Holiday Special - Best Gift Ever

[Esoteric 142]

A Christmas special instead of a Halloween special? Call me disappointed.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,140]

Remember fellows; looks like the special airs Saturday tomorrow at 1pm EST, so remember! MORE PONY!

And deer. :3

[Will Guide 21,277]

Won't be able to watch even at airing time. At that point, I gotta get to work. So please, if you want to talk to me, please no spoilers

[ggg-2 3,485]

I hope the Young 6 are in this. I'd love to see them meet Shining Armor, Cadence and Flurry Heart.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,140]

It's on fellows! And boy; that was a fun song.

[Sepul-Coloratura 753]

Are we getting a Sparity episode? After all these years?

[ggg-2 3,485]

Hey, a Buddy the Elf pony!

[YoshiAngemon 217]

I can relate to Twilight and her friends. The chaos of the holidays are getting out of hand, and needs to be controlled! CHAOS... CONTROL? I'm gonna get my nephew a plushie of Shadow the Hedgehog!

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,140]

I love these reindeer.

I'm sorry; just love them too much. <3

[Sepul-Coloratura 753]

I like how pinkie can just get involved in anything.

[ggg-2 3,485]

Okay, Shining Armor and Cadence openly flirting is adorable. So is the term Twily-nanas. Oh and Applejack actually said she got her hat from her dad. EAT IT, SKEPTICS!

[cmarston1 5,941]

Alright so it looks like it's MLP's time to get a 44 minute long special episode.  Given what I have seen from Equestria Girls and there 44 minute specials, I had hoped that MLP FIM could also make something enjoyable in this format.  After watching Best Gift Ever, I thought that it was enjoyable.  Applejack was great here, I especially liked her bluntly telling Spike that she didn't pick Rarity, as that was one of the funniest jokes in the special.  The special started out with a cute new song, and ended with a pretty decent song as well.  While not the best thing from G4, I thought it still made for a decent time.

[Steve Piranha 27,062]

Just now, ggg-2 said:

Okay, Shining Armor and Cadence openly flirting is adorable. So is the term Twily-nanas. Oh and Applejack actually said she got her hat from her dad. EAT IT, SKEPTICS!

Then Applejack’s Hot Minute ain’t canon 

 

[jorge123esp 911]

Alright, this is probably one of my favourite MLP episodes ever. Amazing songs, amazing moments, new characters... Holy shit, is been quite a long time since I really loved a episode such like this one. 

And, again...

Friendship is the best gift ever

Now, let's wait for season 9! I hope it will be the best season ever 

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,523]

Well, that was fun! While it was somewhat predictable, it was still very funny, had great songs, was heartfelt, and managed to have a few surprising moments near the end. A very good special and a good way to tide us over until Season 9.

[ggg-2 3,485]

Did anyone else love how Shining Armor was in pure snark mode the entire time?

[TransitPony 216]

(Heads up spoilers ahead!) 

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My God, this special was awesome! New characters, a ton of fan service (Dash and Discord doing a GI Joe reference), tons of Sparity references, new creatures, DERPY SPEAKS!!!  

Oh, on top of that, a ton of folks watching it too. I was on a stream of this being shown; 800+ people watching and the chat crashed after it was over.  

Damn, what a special indeed. They have a ton in store for Season 9! 

 

[Buttonmash1973 1,022]

Hallo Ciderfest 2019!

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Derpy spoke, and there was much rejoice!

 

 

 

 

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,523]

Props to the writer for not just featuring Shining Armor and Cadence, but also by giving them great dialogue and giving them something to do.

[Sparklefan1234 157,760]

"The Best Gift Ever!" was fun! Only one of five of my predictions were correct. 

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,140]

Gotta say; this was possibly the best Christmas-anything G4 has done up to this point. Granted it's either this or the musical one, but overall this was sweet, charming, and fun. ^^

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,523]

Just now, PathfinderCS said:

Gotta say; this was possibly the best Christmas-anything G4 has done up to this point. Granted it's either this or the musical one, but overall this was sweet, charming, and fun. ^^

Also, while the other Christmas-themed episodes were good, most of them outside of The Hearth's Warming Club were fairly predictable. The Best Gift Ever has a few unexpected twists  near the end.

[Sparklefan1234 157,760]

@PathfinderCS *Spoilers*

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Too bad the reindeer didn't fly. 

 

Edited October 27, 2018 by Sparklefan1234

[Jahsso 2]

@Sepul-Coloratura What do yo mean are they having a sparity episode in s9?

[Sepul-Coloratura 753]

1 minute ago, Jahsso said:

@Sepul-Coloratura What do yo mean are they having a sparity episode in s9?

I wrote that while watching the episode so I thought this episode was going that direction.