Talk:Spike/@comment-207.190.56.72-20121213083034/@comment-24.208.90.186-20121215170158

I really have to agree with you! Why can't Spike be given more involvment in episodes with the rest of the ponies?

Also, why can't he be given an episode WITHOUT the Mane 6, just to show what he does when he's not with them? In previous episodes about him, they get involved even though he doesn't appear in their episodes.

Examples:

In Secret of my Excess, when Spike starts maturing and causing mayhem, the focus switches from him to the ponies trying to stop him, and the episode doesn't feature his point of view as much.

In Dragon Quest, the Mane Six appear first before Spike makes his first appearance, like three minutes into an episode that was supposed to be his chance to shine, after his lack of involvement in previous episodes during last season. That is unfair, since the other ponies don't wait that long to make their first appeareance in their episodes.

Also in Dragon Quest, the other dragons steal the show when Spike is engaging in their tests. Especially when on the egg raid, there's a scene showing the three dragons chasing the phoenixes. There's also a scene when Spike is lifted up by one of the dragons to go on the raid, and his point of view isn't shown, but instead, the three ponies struggling in their dragon costume is the main focus.

For an episode like that and to not give Spike much screen time is ridicoulous, considering during last season, he didn't appear in THREE STRAIGHT episodes. That episode should have been the makeup for all his lost screen time.