Now I only need to get some minions to send at you... But at least you found something in G5 you can appreciate, even I am aware of the problems, but I also agree that this episode is the best we got from G5 and that the characters are the reason, thats why I made a video on those characters, mostly talking about this episode (shameless advertisement succesfully inserted). And bold move to make a positive video despite knowing that it likely wont get as many views, and you absolutely picked the right topic. Now back to the minions (pulls out his other two TH-cam Accounts)
I personally have a pretty positive opinion on g5 as well. This episode and episode 4 were my favorites because they both had growth for the characters. I also like how opaline, atleast attempted, to take on a more active role in episode 4
I think another the reason this episode works is because the cast is smaller and only focus’s on two characters rather than shoehorning in the rest of the cast into the story
I'm so thrilled I'm not the only one who throught this episode was the best of Chapter 2. I love the Dynamic between Pipp and Zipp and this episode puts that on full display. Putting both of them through a huge argument only to then make up in the end leads to some great character development.
I'm so happy that this episode is getting the love I felt it really deserved while watching it. I love Zipp and Pipp's dynamic and I'm happy we're getting more on it. The Portrait Day song is so lovely and it was quite cool to hear Zipp sing. Seeing a bit more of her softer side with Pipp was quite nice as well. We Definitely need more of these two.
I also wish that we got to hear more of Queen Haven's songs in this episode. Now let's see if we can find an episode in g3 that fans despite hating g3 actually enjoyed.
This is my favorite episode in MYM so far, I couldn’t agree more with your reasons! In addition, I love it because it doesn’t try to shove all the main cast in there without reason/very little reason like some of the other episodes. Not to say it’s bad to try and include everyone in every episode, but if they don’t have a reason to be there, then they’re best left out.
please tell me I'm not the only one who considers zipp to be the true protagonist of MYM. she is the one who tries to solve the problems of the plots, she researches about the past of equestria and who demonstrates the most individuality. Zipp is the best character and now i want that in a possible g6 we have a pegasus as protagonists MLP knows how to make a cool Pegasus with multicolored hair
@@quinnhouk5369 This. For me, she just stood out. Honestly, Sunny, Izzy, and Pipp were very similar to me when I watched the movie. It felt that they have very similar personalities. Zipp was different and reminded me more of myself. Hitch was similarly in that vein, though being a stallion helps him with this. .
I really wish they would let her be a GOOD detective. I know it would wrap things up faster, but at this point, fine. Virtually everything in this show has meandered and it's annoying. Zipp was the only one with any semblance of an arc in the first special. I just wish they would let her be the awesome pone she is. I know she is supposed to be similar to RD, but Zipp is my fav of this gen and RD was my least favorite creature in the all of gen 4.
The bar is already so eggregiously low, that even the table scraps feel like a meal if your starved out long enough. Do yourselves a favor and watch any previous generations, they worth it!
I was so relieved to get an episode where sparky didn’t exists…my god I hate that dragon with a burning passion. I see him as just a marketing thing. Trying to make him ‘ cute and adorable ‘ intentionally, just for hasbro think that people would love him. To buy toys
My biggest complaint about G5 is that how apparently Twilight and her friends pretty much failed in their attempts to bring friendship to all of Equestria...and my question is WHY?! I realize that without struggle and conflict there is no story but there are ways to do this WITHOUT sacrificing the accomplishments of the previous series. A great example of this is another Hasbro series, Transformers namely G1 and Beastwars. In G1 we had the Autobots managing to defeat the Decepticons and from there we learned they established a lasting peace. And it wasn't until the time of Beastwars that another conflict arose. Both series tied into one another nicely without making the efforts of the previous show seem pointless....something they completely botched up in Beast Machines (but thats a story for another day) Anyway I said all of that to say this. There was a big enough time gap between G4 and G5 for things to gradually develop to what we had in the opening without having to throw Twilight and her friends under the bus.
I really enjoy that episode the best and I have to agree, it's very well written compared to other episodes in general. It's nice to hear a positive review from ya sometimes as it can definitely help not only balance out between the good and bad to better help viewers to build their own opinions, but also not completely shed bad light on G5 series as I believe despite at their many fail attempts, from the good parts, it deserved to be shined. Sure it really needs a huge improvement, but I really hope the in the future, they would gradually realize what episodes hit off better and help compare em to what and how they should write and do episodes. After all the creator was indeed passionate about this G5 project, but I feel the lack of skills in story writing is what caused the show to kinda flop up and down. Mainly on the down parts.
I've been watching a lot of your videos and I just wanna say you sound like Chris McLean from Total drama lol That said, I really like how you talk about G5 of mlp
For me the best episode was the one about the sleepover, it was the one that explained the most lore about the series, in addition to the fact that Izzy and Misty are really cute and stole the limelight throughout the series xD Personally, I still like the Christmas special more, there was no plot (and the biggest problem was trying to have one) but it was the most entertaining thing to see it complete and I never tire of watching it (and on top of that it lasted 45 minutes) for It must be something, they did something well, I don't know what but well xD And from Portrait Day, the first time was fine... But the problem is that the plot seems very slow at the beginning when I watch it again, but the top 3 episodes were
As much as I really dislike G5 as well, this episode hit me hard. I have a similar relationship currently with my twin sister. We were super close as kids, but because of personal issues between us, we grew apart. Thankfully, I'm starting to open up to her more, step by step. I even almost cried listening to try song because my sisterhood was reminded... That doesn't mean we have to go through a crisis to understand each other lol!
I felt like this episode was the best as well. And I loved the song. I haven't really liked most of the songs in the show because I don't like 95% of pop songs.
Another flaw of this episode is an animation error when Pipp is looking at her reflection in some water and her mane style in the reflection is is on the wrong side so it’s opposite from where it should be in the reflection. However the animators get the reflections right during the song sequence. It’s early days for G5 still so it’s cool.
Portrait of a princess was a pretty cool episode. Buut MY favorite epsode was the traditional unicorn sleepover. But I'm Not saying that portrait of a princess was a bad epsode it was cool. And portrait day song is my favorite song out of the whole show. The song was actually the best part of this episode. It was amazing 👏 😍
I can recognize a lot of the flaws in the show, it's not perfect, but THIS episode has me convinced it can be really good in future episodes. It's a large part of why I like the show enough to put up with the things I don't like that much about it (sparky included...)
Well it is nice to know that some of the writers on the team are putting some level of effort into making an actual story! I didn't watch any of the episodes but from the bits I've seen on TH-cam this one does look more coherent than most. And good riddance with that green jello-glob gummy bear "Sparky" (although I personally deem him unworthy of a name at all).
1:25 well, it depends, also why is she cute, Izzy from what I saw is the second most beloved of the program and must be the one that had the least development, simply because she is cute and even to save a mediocre episode like the first, just for his cuteness xD (I just saw the video why TH-cam came up with the subtitles with translation not working) that is, Izzy GOD
something that's been bugging me for a while now... In the series 3D animated things (that are not the movie) doesn't Izzy look ill? The way they do her eyes and the shading or lighting on them just makes me think she looks sick or like shes been crying
Good character development! Decent story progression! A terrific song! And Ovaltine is actually important to the plot. G5 took it's biggest step in the right direction with this episode. 👍 But then it slipped on a banana peel and went several steps backwards with "Ali-conned". 🤦♂
Finally i have some best scene to you guys acknowlogde, and my plant was just a test to get them to see them how easy to trap them, and i don't think to much beacuse i need to think about another plant to take the Unity crystal why i Should just trap them both, i just too bothered see misty did nothing so i give she that plant
well, well. we see whats comming up in the future. but aside from that, i wonder, if there was a LEGIT attempt to do things right in G5, where would we have to start? for example, do we have to consider that we have to make a complete restart, but building up the story after the G5 movie, or can we start at the point of the last episode like winter wishday? because, at this moment, i believe the show evolves like a current tripple A game: good graphics and movement, story is more meh or "broken" at some points and lack of content. and i have a little critic about star strike here, but only a little and it is about the lack of fixing G5 entirely. now, i know he talks alot about some episodes and i think he made a video about how to fix G5, but i dont know, something very important is missing, is it a certain message, i dont know. its just a thought
this is *100%* the best episode. i mean, g4 is of course the best gen, but i enjoyed watching this, i loved the song, and yes, it should have been about a five min, song, it would have made it *so much* more deep, and meaningful.
i never noticed all of this i was so hung up on how pipp called her child fans to a remote location to help her (ʘ言ʘ╬) that was a very irresponsible descicion especially when she's a princess and has royal guards it was unnecessary. like when she did that i wholly stopped paying attention
HARD disagree, not only i think characters are better written than one note archetypes from G4 but theres a lot more better songs not just in MYM but also TYT. In G4 i only liked Smile Song. but just in this episode of G5 we had great song of Portrait Day as well as Queen Haven "Pony Love". By now only nostalgia make people praise G4 more than G5.
As far as I know, there was no plan at all. And that's probably the biggest weakness for Opaline, I can't take her seriously when she doesn't do anything, or just gives up the minute something doesn't work the first time.
This is also my favorite episode in g5. I mainly enjoy it for Zipp and Pipp’s arcs and the fact that I relate to Zipp in almost every part which is one of the reasons why she’s my favorite character in this series. The songs were also great though I do agree that they should have added that cut verse from the portrait day song. That doesn’t take away from my enjoyment of it however. I have enjoyed every episode of this series to some extent, but I can definitely say that this one beats all of them by a long shot.
I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't love this episode or consider it the best of the bunch. It's by no means bad, I appreciate that it's the only one not to feature the entire cast even when there's no need for them all, but I feel like the only thing truly good about is Queen Haven. Honestly, she steals the show between her musical number, her saying she's used to cleaning up messes as mom and her worries about her daughters not getting along, with the implications being pretty strong that she's been a single mother since Pipp was little.
I think Sunny's character arc being done in the movie really damaged her character in MYM and TYT she's kinda boring and just there Where twilight felt like the main character (least until later seasons which oddly kinda validated the concerns of fans during the alicorn reveal but that's another conversation) Sunny is just there not really standing out and is more just a force to drive the plot. That one episode that focus on her problems with being an alicorn I feel while good is the most we'll get in a while
Not remember this yet. But this not in the main plot. Like other that do in main plot. So mostly like mlp gen 4/ 1, 2, 25, 26 in ever season. Where make your mark is every episode feel connect. Funny I like connection episode but this is med connection. With connection plot. 3:12
I have to say something right here and now. This episode was one of my favorite Mlp episodes. Even passing some g4 episodes. Also SS, because most of the songs are cut of or too short, I wonder if the show writers just listened to the final song in MMC and thought that it was a good length for the songs. Another reason why I agree with you and many people so much is because Zipp and Pipp are like, the best and so underutilized and this episode gives them the spotlight for once. Aannnnnnnnnndddddd that wannabe spike isn’t here for once!!!!!
@@chuckboy864 Your saying seasons 7-9 are good man when are people gonna realize the truth that seasons 7-9 and that 2017 movie are underwhelming and have nothing to do with friendship and G4 series finale bleh rather watch this and lol you actually like discord my most hated character in fiction
Well I like the later seasons for a few different reasons like in season 9 with the villains plan building up and the school. 2nd, yes, discord is one of my favorite characters but I saw that you dislike him so I trying to be civil with you.
@@chuckboy864 Well you have questionable taste then the school turned out to be a dumb idea cos you can't just teach friendship as it can just happen anywhere and Discord is a character no one likes especially how he's responsible for season 9 for stupidly forming the villains who believe or not are even more stupider and incompetent that makes c tier teenage mutant ninja turtles villains competent so lol
Strike, you're practically correct about why 'Portrait OF a Princess' is the best episode of the generation so far. However, I found your exclaimation and call-out of Doc Anubis liking Sparky's character quite harsh. I don't even watch his videos and yet, you feel the need to bring him into your rant about Sparky. Why should that concern you if he likes one character that you so despise? Why make up ridiculous assumptions that he's sending his followers to your channel to mob it with comments? I'm sorry, Strike, but that just isn't respectful at all. If you're going to be positive for once in your videos about Gen 5, implement it as the main focus and not taking jabs at other creators that shouldn't even be brought up in the first place.
Doc Anubis and I are friends. We talk and joke a lot about how he and how few other people like Sparky. I wasn't serious when I said he was using his alt accounts to comment on my videos. It wasn't meant to be an attack on him or anyone that likes Sparky.
Am I the only person who is BEGGING for Opaline to steal Sparky 1. So he can like, die. And 2. SO SOMETHING INTERESTING CAN HAPPEN WHICH ACTUALLY AFFECTS THE PLOT
You are not. Only thing is, this is a kid's show and I can guarantee that Sparky isn't going to remain captured for long. But it would be so satisfying to see Sparky not only captured, but fully restrained and being used as fuel for Opaline's magic.
Sparky is not the worst. It's Hitch from the show. I want movie Hitch back. Sparky is just a baby dragon. Spike is more mature because years has past with Twilight. But Sparky he just hatched and discovering things
@@adamk-paxlogan7330Sucks I actually love Spyro I only hate some dragons it depends for example: I hate how to train your dragon but I love in ninjago the 4 headed dragon and I love Riya and the last dragon so I don’t hate all dragons
You know what else is good about this ep? It pretty much undermined your theory about minor personal squabbles causing world-ending events! Ha! (It seems to happen only in the case of major disunity between the tribes or when the Guardians of Harmony squabble in close proximity to the crystals while magic is unstable.) (Also, if it's "evil" to stop spiraling arguments by taking away magic, then it's just as evil to stop them by any other means. Talking and restraining included. And who says there isn't room for the conflicting parties to resolve their issues naturally after being stopped forcefully by any of these means? Or while the disaster is happening? Arguments are stupid, and people are hard to reason with in the midst of emotional flares.)
Yep, it makes sense! I also thought much about why I liked this episode muuuuuuuuch more than the others... I think there is one more thing that made it better (you partly mentioned it already speaking about Spike, but the problem is much more than just Spike). So, this episode doesn't try to repeat G4 success by literally repeating something from the series but in wrong way. I believe this is why Spike annoys some people (and me) so much :)
Ya know Sparky’s only quality-? He looks kinda cute. Yeah that’s about it- I honestly don’t know why he can’t talk like Spike could, (yeah ok I guess he like just hatched) but it’s just… annoying…
IT is ACTUALLY PLUS I've seen most of make your mark but EVEN THOUGH J DONOT HAVE NETFLIX I NEED TO GET IT MAYBE WHEN IM 20 OR UP RIGHT NOW I HAVE TUBI SND CAN WATCH IT ON PONY TUBE AND CLIPS ON TH-cam AND CLIPS FROM PEOPLE WHO PIST AND FIND THESE EPISODES AND SEND THEM ON INSTA BUT........ I AGREE WITH YOU AND THE DETAILSED EXPLAINING ABOUT THESE TO MULTICOLORED HORSES I ALREADY KNOW THEY HAVE PARTS TO PLAY ▶️ AND THEY WILL ALWYAS LOVE ❤️ EACH OTHER AS SISTER FRIENDTRIP AND CARE ABD PONY LIVE 🐎 🐴 🎶 🎵 AND INVESTIGATION THEY WERE BOTH RI GJ T AND WRONG SO IM GLAD IT WASNT JYST ZIPP THAF APOLOGIZED BECAUSE PIPP WAS IN A WRONG TOO. BUT I LOOOVEE THE BACKGROUND AND THE SONG.
I rated episode 6 (The Traditional Unicorn Sleepover) a bit higher than Portrait for a Princess back then, but in terms of character development and character arc, Portrait for a Princess undoubtedly takes the cakes. (Despite the glaring issue with Opaline.) What I still don't understand about this generation is that they always reference G4 as their main influence yet they only manage to produce episodes that are mediocre at best - with a few exceptions, of course.
That's what's the most frustration to those who have seen both gens. Gen 4 was amazing, so Hasbro clearly knows how to make a good show. It didn't have to copy gen 4 completely, but it could have used some of the methods that made that gen great. This is clearly a cash grab and it shows. I'm not hating gen 5 just because it's not gen 4. Especially after the movie, I was excited for this gen. it's like they stopped caring after the movie and it sucks because as Star has said, this could be really great.
Episode 3 was definitely the best of the show probably even all mlp content from this year. The character are, like you said very well done, and are better handled, not too many character are squeezed in like in the other episodes, we have the obvious two main character and sunny as a supporting character (wich is all what her character is). Maybe the villains don’t have to be in their, but I’m not too bothered The main song is the best but short. But I was disappointed that queen havens song especially cut short, since I heard the full version before the show and It sounded very interesting. But either way, despite the sadly problems, it still done a lot of thing well. And I feel like G5 should do more of this. PLS!!!
Pipp had a working phone, and instead of calling their friends for help (Hitch IS the sherrif, even if he sucks now) she live streams to her child fans to save them.
@@Longma1 This is so dumb. I really hate how disjointed this gen is. From a movie, to the YT shows, to MYM specials and the MYM show. It's really all over the place. I also REALLY hate the "chapter" naming system. Hoe is one special one "chapter"? Is TYT a separate chapter? It's confusing and off-putting.
Did this episode finally work out Zipp and Pipp's differences enough for them to be like siblings again? Did this episode have a very different musical number? Did this episode rely on the evil plan to make the story happen? All yes. Maybe I'm holding too much of a grudge here, but my dislike for Pipp is probably what is keeping me from liking this episode as much as I should.
@@TheSultan1470 Because I cannot stand Pipp and her chronic phone/social media addiction. It's so annoying and doesn't send a good message. At least she does get her just desserts for her addiction every now and then, like having her phone run out of battery in the comics. But aside from that, this combined with her being a livestreamer and influencer with thousands of Pippsqueaks (Which is made worse now that the Pippsqueaks are shown to be children. I was a lot more fine with it when they were just adults simping for her.), does not make her very likeable to me. It's far from Opaline or Sparky levels of hatred, but Pipp is what holds me back from enjoying Portrait For a Princess.
@@TheSultan1470 Seriously, tho In A New Generation, pretty much everyone in Zephyr Heights worshipped her up until they found out that the Storm-Petals family was faking their flying. In the comics at least, her Pippsqueaks were shown panicking and/or bawling their eyes out when she made an announcement about magic glitching...thanks to Discord.
so it seems the show stumbles more then anything like this song is G5' 'Winter Wrap up' but then the next episode we go back to stumbling on ourselves...also, Opaline is still ugly..her color theme is so awful
Good analysis! I also thought this was the best episode for the reasons you mentioned. To be fair, though, the bar is low. 😞I also appreciate your take on Hitch. His character is VERY different from the movie and I really dislike it. Hitch was my second favorite character from the movie (under Zipp), but they have changed him so drastically that he's barely the pony we once new. Is this how you treat the first male main character of your franchise?
Now I only need to get some minions to send at you...
But at least you found something in G5 you can appreciate, even I am aware of the problems, but I also agree that this episode is the best we got from G5 and that the characters are the reason, thats why I made a video on those characters, mostly talking about this episode (shameless advertisement succesfully inserted).
And bold move to make a positive video despite knowing that it likely wont get as many views, and you absolutely picked the right topic.
Now back to the minions (pulls out his other two TH-cam Accounts)
I personally have a pretty positive opinion on g5 as well. This episode and episode 4 were my favorites because they both had growth for the characters. I also like how opaline, atleast attempted, to take on a more active role in episode 4
I think another the reason this episode works is because the cast is smaller and only focus’s on two characters rather than shoehorning in the rest of the cast into the story
And doesn’t feature the demon Sparky most importantly
@@sweetdreams1028he is so unbearable and the person who decided to have him needs to be fired immediately
I'm so thrilled I'm not the only one who throught this episode was the best of Chapter 2. I love the Dynamic between Pipp and Zipp and this episode puts that on full display. Putting both of them through a huge argument only to then make up in the end leads to some great character development.
I'm so happy that this episode is getting the love I felt it really deserved while watching it. I love Zipp and Pipp's dynamic and I'm happy we're getting more on it. The Portrait Day song is so lovely and it was quite cool to hear Zipp sing. Seeing a bit more of her softer side with Pipp was quite nice as well. We Definitely need more of these two.
I like it because it shows a PIP does not just do social media all day
I also wish that we got to hear more of Queen Haven's songs in this episode.
Now let's see if we can find an episode in g3 that fans despite hating g3 actually enjoyed.
Pipp is my favorite MLP G5 character. I love her design! She's adorable!
Dude your story is so much better I wish it was cannon I would love a follow up video/ fan series written by you bout this
If hasbro gets the hint, hopefully we can get more episodes like this in the future!
This is my favorite episode in MYM so far, I couldn’t agree more with your reasons! In addition, I love it because it doesn’t try to shove all the main cast in there without reason/very little reason like some of the other episodes. Not to say it’s bad to try and include everyone in every episode, but if they don’t have a reason to be there, then they’re best left out.
Oh, so you mean like Twilight in every episode of season 1
@@CrazyWhore116 Lol, Season 1 Twilight definitely came to mind while writing my comment. I was like "Huh, this sounds familiar..."
please tell me I'm not the only one who considers zipp to be the true protagonist of MYM.
she is the one who tries to solve the problems of the plots, she researches about the past of equestria and who demonstrates the most individuality.
Zipp is the best character and now i want that in a possible g6 we have a pegasus as protagonists MLP knows how to make a cool Pegasus with multicolored hair
i thought that rainbow dash has colored hair.
I agree. I feel like Zipp is the only non Mary-Sue with some actual character. Izzy is my favorite, but the best is Zipp (yes there is a difference).
@@quinnhouk5369 This. For me, she just stood out. Honestly, Sunny, Izzy, and Pipp were very similar to me when I watched the movie. It felt that they have very similar personalities. Zipp was different and reminded me more of myself. Hitch was similarly in that vein, though being a stallion helps him with this. .
I really wish they would let her be a GOOD detective. I know it would wrap things up faster, but at this point, fine. Virtually everything in this show has meandered and it's annoying. Zipp was the only one with any semblance of an arc in the first special. I just wish they would let her be the awesome pone she is. I know she is supposed to be similar to RD, but Zipp is my fav of this gen and RD was my least favorite creature in the all of gen 4.
Nah the true protagonist is Misty
The bar is already so eggregiously low, that even the table scraps feel like a meal if your starved out long enough. Do yourselves a favor and watch any previous generations, they worth it!
I was so relieved to get an episode where sparky didn’t exists…my god I hate that dragon with a burning passion. I see him as just a marketing thing. Trying to make him ‘ cute and adorable ‘ intentionally, just for hasbro think that people would love him. To buy toys
My biggest complaint about G5 is that how apparently Twilight and her friends pretty much failed in their attempts to bring friendship to all of Equestria...and my question is WHY?! I realize that without struggle and conflict there is no story but there are ways to do this WITHOUT sacrificing the accomplishments of the previous series.
A great example of this is another Hasbro series, Transformers namely G1 and Beastwars. In G1 we had the Autobots managing to defeat the Decepticons and from there we learned they established a lasting peace. And it wasn't until the time of Beastwars that another conflict arose. Both series tied into one another nicely without making the efforts of the previous show seem pointless....something they completely botched up in Beast Machines (but thats a story for another day)
Anyway I said all of that to say this. There was a big enough time gap between G4 and G5 for things to gradually develop to what we had in the opening without having to throw Twilight and her friends under the bus.
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I really enjoy that episode the best and I have to agree, it's very well written compared to other episodes in general. It's nice to hear a positive review from ya sometimes as it can definitely help not only balance out between the good and bad to better help viewers to build their own opinions, but also not completely shed bad light on G5 series as I believe despite at their many fail attempts, from the good parts, it deserved to be shined. Sure it really needs a huge improvement, but I really hope the in the future, they would gradually realize what episodes hit off better and help compare em to what and how they should write and do episodes.
After all the creator was indeed passionate about this G5 project, but I feel the lack of skills in story writing is what caused the show to kinda flop up and down. Mainly on the down parts.
I've been watching a lot of your videos and I just wanna say you sound like Chris McLean from Total drama lol
That said, I really like how you talk about G5 of mlp
This is one of my favorite G5 episodes!
For me the best episode was the one about the sleepover, it was the one that explained the most lore about the series, in addition to the fact that Izzy and Misty are really cute and stole the limelight throughout the series xD
Personally, I still like the Christmas special more, there was no plot (and the biggest problem was trying to have one) but it was the most entertaining thing to see it complete and I never tire of watching it (and on top of that it lasted 45 minutes) for It must be something, they did something well, I don't know what but well xD
And from Portrait Day, the first time was fine... But the problem is that the plot seems very slow at the beginning when I watch it again, but the top 3 episodes were
Yeah me too. My favorite episode was the traditional unicorn sleepover.
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As much as I really dislike G5 as well, this episode hit me hard. I have a similar relationship currently with my twin sister. We were super close as kids, but because of personal issues between us, we grew apart. Thankfully, I'm starting to open up to her more, step by step. I even almost cried listening to try song because my sisterhood was reminded...
That doesn't mean we have to go through a crisis to understand each other lol!
sunny reduced time
to be completely honest
on g5 standards this was surprisingly good (not my favorite thing from g5 but it was still good
I felt like this episode was the best as well. And I loved the song. I haven't really liked most of the songs in the show because I don't like 95% of pop songs.
Another flaw of this episode is an animation error when Pipp is looking at her reflection in some water and her mane style in the reflection is is on the wrong side so it’s opposite from where it should be in the reflection. However the animators get the reflections right during the song sequence. It’s early days for G5 still so it’s cool.
Portrait of a princess was a pretty cool episode. Buut MY favorite epsode was the traditional unicorn sleepover. But I'm Not saying that portrait of a princess was a bad epsode it was cool. And portrait day song is my favorite song out of the whole show. The song was actually the best part of this episode. It was amazing 👏 😍
I can recognize a lot of the flaws in the show, it's not perfect, but THIS episode has me convinced it can be really good in future episodes. It's a large part of why I like the show enough to put up with the things I don't like that much about it (sparky included...)
Well it is nice to know that some of the writers on the team are putting some level of effort into making an actual story! I didn't watch any of the episodes but from the bits I've seen on TH-cam this one does look more coherent than most. And good riddance with that green jello-glob gummy bear "Sparky" (although I personally deem him unworthy of a name at all).
I like Sparkey. His character could be much better true. But I like him. But maybe I'm bias as I like dragons.
1:25 well, it depends, also why is she cute, Izzy from what I saw is the second most beloved of the program and must be the one that had the least development, simply because she is cute and even to save a mediocre episode like the first, just for his cuteness xD (I just saw the video why TH-cam came up with the subtitles with translation not working) that is, Izzy GOD
Misty should have been the alicorn. On the other hand, I'm suspicious of Zip's hairdo.
something that's been bugging me for a while now... In the series 3D animated things (that are not the movie) doesn't Izzy look ill? The way they do her eyes and the shading or lighting on them just makes me think she looks sick or like shes been crying
I just noticed that and I was hoping Sparky got erased when saw him for the first time in maritimebay day
Good character development! Decent story progression! A terrific song! And Ovaltine is actually important to the plot. G5 took it's biggest step in the right direction with this episode. 👍
But then it slipped on a banana peel and went several steps backwards with "Ali-conned". 🤦♂
MY BANANAS!! 🍌😱🍌
@@Longma1 lol I'm giving you a like 👍and a monkey. 🐵
This was my favorite episode too, and I hate to admit it but it was the only one in the season I actually liked.
Why I'm banging to this music 😂😂😂
I think that sparky needs an arc, I know sounds dumb but he has so much potential and he is annoying yes, but he can stop being annoying
Sparky just crazy maker but love it
I agree
One word - RIGHT
Really good idea 👍 but I don’t want to get into the same thing again
I’m not sure what you’re talking about but I’m sure you’re right about that 😅
Finally i have some best scene to you guys acknowlogde, and my plant was just a test to get them to see them how easy to trap them, and i don't think to much beacuse i need to think about another plant to take the Unity crystal why i Should just trap them both, i just too bothered see misty did nothing so i give she that plant
I love your videos so much ❤
I favorite g5 character is Zipp
well, well. we see whats comming up in the future. but aside from that, i wonder, if there was a LEGIT attempt to do things right in G5, where would we have to start? for example, do we have to consider that we have to make a complete restart, but building up the story after the G5 movie, or can we start at the point of the last episode like winter wishday? because, at this moment, i believe the show evolves like a current tripple A game: good graphics and movement, story is more meh or "broken" at some points and lack of content.
and i have a little critic about star strike here, but only a little and it is about the lack of fixing G5 entirely. now, i know he talks alot about some episodes and i think he made a video about how to fix G5, but i dont know, something very important is missing, is it a certain message, i dont know. its just a thought
this is *100%* the best episode. i mean, g4 is of course the best gen, but i enjoyed watching this, i loved the song, and yes, it should have been about a five min, song, it would have made it *so much* more deep, and meaningful.
2:30 yea true
Also, Sunny was actually good in this episode
1:45 yea
i never noticed all of this i was so hung up on how pipp called her child fans to a remote location to help her (ʘ言ʘ╬) that was a very irresponsible descicion especially when she's a princess and has royal guards it was unnecessary. like when she did that i wholly stopped paying attention
HARD disagree, not only i think characters are better written than one note archetypes from G4 but theres a lot more better songs not just in MYM but also TYT. In G4 i only liked Smile Song. but just in this episode of G5 we had great song of Portrait Day as well as Queen Haven "Pony Love". By now only nostalgia make people praise G4 more than G5.
1:10 yea
I'm so ealry!!
Did I miss something? So what was Opaline gonna do when she captured Zipp and Pipp?
Again if I missed something let me know
As far as I know, there was no plan at all. And that's probably the biggest weakness for Opaline, I can't take her seriously when she doesn't do anything, or just gives up the minute something doesn't work the first time.
@@JCBro-yg8vd Opaline is more like a comedy villian than a major villian. Something similar to Eggman in Sonic Boom
This is also my favorite episode in g5. I mainly enjoy it for Zipp and Pipp’s arcs and the fact that I relate to Zipp in almost every part which is one of the reasons why she’s my favorite character in this series. The songs were also great though I do agree that they should have added that cut verse from the portrait day song. That doesn’t take away from my enjoyment of it however. I have enjoyed every episode of this series to some extent, but I can definitely say that this one beats all of them by a long shot.
It is the best song Ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't love this episode or consider it the best of the bunch. It's by no means bad, I appreciate that it's the only one not to feature the entire cast even when there's no need for them all, but I feel like the only thing truly good about is Queen Haven. Honestly, she steals the show between her musical number, her saying she's used to cleaning up messes as mom and her worries about her daughters not getting along, with the implications being pretty strong that she's been a single mother since Pipp was little.
Honestly, the song being too short reminds me of Luna's song :(
I think Sunny's character arc being done in the movie really damaged her character in MYM and TYT she's kinda boring and just there
Where twilight felt like the main character (least until later seasons which oddly kinda validated the concerns of fans during the alicorn reveal but that's another conversation)
Sunny is just there not really standing out and is more just a force to drive the plot. That one episode that focus on her problems with being an alicorn I feel while good is the most we'll get in a while
Not remember this yet. But this not in the main plot. Like other that do in main plot. So mostly like mlp gen 4/ 1, 2, 25, 26 in ever season. Where make your mark is every episode feel connect. Funny I like connection episode but this is med connection. With connection plot. 3:12
curious, i thought this was the weak link in chapter 2, aliconed was my fave xd
I like Sparky 😅
Hey, more power to you!
I know the song is so short
I have to say something right here and now. This episode was one of my favorite Mlp episodes. Even passing some g4 episodes. Also SS, because most of the songs are cut of or too short, I wonder if the show writers just listened to the final song in MMC and thought that it was a good length for the songs. Another reason why I agree with you and many people so much is because Zipp and Pipp are like, the best and so underutilized and this episode gives them the spotlight for once.
Aannnnnnnnnndddddd that wannabe spike isn’t here for once!!!!!
Oh I'd rather watch this episode than G4 seasons 7-9 and not to mention I love G5 for not having that lying idiotic show off DISCORD!!
@@MegaDynamiteDan i highly disagree with your last comment but I do agree with that this episode is better then some G4 episodes.
@@chuckboy864 Your saying seasons 7-9 are good man when are people gonna realize the truth that seasons 7-9 and that 2017 movie are underwhelming and have nothing to do with friendship and G4 series finale bleh rather watch this and lol you actually like discord my most hated character in fiction
Well I like the later seasons for a few different reasons like in season 9 with the villains plan building up and the school. 2nd, yes, discord is one of my favorite characters but I saw that you dislike him so I trying to be civil with you.
@@chuckboy864 Well you have questionable taste then the school turned out to be a dumb idea cos you can't just teach friendship as it can just happen anywhere and Discord is a character no one likes especially how he's responsible for season 9 for stupidly forming the villains who believe or not are even more stupider and incompetent that makes c tier teenage mutant ninja turtles villains competent so lol
5:06 Why do I like this part so much?
Interesting
Strike, you're practically correct about why 'Portrait OF a Princess' is the best episode of the generation so far. However, I found your exclaimation and call-out of Doc Anubis liking Sparky's character quite harsh. I don't even watch his videos and yet, you feel the need to bring him into your rant about Sparky. Why should that concern you if he likes one character that you so despise? Why make up ridiculous assumptions that he's sending his followers to your channel to mob it with comments? I'm sorry, Strike, but that just isn't respectful at all. If you're going to be positive for once in your videos about Gen 5, implement it as the main focus and not taking jabs at other creators that shouldn't even be brought up in the first place.
Doc Anubis and I are friends. We talk and joke a lot about how he and how few other people like Sparky. I wasn't serious when I said he was using his alt accounts to comment on my videos.
It wasn't meant to be an attack on him or anyone that likes Sparky.
@@Star_Strike Then that’s okay if both of you know each other. Jokes and all, I see. It was a fair assumption by the tone of it at first. 😅
Yeah, I can see how it came off that way. He appreciated it though! He's an awesome guy and I would recommend his videos!
whats ur feedbag
You can follow me @StarStrike_feedbag.com/NotReal
Am I the only person who is BEGGING for Opaline to steal Sparky 1. So he can like, die. And 2. SO SOMETHING INTERESTING CAN HAPPEN WHICH ACTUALLY AFFECTS THE PLOT
You are not.
Only thing is, this is a kid's show and I can guarantee that Sparky isn't going to remain captured for long.
But it would be so satisfying to see Sparky not only captured, but fully restrained and being used as fuel for Opaline's magic.
Nice
Sparky is not the worst. It's Hitch from the show. I want movie Hitch back. Sparky is just a baby dragon. Spike is more mature because years has past with Twilight. But Sparky he just hatched and discovering things
Yeah you're right.
The only reason I would say this is because I am not well 🤒 oh my belly hurts 🤢🤢
Not to mention this was the only episode with a good song that also had proper build up to it as well.
It's wasn't about character arcs for me as I don't really care about that stuff. It's just that they are the least annoying
Sparky is cute but evil
I hate sparki too
what's with people hating dragons?let me guess you hate spyro to? what a horrible fan and cartoon/games hater
@@adamk-paxlogan7330Sucks I actually love Spyro I only hate some dragons it depends for example: I hate how to train your dragon but I love in ninjago the 4 headed dragon and I love Riya and the last dragon so I don’t hate all dragons
The real reason why everyone likes this episode the most is because this is the most G4 like episode
I think the problem with the other mane 5 is they're too perfect making which makes them boring compared to these 2 siblings
You know what else is good about this ep? It pretty much undermined your theory about minor personal squabbles causing world-ending events! Ha!
(It seems to happen only in the case of major disunity between the tribes or when the Guardians of Harmony squabble in close proximity to the crystals while magic is unstable.)
(Also, if it's "evil" to stop spiraling arguments by taking away magic, then it's just as evil to stop them by any other means. Talking and restraining included. And who says there isn't room for the conflicting parties to resolve their issues naturally after being stopped forcefully by any of these means? Or while the disaster is happening? Arguments are stupid, and people are hard to reason with in the midst of emotional flares.)
Yep, it makes sense! I also thought much about why I liked this episode muuuuuuuuch more than the others... I think there is one more thing that made it better (you partly mentioned it already speaking about Spike, but the problem is much more than just Spike). So, this episode doesn't try to repeat G4 success by literally repeating something from the series but in wrong way. I believe this is why Spike annoys some people (and me) so much :)
Where the hell do you watch this series on the internet
Netflix
@@Star_Strike thx
Ya know Sparky’s only quality-? He looks kinda cute.
Yeah that’s about it- I honestly don’t know why he can’t talk like Spike could, (yeah ok I guess he like just hatched) but it’s just… annoying…
I just listened to the song and it's way TOO SHORT
Ahhh im not this far yet bye for now
I wouldn't say this was the best episode it was one of the best episodes but not thee best episode.
when i look at zipp and pipp, i thought they were both brother and sister but they're both sisters.
IT is ACTUALLY PLUS I've seen most of make your mark but EVEN THOUGH J DONOT HAVE NETFLIX I NEED TO GET IT MAYBE WHEN IM 20 OR UP RIGHT NOW I HAVE TUBI SND CAN WATCH IT ON PONY TUBE AND CLIPS ON TH-cam AND CLIPS FROM PEOPLE WHO PIST AND FIND THESE EPISODES AND SEND THEM ON INSTA BUT........ I AGREE WITH YOU AND THE DETAILSED EXPLAINING ABOUT THESE TO MULTICOLORED HORSES I ALREADY KNOW THEY HAVE PARTS TO PLAY ▶️ AND THEY WILL ALWYAS LOVE ❤️ EACH OTHER AS SISTER FRIENDTRIP AND CARE ABD PONY LIVE 🐎 🐴 🎶 🎵 AND INVESTIGATION THEY WERE BOTH RI GJ T AND WRONG SO IM GLAD IT WASNT JYST ZIPP THAF APOLOGIZED BECAUSE PIPP WAS IN A WRONG TOO. BUT I LOOOVEE THE BACKGROUND AND THE SONG.
What makes Zipp and Pipp the best siblings is that they’re polar opposites. And people love relationships where the 2 characters are opposites.
I rated episode 6 (The Traditional Unicorn Sleepover) a bit higher than Portrait for a Princess back then, but in terms of character development and character arc, Portrait for a Princess undoubtedly takes the cakes. (Despite the glaring issue with Opaline.)
What I still don't understand about this generation is that they always reference G4 as their main influence yet they only manage to produce episodes that are mediocre at best - with a few exceptions, of course.
That's what's the most frustration to those who have seen both gens. Gen 4 was amazing, so Hasbro clearly knows how to make a good show. It didn't have to copy gen 4 completely, but it could have used some of the methods that made that gen great. This is clearly a cash grab and it shows. I'm not hating gen 5 just because it's not gen 4. Especially after the movie, I was excited for this gen. it's like they stopped caring after the movie and it sucks because as Star has said, this could be really great.
@@UnboxingAlyss Yep, exactly
@@UnboxingAlyss Ughhhhhh... HASBRO DOES NOT PRODUCE OR WRITE THE SHOW. THEY OWN THE FRANCHISE. Sorry.
@@TheSultan1470 You know what I mean. it's was done successfully before, so the blueprint is there. It can be done again.
Episode 3 was definitely the best of the show probably even all mlp content from this year.
The character are, like you said very well done, and are better handled, not too many character are squeezed in like in the other episodes, we have the obvious two main character and sunny as a supporting character (wich is all what her character is).
Maybe the villains don’t have to be in their, but I’m not too bothered
The main song is the best but short.
But I was disappointed that queen havens song especially cut short, since I heard the full version before the show and It sounded very interesting.
But either way, despite the sadly problems, it still done a lot of thing well. And I feel like G5 should do more of this.
PLS!!!
The rest of the pro-Sparky accounts are from FaolanCortez. 😁
Pipp had a working phone, and instead of calling their friends for help (Hitch IS the sherrif, even if he sucks now) she live streams to her child fans to save them.
I didn't even think about that. Good catch.
Me "You're Goddamn Right"
Do you think chapter 3 will have more episodes like portrait for a princess?
I really hope so. They're my favorite character dynamic after all.
Hopefully but I doubt it.
Technically, Chapter 3 was the Winter Wishday special, so it's Chapter 4 that'll be the next batch of episodes.
@@Longma1 This is so dumb. I really hate how disjointed this gen is. From a movie, to the YT shows, to MYM specials and the MYM show. It's really all over the place. I also REALLY hate the "chapter" naming system. Hoe is one special one "chapter"? Is TYT a separate chapter? It's confusing and off-putting.
I hope there will be another episode with Pipp and Zipp in Chapter 4.
Imagine the episode ended up with the Princesses trapped in the cave.
Did this episode finally work out Zipp and Pipp's differences enough for them to be like siblings again? Did this episode have a very different musical number? Did this episode rely on the evil plan to make the story happen? All yes.
Maybe I'm holding too much of a grudge here, but my dislike for Pipp is probably what is keeping me from liking this episode as much as I should.
Why
@@TheSultan1470 Because I cannot stand Pipp and her chronic phone/social media addiction. It's so annoying and doesn't send a good message. At least she does get her just desserts for her addiction every now and then, like having her phone run out of battery in the comics. But aside from that, this combined with her being a livestreamer and influencer with thousands of Pippsqueaks (Which is made worse now that the Pippsqueaks are shown to be children. I was a lot more fine with it when they were just adults simping for her.), does not make her very likeable to me. It's far from Opaline or Sparky levels of hatred, but Pipp is what holds me back from enjoying Portrait For a Princess.
@@SmokeTheHorsehog Hahahahaha simping
@@TheSultan1470 Seriously, tho
In A New Generation, pretty much everyone in Zephyr Heights worshipped her up until they found out that the Storm-Petals family was faking their flying.
In the comics at least, her Pippsqueaks were shown panicking and/or bawling their eyes out when she made an announcement about magic glitching...thanks to Discord.
The episodes are so forced. I liked the movie and i thought it had so much potential, but then they flopped so hard in the series
so it seems the show stumbles more then anything
like this song is G5' 'Winter Wrap up'
but then the next episode we go back to stumbling on ourselves...also, Opaline is still ugly..her color theme is so awful
Good analysis! I also thought this was the best episode for the reasons you mentioned. To be fair, though, the bar is low. 😞I also appreciate your take on Hitch. His character is VERY different from the movie and I really dislike it. Hitch was my second favorite character from the movie (under Zipp), but they have changed him so drastically that he's barely the pony we once new. Is this how you treat the first male main character of your franchise?