History WesternAnimation / MyLittlePonyANewGeneration

* AllForNothing:
** [[spoiler: Combining the unicorn and pegasus gemstones turns out to do absolutely nothing. Sunny is so distraught that her journey didn't fix anything that she goes through a HeroicBSOD. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted when it's revealed the reason it didn't work was because it was missing two things:]] a gem representing the earth ponies, and ThePowerOfFriendship.]]
** The golden age's loss is also a subversion. Its peace and magic is gone, but so are the Windigos, and Twilight ''et al'' left behind no small amount of relics designed to help ponies restart it (and limit the damage they could cause each other until they did). Peace is still quite possible, it just takes a little more work.

''My Little Pony: A New Generation'' is an [[AllCGICartoon all-CGI movie]] meant to introduce Generation 5 of ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' and is a DistantSequel to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It premiered on {{Creator/Netflix}} on September 24, 2021.

->''"Dear Unicorns and Pegasi\\
You have friends in Maretime Bay\\
Come visit us!"''

** [[spoiler: Sunny's wings and horn appearing as [[HardLight ethereal projections]] rather than physical additions to her body make it unclear whether her alicorn form is permanent or some kind of SuperMode.]]

** Despite it being Pipp and Zipp's reason for sticking with the group, it's unknown [[spoiler:if bringing back magic made the pegasi forgive their family for lying about still being able to fly, or if the pegasi still consider them to be royalty]].

A comic series was announced. Created by [[Creator/IDWPublishing IDW]], the comic serves as a sequel to the movie taking place not long after it. The plot involves one of the unity crystals being stolen by a thief with our heroes tracking down the culprit's location to Canterlot. It was released on May 25, 2022.

** One earth pony is so terrfied of Izzy that he jumps into the bay. During "Danger, Danger," he finally climbs out -- only to fall back in again.

** Sunny wakes up with a serious case of bed head before managing to rein it in with some hair ties.

* StringTheory: Sunny has set up her own research in the lighthouse with numerous papers, bulletin boards and the like with various strings to connect the various elements.

** Without magic, pegasus wings can only sustain short glides at best; they are too small and weak to give lift to something as heavy as a pony. [[RoyaltySuperpower The royal family of Zephyr Heights are the only exceptions]], and it's said that they're using magic to fly. [[spoiler:Except, even they can't do it; it's all an elaborate lie using wires and trick lighting to make it ''look like'' they can fly. Their subjects turn on them the moment they realize they were faking it]].

** [[spoiler: The broken pictureframe of Sunny and her father, which is then fixed by the three leaders of the pony tribes.]]
* {{Symbolism}}: The film has a RunningGag where every time Sunny opens the door to her house, it knocks the picture of her and her father askew. She always straightens it out, symbolizing her constant struggle to set the story ''straight'' about her father, and show he was ''[[VisualPun on the level]]'' about pony unity. [[spoiler: She doesn't bother fixing it when she returns home dejected about her failure, symbolizing her jaded recognition that he was the one with the askew worldview all along. But after the lighthouse is destroyed, the representatives of the three races come together and straighten the shattered pictureframe, finally validating him and his teachings.]]

* ShiftedToCGI: While not the first in the franchise to be 3D animated (one of the Pinkie shorts in Generation 4 did that), it is the first fully CGI series in general.

* FingerlessHands: Despite having no magic to work with, the ponies can grab things with their hooves like it is no big deal. The only real accommodation seen during the film is a clip attached to the back of a cell phone that fits onto the user's hoof.

* ExactWords: A lyric in "Glowin' Up" is 'we don't fly ''like we used to'''- the implication being, given the rest of the song's motivational tone, that the audience have found a different way to fly.

---> '''Izzy Moonbow:''' I thought earth ponies were the pony ladder's bottom rung. I heard the pegasi were brutes you'd hate to be among. ''[To Sunny and Hitch]'' You smell like fishes, ''[to Pipp and Zipp]'' you're vicious, I bet you eat your young! Meet any one of you, the thing to do is run away!

* FinalSolution: Sprout's main plan is to eliminate all Unicorns and Pegasi from Equestria, [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide which is basically ethnic cleansing]].

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In "Glowin' Up", Pipp sings [[spoiler:"'''we''' don't fly like we used to", minutes before it's revealed she also lacks flight.]]

* FutureSlang: The language has largely [[EternalEnglish stayed the same]] since the time of Friendship is Magic, but there is one change in the slang; Izzy once uses the word "steed" when talking about herself and "steeds" when talking about herself and other ponies.

* GrailInTheGarbage: While the pegasus Crystal is the centerpiece of Queen Haven's crown, the unicorn crystal is part of Alphabittle's collection of odds and ends in a tea shop in Bridlewood, kept only because of his fondness for crystals. [[spoiler:The earth pony crystal is also this; Argyle built it into Sunny's lamp, seemingly just because of the light show it puts out whenever it's given a light source, with no indication that he ever understood its purpose.]]

--> '''French Narrator''': "Zis prin-zess smells. So could you."

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Sprout, mainly due to his racism.

--> '''Sunny and Hitch:''' Up high! Down low! Hitch it to a post! Flip it sunny side up and on a piece of toast!

[[caption-width-right:349:''We'll do our part, hoof to heart!''[[note]]Clockwise from bottom right: [[BlitheSpirit Sunny Starscout]], [[TheSheriff Hitch Trailblazer]], [[RebelliousPrincess Zipp Storm]], [[IdolSinger Pipp Petals]], and [[GenkiGirl Izzy Moonbow]].[[/note]]]]

In 2022, the film was followed by ''[[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyTellYourTale Tell Your Tale]]'', a 2D animated series for Youtube, on April 7th, and will also be followed by ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark Make Your Mark]]'', a 44-minute special for Netflix, on May 26th, and a 23-episode [=CGI=] series also called ''Make Your Mark'' for Netflix on September 26th, as well as a Christmas-themed special ''Winter Wishday'' for Netflix on November 21st.

A comic series was announced. Created by [[Creator/IDWPublishing IDW]], the comic serves as a sequel to the movie taking place not long after it. The plot involves one of the pony crystals being stolen by a thief with our heroes tracking down the culprit's location to Canterlot. It released May 25, 2022.

A comic series was announced. Created by [[Creator/IDWPublishing IDW]], the comic serves as a sequel to the movie taking place not long after it. The plot involves one of the pony crystals being stolen by a thief with our heroes tracking down the culprit's location to Canterlot. It's set to be released on May 25, 2022.

* InferredHolocaust: [[spoiler:Sprout's attempted genocide against the unicorns and pegasi in the third act of the film could be seen as such.]]

* PrejudiceAesop: The pony races' prejudice against each other has led to [[TheMagicGoesAway all magic vanishing from Equestria]]. Earth ponies have become paranoid militants who scream in horror and deploy dozens of traps and weapons at the mere sight of a young unicorn, pegasi have lost the ability to fly, with [[spoiler:the royal family being forced to fake their flight using wires (which does end up getting exposed)]], and unicorns have turned into a [[TheEeyore depressed]], superstitious lot. The main antagonist, Sprout, is also portrayed as a huge loser in part because of his hatred towards other races. In the end, [[spoiler:the ponies are all shown to be much happier once TheMagicComesBack and they go back to living in harmony]].

In 2022, the film was followed by ''[[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyTellYourTale Tell Your Tale]]'', a 2D animated series for Youtube, on April 7th, and will also be followed by ''Make Your Mark'', a 44-minute special for Netflix, on May 26th, and a 23-episode [=CGI=] series also called ''Make Your Mark'' for Netflix on September 26th, as well as a Christmas-themed special ''Winter Wishday'' for Netflix on November 21st.

* PsychoShowerMurderParody: During "Fit Right In", when Hitch mentions how unicorns are violent, Izzy poses behind a shower curtain with (what looks like) a knife. Once the curtain is pulled, it's just a hair dryer.

In 2022, the film was followed by ''Tell Your Tale'', a 2D animated series for Youtube, on April 7th, and will also be followed by ''Make Your Mark'', a 44-minute special for Netflix, on May 26th, and a 23-episode [=CGI=] series also called ''Make Your Mark'' for Netflix on September 26th, as well as a Christmas-themed special ''Winter Wishday'' for Netflix on November 21st.

A comic series was announced. Created by [[Creator/IDWPublishing IDW]], the comics serves as a sequel to the movie taking place not long after it. The plot involves one of the pony crystals being stolen by a thief with our heroes tracking down the culprit's location to Canterlot. It's set to be released on May 25, 2022.

A comic called ''My Little Pony: A New Generation Return to Canterlot'' was announced. Created by [[Creator/IDWPublishing IDW]], the comic serves as a sequel to the movie taking place not long after it. The plot involves one of the pony crystals being stolen by a thief with our heroes tracking down the culprit's location to Canterlot. It's set to be released on May 25, 2022.

In 2022, the film will be followed by ''Tell Your Tale'', a 2D animated series for Youtube, on April 7th, ''Make Your Mark'', a 44-minute special for Netflix, on May 26th, and a 23-episode [=CGI=] series also called ''Make Your Mark'' for Netflix on September 26th, as well as a Christmas-themed special ''Winter Wishday'' for Netflix on November 21st.

* KarmaHoudini: The worst thing to happen to [[spoiler:Sprout is THAT his mother dances around giving him approval for the job he did as sheriff. This despite the fact he knocks over a tram and ''destroys Sunny's house'' in a completely misguided attempt to incite a war against the other pony tribes]].

* ParentalBonus: One scene shows the police station has a pin-up calendar of Hitch in different outfits, including a sailor suit and a firefighter uniform, in reference to a very real fundraising tactic first responders -- [[MrFanservice who are generally very fit]] -- engage in. Artist Lea Debassi [[https://twitter.com/ImalouArt/status/1461064322042544128 tweeted]] that she tried to keep a "serious look" while consulting a bevy of sexy firefighter calendars for reference. Sprout also lists "a paid-off mortgage" as one of Hitch's good qualities, a joke nobody under the age of 30 would relate to.

* RoyaltySuperpower: The Royal Family are the only pegasi still capable of flight. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Except they're not.]] They've been faking it all these years with wires and strategic lighting, Zipp revealed to Sunny and Izzy in her secret hideout.]]

* GrailInTheGarbage: While the pegasus Crystal is the centerpiece of Queen Haven's crown, the unicorn crystal is found in a much more humble location: in Alphabittle's collection of odds and ends in a tea shop in Bridlewood. [[spoiler:The earth pony crystal is also this; Argyle built it into Sunny's lamp, and there's no indication he had any idea how important it was.]]

* InventionalWisdom: One [=CanterLogic=] product is a set of goggles with lenses angled upwards like a periscope, allowing the wearer to see any pegasi in the air. The flaw in this design is immediately made apparent when the pony modeling them falls off the stage because he can't see where he's going.

* MessageInABottle: Or in the lantern in this case. At the start of the movie, Sunny and her father send a message of welcome to the other pony races, hoping it would reach them. [[spoiler:It turns out that it reached a filly Izzy (a unicorn), giving her the motivation to visit Maretime Bay and touching off the events of the movie.]]

** The [=CanterLogic=] factory's demonstration of anti-unicorn and anti-pegasus devices is "fully automated" and ''cannot be shut down'' even when it places a pony in danger. The factory floor itself is no better, especially once Sprout takes over, with massive chunks of machinery swinging from cranes, hitting other equipment, and missing the workers by inches.

* PsychoShowerMurderParody: During "Fit Right In", when Hitch mentions how unicorns are violent, Izzy poses behind a shower curtain with (what looks like) a knife.

* TyopOnTheCover: The Maretime Bay movie theater's headlining film uses "Judgement", an unofficial spelling used in the British Isles (where Boulder Studios is based), but Maretime Bay is American in flavor and the film its mimicking used the American spelling, "Judgment".

* WingsDoNothing: Without magic, pegasi can no longer fly under their own power, though they can glide as long as they have a current. This also means that they can no longer control the weather and live atop the clouds like they used to, resorting instead to living in tall mountains like Zephyr Heights. [[spoiler:The royal family uses wires and special effects to pretend that they can still fly, which ends up getting exposed.]]

** During "Fit Right In", when Hitch mentions how unicorns are violent, Izzy [[Film/{{Psycho}} poses behind a shower curtain with (what looks like) a knife.]]

* TheJourneyIsWhatReallyMatters: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler: After the crystals fail to work twice, Sunny takes this attitude and says to the assembled crowd that unity between ponies is what really matters. But then it turns out the magical PlotCoupons actually do work, there just wasn't enough love in the air.]]