Blind Reaction: MLP FIM Season 8 Episode 18 "Yakity-Sax"

As a neurodivergent person who also has depression pinkies attitude actually made sense to me- a lot of people who have ADHD or Autism often will latch onto a certain thing and if it's for some reason taken away it can feel DEVASTATING no matter how small it feels to anyone else- of course she's just a cartoon pony and I shouldn't overthink it but she has so many signs of neurodivergency, and I love her bc of it

12:23 Rainbow Dash helping Pinkamena bake some cupcakes is now a canon occurrence. The writers know exactly what they're doing, don't they?

The thing that struck me the most about this episode is how much of Pinkie's sisters shines through in her when she's depressed like this. You've got the hair and some of the demeanor of Marble with the reserved and emotionless attitude of Maud. Even some of Limestone shines through in her looks and the occasional outburst of anger. Really shows how they're related and come from the same place but how Pinkie has also radically changed her life compared to the others, but so much of that is just a front.

"Gummy! Where is Pinkie Pie?! You had ONE job!"

"What is life? Are our passions so interchangable? When one focuses on one aspect of interest, do the others lose their luster? Is the gator forever alone in his appreciation of the pink horse's yovidaphone playing? What is music? Is the cacophony of those around me any better or worse than the pink one's instrument? As with art, perhaps music to one is noise to another and the expression of the artist is truly what matters.

Now, I must lick my eye."

Pinkie eating ice cream is like me when I eat chocolate/sweets to drown my sorrows.

I was suprised to find Pinkie couldn't play the yuridaphone being that she's so good at playing every other instrument.

So the only reason why Pinkie Pie was so miserable that her friends told her that she couldn't play the Yovidaphone which is why she lost her pink mane, then she got it back because she's happy to play the Yovidaphone after she was convince by her friends to not stop playing the Yovidaphone even those she's bad at it still. I guess her friends realise that the only way to make her happy again is staring at them all along (Yovidaphone) and didn't thought about that in the first place.

Pinkie pie appreciation party? PPAP, pen pineapple apple pen! 😂🖋️🍍🍏🖋️

This episode was really, really hated. I can see why. The damage and disturbances Pinkie was causing was the main issue, but how good Pinkie was at playing was treated as the issue. They talked to her about the wrong thing and it was never brought up. The episode even ended with that not being acknowledged, so Pinkie is just going to go back to doing that, so the conflict acted like it was resolved, but it never was. That caused a huge disconnect with the audience the whole way through, because it's so easy for a viewer to pick up on. I don't understand how this slipped past the writing staff. Plus, it seems kind of out of character for Pinkie to be so upset that she wasn't good at an instrument that, as Maud said, "her life had no meaning". If her life has suddenly changed so that a musical instrument is their sole source of joy, and even throwing parties and making ponies happy, the thing she loves more than anything, now has no meaning, I need an explanation on how that came to be. Plus, a hobby is unhealthy when you get this obsessed over it. Pinkie's love for the yovidophone seemed more like an addiction than a hobby.


Well, although I don't like this episode, your reaction made it significantly better. And the good news is, right after this episode are a TON of great ones. Nearly every episode this season after this episode got a 5 star rating from me.

Rainbow those cupcakes were missing their secret ingredient. >:)

5:35 I completely understand why they're crying. I have upstairs neighbors who stomp all day and all night like their storming the beaches of Normandy, and then sometimes jackhammering goes on outside very early in the morning. The yovidophone sounds like all of that combined, concentrated into a WMD. I... I would cry too. ;(
6:04 Pinkie probably would, but she lives above Sugarcube Corner, so I think Mrs. Cake probably threatened to kick her out or raise her rent or something.

I can agree that Pinkie's sudden obsession with the yovidophone was odd, but I viewed more as a tool used to show a side of her we don't get to see a lot of: Depression.


As someone who has suffered from depression on and off my whole life, I can fully see how what Pinkie does is entirely IN character. Depression isn't just being really sad, like some people seem to think, it can cause an entire shift in your personality, and make you say, think and even DO things you would normally never do. You lose all motivation and enjoyment in the things that you do.


PLUS, I should say, I have never viewed it as being the loss of the yovidaphone that upset Pinkie: I viewed it as the sudden understanding that something she loved doing was hurting her friends, a thing which WOULD push Pinkie over the edge like this.


Could the episode have been written better? Certainly. Does it deserve all of the hate it gets? Not as far as I'm concered, no.

Rainbow dash and pinkie baking **CUPCAKES**😧

11:00 See, it's moments like these that make me all the more convinced she's part draconequus. Her feelings are actively warping reality around her!

(And I'm only half joking. That explanation of her Pink Party Pony Powers still fits better than any other I've seen.)

"Is there a term for female and male yaks, like there is with stallion and mare?"
Yeah, smasher and smashee. ;)

It's awful when friends takes away your passion.

Also, "Yakkity Sax" is the name of the Benny Hill 'chase music' which they've used a sound-alike of a couple times in the show.

Applejack: “Remember how it worked out when you weren’t honest with Celestia about her acting abilities?”

Me: Exactly. We don’t need another repeat of that incident, Twi.

17:17 "Why is that out of control?"
Maybe it's a reference to something from g3? Something holiday-themed?

The title is a reference to the music Yakety Sax, which fits a Pinkie episode

There really were quite a few contentious episodes this season, and there are still more to come; this season probably has the most of any. It's still strange to think about. I mean, who would have thought a show about pony friendship could have such controversy?

Wow, you and Luffyiscool are the only two reactors that actually relatively enjoyed this episode. Everyone else DESPISED this one more than even Non-Compete Clause.

5:36 ponybro:why are they crying me:because there baby animals

I have quite a bit to say about this episode.

It was suggested by some people that Pinkie not be allowed to play in public or have twilight put her in the bubble of silence. And i disagree with both of those options because regardless of whether her playing was good or bad taking away her freedom to practice in a public area or locking her away while everyone in else the town is allowed to play music in public regardless of how they sound wouldn't be right especially since there are a bunch of episodes that show a pony playing in public (Like Blue Note from "The fault in our cutie marks").

Some fans also say that Pinkie just went out of her way to bother the rest of the mane 6 to which i disagree with that as well. Pinkie could very well of asked Rarity if she could play for her and rarity said yes wanting to be supportive. Or When she murdered Applejack's product she could have been going somewhere to play with no one around or even returning from the area where she was solo playing and the road leading through AJ's farm could have been the only way to or from there (Pinkie also had her eyes closed during that entire scene).

My only guess for the wonderbolt scene is that she wanted to show support for RD but i blame the stadium's rules & security because they allowed her to go into the stadium with that instrument just like how they allowed RD's parents in there fireworks to shoot into the show. Finally for the Fluttershy scene Pinkie could have just been walking by her house until she saw fluttershy and decided she would play for her before she went to bed not knowing that she had sleeping animals in her home because of where she was. (Pinkie also once again shut her eyes before she could see fluttershy telling her not to play).

Is this a great episode? Nope. Is it a terrible episode? No. This episode could have been better but it also could have been a million times worse in my opinion. Overall i wouldn't put it anywhere near my top 100 episodes of the series.

Good thing i decided to stay at home this day...

I think part of the problem is that Pinkie was not only oblivious to the damage she was causing, but she thought she was getting good and was oblivious to her own shortcomings in her playing. Maybe she thought she was spreading joy by playing in public. I agree with others that this episode wasn't great. The writing needed more polishing, as it seemed kinda scattered.

Do you have plans to react to any other series after you finish MLP? I’d love to see your reactions to Steven Universe if you haven’t seen it!

Aaaaah it sounds like bagpipes after an order of Taco Bell!

Wow!! That was the episode I considered the worst in the series and you still think it was good!
Nothing will make you dislike MLP.

I know some people don't think it is that bad. It's just my opinion, and I understand if you say you like it. It's an MLP episode after all.

1:45 "I'm likin' that view on the bottom left."
Was that visual enough to distract you from the terrible audio?

This episode is my least favorite of the series, and I am not the only one who thinks so. Anyway, from now on we are going on a streak of good episodes all the way into season 9.

0:52 Do you even lift, bunny?

This has the second worst instrument playing in a cartoom

Is it weird how every season the most important episodes always happen with the same number like s4 ep 4 or 14 or s5 ep15 or 5 weird and pretty much every other season

What do you prefer? Jump into the Lava or heard Pinkie play yovidophone all day long?



Me, I choose the Volcano

I didn't like this episode. The first third seems disconnected from the other two thirds. Pinkie Pie is not at her best. The ending is weird.

Oh yeah, and now this abomination of an episode. NO THANKS! I think I’ll pass.

This is my least favorite episode of the whole show.

One of the weakest episodes of Season 8. Just couldn’t find anything good out of it.

This is the worst episode in the series.