Mariusioannesp's Flash Reviews--My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 1 · 8:34pm Jan 18th, 2015
Hello my Brony brethren!
It is often the case in the lean times between seasons of MLP that many of our number take to reviewing early episodes of MLP if that’s something they haven’t done before. I will now be doing just that. However, I’ve only been rewatching the past three seasons of MLP in order to better write the stories I have planned, and frankly I don’t have the time watch these 60-some-odd episodes again so I can do detailed review blogs of each episode. Plus, to this day, I still have trouble being critical of most of these episodes. The most I really have to say is why I thought these episodes were great. So, I’ve decided I will be doing what I have termed a “Flash Review” where I do a blog devoting a paragraph or two or so to each episode of the season. This will be the first part of a three-part blog, one per each season. Without further ado-do, here are my Flash Review of Season 1 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Friendship is Magic
Ah, yes the pilot was a magical experience, and my very first encounter with MLP. It does a very good job of introducing us the Mane 6 as we would come to know them. It also establishes Equestria as an epic fantasy world and also sets the epic stakes when it comes to Nightmare Moon and the whole Eternal Night thing. In the course of the premiere’s second part, we also clearly see how each of the Mane 6 embodies their Element of Harmony. Then there’s also Pinkie Pie’s first song “Giggle at the Ghosties”. In the past, I’ve never really liked musicals or suddenly breaking into songs that much. I always thought they were kind of goofy. But this song showed me that when done right, breaking into song could be anything but goofy. (Probably helps that Twilight Sparkle and Rarity acknowledge what is happening. Wouldn’t be the first time.)
The only thing I can say I had a problem with in this episode is that Rainbow Dash initially comes off as kind of a jerk, but I still came to appreciate how much she values loyalty to her friends. And also there’s that theme song, which tells you right off the bat that this is not a typical “girls” show. Overall, this was an excellent premiere.
The Ticket Master
There have been other TV shows that have done episodes like this before. (I recall an episode of Rocko’s Modern Life with the same premise.) But usually the focus on such an episode is the ridiculous things the friends do in order to persuade ticket holder to give them their second ticket. There's a little of that here too. However, we also see established a clear reason each of Twilight’s friends wants to attend the Grand Galloping Gala. (Applejack wants to sell her wares. Rainbow Dash wants to meet the Wonderbolts. Rarity wants to meet Prince Blueblood, the “colt of her dreams”. Pinkie wants to go to the biggest party ever. Fluttershy wants to frolic with the animals in the gardens.) Plus, Twilight sacrificing her own ticket doesn’t solve the issue either for three of her friends still won’t be able to go. The only things I disliked about this episode is that Rainbow Dash still seems like a jerk, napping instead of helping Applejack, and the ending seems just a tad rushed, with Twilight’s friends almost suddenly realizing the grief they’ve caused her. Still it was it was fun watching Twilight struggle just to find a moment to sit down and eat something as well as run away from every mare in town when Pinkie blabs about Twilight having tickets to the Gala. Also, it was the beginning of MLP’s first ever arc: the Grand Galloping Gala arc. Overall, this was a fine episode.
Applebuck Season
This was a fun episode with a great lesson about the dangers of getting overwhelmed, presented in a number of rather humorous incidents on Applejack’s part. And then there’s the importance of accepting help from your friends when you need it. We also saw the very beginnings of the whole Derpy muffin thing. 
Overall, a great episode.
Griffon the Brush Off
Here we have a lesson about it really means to be a true friend. We also see Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash beginning to bond over their mutual love of friendly pranks. Also, we have the first instance of a Griffon on the show with Gilda though we mysteriously never did see her again. 
(She did though make an appearance in G.M. Berrow’s chapter book Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell.) The only thing wrong with this episode is that we see the first instance of a pattern I noticed in the first two seasons of MLP. Twilight fairly consistently has difficulty taking Pinkie Pie seriously. In this case, it was over Pinkie’s suspicions about Gilda. At least she apologized for it in the end when Pinkie proved to be right. Overall, this was a good episode.
Boast Busters
It’s always surprised me that despite how much love the Brony community has for the Great and Powerful Trixie, most don’t particularly like the episode in which she was introduced. They say that Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack acted out of character or were in the wrong. The closest I’ve come to being convinced the Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity act wrongly towards Trixie is from a review by RK_Striker_JK_5. That being said, I’ve never quite seen it that way for a number of reasons. First off, as for the “Mane Three’s” behavior here, that is a conclusion you’d only come to if you’d seen a lot MLP episodes before this one. “Boast Busters” was the fifth episode aired. Both times I’ve seen Season 1, it was in the ordered it was aired. As a result, when I saw the episode, it doesn’t seem odd that they’re acting this way because their characters haven’t been that fully established yet. Perhaps it’s because there are still many lessons in friendship they still need to learn.
My second reason is a bit more personal. I cannot abide Trixie’s arrogance. Arrogance is a vice I shan’t tolerate for it is one I’ve struggled with most of my life. I still struggle with it. How many of my blogs start with my nom de plume? (The fact that I just referred to my user name as a “nom de plume”.) Proverbs says “Pride goes before disaster, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (16:18). And in the past, I have fallen. Oh, how have I fallen... Hard! And you know what? So does Trixie here. This is just what happens to those who have been haughty.
On a final note, there are those who have claimed that the final lesson about not being afraid to have proper pride in your talents doesn’t make sense. In answer to that, I turn to analyst Clover Keen’s analysis video on this episode where she notes it’s a good lesson because it’s something women struggle with on a regular basis. And what of those who claimed it doesn’t make sense? All men. Just another one of those things we can’t just wrap our heads around.
But in the end, it was great seeing Twilight show the true extent of her magical prowess. Overall, it’s an episode I very much enjoyed.
Dragonshy
This is the episode that began my love affair with Fluttershy. 
We see for the first time that despite all her meekness, when push comes to shove and her friends are in danger, Fluttershy will stand up against a dragon, the thing she fears the most. There is a reason Christ said “The meek shall inherit the land” (Matthew 5:5). There’s much more to Fluttershy than meets the eye. I also enjoyed the references to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Overall, this was a great episode.
Look Before You Sleep
This episode highlights how different Rarity and Applejack are when it comes to how they do things. Rarity is very detail oriented, and Applejack is very practical. Despite their differences, they can still come together and get the job when it counts the most, as was seen when the tree falls into Twilight’s house. The best part though is that the episode in no way indicates if either Rarity or Applejack’s way of doing things is wrong. They’re both perfectly valid ways of doing things. Overall, another good episode.
Bridle Gossip
Some say the lesson here about not being afraid of those who seem different is one we have heard before. Like a lot. However, when you look out at the world today, it’s not hard to see that this is something we still need to be reminded of. Plus, given how scared other children’s shows these days are of discussing these types of issues, MLP was pretty gutsy for doing so. And I will always appreciate that. In it’s early days, MLP could be pretty gutsy. Also, we are introduced for the first time to everyone’s favorite poetic Zebra Zecora. Seeing how the Poison Joke affected each of the Mane 6 was pretty funny as well as Spike's teasing nicknames for them. (And eventually we would see "Flutterguy" again in "Filli Vanilli" in Season 4.) Plus, this was the first time Apple Bloom played a major role in an episode. Overall, another great episode.
Swarm of the Century
Ah yes, the parasprite. The creature that gave its name to anti-Brony internet trolls. Anywho, it was fun watching Twilight have one of her first breakdowns. The best part though is how Pinkie Pie is the one to save the day in the end, especially since Twilight had once again failed to take her seriously. In fact, the lesson she learned was about listening to what your friends have to say. Also, I’m not much of a Trekkie, but I have seen “Trouble with Tribbles” once, and I liked how this episode alludes to it. Overall, this was another fun episode.
Winter Wrap Up
This was the episode that featured the best song of Season 1, “Winter Wrap Up”. It remains a favorite for most of us to this day. Twilight spends the day trying to look for a way to contribute to Winter Wrap Up without having to use her magic since that’s the way they do it in Ponyville. And in the end, it’s Twilight’s exemplary organizational skills that allows Ponyville to finally wrap up the Winter in time for the Spring. Also featured is the first reference to “Ditzy Doo” who might also be Derpy. Overall, it was a good episode.
Call of the Cutie
This episode first established the cutie mark and the important role it plays in ushering a young pony into adulthood. Apple Bloom is front and center once again as she tries her best to get her cutie mark already. We also see the Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo meet for the first time and found the Cutie Mark Crusaders. And also Rainbow Dash introduces Apple Bloom to what will become the CMC’s modus operandi for the next two seasons. Unfortunately, this also the first time we are introduced to Tweedle B and Tweedle Concha... I mean Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara. The CMC would go on to have many great episodes after this one. So overall, this was a great start to that.
Fall Weather Friends
Rainbow Dash and Applejack, the two most athletic and competitive ponies in Ponyville, compete to see who’s the most athletic by running in the Running of the Leaves. This episode introduces us to Rainbow Dash and Applejack’s competitive streak, which we will go on to see in future episodes. (And the beginnings of the unresolved sexual tension between them. I kid of course. I don’t truck with that foolishness.) It was really amusing seeing Twilight win fifth place though she had never competed in a race before and had only read a book about it. Rainbow and Applejack ended up in dead last because they kept trying to screw each other. 
Not now, Michael. Anyway, it’s got a good lesson about sportsmanship. In case you’re interested, there was a G1 reference here as the G1 MLP episode “The Golden Horseshoes” also featured a Pegasus participating in a foot race with her wings tied behind her back. Overall, this was quite an amusing episode.
Suited For Success
This episode is impressive because it managed to make pretty awesome one of the most effeminate things imaginable, a fashion show. Most straight guys don’t watch fashion shows unless it’s the Victoria’s Secret fashion show… Not that I have, of course. 
Anyway, Rarity’s song “Art of the Dress” is quite wonderful. We also have Rainbow Dash introducing her phrase “20 percent cooler”. There’s also a great lesson about not trying to please everyone or looking a gift horse in the mouth. It’s also the second part of the Grand Galloping Gala arc. Overall, this was quite a lovely episode.
Feeling Pinkie Keen
This is the episode that upset so many people, Lauren Faust actually apologized for it. Faith is such a touchy subject these days. Why must it be so? As for me, “Feeling Pinkie Keen” is one of my favorite episodes of MLP. I admit, there is a possible bias. I am a lifelong Catholic Christian with a Master’s in Moral Theology and Ethics. Matters of faith is what I do. Anyway, part of the reason I enjoy this episode is oddly enough because it reminds me a bit of Pope Saint John Paul II’s encyclical Fides et Ratio. (For those not in the know, the encyclical is about the interdependence of faith and reason.) That is what I see at work in this episode. Twilight’s initial overdependence on reason in attempting to understand Pinkie Pie’s Pinkie Sense leads her to empiricism, not accepting the truth of a phenomenon without physical or rational evidence. In the end, Twilight just has to accept that the Pinkie Sense is real though she can’t prove it. This is a rational decision. It’s basically what JP2 says in his encyclical. Faith is the means by which reason accepts that which is beyond its understanding. That is what Twilight does here, at least to me. For that reason, “Feeling Pinkie Keen” remains one of my favorite episodes of MLP.
Sonic Rainboom
This is the episode that made me love Rainbow Dash and stop seeing her as kind of a jerk sometimes. Seeing Rainbow Dash so stricken over attempting to do a Sonic Rainboom again at the Best Young Flyer competition just showed me how vulnerable she really is. And now Sonic Rainbooms are Rainbow Dash’s thing. She has really come so far. But this is as much Rarity’s episode as much as it is Rainbow Dash’s. Rarity learned a lesson about not getting too caught up in herself while trying to help a friend. I also appreciate the allusion to Greek mythology with Rarity following in Daedalus’ footsteps by flying too close to the sun, melting her wings off, and plummeting to her near death. I’ve always wondered if Rarity’s costume was meant as an allusion to Lady Gaga. Highlights of this episode also include Fluttershy introducing her little “Yay” thing. Overall, this was a fun episode.
Stare Master
CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS SLEEPOVER AT FLUTTERSHY’S COTTAGE! YAY! One of the CMC’s first episodes is also another of Fluttershy’s great early outings. Fluttershy ended up really biting off more than she could chew when she agreed to look after the CMC. In the end, she learns the important lesson of not taking on more than you can handle. We also see once more that when her friends are in danger, there is no stopping Fluttershy! We are also introduced to The Stare, Fluttershy’s innate ability to force animals to do her bidding. She uses it most epically in this episode to Stare down a cockatrice, a creature that petrifies living things with its stare! That was so awesome! I think this was the first episode after the pilot that actually had a truly horrifying moment when Fluttershy comes across Twilight’s petrified self. Overall, it’s a great episode for the CMC and a great episode for Fluttershy.
The Show Stoppers
This is the first episode where we see the Cutie Mark Crusaders make their first attempts at getting their cutie marks. We also see the first indications of what the CMC’s destined special talents will be. Apple Bloom is building stuff, Sweetie Belle is singing, and Scootaloo is agility/dancing/something--I don’t know. So, after several initial failures, the CMC try participating in a talent show. Of course, it was a spectacular failure given that none of them utilized their actual talents in putting their act together. I appreciate shows that make me feel sympathetic embarrassment on behalf of its protagonists. I don’t think I’ve ever felt it more than while watching the CMC’s act fall apart… Literally. (Spike’s attempted anthem singing in “Equestria Games” is a close second.) I also liked the reference to Sesame Street’s Don Music when Scootaloo is banging her head against her piano. In the end, the CMC don’t quite get what they did wrong and will continue to do as they did here for the next two seasons. Still, I love the CMC, and I love this episode for making feel for them as much as I did.
A Dog and Pony Show
In this episode, we see that there is much more to Rarity than meets the eye. Up until this point, we know Rarity as a prim and proper pony, but here we learn that she can be quite clever when she needs to be. Rarity deftly handles being kidnapped by the Diamond Dogs by using her wits to annoy them into submission. One of my favorite moments is when the lead Diamond Dog is like “Wait. Why are we doing this?” when he and his cohorts end up pulling their gem-laden carts around. This is also the first episode where Spike’s infatuation with Rarity plays a role. His fantasy sequence where he imagines himself as a muscular dragon knight saving Rarity from the Diamond Dogs is one of the most bizarre to ever occur on MLP in my opinion. It was quite amusing when the Remane 5 and Spike arrive to save Rarity, and the Diamond Dogs basically plead for them to take Rarity and all the gems she found away. I liked how it reminded me of the O. Henry short story “The Ransom of Red Chief,” one of my favorites as a youngling. And there’s also the lesson learned about how just because someone is prim and proper, doesn’t mean they’re helpless. We never did see those Diamond Dogs again except for one of the Friends Forever comics. Anyway, it’s a great episode overall.
Green Isn’t Your Color
There have been other shows that have done episodes about a character being jealous that their friend has excelled in an area they wish to excel at. “Green Isn’t Your Color” takes this concept and tweaks it just a bit. In this case, Fluttershy only becomes a model because Rarity doesn’t want her to forsake a chance to work in the fashion industry as Rarity has been denied such a chance by Photo Finish. When Fluttershy feels uncomfortable being a model, she finds it difficult to confess this to Rarity for fear of hurting her feelings. Rarity, on the other hand, can’t help feeling envy towards Fluttershy for her success as a model. In the middle of this is Twilight. Twilight knows how both Fluttershy and Rarity feel but can’t say anything because they told her in confidence, and Pinkie Pie keeps popping up to remind her how important a friend’s trust is. Seriously, Pinkie Pie was the best part of this episode, popping up all over the place like she was! Anyway, after Fluttershy and Twilight’s cockamamie scheme to ruin Fluttershy’s modeling career goes awry, Fluttershy and Rarity finally come clean about how they feel, and we have a lesson about the importance of sharing your feelings with your friends. Overall, this was a very nice episode.
Over a Barrel
The history of the settlement of the American West and how it affected the indigenous peoples there is not a pleasant one.
For MLP to take that and make this episode out of it is quite gutsy in my opinion. I think they did well considering the limitations of children’s television. I find it fascinating how Braeburn and Little Strongheart are willing to talk about this rationally, but Rainbow Dash and Applejack, as the self-appointed advocates for the Buffalo and settler ponies respectively, only serve to escalate the situation. Kind of like how Tumblr works. Though I disagree with both Chief Thunderhooves and Sheriff Silverstar and feel Pinkie Pie’s performance was not the worst thing I ever saw. I thought “You Got to Share, You Got to Care” was a great song. Also, Spike playing the piano was allusion to G1’s My Little Pony: The Movie, which also featured G1 Spike playing a piano. Anyway, after a pie fight where Chief Thunderhooves is struck rather dramatically, they are finally able to come to an agreement. If only our world’s problems could have been solved so easily. And it ends with a lesson about the importance of sharing and caring. Overall, it was a pretty good episode.
A Bird in the Hoof
This episode takes a one off moment from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and turned it into an entire episode. Fluttershy steals Princess Celestia’s sickly pet bird Philomena in order to better take care of her. Twilight is freaking out because Princess Celestia is in town and freaks out even more when she finds out Fluttershy took Celestia’s pet. She fears Celestia will banish her, or throw her in a dungeon, or banish her and throw her in a dungeon where she’s been banished to. Anyway, everything comes to a head when the bird seemly dies after bursting into flames. But it turns out to be okay when Philomena rises from the ashes because she’s a phoenix and that’s what phoenixes do. What I like about this episode is that we get to see that not so serious side of Princess Celestia. (You get to see it more in the MLP comics, specifically the Luna issue of the Microseries.) Overall, it’s another fun episode.
The Cutie Mark Chronicles
In this episode, the Cutie Mark Crusaders seek to find out how to better get their cutie marks by finding out how Rainbow Dash got her cutie mark. In their search for Rainbow Dash however, they end up finding out how the rest of the Mane 6 got their cutie marks. In the end, something amazing happens. The Mane 6 realize that Rainbow Dash performing the Sonic Rainboom that earned her a cutie mark allowed all of them to get their cutie marks. The Mane 6 have been connected to each other from the very beginning! This is a great background episode, going into the history of the Mane 6 as well as showing us how sometimes friends are connected in ways you don’t even expect. It was also nice seeing how Twilight came to have Spike by her side. But at the end Scootaloo and the rest of the CMC still don’t quite get that cutie marks are about finding yourself. They have so much to learn. Overall, this was a great episode due to its giving us more of the Mane 6’s personal history.
Owl’s Well That Ends Well
Here, we see the beginning of some of Spike’s feelings of inadequacy. Twilight thinking that Spike is working too much doesn’t think it’s a bad idea to have a second assistant, an owl she names Owlowiscious. Spike though fears that the owl is out to replace him and tries to hide accidentally burning one of Twilight’s books as well as trying to frame the owl for stuff. When Twilight finds out what Spike has been doing, she is quite upset with him, but Spike mistakes this for Twilight giving him the boot. So, Spike runs away but gets himself in trouble with a dragon in the Everfree Forest. Twilight and Owlowiscious save him, and then Spike is the one who learns a lesson about jealousy and lying get you nowhere when it comes to friendship. Overall, this was an okay episode.
Party of One
I remember when I was a youngling in the 90s, cartoons like Ren and Stimpy and Rocko’s Modern Life weren’t afraid to have characters undergo mental breakdowns. These days, cartoons are so skittish about that sort of thing. Not MLP though. This episode features Pinkie Pie having her infamous breakdown when she comes to believe that her friends no longer want to be her friends. Her suspicions begin when she tries inviting her friends to a party the day after having a birthday party for her pet alligator Gummy, but each of her friends comes up with some excuse. After following them around, Pinkie tries interrogating Spike and goads into admitting her suspicions are true. This brings on the breakdown where Pinkie surrounds herself with a collection of inanimate objects that she now considers her friends and then hallucinates that they’re actually talking to her! That was kind of scary! In the end, Pinkie’s friends were merely throwing her a surprise birthday party because somehow Pinkie Pie forgot it was her own birthday. And there’s also a great lesson about always expecting the best from your friends. Overall, this was a great episode for pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable to have on modern day cartoons.
The Best Night Ever
The conclusion of the Grand Galloping Gala arc turns out to be very much not what the Mane 6 expected. Way back in “The Ticket Master” it is established how most of the Mane 6 expects the Grand Galloping Gala to be the Best Night Ever! (It’s actually only here where it is established that Twilight hopes the Gala will be a chance to spend some quality time with Princess Celestia.) That turns out not to be the case. This episode is great because it takes that whole trite Disney princess thing where the ball is the place where all your dreams will come true and turns it on its head by making the outcome just a bit more realistic. This is seen best of all with Rarity whose hopes that Prince Blueblood would be her Prince Charming were dashed when it turns out he’s a royal pain in the butt. (And this was before Frozen did it. Though Hans is much worse than a pain in the butt.) Other points of interest include the song “At the Gala,” which perfectly sets up the Mane 6’s hopes and expectations only to see them annihilated by the end of the night. And then there’s also Fluttershy’s little breakdown where she cries out “You're... going to LOVE ME!” 
And then when they’re lamenting the state of the night in the doughnut shop with Spike, Princess Celestia shows up and assuages their worries because the Grand Galloping Gala is always awful, and she invited the Mane 6 hoping that would liven things up like they did. Now, some have pointed out that Celestia doesn’t seem to be taking seriously that the Mane 6 basically ruined the Gala for a bunch of people. As for me, I’m sorry I believe so strongly in the nobility of the common man that the fact that a bunch of stuffy aristocrats didn’t get the party they wanted doesn’t bother me.
Now, “The Best Night Ever” is certainly the most low-key finale MLP has ever had. Given the possibility MLP may not have come back after its first season, I think this would have been the best way to end it. I’m glad it didn’t end of course because the best was yet to come. Overall, this was the first of some really great finales.
That concludes my Flash Reviews for Season 1 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. What do you do all think about my thoughts on MLP’s first days? Am I still wrong about certain episodes or did I change the way you think about them? Tune in next time for my Flash Reviews for Season 2.
God bless you all. God bless America. And God bless Equestria.
¡The reason “Feeling Pinkie Keen” is controversial it is antiscience!:
Twilight Sparkle tries to scientifically study Pinkie Sense. The very universe itself punishes her for her efforts (beestings, falling into rootcellers, slammed behind doors, crushed under falling objects, chased by hydras, et cetera) until she gives up and abandons Science. The lesson children learn is that they should not study science. This might as well be the Friendshipreport:
¡The writer of the episode Dave “AntiScienc ProGenocide”“ Polsky later tops himself in E03S03 ”Too Many Pinkie Pies“ when Miss Pinkamena Diane Pie creates sentient sapient analogues of herself and the ”Final Solution“ to this problem is genocide!:
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2732085 Right...
Still, the point I think that episode is trying to make is that there are some things that can't be explained by science. It doesn't at all indicate in my opinion that science has no purpose. It's really showcasing the hazards of trying to use science to explain something that is beyond its ken.
And like I indicated at the end, Twilight is not abandoning science. She is reasonably accepting something that is beyond reason's ability to explain.
As for "Too Many Pinkies", I will get to my opinions on that episode soon enough.
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¡Science does not state facts! ¡It is a method for learning how to understand facts!
Science is a method for understanding the universe:
0 Observe.
1 Create a an hypothesis which
A Accounts for all previous observations,
B Makes Testable (falsifiable) predictions.
2 Try to test (falsify) the predictions.
3 If one falsifies the hypothesis, reject it, but if the hypothesis survives attempts at falsification, provisionally accept it.
4 Go to line # 0.
Science is not a body of knowledge, but a method for discovering a body of knowledge. Twilight Sparkle should study Pinkie Sense and figure it out how it works. Her insights into Pinkie Sense should have lead to her figuring out Apotheosis, thus allowing her to ascend to Goddess. If something is Scientifically untestable, one should not believe it:
¿Can you prove that the Teapot of Professor Bertrand Russel does not orbit the Sol between the orbits of Tellus and Mars? Since you cannot prove that it does not, ¿do you believe it? Since you cannot prove that the Flying SpaghettiMonster and Invisible Pinkie Unicorn do not exist, ¿do you believe in them too?
¿Do you know how I got into MLP:FIM? The PodCast “the Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe” mentioned the Skepticism of Twilight Sparkle and the fact that she is a Scientist in Episode # 286:
In the segment “¿Who’s that noisy?”, it had the clip of Twilight Sparkle being Skeptical from Bridle Gossip. In a world where shows for kids encourage children to believe, thus leaving them ripe for scams like homeopathy, the Secret, et cetera. MLP:FIM was a breath of fresh air. “Feeling Pinkie Keen” was a terrible betrayal:
¡Not only does it encourage belief without evidence, it punishes the Scientist!
Hopefully, the movies will do a better job:
At the end of Rainbow Rocks, we see that the HuMane Twilight Sparkle is a Scientist. I like to think about her as a Physicist:
Doctrix Twilight Sparkle Ph. D.
2732474 Well, that's all fine and dandy.
Clearly, you're a man of science. But I'm a man of faith. And I believe Friendship is Magic. We'll have to agree to disagree.
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¿Are not you interested in understand how the universe works? ¿Are you at least interested in making certain that the medicine you take for headache is safe and effective?* Science is the method we use for learning how the universe works and whether medicine is safe and effective.
* Here is an hint:
¡Stay away from SCAM!:
Supplemental
Complementary
Alternative
Medicine
I rewatched Storm by Tin Minchin and realized that this can help you understand how scientific skeptics employing methodological naturalism feel about “Feeling Pinkie Keen”:
“Feeling Pinkie Keen is the character ”Storm“ and “Skeptics” are the character ”Tim Minchin“.
I hope that you now understand why I and others find the episode stupid and abrasive. Just remember that many skeptics with a STEM-Background (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) started watching MLP:FIM because we heard that Twilight Sparkle was skeptical in “Bridle Gossip”.
I always enjoy hearing what you have to say on episodes, characters, and the like and, thus, I really enjoyed reading this flash review of yours. It's also nice to see someone who, like me, has a more positive outlook on the show instead of a needlessly cynical one that is seen all too much within this fandom.
I look forward to reading your flash reviews of Seasons 2 and 3. 
2773092 Thank you.
They're coming. Soon enough. 
No. Hans was a pain in the balls. Where I imagine my self kicking him. Hard.