The current Pony show is how it ever so gently twists the standard sorts of kid show plots. In the two-part pilot, for instance, when the dark-haired younger sibling is defeated, rather than being sent back into exile or what have you, she is offered--and accepts--a chance at redemption, something I can't recall seeing in this sort of story before. In "Suited for Success," when all her friends pitch in to help Rarity with her dress designs, rather than making things better as in the standard cartoon plot, they just make things worse. The same sort of thing happens in "Sonic Rainboom," and in "Party of One," her friends' attempt to throw Pinkie a surprise party leads her to the razor's edge of a complete mental breakdown.
Maybe it's just that I haven't seen a lot of cartoons lately, but my favorite Pony episodes take the standard formulae and give them a refreshing little spin.
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The current Pony show is how it ever so gently twists the standard sorts of kid show plots. In the two-part pilot, for instance, when the dark-haired younger sibling is defeated, rather than being sent back into exile or what have you, she is offered--and accepts--a chance at redemption, something I can't recall seeing in this sort of story before. In "Suited for Success," when all her friends pitch in to help Rarity with her dress designs, rather than making things better as in the standard cartoon plot, they just make things worse. The same sort of thing happens in "Sonic Rainboom," and in "Party of One," her friends' attempt to throw Pinkie a surprise party leads her to the razor's edge of a complete mental breakdown.
Maybe it's just that I haven't seen a lot of cartoons lately, but my favorite Pony episodes take the standard formulae and give them a refreshing little spin.
Mike