Talk:Spike at Your Service/@comment-27578467-20160314000209

I think the reason I don't hate this episode is because I'm pretty lukewarm about Spike as a main character, so him being a little out of character isn't too jarring as long as there's a good reason for it - in this case, being a vehicle for the classic whimsy that I enjoy. That said I honestly don't consider Spike to be too out of character in this episode, really only when he makes a mess of the Apples' kitchen and cooks poorly. His relationship with the Mane 6 minus Twilight and Rarity tends to be associative at best, so you'd expect him to act a bit differently towards Applejack. As for the dragon code, correct me if I'm wrong but I can't think of another time Spike's life was clearly saved by someone other than Twilight up to this point in the series. For me this is a pretty standard episode, sad to see people call it the 'worst episode' when there are much bigger offenders.