MLP:FIM Dungeons and Discords

This is the fifth episode written by Nick Confalone (who started writing for the show last season. Nick Confalone is quickly becoming a writer whose episodes I look forward too especially since he wrote Saddle Row Review, my personal favorite episode of this season so far. He doesn't let me down here.

Storyboarding this episode is Kat Dela Cruz (who started storyboard for the show earlier this season) and Michelle Ku (who also started storyboarding earlier this season). Since this was a Dungeons and Dragons episode naturally the visuals were important. Adding to this are great background designs by Laura Bifano. The great character cards were designed by Charmaine Verhagen. More designs were done by Matt Herring. All these people did an excellent job as the episode looked fantastic.

Adding to this the episode has a great sense of humor. Like Pinkie Pie episodes Discord episodes have some great cartoony animation (something that isn't I enough modern cartoons). Adding to this are fantastically funny facial expressions from Fluttershy, some of the best given to this character yet. Writing wise most of Discord's dialogue is very funny, and there is also a really funny reference to The Mask.

The story itself feels like it has been done before on this show, but the rest of the episode is so well done that you can easily get over this fault.

-Michael J. Ruhland