S05:E11 - Party Pooped

[Kivil 1,721]

I likely will as well; the challenge is part of the fun. :3

 

(says the one with a deer OC)

By the by! I really do like your deer OC! It looks very nice!

[Sidral Mundet 1,666]

Another good thing that I liked is that while the rest of the Mane 6 didn't play that big of a role, they each had some good moments that made them feel like they should naturally be there as opposed to some of their more forced appearances in previous episodes. 

[Argumedies 1,748]

She did get an episode I think it was "Rarity takes to Manehatten" or something of the sort

Im talking this season, so far Raritys been more Background then best Background pony. So until then this season has been simply un-fabulous imho

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,161]

By the by! I really do like your deer OC! It looks very nice!

 

Thank you very much for the compliment! I am really proud of her.

[Sidral Mundet 1,666]

Im talking this season, so far Raritys been more Background then best Background pony. So until then this season has been simply un-fabulous imho

 

I believe the episode after next weeks is entitled Rarity Investigates.  $10 on who stars in that one

 

[PoisonClaw 8,164]

One day in their youth, Shining Armor added WAY too much cheese to one and it exploded causing Twilight's mane to get covered and she needed a haircut which has left her traumatized ever since.

This makes far more sense than it should. 

 

 

 

 

I believe the episode after next weeks is entitled Rarity Investigates.  $10 on who stars in that one

 

 

 

Actually, that episode is supposedly something else.

Edited June 27, 2015 by PoisonClaw

[Argumedies 1,748]

 

I believe the episode after next weeks is entitled Rarity Investigates. $10 on who stars in that one

 

Applejack, only because i dont want any spoilers.

[Castle Bleck 19,345]

Yak's: WE DECLARE WAR!!!

Celestia: This is Discord, have fun.

 

Discord: *Summons biker gear and a motorcycle.*

[Cleverclover 1,526]

Also, it really seems to me that Celestia now appears to expect nothing less than perfection from Twilight, given how she actually expected her to be able to create an alliance with the yaks, even knowing how utterly difficult it would be. 

 

It's not as though that's what she shouldn't expect, since Twilight always tends to deliver, but it's funny that she probably wouldn't expect the same from herself. I'm sure if she felt that she was capable of creating an alliance with the yaks, she probably would have done so a long time ago, right? 

 

Deep down, Celestia probably knows that Twilight is more suited to rule Equestria than she is. 

[Cirrus. 1,089]

"Now Yaks happy. No declare war."

 

 

One of my favorite scenes.

[Lexamena 391]

Guess you should have put a spoiler tag on that.

Sorry, didnt know I was predicting the future

[~ Dr. Ocsid ~ 690]

Yak's: WE DECLARE WAR!!!

Celestia: This is Discord, have fun.

I bet they met him before...

[Envy 6,159]

I got it:

 

 

Just to analyze the thing that only *I* care about! In the original album cover, McCartney was holding an English horn. So I was like "OMG... English horns canon to FiM world?!?!?!!!"

 

My conclusion is... Maybe? That certainly has to be a woodwind of some type... But it's brass in material. A brass English horn? Very strange... But analyzing the structure, it could be a brass clarinet, or more likely a soprano saxophone.

 

ANYWAY, when going back through this I realized that the whole scene of Pinkie reminiscing on the over-the-top adventures was a big play on the ridiculous pacing of the events in this episode, and that makes me like it even more. The first time I watched it I just thought it was nonsensical silliness, but now I notice that it's right there to be both silly/humorous AND poke fun at those who are overanalyzing the episode. The pacing (how much occurred in the afternoon) was supposed to be this way!

 

This episode is even better than I first thought, and I really liked it beforehand, too!

Edited June 27, 2015 by Envy

[Kivil 1,721]

Im talking this season, so far Raritys been more Background then best Background pony. So until then this season has been simply un-fabulous imho

Oooooooh ok sorry!!!! Maybe she will get one!

What a perfectly placed background pony.

[Batbrony 16,054]

OK, welcome back everypony to another addition of "Batbrony Reviews."  Today's episode is a... perplexing one.  Not so much because of the shenanigans, that's to be expected with almost any Pinkie Pie-centered episode, but largely because of the pacing and the execution of the "moral," if you want to call it that.  That's not to say it was a bad episode, just kind of puzzling.  Without further ado, let's take a look at "Party Pooped."

 

 

Beaver-yak is best yak.   

 

So to start, let's address the elephant in the room, and possibly the best example of just how bizarre this episode was: the Yaks of Yakyakistan.  I both loved and hated things about these guys at the same time.  On the one hand, their designs were great, they're basically, as I saw one brony describe them, an entire nation of Hulks (in both size and mannerisms), and dear Lord is their pickiness legendary!!!  I mean, my gosh, these guys overreacted at everything, and every time they went on an epic smash rampage, even though I knew they were being gigantic douches, I couldn't help but laugh.  What infuriated me, however, wasn't their behavior so much as it was the ponies' reaction to it.  Let's be clear: the yaks were being gigantic douches from start to almost the finish, there is no denying that, anyone would say.  Anyone EXCEPT apparently the ponies of Equestria.  Because my gosh, from start to finish they kept blaming themselves for the yaks' terribly undiplomatic behavior, and for the life of me I couldn't figure out why!  The ponies are smart, and they've stood up to jerks before, so why all of a sudden were they chalking up the yaks being colossal douches to their failure to exactly reproduce the culture, mannerisms, and aesthetic of a country completely foreign to them as a country could be?  It was terribly infuriating and really took away from the effectiveness of any message that was here (because trust me, there was a message here, it was the message I expected, it's just it wasn't executed like it should have been), especially when the yaks threatened war over... actually, I still don't know what they were threatening war over, that's just not how diplomacy works, DHX.  So yeah, I have no idea why the ponies not only put up with the yaks' crap but also blamed themselves for it; it's incredibly silly and it took away a lot from the effectiveness of the message.  But that said, the yaks were still incredibly entertaining to watch, and for that I mostly forgive this episode.

 

 

BUCK YOUR TABLE!!!!!!!!!!!   

 

 

PARTY HARD!!!!!!!!!!!   

 

Next, let's cover the main character of the episode, Pinkie Pie.  Like the rest of the Mane 6, she never really blamed the yaks for any of the ponies' troubles, and like I said, that was frustrating to watch.  But besides that, she was perfectly fine.  She was incredibly, furiously productive in her efforts to put together the perfect party for the yaks, and of course she went on a zany journey across all of Equestria and foreign lands even in a single afternoon (while running into Cherry Jubilee on the way, falling down a ravine, forming the Beatles, going through an entire career with them, and breaking up in the Crystal Empire because of creative differences, and then proceeding to Yakyakistan only to be flung by the craziest breaking of the laws of inertia ever all the way back to Ponyville, again, in a single afternoon, as you do when you're Pinkie  -_-).  The revelation that she has a Secret Party Cave was too funny, her mannerisms were spot on (even if at a few points they felt just a tad forced), and she saved the day as only Pinkie can.  All in all, a solid episode for Pinkie, even if again I wasn't buying how the moral was executed.

 

 

Sergeant Pinkie's Lonely Hearts Club Band!!!   

 

Finally, the Mane 6.  Besides the already aforementioned idiocy with how they kept blaming themselves for the yaks being the biggest douches ever, the Mane 6 were fine too.  Panicky Twilight is always fun to watch (though we are seeing a lot of her this season, it seems), they all maintained unwavering faith in Pinkie to do what needed to be done, which was fun to watch, and their interactions with the yaks and each other were too funny.  Fluttershy had the single best line of the episode with her deadpan delivery when she asked how the buck they were supposed to get out of Pinkie's Party Cave, we learned that Twilight apparently has a fear of quesadillas, and Applejack took fiscal conservatism and the phrase "waste not, want not" to a whole new level when she said she'd rediscovered a set of Granny Smith's dentures under the Apple family's farmhouse.     Also, Spike got body slammed by a yak, that pleased me very much.    Overall, they were fine, besides, again, the problems with the moral itself.  The other supporting ponies were cool as well.  We've now seen both Princess Celestia and Princess Cadance three episodes in a row, which is some kind of record, it was cool to see Cherry Jubilee return, the Beatle ponies were absolutely epic, and the little yak calf at Yakyakistan was absolutely adorable! 

 

 

Quesadilla: Not even once

 

Overall, like I've said throughout this review, this wasn't a bad episode, it was incredibly entertaining, more so than other episodes this season.  But that said, I really didn't buy its message, because the writers had the characters behave extremely uncharacteristically and, at times, stupidly in reaching this moral.  Diplomacy simply doesn't work that way, and the yaks should've been called out on their crap at least at some point.  It was like if the United States blamed itself every time North Korea did something irrational or refused to come to the table to discuss diplomatic matters, and it made just as little sense as that would.  So yeah, that's a big complaint, and it makes for an episode that's more entertaining than smart or thought-provoking, but all the same it was still so entertaining that I can for the most part forgive its shortcomings.  That's all I got for ya, everypony, this is Batbrony signing off.  I'm off! *cue dramatic exit*

 

 

Yakity Yak, don't talk- on second thought, I'll just stop.   

[colt .45 259]

Knowing what we know now, Twilights Kingdom could have gone down like this:

 

Tirek: "give me your magic Princess Twilight!"

 

Twilight Sparkle: "Never!"

 

Tirek: "behold this tortilla filled with shredded cheese!"

 

Twilight: "please, no. I will give you all the alicorn magic"

[Batbrony 16,054]

Deep down, Celestia probably knows that Twilight is more suited to rule Equestria than she is. 

 

 

Look, I know we don't always see Celestia do a whole lot, but there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for this.  Twilight is the Princess of FRIENDSHIP.  Unlike last season, Celestia is clearly trying to help Twilight get used to this role more by giving her more royal tasks to do pertaining to friendship.  More responsibilities does not equate to "Celestia considers her more qualified to rule Equestria."  It's just a distribution of duties to help her grow into the role.

[colt .45 259]

Sorry, didnt know I was predicting the future

So do you Pinkie sense much?

[Envy 6,159]

Envy rambling on stuff that no one cares about again:

 

Okay, upon Batbrony's bigger clearer picture, it just *has* to be an English horn... It's pretty clearly a bocal, and not just a standard mouthpiece like you'd have on a soprano saxophone.

 

I know, I know... This was about parodying The Beatles, not about instrument accuracy. And I'm glad they kept the horns! But, MLP writers, seriously... What in the world is that brass English horn-thing? xD

[Kivil 1,721]

Also, it really seems to me that Celestia now appears to expect nothing less than perfection from Twilight, given how she actually expected her to be able to create an alliance with the yaks, even knowing how utterly difficult it would be. 

 

It's not as though that's what she shouldn't expect, since Twilight always tends to deliver, but it's funny that she probably wouldn't expect the same from herself. I'm sure if she felt that she was capable of creating an alliance with the yaks, she probably would have done so a long time ago, right? 

 

Deep down, Celestia probably knows that Twilight is more suited to rule Equestria than she is. 

Maybe if I become so organized I will become a princess it is flawless logic!

(Taken from "Bronies react to Season 4 premiere) 

Knowing what we know now, Twilights Kingdom could have gone down like this:

 

Tirek: "give me your magic Princess Twilight!"

 

Twilight Sparkle: "Never!"

 

Tirek: "behold this tortilla filled with shredded cheese!"

 

Twilight: "please, no. I will give you all the alicorn magic"

Tirek: Hahahahahahah! I have taken what is mine!

[Batbrony 16,054]

I know, I know... This was about parodying The Beatles, not about instrument accuracy. And I'm glad they kept the horns! But, MLP writers, seriously... What in the world is that brass English horn-thing? xD

 

 

Such a profound mystery may forever remain unexplained.  -_-

[LZRD WZRD 1,929]

Um, this episode has broken me. I am a new man; a shell of my former self because of it. Thanks, I think.

 

You know, the episode's strengths get better the more I think about them and its weaknesses get worse the more I think about them. This episode was ridiculous in the best and worst ways. For that fact alone, I commend this episode for its originality and intrepid spirit.

Edited June 27, 2015 by LZRD WZRD

[Cwanky 17,575]

 

Lots of smashing. Lots and lots of it. Wouldn't expect any less from Viking Yaks.

[Kivil 1,721]

I bet they met him before...

I bet that you bet that they have betted on meeting him before!

[Sidral Mundet 1,666]

Wait, Pinkie Pie replaced Paul on the Abbey Road cover...OMG PINKIE PIES BEEN DEAD SINCE TMPP AND THE STAFF HAS BEEN COVERING IT UP!! YOU CAN'T HIDE THE TRUTH ANYMORE DHX!