My Review of MLP: FIM season 7 episode 11 Not Asking for Trouble · 3:24pm April 21st
Grading Scale:
A (fantastic episode)
A- (an excellent episode with at least one flaw)
B+ (a great episode with a couple of flaws)
B (a good episode which still could have been better)
B- (a good episode with numerous flaws but still rewatchable)
C+ (a decent episode)
C (eh... it’s not terrible but not good either)
C- (it’s not worth rewatching although it does have good elements)
D+ (a bad episode with a few good things in it)
D (a really bad episode with wasted potential)
D- (a terrible episode with badly written characters and butchered moral)
F (horrible and unwatchable)
Greetings, folks. This is Mr. J back with another MLP episode review for today. This morning, I will be reviewing the eleventh episode of season 7 entitled “Not Asking for Trouble”. Okay, just right off the bat, I’m gonna say this: this is so far the most boring episode of this entire season. The fact that it’s a Pinkie Pie episode makes it even worse given how utterly obnoxious she is.
I’m not gonna waste any time reviewing this in my usual narrative style when I make these MLP reviews; let’s just get to it.
I can understand why Pinkie would want to be involved with the Yaks’ special gathering, but wouldn’t it make more sense to have her be joined with Applejack? Applejack is just as stubborn as the Yaks, so to see her clash against the stubbornness of the Yaks would’ve been very fitting for the story.
Furthermore, I find the Yaks to be some of the most one-dimensional non-pony characters within the G4 storyline. They speak with broken grammar like the Dinobots and act so tough and serious. Unlike the Dinobots though, the Yaks have zero depth to their personalities and do not remotely possess any positive attribute.
The humorous moments within this episode are rather tasteless too. But then again, I’m watching a Pinkie Pie episode where it predominantly features one of my least favorite characters in this show. So…what did I expect?
Here’s where I have an issue with this episode: it’s trying to teach the lesson about never hesitating to ask for help if you need anything. But Prince Rutherford stubbornly refuses to ask Pinkie for help when they accidentally caused an avalanche on their home which deprived them of their food and shelter.
So instead, they had to eat snow…in the form of food like snow cakes and snow sandwiches. Pinkie tried everything in her power to convince Rutherford to ask for help, but he still refused. But it gets very confusing towards the end of the episode.
Pinkie went back to Ponyville to get her friends to help her clear out all the massive layers of snow from their village while they were sleeping. In the following morning, they are happy to see the snow gone, but Rutherford notices that Pinkie was behind this.
In an unexpected twist, he is happy she did this without his knowledge and without asking for his help. So everyone is happy, and the day is saved. I’m like…….HUH??? That’s it?? That’s the lesson we should take away from this??
So common sense dictates that we should never be afraid to ask for help if we need anything, but this episode says that we shouldn’t ask for help especially if we’re doing something beneficial without them knowing?? It sounds like a self-defeating message the more I think about it.
Whatever the case may be, this was an absolutely boring episode that honestly didn’t accomplish anything. In fact, this episode is pointless because it defeated its own message.
It would’ve served the moral well if Pinkie decided to give up on them, walk away for a period of time, and the Yaks forced themselves to live their lives with little to no essentials…which would risk their survival. Then Rutherford would realize he was wrong, and he goes out to ask pink pony for assistance.
Boom! Problem solved. May Chan, this was not a good start for you in this show. I give this a C.
Peace.
Personally, I believe that the episode was teaching that we should always give others help & aid even to those who don’t ask for it.
Despite Rutherford’s refusal and pride, Pinkie and the others helped the yaks regardless. They acted on unconditional kindness, and that’s something people rarely do nowadays.
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This is a very late reply, but this got me thinking:
If that was what the episode was trying to teach, then it greatly fumbled with its execution. Keep in mind, they helped the yaks while they were sleeping. If Rutherford was happy she did this without asking permission, then he wouldn't have a problem with Pinkie removing all the snow while they were awake, right?
It just feels wrong they would do this while they were asleep which can give a wrong message to kids to do stuff for people while they're asleep even if they have good intentions.