Category: TV

Nostalgic Bookshelf snarkily recaps TV shows.

My Little Pony: The Magic Coins – Parts 3-4 (S01E33-34)

Posted on 9 April 201912 April 2019 by Dove

Dove recaps My Little Pony: The Magic Coins – Parts 3-4 (S01E33-34), wherein you can touch lava and run through fire. Try it at home! If Megan can do it, so can you!

My Little Pony: The Magic Coins – Parts 1-2 (S01E31-32)

Posted on 26 March 201912 April 2019 by bat

bat recaps My Little Pony: The Magic Coins – Parts 1-2 (S01E31-32) wherein magic has consequences (for once) but only where the plot says so.

My Little Pony: Little Piece of Magic (S01E30)

Posted on 12 March 201915 May 2019 by bat

bat recaps My Little Pony: Little Piece of Magic (S01E30), wherein Several Baby Ponies, who are only identified as such by their smaller statures and the fact they cannot speak proper grammatical English, spend the afternoon playing imagination games. Or are they really just some metaphorical acid trip?

My Little Pony: The Return of Tambelon – Parts 3-4 (S01E28-29)

Posted on 26 February 201912 April 2019 by Dove

Dove recaps My Little Pony: The Return of Tambelon – Parts 3-4 (S01E28-29), wherein the story has potential, but quickly dies out under Megan’s need to be the centre of the universe.

My Little Pony: The Return of Tambelon – Parts 1-2 (S01E26-27)

Posted on 12 February 201912 April 2019 by bat

bat recaps the first two parts of The Return of Tambelon, which turns out to be some magical castle town that exists in liminal space and is home to a villainous goat. Go figure.

My Little Pony: Sweet Stuff and the Treasure Hunt (S01E25)

Posted on 22 January 201912 April 2019 by Dove

Dove recaps My Little Pony: Sweet Stuff and the Treasure Hunt (S01E25) wherein Sweet Stuff can’t play with the others because she’s differently abled. And Dove gets insulted.

My Little Pony: Bright Lights – Parts 3-4 (S01E23-24)

Posted on 8 January 201912 April 2019 by Dove

Dove recaps My Little Pony: Bright Lights – Parts 3-4 (S01E23-24) and gets completely sidetracked by the constant rotation of ponies on this quest and the unsettling metaphor it may or may not be.

My Little Pony: Bright Lights – Parts 1-2 (S01E21-22)

Posted on 25 December 201812 April 2019 by bat

bat recaps My Little Pony: Bright Lights Parts 1-2, where a trio of Baby Ponies somehow get themselves backstage to hang out with a shifty rock star, whose boss steals their shadows. A none-too-subtle exploration of the abuses and crimes in the music industry. Except for the fact it’s a childrens cartoon from 1986 and an evil wizard is behind it all, this could be a life lesson for 2018.

My Little Pony: Puppy Pony – (S01E20)

Posted on 11 December 201812 April 2019 by bat

bat recaps My Little Pony: Puppy Pony – (S01E20) and this episode raises so many questions and has a lot of outfits!

My Little Pony: The Glass Princess – Parts 3-4 (S01E18-19)

Posted on 27 November 201812 April 2019 by Dove

Dove recaps My Little Pony: The Glass Princess – Parts 3-4 (S01E18-19), wherein the animation fails hard, Megan is insufferable, and Hasbro actually turn down the opportunity to merchandise a plot point.