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There are no episodes that I hate, not any more anyway. I used to slightly hate The Mysterious Mare Do Well because something just feels off about it, something I can't easily explain but to me it was the kind of standard storyline I'd expect to see in other cartoons and made FiM seem like just another cartoon.

But when I rewatched the episode a few months ago it didn't seem so bad, and in fact it wasn't even my least favourite episode anymore. That would be She Talks to Angel which I don't hate but find a bit uninteresting. I also like Mare Do Well more than Baby Cakes, Just for Sidekicks and It Ain't Easy Being Breezies.

Just imagine what we would have missed if the show had lasted just 3 seasons  All those great episodes like The Perfect Pear, Amending Fences, Crusaders of the Lost Mark, Sounds of Silence, A Hearth's Warming Tail, Twilight's Kingdom and so many more.

We would never have met Starlight, Maud, Autumn Blaze, Thorax, Ember, the Young Six and Flurry Heart. We would never have seen Discord's transition into a hilarious comedy character or Daring Do as a real-world character or seen Twilight's Castle and the Cutie Map, the School of Friendship, The Changeling Kingdom, the Kirin village and Starlight and Trixie's friendship.

I've heard that a huge number of fans jumped ship after season 3. They don't know what they missed!

I doubt I would have ever bothered watching the show if it had lasted just 65 episodes. It was November 2015 when I first started watching which was when season 5 was nearing its end. I don't know if I would have bothered giving the show a try if I knew it had already been cancelled and there were just three seasons and 65 eps. I definitely wouldn't love FiM like I do now anyway since seasons 5 to 8 are a golden era for the show for me. I actually feel lucky the show went on another four seasons after I got into it, normally when I get into a cartoon it immediately gets cancelled. Like when I got into the Wild Thornberrys around the time the movie came out and all that came after it was the eight-episode 5th season and the not very good Rugrats Go Wild movie.

So yeah I'm all in favour of there being as many episodes are possible! I would happily have watched many more than the 9 seasons we got. I'm just glad that gen 5 is set in the same world and is basically a continuation of gen 4.

My personal favourites from each season:

Season 1: Boast Busters (I love Trixie!)

Season 2: A Canterlot Wedding (I always love changeling episodes)

Season 3: The Crystal Empire

Season 4: Trade Ya!

Season 5: Amending Fences (My all time favourite episode)

Season 6: To Where and Back Again

Season 7: To Change a Changeling

Season 8: Road to Friendship (Trixie and Starlight are my two favourite characters)

Season 9: A Trivial Pursuit

Despite my reservations about generation 5 having a male pony my favourite after watching the movie is Hitch! But I see I'm in a minority.

I loved it. It was a beautiful film.  As with all great things, I didn't want it to end.

It was everything I wanted it to be. Great characters, good storyline, catchy songs and very funny. And that totally unexpected opening scene with the Mane 6! So good to hear Tabitha, Ashleigh, Tara and Andrea play those roles again!

I'm guessing everyone else noticed the Starswirl picture in Sunny's house?

Hello @Chanson-DeGesteand welcome to the forum

Green is my favourite colour but it used to be orange.

Fan music is my fave aspect of the fandom and I love brony radio stations!  They're great to have on in the background when you're on the internet.

I used to listen to Parasprite Radio but it never seems to be working properly these days so now I listen to the Ponies At Dawn radio station on Youtube. 

Hello and welcome to the forum @Hidden_Dusk

I too like the fan made music, in fact I love it! It's my fave thing in the fandom.

I wasn't a hater. I was only kind of aware of the show's existence and its adult fans. I remember someone on a forum wondering why adult men liked the show and I responded in agreement. Finally when I started watching the show in late 2015 I began to understand its appeal.

Hello @Tav and welcome to the forums 

Hello and welcome to the forums @shimmerfluff 

I saw the Friendship Games just the other day as part of my generation 4 rewatch. I love the Crystal Prep characters, we really needed to see more of them. My fave are Sugarcoat and Sour Sweet. Also a special mention for Indigo Zap because she was voiced by the wonderful Kelly Sheridan.

I've been rewatching the whole of generation 4 since the 1st of January in preparation for generation 5 and I'm determined to complete it before the new movie is released. I'm watching the whole of Friendship is Magic including the specials, shorts and movies. I'm currently near the end of season 9. After that will be the whole of Equestria Girls including all the shorts and then Friendship is Forever.

3 hours ago, AveryGamerDude said:

I 100 percent agree with you here. I haven't watched the entirety of Season 9, (I refuse to, because MLP: FiM is near and dear to me, and I'd go apesh*t if I watched the finale.) but I'd say Season 1 is probably my least favorite season, but that's okay, because a lot of great shows needed a season or two to fully establish themselves. (Also, I think saying "worst" is pretty harsh.)

You never saw The Last Problem? What is it that's making you not want to watch it?

I don't like the term 'worst' since I love every season of FiM. 'Least great' would be better. My least favourite has always been season 1 since the show was still getting into its stride at this point. That said, the more I watch of season 1 the more it improves for me. I'm currently going through the whole of FiM in preparation for generation 5 and I liked season 1 considerably more than I used to this time round.

I would definitely still watch it. In fact I'd be even more excited about watching it. 

Hello and welcome to the forums @Paleopony 

It's all looking really good. The CGI in particular impresses me and the voice cast seem great. I'm really looking forward to this.

@bubbleteapony I love that first picture with the generation 5 characters.

As others have said, Nexflix probably don't need to do a lot of advertising. It is frustrating though...I keep reading Equestria Daily every day in the hope that a trailer will finally appear, but it's been a long wait.

Hello and welcome to the fourms @celestialvelvet

'Fantastic' is how I would describe the show.

Feeling good and looking forward to continuing my generation 4 rewatch later with A Royal Problem.