Which Episode Convinced You to Stick With the Show, and How do You Feel About it Now?

[Truffles 2,033]

That is a good question. I decided one day to see what the big deal was with this show and started with "Winter Wrap-Up." I liked it well enough, but was not convinced I wanted to stick with the show yet. I set a season pass on my TiVo and binge-watched everything as fast as The Hub would run repeats from seasons 1 and 2 until I was caught up. Then S3 started a week or so later and the rest is history.

So it's difficult to say exactly which episode might have turned me, though "A Canterlot Wedding" seems to stick out in my memory - mainly for the "This Day" aria and that opening shot of Twilight at the start of pt 2 which looked as good as any feature animation.

How do I feel about it now? Are you kidding - I can't wait for the new season to start!

[Will Guide 21,368]

With over 150 episodes released so far, it's hard to pick one to answer the question. I need more time to give a full answer, but I'll take one or two a season for now

Season 1: Winter Wrap-Up, Cutie Mark Chronicles 

Season 2: Lesson Zero, Heart-warmings Eve, Canterlot Wedding

Season 3: Magical Mystery Cure

Season 4: Testing Testing 123, (Most of the Key Episodes)

Season 5: Crusade of the Lost Mark, Cutie Re-mark

Season 6: Guantlet of Fire, Flutter Brutter, Times They Are a Changeling, To Where and Back Again

Season 7: Triple Threat, Fame and Misfortune, Perfect Pear, (Pony of Legends episodes)

Like I said, I got a lot of them.

[sweetolebob18 728]

I was babysitting a niece & we watched The Cutie Mark Chronicles (S1 E23) together. It was good enough to get me to watch the rest of the episodes over the internet. I remember that I thought Scootaloo was a boy (the haircut). You haven't lived until you've been patronized by a 6 year old. Today, it's not my favorite but I'd still put it in the top 20.   

[ultrairongorilla 2,064]

The first two episodes I started out with first and then I watched the rest of the series. I thought the humor really started to peak around Swarm of the century and only got better from there. Season 2 and 3 definitely cemented me as fan though. A Canterlot Wedding, Magical Mystery Cure, Read it and Weep, Magic Duel,  Lesson Zero, and It's About Time I could gush about all day.

Edited January 3, 2018 by ultrairongorilla

[Steve Piranha 29,483]

I've seen some before, like the pilot, Ticket Master, Fall Weather Friends, and Applebuck Season, but it was A Canterlot Wedding which made me stick around and later Magical Mystery Cure, made me a brony by heart. 

[GeekySonic 1,150]

I had seen a bunch of scraps and bits from a bunch of episodes, but the first full episode I ever watched was the Cutie Map. After I was done with that, I went ahead and bought seasons 1-4 on DVD, and watched all of them. Now I have up to season 6. 

[Drunkfrank 1,125]

I don't know, I don't think I have one actually, my friend tricked me into watching it, I told myself I hated it, and then I just ended up watching and watching until I was fully caught up around the end of season 3, I miss those days.

I think Dragonshy was my favorite though from when I first watched them.

[Adderbane 121]

Lesson Zero.  It's where the show started to really break the mold of what was expected and do neat things.

[EpicEnergy 23,240]

The first episode I saw, season 1 episode 2, was enough to get me interested in MLP and keep me interested.

[Rosy Moonlight 371]

My first episode was Molt Down.

I've never looked back since then.

[They call me Loyalty 1,952]

I decided to give it a chance since the first episode. But I think it was Winter wrap up that closed the deal for me. I love that episode and that song very much. Nothing has changed.

[Sparklefan1234 177,600]

The episode that convinced me to stick with FiM was "The Ticket Master" and I still think it's a great and funny episode. 

[twilightlicious69 629]

Forgotten Friendship got me hooked to the MLP universe. At first I only watched EqG, but when I tried the series, it was.........

...........

Party of One.

Mostly because Pinkie went crazy, which I didn't expect in a little girls show. 

[ExplosionMare 19,050]

A Canterlot Wedding since it was the first MLP episode that I was really into. I watched it at least 50 times  I still really like the episode since I have fond memories of it 

[dead account 2,716]

Friendship is Magic - Part 1. Still as good as the first time!

[Tom Gallagher 33,616]

The very first episode. 

[Sasoriman 140]

うーん...

First episode was an edited over version of Dragonshy, but before season 3, I screened every episode that aired on YouTube, and I think it was either The Best Night Ever or Party of One that sealed the deal. They're as good as ever, because unlike the last seasons, they're OG FiM.

Edited May 8, 2022 by Sasoriman

[Rosy Moonlight 371]

My first episode was Molt Down.

Spoiler

It was a satisfying episode which covered the issue of "puberty" and it is where Spike finally gained his wings.

I would have found the episode much better if I had watched previous episodes and gotten the buildup first.