Episodes that you enjoyed more on rewatch

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,606]

Are there any episodes of the show that you didn't care for the first time that improved for you exponentially the second time? Which ones?

[Sparklefan1234 180,274]

17 minutes ago, TheAnimationFanatic said:

Are there any episodes of the show that you didn't care for the first time that improved for you exponentially the second time? Which ones?

 

I have more episodes that fall into this category than I originally thought:

 

• Spike at Your Service
• Games Ponies Play
• Read it and Weep
• Secrets and Pies
• The Washouts
• Sounds of Silence
• Yakity-Sax 
• Grannies Gone Wild

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,606]

Some of mine:

• Bridle Gossip
• Green Isn't Your Color
• May the Best Pet Win!
• Sweet and Elite
• The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
• Ponyville Confidential
• Games Ponies Play
• Magical Mystery Cure
• Daring Don't
• For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils (I liked it initially, but Sweetie Belle's portrayal rubbed me the wrong way initially)
• Trade Ya!
• Party Pooped
• Flutter Brutter
• Every Little Thing She Does
• PPOV
• Rock Solid Friendship 
• Not Asking For Trouble
• Secrets and Pies

[bigbertha 417]

I have more than I thought:

-Friendship is Magic

-Dragonshy

-Feeling Pinkie Keen

-Sonic Rainboom

-Stare Master

-Show Stoppers

-Cutie Pox

-Putting Your Hoof Down

-Canterlot Wedding

-One Bad Apple

-Bloom and Gloom

-Cutie Re-Mark

-Newbie Dash

-Stranger Than Fan Fiction

-To Change a Changeling

-Uncommon Bond

[Oleks 1,994]

I have a few of those:

• The Ticket Master
• Winter Wrap Up
• Lesson Zero
• Sleepless in Ponyville
• Simple Ways
• Rarity Investigates
• All Bottled Up
• The Break Up Break Down

In fact, almost all Season 1 is more enjoyable on rewatch for me because of the nostalgic feeling I get when I rewatch its episodes.

[Dark Qiviut 22,588]

As of lately,

1. Molt Down. I enjoyed it the first go around, but thought it wasn’t that special. Love it after seeing it in finished form.
2. Parent Map. Had it as an average episode the first time around. Rewatched it, and now I love it.
3. The Washouts. Grew disappointed with it after watching the translated version. When it came out in English, it quickly rose to near the top of the series.
4. The Best Gift Ever. Slammed it quite hard for some really bad scenes. After rewatching it, I still don’t enjoy it, but I like it on the whole a lot more now.

My best example is Flight to the Finish. I originally hated this one. Feeling I was unfair to it, I later rewatched it to judge it more fairly. It’s one of the best episodes of the series.

[Will Guide 21,371]

Hard to Say Anything.

At first, I didn't like it because it was painting a "Fairy Tales are useless to learn from" vibe, which as a Disney fan I took great offense to. But that wasn't the point of the moral. It was more about "if you really want to wow someone with a romantic gesture, get to know them first. Sometimes, they may like a Fairy Tale-like romantic gesture, and other times, they'd want something more practical."

[Misty Shadow 8,200]

So many I don't even know where to begin. Episodes of the show are generally more enjoyable to me with a re-watch, but the standouts are definitely episodes that I used to believe were an absolute chore to sit through like Spike At Your Service and Games Ponies Play. I liked going back to them and finding them to be stupidly amusing. The ultimate standout that took me two re-watches to appreciate though was Maud Pie. Yes, I did not like Maud Pie at first and could never be any happier to like it now. 

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,606]

The first time I saw "Call of the Cutie", I found it to be a bit bland and dull,  now with the benefit of foresight, it holds up a lot better.

[Megas 28,110]

It's rarer than I'd like to admit, Daring Don't and Games Ponies Play are probably the most notable ones. Infamously Rainbow Falls is this for me as well, my opinion has gone up a lot for that episode, admittedly because there have been later episodes that go out of their way to be worse than it

[cuteycindyhoney 13,336]

5 hours ago, Oleks said:

Rarity Investigates

I think this is the episode I've watched the most. I LOVE Rarity as a detective!

[ChB 18,574]

Yes. I can only think of one, at the moment, and it's "Slice of Life"

[Prospekt 11,035]

Simple Ways, All Bottled Up, and Wonderbolts Academy come to mind. I thought the first two were mediocre and I thought the third was awful. But they've all grown on me.

[DonMaguz 1,023]

The Best Night Ever.

Season 1 finale is an episode I like more each time I watch it, I've already watched it around 7-8 times and it amazes me how it keeps getting funnier every time.

There may be more exciting or emotional episodes, but I'm starting to think that 'The Best Night Ever' is the episode that better encapsulates the spirit of FiM.

[Rushing cash 845]

There were a few episodes I didn't like on first watch but they have grown on me later on, some like: green isn't your color, rarity investigates, sleepless in ponyvile, dragonshy, stare master, Rock Solid Friendship, etc... 

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,606]

21 minutes ago, DonMaguz said:

The Best Night Ever.

Season 1 finale is an episode I like more each time I watch it, I've already watched it around 7-8 times and it amazes me how it keeps getting funnier every time.

There may be more exciting or emotional episodes, but I'm starting to think that 'The Best Night Ever' is the episode that better encapsulates the spirit of FiM.

It's the perfect conclusion for primarily comedic Season 1. It takes the stereotypes of girly cartoons and goes against them.