On this day in history...

We haven't gotten a truly great Spike episode since. I thought that this episode was going to be the start of something great for his character but they just didn't do much with it.

Four years later we still have so many unanswered questions.

>>25726257
I still remember that day, sperging about the episode on Ponychan

One of the best S2 episodes and by far one of the best Spike episodes.

>>25726272
Inspiration Manifestation was pretty great I thought.

>>25726351
Yeah. So was Equestria Games. S4 had a lot of good Spike moments even if they were all based around his own feelings about himself. What I meant was that they never really got deeper into his origins. Hell, Dragon Quest seemed like they they wanted to close that book before they even opened it.

And then you had S5 where his only time in the spotlight was basically a gag episode where nothing made sense and nothing changed for him.

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>>25726257
Those days will never come back.

>>25726257
BORN INTO A PACK

>>25726367
>Equestria Games
If only they left out that fucking anthem scene, it would have been a great episode too.

gg spike you fag

>>25726432
Not this shit again. The anthem scene was required for his moment at the end to be so fucking important. I don't want to turn into Tom Spiegel or some shit but the fact that Equestria Games is routinely ranked so low for several reasons despite it having one of the best moments in the series in terms of character development as well as one of the best morals is a fucking disgrace.

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>>25726412
He was still alive when this aired

>>25726494
Probably because of the "Spike episodes are bad" meme started by OWEW and SAYS. I thought it was a good episode aside for that particular gripe.

>>25726257
Remember when some people thought this episode meant Sparity was gonna become canon?

HAHAHA.

>>25726524
OWEW wasn't even that bad and SAYS is nothing compared to Princess Spike. A lot of people blamed it for a bad ending to the Games arc.

But you have to admit that hating Spike episodes inherently is a meme. Honestly I think that they need to stop putting his name in titles. Before the fluke of the finale, Princess Spike had the lowest views of any episode in the series. I genuinely think people look at titles, say "Oh, it's a Spike episode," and then never watch it.

I know numerous people who I tried to discuss Princess Spike with who never even watched it.

>>25726597
>A lot of people blamed it for a bad ending to the Games arc
It was a weak arc as whole anyway, what are they so butthurt over?

>>25726724
>we don't get to see the boring ass sports that do absolutely nothing for any kind of narrative the entire episode
This is the most common complaint I've seen for the episode.

>>25726741
I think if we had seen that and gotten a stock plot about underdog sports teams that it would have been way weaker.

>>25726257
>four years
Can't believe it's been that long.
>>25726278
So was I, I think. Times best left forgotten.

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>>25726514
Holy fuck

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4 years? where is my life going.....

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>>25726257
>it's a spike episode

>>25726257
>4 years ago
Damn, I was still pretty much a normie

>>25726257
Spike looked ugly as shit. I was disappointed. They could have used the old red & green dragon designs with wings.

Also Spike randomly growing out of hoarding up random junk without any magic or evil wizards involved? Lack of effort.

>>25726494
Go to hell you fucking retard. Just go, go and leave us the fuck alone. You're beyond the point of retarded, you're already an alien from the planet of assbackwards logic you mentally handicapped goblin.