Season 4 episode discussion (Stream & episode links in first post)

I just watched the latest episode. Shit got real. . Literally. Also it was a super duper episode.

So I watched Pinkie Pride again and it´s not so bad afterall. It´s really a good episode, BUT the treatment of Pinkie could have been better

Can someone who knows Spanish translate this?  

 
Also, which part was this from?
 

@Grieffon
 
“Hit it, hit it, hit it  
Don’t lose your aim  
Because if you lose it  
You will lose your way”

@okamigen108  

How? Seriously, how could it possibly have been “better”? This episode had the best handling of Pinkie since “Party of One” nearly three years ago.
 
Yes, better than “A Friend In Deed” (incidentally, another Amy K Rogers episode) and much better than “Mmmystery on the Friendship Express” (written by Amy Keat– I’m sensing a pattern here).
 
Pinkie Pie was given character depth, a real emotional grounding.

Wait; so if there’s 21 candles on rainbow’s birthday cake you know what that means. . Bring out the keg!

@uc9  
>>541170
 
But don’t let that stop you from making headcanons.

@The Twelfth Doctor Whoof  
My only Problem was, that everypony knew Pinkie mas making a Party for Dash, then suddenly Cheese comes in and everypony ditches her. I found it a bit harsh. I mean even her friends joins the crowd. At first, that moment ruined the whole episode for me. For me, when Pinkie makes a Party, she gives her soul into it (atleast it´s my Headcannon).
 
For me the situation would have changed to: Pinkie and Cheese try to cooperate, they can´t agree and the rest (from the Episode) had the same result.
 
If there´s a flaw of it (my idea) or I haven´t seen the real meaning of the scene, than please tell me.

@okamigen108  
That whole scene does feel OOC, but given that people are often swept away by new and more exciting things, it’s somewhat justifiable.

Can we talk about how Derpy just stuck her head into that chocolate fountain and Lemon Hearts shot her the absolute dirtiest look in the world?
 

 
I pity people who have to work at Golden Corral.

@Grieffon  
Thanks. Maybe I´ll have to look at that way. Besides this episode introduced me to Weird Al :-). He is rather unknown here in Austria

@Itsthinking  
That was terribly inconsiderate of her.
 
Bad Derpy.

@Itsthinking  

 
Mr Cake also cringed when he saw that.
 
There’s some pretty good animation in those few seconds. You can almost guess Derpy’s thoughts as she drinking.

@Itsthinking  
Even though most of her face was hidden, those eyes showed she was clearly making this face:
 

@Grieffon  
Chocolate must be like alcohol to our candy-colored equines.

@Itsthinking  

 

@okamigen108  

Ah. Well, I can’t really disagree with that. However, we’ve seen before how fickle Ponyville-ians can be (and that Rainbow Dash is kind of a jerk), so I just file it under “all the ponies in this town are CRAZY” and go with it.
 
By the way, welcome to the wonderful world of Weird Al. You’ve got 30 years worth of musical history and thirteen albums to get through, plus a TV show and feature film. Good luck.

@Grieffon  
That DashTank interaction happened while Derpy was drinking from the ChocoFountain.
 
The lyrics are, in English:  
“Go, go, go,  
Don’t lose your aim;  
Because if you lose it  
You will lose the path.”
 
Best part about these surprisingly relevant words is that Ms. Rogers admitted on Twitter that she didn’t know what those lyrics were; she just used a Piñata song.

Soo…  
How long do we have to do the spoiler thing?  
Episode stuuf:
 
In terms of character it was a good use of pinkie’s. The plot made sense, Chesse actually making her doubt how good was she at throwing parties, nothing worse than someone else showing you how “inept” you are to make you question your own self worth. And on top of that her friends preferred Chesse’s part in favor of hers  
I specially liked how pinkie placed her pride before her friends party only to realize how wrong is that, that is some character devoleptment  
The pacing was good and we got a good self contained episode, rainbow thing aside.  
The guest star was ok but i thing they should not go overboard with the idea of inviting other people, although the desing of Chesse was not of my taste.  
It is also nice to have an antagonist who is not evil.  
The moral was good and straight foward.
 
The songs were ok but there were far too many of them. Ann i have mixed feelings about the “real life” rubber chicken and alligator.
 
Overall:  
i did not liked the episode. Too many song for my taste. And the worst part is that i did not undertood what they said.  
But i do not thing the episode was bad, it is simply not my taste.
 
 
By the way i am impressed at Pinkies VA, her spanish was quite good, her accent was notable but i have heard worse.  
And for those unaware, that is the common piñata song everyone sings in México.

@Teck_pack  
Spoiler only applies before the episode is posted in the first post of the thread.

@The Twelfth Doctor Whoof  

 

I’m feeling pretty strange about this Saturday’s episode. Don’t know what that means.

@Itsthinking  
Getting a strange vibe?

@Itsthinking  
Maybe because of the Rarity - Spike role swap?
 
McCarthy stated that it has her favorite Rarity performance, so it will be fun to watch, if anything.

@PonyPon  
Very strange.
 
@Grieffon  
Partially because of this. I don’t want to jinx anything, but certain things would be really strange not to even see a mention of. Continuity is king.