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CoffeeHorse

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That phone notification sound actually hurts me now. I need a vacation so bad.

Zipp's placeholder voice is... interesting.


Pipp's nervous giggle is amazing. How DARE Hasbro leave that sound on the cutting room floor.

She's melting down. How could Hasbro cancel a Pipp freakout episode?

WHY WOULD YOU CUT THE MUSIC OFF RIGHT THERE? I'm so unsatisfied.

Dragons haven't embraced technology yet. Good for them.

They were definitely planning on sinking some extra animation budget into this scene.

Pip wet hair. There are people in Hollywood getting paid a lot of money to make sure soaked characters aren't already totally dry in the next shot, and then they don't do their job at all. TYT put it right in the storyboards.

1st floor ceiling. They wanted to make sure they kept the layout of the Brighthouse consistent.

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Oof. This is in a rough state. No music or sound effects yet.

Yeah. I've had some mornings that busy.

Oh dear. Misty's hit the stage where inanimate objects start talking to her.

Well, there is this mirror pool near the ruins of Ponyville...

Storyboard artists need more recognition. It's amazing how much movement they can convey with these limited frames. The comic book industry desperately needs this kind of talent.

I mean, what could go wrong? If these Misty copies screw up their assigned activities, is anypony going to notice?

... Well this episode answered my question surprisingly quickly.

Does nothing happen in Zephyr Heights anymore? Literally nothing? These news ponies seem to cover Maretime Bay nonstop.

Actually, this disaster isn't that bad. I was expecting each Misty copy to do one task in perpetuity, but no. When they agree to a new task, both the copy and the new copycopy both switch to the new task.

This frame with Dahlia is a masterpiece.

Longtime Allsparklers may wonder. I feel very differently about this than I did about the Mirror Pinkie Massacre 2000. These copies show no signs of sentience or personality.

I would agree to the buffet. I'm very hungry.
 

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I mean... they did basically a 1:1 of every episode where fluttershy had to learn confidence, but it was misty learning to not be a ******* door mat. Which is still a good lesson. Even good, well meaning people will abuse and monopolize your time and energy if you can't set boundaries for your self.
 

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It's an important lesson, with a very important nuance people do tend to struggle with. Maybe you don't really have an excuse. It's still okay to say no. You just don't want to. That's enough.
 

wonko the sane?

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Remember folks: You don't owe an explanation. You don't owe a justification. "No" is a complete sentence.
 

ZakuConvoy

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Here's a interesting animatic. It's for a episode we've already seen a LONG time ago, but in a slightly different form.

Here's the original episode, just for comparison's sake:

And commentary:
They cut Posey! Posey's rage is justified count...1! Posey will be speaking to her agent!

Also, the "scout master" seems to be a original character, instead of Windy. Scout! Huh. I'm assuming this saves on making a new model. Can't blame them, but it's a interesting change.

Also, they cut the rain in the woods. Which might be more of a "budget" or "time" thing, I guess. Still, Scout, Posey and the raincloud will be unionizing!

They also cut the moment where Sunny lost her sash and Izzy gives it back to her. Not much was lost here. I have no sympathy for the scout sash losing it's spot in the limelight.

Otherwise, this is mostly the same episode as what we got. But, it's kind of interesting to see what was originally envisioned and what had to be cut for time or budget reasons.
 

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"New episode" time! Jump in! The water's fine!

SEAPONEIES!

Oh, is this someone's birthday? How embarrassing, you got cancelled before you could celebrate it.

It is ALWAYS a good time for cheese puffs. They don't hold up very well underwater, though. I should know...

How does Izzy even KNOW her seapony-friend's birthday? Have they been pen pals off-screen this entire time?

Pipp knows how to treat herself for other people's parties.

Screaming in panic IS a pretty decent vocal warm-up exercise.

Well, Izzy planned this party. I guess everyone better be prepared to be covered in glitter and/or food by the time the day ends.

Riding in style! Mollusk Motors ALWAYS provides!

I feel like that isn't enough air for all day. But, what do I know?

Is that Mario music in the background?

"It's SO beautiful!" We really missed out on this episode. *pouts*

Destiny! They're so happy to see each other! So cute!

Good thing Pipp invests in the heaviest-duty waterproof phone cases around!

Cue the Makeover song!

Did she just take a bite out of that shell!? Okay, do NOT mess with the seaponies.

Who needs planning, when you can just MacGyver a gift anywhere you go?

Sea creatures are ALWAYS willing to help you find shells! You get a pretty object, and they get lunch! It's win-win!

Okay, I assume the line of jellyfish would have blinked towards the shell for Zipp. That could have been cool.

Wait, Zipp sounds like her regular voice actress in this one. I guess the voice actress made it into work for this one?

What are the chances of Misty's pearl ending up being cursed? Being this is MLP, I give it a 50-50 shot.

"It's still cute though, right? OH YEAH, it is!" Okay, this is just a cute Pipp moment.

The Happy Birthday Song transcends all cultures and realities! It is a multiversal constant that CANNOT be denied!

How'd the cake last that long? And where did it even come from?

Wait, it's not just a necklace? It's a...Shell Phone?! (Bum-ba-dum-tish). Okay, Izzy's growing in skill and power!

Okay, the sea-weed crown is less cute out of the water. But, still kinda cute!

The Whale: "Wait, you forgot your goody bag! Come back!"

Okay, I'm glad we got this one. It gives us a LITTLE closure on the whole Izzy/Destiny relationship thing the special set up, but never got a chance to follow up on.
 

CoffeeHorse

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They were getting good at writing Izzy...

It's amazing how animated Pipp is in animatic form.

This submarine makes so much more sense than the roller coaster. We never did get an explanation for that.

These bubble helmets on the other hand... nah they still make more sense than the roller coaster.

Pipp's phone is saved. Disaster averted.

Arrows suggest the ponies were supposed the paddle in place instead of just lazily floating there. This was going to be a beautiful episode.

I'm not going to miss G5 music.

Stingrays get a bad rap because of what that one did, but they can actually be very friendly fish. I've met a few.

Seriously, what happened to Equestria's wildlife?

I can't tell what Sunny's eating.

Even Izzy didn't prepare a gift ahead of time. Shame. I guess her powers require spontaneity, but I could not handle living like that.

The cake. :(

"Get it?" "... No."

Aww, Sunny spinning in a circle was going to be cute.

Cocks should never live this down even if he does turn around Hasbro's finances.
 

ZakuConvoy

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Time for a late Christmas present!
"Anything strange needs to be reported right away" Oh Zipp...you have no idea the floodgates you've just opened. "Anything strange"...in THIS town?

"If you see something, say something" I, for one, welcome our Orwellian Pony Police State! Big sister is watching you...and little sister too!

Posey is taking this as a personal challenge.

Having breakfast in the community garden...when will you stop setting yourself up for hijinks, Posey? You know how this town is. Why do you do this to yourself?

Kiwi-Payas...sounds like a good recipe for a smoothie...but kind of horrifying as an individual fruit. These Freak Fruits continue to haunt me.

Looks like...a COLD'S going around! *Puts on sunglasses* *CSI YEAAAAH*

Pipp is HERE for the mystery and drama!

So, Allura's stealing food...like the sneaky hobo she is.

SPOOKY mysteries! Pipp could not be more in!

Even in animatic form, we cannot escape the mantras.

Oh, come on! Pipp would totally follow her, even if Zipp does tries to ditch her.

Puddles! Hopefully, they left Cloudpuff at home!

"Oh, that horrible trama of being mind controlled! What a bother that was!"

"No, wait, don't try to solo the raid boss, at least get some backup! Oh, she's already gone." Zipp is really Leeroy Jenkins-ing this.

I sense a theme of Zipp not accepting backup when she could really use some.

Okay, Allura did the little tail-curl thing with Zipp. The Shippers will have a field day with this.

Why would Allura even bother to deny this? We've established that they can't really stop her or exile her anymore than she already is.

Oh...Zipp is the sensationalist media! Also...did Allura steal a phone? How'd she know about Zipp's videos?

Allura's so tsundere, it hurts.

"EAT THEM!" She really sold that line. Good job!

They are actually pretty lucky Allura's mostly content with stealing weird fruits from the community garden. Y'know, due to the whole "carnivore" thing, which they really haven't addressed.

The power of media cancelled you! But the power of media can also absolve you! You just need a few pictures of you taking care of some baby kittens or something and everyone will forget your many crimes! It works for celebrities ALL the time! Pipp's an expert on that sort of thing by now.

Her phone! It's a good thing Pipp has a closet full of backup phones or else this'd be really unfortunate for Zipp. And...y'know...the whole being a literal rich princess thing.

Mind erasure isn't all that useful when you're trying to get rid of ponies. We've gone over this, Allura!

So, yeah, there actually are some thematic parallels with Allura refusing help while Zipp is ALSO refusing to let anyone help her with her investigation. There's something here, maybe. It would have been interesting to see them build upon that.
 
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CoffeeHorse

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No placeholder Zipp this time.

It's only strange when nothing strange happens around here.

I still believe Pipp quietly hated her completely old life. Everything scripted and staged to keep the plebs fooled. She craves experiences where she doesn't know what's going to happen next.

Missing time is always trippy.

Aww, Pipp is disappointed.

It got quiet. We didn't run out of audio, did we?

Comet!

Kitty.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you I would woo- okay there you go okay bye." If this is the last we ever hear from Comet it was great.

So Allura's cave is just wide open again. ... What are these ponies waiting for?

Well. They've at least warned ponies to stay away, but...

Like they had no reason to be afraid of you before the vlog? Zipp, why are you apologizing?

I'm so torn on where this story was going, maybe because I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like it. These ponies have more than enough reasons to see Allura as a villain, but they are holding back on actually treating her as a villain. It makes things so weird and uneventful. But, admitting to themselves that they don't actually know what she's trying to accomplish and whether they should actually want to stop her from doing it is a weirdly mature bit of writing.

Aww, the phone. I guess it's a good thing Pipp got left behind.
 

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Who wants almost an hour worth of demo versions of G5 Holiday music?!

....Well, you're getting it anyway!

Yeah, I don't think I can really add anything to this. I don't know music well enough to comment on any of this, and it's hard for me to even tell the slight differences between "remixes" here. I do like some of the songs. Maybe it's something to leave in the background while you're doing something else.
 

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It's a New Year's Miracle! We've got a nearly complete, fully-animated version of the second half-hour G5 special!

Savor this. Because apparently, this is the last fully-animated G5 production that's left. I think we may still get a few more storyboard-shorts. But, it sounds like this will be the final fully-animated incomplete piece of animation that the crew were working on, before everything got cancelled.

Do you think Sunny charges extra for the custom face stickers?

It's important to inventory your rhinestones on a regular basis. It could save your life!

The audio mixing still needed some work, but I don't care! I'm just happy we're actually getting this second special in some form!

Izzy's got some pinpoint accuracy throwing those smoothies. All those weekends throwing rotten food at her friends are paying off!

"Oh no! I made too much ponycorn again! I guess there's only one solution! Oh well! *nom nom nom*" Misty's doing this on purpose.

Where Zipp's going they don't need roller coaster tracks! Seems like it'd be a safety issue...until you remember about a third to two-thirds of the population can fly. They're probably fine.

Okay, that's some Matrix stuff right there.

It's so incomplete they didn't even have time to insert the logo!

Alphabittle can't handle these g-forces!

Why not have both!? It's not like anybody's PAYING for any of this! It's all made of magic! Pipp's single-hoofedly destroying the gem economy!

Tea-aras...y'know, I could actually see those catching on in real life. Hasbro might have a sleeper hit on their hands.

Allura! You're here! Ordering smoothies! Which Sunny really should have noticed, since she took her order! But, I guess she was so in the smoothie-making groove that she just didn't notice who was ordering!

I love that Allura just takes the smoothie and starts drinking it.

Allura loves her bunny-buddy.

Twitch has gone MAD WITH POWER! Or at least mad with centrifugal force! Chill out, little man, it's just the teacups. Save your mad cackling for when you try out the roller coaster!

Allura may seem intimidating but she's actually kinda sweet. Like a pro-wrestler! It's only a matter of time until she stars in a movie where she takes care of a bunch of kids.

The magic of friendship does not clean up vomit on it's own, apparently. Working up to clean up all the vomit helps power the friendship, I guess.

Using her mind control to make people hate rides so she doesn't have to stand in line...truly insidious. Where do I sign up? Still a better deal than paying for Genie Plus.

Oh hey, the shards of the Nova Charm still exist. I guess we have our macguffin for the special. And they combined together to form a Star! Or Portal? Or something!

Working all day and then getting home and going to sleep right away. This show about magical cartoon horses may be a bit too realistic.

"Everyone's welcome to the carnival! Even the supervillains! It's only fair!"

Aww, Misty and Allura can bond over being villains together! That'd actually be kind of a fun episode.

I mean, the worst she can really do to you is mind control you against your will. And that's already happened to all of you, anyway. So, you might as well try and make friends with her, I guess.

Oh, yes, just what the cat who's used to living in arctic environments would love....exercise on a hot day. Sunny's not good at this.

Oooh, the rainbow waterfalls are actually kind of pretty. They're probably a omen of doom from another dimension opened up by the Nova Charm Shards going out of control. But, for right now, they're VERY photogenic.

"This is the only entertainment we HAVE in this town! You can't keep us out!"

Aw, Dahlia's baby-doll eyes are cute.

Posey's politeness is appreciated count...1.

It's a good thing none of the Manes have important JOBS or anything, so they can all run this theme park without worrying about anything. What's that? Someone's robbing everyone's houses while everyone's HERE!? Man...sure wish we had a cop in this town....

"I was nervous at first, but then I told my negative shadow self to get lost and then shoved my way to the front of the line. It was VERY therapeutic!" "I know, I was there, I didn't get to go on the ride because of you working through your many problems, Misty"

So...how is the universe going to punish Posey for daring to venture outside, today?

Piloting a flying roller-coaster through unknown weather...Posey's fear is justified count...1.

*Bloop* Welp, that's not a sound you like to hear when you're travelling at high speeds.

I guess this kinda explains the rollercoaster waterfall travel system in the Set Your Sail comics, at least.

Even Allura is confused!

"Stay calm! It's only portals to unknown lands! They could even be good lands! Like the lands of chocolate and sprinkles! That's possible right?!"

I mean...shouldn't you at least tie a rope around yourself so someone can try to pull you out?

"*sigh* The things I do for minimum wage"

"There's got to be a reasonable explanation" Sunny...I can't believe I'm about to say this, but...I think it could be...MAGIC!

Panic and run! Panic and RUN! It solves SO MANY problems (and causes SO MANY more).

Posey has a mouth but cannot scream count...1. In the rainbow void between dimensions, no one can hear you scream.

I guess these are the Hoppalottas. The Earth Pony-equivalents to the Uni-bunnies and Pega-bunnies we already know?

The wild bun used vine whip! It's super effective!

Posey's rage is justified count...1. She could have had a nice relaxing day in her garden today. Actually...what are the chances that Posey ends up with one of these bunnies as a pet to help in her garden?

Big Bun! Wait...does this mean the video games are canon?!

So many fun colors of bunnies.

"I'm just going to sit down here." This puddle of water is so nice and luke warm.

Posey's trying to be charming count...1. She learned that big eye trick from Dahlia.

Oh no...the bunnies are releasing sleeping gas! That well known self-defense mechanism that ALL bunnies have!

"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I DO have money since I'm a famous pop star princess. But what I also do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career as a influencer. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my sister go now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I WILL cancel you."

Wait, did Hitch just admit that he has tracking apps on everyone's phones? I mean, he's a cop, so it's kind of useful. But, also, kind of Orwellian.

Zipp posted a video...and it got uploaded...thousands of miles away or from another dimension...okay, it's magic, whatever, I guess.

"Wow, that atonal, random nonsense really speaks to my soul!"

Kind of dramatic for Sunny to just jump out of the lighthouse like that.

Time for a supervillain team-up! Wait...how does Allura help in this situation? Her WHOLE THING is that she CAN'T travel far distances. That's why she's still here!

Twitch has been playing too much Five Nights at Freddys.

Allura IS Batman!

"I am BAD!" You know that smoothie you gave me, Sunny? Well...I threw it away...in the garbage! Instead of recycling it! What do you think of me, now?!

I mean, for all Sunny knows, Allura has only ever been to TWO places. Starlight Ridge and Maretime Bay. Sunny never heard or saw her sad backstory song. Technically, Sunny's probably been to more places than Allura.

Sunny's got big hopeful eyes! And Allura's got scary lightning eyes! Whoever was doing this episode had a thing about eyes in general, I guess.

A VERY convincing fight and scream.

It's pretty impressive that Sunny can use warp speed now.

The role call is so much less dramatic without the music.

Apparently, they can just...open portals to other places now. Okay. These ponies have many powers.

Oh, they found the right place on their first try. Now...how are they getting back?

Could they use the roller-coaster as a transport? Or is it out of...magic juice?

Chamomile plants...our only weakness! This entire land makes it's own natural sleepy time tea! Wait...the Tea-ara's from earlier. Is this actually a plot point?!

"I've never been in a flower jail before" This is probably in the top 5 jails that Izzy has been in.

D'aww...Pipp loves her sister!

Posey's sarcasm is justified count...1.

"I hate to ruin the moment..." No, you don't.

So...can the bunnies only understand Hitch? I feel like ANY of the ponies probably could have explained this.

Wait...the Queen Bunny could speak the pony's language this entire time?! This was ALL completely avoidable!

The Queen Bunny...knows about the pony separation!? Are they only a couple miles out of Maretime Bay or something?! I mean, I thought this place looked like Bridlewood, but I thought that was just because of the budget.

The Missing Bunnies?! The Legends Were True?!

Did...they just drop LORE?! About...Bunnies?!

Well...peace between all pony and critter kind that's still around, anyway. We still don't know what happened to the bat-ponies. Or the Griffons. Or the Yaks. Or the Kirin. Or the Cats. Most of the races are still staying pretty far away from the ponies, honestly.

"You can fly?" Wait...did these bunnies ALWAYS have magic? Even when it was all sealed away? I need to know how ANY of this works!

The greatest magic feat Hitch is capable of...CARROTS!

Oh, so magic "returned" to them. Probably around the same time as Sunny reunited the Unity Crystals. Okay, they explained it. That's all I wanted.

Hmm...should that circle behind the queen's "throne" look familiar? I wonder if that's something from G4?

Well, they started the mantras. Better go make myself a sandwich quick, this'll probably take a while.

Does Posey get a mantra, too? "I'm filled with righteous rage, for my will for justice grows like a bloom! You better get ready for a earful, so get ready here comes the boom!"

That's a slightly evil looking portal. It's the purple energy streaming off of it. Purple energy is always a problem. *looks over at sad Twilight*.

Rufus didn't deserve this. But he's getting it anyway.

Even in a half-unfinished state, we can't escape the dance party ending!

I wonder if they had toys of these bunnies planned? Did they get scrapped along with the rest of G5?

"Just what we needed...more bunnies" There's ALWAYS more bunnies. That's how bunnies work.

Pipp's voice sure did change all of the sudden.

Allura loves her bunny-buddy...part two!

Oh no...a PNG!

Magic flood! Everyone get to the magical flying canoes!

Evil phone! She probably had to specially order that case. Yeah, her life is SO miserable here....

Oh, Allura's going to try to reunite the Nova Charm. Which would probably cause the Board Trot to lose it's magic. We have a actual conflict! Just as we're running out of material! Oh....

I mean...I feel like the Manes SHOULD just reunite the Charm once to send Allura home, anyway. At worst, they lose out on some fun and games. But, I suppose Allura wouldn't bother explaining any of that.

I was kind of holding out hope that Special 2 would send Allura home. But, it seems like she was probably going to stick around until at least Special 4. And I doubt they made it that far before Hasbro cut the funding. Still, this special was more than I was expecting. It was fun to see another of these half-hour specials.
 
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CoffeeHorse

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!!!

Comet!

Pipp's happy wing flutter.

This sound mixing is really bad. Maybe that's because this was still a work in progress, but it's not the only time TYT's music has been too loud.

Nah, it's because this is a work in progress. The cuts are very noticeable. It is fascinating to experience this though.

There is no reason for ponies to be this excited about the Boardtrot opening. But this fits my theory that the TYT specials adapted from the canceled next MYM chapter. In its MYM form, we would have gotten this story before the TYT boardtrot filler purgatory began.

"How can I choose?" This is way funnier after we've been watching Wild Manes for months.

The ears are alive. This was supposed to be a MYM episode.

Kitty!

So Twitch and Allura have been here before. But... my timeline...

"It's kind of an impressive amount of-" Any amount is impressive. Horses cannot vomit.

Allura can't help herself.

G5 ends where it began. Everyone thinks Sunny is crazy.

I really question the design of this roller coaster.

Waterfall portal. They're finally going to explain it!

Hububub.

They could really use Hitch right now.

Sunny is terrified of Allura, despite being the one who keeps insisting they should try to hear her out. That's courage.

"You should know better than to be here." Why? Her friends have visited you multiple times and always made it out in one piece.

I'm going to miss these lively ears so much.

"We all have good in us." Except Opaline.

Trying to recruit Allura is an interesting idea. You have my attention.

Sunny's hopeful face with the happy ears!

Teamup denied.

Would Posey, really?

All they had to do is just... go through the portal themselves. G5 really is a D&D campaign with a bunch of players who try everything but what the GM thought would be obvious.

Izzy is such a puppy.

Posey is hating this. She's either going to continue hating this, or realize that she could get used to this adventure stuff.

It is fitting that the last fully animated piece of G5 media is addressing the dark age before the movie.

"You can fly?" "No. Jump good."

And the affirmations, one last time. The question is, does Posey get one? ... Nope. Sad!

Allura... that's racist.

Allura discovers her new objective. G5 can finally move on to the next plot poi-

That was way more interesting than the first special. This is getting good.
 

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The thing is, I can kind of see how the writers probably planned to structure all 4 specials, if they had actually happened.

Special 1 splits up the Nova Charm and introduces the Board Trot.

Special 2 reveals the Shards are still active, and Allura finds out she can take them.

Special 3 probably would have seen Allura capture a good number of Shards for herself and "destabilize" the magic, causing a bunch of chaos. Magic glitches are the highlight of a few episodes.

And Special 4 probably would have seen the Manes and Allura fight over the last few Shards, reunite the Nova Charm, and probably have a few portal adventures before Allura finally finds her home again. Allura probably would have done something to accidentally completely atomize the Nova Charm, stranding her in Maretime Bay again, but the magic of friendship would have sent her home, anyway.

There was probably going to be some actual structure to all of this. But, then it all got cancelled. I don't know how far they got, but I'm personally doubting that we're going to see even a animatic of Special 3. It's a real shame.
 

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Time for another new animatic!

Stairs...the one true weakness of all those who sing in the start of a new day.

It's a good thing Izzy's made out of rubber and sprinkles, or else I'd be worried about her getting hurt.

Bunnies, nature's air bags.

I've got to ask...who's the father to all these Bunnies? Could it be Eggmund, our "Easter Bunny"? He's the only other male bunny who talks that we know of. Did these two separate and each take half the kids?

Furniture's no good for young, growing bunnies. It's all empty calories.

Well, it was nice knowing you Misty. You will be miss...ty-ed.

Mimi? That's the Queen Hoppalotta's name?

"That's the spirit...now get out!"

There are large amounts of empty fields around Maretime Bay. And the entire Bridlewood they could get lost in.

What a upbeat musical number to kick these squatters out of their house to.

They have no idea what they've just unleashed upon this world. Okay...how long until all these bunnies destroy Posey's garden?

The bunnies can swim. I don't think they knew that before they started throwing them into the water, but I'm glad it worked out!

Well...that was a more intense flashback than I was expecting out of this episode about bunnies.

So...you were emotionally scarred by some guards looking at you? And then doing nothing? Okay.

"Yeah, our guards are mostly ornamental these days"

Oh no, don't leave...even though that's kinda what we wanted, but not like this!

Hey...it's almost identical to their old home.

"Our mushrooms are FUN GUYS...also, if you want a fun time take a nibble!"

Violette gets a cameo, even in animatic form!

I guess without magic, unicorns had a hard time growing food. So...it wasn't even worth stealing. Yeah, I'm not sure if I want to be rooting for the people stealing crops from people going through a "magic drought"?

Cake! The BEST thing to give your babies!

Again...this music. A little intense. I'm getting war flashbacks, here.

"I'm so sorry...that those ponies try to track you down after you stole their food right off their windowsill" I know they WANT us to sympathize with the bunnies, but they kind of are the ones in the wrong, here.

"What's mine is yours. And your house is MINE! We don't believe in property laws in the Bridlewood!"

Bunnies on the beach! This is...some kind of mood whiplash after that last scene.

The bunnies may actually help the flower sales. It's a good promotion. Buy a dozen roses, get a free bunny!

Again...the bunnies are the one in the wrong. Traffic safety is EVERYONE'S concern.

Hitch's grampa! A true force for law enforcement! Unlike his layabout grandson who spends all day turning the Sheriff Station into a nursery.

I mean...they DO have the magic portals, so they could still visit, if they wanted to. I don't really see WHY they have to move over here?

Aww, that's kind of sweet. The problem is, this episode really wasn't about a mother letting her children grow up. The lesson Hitch talks about doesn't really apply?

So...they end up splitting them all up among the different towns? Okay. Well, at least that wouldn't be a huge group of them all in the same place, I guess.

And Mimi's just hopping out of here while the hopping's good.

I don't think this episode worked. These bunnies are shown to be more of a "invasive pest" than something you'd actually be glad to have around. Which I don't think was the intent. But, these little guys are kind of a whirlwind of disasters waiting to happen.
 
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Official unofficial disclaimer.

Mondays.

Nice commanding tone, Pipp. Maybe she could be queen after all.

Zipp is the new shoulda-been-the-Element-of-Harmony.

Zephyr Heights is such a scenic location. I'm going to miss it.

Are these codes for specific background ponies?

War flashback. Kinda neat that we almost finally got one.

We almost got to see Bridlewood again.

Groan.

Stealing cake is still a high crime in Equestria. They haven't forgotten all the old ways.

I already miss seeing Sunny in her little skating helmet. I should watch the movie again.

Had this episode been animated, flashback Maretime Bay should have had a Great Wall as an Easter egg.

Sprout was not Maretime Bay's most tyrannical sheriff. No wonder they let him off easy.


I think the ending kinda works. It seems like a bit of a swerve, but maybe not. My mother was the "I am afraid, so you must be afraid" type, so I get it. The bunnies are happy everywhere. Mimi is the only one who doesn't know how to move on. At the same time, the episode is respectful of the fact that you can't just sing a song and make someone's memories go away. She's not over it. They can't make her just get over it. But she can back off and not hold everyone else back.

Okay yeah, she stole food. But that was back when earth ponies were hoarding their food and no one else could figure out how to grow any. She didn't know what to do.
 

Videomaster21XX

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Well looks like Hasbro is axing those links to the previous episodes. Dang it I didn't get them all.

Anyone able to help me by giving me the supposed title and a brief description of what they were about? There are a few I know I've seen and shown for the Saturday Morning stream, but I stupidly was labeling them. "Unfinished Tell your tale 1, 2, 3, ETC" So I'm not sure which ones I've actually seen/shown/have...
 

ZakuConvoy

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I'm pretty sure someone will eventually mirror them again. It might just take a little time before the "heat" is off. But, I'll try to keep an eye out for them and replace them if and when they pop back up again.

They got out there. I don't think there's much of a chance for them to get "permanently" lost. Stuff like this was expected. It's why I try to include the Equestria Daily link in most of these posts. They may eventually update things, or at least give you a idea of whats lost.

But, just for the sake of argument, here's a episode guide:
Ep 25 Hey Foal Sister (fully animated)
-Pipp and Zipp have a fight and the Brighthouse sends them through portals to many different lands until they make up.

Ep 26 Digital Detox
-Pipp goes camping in the Dragonlands to try and get away from her phone and social media for a bit.

Ep 27 Ponycorn Clone-i-corn
-Misty creates magical clones of herself becasue she can't tell others "no".

Ep 28 Enchantment Under the Sea
-The Manes go under the sea to celebrate Izzy's seapony friend's birthday and have to make their own gifts for her.

Ep 29 Mystery of Missing Time
-Zipp confronts Allura alone in her cave.
 
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CoffeeHorse

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They're also on Internet Archive, naturally. No group upload though. So far they're all being uploaded individually. But they're all there.
 


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