Spice Up Your Life in Four Minutes

[@Gyrono]

Actually, locations like Restaurant Row are pretty common in the big cities. There is a similar venue in the Roman District of Paris that gets a lot of traffic because of the saturation.

[@Netbug009]

"That's what I keep saying about the people begging me to like Starlight." Bless you.

[@theMillieBun]

"all the restaurants in one place? thats the worst city planning ive ever seen" and suddenly i understand why my town has about 20 restaurants on one part of the road almost crammed next to eachoter

[@applefai6021]

I'm not a critic or a analyst maybe one day, but watching your vids raised some questions. One of the being where are their hair nets and I know they have hooves, but if they can wear flippers where are their gloves? If you think about it the no rating thing wasn't from the food, it was from the food safety measures that they weren't implementing

[@illusionsmage]

@ 1:05 Well played ma'am. Well played. ... 3:20 "So it IS applicable to the analysis community!"

[@emberdhologram3095]

I can think of one upside of having all the restaurants on one street- you don't have to worry about getting lost when going somewhere to eat, at least not worry about it as much. Everything is in one spot, and you don't have to wander through alleys or something to find somewhere to eat (as I've had to do in the past)... so it's better for people like me who also happen to have basically no sense of direction, and who wouldn't be able to find their way out of a wet paper bag. But on all other fronts is a terrible idea. You always point things out I didn't notice in these episodes, and I love all of the quips you make in these "In a Minute" videos, they make my day! Thank you so much for making these!

[@heycrayzie9422]

You're calling Rarity "unhygienic"?? One of my friends LICKED a Cheeto completely and was like: "I don't like the crunchy part", so my other friend ate it! Ever since then the have been sharing their food like that. 😐

[@Doughboy123x]

"charm" - to delight or captivate greatly "cajole" - to persuade by flattery or promises Sorry, Lily.

[@theprofessionalwizard9846]

You both sound like you have a serious case of heteronormative tunnel vision, but in the end this is Schrodinger's Flirtation. It happened off screen, so there is no way to prove either viewpoint definitively right.

[@LilianOrchard]

You must be fun at parties.

[@Baggytrousers27]

Ooooh wink wink nudge nudge euphemisms and whatnot. That totally flew over my head for some reason ... and now I can't stop thinking about a pony music video with rarity to "I like a boy in uniform (school uniform)."

[@oreooertel925]

“And cajoling” lily is still right lol

[@TheMLPConnoiseur]

The day the themes died.

[@lewa18]

0:35 Minneapolis actually has something similar nicknamed "Eat Street." There are other places with restaurants, it's just that all of the really popular ones are practically built on top of each other.

[@serb_jpg]

Lily complaining how having a street full of restaurants is inefficient, but here in Serbia my city did exactly that and all the restaurants and fast food places are doing wonderfully for the most part. Plus it's easier to have all the food places in one street, you can just walk around and find what you like the most and there are restaurants in other places, there's just also a street full of delicious food! P.S. Hi from Serbia!

[@PuritySin]

It's kind of common to see restaurants all in the same area. It's usually done where there are going to be a lot of tourists like say a beach, you normally see restaurants clustered together with maybe a few shops inbetween so people can eat then shop.

[@clarabellem4097]

There are several things I was expecting from this video: ~Comment about the quality of Indian food ~Asking where Equestrian India is ~Saying the moral of the story is that you should try different cuisine once in a while ~Mentioning the Gordon Ramsay pony. Oh well, still a good video.

[@DOCJuggernaut]

the song in the middle of the episode was seemed to go on forever. also Zesty is the most obvious vampire I've ever seen.

[@tahliamclean4582]

Wait u don't like starlight me too

[@Cephalo_People]

The Rules of Rarity joke that killed me XD

[@breadcrumbs3530]

Wait...what? In your August Monthly Roundup, you said that Spice up Your Life was one of those episodes you didn't know you wanted until you got it, alongside Amending Fences and Brotherhooves Social, two episodes you have previously viewed in a positive light. What happened?

[@LilianOrchard]

I had some time to sit and think about the episode some more. Like Man of Steel

[@Cinderspider]

... I only remember Rarity and Pinkie Pie being an adorable couple, even after watching this, I was just thinking - "MY OTP INTERACTED AND HUGGED IT WAS WONDERFUL" so I always forget how completely and utterly flawed it is, probably for the best. Shame they had one of the weaker not-Starlight episodes of the season, they actually have really good chemistry, teamwork and are similar and still different enough for a lot of great stories to work. That's what you get I guess, when only after four/five seasons do they start realizing that Rarity can have an episode with someone who isn't Applejack or Sweetie Belle. Does this count as the first bad Rarity episode, or does it being a costar outing save her otherwise clean record?

[@themaskedmewtwo4320]

Lily, I absolutely love when you sing in your videos. I wish you would do it more often

[@jonmercano1138]

I'm curious about the finale, not whether it'll make you like Starlight but if you're going to watch it. You did watch the premier and it's pretty obvious that she's going to be in the finale.

[@viviannemj5310]

I didn't expect you to be this clean in this episode.

[@robotdog2054]

I feel like I have an idea of what you mean but I'm just checking, what's the thing you said they should do?...was it rarity using her connections, rank, or something else?

[@SapphireLibra3]

First of all, glad to see a new one of these. Second of all, this was not one of my favorite episodes honestly. The writer clearly doesn't know anything about Rarity's character. If they did, they wouldn't have her say anything about the restaurant being "the same as everyone else". That coming out of Rarity's mouth made me hate the episode immediately.

[@eharri369]

I ship Rarity with all the mane 6

[@yourmomisverygay7479]

Rarity x rarity is where sweetie belle came from

[@theprincesspeach94]

Rule number one in commercial cooking: don't wear jewelry that can fall into the food!

[@TheJunket9]

why do I get the feeling this episode is similar to the situation where the reasonable fans of the suicide squad movie said fuck you to the critics who hated the film because they liked it anyway

[@dftbawolf]

Awwww groden ramsy and his wife are thire how sweet.

[@Szczurzyslawa]

I don't know, in old parts of the cities here you have lots of best dining places in the whole city in one place. Tho they're so different they all have clients! I mean you can't compare sushi bar, hamburger place and italian food. Tho I guess on one street it's like 4 best kebab places so... they still are doing good so... eh? Seems like good planning to me

[@sushiimillk203]

OMG IMIN TEARS THIS IS SOOOO FUNNY

[@Tsukiyori9]

Aw I was hoping for the reaction of Ramsey pony xD

[@Breathless2012]

Sorry to say that I can't agree with you on the overall episode rating. I thought it had a great message in the end. Sorry that you didn't like it.

[@Breathless2012]

Hunter Wilson That's what the message of the episode was. At least from what I took from it. And my comment was about how I'm sorry that Lily couldn't enjoy it, and that I took something else from it than what she did. What message I saw from it was something similar as to what Silver Quill states in his video about it. Also, I posted this message before there was a top comment. So, can't exactly read a comment before making my comment if the comment hadn't even existed yet.

[@g.wilson536]

Breathless2012 Ah. My bad. I just got around to watching the episode about half an hour ago, so I didn't realize. Sorry for the minor misunderstanding.

[@Breathless2012]

Hunter Wilson It's all good! :) I just hope that you found something to enjoy from the episode. Or even from Lily's thoughts on it. :)

[@Left4Cake]

I agree with the message of you shouldn't work just to make critics happy, but you probably shouldn't work in a city where the whole town trust only one critic. Especially if you wanna make something unique.

[@Breathless2012]

***** Yeah, the way the episode handled the message was not the best, but what they were conveying in the end I still liked. It was a flawed episode most definitely. But not a total failure in my eyes.

[@LilacElf8582]

For a better version of this story, just watch the movie 'The Hundred-Foot Journey'. Same thing, basically.

[@taigaaisaka4540]

I can't wait until u do Dungeons and Discords... I don't know how you could hate it.

[@robno1033]

I cant belive I didn't notice that part where rarity might be bisexual nice catch lily :)

[@Zodia195]

Hehe yeah for me that was the funniest part of the video hehe.

[@abisain9340]

I still liked Saffron Masala.

[@arttoon03]

well that is just "peachy" now I am hungry. . . . . 😋😅

[@ryanherron7436]

If this got an f, I'm pretty sure stranger than fan fiction will get a skull and crossbones

[@maggieapp6934]

That is the only episode in my little pony that has gotten an F from Lily Peet...GOD HELP US ALL!

[@matildakeith7552]

There at the end, I thought lily was talking about what people should do for her/him.

[@PsychoDiesel48]

That last point at the end. YES. Too bad it's a kid show and they HAD to make it a black and white "one side good, other side evil" even though they've handled morally gray situations before. Oh well. Song and characters were nice

[@andrewmartin1373]

Skull and crossbones? Yeesh...Don't you think that a little much? The theme wasn't that bad.

[@sedonianokurai2486]

Skull means toxic

[@LilianOrchard]

The themes involve telling a critic not to do her job, instead of putting the blame for a stagnant industry where it belongs: On the public. Additionally, both Rarity and Pinkie's extremes of "Follow the crowd" and "never change because someone wants you to" are the worst kind of lessons to teach children. Thematically, this entire episode was a mess from top to bottom.

[@LilianOrchard]

Awesomo It is impossible for a critic to force people to follow their opinions. No matter how insistent they are, people always have the ability to ignore them. A common fallacy people make is mistaking somebody being insistent as trying to force their opinions on others. In reality, no critic is capable of doing that. Ebert couldn't do that, Moviebob can't do that, and I can't do that. Nobody is forcing their opinions on you, no matter how much your persecution complex claims otherwise. The people of Canterlot agreed to follow her opinions like sheep. It's entirely on them for always eating at the same places and influencing the industry that way.

[@herasucks]

Isn't this what the episode is trying to say? That people have their own opinions and can like what they want, and at the end of the day, a critic can only give a rating and can't tell a person what they can or can't do? Zesty, as a critic had the power to give influence through rating and approval, but it is not her job to enter a restaurant she has rated badly and encourage the customers to leave. The lesson of the episode was to teach kids (the target audience) that they have a voice, no matter how much others try to influence them.

[@LilianOrchard]

herasucks The problem is that Zesty was deliberately written in such a way as to put the lecture on her rather than on the people. She's a Straw Critic.

[@troperhghar9898]

I take it lily, that this episode will be on your worst of list this year

[@connorraine261]

I didn't know that you could get lower then a F. Lilly proved me with themes.

[@Dark2857]

Oh dear now its a skull in the rating, well looks like you've gone full circle Lily I couldn't be more proud of you

[@MarioGMan25]

Maybe they need more than 1 critic?

[@ryanherron7436]

They most likely do, she's just a more famous, and as such more trustworthy, so people listen to her more.

[@MarioGMan25]

...So she's like the Nostalgia Critic?

[@ryanherron7436]

+MarioGMan25 exactly but, nostalgia critic isn't the only movie critic

[@SapphireLibra3]

Also, the nostalgia critic has actual TASTE- Goddamn it, I made a pun didn't I?

[@ryanherron7436]

+Sapphire Libra3 the was an awful pun, I want to PUNch you in the face for it ;^). Jk I laughed at it

[@Zodia195]

What does the Skulls and Crossbones mean in this case? I know it's bad, but I just want to know the meaning.

[@PixieStarr439]

I'm going to assume the skull is not a good thing.

[@theoneunseen]

Halloween?

[@Alo-gp7mk]

It sucks because the song in this episode was great

[@AzariahMarinaStarcaster]

I don't understand my adoration for this episode, honestly. I have fun every time I watch it, but logically speaking, this episode has more glaring flaws than things I can say I loved. And yet I wouldn't hesitate to say this is one of my favorite episodes of the season so far. ... Oh well. I'm a sucker for anything that celebrates individuality, I guess.

[@Zodia195]

Maybe because it's flawed that the good parts stand out for you more and they overshadowed them? I mean, my finale (S4) had plenty of holes, but yet I LOVE it!

[@auroch8335]

+Lily Peet I honestly can't tell if you're just throwing around jokes or making legitimate points to argument.

[@auroch8335]

to some argument

[@jonmercano1138]

I already commented on this, but then I saw the synopsis for the season finale. Looks like it'll be the most Starlight centered episode(s) of the season. I can already feel your exasperation or eyeroll or "ugh". Sooooooo..........what um, what's the plan here? I'm not urging you to watch for Starlight, I'm just thinking of it being the finale. I mean, I've stopped watching some shows entirely (dissatisfaction, not anger and frustration) but I've made some exceptions. (Treehouse of Horror, Road to, and two Titans Go)

[@Palatidd]

Wow she didn't take a dig at the song, that's different.

[@jaketucker2559]

So does this mean you're doing the other episodes, cause I don't think the fandom would appreciate people saying bad things about Patton ozwald, but hey your funeral...

[@legofmevid]

Damn a F! that's a first, and hopefully last.

[@spencer5256]

Do you have to ship right now Lily

[@hannimation1620]

I thought this episode deserved something more along the lines of a C

[@forwardsmash2145]

Why such a low grade? I didn't understand that. Was it because of the critic at the end?

[@HamiltonIsLife]

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[@HamiltonIsLife]

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[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Geez harsh, but not an especially good episode anyway. I take it you're not a huge fan of season six then.