I Dream of Twilight modblog

I have not actually xP

I might get around to eventually seeing at least some of the songs in Japanese. But I personally don’t get why I’d want to see a show I saw prominently in English in Japanese.

Heck I’m kinda that way even with Animes. To be fair, I don’t watch alot of Anime in general. But I rarely watch subs. AKA the only way to watch an Anime entirely voiced in Japanese without knowing what the heck the characters are saying. Cause I don’t know the Japanese language nor do I feel the need to learn it xP

Thank you ^^

I can’t hate any of the Main 6. All six of them at one point have done stupid things (Even my favorite pony Twilight has made me facepalm on at least one occasion), but when in one episode they’re not portrayed the best. They have another where they’re portrayed near perfectly. I may complain about how Pinkie was done in some scenes of Three’s a Crowd and Filli Vanilli. But it’s episodes like Pinkie Pride that remind me why I still like Pinkie regardless. :)

PewDiePie’s a game analyst?

I thought he was just a Let’s Player that regardless if you like or hate him, just plays games while commentating over them while entertaining his followers. I have never heard the words analyst, reviewer, or anything in regards to PewDiePie.

So? What does subscriber count have to do with it? It’s my opinion. I’m not seeking my thoughts to influence others. Heck I don’t even think that’s what the Analysts are doing because otherwise that’s just not right. They’re just explaining why they like or dislike an episode in their videos. A review of an episode you like that an analyst didn’t, might make you like the episode less. But I doubt it would make a complete 180 and hate the episode like what the reviewer said. Bridle Gossip was such an episode that I used to like alot, but hearing later on about the flaws such as what the Voice of Reason said about it. I like it less then I did a few years ago. But the point is I still like Bridle Gossip despite people like Voice of Reason saying it’s the worst episode of the series.

Tommy Oliver has said he thinks It Ain’t Easy Being Breezies is the worst episode of the series. And I’ve seen even those who disliked the episode wouldn’t really say it was that bad. He even said when talking about it, it’s just different tastes in media.

In short: The Brony Analysts are not the end-all, be-all decision on what makes a good or bad episode. If you’re looking for analysts to decide which episodes are good or bad. You’re doing it wrong. Mr. Enter is only my favorite because I tend to agree with him more then I don’t. But there have been times I disagreed with his thoughts on an episode. So I don’t entirely let Mr. Enter influence how I feel about an episode either.

Yeah like I said. Dragon Quest out of the 3 I mentioned is the most tolerable. Because for once it’s not Spike’s portrayal that’s the problem. It’s the problem of the characters that Spike meet just happen to be jerks. Thus making the ending far more predictable then it needed to be. And also partly on the Ponies, because it would of been so great for the ponies to learn that maybe dragons weren’t so bad instead of them basically being proven right. Considering we even had a pretty good dragon back in Dragonshy. Why couldn’t we have had dragons like the one in Dragonshy be the ones Spike meet? (Granted we do see the red dragon cameo in the episode, but gosh darn it having him return and have another notable appearence would of been so much better then having dudebro teenage dragons)

It’s also a shame they never really did anything with Pee Wee (Spike at your Service shows us they brought Pee Wee back to it’s parents through photos). It would of been so cool for Twilight & Spike to have a Phoenix around. If Pee Wee had been used for occasional reappearances like the pets sometimes do. It might of given Dragon Quest at least a little more worth.

I haven’t seen the remake. So I can’t judge.

I kinda like them. They’re not as good as the original trilogy. But at the very least I enjoy Episode 3 alot. And I understand Episode 1 gets alot of hate both from Star Wars fans and non-Star Wars fans alike. But I don’t hate any of the Star Wars films.

I am kinda hoping the sequel trilogy Disney is making is worthwhile. I’m a bit nervous about those.

I see a few possibilities. Here’s a list of who I think might be likely newcomers and veterans:

Newcomers

Miis - Unlike most people in the Smash community it seems. I don’t hate the very idea of Miis being playable. They have their place in Nintendo now. And have a good enough resume to be playable. Ever since Wii Fit Trainer was announced + the THREE Mii related stages we have. I think they’re shoe-ins. A Smash Bros. related direct would be the perfect place to explain how they’ll work.

Ridley - Maybe it’s just because Monday’s screenshot happened to have a Metroid. But there’s also this feeling a really hyping reveal will come out of this. And Ridley’s pretty much the most requested Nintendo newcomer.

Palutena - There’s a supposed leak out there that hasn’t exactly been 100% debunked yet where it looks like Palutena is playable. And it might be time we see if it’s true or not that she’ll be a Newcomer.

Honorable Mentions: Pac-Man (I think if Pac-Man’s playable he’ll be an E3 reveal. But maybe Namco had other plans), Shulk (For Xenoblade), and a Fire Emblem newcomer

Veterans

Yoshi - Alot of people thought he’d show up when Yoshi’s New Island was released in the US. But maybe the reason we had no character reveals in March was so we could have multiple during the April direct to hype us in one sitting. Yoshi’s a guaranteed returnee either way though. He’s not one to worry about if he doesn’t show up once again.

Snake - Snake has been a bit iffy on his chances. And if he’s in the game, he’s likely going to have a big day for himself just like Sonic did last October. So this may be the day to put the doubts about Snake returning to rest. Because unfortunately time’s running out for the poor guy. If we don’t know about him being in the game before Smash 4 releases. That’s probably not a good sign.

Wario - After Yoshi wasn’t revealed, many people pointed out that WarioWare had an anniversery in March. So he might be March’s character reveal. Needless to say, that didn’t happen either. But it might be the fat man’s return come tomorrow. Although Wario is not one of the Original 12 nor was he in Melee though, Wario is a shoe-in to return just like Yoshi. You can’t have Ashley from WarioWare as an Assist Trophy if Wario isn’t playable.

Any Popular Veteran from Melee and/or Smash 64 that hasn’t been revealed yet (This includes Ness, Captain Falcon, Ganondorf, and Mewtwo) - It’d be pretty cool for a character like Captain Falcon to show up since he’s beloved because of the Smash Bros. series. Mewtwo might also be a good one since he missed out on Brawl. And is probably the most wanted Veteran.

Of course knowing Sakurai I could be completely wrong and he surprises me by not showing any of what I think might come. But that’s the fun of it all. ^^

Yoshi you have nothing to worry about. And I’m sure Pokemon Trainer will come back in some form.

BUT OH NO, YOU DID NOT JUST DISS JIGGZ IN MY HOUSE

THIS BADASS MOTHERFUCKER HAS EATEN GIGA BOWSER FOR BREAKFAST

GTFO

(I’m just kidding xD But yeah, I can’t hate Jigglypuff. Or anyone of the Original 12 for that matter. It’d feel like something was missing if they left any of them out)

I don’t know, Celestia seems to be ok with Raisins and she’s a Princess hehe xD

I plan on getting both unless the connectivity between the two versions isn’t really that interesting after all. Or something really goes wrong with the 3DS version.

But I’m a huge, huge, huge Smash Bros. fan. So I might get the 3DS version even if it’s turns out only half as good as the Wii U version.

Fighting Nintendo All-Stars as Sonic the Hedgehog both at home and on the road is a plus enough though~

Well mainly from its-homerj. (And a few with Gothmod about Twilight being an Alicorn Princess). But I actually don’t mind it too much, as long as the discussion doesn’t start getting to insulting eachother. I like having discussions regarding things I like. I welcome any questions or discussion on Friendship is Magic related stuff or other stuff I do like (Ex: Video game series like Super Smash Bros, Mario, Sonic, etc. Or other cartoons such as Avatar: The Last Airbender, Courage the Cowardly Dog, etc.)

Speaking of Smash Bros. I can’t wait until tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct B)

Thank you very much for the compliments on both my blog and my thoughts on each of the episodes. ^^

And that ending to the April Fools thing would be funny too. But I had it previously known that two genies could enter a bottle without them fusing. (Twilight has previously stated that back when Genies were common in the old days there were masters and genies that fell in love to the point the Master would make full commitment to the point that they’re both Genies and Twilight’s used the Genie Simulation on the CMC and used one bottle for all 3 of them). So while it’d be a funny joke to add on an already ridiculous thing going on, I just wanted the main joke to be about suddenly the blog seems like it’s going to be a shipping blog now.

However, this is tempting me to make a bonus pic sometime that would happen if I did have them fuse as a result of the bottling…

Yeah Mr. Enter isn’t all too much about Comedy. But I like his style of reviewing episodes that he’s done since his Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 review where the episode has exclamation points he adds if there was something he liked. Or takes away if he feels there was a flaw in the episode.

I also tend to agree with him more often then I don’t.

Ex: He liked all of my favorite episodes of the series. Which are the following: Cutie Mark Chronicles, Lesson Zero,  Hurricane Fluttershy, Canterlot Wedding, Magic Duel, Magical Mystery Cure, Princess Twilight Sparkle, and Pinkie Pride. He’s also not a fan of Look Before You Sleep and Rainbow Falls, episodes I don’t really like that much.

While I have disagreed with him a few times. I usually admit he has a fair reason if he dislikes an episode that I do like.

Oh I also don’t just watch him for his Friendship is Magic reviews. As I like his Admirable Animation (Where he’s praised episodes from other TV shows like Courage the Cowardly Dog and Avatar: The Last Airbender which are shows I also happen to love) and Animated Atrocities (Where’s he teared apart terrible episodes of other shows like modern Spongebob or G3 My Little Pony for example.)

The difference is they did it for 2014. While many Disney shows and other animation companies used Rap because it was hip in the late 90s/Early 2000s (The Titanic movie with the Rapping dog came out in 2000. So right smack dab in the middle there). So about 1 ½ decades for the animation companies to finally get their mind straight that Rap isn’t hip anymore and only use it sparingly so it doesn’t feel like lame attempts to get with the times.

AKR did it as a funny little reference rather then doing it just because it’s “hip” or “cool”. If they were going for what’s “cool” but often criticized for being overdone in recent times, they’d go with something like Dubstep. Kids now aren’t as familiar with rap as those who grew up to the 90s are. Just like how kids who grew up in the 80s don’t remember too much about Disco that the kids of the 70s remember much more. 

Unless it became a trend in cartoons again somehow. Using Rap in cartoons is about the same as having a character dance to disco for laughs now: It’s partly funny in the first place because it’s old school now.

Making a song like the Smile Song and/or any of the songs in Pinkie Pride was not the point though. This wasn’t a Pinkie Pie centered episode. Those songs came in episodes where Pinkie was the star. And Pinkie wasn’t the star of the episode. The only episode I can remember that had a decent length Pinkie song where she wasn’t exactly the star of the episode was Over a Barrel, and that was done to set-up the punchline of the Buffalo Chief and the Sheriff saying “That was the worst performance we’ve ever seen”.  Like Over a Barrel, the Pinkie Rap was done for a quick joke. Pinkie clearly did the rap for fun, and was an attempt at helping Rainbow Dash.

It didn’t work, but at least Pinkie tried.

And here’s the difference between Pinkie Rapping and the Rapping Dog in the Titanic movie.

In the Titanic movie: The movie is based on a real event… though somehow it has talking Mice and everything trying to be the new American Tail or something. And even has a “Happy Ending” despite the fact that well… Titanic was pretty much a disaster where many people died. The reason the Rapping Dog (While can be funny if you’re a “So Bad, it’s Good” kind of person) did not work is because

1. The setting takes place in a time that was just about 80 years before Rap became a big thing. So it basically just included the Rap to be “cool” since the movie itself came just a year after the 90s were over

2. It kinda… just comes out of nowhere. As the dog just starts rapping after the Mice thanked him. Most musicals usually have at least some reason to their songs. The song wasn’t even about saying “You’re welcome!” or something it was just the dog saying “IT’S PARTY TIME!”

and 3. The movie in general was a terrible attempt to cash-grab on many succesful films like the Titanic live-action film, Disney films, and American Tail. And other then those who might like it for the “So Bad, It’s Good” kind of thing. The song is a waste of time that has absolutely nothing to do with the movie other then “Hey how about we put a rapping dog in a movie based on an actual tragic event… The kids will love it!”

Pinkie’s Rap in Testing, Testing, 1, 2 ,3: I’ll do the same 3 points here.

1. Equestria is definitely more modern then the setting of the Titanic movie. Granted you don’t see all the technology we have in Equestria. Though that’s mostly because there’s not really a need for it because they already have Magic that exists in Equestria. Though that hasn’t stopped the occasional vehicle or other kind of modern technology (Like the pedal copter in the latest episode, or an arcade machine in Hearts and Hooves Day)

2. Pinkie’s known to sing from time-to-time. In Season 1, she often did it for no particular reason at all. There however was a reason this time, as  I said. It was an attempt to help Rainbow Dash. And again like I said, it didn’t work. But she sure as hell tried. But regardless because it’s already a known trait that Pinkie likes to sing, the Rapping doesn’t come  of nowhere like the Rapping Dog thing did.

and 3. It’s not that big of a deal because even if you don’t like it, it’s only 40 seconds out of an otherwise enjoyable episode. Personal taste of the music doesn’t matter in episodes of shows that use Music. What DOES matter, is if there’s a purpose to them. And there was a purpose to Pinkie’s rapping.

I personally enjoyed Pinkie’s rap. It wasn’t aiming to be as good as grander songs in AKR’s other Pinkie episodes. Complaining about a 40 second rap just sounds like “Stop having fun, DHX!”. I won’t be hailing Pinkie’s rap as one of the best songs of the show anytime soon of course. But that doesn’t mean I can’t find it somewhat enjoyable, as I just think it’s funny in itself that I’m watching Pinkie Pie rap. And it’s not my favorite part of the episode. But really thinking about the scene, it serves way more purpose then the Rapping Dog’s song. And seeing Pinkie actually trying to help is already leagues better then whatever she was doing for Fluttershy in Filli Vanilli.

P.S. If you keep pulling the “See this Josh guy from FOB Equestria” card. I kinda have my own reviewer I tend to agree with most of the time (Not all the time since I disagreed with his review of Power Ponies and Somepony to Watch Over Me) in the Mysterious Mr. Enter. He disliked Pinkie’s portrayal in Filli Vanilli as well, and based on his first impressions he posted on his dA he liked Pinkie’s rap too. Linking to a reviewer that agreed with you isn’t going to make me like anything I do less. I have my own opinions/thoughts/etc. The brony analysts out there only are there to give a perspective on why someone might like or dislike a certain episode or a certain part of an episode. As no matter the episode, there’s going to be at least one person who liked it, and one who didn’t. What makes a good or bad episode is based on your own personal perspective. People who analyze the episodes are just explaining in their own way why they like or dislike an episode or a scene. Their video reviews aren’t much different then us posting our thoughts on an episode via a forum or a personal blog. Doing it through videos is just a fancier way of doing it since it usually requires more editing, and it usually takes longer then just to type up your thoughts.

Uh, so what? Even if you didn’t like it, it was a scene that didn’t really take anything out of the episode. It was just another of the different ways her friends were trying to help Rainbow that obviously didn’t work.

And I don’t mean to beat a dead horse. Or strike a beehive with no protection because of different views on the subject. But AKR having Pinkie Rap was far better then Pinkie’s attempts to “help” in Filli Vanilli. Which was Amy Keating Rodger’s previous episode.

Yeah generally the thing is. When we’re talking about bad episodes. We mean as in bad in terms of Friendship is Magic standards.

Some of the bad or even just ok episodes of the show would be considered good or at least average in other shows. (Like say if Mare-Do-Well was in a show solely based on Superheroes as opposed to Friendship is Magic)

I do, yeah. It was great to see Derpy have an appearance not only for just a few seconds like in Magical Mystery Cure but actually a few scenes to herself reminiscent of some of her parts in Season 2 (Ex: Derpy bobbing for apples inside the tub in Luna Eclipsed).

And for what it’s worth. Even Mare-Do-Well had this kinda touching scene where Rainbow Dash is sad about being alone on a cloud.

Oh no, I definitely view Family issues as important. Some of the best episodes of FiM were something involving Family (Sisterhooves Social, Pinkie Apple Pie, Maud Pie, For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils, etc.).

It’s just I’m all “meh” about the Moral for the episode when I enjoyed the many entertaining bits in both the comedy and the Chimera scenes.

Bridle Gossip didn’t have that good of a moral execution either, but I still remember the episode most for bringing us fun things like Flutterguy.

I appreciate requesting me to see a particular reviewers thoughts of an episode to explain your reasoning. But I could really do the same the other way around. Like Mr. Enter’s review of Rainbow Falls where he’s even harsher on the episode then I was, or ANYPony’s Top 5 Yay and Neigh list for Somepony to Watch Over Me. Although ANYPony had an initial negative reaction to the episode and still put the main problems with the episode at the top of his neigh list. He admits that the episode was better then what he was thinking in his first impressions thanks to the things he found good within the episode on another watch. We’d just be linking eachother videos from reviewers we generally agree with and the other doesn’t.

From this point on, it might be best to just agree to disagree at this point. If Somepony to Watch Over me is what you think is the worst episode of Season 4. Fine. What I think we should be able to both agree though, is there’s at least one stinker in Season 4 out of 20. Which isn’t such a bad stat when you think about it. Not even the first two seasons could say they have only 1-2 bad episodes through 20 episodes. It’s a testament to how great this Season has been. ^^

Again this is why I compared it to Feeling Pinkie Keen. FPK is regarded as one of the worst morals of the series because many misinterpreted as “Accept that religion exists”. Once again, Scott is being Season 1 Dave Polsky here. And yeah looking back at the said moral it is a bit forced after this episode.

But er, about Rainbow Falls explicit moral…

“Oh, I can’t deny it. I love to win! But if I ever have to choose between winning and my friends, I’m always gonna choose my friends. ‘Cause as much as I love winning, I love them waaaaay more.”

Was this not something we knew about Rainbow Dash from as far back as the pilot episodes? With the Shadowbolts? A large part of Rainbow Falls was Rainbow making a decision that she made in 5 seconds back in the pilot. Or heck if you want another example look no further then Wonderbolt Academy where Rainbow nearly quit her dream of being a Wonderbolt after it seemed like they were catering to assholes who nearly killed all of Rainbow’s best friends and held no remorse afterward.

I don’t really agree there. The main problems I hear about Somepony to Watch Over Me was that it overexaggerated Applejack’s overexaggeration. And while I definitely think that is true, there are some other things that I enjoyed. Although, Scott Sonneborn did get AJ a bit wrong, what he did wrong for Applejack he made up for in writing the CMC. All three of the CMC were pretty good. Maybe part of the reason this episode gets flack is it makes the kids smarter then the adults as a result of this. But regardless stuff like the canceled song and “How does she (Applebloom) sleep?” “Like she does everything! With sass!” were wonderful bits of comedy.

There was also the pretty awesome action sequence at the end. I really wasn’t expecting alot from this episode to begin with, it’s definitely the lesser of the three sister related stories that we got in a row it seems (Somepony to Watch Over Me -> Maud Pie -> For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils). But honestly I feel it was just a pretty average overprotective sister episode with a few noteworthy laughs for the first half, and then a sudden new location, new monster, and excellent action in the 2nd half. Maybe this was because my expectations for this episode were a bit low to begin with. But honestly thanks to the 2nd half it was a little better then I expected it to be.

Granted I wouldn’t say it’s one of the best of the Season it’s definitely one of the weaker episodes and probably will be somewhere in the Top 5 least favorite episodes of the Season by the end. But I think some people are overreacting to this episode as if Scoot Sonneborn just did another Mare-Do-Well. I’ve already seen people expecting to hate his next episode next season simply because they heard he wrote it. And I don’t quite understand their pessimistic view just because of Somepony to Watch Over Me, as if he’s the new Merriwether Williams. Heck with how I said the episode was funny, If anything I’d say Scott Sonneborn is more like the new Season 1 Dave Polsky right about now. As Feeling Pinkie Keen is often stated as a guilty pleasure just for the comedy alone. Maybe to some like me, Somepony to Watch Over Me is exactly that as well.

Other then Derpy’s reappearence. And Some of Rainbow and Twilight’s characterization. I can’t say the same for Rainbow Falls. And believe it or not, I’m been a bit kinder to Rainbow Falls then some others. I don’t think it’s the worst episode of the series, but I definitely feel it sticks out like a sore thumb when we’ve had plenty of consistently good or at least decent quality episodes so far.

I thought Equestria Girls was just ok. It wasn’t completely terrible, but not exactly what I’d call good either. Megan McCarthy might be my 2nd favorite writer of the show, but I know she kinda dropped the ball on this movie.

Here’s a few things I liked: Spike. Oh Spike was awesome in the movie, it was like we had Spike from Lesson Zero back where he’s there as Twilight’s back. Although I initially hated the fact they seem to have demoted Spike to a dog, he turned out to be one of the best parts of the film. I also liked the first few minutes before the opening credits which has the funniest part of the entire movie…yes I just said I liked the part where it’s still based around the ponies :P Oh and I guess I have to admit that “Help Twilight Sparkle Win the Crown” was too catchy to leave off the good lists. And I also admit I enjoyed many of the fanservicey jokes like Trixie getting Peanut Butter Crackers or the CMC checking Youtube.

But other then that… yeah… the story just isn’t very strong. Like you said Sunset had potential as a good villain but she just wasn’t done very well. The whole thing with Flash Sentry should not have happened at all, and a bit of a bizarre climax.

I really see Equestria Girls as more something that’d be a guilty pleasure for those who like it. It’s overall as a whole better then some of the worst episodes of the show but it’s about as good as an average episode and that’s kinda the problem with the movie since generally a Movie should aim for something that the show can’t offer. There are many episodes of Friendship is Magic that I could feel satisfied throughout all 22 minutes then at any moment in the entire Equestria Girls movie.

I will give Equestria Girls 2 a chance when that comes out online. And I personally hope there’s a few things that are different with this one. I kinda hope the movie is filled with just fun moments like that Vinyl Scratch short we got. Even though that was confirmed not to be part of the actual film, if the movie is chock full of fun moments for us the fans to enjoy, I could see this being alot better then the first movie. Don’t try to pull us in with a story to try to take seriously when the concept of the movie was “Pony travels to an alternate dimension to attend high school”.

Yeah, I don’t exactly think Rainbow Falls is close to being the worst of the series for introducing a new place. Rainbow and Twilight were kinda done well in some respects. But still stuff like Spitfire & Fleetfoot trying to get Rainbow to replace Soarin on their team just so they could have a better chance just kinda ruined that. 

And Snowflake supposed name change to Bulk Biceps hardly counts as a problem of the episode. But there is one thing about him in Rainbow Falls that adds another problem. Now I know this series isn’t safe from plot inconsistencies, but I doubt there’s one as obvious as the fact that Bulk Biceps was invited to the Wonderbolt Academy. A place that at the beginning of the episode was said to be invitation only, how could Bulk Biceps have ended up there if he was that bad at flying?

There’s also Fluttershy. Why is she not nervous at all about participating in a sporting event? Especially given her Stage Fright issues we see in Filli Vanilli? The Equestria Games are the pony olympics, there’s going to be a huge crowd watching Fluttershy for the relay.

Also there was a much better way for Rainbow to choose the Ponyville team without resorting to making 2/3rds of the Cloudsdale team/Wonderbolts as jerks. Rainbow could of chosen Ponyville because it represents who she is now. If she went with the Cloudsdale team, she’d be representing something she no longer is anymore. And the awkward feeling about her running as a different place from where she actally lives in front of her friends. Her friends would still support her either way, but regardless Rainbow has changed alot in her days in Ponyville and she should represent what she is now as opposed to who she was. Maybe Rainbow still holds a special part of her heart for Cloudsdale, as seen in Return of Harmony. But I would think it’d make more sense anyway that Rainbow would rather compete with Spitfire to see how she stacks up against her rather then just be a part of the team where she can’t compare speeds other then in practice. I feel it’d be more in-character for Rainbow to want to go against Spitfire for a great race.

It doesn’t help that this episode happens to be Rainbow’s key episode. Meaning we can’t really just ignore this episode happened because otherwise we wouldn’t know how Rainbow got her key before the Finale.

Those are the main reasons I think Rainbow Falls is probably the worst episode of Season 4 so far. It’s not completely terrible, as there were some things that were done well. But regardless it’s the lowest Season 4 has gone to and hopefully is the closest to the bottom it ever gets. The Season’s done a pretty good job of that so far. Having only 1 out of 20 being a bad episode is great in comparison with previous seasons though. Other then Rainbow Falls, every other episode has had something I’ve enjoyed. I hope Corey Powell redeems herself in her co-written episode with Meghan, I don’t know what happened for the writer of Sleepless in Ponyville (Largely considered one of, if not the best episode of Season 3) could go as low as Rainbow Falls was. But it’s left me a bit unsure. Kinda hoping it’s just Cindy Morrow syndrome where she can be pretty inconsistent between seasons where Cindy made two awesome episodes in Season 2 (Sisterhooves Social & Hurricane Fluttershy) to two average or even subpar episodes in Season 3 (One Bad Apple & Apple Family Reunion)