MLP:FIM Stranger Than Fan Fiction

Welcome back everypony, it is good to be talking about new My Little Pony again. This episode was written by Josh Haber and Michael Vogal. This is the third episode Michael Vogal wrote for the other two being A Hearths Warming Tail and Spice Up Your Life. However he has worked in the development area since season 2. Josh Haber started writing for the show in season 4 and this season he became the shows story editor. This episode was storyboarded by Karine Charlebois and Thalia Tomlinson (who started on the show in Season 5). This episode also features the guest voice of Patton Oswalt. This special guest completely improvised the rant that takes place over the end credits.

This episode is just pure fun and a great return for the show. The new character is great (I'm hoping the show finds more ways to use this character in the future), the humor is spot on and the facial expressions on Rainbow Dash are fantastic. Like a Daring Do episode should be this one is full of adventure and excitement that work great here. It is also great to see Rainbow in full geek out fangirl mode again, and of course to see Daring again as well. Just a very fun episode.

This episode is also a clever parody of various conventions based off TV shows, movies and comic books, as well as lots of enthusiasts over these things. However it is done extremely respectfully and is never mean spirited about it.

-Michael J. Ruhland