Talk:Spike/@comment-4856113-20120305035548/@comment-4742142-20120306055335

He does deserve more respect. The first 1/3 of the season, I thought he had a significant presence. Then once Family Appreciation Day aired, the pattern changed. Even of the other main characters that did appear in recent episodes, unless you get the spotlight of any episode that had aired so far in 2012, you got very little on-screen time (at times, so little, it's almost as if you forgotten that they were there). It wasn't like that so much for the first 11 episodes of the season, and I don't really recall seeing much of that in the last season. So, yeah, Spike has really been impacted the most on getting less time on screen lately, but I can say that to me, the other main characters in 2012 have had their presence decrease somewhat. I mean before last weekend's episode, Fluttershy was really cold for much of the season (when we're talking about on-screen presence, not number of appearances/absences), possibly even colder than Spike.

Al I can say is we'll see what this weekend brings. We know "Dragon Quest" is going to be a huge episode for Spike, but here's hoping we can begin to see him return on "It's About Time".