MLP: FiM "Owl's Well That Ends Well" Episode Review (Re-edited)

Except this episode. It doesn't end well.

[@BladeCrossEXE]

"I'll burn down your whole damn house..." Given the episode I just watched, that's hilarious.

[@ruinstudios963]

If he managed to do that with lemons.............. I would laugh really hard.

[@Foreleus]

BladeCrossEXE I would’ve found it funny if the house really was burned down, but it was actually blasted by tierak

[@PeeperSnail]

I'm marathoning MLP onnNetflix and usually mom joins me. We saw this episode together and she was constantly assuming Owolicious was evil and hypnotized Spike. And when I told her the next season started with a bad guy hypnotizing the Mane 6 and she immediately asked me if the bad guy was the owl XD

[@kirbynat493]

now THAT would have been an interesting twist. xD

[@TownoYT]

That's amazing XD

[@psychonautmaddy7409]

To save this episode, I have a head-canon that this episode DOES place during night but the creators somehow made the mistake of making it look like day xP

[@PurpleSphere95]

MaidenofBagEnd And Twilight was too busy studying as to why that was happening XD

[@W4t3rf1r3]

This episode gave me "A Pal for Gary" flashbacks.

[@Tokuman100]

***** Eh, I think this episode is way better than "A Pal for Gary". For one thing, unlike SpongeBob, Twilight realized her mistake and apologized to Spike for it.

[@W4t3rf1r3]

Gregory Cassella Yeah, but saying that the episode is better than "A Pal for Gary" isn't saying much, lol.

[@Tokuman100]

W4t3rf1r3 Still, even some of the weaker episodes of MLP: FIM are better than any of the modern SpongeBob episodes. My reason for this being that the writers for MLP actually take their audience seriously, while all the new writers for SpongeBob do is pander to the lowest common denominator.

[@W4t3rf1r3]

Gregory Cassella Here, here. That is the sad truth.

[@Tokuman100]

+W4t3rf1r3 Another thing that "Owl's Well That Ends Well" did better than "A Pal for Gary" is that when Twilight saw Spike in life-threatening danger of the giant dragon, she actually came to his rescue instead of acting oblivious to the whole ordeal and going "Spike! You put that dragon down right now! Bad boy, Spike! Bad! Bad! Bad, Spike! Bad!" like SpongeBob did with Puffy Fluffy. Last but not least, Spike did get a somewhat happier ending than Gary did. So yeah, with all that said, I would take "Owl's Well That Ends Well" over "A Pal for Gary" any day.

[@adriana2300]

0:56 reminds me of something Robin said in Teen Titans 'Fear Itself" "I've fought monsters, psychopath villians and crazy criminals but this is the most scariest thing I've ever seen" making reference to the movie 'Scary Wicked 3'

[@frankrtwiw]

Spike deserved better!

[@Soufriere84]

Ah, the first episode (of many) where Spike is treated like utter trash by the entire cast. Poor guy probably has a complex by now. At least in the comics he's tight with Celestia. OWtEW is my least favourite episode of S1, for exactly the reasons MrEnter mentioned. All of the unfortunate implications of Twilight & Spike's relationship began here.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

Yeah, that's kind of sad. Even to this day Spike is still frequently abused or neglected by Twilight whenever the plots dictates it. Maybe if they didn't do so often, it might actually be funny.

[@Tokuman100]

***** Dude, it's cool how you brought up the "Defending Owl's Well That Ends Well" blog from FIMFiction.net because I just happened to be BronyRanger himself. I swear to God I'm telling the truth. However, I do feel that I neglected two other minor complaints some people have with the episode: * Why didn't Twilight just use her telekinesis to grab the scroll that blew away? My best guess is that Unicorn magic can't lock on to things that are either moving too fast or too far out of range. ** On top on that, SuperPinkBrony12 pointed out in his review blog of the episode that the reason why Twilight thought Spike would be better at retrieving the scroll that her was because she was panicking and not thinking straight. * Why didn't Twilight use her light magic to illuminate the path for her and Spike when running from the giant dragon? She was probably afraid of luring it into their direction.

[@PurpleSphere95]

JCBro2014 ironically a show about friendship that does not properly understand healthy relationships. That’s what made me keep quieting the show again and again, if it wasn’t for Spike I wouldn’t of kept coming back.

[@MrMarinus18]

I think for Twilight to be studying at night is also a bad idea for her own health.

[@ericwisk5528]

Wow, old Mr. Enter sounds weird.....

[@Felodontis]

I have an idea on how you could fix this episode. At the beginning, when Spike falls asleep, Twilight doesn't find if cute like everyone else. Instead she frowns and expresses concern for him. She explains to the others that Spike has been working himself to the bone trying to help her lately and refuses to admit when he needs to rest. She's pleased that he's sleeping now, but is worried that he's not getting enough of it and wants to make things easier for him somehow. Later, after the owl retrieves Twilight's scroll, she brings him on specifically as a nocturnal assistant, hoping Spike will now be able to get some proper rest. She tells this to Spike the next morning after he finds the owl sleeping on a perch, but he's upset that she didn't ask his opinion before hiring a new assistant. He gets defensive about his duties and says he doesn't need help with the nighttime jobs. Twilight assures him that he's a good friend and helper and that it's because she cares for him that she hired an extra assistant in the first place. Unfortunately this doesn't ease Spike's concerns and, as we see the owl being much more effective and efficient compared to an overtired Spike, he grows concerned that the owl will soon replace him completely. This Leeds to his jealousy and paranoia made worse from exhaustion. I'm not sure how best to resolve the conflict, as I've made Spike to be incredibly stubborn and unlikely to listen to reason, but at the very least this should be a better set up for the episode. It shows Twilight's motivation more clearly and confirms that she's doing it with good intentions. And having Spike be visibly tired for a lot of the episode would not only reaffirm Twilight's concerns, but could also be an explanation for Spike's behaviour.

[@Evanthemovieguy]

This episode had good emotion, but, their obsession with Spike is just creepy. And him pretending to Make Owlicious guilty for murder

[@TheMysteriousMrEnter]

I'll definitely be doing more Spongebob reviews. Unfortunately, Tunnel of Glove is not high on that priority list. :/

[@333teapot]

3:50 "I'll burn down your entire house if it gets you to notice something" ooooh, you don't want to do that. that happened. and Twilight noticed. and started shooting lasers....

[@Foreleus]

Well it wasnt burned down, it was blasted by tierak

[@Dexieboi2013]

Plan for spike 1:Kill the owl 2:Cook the owl 3:feed it to twilight, the dead bird disguised as something else to avoid suspicions 4:Leave a message explaining why the owl ran away 5:Profit

[@JaelinBezel]

The ponies are well established as vegetarian

[@andrewscolak7922]

5:26 What makes you think the owl has no combat experience? ... Is anyone else wanting to write a fanfic about this?

[@Chronicle216]

3:51 coincidence considering how her house was burnt down in the S4 finale

[@TheDSGuy]

That's kind of funny in hindsight about how you threatened to burn down Twilight's house. Because that's what happened in Twilight's Kingdom. I wonder if you gave Meghan McCarthy the idea.

[@reddecuir637]

twilight naming the owl owlisious. owl + delicious that would be out of character its name is aluicious a somewhat old timey name

[@chasedynamite9625]

Yeah I hated Twilight in this episode. Especially the book scene. And I also hated the Harry Potter reference with the bird vs giant reptile scene since it was hammered in and rushed

[@ComicFan-xi5lh]

I hate this episode. As the first Spike centered episode, it was not a good start. Owlicious (sorry if I spelled that wrong) is barely a character, the episode, the jealousy plot was predictable, and that moment the Mane Six starts loving Owliwicious infuriated me. Twilight was so stupid in the episode. The only redeeming quality of the episode is that Spike wasn't annoying and I still felt he was in character. Other than that, this sucked. Hope Spike episodes get better. 1 Out of 5 Stars Bronze

[@JennyBlaze253]

Honestly, I gotta defend this episode a bit. While the Mane 6 were acting a bit oblivious... they honestly are oblivious a lot of the time. Spike may have been acting out of character, but he felt threatened. Also, there are some owls (correct me if I'm wrong) that are just as active in the day as they are at night, like Barn Owls. Is this episode flawed? Yes. Do I consider it a bad episode? Not to the degree of "Somepony to Watch Over Me", my least favorite episode in the whole series.

[@Tokuman100]

You know, a couple of months ago, I made a blog on FIMFiction.net that defends a lot of complaints people have with this episode. Here's the link to it if you're interested in checking it out: www.fimfiction.net/blog/376251/defending-owls-well-that-ends-well

[@kekstone9419]

spike is dumb cuz hes a boy

[@Foreleus]

Well owlicious seems to be active both day and night

[@Foreleus]

Also the mane 6 (aside from maybe twilight) seem to be well aware of spike’s feelings or atleast fluttershy and rainbow, being both jealous and threatened. So they were aware of spike’s feelings except for twilight for some reason

[@abelmantor2449]

A character being jealous of another character that moved in While the older one doesn't care. I haven't heard that plot before (sarcasm).

[@SpyFromMarsZeus]

You actually made a good point about owl sleeping during the day, they can just take day/night shift to help Twilight, no conflict at all!

[@Foreleus]

But I’m fairly certain twilight will mostly be asleep during the night. Atleast I think

[@Greener221]

Stop making jokes about Twilight's Kingdom, comment section. The show didn't dwell on it, and neither should you. Besides, there's so many ways you could just use this as a jumping off point for Futurama criticism.

[@michaelmcjunkin1372]

In my opinion if u want to see a jealousy episode done right, watch Lilo and Stitch: Mr. Stench or Finder, or even Green isn't your color(mlp) that's all I could think of.

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

I got weird vibes from this episode. Like it's a pet being replaced by another pet. But spike _isn't_ a pet, he's sentient. The line between Spike being a pet and his own person(dragon?) as well as dragons being sentient or not in general gets blurred quite a bit in older episodes and it kinda unnerves me.

[@Passions5555]

And in the first movie where Twilight Sparkle and Spike go to the human world he gets turned into a dog.

[@admralthrawn]

3:50: Wait... The Mysterious Mr Enter is Tirek?

[@jadathejada]

Yes

[@Foreleus]

Lol yes XD but he blasted twilight’s house.

[@gigaswardblade7261]

How do you know the owl dosnt have any combat training? What if he was an awesome butt kicking bird warrior before he met twilight?

[@Foreleus]

Well have you ever seen an owl successfully defeat or at least hold up against a dragon aside from here? Also the owl distracts the dragon, but since the owl is smaller, he might be harder to hit. Idk

[@gigaswardblade7261]

@@Foreleus i do not at all remember posting this but my opinion still stands.

[@Foreleus]

gigaswardblade my point, the owl probably doesn’t have any combat training, but to distract something that’s not necessary. Besides it’s limited on how it can fight (ramming into someone, talons (which are useless against dragon scales, and evasion due to height. There’s my two cents

[@dreamoftheendless7159]

Some owls like the snowy and short eared are durinal (active in day time)

[@Foreleus]

Well owlicious seems to be active both day and night

[@FanSeitz]

3:53 Meanwhile it does in Twilight's Kingdom (SPOILER ALERT)

[@TheMysteriousMrEnter]

Yeah. Back when I started I wasn't as energetic and didn't know how to use my equipment as well. You can tell in most of my Season 1 Reviews.

[@time903]

This is one of the only episodes I hate. Why you ask? This scene! 4:00-4:48 I mean, that's just so out of character for both Spike and the whole show!

[@Foreleus]

Spike maliciously trying to get owlicious in trouble, yea I can see why you would say that.

[@SmonkWonk]

At 3:25 you call Twilight "Toilet".

[@fuzzye9238]

you watch mlp?

[@TheMysteriousMrEnter]

High on the Spongebob priority list? Atlantis Squarepantis; Truth or Square; Squid Baby; and Demolition Doofus

[@smgv5773]

Classic SpongeBob is best golden age (2000-2004)

[@excitablepack7076]

If you wanna see a jealousy story done right, check out Toy Story!

[@randomyoutuberobot3247]

I paused at 3.43 and spike looks drunk🤣

[@ProjectOP]

The only memory I have of this episode is watching it in a supermarket while shopping with my nan :D

[@sentoktys1921]

4:34

[@sentoktys1921]

6:18

[@prettyprincess8598]

I talk to myself

[@TheMysteriousMrEnter]

Yeah, I tend to do that.

[@ninjaman2296]

Wow. This is convenient for me since I got an answer but it's amazing how fast you reply!

[@elchemistgaming4975]

Well in her defense, Princess Clara is afraid of things that are dark.

[@reddecuir637]

am i the only one who thought the dragon was way too evil sure spike was eating his gems but if you saw a baby eating your food in your house would you try to kill it

[@christophersfirstyoutubeca8751]

Yes. It wouldn't even need to be eating my food.

[@baffledbrandon6971]

What's with the dialogue being said beforehand at 2:31-2:35?

[@zackbowden2204]

I think Twilight said that to assure Spike he can't be replaced.

[@baffledbrandon6971]

I meant more that the dialogue is said twice, one beforehand and then right after. Listen closely and you'll notice it.

[@zackbowden2204]

+Baffled Brandon Thanks. I think that was a scripting issue.

[@Twinklethefox9022]

I thought it was ok. But maybe it's because I've seen the other episodes with owlisous in them. He's alright in the ones after his debut episode.

[@Foreleus]

Well technically owlicious didn’t do anything wrong. Personally I think twilight is the main problem with this episode.

[@RedDragonForce2]

@3:54 With the Season Four Finally now out, that's definitely depressing. Seriously, you didn't need to go that far!!! It's the worst type of foreshadowing for the dedicated Twi's Library fanatics!!! (I have no problem with it, but am sad to see it go nonetheless.) Just saying!!

[@Foreleus]

If it’s any constellation enter said he’ll burn the house down, tierak blasted it.

[@galacticgear22]

1/10 This another episode I usually avoid when revisiting Season 1. just a lame episode. weak plot and as mentioned in this review a huge lack of logic (which is actually, something I missed when I watched this episode the first time around). And I tend to either really dislike Spike episodes, or find them to be meh.... Except for Power Ponies.

[@queenshipper1330]

IKR, Power Ponies was awesome.

[@ninjaman2296]

Had anyone noticed that Mr. Enter's voice sounds kind of different in this video?

[@SeqZZ]

This was my first episode of mlp.

[@bbgunz1705]

Cool. Mine was Bridle Gossip

[@smgv5773]

Me too

[@smgv5773]

I watched that owl episode when I was a kid

[@ninjaman2296]

That's okay. Honestly, there are many other episodes that are much worse than that one. I look forward to those videos! :D

[@gabemassey9344]

I feel like spike is the show's "Megward the wizard".

[@cyrussnow6060]

What did Owlicious do? Nothing, I dislike Spike more for his behavior in Boast Busters.

[@psychonautmaddy7409]

Why is the lip synking of the episode so off?

[@pippo17173]

This episode while has a cliche jealously story, It shows a deep relationship with twilight and spike. That is what counts for me but ya the points you put out I can see why this is bad in your eyes.

[@simbasorariku3]

Would you ever collab with SilverQuill?

[@vanellope681]

Cindy Morrow, please write more episodes like Sisterhooves Social!

[@sharonpereira4501]

Spike is a punching bag because he is a dragon.

[@Foreleus]

But he’s a baby dragon.

[@michaelmaximus7916]

My God, Your voice sounded deeper than Earlier episodes,why was that? 0_0

[@cindyabrego51]

Not all owls are nocteranl

[@brandonwest4141]

8:54 the prediction tho

[@KunChien]

but he didn't answer the most important question :-( i still don't know who the greatest jerk in this episode was. there are just too many options.

[@spicymilkshake6600]

Twilight

[@Foreleus]

Twilight, cause her logic for owlicious is bullshit, she’s unbelievably oblivious to spike’s feelings and frustrations, and completely stops giving spike attention as soon as the owl was introduced (which is probably the head for why this mess pushed spike into being maliciously angry with owlicious). Owlicious technically did nothing directly to spike and spike’s behavior was kindled by twilight’s lack of awareness of spike’s feelings, and giving spike a fair reason to believe he’s being replaced.

[@surfing0joey167]

3:50 ooooh I think I know a few others who would disagree with that. Too soon.

[@ninjaman2296]

Also, quick question. Are you gonna be doing anymore Spongebob reviews in the future? Because I was thinking of requesting the "Tunnel of Glove" episode.

[@kishinkuro]

His name is actually "Owlowiscious".

[@hamsterjohn4262]

That owl is never creepy and owls sleep in the day. Not...... Never???(in mlp). Weird.

[@Saltyoven]

Jeez this sounds like a charlotte Fullerton episode.

[@nekonomicon9938]

I actually like Angel.

[@mrcool9090]

I found Twlight unlikable in this episode, first one I don't like. BTW:Boast Busters was a meh episode for me

[@Tokuman100]

+Jones Fan If you ask me, Twilight was nowhere near as bad as SpongeBob was in the episode "A Pal for Gary". I mean, at least Twilight rescued Spike when she saw he was in danger of a giant monster, realized the mistake she made of not being sensitive to Spike's feelings, and most importantly apologized to him for it. SpongeBob on the other hand constantly blamed Gary for everything Puffy Fluffy did, even when he clearly saw the latter about to eat the former, and never once apologized to the poor snail for mistreating him.

[@MrMarinus18]

+Jones Fan I actually kinda liked it. Mostly because Twilight realized that Spike was gone and apologized for being insensitive. That's something many shows (even this one) often forget.

[@MrMarinus18]

+Gregory Cassella It's more than that. Spongebob blamed Gary for things he didn't do while Twilight was only blaming Spike for things he did actually do and those things actually were wrong. She was a little one sided maybe and also should have looked into it deeper but she learned that at the end. I honestly don't understand the anger against this episode. Spike didn't seem OOC to me, he can be sensitive at times and also possessive of things that are important to him. Also his position as assistent is what he identifies himself by and when that is threatened he feels like he could lose his very identity.

[@Tokuman100]

***** I was just making a comparison due to how "A Pal for Gary" and "Owl's Well That Ends Well" have similar plots.

[@torlikoff]

Bow ties are cool

[@fatalhug5998]

Omg twilights neck is broken wtf

[@becksrainbowdash4207]

I love your videos!

[@spicymilkshake6600]

Congradulations, someone actually aren't watching content for a reason other than to be bitchy in the comments, but honestly, have you ever heard of a fucking like button. If you like something just click on it, geesh.

[@becksrainbowdash4207]

Nacho Flash You know I'm a kid right? And also calm down, it's a free society. I may comment on what I want, there isn't a rule for that.

[@manginaliker]

Why do you sound like you're sick?

[@MrGabeanator]

love this

[@Rubberman202]

I actually don't think this episode is that bad. Yeah, it's bad, and I don't like it, but I don't think it's the worst thing ever like so many others say it is. I also don't have Owloyscious or however you spell his name. On the contrary, I really like him. I DON'T like how much of an asshole Spike is. Some of it may be justified, but dressing up like fucking Snidley Whiplash, as if to show you he's definitely in the wrong, even though he THINKS he's in the right, is fucking stupid! I also hate how Twilight completely dismissed Spike's feelings of needing to be helpful. That's why I like the ending so much, and thus, don't think it's that bad. The "who?" joke is also not funny. It started out as an incredible poor man's "Who's on first?" joke, and the fact that it continues throughout the episode REALLY gets on my nerves. But yeah, don't think it's THAT bad, but still don't like it.

[@Tokuman100]

Rubberman202 While this is neither my least favorite Spike episode (Dragon Quest and Spike at Your Service) nor is it my least favorite Cindy Morrow episode (The Show Stoppers and One Bad Apple), I do agree that its story is probably one of the most flawed of the entire series. One thing I felt this episode did right, which keeps me from hating it, was showing the dynamic of Twilight and Spike's relationship and seeing it develop. So yeah, OWTEW is flawed, but it has a nice payoff. And hey, it's still nowhere near as God awful as the SpongeBob episode "A Pal for Gary".

[@MichaelSar12IsBack]

Rubberman202 Rule of thumb: if Spike's a jerk, and he gets tortured, it means the writers wanted to torture him and made him a jerk to keep the audience from feeling sorry for him.

[@Foreleus]

I personally blame twilight for leading spike down the path he took

[@cindyabrego51]

No all owls are nocturnal

[@Foreleus]

True, but owlicious seems to be active both day and night

[@roffylordnow3658]

Burn down your whole damn house, huh

[@MrGabeanator]

nice

[@Tsaraja]

toilet lol

[@MidnightMuffin]

1:55 Um...no, they haven't.

[@Foreleus]

Well the main point is that they knew spike way longer than they knew owlicious

[@MidnightMuffin]

@@Foreleus Fair enough.

[@GuiltlessGear]

TheMysteriousMrEarRape

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

Why is your voice funny? It's diatracting

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

*distracting

[@JoCoBrony]

+Graphite Tail Grace It had to be reedited for some reason.

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

Oh.