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Season-Specific: Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Season 8, My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever, Season 9
Future Characters, Future Plots, Crossovers, Other Guesses
Season-Specific: Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Season 8, My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever, Season 9
Future Characters, Future Plots, Crossovers, Other Guesses
This section archives guesses regarding potential upcoming stories that were made as the show was airing. New guesses concerning the finished material go in other sections.
- Well, if history repeats itself, then this toy could be a forebearer of things yet to be.
- Partially Confirmed as the opening two-parter for season four, though the reason for Luna and Celestia's disappearance is sinister and there no resistance when Twilight temporarily takes over.
- I like the idea that they are offered the chance to become villains in exchange for power to get back at those who showed them up, but Trixie refuses because if she can't win on her own then her boasts are even more hollow and Gilda thinks that kind of plot is lame. The evil force then brainwashes them anyways.
- Could they pull Heel Face Turns later and backstab the evil force?
- Or this could all end up in them all backstabbing each other to the point where it just blows up in their face without anyone else even noticing this "threat".
- Could they pull Heel Face Turns later and backstab the evil force?
- Trixie appears to have already had her Heel–Face Turn as of "Magic Duel," but it might not stick.
- A teamup between the two gets used in the book Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell, but they just act as con artists.
- Since both characters have done Heel Face Turns by now, a full teamup with the villains likely isn't going to happen.
- Twilight Sparkle will try to "accidentally" "lose" her ticket to Trixie in a competition. Either Pinkie Pie or Rainbow Dash (or both) will try to pass their tickets to Gilda. Rarity will try to pass it to several different ponies (Photo Finish, Hoity Toity, even Blueblood) only to realize that her attempts are doomed to fail because outside the main cast, she knows mainly High Society ponies who already have their own tickets. Applejack will do the obvious and just try to sell the ticket. Fluttershy, too shy to even approach anyone, will have no idea whatsoever what to do. Of course, they all fail.
- In response to both of the above, the next Gala is a plot point in an early episode of season 5.
Possible stories will reference:
- Cupcakes (Sergeant Sprinkles): See past theories.
- Rocket To Insanity. maybe it would be a nightmare she will have, which would cause her to go nuts like their. but would be more like the alternate version.
- The Luna Games: Though with less jump scares and a little more legitimate scares.
- Story of the Blanks: Again, see past theories.
- Eppaljeck: A long shot, but it would be mostly in a format like "there's something odd about Applejack."
- Rainbow Factory
- And the episode will be a deconstruction of conspiracy theories.
- it would also get a ton of Dark Is Not Evil and Not Evil, Just Misunderstood going on here.
- All this is jossed.
- And the episode will be a deconstruction of conspiracy theories.
Twilight will have to deal with responding not to her favourite mentor, but to someone who she barely knows but whom she is supposed to show the same respect and dedication, thus she'll be much more anxious about screwing something up, as well as harboring a slight resentment to Celestia for sending someone else to watch over her most faithful student.
The episode will probably end with Twilight writing a letter to Luna.
- Luna gets to take on Celestia's duties in an issue of the Micro Series comics, but the Mane Six aren't involved.
- Confirmed on Luna doing Celestia's job in "A Royal Problem", but not in the way suggested. Also, Celestia does Luna's job in the same episode.
- Until they get a can of magical bug spray.
- Well, it's showing up early in season 5, but doesn't seem to be an outright antagonist.
- Applejack.
- Maybe one where she competes with the local carrot business, and learns that partnerships pay off more than rivalries.
- Fluttershy.
- She could encounter some particularly nasty animal (a wolf, or a wild cat) that's giving the other fauna a hard time, and she'll have to find some non-violent way to deal with it.
- Pinkie Pie.
- And it will be insane.
- Can we call this confirmed? After all, what could be more insane than Pinkie cloning herself!
- And it will be insane.
- Spike
- With little to no appearance of any of the mane 6 (if they appear, it's so they can lampshade how they're not the focus of the episode).
- Confirmed with "Just For Sidekicks."
- The next episode is about Rainbow Dash hosting a flying race to see who will be her pet. Would it be surprising if Scootaloo decided to compete?
- That's Jossed, but there could still be a Scootaloo-centric episode in the future.
- If you take Cutie Pox as an Apple Bloom episode and Sisterhooves Social as a Sweetie Belle episode, then it would seem Scootaloo is due for a centric episode.
- There will be an episode featuring a lot of Scootaloo, but whether it'll actually focus on her remains to be seen.
- Maybe there could be an episode where Scootaloo is trying to learn how to fly after seeing other ponies her age flying. The moral could be that you can rush into things and you need practice.
- If she starts too far and tries to fly off a cliff, the moral might be that if you're not careful, you will die.
- As of Season 3, we now have one. It's "Sleepless in Ponyville".
- Wasn't that message already covered in "Bridle Gossip"?
- 'Confirmed in "One Bad Apple" and "Putting Your Hoof Down," but with very different morals.
- Wasn't "Over a Barrel" about speciesism? And "Bridle Gossip," slightly more subtly?
- However, Discord and Chrysalis may have been rivals back in ancient history, and they might end up fighting each other at first.
- Or they could actually be long-lost lovers. We might even get to see a touching but disturbing reunion...if we're lucky.
- Either way, Twilight Sparkle and her friends are gonna go through real hell to defeat these two together!
- I'm not too fond of this. After all, changelings need to feed off of love, and Discord's chaos can surely prove problematic if he ends up corrupting their 'food source'.
- How about in the end, their Villain Team-Up fails because Discord isn't exactly a team player and Chrysalis is too demanding. Either way, this will both bite them on the plots hard and they'll suffer a Villainous Breakdown. Points are given if the heroines gave a "The Reason You Suck" Speech or Nice Job Fixing It, Villain speech to the villains that they'll always be alone.
- Or they could actually be long-lost lovers. We might even get to see a touching but disturbing reunion...if we're lucky.
- 'Jossed, at least for Season 3. We're into season 4 already and no sign of Chrysalis.
- However, if you're looking for an Evil Duo, Discord and Tirek happened.
- Jossed. Completely new villain.
- WELL... yes and no. He never lost his powers, but he has been redeemed by The Power of Friendship, courtesy of Fluttershy, who keeps his powers in check by threatening to revoke her friendship if he abuses his powers of chaos too much.
In case you have not watched Star Trek, this plot is lifted straight from there.
- To make this better, there will be a diamond dog or a changeling who will ask Discord to prove his newfound mortality by dying.
- Well, Discord was nowhere to be seen. However, the Elements being in Twilight's library now was in fact a plot point.
- It's heading this way in Season 4, though.
- Twilight will take a major magic exam, but fails because it involved a type of magic she never studied. Her friends will do their best to comfort her. The moral of the episode would be that sometimes we fail even when we try our hardest, and that failure isn't the end of the world. We just have to move on.
- Didn't we get that Aesop already with The Last Roundup?
- The test Twilight is taking will require at least two ponies to partner up—and Twilight's partner will be Trixie! Now Twilight's afraid her performance will suffer because Trixie's in no mood for cooperation, and may even be trying to steal the glory for herself thanks to her flashy new amulet...
- Having to part ways with her friends.
- As mentioned above, cooperating with Trixie to pass a test.
- Looks like it's becoming an alicorn.
- To graduate. Think about it: throughout the entire first season, Twilight's claim to fame (for lack of a better term) was being Celestia's personal student, and what does every student eventually have to deal with that they're not always prepared for? The next phase of their life.
- To take a test with someone who wants her to fail (i.e., Trixie).
- Looks like it's ascending.
- Confirmed - it happens in one issue of the comics.
- It's a Wonderful Plot about a Twili-less Equestria. Nightmare Moon's return was met with more desperate means, possibly involving Celestia's Heroic Sacrifice. Discord doesn't rule yet because he just spent most of his remaining energy to Make Wrong What Once Went Right. Changelings are around but there is scarcely any love to be find in this Crapsack World.
- How about it's Twilight's friends and family as the Knight Templar type of villains? Similar to the Darkwing Duck episode featuring Dark Warrior Duck or the Justice Lords. Without Twilight Sparkle around, their Start of Darkness begins...
- Princess Celestia is an Evil Overlord who now rules with an iron hoof
- Shining Armor is now the General Ripper
- Twilight's friends form the "Knights of Order"
- Applejack's honesty forces ponies to tell embarrassing truths.
- Rarity's generosity causes everyone to give their possessions for all to share (A Take That! to Socialism)
- Rainbow Dash's loyalty has ponies make promises they can't keep or punishing those she considers treachery.
- Pinkie Pie's laughter forces everypony to smile even when they're sad.
- Fluttershy's kindness is similar to that of an Animal Wrongs Group.
- The villains and the Jerkass characters form The Resistance. Because Even Evil Has Standards
- How about it's Twilight's friends and family as the Knight Templar type of villains? Similar to the Darkwing Duck episode featuring Dark Warrior Duck or the Justice Lords. Without Twilight Sparkle around, their Start of Darkness begins...
- "It's About Time" is about a cyberpunk-looking Twilight Sparkle returning from the future with a warning. It's a false alarm. I'd call this Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Confirmed.
- Or it invokes Dark Is Not Evil, or it turns out Trixie is the Fluffy Tamer of evil artifacts (hey, she's got a magic wand on her side).
- Nope.
- A two-part episode to open the season, which is already confirmed (two episodes).
- Episodes focusing on each of the mane six, and Spike (one for each, seven episodes total).
- This seems well on its way to being confirmed. So far we have:
- "Too Many Pinkie Pies": Pinkie.
- "Magic Duel": Twilight, most likely.
- "Sleepless In Ponyville": Turned out to be Scootaloo.
- "Wonderbolt Academy": If this isn't Rainbow Dash, something is wrong.
- "Apple Family Reunion": Uhh... do you really need to ask?
- "Spike at your Service": Spike.
- So the only Mane characters who don't have an episode obviously focusing on them are Rarity and Fluttershy, and there's no doubt they'll get one.
- This seems well on its way to being confirmed. So far we have:
- A Cutie Mark Crusaders episode, where they fail once again to actually get their cutie marks and learn a valuable lesson in the process. However, they still won't get the point quite yet and will continue their crazy schemes (one episode).
- This will also be the one we go crazy over, as they're talking with Dinky, who tells them "Mom's here; gotta go" and leaves with Derpy.
- This could be "One Bad Apple".
- A holiday themed episode of some sort. Since Valentine's Day, Halloween and Christmas already had their equivalents done, expect something else such as "April Foal's Day" or the Equestrian version of Thanksgiving (one episode).
- Another two-parter to close out the season (two episodes).
- Even better: upon the villain's return, Trixie back-stabs them (complete with some pithy one-liner) and takes their power for herself!
- This theory could easily work with the "Sombra isn't fully gone" theory.
- More like "The first two and the last two are the only ones relevant to the major event".
- Well, "Simple Ways" sounds like it will be one like Rarity>Trenderhoof (a character unique to the episode)>Applejack so... yeah. Love triangle episode, but not between Sweetie Belle, Rarity, and Spike.
- Maybe the necklace is like the One Ring, and Sombra needs it to return to power, and in the meantime it'll corrupt ponies like Trixie.
- The comics are hinting that he isn't as dead as we thought: his horn turns up again, sneaking back into his old private study.
Celestia is holding a magical tournament for unicorns to show off their best magic skills. The winner will be granted anything they desire, and it just so happens that Trixie has returned. Through cheating, or possibly framing Twilight of cheating, Trixie wins and asks that she be made ruler of Ponyville, hence the statues and banners we see in one commercial.
As ruler, Trixie banishes Twilight, and Celestia can't do anything about it since Trixie supposedly "won." To make things worse, (as an explanation of the screenshots of Sweet Apple Acres and Carousel Boutique in ruins) it's Trixie and not Twilight that turns Applejack and Rarity into fillies as some sort of punishment for helping her.
- Most of these predictions turned out to be wrong. Still, Magic Duel has some dark moments. Does that make it the darkest episode in the series? That depends on your personal opinion.
- Jossed, the Alicorn Amulet had nothing do to with King Sombra.
- Popularity confirmed, but the rest wasn't. Twilight Time has the Crusaders using their connection to Twilight to become popular, except it backfires.
- Should the "Twilight alicorn" WMG not happen, it'll most likely involve Discord making a Big Entrance in Ponyville in the beginning and, after some resistance from the Mane 6, Spike, Shining Armor, and Cadance, similar to the Justice League two-parter "Hereafter", seemingly kills Twilight (but in reality transporting her to another, weird dimension), with all of Ponyville mourning her "death" as well as Celestia and/or Luna and Shining Armor giving her eulogy.
- Jossed. Discord only shows up in episode 10 (by airdate), but it DOES set him up as a recurring character.
- Uh, make that maybe four princesses with Twilight becoming an Alicorn.
- Confirmed! ... mostly. It was the season 4 Big Bad but pretty much everything else about this WMG was spot-on, including Discord.
- It feels good to be right. This even makes sense in context since Keep Calm and Flutter On comes after Lesson Zero. It's entirely possible that Celestia had known about Tirak since his escape but lacked any means to track him effectively. The pony attacked at the beginning of the Season 4 finale wasn't likely his first victim, just the first time he was strong enough to register on Celestia's radar!
- Jossed according to the writers, who say that just because Twilight becomes a princess, she will not lose focus as a main character.
Both of those predictions come from here.
- Jossed.
- Jossed. FIM is still going strong, and a sixth season was confirmed before season 5 even began airing.
- Twilight living in a palace that was constructed in Ponyville, and the cast writing letters to her instead of Princess Celestia.
- Season four finale replaces the library with the Palace of Friendship. So on the money if late.
- Spike is a bit bigger, but not much. He's still Twilight's assistant.
- The old CMCs are grown up and have earned their cutie marks long ago, off-screen. Most likely they would take the places of Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity respectively in the cast.
- Shining Armor and Princess Cadance's daughter, Skyla, is a Winged Unicorn like her mother. She is also a blank flank and becomes part of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
- At some point, humans will be alluded to and actually introduced in the show. Expect them to look like how people look in The Littlest Pet Shop or for those two shows to cross over with each other somehow.
- The Demoted to Extra thing is apparently Jossed, as Word of God states that Twilight will not be removed as a member of the Mane Cast, thus S4 will still retain the focus on her and her friends.
- All jossed.
- More like a mix of "Slice of Life" and one or two major arcs over the entire season, such as "Equestria Games" and the Rainbow Keys arc in season 4.
The lead-up includes:
- Applejack and Rainbow Dash training for the Games.
- Rainbow Dash conflicted on whether she wants to support Ponyville's team or Cloudsdale's team (assuming that each team comes from a different city).
- Celestia asking the Mane Six or Spike to carry the torch (probably the Fire of Friendship from Hearth's Warming Eve)
- Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie, or Fluttershy deciding to participate, with her revealing that she has experience in a certain sport.
The games themselves include:
- Rainbow Dash meeting both of her old rivals: Gilda and Lightning Dust.
- Fierce competition from a certain rival team, most likely Fillydelphia or Manehattan.
- I have this idea for a fanfic where Gilda is in the competition but isn't actually doing anything wrong aside from having a bad attitude, but otherwise minimizes her interactions outside the competition and practice. The Mane Cast confront her and want her to leave for what she did in Ponyville. Gilda gets annoyed at this, complaining about the double standards that are going on. They wonder what the heck she's talking about, only for Gilda to talk about how they're still holding a years-long grudge over a few hurt feelings, while the changeling competitors, who tried to eat the capital not too long ago, are allowed to play without issue. They realize the Crystal Empire is under threat from a changeling invasion, then demand to know why Gilda didn't tell anyone, only for Gilda to reveal she legitimately thought they were being allowed in because of messed up pony priorities, like how one of the rulers happened to try and usurp the throne and plunge the land into eternal darkness a few years ago, and was put on the throne despite this. As for how Gilda knows about the changelings, being part eagle, she can see the ultraviolet auras changelings give off when shapeshifted.
- Bonus point if they eventually figure out that the Changelings weren't there to cause any trouble; they simply wanted to partake in the games. They only shapeshifted out of fear of being attacked by the ponies. This could be a set up for the Changeling episode describe a couple of times below.
- Careful how you phrase that part about the ponies, because that sound eerily similar to making the ponies the problem, as seen in so many grating fanfictions. Simply, they would have shapeshifted because they know they would not be allowed to take part otherwise.
- Well, really, I was implying that the Changelings thought that they would be attacked by the ponies, but later are told that wasn't the case.
- Pretty close. They do attend the games, Rainbow Dash does compete against the Wonderbolts but seems to be matched against Spitfire not Lightning Dust, they spent a few episodes building towards it as well. (And a Canterlot Wedding was a surprise in universe as well, the Gala in season one got plenty of foreshadowing.)
- I have this idea for a fanfic where Gilda is in the competition but isn't actually doing anything wrong aside from having a bad attitude, but otherwise minimizes her interactions outside the competition and practice. The Mane Cast confront her and want her to leave for what she did in Ponyville. Gilda gets annoyed at this, complaining about the double standards that are going on. They wonder what the heck she's talking about, only for Gilda to talk about how they're still holding a years-long grudge over a few hurt feelings, while the changeling competitors, who tried to eat the capital not too long ago, are allowed to play without issue. They realize the Crystal Empire is under threat from a changeling invasion, then demand to know why Gilda didn't tell anyone, only for Gilda to reveal she legitimately thought they were being allowed in because of messed up pony priorities, like how one of the rulers happened to try and usurp the throne and plunge the land into eternal darkness a few years ago, and was put on the throne despite this. As for how Gilda knows about the changelings, being part eagle, she can see the ultraviolet auras changelings give off when shapeshifted.
- Jossed. Tone-wise, it's mostly the same as previous seasons.
- Confirmed in the Season 4 finale. "You're a princess, you'll play your part."
- All she did as an Alicorn was waving her hoof, singing and flying. None of this looks like something that only a Mary Sue would do. Let’s not call her one until we’ve seen the new Twilight in action.
- Jossed. She maintains her status through all of Season 4 debatably elevated in the Finale.
- Confirmed. And despite ascending, Twilight is still herself.
- Cutie Mark Crusaders Magic Apprentices Yaaay!
- I doubt they'd become her apprentices but I can see them trying to. At the very least she'll be able to bring out enough of Sweetie Belle's magic so she'll be able to do some of the basics.
- Confirmed in "Twilight Time"
- It might be Sunset Shimmer.
- Yep, she's teaching Sweetie Belle magic (and helping the other Crusaders too), but she's also become a friendship mentor with Sunset, as seen during the events of "Rainbow Rocks".
- And he will be so competent that they start relying on him more often, which will be the subject of another episode, as he starts being used for less serious situations more and more, until he finally has enough with it all. Bonus points if it's when Fluttershy starts asking for things that he loses it, and that this almost causes him to relapse back into being a villain. As he would view it as his only friend using him.
- YMMV He provided the final key to save the world after betraying them. Some would say he confirmed himself as a wildcard not to be trusted others that he finally learned that friendship isn't just for when things are easy.
- Hasn't she already been 2/3 for this each season?
- After all, Twilight did spend a lot of the season 3 finale drilling it into our heads that Everything will be/is fiiiiiine~.
- The season, no. The two-part finale, yes... Tirek is on the loose!
- Alternatively, Sunset will join them for just one episode as a parody of Replacement Scrappy/Suspiciously Similar Substitute. Afterwards Sunset would leave the mane 6 and become a minor character.
- Jossed. According to Meghan McCarthy, Sunset Shimmer won't be in the show.
- Possibly confirmed in "Rainbow Rocks". (Well, Human!Mane 6, but still)
- It's a mix: she's now part of her own alternate Mane Six in the human world.
- And the theves will be one of the princesses ('cept Twilight of course)
- The Elements are willingly surrendered in the Season 4 Opener.
- Jossed. She's the Princess of Friendship.
- Jossed.
- Jossed. According to Meghan McCarthy, Sunset Shimmer won't be in the show.
- She WAS the antagonist of "Equestria Girls", but has since pulled a Heel–Face Turn.
- Jossed. The plot was completely different.
- Alternatively the Mane 5 could, through some serious teamwork and determination, defeat Sunset Shimmer and save the princesses all on their own. It would serve three purposes: 1) Being completely undone by five ponies that she likely didn't register as a serious threat would be the perfect defeat for Sunset Shimmer. 2) it would show beyond any shadow of a doubt that the group isn't carried by Twilight's talents alone. And 3) it would be freaking awesome.
- Jossed. She asks Twilight for help in Equestria Girls 2, and cements her Heel–Face Turn.
- I imagine she'll be an expy of Mandy (bonus points if Grey DeLisle is the one to play her) and be the only individual in Equestria who is truly immune to Pinkie Pie's contagious happiness (even Cranky was nice enough to humor her a little ad eventually smiled for her).
- Jossed. She gets Cheese Sandwich, who's essentially her Spear Counterpart, and is was in fact inspired by her.
- Penultimate episode, actually.
Trixie takes the Mane Cast aside and explains that during her travels, she happened to be in the wrong place at the right time and the townspeople mistakenly thought she stopped a major disaster from destroying the town. The grateful townspeople offered everything they had as thanks, and Trixie, still down on her luck and struggling to survive, went along with the lie, using her magic tricks to give the impression that she was much mightier then she actually was.
Trixie asks the Mane Cast to go along with the lie, since she doesn't have many other options and she is honestly trying to help the townspeople in her own way. The Man Cast reluctantly agrees, and the rest of the episode has them deal with the consequences of that decision.
Basically, it serves as a way to keep Trixie's status as a foil to Twilight (Twilight became a princess through virtue and hard work, Trixie became a local hero through deceit and dumb luck). It also lets us explore the results of Trixie's Heel–Face Turn while letting her still be, well, Trixie.
- This is essentially the plot of one of the "Friends Forever" comics: Trixie winds up in charge of a kingdom of Diamond Dogs. However, all she really wants is to get out of there.
- Confirmed.
- jossed
- Jossed. Physical keys are involved. (Of course, they don't start OUT in that shape.)
- Not quite jossed! The box indeed contains a rainbow of sorts. But it doesn't actually do any leg-work in saving the day. That's up to the Mane Six's new super-forms that said rainbow granted them.
- If Twilight's castle - which the box IS the seed for - counts as another Tree of Harmony, semi-confirmed.
- Jossed. It contain Rainbow Power or something similar that supercharged the Mane 6.
- Jossed.
- And now Ahuizotl is a thing...
- Jossed. There ARE two villains in the finale, but one was a Heel–Face Revolving Door.
- Nope.
- Jossed. It's a Rainbow Dash episode titled Rainbow Falls.
- Jossed. Twilight and her friends give lessons about their respective elements to other ponies.
- Not to mention the symbolism. Ponyville is one of the few places in Equestria we've seen that appears to have a pretty equal mix of the three main pony races. Ponyville would represent harmony and equality.
- Jossed. Canterlot remains intact, but Ponyville DOES get a new castle.
- Mr and Mrs. Cake (should be obvious why)
- Snips and Snails (again, should be obvious why)
- Big Mac and Granny Smith (again, should be obvious)
- Apple Bloom and Zecora (Zecora doesn't really have much interaction with other ponies outside of the Mane Six, except Apple Bloom)
- Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo (Apple Bloom is with Zecora, so I guess these two will have to be duos)
- Spike and Mayor Mare (Yeah, I got nothin)
- If the shining rainbow things are the Keys, this is jossed, as they are items that are given to the Mane 6 by a third party.
- Jossed. They're held in episode 24, BEFORE the finale. The villain has nothing to do with the games.
- Jossed.
In a subplot, there will be some amusing scenes of the five ponies and their human counterparts meeting and being surprised by one another. In the very end, as the ponies and Spike are returning to their world, Twilight's counterpart will show up, having just transferred in to the school, and be shocked to see her double passing through the mirror. When she asks what's going on, Sunset and her friends will happily welcome the newcomer and promise to explain what's going on. (Then cut to the Pony!Equestria again, where everyone's back to their normal shapes.)
- The "Sunset returns to ask for help when a new threat surfaces" part is confirmed in Equestria Girls 2.
This is very noticeable especially since the writers seem to be trying to put as much continuity, both into the story of this season and call backs to all previous seasons, that they can in each episode.
- Jossed.
1) The arc is an Aborted Arc and hastily crammed into the season finale just because they know the Periphery Demographic is watching and tends to keep track of such things. Obviously they don't think much of the intended demographic of young girls, if Equestria Girls is anything to go by.
2) The arc is aborted outright, with the season finale being a standalone adventure. The characters never mention anything like the chest that they had to open again. (This is least likely.)
3) The arc was cut back in order to make a lot of standalone episodes, leading to odd periods where Twilight and the others suddenly care about collecting the six MacGuffins, then are much more concerned about the new Daring Do novel or motivating the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
- Jossed. The keys show up over the course of five episodes (with the finale revealing the last one), and references to the chest are seen a few times over the course of the season.
Afterwards, Princess Celestia comes by, and explains that in order to become a bearer of an Element of Harmony, one must earn the privilege. The new element is dubbed the Element of Valor.
- Sadly jossed. At least, the "seventh element" part. The heroes still get a temporary upgrade, but it doesn't appear to involve physical objects.
Following this thought there will be an upcoming episode in which Fluttershy's kindness causes problems, and one where Applejack's honesty is tested either via having to keep a secret or being too honest about something.
- Excluding episode 11, that pretty much is what happened during the Key episodes.
- Confirmed.
- Oh yeah.
- Jossed on Cheese though, he's actually very nice and Pinkie was his inspiration to be a party pony.
- Main guess also jossed.
- In other words, like friendship, the keys are not found but forged by random acts of kindness, loyalty, laughter, honesty, generosity, and, well, in this case magic. An ordinary item, such as a spool of thread, becomes a key when gifted in gratitude for one of the acts.
- This is looking confirmed, as Rainbow's theoretical Key is a Wonderbolts badge and thus not something that can be picked up at a store because it simply calls to one as the perfect gift of gratitude.
- Jossed? I guess? Rainbow got her's from Spitfire, and they're already sort of friends.
- Since Rainbow Falls ended with the badge Rainbow got at the competition glowing the same way the spool of thread did at the end of Rarity Takes Manehattan, this is looking more and more likely.
- It doesn't look like they intend to actually do one of these. People though Episode 22 would be, but it's been jossed by the writer. Unless, of course, they were lying.
- Does Inspiration Manifestation count?
- Looking more and more likely, as the online release of "Pinkie Pride" reveals that Cheese Sandwich (whom Pinkie gets her key from) learned the value of laughter from her... albeit when he was much younger, leading to his becoming the party pony he is today, and he came back to Ponyville in part to show her this.
- Trixie: Performing for the opening ceremonies.
- Sunset Shimmer: Will be seen through the Crystal Mirror.
- Highly unlikely, since she was supposed to be movie-exclusive.
- Prince Blueblood, Jet Set, and Upper Crust: Wealthy enough to afford tickets.
- Suri Polomare: Providing uniforms for the Manehatten team.
- Seeing as Suri didn't actually make her own designs, instead stealing ideas from Rarity and forcing Coco to do all the work, this doesn't look likely. Still, she could appear.
- Gilda: Competing in the sprinting competition.
- Lightning Dust: Ditto.
- Flim Flam Brothers: Providing drinks/conning suckers.
- Cheese Sandwich: Entertainer.
- Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon: Their families are rich enough to afford tickets, and they might want to mess up the CMC's routine to embarrass them in front of everyone.
- Nightmare Moon: Appearing in a cameo by a shapeshifted Luna.
- Discord: Appearing in same act as Nightmare Moon.
- Diamond Dogs: Here to steal the from the Crystal Kingdom.
- Chrysalis: Here to steal the Crystal Heart.
- Partially confirmed, partially jossed: Prince Blueblood is seen attending; so are Gilda and Cheese Sandwich, but none of them have plot-relevant roles.
- Not officially jossed, but it may as well be. It's more likely that the magic of the chest would have caused whatever item the characters were given to become their key.
- Confirmed. It's in the finale.
- Further support in episode 12, "Pinkie Pride". Pinkie receives her Key from Cheese Sandwich, after he tells her about how she inspired him to become a party pony - essentially, overcoming his shyness and giving him Laughter. And For Her, It Was Tuesday!
- Confirmed! (It's a non-speaking cameo for each of them, but they appeared.)
- Jossed, technically. Rainbow Dash DID get her key in an Equestria Games episode, but that's the only time it ever came up.
- Season 5, episode 4. Apple Bloom gets her dream episode, along with all three appearing in one dream.
- Appears to be jossed, as the summary for episode 24, titled "Equestria Games", indicates it as a Spike episode.
- Definitely jossed. She got it in the last episode of the season.
- Confirmed
- Season 1: Began with the Summer Sun Celebration, ended with the Grand Galloping Gala.
- Season 2: Began with the return and defeat of Discord, ended with the wedding of Shining Armor and Princess Cadance.
- Season 3: Began with the return of the Crystal Empire and defeat of King Sombra, ended with the coronation of Princess Twilight Sparkle.
- Jossed: they're the penultimate event of the season.
- Jossed. Spike is regarded as a hero in the Crystal Empire, even moreso after his actions in Equestria Games.
- Semi-confirmed. It IS an ancient force... a G4 version of Tirek, and they do become Rainbow Ponies to stop him.
- CONFIRMED!
- Discord
- Trixie
- Perhaps another one-shot pony character, since that's been the norm for everybody else.
- None of the above. It's her three fellow princesses.
- The previous spoiler is jossed. It IS Discord.
- Not quite. There's also alicorns.
- And, definitely jossed. It's a draconequus.
- Rarity and Applejack got their keys from someone they helped get away from a jackass.
- Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash helped good but antagonistic people find their way again.
- So that means Twilight will have something reminiscent of Pinkie Pie's, where her antagonist is a well meaning individual she helped in the past.
- An early review suggests this is definitely correct... her key is the magic she got from the other princesses.
- Actually, having watched the episodes, it now looks closer to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash's situation.
- Confirmed: season 5, episode 4.
Brace yourselves, this is a long'un.
Flutterbat was created because the spell Twilight used to remove the vampire fruit bats' desire to be what they are reflected onto Fluttershy while Fluttershy was using The Stare on the bats. While reversing the spell seemed to fix the problem at the end of Bats!, there's no guarantee that the spell didn't backfire in some way again. In fact, the very last scene strongly implies that Fluttershy wasn't completely restored to how she used to be pre-Bats!, so this contributor suspects that Flutterbat still exists as a secondary expression of Fluttershy's personalty... and is now sentient, actively malevolent, and the real dominant personality, a la The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
How does this lead into Flutterbat being the primary villain of the season 4 finale? Well, sucking the juice out of apples may not be what sustains the new and improved Flutterbat. Maybe she DOES, in fact, eat other ponies... or, rather, drains their life force and steals any magical abilities they were blessed with, at least for a while. She spends the day pretending everything's fine and that Fluttershy is back to normal while going out at night to research the villains from previous seasons, and, with the rest of the Mane Six left unable to stop her without harming Fluttershy in the process, reveals herself and embarks on a journey to find and drain each of the remaining past villains of their power, starting with Queen Chrysalis, so she can build an army of vampire ponies and take over Equestria.
This would also explain why Discord would be chosen to deal with her first, rather than Twilight Sparkle. Princess Celestia would reasonably conclude that since Fluttershy was the one pony who managed to reform Discord and likely also the one pony he's spent the most amount of time around, the two would have grown to be fairly close friends since the season premier — close enough that Discord would be the only one truly capable of holding out in an "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight against an increasingly powerful Flutterbat. The fact that the finale is going to be another two-parter means that even Discord will fail to stop Flutterbat; ultimately, the only thing capable of even scratching Flutterbat will be a Twilight Sparkle armed with the full power of the other three princesses, because no singularly powerful being is capable of standing up to Flutterbat, regardless of who and how powerful they are.
- Jossed. It's the G4 version of Tirek.
- If that's the case... then I guess we know what route the show took when Pinkie Pie started rapping and the Jaws theme started playing.
- Half-confirmed. It gave them a temporary power-up and Twilight a new castle. The only connection to Rainbow Rocks is that the color schemes of their Rainbow Forms seem to be reflected in the upgraded anthro-modes.
- Seems logical. The heroes have already used it once and then reverted to normal afterward. The "invokable at will" part has yet to be confirmed though.
- Worldbuilding confirmed.
- Corollary: all the locations on Hasbro's map of Equestria will get A Day in the Limelight at least once. Further ideas (fee free to contribute, everyone):
- Applewood - be prepared for wave after wave of Shout Outs to every era of Hollywood, with pony versions of everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Arnold Schwarzenegger. The actual plot... hmm... perhaps a minotaur actor who's sick of being typecast in villain/meatheaded action hero roles, and needs our heroines' help to realize that he can do more nuanced, cultured roles.
- There may or may not be some revelation that the town was founded (and is perhaps still being run) by a branch of the Apple family.
- Las Pegasus - one of the Mane Six (most likely Applejack or Rainbow) becomes stubbornly obsessed with winning that one game at the casinos, becomes Trapped by Gambling Debts, and Hilarity Ensues.
- Baltimare - Comic-Con episode, with some ponies geeking out, at least one not understanding what's all the fuss, and Spike meeting such icons as Curtain Vial, Endless Star, and Zenith.
- Vanhoover - Okay, I got nothin'. Anyone?
- Jossed. Although Las Pegasus did appear in Season 6.
- Applewood - be prepared for wave after wave of Shout Outs to every era of Hollywood, with pony versions of everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Arnold Schwarzenegger. The actual plot... hmm... perhaps a minotaur actor who's sick of being typecast in villain/meatheaded action hero roles, and needs our heroines' help to realize that he can do more nuanced, cultured roles.
- Confirmed.
- Jossed. Starlight Glimmer's just a jerk with strange powers and a twisted philosophy.
- Already confirmed as a milestone celebration, and the Lower-Deck Episode we've been waiting for.
- Not yet... they did help decorate to make it feel more like a home, but they aren't moving in.
- No alicorn there, just a unicorn. And yes, the Mane Six do point out the wrongness of Starlight's philosophy.
- Yes. The Cutie Map is definitely linked to their magic.
- Or there could be a shout-out to Revenge of the Sith as Rainbow Dash has to fight Gilda.
- If that's the case, then as an Element of Harmony, wouldn't RD be the one more fitting as The Chosen One archetype and therefore be in the role of Anakin?
- Then Gilda could win the fight, but Fluttershy comes in and defeats her at the last minute.
- Why does it have to be Fluttershy? Why can't it be Pinkie or another of the Mane Six?
- Because Fluttershy is getting revenge on Gilda for making her cry. That would make the fans extremely happy.
- Return confirmed, motivation jossed.
- My bet's on Scootaloo, since she has a probably special talent (scooter riding).
- The one(s) with their cutie marks will still be accepted as friends, but kicked out of the organization with an already made medal of success.
- Actually discussed early in season 5, including the lesson.
- Twilight - Trixie
- Pinkie Pie - The Companion Cube squad from Party of One (who were alive all along and were controlling Pinkie then)
- Rainbow Dash - Gilda (who also wants revenge on Pinkie, but mostly Rainbow for abandoning her)
- Applejack - Flim Flam Brothers
- Fluttershy - Cockatrice and/or Iron Will
- Or one if the Flim Flam Brothers is Applejack's Shadow Archetype and the other is Fluttershy's. Given how they kicked the Apple family while they were down...
- Rarity - Diamond Dogs and/or Prince Blueblood
- At the end, the villains get tired of working for Discord, and end up helping the Mane Six defeat him again.
- I like the idea that Discord summons their so-called evil counterparts, makes some dramatic speech, only for the counterparts to be wondering what the heck is going on because they were poofed over there without consultation, and they reject Discord's offer on the basis that they don't live their lives obsessing over the Mane Cast.
- Preferably as a two parter. The first could end with a cliffhanger featuring the villains 'defeating' the main six. Thus, the second episode could begin with a different opening, sung by Discord and his gang and ending with the show being titled "My Little Pony, Chaos is Awesome" or something along those lines.
- Confirmed original WMG; Discord has become a recurring villain with two appearances already so far in Seasons 3 and 4.
- Recurring villain? He's reformed. (There was a bit of a Heel–Face Revolving Door for a bit, but he's fully reformed now.)
- That new map seems to indicate they're from another country. We might see "Griffontown", some area of a major city where griffons congregate.
- It's Griffonstone, and Gilda is a major character when they go.
- Return confirmed; pleasant demeanor jossed. At first. She was still a jerk when she returned, but see next guess:
- "The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone" in a nutshell, though it doesn't play out exactly as stated. Still, they work things out.
- Jossed. He shows up with no fanfare at all in Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?, as part of a pet spa date.
- Jossed. She didn't have anything to do with their reforming - it was all the Crusaders' doing.
- Confirmed. She reforms in Crusaders of the Lost Mark. (The business part, though, is jossed.)
- Jossed. She didn't have anything to do with their reforming - it was all the Crusaders' doing.
- Confirmed in The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows.
- Title jossed; the Crusaders get their marks in "Crusaders of the Lost Mark".
- While the essence of this is confirmed, as Rarity does open a store in Canterlot, no episodes have taken place in Canterlot because of it since.
- Jossed - she became friends with the group after they helped her understand her existing Cutie Mark.
- The CMC could use the Fires of Friendship, that requires 3 ponies
- Not the next Big Bad — we already know that's Discord. Maybe after that?
- I'm calling this jossed. They Heel-Face-Turned in season 5.
- Jossed. Discord wound up Heel-Face-Turning.
- Shining Armor may fear that he might not be able to see his future child very often due to his duties as Captain of the Royal Guard.
- Considering that it's now confirmed that Cadence is pregnant, there could likely be an episode dealing with Shining Armor's nerves about fatherhood, and going to Twilight or even the full Mane 6 about it, possibly the episode having each of them giving different advice that doesn't really sit well with him, and Cadence finds out and it's her advice that makes him feel better (or even just her admitting she's nervous and uncertain, too). Though considering he's no longer the captain of the guard, it's probably more likely he'll be worried about parenting vs being the Prince of the Crystal Empire.
- Shining Armor and Princess Cadance might take babysitting lessons from Pinkie Pie in preparation.
- This one is weird to me- Cadence already knows a lot about babysitting, and it's likely Shining Armor does, too, since he, like Cadence, probably babysat filly Twilight. Why would they need lessons?
- It may be revealed in the end that Princess Cadance isn't really pregnant thus bringing either relief or disappointment to the married couple.
- They really want it but something goes wrong and Cadance's life will be in grave danger if she sees the pregnancy through. She will get an abortion.
- This part of the guess is really unlikely since this show is aimed at 6 year old girls. Celestia only knows how parents would react to a young princess getting an abortion, since many people believe abortion is sinful and counts as murder. Still, there's hope for Cadance getting pregnant, or at least showing up with a baby at some point.
- Confirmed. The pregnancy was announced in season 5; season 6 opens with the group meeting the foal for the first time.
- Jossed - they Heel-Face-Turned in season 5, and it was the Crusaders who played a big part in it.
- Jossed - Starlight was doing this all for herself.
- Jossed. She hasn't used her Mark-stealing ability since the opener.
- The Smooze is showing up in "Make New Friends But Keep Discord", and appears to be a friendly being. But the base concept is pretty likely.
- Jossed - Starlight was doing this all for herself.
Also, Starlight's remarks at the end make it sound like she's incredibly jealous of anypony who's better at anything than her... taking away their Cutie Marks, and therefore their special talents, would automatically make her the best at everything, which is probably what her boss offered her as a reward for her service. And since it's something he/she/it wants as well, it works out for both of them. Though if this turns out to be the case, I foresee another "betrayal" against their Dragon coming, akin to Tirek's betrayal of Discord... except in this case, it'd be less "for the evulz" and more pragmatic villainy, by ridding themselves of one last Cutie Mark that could be a danger to them.
- Maybe a Government Conspiracy that wants to make Equestria much more controllable and obedient by stripping their individuality?
- Jossed - Starlight was doing this all for herself. However, this short meme video claims that Darth Vader suggested she should create a cult (or she used to fight alongside him before Season 5), but Vader didn't take kindly to her defeat and thus kills her off.
- Jossed
- The idea is Confirmed, the episode's name is "A Royal Problem".
Are destined to repeat history and fight the same way Luna and Celestia did 1000 years ago. But this time it will play out differently because Twilight has friends.
- Star Swirl the Bearded.
- Equestrius The Creator.
- Senator Rarity Armstrong, who also used nanocrystal illusions to fool both the characters and the viewers and secretly plant mind control chips inside various characters.
- The Elements of Harmony themselves.
- This troper assumes that sooner or later, Twilight Sparkle will have to go back to Canterlot anyhow, so the series finale discussed above would actually make a lot of sense.
- The lesson will be ill taught by Celestia, wishing to keep Twilight from being psychologically tortured later in life like herself. One pony will become dangerously depressed, and Celestia will forbid, in a loving motherly way, Twilight from returning, in an attempt to teach her to let go. The true final lesson will be that while you may have to break paths with friends, that does not mean you must abandon them. This lesson will be one Twilight teaches to Celestia as she escapes back to Ponyville against Celestia's orders.
- Let's be honest, the show's aimed at young girls. Seeing as simply reading the synopsis made this rather stoic troper die a little inside, imagine how the target audience would feel with an ending like that. It's much more likely that the final episode of the first season will be their biggest adventure, but they'd likely still be together at the end. It's what the fans would want, and it leaves room for a second season.
- Series finale, not season.
- My bad. My point still stands, however. This is My Little Pony we're talking about. It's pretty likely that they'd end on a high note.
- Actually, this would be a very logical way to end the series. I remember a bunch of shows I watched as a kid ended with the characters being separated, usually because someone is moving or they'll all be going to different middle/high schools or the improbably long summer camp has finally ended. The episodes would deal with being anxious about separating, coming to terms with forces you can't fight, saying goodbye to someone you love and realizing that you don't have to see someone every day to stay friends with them. Done well, these episodes are both heartwarming and heartbreaking and also one of the best episodes in their series. And they are really important aesops because situations like having to move away or otherwise leave your friends do happen to children and it helps to know that it doesn't have to be so sad and that no matter where they are, you will always have your friends. And for a show that focuses on the power of friendship what better message is there to end on?
- Series finale, not season.
- Seriously, it would be a lot more likely that in the final episode Celestia will cave in and let Twilight Sparkle stay in Ponyville, considering her actions in "Ticket Master" and "Bird in the Hoof" (while saying "she'll change her mind eventually" to herself as she had just made Twilight into an immortal God-Princess).
- The lesson of "learning to say goodbye to your friends" will actually come when Spike eventually grows too large to stay with Twilight and must go into the world to live as an adult dragon.
- I think that will be (part of) the series finale. A "learning to say goodbye to friends" episode would be touching, especially to those of us who have had to say goodbye to friends who we know we won't see for a long time. One or more of the mane ponies having to say goodbye would be a bit too sad, I think, and it might be difficult to justify one of them leaving for good. If Twilight returned to Canterlot it would not be hard for her to visit regularly and the others could easily spend the rest of their lives in Ponyville. But Spike will grow up and have to leave eventually. And if the series finale does involve anyone having to say goodbye, you can count on declarations of "Confound these ponies they drive me to tears".
- And being the living fax machine that he is, it would be easy for Spike to keep in contact with Twilight and the other ponies.
- The lesson of "learning to say goodbye to your friends" will actually come when Spike eventually grows too large to stay with Twilight and must go into the world to live as an adult dragon.
- The series finale may be about the friends getting separated... but still end with a high note with Twilight attempting to reunite them. More specifically, she would try to reunite them displaying each of the elements of harmony along the way to drive the point home... and fail, accepting the aesop. However, after some time passes, she realizes she doesn't like being a twilight-god-princess as much as she wants her friends back, and breaks the previous aesop by giving it a second try. Thus deconstructing friendship and then reconstructing it.
- While I'm sure that Aesop will be in an episode, I doubt it will happen like that, especially for a last episode. Personally, I think a new character will join the cast for a little while (just enough time for her to grow on us), and then will have to leave for some reason or another, and the Aesop will be used then. Mostly because I doubt the mane cast will ever have to say goodbye for good to each other, not in a show like this.
- If it resembles this fanfic in any way, this normally collected troper will spending the rest of the day bawwwing his eyes out.
- This is a very interesting idea, and one that would add a great deal of extra depth to an already interesting show. If it appears in the middle of a season, it might be a tremendous Growing the Beard or Cerebus Syndrome moment for the show. And if it happens as the original poster guesses in a Grand Finale of sorts, I will officially declare that episode/group of episodes "My Little Pony's Toy Story 3"
- Indeed. Also, this could serve as a somewhat mild variation of Torch the Franchise and Run, as, if the characters end up accepting the parting of ways, it could potentially disable any third party Revival of the series (at least involving the characters). If anything, it would most likely be a Reunion Show of some sort. In essence, this would be an excellent episode to finish off the series.
- Alternatively, Applejack encounters an injured Changeling disguised as her near Ponyville (crash-landed after the wedding?), and she has to choose between forgiving the Changeling and helping them (which would likely entail lying to her friends), or just ratting the Changeling out to Ponyville (and risk causing a Changeling Hunt to break out). The episode would end with AJ taking a third option of some kind.
- Applejack would probably let the Changeling masquerade as her so she could go into town unnoticed. She would be unmasked by Apple Bloom, and the third option would be to try to honestly tell Ponyville to accept their new member
The main turmoil will involve Fluttershy's feelings of betraying her race as opposed to never feeling welcomed by them in the first place, while Twilight will show up to pass on the advice she learned in season 1 to Fluttershy.
- Jossed as far as timing (season three has finished with no such reappearance) and possibly Discord's release unless he has a relapse. Basic premise still seems valid, though.
- It kind of was, considering it already happened. In episode 16. Where the plot revolved around Rainbow pulling it off. Just sayin'.
- I believe the OP meant that the Sonic Rainboom in episode 16 will have greater significance than we currently know.
- Or perhaps it will have something to do with the villains. Just a guess.
- The monster from African folklore part intrigues me, as I would be hoping for one of Africa's dinosaur-like cryptids to be put in there. Perhaps the Mane Six and Zecora will have to stop a mokele-mbembe from stopping a river flow? Or maybe Rainbow Dash will get into a dogfight with a high-flying kongamato? Or maybe the Big Bad of the story will be the snakelike nguma-monene? Or some combination of the three?
- To alleviate any Interchangeable African Cultures problem which bugs me so much (this troper is Nigerian-American) maybe we should create a set country. I alwasys thought Zecora would live in either Botswana (Hoofswana?) Namibia (Windhoof?), or South Africa. She could be from the Serengeti, but I would like to keep one set if country stereotypes together.
- Hmmm…sounds like the plot of a certain Disney film. Well, if Disney has taught us anything, it's that the only way to teach a spoiled prince to mend his ways is via Forced Transformation. If Blueblood is somehow turned into a creature, either Pinkie or Fluttershy will try to make a pet of him.
- This will all hopefully result in shipping potential between Rarity and Blueblood where before there was none.
- The "magical mishap turning the mane case into adorable fillies" part is confirmed as of this preview clip. It seems like it'll be temporary though.
- That was from "Magic Duel"; Twilight did it to show off her talents to Trixie. An episode where this happens for real is not yet precluded though.
- Well, they already had chocolate rain...
- Twilight Sparkle
- Rainbow Dash
- Princess Celestia
- Spike
- Rarity
- Fluttershy
- Rainbow Dash, for a little Mythology Gag (see here)
- Pinkie Pie
- Twilight Sparkle
- Applejack
- Rarity
- Fluttershy
- Pinkie Pie
- Rainbow Dash
- Applejack
- ...Spike?
- Twilight Sparkle
- Even better, Rarity for a hilarious Mythology Gag! (Spike's voice actress was G3 Rarity)
- Hell, maybe even Princess Celestia!
- Twilight Sparkle
- Luna, probably for some coup d'etat.
- A six-way swap between the whole mane cast.
- Perhaps an explaination could be Twilight temporally having a mess up with her magic and losing control of it for a short time.
- Also, given the now obvious Darker and Edgier tone the show has taken, I wouldn't be surprized if there was a The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body aspect to it, gradually picking up each others mannerisms, abilities, memories and the like, gradually start forgeting their own, and with each of the ponies getting used to their new host bodies, causing them to find a way to turn back before it was too late. I would think the change would be most apparent in whoever gets stuck as Rainbow Dash if, for no other reason, the new-found freedom that comes with her body. And, also, it's clear that the show does not assume that Viewers Are Morons. It never has. So I don't know about the Voices Are Mental thing. Besides, it'd be hysterical for one pony's vocal mannerisms to come from the voice of another.
- Maybe they never get back into their old bodies, but just adapt to their new bodies so well over time that it effectively restores status quo.
- Nah. That'd render the whole episode useless. Besides, we'd never hear the end of it.
- Congratulations, X! You're the new Y!
- Maybe they never get back into their old bodies, but just adapt to their new bodies so well over time that it effectively restores status quo.
- I'm gonna call this confirmed, but it was special talents they swapped, not bodies, which for all intents and purposes, was the same thing because they were forced to try to be each other, however unintentionally. Rainbow was Fluttershy who was Pinkie who was AJ who was Rarity who was Rainbow. And it was from Twilight's spellcasting; she fired off a spell she didn't know what it did and it messed with the Elements of Harmony, causing the destinies to change.
- It would also reek heavily of communist bloc cities, and the Aesop is finding joy in the darkest of times.
- Jossed, at least the part about it being in Season 3. Could happen in a later season though.
- There's a hot-air balloon in the opening credits, so there's no reason Equestria couldn't have airships if they wanted them. Zeppelins are not that much of an advance in technology.
- For bonus hilarity, Spike's pony form will become a Lust Object for Rarity only for Spike to be turned off by her aggressive pursuit.
- So no male dragon wants to be pursued by a mare?
- I doubt that'll happen unless Spike is turned into a stallion. He's a baby dragon and seems mentally no older than fifteen so..
- So no male dragon wants to be pursued by a mare?
- Alternatively, he'll become a Lust Object for Sweetie Belle.
- Doubly alternatively, Spike and Twilight switch 'roles,' with Twilight becoming a dragon, and Spike becoming a pony (Not an alicorn, though).
- Well…that would explain how the "myth" began when supposedly nobody had ever performed a Sonic Rainboom before. Maybe the one who witnesses it is a younger Celestia, which could maybe explain why she didn't attempt to save Rarity in "Sonic Rainboom".
- That would be a good idea. And even better would be having Celestia tell her that when she returns to the present.
Or, you know, something a lot better than that.
- I really hope this doesn't happen. Nothing personal, but I watch MLP because, well, it's MLP, not Doctor Who.
- The character could be voiced by Tennant as some sort of gag to the fandom. Also, bonus points if he obsesses over a franchise that he grew up with only to become a part of it later on.
Kraustos seems like the bit of fanon that the makers want to put in, but know they could never get away with at this point. Hell, they barely got away with showing part of a coffin at this point. But eventually, aftering having pushed the envelope, they'll feel brave enough to bring up Krastos.
- Bets up if he's a Knight of Cerebus just by the name alone
- Given the voicing and klutziness she was given in "The Last Roundup", Derpy's episode could by of the Very Special Episode type, where the Mane Six come to help her feel appreciated, with an Aesop about accepting people even if they are that different.
- When did Lauren Faust say Derpy'd be part of the Mane cast?
- So then Rarity's goal would be so that Rainbow Dash always dresses in style?
- As a Brick Joke, perhaps have Luna apologize to them at some time in the episode for no clear reason, the first time they've met since her freedom. They think it's just for her being Nightmare Moon in general, but at the end, they find out this is what she meant.
- That's a good idea. Maybe the four stars that released her could turn out to be four of the mane cast?
- They'll be Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie, and Fluttershy because the spell was so powerful Twilight needed Rarity's help.
- but whose suffering it, who knows, but i'll put my bets on princess twilight sparkle.
- Considering that Rainbow is a full-fledged Wonderbolt with her own uniform now, this is probably not going to happen.
- And it will be called "A Bird In The Hoof".
- Another way this could happen is the mane cast taking a trip to the pony equivalent of Hollywood, and starring in a movie where Celestia is the villain, with all her terrible deeds in fanon played for laughs. (Banishing ponies to the moon on a whim? There's an entire city up there, with strong implications that an invasion/rebellion is imminent. Constantly pranking her subjects? Everypony's used to it, to the point that Celestia not pranking them is cause for concern.) At the end of the episode is a Twist Ending: Celestia herself was the director!
- Not parodying, per say but Twilight's worst nightmare shown in The Crystal Empire - Part 2 definitely has shades of this.
- Alternatively, it's a ghost story written by Spike after the events of Party Of One.
- Or, if Krastos the Glue Maker actually shows up, he/she will be dressed similar to the outfit used in the fic.
- Or maybe pinkie would wear a fake varitation of said outfit.
- Someone will say "I always knew you two were thespians!"
- And if you like irony, they will succeed, only to find that the hospital pulled the plug on the one. This could lead the rest to go so far as to burn the hospital.
- Confirmed except for "serious" part.
- Or they show up because they sense Fluttershy, their friend, is in danger.
- He wouldn't need to wear special sunglasses. When Twilight cast the spell, she wasn't affected by it, presumably because she was the one who cast it.
- Sniff. Someone needs to make this into a fan-fic, at least. This is too good of an idea to go to waste.
- Or, in a Shout-Out to Star Trek: Voyager, every body swap lands the new host into the old host's body (c.f. the "Freaky Friday" Flip guesses above). For example: Zecora gets dumped into a visitor's body, Apple Bloom gets dumped into Zecora's, Rainbow Dash into Apple Bloom's, Applejack into Dashie's, Rarity into Applejack's, Fluttershy into Rarity's, Pinkie Pie into Fluttershy's, Twilight Sparkle into Pinkie's, Big Macintosh into Twilight's, the Mayor into Big Mac's, and Derpy into the Mayor's. Hilarity Ensues over a two-or-three-parter).
- And now hopefully that I have posted this, the universe will do its best to stop it.
- I seriously doubt that they'd kill off one of the Mane Cast (especially since all of them have a sizable fanbase), particularly not on a kid's show.
- Nobody said they can't be reborn like a phoenix (if this is the case i'm betting it's Twilight).
- I seriously doubt that they'd kill off one of the Mane Cast (especially since all of them have a sizable fanbase), particularly not on a kid's show.
This could end in several ways. Luna could accept the ponies' apologies and return the night to existence, with everyone in the world having learned a very vital lesson. Or she could reject their apologies and refuse to return the night; if this happens, the Mane Six could end up having to convince her to do it... or, failing that, having to fight her and force the return of the night.
And if Luna wins, it's The End of the World as We Know It
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- May I get to know your handle, at least? I'll be sort of featuring a Lighter and Softer Version of this type of plot within a chapter of a Crossover I'm writing, and I'd like to give you credit for it.
- ...So she can go around all day without being treated differently. It will go smoothly at first, but something will go wrong with the spell, making it so she can't change back to her true form at will. For extra drama, it will happen when Equestria needs her most, causing the Mane Six to save her.
- I'd doubt the "spell going wrong" part. This is Celestia we're talking about; she's old and experienced enough for that to just not happen. Instead, I'd have it where Twilight sees right through Celestia's disguise when Celestia absent-mindedly uses a mannerism unique to Princess Celestia. Instead of blowing her cover, Twilight decides to play along and see where it goes. After getting her mentor swept up in the latest Ponyville shenanigans, Twilight then trolls Celestia by roping "new" pony into doing the honors of dictating that episode's Friendship Report.
- In which the Mane Cast and Pipsqueak visit Liverpool note and run into No Celebrities Were Harmed pony versions of The Beatles themselves.
- Could work as the musical episode theorized elsewhere...which would be awesome as all hell if the songs were Beatles parodies.
- And one of them will be in full-on, permanent Twilight Snapple mode.
- Does Babs' episode count?
- This could describe half the series.
- Possibly confirmed. The DVD includes an episode titled "The Last Roundup", but it may be aired before the DVD comes out.
- It will indeed air before the DVD comes out, but there's still the possibility of a future DVD containing a never-before-seen episode.
- This one's slated to happen as episode 100 of the series.
- And maybe they'll have to actually fight hoof-to-hoof and/or with combat/elementalnote magic.
- That would be an interesting twist. Maybe they go through Training from Hell just to make sure their friends don't get obliterated.
- Or the villain will be Out-Gambitted and dead forever.
- Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash aren't holding up their ends of the Elements, thanks to an extremely massive argument, but when the Cutie Mark Crusaders are threatened, their bonds are reaffirmed and they use the elements to swiftly put that jerk back in his/her place.
- Big Macintosh. He gets all the fillies!
- Twilight's father, inexplicably.
- Spike. Everypony finds this creepy.
- Discord. It will be a match made in Tartarus.
- Every male character in the show.
- Every character in the show that isn't a child or teenager, period.
- Honesty: If you tell the whole truth all of the time and never hide anything from anyone, you become brutally honest and can't be trusted with sensitive information.
- Loyalty: If you support someone in everything they do and never disagree with them (even if agreeing with them would be to their detriment), you become a Yes Mare.
- Kindness: If you always try to help everyone with everything they do 24/7 (even if your help is unwanted), you become a nuisance.
- Laughter: If you constantly try to get people to have fun, they'll eventually get bored and your efforts will just come off as annoying and selfish (In other words, this is what Pinkie feared had happened in Party of One).
- Generosity: If you give away too many things too freely, you'll end up causing waste and spoiling people. Also, you might be compelled to give away something that isn't yours to give.
- Magic: If you rely to heavily on magic and stop believing in the rest of the world, you become ignorant.
- Plus bunnies have especially short lifetimes.
- Twilight will have a hard time reading.
- Pinkie Pie will be unable to eat sweets without puking.
- Rainbow Dash will have a hard time flying.
- Applejack will have a hard time working.
- Rarity will freak out about not looking beautiful if she's huge.
- Fluttershy... I can't think of one for Fluttershy. At the end, they decide to keep the fillies. And this will be the finale of Season 3, just in case (JUST IN CASE) it keeps going.
- If your theory does happen (which I doubt they could get away with something like that, considering the characters have the maturity of someone in their late teens, but you never know) Fluttershy's concern could be that she might not be able to properly care for a filly, or that caring for the filly would get in the way of her caring for animals.
- Alternatively, Fluttershy could be the only one of the mane six who's well-prepared to raise a foal, and thus be a foil to the other five.
- I actually have an idea that could make this work even more. A fair is held at Ponyville with booths available to anyone who has something to sell. An unassuming pony (species doesn't matter for this) is running a booth that sells fruit drinks. Twilight and her friends go over and introduce themselves. Thrilled to meet the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony, the pony offers them each a sample of his "Harmony Swirls", special drinks that each reflect one of the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony which have names like Rarity's Berry Blush, Rainbow Dash's Color Quencher, Applejack's Sweet Reward, Pinkie Pie's Sugar Surprise, Fluttershy's Forest Blender and Twilight's Sky Dream (or...something like that). They all accept the drinks and think there's nothing to worry about. However later the Mane Cast discovers that the drinks had the aforementioned fertility berry in them and now they're expecting foals (I say foals because it would be interesting if one of the Mane Cast had a son). The problems above crop up though they do end up keeping the foals. However later the "pony" who sold them the drinks reappears and reveals himself to be some sort of villain (not a pony; just a shape-shifter pretending to be one) and reveals that the sweet foals the Mane Cast has been tending are part of his master plan to destroy Equestria. Horrified the Mane Cast pleads to be allowed a chance to save the foals. Out of cockiness, the villain agrees and gives them a riddle to solve (my theory is on something like "To give these foals a brand new start, find the truths of one loved one's heart) with the stakes of if they solve the riddle in the time limit (if it's long enough, this could actually be a multi-parter or even a movie), the foals will be free but if any of the Mane Cast fail, their foal (s) will belong to him. With no other choice, they agree but go to Celestia for help. She explains about the villain and offers to cover for them at the various workplaces until the riddle is solved. Luna then appears and gives them a special charm that shows them where they need to go to solve each pony's riddle contribution.
- Damn, why the hell didn't I think of that?
- I do not wish to turn this into a bash Anita Sarkeesian thread, but using a Mystical Pregnancy storyline in a show like this?! We and Hollywood writers should be feeling some back-of-the-mind level of guilt for trying to write a fanfiction about this, let alone an episode.
- If your theory does happen (which I doubt they could get away with something like that, considering the characters have the maturity of someone in their late teens, but you never know) Fluttershy's concern could be that she might not be able to properly care for a filly, or that caring for the filly would get in the way of her caring for animals.
- Even better, the Mane Cast's talents would play into it:
- Twilight probably knows some shrinking spells.
- If the submarine bridge setup parodies that of the Enterprise, Twilight would be a shoo-in for the role of science officer. Just so somepony (most likely Pinkie, see below) has the excuse to say, "Analysis, Mr. Sparkle!" ("Don't you mean Miss Sparkle?" "Nope! 'Mister Sparkle' is way more fun to say!")
- Rarity would design the ship. ("Isn't our little submarine just marvelous? It can deal with any microscopic ruffian we encounter!")
- Fluttershy's medical skills make her a shoo-in for the navigator/pilot.
- Rainbow and Applejack would be the resident Action Girls, complete with a fight scene involving white blood cells.
- And above all, the whole thing would be Pinkie's idea. Because only Pinkie could dream something like this up.
- Alternatively, Pinkie would be the one whose body the other ponies are in. And the one narrating the story, framed as it being a book she wrote. And she'd be the captain of the submarine. Because...Pinkie Pie.
- Twilight probably knows some shrinking spells.
The village had been paying the dragon to protect them and wanted him to be there. Its been protecting them from threats to their livelihood, to the point of becoming friends with the village, and the ponies were more than willing to give him their best materials in return. With threats closing in in the absence of the dragon, the Mane Six must both protect the village and convince the dragon to return.
- Mostly confirmed in "Pinkie Apple Pie," but it was Pinkie and Applejack.
Meanwhile, Spike has been going on his own misadventures, trying to find a new home. He meets some friendly ponies on his trip, but can't help but feel regret for what he did to everyone back in Ponyville. He keeps moving on, with a smile (though a fake one), and after nearly being starved to death, and filthy, he finds a cave to settle in, and starts to wish he never did what he did. Just then, Twilight and the others appear, and try to talk to him. He is reluctant at first, but eventually starts to speak more, saying how he always felt alone and friendless back at the library, while they spent a lot fun times on their adventures. He apologizes for what he said earlier, and is about to leave, when Twilight tearfully hugs him. The others start to join in, and apologize, admitting that what he said was true, and how they never intended to hurt him, but will do better to treat him as their friend. He falls asleep on the trip back to Ponyville, and realizes the next morning that he slept in too late. He rushes downstairs to help Twilight when... SURPRISE!! Everyone he knows has thrown him a party to show their appreciation for him. They all plan to do many things with him. And says that it won't just last one day, but they'll do all kinds of fun things everyday.
Twilight and the others will learn a lesson about never making your friends feel left out and to never neglect them. It will not only hurt them, but it can hurt you and other friends as well as destroy the friendship that you have. Always make sure that you show them the same love you show for your other friends as well and make them feel appreciated and accepted.
- Don't forget to add "not being invited to visit Rainbow Dash in the hospital", "not being invited to Applejack's welcome home party", and "not being told where Twilight and the others are going and being left alone for at least two days" to that above list.
- The Flim Flam Brothers (want revenge against the Apples and Ponyville in general, are the instigators of the idea)
- Lightning Dust (wants revenge against Rainbow Dash for usurping her position)
- The Diamond Dogs (are promised the gems at the bank in Ponyville)
- Cranky Doodle (Pinkle Pie interrupted his date with Matilda)
- Angel (Fluttershy sent him to his hutch for being bad)
- And Trixie (doesn't want to fight, but rightfully assesses the "villainous team" as pathetic and takes pity on them)
The Flim Flam brothers try to recruit actual threats, like Iron Will or Discord, but are rejected. When the team finally confronts the Mane Six in Ponyville's town square, things immediately fall apart for them; Cranky Doodle grumbles that "the whole idea was stupid" and quietly shuffles away before the fight begins, Angel immediately gets starred down by an irate Fluttershy, the Diamond Dogs are incapacitated thanks to Rarity's whining, and Lightning Dust is outmaneuvered by Rainbow Dash. Then the Flim Flam Brothers reveal their trump card: They've repurposed their Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 into an intimidating-looking transforming mecha, which falls apart after taking a single step. At this point, Trixie nonchalantly strolls over to Twilight Sparkle, explaining that she sabotaged the machine but that "it didn't take much effort". The episode ends with the Diamond Dogs chasing the Flim Flam Brothers once it's clear they aren't getting their promised gems. Definitely a one-parter.
- The Mane cast's parents will come for a sort of parents day celebration, and spike will feel bit left out of the party. When they all leave for a while, spike writes a letter to the princess asking where his egg came from. Which will result in the princess coming to the library, in person, to tell spike, that she had found his egg, and had no idea where his parents were. She simply used her magic to keep the baby inside the egg alive, and wait to use him as a part of the entrance exam for Twilight. This will cause Spike to go out, and look for clues on where his parents are. The girls will refuse to go, and try and convince Spike not to go too, by saying that it's dangerous, and he might find out the truth about his parents, and the truth may not be pleasant. He will still be determined to find them, despite the consequences it may bring. But the girls will try to track him down. And there will be enemies waiting for them, at every corner.
- In one possible ending, It will turn out that Spike's parents were killed a long time ago, back when ponies hunted and killed dragons for sport. Celestia found spike's egg alone, after his parents were killed, and took care of him. Keeping his egg in stasis, for many, many years, until Twilight hatched him. This will result in him having a /Heroic BSoD, but Twilight and the others comfort him, saying that they will always be a family to him.
- Another ending could be that Spike successfully finds his parents. They aren't mean or nasty like the girls would've thought, but actually kind and caring. And they will all find out that a group of ponies had once came to their cave trying to steal their hoard of gems. They accidentally took Spike's egg by mistake, but during their escape, they accidentally dropped the egg, leaving it behind for Celestia to find. Twilight feels upset that her number one assistant and brother might actually leave her. But his parents, not wanting him to choose between them or his friends, decide to move to the cave that the red dragon lived in in DragonShy, so they can always watch over him
- Considering the title of his next episode, "The Great Dragon Migration" may be a Shout-Out to the tenth The Land Before Time film, and the plot has him join the migration to find himself, it's possible. After all, Littlefoot did find his father in that film, so its possible.
- This episode would serve as a sequel to the "Dragon Quest" episode, in which it would answer all of Spike's questions. The letter that Celestia sent to Spike, while he was with the other dragons, will be brought up again, and play a role in the story as well.
- And for the rest of the series, she'll be laid-back to the point where she doesn't care what the outcome is anymore.
- or maybe pinkie pie would get sent to the mental ward instead, she definitely is closer to insanity then the rest of the mane six and just don't care what happens to anyone else like the suggestion above.
- Being the villain of Season 3's opening is probably Jossed.
- Or, if this new Draconequis is a villain, he/she won't have Discord's sick sense of humor and have a reason beyond spreading chaos beyond their own entertainment.
- The new Draconequis could be a Well Intentioned Extremist who is convinced that the safe and orderly society the ponies enjoy is in fact destructive stasis which is smothering the ponies and preventing them from developing as individuals. He will then attempt to introduce chaos in a way that turns all of Equestria into a version of Everfree Forest.
- Original poster here, bonus points are given if not only they do an episode of Forgiveness but reveals to be Princess Luna's past. Or it can be Gilda, Trixie, and the other jerks who teamed up against the revenge on Mane Six. Only to show to see the causing the end of their world or becoming the ones they became.
- Another version can give a Freudian Excuse on WHY he/she isn't willing to forgive or accept forgiveness, that when he/she were young he/she DID forgiven/accepted their apologies but only only for the offenders to continue. This can result a Shut Up, Kirk! speech, asking the Mane Cast how he/she can forgive their offenders if the said offenders are going to do it again and again?
- This whole idea sounds like my headcanon for the underlying cause of the Applebloom/Diamond Tiara dynamic.
- Another version can give a Freudian Excuse on WHY he/she isn't willing to forgive or accept forgiveness, that when he/she were young he/she DID forgiven/accepted their apologies but only only for the offenders to continue. This can result a Shut Up, Kirk! speech, asking the Mane Cast how he/she can forgive their offenders if the said offenders are going to do it again and again?
- Several tearjerkers, maybe even including exile.
- An elaboration on zebra society, which will be mondern with a tribal ancestry.
- Her home will be based on sub-Sahara Africa, mabye South Africa.
- We will found out that the Witch Doctor is a traditional position.
- She has mastered medicine, maybe even an actual doctor who has a speciality in herbs, plants or chemistry.
- And she toke up english literature or poetry as a hobby, Which explains her use of rhymes.
- And she'll have a niece voiced by Cree Summer
- I don't see what's so wrong with swimsuits, given that ponies don't usually wear clothes, period.
- Which raises the question of why they would start now.
- Didn't we already get the first half of this with Putting Your Hoof Down?
- A Derpy Hooves episode
- Nope
- Discord's return
- This one's the winner
- The return of Trixie
- This one is also a winner.
- A genderbent episode
- Sorry, no.
- Twilight Sparkle getting put on a bus (What? "Go absolutely crazy over" doesn't necessarily mean it's good news.)
- No
- Twilight Sparkle turning evil Nightmare Moon-style (Come on! We've seen Twilight Sparkle go pretty insane twice in Season 2. Who wouldn't want to see her go COMPLETELY insane and try to destroy Equestria!?)
- Sorry, no. Guys, remember when you're making these guesses this show is targeted at 6 year old girls.
- An episode about the Brony phenomenon
- Nope
- Remember back during Season 1 when "Weird Al" Yankovic recognized the show, and pony versions of him were drawn by fans? It took two seasons to become canon, but here he comes!
- Not in Season 3, but this happens in Season 4! Weird Al shows up in "Pinkie Pride" as the voice of Cheese Sandwich.
- Derpy's funeral, complete with heart-wrenching Really Dead Montage and Dinky learning how to cope with the death of a loved one. It would explain why nopony has said if Derpy will appear in season three.
- Mercifully, no.
- Pinkie and Dashie star in a horror film.
- No
- An episode with Doctor Whooves. (one can always hope...)
- And he will be voiced by David Tennant himself.
- No.
- God no.
- And he will be voiced by David Tennant himself.
- Dinky Doo and/or Pipsqueak joining the Cutie Mark Crusaders
- No, but Scootaloo finally got her own episode.
- A roadtrip to a new location (e.g. Fillydelphia, Los Pegasus, Zecora's homeland, etc.)
- This didn't happen until S4, where they went to Manehattan. The road trip episode was in "Pinkie Apple Pie"
- Twilight is sent back in time to when the Princesses first discovered the Elements of Harmony.
- Kinda! In the opener for S4, she drinks Flashback in a Bottle, and witnesses the event.
- There is a Story of the Blanks reference (actually mentioning Apple Bloom's ordeal).
- Nope
- The trigger of Twilight Sparkle's transformation will be...
- Her insecurities and/or inferiority complex - Despite helping many in need and saving Equestria three times since first moving to Ponyville, she still feels insecure about many things including herself.
- A more serious OCD freakout - And Princess Celestia won't let her off the hook this time.
- The chaos she created (e.g. the Want-It-Need-It spell incident) being exposed to everypony - This could turn everypony she's ever cared about against her... including Shining Armor.
- A "Reason You Suck" Speech pointing out her personal flaws (e.g. self-righteousness) and inner demons - This could be a Shut Up, Kirk! speech from a villain like Discord reminding her of the chaos she caused without him being there and that she is not so different.
- A genuine Bad Future (unlike in "It's About Time" where Twilight, for once, thought everyone she knows have gone mad after becoming more and more disillusioned by her friends, family, and mentors). It can be that the heroes (including the Princesses and Shining Armor) agreed to do something completely hypocritical to the elements or friendship in general. For once, Twilight will lash out at them and begins her Start of Darkness.
- An Alternate Timeline where Discord and/or Chrysalis won and Twilight decided to join the villains because after all, if you can't beat them, join them.
- Twilight Sparkle putting on the Alicorn Amulet (from Magic Duel) herself either during and/or after her Heroic BSoD.
- Since Twilight Sparkle would most likely neglect her Element of Magic, somepony may have to temporarily take her place as its wielder. This could be...
- Princess Luna - This could be her chance to atone for her crimes as Nightmare Moon!
- Shining Armor - Bonus points if he refuses to use the Element of Magic against his own sister fearing for her safety.
- Princess Cadance - She does have magic to wield the Power of Love after all. And since Twilight Sparkle saved her and Shining Armor, this could be her chance to return the favor.
- Trixie - After finally releasing the error of her ways in Magic Duel thanks to Twilight, this could be here chance to finally redeem herself by saving ''her'' this time...although this may not end well...
- The Mane 6 (or Mane 5 excluding Twilight) wield the Elements of Harmony to save Twilight Sparkle...
- And succeed with help from...
- Princess Celestia
- Princess Luna
- Shining Armor
- Princess Cadance
- Trixie
- Spike
- Discord (That would be a huge shock!)
- Twilight Sparkle herself trying to regain self-control
- Or the Elements fail and Twilight seemingly defeats them.
- And succeed with help from...
- Twilight Sparkle ultimately realizes what she has become and...
- She then attempts to regain self-control.
- She then helps her friends vanquish her Superpowered Evil Side with the Elements of Harmony once and for all.
- She breaks down in tears believing that she is a monster and that what she did was unforgivable.
- Everypony may easily forgive her, but she may refuse to forgive herself. In the end, she is reassured by her friends to learn from her mistakes.
- She believes that everypony would be better off without her and decides to leave Ponyville for good. However, her friends beg her to stay telling her that their lives wouldn't be the same without her.
- When Twilight Sparkle finally returns to her original self, she almost dies...but ultimately regains consciousness and self-control.
- With the destruction of the Elements (no easy way out, must use force) and Word of God saying Twilight won't outlive her friends, she might actually die in this scenario!
- Rather than try to destroy what made them worthy to bear the elements, Discord will reinforce their Elements to their Logical Extreme...
- Applejack: Will exhibit Brutal Honesty, to the offense and sadness of those around her. The closest she'll be able to get telling a white lie is to focus on insignificant good sides of things.
- Rarity: Will take her generosity to utterly ascetic levels by giving up practically everything she owns and even starving herself by passing any meals she's about to eat to the first bemused mare to walk past her.
- Fluttershy: Will take her Extreme Doormat tendencies up to eleven out of "kindness" to increasingly undeserving people around her.
- So basically, will do nothing with Fluttershy.
- Rainbow Dash: Her loyalty will be cranked up to the point where she becomes a submissive Yes Mare to her friends, Twilight especially, even if she sees any obvious flaws in any plans or ideas anyone close to her will have, and will become extremely aggressive to anyone who questions their decision making, no matter how legitimate those questions may be (resulting in conflicts with Applejack due to the above).
- Pinkie Pie: Will become a somewhat more benign Stepford Smiler. She'll laugh 24/7 regardless of whether she finds anything funny.
- Twilight Sparkle: Will rely solely on magic, possibly to the point where she dismisses science itself.
- Science and Magic are one and the same in this universe.
- Possibly a brother who is an Order obsessed control freak. Like Discord, he'll be an expy of a villain with a similar mindset with a desire to put everyone under a spell of mindless, synchronized, conformity and be voiced accordingly. Potential Enemy Mine ensues.
- Or the opposite number will be a huge group of imperialistic individuals who want everybody to be like them, whether they want to or not. In essence, they will be the Borg to Discord's Q, and will be a large group of beings of average strength that are mainly scary because of numbers and strength from a shared purpose, contrasting against Discord, who is a super-powerful individual who manages to be horrifying, despite his lack of companions.
- it could be temporary but the above theory of her turning into a Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds does make a good argument from here as her Start of Darkness and she'll go more and more mad as time passes on and well referance this for how it goes complete with Redemption Equals Death and Born-Again Immortality / Resurrective Immortality after the incident, it would go as far as a two-,three-,or even four-part episode. it would be interesting what happens if they use the former type of rebirth and the whole rebirth thing would be a shout-out to The Phoenix
- Fluttershy often felt like a burden to her friends at times, but would still be naturally shocked by Rainbow Dash's sudden outburst especially after being there for her since they were both fillies. Bonus points if she tries to remind Rainbow Dash of the times when she tried to convince her that she did need her in episodes like Dragon Quest and Hurricane Fluttershy.
- If the rest of the Mane 6 are present or eventually find out, they would naturally chew her out for lashing out on Fluttershy.
- However, Rainbow Dash might then lash out of them and counter with a Shut Up, Kirk! speech claiming that Fluttershy had it coming for a long time. Fluttershy may then suddenly interrupt Rainbow Dash's rant telling her to leave Twilight and the others alone as they have nothing to do with this.
- This predicament may then culminate in a fight between the two pegasi with Rainbow Dash trying to attack her own friend and Fluttershy blocking, dodging and parrying almost her every move. The fight then ends with Fluttershy pinning Rainbow Dash down in hopes of calming her down. She then tells her that she understands why she is angry and is sorry for running away but fighting her own friends won't do anypony any good.
- This is actually a reasonable plotline for an episode, something that fits with the "this show is aimed at little girls" thing, especially because it touched on this idea with "Too Many Pinkie Pies", where Pinkie's love of fun backfired hard on her and after it did, she spent most the episode being downright depressed (though not to Pinkamena levels) and acting quite serious.
- or it involve Celestia turning into Daymare Sun or something like that.
- Maybe Solar Flare.
- Oh, can anyone just pitch a name here? I like Black Hole Sun myself.
- The canon name is now Daybreaker.
- Probably not, because Moral Guardians are a lot stricter and easier to upset now than they were back then, and Spongebob is aimed at older kids than MLP, and is geared more towards boys than girls (yes, yes, girls like the show too, but it's still technically a boys cartoon with the Gross-Up Close-Up shots and what have you). Boys shows can get away with murder (literally; characters can be killed off on boys shows, girls shows? Not so much.), where girls shows have to fight to be anything more than girly and flowery. MLP is aimed at 6 year old girls, not 12 year old boys. If the show was aimed at 12 year old boys in this day and age, then that wouldn't be so unreasonable. However, because girls are dumb and fragile according to networking people, they can't handle hearing a dirty, filthy swear word without fainting in shock and despair, their little souls eternally tarnished as the Black Speech of swearing falls upon their innocent ears. It's amazing that MLP even got away with something like Discord with how network people view little girls.
- Well technically it's Seventh Ranger but who's counting?
- Possible candidates
- Derpy Hooves - Since her popularity by many bronies, and her's will be the Element of Innocence
- Cheerilee - Since her bigger role in season two, and her's will be the Element of Knowledge being one of the smartest ponies aside from Twilight.
- Trixie - Since her Ensemble Darkpony status and her's will be the Element of Confidence.
- Two unrevealed Alicorns
- Spike - Element of Bravery. 'Nuff said.
- A stallion, to be The One Guy besides Spike. Possibly with the Element of Courage, Ambition, or Determination.
- Princess Cadance - According to her trading card, she possesses the Element of Love.
- Aside from Cadance's (and she doesn't have an Element) none of those are really Elements of Harmony or components of Friendship, though, are they?
- if she changes her mind, sunset shimmer will get the element of bravery
- Allow me...
- The Episode begins with The Mane Six being sent by Celestia on an epic adventure of some sort. As Pinkie leaves Sugar Cube corner, she attends one final customer...
- Derpy buys a muffin, delivers some letters, and donates two bits to a familiar street performer...
- Lyra is depressed, not being able to make ends meet. She plays her heart out, but to no use. Another musician, feeling sorry, gives her a few more bits...
- Vinyl Scratch has a gig coming up in Detrot, which she wants to write a song about, but she's having trouble with a rhyme. The friendly Neighborhood Zebra aids her...
- Zecora has come into town to do her digging thing again. A familiar little filly asks her why she's doing that, along with a few other questions about herself and zebras in general Which Zecora answers with limited flashbacks. The filly leaves intrigued with history...
- Apple Bloom joins the Cutie Mark Crusaders and explains their new plan: Cutie Mark Crusaders Ponyville Historical Society Go! They pester a few ponies until a relative of Apple Bloom's relative slows them down with a long story about the old days...
- Granny Smith leaves the snoring fillies to run some errands, including picking up mail (Derpy Hooves Cameo), buying some flowers for supper and feeding the birds. She fails to notice her purse has gone missing...
- The Diamond Dogs are looting around Ponyville and are making quite the killing. However, their run-in with Rarity has traumatized them, as shown when they run into a different white Pony...
- Content with her song, Vinyl finishes packing and tries to hail a taxi with minimal success. A cream-colored, uneven-voiced mare helps her out...
- Bon Bon returns home and works on cleaning her two-pony apartment, accompanied by cheerful song. As soon as she's done, her roommate returns home...
- Lyra explains that, seeing as her lack of dough is all thanks to a lack of inspiration, she plans to take a hike in the woods for ideas. After a touchingly ambiguous goodbye, she sets out for the Everfree forest, almost running into a giant red colt.
- Big Macintosh agreed to help fix up Cheerilee's schoolhouse today, which is falling apart fast. He responds to every moment of destruction with a stoic I can fix that. to the proprietor of the building...
- Cheerilee is preparing for school the next day, which includes cleaning white boards, grading papers and working out lesson plans. She takes a break and notices two of her students are watching snails race on the fence Mac is trying to paint
- Snips and Snails, grow tired of the race and try to find something else to do. Help Mac paint? Nah, not after the macaroni art fiasco. Become a barbershop quartet and sing about what they could be doing today? Nah, Snips can't carry a tune. Become pirates? Become Pirates. they begin working on a raft, garnering the scorn of two young fillies passing by...
- Daimond Tiara and Silver Spoon are being generally horrible to everyone they meet, only avoiding repercussion due to being little kids . . . rich ones at that. Only one donkey has the mind to call these kids out after they practically ruin his date...
- Cranky Doodle apologizes for his outburst to Matilda, explaining that he just couldn't stand seeing two brats ruin their three-month anniversary. Matilda accepts it and forgives him, she's still having a good time. She's about to have another muffin when...
- Derpy swoops in for another muffin and flies off for home, which is just above the Everfree forest. she enjoys her treat while watching a mint-colored pony enters the woods...
- Lyra takes a nice long walk through the woods, gathering some inspiration before running into a house. She is awe-inspired by the visuals of the place and writes down what she sees. It's almost dark by the time she is done and she has a nice four-minute long song in hoof. Somewhat lost in her own mind, she asks a seemingly nice river-serpent for directions back home...
- Stephan Magnet attends to his undersea home, which is a small village mostly inhabited by seaponies who took him in as a baby, much like Spike. In fact, Atcampus is a lot like ponyville. up above a raft passes over the city . . .
- Snips and Snails are tired of their adventure. they venture home and run into some panicking dogs, who hand over some stolen goods. They return home with the goods and set up a Lost and Found, where several ponies collect their goods. There with the crowd, a pony debuts her song...
- Lyra plays out her heart again and Fodder Life is a huge success. everyone from the episode joins in: Lyrical Zecora, scratchy-voiced snips, Overjoyed Bon Bon, faraway Stephen Magnet and Vynil, howling Diamond dogs, braying Donkey couple and even the main six, who have just returned from their journet and whom are fully prepared to tell their story . . . which they never get to do seeing as the episode ends with the song.
- Maybe instead of DT and SS being jerks, they have a Villains Out Shopping scene (possibly literally). Maybe even showcase what their CMs actually mean (like, DT is modifying her tiara while SS is helping her family sell luxury goods).
- Of course, Pinkie Pie can see right through her disguise and nearly blows her cover on several occasions.
- Ever read Sunny Skies All Day Long?
- It'd be a different name. We met the real Moondancer in season 5.
- Will Zecora have any involvement?
- something like iPsycho?
- One will have a Hair-Trigger Temper, and get angry easily, but at the same time, she's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold and cares a bunch about her friends, and is quite clever and can figure the way out of a lot of tough situations. Her element will be either Courage or Assertiveness.note
- The other will be a fat, lazy, stupid slob (maybe an Expy of Bunny?) who does nothing but eat and sleep, but is really friendly. I have no idea what her element would be.
- Alicorns
- changelings
- Not everybody has the Headcanon that Dinky and Derpy have anything to do with each other.
- maybe they decide to make amethyst star,ditzy doo, and/or dinky hoo will be sisters (which will be sisters or some other relative is your option.)
- Alternately, it involves a Civil War. The Crystal Kingdom being one side and the Empire the other. Using their history to save them is reminding them of their history to stop the fighting.
- There's a really simple explanation for this: King Sombra. King Sombra. Ruler of the Crystal Kingdom. While he ruled it, it was a Kingdom. It's now an Empire, and it was one before he took over, because Celestia calls it an Empire when stating it returned. Twilight probably called it a Kingdom because not only is she from the Kingdom of Equestria (lack of actual kings aside), but she's thinking of the fact that it's last ruler was a king. Seeing as Cadance isn't an Empress, she's a princess, the mistake is easy to make. "Crystal Kingdom Anthem" might actually be what's written in the book.
- They mention a cartoonist pony named Buck Jones.
- The episode has shout outs to The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Stimpy's Cartoon Show", and/or the Rocko's Modern Life episode "Wacky Delly".
- They each model a character off of another one of the Mane Six, but exaggerate their personality up to eleven. (For example, a character modeled off of Pinkie would be even ditzier and more gluttonous than the real Pinkie.) The moral ends up being "be careful when making characters off of real life, our you'll hurt somepony's feelings."
- After being sent to therapy to deal with his behavioral problems, Prince Blueblood has a few harsh words to Princess Celestia for letting her friends ruin the Grand Galloping Gala and get away with it instead of informing the party planners of her desire for a change.
- Gilda is doing community service for delinquent behavior and finds out that she enjoys it (possible activity: some sort of training regiment, which lets her talk down to people).
- Flim and Flam end up doing legitimate business helping farms with shorthanded workers harvest more efficiently.
- The Diamond Dogs are still going after gems, but as a legit business (either starting their own operation or getting mining jobs).
The reason no one has ever heard of him before? Long ago, Discord scarred the original Element Wielders for life, possibly by causing the death/s of one or more of the original Wielders. After his imprisonment, the remaining Elements that we haven't heard of turned at least partway Discorded. The one that made the Elements couldn't bear this and went into hiding to keep from getting more Discorded. And so, for over a thousand years, he's been going slightly insane and becoming very snarky, almost completely Discorded.
When the Mane Six show up, he's unaware it's been over a millennium since he and Celestia last made contact, making him slightly irritated and unwilling to help the current Elements. But over time, their friendship proves strong enough to soften the Element Maker's heart, and he trains them — unwittingly at first, mostly by giving seemingly unhelpful advice that proves useful later.
This will all be a crucial part within a much larger story arc — dealing with, I would hope, a supremely overpowered Nightmare Moon who the Elements of Harmony cannot hope to defeat in their current state. This may also be a way to reveal to the Mane Six (and the audience by proxy) the origins of the Elements of Harmony.
- Luna/Nightmare Moon: Element of Loyalty. When Celestia and Luna started ruling Equestria, Celestia took on much of the work because Luna was still rather young. Because she was so busy, Luna began feeling neglected by not only her subjects that ignored her night, but her sister as well. When she saw what her betrayal did to Celestia, the little shred of Luna left in Nightmare Moon felt remorse for her actions, and was able to be changed back by the Mane 6.
- Or for Irony's sake generousity
- Discord: Element of Laughter. Discord used to be a fun loving prankster like Pinkie, that used his magic to entertain others and make others laugh. When other ponies started mocking and shuned him for his appearance, he began to use his magic to get revenge on those who were cruel to him, and developed his own twisted sense of fun. Discord changed his name to better fit his new demeanor. (Or because he found his old one embarrassing.)
- Queen Chrysalis: Element of Kindness? Running under the theory that Chrysalis is the pony princess from the Hearts and Hooves Day story, Chrysalis was genuinely in love with the prince who gave her the love poison. He didn't realize that she truly loved him back and gave her the poison, thinking that was the only way she would love him. When the dragon attacked her kingdom, the prince died trying to protect her. Only when she snapped out of the love poison, she realized what had happened to her love and her kingdom. The guilt drove her mad, and Chrysalis shed herself of her old name and identity, and forced her subjects into eternal admiration. When she and Celestia fought in A Canterlot Wedding, they didn't even recognize each other.
- Or if we're having Irony, honesty
- I wrote pretty much the same thing somewhere else in the WMG pages, but I believe you said it better. However, just like loyalty turned into betrayal and laughter became mockery, the queen of deceit must have been the element of honesty. And for the original source of corruption, and the series' final foe, I would see the former bearer of the element of magic.
- OP here: I figured I'd heard this or similar else where, I just couldn't remember if it was here or another site. You're probably right,though, it makes more sense for Chrysalis to be the Element of Honesty. My mind just immediately went to to Kindness because she just seems like a cruel, ruthless dictator.
Also, elaborating on the Celestia-Big Bad theory, I originally saw Celestia being the Element of Magic, but becoming the avatar of misery and suffering. Because, while the Magic of Friendship brings happiness, loneliness only brings sadness and despair. However, she could just as easily be the Element of Kindness, and twist her Element into something horrible rather than betraying it like the others. Such as trying to rid the world of suffering by destroying it, thinking she's performing the greatest act of Kindness.
- But what about King Sombra? What will his Element have been?
- Going off this genius theory, I don't think we've met the corrupted form of Magic yet because that sounds like a wonderful series end Big Bad. I think Chrysalis' was Generosity. All she did was take and take. Sombra's could have been kindness because he turned his subjects into slaves. That being said, maybe Celestia might be the Big Bad in that series end, she could turn into the Big Bad of Magic and it's up to the Mane Six to stop her.
- Consider this: Spike nervously asks Twilight if she "failed" just before the song begins, and during the song she laments that she "can't be sure" about something. Perhaps Twilight is only being considered as the leader of this force, with other possible candidates?
- Gilda: Oh come on Dash, making, Fluttershy, was it, cry makes me a monster? Didn't you get your magical butt tattoo knocking her off a cloud and almost sending her spiraling to her death?Trixie: Who the heck are you to lecture Trixie on being a jerk, you pompous bunch of self-righteous hypocrites? Last she checked, Trixie hasn't trashed any major national events. You're up to two.Prince Blueblood: Yes I used you as a cake shield, but at least I didn't knock three celebrities senseless and nearly got them killed because I ignored the directions!Diamond Tiara: You want to know why I don't like you Apple Bloom? It's because you're a walking disaster zone. Whether it's smashing things up looking for your Cutie Mark or unleashing the Spirit of Chaos, whenever something crazy happens in this town, it's usually because of you, or your friends, or your sister, or her friends.
- Perhaps it would then turn into a Shut Up, Hannibal! when the mane characters point out their mistakes were accidents while the antagonists were jerks intentionally. Though they might actually admit Trixie wasn't responsible for the Ursa incident and it was Snips and Snail's fault.
- It might become an escalating Shut Up, Hannibal! Shut Up, Kirk! when the jerk antagonists point out the heroes still keep causing these accidents, simply in new and exciting ways, meaning they don't actually learn from their mistakes, while the jerks don't cause nearly as much harm or destruction with their bad behavior.
- Twilight: You'll never get away with this!
Villain: Oh, but I have! Your precious kingdom burns tonight, and you are helpless to stop it!
Twilight: Even if I can't do anything, my friends will stop you!
Villain: Oh please. Everyone knows that you're the serious threat here. You're the organizer, the leader, the glue that holds the elements together. Without your presence, they're milling about like lemmings!
Twilight: So what you're saying is that out of my circle of friends, I'm the only one you consider a threat?
Villain: Yes.\\
Villain: Yes.
Twilight: And you haven't done anything to stop them, just in case you're wrong?
Villain: Why would I?
[Twilight stares at villain with an "Oh Celestia, you're an idiot" expression. She walks away to the far corner of the room, facing the wall.]
Villain: What are you doing?
Twilight: Staying far away from you.
Villain: Oh, intimidated, are we? Well, at least you're seeing the light.
Twilight: No, I just want to be far away from you when my friends get here.
[The other ponies burst through the prison walls and deliver a righteous beat-down.]
When Luna tries to raise the moon that evening, it and the sun get stuck half-way, trapping the world in a perpetual twilight. The Mane Six will be summoned, but Twilight is acting a little... strange. Maybe an aspect of her appearance will change too - her eyes could become like NMM's just palette swapped. Eventually everypony realizes what's happened (maybe Luna was suspicious) and will try to stop Evil!Twilight, only without the Element of Magic they can't.
But Twilight's friends refuse to give up on her. They try to reason with Evil!Twilight and, failing that, just give her a Cooldown Hug. It works. The good Twilight within remembers her friends and manages to break the entity's control enough to use the Element of Magic, freeing herself. The entity is sealed away/destroyed for good. Of course, this would leave Twilight with a plot-load of issues and guilt, but Luna's there to reassure her that it gets better.
- A The Roshamon / Spot the Impostor mash-up: Everypony has a different version of some event, and the key to exposing the Changeling is to pick out inconsistencies in their stories. Bonus points if Pinkie Pie does another Sherlock Holmes impression.
- This could also go the Imagine Spot / All Just a Dream route, which could allow for parodies of Film Noir or Tuxedo and Martini spy flicks. As a possible Twist Ending, the whole thing was a Changeling's dream!
- The Changeling could also be revealed right at the beginning. The rest of the episode would be tracking down the real pony.
- (OP) This could also have elements of the "Ponies get to know Changelings" idea discussed above: a subplot could involve Twilight or Shining interrogating the Changeling, possibly revealing that Changelings are just as terrified of ponies as vice-versa, along with some possible glimpses of Changeling culture. And to keep the Changeling somewhat sympathetic, it has a complete breakdown upon being discovered.
Changeling: No... please! I'll take you to your real friend; I'll turn myself in; I'll do anything! I won't even try to escape—just, please, don't hurt me! (breaks down crying)- After they find out about the Changeling, the Mane 6 and the Princesses talk about what they should do with it. After a few moments of discussion, they come to an agreement: They actually have no idea what to do with it.
- maybe she uses the spell for her singing career.
Or, to put it another way, Sweetie Belle's magic brings a great big smile.
- Celestia mentions King Sombra was turned to shadow and sealed under the ice. It was no mere coincidence he was somehow freed just as the Crystal Empire resurfaced. It can be speculated he has been free for a while and waited for the Empire to return, sending only a piece of his essence to conquer it since he could foretell somepony like Celestia would find a way to stop him again.
- Also speculated he could be the power behind Trixie's possible power increase in the upcoming Episode 5 where she somehow transforms Ponyville into an Egopolis of a dark town that honors herself. See here◊ and here.◊
Remember the timeline? King Somber was defeated 1000 years ago, which means that Luna had to have become Nightmare Moon not long afterwards. And Word of God has stated that SOMETHING turned Luna evil. That something was The Corruption that infected her after sealing away King Somber (which would also explain why neither of the Princesses could help Twilight and co.). And we're not done yet. The Black Magic that Celestia is shown using is proof that SHE was infected as well, she's just been better at holding it back, for now...
Thusly, the REAL villain of Season 3 will be... Evil Celestia.
- or celestia nightmare moon-style.
As the two get a bit older, they go explore around the kingdom, and find an abandoned baby that Twilight recognizes as Discord. Bonus points if he looks like how the fandom usually draw him. The two sisters take him back home, and, after begging their parents over and over, get to keep him. When he gets older, he is enrolled in magic school with his two adopted sisters. Unfortunately, he gets bullied by the other ponies for his bizarre appearance, and, even when his sisters stand up for him and try to defend him, runs away and hides, maybe even singing a sad little song to himself at one point. He gets homeschooled to avoided this, and learns spells such as making cotton candy clouds that rain chocolate milk. But he still can't go outside without being made fun of, so he runs away.
His sisters wonder if he'll ever come back, and worry about him for many years. When he does come back, he has completely lost it, and begins to start his terrible rein over Equestria. Bonus points if he sings a Dark Reprise of that aformentioned sad song he sang when he was a child. We may also see this exchange:
- Celestia: What happened to my little brother? The one I knew and loved...he would never do anything like this!Discord: That little brother of yours is gone. I'm here now...and I'm here to stay!
Twilight begins to feel sorry for Discord, but Celestia reminds her that the adorable little child version of Discord she was shown is the one she should be sorry for, not the Mad God that she's familar with. Later, Twilight is out talking with her friends, and tells them about everything that Celestia told her. The resulting aesop is that bullying can damage a person much more than one thinks, and can even turn them into a totally different person, not always with good results. note
- Or, alternatively, Twilight Sparkle puts on the amulet either during or after her biggest Heroic BSoD yet thus corrupting her even more than it did Trixie. Thus, having lost all hope in herself, her friends and their future, she turns her back on Equestria and threatens to destroy everything in it to ensure eternal peace in the universe.
- And the episode will be called A Hoofful of Bits
- With the revelation of the ending to "Wonderbolt Academy" having been changed from one in which Lightning Dust admits her mistakes, it seems likely that the creators are planning on having her return in some capacity...
- Sombra will pull a Grand Theft Me / Demonic Possession.
- The pony with that amulet will be made even more powerful (and evil) than with the amulet alone.
- or in equestia present time, the mini-mane six.
- There is nothing political about teaching children that gay people exist. Don't mention legal rights. Just say "these people are different from you in some ways, but they aren't scary and can still be your friends even if you don't agree with everything they do". If anyone has a problem with that, I wonder what show they've been watching.
- It has to be a main character, not some background pony who can be written out of future episodes at the first sign of trouble. If you believe the fans, FiM is perfect for that because you can pair off any combination of the main six and it will make sense, or at least not contradict anything.
- The other convenient thing about FiM is the presence of Audience Surrogate little sisters who are clearly aware of romantic love but may have questions. Think of them as an anvil delivery system.
- The show and its merchandise are very, very profitable. A few Moral Guardians making a fuss won't kill it.
- In conclusion, yes, I believe this can happen. Barring Executive Meddling, it certainly wouldn't be a difficult thing to do, and if all you can say is "the time isn't right" you will wait forever.
- I'm going to say this is unlikely, but not for the reasons you're clearly expecting. I'll get the one you're expecting out of the way now: the show is about friendship, not romance. Only two ponies have been shown with interest in anypony- Rarity and Twilight, and they're both very downplayed considering Rarity only does this in two episodes (and finds out they're not all they're cracked up to be), and Twilight's is restricted to the Equestria Girls franchise. Spike's crush on Rarity is the only consistent thing, and it's not made into a big deal or a driving force in the series. The show will probably continue to keep it that way, because six year old girls aren't interested in romance, and it's not six year olds who need to be taught that there's nothing wrong with homosexuality. Kids are very accepting, and most kids already are aware of the "these people are different from you in some ways, but they aren't scary and can still be your friends even if you don't agree with everything they do" thing, as kids are happy to play with noticeably autistic kids or children with Asperger's, and those kids are "different" from the rest of the class and in a much more blatant way than a kid who might like the same gender when they grow up. Kids are also totally OK with playing with, say, a boy who wears girl's clothes and likes princesses and MLP, because they have the same interests, and they don't care about him being a boy. You're right, there's nothing wrong with a coming out episode, but the target audience is too young for it to actually matter, because the kids already know it doesn't matter. They unlearn it due to being told it's wrong as they get older. If the target demograph was about twice as old, you'd have a case, since that's when kids start to get more judgemental and when they start to get crushes. So considering the target demograph and to a lesser degree, the fact that the show doesn't make a big deal out of romance, a coming out episode seems unlikely. The show clearly has no problem with portraying homosexuality, considering how secondary characters Lyra and BonBon are clearly written in "Slice of Life" (calling themselves "best friends" in a tone that says it's an inside joke and being unnaturally touchy-feely for "best friends") and shown in "Rainbow Rocks", so it's never going to be an issue of if they're willing to show it. It's simply the fact that the moral will go over a kid's head, but I somehow doubt that's a satisfactory reason.
- Actually I think the opposite is more likely to be true at least in the end. We get an episode that has reformed Discord trying to fit in. and ultimately someone most likely Pinky Pie who seems to share similar if much weaker reality warper powers and a sense of insane humor. That you're only going to be happy being yourself. Ultimately Discord ends up being similar to any of DC's 5th dimensional entities. The heroes don't so much like as tolerate them.
- Rather than following an episodic Slice of Life format, it might instead focus on longer, multi-episode story arcs.
- The show would be about the group of ponies traveling around Equestria, and the world, in an airship, all hoping to learn and achieve different things.
- but what would it be called, tales and adventures of my little pony?
- An episode about Twilight taking flight lessons from Rainbow Dash.
- Confirmed. While the whole episode wasn't about Dash training her, it was a major plot point in the season opener.
- The Mane Six (and Spike) visiting the Equestrian Games in the Crystal Empire. May or may not be a two-partner with a new villain.
- Confirmed. They visit in the appropriately named episode "Equestria Games".
- Another Trixie episode, but this time she isn’t the antagonist. Instead the Mane Six offer to help her restoring her damaged reputation.
- Jossed; Trixie doesn't show up again until Season 6.
- Related Theory: Star Swirl is going to be a villain.
- Related Related Theory: Star-Swirl's "secret unfinished masterpiece" was written to allow him to steal Princess Celestia's destiny ("a mark of one's destiny, singled out alone, fulfilled") in order to become ruler of Equestria and/ ascend to godhood/alicorn-ness. Kind of like Jon Irenicus. Heck, maybe they could even get David Warner to voice him. To elaborate, if you take his "secret masterpiece" as intended to be an alicorn ascension spell, then the phrasing of the spell suggests Star Swirl's idea was to take it all for himself, hence the wording (would the greatest magician in Equestria come up with such awkward spell phrasing simply by accident?). In contrast, Twilight succeeds where he failed (ascension) by instead embodying the elements of harmony and uniting her friends together. And yes, Star Swirl's version steals destinies but not attributes (unicorn-ness, alicorn-ness, etc.), but that's only because it was unfinished.
- Related Related Related Theory: Star Swirl is the Equestria's version of Sentinel Prime. He was regarded as a great pony during his time and was even Celestia's mentor. When he makes his comeback, he is seemingly friendly at first, but he secretly struck a deal with Queen Chrysalis to take over Equestria. While Chrysalis is merely in it For the Evulz, Star Swirl the Bearded is a Well-Intentioned Extremist who merely wants to return Equestria to its "former glory," and is using Chrysalis as a pawn to fulfill his plans. Like Sentinel Prime, he'll also have an A God Am I moment.
Discord trailing along as a mischievous would-be genie optional but potentially hilarious.
Celestia has been gathering power with the Crystal Empire, Saddle Arabia, Discord, and most importantly granting Twilight Sparkle (who has the most magical potential) alicornhood (as they are on par with Physical Gods in terms of power though not endurance) because she knows that her parents by now borderline evil or Mad Gods and Eldritch Abominations are more powerful than Celestia and Luna combined.
- It also allows the Mane Six to be portrayed as more sympathetic in their distrust and NOT as blind, ignorant bigots as is the case in many fanfictions on this issue, because unlike the incident with Zecora (which was not them being speciesist per say, more fear of the unknown), which was based more on ignorance than hatred, they have more of a founded reason to see all Changelings as the enemy; an army of them, led by their Queen, invaded their country! Unlike Zecora and the different races of pony, there is a solid reason for which they are actively expected to not like Changelings. It does not justify their prejudice entirely, but it makes the audience sympathies and understand them more. No one side is entirely in the wrong.
- The Mane Six, in the end, would come to understand that Chrysalis' army is not representative of every single Changeling and that it is wrong to paint all Changelings as their 'enemy'. That they are people, with lives and their own family and loved ones (on a side note, this is why this troper does not support the hive-mind idea that some fans endorse, because it mostly takes away the opportunity to show Changelings as individual characters). They (the Changelings) are like them (the Mane Six and ponies in general) in many ways.
- Their kingdom and culture and society could be revealed to based off that of similarities to Oriental cultures, like Japan and Korea, the rationale for this mainly how Chrysalis' designer, Rebecca Dart was inspired by the work of manga artists Junko Mizuno and Hideshi Hino. Therefore, if we see the Changeling Kingdom in the show it can potentially enable the show writers and animators to explore some East Asian art, architecture and culture. And picture this: Changeling Samurais!
- Changeling culture would more than likely be Celtic due to their real world counterparts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling.
- Now close your eyes as you listen to this music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2xY6OSv9KyY, picture Changeling children playing in beautiful ornamental gardens with dolls and wooden swords, Changeling mothers laboring in the farms, carrying their babies in satchels on their backs, a whole market place full of Changelings going about their business, and finally, in her palace, Chrysalis, sitting cross-legged in her kimono, drinking tea and her child sleeping soundly against her.
- It has many ways in which the episode could be played out:
- The Mane Six are stranded in an isolated area with a group or family of Changelings.
- The Mane Six find themselves trapped in the Changeling Kingdom and disguise themselves/They are sent to the Changeling Kingdom as spies and go undercover. Either way, they then get an understanding of what the Changelings' lives are like, and how privileged ponies are in Equestria in comparison to a Changeling's daily hardship and squalor.
- The familiar scenario of them finding a Changeling baby and have to return it to its family, as examined in detail below. The twist? It's Chrysalis baby! How're they gonna get themselves out of that one, especially as Chrysalis believes they kidnapped her baby?
- Equestria and the Changeling Kingdom go to, or are at the brink of war.
This sort of thing relates to real life in ways a lot of us may not realize. We often associate entire certain nationalities or groups of people as our enemies because of what their leaders (past or present), ancestors or a select minority of them have done, when in reality, many of them have done nothing to antagonize us and could otherwise be our friends
- It allows for serious potential world-building, potentially a Changeling Kingdom. Their kingdom and culture and society could be revealed to based off that of similarities to Oriental cultures, like Japan and Korea, the rationale for this mainly how Chrysalis' designer, Rebecca Dart was inspired by the work of manga artists Junko Mizuno and Hideshi Hino. Therefore, if we see the Changeling Kingdom in the show it can potentially enable the show writers and animators to explore some East Asian art, architecture and culture.
- The Mane Six and Spike are forced to confront their own perceptions/distrust of Changelings as their enemies, especially in what they're doing. The typical things would include, "the bitter truth is that this child is going to grow up one day and be our enemy", "Is it then worth all this trouble to bring this child back?", "It's not like we're going to get a "thanks" when we return it", "Are all Changelings really automatically our enemies?", etc.
- We get to see the Mane Six's potential maternal side. Imagine RD's heart eventually melting, despite her resistance, with the little baby.
- Or even better: a Mama Bear moment from Rainbow, or even all of the Mane Six at once, if the little bug somehow gets in danger.Rainbow Dash: Hurting a little kid around me—whether they're a pony, Changeling, whatever—is...not a good idea. (cue Moment of Awesome)
- Or even better: a Mama Bear moment from Rainbow, or even all of the Mane Six at once, if the little bug somehow gets in danger.
- A baby Changeling. I mean, imagine how cute it'll look.
- It could even lead up to mindblowing twist; It's Chrysalis's baby! Imagine the look on their faces when they find out they've got the Prince or Princess of the Changelings. And how're they gonna get themselves out of that one, especially as Chrysalis will most likely believe they kidnapped her baby? Not only that, one wonders if she'd be physically able to express gratitude for them returning her baby to her once the misunderstanding is cleared up.
- Bonus points if the baby Changeling becomes a recurring character. Perhaps an "unofficial" fourth member for the Crusaders? Or (if the Changeling doesn't stay in Ponyville) a Token Good Teammate for the rest of the swarm, and a Friendly Enemy for the Mane Six. Frequent Go-Karting with Bowser will ensue in the latter case.
- It could even lead up to mindblowing twist; It's Chrysalis's baby! Imagine the look on their faces when they find out they've got the Prince or Princess of the Changelings. And how're they gonna get themselves out of that one, especially as Chrysalis will most likely believe they kidnapped her baby? Not only that, one wonders if she'd be physically able to express gratitude for them returning her baby to her once the misunderstanding is cleared up.
As far as we know, the old kingdoms are still windigo territory since the ponies abandoned them and the winter there never ended. With the land devoid of friendship or protectors, windigos and possibly even other horrific monsters have been roaming the area completely unchecked for who-knows-how-many thousands of years, making the old kingdoms territory quite possibly one of the most dangerous, evil-infested places in the world. However, with all of Princess Celestia's preparations, (Which include the Mane Six and the Elements of Harmony, the Saddle Arabians, and freaking Discord) she and her forces might just have a shot at succeeding.
Taking back the old kingdoms would serve four purposes:
- First, it would expand Equestria's territory even further.
- Second, it would rid the world of a major bastion of evil.
- Third, being able to study the old kingdoms would be an incredible opportunity for learning more about pony history.
- Fourth, Twilight would lead the efforts to rebuild the kingdoms and thus become their princess.
- No, the old kingdoms are still in winter and still in quarantine, guarded by a giant wall and manned by an ancient order of black stallions. More likely, she's trying to raise her military readiness rating in preparation for a greater threat
- Wait, where did we learn that?
- No, the old kingdoms are still in winter and still in quarantine, guarded by a giant wall and manned by an ancient order of black stallions. More likely, she's trying to raise her military readiness rating in preparation for a greater threat
- Trixie will want to get back at Twilight. After getting over the dose of humility she received after the Alicorn Amulet incident, Trixie will realize that she still nurses a grudge against Twilight for ruining her career, a grudge which will only be exacerbated when she somehow gets it into her head that Twilight only agreed to forgive and be friends with her in order to defuse her as a threat.
- Gilda will want revenge on Pinkie Pie, who humiliated her and contributed to the destruction of Gilda's friendship with Rainbow Dash.
- The Flim Flam Brothers will want to get back at Applejack (and perhaps the Apple Family in general) for ruining their reputations as salesponies.
- The Diamond Dogs will want revenge on Rarity for torturing them with her whining and taking all of their gemstones.
- Prince Blueblood is another character who may want to get back at Rarity, for publicly humiliating him.
- Iron Will will learn that Fluttershy actually benefited quite a great deal from his assertiveness lessons, and will come back to collect his money by claiming that she lied about not being satisfied with the lessons in order to get out of paying for them.
- Lightning Dust will seek revenge on Rainbow Dash for ruining her chance to be a Wonderbolt.
- Maybe there's a secret village of them?
- Maybe two of them are Luna and Celestia's parents?
- And HOW.
Of course, we have the usual shenanigans with cultural clashes (bonus points if the Changelings' culture is given an explanation, something from the Far East like Japan and Korea would be really interesting), with a written message/threat by Chrysalis to the Mane Six that if a single hair on Pupa's pig tailed mane is hurt, she'll personally bite their heads off one by one. However, some of the Mane Six decide they want to see if they can pump any secret information about Changeling government and military secrets out of the filly (behind Celestia's back) by sending in the CMC to befriend her. They eventually get nothing and are surprised (despite Pupa's young age and already innocent appearance and demeanor) that she knows little to nothing of her mother's dealings and plans - she doesn't even know about the Canterlot Invasion, which can lead to a classic Fawlty Towers, "Don't mention the war/invasion!" set of jokes.
A good twist in the plot is that the CMC and Pupa go missing, and remembering Chrysalis' warning, begin a desperate search for them. Or a good emotional scene where Pupa finds out and believes the CMC used her, only for them to make up again in the end.
OR...
Chrysalis' daughter and heir, Princess Larva/Pupa/Imago whatever (a spoiled, sheltered brat in this scenario),, has grown tired of palace life and wants to experience life as an ordinary filly. She knows it'll be difficult to do so amongst fillies of her own kind, so sneaks out and somehow or another, travels to Equestria in the disguise of a unicorn filly where she ends up in Ponyville and meets the CMC. At first, she is excited, but the spoiled, sheltered Princess quickly becomes disgusted by the "filthy, common peasants" and only sticks around because unlike her mother, she adores apples and apple pie.
Meanwhile, the Mane Six become suspicious of the filly. A lot like her mother, the Princess is a VERY bad actor and it soon becomes blaring obvious she is a Changeling, what with her mannerisms and inconsistent story. What really clinches it is that Chrysalis, realizing her baby is missing and suspecting Equestria of kidnap, issues a threat against Equestria to return her "precious little baby" or she will launch another invasion and the Mane Six put two and two together.
When they confront her in the sand box, the Princess' immediate response is to throw sand in their eyes and bolt. Thus begins the chase scene, where the kid pulls off a few tricks, taking after her mother, by pulling off a wounded gazelle gambit of her own by making bystanders think the others are hurting an innocent filly ("Help! Help! Those mean mares are trying to hurt me for no reason!"). Eventually, they catch her, force her to drop the disguise and must take her back to her mother without it making it indeed look like they kidnapped her.
- ...Discord playing the role of Q, obviously.
- ...Rarity as a cross between Kirk and Picard. She's hammy, she's classy, she's a tea drinker, and she can speak french. Also, she would have the worst reaction to turning bald.
- If Rarity is Picard, does that make the Nightmare Forces the Borg?
- ...Twilight as Spock.
- ...Applejack as Bones. "Dang it, Rare! I'm a farmer, not a physicist! I don't even know what I'm doing here! Ah can't grow apples in space!"
- Then at the end of the episode, she learns she can. Somehow.
- ...Princess Luna as Scotty.
(And before you ask, yes, I ripped that last quote straight from System Shock 2.)
I was thinking that the episode will deal with him accidentally getting involved with something bad or was framed and is forced to go on the run, pursued by his own men. He eventually does clear his name, but he does so with the help of someone you'd least expect...
Meanwhile, the Mane 7 (and maybe the princesses) start looking into the whole matter, personally, because none of them buy into the idea that he'd do something like that.
As for what he gets involved with/framed for, just use your imagination.
The episode may or may not contain a reference to a future villain.
- Alternatively, it may end up implying that the flutter ponies are still around and that we've already seen them. The catch would be that, in present-day Equestria, they're known as changelings.
- Alternatively, a new resident (let's just call him "The Zookeeper") moves to Ponyville, along with a collection of animals captured from all over the world. Everypony is fascinated by by these exotic animals except Fluttershy, who is distraught that the animals live in small cages. She releases them in hopes of becoming their friend, but they quickly escape and make a mess of things. The animals are all recovered, but Fluttershy and The Zookeeper get into an argument concerning the morality of caging up animals versus letting them run wild. The Aesop comes in when Twilight gets them to compromise, and the animals are given large enclosures in which to roam, establishing the aforementioned zoo. The title of the episode shall be "Zoopocalypse"
- Alternately, Ponyville opens up a zoo and asks Fluttershy to run it along with a famous animal expert. Fluttershy is excited to work with her hero, but is disappointed to find that this pony cares more about fame and money than the well-being of the animals. Fluttershy is too afraid to say anything, because she looked up to this pony for so long, and because going against this pony might ruin her own reputation. Eventually she can't ignore the suffering of the animals and calls out the expert. The expert is disgraced and Fluttershy is given full control of the zoo, and gives the animals bigger and better enclosures.
- Rarity did indeed open a new store in Canterlot in Canterlot Boutique; the rest have yet to come.
Ultimately, Friendship is Magic is Twilight's story, and both the end of Season 3 and the movie make it pretty clear that Princess Twilight doesn't have anything else to learn about friendship, and doesn't need the other elements as long as she has her own; they're all in the process of going their separate ways. The Rainbow of Light will be Twilight's last contribution to magic in Equestria: an artifact that can be used by anypony who truly understands friendship.
- Bonus points if it ends up in the hands of the Cutie Mark Crusaders at the end of the series.
Both Littlest Pet Shop and Pound Puppies had done this plot already. It would be interesting to see what FiM does with this idea.
- One of the ponies winds up sharing a house with a bunch of other ponies who are almost complete opposites. It will end with An Aesop akin to the one from Look Before You Sleep (even the most different of people can get along). Bonus points if it's Twilight Sparkle and her housemates are voiced by Cree Summer, Jess Harnell, James Arnold Taylor, Adam Carolla, Jack Plotnick, and Abbey McBride.
- Jossed. Season 4's over, and no Sombra. Maybe season 5.
- or season 6, and beyond.
- He could still return, given the final scene in his backstory comic.
- Boy that would be a huge My God, What Have I Done? moment when Discord realizes what he'd done.
First, the flashback scene with Nightmare Moon's fight with Celestia. It was cool and all, but when you step back you realize that it wasn't very relevant to the plot. Sure, it reminds us of how the old castle got ruined and ties in with Celestia' talk about moving on from the past, but those are pretty minor details in the grand scheme.
Second, the Castle-Mania episode goes out of its way to connect Nightmare Moon with the Pony of Shadows. The story would work just fine on it's own, but then you drop that bomb and suddenly you connect this monster with the show's greater mythology...and you do nothing with it. Right.
Basically, the flashback scene served to re-establish Nightmare Moon as a menacing threat, one that could be very dangerous if she were to return. The Pony of Shadows is being set up as Nightmare Moon's loyal minion, working to bring about her mistress' return in the season finale.
Also, the star spiders might be involved. You know, because "the stars will aid in her escape" and all that jazz. They seemed like too big a detail to just be left alone.
I'm thinking that her profession as a mail-carrier could be ground for some fertile ideas. One that springs to mind is that Twilight Sparkle has to get her letter to Princess Celestia by the end of the day, but Spike is too sick to spew the flames that usually do the job. So, after exhausting all other options, she gives the delivery job to Derpy, who is ecstatic. The rest of the episode follows her flight to Canterlot, which would normally be uneventful, except for the fact that Derpy is very easily distracted (she follows a caterpillar along the ground for an hour, she shows Rainbow Dash several aerial tricks she's just learned, she doggedly pursues her favorite celebrity around Canterlot for an autograph accidentally using Twilight's letter, etc.), causing her to lose the letter several times and deliver it just in time. At the end of the episode, Derpy writes her own letter to Princess Celestia, describing all that she did that day in a scatterbrained fashion before saying she learned the importance of focusing when it's time to work
- This episode could serve as a call-back to "Griffon the Brush Off", with the stories paralleling each other, as well as "Ponyville Confidential", with the character making outright hurtful jokes like the CMC's stories in that episode. Good candidates for this episode would be Snips and Snails or better yet, Spike, since Spike can be very tactless at times. It would be a Spike-centric while the Mane 6 are away or too busy episode, though. Using Spike would also be a good way to make use of the background ponies, since he likely knows everypony better than Twilight does, though I expect Lyra, Bon Bon, and Derpy would be exempt because Celestia knows the fandom would flip if they're portrayed as anything but what fandom consensus is.
- Half-jossed. She's only mentioned in season 5, but may be back for season 6.
- Rainbow Dash has an accident and has to pull cabs in Manhatten with a bunch other misfit ponies.
- Pinkie appears on a Jackass type tv show
- Applejack and her family, also become TV celebrities on a Duck Dynasty type show
- Rarity becomes the editor of a Vogue-type magazine.
...and Diamond Tiara will become Honey Boo-boo ponified...or rather, even more so...
- Assuming she'd be on time to court, yeah? Have to say, it seems like an excellent idea. With Luna as the judge since it feels that she fits better as a judge than her sister. Though... I can see a CMC episode going this route, since they'd be likely to get Pinkie as their defence attorney, with Twilight as the judge in that instance, with one of the CMC as the prosecution, one as the defendant, and one as a witness. Whoever is the prosecutor obviously not understanding what a prosecutor does, unless the CMC had a row.
- it's possible, as a episode about twilight dealing with losing her first home in ponyville has been confirmed.
- He only showed up in two episodes - a brief appearance in "Slice of Life", and a major one in "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows". In which we find he'll be a dad.
- He might still get a major appearance in season 6 (outside of the opener, where we meet his daughter) though.
"But they can't have a war in a little girl's show!" you shout. Well, I'm pretty sure they can't have schizophrenia or succubi either. I'm sure teaching the target audience about war wouldn't be such a big deal, even if they toned it down to be a bit more relatable.
One day, Spike will have finally had enough of his Butt-Monkey status and run off. There, someone will come to comfort him. This stranger will be kind at first, telling him they understand what it's like to be the The Chew Toy with no respect, or not being able to trust your friends, and offer him a way out, (Alternatively, he could claim to know something about where came from.) causing the little dragon to make a Face–Heel Turn and betray his friends. At some point, Twilight (and friends) will try to talk him down , only for them to get a long over due The Reason You Suck speech, when Spike calls them out, saying they were never friends.
But, when the finale phases of the plot go off, Spike will have a moment of realization. Maybe, the Villain will make it clear he was just using him, maybe he was sincere, but Spike knows there're both about to cross the Moral Event Horizon. Either way, Spike will inevitably make a Heel–Face Turn and save the day. Possibly by saving the Mane Six so they could stop him, taking out the villain himself, or trying to reason with the villain.
From here, he can either go back to the Mane Six, or if the writers feel like mixing things up a bit, he could decide it's best to find his own way and sets off on his own: after making up with his friends.
- Possibly, Starlight will only be a Mane Character until she reconciles with Sunburst, after which she'll choose to stay in Canterlot to rekindle their friendship.
- Possibly confirmed! Zap2it's description for season 6's opener seems to indicate that Starlight meets Sunburst again.
- Jossed. The episode synopsis describes him as a freeloader who still lives with his and Fluttershy's parents, with Fluttershy having to deal with him wanting to stay at her place.
- Lightning Dust and Suri Polomare, though they need to be forgiven by Rainbow and Rarity.
- Gilda, although she, unlike Trixie, seems to be fully trusted by Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash.
- MAYBE Diamond Tiara, though with her being a filly, it may be weird with the others being mares.
- Sombra Timeline: Grogar will use Sombra’s horn and either planted in the fresh corpse of a crystal pony he just killed in order to resurrect the Umbrum or infused said horn on top of his head in order to gain its dark magic and become a force to be recon with. Then the ram along with his army of the dead will take the Crystal Empire under siege, overthrows Cadence and Shing armor, fillynap Flurry heart ,use her magic as a powersouce for nuclear weaponry, then brainwash the crystal ponies into becoming his soldiers and wages war on Equestria.
- Chrysalis Timeline: The Mane 6 will visit Zecora’s homeland only to find is being under siege by Queen Chrysalis and that the zebras and other inhabitants had to flee to the forest in order to escape the Queen’s tyranny. Zecora, along with our heroes, must form a rebel army against the Changeling Queen in order to save Zecora’s home.
- Nightmare Moon Timeline: The “Pony of Shadows” emerges from ….well… the shadows...and releases the Power of Darkness to turn everpony into demonic creatures and by under his/her command through a mind control crown. The villain then uses his/her god-like power to move the moon in front of the sun, creating a solar eclipse as well as eternal darkness. Princess Luna sensing a disturbance, teleports into the Canterlot to find what is coming, only to discover the POS is behind it all. After an intense battle, the POS reveals he/hrt was the one who mentally manipulated Luna into becoming Nightmare Moon in order for her to kill Celestia, extinguish the sun, and bring forth Eternal Night, in order to wipe all non-nocturnal life so he/her Lunarian kind could rule Equestria in a state of darkness.
- Tirek Timeline: Descendants of Scorpan will free Tirek from Tartarus, feed him the magic they stole from other creatures in order to restore him into his original, larger self. Tirek then processed to finish what is started, by burning Equestria to the ground.
- Discord Timeline: a malevolent Longma from (whatever-the-pony-name-equivalent-of-China-is) comes to turn Equestria to turn it into a hellish Wonderland filled with never-ending chaos and nightmares on Nightmare Night. It’s up to the Mane 6 with and Luna the help of Discord do stop the him.
- Film and Flam Timeline: The twins are industrializing Sweet Apples Acres, The Evergreen forest and other lands under the command of a Corrupt Corporate Executive is planning to build hundreds of amusement parks and resorts.
- Wasteland Timeline:A zebra empire is planning to take the land of Equestira under siege and are in talks with other nations, seeking allies against the land of ponies . They convinced dragons,griffins,dogs, and other creatures from outside the world of Equestria to join in an alliance aka Operation Skyfall. Celestia, sensing the approaching danger, calls forth the mane 6, Discord, Candace, Shining armor, the Wonderbolts, and especially Zecora to inform the dragons,dogs,yaks,griffins,deer and other species and nations from other regions about the incoming threat and start an alliance between all Equestrian lands to prepare for the upcoming war . A war broke between the two alliances, lasting many days and nights. Eventually Equestria alliance was on the verge of dealing their enemy, but rather the zebra army facing defeat ,they instead thousands of Megaspells known balefire on various cities such as Canterlot,Ponyville,Cloudsdale,Appleloosa, Manehatten,Las Pegasus,Yakyakistnan,Saddle Arabia, and other locations, killing millions of lives. Next they cast Pink Cloud spells on the Royal sisters, the Royale couple, and Discord to ensure their deaths, but not before the gods teleport the Mane 6, CMC, most of the Ponyville citizens that survive the holocaust and what was left of the Equestrian alliance to underground stables that were constructed throughout the course of the war and would only surface sporadically thought-out centuries to follow The war devastated both sides, the Equestria’s government was annihilated, their population decimated and all of its once beautiful territories is now reduce to a nuclear wasteland.
- Leads to A Lesson Learned Too Well as she cuts sweets out of her diet entirely.
- Soarin - Whatever he does whenever he's not training with the Wonderbolts, or training from his perspective.
- Bulk Biceps -
- Flash Sentry - His daily routine as Royal Guard for the Crystal Empire.
- Shining Armor - Everything he does while ruling the Crystal Empire.
- Thunderlane and Rumble -
- Snips and Snails -
- Mr. Cake -
- Sunburst -
- Thorax -
- Two episodes are not enough to defeat the final Big Bad at the start of the season, and the damage he/she caused persists throughout the season.
- Twilight: "We must prepare for our greatest battle for the next 22 weeks. It could potentially destroy or reset Equestria."
- The Background Six reveal their fan-given combat experience early on and are shown reenacting GaoGaiGar throughout the season as preparation for the Final Battle.
- Throughout the final season, ponykind prepares to relocate to another science fantasy dimension just in case it takes a literal apocalypse to finish off the final villain.
- Halfway through the season, Sunset Shimmer returns to Equestria for the rest of the show and has the Mane Six record their memories, containing the show's nine seasons (and The Movie) onto DVD and Blu-Ray for other universes to watch in the event that they fail. At the end of the series, Sunset remarks "Jolly good show" as a DVD of the complete series finishes playing.
- At the start of the season, Daring Do reveals that she will take half a year to write "Daring Do and the Cancellation of the Apocalypse", the one entry in her series that spans all of Equestria.
- The Mane and Background Sixes visit Planet Zacherle note to meet a seer, a being that watches the events which occur in all universes, and refers to the adventures of ponykind as if they were fanfiction and episodes in a TV show. In fact, said seer's castle is filled with television screens playing various episodes of the show alongside various brony fan works, opening theme included, and throughout the episode he/she brings up the show's tropes, its changing quality over the years, audience reception to various storylines, and how a new age is beginning for Equestria (even noting their current "universe" has lasted longer than any of Hasbro's previous ones).
- Celestia and Luna reveal that all the friendship lessons throughout the show were building up to something really big.C&L: The magic of friendship has no less than nine main purposes: 1: to protect us. 2: to inspire us. 3: to define us. 4: to teach us. 5: to guide us. 6: to lead us. 7: to defend us. 8: to guard us. And 9: to save us.note
- While delivering the final blow to the Final Boss: the Mane and Background Sixes tell him/her "You wanted to know how history will remember us? Well, here's your answer." Said final blow also collapses and recreates reality, leading straight to G5's new world.
- After creating hardening nanocrystals for her body to greatly increase her strength, durability, and speed, Rarity spars with Rainbow Dash while singing "It Has To Be This Way".Rarity: I think I heard this song in a final fight somewhere...Rainbow Dash: Great! I'm ready for a satisfying final fight!
- Fluttershy doesn't want to have to save the world anymore. "Please let this be the very last threat to Equestria we have to face."
- In an attempt to prolong the series, Pinkie Pie initially refuses to fight the Final Boss.
- The final Big Bad calls Discord and Starlight traitors, revealing that said Big Bad created all the show's villains.
- Throughout the final season, said Big Bad and his lackeys will destroy all the major locations of the series. G5 will be set in the rebuilt version of Equestria.
- Said Big Bad also has his lackeys make web accounts to give all the show's episodes, restaurants, and Daring Do books one-star ratings, threatens to get FiM cancelled mid-season to leave it hanging, and ultimately gets killed by one star.
- At a certain point through the season, the Mane Six find Canterlot completely abandoned. Then Twilight's original friends explain that when the Final Boss eventually conquers Canterlot, they can't afford a single pony there being captured and enslaved, and destroying Canterlot completely with said villain and his entire army in it may be necessary to save the day.
- The final episode starts with a clip show of the Mane Six and various fan favorites set to a somber piano version of the show's full theme song.
- The final part of the series finale will be entitled "Friendship is Magic", the exact same name as the show's premiere. As reality collapses, the Mane and Background Six find themselves flying through a massive portal full of storyboard sketches, concept art drawings, and fan art and fan videos of them, and even falling into the other works of Lauren Faust and the previous generations of MLP.
- As reality collapses, "My Way" by Frank Sinatra will play in the background.
- The final credits roll to a montage of epilogue scenes set to the end credits song of Bomberman 64.
- The final line of the series is "Friendship Is Magic"!
- Flim and Flam either getting arrested, or forced to retire.
- Zephyr Breeze accepting the fact that Rainbow Dash is not into him.
- An episode that acts as a Recycled Plot to Regular Show's Meet the Seer. With a speech that ends with this phrase. "Everything must end eventually".
- Trixie, now a Mega Man X Expy for post-FiM appearances, emerges from her stasis capsule and reveals the events of the show to be her "best dream ever".
- During a cosmic battle between good and evil that results in the destruction of Equestria and its inhabitants, Grogar manages to kill the Mane 6, Celestia, Luna, Discord, Cadence, Shining Armor, Starlight, Sunburst, Stygian, and the Pillars, but not before our heroes transfer their magic to the Student 6, Spike and Flurry Heart. The last remaining heroes use all the transferred power to vanquish the evil ram once and for all, but doing so results in the universe to be reset and leading to a new cycle of time and a parallel universe in its place. This event becomes the set up for Generation 5