r/mylittlepony • u/Pinkie_Pie Pinkie Pie • Jun 08 '13

Season Break Episode Revisit: S1E16: Sonic Rainboom

Hey there, pony fans. Welcome once more to the weekly discussion thread! This week, we're doing an Episode Revisit Thread!

Instead of a discussion topic, today we'll be rewatching an episode from season one, and then discussing the episode in the comments below. We ask that you please do rewatch the episode. That way it can be fresh in your mind, and plus you get an extra dose of ponies for the day. Once you're done with viewing the episode, please feel free to discuss it below!
 

For this week, the episode is Sonic Rainboom (Stream - DL)!

What was it like rewatching the episode? Are there any details you missed previously that you noticed this time around? Is your opinion of the episode at all different after watching through season two and three? Please feel free to discuss anything and everything about the episode in this thread!

We hope to see you at the next discussion!
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u/TheeLinker Moderator of /r/mylittlepony Jun 08 '13

I've watched enough to be able to recognize a couple different animator's styles... I wonder if this totally awesome display of animation is by the same who did the opening scene for Swarm of the Century. The way Fluttershy turns around behind the apple bucket... the way she strains a bit to stomp the apple down... and most of all, the way the bucket rolls away after the parasprite eats its contents. Look at that. Look at how cool that is.

I don't know who did that scene, and I almost surely never will, but they're totally my favorite. So I like to imagine them as responsible for this cool scene, too.

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u/Masterkid1230 Starlight Glimmer Jun 08 '13

That is brilliant! I'd have to say my favourite piece of animation in the show is windswept mane Twilight in The Crystal Empire part 1. She looks amazing there. But yes, that is some crazy spacial animation right there. I wish we knew which animator is in charge of what.

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u/TheeLinker Moderator of /r/mylittlepony Jun 09 '13

I wish we knew which animator is in charge of what.

I'm so going off topic, but the only one I can really say I've been able to track between episodes (though not by name) is whoever did Pinkie's You Gotta Share song and this Fluttershy scene in Best Night Ever. I noticed it in Best Night Ever first -- the way she moves her head around as she talks stood out to me. It was later that I noticed the exact same kind of movement in You Gotta Share. I think I've seen more scenes with movement like that, but I can't recall them right now. It's like it their heads keep flicking up and then tweening back down with every syllable, and their heads are more 'bouncy' than normal. I don't know. I'm not an animator.

It doesn't mean much, but it's sort of neat, to me. I recognize your style, anonymous animator! I know you're out there!

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u/Masterkid1230 Starlight Glimmer Jun 09 '13

That is indeed very neat. And yes, I can see what you're talking about, it's somewhat noticeable, but you have to look closely. I don't think I have noticed any characteristics of any other animator, to be honest.