I like that you addressed the stigma behind Starlight being OP. I don't mind her magical ability either. In fact, there's a perfectly legit reason why Twilight isn't astronomically more powerful than her: the source of her alicorn magic is friendship. People are so caught up by how godlike the other princesses are on their own that they forget Twilight's magic isn't meant to be like theirs. By herself, she's really just a powerful unicorn with wings. Only when she's with her friends can she be at her full potential. She couldn't beat Tirek until she got the last key to unlock the magic she shared with the Mane Five. In a similar vein, Cadence's magic couldn't drive off Chrysalis until she combined her love with Shining Armor's. Some alicorns depend on the bonds they share with others. Celestia summed it up well in the Season 4 finale: "What is the Princess of Friendship without her friends?" And the answer to that, is nothing special. Just another unicorn who happens to have wings. So Starlight has every right to be equally powerful. She can go toe-to-toe with Twilight and that's okay, because it doesn't mean she'll be toppling Celestia or Luna any time soon.
I personally have never subscribed to the idea that Alicorns are all-powerful, immortal deities. Yes, they live for a very long time, which allows them to gain great knowledge and wisdom, as well as magical power, but that's basically the only difference. Oh, and they can perform some unique kinds of magic that Unicorns can't, due to their magic being balanced equally among the traits of the three main races. Oh, and btw, based on The Journal of the Two Sisters, which describes how Celestia and Luna receive an infusion of magical power by performing the act of raising and lowering the sun and moon, my head canon is that that infusion of magic is what's given them their flowing manes and allowed them to live for over 1000 years. The journal also states that Alicorns live much longer than the other races in general, but likely not for as long as those two have, so that basically explains how they are supposedly immortal when Cadance and Twilight supposedly are not.
MorbidCuriosity you are correct in that speculation. We all know magics verys frome each pony just at what degree is something we cant confierm or deny so ya. Really good theary.
Here's my idea on why Starlight's so powerful. A Unicorn's level of magic ability depends (at least partly) on what their special talent is, and it'll need to be strong enough for them to be able to do their special talent. Since Starlight's special talent is in Cute Mark magic, and because it should take a very high level of magic to be able to switch/take away Cutie Marks, it would make sense to why her magic ability's in general is so strong, since she NEEDS to be that powerful to take/switch Cutie Marks with the ease that she seemed to have. If Starlight tried to teach say, Rarity, the spell to do it, i HIGHLY doubt she could do it, even though she's also a Unicorn. I wonder if Starlight's magic would go up even more if she becomes an Alicorn, or would her overall magic power stay the same, but would gain some new abilities just for being an Alicorn
I know, but it's still a bit of a stretch. Like I said, I think the problem was doing the activity with Pinkie, not so much the activity itself. If I were asked to bake a cake alongside a pastry expert, I would probably be freaked out too. XD
Applegeek Mm, I suppose that's true. I would just think that baking a cake with major would be like 100% times easier then baking a cake with your hands or hooves; and since Starlight's a pony that uses her magic a lot it would make sense that she'd be more comfortable using magic, I mean just look at No Second Prances where her answer to everything was to use magic. (That's something that she has a problem with and I would like the writers to tackle that sometime). XD.
Applegeek I guess it could have contributed. Also, she clearly still seem very unused to social interactions in general. * Work: She knows what to do. * Control: She knows what to do. * Talk about things where she feel she knows enough: She knows what to do. * Magic: She Certainly knows what to do. ** ..... Anything else? She might feel as if she has No Idea.
Thanks for the link, but I've been informed that that copy has corruption issues. I am waiting for the official release so I can use an undamaged copy of the movie.
I just love how Starlight's main character flaw is how impulsive she is: Twilight is prone to over analysis and panic attacks, along with OCD, Applejack is blunt and honest, sometimes brutally, as well as incredibly stubborn. Rainbow Dash is kinda full of herself and hard-headed with an ego problem. Rarity has bouts of greed and is something of a drama queen. Pinkie Pie has no grasp of personal space (until Rock Solid Friendship, anyways). Fluttershy is often times unwilling to defend herself socially, though she's definately improved on that front lately. Starlight Glimmer's flaw is impulsive and reckless behavior with her magic. A problem arises and she doesn't think it through before popping off a spell. I think a lot of people don't notice that; She's powerful, but she doesn't have a stable temperament. This episode is one of several to highlight this. The other prominent example that cmes to my mind, at 4:30 in the morning while half asleep and dealing with insomnia, would be 'A Royal Problem' over in season 7.
Applegeek I always look forward to seeing your reactions to these episodes and I was not disappointed this time around either. Keep up the awesome reactions!
Hmm, now that you mention it...not exactly, but I can hear a hint of that voice in there. I'm sure it gets hard to keep all those voices separate, especially when speaking in such an emotional manner.
I think the difference between "No Second Prances" and this, was that Starlight whipped a cake together with a magic spell, and the assignment was to actually do it by hoof. Kind of like Googling something as opposed to going to the library. It was easy to make a cake by magic, but then you saw how difficult it was for her doing it by hoof.
2:05 or Steven Universe. 3:50 Haven't we learned that that isn't a good idea in "to many Pinkie pies"? 3:08 those blocks going like that are a reference to something, but can't remember what. 5:58 the most overused word of the episode 9:09 chillaxing: chill and relaxing combined. She's been hanging around pinkie pie to much. 9:40 It's nice that we hear of other ponies that made spells beside Starswirl 15:18 have someone else noticed that their eye collors are less colourful? 37:42 I think it's more of "really" baking a cake, using her hoofs instead of her magic. And about that instant cake, It's like those transfiguration spells, all you need is the spell and an mental image of what you want an object to be changed in. she probably needed the ingredients for a cake to really do that. that's my theory anyway
Those floating wooden blocks, arg, that's still driving me crazy! I too feel like that's a reference to something, just can't remember what. It wasn't The Matrix, was it? Yeah, I noticed the faded eyes, just didn't think to comment on it though.
This episode makes me sad because this episode is the reason why some people dislike Starlight and Starlight is my favorite character. Just like me she loves magic.
Ohhhh...you just triggered a new thought. Perhaps Starlight was hung up on Mrs. Cake's reaction, and was afraid she would offend Pinkie in the same way or something. Interesting angle. :D
I was really pleased with this episode. The post-hiatus episodes haven't been bad, really, but a lot of them have just felt kind of average. But this one was definitely one of the better episodes we've gotten in this half. I think this was a pretty reasonable progression for Starlight based on how she's been this season. In No Second Prances, when Twilight first tells her about bringing a friend to dinner with Celestia, Starlight says something like "But I like all your friends." That kind of suggests she still isn't really sure if the rest of the Mane Six consider her a friend. And in pretty much every appearance she's made since then Starlight has always been tagging along with Twilight and Spike, but not with any of the others. So her revealing that she's intentionally been avoiding them because she's nervous about spending one-on-one time doing friendship lessons with the others actually fits pretty well with how she's been acting. It also makes her relapse pretty believable - she wants to impress the pony she definitely considers a friend, has to do something she's anxious about to do that, and has a panic-driven relapse as a result. Speaking of relapses, I have to say that I really love how this series handles reformed antagonists. A lot of shows where an antagonist gets "redeemed" act like it takes nothing more than that one moment of realization when they get defeated to completely shift a belief system and lifestyle that they've held for years, and that everything is just fine and dandy once that happens. So I think it's great how this series acknowledges that it really just doesn't tend to work that way. Discord still causes trouble when he's angry or jealous. Starlight still falls back on trying to manipulate and control others when she's afraid. Luna was still torturing herself about her mistakes several seasons after her return. Sunset and Sci Twi beat themselves up for a while (and in the latter case is apparently still doing so) when they saw just how far they were willing to go when they had enough power. It actually tries to show that changing your ways and be better than you were is a struggle, and not just a matter of flipping a switch between being "bad" and "good." On the subject of Starlight being freaked out about making the cake...I see it as being kind of like the problem that Twilight had back when Trixie first came to town: She saw her friends getting angry over Trixie boasting about her magic, and thought that if she ever showed her skill with magic they would think she was boasting and get angry at her. Remember, when she baked the cake with magic in No Second Prances, Mrs. Cake got angry at her for it. Add in the fact that Pinkie is friends with (and works for) Mrs. Cake, and it's entirely possible Starlight was afraid that baking a cake with magic would get the same angry reaction from Pinkie. And as we see at the end of the episode, she's not very good at baking by hoof. So she can do it well with magic and potentially make Pinkie angry, or she can do it by hoof and potentially disappoint Pinkie by being bad at it. Also, on a final note: Applejack is best brainwashed pony. So many references, so many stories that I actually want to hear in full, and a Flim-Flam reference when they were hungover afterwards to top it all off. They gave her some great material in this one.
Wow, nice review. You make an excellent point about the way reformed villains fall back on their old ways due to insecurity. I'm actually a bit jealous I didn't think about that. ^_^; I think that's an excellent and accurate observation, and perfectly explains why Starlight is acting the way she did here. Even though she wasn't going evil again, I was definitely getting some season 5 Starlight vibes in this, but couldn't really explain why, until you pointed this out. Oh, and yeah, Applejack was priceless in this one! I was MAJORLY disappointed with Applejack this season after Applejack's Day Off and Cart Before the Ponies, but every episode she's been in since then has been great. I really hope there aren't any more bad Applejack episodes this season, because I don't want the season to end on a sour note with my favorite character. XD
I think Starlight's nervousness had to do with her having to do tasks (baking, sewing) without using her magic. She's highly skilled in complexed advanced magic, but she's not so good at doing things without using magic, hence why she's always using spells as a shortcut. Because that's her comfort zone and what she's most talented and proficient in. It's not too difficult for me to see Starlight avoiding the friendship lessons, she's probably still trying to find herself given the majority of her life she held this extreme point of view of equality and she's probably still learning & discovering who she is. She's probably still not comfortable or confident within herself, so spending time trying to get to know other ponies might be intimidating for her. I don't think Pinkie was out of character. From what we've seen so far, Pinkie does take pride in baking sweets treats for other ponies, including herself. She has a real joy in baking, and maybe her being employed by the Cakes may have affected her view in terms of work ethic, but as far I as see, Pinkie's always made delicious sweet baked goods (except for in A Canterlot Boutique). I most def relate with Starlight's fear of failure because of my own extreme rigid perfectionism. So, this episode was also personal for me as well. Again, I'd say Starlight's fear of baking a cake was more from having to make it without her magic, which seemed to be what the episode about - Starlight learning to do things without using her magic, because it is her go-to card. She's used to doing magic and using it in nearly every aspect of her life. It's more natural to her, kind of like how flying is more natural to Rainbow (how she can fly and study at the same time). So, I don't think it was a continuity error. It's occurred to me that Starlight is kind of like how Twilight used to be in the earlier seasons - freakouts & over-stressing, perfectionism, using spells as a default to try to fix a problem (Lesson Zero?). So, I thought that was pretty neat, seeing the growth in Twilight and the parallels with Starlight. PS: I agree that Starlight is adept enough to probably be the next Star Swirl. She is a very powerful unicorn. Nice ep. Great job. Take care
Very nice review. I still think it's a stretch to think she would be that terrible at baking a cake the "Earth pony way", but regardless, it was most likely the part about doing it with Pinkie, a pastry expert, that was intimidating.
Yeah, I'm sure she would've been just fine following the directions, but fear is a terrible stronghold. It was probably more of her own fear than her actual ability of baking a cake. Thanks again.
Oh my god. I had to suppress my laughter as to not wake the neighbors. That pinkie scene I found so funny cause it looked like an old crappy sfm animation I made xD
In no second prances Starlight said when it comes to magic she doesn't make mistakes this tells me she either was lying or else she meant to tun her friends into zombie slaves which is pretty funny to think she might have completed the lesson by doing that as if they wouldn't tell on her to Twilight.
10:41 I dont know why ppl thought that starlight was using a royal canterlot voice(some videos) She only did that cuz its part of casting that spell.... And its not possible because starlight is not royal
With the baking a cake in No Second Prances, I think that was more "I can combine / transfigure ingredients with the right spells"; here in this episode Starlight had to PHYSICALLY bake a cake using ingredients. That's why she freaked--she can do it with MAGIC but doesn't know how to do it "the Earth Pony way."
Maybe Starlight had to help bake the cake by hoof instead of using magic to do it in 5 seconds. That could be part of the reason why she was so nervous about baking. Just a thought.
Spike may qualify as BABY in PONY seciety But by now he is a TEEN in DRAGON seciety. You can tell by his sarcastically commentary on every last thing his mom/sister does (whatever twilight goes by)
When Twilight became an alicorn, there was only 1 unicorn ( Rarity of course ) so they had to even the cast out again - Starlight Glimmer! That's just what is seems like to me tho.
Dash: Wow! That pony REALLY needs to chillax! You:What does that mean? Me: To chillax is to chill out and relax! You can't possibly NOT notice that the words chill and relax make chillax , can you?
Um...there was a Forrest Gump reference? Others pointed out the Predator one (had no idea what that was), and the Notting Hill one I got because I Google'd it after the fact.
Yeah, right before the predator reference possibly starting with the "bigger boat" (shrimp boat reference, at first I thought it was jaws...) plus the line with the pony on the bench.
well if i remember right they never directly stated if an alicorn is stronger than a unicorn with magic. its also safe to assume starlight looks upto star swirl.
It is only a matter of time before they put M.A. Larson on writing a Starlight, Sunburst and Moondancer episode… With a lot of Rick and Morty, Star Trek TNG, Matrix and Big Bang Theory references.
...but the non apple cider I drink is foamy and is basically an apple soda and that's not alcoholic (it says apple cider on the bottle). So cider can be carbonated and foamy w/o being alcoholic (...unless we're thinking of different things here, which i might XP) But other than that, good talk X3 I've heard so much negativity towards this episode that its nice to hear something more positive X3
Yeah, so about that...I've seen it said repeatedly, in relation to MLP, that cider is only foamy when alcoholic. I honestly wouldn't know, as I don't drink anything alcoholic, and I make the mistake of believing something I read from a meme without actually researching it myself. So yeah, fail on my part, sorry. XD
First of all... as always, excelent reaction :D been a long time stalker of the channel xD but i guess it's time to drop the cover. Second... i wanted to touch the issue of starlight and the cake... Just a thought: What if Ms. Cake's reaction to her "magical cake" somehow "traumatized" starlight and because of that she kinda thought that she had done something awfuly wrong, hence producing this "freaking out" she say's she has at the cake baking?? (also plz forgive any misspeling i might have got there xD english ain't my mother tongue after all xD) cheers!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, somebody else pointed that out as well, like maybe Starlight was afraid of offending Pinkie in the same way as Mrs. Cake or something. Who knows? XD
Of course there is a "mane 7" now. We had 2 earth ponies (Pinkie and AJ) 2 pegasus (Rainbow and Fluttershy) and 2 unicorns (Twili and Rarity). Since Twili is an alicorn, it was quite obvious the writers would like to give us a new unicorn to keep the balanced type of team ^^
Let me put it this way. Until Starlight appears as a main character during the opening theme song, or gets her own throne in the castle, I'm not gonna say the Mane 7 is official. ;) I like the idea, of course, but I'm too picky about the details to say it's confirmed at this point.
Oh ok ! I didn't really think about the opening and the thrones ^^" (shame on me ^^) Well yup, she is not really part of the team at this point, but I guess this is because (as we saw in this episode), she still hesitant with friendship. Moreover, I think she still act a bit like a baddie sometimes (That's why, I think, they wanted her to say, for one last time, "Nopony left behind". It was to show that she still the same at some point even of she tries to be a better pony. And i guess they wanted her to say that to "kill" the old Starlight. This this the kind of thing you see in superhero movies. You know like, Captain American who says "I can do this all day" everytime he is in front of someone stronger or the Batman who says "ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight" when he kills Joker, when the Joker said the exact same sentence a sooner in the movie. I'm not sure you'll see the point here, i've lost myself in my thoughts ^^") So I think that after this episode we can imagine that they planned a way to really introduce her to the team for the next episode. (Like a new element of hamony or something else that will make her absolutely necessary to the show and the team ^^)
I'm so happy watching your reactions. Seems far too many people hate Starlight Glimmer and I don't understand why. It's not like people hate Twilight for being socially awkward or good at magic. Then again, I also don't understand why people get so upset about Twilight being an alicorn. I thought it was a natural progression of her character arc. Her Element of Harmony was held in a crown, after all.
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I like how Starlight thinks she can fool Spike into thinking she isn't worried, when Spike has spent his entire life with TWILIGHT FREAKING SPARKLE
Its cool how the spell being undone basically left them with a hangover.
Looks like Magic can give you a hangover ;J unfortunately there is no hangover which could give you Magic :q
@@bonbonpony sucks right
@@bonbonpony I wish magic could exists.
“chillax" is a combination of chill and relax .. that's absolutely Rainbow Dash language😂😂
I like that you addressed the stigma behind Starlight being OP. I don't mind her magical ability either. In fact, there's a perfectly legit reason why Twilight isn't astronomically more powerful than her: the source of her alicorn magic is friendship.
People are so caught up by how godlike the other princesses are on their own that they forget Twilight's magic isn't meant to be like theirs. By herself, she's really just a powerful unicorn with wings. Only when she's with her friends can she be at her full potential. She couldn't beat Tirek until she got the last key to unlock the magic she shared with the Mane Five. In a similar vein, Cadence's magic couldn't drive off Chrysalis until she combined her love with Shining Armor's. Some alicorns depend on the bonds they share with others.
Celestia summed it up well in the Season 4 finale: "What is the Princess of Friendship without her friends?" And the answer to that, is nothing special. Just another unicorn who happens to have wings. So Starlight has every right to be equally powerful. She can go toe-to-toe with Twilight and that's okay, because it doesn't mean she'll be toppling Celestia or Luna any time soon.
I personally have never subscribed to the idea that Alicorns are all-powerful, immortal deities. Yes, they live for a very long time, which allows them to gain great knowledge and wisdom, as well as magical power, but that's basically the only difference. Oh, and they can perform some unique kinds of magic that Unicorns can't, due to their magic being balanced equally among the traits of the three main races.
Oh, and btw, based on The Journal of the Two Sisters, which describes how Celestia and Luna receive an infusion of magical power by performing the act of raising and lowering the sun and moon, my head canon is that that infusion of magic is what's given them their flowing manes and allowed them to live for over 1000 years. The journal also states that Alicorns live much longer than the other races in general, but likely not for as long as those two have, so that basically explains how they are supposedly immortal when Cadance and Twilight supposedly are not.
MorbidCuriosity you are correct in that speculation. We all know magics verys frome each pony just at what degree is something we cant confierm or deny so ya. Really good theary.
Here's my idea on why Starlight's so powerful. A Unicorn's level of magic ability depends (at least partly) on what their special talent is, and it'll need to be strong enough for them to be able to do their special talent. Since Starlight's special talent is in Cute Mark magic, and because it should take a very high level of magic to be able to switch/take away Cutie Marks, it would make sense to why her magic ability's in general is so strong, since she NEEDS to be that powerful to take/switch Cutie Marks with the ease that she seemed to have. If Starlight tried to teach say, Rarity, the spell to do it, i HIGHLY doubt she could do it, even though she's also a Unicorn.
I wonder if Starlight's magic would go up even more if she becomes an Alicorn, or would her overall magic power stay the same, but would gain some new abilities just for being an Alicorn
Starlight being that powerful is one of the reasons why I adore her.
i consider this to be the best eepisode of the season. Both for how funny it is and for how relatable Starlight is here.
I love how even this far back you can see kites in Starlight's room.
All 3 of these spells together turn your friends into compiled computer code: If you don't spell it out to the tiniest detail, something goes wrong.
Another commentator said basically that
"Chillaxing" is the combo of "chillout" and "relaxing" there for chillaxing...
Starlight knows spells on how to make a cake, not the handiwork on how to _bake_ a cake.
Yeah; baking a cake with magic as oppose to using your own hands, or hooves in this case is definitely different.
I know, but it's still a bit of a stretch. Like I said, I think the problem was doing the activity with Pinkie, not so much the activity itself. If I were asked to bake a cake alongside a pastry expert, I would probably be freaked out too. XD
Applegeek Mm, I suppose that's true. I would just think that baking a cake with major would be like 100% times easier then baking a cake with your hands or hooves; and since Starlight's a pony that uses her magic a lot it would make sense that she'd be more comfortable using magic, I mean just look at No Second Prances where her answer to everything was to use magic. (That's something that she has a problem with and I would like the writers to tackle that sometime). XD.
Applegeek
I guess it could have contributed.
Also, she clearly still seem very unused to social interactions in general.
* Work: She knows what to do.
* Control: She knows what to do.
* Talk about things where she feel she knows enough: She knows what to do.
* Magic: She Certainly knows what to do.
** ..... Anything else? She might feel as if she has No Idea.
The thought of being under that control and being asked to gather "all the animals" in my house fills my head with nightmare fuel.
Yes... yes. I pray you nor I get nightmares from that fuel.
11thShadowDragon depending on where you live that could be deadly.
Okay, you spiders, we need you all over here. And has anyone seen that fly none of you have been able to catch?
True about the cake making in 5 seconds, but remember how Mrs. Cake reacted?! She thought Starlight was going to put her out of business.
Yep, I remember it well. XD
BTW, are you going to react to legend of everfree?
Yes, I will when there's a good quality rip available. I've heard the current one has issues.
What it means here is that she is not good at doing it by hoof.
I actually just made a comment pretty much like this, sooo.. XD
twilight thinks being afraid of cakes is weird, shes afraid of quesadillas
They are just so cheesy!!!
I put hot sauce in mine
LOL, excellent point! I had forgotten about that.
power1515 that's weird as well
Bella Animates ooh I put alittle green Tabasco hot sauce on mine (I have a VERY sensitive pallet
5:46 That is no Star Swirl. It's trixie :D
Yep, realized that after upload, sorry.
It's ok. The easter eggs are not always easy to place.
chilaxing is a combination of chilling and relaxing in rainbows dictionary
There's a lot to love in this episode, but AJ's movie references easily top my list.
Their tired faces. That's me every day when I wake up at 6 in the morning to go to school.
Tell me about it...
I know the feeling.
Thanks for the link, but I've been informed that that copy has corruption issues. I am waiting for the official release so I can use an undamaged copy of the movie.
Applegeek its ok your one of my favorite reactors
+blood moon spoilers much?
I just love how Starlight's main character flaw is how impulsive she is: Twilight is prone to over analysis and panic attacks, along with OCD, Applejack is blunt and honest, sometimes brutally, as well as incredibly stubborn. Rainbow Dash is kinda full of herself and hard-headed with an ego problem. Rarity has bouts of greed and is something of a drama queen. Pinkie Pie has no grasp of personal space (until Rock Solid Friendship, anyways). Fluttershy is often times unwilling to defend herself socially, though she's definately improved on that front lately. Starlight Glimmer's flaw is impulsive and reckless behavior with her magic. A problem arises and she doesn't think it through before popping off a spell. I think a lot of people don't notice that; She's powerful, but she doesn't have a stable temperament. This episode is one of several to highlight this.
The other prominent example that cmes to my mind, at 4:30 in the morning while half asleep and dealing with insomnia, would be 'A Royal Problem' over in season 7.
Actually I think that was the only way she could help the sisters. And the map knew it.
Is it weird that when I first heard the word chilled I knew exactly what it meant? Half chill and relax
Applegeek I always look forward to seeing your reactions to these episodes and I was not disappointed this time around either. Keep up the awesome reactions!
Thanks for the feedback. :D
When pinkie pie was hypnotized she looked almost like pinkamena.
True
17:09 Tara using her Timmy turner voice
Hmm, now that you mention it...not exactly, but I can hear a hint of that voice in there. I'm sure it gets hard to keep all those voices separate, especially when speaking in such an emotional manner.
I think the difference between "No Second Prances" and this, was that Starlight whipped a cake together with a magic spell, and the assignment was to actually do it by hoof. Kind of like Googling something as opposed to going to the library. It was easy to make a cake by magic, but then you saw how difficult it was for her doing it by hoof.
You have some of the coolest shirts
Thank you. ^_^
Yeah especially the day breaker one, I'm from the future and now twilight turned into midnight in pony ville jkjk
It's piece of cake to bake a pretty cake, if the way is hazy, never use a messy recipe, c'mon you can't be lazy
It's been so long since I heard that song XD
4:37 Me when my sister says "I'm almost finished with this comment."
13:31 - "Jaws" reference.
13:37 - "Forrest Gump" reference.
13:40 - "Predator" reference.
I love how Rarity acts like she has a hangover. 😂
Chill-axing is Chilling and Relaxing at the same time!
2:05 or Steven Universe.
3:50 Haven't we learned that that isn't a good idea in "to many Pinkie pies"?
3:08 those blocks going like that are a reference to something, but can't remember what.
5:58 the most overused word of the episode
9:09 chillaxing: chill and relaxing combined. She's been hanging around pinkie pie to much.
9:40 It's nice that we hear of other ponies that made spells beside Starswirl
15:18 have someone else noticed that their eye collors are less colourful?
37:42 I think it's more of "really" baking a cake, using her hoofs instead of her magic.
And about that instant cake, It's like those transfiguration spells, all you need is the spell and an mental image of what you want an object to be changed in. she probably needed the ingredients for a cake to really do that. that's my theory anyway
Those floating wooden blocks, arg, that's still driving me crazy! I too feel like that's a reference to something, just can't remember what. It wasn't The Matrix, was it?
Yeah, I noticed the faded eyes, just didn't think to comment on it though.
maybe,
If memory serves me right, was one of the children in Oracle's home levitating blocks around, though I need to watch the movie to be sure.
I think it is a reference to Scarlet Witch from Marvel.
40:16-1:42
TWILIGHT AND STARLIGHT TELEPORTED INTO SEAQUESTRIA!
But instead of in season 8
IT HAPPENED IN SEASON 6😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
This episode makes me sad because this episode is the reason why some people dislike Starlight and Starlight is my favorite character. Just like me she loves magic.
About the cake baking...
When Starlight conjured up her cake Mrs Cake was not happy about it.
So she might again have taken the wrong lesson from it.
Ohhhh...you just triggered a new thought. Perhaps Starlight was hung up on Mrs. Cake's reaction, and was afraid she would offend Pinkie in the same way or something. Interesting angle. :D
I LOOOOOVED that episode it was AWESOME!!!!
Could this be considered Starlight's Lesson Zero?
Chillaxing is a mixture of relaxing and chilling
16:03 Spider-Jack, Spider-Jack.
Twilight definitely would know about enchanted objects lol *looks at her want it need it spell*
Also I think that was a portrait of trixie in starlight room
I guess starlight is afraid of baking a cake with pinkie as of how it turned out with Mrs cake in "no second prances"
I was really pleased with this episode. The post-hiatus episodes haven't been bad, really, but a lot of them have just felt kind of average. But this one was definitely one of the better episodes we've gotten in this half.
I think this was a pretty reasonable progression for Starlight based on how she's been this season. In No Second Prances, when Twilight first tells her about bringing a friend to dinner with Celestia, Starlight says something like "But I like all your friends." That kind of suggests she still isn't really sure if the rest of the Mane Six consider her a friend. And in pretty much every appearance she's made since then Starlight has always been tagging along with Twilight and Spike, but not with any of the others. So her revealing that she's intentionally been avoiding them because she's nervous about spending one-on-one time doing friendship lessons with the others actually fits pretty well with how she's been acting. It also makes her relapse pretty believable - she wants to impress the pony she definitely considers a friend, has to do something she's anxious about to do that, and has a panic-driven relapse as a result.
Speaking of relapses, I have to say that I really love how this series handles reformed antagonists. A lot of shows where an antagonist gets "redeemed" act like it takes nothing more than that one moment of realization when they get defeated to completely shift a belief system and lifestyle that they've held for years, and that everything is just fine and dandy once that happens. So I think it's great how this series acknowledges that it really just doesn't tend to work that way. Discord still causes trouble when he's angry or jealous. Starlight still falls back on trying to manipulate and control others when she's afraid. Luna was still torturing herself about her mistakes several seasons after her return. Sunset and Sci Twi beat themselves up for a while (and in the latter case is apparently still doing so) when they saw just how far they were willing to go when they had enough power. It actually tries to show that changing your ways and be better than you were is a struggle, and not just a matter of flipping a switch between being "bad" and "good."
On the subject of Starlight being freaked out about making the cake...I see it as being kind of like the problem that Twilight had back when Trixie first came to town: She saw her friends getting angry over Trixie boasting about her magic, and thought that if she ever showed her skill with magic they would think she was boasting and get angry at her. Remember, when she baked the cake with magic in No Second Prances, Mrs. Cake got angry at her for it. Add in the fact that Pinkie is friends with (and works for) Mrs. Cake, and it's entirely possible Starlight was afraid that baking a cake with magic would get the same angry reaction from Pinkie. And as we see at the end of the episode, she's not very good at baking by hoof. So she can do it well with magic and potentially make Pinkie angry, or she can do it by hoof and potentially disappoint Pinkie by being bad at it.
Also, on a final note: Applejack is best brainwashed pony. So many references, so many stories that I actually want to hear in full, and a Flim-Flam reference when they were hungover afterwards to top it all off. They gave her some great material in this one.
Wow, nice review. You make an excellent point about the way reformed villains fall back on their old ways due to insecurity. I'm actually a bit jealous I didn't think about that. ^_^; I think that's an excellent and accurate observation, and perfectly explains why Starlight is acting the way she did here. Even though she wasn't going evil again, I was definitely getting some season 5 Starlight vibes in this, but couldn't really explain why, until you pointed this out.
Oh, and yeah, Applejack was priceless in this one! I was MAJORLY disappointed with Applejack this season after Applejack's Day Off and Cart Before the Ponies, but every episode she's been in since then has been great. I really hope there aren't any more bad Applejack episodes this season, because I don't want the season to end on a sour note with my favorite character. XD
I think Starlight's nervousness had to do with her having to do tasks (baking, sewing) without using her magic. She's highly skilled in complexed advanced magic, but she's not so good at doing things without using magic, hence why she's always using spells as a shortcut. Because that's her comfort zone and what she's most talented and proficient in. It's not too difficult for me to see Starlight avoiding the friendship lessons, she's probably still trying to find herself given the majority of her life she held this extreme point of view of equality and she's probably still learning & discovering who she is. She's probably still not comfortable or confident within herself, so spending time trying to get to know other ponies might be intimidating for her.
I don't think Pinkie was out of character. From what we've seen so far, Pinkie does take pride in baking sweets treats for other ponies, including herself. She has a real joy in baking, and maybe her being employed by the Cakes may have affected her view in terms of work ethic, but as far I as see, Pinkie's always made delicious sweet baked goods (except for in A Canterlot Boutique).
I most def relate with Starlight's fear of failure because of my own extreme rigid perfectionism. So, this episode was also personal for me as well. Again, I'd say Starlight's fear of baking a cake was more from having to make it without her magic, which seemed to be what the episode about - Starlight learning to do things without using her magic, because it is her go-to card. She's used to doing magic and using it in nearly every aspect of her life. It's more natural to her, kind of like how flying is more natural to Rainbow (how she can fly and study at the same time). So, I don't think it was a continuity error.
It's occurred to me that Starlight is kind of like how Twilight used to be in the earlier seasons - freakouts & over-stressing, perfectionism, using spells as a default to try to fix a problem (Lesson Zero?). So, I thought that was pretty neat, seeing the growth in Twilight and the parallels with Starlight.
PS: I agree that Starlight is adept enough to probably be the next Star Swirl. She is a very powerful unicorn.
Nice ep. Great job. Take care
Very nice review. I still think it's a stretch to think she would be that terrible at baking a cake the "Earth pony way", but regardless, it was most likely the part about doing it with Pinkie, a pastry expert, that was intimidating.
Yeah, I'm sure she would've been just fine following the directions, but fear is a terrible stronghold. It was probably more of her own fear than her actual ability of baking a cake.
Thanks again.
yeah, and that's in the name of episode: "Every Little Thing She Does [is Magic]".
Oh my god. I had to suppress my laughter as to not wake the neighbors. That pinkie scene I found so funny cause it looked like an old crappy sfm animation I made xD
1:46 was a Dragonball Z reference O_O
7:58 - I've wondered that too! (Exactly how is "chilling" different from relaxing in the first place?)
Could Spike be in his puberty now? He seems to be a little more challenging
She Was Using Magic To Make The Cake Not The Hard Way!
Chillax = Chilling and Relaxing.
It's pretty obvious.
"Turns out Granny Smith didn't know how to make a pig do the backstroke.."
Am I the ONLY one who think's Starlight just tapped into the Speed Force with her magic at the beginning?? {IE DC's The Flash's powers}
Nice reaction. BTW it looked to me that the picture in Starlights room was Trixie.
I would rather expect it to be the other way around, but yeah, maybe let's not encourage the clopfics any further ;J
Yeah, I screwed up on that one, didn't realize it until after upload.
Am I the only one that notesed the kites in starlights beddroom? They realy farshadowex that
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Chillaxing is as reffered to chill and relaxing...
this a wow ep.
the Friendship is going so wrong.
"Spike! There are no zombie ponies"
If I remember correctly I figured out this was a take on "The Sorcerers Apprentice" the first time I watched the episode.
20:18 Hangovers? Storm clouds in the bathroom? I don't want to know what else happened that night... (I'm sorry xD)
Yep, pretty much.
Applegeek, just seeing/hearing you laugh makes these reactions some of the best on TH-cam.
Well thanks, always great to hear when I've brightened someone's day. ^_^
Chillaxing = chilling and relaxing
In no second prances Starlight said when it comes to magic she doesn't make mistakes this tells me she either was lying or else she meant to tun her friends into zombie slaves which is pretty funny to think she might have completed the lesson by doing that as if they wouldn't tell on her to Twilight.
10:41
I dont know why ppl thought that starlight was using a royal canterlot voice(some videos)
She only did that cuz its part of casting that spell....
And its not possible because starlight is not royal
At 5:40 that is a Trixie portrait, not StarSwirl.
FWIW; Chillaxing = Chilling out + relaxing!
I love this Starlight episode it's one of my favorites.
This episode is one of the reasons why some people dislikes her. That's why it's hard to watch.
This episode is basically the imperius curse for kids lol.
If you're bad at something but have a friend they can help you that's the point
With the baking a cake in No Second Prances, I think that was more "I can combine / transfigure ingredients with the right spells"; here in this episode Starlight had to PHYSICALLY bake a cake using ingredients. That's why she freaked--she can do it with MAGIC but doesn't know how to do it "the Earth Pony way."
I really liked this season six episode
Maybe Starlight had to help bake the cake by hoof instead of using magic to do it in 5 seconds. That could be part of the reason why she was so nervous about baking. Just a thought.
Spike may qualify as BABY in PONY seciety
But by now he is a TEEN in DRAGON seciety.
You can tell by his sarcastically commentary on every last thing his mom/sister does (whatever twilight goes by)
15:32 Pinkie would be a pretty good guide for the sims games xD
ROTFL!
Reminder that Starlight probably has social anxiety and didn't want to mess up and be embarrassed with her new friends. ;P
That is the LEAST of her issues. XD
It is interesting that that title is also a Beatles song.
When Twilight became an alicorn, there was only 1 unicorn ( Rarity of course ) so they had to even the cast out again - Starlight Glimmer! That's just what is seems like to me tho.
13:05 That's LEGIT what I was thinking! This was almost a repeat of the season 5 premiere! :P
How does the transportation spell work because how does starlight know where twilight is going??
Dash: Wow! That pony REALLY needs to chillax!
You:What does that mean?
Me: To chillax is to chill out and relax! You can't possibly NOT notice that the words chill and relax make chillax , can you?
Twilight: I'm not mad, just disappointed.
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Big Macintosh was hiding from the monster from Predator!
He had to cover himself in mud.
In nephron perspective how much time is a moon is it a day is it a month is it a year can someone please tell me
(3:54) I’m thinking either Naruto or Dragonball. Kid Goku used to do that too.
I think it's funny you missed the forest gump and predator reference and yet got Notting Hill.lol it's ok there were a LOT of ref this time around.
Um...there was a Forrest Gump reference? Others pointed out the Predator one (had no idea what that was), and the Notting Hill one I got because I Google'd it after the fact.
Yeah, right before the predator reference possibly starting with the "bigger boat" (shrimp boat reference, at first I thought it was jaws...) plus the line with the pony on the bench.
Chilling + relaxing = chilaxing
2 places at once .... Ah twilight and twilight at twilight a castle?
well if i remember right they never directly stated if an alicorn is stronger than a unicorn with magic. its also safe to assume starlight looks upto star swirl.
It is only a matter of time before they put M.A. Larson on writing a Starlight, Sunburst and Moondancer episode…
With a lot of Rick and Morty, Star Trek TNG,
Matrix and Big Bang Theory references.
...but the non apple cider I drink is foamy and is basically an apple soda and that's not alcoholic (it says apple cider on the bottle).
So cider can be carbonated and foamy w/o being alcoholic (...unless we're thinking of different things here, which i might XP)
But other than that, good talk X3
I've heard so much negativity towards this episode that its nice to hear something more positive X3
Yeah, so about that...I've seen it said repeatedly, in relation to MLP, that cider is only foamy when alcoholic. I honestly wouldn't know, as I don't drink anything alcoholic, and I make the mistake of believing something I read from a meme without actually researching it myself. So yeah, fail on my part, sorry. XD
First of all... as always, excelent reaction :D been a long time stalker of the channel xD but i guess it's time to drop the cover.
Second... i wanted to touch the issue of starlight and the cake... Just a thought: What if Ms. Cake's reaction to her "magical cake" somehow "traumatized" starlight and because of that she kinda thought that she had done something awfuly wrong, hence producing this "freaking out" she say's she has at the cake baking??
(also plz forgive any misspeling i might have got there xD english ain't my mother tongue after all xD)
cheers!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, somebody else pointed that out as well, like maybe Starlight was afraid of offending Pinkie in the same way as Mrs. Cake or something. Who knows? XD
13:40 i wanna know who took that photo lol
Every little thing she does is magic...
I had the same thought about the Captain America shield reference
Your expression upon seeing critter-covered Fluttershy was probably my favorite part of this reaction. XD XD XD
Of course there is a "mane 7" now. We had 2 earth ponies (Pinkie and AJ) 2 pegasus (Rainbow and Fluttershy) and 2 unicorns (Twili and Rarity). Since Twili is an alicorn, it was quite obvious the writers would like to give us a new unicorn to keep the balanced type of team ^^
Let me put it this way. Until Starlight appears as a main character during the opening theme song, or gets her own throne in the castle, I'm not gonna say the Mane 7 is official. ;) I like the idea, of course, but I'm too picky about the details to say it's confirmed at this point.
Oh ok ! I didn't really think about the opening and the thrones ^^" (shame on me ^^)
Well yup, she is not really part of the team at this point, but I guess this is because (as we saw in this episode), she still hesitant with friendship.
Moreover, I think she still act a bit like a baddie sometimes (That's why, I think, they wanted her to say, for one last time, "Nopony left behind". It was to show that she still the same at some point even of she tries to be a better pony. And i guess they wanted her to say that to "kill" the old Starlight. This this the kind of thing you see in superhero movies. You know like, Captain American who says "I can do this all day" everytime he is in front of someone stronger or the Batman who says "ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight" when he kills Joker, when the Joker said the exact same sentence a sooner in the movie. I'm not sure you'll see the point here, i've lost myself in my thoughts ^^")
So I think that after this episode we can imagine that they planned a way to really introduce her to the team for the next episode.
(Like a new element of hamony or something else that will make her absolutely necessary to the show and the team ^^)
@@applegeek2597 I saw your not a mane 7 until you get your own element of harmony
I'm so happy watching your reactions. Seems far too many people hate Starlight Glimmer and I don't understand why. It's not like people hate Twilight for being socially awkward or good at magic. Then again, I also don't understand why people get so upset about Twilight being an alicorn. I thought it was a natural progression of her character arc. Her Element of Harmony was held in a crown, after all.
How many apple or Apple family themed shirts do you have Applegeek?
At present, 6.
Big Mac covered in mud is a "Predator" reference, isn't it? xd
So I've been told. Had no clue on that one.
They have turned into voodoo zombies
17:01 is he brooming water
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Starlight Glimmer’s Lesson Zero.