S05:E05 - Tanks for the Memories

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I kinda liked to see a grand parade of the more flawed and childish side of Rainbow Dash... I didn't sympathize with her at all, though. I LOVED Applejack's reaction to RD's breakdown. She is so mature and cool and detached...  I love her "It's true." moment. Sassy girl.

 

 

But yeah... from what I've seen, RD is the worst pet owner ever. Not letting him hibernate when she knows he needs to, feeding him pies... Gah, she's so careless.

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Rainbow is such a brat. Even if Tank actually was dying, that doesn't excuse Rainbow from actively trying to stop Winter and not getting any kind of punishment. Sympathy only goes so far and for me, it stops at destroying a factory. The fact that Tank isn't dying only makes her actions even worse. And there's Rainbow's breakdown scene with the rest of the mane six that tries to both be dramatic and funny, but the tones clash constantly and neither work very well.

I like a couple of the jokes in the episode and the song at least sounds good, but there's not much else here.

Score: 2/10

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On 10/27/2018 at 1:34 AM, qwerE said:

I actually quite liked the episode. It did feel awkward to see Rainbow make a big fuss out of just a hibernation, but I guess it can be hard for somepony. Maybe it was the best the writers could do without making the episode too dark. I actually found the jokes funny because hibernation didn't seem like something devastating to feel sad about.

It did seem rather obvious that the writers wanted to do a message about dealing with death, but were forbidden from mentioning actual death (see also: "The Perfect Pear" and Applejack's parents). And it delivered said message well enough that the criticism of Rainbow overreacting to Tank's hibernation felt like a minor nerd nitpick.

[JMTV99 1,352]

I know that most people hate this episode because of how Rainbow Dash was being selfish and destroy the factory just to stop winter so she can hang out with Tank. 

However, I might get a lot a hate for this, but I actually do love this episode. In fact, I think this is the best Rainbow Dash episode I've seen in a long time. We may see her as brash, bold, and cocky, but we never seen her being emotional. After 4+ seasons, I'm glad that the show was able to showcase that since Rainbow Dash is going through the five stages of grief in the episode.

 The best part of the entire episode was Fluttershy tells Dash that she will be petless throughout winter, and Dashie just burst out crying. I actually do love that scene for 5 reasons. 1. I thought the scene was very adorable. 2. It makes me appreciate Dashie even more as a character. 3. I like how Ashleigh Ball goes into her emotional range when she's playing Dashie in her emotional core. She did a fantastic job. 4. While it was silly to see Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie crying along with Dashie, but it did make up for a very good joke like Applejack crying on the inside and AJ was like: "its true''. That cracked me up and 5. Dashie thanking the Mane 6 for comforting her and saying goodbye to Tank got me chocked me up and it's super cute. Without of doubt, the best moment of the series.

Also, that I'll Fly song?! (claps) Way to go, Ashleigh Ball. I really love that song.

So yeah, I think this episode deserves more love and less hate, and so as Dashie as well. Sure, Dashie has her flaws, but you know what? Her flaws what makes her stronger and she learns from her mistakes. Same thing with the Mane 6. That's why I think this episode is the best of Season 5.

Edited April 16, 2021 by JMTV99

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rd legit went through the 5 stages of grief in this

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In my opinion this is not only a great episode but also a very important one for RD. 

RD's behavior got far more complex with this episode. There were a lot of hints before she's also a more carrying pony beneath, but in no episode before this got more shown as in this one. She would do everything to keep her pet at her side. She would even become the Grinch. I can be wrong but I think she got even the same smile on her face.

I think this also the point were most people start not liking this episode. Speaking from a real world perspective you'd be right. What she does here is certainly not a good thing and would be punishable. I'm also certainly no one who justifies the means by the end but she's desperate and I really liked to see her more carrying side. Considering RD's shown character so far I can even believe she would do  something like that: if she has a goal she runs directly to it. Besides being a cartoon show which want to show the positive and negative sides of thing in examples, I don't take it too literally. If you would do this many thing would become problematic and most likely I wouldn't like the show anymore. It's a cartoon show and at least I enjoy it for what it is. But yes, in the real world this would be a big No No.

This being said, I can assure you I'm not okay with everything. If you want to know a episode where I truly don't like RD because of her behavior, I can name you one: "2,4,6 Great", Season 9. Her behavior is nothing but selfish there. With this episode here I can feel her, understand her even if I don't justifies what she does here. She could of course just went along what Fluttershy said, but then episode would be over instantly and the lesson would be just follow and don't think about it. This show lives from telling stories about non perfect characters and their stories about good and bad decisions and their consequences.

In my opinion this episode is not actual talking about the hibernation of a pet. RD is going through all stages of grief here and the title of this episode is clearly a play on "Thanks for the memories". English is not my native language but as far as I know this is used when someone is saying goodbye permanently. If I'm wrong with his please correct me. So, this is actual quite a topic for the target audience of the show, so I'm not surprised they addressed it indirectly with the hibernation. I give the show a lot of credit for trying such a topic and also for showing all the five stages of grief.  And as I said going through all of this stages, RD good better while more depth not worse (in my opinion).

I also need to say something about this song. If I'm not mistaken this is the first solo song of RD / Ashleigh Ball. She's a great singer and this song is really amazing. For this alone this episode cannot be anything less as good in my book.

There were also a lot of details here which can be overlooked easily. For example Fluttershy being the one who break the truth to RD. Normally you wouldn't think she would be one who does it. But the Breezies episode of season 4 and its impact on her apparently was not forgotten by writers. So consistency again which the show has a lot of. Maybe I should start to count this o.o

If someone is loving/liking/hating or what ever else this episode, there is a lot going on here.

On 2021-04-16 at 3:22 AM, JMTV99 said:

I know that most people hate this episode because of how Rainbow Dash was being selfish and destroy the factory just to stop winter so she can hang out with Tank. 

However, I might get a lot a hate for this, but I actually do love this episode. In fact, I think this is the best Rainbow Dash episode I've seen in a long time. We may see her as brash, bold, and cocky, but we never seen her being emotional. After 4+ seasons, I'm glad that the show was able to showcase that since Rainbow Dash is going through the five stages of grief in the episode.

 The best part of the entire episode was Fluttershy tells Dash that she will be petless throughout winter, and Dashie just burst out crying. I actually do love that scene for 5 reasons. 1. I thought the scene was very adorable. 2. It makes me appreciate Dashie even more as a character. 3. I like how Ashleigh Ball goes into her emotional range when she's playing Dashie in her emotional core. She did a fantastic job. 4. While it was silly to see Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie crying along with Dashie, but it did make up for a very good joke like Applejack crying on the inside and AJ was like: "its true''. That cracked me up and 5. Dashie thanking the Mane 6 for comforting her and saying goodbye to Tank got me chocked me up and it's super cute. Without of doubt, the best moment of the series.

Also, that I'll Fly song?! (claps) Way to go, Ashleigh Ball. I really love that song.

So yeah, I think this episode deserves more love and less hate, and so as Dashie as well. Sure, Dashie has her flaws, but you know what? Her flaws what makes her stronger and she learns from her mistakes. Same thing with the Mane 6. That's why I think this episode is the best of Season 5.

Well, I don't hate you :) And even if I would disagree with your opinion I wouldn't hate you. There is a difference between persons and their opinions^^ But it was interesting how much our opinions are in synch with this episode

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All aboard the feels train. I really love how this episode shows how much Rainbow Dash cares for tank. It was also pretty funny.

 

8/10

Edited December 22, 2021 by phantompone1148

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