Episode Review
Well, I wasn't looking forward to this one. After all, I write about balancing Diamond Tiara and making her more than a flat, cardboard cutout antagonist, and here comes the Pink Weasel's first flat, cardboard cutout role. Let's get this over with.

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What I love about cutie marks is that their magic is, at once, a great cosmic mystery, and an intimate revelation of self.

In a way, isn't that what we are all seeking? An affirmation from the universe? To make sense of ourselves in the context of our world.

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PEPPERMINT TWIST
This week, I have been posting a few essays inspired by Call of the Cutie. I felt Peppermint Twist deserved her own post.

Call of the Cutie is the only episode where she speaks, and she hardly even appears in later episodes, (except I think as a background pony on rare occasion).

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrreetings everypony, and welcome back to Deconstruction is Magic, my Retrospective/Review/Analysis of every episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is magic ever. Today, we have the official debut of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and it all starts with Applebloom. It's Call of the Cutie! Without wasting any more time, let's get on with the analysis! I am the Mage of Mind, reminding you, as always, that even a cheeseburger can be

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