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Episode Re-Review: Fake It 'Til You Make It

Oh joy, it's back to Season 8. Season 9 has its fair share of detractors, but hardly anyone I know ever sings Season 8's praises, and for good reason. We now know that the School of Friendship was added at Hasbro's request because they wanted the show to wrap up with nine seasons, forcing the writers to change their plans for the pillars. About the only good thing to come out of Season 8 seems to
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1 week
Special Re-Review: Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship

While we now know that this has to take place not just before Season 8 but before the events of the 2017 FiM movie, it first premiered in February of 2018, about a month before Season 8 of FiM hit the airwaves. Interestingly, the Discovery Family broadcast omitted several scenes that were later released as part of an "extended" version. As for the writer, it was none other than Nick Confalone,
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2 weeks
Episode Re-Review: Uncommon Bond

After the absolute disaster that was "Secrets and Pies", Season 7 really needed something to redeem it and give it the chance to go out on a high note, especially now that the big 2017 movie had come and gone, and the show's future was still uncertain. Josh Haber, after having returned to the story editor's chair and ultimately taking back the reigns fully from Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco
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3 weeks
Q & A Followup (2024)

You asked the questions, so now come the answers. Hope they're to your satisfaction.
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3 weeks
Happy Birthday, Kathleen Barr

Today is Kathleen Barr's birthday. She is the talented woman who voiced Trixie and Queen Chrysalis in FiM, as well a host of other one-off or otherwise minor roles. And, apparently, she was planned to be the voice of Princess Celestia originally.
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Aug

10th

2019

Happy Birthday Brian Drummond · 4:22pm Aug 10th, 2019

Today is Brian Drummond's birthday, he is the talented man who has voiced countless characters on the show though some of his most noticeable include: Mr. Carrot Cake, Filthy Rich, Noteworthy, Dr. Whooves (in his first appearance), Ahuizotl, and Uncle Orange. However, he has not voiced any characters in the show at all since the end of Season 7 (his last speaking role was in "It Isn't The Mane Thing About You").

He does still do voice work for other shows and products that use Vancouver's voice acting pool (which is unionized), since the start of the 2010's he has voiced Wolverine in dubs of the Astonishing X-Men comic series. And he had many speaking roles throughout the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z (he was one of the few who stuck around for the entire dub even during the rushed job during the Cell and Buu sagas). That includes Vegeta, where he famously uttered the memeworthy line "Over 9,000!". More recently, he reprised the role of Vegeta as an evil clone for two episodes of Dragon Ball Super. And he has a family (including a daughter who is also into voice acting: Brynna Drummond who voiced Babs Seed).

Happy birthday, Brian. I hope you'll be brought back to voice characters for the upcoming fifth generation. As a birthday present, enjoy the clip that made you famous: