S6E24: "Top Bolt"

Best Wonderbolts episode ever. Twilight and Dash made a highly watchable team, the guest characters were effective and the pacing was good. For those who saw the UK version, one line was dropped over here, though not an important one: it's a second mention of cider with AJ near the end. That doesn't affect the rating, though. This was the effective season finale for us in the UK, and I'm very satisfied with it. ★★★★

Comments

[Rocket]

Do you guys hate cider, or what?

[OleGrayMane]

This episode was a lot of fun, and indeed a better Wonderbolt story then we've seen before. Some arrogance of course, but nothing that made you feel like there was something rotten with the whole outfit.

The new characters had great designs, and the facial contrasts between RD and TS at several spots were great.

Also, air horn

I guess all UK cider must be considered "hard", eh? Shame it was edited out, for it seemed so innocuous. And I thought we in the US were supposed to be the Puritains..

[oilyvalves]

I'm looking forward to giving this one a re-watch in good quality when I get home. For wonderbolt episodes it's certainly one of the best (although Rarity Investigates might still trump it for me). I'm generally a fan of the Wonderbolts anyway (I like Spitfire for example).

4257754 In the UK, non-alcoholic Cider is very rare, if not completely non-existent in most places (you'd have to go out of your way to find any). Filtered apple juice and hard cider on the other hand.. everywhere. And the age rating of the kids TV channels prohibits them from advertising the stuff.

[Loganberry]

4257878 Same writers as "RI", too -- Songco and Lewis. Those two have a pretty good record in my book.

4257776

I guess all UK cider must be considered "hard", eh?

Yes. As oilyvalves mentioned, if you say "cider" in the UK, people will automatically assume you mean the alcoholic stuff. Imagine replacing "cider" with "beer" in the show, and that's the effect the word has here.