A Buck to the Face - The Gift of Maud Pie

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...Also, the phrase "five-ever" enrages me to my very core on multiple levels.
This episode annoyed me at first. I was having a hard time buying Rarity acting as hyper as she was and Pinkie repeatedly going on about her gift to Maud was a tad grating.
However, Maud and Rarity tag-teaming that guy for Pinkie's cannon at the end had me in stitches. Then as I was editing this video, the episode grew on me.
Some of the points other analysts have made - most commonly the Rule of Three theory's utilization and Rarity getting invested in the challenge of finding Maud a gift as well - helped me realize that this was better than I initially gave it credit for. I suppose I got caught off guard by a different type of characterization and writing style that I wasn't used to seeing with these characters. Gosh darn it, I fell into the same trap that I've made videos about and had arguments about while calling out other analysts for the same thing.
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[@anime9424]

2:34, Brawny, Thespio and 94: Wait, not in here, not in here, NOT IN HERE!!! (Party canon blows!) Brawny: Gosh, DARN IT!!! Thespio: Ah! The confetti! God, MY EYES!!!! 94: WHAT?! WHAT DID HE SAY?!!!

[@Sparkle5fanboy]

"It's because we're brown isn't it" I swear there is one line in every video that just makes me loose it. And its delivered so well too.

[@lightning-bliss]

*Rolls on the floor laughing* Nicely done guys!

[@SharpWit]

+Lightning Bliss My reaction is the same. But I think the rest of Brawny's subscribers react the same way, because that was just hilarious.

[@buttercupsartandanimation5926]

+Lightning Bliss hi blissy

[@Evil_Angel_520]

Not in here! Not in here! NOT IN HERE!!! *party cannon goes off* LMFAO gets me every time

[@siraran2077]

Ms. Understood GOSH DARN IT! AH! THE CONFETTI GOT IN MY EYES!

[@Zodia195]

Oh! I am in tears! In tears!! That was too funny! Lol. About time someone else noticed Suri in the background!

[@Trent-Girone]

@2:34- Brawny: And look! It’s only 5,000 a month! Me: For a cramped closet? I know YOTEL properties have more space than that.

[@funcoolfunfun]

I honestly consider this to be the best of the Manehatten episodes

[@Roset1557]

Loved that “ it’s because we’re brown isn’t it!?!?!

[@ambermargheim5726]

Haha, yah. Also I so wish accept cookies meant I got real cookies! !!!!!!!!

[@Jackie-McCann]

Yay! Another collab with Will! You two play off each other so damn well! XD

[@SpectrumSwordtails]

I ship it.

[@hariman7727]

I think Maud knew that Rarity and Pinkie were up to something, but played along because she knew they were most likely buying a gift. Also, that imitation of Pinkie scene with Rarity is hysterical, especially if you've seen the similar scene in The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows.

[@magicnote2103]

I've noticed that we're getting some unique designs for the background characters this season.

[@angbandsbane]

"How does she know what hands are?!" Just a hunch.

[@arlew6424]

I have the urge to see a screaming contest between Brawny and Thespio

[@Thenightmareoftheflame]

drawny: I want it. DaWillstanator: noooo. drawny: I need it 3:44

[@kendalberensen7599]

Wow this was hilarious! You should have DaWillstanator on this more often!

[@Narrator007]

6:17 It's like Brawny in stereo!

[@Naobi891]

Love the new Irish John Opening.

[@yoshifan3077]

03:55 well here's the problem brawny Rarity does not have her suitcase of fabric with her this time I mean if you remember made in Manhattan she has a full of suitcase of fragment clothing and everything inside her suitcase but in this episode she does not have anything on her no bags or anything and plus Pinkie Pie wanted to give maud pie her own way at least that's how I look at it I mean that's how I did it before I buy stuff for my brother or sister

[@jackferring6790]

I'm glad to see you did this episode, I was worried. I love your Episode Reviews.

[@samantharutledge6427]

1:05 I don't know why, but that makes me laugh every time!!

[@omegaelement]

Definitely one of the most amusing "Buck to the Face" videos ever.

[@ZLunas]

5:02 Rarity learned how to instant transmission!

[@brainstorm623]

If Limestone has any sort of Lime Sense, it'd be the sense of something wrong with Holder's Boulder.

[@alicewilloughby4318]

"IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE BROWN, ISN'T IT?!?" Good opening! I think I have heard "hoof-stitched" in various episodes. That huge sudae; I want it, too! (drools) Damn! That's a good point! Why DIDN'T Pinkie ask Rarity to make a pouch, considerng Rarity is, as you say, a Master Seamstress???

[@hariman7727]

Also, when you two do reviews together, the physical comedy comes out! And it's hilarious.

[@thegayghost872]

Eliora is hilarious. "It's because we're brown, isn't it?!"

[@ZLunas]

Brawny originally made this joke in Rarity Takes Manhattan

[@yoshifan3077]

I love the way how Rarity just imitated Pinkie Pie breaking the fourth wall that was awesome

[@BNuts]

+Christopher Ocampo Next up: AJ as Fluttershy or Flutters as Applejack. Place your bets.

[@amandajohnson3531]

I guess teleportation is also a Pie family trait.

[@DarkMageDragon]

Hey that was Checkers!! Best Taxi pony!!

[@sadlobster1]

Somepony should send Maud to Beach City. See how she handles being with the Crystal Gems

[@SpectrumSwordtails]

4:51, hey, are those the infinity stones on that stand next to maud.

[@DarkZeroNova]

I kept thinking that guy Pinkie traded her cannon to stole that rock pouch from the store, but I should of know better since this is MLP. *Facepalms self* May make a good episode idea later on, maybe.

[@LWolf12]

But... I love oatmeal raisin cookies :O Don't burn them Irish John! No idea how you keep coming up with these funny skits. They are great Brawny, everyone you bring in with them are really good as well. Going have to watch this one a second time just to make sure I didn't miss anything.

[@seirramoon388]

1:07 technically brawny is a reddish brown (aka brick red) with a dark brown mane and tail eliyora's the only one i could really call having a brown coat

[@funlover0266]

I honestly love the duo and especially Brawny’s voice, you can definitely tell the difference when the two of you shout out. Plus the jokes, references and slapstick humor is wonderful! Plus the sweet tooth!

[@TheConcertCruizer]

Stallions Please! Rarity doesn't have her sewing machine with her. So she can't make her one before the gift exchange.

[@MathewSwift]

Uhh, she has magic.

[@TheConcertCruizer]

Doesn't mean she can magically make it materialize out of thin air.

[@MathewSwift]

+TheConcertCruizer I never said materialize. She can buy the material and sew it with her magic.

[@TheConcertCruizer]

That money is suppose to buy her new shop.

[@MathewSwift]

+TheConcertCruizer Fair enough.

[@gokuandmario4ever]

1:55 Wait, _Cats the Musical?_ And all this time, I thought that was a reference to _The Great Gatsby._

[@benjidoe]

*is on the floor laughing*Im gonna die XD

[@seanfulldark]

Limestones is combat sense.(Believe me, it hurts!) Marble you don't want to know what her senses! Seriously!

[@BNuts]

+seanfulldark I think Limestone Sense tells her when her family or farm are in danger (but only over a limited rang). Marble Sense allow her to see a pony's hidden potential, but Marble doesn't always interpret it correctly because she's socially inexperienced. And depending on who married in, this would seem to indicate that Igneous Rock or Cloudy Quartz have a Pie Sense.

[@lauraharris815]

"It was a dark and stormy night..." SNOOPY!!!!!!!!!!!! :O

[@hariman7727]

"That's why I stayed inside, waiting for a sunny morning. Boy was I disappointed!"

[@Pcuspy]

Am I the only one who thoguht, "Don't you have more Party Cannons at home?"

[@BNuts]

+pcuspard Just mini-canons, like the ones she hid in 'Castle Sweet Castle.' But she went through a Changeling invasion with her main canon.

[@funcoolfunfun]

+pcuspard That's EQG!Pinkie you're thinking of. We only ever see this Pinkie with one cannon at a time.

[@Gungelion]

You think you have trouble catching a cab? Try it when you're changeling and can't transform! Also in my one who's concerned as to why he wants that Cannon? Something I want to point out to most people don't seem to catch is the meaning of this episode, they get too caught up in the title having the similarity to the gift of the Magi to see the actual meaning of this episode. Much like the title, the meaning is slightly different, sometimes we get so caught up in trying to give a gift to someone we can miss the point of giving the gift in the first place.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

You 2 do realize the problems with rairity making it right? 1. She didn’t bring any equipment to make it, so that would take time 2. She doesn’t have the time to do so 3. She cant do it while searching for a place AND keeping maud occupied.

[@azuredragon8388]

Mlpfanboy she could’ve preemptively made it if Pinkie had said something like, a day earlier

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Robert Wimms pinkie pie had a plan.

[@azuredragon8388]

Mlpfanboy yes but bad timing

[@ambermargheim5726]

Alot of bronys have talked about this plan, still a good one. Also.... Pickle barrel cuncquat pickle barrel cuncquat pickle barrel cuncquat chimnycherrychunga!!

[@gigaswardblade7261]

How DARE he set fire to those cookies. Oatmeal raisin or not, a cookie is STILL a cookie!

[@arlew6424]

gigaswardblade NEGATORY

[@SatinFoxx]

Can I just take a minute to rocknerd out for a second?.... 1: YAY THE KNOW WHAT NEPHELINE SYENITE IT! 2: WHO THE HELL PUTS IT IN BATHROOMS!? 3: OF COURSE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONE! A REASONABLE BUSINESS WOULD HAVE USED A NICE OFF WHITE AND TAN GRANITE! (personal choice for the place: Silestone Pulsar. It goes with the rest of the place.)

[@JoeHabana]

+animewisher have you seen it polished? thing is beautifull www.pinterest.com/pin/339247784410575305/

[@SatinFoxx]

+Joe Habana this is totally different than the stuff they had as slabs for when my family did counter tops. If this is what we would have been selling , I would have pushed it hard. the stuff we had was white with black flakes and neither was a good shade of it.

[@JoeHabana]

animewisher well, this also has other minerals that give different coloration

[@CalebBelyeu]

The line Eli said.... why does that reminds me of the Grinch?

[@RadRaptor152]

3:06: thank you

[@michigosinister1508]

Ok seriously. I've watched this number of times and there is one thing that I still do not get get. What implications are they talking about when Pinkie Pie is talking about the Swan boat and winking? I got nothing. Someone tell me!

[@DaWillstanator]

Pinkie under the impression that 2 of them want to ride the Swan boats, and given how in most pieces of media, its used for a romance plot, that's where the implications come in. More or less, It's a shipping joke

[@michigosinister1508]

Oh ok! Now I get it. Thanks.

[@werdna213]

I want to see brawny do a buck to the face on mystery on the friendship just to see his sweet tooth explode!

[@pokebreeder2517]

once you get use to the crowded streets it a pretty cool place

[@SaturnPone]

6:01 Wait Thespio is a Rarity fan too?! Hehe i'll shut up xD

[@wolf241]

3:43 Yes Brawny...let it Tempt theeee MUUUAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

[@sadlobster1]

That IS tasty...but for me, a pizza that's just as big would be a much bigger temptation

[@humanstandssans2484]

Actually, Brawny, money IS thoughtful. Allow me to put it in this way: "Would you rather I try and put my mind into coming up with a possible gift, one that might not even be what you need, where other people have given you something that would possibly be better OR would you prefer that I give you the ability to buy what you need, thus giving you the ultimate expression of freedom, because I respect your mindset and know that nothing I could give you would be as useful as something universal as cash?"

[@The4angels9732]

It's not about money it's about family!😄

[@humanstandssans2484]

@@The4angels9732 Exactly! I'd rather recieve money from my family, all due to the fact that, most likely, something I need will come up. Socks, for example. Or a new tablet. Or perhaps food. I'm not too picky how I spend money.

[@BNuts]

I laughed so hard I cried tears of amusement.

[@tomwilliams9116]

5:25 Thespio is very cute

[@Transgamer]

If he gets cookies does that mean he gets spam too?

[@cooler1679]

I too whant/need That ice cream too Brawny. 3:43

[@TheHammerGuy94]

1:05 ITS BECAUSE WE’RE BROWN ISNT IT!?!?!? #THATSCOLORIST

[@siraran2077]

3:17 - 3:19 Internal screaming there, Will?

[@PhantomBlackStar]

2:30 Really Funny and painful lol.

[@charlesbrown3741]

You two are both HILARIOUS and NERDY EGGHEADS! Um... in a good way.

[@kenziehopeanne5727]

Maud Pie is strong with the force.

[@hariman7727]

The Pie family has a deep and abiding connection with the Rule of Funny. AKA: The Element of Laughter. Maud is the straight man, and Pinkie is the funny man. Rarity alternates, as she's got a lot of comedy to give.

[@kingdainn9541]

6:18 What implications?

[@anime9424]

Exactly!!! It just says Manehatten has sawn boats! (Sigh) Something tells me Brawny really like that catchphrase.

[@nadroj-oz6nk]

@@anime9424 They cut off part of the line in this video. But Pikie's dialogue went something like: "They have swan rides! Now they're boats, but there are real swans here we could r-" before Maud cuts her off. Decipher from that what you will.

[@SuperGodzilla2]

i truly did love this episode Maud is just the Best. and Rarity was best Pinkie Pie. nice review dude

[@Trent-Girone]

5:50- (Brawny’s legs ignite) Did you change it from the mane, for some reason?

[@morphiuszx3438]

1:00 That's racist. *adds a sin*

[@mechasaurus]

My favorite jokes 2:34 6:15 7:23

[@anime9424]

My favourite jokes too!!! 1) The confetti! GOD! MY EYES!!! 2) OH GOD! THE IMPLICATIONS!!!! 3) I've got this. (WHEEE) OH GOD! MY HIP!!!!

[@dexterthoma867]

Yeah that's not love at all and neither is having somebody make a pouch that you want to buy on your own pinky is upsetsof much like myself

[@revaslatts8011]

Thespio, honey, sweetie, darling? IT'S PINKIE PIE, DON'T QUESTION IT!

[@iceluvndiva21]

I WILL QUESTION AS I DAMN WELL PLEASE!

[@berengerdietiker22]

That's Josh's line.

[@indigosteel5702]

The REAL question is: What did the slightly unsavory looking pony need with a cannon? Had our heroines not gotten it back, I wouldn't be surprised if we heard about a bank robbery involving a cannon later...

[@patronofdragons]

+Indigo Steel He would probably sell it to another party pony or at a pawn shop.

[@indigosteel5702]

+Patronofdragons Aha, good point!

[@Slycamer]

i fucking love this

[@SEReina-gk1kx]

anyone explain to me the "implications" of the swan boats?

[@Ramon609]

Omg these 2 work together so well it was so funny! xD

[@dangerdean9066]

Meanwhile in the UK: (still hears Pinkie's echo)

[@cofeespear4992]

you could have send the oatmeal raisin cookies to me

[@basilbaker8016]

1:06 God racism in equestria? gasp!! Cough cough bridle gossip cough cough Sorry some thing in my throat

[@otaku34]

GIRL, im surprised this video is still up from what you just said at 1:05

[@SonicPrince360]

Yeah, but then Jim Carrey's The Grinch made a similar joke too. Yet no one's bitching about that joke. Then again, give it time.

[@garthdavis2502]

Don't mess with Maud.

[@jessie11191]

but im surprised pinkie and her family dont have a rocky relationship

[@thelightningbrony4745]

+jessie reid I see what you did there.

[@captainvandyk6849]

6/10

[@Trent-Girone]

@1:35-1:37- Could you please elaborate, Brawny?

[@BronyDebates]

New York City sucks.

[@Trent-Girone]

@@BronyDebates Gotcha. Thanks.

[@jackofalltrades6129]

@@BronyDebates Same thing with Chicago. Lived there for a while and I don't have fond memories

[@tomwilliams9116]

Also at 7:19

[@dustinlaughlin8369]

1:58 You know there's a movie about Cats coming soon, right?

[@zaithehedgewolf4587]

Dustin Laughlin and it sucks

[@RedYoshi-ct1wx]

RUN MAN!!!!

[@theenderdestruction2362]

Oh god you poor soul

[@dustinlaughlin8369]

@@theenderdestruction2362 Relax, I wasn’t insane enough to watch it. Besides, Cats don’t have my type of music.

[@swiftyuki]

north dont need no socks

[@Lsd911]

At 1:25 same thespio for when I went to dc

[@raulvalencia8573]

What's wrong with oatmeal raisin?

[@revaslatts8011]

Calling it: Limestone can read minds!

[@LattePunch]

3:32 Can we also all point out her NAME is spelled the same as the smallest digit on your hand?

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

What was with the campfire at the end, there? I couldn't tell what was burning. What caused Manehatten to leave such a bad taste in your mouth? And please don't say it was the price of pizza.

[@TheLinkHelios]

2:35 3:05

[@Revkor]

That was the question I had during it all. Why not have Rarity make it.

[@EdXLover1]

+Revkor I think that would have ruined the PSSD because it wouldn't have been from Pinkie, it would be from Rarity.

[@Revkor]

EdXLover1 unless she bought it from Rarity.

[@EdXLover1]

Revkor .......WHY MUST YOU RUIN MY LOGIC!!!

[@mikamichelina5633]

Wait...what was the implication? I don't understand

[@TheConcertCruizer]

+Mika F yeah i don't either

[@mikamichelina5633]

+TheConcertCruizer it's one of those things where I really wish we had more context.

[@hariman7727]

...Don't think about it too hard.

[@Texascowboy68]

It’s a shipping joke

[@יובלקונסקר]

love the part of rarity imitating pinkie pie

[@austinkasmeier6707]

That pony reminds me of snake form the Simpsons..

[@starvoltnexus3139]

Well we know it’s probably a reference to him I think it might also be it’s supposed to be obvious to younger viewers that he’s a sleazy non-trustworthy pony

[@sadlobster1]

Wonder if Brawny still makes these videos

[@louis-b4249]

Dat Intro was so disrespectful! Who would waste perfectly good Oatmeal Raisin Cookies?

[@Texascowboy68]

It’s not disrespectful and not everyone likes oatmeal raisin cookies!!!

[@aj-the-tailedfox4067]

I could understand why you chased it I actual throw a show at it

[@aj-the-tailedfox4067]

sorry I ment shoe sorry

[@Saiavinn]

Does no one like oatmeal raisin? I like oatmeal raisin...

[@yazzyfizz7920]

I do😓😓

[@TheDeadCobraTheDeadCobra]

Very fun I don't like the way they ended it she was not freaking out Maud is not very emotional

[@hoopaguy6685]

0:39

[@kennybesore7250]

5:47 to 5:56 =lolololololololololol