A tribute to Spike superfan Tom Spiegel's epic rants and fandom drama in general. Whether you agree with him or not, I think you'll find his diatribes pretty entertaining. Although I poke fun, I'd agree there's a kernel of truth to a lot of what he says -- stemming from a variety of psychological factors that would be serious tl;dr territory to go into. Can you imagine if all the random Spike abuse was transferred to Fluttershy instead? People would be up in arms.

I kinda feel like a stalker for making this. Google+ was actually useful!

SOURCES:

MUSIC:

Andy Griffith Theme Song
Katrina & The Waves - Walking on Sunshine

CLIPS:

Bad Boys
China Town
"My Little Rock Band" Trailer" by Nick Ha
Bill O'Riley flips out
"Pony Parade" by OmegaOzone
Breaking Bad
Fake Cadance - Lady the Unicorn (see: My Kingdom for a Horse)
"The world's largest salt mine" by Toronto Star (Sifto Canada Corp)
Criminal Minds S8 E16
"You're Correct Horse" by Isaiah Salindong
[SFM Ponies] Doors - A Collaborative Effort
Saving Private Ryan
"Spike Parade" by OmegaOzone
Ryan Lochte Interview with Fox 29 Philly
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi
You're the Real MVP - Kevin Durant MVP Press Conference
"MLP S5 Teaser (Spring 2015) - Rarity Recap" by Hasbro
Daria - Looking Back in Annoyance
Cowboy Bebop

END ART:

Spike Used Adorableness... by QueenCold
spike and Donkey Talk by DiegoTan
Corrupted Harmony by HereticOfDune
Tyrant Sparkle by CarmelCube

Couldn't source the others. I found them on pinterest or random message boards. Search "epic spike" and you'll find them.

OTHER PICTURES:

Spike picture frame from the end of Dragon Quest
Donald Trump
Moondancer by SLB94
Twilight Sparkle by Sunmarline
A Confused Rarity by EMedina13
Twilight is Shocked by Noxwyll
Mr. Beaverton Beaverteeth by Mehoep
Happy Spike by TranquilMind
Spike Thumbs Up by Spyro4287
Cooling Spike by Yetione
Sad Spike Vector by SolemnCcruffy
Spike Crying by Iamcommando13

Text To Speech Programs:

Oddcast @ http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php
IVONA @ https://www.ivona.com/?__noscript=1
AT&T WIzzard @ http://www.wizzardsoftware.com/text-to-speech-sdk.php