Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-26973802-20140218183725

Distracting away from You-Know-Who...

When is Luna going to return? We haven't seen her or Celestia since Princess Twilight Sparkle. Season 4 is going to be best season yet the fan-favorite alicorn has as many appearances this season as in Season 1 (well, slightly more as she's possessed as Nightmare Moon for most of them)

Season 1: 2 episodes (counting Nightmare Moon)

Season 2: 3 episodes (Luna Eclipsed, A Canterlot Wedding Parts 1 and 2)

Season 3: 4 episodes (The Crystal Empire Parts 1 and 2, Sleepless in Ponyville, Princess Twilight Sparkle)

Season 4: 2 episodes (Princess Twilight Sparkle Parts 1 and 2)

Just like the dronkeys in Shrek, they gradually get a little more screentime. Shrek, nonexistent. Shrek 2, postcredits scene. Shrek the Third, several scenes but not a lot of screentime. Shrek Forever After, I was hoping it would continue the pattern but no, most of it is set in an alternate reality where they don't even exist!

I like all the Season 4 episodes they've been doing, but there's less Luna in previous seasons. Come to think of it, biting tails is gradually decreasing, Applejack only bites Rainbow's tail once each in Seasons 2, 3, and 4, so far Season 3 exceeds Season 4's count by one, and aside from those vines there's less villain death this season than in Season 3. (Season 3 killed King Sombra, the Pinkie Pie clones, and the King Timberwolf, while Season 4 left Ahuizotl, Caballeron, the Mane-iac, and the graboid alive, though admittedly Ahuizotl leaves opening for more Daring Do stories, the Mane-iac did a nice twist using her own mane against her, and the graboid served the purpose of actually making Discord sick in the end though Twilight and Cadance could've blasted it to oblivion like Twilight did that one facehugger)

But the Season 4 episodes are still good, especially since there's two Rarity episodes, I've been waiting for her to get more love from the writers for 50 long. Besides, the lack of great villain in PTS they make up for with Nightmare Moon's flashbacks. Also more Discord, and some really good songs too. Also the Batman references, and of course the whole "Tim Burton song about bats in an episode that references Batman" shows they haven't forgotten my favorite Batman series. (As a dark realistic movie the Dark Knight trilogy is good, but as a superhero film, not quite my cup of tea)