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MLP:FiM - "The Washouts"
This episode will be officially released September 8th, 2018. It is the 20th episode of season 8 and the 189th overall. The episode is written by Nick Confalone.
SYNOPSIS: Scootaloo becomes obsessed with the Washouts, a team of stunt performers, leading Rainbow Dash to fear that she may lose her number-one fan.
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I'm wondering if this episode will be a washout or not. The synopsis does not have me all that excited after last week's knock out awesome episode. This one has me worried Dash will act foolishly and for selfish reasons. But I am hoping for the best. :)
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Looking forward to it.
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I've got to say, I was surprised with this episode. Rainbow Dash wasn't horrible or anything. She learned from her mistakes and Scootaloo did too. It was a good episode and much better then what I would have thought was going to happen! 8/10.
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I was also surprised with how good this episode was! :D And it has its funny moments. ;D
IN A FULL BODY WING AND HOOF CAST, DRINKING THROUGH A STRAW!!!
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I was also surprised with how good this episode was! :D And it has its funny moments. ;D
IN A FULL BODY WING AND HOOF CAST, DRINKING THROUGH A STRAW!!!
The fact that the entire scene works well on itdo own it's great, but the fact it's a wonderful nod to SNL makes it 100× better! ;D
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I feel like its moral fell rather flat and Dash's motives were all over the place twisty tangly but the fact that she actually has motives is good
Rainbow cares about scootaloo's well being for reasons other than the being Rainbow Dash's biggest fan thing yay
Lightning dust was neat. i forgot wonderbolt academy's plot completely but i liked how she was written
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Anyone else think Spitfire's scene was really strange? I did. It was the worst part of the episode to me. Her voice didn't sound right and it seemed strained and just all wrong. She did have the voice to be yelling.
But the episode was pretty good overall. I think it was great how conflicted Dash was, even calling out she could be selfish... or not. But it finally rooted down to the fact that she was concerned and worried for Scoots. I am glad that was the basis and overall the core.
It was great! I felt the Scoots fan club at the end was silly and un-needed, but overall, great episode. Much better then I was fearing. 8/10.
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Okay, time for a live watch.
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About to begin it once it loads. It's acting weird.
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I didn't know Scoots had that big of a turnout to her fan club for Dash.
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DASH is jelly.
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But who are the Washouts?
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Theme song... :P
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So Dash doesn't like this one bit.
Confronting Scoots.
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Hmmmm. Interesting.
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So Dash is going to hang out with Scoots to a Washouts show.
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I like the Washouts uniform.
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It reminds me of something like Monster Energy would do or Red Bull.
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They are pretty cool.
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Dash is trying to not admit it's cool.
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Even Twilight is liking it.
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LOL! She closed her jaw!
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Uh oh! Dash thinks it's AWESOME!
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So who are they?
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Uh oh... the leader...
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Lightning Dust!!
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Lightning Dust isn't mad. Lol.
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Scoot's really likes them and now Dash's true motive is coming through. She's jelly.
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She is going about this right.
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If you feel you don't want Scoots to hurt herself, imposing yourself on her isn't going to help. She isn't you.
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Well.... Scoots is gone.
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Lightning Dust is a turd now.
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Twilight loves them. But brought some good advice this time.
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So she is actually worried for Scoots.
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Scoots will die if she does this.
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I can't believe the other Mane 6 don't step in to help.
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Lightning is reckless. Totally reckless.
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Oh no. Don't do it Scoots. Your gut is right.
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Uh oh! No!!!
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And Dash saves the day!!!!
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Good job with that Dash, just in time.
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Oh and to top it off, Lightning is ripped away!
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That reminded me of how Team Rocket was always shot away into space.
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Scoot's fan club?
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Hahahaha! Oh okay then. Scoots fan club.
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Alright, so it was a good episode. I liked it! :D I liked it a lot. I was happy to see Lightning again and her new crew. Interesting characters. Scoot's and Rainbow's dynamic was good and the Mane 6 was actually written in well without being forced. So I may be going a bit too high on this score, but I am giving this a 9 out of 10. I really really liked it!
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The Washouts was a good episode! A nice episode that added and built upon Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash's relationship. It also official continued Rainbow Dash's nemesis in Lightning Dust. I feel the episode pushed the narrative forward for Scoot's and Dash in a positive light. It brought Dash closer to Scoot's in more of a sisterly figure. She truly does care for Scoot's and soon realized her care for Scoot's went over her love of being always in the spotlight. In a strange turn of events, mainly for this great character dynamic, I will give this episode possibly an overly high score of 9. I found it really good and enjoyed all the characters both old and new introduced. The pacing was good and actually very fast. But it went smoothly with no down moments. One more thing, we get the closest we've ever gotten to Scootaloo just saying she has a disability. She can't fly.
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This face again.
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Cute face.
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Super cute! SUPER CUTE.
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This face again.
FBI OPEN UP. (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6fB8QiPTadY)
Also, one of the best parts of the episode has to be the "Living in a Van Down by the River" scene. You can hear Spitfire's VA by the time she reaches "Lighting Dust" trying not to break into laughter. If a moment where your actors themselves are having a hard time containing their enjoyment, ya done good.
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^ I noticed that too. I found Spitfire's voice actor seemed to be holding back laughter, which was odd. I'm surprised they didn't retake it to avoid that.
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^ I noticed that too. I found Spitfire's voice actor seemed to be holding back laughter, which was odd. I'm surprised they didn't retake it to avoid that.
I'm glad they did. It just goes to show how much fun they can have with these recording sessions in the main show. Plus, we don't really see that sorta raw reaction that much anyway l. Some good examples I can remember is Cathy making up the Crystal Empire's theme on the spot or Patton's little ad lib at the end of STFF.
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Patton's little ad lib at the end of STFF.
I don't remember this. Enlighten me.
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She means "the voice actor of Quibble Pants ad-libbing his dialogue throughout the end credits of the episode Stranger than Fan Fiction". ;)
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Thanks, Numbers.
I can't get over how weird the name "Quibble Pants" is... it makes no sense.
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Thanks, Numbers.
I can't get over how weird the name "Quibble Pants" is... it makes no sense.
Quibble:
argue or raise objections about a trivial matter.
Pants:
rubbish; nonsense
The latter being a more informal word that kinda works like slang in British.
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Thanks again.
Crazy British slang.
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eehhh?
"Pants" as the informal term is rather like saying 'load of underwear' in connotation,, lot more, uh, contemptuous, sorta immature
Idk why they used it for a pony name heh
I thought Quibble Pants was just something similar to Fancy Pants
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It was a good episode overall and I do agree, it pushed ahead some good character building. Despite that, I just felt it lacked some depth to it though. It was better then some stuff we've seen in the past, but I have a hard time giving it a score of 8. I will give it an 8, as I've given somethings a 7 that truly deserved it, but next season I may have to re-evaulate my ranking system.
Some big moments I liked were Rainbow Dash coming to terms why she didn't want Scootaloo to truly go away to Lightning Dust. I think it started out as jealousy (of course) but when it got to the point that Scoot's was going to possibly hurt herself, it became genuine concern. That realization may have came too late, which is also a bit of a dig....
The new characters were nice to see, but Short Temper... or whatever his name was, was too much of a character and that only. :P
Lightning Dust was good to see again!
The Mane 6, while minimal in this episode, fit in well and weren't forced.
Parts I didn't like were Spitfire's sergeant style rant to Scootaloo. Don't get me wrong, it could have been a good scene and it was, but I felt the voice acting was all wrong as well as the lines delivered seemed to repeat and loop. It was clumsy and the voice actor failed to portray the yelling well. It seemed like they were struggling. I give them a D on that.
As mentioned above, Dash's realization may have come too late, meaning her main intentions were jealousy, which then shifted to true concern only when it was absolutely needed a the last minute.
So again, I give this episode an 8 overall.
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Fun episode and pretty much everything Grapefoot said above me.
8/10.