Not really surprising for Rainbow Dash. One of the summaries outright used something along the lines of a " Test of Loyalty ". We're expecting the Ponyville Team to be Dash, Thunderlane, Blossomforth, and Bulk Biceps (Snowflake) who'll be the background pony bumped up to secondary character apparently.
I'd be surprised if Twilight got her Key so early, though. I was expecting her to be last because she's Twilight. It'd be kind of refreshing to go ahead and get that out of the way, though. I'd have no complaints.
Also the Discord song will be in that episode.
Saturday Morning Episode Edit.
Can I take 22 minutes of Applejack? Maybe if Pinkie is there.
[spoil]A person (and probably a pony) inherits most of their traits from their parents and grandparents. The common ancestor they may share is so distant that it has barely any influence on Pinkie.
So Twilight is looking into her friend's ancestry? That's ... not creepy.
So who throws a wench in everypony's joy and doesn't immediately accept Pinkie as family? Who else?
I like the Apple song. I don't think the animation did the animatic justice, though. They removed the Where's Waldo Reference.
" When did you have time to make that? " ... silly mortal.
Just as I predicted Applejack tried to assert herself as leader (again). I don't see why she picked that exact moment to try and assert her authority. There was nothing she could do to make the situation better. The wagon already broke, the map was already gone, and it was too late to change direction on the river. She didn't even try to save her family from the waterfall with a rope which is one of the few things she's actually good at doing. So what was the point?
Pinkie, on the other hand, was delightful in this episode. She was eccentric and bubbly as always but it didn't reach the point of being annoying. This is how I prefer for Pinkie to be written. Pinkie is aware of what's going on around her and appears to be as intelligent as any other pony, but she just selectively cares about those things.
Oh. A crazy cat lady.
So in the end the answer was left ambiguous ... which is probably for the best. The truth is, all the ponies of a same type in the least are probably related in some distant way anyway because they descended from the same tribe. [/spoil]
I'd be surprised if Twilight got her Key so early, though. I was expecting her to be last because she's Twilight. It'd be kind of refreshing to go ahead and get that out of the way, though. I'd have no complaints.
Also the Discord song will be in that episode.
Saturday Morning Episode Edit.
Can I take 22 minutes of Applejack? Maybe if Pinkie is there.
[spoil]A person (and probably a pony) inherits most of their traits from their parents and grandparents. The common ancestor they may share is so distant that it has barely any influence on Pinkie.
So Twilight is looking into her friend's ancestry? That's ... not creepy.
So who throws a wench in everypony's joy and doesn't immediately accept Pinkie as family? Who else?
I like the Apple song. I don't think the animation did the animatic justice, though. They removed the Where's Waldo Reference.
" When did you have time to make that? " ... silly mortal.
Just as I predicted Applejack tried to assert herself as leader (again). I don't see why she picked that exact moment to try and assert her authority. There was nothing she could do to make the situation better. The wagon already broke, the map was already gone, and it was too late to change direction on the river. She didn't even try to save her family from the waterfall with a rope which is one of the few things she's actually good at doing. So what was the point?
Pinkie, on the other hand, was delightful in this episode. She was eccentric and bubbly as always but it didn't reach the point of being annoying. This is how I prefer for Pinkie to be written. Pinkie is aware of what's going on around her and appears to be as intelligent as any other pony, but she just selectively cares about those things.
Oh. A crazy cat lady.
So in the end the answer was left ambiguous ... which is probably for the best. The truth is, all the ponies of a same type in the least are probably related in some distant way anyway because they descended from the same tribe. [/spoil]
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