Antony C It's a play on the trope of the Noble Mystery Stranger who shows up, saves the day, and leaves without wanting to be thanked. You could argue that it didn't -work-, but the set up was there from the beginning, with the start in Appleloosa and CS's hat and poncho.
10:00 "What happened to my beautiful satire?" Doesn't the satire have to stop once the point has been made? I mean, political satire shows can afford to be satirical indefinitely because politicians will never cease to stop giving them material. But in the case of Pinkie satirizing stock standard children's show singing, the point was already made in the first season. We saw Pinkie being a terrible singer at least twice already. In which case, wouldn't it be apt for the song writers to then try to make songs that they consider to be better than the music they're satirizing? It's easy to point out why something is bad, but it's much more difficult to improve. And in the case of why it had to be Pinkie Pie; well, wouldn't that symbolically drive the nail into the proverbial coffin? If the character originally directed towards satirizing and condemning cheap and lazy children's musical affair turned around and demonstrated how to pull off the same with talent then the satirization is basically complete. I'm fairly certain that wasn't the intention of the team. The intention for Pinkie Pride was probably "Let's recapture the awe of the Smile song". But even so. Unless what you mean when you say, "What happened to my beautiful satire?" is that Pinkie turning around and singing earnestly undermines the previously established satirical tones of the show, and thereby undoes or invalidates the original intentions behind making Pinkie a bad singer in the first place. In which case I am compelled to ask: "How?"
Antony C I wouldn't say she does it "badly," she sings very "simply." She sings like a kid would sing, which lends them a sort of innocence. Her song in Over a Barrel didn't start the war by being low quality; it's because it wasn't well thought out, which was sort of the point. You CAN'T solve a complicated problem like this by throwing platitudes at it. Sure, the moral applies, but you do have to fit it to the situation. The problem wasn't solved until they sat down and negotiated, to decide HOW they were going to share.
well I could give you one that could work Sweetie Bloom. a collab between Antony C and Fire Brand aka Josh. after all, they are close to each other's type of jokes. even if Josh's jokes look more funny to me.
Jeremy Downey the collabs he does are with funny people they just don't use the same extreme type of humor that Silver and Antony do, the majority of the analysis community write pretty good scripts and try their best with editing and stuff, so they are quite enjoyable, its just when someone like silver quill or antony makes some big over the top hilarious video with really great editing and such it can overshadow the rest of them. luckily it also can serve as inspiration for future improvement, and by including them in the collabs he gives them some extra attention and they can work together to make something pretty great ^^ and of course learn from the experience. Though I do agree, Antony C and Silver Quill working together... EPICNESS!!!
The name gag keeps in line with the whole Cowboy motif that Cheese's serious personality had going for him. The cold Clint Eastwood-ish opening, him walking off into the sunset to western music, he's even sporting Eastwoods outfit from the Good the Bad and the Ugly. Considering that Pinkie herself is quite genre savvy, it didn't seem THAT out of place...did it?
hibandgeek50 But without proper setup was the point. The one character we were shown witnessing his name was the one to pull the joke? Not a very good joke then is it
Yes, it is a reference to an old western but does that make it any better? Is it automatically funny because it's a reference? No, at least it shouldn't be. Now, it could have still been a reference and been funny if it was set up properly, but it wasn't and that is the key point. There was no set up, it was just there to continue the occasional western theme (the party near the beginning, Cheese's outfit, the goof off at 'high noon' etc.) throughout the episode and even then it's still just a reference that continues a gag rather than being a joke in itself.
Did none of you guys get the western references throughout the episode? The episode itself was basically an homage to old western movies. Newcomer comes in trying to take the spotlight only to be challenged at high noon to a duel, that's this episode in a nutshell. It was even giving off a western flair at the beginning of the episode at Appaloosa. The joke comes from Pinkie Pie's ability to 4th-wall break and recognize these references. She tried to make a joke referring to the references, but no one else was aware of the setup so it fell flat, that's the joke. Of course you guys will probably take the "If you had to explain it, then it wasn't a good joke" route but there it is.
Mr Antony. What are you talking about? Pinkie is a great singer. One of her songs got the whole freaking town to bounce around on the roofs like freaking bounci-ponies. And the whole "Tell me she's not" bit from the first episode is not from that Twi thought she sung bad, just that....she sung in a situation like that which they were in! And Pinkie DID sing in the Apples to the Core song! I don't have anyting to defend the situation in Over a Barrel, but that one thing is not enough to bash her singing in the rest of the show. On top of that, the bit from Rarity Takes Manehatten where she sings in the rain, pun intended, she was bleeding with her guilt and gave it to us through a beautiful song that really made clear how she felt. Some would've said that she would have looked cold if that bit wasn't in. It all works for the story of the episode AND still supports her character. Sorry for the rant.
The "pinkie forgot cheese's name" joke is actually a reference to an old american western. It kind of worked because cheese had been wearing the hat and poncho, but while I enjoyed the reference, it did kind of come out of no where and broke up the scene.
And it was a payoff to his intruduction, which was in a western-esqe setting, basically displaying him as the mysterious stranger character from old western movies.
Silver and Antony C Collab must happen!! Sure the universe mighty explode, but the possibility of one of the most hilarious collabs on youtube is so worth it!!
You don't have a trained ear man. If you listened to apples to the core closely you can hear the singer of pinkie pie singing the high parts and it's wonderful. And pinkie wasn't always told her singing was bad. Winter wrap up, her birthday invite song. She's not a bad singer nor is her actress. Please do note that in the case of when they were in the everfree forest i believed that they were annoyed at the time and place she was singing not how she was singing in over a barrel the lyrics are horrible as they were written to be. It was how she was singing.
Dammit Antony, the joke about Pinkie not getting Cheese's name was referring to the fact that cowboys in old Western's are constantly saying their names!
It's funny, I never actually agree with Antony's views on the episodes, but I love the way he portrays everything. Heck, Pinkie's Pride is actually my favorite episode of the series. He has me rolling the whole way through, regardless.
Pinkie's singing voice being enjoyable is actually the majority opinion in the fandom. The joke with Pinkie's songs in S1 was that they were completely random, not that they were bad (except the "You Gotta Share" song which the issue was that the lyrics were completely asinine)
What exactly is wrong with Pinkie's singing? She seems to be in key and has a decent singing voice, as far as I can tell. This could have something to do with me really not liking any musicals that aren't Dr. Horrible, but I really can't see the issue with her singing. And this is purely personally taste, but I actually prefered the humor in Cheese episode because it was (objectively worse, yes) more creative than the cave thing. The moment Granny was like "We aint going into a cave!' it was plain as day that they would go into a cave. It was way too predictable for me to laugh at. Basically everything else, however, I totally agreed with, from your opinion on song lyrics and the "loyal" one, to wanting Pinkie to shut up, though for different reasons.
***** I think what he is trying to say is that he miss her being the joke of children shows using that format. Honestly I thought it never left in the first place.
***** Nah man, walls of text are fuckin sweet. Pretty much all of it was right on. If was talking about Pinkie's singing in canon, he didn't do anything to establish that.
AnimeWolfgamer I'd disagree and say that she stopped singing ironically awhile ago; the show stopped acting like the singing was actually happening a long time ago.
Pinkie Pie was DESIGNED to be bad at singing!? Where the hell is he getting this? Not only is her singing really good, but nowhere else in the show besides "Giggling at the Ghosties" or "You Gotta Share" do any of the character express any animosity toward it! In fact, "Smile" has an entire chorus of Townsville ponies appreciating her so much, they sing along! Where the hell is he GETTING this!?
andrewkful I don't know and its the only point where I think he got it out of his ass. Unless over the barrel to him was so damn funny using her that way.
I heard countless positive reviews for it and got all the hypes. And then I watched it, and realized how unbearably boring and unnecessary all the songs were, in a musical... Also the plot felt too slow, but also rushed at the same time, and was pretty miserable in general. I didn't even like 'let it go'! I was so disappointed :( At least it was visually appealing. I'd love to hear Antony go on about that for sure :D
Bernard Powell I didn't care that it was a Disney movie though lol, it became kind of painful to listen to after awhile, unlike with most Disney movies in the past. :u
oposdeo Weird thing is when I saw the trailer I thought it was this epic story of how two sisters are separated as kids when elsa runs away after being shunned or something. Then comes back to take revenge on the people who rejected her by plunging the land into eternal winter. Now i's up to Anna, the obligatory male lead and talking snowman to save the day with the MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP and neglected familial bonds. Suffice to say, I was disappointed the entire movie was resolved in two in universe days. Still enjoyed it but I felt I thought it was going to be so much more.
That part where Pinkie says " i never did get that pony's name" IS Reference to a black and white western movie called Shane. Its when the cowboy is riding away that the line is spoken
There's a difference between a song that takes place within the plot of the story and a musical number from, like, a musical. Confusing homonyms, I know. The trick to recognizing it is asking yourself if referencing it would be breaking the fourth wall. Pinkie sings plenty of songs in the show to her friends' annoyance, but a musical number is different. Another example of where this is applicable is Scootaloo. The CMC's talent show performance was something that took place within the actual plot of the episode and so she couldn't sing. But in the Babs Seed episode there was a musical number where she sang just fine. She harmonized and everything.
I personally liked Pinkie Pride more than just about any other episode, but that's largely because (1) every single joke hit the mark perfectly for me, (2) I actually really like Shannon Chan-Kent's singing voice [probably third of all the VAs behind Claire Corlette and Katsumi Evans], and (3) character studies are my favourite thing.
6:43 Pinkie is just breaking the fourth wall again. She recognizes that scene of the stranger riding into the sunset and quotes the equally cliche sentence of "I never got his name". Or in other words: It's a joke.
Yes, cause Antony doesn't swear all the time and he doesn't have a Scottish accent. If you mean facial features, then I can see where you're coming from :)
Ewan Wallace seriously, he swears in ONE show and he is branded as a foal mouthed actor for the rest of his life when it was the shows writers etc that made him that way. Peter has made many shows where he doesn't swear but people like you bring up the one show he swears in and is forever branded by it when it isn't his fault. Can't you play a different tune when it comes to him? Because it's getting rather old.
around 7 minutes. well its meant to be a mystery trope, cowboy meme. it could also be hinting a potential love interest. so while it doesnt make sense for the continuity, it makes sense for the audience, which is where this shows strengths lie because it lets face it, has a lot of plot holes. Some plot holes actually just add confusion which they want you to have during the story. And I think im fairly sure that there was a town like canterlot in a previous cartoon or movie which had a shield/bubble around it since when I was 6 or so I dreampt something like that just without the ponies and the planet didnt have any atmosphere (or smog perhaps, you could see the actual galaxies and such in space.) Because I doubt my mind could have come up with such a random idea unless it got it from fiction, unless its a recurring theme in dreams and therefore psychology which warrants it being in the show anyways even though it made little to no sense. Because I went off on a tangent I will resay, its just for the audience. Cowboys were popular, thatd garner some fans so its more profitable to do that than have a plothole-less show. People like plotholes. ;)
I always figured that Pinkie's satire-singing wasn't a joke on how "horrible" her voice was, but on the fact that she would even break out into song in the first place? Like with the giggle at the ghosties scene, it seemed more like an "omg is she really doing this?? NOW??? really??" kind of reaction rather than a "ugh does she seriously think she can sing?? BECAUSE SHE'S AWFUL". Even in Over a Barrel she sang a crappy song, and not even a "good" singer would have made it better? So yeah I guess I genuinely like her songs, mostly because they're usually so darn happy and uplifting.
I don't understand a couple of your complaints. The line about not catching his name was part of the Clint Eastwood persona he was doing when he entered and exited the town. And I love Pinkie's songs. "Smile Smile Smile" is one of the best the show has produced, and Pinkie sounds great singing it.
Pinkie is usually a bad singer (although the opening number of Pinkie Pride was a little catchy), but it was actually Smile, that heped me to get through the first couple weeks after one of my dogs died. That was when I became a true fan of the show, and when Pinkie found her way into my heart as a character who will always have a special place there.
Weird Al originally got introduced to the show through someone who did pmv's of his polka mixes. Weird Al like them alot, and happened to be friends with one of the producers of FiM (I thing it was Ingram but Im not too positive) Said producer asked Al if he was interested in coming on to the show, and he said yes. That's personally why I think that this was amazing
Not to mention Pinkie refers to Cheese by name later on. Yeah that line was one of the very few things I didn't like in that episode. I like Pinkie's singing, I never thought that she couldn't sing, the "gotta share" song was just a bad song. I was more pissed off that Werid Al was given the chance to write anything for the episode. That collab must happen! Get Fire Brand in on it too!
I'm sure it's been done, but there are a few things I'd like to point out. Pinkie calls him boneless because that is the name of the rubber chicken, thus implying that Cheese Sandwich is a chicken. And, Pinkie saying "I never got that pony's name" Is a reference to old Westerns, where the hero walks off into the sunset after saving the day, without ever even introducing himself. As for pinkie's singing, it was never said that she was a bad singer, and any implications of such were more about the timing of the song, not the skill with which she does it.
Personally for me I like Pinkie Pride better then Pinkie Apple Pie, BECAUSE the jokes and songs were better than the latter. I felt the jokes in PAP were too obvious with an example being that Granny saying she wasn't guiding them through the scary cave, but actually was. The joke Pinkie told at the end about not remembering Cheese Sandwich's name actually made sense. She was making a reference to old Western Movies, (Clint Eastwood movies to be exactly) where the protagonist would wondered into a town, save the day, and leave without ever giving out their name; this made sense seeing as how the entire episode was a parody of the old movie genre. Also I don't think the show ever claimed that Pinkie had a bad singing voice. In the second episode, when Twilight said "Tell me she's not..." she wasn't saying Pinkie's singing was horrible, but how Pinkie was singing despite the situation they were all in. Also in Over A Barrel, Chief Thunderhooves said, "That was the worst performance we've ever seen." meaning he disliked Pinkie's message in the song, then her actual singing.
Pinkie Pie forgetting the guy's name was a joke regarding the Clint Eastwood films where the protagonist name was "The Man With No Name." Cheese Sandwhich has the whole poncho and hat thing going on and the beginning had the whole western thing going on.
I don't know if you'll see this, or if this has been said yet. but I have one thing to say about your rainbow form.... Groovy baby! Shagadelic, really!
Yankovich has been in a lot of TV Shows, usually just one episode of each but he is still in them! And I reckon *EVERYONE* knows that he has made the best parody's ever! including Pinkie's Smile Song!
i think pinkie is calling him a chicken, because he has a rubber chicken named boneless so.... she's not calling him spineless because that means someone who can't say no and lets other do mean things to them or ask to much of them. So ya, pinkie is calling him a chicken not spineless
I really enjoyed Pinkie's Pride, simple because Pinkie is my favourite and it made me ridiculously happy whilst watching it and i had a lot of feels. ;~;
I almost never watch episode reviews because they are normally boring and uninteresting (Shut up there's a difference), but I conclude that this was brilliant to watch and I had a good laugh throughout! WELL DONE SIR!
I think Digi had a good point about Cheese. The episode was working hard to make it Weird Al, but keep it Pinkie Pie. Also, gawd I love your reviews. And I love how I have to wait for them.
for pinkie not knowing his name, you know that pinkie probably listens to what she wants to listen to and forgets a few things here in there because she's not all....there?
I gotta agreed with you on song bit. It makes them work once, but leaves little desire to listen to it again. I have over 100 remixed pony songs, but I only added 10 at most from all of season 4. Apples to the Core, and Hearts and Strong as Horses are the only ones that I generally enjoyed.
Loved the references, Antony, very spot on. When you brought up Robot Devil straight out of Futurama, I instantly got the joke. Hoping your doing well in the land down under, A fan
Actually Antony C, I must raise a point. You targeted Rarity in Rarity takes Manehattan for saying that she sang about her feelings in the reprise of Generosity. However in Pinkie Pride, Pinkie Pie sings partially about her feelings in the song called Pinkie's Lament, which I thought was like the climax of the whole episode and the turning point at the bridge as Pinkie finds the truth that she had to go out there and prove herself as the best party planner.. Care to have a rebuttal to this point I have risen? Because the question I have risen out of the deep think tank of my inner self is this: Was there an actual difference of how both ponies were feeling between Rarity's moment in the reprise of Generosity and Pinkie's Lament in Pinkie Pride? I know you must be very busy and probably won't see this pop up, but if you do, I would very much like to see if you, "the best of the Pony fandom's comminators," could explain this mystery before it goes south. Waiting Patiently, Adam Kaiser
Adam Kaiser I can't claim to speak for Antony, but I think I have an idea. As he pointed out, the Generosity reprise was simply restating something that we had already been shown right before that, so it comes off as somewhat redundant. Contrarily, Pinkie's Lament shows us her development and realization firsthand. Pinkie's Lament helps move the episode forward, whereas Generosity slows the episode down to add an extra minute of filler.
But yet again, we know that Pinkie is sadden by rejection in Pinkie Pride moments before Pinkie's Lament and lies to Twilight so she can be in peace and teary-eyed all by herself, which anyone who watches this episode can clearly see that she knows that she is sad and is singing about her feelings towards both being replaced and saddened that she will be forgotten...
Yes, but the song doesn't stop at just telling us that she's sad; it's used to show Pinkie realizing that she doesn't need to be sad and that she can overcome her situation.
Despite not agreeing with most of what you had to say about the episodes, I quite enjoyed this video. Your presenting style and video editing format is always a winner. And loved SQ's little bit at the end. Could be hinting at things to come.. But seriously, Pinkie's songs were the best of Season 4, in my opinion. And even her part of 'Apples to the Core' was magnificent.
7:32- i nthe words of the fiery joker aka joshscorcher aka commander firebrand, "It's pinkie pie, don't question it." and there are several points where that phrase save people a LOT of headaches over her Cahracter, personality and ability in general
You don't watch very many westerns do you honey? Haha pinkie pride featured a lot of Clint Eastwood references and western movie references in general. They are rather easy to miss, if you've never seen a western, or Clint Eastwood movie, but a lot are noticed. References such as the man with no name, which the end joke hit, the show down and another reference that I can't remember cause it went over my head and wasn't until a friend pointed it out to me.(something about the time I think?) either way glad you reviewed my possibly only favorite episode in the recent season. I love your videos.
In many other 20th century spaghetti westerns the unknown hero walks off into the sunset after saving the day and one of the characters always says, "Who was that masked man?" or "I never did get that man's name." I believe this was mostly used in Zoro, but it was used in other movies too.
This video is over a year old but i gotta point out that Pinkie saying she never caught Cheese Sandwich's name, was a reference to Clint Eastwood's spaghetti western character, "The man with no name". The poncho, hat, and even the gravelly (Or intended to be gravelly) voice he used in parts of the episode were references to this and her comment at the end was to bring it all together. The references were more intended for parents than for comedic value. Again i know it's old news and i don't need to point it out but with all the energy you put into stressing how her saying that didn't make sense, was unfunny, and out of character of Pinkie, i couldn't help it. And whether it's actually entertaining, well... It all depends on who you are. Keep on pissing people off by pointing out the flaws of a lovely, colorful, equine, kid's show. We love you for it. P.S. We also love your animations. P.S.S. I didn't like A Canterlot wedding either. P.S.S.S I love post scripts.
I just thought Pinkie forgetting Cheese's name was more of a pun on the whole western films of the past. You know where the cowboy saves the day, and he rides off into the sunset, while the girl he was involved with and/or saved watches him.
"Deliberately designed to be ... bad at singing" That right up there, that's the problem. This isn't the case. Pinkie was designed to be the character that is good at singing. Sweetie Belle was designed to be a bad singer. Smile Smile Smile was a song that everypony liked. They even joined in. I never understood that 'joke' where the buffalo hate her singing. I thought it was great. No different than any other of her songs. (Which other ponies do like)
Pinkie will always remember or not remember things, whichever is funnier. In this case, the "never got his name" gag in Pinkie's Pride was a reference to the westerns (spaghetti and otherwise) that they keep referencing throughout the episode. About three out of four episodes of the Lone Ranger ended with somebody saying some variation on "Who was that masked man?" or "I never did get his name..." and somebody else would reply, "You don't know? That was the Lone Ranger!" Some of the other examples were Cheese's outfit, which looks like the Man With No Name (from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, among others), and when Pinkie declares a duel at High Noon (a cowboy movie about a gunfight) and Twilight points out that it's past noon already, Pinkie changes the time to "3:10 to Goof-off" as a reference to 3:10 To Yuma (another cowboy movie about a gunfight).
8:28 I think that the Smile Song was the point when the writers and most of the fans (including me) forgot about the satire thing, or maybe her songs grew on us.
"I never did get that ponies name" is a reference to the "Dollars Trilogy" of spaghetti Western films, in which Clint Eastwood plays a man in a broad, flat hat and poncho (not unlike Cheese Sandwich), known only as "the man with no name". This parallel to the Dollars Trilogy is also the reason why the episode begins in Appleoosa.
the next person to come up to me and tell me that the smile song sucked will be given the staunchest metaphorical punch in the face it is within my power to give.
something occurred to me about the Generosity reprise in RTM. While yes we saw that Rarity was distraught over what she did to her friends, but the short song doesn't focus on that. It is about how forlorn Rarity is without them and looking for them (with wet mane no less), so it did have a reason to exist. Not to mention it demonstrated the idea the episode had running along it: that good begets good (whole point of the Generosity song) and bad begets bad (which turned out to not be true but at the time Rarity believed her bad behavior in response to Suri's had caused her friends to run off).
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Next time, Antony.
Next time...
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O_o Silver, is it weird I read that in a Dr Claw styled voice?
Ewan Wallace
Try reading it in Antonio Banderas' voice. Now THAT will feel weird. ;)
MLP-Silver-Quill Eh, not really :P
Ewan Wallace you two stop, your messing with my head here, it's got enough problems with weird voices as is. and music, but only rarely.
I think when Pinkie said "or are you boneless?", she may have meant 'chicken'. Boneless IS a chicken. A rubber chicken.
It appears Australians have no time to register an old western gag and miss a joke entirely :)
The "I never caught his name" thing was a reference to _The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly_.
6:37 thought the joke was she was calling him 'chicken' because he has a rubber chicken named "Boneless".
I think the "joke" Pinkie tries to crack at the end is a reference to a cowboy movie. I just can't remember which one.
Mm... She says his name to his face.
Without that reference (presumably to an ancient adults only gunslinger movie) it's just baffling.
I think the generic nameless stranger of most western movies
Antony C Yeah, it's a Western movie's joke. (with a part of that joke being that , yeah, he gave his name lots of times.)
its a refrence to high plain drifter a clint eastwood movie from 1985
www.anyclip.com/movies/high-plains-drifter/the-grave-of-jim-duncan/#!quotes/
Antony C It's a play on the trope of the Noble Mystery Stranger who shows up, saves the day, and leaves without wanting to be thanked. You could argue that it didn't -work-, but the set up was there from the beginning, with the start in Appleloosa and CS's hat and poncho.
10:00 "What happened to my beautiful satire?"
Doesn't the satire have to stop once the point has been made? I mean, political satire shows can afford to be satirical indefinitely because politicians will never cease to stop giving them material. But in the case of Pinkie satirizing stock standard children's show singing, the point was already made in the first season. We saw Pinkie being a terrible singer at least twice already. In which case, wouldn't it be apt for the song writers to then try to make songs that they consider to be better than the music they're satirizing? It's easy to point out why something is bad, but it's much more difficult to improve.
And in the case of why it had to be Pinkie Pie; well, wouldn't that symbolically drive the nail into the proverbial coffin? If the character originally directed towards satirizing and condemning cheap and lazy children's musical affair turned around and demonstrated how to pull off the same with talent then the satirization is basically complete.
I'm fairly certain that wasn't the intention of the team. The intention for Pinkie Pride was probably "Let's recapture the awe of the Smile song". But even so.
Unless what you mean when you say, "What happened to my beautiful satire?" is that Pinkie turning around and singing earnestly undermines the previously established satirical tones of the show, and thereby undoes or invalidates the original intentions behind making Pinkie a bad singer in the first place. In which case I am compelled to ask: "How?"
Because she does it bahaaaaaaaaaaadly.
Antony C
Even the Smile song?
Antony C
I wouldn't say she does it "badly," she sings very "simply." She sings like a kid would sing, which lends them a sort of innocence.
Her song in Over a Barrel didn't start the war by being low quality; it's because it wasn't well thought out, which was sort of the point. You CAN'T solve a complicated problem like this by throwing platitudes at it. Sure, the moral applies, but you do have to fit it to the situation. The problem wasn't solved until they sat down and negotiated, to decide HOW they were going to share.
K this is over thinking the technicolor pony show a little to much
Madison Kehl
Overthinking is my favourite hobby.
Antony... the line about Pinkie not remembering Cheese's name... dude.. come here... closer... closer.... okay... the thing is....
That's the Joke
I'm only now realising that Antony tends to be full of shit about a lot of things.
Nooooo! Why you crush my dreams of the most epic collab that would have ever existed?!!
well I could give you one that could work Sweetie Bloom. a collab between Antony C and Fire Brand aka Josh. after all, they are close to each other's type of jokes. even if Josh's jokes look more funny to me.
I had the exact same reaction. I desperately want Silver Quill to collab with someone actually funny.
*hugs sweetie* i know sweetie i know
I KNOW! GOOD GOD THEY NEED TO DO A COLLAB!!!
Jeremy Downey
the collabs he does are with funny people they just don't use the same extreme type of humor that Silver and Antony do, the majority of the analysis community write pretty good scripts and try their best with editing and stuff, so they are quite enjoyable, its just when someone like silver quill or antony makes some big over the top hilarious video with really great editing and such it can overshadow the rest of them. luckily it also can serve as inspiration for future improvement, and by including them in the collabs he gives them some extra attention and they can work together to make something pretty great ^^ and of course learn from the experience. Though I do agree, Antony C and Silver Quill working together... EPICNESS!!!
Wait, there are people who don't like Pinkie's singing? I didn't even know the possibility for that existed.
The name gag keeps in line with the whole Cowboy motif that Cheese's serious personality had going for him. The cold Clint Eastwood-ish opening, him walking off into the sunset to western music, he's even sporting Eastwoods outfit from the Good the Bad and the Ugly. Considering that Pinkie herself is quite genre savvy, it didn't seem THAT out of place...did it?
Antony the whole I didn't get that pony's name was a joke from a western. I think digi or brony curious said that in their review of pinkie pride.
It was a Clint Eastwood movie. He never gives his name through the entire movie, and the scene is a recreation/parody of it.
hibandgeek50
But without proper setup was the point.
The one character we were shown witnessing his name was the one to pull the joke?
Not a very good joke then is it
Yes, it is a reference to an old western but does that make it any better? Is it automatically funny because it's a reference? No, at least it shouldn't be. Now, it could have still been a reference and been funny if it was set up properly, but it wasn't and that is the key point. There was no set up, it was just there to continue the occasional western theme (the party near the beginning, Cheese's outfit, the goof off at 'high noon' etc.) throughout the episode and even then it's still just a reference that continues a gag rather than being a joke in itself.
besides "I never did get his name." works as she is means "I never did understand his name.."
Did none of you guys get the western references throughout the episode? The episode itself was basically an homage to old western movies. Newcomer comes in trying to take the spotlight only to be challenged at high noon to a duel, that's this episode in a nutshell. It was even giving off a western flair at the beginning of the episode at Appaloosa. The joke comes from Pinkie Pie's ability to 4th-wall break and recognize these references. She tried to make a joke referring to the references, but no one else was aware of the setup so it fell flat, that's the joke. Of course you guys will probably take the "If you had to explain it, then it wasn't a good joke" route but there it is.
...In all honesty? Best Rainbow Power design I've seen yet.
Mr Antony.
What are you talking about? Pinkie is a great singer. One of her songs got the whole freaking town to bounce around on the roofs like freaking bounci-ponies. And the whole "Tell me she's not" bit from the first episode is not from that Twi thought she sung bad, just that....she sung in a situation like that which they were in!
And Pinkie DID sing in the Apples to the Core song! I don't have anyting to defend the situation in Over a Barrel, but that one thing is not enough to bash her singing in the rest of the show.
On top of that, the bit from Rarity Takes Manehatten where she sings in the rain, pun intended, she was bleeding with her guilt and gave it to us through a beautiful song that really made clear how she felt. Some would've said that she would have looked cold if that bit wasn't in. It all works for the story of the episode AND still supports her character.
Sorry for the rant.
The "pinkie forgot cheese's name" joke is actually a reference to an old american western. It kind of worked because cheese had been wearing the hat and poncho, but while I enjoyed the reference, it did kind of come out of no where and broke up the scene.
And it was a payoff to his intruduction, which was in a western-esqe setting, basically displaying him as the mysterious stranger character from old western movies.
Silver and Antony C Collab must happen!!
Sure the universe mighty explode, but the possibility of one of the most hilarious collabs on youtube is so worth it!!
Redcord CHN Hey, if Josh and Enter can finally collab with the world not exploding, anything can happen! C:
You don't have a trained ear man. If you listened to apples to the core closely you can hear the singer of pinkie pie singing the high parts and it's wonderful. And pinkie wasn't always told her singing was bad. Winter wrap up, her birthday invite song. She's not a bad singer nor is her actress. Please do note that in the case of when they were in the everfree forest i believed that they were annoyed at the time and place she was singing not how she was singing in over a barrel the lyrics are horrible as they were written to be. It was how she was singing.
Dammit Antony, the joke about Pinkie not getting Cheese's name was referring to the fact that cowboys in old Western's are constantly saying their names!
It's funny, I never actually agree with Antony's views on the episodes, but I love the way he portrays everything. Heck, Pinkie's Pride is actually my favorite episode of the series. He has me rolling the whole way through, regardless.
Pinkie's singing voice being enjoyable is actually the majority opinion in the fandom. The joke with Pinkie's songs in S1 was that they were completely random, not that they were bad (except the "You Gotta Share" song which the issue was that the lyrics were completely asinine)
I was going to agree with you, that is until I read the parenthesizes. I will never understand why people don't like that song.
Bishop Blood
It's amusing but a really really poor reason to end a conflict. "We're sort of similar biologically"
Kaitlyn McCaffrey That's why it's funny.
Bishop Blood That's why in universe it's a horrible performance.
Oh SilverQuill…
What exactly is wrong with Pinkie's singing? She seems to be in key and has a decent singing voice, as far as I can tell. This could have something to do with me really not liking any musicals that aren't Dr. Horrible, but I really can't see the issue with her singing.
And this is purely personally taste, but I actually prefered the humor in Cheese episode because it was (objectively worse, yes) more creative than the cave thing. The moment Granny was like "We aint going into a cave!' it was plain as day that they would go into a cave. It was way too predictable for me to laugh at.
Basically everything else, however, I totally agreed with, from your opinion on song lyrics and the "loyal" one, to wanting Pinkie to shut up, though for different reasons.
***** I think what he is trying to say is that he miss her being the joke of children shows using that format. Honestly I thought it never left in the first place.
***** Nah man, walls of text are fuckin sweet. Pretty much all of it was right on. If was talking about Pinkie's singing in canon, he didn't do anything to establish that.
AnimeWolfgamer I'd disagree and say that she stopped singing ironically awhile ago; the show stopped acting like the singing was actually happening a long time ago.
Pinkie Pie was DESIGNED to be bad at singing!? Where the hell is he getting this? Not only is her singing really good, but nowhere else in the show besides "Giggling at the Ghosties" or "You Gotta Share" do any of the character express any animosity toward it! In fact, "Smile" has an entire chorus of Townsville ponies appreciating her so much, they sing along! Where the hell is he GETTING this!?
andrewkful I don't know and its the only point where I think he got it out of his ass. Unless over the barrel to him was so damn funny using her that way.
I've always loved Pinkie's singing voice, even "You gotta share" I think sounded nice - It was always supposed to be parody but it never sounded bad.
I think Pinkie's singing voice is absolutely gorgeous. My favorite voice in the show. So, I guess one mans trash is another mans treasure.
Now I'm pretty curious of how grating Frozen was for you... hahaha
I heard countless positive reviews for it and got all the hypes.
And then I watched it, and realized how unbearably boring and unnecessary all the songs were, in a musical... Also the plot felt too slow, but also rushed at the same time, and was pretty miserable in general.
I didn't even like 'let it go'! I was so disappointed :( At least it was visually appealing.
I'd love to hear Antony go on about that for sure :D
oposdeo Th issue with me is that everyone forgot it was a Diseny movie.
Bernard Powell I didn't care that it was a Disney movie though lol, it became kind of painful to listen to after awhile, unlike with most Disney movies in the past. :u
Bernard Powell Disney has done good before on the musical front, they've done even better on the pixar front :D
oposdeo Weird thing is when I saw the trailer I thought it was this epic story of how two sisters are separated as kids when elsa runs away after being shunned or something. Then comes back to take revenge on the people who rejected her by plunging the land into eternal winter. Now i's up to Anna, the obligatory male lead and talking snowman to save the day with the MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP and neglected familial bonds.
Suffice to say, I was disappointed the entire movie was resolved in two in universe days. Still enjoyed it but I felt I thought it was going to be so much more.
Pinkie Pie was calling Cheese Sandwich chicken because Boneless is a chicken. I can not believe nohody got that.
There's a reason Smile Song, a song sung entirely by Pinkie Pie is widely considered something of the Brony Anthem.
That part where Pinkie says " i never did get that pony's name" IS Reference to a black and white western movie called Shane.
Its when the cowboy is riding away that the line is spoken
and here we see Antony completely miss the point and have no sense of humor for the pony sitcom
oh god RAINBOWS! WHY! I REFUSE!
Everyone has rainbow powers now.
Every. One.
Funny is, after watching your video, I've got an urge to listen to Pinkie's songs.
There's a difference between a song that takes place within the plot of the story and a musical number from, like, a musical. Confusing homonyms, I know. The trick to recognizing it is asking yourself if referencing it would be breaking the fourth wall. Pinkie sings plenty of songs in the show to her friends' annoyance, but a musical number is different. Another example of where this is applicable is Scootaloo. The CMC's talent show performance was something that took place within the actual plot of the episode and so she couldn't sing. But in the Babs Seed episode there was a musical number where she sang just fine. She harmonized and everything.
I still prefer Pinkie Pride...
I personally liked Pinkie Pride more than just about any other episode, but that's largely because (1) every single joke hit the mark perfectly for me, (2) I actually really like Shannon Chan-Kent's singing voice [probably third of all the VAs behind Claire Corlette and Katsumi Evans], and (3) character studies are my favourite thing.
6:43 Pinkie is just breaking the fourth wall again. She recognizes that scene of the stranger riding into the sunset and quotes the equally cliche sentence of "I never got his name". Or in other words: It's a joke.
Pinkie does have a verse in "Apples to the core"
Am I the only one who think Antony looks like a young Peter Capaldi?
Yes, cause Antony doesn't swear all the time and he doesn't have a Scottish accent.
If you mean facial features, then I can see where you're coming from :)
Ewan Wallace seriously, he swears in ONE show and he is branded as a foal mouthed actor for the rest of his life when it was the shows writers etc that made him that way. Peter has made many shows where he doesn't swear but people like you bring up the one show he swears in and is forever branded by it when it isn't his fault. Can't you play a different tune when it comes to him? Because it's getting rather old.
Ewan Wallace I DO mean facially. XD
around 7 minutes. well its meant to be a mystery trope, cowboy meme. it could also be hinting a potential love interest. so while it doesnt make sense for the continuity, it makes sense for the audience, which is where this shows strengths lie because it lets face it, has a lot of plot holes. Some plot holes actually just add confusion which they want you to have during the story. And I think im fairly sure that there was a town like canterlot in a previous cartoon or movie which had a shield/bubble around it since when I was 6 or so I dreampt something like that just without the ponies and the planet didnt have any atmosphere (or smog perhaps, you could see the actual galaxies and such in space.) Because I doubt my mind could have come up with such a random idea unless it got it from fiction, unless its a recurring theme in dreams and therefore psychology which warrants it being in the show anyways even though it made little to no sense.
Because I went off on a tangent I will resay, its just for the audience. Cowboys were popular, thatd garner some fans so its more profitable to do that than have a plothole-less show. People like plotholes.
;)
Presumed peerless perky pony party planner Pinkie Pie prepares to paint the proverbial.
I always figured that Pinkie's satire-singing wasn't a joke on how "horrible" her voice was, but on the fact that she would even break out into song in the first place?
Like with the giggle at the ghosties scene, it seemed more like an "omg is she really doing this?? NOW??? really??" kind of reaction rather than a "ugh does she seriously think she can sing?? BECAUSE SHE'S AWFUL".
Even in Over a Barrel she sang a crappy song, and not even a "good" singer would have made it better?
So yeah I guess I genuinely like her songs, mostly because they're usually so darn happy and uplifting.
I don't understand a couple of your complaints. The line about not catching his name was part of the Clint Eastwood persona he was doing when he entered and exited the town. And I love Pinkie's songs. "Smile Smile Smile" is one of the best the show has produced, and Pinkie sounds great singing it.
The amount of alliteration and assonance in this video...
Pinkie is usually a bad singer (although the opening number of Pinkie Pride was a little catchy), but it was actually Smile, that heped me to get through the first couple weeks after one of my dogs died. That was when I became a true fan of the show, and when Pinkie found her way into my heart as a character who will always have a special place there.
Weird Al originally got introduced to the show through someone who did pmv's of his polka mixes. Weird Al like them alot, and happened to be friends with one of the producers of FiM (I thing it was Ingram but Im not too positive) Said producer asked Al if he was interested in coming on to the show, and he said yes. That's personally why I think that this was amazing
I know who the guy is who made those PMV's of Al.
My god...As much as you practically tear apart these episodes, it's still epic and funny to watch. I salute thee, Antony C !
PeaceyPraps When Is Pt4 Is Comin Out?
Alesha Drake Sorry :P I've doing other video projects. I'll start it tomorrow.
PeaceyPraps Mkay
antony and silver would be an awesome duo!!
Not to mention Pinkie refers to Cheese by name later on. Yeah that line was one of the very few things I didn't like in that episode.
I like Pinkie's singing, I never thought that she couldn't sing, the "gotta share" song was just a bad song. I was more pissed off that Werid Al was given the chance to write anything for the episode.
That collab must happen! Get Fire Brand in on it too!
Awesome video! Was very glad to see your face :D it's what really made me love your reviews from the start!
I love Pinkie's songs. -.-
This is too glorious for human eyes! Also "still picking up pieces of their squee"
You should absolutely work with silver quill, you two could make an absolutely wonderful pair of robust reviewing rodeo riders
I'm sure it's been done, but there are a few things I'd like to point out. Pinkie calls him boneless because that is the name of the rubber chicken, thus implying that Cheese Sandwich is a chicken.
And, Pinkie saying "I never got that pony's name" Is a reference to old Westerns, where the hero walks off into the sunset after saving the day, without ever even introducing himself.
As for pinkie's singing, it was never said that she was a bad singer, and any implications of such were more about the timing of the song, not the skill with which she does it.
Personally for me I like Pinkie Pride better then Pinkie Apple Pie, BECAUSE the jokes and songs were better than the latter.
I felt the jokes in PAP were too obvious with an example being that Granny saying she wasn't guiding them through the scary cave, but actually was. The joke Pinkie told at the end about not remembering Cheese Sandwich's name actually made sense. She was making a reference to old Western Movies, (Clint Eastwood movies to be exactly) where the protagonist would wondered into a town, save the day, and leave without ever giving out their name; this made sense seeing as how the entire episode was a parody of the old movie genre.
Also I don't think the show ever claimed that Pinkie had a bad singing voice. In the second episode, when Twilight said "Tell me she's not..." she wasn't saying Pinkie's singing was horrible, but how Pinkie was singing despite the situation they were all in. Also in Over A Barrel, Chief Thunderhooves said, "That was the worst performance we've ever seen." meaning he disliked Pinkie's message in the song, then her actual singing.
Pinkie Pie forgetting the guy's name was a joke regarding the Clint Eastwood films where the protagonist name was "The Man With No Name." Cheese Sandwhich has the whole poncho and hat thing going on and the beginning had the whole western thing going on.
Ah. I apologise if you had a million people telling you the same thing.
That was entertaining. Liked that joke about collabing with Silver at the end. Good video; 7.25/10
[Upon seeing the rainbowfied antony C]
FABULOUS!
Antony everytime I come back I never regret it
me 2 :-O Iron chef song!!!
"You can't just have you character's announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
"Your pony episode sucks"
I think I died there XD
I don't know if you'll see this, or if this has been said yet. but I have one thing to say about your rainbow form....
Groovy baby! Shagadelic, really!
Yankovich has been in a lot of TV Shows, usually just one episode of each but he is still in them! And I reckon *EVERYONE* knows that he has made the best parody's ever! including Pinkie's Smile Song!
i think pinkie is calling him a chicken, because he has a rubber chicken named boneless so.... she's not calling him spineless because that means someone who can't say no and lets other do mean things to them or ask to much of them. So ya, pinkie is calling him a chicken not spineless
9:02 that's the second time you've absolutely nailed the Mr. Burns impression. major props on that
Designed to be a bad singer < Designed to sing/say/do stuff at inappropriate times.
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"Iron Episode" would have worked fine.
I really enjoyed Pinkie's Pride, simple because Pinkie is my favourite and it made me ridiculously happy whilst watching it and i had a lot of feels. ;~;
did did he forget about smile smile smile
Pretty much these two episodes shows why pinkie is awesome. Plus the show just got better after that.
That beginning... This is gonna be fun!
I almost never watch episode reviews because they are normally boring and uninteresting (Shut up there's a difference), but I conclude that this was brilliant to watch and I had a good laugh throughout! WELL DONE SIR!
I think Digi had a good point about Cheese. The episode was working hard to make it Weird Al, but keep it Pinkie Pie.
Also, gawd I love your reviews. And I love how I have to wait for them.
for pinkie not knowing his name, you know that pinkie probably listens to what she wants to listen to and forgets a few things here in there because she's not all....there?
I gotta agreed with you on song bit. It makes them work once, but leaves little desire to listen to it again. I have over 100 remixed pony songs, but I only added 10 at most from all of season 4. Apples to the Core, and Hearts and Strong as Horses are the only ones that I generally enjoyed.
Pinkie can't sing???
Yo, Smile
The look on Silver Quill's face made me cry.
Silver Quill?!
Didn't expect to see him in there..
Why do people say P i n k i e *s* Pride when it is clearly Pinkie Pride.
Loved the references, Antony, very spot on. When you brought up Robot Devil straight out of Futurama, I instantly got the joke.
Hoping your doing well in the land down under,
A fan
Actually Antony C, I must raise a point.
You targeted Rarity in Rarity takes Manehattan for saying that she sang about her feelings in the reprise of Generosity. However in Pinkie Pride, Pinkie Pie sings partially about her feelings in the song called Pinkie's Lament, which I thought was like the climax of the whole episode and the turning point at the bridge as Pinkie finds the truth that she had to go out there and prove herself as the best party planner..
Care to have a rebuttal to this point I have risen? Because the question I have risen out of the deep think tank of my inner self is this: Was there an actual difference of how both ponies were feeling between Rarity's moment in the reprise of Generosity and Pinkie's Lament in Pinkie Pride? I know you must be very busy and probably won't see this pop up, but if you do, I would very much like to see if you, "the best of the Pony fandom's comminators," could explain this mystery before it goes south.
Waiting Patiently,
Adam Kaiser
Adam Kaiser
I can't claim to speak for Antony, but I think I have an idea. As he pointed out, the Generosity reprise was simply restating something that we had already been shown right before that, so it comes off as somewhat redundant. Contrarily, Pinkie's Lament shows us her development and realization firsthand. Pinkie's Lament helps move the episode forward, whereas Generosity slows the episode down to add an extra minute of filler.
But yet again, we know that Pinkie is sadden by rejection in Pinkie Pride moments before Pinkie's Lament and lies to Twilight so she can be in peace and teary-eyed all by herself, which anyone who watches this episode can clearly see that she knows that she is sad and is singing about her feelings towards both being replaced and saddened that she will be forgotten...
Yes, but the song doesn't stop at just telling us that she's sad; it's used to show Pinkie realizing that she doesn't need to be sad and that she can overcome her situation.
Ah.. I feel like I should say "boot to the head" in honor of Antony C, but you do raise a very good point....
Boot to the head
Despite not agreeing with most of what you had to say about the episodes, I quite enjoyed this video. Your presenting style and video editing format is always a winner. And loved SQ's little bit at the end. Could be hinting at things to come..
But seriously, Pinkie's songs were the best of Season 4, in my opinion. And even her part of 'Apples to the Core' was magnificent.
Oh, and forgot to add that your rainbow power form is fabulous.
7:32- i nthe words of the fiery joker aka joshscorcher aka commander firebrand, "It's pinkie pie, don't question it." and there are several points where that phrase save people a LOT of headaches over her Cahracter, personality and ability in general
Boneless was a reference to "or are you a chicken" not "spineless"
You don't watch very many westerns do you honey? Haha pinkie pride featured a lot of Clint Eastwood references and western movie references in general. They are rather easy to miss, if you've never seen a western, or Clint Eastwood movie, but a lot are noticed. References such as the man with no name, which the end joke hit, the show down and another reference that I can't remember cause it went over my head and wasn't until a friend pointed it out to me.(something about the time I think?) either way glad you reviewed my possibly only favorite episode in the recent season. I love your videos.
In many other 20th century spaghetti westerns the unknown hero walks off into the sunset after saving the day and one of the characters always says, "Who was that masked man?" or "I never did get that man's name." I believe this was mostly used in Zoro, but it was used in other movies too.
The smile song is still great.
Maybe Pinkie has a sort of bipolar (seriously bipolar? Pinkie? naw) attribute to her singing abilities or something.
Your OC looks freaking amazing when he is rainbowfied :DD
This video is over a year old but i gotta point out that Pinkie saying she never caught Cheese Sandwich's name, was a reference to Clint Eastwood's spaghetti western character, "The man with no name". The poncho, hat, and even the gravelly (Or intended to be gravelly) voice he used in parts of the episode were references to this and her comment at the end was to bring it all together. The references were more intended for parents than for comedic value.
Again i know it's old news and i don't need to point it out but with all the energy you put into stressing how her saying that didn't make sense, was unfunny, and out of character of Pinkie, i couldn't help it.
And whether it's actually entertaining, well... It all depends on who you are.
Keep on pissing people off by pointing out the flaws of a lovely, colorful, equine, kid's show. We love you for it.
P.S. We also love your animations.
P.S.S. I didn't like A Canterlot wedding either.
P.S.S.S I love post scripts.
I disagree with your opinion on Pinkie Pie's singing. There, I got that out of my system.
...I lost you around 2:14 when a song from Diddy Kong Racing came up and I got distracted by my nostalgia
My god, he's gained the power..... OF 80'S BIG HAIR!
I just thought Pinkie forgetting Cheese's name was more of a pun on the whole western films of the past. You know where the cowboy saves the day, and he rides off into the sunset, while the girl he was involved with and/or saved watches him.
Pinkie may have referred to a comedy-thing called "Funny Bones" ....
"Deliberately designed to be ... bad at singing"
That right up there, that's the problem. This isn't the case. Pinkie was designed to be the character that is good at singing. Sweetie Belle was designed to be a bad singer. Smile Smile Smile was a song that everypony liked. They even joined in. I never understood that 'joke' where the buffalo hate her singing. I thought it was great. No different than any other of her songs. (Which other ponies do like)
Pinkie will always remember or not remember things, whichever is funnier.
In this case, the "never got his name" gag in Pinkie's Pride was a reference to the westerns (spaghetti and otherwise) that they keep referencing throughout the episode. About three out of four episodes of the Lone Ranger ended with somebody saying some variation on "Who was that masked man?" or "I never did get his name..." and somebody else would reply, "You don't know? That was the Lone Ranger!"
Some of the other examples were Cheese's outfit, which looks like the Man With No Name (from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, among others), and when Pinkie declares a duel at High Noon (a cowboy movie about a gunfight) and Twilight points out that it's past noon already, Pinkie changes the time to "3:10 to Goof-off" as a reference to 3:10 To Yuma (another cowboy movie about a gunfight).
1:30 Gus I just realized something...
Pinkie Pie was doing the duck face BEFORE it was cool. XD
Antony, here is a big thing: Weird Al didn't write any of the songs in "Pinkie's Pride". They were all the work of Daniel Ingram.
8:28 I think that the Smile Song was the point when the writers and most of the fans (including me) forgot about the satire thing, or maybe her songs grew on us.
"I never did get that ponies name" is a reference to the "Dollars Trilogy" of spaghetti Western films, in which Clint Eastwood plays a man in a broad, flat hat and poncho (not unlike Cheese Sandwich), known only as "the man with no name". This parallel to the Dollars Trilogy is also the reason why the episode begins in Appleoosa.
the next person to come up to me and tell me that the smile song sucked will be given the staunchest metaphorical punch in the face it is within my power to give.
something occurred to me about the Generosity reprise in RTM. While yes we saw that Rarity was distraught over what she did to her friends, but the short song doesn't focus on that. It is about how forlorn Rarity is without them and looking for them (with wet mane no less), so it did have a reason to exist.
Not to mention it demonstrated the idea the episode had running along it: that good begets good (whole point of the Generosity song) and bad begets bad (which turned out to not be true but at the time Rarity believed her bad behavior in response to Suri's had caused her friends to run off).
Your vids don't come out frequently enough. I need more of your voice!