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I get what you mean, and I totally agree that Spike would want to learn more about dragon culture and dragon biology and what dragons do, but not change himself to be like that.

That's not the same thing. Because getting a phone just means getting something new and learning how it works. It does not mean entirely changing who you are. Look here, see? Twilight Sparkle: You never acted like that. Spike: That's because you raised me. Now I finally have a chance to see how I'm supposed to be. Twilight Sparkle: I don't think you're supposed to be any different than who you are. Spike: Maybe you just don't like that I have a real parent now. But what about the end of Dragon Quest? Spike: Dear Princess Celestia, Seeing the great dragon migration made me wonder what it meant to be a dragon. But now I realize that whoI am is not the same as what I am. I may have been born a dragon, but Equestria and my pony friends have taught me how to be kind, loyal, and true! I'm proud to call Ponyville my home, and to have my pony friends as my family. It's just a bucketload of mistakes. Besides, if he had any questions about dragon biology like the Molt or flying techniques, he can just ask Smolder, or Twilight can write to Ember. Simple as that. That's not the same thing as forcing yourself to change who you are.

I agree with you totally and utterly, except I did rather like the Season 5 finale. I can't stand what Celestia became in those two episodes, and I totally agree with all of that, especially how Starlight seemed to be the only one with an ounce of intelligence. And yes, Fame and Misfortune was dreadful. To be fair, I adored the song Flawless, but the rest was detestable, especially how ignorant and rude the ponies all were about the Mane 6, and how nopony would give them some privacy or do anything but complain that they made mistakes, like they're supposed to be saints or something. Totally agree. I agree with you about The Break Up Breakdown, it was dreadful.

I loved an awful lot of those episodes, but I agree with you about Shadow Play and Secrets and Pies, and I respect your opinion on the others. I did like Mysterious Mare-Do-Well and The Ticket Master, but I agree with the rest, they were very average.

I like most of those episodes, especially Perfect Pear and Return of Harmony. I really didn't like Somepony To Watch Over Me, as I thought Applejack was seriously out of character, but I respect your opinion. I also thought Yona was really cute in Rockhoof and a Hard Place.

I love all those episodes. And it's SO great to meet someone else who loves Mysterious Mare-Do-Well. I thought it was a great episode. Nice pick.

I loved The Best Night Ever and Ponyville Confidential. They were both great.

Now you're just putting words in my mouth. I never said anyone else had to agree with me, I just said that these are my opinions. And obviously it is based on personal interpretations, because I am me and these are my opinions. And it has nothing to do with whether I prefer characters. Sure, I love Flim and Flam and all, and that is exactly why I was so furious that they were so out-of-character. I'm not biased in the slightest. And about Applejack being Flim and Flam's main adversary, I'd be fine if the rest of the Mane 6 interacted with Flim and Flam, but what I'm saying is that Twilight seems to know Flim and Flam as well as Applejack does, which she doesn't, because she's never even met them, she only saw them at cider season. She doesn't know them personally, which is why it's so unnatural how she interacts with them as if she knows them so well. If she had gotten to know them in previous episodes, I wouldn't be complaining.

I agree with everything except Magical Mystery Cure.

Oh, right. I didn't notice that. Sorry about that.

I loved Buckball Season and The Gift of the Maud Pie, and Amending Fences, Pinkie Pride and Putting Your Hoof Down were good too. I agree with you about Best Gift Ever, they really suprised me with how amazing it was, after Season 8 was such a heap of trash. Also, I'm very into Pinkie/Fluttershy episodes, too, and Applejack also.

1 - Friendship University Friendship University is an episode I just LOVE to hate. I could write an entire essay on all the reasons I hate this episode. For starters, Flim and Flam are completely out of character. They act so mean and nasty and cruel, and even blackmail Twilight, which is something Flim and Flam would never do. Flim and Flam, despite being con artists, are actually really nice and friendly, and they would never be so cruel. Also, their vocabulary is are tacky as can be. Flim and Flam are professional showponies with elaborate speech and fancy vocabulary ranges. In this episode, their speech is so messy and teenager style, which is not how Flim and Flam talk. Also, Flim and Flam running a School of Friendship, and teaching friendship lessons to ponies!? Who the heck came up with that mad, ridiculous, twisted idea!? And their scam was just so pathetic and simple compared to the genius masterminded schemes they have previously performed, making them seem like a pair of idiots instead of mastermind tricksters. Starswirl and Neighsay made me absolutely furious, too, and to top it off, where the heck is Applejack!? Since when do Flim and Flam appear without Applejack? And not only is Twilight in AJ's place, but Twilight and the FlimFlam Brothers somehow seem to know each other perfectly, even though they've never even met each other, they've only ever seen each other once, years ago at cider season, and hearing Twilight speak directly to Flim and Flam just sounds so wrong. It just makes me so mad to see the best characters in the show ruined like that. 99% of the stuff Flim and Flam do in this episode is stuff Flim and Flam would never do. The other 1% would probably be the bit where they do those dramatic gasps and start overdramatically pouting. That's literally it. 2 - Shadow Play Shadow Play was absolutely awful. The first half had absolutely appalling execution, it was WAY too rushed. Finding mysterious artefacts scattered and hidden by ancient ponies should take ages! They basically did it in a heartbeat, and there was absolutely no substance to it whatsoever! I kind of liked seeing Garble again, but even that was way too rushed. And as for the second half, I have an ENORMOUS complaint about the backstories. Apparently Starswirl the Bearded planted the Tree of Harmony? No! I'm not standing for that! The Tree of Harmony is the root of all Equestria's friendship, and we all know that Starswirl didn't DO friendship, so he couldn't have possibly planted the Tree. And Celestia and Luna being Starswirl's pupils was just an outrage. I did like the flashback of the Pillars battling the Dazzlings, but even that was rushed. Also, Starswirl. He was a massive disappointment. All throughout the series, he is proclaimed as the wisest wizard there ever was, but he turned out to be an arrogant, stuck-up jerk who doesn't have an ounce of kindness, or ever listen to anypony but himself. Bad episode. Bad characters. Bad backstories. 3 - Horse Play Horse Play was one of the most mortifying and OOC episodes in the series. Seriously, what was the point of it? To see Celestia make a fool of herself onstage in a little kid's performance, and is apparantly too dumb to know she is a bad actress!? Seriously? That's just SO not the Princess Celestia she is! Celestia used to be a wise, regal teacher who is caring and knows what's right, but in this episode, she acts like an immature little kid who doesn't know anything! No! I'm not having that! 4 - Somepony To Watch Over Me Somepony To Watch Over Me was the abomination of Season 4, and I was absolutely disgusted at what the makers did to Applejack. She was SO out of character it was awful. Applejack is the most mature and together pony in the Mane 6, she would never act like such a brainless idiot, mollycoddling Apple Bloom so ridiculously. Sure, she's always been protective of Apple Bloom, and that's good, because that's what big sisters are for, but this was just outrageous. She treated Apple Bloom like a baby, what with pillows on rakes and baby cot sides to her bed. Absolutely ridiculous, and Applejack is way too smart and mature to be so ridiculously overprotective. It's like she doesn't even have a brain. 5 - Father Knows Beast This was another of Season 8's abominations. For starters, it was just Dragon Quest all over again, what with Spike thinking that just because he is a dragon, he has to act like one, and for some reason, it's like Dragon Quest never even happened. Spike learned at the end of Dragon Quest: "Seeing the great dragon migration made me wonder what it meant to be a dragon. But now I realize that who I am is not the same as what I am. I may have been born a dragon, but Equestria and my pony friends have taught me how to be kind, loyal, and true! I'm proud to call Ponyville my home, and to have my pony friends as my family." Which seems to have been completely forgotten. Sludge was one of the worst characters ever, too, in fact, probably the worst character since Zesty Gourmand. And why the heck do Spike and the Mane 6 believe him just like that, when it is so clearly a badly-thought-out ruse? And one thing that really got on my nerves was when Twilight said Spike isn't supposed to be any different than who he is, and Spike says "Perhaps you just don't like how I have a REAL parent now." How DARE Spike say something like that!? Twilight raised him like a son, and is responsible for making him who he is today! Either he's got a very bad case of amnesia, or the episode was just a barrelful of copycat plots and errors. The latter, definitely. 6 - Uncommon Bond Uncommon Bond was pointless, substanceless and terrible. I hated the idea of Sunburst getting along better with Twilight, Trixie and Maud better than Starlight, which not only ruined Starlight's bond with Sunburst for me, but also Starlight's bond with Trixie and Maud. The "real life" board game was terrible too. There was absolutely no point to this episode other than to ruin friendships for the viewers. 7 - Honest Apple Honest Apple was absolutely terrible, and I can't stand how they made it out that Applejack was the one in the wrong. Rarity never should have chosen Applejack as a fashion judge just because she is honest, and it was not fair how she accused Applejack of ruining her show. I know that "Honesty can be hurtful" is a common moral in TV shows, but that is when people are just brutally honest all the time, not thinking about anyone's feelings, whethers Applejack was a fashion judge, so she didn't have the CHOICE to keep quiet and protect their feelings. She HAD to make her opinion, and all she did was do EXACTLY what Rarity asked her to do, and it's perfectly understandable that she would focus on function rather than fashion, because that is what Applejack does and knows how to do. She doesn't know anything about fashion, or how to judge it, or what to judge it on, or what you're supposed to judge as good or bad. Maybe she shouldn't have said fashion was ridiculous in front of the ponies, but to be honest, if I was stuck doing something I didn't understand one bit, and had gotten as confused and frustrated as Applejack had, I'd probably blow my fuse and say it was ridiculous, too. Honestly, if someone said to me "Does this outfit capture not so much the bird's song, but how the wind carries the tune of the bird's song? ", I'd just think "WHAT!?". Also, I didn't think Strawberry Sundae mirrored Applejack at all. All Applejack did was criticize the function of the outfits (which was exactly what Rarity asked her to do, need I remind), whethers Strawberry Sundae was just flat out insulting her, acting cocky, sarcastic and just downright rude, which is most certainly not anything close to what Applejack did. 8 - The School Daze The School Daze was absolutely awful. There was next to nothing in it that was worth watching. A School of Friendship is just about the worst idea in all the history of worst ideas, and it made it even worse with Twilight ruining it by following the EEA rule book and not letting anypony have fun or be themselves. Chancellor Neighsay was just the jerkiest jerk of all the jerkiest jerks too, and the only pony who seemed to have an ounce of intelligence was Starlight Glimmer. Not even Princess Celestia. The songs were utterly tacky, too. The only part I liked was the clip where Ocellus disguised herself as Rarity and fooled Fluttershy. That was literally it. The only thing I liked about that boring, meaningless, not-even-worth-watching episode. 9 - Simple Ways Simple Ways was cringy and sickening, and Trenderhoof was just one of the worst characters ever. The way he just latched onto Applejack and followed her everywhere, constantly flirting her up when she was SO CLEARLY not interested in him just made me throw up. He just wouldn't seem to take no for an answer. And it makes me furious to see someone flirting up Applejack who isn't Flim. And that part when he says that poem and cups Applejack's chin just made me go "Oh, GAGGG! " Plus, the episode completely ruined Sparity for me, Rarity having a crush on such a sickening character and being completely oblivious to Spike's feelings. Apple Jewel was rather pretty, but that was the only thing I liked in the whole episode. 10 - A Royal Problem A Royal Problem was terrible. For starters, I didn't like how Starlight got called on by the Cutie Map. I liked how the Cutie Map was a thing shared between the Mane 6. Also, don't get me started on how OOC Celestia and Luna were, how they would bicker an snipe at each other like a pair of spoiled brats, even doing the whole "Hah! I was right and she was wrong! " thing. They're princesses! Princesses! They act like arrogant and immature brats who don't even know how to behave! Twilight was a total jerk in it too, and Twilight used to be one of my favourite characters. Plus, the entire episode revolves around mistakes, the main one being: Celestia already knows what it's like to be Luna! I mean, what about Luna's thousand-year banishment, and Celestia took on Luna's duties herself? Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes, that's all this episode is.

1 - Viva Las Pegasus Viva Las Pegasus is my top episode in the entire series. I love everything about it, especially how Applejack and Fluttershy teamed up with Flim and Flam. I love Flim and Flam so much, and getting to see them as the good guys for once was great. Gladmane was a great character too, I loved his voice and signature "Uh-huh-huh!", and I loved the FlimFlam Brothers' scheme of getting him to confess, how we all thought they had failed, but it was actually part of the plan. I love hidden twists like that. And the bit at the end when Flim and Flam take ownership of the resort and Applejack shouts "FLIM AND FLAM!" was awesome. Also, Applejack and Fluttershy are also my favourite Map mission twosome. 2 - To Where And Back Again To Where And Back Again was my favourite two-parter. I loved how it was the Motley Crew episode, where all the main characters are helpless and it's up to the embarrassing secondary character squad to save the day. Starlight, Trixie, Thorax and Discord were just the best Motley Crew ever. Discord and Trixie's bickering and Discord's stand-up comedy were hilarious, and I loved the new changeling designs when they metamorphosed at the end, they were SO much cooler than the black designs. And the part when Starlight was reasoning with the changelings was great. I'm also glad that Chrysalis denied Starlight's friendship, as I love Chrysalis as a villain. 3 - Keep Calm And Flutter On Keep Calm And Flutter On was my favourite Season 3 episode, and I literally screamed with delight when I found out Discord was returning. Definitely one of the most hilarious, entertaining and heartwarming episodes in the series. All Discord's antics were priceless, especially when he uses his tongue as a red carpet and welcomes the ponies to his chaotic dinner party, and when he water skis and ice skates near the end. And the bit where he was sad to lose Fluttershy's friendship was so heartwarming. I've loved Discord and Fluttershy's special friendship ever since. It's just so cute. 4 - My Little Pony Best Gift Ever My Little Pony Best Gift Ever absolutely blew me away. After Season 8, the worst season of all times, I had a lot of doubts about Best Gift Ever, but boy, was I wrong! I could go on for hours about all the things I love about this episode, especially how they included not only Discord, but Flim and Flam! They even remembered to have Applejack and Fluttershy take on Flim and Flam, and to put everypony back in character. I absolutely loved how they made Discord part of the "family" again, like back in Season 4, and all the hugs and the song at the end was absolutely adorable. Pistachio and the Winterzilla were both adorable, and I loved all the disaster with the shopping. Also, I do love Starlight Glimmer, but it was awesome to have a Mane 6 episode without her, since I've really missed having those, and this was exactly what I was hoping for. And to top it off, they don't even mention the School of Friendship or any of the Season 8 characters at all! Best! Gift! Ever! 5 - Discordant Harmony Discordant Harmony was my favourite Season 7 episode, and also an episode filled to the brim with Discord! I loved everything about it, especially how he kept making clones of himself to talk to and help fix his house, and all the Discord jokes he made, what with ginseng that can actually sing, and where he imitated the tea pony "Are you sure you're friends with Fluttershy? " That was priceless. And the bit at the end was so heartwarming, how Fluttershy likes him for who he is, and when they hugged and laughed at the end. Absolutely terrific episode. 6 - Rock Solid Friendship I absolutely loved Rock Solid Friendship. Maud Pie is my third favourite character after Discord and the FlimFlam Brothers, and I loved how she and Starlight made friends. It was wonderful to see Maud smile so much, and the time they spent looking at the rocks and talking to each other was really sweet. I also loved the kite-flying, and how Maud would make Starlight laugh. It was so sweet how Starlight and Maud just seemed to understand each other, and it's really great to see Maud make a friend. 7 - Twilight's Kingdom Twilight's Kingdom was my second favourite two-parter after To Where And Back Again. Tirek was such an awesome supervillain, and Discord's scenes were hilarious, especially where he appears when the Mane 6 are by the Tree of Harmony, and the part when he apologizes to Fluttershy was so touching. And I absolutely adore how there was a whole hidden pattern throughout Season 4, with each pony facing their situations and living up to their Elements and getting their keys. That was an absolutely fantastic idea. The two songs You'll Play Your Part and Let The Rainbow Remind You were absolutely terrific, too, and the ponies' rainbow forms were absolutely beautiful. 8 - The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 This was a superb episode. Flim and Flam were such awesome characters, their appearances and charisma were just terrific, and the song The Flim Flam Cider Song was absolutely incredible. It was great how they would tease the Apple Family on the second day, and talk so quickly and back and forth. And I was so tense during the cider competition, as the stakes were so high. I also loved the parts where Flim kisses Apple Bloom, and when they dance with their hats before jumping onto the Squeezy and making a getaway. Flim and Flam are the best. 9 - Crusaders of the Lost Mark Crusaders of the Lost Mark was definitely one of Season 5's masterpieces, and my favourite CMC episode. I loved how it was a musical episode, with so many amazing songs, and it was amazing getting to see the other side of Diamond Tiara. The song The Pony I Want To Be completely melted my heart, and I still can't watch it without crying. After four and a half seasons of loathing Diamond Tiara to the bone, I just felt I wanted to give her a big hug. It was great how she stood up to her mother a the end, and reformed. And after all this time, the CMCs finally get their cutie marks! It was terrific! Their cutie marks just suit them so perfectly, and so do their talents. Fantastic episode. 10 - The Perfect Pear The Perfect Pear was one of the most heartwarming episodes in the series, and it was great to finally see Applejack's parents. Bright Mac and Pear Butter were so sweet, how they had a secret romance, and I like how they mirror Big Mac and Sugar Belle. You're In My Head Like A Catchy Song was absolutely beautiful, too, and the part when they married and stood up to Grand Pear was brilliant. Such a beautiful episode. Do you agree with my list? Either way, please respect my opinion. Please leave comments!

I very much doubt that. It's a pattern in TV shows, and it's a pattern I know only too well. The episodes start of as average, then go up to jaw-dropping-awesome, then the quality goes down again, and eventually they get to the season where they make a bunch of dumb changes for the worse, forget all the important facts from previous episodes, none of the characters act like themselves and next to no episodes are worth watching. They are basically running out of good ideas so they go with terrible ones. It happens to all TV shows eventually, and MLP is no different. But I'm glad you agree with my points.

Absolutely!!! Thank you!

YES! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!!

Flam's cutie mark is an apple with a slice missing, and Flim's cutie mark is the missing slice. That represents that they are meant to do everything as a twosome.

Definitely. So many characters are so OOC, and also seem to have forgotten all the lessons they have learned in the series. Like in Father Knows Beast. It's just an exact copy of Dragon Quest, with the same lesson all over again: WHAT you are does not define WHO you are. And yeah, Discord would never have sent Fluttershy OR Starlight on a fake Map mission. Twilight is a possibility, but still, Discord is a nice guy these days. He doesn't do that stuff anymore.

Yes, definitely, Discord is most certainly out of character. He acts like his unreformed self in Season 8, causing all that cruel chaos around the school, basically making everyone miserable. And that's not what Discord does anymore. Look at him in Discordant Harmony. He was a really nice, helpful, friendly guy. Where did he go?

What do you mean?

But the show seems to revolve around the School of Friendship and the Young Six now, not the Mane 8 and their friendship duties.

I have nothing against introducing new characters, but new characters shouldn't replace the old characters. The Mane 6 are the main characters. The entire show is supposed to be about them. Like if Atomic Betty started revolving around Sparky instead of Betty. Or if Kid VS Kat started evolving around Lorne and Harley instead of Coop and Dennis. Or if Teen Titans Go started revolving around a bunch of new heroes instead of the Titans.

Neither did any of the other antagonists before their reformation episodes. Flim and Flam just haven't had a reformation episode yet, so they haven't showed remorse yet.

I know they mostly only care about themselves, and are uncaring about the consequences of their deception, but so did Gilda, Diamond Tiara, Nightmare Moon, Discord, Sunset Shimmer, Trixie and Starlight Glimmer, and they all reformed. And I doubt they would have refused to help Applejack and Fluttershy even if there wasn't anything in it for them. They treat Applejack as a friend, not as an enemy, which is also another reason they have a head start on things to go on for reformation.

Yes, but they didn't have cruel or nasty intentions, they just wanted to pay Gladmane back, it was not revenge. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with having self-serving motivations for helping others.