We open our episode with the Mane 6 in Twilight's McGuffin Playhouse, and everyone gets a line to re-establish there characters. Then they all sit on their thrones and...BOOM! Butt map! If I was Littleshy, I could say...'"Roll Credits!'," but of course I'm not, because I can't have nice things. Oh, and Butt Map is also a GPS showing Twilight and Company they need to go to....Our Town. The name of this place is never said. I'm calling it Plot Town. And Spike disappears....to have a social life with Big Mac. I'll ignore the bit about girls hating sports because this is great development for him. Anyways.....They take a train....to no station, because stations are for background ponies! No offense! And then they see....Plot Town! Pinkie tries the spy approach, and we resort to the phrase: "'It's Pinkie Pie, don't question it'". Pinkie remarks what I bet everyone(at least I was)is thinking: "'Those smiles just aren't natural'". Because Pinkie wants you to smile(unless you're part of a cult). Then we get interactions with the townsfolk, who are all NPCs. No, seriously. Did they remind anyone else of NPCs? Just me? Anyways....We get a real Kingdom Hearts moment. Oh, I guess there are PCs, too. And we meet the villain......Aria. Wonder where the other one is. Probably in some music video. Then we get a catchy song....With some SERIOUSLY CREEPY LYRICS!!!! WHY DON'T YOU DREAM?!?! WE SEE THE MANE 6 SLEEPING IN THE BRAINWASHING CHAMBER, SO IT'S NOT GETTING YOUR CUTIE MARK REMOVED!!!! ANSWER ME!!! Anyways, I'm gonna need some serious humor to get over that....And I got Pinkie being abused. Seriously, I know she has the strongest stomach, and those muffins are infected with viruses, but you guys couldn't have eaten one?! Real good friends....It was pretty funny though. And then we have one of a couple(a lot) of moments where I'm screaming at the TV to "'SHOOT HER/HIM/THEM!!! TWILIGHT, YOU'RE A UNIOCORN/ALICORN!!!! JUST SHOOT HER/HIM/THEM AND IT WILL ALL BE OVER!!!!!'" But no, she doesn't, so we can have the episode. And in this case, I guess it's ok, because they're the Plot Ponies. No, really. They like touching plots. And we get some exposition regarding the 'Staff of Sameness'. Wow, now I see why it took them almost A YEAR to come up with. So, the Mane 6 decide to take a trip to the Cutie Vault. We see some of the weirdest cutie marks ever, and then Twilight realizes it's a trap. You know those moments I mentioned? The ones where I'm screaming. Yeah, this is one of them. And not just that. She doesn't try teleporting out, or turning them into oranges, or...anything. But that's not my biggest problem. Her friends just WATCH HER CUTIE MARK GET RIPPED FROM HER BODY!!!! Some friends you guys are. Then Staria Glimmer takes the rest of their cutie marks. So then we cut to a brainwashing chamber, trying to get them to give up their morals and join Plot Town's cult. You know, for kids! We have each one of our characters morning their lost talents....Except Pinkie. Pinkie's just turning into Pinkamina. That's scarier than the brainwashing chamber and the cult. Twi has the bright idea to send in Fluttershy as a spy. Good job Twilight, you are now the Prinecess of Bad Ideas. For initiation, Flutters has to rat out the three ponies who told the group they missed their cutie marks. A stallion named Party Favor takes the blame. Party Favor is best pony. So then Flutters spies on Staria and finds that she's kept her cutie mark, which I hear is obvious to anyone with good vision. I do not have good vision. Flutters hatches a plan, and Twlight decides to pretend to be converted, leaving Flutters to throw water at Staria. Twi, I love you, but you are now the Princess of REALLY BAD IDEAS. Flutters obviously fails, but Staria gets her flank wiped, and everyone disregards the dictionary. Here's another one of those moments I talked about. Twi tries to give a speech about friendship instead of shooting the cult leader, but Staria ain't having it, and runs off into her home. Plot Town gets their cutie marks back, but Flutters remembers that Staria still has the Mane 6's marks. They break into her home only to see that Staria has escaped through a secret passage, which is smart on it's own, but I have to nitpick it. Staria, I'm sorry, and you're still an awesome villain, but you couldn't spare THREE SECONDS to cover your tracks?!?! Really baby, if you had, you would've gotten away with everything. Ug, I feel like a bad person for doing that. So, we see the Mane 6.....having to rely on others to get their cutie marks back. I love it! Forget what I said about background ponies, stations are for Flash Sentry! One amazing chase scene later, our heroines have their cutie marks back....ano Staria escapes. Reoccurring villain, anyone? The Mane 6.....let her go so they can party? You're right, I'm grasping at straws. So...that's the Cutie Map. Personally, I loved this episode. It has a great moral, a chance for each character to shine(though Pinkie and Flutters steal the show), a villain who I'd not taken down by her own ego, a chance for background ponies to shine, and overall changing the formula. While it does have a few major flaws, they don't take away from the fun of the episode. It keeps it's energy up from beginning to end, which I know is hard to do. Good job writers, cookies for everyone! I'm Phoenix Flight, and this is my first review, so be gentle, please.