My Little Pony Rewatch Project

Deconstruction is Magic

Episode [1.07] – “Dragonshy”

This week, on My Little Pony

“Alright, that’s it! We’ve tried persuasion, charm, whatever it is Pinkie Pie does, it’s time to stop wasting time! I’m going in!”

“Rainbow, no!”

“Get out!”

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When a fully-grown dragon decides to take up residence in a mountain nearby Ponyville, his snoring threatens to cover all of Equestria in smoke for a century. Twilight and friends are tasked with convincing him to leave, but Fluttershy’s phobia of dragons has her less than enthusiastic to lend her assistance. Will the others be able to succeed without her?

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Episode [1.06] – “Boast Busters”

This week, on My Little Pony

“There’s nothing wrong with being talented, is there?”

“Nothing at all, excepting when someone goes around showing it off like a school filly with fancy new ribbons.”

“Just because one has the ability to perform lots of magic does not make one better than the rest of us.”

“Especially when you got me around being better than the rest of us! …Eh, I mean, yeah, uh, magic shmagic. Boo!”

So very much am not amused going on here.

While Twilight Sparkle is practicing her magic, a traveling magician, Trixie, rolls into town, boasting her magic is the greatest and challenging down anyone who claims otherwise. Twilight is hesitant to intercede as she doesn’t want her friends to find her a braggart as well. But what happens when some real magic is needed?
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Deconstructing BronyCon 2014

We took a brief hiatus from our normal deconstructions last week while Tessa and Gerf were at BronyCon 2014, which is pretty much the de facto brony convention for fans of the show. So instead of reading a deconstruction of an episode, have a deconstruction video of the convention!

 

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Episode [1.05] – “Griffon the Brush Off”

This week, on My Little Pony

“I know what you’re up to.”

“Great!”

“I know what you’re planning!”

“Well, I hope so: this wasn’t supposed to be a surprise party!”

“I mean, I’ve got my eye on you.”

“And I got my eye on you!”

The "ei" actually stands for "extraordinarily irritated."
After repeated futile attempts at trying to escape from the perpetually-eleven Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash discovers that her pink friend loves to play a good joke and is not quite as annoying as she once thought. The two bond over a pranking spree about Ponyville, but the fun ends when Rainbow’s old griffon friend Gilda comes for a visit and brings with her a more crass interpretation of the word “prank” and a meanie-pants attitude. Pinkie Pie decides to deal with the drama with extreme measures: A PARTY! But can the town’s outpouring of love turn Gilda’s frown upside-down?

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Episode [1.04] – “Applebuck Season”

This week, on My Little Pony

“Rainbow Dash dropped in to see me today!”

“That’s quite neighborly of her!”

“Yes, except that she crashed onto my balcony after you launched her into the air!”

“Oh, yeah. I wasn’t feeling quite myself this morning.”

“Because you’re working too hard and you need help!”

“What? Kelp? I don’t need kelp. I don’t even like seaweed.”

“HELP! YOU NEED HELP!”

Who's a silly pony?  You're a silly pony!  Who is?  You is, Applejack! Bumping into gates and knocking over fences, who is?  You is, Applejack!
When Big Macintosh sustains an injury that leaves him unable to help during harvest season, Applejack is left to collect the harvest completely alone. Unwilling to ask for help and over-committed with tasks around the town, the increasingly sleep deprived pony attempts to stumble her way through her work for the week, but with so much on her plate, is she hurting more than she’s helping?

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Episode [1.03] – “The Ticket Master”

This week, on My Little Pony

“Have you made your decision?”

“I CAN’T DECIDE!”

“Twilight, he just wants to take your order.”

The tormented landscape of chronic indecision.
When Twilight Sparkle receives a ticket to the upcoming Great Galloping Gala, it comes with a second ticket to bring along a friend. Which friend will she choose!

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Episode [1.02] – “Friendship is Magic, part 2”

This week, on My Little Pony

“I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you. The spark ignited inside me when I realized that you all… are my friends!”

The "ei" actually stands for "extreme illumination."
Nightmare Moon has thrust all of Equestria into eternal darkness and seems to be neigh unstoppable. But Twilight Sparkle, having seen the signs of her return in a book, has another book ready (it’s under “E”) that can help bring an end to the endless night! Accompanied by her newfound friends, Twilight ventures into the mysterious Everfree Forest to search for the most powerful magical artifacts in all of Equestria: the Elements of Harmony. Nightmare Moon, not one to simply sit around and wait for the protagonists to foil her plans, does her worst in an effort to trip them up along their journey. Little does she realize, her meddling catalyzes the spark that activates the Elements in a very different way, and the rainbow friendship cannon that Twilight and her newly-bejeweled friends unleash sends the nightmare packing. Twilight’s reward for saving the land from eternal darkness? A new life in Ponyville to study the magic of friendship!

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Episode [1.01] – “Friendship is Magic, part 1”

This week, on My Little Pony

“Take a note please, to the Princess.”

“Okie dokie.”

“My dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have led me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster!”

“Hold on. Preci… preci…”

“Threshold.”

“Threh…”

“Uh, brink? Ugh, that something really bad is about to happen! For you see, the mythical Mare in the Moon is in fact Nightmare Moon, and she’s about to return to Equestria, and bring with her eternal night!”

Order!  I hereby call this meeting of the Broternal Order of Different Helmets to order!  Now let us begin with a rousing rendition of our frothy, shanty chant.
Twilight Sparkle, the book-smart protege of the ruler of Equestria, stumbles upon an ancient prophecy predicting the escape of a dark entity imprisoned within the moon who will trap the land in everlasting night. She promptly reports her findings to Princess Celestia, who takes swift action and… sends her to a small town to run errands for a celebration. Twilight tries to get away from the friendly populace in order to look for more evidence to support her fears, but to no avail. Well, it’s all just an old mare’s tale… right?

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A Pony Rewatch Project

Friendship is Magic

On October 10, 2010, the nearly-30-year-old-at-the-time My Little Pony franchise re-entered the world stage in the form of a new animated television series called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  The line of toys and animated features had seen numerous reboots over the years to varying degrees of success (or non-success), but there was something very different about Friendship is Magic: something about the show captivated not just its target demographic of 4- to 7-year-old girls but also men and women of all ages, races, religions, and socioeconomic situations.  Since then, fans of the show (the “bronies”) have produced countless pieces of fan art, organized thousands of local meetups, established several substantial charities, and have put on hundreds of conventions across the globe, all centered around a show about pastel-colored ponies learning about the magic of friendship.

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