EVERYTHING Wrong with Friendship is Magic (MLP)

[@BecauseICantEdit]

AJ's trial felt more like a trial of twighlight on trust than about AJ being honest.

[@pastorcodymitchell1456]

Mhmmm

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@BecauseICantEdit which is weird considering the other trials. But even if it were a trust thing, it was still shown in a weird way (Applejack not telling Twilight that the pegasi would catch her).

[@erikbihari3625]

@@TheArtisticAloubell. Mean you not need honesty for trust? Maybe the secondary traits was important too. Remember during the season three finale celestia mentioned them(Rarity;Charity,Fluttershy;Compassion,Rainbow Dash;Devotion,Applejack;Integrity,Pinkie Pie;Optimism")!

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

Yeah cuz like, wouldn't it be MORE honest to tell Twilight that Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are going to save her? Like isn't that so much more simple. Applejack technically lied to Twilight by omission. That's not honesty at all. And now I understand why Liarjack is a meme. 😏

[@erikbihari3625]

@@imthebossmermaid3648. She said twilight will not get harmed once she released that ledge, and she wasn't. She Never lied! Why this hard for people's grasp? Being honest not just about saying truth, but backing them with your actions! Remember raya and the last dragon? Every second person was liars and opportunists who gone back upon their words, and sometimes straight lied!

[@Ozzygirl17]

Applejack’s trial seems more like a trial of trust rather than honesty. Still weird she didn’t say someone will catch her, but I suppose they wanted to surprise the audience.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@Ozzygirl17 Applejack's trial being more about trust is weird in itself, but even if they wanted to save the reveal for the audience, her acting the way she did wasn't natural 😬

[@Ozzygirl17]

@@TheArtisticAloubell I suppose so.

[@erikbihari3625]

​​​@@TheArtisticAloubell. Maybe ponies just think different than humans. Seen many comments with Equestria girls saying their"grown ass woman"! Aren't they teens?

[@twist_ending7545]

​@@erikbihari3625 technically they do think differently. Despite the ponies being young adults in-universe, they're actually written like teenagers

[@MaizeSnallygaster]

Here is how I would have written that scene: Nightmare Moon gives an offer to AppleJack that she would let her take a shortcut to their destination and replace AppleJack with a perfect replica, as long as she didn’t tell anyone about Nightmare Moon’s deal. She refuses and tells her friends.

[@nobodishere]

My headcanon about lunas appearance is that she basically matured rapidly after being freed/cought up with how she would've aged, considering celestia looked just as basic when she was young.

[@mazzy2282]

I love that you also include counter arguments and you don't dismiss them and say they're straight up wrong, this video is an amazing analysis and it shows that you genuinely thought all of this through

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

thank you

[@lunakingsley.7247]

​​@@TheArtisticAloubellI kinda want G1 stuff to return like the rainbow of light, the rainbow of darkness, Danny Williams (i like him due to him being pretty similar to the cmc. Although he is also decently smart and a bit of a prankster) Megan Williams (she was the main character of G1), the flutter ponies, the lava demons, the gizmonks, ect. Also, i kinda like Allura. My little pony 'n friends is pretty good and deserves more attention. Oh, and Danny is underrated, plus, he helpe defeat some villians. Anyways, good video.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@lunakingsley.7247 thank you! 😁

[@lunakingsley.7247]

@@TheArtisticAloubell no problem.

[@Monhamd1000]

Because of that, Twilight and her friends became punching bags in general.

[@erikbihari3625]

Because what? Also, you think Alou, could review previous generations?

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@Monhamd1000 because of...what?

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

Where, when, and how?

[@Monhamd1000]

@@TheArtisticAloubell The fandom, like what else? Everyone i knew in the cartoons community avoid MLP like the plague.

[@JamesP7]

@@Monhamd1000 Nah, they just avoid them because "bronies cringe" and don't see hypocrisy. I can fill a 100 ft mural with the amount of times furries have hated on bronies.

[@MattTOB618]

About the "Unicorn magic vs. Alicorn magic" debate, I would like to point out that, later on in the series, it is stated that Unicorns were the ones who raised the sun/moon before the Princesses came along (of course, they couldn't do it efficiently, but they still had the capability). So, in a similar way to how Pegasus magic is made up of many aspects (weather manipulation, flight, etc.), celestial manipulation can very well be considered a subsect of Unicorn magic, which, in turn, is a subsect of Alicorn magic. Thus, it can be argued that it is specifically the Unicorn aspect _of_ the Alicorn magic, making "Unicorn magic" still work as a descriptor.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

That's why in the video I did say I won't fully discourage anyone from thinking that it's unicorn magic~ But in my eyes, I count anything magical an alicorn does as "alicorn magic" since it is coming from an alicorn. Because if we do the opposite, then wouldn't that mean all magic alicorns do with their horns as unicorn magic? At what point is something unicorn magic vs alicorn magic? Since alicorn magic is stated to be a thing...where is the line drawn? XD But that's just my line of thinking LOL

[@erikbihari3625]

@@TheArtisticAloubell. Think the guy above meant that since alicorns amalgamate every pony type, like their horns and magic coming from the unicorn side, then technically they always use their magic! Mean, case unicorns not get involved where would they get their magic from, kirin?

[@erikbihari3625]

Honestly Aloubell, love that the main characters embody the elements. Firstly because"chosened many"stories are rare, secondly main characters usually have remarkable traits!(Later seasons)!

[@TheMovieAndCartoonFan]

Ah yes, back when Friendship is Magic was a simpler time

[@Jerkwad152]

They captured lightning in a bottle with G4. Never did it before, never will again.

[@christiantwist3360]

36:30 everyone is still talking about that. Seriously, a thousand years of isolation would destroy any sanity Luna had left. Maybe that’s why the elements deaged her. If they didn’t, she would be too emotionally unstable

[@Calastor666]

The Elements removed all her power making her become the younger and weaker version of herself sort of like a rebirth (This is canon by the way not made up theories)

[@christiantwist3360]

@@Calastor666 i know that was something Lauren Faust said, and it’s widely accepted. I think pretty much everyone accepts that theory, myself included. However, it was never stated in the show, so technically it’s still open to interpretation

[@Calastor666]

@christiantwist3360 Why can't people accept Canon for being Canon? Lauren Faust said that was the reason and confirmed it. If you want to say that then ig should also be the same for the AppleDash ship their voice actor said they were together, and now everyone makes it Canon, but it was never stated by the owner of the show, meaning which it should be left to interpretation.

[@christiantwist3360]

@@Calastor666 I’m saying that it can be left open to interpretation since nothing was explicitly stated in the show. If people don’t want to except that interpretation, they don’t have to, and if they do, great.

[@acelurre]

Personal theory that probably doesn’t make sense in the canon: the more saturated one’s magic, the more powerful they are. Example being twilight starts out with pastel pink magic, but as time goes on it became a lot more vibrant as her magic becomes stronger.

[@Ro994]

🦄 You know, one of the things I love most about your videos is how, despite me often sharing a lot of the same opinions as you, your analysis often help me look at things from another perspective and think about aspects of media I consume that I hadn't considered before, either in a more critical way or to appreciate aspects I didn't notice before. Well, this "review" did exactly that for the premiere episodes of FiM. 😆 There are certainly certain details that would later go on to become inconsistencies (which as you pointed out, isn't uncommon for pilots as even the writers, artists, and other showrunners are still figuring out the characters and world), but that doesn't really derail from either its entertainment value, nor the importance it had on the impact G4 would eventually come to have. This wasn't my first MLP episode either, but once I decided to check out the show properly, it did a fantastic job of helping me "get" this show, its lore, its characters, and get a taste of what it had to offer moving forward. Man, this show was just lighting in a bottle. I miss it, but at the same time, I'm glad that it happened and that it ended the way it did. 😊💖

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed my analysis of the pilot ^0^

[@erikbihari3625]

A;True. B;You mean the creepy,socially maladjusted guys who have"taste for children"? C;Personally saw snippets randomly, but wasn't until seeing the first c.m.c. episode that become fan!

[@erikbihari3625]

​​@@TheArtisticAloubell. Exceptionally enlightening essay. Elaboration engage?

[@tylerhansen5186]

Ah, gotta love it when hidden inconsistencies are pointed out that I never would've noticed before. Most of the first season was the show still trying to figure out what it wanted to be. Once we got to season 2, the characters and world were fully established and the show was able to expand on them even more. I find it fascinating that majority of season 1 is set in Ponyville. We also see Canterlot, Cloudsdale, and Appleloosa, but that's it. But then in season 2, we travel all over Equestria with much more episodes set outside the main hubworld of Ponyville. Also, speaking of inconsistencies, what's up with the train in Over a Barrel?! That's a mind boggling one.

[@christiantwist3360]

10:53 I’ve always liked the theory that the elements themselves told Celestia how long it would be when she used them

[@SkylarThompson-mu1qs]

27:46 Maybe she decided to fix her past mistakes as a stoic parent with Pinkie Pie? (Since some grandparents do that with their grandkids if they hurt or messed up or feel they did with their kids.) Edit!: Maybe Twilight forgot what she read due to the stress of the situation.

[@erikbihari3625]

You know Alou, this show have been over for quite some time, not fear spoiling stuff! Also, later episodes heavily implied that celestia and luna, just like twilight, achieved their alicorn statuses.

[@luckyfire7487]

throw in the fact that caramel apples and candy apples are two different things (at least where i live, idk about anywhere else in the world.) so Applejack's "stickin' ta you like caramel on a candy apple" didn't make sense to me. also, loved your Starlight art at the end ^_^

[@firelight3219]

😆. I would also like to add while I grew up in a place where caramel apples were often called candied apples (mostly when they included things like nuts and other candies attached to them through the caramel), they were more often called Caramel apples, as candy apples were also a thing, were quite different then a caramel apple😆.

[@psoltiivan]

I've thought about it a lot. And I know a solution that would fix MOST of the points mentioned here. Making the Nightmare Moon episodes the final of the season! The mane 6 would be shown to get along slowly and we'd be given hints at what their elements will be. Twilight could've been sent there a week before the celebration and spend time helping each pony to prepare and eventually bond with them. She could still be skeptic about friendship, but the final trials with NM by the end of the season would show her the true power of it. Btw CMC could be shown to attend school for the first year and that would explain how they only now properly met. But maybe make Apple and Sweetie know each other a bit and Scoot only now moving to town to her aunties with her parents leaving for the trip. Otherwise it seems VERY rushed. Especially considering how toxic Twi's first interactions with Pinkie and RD were. (Personally I wouldn't try to befriend them after such first impression.) So throughout the season they'd get a chance to show their better side and work on themselves. Other cons I can forgive for it being the pilot and a kids show originally. And yes, it does not excuse the poor writing, but I can see how it came to be and still enjoy the episodes.

[@Gigi-ok9sc]

I always thought that the series premier should’ve been the finale.

[@castle3267]

What

[@IsabelleBorck]

Hi gabriella

[@crystallotus3422]

Series finale or season one finale?

[@Gigi-ok9sc]

@@crystallotus3422 Season finale, obviously with some rewriting since that would mean Twilight would already be living in Ponyville

[@christiantwist3360]

I like that idea. Maybe I’ll do a rewrite with it. Can I? I’ll credit you

[@christiantwist3360]

29:03 ok, I have a problem with this scene. It’s not really an objective one, but my opinion. Celestia was way too put together here. You’re telling me she patiently waited a whole ONE THOUSAND FREAKING YEARS for her sister to come back, and is not even the least bit emotional upon seeing her again (I know she is slightly later when Luna runs up to her, but that’s barely anything). And yes, I am aware Celestia is pretty good at her royal mask, but surely, if there was ever a time for her to get very emotional, it would be this moment.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

great point!

[@Blazing_Emblem_Natsumi]

Here I was hoping for you to do your own spin on the cinema sins everything wrong with series. Oh well, I’ll still watch

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@Blazing_Emblem_Natsumi thank you for sticking around! ✨❤️

[@erikbihari3625]

​​​​@@TheArtisticAloubell. You got knack for going against expectations. Liking mrs flank pull herself(starlight)! How she got that strong from season five premier?

[@writeon2593]

I've recently had this idea stirring in my mind for an AU. In the episode "Magical Mystery Cure," all of the main characters except for Twilight get their cutie marks mixed up, all struggling to carry out tasks they aren't meant for. But, what if they were? There's no rain-boom, but it's not instantly the end of the world. Rainbow Dash gets a cutie mark for working with animals. Rarity gets her's by controlling the weather. Applejack is genuinely good at designing clothes, etc. They also all now have their elements switched as well (Rainbow Dash is kindness, Rarity gets loyalty, Applejack is generous, etc.). Celestia gets a more detailed prophecy, saying that the events of the canon pilot will occur, with each having a destined element. However, this is a different dimension. These are different ponies. Still, they band together to defeat Nightmare Moon, showing their true elements. It's a fun little thought experiment.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

that's not a bad idea! ^0^

[@amesstarline5482]

It's impressive, really, how these episodes led to like a boom in things. I still look back at FiM and feel like it was the first fandom I grew up with, well, besides Archie Sonic and Gravity Falls.

[@supernova._.482]

It always bugged me that Scootaloo and Sweetiebell weren't in the same class as Applebloom when we first saw the class. I also agree with Applejacks trial as well. I can't believe with how many times I watched the show not noticing how Fluttershy wasn't scared of the ever free forest in the first episode. I can't believe I missed it. One thing I'm sad about is the writers writing out Twilights spunky attitudes after season 2. I miss sassy twilight and would've loved to see a sassy Alicorn. 😂

[@Moon_Wd]

Could it be the elements made her look like the day the resentment started? She could’ve finally snapped when she was more powerful. Like the elements having her reflect on a core memory that led to her banishment. For all we know she could’ve been in a horrible nightmare herself and needed help waking up from it. I mean that in a metaphoric sense. Just taking a few guesses, though this would be a decent head cannon.

[@OhGoodieGumdrops]

Definitely remember being the naysayer (hehe) on watching it cause the boys that I was friends with thought I did and I didn’t want to seem girly at the time. Then one of the boys showed me KZbin version of mlp stuff and of course he turned out to be a brony (who didn’t mention it cause he didn’t want to be caught at the time). I decided to give it a try and ended up watching all 3 or 4 of the seasons in few days. Truly crazy that it ended up being one of my favorite shows of all times and me finding some incredible bronytubers and getting my bros into it too. Good times.

[@CinemaSongscovers]

I, myself, didn't start watching the show till after the My Little Pony The Movie came out in theaters. I think my first introduction to it was when I watched Smurfvlogs' binge watch reaction of the entirety of season 3, and thought 'this isn't so bad'. Since then, I've mainly watched the show and movie via reaction videos here on KZbin. As well as the Equestria Girls stuff too, of course.

[@MaizeSnallygaster]

I think the reason why Fluttershy acted so out of character is that maybe the party served alcohol. That also would explain why she acted the way that she did in the season one finale. Fluttershy is probably a lightweight, reckless-drunk, and maybe the party served juice at 0.5 abv and she drank enough of it, (Which is probably one glass for her😂)she may have experienced the effects.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@MaizeSnallygaster xD

[@icecreamhero2375]

21:14 After seeing some people not get the plot of Wish. I feel like some shows should beat people over the head with exposition. There really are some people who really have trouble getting things and sometimes stuff goes over people's heads when it is spelled out.

[@Chameleonred5]

Art shouldn't need to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

[@icecreamhero2375]

@@Chameleonred5 Its not loest common denominator. I think a story should be as clear as possible unless the writer intentionally wants you to come to your own conclusion or if its supposed to be mysterious. Lets be real people are stupid. They eat tide pods.

[@JamesP7]

The plot of Wish was bad, not confusing. Everyone got it because it's the most bland yet ironic thing to come from Disney the mega-corporation.

[@nebulaegalaxy]

forever gonna be upset they took pink maned celestia away from us in season 4. we could've had it *all*.

[@CozyGlow625]

I do think it's one of the best shows in general. It is exceedingly flawed, and there are a few rotten apples, but in the end, it turned out to be the most influential cartoon for me. If onoy its humanizes spin-off received a proper conclusion...

[@CozyGlow625]

I apologize for the typos.

[@SpectrumAkroma]

0:31 i mean..there is an error...RD doesn't have a tail XD

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

I was ignoring animation errors lol (I didn't see that one, though! Lol)

[@erikbihari3625]

​​@@TheArtisticAloubell. What about Twilight's mouth? When applejack said"friends", her lips formed the word, but zero sound! What say you, Judge Aloubell?

[@LittleNeko2296]

7:52: Also, the legend said Celestia banished Nightmare Moon permanently in the moon, but it later said that she will return 1,000 years later on the longest day, making her banishment only temporary. Was someone writing that down being inconsistent, or am I just missing something?

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

OH! That's a good catch. Though I think the information came from two different authors. The one who said that NM was permanently banished came from Twi's storybook whereas the prophecy was from the book in her library. It is true that it is conflicting information. Celestia definitely knew that NM would reappear one day, so...idk why that first book said what it said...probably for shock value for the audience if I had to guess!

[@LittleNeko2296]

@@TheArtisticAloubell Okay, I guess it makes sense if it came from two different authors.

[@princelandrycrusher]

I know you didn't point this out in your video but early on Big Macintosh (Big Mac) had sparkles on his cutiemark that were removed later. :3

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@princelandrycrusher I actually never noticed that before! 😯

[@KopyErr]

aw

[@erikbihari3625]

​​@@TheArtisticAloubell. And applejack's voice was higher(and cute/better)!

[@Filmrot-ml2cg]

🦄This takes me back to high school 36:36. I honestly didn't notice Fluttershy's expression going into the woods until you mentioned it. I also had a beef with that element naming scene too.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who had a problem with how they introduced the elements XD

[@erikbihari3625]

​​​​​​​@@TheArtisticAloubell. When twilight's mouth moved yet not sound? Also, you too think pinkie's challange was"sadness swamp"(never ending story)?

[@cameoshadowness7757]

15:31- the CMC situation in the show, they show FAR more children in the later seasons! There ARE more schools, we just don't see it because they don't bother showing it. I just think the girls got transfered over later for different reasons.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

I know the lack of kids was more on the animation than there not actually being other kids. Having said that, the official map of Ponyville shows that there is only 1 school (other than the School of Friendship). I agree that only 1 school doesn't make sense for how many kids should be in Ponyville but...whatever I guess XD

[@cameoshadowness7757]

@@TheArtisticAloubell Does Ponyville have a huge homeschool population? Is that why there's no other official school??? New HC unlocked lol

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@cameoshadowness7757 XD Either that or everypony sends their kids off to other towns for school lol There's also the possibility that they just don't value education like that as a whole!

[@cameoshadowness7757]

​@TheArtisticAloubell yeah. Once the CMC get their CM, they basically stopped going to school and they were seen getting their CMs pretty late by other standards so... could be possible that once they get it they aren't legally obligated to stay in school and are allowed to leave (with the expectation that they'd either start a job or get an apprenticeship). The ones we see in the school are also a rarity (lol) and there are some we never see again after a while. The kids there just may not have gotten an apprenticeship or we're left in for different reasons. Scoots and Sweetie coming in later due to parental issues (seriously hate Scoots parents).

[@ronen44444447]

Oh wow, an OG fan of G4 /) When you first asked what was wrong in that scene they enter the Everfree Forest, I immediately though the only thing here is that it's obviously mirrored.. But as you keep talking I'm suspecting it to be about what AJ represented there..

[@nash6568]

The show wasn’t perfect but I still love it. Over two hundred episodic adventures that spin together to form a saga of friendship. Though I actually did hear a rumor that season one was supposed to be about Twilight getting to bond and know the other five and then finally the finale was supposed to be them all coming together to stop Nightmare Moon. I personally would have enjoyed it much more but honestly I love it either way, whether there’s any truth to the rumor or not 😊

[@erikbihari3625]

A;Not really later seasons downplayed the group for showcasing the world! B;That would've been good idea, nightmare moon could've stuck around showcasing character and cause more conflict, unify the season rather than the mostly stand alone format that ultimately happened, and remind people the prior decade when episodic story telling with over arching seasonal goals was perfectly married, until the nasty divorce the fallowing decade once streaming entered the picture! C;Honestly, maybe season four was the Closest thing, because aside from the chest's mystery, there was two other over arching plots, discord's reformation and Twilight's identity crisis! What you think?

[@nash6568]

@@erikbihari3625 A: Eh, agree to disagree B: Glad you think so C: you’re not wrong, I think season nine had an overarching story as well.

[@erikbihari3625]

@@nash6568. A;The season six finale was them literally getting rescue from the fan favorites, scrubs and leftovers! B;Thanks. C;But not good one! Celestia and Luna retiring felt like unnecessary stake raising and because the writers would rather get them out the picture than write them consistently. Because, when saying"later seasons attempts for humanizing the princesses failed miserably"then putting things mildly. Royal problem was emberassing, because they implied that the princesses are even more petulant than the c.m.c.!

[@nash6568]

@@erikbihari3625 Eh, good points all around. Definitely could have stretched it out more but the thing is, even if they’re centuries old and rulers. They’re still sisters. And sisters fight. So eh, KIND of humanized them.

[@erikbihari3625]

​​@@nash6568. Case wanted watching Tabitha Saint Germain and Nicole Oliver characters argue, can watch littlest pet shop, where this happen quite regularly!

[@smolson8471]

Loved watching you come up with theories for how the plot inconsistencies might be solved. Especially the one about Pinkies' granny

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you

[@marionette8739]

Also, we got confirmation on what alicorn Magic was in the season 4 premiere: it's what we previously thought of as Dark Magic from the season 3 premiere. This was also a common point in the brony analysis community, back in the day.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

Where was that confirmed in the show?

[@shayleebushman423]

So, I have a theory about the CMC and how they never met before Call of the Cutie. In that episode, there are the 2 ponies that are recolors of Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo, and did anyone notice that those recolors had cutie marks? I think those 2 ponies were Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo, but they got so sick of the bullying at school for being blank flanks that they basically went to school in disguises as completely different ponies with cutie marks. I will admit though, this theory doesn't cover how in that same episode, Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo said they thought they were the only 2 blank flanks, or why they also laughed at Apple Bloom in the opening scene of that episode before the theme song. If anyone has an idea that helps that part of my theory, I'm happy to hear it!

[@btsrosaline3559]

In generation five, it’s confirmed that they are actually born Alcorns outside of Equestria

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@btsrosaline3559 I did forget about that in the video XD I haven't been watching G5, but I did know that detail...just slipped my mind haha! Though I know many people would rather G5 not be canon if they could help it! 👀 LOL

[@BaloraSilviana_PrincessRuby]

This Is Just Like Film Theory Nooo's 🥺💞

[@anthonymarziano9984]

I like how open you are about the things you like, i also like how you are funny and quirky.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@anthonymarziano9984 thank you! 😁✨

[@erikbihari3625]

​​@@TheArtisticAloubell. You'll cover Loonatics Unleashed? Not many defend even though not too bad!

[@JackRace11]

Fluttershy is best pony starlight is a close second though

[@ArcCahlon]

Ok this was NOTHING like I was expecting when I saw the title. I was expecting a few moments for this here and that there over the whole series since it was under an hour but 40 minutes on just the opener has me excited because of the detail that you went into BUT mostly because I've watched and rewatched this particular episode(s) over 5 dozen times and NEVER caught all those referances the only 1 I did was the CMC (first episodes ever where scare master and show stoppers so CMC = best pony for me) I really, really, REALLY!, hope you are planning to do more of these because I would really love to see the flaws and inconsistencies pointed out. My self persoanlly love the show as a whole as I am a fan of G1 till now ( love G1 G3 and 3.5 G5 pony life and everything) loved this and I hope this is the start of more

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

thank you for watching! ^0^

[@trexadvent4726]

I'm surprised how the MLP FIM show managed to make 9 seasons with terrible writing work and wasted potential for some of the characters in this series

[@worthybutter2004]

Well, i guess when something's too popular for it's own good, they, the writers, don't see the need to improve upon what's supposedly not broke in the first place. That and the rabid, whiny fanbase who can't accept criticism, are completely oblivious to the flaws right in front of them and tell the production crew that they like the show as it is, no need to change it at all.

[@JamesP7]

Imagine being so tone deaf and objectively wrong, both you and the reply. Dozens of bad episodes are talked about all of the time (from S1 all the way to S9). Having like 30 episodes that could be called "badd" out of 200+ is pretty excellent in my perspective. And as for the other reply, apparently the show is the exact same in S1 as it is in S9 apparently to this bloke. 🙄

[@hannahlamagna]

I've likes mlp since g3 and g3.5 so once g4 came out also when I was little. mlp and Barbie are still two of my favorite childhood interests. I'm 18 and now have Amazing digital circus and adult shows Hazbin hotel and Hellva boss

[@manuproulx2764]

I love your analysis in this video :). I'll go check out your other videos.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@manuproulx2764 aww thank you! 😊❤️

[@SonicTheAutismCreature]

As a kid I watched the first two episodes over and over, only those two. I didn't even know there was more until a few years ago, which had me hyperfixated... As soon as I saw Discord.

[@israeldiazdeleon00]

I miss this show, I think about it every day, Wishing there were Seasons 10,11,12 and 14 😭

[@hannahlamagna]

Headcanon online some have done G3.5 Pinkie Pie’s mom as G4 pinkies grandmother I grew up with g3/g3.5 and g4 so headcanons like these connecting them with g4 are great

[@КлаудрияАнгелова]

When this show came out I wasn't five, I was six in 2012. That's the year the show was shown on a kids' tv channel in my country.

[@SpectrumAkroma]

I got distracted watching this video and i wasn't able to finish it till now, i did as well saw inconsistencies in the show, specially the one of the CMC which i was definitely confused on why they didnt knew eachothers in the Call of the cutie, but i feel all this inconsistencies might be due to Lauren Faust lost alot of power over the show due to creator's differences where from executive producer she was lowered to consulting producer... which sucks and thats why princess Twilight exist XDDD

[@SkylarThompson-mu1qs]

24:35 You could argue that she said that it can be fun to be scared and probably was acting scared of RD' story since RD is her friend(?) (I loosely say friend since they don't even act like friends outside the group until RD realises Pinkie Pie isn't annoying.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@SkylarThompson-mu1qs I brought up the idea that she might be pretending to be scared 😁

[@SkylarThompson-mu1qs]

@@TheArtisticAloubell I know now.

[@cameoshadowness7757]

Celestia and Luna were VERY young kids and were probably NEVER told about Alicorn births AND to add on that, even if they did, there may have been no mixed couples and thus it being beyond their understanding because they never seen an alicorn get with a nonalicorn and have an alicorn baby... At least that's how I see it.

[@DimarionWilliams]

They live with family scootloo parents practically never existed

[@michaelbuono4007]

I think it’s still a good enough beginning

[@bartoszraczkowski3984]

I think they showed unicorn celestia and luna in comica But its still alicorn magic

[@michaelaburns734]

It was perfect until The Endgame before The Time Skip with Discord messing up dearly. Episode 1 and 2 were the Beginning, The last episode was an okay ending. I mean when you see a MLP series for 221 episodes and 9 Equestria Girls movies is amazing and a movie in 2017. 231 G4 material is amazing and set the bar too high.

[@erikbihari3625]

Really should've stopped after season four was done. Because the quality dropped off hard! Only like the movie because Twilight's conflict and Sia was superfluous. Right?

[@michaelaburns734]

@@erikbihari3625 Season 4 was peak of Act I. Starlight was Act II and Equestria Expansion. Act III was Endgame.

[@erikbihari3625]

​@@michaelaburns734. Nope, four was peak! The reast just, weak.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@michaelaburns734 Friendship is Magic was an unforgettable experience 😁✨

[@michaelaburns734]

@@TheArtisticAloubell I will agree. Not only it entertained, start a Fandom, gave morals to kids and adults which blew my mind.

[@jocelynecupcake]

I agree about the faults but at least you can still appreciate the show. The biggest issue I have is the awkward fanbase, although I don't see as many creepy bronies anymore. I kinda feel like Bluey is turning into the same thing that My Little pony was... creeps ruining a show that kids and adults are supposed to enjoy. Cartoons like this are meant to be enjoyed by BOTH kids and adults, and but not the type of adults who want to watch "adult" things. I'm talking adults who care about story and not just p*rn addicts or people obsessed with gore and blood.

[@anonamouse5917]

10:00 The North American release of Season 1 had the wrong color profile resulting in undersaturation. The Australian? release had the correct color profiles and look way better. The side by side pics you have show the differences.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@anonamouse5917 the difference isn't only desaturation. The magic aura in season 1 often didn't surround objects that they were causing to float. Like how Twilight levitated Spike in episode 1, he was just surrounded by mostly sparkles and a faint outline. Whereas in future seasons, there's not an overabundance of sparkles, and the aura is not only more saturated, but thicker. But who knows? Maybe they made the season 2+ magic auras more universal and added them to season 1 in some parts of the world like you said.

[@Red-qq6ut]

🦄 so I haven’t watched MLP in a hot minute, maybe stopped shortly after the first Equestria Girls movie (can’t remember the reason why, 99% sure it was a mix of “oh I’ll play catch-up later (always a terrible option with ongoing show I like because when I pick it up again it turned out the show ended two weeks ago or something)”and “oh we don’t have access to that channel anymore”) but I do remember liking it! …Though now I’m wondering if the human counterparts ever went into Equestria and became ponies. …….and how did Sunset Shimmer managed to like…have a place to stay in that world-

[@grildrago]

When I first watch this show the first ever ep. Im at around 9 yo... So dumb and adont understand any words they say. But it fun. It also give me a lot of emotion. So many times that I draw a fanfic of twilight leaver all of her friends because of too many misunderstanding. Lol

[@Cinderdragmire666]

To be honest when i watched mlp when i was younger i mostly did for the villians one of them been my favourite pony and villian been King Sombra. Second favourite been Luna

[@HopeIsADrug11037]

the little pop quiz i thought was abt applejack's line and that rainbow shoulda said it because it definitely gives loyal but tbh she was kinda an asshole early seasons i think (idk i haven't seen this show in years LOL)

[@sbplankton_1999]

I already being watch on You video's with emjio ⭐️ My Little Pony or MLP friendship is Magic (not for me, but my little sister watcher and do drawing so much).

[@takendruid]

Ngl I thought the thing that was wrong was rainbow dash walking in the shot…

[@StealthyPumpkin]

Enjoying the verses at the beginning of your videos. Very good! 🦄Honestly, the first 2 episodes surprised me when I first watched them. I went into the show with some knowledge about it after watching a bunch of Joshscorcher's videos on the show, and I was still surprised at how it caught my attention. Fun and easy to like characters. A simple and clean art style. And to top it all off, a more than meets the eye lore for a bunch of ponies. Glad I decided to watch it instead of hating from a distance. A good show with a bunch of great characters. 🦄 Also Mod is best pony! We all know it to be true. 😎

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

Cheers to MLP! And Maud is definitely ONE of the best ^_~

[@erikbihari3625]

You're right, the hatred come after the creepy stuff bronies done!😂

[@erikbihari3625]

​​@@TheArtisticAloubell. She's definitely, better than starlight!

[@StealthyPumpkin]

@erikbihari3625 true that

[@erikbihari3625]

​​@@StealthyPumpkin. Thanks, why you not like her? Personally, her stupidity seems autism coated!

[@danielhplays3816]

It's good to see more MLP Christians :)

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

[@AnimeStarSky]

I engyed your analysis my friend until next time Namaste!....... Your Friend!....... Neili ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 😁👍

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@AnimeStarSky thank you, Neil ✨❤️

[@erikbihari3625]

​@@TheArtisticAloubell. Ditto, dudette!

[@brandonbaggaley2317]

Call of the Cutie could have happened prior to the premiere. Twilight and Spike aren’t seen or mentioned at all in Call of the Cutie. And there are no scenes inside the Golden Oaks Library in the episode either.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

Twilight is in Call of the Cutie. She appears near the end of the episode. She also writes a letter to Celestia. I believe Twilight is in all episodes of Season 1 since she's solely responsible for writing the letters.

[@dysfallacyyt]

celestias the best pony

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

Best princess for sure!

[@firerose4495]

🦄 I agree that the show wasn't perfect but we still enjoy and love it. Over 200 episodes of adventures along with catchy, fun, and delightful songs. Generation 4 did bring back characters from previous Generations too and true that they did add some twists some good and some bad. Like I said It's not perfect. 🐎 In MLP:FIM's fandom the fans create fanarts, fanfics, audio dramas, animations shorts, and course show their own reviews on the shows too. I recommend you watch DRWolf00, Golden Star, Lightning Bliss, DA Willstanator, DisneyFanatic2364, Ice Gaze, ~Silver Swirls~, Wind Strike Theory, Sugar Cloud, and Magpiepony's videos. After the season 2 final the created comic book series, over 1,000 new adventures that haven't seen on TV. Don't worry I won't spoil it for those who haven't read them. If you want Artistic Aloubell I can send you links for you to read the comics for free if you like. Anyway great video review on the plot.🐎🦄

[@renamon5658]

Mlp g4 is booming in popularly in china.

[@marck0060]

Huh what do you know, the lyrics are completely different from the French dub this time. Makes you wonder which ones are closer to the English version 🥲

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

The lyrics for what? (my apologies, I don't remember writing lyrics into this script >_

[@QuietStorm44777]

Transformitive! Ya hear that copyright!? Nothing more than meets the eye this time! Hooves off © 😂

[@moonblaze2713]

"They were born before Equestria." How do you know that? All we know from the show is that they weren't there at the founding of Equestria. They couldve been born later. Not too much later since Starswirl was already a teacher/mentor to Clever Cookie, but still could have been born after. "They might not know the circumstances of their own birth." I fond that unlikely but lets assume it was true. They still know they were born. If they were born alicorns, an alicorn being born ought not to be beyond their understanding. It certainly shouldn't cause the shock it does. I don't see the ambiguity in that scene.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@moonblaze2713 Admittedly, I am assuming they were already born before Equestria because in the first Hearthswarming episode when they tell us the story of how Equestria was made, they put up a flag with the picture of the two alicorn sisters. But yes, another part of my assumption has to do with Starswirl's timeline, when he was mentor to Clover the Clever, and when he disappeared. Most significant events in MLP occurred 1000 or so years before the events of the current story and the sisters were alive for all of that. So yes, it's an assumption, but there's logic behind it. As for them being born alicorns or not. They may have said that Equestria never saw it, and that it's beyond their understanding, but they never said they thought it was impossible. For all they knew, they could have been the only examples and never knew other alicorns (G5 contradicts this, but it's up to you if you want to count that as canon). Like many things with the day/night princesses, we just need more info XD

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Huh, i was wondering about the Title, until you mentioned Friendship Is Magic was also the Title for the First Two Episodes, heh, nice twist with the Title there. Anyway, Fair and Valid Points and Opinions, this was a very well done Video, By the way, this made me think, have you checked out Gen 5 Series yet? I can’t remember if you’ve made a Video about it, so if you have, what did you think of it?

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

Thank you ^^ I've only seen the G5 movie...which was fine, but it didn't make me interested in G5, unfortunately. So no, I haven't really been keeping up with it >_

[@johanstenfelt1206]

@@TheArtisticAloubell hm, I see, Weather that is good or not I am kind of mixed on, since I’ve heard it’s not so good, but I am also under the impression that one should just still watch something and get to their own conclusions, But that’s entirely up to, so fair enough.

[@firelight3219]

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[@CarlosBlanco-n1k]

Question so humans can get mutations can pony like a unicorn was born with wing

[@marionette8739]

Actually, it would be unicorn powers; have you not read The Journal of the Two Sisters? Referring to it was popular in the brony analysis community after it came out.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

I've also heard that that book had been contradicted a few times in canon as the writers of the show didn't really refer to it...don't quote me on that, though. Regardless, when alicorns use their magic it is still alicorn magic...that's how I see it anyway.

[@jadenmobley7882]

In g5 they say celestial and luna are born alicorns and from skyros

[@jadenmobley7882]

I did my research

[@jadenmobley7882]

I'm only a child

[@jadenmobley7882]

It me jaden im a child 14 start to watch my little pony when i was 8 it was me that said im only a child, and i thought i did my research. i watched theroy videos, and i thought, what g5 said it was the truth

[@jadenmobley7882]

Im jaden im a child, and i thought i did my research, ad i thought what g5 said it was true true

[@QuietStorm44777]

#WatchedTheWholeThing pffffftttt only 40 minutes? Lol 😂 🦄 Fluttershy not being afraid of the everfree forest was definitely an inconsistency! I didn't even think of that until now... Aaaaaand now I will always see that 😂🤣 Made some interesting points 🤔 that I never thought of! Awesome (as RD would say 😎) job on this video awesome job on both traditional and digital Starlight! 🍪💪😎

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@QuietStorm44777 thank you thank you! ❤️✨

[@erikbihari3625]

She understood the situation's severity, how always read that.

[@erikbihari3625]

​​​​@@TheArtisticAloubell. Although, could've picked better favourite than StarLight"mrs flank pull"Glimmer herself! Seriously, how she get that strong? Was mutch weaker!

[@user-yw8ys4kq5x]

CAN YOU REVIEW THE EVERY THING WRONG WITH the disastrous life of saiki k

[@trexadvent4726]

Twilight Sparkle can be caring about Spike but she can be inconsiderate towards him especially when she chooses her friends over his feelings What the people want is to go back in time and force the writers to remove all the times they made him feel left out of whatever Twilight and her friends were doing and they butt monkey'd him and made him to be Twilight's servant and sidekick. So much of Spike's life (aka a child's) is sacrificed to make him be this thing for Twilight's. Be it a bumbling sidekick, or in the comics and the show, a "friend for Twilight" even though it's literally forcing a child to take care of a baby which irl would ruin both children's childhoods. But that's all the writer ever think of him, that's his purpose, to be this thing for Twilight. Dude would've been better off sent to adoption to live with a normal family raised by grownups after being hatched or be sent back to the Dragon Land.

[@Lugiamasterbrony]

I’m gonna slightly disagree with the show don’t tell bit. It’s not always effective. I do think the show and tell/tell don’t show has been overdone though. Also add alicorn to the list of creatures I thought MLP made up. That list would be hypogryphs, alicorns, and kirin. Still a good video overall.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

I agree there are times when telling is okay! I just think in this instance...and with the Starlight one, it wasn't XD I also used to think that the MLP writers made up alicorns! That just shows how obscure the term was XD I do believe that MLP **might** be the first show to use the term "pegasus" for a race/species and not for an individual creature as was with its origin (since Pegasus was from Greek mythology as the name of one individual). So I think the term "pegasi" MIGHT have originated from MLP...but don't quote me on that lol Thank you ^0^

[@Lugiamasterbrony]

@@TheArtisticAloubell you’re welcome ^w^

[@Coquetteyosc]

Bfdi legs

[@bluepuppystudios3617]

25:00

[@calebprescott440]

I still hate season 9

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

to each their own!

[@jadenmobley7882]

Have you watched my little pony g5

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@jadenmobley7882 only the movie. I couldn't get into G5, unfortunately. It didn't hit the same as G4 🫤

[@jadenmobley7882]

In g5 they say luna and celestial are born alicorns and from skyos

[@erikbihari3625]

​​@@TheArtisticAloubell. Worst part are the androgynous designs, heard the fandom designer's"quirky"!

[@JamesP7]

You should probably correct the title as being everything wrong with the premiere. Your video is only about inconsistencies that the premiere creates with later context or context within the premiere, not across the whole show. It isn't really a valid argument to imply that a first episode's issues bog down the entirety of a 200+ episode TV series; even if that wasn't your intention, your title gives that impression (and people in the comment have gone with that logic to send unjust toxicity towards the show, the writers, and even the fans who respect what it accomplished).

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

My title isn't incorrect, though, as I am stating what is wrong with Friendship is Magic...which is the name of the premiere~ (it's supposed to be clever X'D)

[@JamesP7]

@@TheArtisticAloubell Uhh… I checked IMDB to confirm and you are indeed correct. But nobody EVER refers to the premiere by that title (because it’s the same as the show’s name). It has always been called either the premiere or “the first (two) episode(s) of the show/S1”. I don’t even think many hardcore bronies know this, certainly not any non-MLP viewers.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@JamesP7 Fair enough, but I do make it clear in the video that I am talking about the premiere exclusively, so it's not like I'm being deceptive. And...I'd like to give other fans of the show some credit. I almost always knew the title of the premiere was Friendship is Magic, so I assume many other fans do as well.

[@EddieBoyle-l7m]

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[@HandheldGamer1991]

I Hate tje thumbnail but i like the video.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@HandheldGamer1991 aww really? I personally really like this thumbnail XD It's one of my favorites. But I respect your opinion 😁

[@manuproulx2764]

​@@TheArtisticAloubell I like your thumbnail :). You have good taste.

[@TheArtisticAloubell]

@@manuproulx2764 thank you! ❤️

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