MLP: FiM "Hearts & Hooves Day" Episode Review

[@RetroUniverse]

"What's the opposite of a guilty pleasure?" An innocent displeasure? LOL ^^

[@ZemeckisTEN]

BAD JOKE! BAD! YOU GET A TIME OUT!

[@mystictame69]

FantasyFlix OUT OF THE TIME OUT. I also said the same thing, didn't comment

[@ZemeckisTEN]

Mystic Tame LOL. 😅

[@seancannon7718]

FantasyFlix That actually fits! It's irritating to Mr Enter, but he admits it's harmless.

[@FromElsewhear]

+FantasyFlix I was thinking innocent pain.

[@shwahgamer]

0:55 The last episode showed a cancer patient and this one showed a funeral... that's depressing.

[@RecruitofApollo]

Holy fuck....it is! I never noticed that before!

[@shwahgamer]

It's actually really obvious too. It's kind of disturbing.

[@shwahgamer]

Well for one thing showing a funeral in a kids' show is pretty depressing.

[@destendgem]

Wait, so a pony with no mane is instantly a cancer patient? What if he's albino? What if he just like to shave his mane off? I swear some people look way too into this.

[@destendgem]

TSB steam I know but this type of shit pisses me off, like how Rarity putting her hoof out is apparently "Nazi Symbolism!" I'm not sure these people know what symbolism means.

[@Teliriny]

"You should never ever annoy your audience?" Well, then what the hell was up with that horrifically obnoxious half a minute of "destroy us all" you threw in there?

[@tastyloaf5487]

Yeah , most jokes lose their funny after the fifteen second mark ....

[@maddy_houl]

He took it from billy and Mandy blame them if you find it annoying

[@sentoktys1921]

COMEDY!!!

[@stephenbrown4698]

You know, maybe the ponies are so in love with each other that they don't sleep. Think about it. They spend all day staring into each other's eyes, very likely undereating...wow, is that love poison unhealthy.

[@Foreleus]

Won’t they get tired though? Unless the potion negates the necessity of sleep. Bah logic means nothing in mlp anyways

[@crystalsilence2559]

Just in case anyone doesn't understand why the glue makes Enter uncomfortable, it's because ground up horse (or cow) bones used to be the main ingredient in glue, and here the stuff is... being *USED* by ponies/horses...... So yes, it *IS* disturbing.

[@vanellope681]

omgosh. That's....creepy.

[@tastyloaf5487]

It also looks like semen.

[@cicadaboi101]

@@tastyloaf5487 Tasty

[@adamcheck4941]

I know, and parchment which they also used in this show is thin leather, I figure that must be why they have pigs, there is no other reason they would have them but for their skin being that they're all vegetarians.

[@PsychicHyrax]

TheMysteriousMrMillicent

[@vanellope681]

lol

[@thespyfromtf2133]

YES

[@orangezemenar]

lol

[@jennibeanthesweetsqueen5245]

MMM!!! THE MMM!

[@diggerfan9319]

John Millicent Enter.

[@IfCoalWereMadeofDiamondsAJ]

I guess the opposite of a guilty pleasure would be an innocent pain? Yes, I Googled it.

[@carlbloke8797]

MarshyButterfly true

[@Brabbs]

"Wait for them to go to sleep" ITS A LOVE POSION. THERE MADILY OBSESSED INTO EACHOTHER. HOW WOULD THAT POTION EVEN GIVE THEM A SINGLE SECOND OF SHUT EYE?

[@apocalypticfeveraj3442]

powerboyj roblox. IKR??

[@Brabbs]

***** That's going too far.

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

Contradiction Much? I'm kidding, Joshscorcher also brought this up in his review.

[@kodaskii5042]

+powerboyj roblox. umm... you know people pass out from no sleep, right? I don't care about my little pony, but using logic, they would pass out. Unless that potion made them never get tired, they would pass out.

[@Brabbs]

D&DGaming Probably, if it drives them together that much.

[@unscripted3575]

I like the text guy best about this episode ...WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S NOT IN THE ACTUAL EPISODE?

[@vanellope681]

I know lol

[@vanhalenacdc2596]

Am I the only one who thinks that this episode should have been called "My Chemical Romance"? That is all.

[@gman197002]

You should never make your audience annoyed He says just before the destroy us all gag

[@cordyceps7531]

+gman197002 I know right.

[@blehbloh6335]

I believe he was just making a point.

[@giannamation]

I was just about to comment this

[@sentoktys1921]

I actually found that gag funny.

[@vanellope681]

My favorite part is you arguing with the text guy! 😂

[@IDrawOthers]

Great review... Millicent...

[@NeoDragonCount]

Umm, the CMC are like 10 years old, I think you can cut them some slack for not understanding exactly how relationships work. Also I'm with the Fiery Joker and VoiceofReason on this; the lovey-dovey talk is hilarious BECAUSE it's so vomit inducing.

[@NeoDragonCount]

***** Nothing you say is gonna change my opinion. What 'cha gonna do about that?

[@NeoDragonCount]

***** People can like different things you know. There are those who think Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland is great, whereas I think it's utter shit. So sorry I'm not a part of the collective. :)

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

I never blamed the CMC, but Ithink it's stupid that Twilight just gave them the book. I mean, isn't she supposed to be the smart one? Even if she wasn't, I think even Pinkie Pie could figure out what the CMC intends to do with the book.

[@SuperMarioGuy12345]

You know, when I first saw this episode, I was laughing hysterically because of how they're overly attached together.

[@koolredfoxplays8052]

Even to this day, this is still one of my most favorite reviews of Mr. Enter's. This goes to show that just because you hate something, that doesn't make it a bad thing. I kind of miss him doing reviews in this style.

[@Soufriere84]

I like the "nutshell synopsis" of this episode: _Shippers destroy lives_. To be honest, I can't help but like this episode. The baby-talk was annoying, but it was _supposed_ to be, so I won't dock a point for it. Also - I know this is a horrible bias - I love how much this episode made Fluttermac shippers rage. I remember how annoying those people were before this episode aired. They are scum.

[@CrimsonRibbon]

sigh... -a RESPECTFUL fluttermac fan

[@MrGamemaker8]

*At Soufriere* ^ This guy gets it! :D

[@gingersnap6004]

Did a certain somepony watch josh and voice of reason's crossover? Hmmmm?

[@TobyandMavisforever]

You hate the episode but gave it 4 stars. Wow, talk about being honest here.

[@TobyandMavisforever]

If you break 4th wall, then he was the one to put the text there in the 1st place.

[@TobyandMavisforever]

I was just stating a fact.

[@andrewhoback1080]

He downy always review by opinion

[@Technature7567]

***** More likely than not him, for funny.

[@Technature7567]

***** It is more likely that it is him than it was someone else.

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

It's SUPPOSED to be obnoxious and embarrassing. THAT'S THE JOKE! They're completely out of character, it's entirely justified, and two of the wisest, most dignified characters in the whole town are embarrassing themselves to no end. Granted it didn't strictly need to go as far as it did, but that's beside the point. Personally, I think if they were... y'know, sane, Cheerilee and Big Mac could make a cute couple.

[@xxkittyxx2599]

.. No

[@RedDrowned]

Destroy us all!!DESTROY US ALL!! DESTROY US ALL!! DESTROY US ALL!! X3

[@razmode53]

lmfao

[@MrGabeanator]

nice

[@MultiMaya2002]

yes XD

[@MrGabeanator]

MultiMaya2002 wow

[@MultiMaya2002]

MrGabeanator y u wowin?

[@Ozarka0]

this review made me laugh... like, I've never had such a good laugh at a simple review. The addition of the smarmy text questions was golden, Mr. Millicent Enter. :)

[@Yingyangdragonrose]

Is still a better love story then twilight

[@MellyTheCatLover]

And Flash

[@tastyloaf5487]

My dog humping a lamppost is a better love story than Twilight ...

[@BigbluaceG4]

What's upsetting about the glue? Stuck In The Wringer, or what it's......made of...?

[@T-mack56]

I think it both

[@undeadladybug7723]

Couples who give each other those stupid nicknames make me wanna puke, much like this episode did.

[@sprinklejinx3178]

Am I the only one who n oticed that if Big Mac did marry Cheerilie, Applejack and Applebloom would be her sister in laws?

[@petercharleskrug]

When they first settle on Big Mac being the one to get Miss Cheerilie with, Applebloom says,"Wait, are we talking about my brother?!" So they do allude to it, at least.

[@cocoquake]

The moral of this episode was speaking to everyone on Tumblr

[@carlbloke8797]

Coco Moro yep

[@twixieshores]

I feel the same way about Daring Don't. I can't seem to willingly suspend my disbelief that Daring Do is canon, but while watching it with critic goggles on, it is a technically good episode. As for Hearts and Hooves Day, I don't personally hate it, but it's not in the top 40 episodes for me.

[@pixxieniicky]

TECHNICALLY the CMC rooffied Cherrile and Big Mac's punch... This is for kids...

[@kurvos]

... so, you're saying it's a bad thing for a guy to have pink hair and be a brony?

[@Jason_Altea]

0:55 Well, let me remind you Mr. Enter, they're like 7-10. They're in grade school. It's not like Disney sends romance messages much better. (Ahem) Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella, (Ahem). So, yeah, grade school, it makes sense, they don't know any better.

[@JaytheLay1]

There was a time limit before the poison wouldn't be able to be reverted. That's why they couldn't wait until they slept. That means it should've gotten 5 stars c:

[@DSIgameboy]

"wait for them to go to sleep" OBJECTION! The book says that they are crazy mad in love, right? So the potion, or so I say poison, will keep them up until they die. Got any objections Mr. enter? Or anybody/pony for that matter.

[@AquatheOhioKittysDen]

I'm all for romance in most things but yeah, the mushy, baby love talk made me cringe when I first saw this episode and it still does... >~

[@AquatheOhioKittysDen]

Well that is true, I am in love so lol...

[@PhoenixRising87]

Love stories are fine (as long as they aren't insulting; you know, too forced), but I can't stand the baby talk. Affectionate nicknames are one thing, but the baby talk makes me queasy....

[@hearmeout1767]

But it's supposed to be cringe - my super late reply

[@flamebunny700]

LOL i do like the words inbetween scenes, though making it have a shorter time rate [since we can just pause], it wouldve been a lot better.

[@faolen1]

One problem with the whole "you should NEVER annoy your audience" thing is people have different opinions on what is annoying. I found the silly dialog between bigmac and cheerilee funny, a bit groan inducing but funny. But the whole "destroy us all" bit I had to skip past. It can be pretty hard to know what is going to annoy someone vs. what others will find amusing. Also I don't think it was implying they might actually be together in the end. it seemed more to me like they were having a bit of a joke at cmcs by acting like they were hence the cmc's scream of "nooo" and bigmac and cheerilee winking at each other and laughing.

[@Moonix129]

5.00 you should never annoy your audiance............ I was bucking annoyed with the DESTROY US ALL

[@brassboy212]

OMG, I figured it out!!! The text guy is guy from "Know Your Stars" on the "Amanda Show"!!!

[@mayborneflower]

Where is Totally Kyle when you need him?

[@irishhuskie2585]

Wasn't "Know Your Stars" from All That, though?

[@BrightXenoTheGizoid]

Text Guy Vs John Millicent Enter... Also love the "Intermission" when you deal with text guy.

[@vanellope681]

me too that was my favorite part!

[@Dilbert1999]

I love this text writing character. And your self-satirization is downright brilliant.

[@ShiroNekoDen]

yeah you thought they just pulled the idea out of nowhere, but it doesn't detract from the animation.

[@Fenen24]

there is nothing that cant be solved with billy and mandy lines

[@MegaAnimazing]

0:53 OH MY GOD IT'S BUTTON MASH!!! :D

[@yourlocalfruitman2088]

Yes it is! :D

[@HyaenusDominae]

You should watch the Ed Edd n Eddy Valentine's Day special, "Hanky Panky Hullaballoo", if you haven' already. Rolf's role in that episode is basically analogous to people like you, and he wins in the end. I think you'll like it.

[@MadameMushroom]

The destroy us all made me laugh so much. I ended up chocking on my soda.

[@Sines314]

'Points' to this episode for making me really appreciate that "Love Potion" is just another word for "Rape Drug". I mean, I can mostly laugh because it's almost always used in humorous situations, so I'm not supposed to take it seriously. Same as I do with not taking seriously the physical harm done to victims of slapstick. Still, it is kinda messed up. I also liked one brief moment at the start. The look on Cheerilees face when the kids comment on her not having a boyfriend is great. She clearly doesn't like to be reminded of it, but she also knows it's a well-meaning question from some innocent kids, and quickly composes herself to respond to them without pushing her problems on them. It's a very good moment of characterization in just a few frames.

[@LadyEvilest]

I always thought it would be funny if during the events of this episode they met the Soup Pony who kicks Big Mac and Cheerilee out of his restaurant for calling each other "Shmoopy".

[@binatlas6620]

I'm assuming that this guy was at one point at least 0.1% brony, before...retiring isn't the right word. I guess he just...stopped. Same thing happened to me! (plz dont hate on meh)

[@binatlas6620]

***** I know. I'm pretty sure, though, at one point he said he's not a brony.

[@TheMysteriousMrEnter]

Yeah strange people indeed. Gelatin is made out of pig's feet or shark cartilage (not horse byproduct), and if I did something like that for any animal byproducts that joke would get beaten into the ground.

[@garthdavis2502]

I still laugh when Big Mac says "schoopydoo".

[@Snoopyintheblanket]

Okay the middle bit was probably the most amazing part of any review you've done

[@MrMarinus18]

I hate this episode because of 1 scene; the ending. I often feel like parents/teachers in media are often too soft with children but this is one of the few cases I think the CMC were wrongfully punished and it really made me dislike Cheerilee. The thing is that the CMC realized that something had gone wrong by themselves, they themselves figured out what the problem was, they themselves came up with a plan to fix it and they themselves than executed that plan. I think if someone made a mistake and then fixed it all by themselves it absolves them of responsibility because they already have taken it. I think the situation is different for a deliberate action but the CMC made a mistake. If anything I would expect Cheerilee to praise them for being so responsible, not rubbing it in even further.

[@deahdirectah]

I don't dislike romance in fiction but this whole episode just made me go 'I am way too aromantic for this'

[@ComicFan-xi5lh]

I enjoy this episode. The love talk didn't bother me or annoy me. This was a good attempt to make a Valentine's Day episode and a good pay-off. There's not much wrong with this episode only problems are how Twilight just gives the CMC the book and that the episode besides the fact that it's a Valentine's Day episode doesn't stand out too much. Other than that, it was pretty great. Though I understand if you don't like this one. 4 Stars Out of 5 Stars Gold So Far:66/130

[@Evowizard25]

I honestly found the love talk hilarious. Come on, it was just so ridiculous I couldn't stop laughing.

[@SaiScribbles]

I thought parts of this one were at least amusing and clever, especially that it was a love POISON that made them act like an annoying pet-naming couple. And that the two adults the kids are trying to hook up actually quite realistically laugh it off... something you rarely see now that I think about it. Though any episodes focused mainly on these three little little ponies usually bore me. I was a bit worried they would start taking over like what happens on many kids shows where the main characters are adults or teens and they introduce some REALLY young children. I think even kids hate that. Seems to not have been the case though.

[@cherrychocolate1434]

Rarity's ninja kick was awesome!

[@andrewgilbertson6534]

What I find weird about this episode is that in equestria girls cherilee is a teacher so she has to be at least in her mid-twenties or even older because she did look like she was in her late-twenties early-thirties there and big macintosh is still in highschool which means he cant be older then 18. Anybody else seeing how wrong that is. Maybe its less weird for horses but still that is a pretty big age gap especially for humans and I am guessing even more so for horses.

[@andrewgilbertson6534]

Just make sure your careful around romance. There are a lot of clops out there, I don't mind reading them since most of the ones I do read are humanized but they are still out there and they can get weird. But most of the ones I read have had a good enough story to get me through the scenes.

[@KDPhilosophy]

eh...and that's why I haven't read any so far. I think I probably made the right decision.

[@vjr1231]

mr.enter you are tied to a chair with no way out and you have to chose to watch this episode again and again for and afternoon or watch putting your hoof down again and again for the afternoon now which do you chose

[@elchemistgaming4975]

I don't hate love, but this isn't love, it.....it just made me uncomfortable (the second half of the episode).

[@TheMysteriousMrEnter]

It's the opposite of a guilty pleasure. It's a good episode I don't like, as opposed to a bad episode I do. And only bad episodes get added to my hall of shame.

[@princesseyepatch6117]

First note: not all glue is animal based.... That is really bugging me.

[@MrJmanrey]

Star Wars Episode 3's love dialogue was more watchable than this. You know, "You are so beautiful...", "So love has blinded you?" Ugh... >:(

[@GreycatRademenes]

In hindsight I find it odd that you couldn't stand the mushy talk, yet were ok with Spike singing in Equestria games. I guess to each his own, to me it's the opposite.

[@GreycatRademenes]

Honestly even that wasn't enough for me. One of the reason I still dislike EGames is because that scene just made me angry and that's really hard to accomplish. Also in HnHDay you got Scootaloo's faces.

[@cutiepie316289]

If you have ever been involved in planning a wedding, you would understand pushing those two into becoming engaged is actually genius.

[@Rubberman202]

I don't like love stories either. Like, I don't mind them that much, Hell, my all time favorite movie, WALL-E, was a love story, but I don't really like love stories in general. Never caught my interest. Also, I don't care if the lovey-dovey talk was mean to be annoying, it's still annoying, and I hate it. So good job for succeeding, but bad job at succeeding to do something that annoys the audience.

[@spideyviewer327]

I'm guessing the opposite of a guilty pleasure would be an Innocent Pain.

[@CaptJosmy]

Talking about things that are just as cringeworthy as that "love talk" you hate... ... you talking to yourself with the "text things". yeah I know some people might have liked it, but it was incredibly annoying to me.

[@Regfife]

Well I LIKE the text thing...so there.

[@CaptJosmy]

Reg Fife Well good for you I guess,

[@dragonempress8367]

CaptJosmy it annoyed me too and it kinda felt like he had a mental breakdown.

[@s.nifrum4580]

I thought it was Hilarious

[@tastyloaf5487]

I quite liked it as well. Self-deprecating humour.

[@GlacierStripez]

"It was started by a date rape- I mean love potion"

[@CZRFx]

Ummm.. I think big mac just likes the doll hehe

[@fictionfan0]

OBJECTION! The baby-talk stuff may be alienating, but it alienates pretty much everyone. Even the characters in the show are, at the very least, slightly unnerved; the CMC are full-blown creeped out. As for the audience, no one can take it seriously: older fans are embarrassed by the infantile voices and dialogue; and younger viewers don't even like the opposite gender yet; and of course all viewers immediately sympathize with the main characters' reactions.

[@th3rasave]

5:46 awwwww, you two are so cute together... not cheerlie and big mac, I mean Mr.enter and text person... ...what am I doing with my life...

[@lauracross8668]

Actually, that mopey-dopey love talk makes me giggle. Don't get me wrong.

[@Commander_Tarnum]

Laura Cross Giggle? GIGGLE! It's downright HILARIOUS! Even Commander Firebrand (Joshscrocher/Fieryjoker) thinks so.

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

Garrett Troy I know, I've seen that review.

[@avinashtyagi2]

Could be Non-animal based glue (Elmer's glue states in its FAQ that its synthetic, no animal products)

[@dawnjones9035]

yeah i agree with Millicent (hehe) on this one. The dialogue kinda killed it for me.

[@sorenmine7765]

4:10 mr enter is a brony?! HAH! Nerd! Now get back to the my little pony review!

[@petlover72704]

Thumbs down for the destroy us all BS, it was beyond annoying.

[@jonathandelgado4703]

this is what you get for saying spike episodes are only "okay".

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

You want to subtract another point that you seem to have missed? Why didn't they read the whole story before making the potion/poison? If they had read it all the way, the context would have made it clear that it was a bad idea. It seems utterly ridiculous that they could have read it enough to get the formula, but somehow missed the obvious part where the story goes bad.

[@Regfife]

+cheezemonkeyeater It's still in character, as prior episodes have clearly established the CMC are idiots.

[@ltlimelight3798]

The opposite of a guilty pleasure? The term you are looking for is an "innocent pain".

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

Man, I love this episode, and your of it is hilarious! As someone who's never been romantically involved or even attracted to someone and is probably a very soft asexual(I think that can happen? I don't find sex unattractive, I just find it... unnecessary for me? Don't know how to describe it.) I just love making fun of relationships(I do ship, and I make fun of the fact that I ship) and this episode is comedy gold for me.

[@summersweete09]

uggg the kind of cligy love i hate by the way your reivew made me laugh good job

[@Peteman]

Given how easily the stuff can be made, the recipe is probably a warning that states "if your friends are acting weird, it's because they've come into contact with a mixture of these three common household products." It's a strange world where rainbows, clouds, and pegasus feathers can be considered common household products.

[@taveontimmons5284]

One of best reviews. Absolutely hilarious.

[@haldon12]

Probably my favorite review from you to date. Your humor was a delight.

[@ChozoFS]

I'm going to go with the idea that glue in this world is NOT made out of horses, like how glue is made today

[@TheMysteriousMrEnter]

I made a bunch of skits like that, and have been aching to use them. Whether they fit or not.

[@GraySlothPlaysGames]

It could be speculated that the love poison would prevent them from ever sleeping and they would eventually die of sleep deprecation.

[@TigerKirby215]

Coulda reduced a point for filler...

[@SuperSwordman1]

I just want to know why he stopped doing this. I mean, I stopped teh show too, but in season 7. Also, my biggest issue with this episode is it's an anti-shipper episode. I don't hate those as a shipper, I just have an issue with an episode made to take shots at any parts of your fanbase.

[@Greener221]

While I commend your efforts to emulate the Nostalgia Critic, it doesn't really pay off as well as you'd think. Also, why not criticize the concept of a "love poison"?

[@retosius7962]

yeah I can imagine this being the insperation for the fan song " love me Cheerilee"

[@ChariMahariel]

It's my favourite FiM season 2 episode

[@jonsmith9158]

The day this episode aired 100 ship wars were made

[@NerylaLouvel]

Whats with the glue? I dont get it DD:

[@avinashtyagi2]

Used to be made from equines and bovines if I recall correctly (ponies are equines) (although most modern glue is not, in fact most are vegan friendly today)

[@NerylaLouvel]

O _ O Woa, I was expecting some fan fic reference but this is oh so much more cooler : DDD Thank you!@!

[@HLeeV99]

When it comes to this episode, the way Big Mac and Cheerily act kills it for me too! The way they talk to each other. Mushy, stupid, BARF that I can't stand in the slightest! Besides that, it's ok I guess.

[@BNuts]

It's Button Mash! Equestria has some frikkin' scary magic! Actually, I'm starting to think that Big Mac and Cheerilee are a bad ship, and it doesn't seem like they see each other as romantic possibilities. Or that they're even looking. I think Rarity's the only one who's really looking, if the number of her crushes are any indication.

[@SlurpeeTheUnholy]

We do need a word for the opposite of a guilty pleasure. I know the phenomenon you're referring to as I've experienced it myself and it really needs a name.

[@horakhtythecreator6911]

The one thing I did like in the episode was Sweetie Belle's "OH COME ON!" line. The delivery for me was absolutely hilarious!

[@TheZipperDragon]

4:25 When did this turn into Friendship with benefits?

[@starvoltnexus3139]

For some reason I like to think Paul from Pokemon is Mr. Enter's Snark night