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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - "Frenemies"
"Sweet and Smoky" is the 9th episode of season 9 and the 205th episode overall. It is written by Kim Beyer-Johnson and will release on May 25th, 2019.
SYNOPSIS: Fluttershy and Spike head off to the Dragonlands to solace Smolder's brother.
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LOL! That image. What the heck, APD? Lol!
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Lol! Funny start!
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Going for it.
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Smolder is leading the episode.
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Wow, Smolder has a brother?
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Wants to skip school?
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Looks like we got a [spoiler]Fluttershy, Spike, and Smolder[/spoiler] episode. Didn't ever see that coming.
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Off to the Dragonlands.
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I wanna know what her brother looks like. It seems strange this is a sensitive dragon.
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Smolder likes the smell of sulfur.
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And Smolder just leaves them in the middle of nowhere.
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Spike would be killed if he lived here.
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I like how Fluttershy can fly, but she still follows the path.
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Fluttershy found some baby dragon eggs!
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Ember is here!
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Heh, Ember, are these eggs all yours?
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Burn or be burned.
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Maybe you got to show the eggs love? Heh, naw. Probably not in the Dragonlands.
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I hope this dude isn't Smolder's bro.
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These guys are jerks to lil' Spike.
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It is a baby blanket... comfort blanket.
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Spike don't fall for this. Just let em' be stupid.
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That one dragon has a huge jaw.
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Wow, did I call it? It is Smolder's bro... right?
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Garbel is her bro!!! HA!
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He's so sensitive, lol!
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Bullying episode, kinda.
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He wants to "try" her later guys. ;)
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Spike's going to be the beating boy this episode.
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Did not think would be hanging out with him.
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Those dragon friends are honestly really ugly designs.
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GAR GAR!! LOL!
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Spikey Wikey! Lol!
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Gar Gar. I like that, lol.
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He's sweet? Really? He's squishy inside, Smolder?
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You got this Spike.
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Lava jumping... oh geez.
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Can Spike even go in lava?
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BELLY FLOP.
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SNEEZE.
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Lava up your nose.
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[spoiler]Spike sneeze, too bad Smolder didn't sneeze[/spoiler]
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Back to Fluttershy.
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Lol, I thought it was cute how Flutters was going coochee coochee coo.
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Maybe the eggs need... lava? I don't know.
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Spike can fly pretty good now.
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Spike had a cloud diaper on, lol.
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Smolder's kinda totally thicc.... just saying.
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Don't call him Gar Gar Spike.
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Lava surfing seems fun and dangerous.
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Getting shot by lava balls.
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Fluttershy is going to speak up.
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Gargle's gonna have to step up to stay cool amongst his friends.
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If the lava would have it Fluttershy though, that would have been bad.
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Fluttershy's going MURDER THEM with kindness.
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Ember cannot do that well.
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I knew the eggs needed lava!
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I am pretty much a certified dragon expert it appears.
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Wow, Gar Gar does poetry? Lol!
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Those idiots are taking all the lava that could be used for the eggs.
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You guys are in trouble.
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Ember was thicc from that angle...
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Those dragon pals are so weird looking.
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Dragons are going to have to come together.
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Fluttershy is doing some kindness stuff now.
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Wow, she does poetry? I guess I should have guessed.
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Beat poets are cool Gar Gar.
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Don't hind it inside dude.
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Your true friends would think it's cool.
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Spike is somewhat strong in diff ways.
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Flutter is standing her ground.
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"For a pony without a horn, she sure has a point." - Smolder.
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They should do the fire laugh.
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It's probably a hotter fire.
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I bet I was right again.
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That is because I am a dragon expert of course.
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Wow, he's going to use his poetry to make others... laugh?
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YES, FIRE LAUGH! BURN THOSE EGGS!
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Sort of looks like their spitting up fire, lol.
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An egg is hatching!!!
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Does Spike not laugh fire?
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Welcome to hell little dragons! They are born in fire!
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YES, THE HERO RIGHTS POETRY.
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Gar Gar got the goods.
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There we go, good happy ending.
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So yeah, it was a decent episode. Nothing spectacular to be honest. It was, a little better than average. I don't have a personal connection with Smolder's brother Gargle or whatever his name is, nor do I like most of the dragon designs.
It was just a HALF BAKED episode.
6/10.
At least we got a sneeze. It seems like whenever the Dragonlands or a dragon is involved, we get a sneeze in this show. Smolder sneezes due to dragon sneeze flowers, Spike sneezes due to lava, or Ember sneezing when she came to Equestria due to flowers. Dragons sneeze a lot. We even had Rarity sneeze in the Dragonlands.
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So I know we got a sneeze in this episode. That's about all I know. Hope it's a female character.
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Oh boy.... we got a stinker of an episode, and it isn't the sulfur smell of the dragon lands I am talking about.
[spoiler]
First of all, this episode's writer went out of their way to make Spike ultra-sensitive. He never stood up for himself and was a complete push-over. The bully guy NEVER got in trouble for any of their actions and Spike never got an apology or did absolutely anything for himself. Fluttershy had to stand up for him and even with that, nothing really happened because of it. It was all pure happenstance that what happened worked. Even more purplexing is when Garble finally revealed his secret to everyone, his worst fear came true, everyone made fun of him and laughed at him... yet for some reason it became okay just to end a story in time? No. Lazy.
This episode was poorly written and it shows this is probably a new writer for the show with little experience and no experience with who the characters actually are.
So Spike is weak and spineless in this episode and even though everyone defends him, he never stands up or shows why he is strong. I think the writer tried to show that strength isn't just physical power, but also mentally... thought they failed. It wasn't apparent and all the characters were pretty lame. Smolder and Ember were nothing more than plot devices to keep things going.
The joke about Garble being a poet wasn't even a joke. It was lazy, overly cliche, and done way too many times.
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It was a pretty useless episode. I wouldn't even call it entertaining. 2/10.
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It wasn't that great of an episode. I didn't even really enjoy it that much as I found the dragon goons to be obnoxious and their designs ugly. I've never liked Garble and still don't. [spoiler] I kinda saw that he was going to be the bro to Smolder coming from a mile away too[/spoiler]. It wasn't that good overall. The ending was just stupid.
4/10.
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Oh no! Looks like we got our first BAD episode the season. Those are some tough reviews guys.
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[spoiler]Fluttershy's dressing down of Garble was fantastic and well written, but outside of that, this episode lacked. Garble's redemption is completely at odds with what we'd seen of him before, as an irredeemable jerkwad. Spike just kept getting bullied and picked on without ever contributing anything. Garble just got praised as a hero at the end when virtually learning nothing and everyone laughed at what he liked... so... huh? All of a sudden everyone wants to learn poetry now? You see, the thing about Garble's reformation that bothers me is that he did all of these jerkish things out of his own free will. Then he got rewarded for it. There really are a lot of inconsistencies in this episode as well such as dragon's now being able to laugh fire... okay... Fluttershy also didn't seem too worried about a molten lava ball right next to here and how it physically could have killed her second before. [/spoiler]
Not to pick on the writer, but Kim Beyer-Johnson hasn't had a good episode yet in this series.
4/10.
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I'm curious, do we have anyone who liked this episode and can state why? :)
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"In a way it's kinda messed up that its the dragons' making fun of Garble that saved the eggs but then they are immediately chastised for making fun of Garble." - We Are Borg
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Well let me bring up a few positive screen caps at least.
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As it stands right now, this episode it rating very lowly with an average score of only 4/10. Ouch.
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Let me add.
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I'm going to watch it today hopefully.
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Aw crap, another Spike sneeze. They make him sneeze so much. Why couldn't it have been Smolder or Ember? Just another reason to mark down this episode. ;) It wasn't that good of an episode but I wouldn't call it HORRIBLE. It was just run of the mill with not much thought put into it.
5/10.
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Fluttershy, I love ya gurl. I really, really do. But maybe cool it with the baby voice a little?! Just a friendly suggestion.
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As it stands right now, this episode it rating very lowly with an average score of only 4/10. Ouch.
I'm sure we can get it lower. Just you wait. :D
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Let me not help. I didn't think it was as bad an episode as you all thought. It certainly wasn't great but it wasn't below a 5. I would give it a 6/10.
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Lets look at some of the... less than stellar dragon designs from this episode.
What is this? A box dragon?
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Look how disturbing some of these are.
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What is that orange thing?
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This dude, Gargle is too stiff looking to me.
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What the?
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Spike throwing up...
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Gosh...
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What the heck are these things?
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I agree, those are some really ugly dragon designs. ;D I had mentioned that in my commentary. lol.
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I didn't think it was catastrophic. Just a decent episode to watch. I personally kinda enjoyed it.
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I didn't think it was catastrophic. Just a decent episode to watch. I personally kinda enjoyed it.
What made it decent? I'm not attacking you for your preference, but I wan to know what made it okay. You're the first to say so, so now I am curious.
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I dunno. I just... found it decent. It's not something I can explain. :{
All I can say is, people will watch an episode and think of it whatever they will. And for some reason, I thought this one was decent. Sorry, I was never able to explain that kinda stuff. :-\
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Fair enough. Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
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I do think those are some very lazy dragon designs.
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Just a very average if not below average episode. The effort may have been there, but it became forced.
5/10.