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Background Pony #C0BD
@Twi Clown  
Spike Greedity is level 9 colour yellow difficult Medium  
But Spike possessed by Discord, King Sombra is level 32 color Red difficult Extreme  
Example 1: Spikezilla-Gohan Ozaru King Sombra-Turles Flurry Heart-Icarus,Flurry heart calls to Spike Uncle Spike AND Spikezilla play with flurry heart, and king sombra attack to flurry heart saying Uncle Spike Help me, he turns normal but unconscious  
Example 2: with a machine of bluts wave Rarity turns discorded again and Spike turns into Spikezilla, here IS THERE to trouble, somebody put the switch on high(orange)(Rarity Discorded) and Extreme(Red)(Spikezilla) but this effect for 3 hours but these effects will end in 5 minutes, 5 minutes later Spike is unconscious but Rarity No just exhausted without losing consciousness.
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@Frustration in Excelsis  
Agreed. I always liked QC’s version of a “real” adult Spike by taking the greed form as basis but improving it.
 
…except for the, uh, lack of wings of course. But that’s not a problem anymore.  
I guess the somewhat long/thin neck looks better if the dragon has wings, but for me it looked so akward on a wingless dragon like greed Spike. On the other hand, I wouldn’t mind if his real adult form’s build was similar to Torch’s for example. He’s got the long yet robust neck fit for a burly/tough dragon like him and greed Spike.
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@Background Pony #84B0  
That being said, I do wish his true adult form (if we ever see it) is somewhat muscular like this one, but I hope the face and neck are different. In some shots his neck looks way too thin for his wide torso.
 
I think the adult form I’d most prefer, at least from a purely visual standpoint, would be a winged and somewhat less “bestial” version of Spikezilla – a jawline that isn’t quite as bulky and squared, more regular back scales and a less jagged and angled head crest, mainly, but otherwise maintaining the general bulk he had in “Secret of My Excess”.
 
Sort of like how QueenCold depicts him, I suppose, but winged:  
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@Daneasaur  
Dude, just let it go. Green Induced Bigness as it was called, is already confirmed to be an unnatural condition that has nothing to do with true development. Many people theorized this was the case, and they were right. It was the show’s way of quickly addressing that his adult form in Secret of my Excess, wasn’t the real one.
 
That being said, I do wish his true adult form (if we ever see it) is somewhat muscular like this one, but I hope the face and neck are different. In some shots his neck looks way too thin for his wide torso.
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They were able to sweep a few questions under the rug due to Spike growing up with ponies his whole life… and it’s pretty much been by his choice ever since Dragon Quest. Arguably his experience with Garble gave him a negative impression of his own kind and while relationships with the dragons have improved since Ember became Dragon Lord, he hasn’t expressed a great desire to learn about things like the molt.
 
Ember reiterated for us in Triple Threat that dragons aren’t usually all that great about feelings, so having Smolder give the exposition worked in this case. She’s young and getting used to being around other friendly species, and isn’t as afraid to share her thoughts about it. At the same time, she comes across as a bit jerky about what Spike is going through, because she had been growing up around dragons her whole life, and when it was her time to molt, there were likely no dragons coddling her.
 
Spike and Twilight didn’t know anything about how the molt was supposed to work, and that wings would be the result. Even Spike’s stupid sexy dream form that appeared in Dog and Pony Show, Princess Spike, and Do Princesses Dream had no wings because he (or the writers) probably just never considered it.
Background Pony #E54E
@Daneasaur  
So?
 
Spike not being physically unique isn’t really a problem for his character development or even the day-to-day life.
 
Unless Smolder develops a sudden need to become Twilight’s full-time assistant and decides to replace Spike for no reason.
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@Spikey  
I’m inclined to believe he would either look more muscular (male, all the work he does) or chubbier (his spare time is generally spent loafing around and eating).
 
So it could go either way.
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@Daneasaur  
Actually there’s a chance it will be even more different than that due to his adult/big form having been shown 2 different times with two different designs(In the cutie mark chronicles when young Twilight’s magic makes baby Spike huge and adult looking, and of course in secret of my excess the one everyone more commonly talks about) in the case of my honest belief I think his true adult design will be around medium size and a more slim/lean design with dull-ish spines rather than a his more strong looking Greed form. (In his teens I believe he’ll look either like Smolder or Mina, maybe a midpoint between both)
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Pretty sure adult Spike will look like he did in Secret of my Excess, but with wings and retaining his sapience and good nature.
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@Daneasaur  
The only meaningful thing I see from using greed teen Spike is he literally wouldn’t be able to ride Twilight anymore. Ultimately though, nothing really changes. After the newness wears off, people would realize Spike is still doing the same things he’s always doing.
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@Background Pony #4D2D  
Most folks would have been happy with his lanky “teen” form as it’s visually different. The molt didn’t even give him a new scale pattern, which was actual pretty cool before he shed the chrysalis and went back to “baby smooth” skin textures.
 
That part especially disappoints me, because the wings can easily be forgotten or randomly added in cuts.
 
 
Background Pony #3603
@Daneasaur  
What would be a meaningful change to his physical body? He gets gills and learns he is some water dragon? Gets a slightly longer body and learns he’s some Eastern dragon? I honestly don’t think there is anything that can be done with his physical body that will lead to a meaningful change compared to changing his role and interactions with other characters. And Smolder and Ember are irrelevant to those factors.
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@Background Pony #4D2D  
What I’m saying is that nothing has changed.
 
Spike got a change, but it really means nothing, when they could have done many things, such as tying Skorpan to the origin of his egg, making him a different species of dragon, so on and so forth.
 
But that is now nothing but dust in the wind and nothing has changed.
Background Pony #3603
@Background Pony #4D2D
I’ve disliked Smolder once I became aware of Spike getting wings.
Why? Because Spike has had the issue that for many episodes to star him, it’s either about him being a buffoon (just for sidekicks) or making everyone else on the cast mentally retarded in order for Spike to have something unique he can bring to a situation (equestria games).
The fans begged and asked for Spike to mature, to get a mark of something that he was not a “baby”. Youthful? Sure, but not incompetent as, when he’s not the focus, he’s astounding.
Spike was a blank check due to his background. But they decided wit hthe easy shortcut and give him wings to make him “like every other dragon”. Well I suppose that is okay since he’s living in Ponyville and is friends with ponies and…
Oh wait, the same season that brought Spike wings also brought in another dragon… Who, as we now know, is around the same age as Spike and is nearly double his size and anything Spike could do, Smolder can do better. I mean, unless you’re talking about shelving books and doing housework.
Thus, with Smolder present and Spike getting wings, it largely effects nothing and means nothing, which is the OPPOSITE the fans wanted.
 
I don’t understand what exactly did you want of Spike instead? To grow taller and get a more pronounced snout? To have a very special backstory of his egg and parentage? Like I don’t see what it matters. And I’m not getting your beef with Smolder either. I doubt Smolder is getting any episodes separate from her Young 6 group and she certainly isn’t going to get closer to the Main 6. So how exactly does her existence nullify Spike?