No, I don’t think Pinkie is flanderized much at all. Even in the early seasons Pinkie had her crazy moments that many who point the flanderization finger in later seasons often forget. Like it often seems that all they remember of Pinkie from the early seasons is how great the Smile song while ignoring that the rest of that same episode Pinkie gets as annoying as she sometimes is in later seasons.

I do think Season 4, even though it’s my favorite Season of the show thus far, did have the con of perhaps having the most inconsistent Pinkie from having perhaps her best episode of the series in Pinkie Pride but then followed up by not too long after one of her worst portrayals in Filli Vanilli. But I don’t blame the character for that, nor do I want to say I’m pointing fingers at the writers. Because heck Pinkie Pride and Filli Vanilli were actually written by the same exact writer (Amy Keating Rogers) but IMO she’s been better in Season 5 and 6. Too early to tell about Season 7, but the only iffy thing is part of the recent Maud episode where she was funny at first but she does kinda wear out her welcome about halfway through.

Still I enjoy Pinkie Pie alot and just like any member of the Mane 6 the show wouldn’t be the same without her.