today. THis will be a good match that will be dominated mostly by The Revival, but this would be a good place for Curt Hawkins' massive losing streak to finally come to an end. Winners and new Raw Tag Team Champions-Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
    5. Fatal 4 Way Tag Team match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship The Usos (champs) v. Ricochet & Aleister Black v. The Bar v. Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura- This will be a knock down drag out fight pitting soem very good teams against one another. Honestly, I wish this match were a Ladder match, but this could change again. I think we're gonna see a heel team get a run with the belts. Winner and new Smackdown Tag team Champs-The Bar
    6. Kurt Angle v. Baron Corbin (Angle's retirement match)- Let's get one thing straight here... THERE IS NO WAY CORBIN IS FACING ANGLE IN HIS RETIREMENT MATCH. There is more to this story than meets the eye. I think that Corbin will be attack back stage Sunday night and a replacement will be named. John Cena and the Undertaker are logical choices for Angle to wrestle against. But, we all know that WWE doesn't use logic. Winner-Kurt Angle
    7. The MIz v. Shane McMahon (Falls Count Anywhere)- The Miz has been on a tear as of late, single handidly taking down Sanity a couple of weeks ago. The numbers caught up to him this week on Smackdown however. Who knows where this match will end, but it's pretty much a forgone conclusion that Sanity will have some sort of impact on it. With that being said, I think the WWE will drag out this feud for as long as they can. Winner-Shane McMahon
    8. Women's Tag Team Championship Sasha Banks & Bayley (champs) v. Beth Phoenix & Natalya v. Nia Jax & Tamina v. The IIconics- This will be the biggest challenge of the Boss n Hug connection's reign thus far. However, I think they will come out on top. Winner-Sasha & Bayley
    9. United States Championship Samoa Joe (champion) v. Rey Mysterio- This match is still up in the air due to Mysterio injuring his ankle on the go-home Raw this past monday in his match vs Baron Corbin. If it does happen, we'll see what will be a great match between two former world champions. Winner- no idea due to Rey Mysterio's injury
    10. Intercontinental Championship Bobby Lashley (champion) v. Finn Balor- The demon returns. This will be a hard hitting match between these two. Balor goes over because he rarely loses when in his demon body paint. If this does happen, I think that Lashley and Lio Rush will finally break up. Winner and new Intercontinental Champion- Finn Balor
    11. Triple H v. Batista (No Holds Barred; Triple H's career on the line)- It seems like this could very well be the final match of each of these guy's careers. Batista is the only guy he was not able to beat back in the day, and I think that he will come out on top. Winner-Triple H
    12. AJ Styles v Randy Orton- If done right, this could have huge implications to the WWE Championship picture moving forward. These two have not had a singles match as of yet, but with the bad blood starting to boil over here, this one has the makings of an instant classic. Winner-Randy Orton
    13. Roman Reigns v Drew McIntyre- Another match that brings huge implications to the WWE Universal championship picture, this match pitting two big hosses of the WWE will be a slobber knocker, if not anything else. With Roman's recent return from his leukemia recovery, he will win this match and establish himself as the number one contender. Winner-Roman Reigns
    14. WWE Championship Daniel Bryan (champion) v. Kofi Kingston- This match has all the earmarks of Daniel Bryan's title win back a few years ago. This will be a highly competitive match, pitting one of the better flyers of the era against the most techinally sound wrestler of the era. I think Kofi finally achieves his lifelong dream. Winner and new WWE Champion-Kofi Kingston
    15. WWE Universal Championship Brock Lesnar (Champion) v. Seth Rollins- This will be a fight. However, this will also be the crowning moment of Seth Rollins returning to the summit, finally slaying the beast. Winner and new WWE Universal Champion-Seth Rollins
    16. Winner take all Ronda Rousey (Raw Women's Champ) v. Charlotte (Smackdown Women's Champion) v. Becky Lynch- IN one of the most stupid moves in the history of the business, this match will unify the raw and smackdown women's championships. This will be a match full of strikes, suplexes, and submissions. This will be an all-out brawl. With the Women finally main eventing Wrestlemania, this match will not disappioint. Winner and new Raw and Smackdown Women's Champion-Becky Lynch
    The card is subject to change over the next couple days and could change yet again, who knows.
  8. Patty Thundersnow
    For this being another Equestria Girls special, and a lot of the same things over and over again, it was pretty good. Lot of emotions, even through the dialogue and writing were annoying at times. There was also a major swerve in the middle of the special too, but I'll let you guys find out what it was. Overall, it was a pretty good special to keep the fans hungry for the mid-season premiere next Saturday.
    Grade: B
  9. Patty Thundersnow
    #TaylorvilleStrong
    One year ago today, a massive EF-3 tornado swept through my hometown of Taylorville, IL damaging 700 buildings and destroying 30. The outpouring of support that we’ve gotten from not only each other, but from the surrounding cities and counties means a lot to not only me but to the entire populous of the city. I will never ever forget that day. I was watching supercell storms transverse the Illinois River valley in the few hours before the Taylorville tornado. I wasn’t really paying attention to the small storm that started to form just east of St. Louis at around 3 pm. None of us could possibly know what was going to come. The following morning, my dad and I did a quick survey of damage. I was extremely shocked at what I saw. The devastation was shocking but the fact that this happened in Taylorville was even more shocking. The damage I saw will be ingrained in my memory forever. It’s hard to believe it’s been 1 year, and it’s great to see just how far we’ve come. But Taylorville is still coming back. So, here’s to Taylorville continuing to come back as well as it can.
  10. Patty Thundersnow
    Good cold open. Pinkie Pie was very pinkie at the start. I also got significant Willy Wonka vibes here. But it looks just as boring as a normal factory. Pinkie is still being as typically Pinkie throughout the episode. Sans was a good character throughout the entire episode. The visual gags were great as well. The return of Weird Al in a more subdued role was a great choice for this episode, with a call back to his time before the factory. The montage with pinkie doing gags and the "science" of comedy was fantastic as well. The song (which isn't a surprise with the musical genius that is Weird Al at his best) was absolutely fantastic, showing just how much of a range he really has. Overall, this was a fantastic episode and a great way to start off the second half of the final season.
    My grade: A-
  11. Patty Thundersnow
    The cold open was peak early series cheese, showing off the dynamic that Spike and Twi have. The episode sees the introduction of the dunces Snips and Snails, who are buying into the lies that were pitched by Trixie. Trixie's introduction was peak Trixie, as she brags heavily throughout her introductory scene. She also introduces the Ursa Major part of her story. And of course the morons Snips and Snails eat it all up. This was absolutely peak Trixie with her insufferable and constant bragging. 
    Segment two started with the various Mane 6 members trying to show up Trixie with what they are best at, which Trixie would just use to humiliate them with. Twi continues to be adorable throughout this episode. But, what ruins this episode for me is the complete and total morons Snips and Snails continue to show just how dumb they really are. Twi just doesn't get that she wouldn't be bragging when she's defending her friends against Trixie. The two morons end up finding an 'Ursa Major'.
    The final segment shows just how much of a fraud that Trixie is throughout, and that Twilight had to clean up the mess (as usual). Twi was great in this segment using her magic to get what we would find out is a Ursa Minor and it showed just how great of a character that she would be moving forward.
    Overall, this was a good quality episode and Twilight was great in this episode. Snips and Snails were completely idiotic as well. It's a shame that Trixie didn't get another episode until season 3.
    Grade: B
  12. Patty Thundersnow
    The premise of the episode is good overall. But... the actions of a certain blue pegasus really ruin this episode. Rainbow dash came off as a jerk throughout the scenes she was involved in here, wanting to focus more on the buckball team itself rather than the cheer squad. This was a complete waste of an episode. Snips didn't help either with his greed coming out at every turn. Yeah, it was redeemed by a pretty good ending. But overall, I can say this is one of the worst episodes of season 9. It's a shame that it was so bad because it had a lot of potential.
     
    My grade: D+
  13. Patty Thundersnow
    This episode had a very good start. Twilight is being so Twilight in this episode, it's absolutely fantastic... at first. Pinkie is, of course being totally Pinkie. I love the fact that AJ and Rainbow Dash are being over the top as usual when it comes to being competitive. Twilight continues totally over the top by using the dumbest rules ever. Twilight continues to be a jerk to Pinkie throughout the episode however, getting Pinkie disqualified from the game purposefully. This entire episode basically went from being totally over the top to being one of the bottom of the barrel episodes. Luckily, Sunburst gets Twilight to come to her senses. It's the same lesson that Twilight has learned more than once in the series. Overall, it was a good episode, but was a rehash of lessons that Twilight has learned over and over again. 
     
    My grade: B-
  14. Patty Thundersnow
    This episode shows just how much Twilight has matured over this season with the lack of a typical twilight freakout. It did a good job to build up the story for the remainder of the season as well. Discord could have been a bit better utilized in the episode, but really is just a nitpick. Overall, I think this episode did a good job of building up the suspense for the remaining episodes on the schedule. 
    My grade: B+
  15. Patty Thundersnow
    Here's my review of the last two MLP episodes, so I don't fall behind any more than I already have.
    Starting with Common Ground. First off, I love that they had Patton Oswalt, his daughter and current wife in this episode. It was super adorable and his daughter's character was cute as well. I liked that Quibble was trying to bond with his 'daughter' in the episode over Buckball. Good continuity to the earlier Buckball episode (dispite AJ not being involved). Overall, I really did like this episode. It was a good paced, well written episode with RD trying to help (which didn't help in the end). 
    My grade: B+
    Next is She's All Yak. So... much... shipfuel in this one. Love that Yona got the time to shine in this episode. But, there's a lot that I do not like about it either. One, they basically turned her into a yak version of Rarity. That really annoyed me. Did love the ending to this episode. And I loved the pony Yona during the song. But, this episode overall had more good moments than bad. Overall, I liked the episode. Yona finally got some time to shine, and they did a good job with her. I just wish that they didn't turn her into a yak version of Rarity.
    My grade: B
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