My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E15 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000: Difference between revisions

[[File:vlc-2012-01-30-17h51m00s58_8574.png|frame|Well, ma'am, there's nothing else quite<br />Like genuine,<br />Bona fide,<br />Technologized,<br />Flim-Flam-made<br />Cider!]]

 

To solve the sad cider shortage you and I will share! }}

 

 

Sweet Apple Cider Season is starting! Rainbow Dash has been waiting all year for this, and she's determined to get some cider before they run out, as happens every cider season going back for years - and especially to beat Pinkie to the punch, as she's always the first in line, and buys multiple mugs full. But despite Rainbow arriving at dawn, Pinkie is at the head of a long line of ponies who camped out, so it plays out the same as every year: Pinkie gets her several mugs, and the Apples sell the last barrel ''just'' before Rainbow reaches the counter, with other ponies still in line who are none too pleased about the situation. Rainbow Dash riles up the crowd to berate the Apples for never having enough cider.

As the episode draws to a close<ref>and as Rainbow Dash ''finally'' gets a mug of cider</ref>, Applejack writes her letter...

 

 

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* [[Cheaters Never Prosper]]: Once the Mane Six and the rest of the Apple family start to outpace the cider machine during the cider contest, Flim and Flam skip the quality control process to get back in the lead. Though this wins them the contest, the resulting product is so terrible that they get run out of town, which would have happened anyway if they lost. At least if they had lost on even terms, it wouldn't have completely ruined their business.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]:

'''Spike:''' Yeah! That means it's only 30 days until sapphire season! [licks chops] }}

** Also, Pinkie Pie, going on a rave about how good this year's cider was to Rainbow Dash, who's already frustrated and upset at not getting any… despite Fluttershy trying to warn Pinkie.

* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Flim and Flam are twin brothers, yes? Take a look at their cutie marks. Flim has an apple slice. Flam has an apple with a slice having been taken out of it.

* [[Running Gag]]: Rainbow Dash failing to get a drink of cider.

** The Flim Flam Brothers knock over Granny's fence twice.

** This is the episode that really makes it unquestionable that giving Bon Bon a different voice every time she has a line is deliberate.

* [[A Tankard of Moose Urine]]: This would be the best way to describe Flim Flams' cider when they shut off the quality control system. When it's active, the machine turns out cider even Granny Smith clearly approves of.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: A minor example:

* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Flim and Flam

* [[Ticket Line Campout]]: Not used for tickets, but pulled off in the same way to wait in line for the Apple family's cider. As Pinkie notes, she decided to camp out and then told a few friends about her suggestion. They then decided to follow her example.