First episode you saw

[Catpone Cerberus 23,443]

My little pony Friendship is magic E1 S1

[GeekySonic 1,150]

Mine was the Cutie Map. Granted, I had seen a bunch of snippets of other episodes, but the season 5 premiere was the first full episode(s) I watched.

[Steve Piranha 28,928]

I think is was Felling Pinkie Keen the first one I've watched, albeit incomplete. The first one I've watched completely was the very first one in the whole series

[cmarston1 5,952]

S1 E1 Friendship is Magic P1.

Mainly because when starting a show I believe in watching it from the very beginning and watching from chronological order.

[ShadowPhoenix 153]

For some reason, Keep Calm And Flutter On, as I was giving the show one chance to impress me. Then, The Crystal Empire and the rest starting from Friendship Is Magic in chronological order.

[Alphys Hedge 671]

Season 1 Episode 1

When I thought I was a brony by watching fan-animations, I thought to myself "Well, If I'm going to like this, I need to know what it's about", and I started with the first episode.

[princess_twilight12 28]

the first episode that i saw was friendship is magic   
the first episode ever 

[ponylaces 1,869]

The first episode I watched was The Last Roundup.

[baba_booey 4,299]

Swarm of the Century, although I didn't really get into the show until I watch FiM Parts 1 and 2.

[Lyme Soundstick 266]

First episode I saw was Pinkie Pride. My friend told me Weird Al was in it and after a year of him being a brony I finally watched an episode and the music captivated me, then I watched more and more and got to enjoy everything else about the show

[best poni 1,518]

The first episode I  ever saw was Putting Your Hoof Down. 

[RivkaBobble 110]

It was actually Princess Twilight Sparkle Part 1. It was labled Season 1 Ep 1 on Youtube, ok?

[Somberhoof 156]

"A Friend in Deed". Firstly I've watched some YouTuber react to "Smile HD", I liked remix of Smile song, that lead to me watching the original scene... So when I decided to try watching the show I thought: "Well, Paul, you've already watched a scene from that episode, why not watch it first?"

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

Slice of Life. I had no idea what the fucked was going on, but I loved it!

[SilverComet 169]

For me it was the "first MLP animation ever": "Rescue at Midnight Castle" (1984) [G1 "22 minutes TV Special"].  

I watched it in a local theather on Argentina (circa ~1988) in "latin american" spanish {dub not recommended}.

 

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Fast Forward to the April´s Fools of 2011 (20110401): New feed from the youtube channel "Sonic F" (abridged version series of "Sonic X"); but instead of a parody of the episode 5, it was the first part of the pilot MLP:FiM_S1E01 (Camaraderie Is Supernatural).

 

I was already aware there was a "new pony series" going on; (tough I had not watched any clip); so I was happy with the overall good animation and colors.

The "joke" with the Nightmare Moon foreshadowing (extreme zoom to the hourglass), the meta "never ever we will joke about Fluttershy"; the Mayor Mare presenting Celestia as an evil tyrant; plus the "to be continued" make me interested on watching the original two-parter episode [i did it next day after downloaded both episodes].

 

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Slice of Life. I had no idea what the fucked was going on, but I loved it!

 

You got my curiosity. 

Could you give us a better context about how and why you watched it? 

I must be rather unique.

Edited August 30, 2015 by SilverComet

[DND 2,354]

I was re-introduced back into MLP through a Friendship is Magic part 1 clip I think back in late April of 2011. Technically though the first episode I remotely saw most of was Sonic Rainboom. yay

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

For me it was the "first MLP animation ever": "Rescue at Midnight Castle" (1984) [G1 "22 minutes TV Special"].

I watched it in a local theather on Argentina (circa ~1988) in "latin american" spanish {dub not recommended}.

 

- - - -

 

Fast Forward to the April´s Fools of 2011 (20110401): New feed from the youtube channel "Sonic F" (abridged version series of "Sonic X"); but instead of a parody of the episode 5, it was the first part of the pilot MLP:FiM_S1E01 (Camaraderie Is Supernatural).

 

I was already aware there was a "new pony series" going on; (tough I had not watched any clip); so I was happy with the overall good animation and colors.

The "joke" with the Nightmare Moon foreshadowing (extreme zoom to the hourglass), the meta "never ever we will joke about Fluttershy"; the Mayor Mare presenting Celestia as an evil tyrant; plus the "to be continued" make me interested on watching the original two-parter episode [i did it next day after downloaded both episodes].

 

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You got my curiosity.

Could you give us a better context about how and why you watched it?

I must be rather unique.

A friend told me about the show so we watched Slice of Life when it premiered on Saturday. I was really hooked by the writing and pop culture references. But I had no clue what was going on, especially the part with Bon Bon. I was hooked, however, by Gummy's epic monolog.

[jaysen 14]

The first episode of the first season, I decided one day about a year ago to see what the hype around the show was. So I turned on Netflix, got in bed, and marathon'd the entire series in about two days. I didn't really have any expectations going into it, but I enjoyed it enough to buy some merchandise from a show and around a year later join this place. 

[Spikey-Wikey 378]

The Crystal Empire - Part 1.

[YoshiFanGM 48]

I would say "The Ticket Master" in around 2012, but since I didn't watch it fully (because that was like a year before I became a brony) I'm gonna say "Call of the Cutie" was the first full episode I watched, and since then I've been watching more MLP episodes

[Lady Diana 411]

Of course, the very first episode.

[Kiri 7,278]

The first episode I saw was The Best Night Ever.

[Moony the Cat 3,697]

The first episode i ever saw was the first two episodes from G4.

 

But at that time i didnt want to start to watch mlp. It was funny, but then i stopped right there because i was unsure if i should watch more.

But then i saw a Dvd Cover from Generation 1.5 and then i started my mlp collection and watched everything from G1 to the second season of G4 

[Xeltor23 704]

The first episode of G4, to be unoriginal ^^'

[zombienixon 330]

I started from the beginning.