Well, last night I watched The Last Round Up as promised, and I must say I enjoyed this episode. I am pleased that both my theories on the plot of the episode (either Applejack randomly getting lost, and trying to find her way back home, or Applejack dissapearing, and the entire episode being focused on her friends looking for her) were wrong - instead we got a nice balanced episode of AJ "suddenly" deciding she didn't want to return home, and her friends trying to get to the bottom of it. I suppose if either of my theories had been right it wouldn't have ruined the episode too much - one of the many things I love about Friendship is Magic is that it manages to take "been there, done that" episodes, and make them fresh, new, and entertaining.
As the second episode in which Applejack is considered to be the main character, it was pretty much a success, as it gave the others enough to do, and not be completly left out. As mentioned before, AJ does kind of do better as a more supportive character, but this episode shows that she can handle the spotlight if the episode is done correctly. The first Applejack episode was Applebuck Season which was an early episode of season one, and we've waited quite a while for her second episode (Look Before You Sleep is an episode which shares it's main character - it is a joint title shared by Applejack and Rarity). Also the music that played while the other ponies were looking for her was strangley familiar.
So what else is there to talk about for this episode... Oh yeah,as you all know, it's finally happened - not only is Derpy finally reffered to by name in this episode, she has lines! The reaction was a mixed bag amongst Bronies to say the least, but I personally was pleased with the result - eerily enough, Derpy sounded pretty much how I'd imagined her to from the start, and the way Rainbow Dash actect like, she didn't really like Derpy, or at least didn't have the time for her was pretty close to how one fanfiction I read portrayed her. However that fanfiction did use "Ditzy" as her actual name, and "Derpy" as her nickname, which in a way made more sense. So are we to assume that "Ditzy Doo" is a different pony all together?
All in all, a decent episode that I enjoyed - they've still yet to make a 100% bad one, and lets hope it stayes (that's my opinion obviously).
Last edited by MJN SEIFER; 01-22-2012 at 10:46 PM.
Oh yeah,as you all know, it's finally happened - not only is Derpy finally reffered to by name in this episode, she has lines! The reaction was a mixed bag amongst Bronies to say the least, but I personally was pleased with the result - eerily enough, Derpy sounded pretty much how I'd imagined her to from the start, and the way Rainbow Dash actect like, she didn't really like Derpy, or at least didn't have the time for her was pretty close to how one fanfiction I read portrayed her. However that fanfiction did use "Ditzy" as her actual name, and "Derpy" as her nickname, which in a way made more sense. So are we to assume that "Ditzy Doo" is a different pony all together?
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