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!”
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!”
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!
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!”
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!”
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.”
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!”
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!”
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.