S04:E14 - Filli Vanilli

[bigbertha 414]

This feels like a poor man's "Hurricane Fluttershy" in a lot of ways. They both even have a freak out bit where Fluttershy imagines a bunch of eyes staring at her. The Fluttershy story was still handled well, but what makes me enjoy this episode isn't Fluttershy, it's mostly Rarity. I think this is Rarity's best portrayal in all of season 4. Her part in cheering up Fluttershy at the end is her crowning moment of the season for me. Obviously the only thing that holds this episode back is Pinkie. I like the turkey call competition, but everything else that came out of her mouth was really annoying. She went past comic relief to ruining any dramatic tension the scene once had. Still, that's not enough to ruin the episode for me.

Score: 7/10

[Meushell 52]

I enjoyed this episode. It was part cute and part funny.

 Highlights...

- Pinky while Big Mac was being announced as the previous turkey call winner for the last several years.

- Zecora

- Big Mac’s expression when he first started lip syncing.

- The Pegasus critic guy (I think?) and his daughter.

- The different ways Flutter hid, and she looked so happy.

- Applejack figuring it all out.

- Rarity was great in the end, and I like how everyone pointed out how much she was loved.

- I like that Fluttershy learned from the whole expression, but it didn’t magically completely cure her of her stage fright.

[Magic_Spark 154]

Liked the title as it reflects the band that did lipsync even thought they had good vocies. 

People use that new app to alter their voice so it sounds better. Me I can hear it. It sounds like a high pitch vibrato type of voice to me. I can pick it out all the time. There are a lot of people using it these days. :/ Kinda makes anyone sound better to most. However I can detect it.

I liked the end song and the look of Fluttershy when she flew up towards the camera.  She looks so happy. 

[qwerE 96]

I liked the music in this episode. But Pinky was being a bit mean to Fluttershy, and I didn't really find her jokes funny. I don't think Pinky is the kind of pony that says cruel jokes to somepony else when they're having a hard time. This episode's Pinky just felt a bit out of her actual character, and I found that to be a bit dissapointing. Aside from that, the story itself wasn't too bad.

[bigbertha 414]

Good episode. The story is a fairly basic one for Fluttershy, but it's executed really well. It's smart that the episode reincorporates poison joke as a plot point. It helps to make the episode unique and it's an unexpected yet clever solution. While the story is similar to other Fluttershy episodes, it still has a different and very good moral about how progress usually happens over a long time and taking small steps forward is important.

Also, Rarity shines here. She's very supportive and has a lot of great moments showing that. And the rest of the mane six have their moments too... except Pinkie. Yeah, Pinkie's controversial scenes here are still annoying, and same with most of the rest of the stuff she does, but she at least has a few good jokes and doesn't take away from the episode too much.

My only other issues are little things that kinda take me out of the episode. Like in the beginning, the mane six are surprised that they've never heard Fluttershy sing in front of them and Fluttershy revealing she has stage fright is treated like a big reveal for the characters. And near the end, Fluttershy acts like she was hiding how much she wanted to perform with the pony-tones from Rarity, when Fluttershy was the one who was pushing to perform at every event. 

Overall I like this episode, but I don't think it does anything really great. It's decently funny, tells a solid story, and has good performances from most of the characters. Not great, but still enjoyable.

Score: 7/10

 

[Rushing cash 836]

A great episode, FS got development and rarity was portrayed really well unlike PP who was pretty oblivious and kinda over the top insensitive at times, although she had some great moments in the episode, like when she won that compitition.  

https://derpibooru.org/552884?q=Filli+Vanilli

When I watched that episode I couldn't believe they brought flutter guy back. The music was good and overall I really enjoyed this episode.

https://derpibooru.org/618647?q=Filli+Vanilli  So cute

[North Star 5,220]

I love this ep just as much today as I did when I rewatched it like crazy when it came out. Music in the treetops is so good and the humour in the ep is great. There are few eps where Pinkie is better in a support role than this one

[Astralshy 26,421]

Dear fillies and gentle colts,

here you see why I fall in love with this show. I watched Tridashie Friendship is Musical series before I saw this one. Tridashie made me interest in this show. This episode finished the  job and made me start to watch the show from beginning immediately.

I still refuse to pick a fav. episode of MLP FiM but this episode here is so special that it almost is without me to need to pick it anyway.

I love the plot, I love the music, I love humor, I love the beginning, middle and ending. Fluttershy is my best pony

The only thing one I criticize that Pinkie is acting a bit strange in this episode. I know the bar is pretty high but considering how she was acting in the Gilda episode from season one to protect Fluttershy I really think she would be aware of what Fluttershy frightens and definitely wouldn't act like this.

 

On 2021-03-09 at 12:36 AM, abrony-mouse said:

I love this ep just as much today as I did when I rewatched it like crazy when it came out. Music in the treetops is so good and the humour in the ep is great. There are few eps where Pinkie is better in a support role than this one

I agree with you. But I have to admit without the context of this episode Pinkie's reply here is so Pinky that I'll never forget it :)

[JMTV99 1,352]

Despite Pinkie Pie being a killjoy, this is one of the best Fluttershy episodes to date, next to Dragonshy.

[Hadrien 950]

IT'S THE GLORIOUS RETURN OF FLUTTERGUY !

I like the song in this one, really catchy tune that sticks in your head. It's also a pretty standard story for Fultters, trying to overcome her stage fright to be able to sing like she wants. I honestly don't have much to say about this episode. Big Mac is cool as the baritone, I didn't know Rarity liked to sing, and the other two memebers are.....there ? I don't know. It's a very basic episode, with a basic premise, and a basic resolution. Nothing great, nothing horrible, just a good, normal episode.

6+0.5/10, pretty normal rating. 

[Azixa 22]

Hello my last post was about Filli Vanilli I'm more comfortable watching that episode with my mom but I also want to show her Bridle Gossip but I'm afraid because of the scene where the girls think they all accidentally steps on Applejack and Twilight says "or sat on her" and they all looked at their rumps I'm afraid that it would be awkward to watch that scene with my mom I enjoy watching the show with her and I don't want it to be ruined because of this one scene in the episode any advice?

[CiBP 351]

This one should be fine too. It won't be weird unless you make it weird. Good luck again, enjoy the episode! 

[Azixa 22]

4 minutes ago, CiBP said:

This one should be fine too. It won't be weird unless you make it weird. Good luck again, enjoy the episode! 

It's going to be hard since the scene last 7 seconds but I think that the only awkward scene in the episode 

[Dreambiscuit 9,616]

Your mom is a grown adult and I doubt anything so fleeting and harmless would cause any discomfort. This show is written to be suitable for children, so I don’t imagine an adult would get too ruffled over it. Watch the episode, enjoy and don’t overthink it. Have fun!

[Azixa 22]

10 hours ago, Dreambiscuit said:

Your mom is a grown adult and I doubt anything so fleeting and harmless would cause any discomfort. This show is written to be suitable for children, so I don’t imagine an adult would get too ruffled over it. Watch the episode, enjoy and don’t overthink it. Have fun!

True I guess I'm overthrowing a bit too much 

 

Thank you!

[Antiyonder 1,090]

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[Cash In 22,216]

Hello @Azixa 

Your question has been answered more or less, but I merged your thread into the thread for Filli Vanilli. When making threads for MLP:FiM, please post them in "FiM Canon Discussion" section. Thank you!