Hey everybody, this is Stratagem, and today we're gonna watch My Little Pony
Friendship is Magic season 8 episode 11, "The Molt Down". Now had this episode aired
a few weeks ago I would have just started the video right here because I
have no idea what the hell molting is. But luckily for you, or unluckily, however
you want to see it, I recently made a Changeling OC and for that I looked up a
bunch of entomology terms so now I know that molting is when a bug sheds its
old skin and grows a new exoskeleton and something like that. So, this has
something to do with insects so I'm gonna guess that this is going to be
about the Changelings, probably about Ocellus. Maybe she does some
molting so she stops being so tiny and thin. I don't know. Or maybe it's about
Thorax or Pharynx or maybe we finally get to see Chrysalis again, though I kinda
doubt that. So yeah I'm expecting another student or school focused episode here
and yeah let's see how horribly wrong I am this time. Last week my prediction was
pretty good so let's see if this keeps up. Here we go.
Oh, Spike and Rarity...
okay...
Phoenix nests?
Oh, Peewee!
I can't imagine why we never saw him...
What about Philomena?
Spike, why are you...
What are you doing?
What is wrong with you?
Have you glued your hand to your cheek?
Oh great, you have pimples!
Eugh...
That looks pretty bad.
Really, you do?
You probably cover it under a metric ton of make up.
Yes, I was about to say something like that.
Oh hey, it's these two guys again!
Yea, probably... Oh! Is that him?
He's grown quite a bit.
Oh! I'm not sure if you should touch that!
I wouldn't touch a bird made of fire...
And Rarity is stealing the feathers!
Well, Zecora's not a pony.
Yea, maybe...
It still looks pretty dark, so...
(laughter)
Ugh...
You did.
I guess it didn't?
That bad?
Oh! Wow!
Well...
So I guess my prediction was completely wrong?
Unless this is about
Spike teaching with pimples?
I don't know...
There might be something to be learned there for the students.
something something don't judge a book by it's cover?
I have no freaking idea.
But oh dear Lord, it seems like we are getting a Spike episode
those tend to be... not so good.
Yea, close the windows and go back to bed.
Good solution.
Oh, who knows?
Josh Haber...
It kinda looks like... uh.. a little bit like...
(laughter)
Kinda looks like Rarity's cutie mark on his face.
(laughter)
Yea... gee...
Why is he only getting them in the face?
Eugh!
Please don't!
You know, you could probably practice the lecture...
ah, okay...
What the hell.
What did you summon, a sofa?
Whoa, okay...
(laughter)
Is that a wooden fire extinguisher?
Looks like it's made from wood...
You have another set of notes?
I don't think the castle's that flammable, I mean it's made of crystal so...
Oh hey Yona.
Hey costume from To Change A Changeling.
Uh, Changeling Can Change...
Ah, damnit....
Times They Are A Changeling I mean.
Damn it.
(chuckle)
Oh, really! She referenced Shadow Spade.
From Rarity Investigates.
Yea..
Or speak english.
I don't think he'd be a helpful model
Seeing how he is a biped. And too small.
To whom?
Oh, it's...
The guys from
uh...
Fame and Misfortune again.
(chuckling)
No, he can't.
Really, people come to visit a school?
What crawled down your throat, mate?
No, he didn't.
Oh, tone down the Royal Canterlot Voice here.
Oh, hey it's the ice-cream horse again.
Eey, we get to see the students again.
Stop yelling!
Stop yelling...
Yeah, quiet!
Thank you, Smolder.
Yes.
ooo-kay
You should not be among people
Oh, hey,
your pimples changed color.
Smolder seems to know what's up.
Okay, there he is!
Follow the fire.
Uh, yea.
Good thing they don't have smoke detectors.
You need to work on your
Volume control there, mate.
Wha?
He's molting?
oo-kay
He's growing up again.
Yeah, I remember last time that happened...
Didn't go too well.
Yes,
Secret Of My Excess
Yes he has
Uh, what?
Ugh...
Oh, she has a brother?
Oohh...
No...
She's not gonna kick you out...
Great
Rocs
with "C"
Thank you.
The huge-ass birds.
Yea, you are not helping, Smolder.
Yes!
I don't think that's what's going on, Pinkie...
Eww...
Brussel sprouts covered in candy...
that is...
that is unpleasant.
Yes, she is.
okay...
What?
Why would you think that?
Yea, that too.
Yea. don't burn down her house.
okay make yourself useful.
Yea, stop yelling, that might help.
Also, what is Rarity doing here?
Rarity, what is your problem?
You're allergic to Phoenixes or something, I guess.
...she can't hear you...
Yea, you seem pretty stressed out, mate.
Okay... okay, she understood.
Spike!
Why did you do that?
Spike.
Why
did you go out of hiding?
Just stay inside that basket.
Rarity wouldn't have noticed you.
Yea...
There wasn't before except for the smell...
Oh!
Yeah, that's a Roc, all right.
That is a
huge-ass bird.
That thing is... enormous.
Holy shit.
Yea
Probably a good idea.
Yeah, just take half of the tree with you...
Yea,
Or probably...
Okay!
What are you doing now? Stop glowing. Is Ember calling you?
She still can't hear...
Ehh, that's pretty much the same thing
Aaaaand....
Now they are both captured.
I'm not even going to comment on that
Yea, just burn the bird.
Going, Equestria Fried Chicken.
Stop glowing!
You have enough symptoms already!
you know... the bird the size of a barn...
No, that was a huge-ass bird.
And even that is not really working.
Yeah, just laser him down
Finally stopped glowing.
okay...
now you are a statue
Yep
Yep!
Yep, this is over. Spike's dead.
And Twilight's just shooting at the bird.
Wonderful
Oh boy...
Oh, what's happened now?
Eh!
(incoherent) What the fuck?
What the fuck?!
What the fuck!? What!?
What?
(incoherent)
what...
What?
He... what?
(incoherent)
(clears throat)
I'm sorry... What?
I don't, I don't... I'm sorry, I don't know what to say here...
I did not expect that.
At least he has... he has some problems flying
Just like Twilight in the beginning.
Yea, this episode wasn't even written by M.A. Larson!
Well!
I'm...
I'm still, uh
confuzzled here by Spike spontaneously growing new limbs
Oh, Twilight, you can just magic them up
Yea, I always expected him to be some sort of wingless dragon type.
Congratulations Spike, you got your cutie mark
I mean puberty I mean, whatever the hell.
Ya!
Eeehh...
I think the worst has already happened back in season two.
So, does this mean we'll...
We'll get a new intro sequence?
Yea, and you had legs before...
Well...
That is...
What is that dress there?
(laughing at cross-dressing Spike)
(more laughter at Spike's expense)
Well..
well...
...well...
This episode went into a completely different direction than I expected.
Like...
No, that I did not expect, and I have
Honestly I am not entirely sure how to feel about this.
Spike grew wings, okay, that...
honestly I kinda expected him to stay wingless forever
just like just he's some type of dragon that just doesn't have wings
like how there are both biped and quadruped dragons but yes I thought
that maybe there was some dragons who don't have wings, but apparently they get them
when they get older.
wow
that is that is that
Wow
I'm a little bit at a loss for words here.
okay let's let's try to let's try to
talk about the episode here and so first of all we had a spike episode that
didn't suck that's that's great well that is the thing that has gotten better
over time still doesn't happen all that often, so
bonus points on that yeah Smolder got a useful role here
explaining things to spike that he couldn't know, ya, good use of the
new character thumbs up and all that we got new creatures, the Roc, yeah new
creatures thumbs up. Continuity with season 2 from both Dragon Quest and
secret of my excess that's pretty cool. And, yeah wow, I don't know what to say, that was a really cool episode
did not expect this to happen it it was a bit quick and came a little bit out of
left field I gotta say, but still that's really cool
yeah I'm sorry I'm at a loss for words here this is once again an episode that
will require several watches before I can form a proper opinion on it so
before I start rambling even more I'll just quit it here and maybe I'll do a
proper follow-up video for this some other day.
So as always, I have been Stratagem, thanks for watching, and see you next time.
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