My Reaction to "Surf and/or Turf"

YAY! Another CMC episode! And it takes place in an area we visited in the movie! I have high expectations for this!

Well, this further proves my theory that the map and by extension the elements are sentient. I mean it's called upon Starlight Glimmer, Spike, and now the CMC themselves!

OKAY, QUESTION. How much time has passed since the events of the movie? Because the train from Ponyville goes all the way to the kingdom of the hippogryphs. It had to have taken a large amount of time to get it built... also does the railway system just go pass Klugetown or is there a station there too? (Speaking of which, whatever happened to Capper after the movie?)

LOL, Applebloom you little fibber!

Absolutely love how well they've rebuilt the place! Also, the ability to change species between Land and Sea is so cool! Truly a good sign of adaptability!

Okay, if there's one thing that I can complain about in this episode, it's the fact that we never even SEE Queen Novo or Princess Skystar! I get that it would be too expensive to get their voice actors back for a single episode, but couldn't they at least give them a non-speaking cameo or something? Or maybe hire someone who could imitate their movie voices is pretty well? We're revisiting their HOME and yet we don't get to see them. I know this is a small nitpick but it just bugs me...

"Proud to be a Hippogriff day"? ...well, since had to live under water for most of their lives after the Storm King invaded, it makes sense that they'd celebrate being able to return to their original species...

Oh yes... I'm sure it's only research you are interested in Twilight. Also, salmon juice? Ugh...

Heh, Sweetie Belle went roadrunner for a few seconds....

Careful girls, showing optimism at the idea of someone having a problem is Lesson Zero Twilight levels of weird...

Cool trophy Twilight!

Yay, Seapony CMC!

Aww, Scootaloo loves swimming because it's like flying for her! That's really sweet.

Wait, is the paper waterproof? Also how do they eat and drink under water?

As per Mother tradition, bring out the baby pictures for prime embarrassment!

Screeching competition? Something tells me Twilight's going to be deaf after that...

Song cue! Eh, it's.... ok, not that catchy for me. Though Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo getting into a fight feels a little forced, I get that they're still kids, but.... well I've heard more convincing disagreements in other episodes...

That blunt stare Applebloom gives the two pretty much says "I'm done with both yer crap!"

Ahhh, sweet understanding parents. I like these two! And a nice moral from them as well!

All in all, it was a pretty good episode! We get to revisit the movie location, Twilight is part of the episode yet she doesn't feel shoehorned in, the CMC are fun to watch, though their disagreement felt a little out-of-character, and the end conclusion was pretty satisfactory!

I give it an 8 out of 10!