DJ reviews My little pony (1984-tales)

[djlamar2]

Okay since A1 has done a review on the old series I figured that I'd do a review of the series from My little pony to Friendship is Magic (will do those in the other sections) and everything in between. This isn't gonna have videos unfortunately since the whole copywright on youtube its a written review. So to start it off I am going with the very first special: Rescue from Midnight Castle. Enjoy.

Rescue at Midnight Castle Review:

Back in the day I watched this episode and thought "Hey a show about horses" and I was half right. Its a show about little ponies. Anyway the episode starts out with a theme that would later be revised into the show's theme. We see of course the main ponies of the episode as the intro begins. By the way if you want to see my revised episode of this read "Christine comes to Ponyland". So anyway back to the review. Firefly is our adventurous pony who apparently does something that Medley thinks is dangerous. This is a funny scene since she hits the basket of apples that Applejack was picking. Which gets everyone giggling. Anyway we get to see a few ponies before we see the Stratadons which to me were scary as a kid. But it makes sense since they are the followers of Tyrak. We also see another follower who is named Scorpan. Firefly then decides to go find help. The scene shifts to Scorpan and a baby dragon named Spike who talk to Tyrak. Interesting how they didn't change his look but what his power is in FiM. We then go to a scene where Megan sees a shooting star which is Firefly. Then we see a funny scene with her coming out of the well. Seems as if Megan isn't sure about what she can do for her friend. Firefly starts our first song of this special "Dancing on Air". Anyway they land in Ponyland and Firefly tells everyone that Megan is their only hope which is sketchy because she didn't really know what she was getting into. Megan of course is captured but let free and told this isn't her fight. She gets mad and tries to stop Scorpan. Brave? Foolish is more like it. Back to the ponies who are now captured. Tyrak tells them that Ember is too small. He then turns them into monsters. He then tells Scorpan he had better get that fourth pony or Spike's head is his. Back to the others and Applejack falls off the bridge which brings us to our next set of ponies. The Sea Ponies. These ponies are always the backup for some songs. They sing "Call upon the sea ponies" which is our second song of this movie. They enter the Mushromp and meet an elf/gnome who is not very good at keeping things. He lost the rainbow of light somewhere. He sings our third song "Little Piece of Rainbow" while looking for it. Habbit knows where it is. He always knows things the Moochick has lost. Of course he'd leave it with Habbit. Anyway they go to midnight castle. Megan calls the seaponies with the seashell they gave her when they met them. Back to Scorpan and Tyrak. A follower tells Tyrak that there are more ponies. Scorpan goes to let Ember out. Applejack is grabbed and now becomes a monster and now the chariot is complete. Scorpan tries to help them and they run outside. But before they can go back inside Tyrak comes out and tries to bring in the night that never ends. Firefly tries her trick again and works for awhile. Bowtie? That's not Bowtie its Firefly. Tyrak gets the rainbow of darkness back but Megan sends out the rainbow of light which doesn't do anything but when all hope seems lost the rainbow fights back and destroys Tyrak and turns everyone back to normal. Scorpan turns out to be a prince. Oh sure laugh at Ember.

Good points:
-The songs were great
-The plot stayed true to what we expect in future episodes
-The villain was pretty cool.

Bad points:
-First of all why have a character who loses stuff all the time as the carrier of the rainbow of light? I get it. He's supposed to be comedy relief but still.
-The whole "If by midnight my chariot is not ready a head will roll, his" is kinda scary. This is supposed to be a kid's show.
-Megan being the one to help them. Okay that isn't a bad thing but for crying out loud the ponies could fight. Look at the episode "The Prince and the ponies" and you'll see what I mean.
-The followers and the monsters the ponies turn into were a bit too scary if you ask me.

Anyway not a bad episode for a pilot but there are some parts not suitable for kids. The episode gets a 9.5/10. Stay tuned for my "Escape from Catrina" review.

[djlamar2]

Okay till I can find the DVD set of the series this will have to be on hold unless I buy the escape from Catrina DVD set

[djlamar2]

Escape from Catrina (Or Katrina as it was known in reformatted form):

Okay so this special was (and is still) one of my favorite episodes because of a few things. First the baby ponies are just too cute. Its too bad the baby ponies here aren't seen again just like the ponies in Rescue from Midnight Castle. The scene opens up yet again with a familiar tune. Of course the ponies are awaiting Megan's return. As seen in the opening scenes there's a pony named Sundance who's a bit of a clutz. And who to save Baby Moondancer but the sea ponies. The scene cuts to a hole in the ground where we see our newest characters the bushwoolies. Another part I like about this episode. So this dinosaur thingy named Rep tells this bushwoolie not to spill it. By the way he gives him a heavy bowl. How the heck is he supposed to not spill it? Anyway he takes it to Catrina and what does he do? Spill it. This of course makes Catrina mad. Also kids "Don't do drugs". Anyway the bushwoolies plan an escape. Hearing this Catrina gets mad and dangles 1 over the witch weed potion. Rep saves him which makes him so mad. Clumsy Sundance strikes again. And here comes Megan. Of course they took the rainbow to keep it safe. Time to meet the baby ponies and an awesome song "Let's not take a nap". Another reason I love this episode . So catchy and awesome. But this of course is a ploy to get them to take a nap. Reverse psychology for the win. Back to Catrina who apparently is taking a nap at the same time. The bushwoolies escape and makes Catrina even madder. She then tries to capture them again. She then sees the ponies and thinks she can use them to make her potion. We see more of her powers over the weather (Catrina, ring a bell anyone?) and she freezes the ponies. 1 gets away and goes to get Megan. Megan comes with the rainbow of light and saves them and we see the rainbow in action yet again. The next song was taken out for time reasons or something but the name of it is "Good (before you turned bad) old days" which reminds us of how she used to be. I wished they hadn't taken it out . I loved this song as well. The scene shifts again to them and they tell Sundance she's way too clumsy to do anything. Poor Sundance . Megan tries to console her by trying to tell her to jump and she does and does great. Even tells she's not lucky she's special. I love Sundance . Now to the dance that night. All the baby ponies (Except Moondancer) is getting dressed. Moondancer has no dress but who to solve that problem but Megan . Oh sure Megan give her the locket. It'll be safe. Rep comes out as a pony. He tries to take the locket from her and fails even after he transforms. Moondancer is pretty smart. Catrina takes Moondancer but not before getting bitten. They go after them and find the bushwoolies. They tell her where they used to live and head down there. Of course Catrina is holding Moondancer hostage in return for its return she wants them to be her slaves. Rep gets mad after hearing the threat of throwing Moondancer in. He gets thrown back and transforms into a bull and knocks her into the pool. Sundance saves Baby Moondancer. Rep makes a deal with Catrina. If she destroys the witch weed machine he'll believe that she can change and become good again. She of course considers it and at first is hesitant but says okay. Apparently she was out of power so she asks him for the witch weed potion once more (Remember kids don't do drugs). She gets it and starts to try to get revenge but Rep reminds her of her promise and instead she destroys the machine. The scene shifts after pulling her out to the night of the ball. My favorite scene is where Spike is playing the horn with a knight costume and the faceplate falls. It made me giggle. You even see Megan giggle too. The last song is also my favorite song. "Dressed like a dream" is an awesome song. I love the costumes their all in. Rep says Catrina looks beautiful like "The good old days" and tells her to go on but apparently Rep is standing on her dress. Herpa derp . End credits of course.

Good points:
-The baby ponies are adorable. We finally got to see more.
-The songs were very plot worthy.
-Baby Moondancer. That's all I have to say. She's just too cute.
-Rep being the gentle soul and trying to get Catrina to change was awesome. The song they sang together was awesome.
-The villain's follower vs Rescue from Midnight Castle wasn't as scary. She had her moments but this was appropriate for a kid special
-Megan telling Sundance she was "Special". That made me smile. It's like telling someone disabled "You're not disabled just special".
-Moondancer knew there was something up. Smart message guys . If you see a stranger and you don't feel right about them run.

Bad Points:
-The witch weed potion was drugs. I mean come on. Its obvious. Its like "Hey kids. Want to be strong? Take drugs". At least at the end she destroyed the machine
-Megan giving the rainbow of light to Baby Moondancer. That's just saying "Here you go. Make sure you show it to everyone especially the bad guys"
-If Rep is supposed to be nice he sure didn't show it at the beginning or grabbing Baby Moondancer.
-Most of the ponies in the special. They kept picking on poor Sundance. If I were Megan I'd give them a talking to. So what if she's a bit clumsy. Sheesh.
-The change from this to the 2 parter. Why leave out "Good (before you turned bad) old days"? It tells of how Catrina was.

Anyway that's my review of Escape from Catrina. Not bad for another special (Although we had to wait a whole year to see it). 9/10. Had some good parts but just wish the special would have stayed a special. Next up is "My little pony the movie" review.

[djlamar2]

Okay before we begin the review a few things to keep in mind. First everyone is entitled to their own opinions. What other people think is bad might not be for some other people. Opinions are okay. This is my review and how I put it how it was is my opinion. I will point out some things that I agreed with another reviewer on. Second I may point out differences between my version of the movie and this version so fair warning this will be a long review. Third I never saw this in theaters. My family rarely went to movies so I'll just be blunt: I got to watch it in crappy D before I moved out of my parent's house and got the Disney channel myself. The only way I could watch it was to watch it horribly without it being on our plan which meant the screen was full of lines. Back then I felt kinda embarrassed to ask my parents if I could "quote" get a girls movie based on ponies and everyone making fun of me watching said girls movie. But they were fine with it when they found out I watched it. Believe it or not if my brothers (I had 2 and no sisters) or my mom and dad came downstairs I'd change the channel. Again not because I was afraid I'd get scolded for watching the series because my brothers would tell my mom everything I watched. Which is fine. My mom and dad were very cautious of what we watched. No the fact is that I was afraid to say "Hey I want to watch a girl movie about ponies" because I thought they'd laugh and poke fun at me. It wasn't till I came here that I found out that there are others like me who watched the series and I finally said "Okay. I admit I like My little pony" and they were fine with that. Now that we got that out of the way here comes my review on.......

My little pony the movie:

Ah yes the familiar beginning we're accustomed to. But wait..... What's this? A different theme. Going back to Rescue from Midnight Castle and Escape from Catrina the main theme was sang by a group not kids. I'm not complaining but this is a good point that Al pointed out in his review of this movie. The least they could have done was have the original singers from the specials sing the opening theme. Also if you watch the credits you'll notice a very familiar voice actor. Anyone guess who that is? Here's 2 clues. He was on the show "Taxi" and played the voice of "Phil" on Disney's Hercules. If you said "Danny Devito" you are correct. Who does he play you ask? We'll get to that when we get to it. Also the theme's lyrics was actually used in my story "The Magic of Ponyland the movie". Also I have to point out what AL pointed out yet again. Notice that Spring came quick. Ah animated movies and spring don't you just love it? Anyway they take a short pause to show the most melodramatic character in the whole movie Baby Lickety-Split. That's not to say I didn't like her but I didn't much like her in the movie or in the standalone episodes because of how she acted. I did tone her down in my series to be less like that. Also if you read "Christine comes to Ponyland" you noticed that the Baby Lickety-Split referred to isn't the Baby Lickety-Split from the movie. I changed that. Anyway she comes out in a fancy outfit showing off her moves to Spike which he asks like any self respecting friend would "Where'd you learn that?" of course she tells him she made it up. He then tells her not to do it in the show. But more on that later. By the way where'd all these ponies come from you ask? Read a cannon story or just read my stories. The scene shifts to our said villains which they really aren't villains if you ask me. They're more dopey than Dopey from Snow White. The fat one is Reeka, the tall is Draggle and their mom's name is Hydia. They of course being witches hate things beautiful. Did I mention Hydia hates being called "Mama"? If I didn't she makes it pretty blunt. Wow a mom that doesn't like to be called mama. Sorry for pointing this out but in my series Hydia actually has an uncle and just like her he hates being called how she's related to him. Which is uncle. I don't blame Hydia. I wouldn't want to be kin to screw ups like Reeka and Draggle either. But she's as much of a screwup as they are. They try to tell Hydia they did stuff evil but Hydia wants them to be more evil. She goes into one of the worst songs of the whole movie. "Evil witch like me" . But it makes sense. They don't need to be pretty. She wants them to ruin the festival. The scene shifts back to the ponies at the recital for the baby ponies. Of course Baby Lickety-Split doesn't take Spike's advice and messes up the recital. Buttons gets mad and scolds Baby Lickety-Split and she runs off and sings "I'll go it alone" not a bad song but just out of place. Jeez what a brat baby Lickety-split is. Also during the duration of this song notice how she puts a bunch of clothes in the bag and when she tries to lift it she can't but takes one thing out and can. Wow. Also Baby Lickety-Split is a jerk to Spike through the whole song. Spike of course wants to go but Baby Lickety-split doesn't want him to. He goes anyway and leaves a note. The witches are seen and boy are they stupid. They don't know what dank is till they read about it. I COULD HAVE TOLD THEM IT MEANS WET! Jeez. Draggle forgets she's a witch and also says she has never casted a spell before. This is obvious when she holds the spellbook upside down. She casts the spell but of course the sea ponies seeing the whole thing reverses the flood they created back to them washing them near the animals. By the way notice how a skunk asks "What smells"? Has he smelled himself lately? His smell isn't all that great either when he's scared. The witches are embarrassed and say they'll tell Hydia they made everything messy. The scene shifts to Baby Lickety-Split and Spike who are near a waterfall. Fly? Uh Baby Lickety-Split you have to have wings. Again sorry for the pause but again I changed this scene in "Christine comes to Ponyland" since Magicdust (My Baby Lickety-Split) is a unipeg. She then tries to jump off and of course to no one's surprise topples down the hill. Spike tries to convince her to go back but she says no. The scene shifts back to the ponies and they realize that Baby Lickety-Split has ran away. Buttons feels bad because she thinks she was too hard on her at the show. No its just that Baby Lickety-Split is a brat. You were totally in the right. So Fizzy says they should look for her at the bushwoolie hole and they agree. Also the ponies say Shady is bad luck. She was one of my favorite ponies in the show though. The scene shifts back to Hydia and she is mad that they didn't succeed. She decides to take matters into her own hands. Hydia is gonna unleash the Smooze. The same thing that covered Grundleland. They read over the list and sees Flume. Apparently they hate getting it. We'll get to why in just a minute. The scene shifts back to baby Lickety-Split and Spike who's trying to help baby Lickety-Split which is only a few minutes. It then shifts again to the witches who sing the most God awful song ever. "I'll do the dirty work". This song is a ploy to get either of them to get the Flume. The one saving factor is seeing Draggle fighting the alligator in the back. Just hilarious. Neither of course gets it. This of course comes to bite them in the butt later. The scene shifts again to Baby Lickety-Split and Spike still trying to get out the chasm. Okay I can understand why people hate Shady so much. She complains too much. This is obvious while the others are looking for Baby Lickety-Split. The scene shifts to the bushwoolies. I love these guys as I said in my "Escape from Catrina" review. The scene shifts to the witches back in the volcano. Hydia starts tossing the ingredients 1 by 1 which makes them realize she'll find out that forgot it. Reeka then pushes Draggle which makes Hydia drop the bucket. The Smooze then comes to life which makes Hydia happy. Back to the bushwoolies which Magic star and the others comes to them asking about Baby Lickety-Split. Gusty gets covered in Smooze while trying to save bushwoolies. Shady complains again that its her fault. They argue that it is Shady's fault. Shady and Wishful goes to find Baby Lickety-Split and Shady. Back to the witches who are watching it. Chopped batwings *Shudders*. The scene shifts to Baby Lickety-Split and Spike still trying to get out but get trapped by the Smooze. The scene shifts to the festival at dream castle. Of course it won't wash off. Its not like glue. Windhwistler decides that Megan can help by using the rainbow of light. Yeah. Okay then. Why'd they leave it with her again? I mean seriously. If they need it that bad why didn't they just keep it? The scene shifts yet again to Megan and two other humans who we haven't seen yet. Her brother and sister. Her brother's name is Danny and her sister's name is Molly. Now of course they wouldn't know.... what? She told them about the ponies and yet they recognize them? Wow. I mean its not like she told them they could fly. And how does she know Windwhistler? Guys who made this movie: WE NEED AN EXPLANATION! When the scene shifts back to dream valley the most epic song is being sang by the witches and with backup by what else? The Smooze. "Nothing can stop the Smooze" is the most awesome song of the movie. I mean if you watch this scene listen to that Smooze keeping the beat. I find myself singing this song sometimes. In my story for the 25th anniversary my character does the Smooze's part in this song. Why? Because its awesome. Now since the rainbow of light destroyed a demon and cleared away dark clouds you'd think it could stop the Smooze which it does but eventually it grabs the rainbow and captures it. All the while the witches know they are in trouble when the rainbow is fighting the Smooze. Apparently the rainbow can't destroy everything. Hydia threatens them with ice cream to tell why the Smooze lost. Its funny because Hydia hates ice cream as well. So how did she get it.... we'll never know. Reeka and Draggle tells her they'd never lie. Yeah. Of course they'd never lie. Ha. Anyway they spill the beans why it lost and Hydia sends them back out to get the flume. The dumb woman should have gotten it in the first place and saved the trouble. Back to the ponies and they are pretty upset over the loss of the rainbow. Megan sings a song which doesn't sound like a cheerup song by its rhythm "Always another rainbow". Good song just needs more uplifting. More Smooze falls onto Sweet Stuff who yells at Molly for trying to help. Mr. Moochick. Great back to the absent minded elf/gnome. Back to Reeka and Draggle. Yuck look at that thing. No wonder they don't want to get it. They try to get the flume by sticking it with a pick. This scene is hilarious because it keeps beating them up . Finally Reeka gets the idea to bite it. Why didn't you do that before? Back to Megan and the ponies and they are at the Moochick's I guess he got rid of that rickety old bridge. He's so absent minded he doesn't remember any of them even calls Megan an odd little pony. Till they tell him they need his help. Mr. Moochick decides to try and give them a new home. He goes into a song called "Home is where the heart is". Pyramids, Taj Mahal and eventually paradise Estate is given to them as an offer. After that he tells them of the flutter ponies. Back to Baby Lickety-Split and Spike and guess who Danny Devito is voicing? The King of grundles. They are lovable creatures despite their appearance. They tell this in the song "Grundles good" which is very catchy and very appropriate. Anyway they are from the place of Grundleland which is a running gag in this movie since every time he mentions the name the grundles start crying over their lost home. They agree to help them get home. Anyway the grundles leave and again we cut to a scene with the witches and they give the flume to the Smooze. Also I have to pause yet again to point out two things changed. One in my first Magic of Ponyland movie story the grundles are seen and the same running gag. Also since they weren't seen in "Christine comes to Ponyland" they know nothing of Christine and Megan. Read both if you haven't and you'll see the difference. Back to the ponies yet again with the paradise estate. Of course the Smooze is coming again. They head to flutter valley which the witches see and Hydia tells Reeka and Draggle to get Og which of course again they don't want to do. The scene shifts to Shady and Wishful looking for Baby Lickety-Split. Apparently it wasn't that important till now to show what they've been up to. They could have been covered by Smooze for all we know. Back to the witches who go to get Og which we don't see much of but a hairy leg till later. Back to Shady who is boo-hooing that she hasn't found Baby Lickety-Split and Spike yet. Jeez girl get a grip. This of course gets Wishful crying too. She thinks she's a failure and Wishful being a bushwoolie agrees. Oh jeez. Make her more depressed why don't ya? They have to run again since the Smooze is coming. Back to Megan and the gang who finally reach the entrance to flutter valley but of course they have to go through a field of sunflowers first. Everyone but Megan gets across a chasm who catapults but fails and Windwhistler has to save her. They see a purple ball which they think is a Smooze ball but its actually Wishful. He's then followed by Shady. They head for the shadow forest but not before we see a scene with the grundles looking for a way to dream valley. They see the Smooze and run. In the process of running from it Spike's tail gets smoozed. They end near a well and.... *Laughs* See what'd I tell ya? Its a running gag in this film when someone mentions Grundleland. Anyway Baby Lickety-Split starts feeling remorse for running away and sings an okay song. I say its okay because its not sang too well. She apparently doesn't realize in all her misery that the well isn't actually echoing back her words but someone is down there. "What good will wishing do" is the name of the song. They fish out a pony with wings. Now if it were me I would have said something like "A pegasi with clear wings?" This of course is Morning Glory who is a flutter pony. The same flutter ponies the others are looking for. She agrees to help since they helped her. Meanwhile back at the others they come to shadow forest. Danny has the best part here because all this time he's been teasing Molly of being scared and then is scared by a tree branch falling behind him. Karma baby. They find a way out and come to a furry plant.... or wait its not a furry plant. Its Og. By the way I have to agree with Al again on this point with the shadow forest it was awesome. Especially when Fizzy winks out. I loved this as a kid. Anyway back to Og. They try to run past him but get caught in his web. Molly comes up with an idea that Danny thinks is stupid. Danny also points out as Molly says Og is "Ugly" that it reminds him of her friend Lori. We finally see him in his full view too. Molly comes up with the idea that she heard spiders are ticklish. This again Danny thinks is stupid but it actually works. Its funny because afterwards Danny kisses Molly which she complains "Eww. Danny kissed me". The web melts after they all join in and they go to safety but not before..... Oh my gosh. Danger prone Megan strikes again. Windwhistler saves her again. And then we cut to a beautiful valley. Flutter Valley. Apparently the flutter ponies are small but command great power. They are the Chuck Norris of this movie. They have a queen who comes out after they hide from Megan and the others. Rosedust (Her name by the way) doesn't want anything to do with their problems and even after being asked again rejects their offer till Morning Glory comes up. Does she agree? We never know till the next scene. The scene shifts to the witches who are almost succeeding in their plan to cover dream valley in Smooze when Magic Star tells everyone to close their eyes and imagine the stuff they say. Then suddenly they hear a noise and lo and behold here comes the flutter ponies. They use the utter flutter to push the Smooze into the volcano and the rainbow is back. They also desmooze everyone that was smoozed. The witches are captured by the rainbow and dumped into the volcano along with their Smooze even after they beg it to put them down but not into the volcano. We then hear the most hilarious part in the entire movie of Reeka and Draggle saying its Hydia's fault which mostly it is. But that's not the funny part. The funny part is they call her mama. And we all know how much she hates it. The scene then shifts to Spike who wants his tail desmoozed. But before they leave yet again he stops them. This time to desmooze the grundles but they tell them that they weren't smoozed. Everyone agrees they are great and as thanks give them dream castle. Baby Lickety-Split decides to stay and so the others leave with the most corniest ending song yet. Telling them that there's no time for sorrow and think of tomorrow. End credits.

Good points:
-For the most part the songs were very plot worthy
-It had some great and funny moments.
-The new characters (Minus the witches) were great and would join Megan and the others in future adventures.
-Flutter Ponies. That's all I have to say.
-The running "Grundleland" gag.
-The "Nothing can stop the Smooze" song was awesome.

Bad points:
-The beginning and ending theme. They were okay but weren't like the special themes and the series theme to come.
-Baby Lickety-Split and Spike took up way too much of the movie.
-Shady complained way too much. She doesn't that much in the series later on or in my stories.
-The villains. Oh jeez. Where do I begin? Oh wait I already told you. THEIR IDIOTS! Even Hydia. Tyrak was way more menacing.
-The songs. Not all of them just some.
-Mr. Moochick. Its not that he was absent minded like the last special he was in oh no. He was more absent minded. He didn't even remember the ponies or Megan till they told him how they knew him.
-The errors and there were a ton of them. The ponies being in the wrong place at the wrong time. (Watch the movie and you'll see) Voices of ponies changing. Just wow.

Anyway not a bad movie definitely better than that stupid G3.5 short story about the baby versions of themselves. *Shudders* Just so you know when I come to that I am not touching it with a ten foot pole. Not reviewing it. To me it doesn't exist. Anyway the rating I give for this movie is an 8.5/10. Would have been higher if 1. They would have put more of an effort into the actual villains and storyline like they did from Rescue at Midnight Castle. 2. Ironed out the errors and 3. Get rid of that God awful song "I'll do the dirty work" or changed it a bit and made "Always another rainbow" a little more uplifting. Next up is another loooooooonnnnnnnggggggg review: End of Flutter Valley.

[Al1701]

Wall...of...text...crushing...me.

Other than that these reviews are coming along nicely.

[djlamar2]

Yeah sorry about that. Next review will be divided into each part

[Al1701]

Just form paragraphs. It makes it easier to follow.

[djlamar2]

Okay

[djlamar2]

Now that the specials and movie review is finished its time for the coupe de grace. My little pony the series (Or My little pony and friends). A few things to be pointed out. 1. The episodes with multiple parts will be split up as so:

Part 1

Part 2

etc.

2. While I liked The end of Flutter Valley I thought that the series could have done without a 10 parter. And that's a nice name isn't it? "The End of Flutter Valley" sounds like a great kickstarter for a series. Really Hasbro? You couldn't have come up with a better title than "The end of flutter valley"?

So anyway here comes the longest ever review of the longest ever my little pony episode on the planet earth "The end of Flutter Valley" enjoy.

P.S. I also want to point out that from here on out they finally got the series themes great. Both the theme for "My little pony and friends" and the series thereafter had appropriate themes and was done.... ready for this? By a group again. Awesome right?

The end of Flutter Valley Part 1:

The series kicked off with this 10 part episode which to me could have just been a special. But hey they had to have time for the "friends" segments.

So the episode opens up with a pony named Surprise (who lives up to her name here in a minute) popping in and out of a field of dandelions. The others asked where she is and without warning scares Baby Cuddles (What'd I tell you). They tell her to knock it off since they are already late because of Cupcake.

The scene cuts to Hydia and her daughters who are watching them from the pool and again they show their stupidity even Hydia who while talking walks off a cliff .

The scene cuts back to the ponies with Reeka and Draggle trying to capture the ponies yet again. They succeed in doing this till the flutter ponies save them.

They go to flutter valley to the celebration called "Sun Tuesday" by Rosedust which they sing "From the sun". An okay song. But sung very beautifully by the flutter ponies.

Draggle finds a spell for a landslide and casts it and as the end of the episode comes up we see the sunstone about to fall.

Part 2:

Part 2 opens up as the landslide is still going. It turns out that after a few minutes instead of a landslide its a landpie that Draggle made. Stupid stupid stupid. 1 of the flutter ponies want to run after them. This is Honeysuckle who is the hothead of the flutter ponies.

The ponies leave.

Again the scene shifts to the witches where Hydia is forcing her daughters to eat what I guess is a worse punishment than ice cream, donuts. They then go into this song to ask for help from their family. Again the witches sing another horribly sang song "Oh Family".

Their ancestors tell them to get the bees and Bumble to help them out. Sure get a bunch of bees to help you so you can get their valley. Reeka and Draggle points out there are flowers in the valley and the ancestors tell them that without the sunstone the valley will become dark, dank and dreary which is what they like.

The horribly sung song starts its reprise as they tell them thanks and keep in touch.

They go to Bumble's forest and Holy bees Batman those are some big bees. Bumble gets a deal and after she is told about what they are getting she agrees.

Anyways we cut back to the ponies which they meet up with the most poorly created creatures ever the furbobs. I have to agree with Al on the fact they are horrible and the 1 thing I hate about them is..... THEY DON'T AGREE ON ANYTHING! Well except peril from their feared rivals the stonebacks. The episode ends when the said stonebacks are seen and they start chewing up the bridge leading the ponies to their possible doom.

Part 3:

Part 3 opens up where we last left off with the stonebacks still chewing at the ropes on the bridge. Surprise decides to be brave (And stupid) and try and distract them. This doesn't work however and they chew through and the ponies plummet to their possible doom.

Fizzy does what she does best and makes a bubble which allows them to have a soft landing. But of course Baby Cuddles sprains her ankle in the process since Surprise just dumps her into the mud and Holy pony changes Batman. Ugh. Another error from Hasbro.

The ponies ask Baby Cuddles if she's okay. Of course she's not okay she just got dumped into the mud by Surprise/Windwhistler.

Okay I have to pause to point something out. The movie and some episodes have a lot of errors. Like in my "My little pony the movie" review I said there was a ton of them. This episode's 2 errors are as follows.

1. Surprise does a color change when she dumps Spike and Baby Cuddles into the mud.

2. Baby Cuddles and Paradise apparently had a voice swap because when Baby Cuddles speaks its actually Paradise who opens her mouth.

Thankfully there isn't much of these errors later on in the series but still there are a few. Before we continue though I have to point out something that I didn't in my Escape from Catrina. There is an error to where Baby Surprise becomes a unicorn instead of a pegasi during the "Let's not take a nap" sequence.

So the furbobs tell them they can take them to Furbobia (That name. Ugh. I like the "Bushwoolie hole" name better) to heal Baby Cuddles.

The scene again shifts to Bumble and the witches who are going to steal the sunstone how you may ask? By making a fake rainbow. Honeysuckle sees through this ruse before the sunstone is stolen. Yeah she's the smarter one of the flutter ponies.

They give chase and are trapped in a honeycomb (Appropriate since the villains here are bees). Bumble decides that its time for a break to slurp more nectar from the flowers.

Back at flutter valley.... MORE HORRIBLE SINGING BY THE WITCHES! As if we didn't have enough of their singing in the stinking movie they have to sing more (Exception of that catchy tune "Nothing can stop the Smooze). "Dark and Dirty" is the name of this song which they sing because that's what they like and that's what flutter valley is becoming so its appropriate but sung again HORRIBLY by the witches. Not only is this song stupidly sung its just a waste of time since they could just as well be going after their enemies the ponies.

The scene cuts back to the ponies who are still looking for Furbobia. The stonebacks come back yet again to stop them.

Okay I have to pause yet again and sorry Al I disagree on the whole naming the bushwoolies names (That's not to say I didn't like his reviews its just my opinion). Although it isn't very necessary to know their names it does make sense they have different abilities to fit their names. Wishful (Which I kept calling him that in the movie because I always remembered his name from this episode) wishes for an apple to fall and it does. Wow. Gravity at its best.

Spike then tries to communicate with the stonebacks (Who found them which I don't know how they did) but to no avail.

Back to the flutter ponies and Bumble and they use utter flutter to break the hive but Bumble dumps honey in. And that ends part 3. Stay tuned for parts 4-6 in the next comment.

[djlamar2]

The end of flutter valley review part 2: Parts 4-6:

Before we delve into the parts I'd like to point out a funny part in part 2. Notice as the ground is shaking that Fizzy points this out and asks "What is it? An earthquake, heavy dancing, trolls?". Fizzy being Fizzy which I love about her. Anyway here we go into parts 4-6. The last part of this review will have the final 4 parts.


Part 4:

The episode opens up as Bumble is watching one of her drones just drowning them in honey. Sting tells her its enough which she agrees. She doesn't want to drown them just keep them there.

Inside the flutter ponies are figuring out a plan to get out. Apparently they can't fly since their wings are sticky from the honey.

Okay pause again. Notice how the flying ponies can't get their wings wet. This idea must have come from animals with wings because if you get their wings wet they can't fly. Honey makes sense since its so sticky the wings stick to their bodies making them impossible to flap. Either way it works. We see this in the movie and in the 10 part episode since when Morning Glory says "I fell in the well and my wings got all wet. I couldn't fly out" at least Hasbro got this right.

Back to the review. Morning Glory escapes and tries to get help. Of course a bee sees her and since her wings are sticky she can't fly all that well.

We now turn back to the ponies and the stonebacks where Gusty tries to blow them away which of course they are way too heavy to blow away. WOW! I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT! The furbob then says they need to flee which questions the point... WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THIS EARLIER? JEEZ!

They finally come to a tree and a furbob is seen coming out. The furbob that was with them says "I knew we lived here." Uh huh yeah right. I really hate the furbobs.

They enter the tree and they take Baby Cuddles to what they call the steamer. Steamer huh? JUST CALL IT A STUPID SAUNA AND GET IT OVER WITH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS! Baby Cuddles being scared says "But I don't want to be steamed" which is a typical baby reaction.

Back to Morning Glory as she tries to find help and being a winged creature herself she asks another winged creature for help. THIS SCENE IS STUPID! The little dragonfly is way too small to help you. Jeez. Bumble is sick from eating too much nectar.

Sting then asks her why he has to guard Morning Glory (After she's captured) and Bumble tells him in a way "Quit complaining and do it". So he takes her.

Back to Furbobia. Spike tries to console Baby Cuddles telling her he'll be right there. Yeah.

The furbobs sing an okay song which is badly sang by the furbobs (LIKE WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE 2 HORRIBLE NUMBERS BY THE WITCHES!) "Nature's in harmony". All of them sing out of tune and if you listen closely they don't exactly sing in rhythm either. The song is nice for a healing song number but again ruined by those stupid furbobs. CURSE YOU COUSINS OF THE BUSHWOOLIES!

Baby Cuddles is instantly healed by the sauna (Yeah I'm just gonna call it that) and the ponies agree to help the furbobs with their "Stoneback problem". Seriously their gonna help these cousins of the bushwoolies who can't agree on anything ARGH! Good grief. Fizzy says they should get the flutter ponies.

Also I want to point out that all the while the sunstone is getting hotter by the minute.

Back with the witches they are still watching flutter valley as it wilts away while playing croquet with turtles which ends part 4.


Part 5:

Part 5 opens up with the sunstone being on some twigs. WOW WHAT IDIOTS! Of course the sunstone would get hot. Hasbro why oh why did you pick a dumb villain yet again?

A bee getting more flowers touches a flower and it burns him. I WONDER WHY!? He goes and complains to Bumble and she says in a way "Screw you. Go cry to someone else. I'm sick"

Back with the flutter ponies still trapped in the honeycomb. Okay I have to agree with Al on the whole "Hole in the honeycomb" thing. They could have used that but oh no. Hasbro wanted this to drag out as long as possible.

Anyway the flutter ponies are still stuck and trying to figure a way to get out.

Back to Sting and Morning Glory. This scene is annoying. Sorry but if a bee can't fly very well it shouldn't even be in a hive. The queen bee would kick him out.

This is obvious as Sting starts to cry and say he can't fly because he's a big wuss because he was never a great flyer to begin with so he gave up.

Finally after what seems like an eternity we hear the best song ever. (Aside from "From the sun") "Stretch yourself to the limit" is a good song and very well sang by Morning Glory. Thank you Hasbro for saving us from another horrible song sang by anyone.

After the song Sting realizes he can fly great. Morning Glory decides it's time for her to leave but Sting pushes her back in the cage. The monster.

Back to the ponies and since they weren't there to see the flutter ponies leave they wonder what happened to them. Hydia greets them there and Og traps them in a web like net. Which they will stay for the rest of this episode making up for the rest of the 15 minutes they have.

Back in Bumbleland (Great name *Hoofpalms*) the sunstone starts getting so hot it creates a fire and they try and put it out but to no avail. Unusual? LIKE A RAGING FIRE GOING THROUGH YOUR BELOVED KINGDOM!? YEAH!

Yeah so back to the flutter ponies who now realize its getting hotter and guess what? They realize the honey is melting.

Back with Bumble who is worrying herself over her beloved kingdom being burned to the ground. Again they try and put it out but to no avail so what do they do? They abandon Bumbleland.

Back to Sting and Morning Glory and they both see the raging fire. Sting goes and checks leaving Morning Glory behind. He goes back to Morning Glory and states the obvious after seeing Bumbleland abandoned. Morning Glory asks him to let her out but instead he goes to find Bumble.

Back to the flutter ponies who are still trapped inside the honeycomb surrounded by fire which closes out part 5.


Part 6:


Part 6 opens up with the sunstone still burning Bumbleland to ashes. And this is melting the honey inside the honeycomb which gives the flutter ponies a chance to escape but with the honey still on their wings they can't get far. But we'll to that in a minute.

Sting comes back to Morning Glory and finally lets her out after a failed attempt at finding Bumble. They see the sunstone and my gosh Sting has a brain. He gets the idea to knock the sunstone off which because its so hot burns through the ground. Morning Glory of course freaks out. HEY THE FIRE IS OUT AT LEAST!

So the scene cuts to where we see Morning Glory and Sting watching as the flutter ponies try their utter flutter yet again to break open the honeycomb. Bumble comes back and threatens Sting to put Morning Glory back in her cage or else and Sting says "Screw you Imbicile" and gets in a fight with Pointer. They manage to escape them since Sting is obviously outnumbered.

The flutter ponies escape just in time to.... be captured again because their wings are still too sticky from the honey. Enough with the errors Hasbro jeez.

Back with the witches and the ponies. Hydia is getting impatient waiting for the valley to wilt. The ponies try and devise a plan to escape which includes having Fizzy make a bubble around the furbob and having Og play with him. Oh jeez they are doomed now. They get Og's attention and he does want to play which lets the furbob out. Now were in trouble.

Back to Sting and Morning Glory who try and hatch a plan to save the other flutter ponies which by the way is to get Megan who helps a lot (Which is wrong since she helped only in 2 specials and the movie. Get it right Morning Glory).

Now the reprise of "Stretch yourself to the limit" with Sting singing with Morning Glory and might I add that although he doesn't get most parts right is actually a good singer.

Apparently Morning Glory has forgotten what Megan looks like *Hoofpalms*. YOU JUST SAW HER IN THE MOVIE NOT THAT LONG AGO! They enter a stable and see a bull which Sting being an idiot thinks its Megan which closes out part 6. LOOK OUT YOU 2 HE'S GOING TO CHARGE!


And this is where my second part of my review ends. Coming up the third and final part of my review: parts 7-10.

[djlamar2]

End of flutter valley review part 3: Parts 7-10:


I'm in the home stretch of this long review of this 10 part review.... FINALLY! Then we get to the really good episodes. No witches, no furbobs (Thank the Lord) and certainly no BAD SINGING! So you ready? Here we go.


Part 7:


Part 7 opens up where we left Morning Glory and Sting facing a bull. Sting bonks his head knocking him out while trying to get away from the bull. GOOD GOING STING JEEZ!

Megan shows up and acts like a matador to get the bull back in his pen all the while Morning Glory is trying to get Sting to come to his senses. Morning Glory afterwards tells Megan about the situation and asks for her help. Megan being too big..... wait what?

Let's pause this for a minute and talk about the flutter ponies and the ponies. Both are the same size but with the flutter ponies being a bit smaller. Now remember in the movie as Magic Star is telling the others to think of a sky filled with flutter ponies. Guess who they have with them? Baby Lickety-Split, Spike and the Grundles. Okay the grundles I can understand but COME ON! Baby Lickety-Split despite being smaller than the adult ponies is big. So why can't Morning Glory carry Megan *Hoofpalms*?

Anyway Megan figures out a solution by getting a blanket and having both Morning Glory and Sting hold it.

Back to the witches and the ponies. Hydia and Reeka want Draggle to do something bad to the ponies and what is it you ask? Make them purple. And you know as well as I do if you ask Draggle to do something she'll botch it up.

She casts the spell and instead of turning the ponies purple she turns Og, Hydia, Reeka and herself purple. Hydia and Reeka complain that now they have to wash off.... I thought they liked things like this. Hydia tells Draggle to watch the ponies while their gone.

And here's the furbob who is a COMPLETE IDIOT! He wants to find help but can't since he doesn't know where to look. Here's an idea if you have a friend like him and ask him to get help DRAW A STINKING MAP! Probably even then he'd botch it up.

No, no, no.... NOT ANOTHER GOD AWFUL SONG BY A FURBOB! *Goes all Doug Walker and gets a gun out trying to shoot the furbob* Sorry I have to do this. "Big lipped alligator moment". Why? Because its never mentioned again during the whole rest of this stupid episode and its totally out of place. So anyway he sings "How can I be a hero" because he's confused of what to do. QUIT BEING A WUSS AND GET HELP DUMMY!

After that horrible number (Thank goodness) Megan shows up and sees him thinking its a bushwoolie. WHAT? IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THOSE LOVABLE LITTLE CREATURES. FOR ONE ITS UGLY AND TWO IT HAS THAT WEIRD HAIRDO! He tells her the situation. They decide to head back to Bumbleland and the stupid furbob being a furbob disagrees with them and asks "Are you sure we're doing the right thing?" *Sighs*

Back to Bumble and the flutter ponies. Bumble has ordered the flutter ponies to dig up the sunstone while she gorges herself. Honeysuckle takes initiative and falls in the hole after trying to escape while Sting tries to stop Bumble ending part 7.


Part 8:


Part 8 opens with them looking over the hole. Megan and company are on the side watching them trying to figure out what to do about it. Megan jumps in and Pointer has a few bees attack her. Megan plays a trick on her.

Sting goes sting to sting with Pointer. Now wait.... Pointer takes out his stinger and stabs him..... THAT MAKES NO SENSE! Its funny yes but....

Okay pause time again. Let me explain why this is a problem. Bees stingers are their defense mechanism which when threatened (Or provoked) they sting someone. Here's a fun fact for you. BEES LOSE THEIR STINGER AFTER THEY STING SOMEONE! Now do can they get them back? No. Can they live without them? No. Why? Here's the disgusting part.... Their innards come out with the stinger. I guess we can't have that happen in a cartoon though.

Back to Megan who is saved by the furbob to just get captured.

Back to Draggle and the ponies. She's feeling pretty down (By the way she somehow unpurpled herself in the process) and Spike and the ponies try to cheer her up by teaching her some PONY MAGIC! which apparently Spike doesn't have but that's beside the point.

The next song is great and is a ploy to trick Draggle into letting them out. Rightfully called "Pony Magic" since that's what they promised to teach her. They do trick her and put her in the same web net they were in only to be captured yet again by a ploy from Hydia made to look like an exit.

Back to Bumbleland where Bumble sucks the last flower for miles dry. What a hog. No wonder she's so big. Honeysuckle emerges from the hole unscathed and releases everyone and calls reinforcements which are the furbobs enemies the stonebacks. The furbob is skeptical and doesn't want to go down the hole because he's afraid they might hurt him. Megan says otherwise. We see him still speculating on this outside the hole which ends part 8. (2 more parts to go thank goodness).


Part 9:


Part 9 opens up with THAT STUPID FURBOB STILL SPECULATING ON GOING DOWN THE HOLE! Gosh I hate the furbobs so much. They drag him down and the stonebacks fill the hole. Bumble orders Pointer to go down after them which he tells her to lead the way which she gets stuck because she's a lardbutt

Then Megan tells the furbob something he should have thought about before. Maybe scratching the ground and snarling is the only way for them to communicate. Okay let's go back to parts 1 and 2 real quick....

At the end of part 1 their chewing the bridge apart and at the beginning of part 2 they succeed. Maybe the furbob should have pointed this out.

The furbob seeing the stonebacks sticks his tongue out at them. Megan asks why he did that. He says they always do that then run away. Anyway Megan goes into this song about them becoming friends. Before this she asks him about imagining them being friends with the stonebacks which he says "My imagination isn't that good" and she sings a pretty good song after that awful "How can I be a hero song" before "Pony magic". The song is "Imagine you were friends". By the way Al I love your dialogue during this part in the review .

The furbob decides to go along with it and they decide to take the sunstone back to flutter valley via the stoneback tunnels.

Back above Bumble is mad and wants that sunstone. Pointer asks why they should and she gives him an earful.

Back to the ponies, furbobs and the stonebacks. They realize that the ponies are captured by Hydia and Sting decides to go back to Furbobia for help. This is a bad idea since most of the gang there consist of Baby Cuddles and the furbobs.

Back to the witches where Hydia is making Draggle do laps for her stupidity. She then sees the flutter ponies and Hydia sends Og. Apparently they saw what happened to Og the last time they had him do something involving Megan and her friends. They tickled him.

Pause again. How in the world did they know this? While this was happening in the movie they probably were riding the Smooze wave to Ponyland for all we know.

Hydia knows this so she brews up a magic potion to keep him falling over in laughter making him tickle proof.

The scene shifts again to Megan and the flutter ponies on their way to flutter valley where Og stops them. Megan remembers that Og was ticklish the last time and has everyone to tickle him. Unbeknownst to Megan he is tickle proof thanks to the potion given to him. This of course ends part 9 and we finally get to the final part of the episode and my review so I can get this out of my way.


Part 10:


Part 10 opens up with Og blocking the way still. Honeysuckle points out they should have pummeled the witches before but its too late. Megan then remembers that the stonebacks can dig and has them dig a hole under Og to the ponies. WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THIS BEFORE?! Reinforcements arrive to help and.... Will you please stop sticking your tongues out at them? Maybe that's why they destroyed your bridge because you provoked them.

The plan works and they reach flutter valley. They free the ponies and Bumble comes up wanting the sunstone back. They give her a deal. If Bumble lets them have the sunstone back she can come back and get flowers anytime she wants and Sting decides to come back to her. She is flattered by the offer and agrees. Boy if only they had done this in the first place this all would be avoided.

The sunstone starts to bring the valley back to its natural beauty. Morning Glory apologizes to Honeysuckle saying she was right in wanting to pummel the witches. Honeysuckle says otherwise. And you think it'd end here right? Enh! WRONG!

The episode doesn't end here because here comes the witches who hatch another plan to ruin flutter valley. They know if the sunstone doesn't get the valley back to its natural beauty by sundown it'll be dark, dank and dreary making it unlivable so they use a spell to bring in clouds to block the sun.

Rosedust orders her flutter ponies to do what they do best. SWITCH TO CHUCK NORRIS MODE AKA UTTER FLUTTER! The witches keep trying to keep the cloud in place but the flutter ponies prevail and blast them out of the valley. The sunstone brings the valley back to its natural beauty and FINALLY THE EPISODE ENDS with a song. "From the sun (Reprise)"


Good points (There's not many but they are there):


-Most of the songs were plot worthy.
-Seeing the flutter ponies again was awesome and we'd only get to see a glimpse of them every so often later on in the series which is a shame .
-Honeysuckle was awesome because she just wanted to fight while Morning Glory was the peace loving one.
-The secondary villains were good.


Bad Points (And boy there's a bunch but I'll point out a few I hated the most):


-The episode was too long especially since the later episodes with multiple parts would only have 2-4 parts. And they just dragged scenes out to make the 15 minute mark. It would have been nice if it was shorter.
-WHY BRING BACK THE WITCHES!? THEIR STUPID! I made them better in my series. They kicked butt in it.
-THE FURBOBS! I don't need to go over it again since I said it all in the review. They were unnecessary. They never agreed on anything and the 1 furbob didn't know what to do when he was asked to help.
-AGAIN WITH THE ERRORS! There was 2 parts in the episode that just were out of place. I pointed 1 out during the review (The 1 with Surprise and Baby Cuddles) but there was a Morning Glory clone during another scene.
-NOT ONE, NOT TWO, NOT THREE, BUT FOUR HORRIBLY SANG SONGS! 2 sang by the witches, 1 sang by the furbobs (If you call it singing) and 1 sang by the furbob that got away from the witches. That's horrible. That's almost half the 10 parter filled with bad songs.


Anyway this review is finally over. I'm not saying I hated "The end of Flutter Valley" I just thought that it could have been shorter and if Bumble was the only villain this would be fine and if they didn't bring in those stupid furbobs. I'm sorry Hasbro but this episode gets a 6/10. I'd watch it again but not for awhile since it took me all day to watch and review it.

Anyway my next review is on a shorter episode with a great villain who I had come back in a fan story. Squirk. That episode was awesome and not drawn out to last for the 15 minutes. The name of it is "The Ghost of Paradise Estate". Stay tuned for my review of it.

Also thank goodness for the furbobs not showing up in future episodes. And especially no bad singing. *Sees that 1 of his reviews is "The glass princess" and it has a poorly sung song* Nooooooooooooo!!! Damn you Hasbro!

[djlamar2]

Before we delve into the first 4 parter I want to point out some things:

1. This review will not be broken up into parts like the last review since this is only a 4 parter.

2. Although a jerk Squirk to me was awesome. Again my opinions are my opinions.


So without further ado:


The Ghost of Paradise Estate review:


Part 1:


The episode opens up with Megan, Danny, Molly and the baby ponies. Where Danny and Molly were when Megan helped the flutter ponies again we'll never know. They are fixing up Paradise Estate's nursery which apparently gone into disrepair while they were in flutter valley.

Also I have to point out that nowhere do we see Baby Cuddles. In fact we don't see her till "Revolt of Paradise Estate". As they clean up the nursery Baby Lofty who isn't a good flyer shows this to us when she bumps into something and falls.

Megan asks if she hurt herself. She says no and Megan decides since the nursery still needs to dry they'd sleep with them in the next room. Wait..... Why does Megan, Danny and Molly need to sleep with them anyways? Its not like a villain is going to come out of nowhere and kidnap the baby ponies.

Anyway the baby ponies are sleeping when..... What the? Why is the window open? Anyway a ghostly hand grabs the sheet from Baby Heartthrob's bed... WHAT!? If its a ghost it can't grab stuff. Scooby Doo where are you when this is happening?

Baby Heartthrob pulls the covers back on her only to have them taken off completely. Baby Heartthrob sees the ghost and tells the babies but they tell it was a bad dream. She dismisses this and goes to get the grown ups. While she does this the other babies see the ghost and freak out as well.

Baby Sundance takes initiative and starts fighting back with the pillow but the ghost will have nothing to do with it and throws the pillow back at her. They all try but still to no avail. Of course this turns out to be a big pillow fight with the ghost and Megan walks in on this and the ghost is gone.

Megan sees this as play and tells them to go back to bed. They tell her that it was a ghost but she doesn't believe them. Megan says that they shouldn't believe in this stuff but they insist that someone stay with them because they're scared.

Molly agrees and says she'll stay if they don't do anymore silliness. They agree but Baby Heartthrob being the melodramatic like her mom knows the ghost could come back.

Then we get a good song telling them not to be afraid. "It's all in your imagination" yet another ploy to get them to go to sleep.

This time when the ghost returns guess who sees it? Molly. Now she knows the ponies weren't imagining things. Again they go to get Megan and Danny and Danny being Danny teases Molly because she's scared. Spike decides this is the best time to show himself in the episode and scares everyone half to death.

So they go all ghostbuster on the place (No proton packs though) and search for the ghost. Everyone has a way of doing this. Spike thinking that Danny's idea is great (Yeah a box with food in it. That's only good for Slimer from Ghostbusters) and Spike apparently sets it off. Good going Spike.

The rest are searching for the ghost in other spots which when they bump into each other or see themselves in the mirror freak themselves out.

Spike once again being Spike keeps setting traps off. SPIKE WOULD YOU STOP BEING A DERPY HOOVES FOR ONCE!

Okay I have to pause to let you all in on Derpy Hooves if you don't know who she is. She's a pony who's like Sundance and Minty. Now take their clumsiness and add some antics and wings and there you go.

Morning comes and since all the baby ponies are in such a panic they scare one another just by bumping into one another. Classic.

Megan finally sees the ghost and this ends part 1.


Part 2:


Part 2 opens up as Megan, Molly and Danny are all looking at this ghost who tells them that this estate belongs to him. So.. did Mr. Moochick steal it from him?

Anyway the ghost starts singing this corny song "I'd get out fast if I were you" to tell them to leave.

After the song he gets trapped in a tree after scaring the ponies out of paradise Estate. Megan tells the ghost they don't get trapped. Gasp. ITS NOT A REAL GHOST? I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT!

The ghost then shapeshifts into a bird called Pluma. She then drops a net on them and goes back to Paradise Estate but not before a backstory which makes sense. She then goes over to Paradise Estate and goes to destroy the house which ends part 2.


Part 3:


Part 3 opens up with Pluma digging in the hole where Paradise Estate was. She retrieves the piece of the flashstone and apologizes to the ponies for scaring them and wrecking their home.

You know... PLUMA COULD HAVE EASILY JUST ASKED FOR HELP AND ASKED IF SHE COULD DIG IT UP! Anyway she tries to bring it back but since she only has half a flashstone only half comes back. Yeah that's what I thought.

Baby Heartthrob starts boo-hooing over their lost home (Ugh what is up with these melodramatic ponies?) and Pluma again apologizes for this and says she has to give it to Squirk. Megan devises a plan to get both pieces.

Down below the water is a couple of characters who are our villains Squirk and Crank. Well villain I should say since Crank isn't much one. They have an old bird who can shapeshift and Squirk and Crank laugh at him trying.

Also let me re enterate what I said before the review.... SQUIRK IS A JERK! He keeps knocking Crank off telling him to "Shut up" which is a running gag but I thought it was kinda mean so in a fan episode I made Crank mutany against Squirk and become good. Even on the series I made.

Back on topside Pluma sends a signal and Megan has Fizzy create a bubble around them and have the baby sea ponies take them down to Squirk's lair while Spike and the others stay topside.

Back to Squirk and Crank. Squirk sees the signal. Crank goes to get it.

Megan and the others reach the bottom but keep out of sight of Squirk and meet Pluma's grandpa.

Back on the surface Crank is still trying to get the flashstone from Pluma and Squirk comes up to help him out by.... playing tug of war with Pluma with Crank stuck in the middle. Squirk gets the flashstone and Spike and Buttons which he puts in a clamshell.

Back below the surface Fizzy tries to make bubbles for everyone when... Uh oh here comes Squirk and he isn't happy. He captures them and makes a trap with ropes out of a skull of some sort with turtles gnawing at the ropes and Pluma tries to shapeshift but its no good.

Back with Squirk and Crank trying to find the other piece of the flashstone. During this scene they break into a song which by the way is fitting and very upbeat. "You ain't seen nothing yet" where Squirk makes different things weird.

They find the other piece of the flashstone just lying on the floor of the ocean. He hid that piece real well didn't he? Squirk then uses the complete flashstone to start flooding Ponyland which ends part 3.


Part 4:


Part 4 opens up with Megan and the others about to be crushed by the skull but Buttons saves them just in time before the jaw snaps shut by wedging a clamshell in the jaws. This of course just delays the inevitable since the clamshell will soon break. So Pluma and her grandpa decide to try their shapeshifting powers together to get out and it works just in time because the clamshell gives and the jaw snaps shut as they escape.

Back to the surface Squirk and Crank are celebrating knowing that soon Dream Valley will be flooded yet again. Again we see the slapstick of Squirk telling Crank to shut up. Of course by now Megan and the others have made it to the surface.

Danny has a plan to stop Squirk (Danny has a plan? *Gasps* Neat) so they head back to Paradise Estate. His plan is to drop a net on Squirk while the others take the flashstone away which involves bringing both of them to the surface and Pluma knows a way to do so.

They of course look for Squirk but have no luck (Big surprise).

Squirk is meanwhile deep underwater working with the sunstone and we see more Crank abuse. They come out of a hole that Squirk had made and see the light illuminating on top of the water (Which by the way is done by Pluma and her grandpa).

When Squirk resurfaces he's not happy but they start pretend praising him for bringing the water which makes Squirk get a big head (As if his head wasn't big enough already. *Laughs*). Danny then signals the pegasi to get into position.

Squirk is of course willing to consider their unconditional surrender when Danny tells the pegasi to drop the net. This of course catches Squirk and Crank off guard and Squirk starts shooting his flashstone crazily which he blames on Crank (Poor Crank). Buttons pulls the flashstone out of Squirk's hands and Megan then uses it to literally flush Squirk and Crank down the drain (Squirk and Crank can be heard screaming the whole way down of course).

Everyone thinks that its over but Megan says it isn't as she has one more piece of business to attend to. She does this while singing an okay song "In no time at all". In the end she destroys the flashstone which makes me and the ponies ask "Why?" Megan says that it could be used for good or evil....

THEN WHY DID YOU DESTROY IT!?

Of course Megan before destroying the flashtone brings Paradise Estate back to its normal state which makes Baby Heartthrob happy again. Pluma and her grandpa bid the ponies farewell and say they hope to come again sometime which ends the episode.



Good points:


-The ghost scenes were pretty good because we got to see how the ponies and Megan, Molly and Danny react to a ghost.
-Pluma was cool when she wasn't scaring the little ponies half to death.
-Seeing Spike spring the traps while annoying was hilarious.
-The slapstick between Squirk and Crank was just awesome even though cruel.
-The main villain was a step up since the movie and the 10 part episode "The end of Flutter Valley". Squirk was a menace. Unlike the witches who did nothing but botch things up and stand around while the ponies tricked them.
-Good music even after that 10 part episode which might I remind you had four horribly sang songs. They were all plot worthy even "In no time at all".
-Hearing a good villain song after the abominations in the 10 parter episode was a breath of fresh air. "You ain't seen nothing yet" just fit and was well sung by Squirk and Crank.


Bad points (Just 4):


-Squirk's slapstick while funny just was mean. Poor Crank was trying to help and all he got was a slap in the face and "Shut up Crank"
-Baby Heartthrob while her melodramatic demeanor was cute got annoying.
-Megan destroying the flashstone. Why? It could have been used to help them out. But oh wait they have the rainbow of light for that.
-Pluma. While she was helpful and cool she was an idiot. She destroyed paradise estate when all she had to do was ask, she got stuck in a tree (Which I'll point it out again "Ghosts don't get stuck") and she trusted Squirk in releasing her grandpa which if anyone knows a villain they NEVER DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY'LL DO! Among other things.


Above all this episode was a breath of fresh air after that long episode with horrible story plot and four horribly sang songs. Not a bad episode but it did have some flaws. The episode gets a 9.5/10. Its definitely worth watching. Next up is the first Standalone episode "The Great Rainbow Caper" review.

[djlamar2]

Before I start my review I'd like to point out that although this is a "Standalone episode" I will not be doing a multi-review of 2 of the other standalones for season 1. I just figured this review would be short and sweet which is fine for a break from the 2 and 4 part episodes. Now for the episodes that come in pairs (Like "The Ice cream wars" and "The Prince and the ponies") I'll do them in pairs. Anyway let's go.


The Great Rainbow Caper:


This is what they called a "Standalone Episode" no parts, no to be continued. There wasn't many but when they did have them on Disney it was usually paired with another standalone episode to make up for the rest of the 30 minute time slot.

So our episode begins as we watch the rainbow of light pushing clouds away. Okay. I thought it was used to keep evil away but Megan apparently doesn't want a downpour while picking cherries which is what they are doing.

Megan wants to keep the rainbow in the locket but Danny has other ideas. Oh Danny you lovable oaf. He uses the rainbow to bring in more rainclouds and Megan tells him to knock it off. He apologizes and Megan tells him its not a toy and only used in emergencies. OH LIKE YOU HAVEN'T DONE THE SAME MEGAN!

Let's pause and count the how many times Megan has used the rainbow for things other than fighting evil so far. First in "Escape from Catrina" she lets Baby Moondancer use it as an ensemble. And then just now she uses it to clear clouds away. So why is she scolding Danny for using it for fun?

Anyway they say they have enough cherries and decide to head back but Danny insists on staying behind so he can get more pictures. Megan agrees and Surprise likes Danny (I guess) and tags along.

Now we get to.... you think I'm gonna say villains right? Enh! Wrong! The Gizmonks are anything but villains. If they are their the worst villains I ever seen. (Yes even worse than Hydia and her 2 daughters) Besides they don't do anything bad at all.

The Gizmonks are inventors who create stuff (Or say they do) that they know nothing about. What are they doing in the episode you ask? Their watching Megan and the others. Why you ask? They want what she has. The rainbow of light.

They sing the only song in this episode and they sing quite well. "Inventing is fun" is the name and it fits because they invent stuff and they think its fun. Not a bad song and its on my top favorite song list.

Anyway they get the idea to capture Danny and Surprise.

Back to Danny and Surprise. Danny tells her she might need seatbelts. Um. How about a saddle Danny. They get captured and Surprise wonders where the cage comes from and Danny sees a monster the Gizmonks had in their laboratory and says "Wherever that came from".

The monster picks the cage up the only way it knows how. With its teeth. It takes them to the Gizmonks laboratory.

In the laboratory the Gizmonks order Danny to give them the backpack. He asks why he should then reconsiders when he sees the monster. The Gizmonks go through his stuff and to their surprise no locket. WELL DUH! MEGAN TOOK IT FROM HIM! HAVEN'T YOU BEEN WATCHING GIZMONKS!?

They call on the only creature they have that's not a monster a little chipmunk named Drudge. They tell him to go to tell Megan they have Danny and Surprise and to come to the laboratory and they also tell him to tell her the ransom for their release is the rainbow locket.

The Gizmonks then put up a barrier. That way no one can get in or out.

Again keep in mind they aren't villains just inventors who want the most awesome thing in the world the rainbow of light.

Danny comes up with a plan to get out and knowing by Surprise's reaction its something she is gonna enjoy.

Back to Megan and the others. Their still picking cherries when Trudge comes up and gives them the message. Megan tells Trudge to tell the Gizmonks she's on the way. They then hatch a plan of their own to get Danny and Surprise out.

Back to Surprise and Danny who put their plan into action. They sweet talk the Gizmonks and Drudge returns with Megan's message but since the Gizmonks are listening to Danny and surprise flatter them they can't hear him.

After awhile they see him and let him in. He gives them Megan's message. They let them out and Danny and Surprise create havoc . They ask Drudge if he's tired of the Gizmonks and to come with them. He agrees.

Back to Megan and the ponies and they arrive just in time to...

Inside Danny, Drudge and Surprise are creating more havoc and they inadvertently tell Surprise the release valve to take the dome down. The Gizmonks run outside and Megan and the gang thinking their going to attack them say just that.

The Gizmonks ask Megan and the gang to "Take them home". Guess they can't take it anymore from them .

Megan asks Danny what they've been up to. Danny says they were being irresponsible and Surprise says in a responsible way. All 3 of them giggle.

Drudge says that they've been set free and tells them if the Gizmonks do come back to have the "Heroes" help them.

Megan reminds them they need to get back to paradise estate for cherries jubilee. Danny says he forgot about that and they head off with Danny and Surprise saying "Right heroes first" and crash into a tree . This ends the episode.


Good points:


-Being a 10 minute episode this wasn't bad. Didn't stray from the plot at all.
-Surprise and Danny make a good pair. They would team up again in "Return of Tambelon" but never again afterwards.
-"Inventing is fun" even though it was the only song in the entire episode was a great number.
-Surprise just shows her silly side which I love.
-The Gizmonks were so cool.
-Drudge was cool.



Bad Point:


-The Gizmonks although were cool didn't do anything on their own. They had their minions do the dirty work for them. This puts them at the "Minor annoyance" part of my list.


For a standalone episode this wasn't bad. And I did like the Gizmonks but they just were not villains. But that's okay. Not every episode needs a villain to be good. The episode gets a 9.8/10. Nearly misses the perfect mark if it weren't for the Gizmonks being lazy butts.

Next up is a good episode with thankfully 1 badly sang song and when I review it I'll even post a video featuring the cutout song's audio. "The Glass Princess" review is up next.

[djlamar2]

*Looks at what he has to review next* The glass princess? More like a fatass pig who can't carry a tune. I DON'T WANT TO REVIEW THIS! I really don't *Pinkimena comes up threatening him with a knife*

Pinkimena:
You will review this episode or else.

Okay. Okay I'll review it. Sheesh.

Pinkie Pie:
That's better.

Okay I have to admit that this episode isn't that bad. It has its flaws but its not a bad episode. So let's get to this. Also I'll be posting the video of the removed song (Because of time constraints) "Hurry". Why Hasbro, why?


The Glass Princess review:


Part 1:


Part 1 opens up with the pony Olympics. Rightfully named since they do all sorts of events like pole vaulting and hurdles. Everyone but Shady is doing great. The coach tells her to try again and she does but trips over a hurdle again making everyone else crash into her.

We then turn to the raptorians who are looking at the clothes on clothesline. They show this to Porcina.

We then cut to her and she's calling herself beautiful. YOU'RE NOT GORGEOUS YOUR A PIG AND A FATASS! Anyway the raptorians scare her and she scolds them for interrupting her "Me time" and showing her minions wearing funny clothes.

Apparently they thought the clothes would work for her damaged cloak (Which allows her to turn everything into glass) but she says they need to be magical. Right.

Back with Shady. She walks past Molly sitting on her butt picking petals off a flower in a whole "He loves me, he loves me not". What does she have a crush on someone at home or is she just hoping Danny loves her even though he pesters her? IT NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED! Anyway she stops just in time to see Shady down in the dumps because she sucks. She asks her what's wrong and in a way Shady says "I complain and cry a lot and I suck at jumping." Yeah if your that depressed you need someone other than a human to cheer you up. You need a psychiatrist.

She then says that her friends probably hate her because she sucks. Girl if there's anything they should be mad at you about its your attitude. Molly then suggests Shady go talk to them about it.

Meanwhile the raptorians who watch the ponies while they what the raptorians think is magic. They show this to Porcina and she's pleased.

They return to her palace and my God you thought we were done with horribly sang songs and so did I? We were wrong. We get this montage of Porcina singing "Look at me" poorly (IF YOU CALL IT SINGING). What's worse the raptorians are just like Porcina and they can't carry a tune either. This isn't as bad as "Witch like me" "I'll do the dirty work" "Oh family" or "Dark and Dirty but its still a horrible number. Apparently they must have hired even more tone deaf singers for this song as well.

Anyway back to Shady and she's still complaining that she sucks. Jeez. She wasn't this bad in the movie..... oh wait yes she was. She gets advice from her friends but each have their saying. Lickety-Split tells her she knows how she feels. How the other day she wanted chocolate and all they had was vanilla.

The Heartthrob says they should have a fashion show and how is that gonna cheer up Shady huh? Gusty just says to try her best and practice. My advice "QUIT COMPLAINING AND JUST GIVE IT WHAT YOU CAN!" Shady then walks away sad and part 1 ends with Lickety-Split, Gusty and Heartthrob getting captured.


Part 2:


Part 2 opens up with the raptorians taking the 3 captives to Porcina. The bushwoolies sees this and gets the idea to tell Megan and the others. I also want to point out its bushwoolie shedding season and their hair comes into play later on.

We then shift back to the raptorians and their captives in a cave near the black mountains. As they take them in Gusty takes her headband off and hides it but makes sure someone can see it.

Back at paradise estate their all relaxing after a day of training which Danny sees it as a good opportunity to practice his cannonball. This of course gets everyone mad and wet. The bushwoolies come running in and since their going so fast they can't stop in time before hitting the pool and splashing more water on everyone.

The bushwoolies are all talking at once and quickly that no one can understand them. Megan tells them to calmly tell what happened. They tell her the situation and Megan forms a search party while the rest stay behind just in case the 3 escape and come back.

Shady comes up and hears the commotion about what happened. She asks what happened here and they tell her which MAKES HER MORE DEPRESSED! Good Lord. She runs off and Molly follows her to console her again. I'll say it again Shady.... GO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST!

We then get to the very first and only time Molly and Shady sing a song together. If it weren't for her depressing part this would be an okay song but Shady's part is so depressing because she keeps putting herself down. *Sighs* Not even Sundance was this bad. The song they sing is "All wrong/All right" which finally gets Shady out of her depression mood. Makes you wonder why daughter didn't inherit this when she was born.

Shady then sees the bushwoolie fur the bushwoolies left behind. Now that's the Shady I love . She still is depressing though. They decide to follow the trail to the others.

We then turn our attention back to the captive ponies. Porcina makes her grand entrance and.... FULL MOON! MY EYES! Damn she's fat but we already said that. She likes the hair the ponies have but she wants it clean.

We again turn our attention to the search party and they find Gusty's headband next to a rock. They find a door but can't open it. The bushwoolies then tell them of a secret tunnel that their grandpa told them about years ago. They of course go around in circles trying to find it. OKAY WHO PULLED THE DUMMY SWITCH?!

The scene shifts back to the three captives who are going to get washed in some sort of carwash.... er I mean ponywash. I agree with Al this scene is hilarious. Porcina beforehand tries to shackle their feet to the conveyor belt but the shackles break because her power is fading with the tattered cloak.

After the wash the raptorians do a horrible job on giving them a makeup job. Probably as a joke.

We then switch back to Shady who decides to save them.... on her own. Molly you took the words out of my mouth. She shouldn't go alone.

We get back to the ponies. The raptorians tell them Porcina's plans and that ends part 2.


Part 3:


Part 3 opens up as the raptorians are giving the ponies all HORRIBLE HAIRCUTS! To the raptorians surprise the ponies' hair grows back. That shouldn't be a surprise since their magical powers. They then go to the weaving room where Porcina wants them to make their cloak. Oh yeah and guess what? Gusty is now allergic to pigskin. Ugh. The raptorians make an idle threat that if they don't make the cloak for Porcina they'll feel her wrath. Wrath of what? Her turning things to glass with her cloak which I might add they are repairing. Jeez this has so many plot holes it isn't funny.

We shift back to the rescue team and you'd think they would have found that secret tunnel right? NO! THEIR STILL LOST! Wait Megan found it? They've been searching that area since the last part and Megan found it. Thank goodness.

Molly and Shady are then seen and Molly wants to go with them but Shady stops them since she wants to stay back as far as possible just in case they need backup. They continue down the tunnel to find the place to where the captives are.

Back to the captives we hear a good song sang by the ponies but sang horribly by the raptorians. HASBRO WHY OH WHY DID YOU HIRE A BUNCH OF TONE DEAF ACTORS TO SING FOR THE BAD GUYS IN 2 EPISODES!? "Oh what a tangled web we weave" is the name of the song. Again not a bad song but horribly sang by the raptorians on their parts. They leave with the finished cloak without the captives and Megan and the others show up and tell her what has happened so far.

We switch to the raptorians and Porcina who wants to find a place to completely glassify. The raptorians tell her to turn Ponyland to glass. If you watch carefully you even see Mr Moochick's Mushromp turned to glass which makes no sense because its protected by magic. *Sighs* The raptorians then tell Porcina that the inhabitants there would be great to show off her beauty and she turns them to glass as well.

We then see a picture of Ponyland turned to glass which ends part 3.


Part 4:


Part 4 opens up with them looking for a way to the throne room. Megan does her best Elmer Fudd impression to tell everyone to be quiet. MEGAN STOP TRYING TO PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE YOU ARE NOT! They overhear that its too late that Ponyland is now glass. They look into Porcina's mirror and see that Ponyland is indeed turned to glass. The raptorians come in to gloat some more and reveal their plot.

I also have to applaud Al on his rant during his review on this part. I agree they aren't that intimidating.

Anyway the raptorians leave again and Shady comes out from hiding and points out that the bushwoolie hair looks like pony hair which is kinda true. Told you the hair would play a part in this episode.

Okay so now I'll share that youtube link with you that has the audio for "Hurry" which was taken out. Check it out.



This song was very upbeat and very catchy and once again not a bad song. WHY TAKE IT OUT!? IF ANYTHING SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT IT SHOULD BE "Look at me" which again might I add was horribly sang.

After they make the cloak (And if you watched the unedited version after the song) they then sneak into Porcina's room to switch the cloaks.

Gusty starts sneezing which they have to quiet otherwise Porcina will wake up. Porcina of course wraps herself in the cloak making it harder to get off. They figure out another plan to get it off her which involves tickling Porcina's feet which works. Uh oh. *Seeing Gusty gearing up for a sneeze* No, no Gusty don't...... *Gusty sneezes and puts the torch out* sneeze. Anyway after Megan relights the torch there now are 2 cloaks. She grabs one in hopes its the right one. They have to hide because the raptorians come back in and wake up her royal lardiness and tell her the ponies escaped and order her to go find them.

Gusty then of course decides to have another sneeze attack which gives away their location.

At another scene Megan threatens to use the cloak on them but the raptorians think its fake and tell Porcina to turn them all into glass. She starts to but then realizes that it would be wrong. The main raptorian takes the cloak and tries using it to turn the ponies and Megan into glass but apparently Megan grabbed the right one. Wow. They start to fight over the cloak and when it tears the raptorians turn to glass.

Anyway Porcina sees that the raptorians never felt anything and maybe them turning to glass wasn't a bad thing. She then turns Ponyland and its inhabitants back to normal with the cloak which somehow has magically weaved itself back together.

Gusty congratulates Shady on her quick thinking and says never to doubt herself again.

The bushwoolies utterly destroy it and she says it was never a good thing anyway. Wait? You mean to tell me after 3 parts where your trying to turn Ponyland into glass you feel remorse? *Sighs* Maybe this is why people didn't like this episode much. the episode ends with her taking the bushwoolies with her back to their home. So now they have a cat and a pig? Man these guys need better roommates.


Good points:


-Just seeing Danny being himself was great.
-2 songs were great while 2 others weren't so great.
-Shady's problem solving towards the end was great.


Bad points (Ugh where do I start?):


-There were 2 horribly sang songs which begs the question: WHY DID YOU PICK TONE DEAF PEOPLE TO SING THEM!?
-Shady complained even more than in the movie plus she is way too depressing in this episode.
-THEY MADE THE BUSHWOOLIES IDIOTS! You just don't do that.
-Porcina turning good reminds me of the ending of "Equestria girls". Which came out almost 20 years later. WE NEED AN EXPLANATION HASBRO!
-Gusty wasn't her usual self meaning they didn't make her kick major butt.

Above all not a bad episode. It wasn't as bad as "The end of Flutter Valley" which you already know how I felt about that from my review. There were some bad parts but the good parts were plentiful. The episode gets a 7/10.

Next up is "Pony Puppy" yet another standalone episode.

[djlamar2]

Before we begin I want to go ahead and say that this and Sweet Stuff and the treasure hunt are 2 of my all time favorite standalone episodes. Now without further ado:


Pony Puppy review:


The episode opens up with the first day of Fall and of course with Fall comes Fall cleaning. The baby ponies go off to play tag before they start.

As they come to a stream they try jumping across but Baby Tiddlywinks falls in. A giant puppy comes in and saves her. I'd hate to clean up after that dog. Baby Tiddlywinks thanks the puppy and decides to bring it home. ITS AS BIG AS A HOUSE AND YOU WANT IT TO COME HOME WITH YOU!? This already spells trouble.

They go to see the adults who agree to letting the dog stay and give her a name. Dinah. How this is short for dinosaur I don't know but they point out she's as big as one.

We then see that this puppy is more trouble than she's worth. She can help rake leaves but when Lickety-Split goes to get something Dinah eats her ice cream. She scolds her and she runs off to create another havoc which involves Truly's Valentine's card collection. She goes melodramatic (Oh jeez enough with the melodramatic ponies already) and whines that their ruined. Lickety-Split scolds Dinah yet again and Dinah whines which I guess means to say she didn't mean to and she'll help but Lickety-Split says she's done enough already.

We then hear the most creative song "What are going to do about Dinah" which shows them trying to decide if she will stay or not. The song is okay but for crying out loud Cupcake keeps telling them its not her fault because she's a baby. SHE'S A HOUSE SIZED PUPPY YOU LET STAY WITH YOU! BAD IDEA!

Anyway we cut to a scene with Lickety-Split throwing her ice cream cones. Ice cream cones for a house sized dog? Okay then. She eats them all and whines to have breakfast. They tell that was breakfast which Lickety-Split says it was breakfast, lunch and dinner. She convinces Truly to make more and Lickety-Split secretly gives her an ice cream cone she had been saving. Guess she has a soft spot for Dinah after all.

After Winter is over we see Dinah is now much bigger and she calls for her family. The baby ponies all cry because she has to leave. This also makes her sad but they tell her they understand that she has to go.

We then hear crying which ironically is Lickety-Split who thought Dinah was nothing but trouble, but again she apparently has a soft spot for the puppy. Truly tells her that she'll always be in their hearts and Lickety-Split thanks her.

Good points:

-The love between Dinah and Cupcake was cute.
-The song was great but just didn't make sense.
-Lickety-Split finally showing she cared for the house sized puppy was cute.



Bad points:

-First of all WHY DOES CUPCAKE DEFEND THE PUPPY BECAUSE SHE'S ONLY A BABY!? SHE'S MORE THAN THAT! SHE'S A HOUSE SIZED DOG!
-Truly was melodramatic. LIKE WE NEEDED ANOTHER MELODRAMATIC PONY! WE ALREADY HAD 3 AND WE NEED 1 MORE!?


Above all not a bad episode. It was cute to see the interactions between the ponies and Dinah but my gosh. What is wrong with these ponies? The episode gets an 8/10 only because of Truly being melodramatic and Cupcake defending Dinah because she was only a baby not a house sized dog. If it weren't for that it'd be higher. I did think it was a cute episode though and we'd see more episodes with the babies in later episodes.


Next up is my "Bright Lights" review.