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>>/12168/ Rainbow Dash and Philomena A cute little interaction where Rainbow Dash gets Philomena to prank the guards. Philomena seldomly appears Correct me if I am wrong, but, I think this was Philomena's only appearance in the show. I just might check, but I kind of like to avoid wikis and such and go in sort of blind, even if I am researching some things during these reviews. Trying to keep a perspective somewhat local to the season. Lots of meme screenshots Twilight's face seems especially exaggerated more than normal, lol. I remember, and still sometimes see, the Twilight Sparkle with the pill circulating in different contexts. Animation notes They reused the background from the underground in A Dog and Pony Show for the imagined dungeon. This could easily be headcanoned, if not an outright logical inference, that Fluttershy pictured the recent experience when imagining a dungeon. Notice how the front door view the door is a normal stable/horse stall door but from the side view it lacks the detail of the middle line denoting that and the handle is reversed? >>/12167/ > I’d be curious to know more about Equestrian dungeons. Agreed. Presumably they do exist. > In general we seem to get a picture of Celestia as an absolute monarch (fits since Louis XIV was the ‘sun king’) Nice reference there. I think Celestia certainly is a powerful monarch, with absolute power on paper, but perhaps delegates/treaties govern Equestria in a slightly "confederal" structure. This goes into somewhat later season contexts though. I think she has that type of power even if she doesn't always use it in practice. > , a solid ‘just for fun’ episode overall for me That is a pretty good way to word this episode. >>/12167/ > I'm not sure it's actually completely clear that this town even is part of Equestria, at least yet or in a formal sense. For me it has to be until proven otherwise. Considering this is Season 1, we don't really have evidence of any pony political powers with some antonomy outside of Celestia and I think it would be reasonable to assume all ponies are her subjects. > But with this episode we get our first really blunt parallel and it's a trope I dislike going forward, so, maybe that's why it bothers me. I keep thinking on that and I lean towards your point BUT a couple of examples in Season 2 I might raise as a counterpoint. If I remember it. Typing while exhausted, hope I am not forgetting anything!