Yes, I agree that Spike should at least get the same treatment in his episodes as the CMC get in theirs. At first those three were just annoying kids, but they're much more than that these days and I usually enjoy their episodes more than most Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash episodes. I wouldn't mind a story arc with Spike as the main character, but sadly that's very unlikely to happen. It's funny, me and many others give the writers a hard time because they can't think of what to do with Spike, but the truth is that I have no idea what they should do with him either. Actually, I'd be satisfied if they just gave him a break from time to time, like his heroic moment in The Crystal Empire. Too bad that things like that tend to go to his head, but that's what character development is for. If only it would stick...



I hate the scenes where characters publicly humiliate themselves too. I also don't like it much when characters are being stupid just to advance the plot. Yes, I realize that most episodes, heck, most TV shows rely on the characters acting like idiots because otherwise there'd be no conflict and no plot, but luckily MLP pulls it off rather well most of the time. The biggest exceptions in this season are the two episodes I already mentioned. Rainbow Dash episodes are usually bad in my book, but Tanks for the Memories had her probably at her stupidest ever. (Also, there were some serious continuity issues in that episode. First winter with Tank, my ass.) Anyway, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. It's like you said, we don't have to like the same episodes to both be fans of the show. I'm happy we agree about MNFBKD, however. Just because an episode has fan favorite characters in it doesn't automatically mean it's good.