I saw this episode when it first leaked and I didn't think much of it back then. Now that I've seen it a second time, my opinion hasn't changed much. Okay, it wasn't terrible like Tanks for the Memories and MNFBKD, but Fluttershy was completely unrealistic in it. She was a total killjoy and I couldn't take her seriously at all when she kept thinking of new and increasingly ridiculous reasons for why she wouldn't enjoy Nightmare Night. I don't think she's been this timid since season one and even in season one, she didn't act quite like she did in this episode. In Dragonshy, she had a good reason to be afraid of that huge dragon and her panic attacks were completely justified. This time, she made lame excuses to get out of fricking FUN AND GAMES! What happened to all her character development, if she ever even had any in the first place? I hoped we would eventually start getting Fluttershy episodes that weren't only about her being scared of something and trying to get over it, but I guess not. Don't get me wrong, I actually like Fluttershy, but sometimes she's written very poorly, possibly even worse than Pinkie Pie or Rainbow Dash. I think I finally get why there are so few episodes with her as the main character - the writers simply can't think of anything new to do with her.



Moving on from the episode's main flaw, I quite liked everything else. Everyone's costumes looked pretty great (yes, even Derpy's) and I suppose it was cool to see Flutterbat sorta return. I just hope they won't start bringing her back every time there's a convenient excuse for her to appear, because that would get old fast. I think it's hilarious how Equestria's greatest heroes were outsmarted and scared shitless by a bunny, a spider, a few birds and a bear (well, okay, I would have ran from the bear too). Why Fluttershy named her diabolical rabbit Angel, I'll never know.



That's pretty much all I have to say about the episode. Sure, there were apparently also some references to anime and other stuff, but I didn't get any of them. My final score: 6.5/10.