26:58 It was stated. _Indirectly._ Watch the way burnt oak's facial expression and tone of voice change when he knows why the apples showed up, or the way Big Mac wants to know more stories about his dad and Burnt Oak tears up. Or how Mrs. Cake goes from a smile to a frown when Applejack mentions her mother. This episode is filled with many subtle cues about them being dead that thinking theyre anything but dead is ridiculous.

I guess Big Mac fell in love with Sugar Belle because her mane reminds him of his mom.

I know it's obvious, but i just wanted to point out that Applebloom has almost the exact same color scheme as Bright Mac, and Applejack got her hat from him

Despite the resentment Grand Pear had by refusing to acknowledge his daughter's marriage to her new husband, Granny Smith stepped in and accepted her new daughter-in-law in open arms. EDIT: It's tragic he never got to forgive her so many years later.

The way the parents friends talked about them is the way you talk about a dead friend or family.

27:05 - Wow, friggin' thank you. You're the first blind reactor to this episode who not only acknowledged, but addressed _immediately_, that you would be okay if the show didn't explicitly state that they were dead. I've seen SO many other reactions/reviews that nitpicked "But we STILL DON'T KNOW if they're dead!" I would think that several clues (the way the reminiscers address the parents in the past tense, "something to remember them by", etc.) would've made it obvious. :P

OMMMMMGGGGGGG Pear Butter was sooo adorable OMMMMGGGGGGGG Edit: Also I understand from where AJ got her cuteness from, from her mother.

Shatner was great, but don't forget about how good Felicia Day was as Pear Butter.

15:10 Silly Twilight you aren't a background pony.

"You're not eating the right kind of apples if an apple's sour to you." Maybe he's only tasted granny smith apples.

I'm not crying. My eyes are just sweating. Manly sweat. So fricken manly.

You know its sad for grand pear since that was prob the last time he saw his daughter.

In the seventh season, we learn about all the ponies families that have not appeared before. First about Rainbows parents and now about Apple Jucks parents and grandfather... :-)

I like to think that Grand Pear had contact with his daughter, but it was distant and civil. Emotionally cool. After all, he did seem to know the apple kids and what they looked like. It's why he gave Bloom a free jar of butter. Also, the trees are heavily implied to be the seeds they planted to seal thier vows.

It takes alot to make me cry, but this is one of the only two episodes that made me cry (the other one being Crusaders of The Lost Mark.) My mom passed away when I was 16 and it still hurts to this day and its been 10 years. I can't imagine not knowing who my mom was and I just had to rely on stories or pictures. This is in my top 5 favorite MLP episodes and one of my favorites in season 7

.I think most people cried because they went into this with the idea that the parents are most likely dead. I am included in this, so when Pear Butter started singing her song i balled because you could feel how strong her love was and in the back of my mind i pretty much knew they were dead in present time. The though of such a pair being dead set me into tears. Showing the tree in the end cemented it. Also this might be a rumor but i heard that in the comics, it says they were killed by Timberwolves. I also heard rumors that two of the cast has flat out confirmed they were dead.

Couldn't wait to see your reaction to this one. Never noticed her saying "Yup" before. Good catch. XD Overall a phenomenal episode that hit me in the feels many times.

Okay, so I've seen this episode like half a dozen or more times but it wasn't until this watch (not the first time I've watched this reaction either) that I noticed they got married in front of the rock where Bright Mac engraved their cutie marks! I love how there's so much detail in this show that you can still notice new things even after several viewings. Like Joshscorcher once put it, "one of the show's shining points is its subtlety. Seriously, the number of times you notice things you didn't before REALLY adds up.".

What is this season!? And I though 5 and 6 were good. Edit: 23:40 Holy crap, that's intense for this age rating! Also, I don't see how anyone can say that their parents are alive after this episode. All the ponies they talked to who knew them seemed a little sad, at least to begin with, and they all talked about them in the past tense. Plus, why would it be so awkward to bring it up, if they weren't gone?

i've seen this episode 4 freaking times and it still hits me like a bullet train. William Shatner did an amazing job as Grand Pear. this was an amazing reaction dude

two years since first seen the episode. and it is still an emotional trainwreck when i rewatch it

"How did they even do that?" Earth pony magic I say!

After watching this episode, it seems fitting that Applejack sang a song called The Seeds of the Past in A Hearth's Warming Tail.

I cryed...... 10 times now with every blind react I watch. It is just to beautiful. One of my fav moments is Big Mac asking if he could come back to hear more storys.

32:57 - yes, exactly. That's how *I* express my sadness too in this case: just letting it flow through me and embrace the beauty of the whole thing, not just start bawling.

God this episode....i love how they showed us that they were dead through visual clues whenever they were mentioned someone would start to cry and if they aren't dead then where could they be? They aren't the ponies to up and leave their kids I know that for sure!

11:38 "WE MUST COMIT SUDOKU RIGHT NOW!" I didn't know the apples were into number games XD

Note that the last time Granpear saw his daughter was when he disowned her. That's gotta leave a big impact in a change of emotion after suddenly receiving a letter informing that your daughter died. I know, they don't say it, but it's heavily implied.

this is just for all of y’all who still think they’re somehow still alive given how they talked about their parents in past tense and saying stuff like “if mom and and dad were here they would be so proud”. that’s stuff you would say about people or in this case pony when they’re dead. they obviously can’t say they’re dead cause kids show but with all the hints and the past tense talk they’re gone. if they were alive why would it be so hard to talk about the feud? why would it be so hard for mrs cake and mayor mare to bring up their parents? i see no evidence backing up the fact that they’re not dead other than the fact that they didn’t out right say it. it would be poor writing to make such a emotional episode talk about them as if they were dead and they just suddenly show up alive and well.

10:05 "That's a nice touch with Luna still being in the moon." It also gives you a sense for how much she missed out on by being gone all that time, not being around while so many stories like this one were unfolding.

I can't help laughing at him saying "we must go commit sedduku" instead of Seppuku lol

I remember tearing up when I saw the intertwined tree and the heart shaped gap made in between…

Trees don't typically grow that way, so you have to imagine that the apple family carefully tended to those trees...

Silly Luffy, you don't 'commit Sudoku,' you play it! Unless you're thinking of Seppuku, but then you usually do that for your own dishonour, not for your parents.' This episode is so beautiful, it makes an impossible Try Not To Cry Challenge.

You know, for Mrs. Cake's name being Chiffon Swirl, Chiffon is actually a type of cake! (Along with being a type of fabric) Cupcake could totally be a simple nickname by Mr. Carrot Cake if anything. Cute~ So, when she married him she became Chiffon Cake! It's delicious btw. Carrot cake too mmm 😋

Still waiting on that episode with the feud with the bears.

I know this is way late but. Something I read on another reaction to this episode is that the weeding was the last time Grand Pear saw his daughter alive but since he knew who they were it suggest that Buttercup had sent letters or even photos of them to him. Maybe she was writing letters every so often to keep him in touch with her family until he never got a letter again and finally worked up enough courage to go see his daughters kids.

I was so looking forward to your reaction to this episode, and I was not disappointed. This episode made me cry hard, especially when the song played. I lost my mom last September, so it really hit me hard. Trying to imagine never knowing what my mom was like, having to hear from other people what she was like. This is in my top 5 episodes, easily.

7:40 "They have an outhouse for a bathroom." And yet they do have indoor plumbing. Maybe the outhouse is just there for Granny because she's too stuck in her ways and won't use the more modern facilities.

Didn't want to be over hyped *proceeds to hype himself up* Love you man XD

The Saddest Part Is The Last Memory Of Grand Pear Is Being Disowned! That Got Me Grand Pear Might Die With Regret!

What is this? Two 6 Stars episode in a row? xD Good reaction man

wait- if ponies with horns (Unicorns) put rings on their horns to get married and ponies that are just ponies (Earth-Ponies) get married by planting seeds together, then how do Pegasuses get married-? 😅

The episode the fandom wanted, but was never ready for

This episode made me cry more then any other episode

This is a great episode. It's great learning about Applejacks' parents. The setup is interesting. The ending is fantastic.

For each reaction I go through, I seem to get more and more emotional. And heck, even if you didn't cry out, I did see you get emotional enough. The mood of this whole thing pretty much solidifies the fact that they are dead. Though, should they go ahead and explain how they died, they sure have a lot of fanfics to choose from. ;)

you and RarityDash said the same damn thing when Apple Bloom brought home the pear jam, that is freaking funny, almost died from that

Also, they specifically stated the tree was something to remember the parents by. If that doesn't mean they're dead...

People keep asking about the trees twisting. It is possible. My yard has an Oak and Pine growing together; almost as one tree. Trees also have been know to grow around things. In fact there are cases where people have left things like bikes against the tree and forgot about them; when they came by the old tree again after many years, the object was almost completely engulfed by the tree.

This episode made me cry my eyes out Because it was so touching

Must be about the tenth time I'm watching this. Yet it still makes me legit cry. That is quite an accomplishment.

Great reaction. I was really surprised to see that you weren't overwhelmed emotionally from this episode, just going off of some of your reactions in the past. I got tears in my eyes thinking about the episode even days later. Your reaction was the second time I've seen the episode since it aired early, and it still struck my heart just as much. I felt such great happiness from the beautiful love story. Adding to that the fact they were such fantastically kindhearted and nice ponies makes me so much more sad that they are gone.

12:51 Sam Elliot pony aren't you supposed to be helping Ghost Rider pony???

Ah Buttercup, the most adorable pony to ever exist.

16:18 "She is really cute as well." Looks like Windy Whistles has some competition in the attractive mom department!

I saw this episode a few dozen times now and I just noticed AJ has her hair in the same style as her mom. Nice touch

I'm subbing to you for many reasons. but one of those reasons is because of that Offspring beanie. You have good taste my good sir. XD

for me when they go back to talk to grand pear always brings me to tears that is if the song hasnt already done me in

Grand Pear tearing up and talking to the apple siblings made me drop a few tears. Mostly because family is something very precious to me and I come from a big one myself.

When I first learned that Grand Pear was voiced by William Shatner, I didn't believe it at first.

26:32 "The one thing I do wonder is... what happened next?" Although it's virtually certain that AJ's parents met an untimely death, we can take some comfort in knowing that they must have had at least a few good years together, going by the age difference between AB and her two older siblings.

I feel really sorry for the next episode having to follow after this one.

I wish we get more back story of Discord parents.

ITS LIQUID PRIDE

I gave a moment of a silence at the end of this reaction for Applejack, Applebloom, and Big Macintosh's parents. Rest in Peace.

I know by now this is old news, but in case you didn't know Lauren Faust herself that they are dead. In fact, they were meant to be dead from the very start.

26:19 the two trees were the seeds the two planted with there wedding vows.

Grand Pear is voice by William Shatner Pear Butter voiced by Felicia Day Bright Mac is voiced by Bill Newton Burnt Oak is voice by Bill Mondy Twilight is now a background pony since there is a lack of Twilight's Focus Episode in Season 7. Parent of Order: Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack

Over 30 viewings so far. The part that always chokes me up is the deep remorse and regrets of Grand 🍐 and the true beauty of the relationship between the two parents.

I’m surprised not many people realize how similar this is to Romeo and Juliet. Two rival families, one of each side falling in love with the other and having a secret wedding to seal their love. This is still one of my favorite episodes a year later jhhhhhhhhhhhh-

this episode never fails in making me cry

This episode just makes me always tear up and tugs at my heart. The Romeo and Juliet aspect of the parents love story was beautiful and the song was amazing. It really is a song that anyone in love can relate to. And the fact that they subtly say their parents are no longer there with them. It really tugs the heart when you realize Grand Pear never got to apologize to his daughter for leaving her during the wedding. Granny clearly holds this against him for years until the end of the episode. She let go of her hatred for Buttercup the moment she chose to be an apple, giving her the comfort of the Apple's home. It's great seeing how different the Pear's family is to the Apple's family

I'm still fangirling that my profile pic is in your room

The episode where EVERY brony and pegasister cried... I sure did.

Maud Pie smiling, Fluttercord the Episode, and now this are giving the cheeks one heck of a workout.

I loved the relationship between buttercup and bright mac, they were almost as cute as Trixie and Starlight! (Seriously I ship those two so hard they are adorable!!!)

11:34 my face when I get no brownies

At the 2016 Middle Equestrian Convention in Poland, My Little Pony character designer Kora Kosicka stated in response to a fan question that Applejack's parents are dead.

29:39 "I think I do know the reason why we were never given... any specifics on what might have happened *after* they got married... I think it's because nobody _needs_ to know." Indeed. It's more far more important to know how someone lived than to know how they died.

One of the best episodes by my side...

I think the guilt Grand Pear feels made him the nice pony he is at the start of the episode.

I love this episode! It is more then likely my second favorite episode of the series, my favorite being Amending Fences. (Amending Fences just hit me on a personal level). This kind of story isn't new, it basically is Romeo and Juliet. Star crossed lovers whose family can't stand each other. But it's just a plot point that may be so cliche it just works on so many levels. And for MLP FIM to blow this kind of plot out of the water for me and make it amazing; well that is just great to see. It made me cry so much the first time I had watched it, and even watching it now still gets me teary eyed/and even crying. The Apple parents are definitely dead, the hints before this episode with the series, the hints in this episode, plus the line they left something to remember them by, that just sells it to me. Plus everyone acted in a way that you would if someone you cared for was dead, yeah there's no denying it. Talking about old times, and the like. I can't see anyone having any doubt about them being gone after this episode. (Unless some people are just in denial). Such an amazing episode, love it so much! Great reaction and can't wait for more

Never could have guessed that it was Shatner if it weren't for the credits.

The trees were from the wedding seeds. When they planted their love.

This family war reminds me 3 chapter from Read Dead Redemption 2. Also there were both families and we had Romeo and Juliet.

Its so adorable how mutually aware they are of how strongly they feel for each other.

In another reaction to this episode. Someone commented that Grand Pear (don't know how the other version is spelled) means Grandfather in French

so yeah i kicked myself for missing this episode when it aired (saw it before i saw you react but still) this episode was so AMAZING D;

19:48 YES IT IS!!! I cry every time! 😢

This episode still makes me cry.

It's kinda funny, the first time I saw this it didn't affect me at all, but pretty much on every rewatch it's been like clockwork: as soon as Gran Pear says "I'm so sorry" my eyes start getting ever so slightly moist and I do this kind of stiffled sniffly-smile, and another wave hits at the very end with the camera panning away to Pear Butter's song. I think Shatner's acting and the music pretty much made this episode for me, in the end.

I also love that big mac is dating sugarbelle and she kind of has a similar look to his mom, some may think that's creepy but I find it sweet

The worst part is the implication that the last time he saw his daughter alive is when he was disowning her

26:16 Earth pony magic I guess

For a show that had to use hibernation to portray the stages of grief, I'd be amazed if we got a straight up deathbed scene

Somehow i'd missed that you'd uploaded this episode.

Your reaction was so cute !

Another special episode come and gone and my goodness this one is beautifully written! I love Bright Mac and Buttercup, they are wonderful characters(they are the sweetest little pony couple I ever did see) and I respect how their story was revealed to us in this fashion. Another fantastic episode from S7 and I'm looking forward to what's next!

Speaking of headcanons, here's one about Pear Butter and Grand Pear's interactions (or lack thereof) until Grand Pear moved back to Ponyville: fav.me/dbdvcxh Dr. Wolf has also dubbed it. ;w;