An opening sequence can make or break your episode, first impressions are very important. And today we're going to take a look at the episode openings that for one reason or another, among the 143 episode openings, missed the mark and started their episodes off on the wrong foot. Like all my lists, this one isn't official by any means so feel to disagree.

10. Spike Bakes A Jewel Cake (Just for Sidekicks: Season 3, Episode 11)

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So, leading into our mid season hiatus, we have our second RariPie episode of the season and the show. Hey, I'm all for more unique pairings, it's great that the show is doing this. Mike Vogel, who wrote "A Hearth's Warming Tail" returned to write this episode, stepping into new territory since here he has to tell an actual story ("A Hearth's Warming Tail" was great, but the actual story for the episode was very bare bones. The story within the story more than made up for it,

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I don't think anybody has even thought of asking me this - "how would you rank MLP's five seasons?" That's something I often wonder myself and, now that season 6 is right next door, I decided to give this a shot. I'll give my opinion of every episode of the series so far on a scale of 1-5 and I'll finish it giving my personal Top 10.

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With Season 6 due to air in the spring of 2016, I think it's time I looked back on how I ranked the episodes of Seasons 1-4. My thoughts on some of the episodes have changed over time. Here's the original version, from back in 2013. Let's see what changed.

26. Over A Barrel
25. Feeling Pinkie Keen
24. Green Isn't Your Color

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This is the last season of episode rankings that are going to be updated. Perhaps, by the end of Season 6, my thoughts on some Season 5 episodes will change, or perhaps they won't. In either case, here is the original version. Let's see what changed.

26. Bats!
25. Rainbow Falls
24. Three's A Crowd

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You know the drill, time for the Season 4 episodes. Here's the previous version, so you can see just what's changed. Remember that this list is not official by any means.

26. Bats!
25. Rainbow Falls
24. Three's A Crowd
23. Filli Vanilli
22. Somepony to Watch Over Me

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It's finale time, finally! This season has been the leakiest of all the seasons, whether it was the leaked animations of several first half episodes, the foreign dumps from France and Sewden, or even the early broadcasts in Australia and Canada, almost nothing about this season stayed secret. And that included behind the scenes revelations about the nature of the season, namely that Hasbro mandated the school and the writers weren't too thrilled by it. Season 8 has been a very rocky season with

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Alright, let's try this again. It's time to look at all 195 episodes of the show now that Season 8 has come and gone, and see just where they fall. Even just a one sentence explanation for every episode would take way too long and leave us here forever and ever, if so you're curious as to why a certain episode ends up where it does, just ask. As always, this list is purely the result of my personal opinion so feel free to disagree (and chances are you will).

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Not everything about Season 8 was bad. Contrary to what you might all believe, I don't absolutely despise Season 8, there are episodes I like that no one else seemed to enjoy (like "The Maud Couple", "Surf and/or Turf", "Molt Down", and "The End in Friend"). And not every new addition to the cast was a terrible one. Heck, if you'll look back to my list ranking the second half of Season 8 compared to the other second halves, adding up the totals left Season 8 in a surprisingly close second to

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Please note that this is my own opinion and none of it should be taken as a review. Everyone is going to think differently and to try and influence how others feeling about a game they love is wrong. Just letting you know.

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Well, unless something changes, it seems like the show will enter a mid-season hiatus courtesy of Discovery Family after "The Molt Down". At this point, I really don't see why Hasbro bothers to maintain the deal with Discovery Family, especially with the show slated to wrap up next year. Bumping it to Netflix now wouldn't hurt anything, and they've got homes for their other shows as well. Heck, with Hasbro recently having purchased Saban, they could always utilize that partnership for their own

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After two weeks worth of lackluster episodes, this episode has a lot to do to get Season 8 back on track. This episode features the debut of the first new writer of the season, Brian Hohlfeld. He's written for a variety of shows before, but his most noticeable was working alongside Nicole Dubac to create Transformers: Rescue Bots (which is getting a spin-off series later this year). A show that, while it had the same animation studio as this show, utilized LA voice talent (including

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Well, it's time for the mid season finale, again. Hey, at least this time we had no interruptions and it makes sense to stop here. The last time we had the show run in June and July, the schedule was so wonky that it was easy to forget there were episodes on, and I imagine the target audience had less interest. This episode actually got leaked twice, once without the background audio and then a few days ago it was aired in the U.K. on Tinypop (which aired the last three episodes of Season 6

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So this is actually a repost. I originally wrote this small piece on the Atheist Bronies V2.2 group, and it was for several reasons. I took a great interest in understanding belief systems and why people hold onto their beliefs, even if said beliefs are false (although it depends on what you mean by "false"). I had these

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Yes, I'm aware that this episode got leaked early in Russian with English subtitles, but I feel like it wouldn't be the same without hearing the original English voice actors and actresses. Anyway, we've got the last of the "Legends of Magic" tie in episodes leading up to the finale (which has been confirmed to tie into the IDW comics), and it's our third TwiShy episode to boot. Last time they were pared up was for "The Hooffields and McColts", a fairly good if somewhat forgotten episode

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With Season 7 now over, and the movie's songs having been out for a while, I think it's time we bumped up the list to 25, even if (spoilers!) most of the songs won't really change positions. The biggest surprise is gonna be in which songs are added from where, and how they'll stack up. Maybe once the movie comes to DVD/Netflix, I'll see about ranking all the songs in it from worst to best. Anyway, if you still haven't seen the movie yet for any reason at all, expect a TON of spoilers in

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I think it's safe to say that even more so than Season 6, Season 7 has left fans with a lot of new characters to talk about, many of which have gone on to receive a ton of attention in the fandom. But which ones are the best of the best? Which ones left the strongest impression, one way or another? Well, that's what you're about to find out.

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You know the drill by now. Here's the fourth version, from the end of Season 6. Let's see who moved up, moved down, dropped off, and got added (but before we do, let's look at some honorable mentions. They are: Stormy Flare, Fleetfoot, Soarin, Spitfire, Dizzy Twister a.k.a Orange Swirl, Bulk Biceps, and Night Glider).

10. Windy Whistles

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Back before Season 7 came out, there was a lot of speculation as to just who was going to be story editor for the season. And there was even a poll conducted on Equestria Daily about who fans considered their favorite story editor. Well, a season has come and gone since then, and we ultimately got Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco. And you probably heard me talk a lot about their editing compared to Josh Haber's. But how do the events of Season 7 affect the rankings for story editor? You're

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Okay, shorts, shorts are still gonna happen, I want to make good shorts for ya. And two ideas have come into my head.

Chef Bon Bon

Bon Bon is dangerous enough when she's mad. Give her a cooking utensil, and its Goodnight Gracie!

A Flash Of Truth

Little did anyone know that Sunset Shimmer actually had a boyfriend. And boy does he not have very friendly things to say about her...

Dazzlings And Company

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