Now that Season 7's airdate has more than likely been announced (unless they're planning to go straight through the summer, I really can't imagine they'd wait longer than mid April to air it. They'll want to have Season 7 done before the movie so that there's nothing to divert attention from it), it's time to update the episode list a little since some of my opinions have changed a bit. But of course, with 143 episodes to get through, trying to explain why each one ends up where

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There have been a ton of writers for this show, some of which have been around since the beginning, and others which have only joined recently. There are some that have been present for every season, and others which have been absent for seasons at a time.

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Well, now I've reviewed the movie, it's only natural that the reformations ranking be updated. But there's been a couple other reformations to consider. Including one I'm very reluctantly including here despite my absolute detesting of it. Here's the previous version, from the end of Season 7, the only rule is I'm not including the reformation of any comics exclusive villains. And as

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I didn't opt to update the rankings until now because Season 7 and the movie did not affect my overall rankings of the five princesses that existed up to that point. But since then, there's one new princess from the movie, one from the comics, and technically another that hasn't been talked about much. So the list warranted an update. Here's the third version, from the end of Season 6. Time to see what changed, and

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Well, we didn't get a lot of new songs this season, only five of them. This was because Daniel Ingram was busy working on the songs for the movie, which is why Season 6 also had so few songs. So, how do the five new songs we got stack up? You're about to find out. But like always, this list is not official by any means, it's the result of my personal opinion. And as always, I mean no disrespect to Hasbro or the DHX staff.

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Yup, it's that time again, time to rank all 26 episodes in a season from worst to best. Season 7 was full of ups and downs, and some of my opinions on the episodes have changed over time, but how do they stack up? Well, let's find out. Remember, this list is the result of my opinion, so please respect it even if you disagree (and you probably will). If you're curious about why a certain episode ends up where it does, just ask.

The episode rankings are as follows:

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A bit of an odd choice for a blog post but to my knowledge this kind of thing has never been done before. We're going to be looking at all the celebrity guest star characters the show has presented to us, all seven of them. And bare in mind, I don't hate any of these characters, it's just that I like some of them more than others. This list, like all my others, is purely the result of my personal opinion. And bare in mind, I'm only counting the celebrity characters from the show. By all

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Sorry for doing these a little out of order, I meant to update the episode rankings last night but then my wifi completely conked out on me and I couldn't get it back until this morning. I'll work to update that list later today, baring any unforeseen complications. Anyway, this list most definitely needed to be updated after how Season 8 played out. Here's the previous version, from the middle of Season 8, time

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It's that time again, time to rank all the writers from worst to best. Since there's so many of them, trying to explain why each one ends up where they do would take forever, but you can ask if you're curious and I'll try my best to explain. Here's the previous version, from the end of Season 7. Like always, I mean no disrespect to any of the DHX staff, and just like before I'm not counting

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This is among the lists getting a bit of an update after "The Best Gift Ever", that's really all there is to say. There is one newcomer to consider, and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised where he ends up. Here's version 6, from the end of Season 8. Let's see who moved up, moved down, got added, or dropped off. Before we begin, we have some honorable mentions (and they are: Quibble Pants, Tender Taps, Apple

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With earth ponies updated it's now time for pegasi. There's not as much to talk about here, but there are a few updates worth including. You know the drill by now. Here's the previous version, from just after Season 8. Let's see who moved up and moved down (but before we do, let's look at some honorable mentions. They are: Stormy Flare, Fleetfoot, Soarin, Rumble, Dizzy Twister a.k.a Orange Swirl, Bulk Biceps,

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For a while, since the very end of Season 3 we appeared obligated to get one big musical episode a season. Episodes jam packed with songs for just a single part, all to help the pacing flow. They've definitely produced some of the most memorable songs of the show, but what about the episodes themselves?

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While there have been some unofficial lists involving pets (usually just the mane six's), I don't think anyone has tried to do an official ranking for every pet we've been introduced to throughout the series. And light of today's episode focusing quite heavily on Angel, I think it's only fair to do a ranking for all the pets. Yes, all of them, that's a total of ten! You may be wondering why that is, but you'll soon see. Of course, like always this list is purely the result of my personal

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Well, thanks to that twist about Grogar (which apparently they had a different idea in mind for it and for Season 9 originally, but it seems Hasbro shot that down) he can't be on the list anymore and no way am I putting Discord on the list even though what he did was stupid (it wasn't really villainous persay). So this list needed to be updated again. But what villain took Grogar's place, where did they end up, and how did all the other villains on this list fare (not counting those whose

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The final season of the show certainly had an interesting mix of writers, some returning, some new, and a lot of the usual suspects we've come to see in recent years. But of the fifteen total writers, which ones fared the best and the worst? And how do they all stack up? Well, that's what we're going to find out. Remember that we're only talking about the writers of Season 9, not all the writers of the entire show (that's a list for another time and place, but we will get to it), and

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There weren't too many more stallions introduced to us in the final season, but we did get more screen time for some fan favorites, former place holders came back in spectacular fashion, and a couple of newcomers joined the list in various places. By now, you know the drill. Here's Version 6.2, from just after "The Best Gift Ever". Let's see who moved up, moved down, got added, and got

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Introduced to us in Season 5 was a map, not just any map but a magical map that could send various mane six members on missions all across Equestria. As time went on that changed, the map started broadening the definition of "Friendship Problems" and other characters were added to the mix to varying results. We've even had two two parters that were map missions (though one only really became one in the second half).

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There's a reason why I'm not doing a ranking for the CMC episodes yet, as disappointing as this week's episode was for their final official outing in the spotlight they will have one more episode that I think counts as theirs to an extent. So meanwhile we have some other episode rankings to do. Since Maud Pie didn't get anymore episodes focused on her this season (she wasn't the character of focus in "Student Counsel" despite her party being crucial to the plot), I decided to start by doing a

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Daring Do has gone from being a fictional character in-universe to a real one, and she has had a couple of episodes in the spotlight as a result. Interestingly, she's also a pallet swap of Rainbow Dash, but as far as we know she's not related in any way, shape, or form.

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Even if the songs kind of blended together for me, I can't deny that they were pretty well put together for the most part. They just needed to branch out more into different genres instead of all trying too hard to sound like modern pop (a prime example of what happens when you try to follow modern trends too closely). Ultimately, there was a total of eight songs in "A New Generation", two of which were credits exclusive and two of which were in-universe. But which ones stood out and which ones

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