Reviews

If you're looking for a children's program that focuses on personal development over romance/coupledom, you will want to skip some episodes. After a quick review, some episodes seem more like 7+ (I've discussed those below). The others are all about the ponies living a "normal" life with their friends and siblings.

One episode ("Lemonade Wars") shows Bon Bon going on a date with Ace, but he is just doing it to steal a secret recipe from her.

"Roll Around the Clock" is about Lancer and Bright Eyes liking each other but being too shy to ask the other out. Lancer's friends say "If you want something, you have to go get it!" referring to Bright Eyes, which seemed like weird wording, and she is referred to as a "sure thing," I guess because she's a nerd? Cringe. Lancer is encouraged to neg her in order to get her to go out with him, and Bright Eyes is dolled up by her friends, but ultimately they learn about just being themselves around who they like. Not a bad message, but seems too mature for really young girls and is very dated in execution.

In "Bon Bon's Diary," Teddy tries to blackmail and coerce Bon Bon into a date. She ultimately forgives him and decides to date him anyway. Ugh, no!

"Just for Kicks" is about Starlight having a crush on Ace, who is full of himself. He is a jerk to her, laughing when he covers her in mud and being really rough and dismissive with her during sports. Another pony hits him in the face with the ball after this. Ace also pouts when Starlight gets the winning point of a game, but then suddenly shows up at her job to hang out and acts sweet and admiring out of nowhere. It's kind of just a weird episode overall.

The other episodes are all pretty innocent, with nothing to scare kids and little-to-no violence.