@Background Pony #30A0  
lol

@Xonxt  
In my opinion, the 100 episode had WAY more painfully cringing and the awkward moments I felt like fastforwarding, but I guess you’re right about this episode too. This episode could have been good but ended up being mostly bad for Spike, and that’s sad because he doesn’t even deserve to be treated like this in the show. My problem with both episodes is that they had a lot of potential to be good but the writers messed them up by adding a lot bad unnecessary scenes that made the episodes fall flat instead of making them more enjoyable to watch again.

@mercurypony  

Where the animation error! :0

@Tetrominon  
Then I’d fit in splendidly~

@SemiJuggao  
@Evowizard25  
All the ponies in that town are crazy. This has been long established.

@SemiJuggao  
Ponyville seems like a nice village. It just turns nasty whenever the writers need it to be nasty. So it isn’t the town’s fault really.

@Evowizard25  
…The only downside was that the ponies were suffering ’jerkitis’ in some cases… It wasn’t nearly as bad as the case in ’Putting Your Hoof Down’…
 
Took the words right out of my mouth! I actually did enjoy the episode, and while it did have its problems, I would re-watch that one before PYHD in a heartbeat. Seriously, if that’s what Ponyville is always like, I’d scratch it off my ‘favorite fictional places I wish I could visit’ list. Also, I honestly expected it to be a lot worse than that. At first, I was afraid most of the episode would be about Spike turning into a total asshat and abusing Twilight’s authority, but thankfully, that was downplayed.

@Evowizard25  
Yeah, get the hell in! You tell ’em! :)

@Xonxt
 
@Background Pony #1889  
First off, I particularly enjoyed the last episode. Yes, it didn’t have a cohesive storyline, but it was a slice of life kind of episode, just like the episode states. It was honestly a clever episode and I don’t think it deserves hate just for simply using more popular characters.
 
I’m going to have to disagree with you. Spike is a lot of things, but he’s still a kid. This episode was a good lesson for him, because he’s growing up and given his position as her assistant, he could easily abuse that power. The only downside was that the ponies were suffering ‘jerkitis’ in some cases, like Fluffy Clouds or that random guy in the audience during Spike’s first speech. It wasn’t nearly as bad as the case in ‘Putting Your Hoof Down’, but it kind of hurt the episode for me. However, it is not in the bottom five. Geez, there are far worse episodes out there and this is not the worst Spike episode by a longshot.
 
It had Cadance and Fancypants {who we haven’t seen seen Season 2 in any prominent role} both active parties. So yeah, liked this episode. Wasn’t perfect, had flaws and suffered for them, but Season 5 so far hasn’t produced a single episode that I haven’t enjoyed or thought at least okay.

@Xonxt  
I don’t even think they are trying for Spike. They don’t have any character for him other than that he loves Rarity, eats gems, and usually ends up looking like an idiot in front of everypony. I do agree that the 100th episode spectacular was amazing, if not the best of the best.

@Background Pony #1889  
At least the last one made me laugh, instead of painfully cringing and fastforwarding the awkward Spike moments.  
Not because the last episode was particularly good, but just because it was so full of “wtf?” and “did they really do that?” moments.

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@Xonxt  
last weeks episode was worse in my opinion.

Well, in my opinion it was a really bad episode. Like, in the bottom 5.  
But its only saving grace was the cute noises Tara Strong was making of the sleepy Twilight.

@Exedrus
 
When you slept well it is

TS: * cute yawn * I’m glad you’re here Spike, we’ve got a lot to do!
 

If only waking up was actually like that.