Poll MLP:FIM S09E18 - "She Talks To Angel" (Spoilers)

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Episode Name: "She Talks To Angel"
Air Date: August 31st, 2019 @ 10:30 AM (ET)

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Summary: "When Fluttershy and Angel Bunny's relationship hits the skids, Zecora gives them a potion to help them understand each other."

Ruminations: **NOTE: This episode has been released early, as have episodes 19 through 26 (with 22 to 26 from the Netherlands). If you haven't seen those yet, there will be spoilers all over the internet, so watch out!

Anyway, we've waited ages to see something come about between Fluttershy and Angel Bunny, or at the very least we want to know what is up with that psychotic bunny. Now maybe we can get to the root of just what makes him tick, and whether or not he's going on a one way rocket ride to the moon. Sorry, wishful thinking on my part.

 

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In this episode the plot is kind of straightforward in how it unfolds. Essentially, Fluttershy and Angel bunny are having a tiff because Angel thinks Flutters is ignoring him, while Flutters simply doesn't have the time she needs to cater to his wants, since she runs the sanctuary and it takes all of her energy just to get it done day after day.

After a failed predator/prey friendship meeting, where she attempts to get the predators to stop trying to eat the prey, and Angel spends his time making a nuisance of himself, they go to see Zecora, who gives them a potion to take together. Angel, unwilling to wait until they are back at home, takes it while they're still in town and Fluttershy quickly takes it so the effect isn't wasted. As a result, they switch bodies. We can hear Angel through Fluttershy's voice, and Fluttershy is resigned to pantomime and gesticulation.

Fluttershy signals that she's going to get help from Zecora, while she uses the Stare to get Angel to take care of her chores while she's gone. Surprisingly, the Stare works, which means it's a trait endemic to Fluttershy herself, as perhaps a talent she's learned. That done, she heads off to Zecora's hut. Meanwhile, AngelShy shows up at the preserve and sets about half-*yay*ing Flutters chores, and generally slacking off, ignoring the needs of the animals.

Meanwhile, FlutterBunny has made it to Zecora, after a harrowing trip through the Everfree forest, and Zecora indicates that the cure is once both creatures apologize to one another, that will end the body swap.

Back at the preserve, the snake has attempted to snack on the baby elephant, and it begins a domino effect of disastrous proportions. By the time FlutterBunny has returned from Zecora's, every creature is trying to find a way to save the baby elephant and also rescue FlutterBunny, who has collapsed from exhaustion. The vet says concentrated carrot juice will do it, but it's locked in the storage closet. Where's the keys? In the trunk of the baby elephant currently sitting inside a snake that tried to eat it.

With some ingenuity, AngelShy finds a way to save the baby elephant, which makes it possible to retrieve the keys (there should always be a second set of keys, folks!), and makes it possible for the vet and AngelShy to retrieve the concentrated carrot juice, which seems to have some kind of rejuvenative properties.

FlutterBunny wakes up, and her and AngelShy have a heart to heart talk where they realize they care about each other, and didn't know how hard it was to be the other. They promise to help each other out, and apologize, hugging. The body swap takes place and all is back to normal, with the two working to make good on their promises.

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This was a fairly cute episode. It was interesting to finally hear and see Angel bunny's personality played out where we could fully understand. It seems he's kind of a selfish, self-centered jerk (this is not news), but ultimately cares for Fluttershy.

We see how Fluttershy mediates things between predators and prey, which is something I've been curious about for a while. In this case, Flutters tries to convince the predators to eat carrots instead? Not sure that's going to work, and I'm sure the vet would agree.

It was also good to see Zecora again before the end of the series, and her little fire gecko was pretty cool. This one gets a B-.