Haven't updated this one in quite a while because my opinions on the CMC hadn't changed since the end of Season 6, until now that is. There's actually something positive I can say about Season 8, and that's that it was able to change my opinions on some of the CMC for the better. As a quick note, I'm only including official CMC members from the show, so obviously Diamond Tiara and Pipsqueak don't count despite sharing episodes with the CMC. And Lilly Ambermoon and her sister don't count either,

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10. Bow

9. Swift Wind

8. Mermista

7. Sea Hawk

6. Adora

5. Scorpia

4. Shadow Weaver

3. Hordak

2. Entrapta

1. Catra

Honorable Mentions: Glimmer, Double Trouble, Madame Razz, Horde Prime

Even if she hasn't been all that focused on since "A New Generation", Sunny Starscout is still the main character of G5. And with Chapter 5 of Make Your Mark slated to be released in less than a week (though given recent leaks, it seems like it may be about to be abruptly cancelled due to Hasbro regarding it as not profitable), I think now is as good a time as any to take a look at the various episodes and specials that have focused on our main characters, starting with Sunny. Sunny has had

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Bet you're surprised to see me do Pipp before Izzy or Misty considering I regard Pipp as the weakest of the main characters. Well, that's because Pipp has the higher concentration of episodes and specials focused on her as of right now. Don't believe me? There's a total of six episodes/specials across the first four chapters of Make Your Mark that can be said to be ones focused on her. Of course, quantity doesn't translate into quality. Which of these (if any) have brought Pipp to life and made

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The only stallion of the group, dragon dad to Sparky, and sheriff of Maretime Bay. Today, we're looking at the episodes of Make Your Mark that have focused on Hitch so far. Like with Sunny, Hitch has four episodes to consider, but no specials for him (and with the way things are now, he may be the only character who doesn't get a special to himself before Make Your Mark wraps up). Which ones have brought out the best in him, whereas which ones have made him look a shadow of the competent and

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Even though we didn't have a new story editor for Season 9, there were some changes and developments brought about by it in the story editing department. Plus, there have now been some details revealed about a couple of the story editors. So, what exactly (if anything) changed for a position that seems to have been more or less ceremonious in recent seasons due to the increased turnaround? Well, you're about to find out.

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There are some characters that even after Season 9 I just don't get the intent behind them or think they just ultimately failed to manage properly. Characters that I have to wonder why they were ever included because they just aren't enjoyable or memorable. This can even go to some "Love to hate" villains if they way overdid it or did something that couldn't possibly benefit them in any way, shape, or form. You know the drill by now.

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One final update for the CMC, even though it's not an overall ranking and more how they fare after what Season 9 gave us to work with. Like with my mane eight ranking, there's a journal on my DeviantArt account if you want to see the overall rankings, specifically this journal. Like always this list is purely the result of my personal opinion so please respect it.

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Season 9 had a couple more opening sequences I thought were worthy of being noticed and mentioned, though for the most part I'd say that Season 9's opening sequences mostly fell somewhere in between or on the bad end of the spectrum (usually when the episode was bad the opening sequence would be bad and if it was good the opening sequence would be good). Since I did a Top Twenty Worst, I knew I had to make a Top Twenty Best to include five from Season 9. But I really struggled over that because

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Here is the tree showing the officers' ranks in the Subspace Army before chapter 168. I advise to read the chapter first before seeing the image.

While the CMC shined pretty well this season, I think it's safe to say that their group dynamic has gotten a tad bit stale. Individually we have a good sense of their personalities, but they seldom seem to be at odds over the problem facing them. I already made this list once before, after Season 6 ended, but there are a few changes that I felt warranted a revisiting of this list (the reason why I didn't touch the CMC or the princesses in ranking here, is because none of my opinions on them

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With one final premiere to add, the time has come for this list to be updated. I'm sure you're all very curious as to where the new premiere lands compared to the others. Well, here's the first verison, let's see what changed. Same disclaimers for all my ranking lists apply.

9. Celestial Advice and All Bottled Up (Season 7, Episodes 1 and 2)

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Even if they get some kind of role in the upcoming finale, at this point my opinions of the student six (or the young six or the creature six, whatever you wanna call them) have pretty much been set into stone. I should mention that this list actually isn't how they would stack up overall, if you want to see that then check out my recent ranking of them on Deviant Art which can be found

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Expect more updated ranking lists like these in the coming days and weeks as we get closer to the end of the show. Having watched ahead to Episode 23, I can now safely say that Applejack has gotten nomore focus episodes. She got only one this season, which brings her total out of the entire show up to 27. That's actually impressive when you consider her reputation as a "background pony", the one who tends to be forgotten and ignored. But where exactly did her final focus episode land compared

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We did indeed get a few more Valentine's themed episodes in this final season, so naturally this list warranted updating. Plus, there was one episode that didn't make the cut last time around that I think deserved to be included here. As this is a themed episode list the criteria is on how the episode works when tied to that specific theme ("Slice of Life" still doesn't count since the wedding was more of a backdrop used to set up the plot and only really came into play at the very end). As

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There's a reason why I waited until after "The Big Mac Question" aired in the U.S. to update this list, the CMC played a pretty big role in that episode. Plus, that means that retroactively I can include "Hard to Say Anything" alongside the CMC episodes we got this season (I don't count "The Break Up Break Down" as a CMC episode because their plot was tacked on and if not for what we saw earlier in the episode it would've had nothing tying it to the overall plot). Sadly, Sweetie Belle didn't

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13. Star Trek: Insurrection

12. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

11. Star Trek Generations

10. Star Trek: Nemesis

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I might as well go through with my ranks of the episodes from what I thought was the worst season of MLP. #26 - 1 = Worst to Best.

26. A Matter of Principals
25. Marks for Efforts
24. Yakity - Sax
23. Road to Friendship
22. Father Knows Beast
21. School Raze Part 2
20. School Raze Part 1
19. Friendship University
18. The Mean Six
17. The Maud Couple
16. The Break Up Break Down
15. The Sound of Silence
14. Molt Down
13. Grannies Gone Wild
12. School Daze Part 1

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Having also seen ahead to Episode 23, I can safely say that we saw our last Rarity focused episode today. One that most people don't seem to be thinking too highly of, and I'll agree that it's not the best way to send her off (she deserved better). But I've made it no secret that she has had bad episodes before, and it's easy to forget that early on in the show she felt like the weak link, the character that just had to be there. But having got two focus episodes this season, Rarity's total of

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Big Macintosh was the first major stallion we were ever introduced to on the show and has undeniably been the one with the most screen time. Though famous for being a stotic who usually only says "Eeyup" or "Eenope", this guy has surprisingly managed to snag more than a few episodes focusing on him. Alongside the CMC he was probably the first secondary character to get one (I really can't do one for Cheerilee since the poor mare only really got the spotlight for "Hearts and Hooves Day", and

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