The Last Roundup: Applejack goes missing after attending a rodeo, so her pals search for her.

Canon Derpy.

---Dave

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[Nayuki] 8:50 am: goodness, where is everyone? hopefully they aren't sleeping in. they won't want to miss this one.
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[Dvandom] 8:51 am: Lo
[Agent X] 8:51 am: Behold
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[Nayuki] 8:53 am: soon
[pao] 8:54 am: it begins
[pao] 8:54 am: also, good morning
[Dvandom] 8:54 am: No hat?
[Guardian Prime] 8:55 am: Rodeo is more like the Olympics for Equestria.
[Agent X] 8:55 am: So they have Special Rodeos?
[Rezo] 8:55 am: Makes sense
[Rezo] 8:55 am: what with being equines
[The Well]: scavgraphics has entered at 8:56 am
[Agent X] 8:56 am: Bet Pegisis can't compete.
[scavgraphics] 8:56 am: mornin
[Rezo] 8:56 am: They can if they consent to mild bondage
[Agent X] 8:57 am: So whats stoping Unicorns?
[Rezo] 8:57 am: Being physically weak and fragile on account of using their horns instead of their muscles
[Guardian Prime] 8:57 am: Maybe a Rodeo is more of an Earth Pony thing?
[Nayuki] 8:58 am: something after the commercial break is going to generate a lot of discussion ;p
[Agent X] 8:58 am: HELLO!!
[Rezo] 8:58 am: OMINOUS FORESHADOWING
[Agent X] 8:58 am: NOW I"m intreguied
[Nayuki] 8:58 am: mwahahaha
[Nayuki] 8:58 am: incoming
[Dvandom] 8:58 am: DERPY
[pao] 8:58 am: well that one wasn't hard to find
[Agent X] 8:58 am: CANHNON!
[Guardian Prime] 8:59 am: LOL Derpy!!
[WorkbenchManiac] 8:59 am: SWEET
[Guardian Prime] 8:59 am: She TALKS!!!!!
[Agent X] 8:59 am: Speaking of "Special:.
[Dvandom] 8:59 am: Dangerprone Derpy.
[Rezo] 8:59 am: refreains from commenting
[scavgraphics] 8:59 am: BEST EPISODE EVAH!
[The Well]: Caboose has entered at 9:00 am
[Caboose] 9:00 am: WOOHOO DERPY!
[Dvandom] 9:00 am: Huh, the timestamps here are several minutes off.
[Agent X] 9:00 am: Not-Dinky!
[scavgraphics] 9:00 am: same here dave
[Dvandom] 9:01 am: I hope the wrappers are edible.
[WorkbenchManiac] 9:01 am: I don´t think Pinkie cares
[Agent X] 9:01 am: BUY THIS TRAIN!!!
[pao] 9:02 am: giftastic
[pao] 9:02 am: at this point, shouldn't we just expect to get a surprise party when somepony walks into this barn?
[Agent X] 9:03 am: aww...HEY CAKE!!
[Dvandom] 9:03 am: Applebloom's special talent: going a full five Kotobukis of eye eize.
[Agent X] 9:04 am: And Big Mac aint going WHY?
[Rezo] 9:04 am: Can't leave Granny Smith alone on the farm
[scavgraphics] 9:04 am: agent: same reason they didn't go with her to canterlot in the first plave?
[Nayuki] 9:04 am: somebody needs to work the farm
[Dvandom] 9:04 am: Eyup
[Agent X] 9:04 am: *forehead slap* Sorry.
[scavgraphics] 9:05 am: ok, rezo and nayuki have a better reason they didn't go with her in the first place
[scavgraphics] 9:05 am: than^
[scavgraphics] 9:05 am: i missed the very beginning of the act, did Derpy get a name?
[Agent X] 9:06 am: Honestly, I liked the name Ditzy-Doo.
[Caboose] 9:06 am: Yep!
[Caboose] 9:06 am: Me too, Agent X, but ooooh well.
[Rezo] 9:06 am: much preferred Ditzy :/
[Agent X] 9:06 am: BUY THIS TRAIN!!!!
[scavgraphics] 9:07 am: prefers Derpy it's a funner word to say
[Dvandom] 9:07 am: Rodeo Clown, heh
[scavgraphics] 9:07 am: Pony Tech montage
[Dvandom] 9:07 am: Caramel gets around.
[scavgraphics] 9:07 am: Caramel!
[scavgraphics] 9:07 am: Pony's have beach balls
[Agent X] 9:08 am: If you SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLwhat the 'Jack is cooking!!!
[Dvandom] 9:08 am: Flush outhouses
[scavgraphics] 9:09 am: Applejack joined a whorehouse?
[Dvandom] 9:09 am: Commence jokes about losing cherries.
[Agent X] 9:10 am: "Honesty" my flank!
[pao] 9:10 am: I Love Lucy time?
[Rezo] 9:10 am: lol dvandom
[scavgraphics] 9:10 am: PAO..my thought too
[Dvandom] 9:11 am: Derpy is the real Calamity Mane.
[scavgraphics] 9:12 am: and we've achieved lucyness
[Agent X] 9:13 am: REDRUM!!!
[Dvandom] 9:13 am: Nice stickiness on the eye-open.
[pao] 9:13 am: dramatic step-zoom!
[scavgraphics] 9:13 am: pinky canon?
[Caboose] 9:13 am: I'm going to assume that "Calamity Mane" is a Fallout: Equestria reference. =P
[Agent X] 9:14 am: Poppin' cherries PINKIE PIE STYLE!!
[Nayuki] 9:14 am: it's a reference to Calamity Jane
[Caboose] 9:14 am: Aw darn.
[Rezo] 9:15 am: >not knowing your wildwest mythology
[Caboose] 9:15 am: I didn't really think it was a FO:E reference, but one can hope~
[Dvandom] 9:15 am: Same pool of references.
[Caboose] 9:15 am: >Implying without greentext
[WorkbenchManiac] 9:15 am: that year of the dragon trailer rocks
[Rezo] 9:16 am: brilliant commercial, that
[pao] 9:16 am: >implying things need to be implied
[Dvandom] 9:16 am: Cherry-bucking. Heh
[scavgraphics] 9:16 am: boy I sure hope some super layout artist doesn't accidnetly leak designs for Calamity Mane or Wild Bull Hilcock
[Agent X] 9:16 am: Sounds tasty.
[scavgraphics] 9:16 am: PNIKIEPOOL IS CANON!
[Dvandom] 9:17 am: Weaponized Pinkie
[scavgraphics] 9:17 am: (Chimichanga is a major Deadpool word)
[scavgraphics] 9:17 am: oooh pinkie promise callback
[Agent X] 9:18 am: PINKIE-NUKE!
[pao] 9:18 am: ooh, effects
[Dvandom] 9:18 am: There is so much wrong about the stagecoach.
[Dvandom] 9:20 am: Pinkie-lawyered
[WorkbenchManiac] 9:20 am: Pinkie is a danger to herself and others
[Agent X] 9:20 am: TRAIN!! BUY IT!!!
[Dvandom] 9:21 am: The borrowed the crossing gate from Rock Ridge
[pao] 9:21 am: kids, remember, racing trains is fun!
[scavgraphics] 9:21 am: so she holds the reigns by knots in the rope....how does she tie the nots
[pao] 9:22 am: with her mouth...have you never knotted a cherry stem that way?
[Dvandom] 9:22 am: D'awwwww
[Agent X] 9:22 am: SAppyshy
[pao] 9:23 am: okay, so she was going to take jobs to get the money she could have won, got it
[Dvandom] 9:23 am: Yeah, I had that figured right away.
[Agent X] 9:23 am: Apple-pile!
[pao] 9:23 am: yeah, I'm slow, and also trying to code during commercial breaks
[WorkbenchManiac] 9:23 am: poor rarity
[pao] 9:23 am: nice coda!
[scavgraphics] 9:23 am: dave: yeah, but i was oping for something else
[Caboose] 9:24 am: Okay.
[scavgraphics] 9:24 am: good job Nayuki
[Caboose] 9:24 am: Awesome episode.
[Caboose] 9:24 am: What
[WorkbenchManiac] 9:24 am: what new spore of madness is this?
[Caboose] 9:24 am: No repeat!?
[Nayuki] 9:24 am: I didn't work on this one, my next episode is 'Read it and Weep'
[scavgraphics] 9:24 am: aw no replay
[Caboose] 9:24 am: =C
[Dvandom] 9:24 am: Yeah, noted by Rezo on the group yesterday
[pao] 9:24 am: and Zap Apples for the reprise
[scavgraphics] 9:25 am: Nayuki, you're the "Cast & Crew" rep here..so you get the praise
[scavgraphics] 9:25 am: for the whole team
[Nayuki] 9:25 am: ok
[Rezo] 9:25 am: mhm. Among my least favourite episodes, tbh :/
[Dvandom] 9:25 am: Did Derpy get a specific voice credit?
[Agent X] 9:27 am: Nope.
[Agent X] 9:27 am: Just standard cast.
[Nayuki] 9:27 am: I feel sorry for AJ, her first episode this season is likely to be remembered as the Derpy episode....
[Dvandom] 9:27 am: Well, I'm sure the identity of the VA will be ferreted out by the end of the day.
[Agent X] 9:28 am: And I prefer "Cherry-changa".
[Agent X] 9:28 am: Wouldn't be surprised if its Ashliegh Ball.
[Dvandom] 9:30 am: Now to check ED and see if they're already freaking out.
[Nayuki] 9:30 am: they are
[Nayuki] 9:30 am: I'm reading the comments now
[Agent X] 9:30 am: They started freaking out 28 minutes ago.
[Dvandom] 9:33 am: Indeed they did.
[Agent X] 9:33 am: Okay, I think we're done here. Copy, paste and ad quote brackets.
[The Well]: Agent X has left at 9:34 am
[Dvandom] 9:35 am: Later, off to see if the purple dye worked on my Character Builders Dalek this time.
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[scavgraphics] 9:37 am: can someone grab the full transcript since i got here a tad late (click the save button)
[pao] 9:37 am: I'm on it

Derpy sounded like Ashleigh to me.

Derpy sounded like Ashleigh to me.

Loved the 'I Love Lucy' reference with the cherry conveyor belt

Rewatching the Youtube video I think you're right.

Aaaand we're all wrong. Tabitha? Huh.

One thing that's got me thinking is how come no one went with Applejack to watch her in the rodeo and offer support?

They actually named her derpy.

I.... don't know.... how I feel about that. I don't think I like it.

As always, I'm in agreement with Master Fwiffo.

I'm also not too fond of excessive slapstick (My fondness of Lesson Zero isn't exactly universal, either), which her scene kinda was. And it felt very, very forced.

Yeah, forced is a good word for it. I'm not at all opposed to doing some fan-pleasing things, but they went way over the top. I've never been fond of 'derpy' as a name anyway (as it seems meanspirited) and actually naming her that just smacked of wrong. And while I would have been fine with the scene in concept, they made it, well, particularly over-the-top. Her extreme stupidity and the voice they chose, well, it was like the less pleasant bits of a bygone cartoon era, and it felt really out of place.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Derpy did a lot of harm to an otherwise solid and fun episode.

It's a textbook case of pleasing the fans at the expense of the show.

Poor Applejack. Looks like her episode today is going to be remembered as Derpy's episode instead.

As far as Derpy goes, I don't mind at all that they made the name canon. But I do think, if she ever speaks again, that the voice should be tweaked a bit to be less stereotypically "dumb" sounding. Making her kind of adorably clutzy is fine, but the voice shouldn't make her out to be mentally challenged or something.

Nods to "RD is gay"?

They haven't, really. There are some scenes that can be amusing if freeze-framed at the right spot (like all the bedroom eyes in each and every episode), but I don't think there's been anything intentional. Just the usual shippers gonna ship. Even in this very episode, they're using freeze frames from the scene where Rainbow is threatening AJ using Pinkie, 'cuz of course she's all wrapped around Pinkie, lol.

I was thinking the ep where RD literally stuck her hoof into a dripping dike.

Okay i give. probably not intentional but I love to exploit it

Just the usual shippers gonna ship.

To those moaning about Derpy, lighten up! I thought it was a wonderful nod, and it's not like it affected the episode at all. She could have been a different pony called Bob and nothing would have changed. It's just an easter egg for the fans rather than the show being taken over and pulled in a new direction, don't stress!

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Just like always - you went further on your own and dragged away the convo into a totally different direction. It wasn't about RD and his sexual orientation, it was about fanservice.

Though I DO hope they keep her on as an easter egg. Looking for her in episodes has been fun (kinda like the waving snail in Adventure Time).

Oh right and guns are cannon now according to RD. unless someone has another fancy history lesson on the word gun to try and retcon them out again like they did with tank bullet and canon

I saw pics of Pinkie as Deadpool but is that chimichanga cherry stuff really a fan reference? I collected Deadpool up to Joe Kelly's run but I don't really recall the chimichanga stuff. Was it during Fabian's Cable and Deadpool issues? I don't even recall when the Bea Arthur stuff happened.

Have to question Applejack's representation of Honesty too. She wasn't being truthful, even wording technicalities.

Derpy's role hasn't changed. She's still our 'easter egg' character.