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Man... it's been so long since I've made a journal entry. I believe I haven't made one of these since, what, 2018? Time sure flies.

But now let's talk about why I'm here.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. A cartoon that has become a special part of so many people's lives. What first seemed like a cartoon that would only be enjoyed by the little girls this franchise was always targeted towards, was able to draw in a crowd of fans of all ages, and was able to unite many people, and become integral part of their lives. I think it's safe to say that this show has become an integral part of our lives... and I want to check it out again.

The reason I'm doing this is because I feel I haven't been fair to this show as it is. Sometimes I felt I was too harsh on episodes that aren't as bad as I thought, and other times I was too generous on episodes that are far mor problematic than I remembered. And I feel this show deserves a much more detailed and proper review of it as a whole. Which is why I want to do a little something special for it.

For this series, I'm gonna review each season, episode by episode, analyzing and each and one of them, and then give my overall thoughts on the season, the characters, and the story overall. Hopefully, this will be a fun experience for all of us, and it makes me appreciate this show more.

I'm MrAnimatedToon, and this is My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Series Review.

Series Overview


Season 1:

Friendship is Magic (Two-Parter)
The Ticket Master
Applebuck Season
Griffon the Brush-Off
Boast-Busters
Dragonshy
Look Before You Sleep
Bridle Gossip
Swarm of the Century
Winter Wrap-Up
Call of the Cutie
Fall Weather Friends
Suited for Success
Feeling Pinkie Keen
Sonic Rainboom
Stare Master
The Show Stoppers
A Dog and Pony Show
Green Isn’t Your Color
Over a Barrel
A Bird in the Hoof
The Cutie Mark Chronicles
Owl's Well That Ends Well
Party Of One
The Best Night Ever

Season 1 Ranking and Overall Thoughts

Season 2:

The Return of Harmony (Two-Parter)
Lesson Zero
Luna Eclipsed
Sisterhooves Social
The Cutie Pox
May the Best Pet Win!
The Mysterious Mare Do Well
Sweet and Elite
Secret of My Excess
Hearth's Warming Eve
Family Appreciation Day
Baby Cakes
The Last Roundup
The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
Read It and Weep
Hearts and Hooves Day
A Friend in Deed
Putting Your Hoof Down
It's About Time
Dragon Quest
Hurricane Fluttershy
Ponyville Confidential
MMMystery on the Friendship Express
A Canterlot Wedding (Two-Parter)

Season 2 Ranking and Overall Thoughts

Season 3:

The Crystal Empire (Two-Parter)
Too Many Pinkie Pies
One Bad Apple
Magic Duel
Sleepless in Ponyville
Wonderbolts Academy
Apple Family Reunion
Spike at Your Service
Keep Calm and Flutter On
Just for Sidekicks
Games Ponies Play
Magical Mystery Cure

Season 3 Ranking and Overall Thoughts

Season 4:

Princess Twilight Sparkle (Two Parter)
Castle Mane-ia
Daring Don't
Flight to the Finish
Power Ponies
Bats!
Rarity Takes Manehattan
Pinkie Apple Pie
Rainbow Falls
Three's A Crowd
Pinkie Pride
Simple Ways
Filli Vanilli
Twilight Time
It Ain't Easy Being Breezies
Somepony to Watch Over Me
Maud Pie
For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils
Leap of Faith
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
Trade Ya!
Inspiration Manifestation
Equestria Games
Twilight's Kingdom (Two-Parter)

Season 4 Ranking and Overall Thoughts

Season 5:

The Cutie Map (Two-Parter)
Castle Sweet Castle
Bloom & Gloom
Tanks for the Memories
Appleoosa's Most Wanted
Make New Friends but Keep Discord
The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone
Slice of Life
Princess Spike
Party Pooped
Amending Fences
Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?
Canterlot Boutique
Scare Master
Rarity Investigates!
Made in Manehattan
Brotherhooves Social
Crusaders of the Lost Mark
The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows
Hearthbreakers
What About Discord?
The Hooffields and McColts
The Mane Attraction
The Cutie Re-Mark (Two-Parter)

Season 5 Ranking and Overall Thoughts

Season 6:

The Crystalling (Two-Parter)
The Gift of Maud Pie
On Your Marks
Gauntlet of Fire
No Second Prances
Newbie Dash
A Hearth's Warming Tail
The Fault in Our Cutie Marks
The Saddle Row Review
Applejack's Day Off
Flutter Brutter
Spice Up Your Life
Stranger Than Fan Fiction
The Cart Before the Ponies
28 Pranks Later
The Times They Are a Changeling
Dungeons & Discords
Buckball Season
Viva Las Pegasus
Every Little Thing She Does
P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)
Where the Apple Lies
Top Bolt
To Where and Back Again (Two-Parter)

Season 6 Ranking and Overall Thoughts

Season 7:

Celestial Advice
All Bottled Up
A Flurry of Emotions
Rock Solid Friendship
Fluttershy Leans In
Forever Filly
Parental Glideance
Hard to Say Anything
Honest Apple
A Royal Problem
Not Asking for Trouble
Discordant Harmony
The Perfect Pear
Fame and Misfortune
Triple Threat
Campfire Tales
Daring Done?
A Health of Information
To Change a Changeling
It Isn't the Mane Thing About You
Once Upon a Zeppelin
Marks and Recreation
Secrets and Pies
Uncommon Bond
Shadow Play

Season 7 Ranking and Overall Thoughts

Season 8:

School Daze
The Maud Couple
Fake It 'Til You Make It
Grannies Gone Wild
Surf and/or Turf
Horse Play
The Parent Map
Non-Compete Clause
The Break Up Break Down
Molt Down
Marks for Effort
The Mean 6
A Matter of Principals
The Hearth's Warming Club
Friendship University
The End in Friend
Yakity-Sax
Road to Friendship
The Washouts
A Rockhoof and a Hard Place
What Lies Beneath
Sounds of Silence
Father Knows Beast
School Raze

Season 8 Ranking and Overall Thoughts

Equestria Girls Series:

Equestria Girls
Rainbow Rocks
Friendship Games
Legend of Everfree
Magical Movie Night
Forgotten Friendship
Rollercoaster of Friendship

My Little Pony: The Movie

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I was tagged by :icontippertophat:

RULES

-You must post these rules.
- Answer the questions the tagger set for you, and create new questions for the people you tag to answer.
- You have to choose 10-15 people to tag and post their icons on your journal.
- Go to their pages and tell them you have tagged her/him.
- No tag backs.
- No junk in the tagging section about "you are tagged if you're reading this."

TheMaxOfTheMaximum's Questions:
1) What crossover do you want to see happen?

A: Nickelodeon X Cartoon Network: Crossover Nexus - One day un the multiverse, The Land of Ooo is attacked by a strange human named Denzel Crocker, and is up to Finn and Jake to stop him before he drains the Land of its magic. Suddenly, two boy geniuses named Jimmy Neutron and Dexter, come through a universal portal to help them stop the villain. Once they defeat him, they inform the Heroes of Ooo of an emergency in the multiverse. The Mawgu, a monster Jimmy and his friends defeated a while back, is back to infect all the universes. But this time, he's not alone, since he's receiving the help of a mysterious company named Black Hat Organization, which has been recruting villains from all across the multiverse to finally defeat the heroes and conquer all of existence, and Crocker was a part of this evil plan. Now, it all depends on Finn, Jake, and all the heroes from those different worlds to defeat the Mawgu and Black Hat Organization, and save the Multiverse. 

2) Favorite decade in terms of shows (animated or not)?

A:
2010's. It feelz like the most innovative and progressive decade of the bunch.

3) Our world is now being merged with that of monsters and other horrid creatures. What do you do?

A:
Beat the heck out of the people responsible for it... and maybe adjust to it.

4) Favorite ship?

A:
Rigby and Eileen.

5) What was your ultimate "I told you so" moment?

A:
One time I was at a trip with my dad, and he made a turn where he shouldn't have. I told him not to go, but he didn't listen.

6) What show did you like a kid but dislike as an adult?

A:
Dora The Explorer.

7) Vice versa. What show did you dislike as a kid but like as an adult?

A: Avatar: The Last Airbender... I was a dumb kid.

8) Pineapple or no pineapple on pizza?


A: Toppings on my pizza? No thanks.

9) What was your ultimate "what has this world become" moment?

A:
Too many to remember

10) The Loud Sisters are being meanie-weenies to Lincoln. What do you do?

A:
Nothing, because they love their brother. And besides, it hasn't happened lately.

I tag:
:iconduckyworth:
:iconanimationfan15:
:iconmrtyedye:
:iconsuperaartboy:
:iconblackmoonpaladin:
:iconzexoguy:
:iconilovededede:
:iconroyalpoultrygeist:
:iconthomperfan:
:iconpowerloud-girl:

My Questions:


1) Best Animation of the last decade?
2) Worst Animation of the last decade?
3) What would you like to see in a movie?
4) Most overrated film?
5) Most underrated film?
6) Favorite type of music?
7) Least favorite type of music?
8) Favorite video parody?
9) How are you doing on this quarantine?
10) Who's your biggest inspiration?
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I was tagged by :iconsuperaartboy: and I'd like to try it out.

RULES

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- Answer the questions the tagger set for you, and create new questions for the people you tag to answer.
- You have to choose 10-15 people to tag and post their icons on your journal.
- Go to their pages and tell them you have tagged her/him.
- No tag backs.
- No junk in the tagging section about "you are tagged if you're reading this."

SuperAartBoy's Questions:
1.) What do you wanna do/be when you grow up?

A: An animator, or at least a storyboard artist.

2.) Which of your favorite cartoons/shows do you wish you be in theaters?

A:
Honestly, either Avatar: The Last Airbender or Gravity Falls. I think those two could work for an animated movie (IF done properly.)

3.) If you were a monster, what would you be and why?

A:
 A creature from the Monsters Inc. Universe. Because all the monsters there seem like decent people (with a few exceptions, bit still.)

4.) If you were to create your own cartoon series, what would it be called and what would your cast of original characters be?

A:
Wild World. It's about a zebra named Zack and a skunk named Henry who work as detectives in a world where people are animals and animals are people.

5.) What do you like to dream about?

A:
Normally I don't dream when I sleep, but I prefer dreams that are more grounded to reality.

6.) Name one or a few things that stresses you out completely.

A:
 Working under pressure, and being around in public for too long.

7.) If you had the power to control time, what's one thing you would want to change in the past?

A: To make sure Hugo Chavez never becomes president of Venezuela.

8.) Who's your most and least favorite voice actor/actress?

A:
I don't have a specific least favorite on either account. But if we're talking favorites, I'd say Tom Kenny and Tara Strong. As for latin american voice actors, I'd go with Humberto Velez and Cristina Hernandez.

9.) What makes you laugh and why?

A:
Witty humor, when done properly. Maybe because of the situation is used.

10.) Are there times where you wish that traditional hand/digital ink and cel animation would still be going on again even though other animators prefer using computers?

A:
Honestly, I'd rather have variety. It would be nice to see CGI, stop-motion and traditional coexisting together rather than one medium dominating the market. As for the computer thing... I'd say using computers makes the job easier, and technology always advances. So... not really.

I tag:

:iconezmanify:
:iconloudcartoonist99:
:iconjpbelow:
:iconhappylemur37:
:iconpowerloud-girl:
:iconironraphra:
:iconnegan1994:
:iconkingzandersanchez-i:
:icontuneslooney:
:iconelebrony:

My Questions:


1.) What are your favorite cartoons from the 1990's?
2.) What are your favorite cartoons from the 2000's?
3.) What are your favorite cartoons from the 2010's?
4.) Who are your favorite reviewers right now?
5.) What are your favorite animated movies not made by Disney or Dreamworks (and that includes Pixar)
6.) Episodes you hate from shows you like?
7.) Thoughts on Thundercats Roar?
8.) Most nostalgic show?
9.) If you could work on a show, what would it be?
10.) What are your thoughts on animation? As in, as a medium.
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Tagged by TunesLooney 

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  2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you, and create new questions for the people you tag to answer.
  3. You have to choose 10 people to tag and post their icons on your journal
  4. Go to their pages and tell them you have tagged her/him. (don't think there's a need for this one)
  5. No tag backs.
  6. No crap in the tagging section about "you are tagged if you're reading this
His Questions:

1) If you could remake any bad cartoon (that isn't a reboot/ spin off) to be good, which one would it be?

A: Perhaps Mysticons or Mixels. They sound like interesting concepts botched by a sloppy execution. For Mysticons, I would try to make the characters like Arkayna more likeable, and explore aspects of the show the orginal didn't... also, get rid of Gawayne. As for Mixels, I would have more worldbuilding, give the characters actual things to do, and this is a bit minor, but I would add female characters.

2) Who do you wish to see be playable the most in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?

A: I don't have Smash Ultimate, but if I did, I would like to see Shantae and Crash Bandicoot.

3) What in your opinion is the most overhated cartoon (that isn't Teen Titans Go)?

A: I hate Teen Titans Go. But my answer to the question... Sanjay and Craig. It isn't for everyone, but it's nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be.

4) What cartoon in your opinion matches the best definition of being "average"?

A: Shrug 

5) What is your favourite and least favourite Pixar movie?

A: Favorite: Toy Story 3

Least-Favorite: Cars 2

6) What Nicktoons crossover do you think would be the most interesting to see? Explain why.

A: Hey Arnold! and The Loud House. Mostly because these are the two most grounded shows within Nick's shows (for the most part,) and I would love to see the interactions between the characters of both shows.

7) What are your top five favourite Pokémon?

A: 5. Gardevoir
4. Lilligant
3. Deoxys
2. Tyranitar
1. Gengar

8) What is your opinion on Verbalase's Cartoon Beat Box Battles?

A: What?

9) Rank the 2010s Nicktoons from best to worst.

A: (I'm going to count the original shows, to make things less complicated. Same with Cartoon Network.)

1. The Loud House
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012
3. Harvey Beaks
4. Welcome to the Wayne
5. The Legend of Korra
6. The Casagrandes
7. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
8. T.U.F.F. Puppy
9. Sanjay and Craig
10. Kung Fu Panda: Legend of Awesomeness
11. Robot and Monster
12. Monsters Vs. Aliens
13. Pig Goat Banana Cricket
14. Rabbids Invasion
15. Planet Sheen
16. Bunsen is a Beast
17. The Adventures of Kid Danger
18. Breadwinners

10) Rank the 2010s Cartoon Network shows from best to worst.

A: (Read Nicktoons' entry.)

1. Over The Garden Wall
2. Steven Universe
3. Regular Show
4. Adventure Time
5. The Amazing World of Gumball
6. Infinity Train
7. OK K.O! Let's Be Heroes!
8. We Bare Bears
9. Villainous
10. Craig of the Creek
11. Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
12. Generator Rex
13. Sym Bionic Titan
14. Victor and Valentino
15. Summer Camp Island
16. Clarence
17. Mighty Magiswords
18. Robotomy
19. Uncle Grandpa
20. Apple and Onion
21. Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
22. Long Live The Royals
23. Ben 10: Omniverse
24. Mixels
25. MAD
26. Ben 10 2017
27. Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
28. Powerpuff Girls 2016
29. Problem Solverz

I tag:

:iconezmanify:
:icontippertophat:
:iconthomperfan:
:iconnegan1994:
:iconrawtoonage:
:iconmikethehuman113:
:iconpowerloud-girl:
:iconkingzandersanchez-i:
:iconjpbelow:
:iconspongeguy11:

My Questions:

1) What's your opinion on the 2010's when it comes to animation?
2) Worst Animated Disney Film of the decade?
3) Best Animated Disney Film of the decade?
4) Which shows are you looking forward the most?
5) What films are you looking forward to this decade?
6) What films are you looking forward to the least?
7) Favorite singer?
8) Favorite episode from your favorite show?
9) What do you think of SpongeBob Squarepants' new seasons?
10) What do you think will happen with the Coronavirus situation right now?
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Hello there, MrAnimatedToon here and... I want to talk about something for a bit.

Like you may have already guessed, I'm a fan of ''The Loud House''. That's pretty much common knowledge by now. But that doesn't mean I don't have my problems with the show itself. But that's not a bad thing, after all, no cartoon show is perfect. But I've noticed a certain attitude in part of the show's fanbase that really irkes me. About how the characters in the show act.

There seems to be a portion of the fanbase that treats Lincoln as if he was some kind of saint. That none of the sisters should treat him badly, because then it's a demonstration of child abuse and parental favoritism. This portion of the fanbase is known by some as "Lincoln Worshippers", and this particular attitude is denominated "St. Lincoln". I for one, don't agree with this notion at all... but not for the reasons you might think. Don't get me wrong on this, I love Lincoln. He's a great protagonist and he's very relatable. But he is nowhere near a perfect child, he has made some bad actions over the course of the show. But that doesn't make him hateable. I'd rather say that it makes him human. Because I don't mind characters I love acting selfish from time to time. After all, nobody is perfect. However, this portion of the fandom doesn't seem to recognize this. Which I don't get, because not only is it impossible and unrealistic for a sibling (or in this case, a bunch of siblings) to get along 24/7, but because I'm pretty sure the Loud sisters have better things to do than please their brother's desires. Also, if you have seen the show, you'll notice that Lincoln doesn't really mind all the stuff that happens to him. Not only because he has a thick skin, but because he seems to genuinely enjoy spending time with his family. He hangs out with them, feels bad whenever he wrongs them, and there are even times where Lincoln joins on his sisters shenanigans, proving that he's not so above it all. So I don't understand why people who watch the show have a problem with Lincoln being supposedly "mistreated" when even the character himself doesn't seem to mind (and don't try to use "Stockholm Syndrome" as an excuse, because if ''Driving Miss Hazy'' and ''City Slickers'' showed us something, is that he's not afraid on calling people out on their crud.

That was the part of the fanbase that everyone complains about. But now I'm gonna talk about the other portion of the fanbase that no one seems to have a problem with (with the exception of a few others) but that personally irkes me just as bad, if not, worse than the "St. Linc" does. That part is the one that seems to do the opposite of "St. Linc", pin all the blame on Lincoln but put the sisters always in the right. To save some time, my opinion on the sisters is basically the same as Lincoln, they're all great characters and I enjoy them all a lot. But  I've noticed some people defending the sisters saying that all the times Lincoln has suffered, he brings it into himself, and that everyone who critizices the thing that happen to him and blame the sisters for it are either Lincoln worshippers, biased, and in some cases, misoginystic. I find this attitude just as wrong as the above for a couple of reasons:

1. The people who show this complains might actually have a point. I'm not saying that Lincoln should be treated like a god, but I am saying that some of the instances where he gets the short end of the stick could be dialed down a bit. Which thankfully, as of Season 3, it's happening a little.

2. To me, that's hypocritical. It's basically like saying that people should not have opinions unless it's my own.

3. What does hating the way a certain character is treated have to do with sexism? I don't care if someone has other gender than mine, everyone should be treated equally, no matter gender, race or belief.

And that's my biggest problem with the fanbase. When it comes to defending a character, it's always one way, or another. And it wouldn't matter to so much, except that this seems to be a problem from this fanbase only. And maybe I'm wrong on this. Maybe it's just because of my overexposure to the fandom recently. But I feel this is one of the reasons why everyone has a bad opinion on our fanbase lately.
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