Grannies Gone Wild
"Grannies Gone Wild" | |
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode | |
Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 5 |
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Written by | Gillian M. Berrow |
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Original air date | April 14, 2018 |
Running time | 22 minutes |
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"Grannies Gone Wild" is the 5th episode of
"Grannies Gone Wild" features a
Plot
Background
Denny Lu and Mike Myhre directed the episode, with Jim Miller supervising.
Broadcast and reception
The episode aired on April 14, 2018, on Discovery Family. Corey Plante, writing for Inverse, thought negatively of its lesson, saying, "In some ways, Friendship Is Magic can be even more fucked-up than Rick and Morty."[3] Many writers found the cameos of Rick and Morty bizarre and unexpected. Dan Seddon of Digital Spy said that considering the significant tonal contrasts between the two shows, this cameo was not the same as other everyday ones.[5] From Comic Book Resources, Nicole Herviou stated that Friendship Is Magic is "the last animated series you'd expect" and "a rather random" place for the cameo, and it "seems like a really wild thing".[4] Plante found it especially strange since Rick and Morty is "fucked up".[3]
Fan response was polarised. Some people were offended by the thought of a children's animation presenting Rick and Morty in pony form as a joke. Others criticized them for complaining about how the wrong people evidently appreciated the same item as them and opted to pay homage to it in their work.[6]
References
- ^ "Grannies Gone Wild". My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Season 8. Episode 5. April 14, 2018. Discovery Family.
- ^ Berrow, Gillian M. [@gmberrow] (April 14, 2018). "Fun fact: I wrote part of GGW sitting poolside at the Mirage in Vegas. I randomly had to go there for something else & it worked out!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 9, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c Plante, Corey (April 16, 2018). "'Rick and Morty' Were in 'My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic,' Please Help". Inverse. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
- ^ a b c Herviou, Nicole (April 19, 2018). "Rick & Morty Just Appeared in the Last Animated Series You'd Expect". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
- ^ a b c Seddon, Dan (April 18, 2018). "Rick and Morty made a strange cameo in My Little Pony". Digital Spy. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
- ^ a b c Morrison, Matt (April 19, 2018). "Rick and Morty Cameo In My Little Pony". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
- ^ Mufson, Beckett (April 17, 2018). "Rick and Morty Made a Bizarre Appearance on 'My Little Pony'". Vice. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
External links
- "Grannies Gone Wild" at IMDb