Then it is even worse. Given what we know about early Twilight (the "Lesson Zero" unicorn from Season 1 & 2), the only reason they never got "physical" would be that Shining Armor was truly scared of what her "little monster sister" could do to him with her magic [ -> It actually explains why his "special talent" is magical shields!! ].
@@horse14t It is not a matter of WANT, but rather the _need_ to restrain her. He is the older brother, the (supposed) wise one. She is the naive, unexperienced, little sister that could put her life at risk... even without her "crazy magic" going out of control [simple mundane mistakes that may lead to accidents or injury]. I am not being apologetic about the use of force to _dominate_ others (either through "contact" or indirectly by use of telekinesis); only pointing out that Twilight never had that *"certainty"* that IF she was about to do something horrible ( _without realizing about it_ ) while under supervision of her big brother THEN he would be *able* and _willing_ to do something fast & drastic to _save her_ ... -> Notice that her mother ( Twilight Velvet ) has a _ridiculously powerfull_ telekinesis [S7E22]; probably through extensive effort/training.... [ This is also why Twilight is so methodical and preocupies excesively about doing everything perfectly HERSELF -> she can NOT rely on others to _supervise_ her, so she must *supervise herself* ] = SELF_PARANOIA -> On the other hoof, this ingrained "distrust" on others is what help her see Chrysalis half-assed performance as Cadance... but also almost led her to face Nightmare Moon *alone* [ even IF she managed to DEFEAT the alicorn of darkness, it would had to be through a desperate, uncontroled "God Mode ON" that would have likely killed her or both ].
If you think siblings normally have 'physical disagreements' you'd be wrong. I think it means they never had a huge fight or said 'I hate you' to one another.
I like to think Twilight was being over idealisitc with her memories, especially since it had been a long time since she'd interacted with Shining. You tend to remember the good more than the bad.
There's one thing I want to say. Technically, Shining Armor cheated. I mean, he was staking out the crown and declared himself the winner when she entered the room. Dude, she got pass all your security. Twilight won. For you to win you should have to actually CAPTURE her.
Part of the challenge was to steal the crown, and I think that also meant getting out *WITHOUT* getting caught, which was likely going to happen since the princesses and Shining hadn't been taken out of the picture. If you don't get rid of the head of security, it doesn't do you much good to disable all the other security systems.
His gloating would have definitely been more justified if we had ever seen him WIN a confrontation with a baddie! It doesn't matter if he is there at the end of all that security if he stands no chance at winning!!
@@JCBro-yg8vd but again, she got past all the security. If an actual villain did that, they aren't going to suddenly stop because you came out of hiding and said gotcha. I'm sorry but he lost. And the fact he cheated trying to claim a win makes me seriously dislike him
@@JCBro-yg8vd and what's worse is if he accepted the loss, he would have refined security. Maybe then Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow wouldn't have been able to infiltrate using one of the same tricks the Twi squad did
actually, me and an accomplice have theorised that the guards got worse because Shining Armour left. Think about it, the first moment of guard incompetents was the wedding, where he couldn't direct them because he was mind controled. The Crystal Guard however, are probably the best in the show. My associate theorised that the title of Captain was wasted on an upper class stallion who was in all the right groups. However, he was probably replaced after the Sombra incident, perhaps by Flash Magnus. Don't worry, Cozy Glow fighting past the guards in the season finale makes sense. She was an alicorn wielding Grogars bell. Any guards that tried to stop her would have lost their magic. Besides, they wouldn't have been unified, due to the whole racism thing. Edit: Also, Firebrand is a Commander, not a Captain, and he thought the problem was with the guards themselves. We know he is based not in canterlot, but a secret millitary base.
So it turns out that those geese may have been a reference to the Battle of Allia. They were the sacred animal of Juno (Roman Hera), and alerted the Romans when the Senones tried sneaking through.
Interesting, I just kept getting flashbacks to a certain cartoon villain petting his cat (no face ever shown, at least that I can remember) while he commanded his underdogs on video phone? Point to anyone who knows what I am referencing.
@@blazingfuryoffire1 Nope older than that it aired in the 80's and had follow up cartoons in the 90's They finally did a live action film in 1999 and a sequel to that in 2003. A Hint is Firebrand and Silver Quill referenced it in one of their collabs. I think that, that collab was why I only kept thinking of this guy.
One really great thing about this particular episode was the rewatchability of it, especially in the flashback at the beginning when they showed off the gold stars before Twilight gets the toy crown, they also show Spike scribbling on the wall. A really great detail about this is that he’s essentially trying to put himself in the sibling supreme game because the things he scribbled on the wall was his head and even some attempts at gold stars. This is all really great details on their own to have in the background but it also informs the audience a little bit on Spikes motivation in this episode.
What an utter delight this episode is. It's a perfect yin to the yang in Slice of Life from Season 5. The former celebrates the zaniness of the series while Sparkle's Seven focuses on the show's heart.
This was the best fandom episode than Slice Of Life and Fame and Misfortune for me because all the actresses played a part in writing the story which came together in one neat package and gave us fans a real treat ^^ Great job Silver ^^
Good god. What is it with bronies and lesbians? There's a reason i hate bronies but they'll act like they don't get my meaning and call me a homophobe despite knowing I'm right.
"But zat iz ze plan: Now zat zey know our plan; zey'll plan around our plan. Und we in turn shall plan around ze plan zat zey are planning around our plan!"
I honestly felt disinterest in this episode espeically considering it was the 200th episode. For me Frenemies was the best epsiode of the season. I loved Rarity, Applejack, Zephyr and the duo of Spike and Luna in this episode because I really felt the fun in their performances. Pinkies space antics considering all the other stuff she does was kinda lackluster and out of place. I appreciate Shinning Armors role in this and how his security system showed he was competent at out thinking his far more intelligent sister which was great, but in the end the 3 villians later on still manage to get into the castle despite acting suspicious and despite the guards knowing about changlings at that point. The spike being apart of the family bit honestly I felt was kinda just shoved in out of nowhere sense we never really see spike being ungrateful for the family he had in twilight, but the co-op with Luna was great cause I wouldn't have suspected them to work together and enjoyed how Luna hated the bird system. Rarity stole the show though for me when she said she'd come up with the plan and her presentation really shows me a great time and another reason why shes improved from my initial thoughts I had about her in season 1. Shes gone from last to probably 3rd of my favorites in the Mane6 and that was surprising for me.
I could see why Luna would hate the bird alarm. The noise they make would disturb her sleep during the day, and could disrupt her concentration during her dream work at night.
I know!!! I had originally heard that _Frenemies_ was going to be the 200th episode. For a 200th episode, this was a real bust. Then I saw _Frenemies_ and thought "Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE that THIS isn't the 200th episode???"
Luna: Subverts the entire security system because she didn't get her way in deciding how security should be and doesn't like that the former captain of the royal guard, whose job was literally castle security, got to arrange it all. Silver Quill: PRAISE LUNA! SHE COULD SLAY US ALL AND BE IN THE RIGHT! YAY LUNALUNALUNALUNALUNA.
"But in my defense . . . I'm very judgmental." That line and delivery xD oh my Celestia j had to pause the video and let myself laugh for a good minute. Thanks Silver.
17:55 Of course....the Reveal! The ultimate goal of all heist films! I thought a certain poofy maned giraffee.....er I mean Unicorn helped you with this Silver Quill.
Oh cool, very glad you got this out before the finale! I love the amount of work you put into each of them. I really enjoyed the 200th episode and love that I got to watch it live at BABScon 2019. It was a real blast. The heist genre isn't normally my thing, but I really liked the craziness of this episode ... with one exception. The only fly in the ointment for me is actually the scene you thought the funniest: I absolutely hate the Rainbow Dash-Zephyr Breeze thing. Besides being a horrible cliche, it takes a strong, powerful female character who never really relied on her femininity to convince or manipulate others (something I recall you being sharply critical of Rarity when she did that) and reducing her to pretty face being forced to compliment, if not outright flirt with, someone she doesn't like and who has a very misogynistic, obsessive and outright creepy behavior around her. This is a trope that needs to DIE. And just because Ashleigh Ball wanted something involving Zephyr Breeze and Rainbow Dash (I don't think she specifically requested something like THIS) that doesn't make it okay in my book. I thought how Rainbow handled Zephyr in his inaugural episode was really funny and even though he was clueless, it never really came off as creepy or disturbing. But after the awful Equestria Girls short where he physically blocked the door to prevent her from leaving, and then again here where he put his hooves on her ... I can't laugh at this or be okay with it, no matter how funny some of Rainbow's expressions are. It's just uncomfortable and gross and the single biggest criticism I have of this episode. This turned Zephyr from a character you can love to hate, to one you just outright loathe. Okay, so on a less uncomfortable topic -- Shining Armor is SUCH a camper! His security system is WORTHLESS if it only works when he is physically there in the throne room to catch them. And since the terms of the contest were only that someone had to see Twilight, he didn't need anything else: not the fans or the doors or the guards or the geese ... he could've just sat down and stared at the crown all day and that would've been that. It doesn't show off anything about the security system, especially since he was expecting Twi to break in. Seriously, serious fail from Shining Armor. Twilight should've won (not that I'm against Spike getting the crown mind you) and this whole thing redesigned. And "Summer Sun Setback" on further proves that this system is a failure. I guess Celestia didn't listen to whatever problems Luna raised. So we all know who to blame going forward. =P Still, great review and it clearly reflects all the work you put into it. Very well done! I hope you have a fun time this weekend and are watching the finale with friends. Until next time!
4:15 Also some parenting from Nightlight and Velvet. I kind of missed that in the Zeppelyn episode. Even though me and my siblings are all adults now my parents still often give us advice and guidance.
I enjoyed this episode a lot but this episode did confirm my suspicion that the show couldn't figure out what Spike and Twilight dynamic should be for the longest time since it kept flip flopping between brother/sister and son/mother. Not a major issue of the series mind you but still a bit weird.
6:00 My ideal security is security on all levels of the kingdom Watchers and gunmen outside the area, making sure no one gets in the kingdom; they don’t look like much of a threat to the naked eye, come on, someone who watches you from above might be creepy but there’s hidden gunmen who have an underground bunker to camp out in, food will be delivered via the ones who get food from outside the kingdom walls. If you somehow make it passed them without activating their warning lights, then you’re in for a surprise Patrol officers patrolling the inner borders of the kingdom and help stop fights from continuing; They’re armed to the teeth with tommy guns and won’t be happy to see an intruder in the kingdom, you’ll have to hide from them just so you can see the light of day again Then comes these guys The castle guard; more vicious than the other levels of security, if you make it passed the other levels then you’ll be met with a swarm of castle guards shooing you out via violence and weapons. They take no mercy on those who dare trespass without a pass. {18:40}
6:39 By controlling the flow of information, he has direct knowledge of what she knows and she knows that he knows that she'll know to plan around the fact that he knows but because he knows that she knows that he'll plan around her plans based on the fact that he knows that she knows but knowing twilight that she knows that he knows that she knows that he knows will plan around that he knows that she knows that he knows that she knows but... Shinning armor know that she knows and he knows about him knowing about her knowing that he knows so, he could plan based on the idea that he knows that she knows that he is in the know and that her knowing about his knowing is about her knowing. Boom. -silverquill 2019
14:35 - "Witnessing it may ruin all other princesses." - Yeaah... I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that, Silver. Praise our almighty Princess of the Sun ~ :V
When you kept saying "please say yes" faster and faster, I started to hear something different "Chrysalis! Chrysalis! Chrysalis! Chrysalis!"........Am I the only one? LOL LOVE THIS!
heist movies like Ocean's Eleven are my favorites "not the sequels" I find it amazing when they do ep like this where it's fun to see how the main six does things like this. i like how Shinning and Twilight had been beaten by a third group, and then the sence with Luna with her pet goose.... priceless.
Three things i like(love) about this video... 1. It exist’s 2. That intro 3. 11:33 out of nowhere, now i hope someone makes a PMV of ”we will rock You” Btw, i would love a continuity T-shirt
5:42 Believe all you want, Silver... But I'm glad you didn't break into hysterical laughter and point. (And that at least you remembered to add his wings ^^)
Silver your writing is so dang good. You already had me laughing at the he knows she knows and then that one little line from clue had me absolutely and stitches. Well f****** done. I have loved heist movies ever since I watched 'The Sting' with my father years ago. Thank you for indulging us with this breakdown.
Twilight and Spike remind me of the relationship of Spencer And Carly from ICarly in how on sibling has to be more of an adult (even though Spencer has Fire problems)
I still hear "Apple Core" in when Applejack talks about her potential past as a music star, even after you telling me what the actual name is; which is weird because usually when I'm told the "correct" way of saying something, my brain almost immediately corrects it so I read and hear it the right way in the future. I think it's just AJ's accent and the way she says it - the "D" at the end always comes out sounding so soft that you barely hear it, if you notice it at all.
My response to 'Tia's announcement that they beefed up security? "ABOUT BLEEDIN' TIME ALREADY! Were you too busy getting abducted by potted plants?!" :-D
YES, I can never see Twilight and Spike's relationship that of a mother&son, and its incredibly weird whenever I see fanarts and comics of young Twilight calling herself a "mommy". It always baffles me that almost 89% of the fandom sees this and wants so badly. Twilight and Spike have always have this big sister/little brother relationship, and I am so so glad the writers not only sees and addresses this, but they didn't forget that Spike is also Shining Armor's little brother
The lilo and nani comparison works the best as we definetly do see Twilight attempt to parent Spike more than once, but brother and sister is always how i've seen them.
@@Cloud-dt6xb Nani does act like more of a mother than a sister, understandably. I don’t really see that in Twilight personally. She treats Spike like an assistant mostly and partly little brother
@@Freezient Oh my god NO SHE DOES'NT god I want to punch someone everytime i see them accuse her of that. Some of the best moments of the show is Twilight showing that she DOES care about him as a family member. She get's carried away but it's made clear at several points in the show that she does care about him more than just being an assistant and that's validated in the finale too. As I just said i have always seen them as brother and sister even at the very start of the show.
Oh phew, I'm so relieved now... it took us 2 minutes to reach basic levels of Silver Quill... Also, it's the Twitter Mite powered robots! 🎆🎇 *CONTINUITY!* ❇✨
11:03 This is even more hilarious once you find out that Silver actually narrated a pinkie tale story on Maggieponys Channel. It was Rapunzel with MLP characters
I think the line "we never had a single fight", refers to the fact that Twilight and Shinning's disagreements never got physical.
Then it is even worse. Given what we know about early Twilight (the "Lesson Zero" unicorn from Season 1 & 2), the only reason they never got "physical" would be that Shining Armor was truly scared of what her "little monster sister" could do to him with her magic [ -> It actually explains why his "special talent" is magical shields!! ].
@@adolfodef Or that he simply didn't want to hurt her :/
@@horse14t It is not a matter of WANT, but rather the _need_ to restrain her.
He is the older brother, the (supposed) wise one.
She is the naive, unexperienced, little sister that could put her life at risk... even without her "crazy magic" going out of control [simple mundane mistakes that may lead to accidents or injury].
I am not being apologetic about the use of force to _dominate_ others (either through "contact" or indirectly by use of telekinesis); only pointing out that Twilight never had that *"certainty"* that IF she was about to do something horrible ( _without realizing about it_ ) while under supervision of her big brother THEN he would be *able* and _willing_ to do something fast & drastic to _save her_ ...
-> Notice that her mother ( Twilight Velvet ) has a _ridiculously powerfull_ telekinesis [S7E22]; probably through extensive effort/training....
[ This is also why Twilight is so methodical and preocupies excesively about doing everything perfectly HERSELF -> she can NOT rely on others to _supervise_ her, so she must *supervise herself* ] = SELF_PARANOIA
-> On the other hoof, this ingrained "distrust" on others is what help her see Chrysalis half-assed performance as Cadance... but also almost led her to face Nightmare Moon *alone* [ even IF she managed to DEFEAT the alicorn of darkness, it would had to be through a desperate, uncontroled "God Mode ON" that would have likely killed her or both ].
If you think siblings normally have 'physical disagreements' you'd be wrong. I think it means they never had a huge fight or said 'I hate you' to one another.
I like to think Twilight was being over idealisitc with her memories, especially since it had been a long time since she'd interacted with Shining. You tend to remember the good more than the bad.
AnY has such a way with words.
Yay.
Did AnY really participate in this episode review? Edit: The ending explains it.
yay
More like he has a way with word !
Or that at the time she was reminiscing and had rosy glasses on. So she was just saying that they "never" did, just being nostalgic
Love the Ducktales "Moon Theme" from the original NES here :)
Eyub
Hi Doc!
It’s funny how you mention ducktales a episode called louie’s eleven is just like this episode
Or in The Ducktales Reboot
The Moon theme is exactly Della's Lullaby to her boys
@@PuppetOrMuppet that too it’s funny how I never noticed that lol
I think in the shot where Luna was petting the goose, Nightmare Moon came back for a split second. That was an amazing moment.
Even Rarity noticed Spike's heart break moment. I know you are involved in your sibling rivalry, but dang Twi that was cold.
Silverquill: “-Clod!”
Peridot: “That’s my line!”
Nothing better then seeing my favorite Princess of the Night getting one over Celestia using her sneaky nature. ALL HAIL LUNA!
ALL HAIL LUNAAAAAAAAAA
ALL HAIL THE PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT!!!! OUR TRUE RULER OF ALL TIME!!!! RAISE WITH THE LUNAR REPUBLIC, DOWN WITH THE SUN!!!!!!!
Why hasn't Firebrand tried to have Silver train the royal guard....oh I see
I don’t get it.
Firebrand often blast anyone who invaded/Collab with the Party Howitzer
So yeah
not sure having the master of kidnapping, breaking& entering, and a grocery list of other felony training the royal guard is the best idea.
Hahaha they'd be worse shape than they already are
Hey, what better critter to train them against those very things?
There's one thing I want to say. Technically, Shining Armor cheated. I mean, he was staking out the crown and declared himself the winner when she entered the room. Dude, she got pass all your security. Twilight won. For you to win you should have to actually CAPTURE her.
Part of the challenge was to steal the crown, and I think that also meant getting out *WITHOUT* getting caught, which was likely going to happen since the princesses and Shining hadn't been taken out of the picture. If you don't get rid of the head of security, it doesn't do you much good to disable all the other security systems.
His gloating would have definitely been more justified if we had ever seen him WIN a confrontation with a baddie! It doesn't matter if he is there at the end of all that security if he stands no chance at winning!!
Technically, she won regardless ^^ Spike stole the crown and he is Twilight's assistant.
@@JCBro-yg8vd but again, she got past all the security. If an actual villain did that, they aren't going to suddenly stop because you came out of hiding and said gotcha. I'm sorry but he lost. And the fact he cheated trying to claim a win makes me seriously dislike him
@@JCBro-yg8vd and what's worse is if he accepted the loss, he would have refined security. Maybe then Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow wouldn't have been able to infiltrate using one of the same tricks the Twi squad did
Who's the new Captain of the Guard? Commander Firebrand, of course! (More likely, Flash Magnus)
So nothing changed
I thought it was flash magnes
actually, me and an accomplice have theorised that the guards got worse because Shining Armour left. Think about it, the first moment of guard incompetents was the wedding, where he couldn't direct them because he was mind controled. The Crystal Guard however, are probably the best in the show. My associate theorised that the title of Captain was wasted on an upper class stallion who was in all the right groups. However, he was probably replaced after the Sombra incident, perhaps by Flash Magnus. Don't worry, Cozy Glow fighting past the guards in the season finale makes sense. She was an alicorn wielding Grogars bell. Any guards that tried to stop her would have lost their magic. Besides, they wouldn't have been unified, due to the whole racism thing.
Edit: Also, Firebrand is a Commander, not a Captain, and he thought the problem was with the guards themselves. We know he is based not in canterlot, but a secret millitary base.
*Flash Magnus:* _[when the guards pull their usual [yaay]-ups]_ ĠĒ %^#$@^ UNWITAN! ("YOU %^#$@^ IDIOTS!")
So it turns out that those geese may have been a reference to the Battle of Allia. They were the sacred animal of Juno (Roman Hera), and alerted the Romans when the Senones tried sneaking through.
I had no idea. That's really good info. Thank you!
I must remember to talk about that when we reach "The Summer Sun Setback".
@@MLPSilverQuill Tell Josh, he loves Greek mythology, I assume he gets just a little kick out of Roman stuff too.
Interesting, I just kept getting flashbacks to a certain cartoon villain petting his cat (no face ever shown, at least that I can remember) while he commanded his underdogs on video phone? Point to anyone who knows what I am referencing.
@@animehuntress9018 Medaevil from medabots? Oh, and the plot twist that a medal in the cat's helmet was ACTUALLY the mastermind.
@@blazingfuryoffire1 Nope older than that it aired in the 80's and had follow up cartoons in the 90's They finally did a live action film in 1999 and a sequel to that in 2003. A Hint is Firebrand and Silver Quill referenced it in one of their collabs. I think that, that collab was why I only kept thinking of this guy.
i liked that Spike won at the end and Prince Luna helped him.
I also really would have loved to have gotten a Spike and Shinning armor episode considering how similar they are to each other.
Luckily there is fan fiction to read.
dare you tell Firebrand never defeat sliverquill from breaking and dare him break in many ways jump from space or etc.
SPIKE IS BEST "DOUBLE AGENT"
Edit: wow 174 likes, thanks a lot guys
Dude. *Triple* agent.
Hell yeah
Double cross tbey never saw coming.
One really great thing about this particular episode was the rewatchability of it, especially in the flashback at the beginning when they showed off the gold stars before Twilight gets the toy crown, they also show Spike scribbling on the wall. A really great detail about this is that he’s essentially trying to put himself in the sibling supreme game because the things he scribbled on the wall was his head and even some attempts at gold stars. This is all really great details on their own to have in the background but it also informs the audience a little bit on Spikes motivation in this episode.
I wonder how Firebrand will react to Silver training Celestia's guards? I await fire works as I grab my popcorn. ^^
I think at this point sparkybutt has come to the realization that normal training techniques aren't working.
What an utter delight this episode is. It's a perfect yin to the yang in Slice of Life from Season 5.
The former celebrates the zaniness of the series while Sparkle's Seven focuses on the show's heart.
"You shook hooves with Celestia. You should know better."
This was the best fandom episode than Slice Of Life and Fame and Misfortune for me because all the actresses played a part in writing the story which came together in one neat package and gave us fans a real treat ^^ Great job Silver ^^
I think it's widely accepted that Fame and Misfortune was the worst episode in that regard because it went too far.
Zephyr Breeze is so unsexy, he could the straightest mare into a fillyfooler just by looking at them.
Justin Riley even in equestria girls his unsexy and more like hipster with a big ego
Zephyr: the one who can turn canon Dash into fanon Dash
Good god. What is it with bronies and lesbians?
There's a reason i hate bronies but they'll act like they don't get my meaning and call me a homophobe despite knowing I'm right.
@@NonStopKnocks Good God. What is it with people like you can't tell that I was joking?
>Rainbow Dash
>Straight
Pick one
Anyone else feel that Silver is trying to steal Firebrand's job at the end here? XD
The part with Flash and the guards is what got me! Great job, Silver!
"But zat iz ze plan: Now zat zey know our plan; zey'll plan around our plan. Und we in turn shall plan around ze plan zat zey are planning around our plan!"
Do not worry herr doktor, for ve haf somezing zat zey sorely lack....
Zepplins!!!
That was a pretty dang well put together intro.
All this time I was wondering why AnY was so limited. But like Spike, it was all the secret plan of the one and only Keyframe.
I honestly felt disinterest in this episode espeically considering it was the 200th episode. For me Frenemies was the best epsiode of the season.
I loved Rarity, Applejack, Zephyr and the duo of Spike and Luna in this episode because I really felt the fun in their performances. Pinkies space antics considering all the other stuff she does was kinda lackluster and out of place. I appreciate Shinning Armors role in this and how his security system showed he was competent at out thinking his far more intelligent sister which was great, but in the end the 3 villians later on still manage to get into the castle despite acting suspicious and despite the guards knowing about changlings at that point.
The spike being apart of the family bit honestly I felt was kinda just shoved in out of nowhere sense we never really see spike being ungrateful for the family he had in twilight, but the co-op with Luna was great cause I wouldn't have suspected them to work together and enjoyed how Luna hated the bird system.
Rarity stole the show though for me when she said she'd come up with the plan and her presentation really shows me a great time and another reason why shes improved from my initial thoughts I had about her in season 1. Shes gone from last to probably 3rd of my favorites in the Mane6 and that was surprising for me.
I could see why Luna would hate the bird alarm. The noise they make would disturb her sleep during the day, and could disrupt her concentration during her dream work at night.
After the standard set by the 100th episode, this was a rather disappointing follow-up.
@@ryanbarham8464 Yeah it was a fun episode but to me not 200h worth.
I know!!!
I had originally heard that _Frenemies_ was going to be the 200th episode. For a 200th episode, this was a real bust.
Then I saw _Frenemies_ and thought "Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE that THIS isn't the 200th episode???"
@Zombie Hunter Yeah I'm a patreon so I got an early showing lol.
"Clods?" Scoping out the Diamond Authority are we Silver?
You have never made a video that I didn't love! Luna, best princess and Spike, best dragon!
AnY really stepped up his game during this video. Never before have we heard such epic commentary from him.
The hardest to watch part of this episode is the Zephyr scene.
It's all of the cringe of Flutter Brutter concentrated into one minute.
he needs to suffer more then silver does from karma
Zephyr was actually ok here unlike in his other appearances.
@@NonStopKnocks His worst trait is his obsession with Dash, which was the one that was most on display here.
I will admit that a part of me finds it very uncomfortable, especially with the way he smiles at Rainbow Dash.
Agreed. That horse has a very punchable face
Luna: Subverts the entire security system because she didn't get her way in deciding how security should be and doesn't like that the former captain of the royal guard, whose job was literally castle security, got to arrange it all.
Silver Quill: PRAISE LUNA! SHE COULD SLAY US ALL AND BE IN THE RIGHT! YAY LUNALUNALUNALUNALUNA.
"But in my defense . . . I'm very judgmental."
That line and delivery xD oh my Celestia j had to pause the video and let myself laugh for a good minute. Thanks Silver.
Wow, AnY's voice acting in this was amazing! 10/10 Such range!
17:55
Of course....the Reveal! The ultimate goal of all heist films! I thought a certain poofy maned giraffee.....er I mean Unicorn helped you with this Silver Quill.
Yeah, I'd watch your back if you don't want Keyframe kicking your flank for calling her a giraffe.
@@spectrumscribble1498 Okay.
*Turns his head 180 degrees to look at his own back*
How's this?
When the parents are away the kids will play.
AnY was so insightful, truly no better argument for this episode has ever been made.
After that Halloween episode of "After The Fact" two years ago, KeyFrame got her revenge on ANY!
I just realised that Spike and Fluttershy are wearing literal catsuits.
Aren’t you still mad at Continuity for destroying Casa de Quill??” And speaking of an famous castle, how is the reconstruction of Casa de Quill??
I only learn one thing from this episode: Luna can't be trusted, she can still easily over throw the throne.......
3:40
Also it's the line after that. Me and my sister also never really had a single fight but that's because we had a very distant relationship.
This is my favorite review of all time XD
The royal guard dancing, the princess Luna, 10/10
For some reason...I have the urge to hear "We will rock you" after that graceful display. XD
I cannot fathom why you would think such a thing. =)
I would pay good money to see a video of Silver-Quill drilling the Royal Guards, Lee Ermey style.
11:30
I'm not gonna lie; Zephyr Breeze was HILARIOUS in this episode! X'D
Oh cool, very glad you got this out before the finale! I love the amount of work you put into each of them. I really enjoyed the 200th episode and love that I got to watch it live at BABScon 2019. It was a real blast. The heist genre isn't normally my thing, but I really liked the craziness of this episode ... with one exception.
The only fly in the ointment for me is actually the scene you thought the funniest: I absolutely hate the Rainbow Dash-Zephyr Breeze thing. Besides being a horrible cliche, it takes a strong, powerful female character who never really relied on her femininity to convince or manipulate others (something I recall you being sharply critical of Rarity when she did that) and reducing her to pretty face being forced to compliment, if not outright flirt with, someone she doesn't like and who has a very misogynistic, obsessive and outright creepy behavior around her. This is a trope that needs to DIE. And just because Ashleigh Ball wanted something involving Zephyr Breeze and Rainbow Dash (I don't think she specifically requested something like THIS) that doesn't make it okay in my book.
I thought how Rainbow handled Zephyr in his inaugural episode was really funny and even though he was clueless, it never really came off as creepy or disturbing. But after the awful Equestria Girls short where he physically blocked the door to prevent her from leaving, and then again here where he put his hooves on her ... I can't laugh at this or be okay with it, no matter how funny some of Rainbow's expressions are. It's just uncomfortable and gross and the single biggest criticism I have of this episode. This turned Zephyr from a character you can love to hate, to one you just outright loathe.
Okay, so on a less uncomfortable topic -- Shining Armor is SUCH a camper! His security system is WORTHLESS if it only works when he is physically there in the throne room to catch them. And since the terms of the contest were only that someone had to see Twilight, he didn't need anything else: not the fans or the doors or the guards or the geese ... he could've just sat down and stared at the crown all day and that would've been that. It doesn't show off anything about the security system, especially since he was expecting Twi to break in. Seriously, serious fail from Shining Armor. Twilight should've won (not that I'm against Spike getting the crown mind you) and this whole thing redesigned. And "Summer Sun Setback" on further proves that this system is a failure. I guess Celestia didn't listen to whatever problems Luna raised. So we all know who to blame going forward. =P
Still, great review and it clearly reflects all the work you put into it. Very well done! I hope you have a fun time this weekend and are watching the finale with friends. Until next time!
The pony Rainbow & Zephyr and the human versions should be seen as seperate characters.
Don’t reference we will rock you without going full hog with the song playing
Now i hope someone makes a pmv of it :)
4:15
Also some parenting from Nightlight and Velvet. I kind of missed that in the Zeppelyn episode. Even though me and my siblings are all adults now my parents still often give us advice and guidance.
I enjoyed this episode a lot but this episode did confirm my suspicion that the show couldn't figure out what Spike and Twilight dynamic should be for the longest time since it kept flip flopping between brother/sister and son/mother. Not a major issue of the series mind you but still a bit weird.
6:00
My ideal security is security on all levels of the kingdom
Watchers and gunmen outside the area, making sure no one gets in the kingdom; they don’t look like much of a threat to the naked eye, come on, someone who watches you from above might be creepy but there’s hidden gunmen who have an underground bunker to camp out in, food will be delivered via the ones who get food from outside the kingdom walls. If you somehow make it passed them without activating their warning lights, then you’re in for a surprise
Patrol officers patrolling the inner borders of the kingdom and help stop fights from continuing; They’re armed to the teeth with tommy guns and won’t be happy to see an intruder in the kingdom, you’ll have to hide from them just so you can see the light of day again
Then comes these guys
The castle guard; more vicious than the other levels of security, if you make it passed the other levels then you’ll be met with a swarm of castle guards shooing you out via violence and weapons. They take no mercy on those who dare trespass without a pass.
{18:40}
I assumed Flash Magnus was the new Captain.
Because everyone knows that Flash Sentry is the Canterlot Library Guard.
6:39 By controlling the flow of information, he has direct knowledge of what she knows and she knows that he knows that she'll know to plan around the fact that he knows but because he knows that she knows that he'll plan around her plans based on the fact that he knows that she knows but knowing twilight that she knows that he knows that she knows that he knows will plan around that he knows that she knows that he knows that she knows but... Shinning armor know that she knows and he knows about him knowing about her knowing that he knows so, he could plan based on the idea that he knows that she knows that he is in the know and that her knowing about his knowing is about her knowing. Boom.
-silverquill 2019
You have done a great service to the Internet typing all that out.
11:34 also who wants to see them all start doing a flash mob dance scene now? I do
Every episode is better with silver Quill.
An y is the new bluecifer .
14:35 - "Witnessing it may ruin all other princesses." - Yeaah... I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that, Silver.
Praise our almighty Princess of the Sun ~ :V
Welp, can't blame the lunar republic 😂
When you kept saying "please say yes" faster and faster, I started to hear something different "Chrysalis! Chrysalis! Chrysalis! Chrysalis!"........Am I the only one? LOL LOVE THIS!
Great job on this SQ. Loved the AnY "cameos"
heist movies like Ocean's Eleven are my favorites "not the sequels" I find it amazing when they do ep like this where it's fun to see how the main six does things like this. i like how Shinning and Twilight had been beaten by a third group, and then the sence with Luna with her pet goose.... priceless.
Three things i like(love) about this video...
1. It exist’s
2. That intro
3. 11:33 out of nowhere, now i hope someone makes a PMV of ”we will rock You”
Btw, i would love a continuity T-shirt
yay
yay
Yay indeed
Na
Lol
XD it was Keyframe the whole time
LOL, yeah poor AnY. I guess we should 'blame Key Frame' from now on lol.
And yet the AnY cameo is one of the funniest parts of the episode.
5:42 Believe all you want, Silver... But I'm glad you didn't break into hysterical laughter and point. (And that at least you remembered to add his wings ^^)
I have the cold....
I feel like crap....
Every time I sneeze, all over hurts....
I see silver uploaded a new vid, and I feel a bit better :)
An awesome and fantastic vid as always Silver Quill.
Silver your writing is so dang good. You already had me laughing at the he knows she knows and then that one little line from clue had me absolutely and stitches. Well f****** done.
I have loved heist movies ever since I watched 'The Sting' with my father years ago. Thank you for indulging us with this breakdown.
That shot of Lina with the goose was iconic lol
Luna**
Shinning Armour - I AM THE SENATE - lol.
Spike: Not. Yet.
@@feqbrony8989 shinning armor: it's treason then.
@@SleepyWhistles Lyra: But... BonBon... is she ok...?
@@feqbrony8989 shinning armor: it seems, in your anger, you killed her.
@@SleepyWhistles HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Twilight and Spike remind me of the relationship of Spencer And Carly from ICarly in how on sibling has to be more of an adult (even though Spencer has Fire problems)
like how spike is covered up by the time stamp thing in the thumb nail lol
Hey, he’s actually caught up! Go figure :3
The little prince if my favorite book, thank you pinkie
Nice work on your latest After The Fact on the dawn of the series finale, Silver Quill. Good choice with the 200th episode.
I feel like I was denied both a Star Trek reference and a Leverage reference. The unexpected use of "We Will Rock You", however, makes up for this.
Yeah. Leverage was literally a series based on the heist genre.
2:05- OH RIGHT! This is a SilverQuill review.
Yay.(to avoid confusion, I am not quoting AnY, but Rogal Dorn, a.k.a. Lord Adorable)
You're not alone there, Quill.
The first time or 2 I saw this episode, I thought it was Apple Core myself.
Happy 9 years of FiM.
And happy (almost) 6 years of Silver Quill. :)
Thanks for the highlights. This may be the closest I'll ever get to seeing the actual episode.
That’s one good way to celebrate the 200th episode about our favorite group of pastel ponies. And one dragon.
I still hear "Apple Core" in when Applejack talks about her potential past as a music star, even after you telling me what the actual name is; which is weird because usually when I'm told the "correct" way of saying something, my brain almost immediately corrects it so I read and hear it the right way in the future. I think it's just AJ's accent and the way she says it - the "D" at the end always comes out sounding so soft that you barely hear it, if you notice it at all.
Best cameo of all time, 10/10 Yays.
6:47
Everything you said after this time stamp made sense to me
Holy Celestia! Firebrand's got some competition since Silver can literally round up the soldiers much better. lol
My response to 'Tia's announcement that they beefed up security?
"ABOUT BLEEDIN' TIME ALREADY! Were you too busy getting abducted by potted plants?!" :-D
LOL
@7:09 all I could think of was "Man in Black: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
Vizzini: Wait til I get going! Now, where was I?" Princess Bride.
13:07
Literally my favorite part of this vid besides the graceful gaurd ponies
7:09 "Your brilliance knows no bounds!"
Give me a like if you recognise what internet series I'm referencing
I've seen the Totally Legit Recap of this episode too many times, I can't take it seriously anymore.
11:05 rainbow dash always dresses in style
Neat, Ponybutt is back. Death is eternal and there is no god. A good day if you ask me.
Love the fact you used the Ducktales 'Moon song' when you're showing Pinkie's plan to go into space
I imagined playing “Life Will Change instrumental” over the heist scenes
6:45 - 7:10
Me (At 6:58 in Austin Powers's voice): Oh no, I've gone cross-eyed.
The solution to the Royal Guard problem is easy: Sgt. Slaughter! Worked for the Joes!
At 6:11 you’re more scary than Dr. wolf And he’s evil when he wants to be
"I'm not a Doctor... but I play one on the internet." *Shudders.*
WOW...i mean that AnY pony has still got it...i mean seriously, he blends in so well its like he wasnt even here...
16:50
I also like seeing him be somewhat antagonistic. I mean he was a soldier.
YES, I can never see Twilight and Spike's relationship that of a mother&son, and its incredibly weird whenever I see fanarts and comics of young Twilight calling herself a "mommy". It always baffles me that almost 89% of the fandom sees this and wants so badly. Twilight and Spike have always have this big sister/little brother relationship, and I am so so glad the writers not only sees and addresses this, but they didn't forget that Spike is also Shining Armor's little brother
The lilo and nani comparison works the best as we definetly do see Twilight attempt to parent Spike more than once, but brother and sister is always how i've seen them.
@@Cloud-dt6xb Nani does act like more of a mother than a sister, understandably. I don’t really see that in Twilight personally. She treats Spike like an assistant mostly and partly little brother
@@Freezient Oh my god NO SHE DOES'NT god I want to punch someone everytime i see them accuse her of that. Some of the best moments of the show is Twilight showing that she DOES care about him as a family member. She get's carried away but it's made clear at several points in the show that she does care about him more than just being an assistant and that's validated in the finale too. As I just said i have always seen them as brother and sister even at the very start of the show.
Oh phew, I'm so relieved now... it took us 2 minutes to reach basic levels of Silver Quill...
Also, it's the Twitter Mite powered robots! 🎆🎇 *CONTINUITY!* ❇✨
11:03 This is even more hilarious once you find out that Silver actually narrated a pinkie tale story on Maggieponys Channel.
It was Rapunzel with MLP characters