Okay just finished A Friend in Deed. Yet another good episode with some great moments for Pinkie Pie and probably one of the best "characters of the day" with CDD. Also that one clip of Rainbow Dash reading one of the Daring Doo books was a nice touch, really help to show her growth as a character.

On that note Rainbow Dash definitely is the character that has grown the most over the course of the series thus far and I appreciate the fact that the animators (and to a lesser extent the writers) took the time in the episode to further reinforce it. It's a small touch, but an effective one.

Also I love this bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTvY7jBsXIM

Ooh! What did you think of the song?

Honestly? I've had it pretty much on infinite loop since before I even watched the episode... So come on everypony smile, smile, smile! Fill my heart up with sunshine, sunshine. All I really need's a smile, smile, smile from these happy friends of mine! :D

Cool!

I was one of the few people who didn't watch it when it got leaked a week early.

I didn't either!

Anyway, Dash certainly does experience growth. You can see the fruits of her development in Hurricane Fluttershy (Also the episode that features the two worst beings ever put to animation).

Well, I first heard it through this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp32TigGfZk

That's one hell of a way to be introduced to that song :lol

I thought so too. :lol

Uh, no. There are MUCH worse things put to animation.

I do like her character growth though.

Indeed. :lol

There may be worse things, but they're top 5, definitely. :p