Ah, thanks. Bit of a grammatical snafu. :p Lemme get back in there and edit that...
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Episode 21 (Over a Barrel)
Twilight, following Princess Celestia's advice, wheedles and cajoles Garrick into going with them into Appleoosa. And this is where they find out that maybe, sometimes, it's not a good idea to coerce Garrick into something. Garrick is pretty well fed up with Applejack's bullheadedness and he makes it very clear by calling her out once again. Of course, to no avail. So, he decides to take matters into his own hands and blows the pie carts to hell using End of the Quiet Day (his semi-auto magazine-fed 40mm grenade launcher - this time he's using low explosive grenades with cellulose casing so as not to hurt anypony). And then he turns on the Buffalo tribe, laying down a most righteous smack-down using the Bokuto that Yosho gave him (tentative name: Funaho's Sliver).
Once he has everyone's attention...
"Stupid! Stupid! STUPID!!! All you is stupid no brain idiot! No want talk. No want compromise. No want deal. All think self more important than other. Home we have name: knucklehead! It mean you need beating with knuckle to get sense in head! YOU ALL KNUCKLEHEAD!!!" And at that point, he pulls open the utterly flabbergasted chief's mouth... and then shoves an apple pie into it.
After Garrick storms off, he's confronted by Twilight, where he says, "New thought: stupid be constant everywhere. Not limit to human. Pony pretty good at stupid, too."
At this point, Twilight is submitting two reports back to Princess Celestia: her regular Friendship Report, and now a Garrick Report. That night in her Garrick Report, she writes that Garrick does have a point, no matter how much it hurts to admit it. As utopian as Equestrian Society seems compared to Garrick's original home, there's still plenty of room for stupidity to go around so long as ponykind is willfully ignorant.
Episode 4 (Applebuck Season)When Garrick sees the potential for trouble, he decides to try and head it off. First, by bringing Applejack copious amounts of iced coffee. (I've actually checked on this one - IRL it seems that horses love coffee, even if it's black, and even has its uses (even horses get constipated). There was even one about a pony (!!) that drinks coffee and gets real hyper afterwards.)
Applejack, of course, is a bit suspicious. Why is Garrick suddenly being so helpful? Garrick explains that if she can't keep up with the work, then she'll probably screw up real bad. Like maybe accidentally hurting Rainbow Dash, accidentally giving ponies food poisoning, or even accidentally driving the rabbits into Ponyville proper. And of course.... she refuses!
Garrick facepalms and goes, "Remember I say about knucklehead? You be one now! I leave ponyville one day. Be back after. Maybe you learn sense by embarrassment."
Twilight is pretty upset by this turn of events as well. This was one of the few times Garrick has come forward of his own volition, and Applejack shot him down flat.
In the end, Applejack finds she owes Garrick an apology. Once she does, though... "Well, I go get truck.""Eh? What's a... truck?""You see. You like. You even wonder how you ever work without truck." And then Garrick brings out Scooby, the incredible diesel-electric truck, along with the trailer. The apples never got put away faster than that before, and Garrick finds himself carting of a couple of bushels of apples, a few cases of apple juice, and a jug of hard apple cider.
That night is first time since before Garrick arrived in Equestria he's ever gotten absolutely blitzed. This is not a real improvement, as Garrick is no longer a happy drunk, but a maudlin one.
Episode 15 (Feeling Pinkykeen)Oh man... Garrick is going to have all kinds of fun at poor Twilight's expense. He will, of course, try to explain that Pinky Pie is something of a precognitive talent that is somehow able to predict important events in the very short term, which manifest in the form of twitches, aches, and itches. The unfortunate thing is that, even by Washu's reckoning, such talents are difficult to understand and will likely remain shrouded in mystery for thousands of years to come. Of course... Twilight doesn't listen. (You'd think they'd learn by now.) So, Garrick will watch from a safe distance, calling out "Told you so!" whenever she shoots him a look.
Garrick's coup de grace is gonna come when the hydra shows up. He won't tolerate something that nasty living that close to Ponyville, so once it comes up out of the bog, he whips out Sunspark and let's it have it in the center-of-mass.
"WHAT DID YOU DO!?!?""I hit with sun-hot fluorine. Keep back. Air be poison for while.""you... you killed it with fluorine plasma!?"
And now Garrick earns the pony equivalent-title of "One Scary Sunuvabitch". And then the Doozy happens... Garrick makes sure to get a good picture of Twilight going up in flames - it is epic. In the end, Twilight learns a new term from Garrick: Tool - As in, "That person is such a tool." The best part about it is that the 'tool' in question needn't be intentionally manipulated - they can merely be led on by the situation in such a way to give others the impression of someone that is easy to manipulate. And Twilight relates to Princess Celestia in her Garrick Report that she had been acting like such a tool by letting herself get worked up so easily by Pinkypie's Pinkysense.
I know Gilda isn't being mentioned much. I haven't really figured out what role she'll really play, but she has a definite interest in Garrick. I'll figure it out once I start writing in earnest.
Also, more episodes reviewed...
Episode 21 (Over a Barrel)
Twilight, following Princess Celestia's advice, wheedles and cajoles Garrick into going with them into Appleoosa. And this is where they find out that maybe, sometimes, it's not a good idea to coerce Garrick into something. Garrick is pretty well fed up with Applejack's bullheadedness and he makes it very clear by calling her out once again. Of course, to no avail. So, he decides to take matters into his own hands and blows the pie carts to hell using End of the Quiet Day (his semi-auto magazine-fed 40mm grenade launcher - this time he's using low explosive grenades with cellulose casing so as not to hurt anypony). And then he turns on the Buffalo tribe, laying down a most righteous smack-down using the Bokuto that Yosho gave him (tentative name: Funaho's Sliver).
Once he has everyone's attention...
"Stupid! Stupid! STUPID!!! All you is stupid no brain idiot! No want talk. No want compromise. No want deal. All think self more important than other. Home we have name: knucklehead! It mean you need beating with knuckle to get sense in head! YOU ALL KNUCKLEHEAD!!!" And at that point, he pulls open the utterly flabbergasted chief's mouth... and then shoves an apple pie into it.
After Garrick storms off, he's confronted by Twilight, where he says, "New thought: stupid be constant everywhere. Not limit to human. Pony pretty good at stupid, too."
At this point, Twilight is submitting two reports back to Princess Celestia: her regular Friendship Report, and now a Garrick Report. That night in her Garrick Report, she writes that Garrick does have a point, no matter how much it hurts to admit it. As utopian as Equestrian Society seems compared to Garrick's original home, there's still plenty of room for stupidity to go around so long as ponykind is willfully ignorant.
Episode 4 (Applebuck Season)When Garrick sees the potential for trouble, he decides to try and head it off. First, by bringing Applejack copious amounts of iced coffee. (I've actually checked on this one - IRL it seems that horses love coffee, even if it's black, and even has its uses (even horses get constipated). There was even one about a pony (!!) that drinks coffee and gets real hyper afterwards.)
Applejack, of course, is a bit suspicious. Why is Garrick suddenly being so helpful? Garrick explains that if she can't keep up with the work, then she'll probably screw up real bad. Like maybe accidentally hurting Rainbow Dash, accidentally giving ponies food poisoning, or even accidentally driving the rabbits into Ponyville proper. And of course.... she refuses!
Garrick facepalms and goes, "Remember I say about knucklehead? You be one now! I leave ponyville one day. Be back after. Maybe you learn sense by embarrassment."
Twilight is pretty upset by this turn of events as well. This was one of the few times Garrick has come forward of his own volition, and Applejack shot him down flat.
In the end, Applejack finds she owes Garrick an apology. Once she does, though... "Well, I go get truck.""Eh? What's a... truck?""You see. You like. You even wonder how you ever work without truck." And then Garrick brings out Scooby, the incredible diesel-electric truck, along with the trailer. The apples never got put away faster than that before, and Garrick finds himself carting of a couple of bushels of apples, a few cases of apple juice, and a jug of hard apple cider.
That night is first time since before Garrick arrived in Equestria he's ever gotten absolutely blitzed. This is not a real improvement, as Garrick is no longer a happy drunk, but a maudlin one.
Episode 15 (Feeling Pinkykeen)Oh man... Garrick is going to have all kinds of fun at poor Twilight's expense. He will, of course, try to explain that Pinky Pie is something of a precognitive talent that is somehow able to predict important events in the very short term, which manifest in the form of twitches, aches, and itches. The unfortunate thing is that, even by Washu's reckoning, such talents are difficult to understand and will likely remain shrouded in mystery for thousands of years to come. Of course... Twilight doesn't listen. (You'd think they'd learn by now.) So, Garrick will watch from a safe distance, calling out "Told you so!" whenever she shoots him a look.
Garrick's coup de grace is gonna come when the hydra shows up. He won't tolerate something that nasty living that close to Ponyville, so once it comes up out of the bog, he whips out Sunspark and let's it have it in the center-of-mass.
"WHAT DID YOU DO!?!?""I hit with sun-hot fluorine. Keep back. Air be poison for while.""you... you killed it with fluorine plasma!?"
And now Garrick earns the pony equivalent-title of "One Scary Sunuvabitch". And then the Doozy happens... Garrick makes sure to get a good picture of Twilight going up in flames - it is epic. In the end, Twilight learns a new term from Garrick: Tool - As in, "That person is such a tool." The best part about it is that the 'tool' in question needn't be intentionally manipulated - they can merely be led on by the situation in such a way to give others the impression of someone that is easy to manipulate. And Twilight relates to Princess Celestia in her Garrick Report that she had been acting like such a tool by letting herself get worked up so easily by Pinkypie's Pinkysense.
I know Gilda isn't being mentioned much. I haven't really figured out what role she'll really play, but she has a definite interest in Garrick. I'll figure it out once I start writing in earnest.