Let me get this straight? This yak holiday is about breaking stuff!? Quick, I'm going to need some fruit, a katana, a gun, a sling shot, my metal baseball bat, and a few dozen windows!!!
I think the lesson is less about pride and more about working with different cultures. There are a lot of cultures in the real world where asking for help is considered a sign of weakness as well as an insult to the person being asked. The assumption is that real friends will help without having to be asked. Interestingly, this cultural quirk is particularly common in Asian countries like the sort the yaks are modeled after. Like you mentioned, they didn't have a problem with Pinkie helping. It was when Pinkie offered to go back to Ponyville and *ask* for help that things went downhill. They could have handled it better, sure. Like you said, it seemed the other yaks were afraid of Ruthiford, which muddied things a bit.
I thought that the yaks might have been modelled after German culture? They live in a snowy region, they have festivals ending with fest, their homes are built like traditional German huts from way back when, and they speak very directly and bluntly which can be seen as brash and rude by other cultures.
Guys had that kind of problem. They don't ask about help because they think that this is the sign of weakness but it isn't truth. We all need help sometimes.
@@tinystep1633 5 years late but: You have Mongolia, in which snows a lot, they have snowy mountains, and China also has snowy mountains and regions and then you have the best example of them all: The Tibet and Nepal which are countries in which also snows A LOT, and the tibetans almost all of them live in the mountains and in huts like the yaks do in MLP, so yes they're based upon asians
How can Twilight use Earthpony majic? Simple.. she is an Alicorn, a form which embodies ALL pony types. Sigh.. should have watched to the very end before commenting. In any case, good review. Even pulled out a couple of plot details I missed.
Yeah, it's easily explainable, it's just the first time (to my knowledge) that we've seen any Alicorn actually utilize what appears to be Earth pony magic. We've only seen them use more Unicorn-style magic with their horns, and have seen that they can fly and sit on clouds like Pegasi. Even though Twilight used her horn and not her hooves, this is the first time I can recall in canon when we've seen an Alicorn do anything remotely resembling Earth pony magic. All I can say is, I approve, and please show us more! ^_^
Well Luna and Celestia's *manes* and *tails* have been interpreted as showing Earth-pony magic. The way the Earthponies use their manes and tails... Applejack using her tail to handle a lasso for one thing...
Meowth: Not asking for trouble???? ♪ Jessie: Prepare for trouble... James: ...and make it double! Jessie: To protect the world from devastation! James: To unite all peoples within our nation! Jessie: To denounce the evils of truth and love! James: To extend our reach to the stars above! Jessie: Jessie! James: James! Jessie: Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light! James: Surrender now or prepare to fight! Meowth: Meowth, dat's right! ♪
Oh! I get it! Yaks don't ask for help because for them you just do it without asking. Makes sense for such a stubborn prideful species, after all, of being told no will stop you from doing what's right, you're not what Yaks are!
I REALLY needed this video. Discovered your absolutely charming and brilliant content a few days ago, and have been itching for some new uploads since. I'm glad you took a break in response to that burn-out. No matter someones hobby, we all experience it but only half of us ever respond to it. I'm happy that you took care of yourself in that time! I've had a rough evening emotionally and this video is just the care I needed.
Wow, I'm not even sure what to say in response to that, other than to say thank you, and that I'm glad I could be there for you. I hope things are looking up for you now!
I'm doing much better now! The situation is in limbo, but my feelings on the matter are NOT, therefor ~*HEALING*~ haha! Thank you for responding and checking in! I look forward to enjoying even more of your videos in the future. c:
Pinkie is my favourite character so any episode focused on her is a great one for me and i love the yaks. Just watching your old reactions as i only found your channel recently.
It wasn't so much a lesson that Pinkie had to learn, but a new approach at solving a problem that respected the yaks' ideologies. That's what I took from the ending. She proved to be just as stubborn as Prince Rutherford. He kept insisting the yaks didn't need help, but he appreciated her effort at never backing down, even after losing her honorary status and being told to leave. That's what it truly means to be a yak. Pinkie understood that all along, though perhaps never realized it, and she was welcomed back as one of them. So for me, while this episode wasn't the best Season 7 has had to offer, it's not the weakest. I actually liked Forever Filly the least so far.
Hmm, well while that may have been the point, for Pinkie to truly understand yaks by becoming as stubborn as them, I'm afraid I don't feel that that was a very good moral takeaway. Overall this episode was good for entertainment value, but just really lacked a clear moral, which was disappointing. Hardly the worst in the series though.
'I GOT WOOD! YOU GOT WOOD!? LET'S GO SMASH!!!' By DAGames, as a reference to the yaks smashing some wood. XD It was during his gameplay in Chapter 2 of "Bendy and The Ink Machine"
as i see in the pool result, you are in the top 30 (25 from today)! Awsome!!! Crossing fingers really hard for your OC to be in the game. BTW, i vote for u
Applegeek I noticed the three most violent females in the community that are considered one of the most violent out there aren't actually even getting one little bit of a vote. lightning bliss, Eliora, and hearther blossom.
APPLEGEEK IF YOUR READING THIS GO FIND THE EPISODE ALREADY!!!!!!!!IM TRYING NOT TO GIVE ANY SPOILERS BUT KEEPING IT TO MYSELF IS KILLING ME!!!!!!!! IM LIKE PINKIE PIE!!!!
Someone else caught on that was likely Twilight channeling her Earth Pony magic! YAY!!!! Still hold Leans In as weaker, just for being so simplistic, but yeah this was just.... average. Nothing great, but nothing bad.
I was very tempted to throw this in there, but I felt like the bad pun allotment had already been exceeded for this episode: www.glocktalk.com/attachments/sand-witch-jpg.258628/
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Hehe. Well, just for fair warning, I seem to be getting better (or is it worse?) at the bad puns, and actually had to stop myself from adding in even more to this episode. There will likely be many more in future reactions. XD
I like this episode a LOT. I think pinkie was in top form here. unlike previous episodes where the writers made her hold the idiot stick for most of the episode, here she was at her best. Silly, lovable, a tad over the top, but nothing cringe inducing. Is it a great episode? eh.. lets go with solid. its at least in my personal top 10 for this season. but may or may not make the final cut, depending on what the rest of the season has in store for us.
Yep, I recognize that it's one of Pinkie's best performances as a character overall, just wish they had allowed her to more properly resolve the issue.
Honestly I don't mind the way they resolved things all that much. The moral of the story or the solution doesn't always have to be, shall we say, on the nose. Anyways, looking forward to your next reaction. Though its probably gonna be a while since we'll have to wait a few weeks for the new episode.
Applegeek . I'm not sure if you noticed, but this episode actually had a pretty good lesson, well, at least it was relatable for me when I herd what the prince said at the end. let me give an example to show what I mean. let's say your sister is doing dishes, she just saw they needed to be done and started in, and sense it was their choice they aren't going to ask for help. But if you come over and start helping, they will gladly accept. What do I mean by this? it's simple. some people won't ask for help because they don't want to take advantage of someone or put someone on the spot by asking. however they'll gratefully accept help if offered. And I think the yak's are a little like this. they don't want to ask for help because they don't want to take advantage of the ponies kindness and because they want to show that they are strong. I'm guessing it's a cultural thing. Just how he said that Pinkie helped them without them asking meant she understood makes me think that the yak's are the type of people who immediately help if someone needs it, but never ask. it's a little confusing to explain, but again, I think it's something to do with the yak culture. I suppose I probably got the meaning a lot better then most people as I'm the type of person who likes to help out (as long as it's not something stupid and I have enough time), so I can kind of understand the yak's thinking a little bit. O well, those are just my thought's on the matter.
I understand your point, but it's not really an accurate comparison to what happened here. This wasn't just not asking for help to do chores you can do yourself, this was a case of having a whole nation (or town at least) suddenly without shelter or food. That is absolutely not the time to be stubborn about accepting outside help, especially when you're responsible for the well being of others. That's a time when you swallow your pride and graciously accept help. Honestly, if the issue would have been that they wouldn't accept help unless it was offered freely, so that they didn't have to ask, that wouldn't be so bad, but to outright refuse the help when it was desperately needed (i.e. when children are literally starving), that was wrong. There WAS a good lesson to be had this episode, had it been executed properly, but unfortunately, it was not, so things just happened and nothing really changed. It's not an absolutely terrible episode, rather it's just frustrating because the message it was supposed to have is very unclear, especially for young children.
Applegeek . Yeah I know, I guess I just try and think of a reason for everything. It's just because I've seen to many people call certain episodes "bad" because they never stop and think why a character may have done something. Like how a lot of people say Newbie Dash is bad because she learned that type of lesson before. But they never stop to think about the fact that pride, which is RD's main fault, is possibly the hardest fault to overcome, and no one is going to overcome it with just a few lessons. I'm not talking about you by the way, you're actually quite good at looking over an episode from what I've seen. it's just that certain things get to me after a wail. Oh well, here's to hoping the rest of season 7 is as awesome as the first half!👍
moral of the story: some are too proud to ask for help... but if you do help without asking, they might not be mad for being helped. See? Frank Pony understand Yak. :) It's good to see a totally Pinkie episode for season 7. Most of the episodes have been of superior quality this season, so far. And while this is not a 'great' one, it's still good. My two faves so far are the ones with Celestia. 'Tia laughing about Twilight worrying about her pupil, just like 'Tia did about Twilight. And, my top fave so far: Mixing up the Sisters! Yay! Everypony will go on and on about Day Breaker... but I appreciate more, the fact that the Sisters got a chance to 'be' each other for awhile. Learning to appreciate the hard work that they deprecated before. enough from me, the Frank Pony
As to Twilight and the garden... I think it was a bit of both... Unicorn Magic and Earth Pony agriculture skill. We have seen unicorns with window boxes (see Snowdrop video opening sequence). Unicorns can and do grow things, but not on the scale of the Earth Ponies. So, I conclude that Twilight was using both her Earth Pony skill and Unicorn Magic to enhance the plant growth and compress the time needed to sprout the plantings. I might be out on a limb here about all this, but to me, this makes sense. the Frank Pony
Yeah, I know I'm probably reading too much into it, but it just struck me as something that could actually be Earth pony traits being utilized by an Alicorn, something we haven't yet really seen in this show that I can recall. We've only really seen the Unicorn and Pegasi traits until now. Actually, we've seen very little Earth pony magic overall, which honestly has really bothered me, because I feel like Earth ponies are underrated and too easily ignored. Alicorns are supposed to equally represent all three, so any Earth pony traits that get highlighted are a plus for me.
I think Celestia's and Luna's Mane and Tail flowing is how *they* express earth-pony magic. We have seen earth-ponies using manes and tails to do things. The way Luna's mane became flat in Royal Problems -- much like Pinkie's when she's upset -- is just furthering this theory...
I feel like your commentary was spot on for the most part as usual, but there is something of interest that hit me while I was listening to the episode again. I'm not sure exactly what to make of it, or how it might alter anyone's thoughts on the episode, but I think it's at least worth sharing and perhaps gives a notable differentiation from, say, Applebuck Season. In that episode, and I feel like also similar "learn to ask for help" messages, the character is in over their head, overwhelmed, or otherwise just faced with more than they can handle but are too stubborn/prideful to admit it. But the situation of the Yaks was much worse. They were suddenly effectively without shelter and without food. Or, to put it in the terms this hit me with in my mind, they had very suddenly become homeless. And this hit me because I've been around homeless people a lot, serving at a homeless church for the past couple years. And while every person is different, one thing I've noticed about many of them is they keep a lot of self-pride and/or dignity. Many of them are particular about what they take or accept in terms of food, clothes, etc., not wanting to seem like they're stooping to take a handout or charity, just grabbing whatever they're offered regardless of the quality. And while it could be argued that when someone is in that kind of situation they should take what they can get, that dignity is extremely important to them to keep their morale up while they are in a tough situation. They don't want to have to ask for what they need to make it but rather receive it in a way that lets them keep their heads high. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't mean Rutherford was making the right decision. Especially with his subjects suffering for it. (Though at first they were all stubborn, it's more that the others started to have doubts much sooner). But the way Pinkie helped them without asking and the way Rutherford responded to their help, it made it feel like there was a potential implied message about how to help people in dire straits while letting them keep their heads up. That said, there's the whole careful ground of forcing help on others, and that's a whole other can of worms. But I felt I should at least share this potential side of the issue and how I found a potential relatable message out of it.
Wow, that's an absolutely fantastic insight! That does actually make a lot of sense in terms of why he was refusing the help. I myself have heard stories about how homeless people are often like that. Btw, that's awesome that you help people like that! HOWEVER, I still have to argue that as a leader of a nation, the prince should have been willing to swallow a bit of pride in exchange for the safety of his people. He knew they needed help, and was overjoyed that Pinkie saved him the embarrassment of having to admit it. As an individual, I can be a bit more understanding of stubborn pride, but when you have the responsibility of an entire nation (albeit a small one), you have to be better than that, or people will literally die. I don't honestly think Prince Rutherford is an evil dictator or anything, but it actually kind of felt like the writers were kind of hinting at that with the suffering children angle. Overall, the moral was unclear in this episode, and I wish they had spent less time on the build-up and more time figuring out how to address the pride issue in a meaningful way.
Yeah, I can definitely agree that as a leader he needs to be able to swallow his pride if it's what his subjects need. And I definitely get the problem with too much buildup vs. development of conflict and resolution. Also, I'm glad you replied because earlier I couldn't find my comment and I thought my phone had derped and failed to post my comment and I was bummed because I didn't want to have to write that whole thing up again. XD
Hey, here is a theory, how about the Yikslurbertfest every year there is an avalanche, what if the weakest Yaks always die on this celebration leaving the strongest to live on, that would explain how strong they are and also that they are not so smart, since they only need the more basic of knowledge to survive.
You are the first one to mention Twilight using earth pony magic, that was the first thing to come to my mind. They made it very clear in the past that the unicorns couldn't grow their own food. It shocked me the moment she grew the crops up. Sure they showed potions as a way for unicorns to be able to grow crops. But this episode confirmed for me that Twilight does have erth pony magic in her as an Alicorn.
24:05 the thing is though, pinkie came back there with the idea to help the yaks anyway, and the ponies were kind of acting like even though they said it first, they said it with out letting pinkie finish, she was in the middle of saying that anyway, so why did they act like pinkie didn't think they should help the yaks, she already had the idea first.
This was an okay episode, although not one of my favorites; compared to the other episodes we've had this season this is one of the weaker ones in my opinion. Pinkie Pie was great in this, it's just, I don't know. The lesson seemed off; like what was the lesson? Help others even when they don't ask for help or want help? That seems rather messed up in my opinion, but I don't know; maybe I'm reading it wrong. But still, great reaction and can't wait for more! XD.
Less Talk and More Do. I suppose that was the Yak's point... Eating hut, Sleeping hut, Fireplace to tell stories and the Music Hut... stomp everywhere else. They don't have chat-hut or ask-help-hut, do they?
The moral as I understood it is that sometimes when someone is clearly in trouble you shouldn't make them ask for your help before you do something about it. Maybe they're too proud for their own good, but in situations like this that issue can be set aside (though in the episode's case the issue was cultural and probably would never be addressed). Just help without waiting to be asked if you know you can (and need to) help. It's actually a very good lesson for everyone who has a friend in trouble pretending that everything's fine.
Hmm, Antroid, that's actually a good point about not waiting for somebody to ask for help before helping them, or sometimes helping them despite their insistence that they don't need it when it's clear they do. If there was a lesson to be had in this episode, I guess it was that, but it's still very weak, in my opinion. It's not really anything that Pinkie learned, as there wasn't really a single point here where she seemed to be thinking about giving up, and she's always been super helpful to all others she's befriended. And unfortunately it got overshadowed by the glaring issue of the prince's pride that was actually causing physical harm to his subjects. That seemed to be the real issue, and unfortunately it was never really addressed. Again, not a terrible episode, it just really seemed to lack a clear problem and solution.
I am fairly certain that if the pride thing was addressed as a problem, it would've raised countless complaints about how ponies are written as the superior race and they have to fix every other race's culture, pony exceptionalism and all that stuff. Heck, there were ALREADY complaints like this about this episode, and it went out of its way to say that Pinkie ended up respecting the yak culture! There were also complaints like that about the griffins and changelings. You can't really win with some of these plot setups. But hey, at least this episode is not as morally defunct as Parental Glideance!
the moral is sometimes you need to help even if your friends say noo.... and sometimes you dont need to melded in others stuff i think hehe but dont be to stubben not to take in help :-p yarh thats the one
He needs to cut down on the redbull for this one, or his heart wont take it xD ... Seriously AG, if you see this comment, it might be a good idea for this one in particular..
It took me a while to watch this one, but here are my highlights: 6:26 Okay Pinkie, what are you happy about? 6:30 Sorry Rarity, did we interrupt something? 6:33 Nice going Pinkie. You just doubled Applejack's workload. 6:39-6:43 How did she...? Oh wait, it's Pinkie - shouldn't question it. 6:53-6:58 "Pink Pony Who Lives With Baked Goods"? Imagine if that were a real name. Also, is it really too much for yaks to learn names. 7:01 Yicslubert? Does that translate to something? 7:04 I agree. I also think 2017 is the year of wish fulfilment for MLP. There's the episodes this season, the movie that's coming out, even 'Equestria Girls' is getting some special treatments this year (don't worry, no spoilers). 7:16-7:34 Yeah...subtle. More like: "invite me or I'll never stop sending you letters." 7:51 Like I said, the year of wish fulfilment. 8:14 Pinkie all giggly and excited. 8:18 Neither do we. 8:26 Yes indeed, Fluttershy. 8:30-8:55 Wow, Pinkie's really serious about this. And she wants Twilight to be serious, too. 8:56 I don't think she does. 9:04 Wait? Who in Equestria travels by hot air ballon anymore? Don't they usually just take the train? 9:17-9:37 Pinkie playing eye-spy with Gummy. I called the answer too, although I don't think Gummy was playing back. 9:54-9:58 Misleading mindless destruction. 10:20 I think so too. 10:54-11:22 Nice joke. Yak got all of us good. 11:31 Wait? Where did Gummy come from? He wasn't holding onto Pinkie's tail that whole time. 11:44 Pinkie's really getting into this. 11:50-11:55 I've already felt that way this episode. 12:22 Oops, indeed. 12:26 Oh no, I didn't work. 12:33 Neither do any of us. The writer is really dragging things out. 12:39-13:27 Yaks have one hut for every one kind of thing. 13:01 A new kind of smile. That's saying a lot considering its Pinkie. 13:07 I don't get why she hesitated. 13:23 One of the few characters who got Pinkie to be quite without magic. 13:36-13:50 Pink Pony stop speaking in third person? 13:56 Pinkie wants horns. 14:10 My thoughts exactly. 14:20 I know. We're almost halfway through the episode and there hasn't been any conflict. 14:24-14:28 And here comes that conflict. Also, your prediction skills are amazing as ever Applegeek. 14:28 Avalanche! 14:35-14:40 In other words, no. 14:50-14:55 Really? 15:22 The things Pinkie can do with her mane and body. 15:32-15:35 Nope. 15:47 Another avalanche. 16:08 He's stubborn. 16:19-16:26 I'm with Pinkie on that. 16:55 Snow food. 17:13 Snow beds. 17:21 That would depress anyone. 17:35 My thoughts exactly. 17:44 Snow music - sort of. 17:55 There is no music! 18:02-18:18 Oh dear, you know a situation is serious when the kids are starving. 18:56- Metaphorical story time. 19:12-19:15 We get it. It's not that funny. 19:16 Your pun was better. 19:28 No, none at all. 19:40-20:00 Yeah, very subtle Pinkie. 20:00-20:05 There's a fine line between pride and stubbornness. 20:25 Melty snow bed. 20:40-20:46 That's a lie and you know it, Pinkie. 20:49-21:12 Clever plan. 21:12 Backstory for Yak prince - sort of. 21:40-21:53 Pinkie questioning authenticity. 21:49 That is a VERY good point. 22:08 Pinkie stripped of her yak status. 22:13 Followed by a funny joke. 22:44-23:14 Pinkie plays 20 (million) questions...with herself essentially. 23:38 Snow couscous? 23:43-23:53 Did she explain the whole visit in exact detail? Also, Starlight isn't there - flying kites maybe? 23:53-24:00 She just said that, Pinkie. 24:01 I agree Applejack. 24:08-24:30 Pinkie really understands how they need to handle things. 24:30 Play on a famous expression. 24:45-24:51 Funny. 24:53 Pinkie's spy outfit returns. 25:04-25:14 And a pegasus. 25:51 I didn't notice that. 25:47 If that were possible no one would be starving. Plus, Earth ponies wouldn't have a purpose. 25:59 She just couldn't resist. 26:14 Sure, just let them think that. 26:21 That's true. 26:30 Oops, probably should've left sooner. 26:37 Too late. 26:43 She's scared senseless. 26:46-26:55 Nice excuse. 27:00-27:09 So they're too proud to ask for help themselves, but they don't mind being helped if they didn't ask for it? I get the message they were going for: a good friend will help you without needing to be asked. But it still makes the yaks seem a bit vain, don't you think? 27:14-27:25 Pinkie becomes a yak again. Complete with yak horns. 27:28 Ouch. 27:39 Apple Pony XD. I wonder what the others would be called? Rainbow-haired Pony? Quiet Pony With Cute Animals? Purple Princess Pony? Student Of Princess Pony? Marshmallow Pony? (No offence, Rarity.) 27:49 Okay, one more joke. Overall, this might be my least favourite episode of the season thus far. It isn't bad or anything, it's just slow-paced and others have been much better.
Love your reaction to all the videos you react to you always react to them with such a great vibe and energy you make them even better and helps me see more what happens in them. Also could you react to the trailers that TheeLinker made for some episodes of mlp they are really good and I would love to see you react to them. If you see this please let me know if you want to react to them It would make my day. Keep reacting the way you do and keep up the good work. 😊
Ohh this artist who drew your OC is really good I am going to have to commission something from her soon. Perhaps my OC for my up and possibly coming reaction channel.
Re: prologue comment about Luna's cutie mark only losing the moon in the Season 4 finale... the best canon excuse for the discrepancy that works in my mind is... Luna dyed her cutie mark. As of S1E1, when Twilight Sparkle expressed concern that an excited Rarity might decide to dye her coat a new color, this is cemented as a known practice. Could be that maybe Luna, in discussing this drastic step they intended to take, and anticipating the fading of her cutie mark, dyed her rump. Granted, when the moon faded, it didn't leave a splotch of undyed fur in its absence, so perhaps she dyed over it, and the magic of her cutie mark allowed for the image to shine through. Afterall, a simple coat dye is not nearly as thick as cutie-mark masking makeup. (I'm looking at you, Starlight)
Pinkie Pie: Say what were you guys up to since the last time we saw you way back in season 5 Rutherford: Uh...Yaks definitely not out conquering massive empire that stretch from China to Europe Pinkie Pie: Really? Rutherford: Look Yakyakistani Yaks decedents of Yaks that belong to Genghis Khan, Yaks have reputation to uphold
the moon I think is her power of the Moon just like Celestia Sun but the cloud is probably her dream walking so she gave up her power but she didn't give up her dream walking maybe it's something they can clarify in future I think she just has two cutie marks
when in Rome do as the Romans do. when in Yak land, do as the Yaks do. Yaks don't ask for help, they just help if they have the solution. Pinkie figured it out by helping the Yaks without making them ask for it. it is not like Applebuck Season. Ponies can see AJ needed help but wouldn't help until she asked for it.
this was fun blind watching the episode with you here. the episode tho wasn't the best i still liked it i've yet to actually had an episode i didn't like but yeah it just didn't have anything that really jumped out or got your attention. pinkie talking trying to be logical was amusing with the yaks but they just seem blah. if this was character development for them it bombed so bad. still gonna watch it again but it wont make it into any of my top list unless it's like top 150 list
hey applegeek. did you know that prince rutherford voice actor is Gary chalk who did the voice of optimus prime in transformers energon, armada, and cybertron?
Stephen Isaac I enjoyed armada but not energon or cybertron. the mix of 2D and 3D for the transformers while the show was anime in energon felt weird and the 3D transformers alongside the anime characters in cybertron was jarring. and optimus' mouth in cybertron is just... bleh
No, I didn't know that, but that makes sense, since Transformers is Hasbro property as well, and now that you mention it, I can imagine that voice sounding like Optimus if it took just a bit different tone.
Applegeek thank you applegeek. peter cullen, the voice of optimus prime the in g1 transformers, devastation game, and michael bay film, did the voice of Captain crab nasty in the 1986 show of mlp.
I completely agree with you. It's maybe the weakest episode of the season thus far but it's definitely not a bad episode. I feel it could have been made just a little it better with an admission from the Prince that he was wrong because we never got an understanding or sense of why he was so stubborn. Maybe some things were cut, but this season was doing really well on that aspect I feel before. So, yeah, just a weak episode for me. Take care, Sir
Ok, no spoilers, but you do NOT want to spoil the episode after the next, i suggest you go watch the next two episodes leaked in Australia before something happens.
The moral of the story is that sometimes it is important to spare someone's pride instead of solving it and making them lose faith in themselves. Anyone get what I mean?
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Let me get this straight? This yak holiday is about breaking stuff!? Quick, I'm going to need some fruit, a katana, a gun, a sling shot, my metal baseball bat, and a few dozen windows!!!
10/10, best comment! XD
David Fernandes you forgot a flamethrower, a bazooka, and a battle ship.
Gbox B321 You are absolutely right! And lets throw in a few nukes while we're at it!!!
David Fernandes that would be overkill but let's also put in some chainsaw and alligators.
David Fernandes, we should also add a few tanks into the pile.
Moral: never be afraid to ask for help because real friends will always offer a hand and won’t judge you for what you find hard to do
Exactly.
Very well said! ❤
I think the lesson is less about pride and more about working with different cultures. There are a lot of cultures in the real world where asking for help is considered a sign of weakness as well as an insult to the person being asked. The assumption is that real friends will help without having to be asked.
Interestingly, this cultural quirk is particularly common in Asian countries like the sort the yaks are modeled after.
Like you mentioned, they didn't have a problem with Pinkie helping. It was when Pinkie offered to go back to Ponyville and *ask* for help that things went downhill. They could have handled it better, sure. Like you said, it seemed the other yaks were afraid of Ruthiford, which muddied things a bit.
I thought that the yaks might have been modelled after German culture? They live in a snowy region, they have festivals ending with fest, their homes are built like traditional German huts from way back when, and they speak very directly and bluntly which can be seen as brash and rude by other cultures.
Guys had that kind of problem. They don't ask about help because they think that this is the sign of weakness but it isn't truth. We all need help sometimes.
@@tinystep1633 5 years late but: You have Mongolia, in which snows a lot, they have snowy mountains, and China also has snowy mountains and regions and then you have the best example of them all: The Tibet and Nepal which are countries in which also snows A LOT, and the tibetans almost all of them live in the mountains and in huts like the yaks do in MLP, so yes they're based upon asians
the moral is if you see someone who needs help dont just wait till they say they need help try and help them.
But Pinkie wasn't waiting. She offered help right away and was met with refusal.
She was still basically waiting for them to say yes.
How can Twilight use Earthpony majic? Simple.. she is an Alicorn, a form which embodies ALL pony types.
Sigh.. should have watched to the very end before commenting. In any case, good review. Even pulled out a couple of plot details I missed.
Yeah, it's easily explainable, it's just the first time (to my knowledge) that we've seen any Alicorn actually utilize what appears to be Earth pony magic. We've only seen them use more Unicorn-style magic with their horns, and have seen that they can fly and sit on clouds like Pegasi. Even though Twilight used her horn and not her hooves, this is the first time I can recall in canon when we've seen an Alicorn do anything remotely resembling Earth pony magic. All I can say is, I approve, and please show us more! ^_^
Well Luna and Celestia's *manes* and *tails* have been interpreted as showing Earth-pony magic. The way the Earthponies use their manes and tails... Applejack using her tail to handle a lasso for one thing...
Applegeek You should react to: Top 10 Fails in foreign Versions of MLP Fim :)
Where does she use earth pony magic
14:20 it's funny, the moment that AG finished ask's his question, the show answers him 4seconds later.
You missed the best part of the episode:
"And that how yaks defeat evil and save world!"
Meowth: Not asking for trouble????
♪ Jessie: Prepare for trouble...
James: ...and make it double!
Jessie: To protect the world from devastation!
James: To unite all peoples within our nation!
Jessie: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
James: To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie: Jessie!
James: James!
Jessie: Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!
James: Surrender now or prepare to fight!
Meowth: Meowth, dat's right! ♪
Applegeek Lol
Whoo!
Wobba!
The moral is "Those who ask least often needs help most".
Oh! I get it! Yaks don't ask for help because for them you just do it without asking. Makes sense for such a stubborn prideful species, after all, of being told no will stop you from doing what's right, you're not what Yaks are!
I REALLY needed this video. Discovered your absolutely charming and brilliant content a few days ago, and have been itching for some new uploads since. I'm glad you took a break in response to that burn-out. No matter someones hobby, we all experience it but only half of us ever respond to it. I'm happy that you took care of yourself in that time! I've had a rough evening emotionally and this video is just the care I needed.
Wow, I'm not even sure what to say in response to that, other than to say thank you, and that I'm glad I could be there for you. I hope things are looking up for you now!
I'm doing much better now! The situation is in limbo, but my feelings on the matter are NOT, therefor ~*HEALING*~ haha! Thank you for responding and checking in! I look forward to enjoying even more of your videos in the future. c:
25:48 How did she do that?
Magic. (snort)
It's magic
Pinkie is my favourite character so any episode focused on her is a great one for me and i love the yaks. Just watching your old reactions as i only found your channel recently.
I like how all the reactors I've seen watching this episode so far have predicted the avalanche within seconds of the event actually happening...!
it is on TH-cam when it airs in Australia and US and we are up to EP 13
It wasn't so much a lesson that Pinkie had to learn, but a new approach at solving a problem that respected the yaks' ideologies. That's what I took from the ending. She proved to be just as stubborn as Prince Rutherford. He kept insisting the yaks didn't need help, but he appreciated her effort at never backing down, even after losing her honorary status and being told to leave. That's what it truly means to be a yak. Pinkie understood that all along, though perhaps never realized it, and she was welcomed back as one of them. So for me, while this episode wasn't the best Season 7 has had to offer, it's not the weakest. I actually liked Forever Filly the least so far.
Hmm, well while that may have been the point, for Pinkie to truly understand yaks by becoming as stubborn as them, I'm afraid I don't feel that that was a very good moral takeaway. Overall this episode was good for entertainment value, but just really lacked a clear moral, which was disappointing. Hardly the worst in the series though.
This was indeed an episode. LOL To be honest, I hated the yaks when they were first introduced. Loved them in this episode. :))
I don't like the yaks either Yona is the only yak I like.
'I GOT WOOD! YOU GOT WOOD!? LET'S GO SMASH!!!' By DAGames, as a reference to the yaks smashing some wood. XD
It was during his gameplay in Chapter 2 of "Bendy and The Ink Machine"
accidentally stopped at 12:58
not regretting it :D
HELLO!??!? WHAT ROCK HAS EVERYONE BEEN LIVING UNDER!?!?!? EPISODE 12 IS ALREADY OUT!!!!!!!!!! WHERE HAVE YOU ALL BEEN!?!?!??!?!
"...because that one will be pretty hard to top."
Yeah... about that...
This is a good episode, but definitely among the weaker ones of the season.
It's not really boring.
It's just more low-key than most of the season.
+funcoolfunfun
I think you meant
boar-ing ( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)
Every episode in this season is awesome.
Pinkie is being so much fun to laugh at 😂😂bring on the bus truck and some popcorn 🍿🍿🍿
thanks for telling us when it started
as i see in the pool result, you are in the top 30 (25 from today)! Awsome!!! Crossing fingers really hard for your OC to be in the game. BTW, i vote for u
Awesome, thanks! As of the point I posted this, I was in something like position 40, so that was a quick change. XD
Oh, BTW, you should see the equestria girls episodes. It is in a foreign language but translated in english and they are pretty cool.
Applegeek I noticed the three most violent females in the community that are considered one of the most violent out there aren't actually even getting one little bit of a vote.
lightning bliss, Eliora, and hearther blossom.
can't wait for u to watch episode 13 u are going to freak out CANT WAIT
I was almost in tears when I watched it.
APPLEGEEK IF YOUR READING THIS GO FIND THE EPISODE ALREADY!!!!!!!!IM TRYING NOT TO GIVE ANY SPOILERS BUT KEEPING IT TO MYSELF IS KILLING ME!!!!!!!! IM LIKE PINKIE PIE!!!!
"I don't know what to say about this one" *25 minutes left*
Well, for Pinkie Pie, that is pretty subtle, she would usually include confetti and an explosion.
Someone else caught on that was likely Twilight channeling her Earth Pony magic! YAY!!!!
Still hold Leans In as weaker, just for being so simplistic, but yeah this was just.... average. Nothing great, but nothing bad.
congrats on 10k subs ^^
At lest the sand-wiches weren't shaped like witches. Sand-witches? Double pun for the win!
I was very tempted to throw this in there, but I felt like the bad pun allotment had already been exceeded for this episode: www.glocktalk.com/attachments/sand-witch-jpg.258628/
10k subs?!?! Congrats dude!!! XDDD
He deserves it.
it's just Pinky Pie.
okay the yaks this good ep.
Gummy it's a real good Side kick.
"Pink pony better check self before wreak self!" New meme confirmed.
Also, I just noticed that the Yaks speak in the 3rd person.
Dallin Anderson which makes the prince saying "imagine door. there, "I" slammed it" pretty obvious
That almost sounded like an Iron Will quote. XD
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Excellent video. Keep it up!
"boy, pinkie's on point" Applegeek, I've been subscribed to you for about 4 months, but now I'm rethinking my decision. :C XD
Hehe. Well, just for fair warning, I seem to be getting better (or is it worse?) at the bad puns, and actually had to stop myself from adding in even more to this episode. There will likely be many more in future reactions. XD
I like this episode a LOT. I think pinkie was in top form here. unlike previous episodes where the writers made her hold the idiot stick for most of the episode, here she was at her best. Silly, lovable, a tad over the top, but nothing cringe inducing. Is it a great episode? eh.. lets go with solid. its at least in my personal top 10 for this season. but may or may not make the final cut, depending on what the rest of the season has in store for us.
Yep, I recognize that it's one of Pinkie's best performances as a character overall, just wish they had allowed her to more properly resolve the issue.
Honestly I don't mind the way they resolved things all that much. The moral of the story or the solution doesn't always have to be, shall we say, on the nose. Anyways, looking forward to your next reaction. Though its probably gonna be a while since we'll have to wait a few weeks for the new episode.
Applegeek . I'm not sure if you noticed, but this episode actually had a pretty good lesson, well, at least it was relatable for me when I herd what the prince said at the end. let me give an example to show what I mean.
let's say your sister is doing dishes, she just saw they needed to be done and started in, and sense it was their choice they aren't going to ask for help. But if you come over and start helping, they will gladly accept.
What do I mean by this? it's simple. some people won't ask for help because they don't want to take advantage of someone or put someone on the spot by asking. however they'll gratefully accept help if offered. And I think the yak's are a little like this. they don't want to ask for help because they don't want to take advantage of the ponies kindness and because they want to show that they are strong. I'm guessing it's a cultural thing. Just how he said that Pinkie helped them without them asking meant she understood makes me think that the yak's are the type of people who immediately help if someone needs it, but never ask. it's a little confusing to explain, but again, I think it's something to do with the yak culture.
I suppose I probably got the meaning a lot better then most people as I'm the type of person who likes to help out (as long as it's not something stupid and I have enough time), so I can kind of understand the yak's thinking a little bit.
O well, those are just my thought's on the matter.
I understand your point, but it's not really an accurate comparison to what happened here. This wasn't just not asking for help to do chores you can do yourself, this was a case of having a whole nation (or town at least) suddenly without shelter or food. That is absolutely not the time to be stubborn about accepting outside help, especially when you're responsible for the well being of others. That's a time when you swallow your pride and graciously accept help. Honestly, if the issue would have been that they wouldn't accept help unless it was offered freely, so that they didn't have to ask, that wouldn't be so bad, but to outright refuse the help when it was desperately needed (i.e. when children are literally starving), that was wrong. There WAS a good lesson to be had this episode, had it been executed properly, but unfortunately, it was not, so things just happened and nothing really changed. It's not an absolutely terrible episode, rather it's just frustrating because the message it was supposed to have is very unclear, especially for young children.
Applegeek . Yeah I know, I guess I just try and think of a reason for everything. It's just because I've seen to many people call certain episodes "bad" because they never stop and think why a character may have done something. Like how a lot of people say Newbie Dash is bad because she learned that type of lesson before. But they never stop to think about the fact that pride, which is RD's main fault, is possibly the hardest fault to overcome, and no one is going to overcome it with just a few lessons.
I'm not talking about you by the way, you're actually quite good at looking over an episode from what I've seen. it's just that certain things get to me after a wail. Oh well, here's to hoping the rest of season 7 is as awesome as the first half!👍
Great reaction! also,your laugh is cute ^-^ (sorry for my bad english,i speak spanish)
BOTH EPISODE 12 AND 13 IS OUT!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
moral of the story: some are too proud to ask for help... but if you do help without asking, they might not be mad for being helped.
See? Frank Pony understand Yak. :)
It's good to see a totally Pinkie episode for season 7. Most of the episodes have been of superior quality this season, so far. And while this is not a 'great' one, it's still good. My two faves so far are the ones with Celestia. 'Tia laughing about Twilight worrying about her pupil, just like 'Tia did about Twilight. And, my top fave so far: Mixing up the Sisters! Yay! Everypony will go on and on about Day Breaker... but I appreciate more, the fact that the Sisters got a chance to 'be' each other for awhile. Learning to appreciate the hard work that they deprecated before.
enough from me,
the Frank Pony
As to Twilight and the garden... I think it was a bit of both... Unicorn Magic and Earth Pony agriculture skill. We have seen unicorns with window boxes (see Snowdrop video opening sequence).
Unicorns can and do grow things, but not on the scale of the Earth Ponies. So, I conclude that Twilight was using both her Earth Pony skill and Unicorn Magic to enhance the plant growth and compress the time needed to sprout the plantings.
I might be out on a limb here about all this, but to me, this makes sense.
the Frank Pony
Yeah, I know I'm probably reading too much into it, but it just struck me as something that could actually be Earth pony traits being utilized by an Alicorn, something we haven't yet really seen in this show that I can recall. We've only really seen the Unicorn and Pegasi traits until now. Actually, we've seen very little Earth pony magic overall, which honestly has really bothered me, because I feel like Earth ponies are underrated and too easily ignored. Alicorns are supposed to equally represent all three, so any Earth pony traits that get highlighted are a plus for me.
I think Celestia's and Luna's Mane and Tail flowing is how *they* express earth-pony magic. We have seen earth-ponies using manes and tails to do things. The way Luna's mane became flat in Royal Problems -- much like Pinkie's when she's upset -- is just furthering this theory...
Elderscrollsswimmer Wow, that's a very good point! I never really noticed that until now.. o.o
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Slervert fest? Sounds like there is going to be a lot of saliva involved. I being the spit bucket.
Brony's and Pegasisters in Fighting is Magic...that is brilliant! I'm gonna vote for a lot of them including you Applegeek: I hope you make it in. :)
I know it's not the best episode but it's pretty nice it's about helping ponies and yaks
To be honest I liked it more than "Fluttershy leans in", I like to be entertained and this did that.
I feel like your commentary was spot on for the most part as usual, but there is something of interest that hit me while I was listening to the episode again. I'm not sure exactly what to make of it, or how it might alter anyone's thoughts on the episode, but I think it's at least worth sharing and perhaps gives a notable differentiation from, say, Applebuck Season.
In that episode, and I feel like also similar "learn to ask for help" messages, the character is in over their head, overwhelmed, or otherwise just faced with more than they can handle but are too stubborn/prideful to admit it. But the situation of the Yaks was much worse. They were suddenly effectively without shelter and without food. Or, to put it in the terms this hit me with in my mind, they had very suddenly become homeless. And this hit me because I've been around homeless people a lot, serving at a homeless church for the past couple years. And while every person is different, one thing I've noticed about many of them is they keep a lot of self-pride and/or dignity. Many of them are particular about what they take or accept in terms of food, clothes, etc., not wanting to seem like they're stooping to take a handout or charity, just grabbing whatever they're offered regardless of the quality. And while it could be argued that when someone is in that kind of situation they should take what they can get, that dignity is extremely important to them to keep their morale up while they are in a tough situation. They don't want to have to ask for what they need to make it but rather receive it in a way that lets them keep their heads high.
Don't get me wrong, it doesn't mean Rutherford was making the right decision. Especially with his subjects suffering for it. (Though at first they were all stubborn, it's more that the others started to have doubts much sooner). But the way Pinkie helped them without asking and the way Rutherford responded to their help, it made it feel like there was a potential implied message about how to help people in dire straits while letting them keep their heads up. That said, there's the whole careful ground of forcing help on others, and that's a whole other can of worms. But I felt I should at least share this potential side of the issue and how I found a potential relatable message out of it.
Wow, that's an absolutely fantastic insight! That does actually make a lot of sense in terms of why he was refusing the help. I myself have heard stories about how homeless people are often like that. Btw, that's awesome that you help people like that! HOWEVER, I still have to argue that as a leader of a nation, the prince should have been willing to swallow a bit of pride in exchange for the safety of his people. He knew they needed help, and was overjoyed that Pinkie saved him the embarrassment of having to admit it. As an individual, I can be a bit more understanding of stubborn pride, but when you have the responsibility of an entire nation (albeit a small one), you have to be better than that, or people will literally die. I don't honestly think Prince Rutherford is an evil dictator or anything, but it actually kind of felt like the writers were kind of hinting at that with the suffering children angle. Overall, the moral was unclear in this episode, and I wish they had spent less time on the build-up and more time figuring out how to address the pride issue in a meaningful way.
Yeah, I can definitely agree that as a leader he needs to be able to swallow his pride if it's what his subjects need. And I definitely get the problem with too much buildup vs. development of conflict and resolution.
Also, I'm glad you replied because earlier I couldn't find my comment and I thought my phone had derped and failed to post my comment and I was bummed because I didn't want to have to write that whole thing up again. XD
Hey, here is a theory, how about the Yikslurbertfest every year there is an avalanche, what if the weakest Yaks always die on this celebration leaving the strongest to live on, that would explain how strong they are and also that they are not so smart, since they only need the more basic of knowledge to survive.
You are the first one to mention Twilight using earth pony magic, that was the first thing to come to my mind. They made it very clear in the past that the unicorns couldn't grow their own food. It shocked me the moment she grew the crops up. Sure they showed potions as a way for unicorns to be able to grow crops. But this episode confirmed for me that Twilight does have erth pony magic in her as an Alicorn.
they were eating sandwhichs!
me: BOO
no I don't think they undersand!
me: boo! is that all you got??
"yay" *Applegeek*
that female yak sounded like high pitched version of heavy from team fortress 2.
Applegeek: everything is going great so far, what’s the issue here?
Also Applegeek: oh! ohhhh.....that wasn’t good
Well we have an issue.
I really like that art at 0:49
Great reaction.
Thx for OC fighting link!
I dunno, the cringe from the Mac episode...
24:05 the thing is though, pinkie came back there with the idea to help the yaks anyway, and the ponies were kind of acting like even though they said it first, they said it with out letting pinkie finish, she was in the middle of saying that anyway, so why did they act like pinkie didn't think they should help the yaks, she already had the idea first.
this episode reminds me of somethin....
Yaks = taurus
Huh...I wonder which creature = Capricorn? Is it Hippogriff?
This was an okay episode, although not one of my favorites; compared to the other episodes we've had this season this is one of the weaker ones in my opinion. Pinkie Pie was great in this, it's just, I don't know. The lesson seemed off; like what was the lesson? Help others even when they don't ask for help or want help? That seems rather messed up in my opinion, but I don't know; maybe I'm reading it wrong. But still, great reaction and can't wait for more! XD.
Less Talk and More Do. I suppose that was the Yak's point... Eating hut, Sleeping hut, Fireplace to tell stories and the Music Hut... stomp everywhere else. They don't have chat-hut or ask-help-hut, do they?
Book Lover I think the moral was to help a friend in need even if it hurts their pride without hurting their pride.
The moral as I understood it is that sometimes when someone is clearly in trouble you shouldn't make them ask for your help before you do something about it. Maybe they're too proud for their own good, but in situations like this that issue can be set aside (though in the episode's case the issue was cultural and probably would never be addressed). Just help without waiting to be asked if you know you can (and need to) help. It's actually a very good lesson for everyone who has a friend in trouble pretending that everything's fine.
Hmm, Antroid, that's actually a good point about not waiting for somebody to ask for help before helping them, or sometimes helping them despite their insistence that they don't need it when it's clear they do. If there was a lesson to be had in this episode, I guess it was that, but it's still very weak, in my opinion. It's not really anything that Pinkie learned, as there wasn't really a single point here where she seemed to be thinking about giving up, and she's always been super helpful to all others she's befriended. And unfortunately it got overshadowed by the glaring issue of the prince's pride that was actually causing physical harm to his subjects. That seemed to be the real issue, and unfortunately it was never really addressed. Again, not a terrible episode, it just really seemed to lack a clear problem and solution.
I am fairly certain that if the pride thing was addressed as a problem, it would've raised countless complaints about how ponies are written as the superior race and they have to fix every other race's culture, pony exceptionalism and all that stuff. Heck, there were ALREADY complaints like this about this episode, and it went out of its way to say that Pinkie ended up respecting the yak culture! There were also complaints like that about the griffins and changelings. You can't really win with some of these plot setups.
But hey, at least this episode is not as morally defunct as Parental Glideance!
I am so happy that pinkie pie used her hair drill
the moral is sometimes you need to help even if your friends say noo.... and sometimes you dont need to melded in others stuff i think hehe but dont be to stubben not to take in help :-p yarh thats the one
Gummy is best pony
I just watched episode 13 and I tell you applegeek is not ready
He needs to cut down on the redbull for this one, or his heart wont take it xD
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Seriously AG, if you see this comment, it might be a good idea for this one in particular..
+AURAequine so true I was going to say he will have a heart attack but I took it out for some reason so thank you for saying what I wanted to say
I actually really liked this moral because I'm just like the yacks in episode, not because I proud but just because I have a lot of trouble asking
If you have a troubles about asking for help because you are afraid that this is the sign of weakness but this isn't. Don't be afraid
@@princesslightningstrike4592 its more because of the extreme anxiety I have do to the mental disability I have
i enjoy your reaction vids!
Wow prince brotherhood has some anger issues about asking for help and not willing to admit it
maybe Twilight was just pulling the plants from the ground since all that snow pushed down the plants? idk
It took me a while to watch this one, but here are my highlights:
6:26 Okay Pinkie, what are you happy about?
6:30 Sorry Rarity, did we interrupt something?
6:33 Nice going Pinkie. You just doubled Applejack's workload.
6:39-6:43 How did she...? Oh wait, it's Pinkie - shouldn't question it.
6:53-6:58 "Pink Pony Who Lives With Baked Goods"? Imagine if that were a real name. Also, is it really too much for yaks to learn names.
7:01 Yicslubert? Does that translate to something?
7:04 I agree. I also think 2017 is the year of wish fulfilment for MLP. There's the episodes this season, the movie that's coming out, even 'Equestria Girls' is getting some special treatments this year (don't worry, no spoilers).
7:16-7:34 Yeah...subtle. More like: "invite me or I'll never stop sending you letters."
7:51 Like I said, the year of wish fulfilment.
8:14 Pinkie all giggly and excited.
8:18 Neither do we.
8:26 Yes indeed, Fluttershy.
8:30-8:55 Wow, Pinkie's really serious about this. And she wants Twilight to be serious, too.
8:56 I don't think she does.
9:04 Wait? Who in Equestria travels by hot air ballon anymore? Don't they usually just take the train?
9:17-9:37 Pinkie playing eye-spy with Gummy. I called the answer too, although I don't think Gummy was playing back.
9:54-9:58 Misleading mindless destruction.
10:20 I think so too.
10:54-11:22 Nice joke. Yak got all of us good.
11:31 Wait? Where did Gummy come from? He wasn't holding onto Pinkie's tail that whole time.
11:44 Pinkie's really getting into this.
11:50-11:55 I've already felt that way this episode.
12:22 Oops, indeed.
12:26 Oh no, I didn't work.
12:33 Neither do any of us. The writer is really dragging things out.
12:39-13:27 Yaks have one hut for every one kind of thing.
13:01 A new kind of smile. That's saying a lot considering its Pinkie.
13:07 I don't get why she hesitated.
13:23 One of the few characters who got Pinkie to be quite without magic.
13:36-13:50 Pink Pony stop speaking in third person?
13:56 Pinkie wants horns.
14:10 My thoughts exactly.
14:20 I know. We're almost halfway through the episode and there hasn't been any conflict.
14:24-14:28 And here comes that conflict. Also, your prediction skills are amazing as ever Applegeek.
14:28 Avalanche!
14:35-14:40 In other words, no.
14:50-14:55 Really?
15:22 The things Pinkie can do with her mane and body.
15:32-15:35 Nope.
15:47 Another avalanche.
16:08 He's stubborn.
16:19-16:26 I'm with Pinkie on that.
16:55 Snow food.
17:13 Snow beds.
17:21 That would depress anyone.
17:35 My thoughts exactly.
17:44 Snow music - sort of.
17:55 There is no music!
18:02-18:18 Oh dear, you know a situation is serious when the kids are starving.
18:56- Metaphorical story time.
19:12-19:15 We get it. It's not that funny.
19:16 Your pun was better.
19:28 No, none at all.
19:40-20:00 Yeah, very subtle Pinkie.
20:00-20:05 There's a fine line between pride and stubbornness.
20:25 Melty snow bed.
20:40-20:46 That's a lie and you know it, Pinkie.
20:49-21:12 Clever plan.
21:12 Backstory for Yak prince - sort of.
21:40-21:53 Pinkie questioning authenticity.
21:49 That is a VERY good point.
22:08 Pinkie stripped of her yak status.
22:13 Followed by a funny joke.
22:44-23:14 Pinkie plays 20 (million) questions...with herself essentially.
23:38 Snow couscous?
23:43-23:53 Did she explain the whole visit in exact detail? Also, Starlight isn't there - flying kites maybe?
23:53-24:00 She just said that, Pinkie.
24:01 I agree Applejack.
24:08-24:30 Pinkie really understands how they need to handle things.
24:30 Play on a famous expression.
24:45-24:51 Funny.
24:53 Pinkie's spy outfit returns.
25:04-25:14 And a pegasus.
25:51 I didn't notice that.
25:47 If that were possible no one would be starving. Plus, Earth ponies wouldn't have a purpose.
25:59 She just couldn't resist.
26:14 Sure, just let them think that.
26:21 That's true.
26:30 Oops, probably should've left sooner.
26:37 Too late.
26:43 She's scared senseless.
26:46-26:55 Nice excuse.
27:00-27:09 So they're too proud to ask for help themselves, but they don't mind being helped if they didn't ask for it? I get the message they were going for: a good friend will help you without needing to be asked. But it still makes the yaks seem a bit vain, don't you think?
27:14-27:25 Pinkie becomes a yak again. Complete with yak horns.
27:28 Ouch.
27:39 Apple Pony XD. I wonder what the others would be called? Rainbow-haired Pony? Quiet Pony With Cute Animals? Purple Princess Pony? Student Of Princess Pony? Marshmallow Pony? (No offence, Rarity.)
27:49 Okay, one more joke.
Overall, this might be my least favourite episode of the season thus far. It isn't bad or anything, it's just slow-paced and others have been much better.
Love your reaction to all the videos you react to you always react to them with such a great vibe and energy you make them even better and helps me see more what happens in them. Also could you react to the trailers that TheeLinker made for some episodes of mlp they are really good and I would love to see you react to them. If you see this please let me know if you want to react to them It would make my day. Keep reacting the way you do and keep up the good work. 😊
Ohh this artist who drew your OC is really good I am going to have to commission something from her soon. Perhaps my OC for my up and possibly coming reaction channel.
Re: prologue comment about Luna's cutie mark only losing the moon in the Season 4 finale... the best canon excuse for the discrepancy that works in my mind is... Luna dyed her cutie mark. As of S1E1, when Twilight Sparkle expressed concern that an excited Rarity might decide to dye her coat a new color, this is cemented as a known practice. Could be that maybe Luna, in discussing this drastic step they intended to take, and anticipating the fading of her cutie mark, dyed her rump.
Granted, when the moon faded, it didn't leave a splotch of undyed fur in its absence, so perhaps she dyed over it, and the magic of her cutie mark allowed for the image to shine through. Afterall, a simple coat dye is not nearly as thick as cutie-mark masking makeup. (I'm looking at you, Starlight)
Pinkie Pie: Say what were you guys up to since the last time we saw you way back in season 5
Rutherford: Uh...Yaks definitely not out conquering massive empire that stretch from China to Europe
Pinkie Pie: Really?
Rutherford: Look Yakyakistani Yaks decedents of Yaks that belong to Genghis Khan, Yaks have reputation to uphold
the moon I think is her power of the Moon just like Celestia Sun but the cloud is probably her dream walking so she gave up her power but she didn't give up her dream walking maybe it's something they can clarify in future I think she just has two cutie marks
dose this episode remind anyone else when applejack didnt ask for help with the apple trees?! anyone?
Yep
DJ_ Apple uh huh😐
Even yaks I found adorable in some way. So good episode.
23:44 that is probably the funniest imitation Pinkie Pie has done of another character on the entire show!
gummy must be pretty tough skinned cause he's cold blooded also he always has kisses for pinkie pie x3
25:47 twilight can also do earth pony magic because alicorn corn ponies have elements of unicorn ponies pegasus ponies and earth ponies
you should do a reaction to : Fall of an Empire - Royal Canterlot Symphonic Metal Orchestra :)
how long do we have to wait for EP 13 react it is a thing on your wish list 😄
when in Rome do as the Romans do. when in Yak land, do as the Yaks do. Yaks don't ask for help, they just help if they have the solution. Pinkie figured it out by helping the Yaks without making them ask for it.
it is not like Applebuck Season. Ponies can see AJ needed help but wouldn't help until she asked for it.
that is awesome art
this was fun blind watching the episode with you here. the episode tho wasn't the best i still liked it i've yet to actually had an episode i didn't like but yeah it just didn't have anything that really jumped out or got your attention. pinkie talking trying to be logical was amusing with the yaks but they just seem blah. if this was character development for them it bombed so bad. still gonna watch it again but it wont make it into any of my top list unless it's like top 150 list
hey applegeek. did you know that prince rutherford voice actor is Gary chalk who did the voice of optimus prime in transformers energon, armada, and cybertron?
Stephen Isaac I enjoyed armada but not energon or cybertron. the mix of 2D and 3D for the transformers while the show was anime in energon felt weird and the 3D transformers alongside the anime characters in cybertron was jarring. and optimus' mouth in cybertron is just... bleh
No, I didn't know that, but that makes sense, since Transformers is Hasbro property as well, and now that you mention it, I can imagine that voice sounding like Optimus if it took just a bit different tone.
Applegeek thank you applegeek. peter cullen, the voice of optimus prime the in g1 transformers, devastation game, and michael bay film, did the voice of Captain crab nasty in the 1986 show of mlp.
I completely agree with you. It's maybe the weakest episode of the season thus far but it's definitely not a bad episode. I feel it could have been made just a little it better with an admission from the Prince that he was wrong because we never got an understanding or sense of why he was so stubborn. Maybe some things were cut, but this season was doing really well on that aspect I feel before. So, yeah, just a weak episode for me.
Take care, Sir
Hello Appegeek this is your folk ;-)
Ok, no spoilers, but you do NOT want to spoil the episode after the next, i suggest you go watch the next two episodes leaked in Australia before something happens.
oh my god!! i've been waiting for season 7 episode 12 mlp hasbro what took you so long?
I am so happy.
I am so happy. 😂555555+
Me too.
all the yaks may practice their customs so they might not have ganged up on the prince
Applegeek you have to see hanazuki it's a series by Hasbro to maybe you have seen it but it's so good
What does everyone not like about prince Rutherford I think he's hilarious
25:47 she could do earth pony magic because she is an alicorn. Also, how did you know about earth
Pony magic years before G5 came out?
Howdy applegeek!
The moral of the story is that sometimes it is important to spare someone's pride instead of solving it and making them lose faith in themselves. Anyone get what I mean?
19:21 it's ok
When the snow fell would'nt the fire burn some of it??????
This episode was applebuck season 2.0
And episode 13 also
I can tell that he got you too
Howdy, Applegeek. Haven't you seen equestria girls specials(dance magic, movie magic, mirror magic). It will blow your mind.
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