Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-23858349-20160220101840/@comment-23858349-20160220130240

I have a love-hate relationship with Spike. I love him when he's actually treated like a legit character in episodes such as Boast Busters, Lesson Zero and Inspiration Manifestation. I hate him when he's used for comic relief and nothing else in episodes like Spike at Your Service and Princess Spike. The most sad thing about Spike is that the writers change his character depending on what role they want him to have in the episode.

In Lesson Zero, Spike was a thoughful, mature friend to Twilight and was the one who told Celestia he was worried about his best friend. In Inspiration Manifestation he also is shown to be caring for Rarity and tries to push her in the right direction without hurting her feelings.

On the other hand, in Spike at Your Service and Princess Spike, he is selfish, clumsy, clueless, he lies and he takes advantage of others for his own small gain.

It's not that I hate Spike, moreso I hate the fact that the writers just don't seem to care about the fluidity of his character or how he's previously been portrayed, changing it from episode to episode.