S04:E12 - Pinkie Pride

[Shawn Parks 1,798]

I hated this episode at first. Because of the "real" Gummy and the "real" Fishbone...

 

 

I know you changed your mind later, but why would you hate the whole episode just because you didn't like one gag?  

 

Also, the chicken was named Boneless.

[Pixel Stick 927]

I know you changed your mind later, but why would you hate the whole episode just because you didn't like one gag?  

 

Also, the chicken was named Boneless.

I can't speak for Blobulle, but for my part, the live-action bits screamed shark jump to me at first. I later changed my mind on that, but I still think it's awfully jarring.

[Pastel 7,630]

I know you changed your mind later, but why would you hate the whole episode just because you didn't like one gag?

 

Also, the chicken was named Boneless.

Woops! Fixed. Dunno why I called it Fishbone. XD

 

That wasn't the only thing I disliked, there was also the Goof off, and I found there were too many songs.

Edited March 30, 2014 by BlobuIle

[Bolt the Super-Pony 62]

This is by far my favorite MLP episode of all time! Though the live-action shots were a little off-putting, the episode was so great (best songs, and "Wierd" Al was AWESOME! - I hope they bring him back), that I was able to over-look those minor SpongeBob references.

[Dark Diamond 21]

Wow, this has got to be my favourite episode so far this season! All the songs were great, and I really liked Cheese Sandwich as a character! 

[Please delete this acc 11]

The music in this episode is awesome, man

[Luffyiscool 397]

I'm honestly shocked that some people had any problems at all with this episode.

This is like... a friend in deed PART 2.
An amazing Pinkie episode full of musical delight.

This is honestly one of the episodes i'd give a non-brony to get them interested in the show.

My most re-watched episode of the season and 2nd place in my season rankings.
It was in 1st place until i saw the finale, which overtook it.

[ThePreciseClimber 97]

I honestly don't understand how anyone DIDN'T have any problems with this episode. Usually you'll get a bunch of people who pick out the flaws in every episode.

I can do it right now! How about this:

- the Ponyville dwellers switch their allegiance on a dime. 

- So Pinkie Pie is not a bumbling idiot this time (people act like she wasn't a bumbling idiot since season 1 unless an episode focused on her). Ok, but... why does it feel the rest of M6 was dumbed down, especially Rainbow Dash?

- Cheese's "plan" to imperss Pinkie doesn't make any sense.

- Cheese's "superiority" doesn't make any sense. Pinkie already made a party similar to the birth-versary. In the Canterlot Wedding.

- Oh, and the story structure? Happy! Sad. Happy! Sad. Happy!

[Luffyiscool 397]

I honestly don't understand how anyone DIDN'T have any problems with this episode. Usually you'll get a bunch of people who pick out the flaws in every episode.

I can do it right now! How about this:

- the Ponyville dwellers switch their allegiance on a dime. 

- So Pinkie Pie is not a bumbling idiot this time (people act like she wasn't a bumbling idiot since season 1 unless an episode focused on her). Ok, but... why does it feel the rest of M6 was dumbed down, especially Rainbow Dash?

- Cheese's "plan" to imperss Pinkie doesn't make any sense.

- Cheese's "superiority" doesn't make any sense. Pinkie already made a party similar to the birth-versary. In the Canterlot Wedding.

- Oh, and the story structure? Happy! Sad. Happy! Sad. Happy!

 

 

 

- Their allegiance didn't switch. Cheese showed up, and everyone excitedly asked him to HELP with the party.

PINKIE'S the one who took it the wrong way. They NEVER said that Pinkie wasn't planning it anymore.

In fact, the first friggin thing Twilight says when she next sees Pinkie is "Aren't you going to help Cheese Sandwich plan the party?"

Her wording should have been better, but she clearly meant exactly what happened at the end of the episode. A Pinkie/Cheese COLLAB.

 

- Aided by the first point, i'd say that no one was dumbed down. Dash always speaks before she thinks, so her poor choice of words to Pinkie wasn't OOC.

"Pinkie Pie's parties are fun, sweet and all... but now this party's gonna be epic!" - IMO, she's talking about the collab.

Just make it "but now you're here to help out, this party's gonna be epic!", and you'll see what i mean.

 

- It wasn't a "plan" so much as it was an "intention". Cheese himself said that he wasn't looking to take Pinkie's place in Ponyville.

He himself probably expected a collab from the beginning, and wanted to show Pinkie his prowess as they worked side by side.

 

Pinkie: "Who's going to help me plan this party?" Cheese: "I am."

^ Remember that? Right off the bat, he wanted to work WITH her. ^

 

If Pinkie didn't call him "boneless" and activate his Marty McFly syndrome, i'm not so sure Cheese would've accepted her goof off challenge.

He'd probably even tell her to chill out, saying he doesn't want to fight her.

Though i guess he might have also accepted the challenge so he could show off some more of his party skills to Pinkie.

 

- The birth-versary was the hugest, rocking-est party that's ever been seen in the show.

The birth-versary was almost a friggin THEME PARK. With pools, stages, rollercoasters, giant balloon figures, huge confetti canons, a giant pizza, etc.

The little bit of Pinkie's plans that were shown in Canterlot Wedding were board games and the chicken dance. I'm not seeing the "wow" factor here.

Even the party itself was just shown as a dj booth and a dance floor. Pretty lame compared to the birth-versary.

 

- Hey, just like real life! Like these characters have feelings and motivations, and that they have their high and low points in life.

Also, such a frenetic story structure fits Pinkie's character and is the only pony who can pull it off naturally (which i think she did).

We saw in Party Of One that she was really quick to dip into insanity when she thought her friends didn't like her anymore.

She puts on parties to make her friends happy, which in turn makes her happy.

Not being able to do it, through being upstaged or otherwise, will obviously make her depressed.

But because Pinkie is naturally optimistic and chipper, she's also quick to bounce back when she finds a reason to smile.

 

 

So in short, i believe nothing was out of place and i consider this one of MLP's all-time best showings.

Edited May 26, 2014 by Luffyiscool

[roguesoul 85]

Alright this is one of my favorite episodes in one of my favorite seasons of the show. What was good about it, well...

 

1. Pinkie Pie wasn't an idiot. I hate how she is shown in episodes such as Three's a Crowd, Filli Vanilli, among others. Their using her as a gag, something to laugh at when your just rolling your eyes. In Pinkie Pride we get that Pinkie is a lot deeper then she is portrayed most of the time showing her insecurities a bit like they did in Party of One.

 

2. Two the music. Both Weird Al and Andrea Libman have wonderful voices and while the songs were no This Day Aria or Play Your Part, but they really showed the story and the characters.

 

3. The lesson: Don't let your own desires hurt your friends. While not one of the strongest lessons it was portrayed well and I liked Cheese's confession.

 

All in all, Brilliant!

[Luffyiscool 397]

2. Two the music. Both Weird Al and Andrea Libman have wonderful voices

 

I agree with your post, but i feel like I should point this out.

 

Andrea only sang in the goof-off. Everything else was Shannon Chan-Kent, Pinkie's usual singer.

 

 

[roguesoul 85]

I didn't know that, thanks.

[Twilight.Sparkle 7]

Probably the weirdest episode I've seen but go pinkie

[Luffyiscool 397]

Probably the weirdest episode I've seen but go pinkie

I see what you did there.

[MarioPieShy 4]

Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich look good togerther as a super duper party ponies!

 

Wait..

IF they are both super duper party ponies that make them together super extreme party ponies?

Edited July 8, 2014 by MarioPieShy

[Fizz duuude 2]

So is weird al a brony? Please answer

[Pixel Stick 927]

So is weird al a brony? Please answer

Yup, he sure is. Apparently he'd been wanting to do a song for the show for quite a while.

Edited August 2, 2014 by Pixel Stick

[Thunderlane 550]

Um, the ponies are celebrating like it is some weird thing to happen with it being Rainbow's 'Birthaversary' but if Rainbow moved to Ponyville on her birthday than every year must be her birthaversary right?

[Shawn Parks 1,798]

Um, the ponies are celebrating like it is some weird thing to happen with it being Rainbow's 'Birthaversary' but if Rainbow moved to Ponyville on her birthday than every year must be her birthaversary right?

 

 

Yeah, I thought that was strange as well.  

[Caleb Rosengard 889]

Words can't express how extremely hard it was for me to watch this episode

At the moment Pinkie Pie realizes she's not everyone's favorite super party pony anymore, I felt my heart sink into a blackhole, it was ridiculously painful, I cried, actually cried when she started to sing her song about giving up parties... Pinkie Pie being sad is a capital sin!

 

Edit: I noticed there are people here actually feeling annoyed with Pinkie Pie being used to make just along the season

Guys what the heck is your problem? Pinkie Pie is MEANT to be funny, she makes jokes, it is what makes her happy all the way, you can't expect EVERY episode to show how deep Pinkie Pie is

Even though she sure is a deep character, most of the time is just doing what she was born to: Smile

Edited August 18, 2014 by Caleb Rosengard

[AskScarletTears 8]

This episode was great! Like, wow! I loved every bit of it! I mean, sure the sad part was sad, but it was extremely deep! Like, it was teaching kids that there will always be someone better then them, however that doesn't mean that they still can't be the favorite, and to still do what they love even if there is someone better then them! Wow, I mean, that is a pretty hard lesson to teach kids, but they did it so well! This episode... it's... it's just... gah so good! And they had weird al, and the songs, and... mnnn~ so good!

[Pinkamena-Pills 6,839]

I related heavily to this episode,it brought the feels. 

Excellent episode,second favorite next to Party of One. 

[Caleb Rosengard 889]

I related heavily to this episode,it brought the feels. 

Excellent episode,second favorite next to Party of One. 

I love how you use That emoticon, it makes all that you said feels like sarcasm xD

 

Anyway, I'm back here because I finally got what's the actual problem: in the first 2 seasons, Pinkie Pie was funny, but funny like an actual person, and recently he has been funny in a more... unnatural way, is that so? Or is it just me trying too hard to understand something that is actually really simple?

[Pinkamena-Pills 6,839]

I love how you use That emoticon, it makes all that you said feels like sarcasm xD

 

 

It's not sarcasm,just a accurate portrayal of my facial expression.

 

 

Anyway, I'm back here because I finally got what's the actual problem: in the first 2 seasons, Pinkie Pie was funny, but funny like an actual person, and recently he has been funny in a more... unnatural way, is that so? Or is it just me trying too hard to understand something that is actually really simple?

 

 

You are trying too hard to understand that which is ultimately beyond human logic. So let go of your human logic and understand,then laugh.

[Jeric 46,851]

Pinkie makes an Apple reference. So much chuckles in that one @Pinkamena-Pills

I would love to say that this is the premier episode for me in highlighting Pinkie Pie, but I can't. Not because the quality of the episode (I love this one), but because it would do a disservice to her entire body of work in all the other ones. Like some of the other Mane Six, Pinkie is a bit elusive. It's nigh impossible to point to one moment or one episode and say that, "There! That sums the character up nicely." You just can't.

In Pinkie Pride, you see her longing and distressed side again ... but not in the hopeless mode that she had exhibited twice before. That tells me that she is growing as a character when she doubts herself, but still is able to avoid going all Pinkamena. There is a beautiful structure to Pinkie Pride as well. It has a 'point/counter point' aspect to it. When you get to Pinkie's Lament - and she turns herself around mentally determined to show everyone (including Cheese) her value and her worth ... we applaud. I mean, who here didn't smile and say, 'That's my Pinkie Pie,' when she sung the line about the Real Pinkie? We were all in her corner. Here is the great thing though ... Pinkie ... and the audience ... were wrong. Pinkie didn't realize this until after the Goof Off. This is expert storytelling. Point ... counterpoint.

There is merit to learning that you have value, but that others like you have value as well. That the world is full of promising talent. That is one of the great lessons of this show. Not to be forgotten, but this episode hit a personal nerve in me. Not as deeply as the Shooting stars as AJ looks out the window in Apple Family Reunion, but it was a nerve central to my personal view of life and how we impact our own world. I believe that we are weaving a large complex tapestry, and that each act or decision adds a thread to that tapestry. A main point of Pinkie Pride was that Pinkie influenced Cheese Sandwich. One moment of Pinkie being Pinkie had such a positive life altering affect on him, yet she was completely unaware. Amazing.

How many Cheese Sandwiches have you created? How many moments have you played a role in positively impacted another human being?

I ... love ... this ... episode.