Doctor Whooves spotted!

Huge ass pile of bags. Gets Spike to carry two loads instead of using her magics. Typical Rarity.

So purpose of trip = fashion show. And she has tickets for all her friends for a musical?? She must reveal her secrets.

New meme face spotted, and from Rarity of all ponies.

"I love jumping up and down!" - Pinkie 2014

MANEHATTAN BRIDGE CONFIRMED.

A modern pony city is pretty wicked.

All those bags carried by Spike. So strong. Such strength. Wow.

lol Rarity.

Suddenly song!

Rarity is loaded as hell to give out gems as money like that.

10/10 Rarity song.

Manehattan really feels like a pony New York.

Rarity may be late, oh snap.

Rarity forgot her dresses! Oh no!

Fighting for a taxi. Twilight... no teleport spell? Guess it only works well when she knows the whereabouts of her destination.

Rarity, you being awfully generous this episode.

Oh god Rarity. You just shot yourself in the foot giving away your fabric.

Siripolo for bi'tch of the episode. Copycat bastard. Slavedriver as well.

The Rariham is through the roof.

Great to see her friends willing to her save her.

Oh no, Rarity. She turning into MrJerkFace from the stress.

Aww, everypony loving the dresses, but all of her friends aren't there. :c

Song redux!

Oh Applejack. Such honesty.

Oh my god, Siri. She lied to Rarity about her losing. Only one episode and she may have already topped both Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon as most hated pony of the show.

Yes! Her ass'holeness bit her back with her "assistant" quitting and giving Rarity the trophy in the end.

Oooo she got a gift from the assistant. Rainbow thread? Hmm.....

Overall: Must give episode 10/10. I feel they introduced a new pony location in a way that's very smooth (thanks to song). We also see Rarity really go through a whole plethora of emotions. Also gave a nice range of Rarifeels. It was great that Siri didn't get away with it, having her bi'tch nature bite her hard in the end. She must be very mad to lose both an assistant AND first place. Deserves a spot among one of the best non-opening season 4 episode I must say.

Funny observation: Gems seem to be accepted like $10~$100 bills in Manehattan. So despite creatures like Spike would eat them like candy, they're actually still treated like money in locations that are far away from Ponyville. That's a pretty expensive snack, Spike.

>YAY MANEHATTEN
>YAY RARITY CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
>YAY WHOOVES.
>YAY STICK IT SIDEWAYS TO MANEHATTEN PEOPLE.
>YAY CUPCAKES REFERENCE. (Or I assume the Rainbow Thread means that, idk. Could be something I'm missing in context.)

>Holy jeez wut, they're explaining actual family ties in this episode?! The fandom's gonna go nuts.
>"Hi, Cousin!" Mother of Celestia, she's related to Applejack? In the manner that makes so much freaking sense. But that drastic difference, holy snap. I suppose, they both come from farmer families, so that DOES make sense after all...wut.
>Oh wait, nvm. Pinkie's a removed cousin. WELL THAT MAKES A WHOLE LOT MORE SENSE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?! ROAD TRIP!
>The similarities in personality and "breaking into song" makes sense tho. Anyone remember when it was just a anamatic? Ahhh, all those months ago.
>Holy snap, why not the Applejack's side of the family have a place like where the rest of her family live? Such Apple. Most Family.
>Oh wow, that's a dark turn in this family ficaso. Um.../mlp/'s gonna be all over that.
>OH HEY! She's technically one of them! Let the celebration's begin!
>And suddenly, cameras cannon.

Overall:10/10. They really pushed the envelope on this episode and go with a theme not usually explored in kids shows, and even then, it's already a established family member, but this...THIS. Having to deal with a removed cousin's status and going on a technical family-bond journey to see if she's still one of them, when in the end, they don't give a damn! WELCOME TO THE FAMILY! CUE THE A7X MUSIC.

Episode was pretty good. The gags are great, the eagle joke was hilarious, and Pinkie continues to violate the laws of physics and logic like no tomorrow. I do slightly worry that Pinkie is showing her hyper and random side a bit too much this season. I feel it could be toned down slightly, but that won't stop me from enjoying Season 4 as a whole. Song was great. The ending was just so troll, not revealing the whole truth about their family tree. Showing the Apple family bicker brings more of a realistic tone, which wasn't bad at all. There's heavy hinting that Pinkie IS related, but very indirectly, mostly involved with Golden Delicious (the whole balancing thing and her "lunch" being sweets).

Overall: 9/10

Hmmm, I'll have to redo some of my older ratings.

Oh snap, Snowflake returns.

Snowflake's in-show name is "Bulk Biceps". Mmmmm....... it can work too. But he'll always be Snowflake in our hearts.

Holy crap, Snowflake talks! Also he sure got more muscular.

That Soarin wing.

Poor Fluttershy. Clutzyshy and squished into rock.

Fluttershy x Snowflake incoming.

Pinkie, that cheerleader hair. Oh god, so tacky.

Twilight is not amused by your team switching shenanigans. Good thing she noticed.

Snowflake in dress. SO MANLY. Also, such 6-pack. Such pecs.

Rainbow Dash for QUALITY acting. It's like those people that act so hard it's hilariously bad.

Wonderbolts secretly wanted Dashie on their team because of how good she is and not Soarin. Ouch. Also, more Dash X Soarin incoming.

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Overall: Derp/10

lol at the writers avoiding the stupidity of the parents and the rage of the fandom by making derpy mute.

-Cadence is going to visit Twilight. The adorkable was through the roof.
-Fluttershy gets to watch over some creatures called Breezies. No idea what those are.
-Oh Pinkie. OHMYGHERD USED PATIO FURNITURE SALE!
-And Spike is already being physically abused for comedy.
-Fluttershy outfit. hnnnng!
-Pinkie Pie is so hilariously dramatic.
-Twilight's idea of a quality time is to spend whole day at Starswirl the bearded museum. Oh Twilight.
-That Crystal Empire train. Rarity would be jealous.
-Oh no, Discord appears. With a cold. No Fluttershy around to control him. PANIC!
-Why do I feel Discord is trolling everypony.
-Writing letters to each other? So I wonder where does Discord live?
-Pinkie confirmed to suffer from ADHD?
-Oh crap, Discord heard Applejack and Rarity mention about Cadence and Twilight. I sense a TROOOOLL!
-Didn't think Cadence is a nerd about Starswirl as well.
-Discord: Maaaaximum troll
-Song time! So seems Disneyesque. Ingram strikes again!
-Discord and that so called "cure" for his condition. Horseapples level: Over 9000
-WEIRD AL CONFIRMED FOR NEXT WEEK OF PONY.
-Making Cadence and Twilight pull Discord and his giant throne through the sky. Wow man. Diiiiiiiiiscoooooooooooord!
-Why do I sense that pulling that flower was a bad idea?
-WT'F man. PLUCK FLOWER. EMERGE GIANT ASS DEMON THING.
-Discord was never sick after all. :|
-FRIENDSHIP TEST
-Discord x Twilight friendship medal. New meme incoming.
-lolol, Discord got sick for real by the demon thingy. Karma struck hard.

The moment I realized Discord would appear, I knew the episode was gonna be gud. Thanks to knowing Discord is heavily based off of Q, I had a feeling Discord was somehow screwing with Twilight. I enjoyed trying to figure out the purpose of Discord's trolling. What made it even better was karma hit him in back in the end. I still wonder what the heck was that creature. Some.... tentacled worm creature that can infect you. And why did that sound so suggestive? Cadence was great for a person with few words. It did also show how much patience she has to not lose her cool from Discord's antics.

10/10. Definitely one of the best episodes of the season.