Which Episode First Made You Love the Show/Become a Brony?

[Mikahlee 12]

Griffon Brush off, Bridle Gossip, Sonic Rainboom was when I really started seeing the show as something "more". r The Cutie Mark Chronicles pretty much did it for meh.

[ManiacForPonies 27]

Actually, after the  first episode I knew that at some point I would become a big fan so I guess I could say the first one. But the episode that made me a fan was DragonShy. I just liked the humor and the interaction between the characters way more than before.

[elbj 190]

I liked the show after the first few episode I had seen, but I couldn't really see why a whole fandom had sprung out from it. Then I saw Winter Wrap-up and after the song had ended I just sat there thinking "Where the buck do I sign up to be a brony?"

[Starlight Song 43]

It's a little complicated, because I watched the show then quit, but I guess it was the beginning of season 3? I just randomly started watching them. then my accounts on bronie fan pages grew and grew and batta bang. Here I am.

[Golurk 468]

Oddly enough, it wasn't an episode. It was... *sigh* "Cupcakes."

 

Before I even first saw the show, my friends made it appallingly apparent that it was the kind of thing I'd like and couldn't resist. So, I was resigned to my fate, but wanted one last shebang as a non-brony. My friends obliged, with notable protest. Thus, "it" was the first explicitly pony-related video I ever saw, and the thing that cemented my fate as a brony a few days before I even watched the show.

[Homura Akemi 974]

Basically after I watched my first episode, which was Bridle Gossip, I went from there on. I watched all the season 1 episodes in random order.

[Sugar Cube 4,843]

First episode I ever watched was Bridle Gossip, but I tuned into it halfway through. While I definitely enjoyed it, and saw potential in my becoming a Brony, it wasn't until I saw Fall Weather Friends that I was hooked. That was the episode that made me say "Yeah, this really is a great cartoon."

Edited April 20, 2013 by Sugar Cube

[ToridAkbolto 170]

I think it was Winter Wrap Up. I didn't really like the first couple episodes immediately, but the singing in that one was just amazing. It's funny, too. As a child, I was always "oh look they're singing, lets go switch to another show and wait for them to fight." As an adult, "Yay they're singing!"

[Kris Adams 7]

When I was watching The Hub, for other shows Dan Vs and R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, I came across the show when I was watching Dan Vs., this promo aired

I was all like, uh okay, that was greatly animated, so I gave an episode a watch, then I gave another a few months later, then another one about a year later, then I was watched the episode Dragon Quest, and that's the episode I got into, cause I had feels for spike, he reminded of me at that time when I was like that, and I could actally get what he talking about, and plus It reminding and how much I love video games, like Mario and Zelda, and then I instently fell IN LOVE with the show  , and it was all because of ONE

DRAGON

[--Eve-- 351]

I knew after the second episode. You just can't watch one half of a two parter, no matter the show. I was also enjoying it, so that urged me to watch more. I remember the night as well. It was Sunday, at about 11:00, I was going to bed, but secretly kept my ipod under my pillow and decided to see what was so good about the show. About an hour later i realised i liked it. Unfortunately the website I used to watch all the episodes is now gone. I know the episodes well enough though so it doesn't really matter.

Edited April 20, 2013 by StarVision

[stainesbrony 219]

Party of one. It was the first episode I saw, and immediately I was hooked, because it went a lot deeper into some stuff than I imagined it would.

Edited April 20, 2013 by stainesbrony

[Hazel-Beam 88]

Mine was "Winter Wrap-Up". That song...it was just so addicting. It's still one of my favorite episodes.

 

And after the Gala episode, I was like, "All right, BRING ON SEASON TWO!"

[Umbral Noir 1,556]

After episode 3, I realised that I wasn't going to stop watching mlp. I knew that there was no going back, I had become a brony for life

[IronPuddinG 249]

It was episode 27, I believe.  That number stands out in my mind.  I was watching it when I was reading the comments (Only the top comments, to not risk too many spoilers).  One of them said

"I'm not a brony!

*checks episode number*

...dammit, I'm a brony."

 

At first, I chuckled a bit and checked the episode number myself.  Then, it kinda struck me.  I was a brony.

Although, I was extremely receptive to the show because I started with the 'mature' side of the fandom (Princess Molestia and Cupcakes) and it eventually eased into Kyrospawn's videos.  Anybody who knows of him knows how it goes.

[Persian 46]

Return of Harmony part 1 and 2. Because Discord is awesome. It's fanart of Discord who got me into the show in the first place. I still started by season 1 episode 1 and I enjoyed enough to keep watching but the arrival of Discord was my real "OMG, I LOVE this show!" moment...

[Telegraph 115]

She's an evil enchantress She does evil dances And if you look deep in her eyes She'll put you in trances Then what will she do? She'll mix up an evil brew Then she'll gobble you up In a big tasty stew Soooo... Watch out!

 

...Bridle Gossip for me.

Edited April 21, 2013 by Telegraph

[D1SC0RD 987]

Hmm... I remember I watched in chronological order. I also remember that there were certain episodes that made me go Ooooo! Can't wait for the next one! but I wouldn't call those the revolutionary episodes (these included Dragonshy, Winter Wrap Up, and Call of the Cutie).

 

The one that made me realize that I was a brony was Sonic Rainboom. I was very drawn into the characters and following the story arc with an unbelievable amount of empathy. I watched the show with genuine interest the whole time, but it wasn't until this episode that I realized how emotionally invested I had become.

 

Sonic Rainboom made me cry. When Rainbow didn't believe in herself, was outshone by her friend, and almost accepted defeat, she found courage in her heart and triumphed. When she did the sonic rainboom, I was so unbelievably proud of her. When she looked back and seen her accomplishment and finally felt confident and proud...  I'm starting to get emotional just thinking about it!

 

I knew I liked ponies, but I didn't realize how much they meant to me until I cried for a character. It was when I teared up that I realized ponies were something that I cherished, and I hope I'll never lose that connection.

Edited April 21, 2013 by D1SC0RD

[just ignore me 86]

Dragonshy was the episode where i just kinda froze and thought to myself that i freaking loved this show. It isnt my favorite episode but overall its pretty good.

[Mand'alor Dash 2,224]

Mine was the same one that

had: Winter Wrap-Up.

 

Before WWU, I knew that I liked the show. After WWU, I was completely blown away by the characters, the world-building, that damn incredible song, it was all just overwhelming to the senses, and I was forced to convert.

[Giegue 8]

With me, I was looking through the tvguide when I noticed this show. I said "screw it, lets see what people are flipping out about" and decided to wauch it on a day that I was home alone. Saw "Bridle Gossip", had some good laughs, and loved this show ever since.

[ColtofPersonality 855]

As it says on my profile. I watched a youtube poop first and decided to check out Party Of One. One the greatest decision I ever made in my life.

[Righteous Fury 344]

Hm... Applebuck Season is where I fell in love with Applejack, but I think Swarm of the Century was the true point of no return for me. I had stopped watching for a while after Dragonshy, no reason why, just had other things to do, but after SotC I was hooked for good. More specifically, the Blazing Saddles reference did me in completely. I did NOT see that coming.

[True Rarity 1,240]

Actually I became a pegasister after I saw the first one.

I always wanted to watch MLP: FiM, or at least for a long time I did. I loved the show but hadn't seen it, and officially became a pegasister after I saw the first episode, ESPECIALLY after everyone told me it gets even better.

[TheFabulousPony 102]

Hmmmm I cant remember really I don't think.. or know if I had "that episode". I remember seeing Rarity and Rainbow Dash and having a "That moment" haha XD

[The Pony Alchemist 70]

I'd say when I watched the season 2 premier.  When I was watching season 1 I just  had this constant thought of "what the f*** am I watching?"  When I watched the return of harmony however, I felt worried about would happen to Equestria when Discord had messed up everypony . And I felt relieved when they thwarted Discord.  But even then I still wasn't really all in; Ironically I'd say the episode that made me a full brony and all of that love and tolerance stuff that goes with it was the season 3 finale.  Since that episode I have been doing much more in the community I have started work on my own music and fanfics.  On top of that I have gone back and watched the show multiple time through