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Say goodbye to the current storyline with Potion Nova

All Bottled Up

Pinkie is cleaning the Potions Shelf when she accidentally spills one of them onto her cookies. Applejack knows this. Twilight shows up because she and Owlowiscious got into a fight and are not talking to each other now. Instead of talking it over with Applejack, Twilight eats a cookie and forces AJ to eat one as well. Again, Applejack knows a potion fell into the tray of cookies, so she could have prevented what is going to happen now.

They shrink and are now stuck in the bottle. Twilight seems happy since that means she can literally bottle up her emotions and hang out with a friend. But AJ is claustrophobic (and happily explains its definition for those who don’t know), so she’s trying to find a way to escape the Bottle since it's a magical dimension. When Pinkie arrives, she notices AJ (and Twilight) is gone. Gonna guess she saw Twilight coming in when she was getting her package.

Despite Twilight’s best efforts to not help, Pinkie figures out that the potion spilled onto the cookies, that they ate them and are now stuck in the Bottle. So it's up to her and Rarity to get them out of there. And their plan is to take it to Potion Nova since she knows about potions. She has an antidote to fix it and pours it in. It works on AJ since she wants to leave, but Twilight is fighting to stay in the bottle. AJ knows why and volunteers to go back in to talk her out.

AJ convinces her to leave and they’re out of the bottle. So we don’t get to see what the fight with Owlowiscious is about, we don’t get to see Twilight talk to Owlowiscious to solve the argument. It just ends with them getting out of the bottle and Potion Nova joking that this is a bottle episode. I know this show gets compared to Teen Titans Go, but this is definitely a Teen Titans Go plot...

All That Jitters

Twilight is going to Potion Nova to begin her apprenticeship. She is nervous, so she tries her best to not go Twilynanas. Potion Nova shows her around and begins teaching Twilight. Twilight tries but is doing pretty bad. So bad, to take five Potion Nova does therapy on Twilight. She got Twilight to open up and her first potion seems to be complete, after rocketing around the house. The two get to know each other better and it ends with the two being friends. And that’s it. Very simple episode.

I, Cookie

Pinkie is alone as everyone has plans to do. Even Gummy. The problem is Pinkie is a social creature and craves social interactions. So Pinkie comes up with an idea: use Twilight's Replitron 5000 to recreate her friends into cookies. It begins innocently enough with her playing with them like they were inanimate objects but then they began to move on their own. Pinkie is excited, but they want to move on already. There’s a whole world out there and they want to see it.

When Pinkie refuses to let them go, the cookies overthrow her and have her tied down. Twilight Cookie explains that while they know Pinkie doesn’t want to be alone, there’s a whole world out there and they have the right to explore it. Pinkie breaks out, but does say that Twilight is right. So she lets them go. As soon as they are outside and Pinkie closes the door, it rains. So you can probably guess what happened to them...

Pinkie cleans up and eventually the gang's back together. Twilight suggests they make cookies and Pinkie is nervous because the last batch became alive. Definitely could use more meat, but what do you expect from an episode about cookies?

Keynote Pie

Pinkie is reading a book. She wants to take Sugarcube Corner to the next level and plans on having a conference to get investors to help make Sugarcube Corner bigger than ever. But right before she has to begin, she freaks out. Luckily her friends are there to give her a pep talk. One montage later, Pinkie is ready to begin her presentation. So what is she selling that has her presenting it like an old E3 Conference?

Cupcakes. Designer cupcakes. I’m guessing basically cupcakes with the stylizing of those fancy cakes you see in baking shows. Sadly, the only investors to show up are Spike and Fluttershy. Luckily Spike got big stacks and invested a lot. He wants to be Pinkie’s silent partner and the two agree. And that’s it. Yeah, when it comes to meat these episodes don’t have much outside the Bottle Episode. But when you’re a quarter of a half an hour, you don’t have much room to work with so for what they had it was alright.

Next week it seems we’re getting a theme of episodes: all about the Internet.

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Season 1, Episode 1 and 2.

While Make Your Mark is being worked on, the Tell Your Tale series was the first Non-Movie G5 Content to play. And considering that series continued after Make Your Mark fell, it was probably more popular. But how were their first outings? Let’s take a look.

Sisters Take Flight

We’re in Zephyr Heights as Pipp has more screen time in this one scene than the entire movie. And we get to learn more about her character thanks to this scene. Like a Fashion Girl in Fiction, she overpacks her stuff. While she does get frustrated, she could adapt if it looks good. And apparently she likes wrestling because to close her suitcase, she does a 1350 Shooting Star onto the Suitcase to get it closed. It didn’t work.

Zipp went to see what’s up and got covered in various clothing. This one scene let us know that she doesn’t like the idea of her becoming Queen despite definitely looking the part. Back to the Story, they’re leaving Zephyr Heights and their mom is throwing a little parade to celebrate it. You can imagine the trouble that’s about to happen when you got Balloons and ponies just learning to fly again. And you can see how different the sisters are.

While Pipp likes the spotlight, Zipp is not a fan of it and is more practical. Heck, she doesn’t even like to take pictures, despite the fact that their mother is sending them off in style despite going to miss them when she’s gone. Would be a nice memory to have. Now this is officially Episode 1, but when it was first uploaded it was Episode 3. I said at the time I felt this would have been a better first episode than the actual first episode because it was definitely the best of the set. But then I noticed the next scene...

We get back to Izzy, Hitch and Sunny at the Bright House, Sunny’s new rebuilt home. That they work on the next episode. I thought that doesn’t make sense but thanks to these rewatches I noticed a detail I missed: there’s paint buckets next to them. And in the background you can see wallpapers not put up in the background. So yes, this episode was indeed the first. It goes to show you just how messed up Hasbro has been with this series from the start.

As expected, Balloons plus newly flying Pegasi means disaster. So despite displaying a new statue dedicated to Zipp and Pipp (called Sisters Take Flight), the last balloon crashes on them. Despite that, they laugh and take a group picture together. So while Zipp may or may not miss home, she is ready for a new adventure with her sister. Overall, I do think this is a great first impression for the series. Pipp gets more screen time and we see how their relationship is unlike the movie. 

A Home to Share

The first episode uploaded and it does something the movie did not do: introduce us to the characters. Yeah, we know who they are thanks to the movie but we don’t know what they do since the movie is their first interaction: how they meet. We don’t really get to know who they are as people since at the time they were working on getting the magic back. But now that it is back and the girls decided to live together (since I’m pretty sure the show is for kids and not HBO), let’s see how they are when not adventuring.

Sunny is showing off a model of what the Bright House should look like as we get to see their various reactions to working on the Bright House. Sunny is hopeful, Hitch is making sure his crab doesn’t destroy the model more while planning to help his Crab friend learn how to build, Izzy is super excited and thinks once it's done they can spend every waking moment together and Zipp is worried about that fact.  And Pipp sings. 

And while Sunny wants to work together, everyone is just too excited to start working so they just grab whatever they could and start building. Pipp is streaming, Zipp and Izzy are painting and Hitch is trying to measure but the crab likes to cut things. Sunny is excited initially because they all seem excited, but they really aren’t putting too much thought into what they’re doing. Except Hitch who is trying to teach a crab how to screw but instead he hammers it in.

Zipp’s paint turns out to be the glue for the Wallpaper. Pipp is so focused on streaming, she accidentally makes a mess of Sunny’s sweeping, and Izzy is just throwing paint around willy-nilly. Then they begin to conflict with each other, such as Pipp putting up portraits of herself only to be covered by Zipp’s wallpaper, Hitch chasing the crab and Izzy doing multiple things at once willy-nilly again. Basically, it is becoming more of a mess because they’re all doing their own things instead of working together.

Sunny starts Twilighting a little bit but she goes away to be alone for a bit to calm herself down. Thanks to a picture reminding her that her father brought out the best in her, she should try to do that with her friends. In other words, actually have things planned out. After a little speech, they get back to work with an actual plan. And thanks to that, the Bright House is finally done. Overall, I think this episode does a good job introducing us to what to expect from these people...

Zipp does things fast, but doesn't think ahead. Pipp is an influencer and likes to sing. Izzy is going to be a chaotic mess. Hitch is going to be over his head since everything is so new. And Sunny is going to be the one to try to ground these people so they don’t accidentally destroy Equestria. And I think it is a better episode after you’ve seen the future. A nice slow build to get to know these people as individuals, not adventurers. 

Next week, two more episodes.

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((Explaining how the rest got here part 1.))

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No, this does not change the results of Bowser Vs Eggman.

A feat that is brought up a lot if when Yoshi hits Raven so hard, he explodes into a constellation. Back when Sonic Vs Mario was having their rematch, I was trying to debunk it because I don’t think Yoshi was the actual cause of such a feat. So why do I think that? Let’s take a look at that very fight...

As seen in the video above, Kamek gives Raphael the Raven a grow up. You couldn’t attack him directly, you needed to hit the posts right underneath him. And you don’t just do it once, you do it three times. After that, he is sent flying into space and becomes a constellation. The simple explanation is that this is Yoshi’s doing, so Occam’s Razor is what was picked. But what did I think of this feat?

When I tried to argue against it, I pointed out that Yoshi required to hit him three times to actually do it. I put the feat towards Kamek since it was his magic that made Raven the big guy and likely his magic that sent him flying after that final hit. Which means it is still scalable since Kamek has that Constellation Making Level of power and both Yoshi, Mario and Bowser obviously scale to him. So that didn’t work out for me but I got to rethink about it recently again thanks to Bowser Vs Eggman.

For Yoshi to damage Ralph as he does, he has to use those pillars. To attack him underneath. And then he rockets out into space... Was this a fart joke the entire time and only I noticed it? Let’s compare that to the rest of the bosses. It begins with Burt the Bashful, who gets pantsed and then blows up. He doesn’t get a constellation, but he does blow up the same. Salvo the Slime is next and after being reduced in size, also blows up. Not like Burt or Ralph.

Bigger Boo grows and grows until he blows up. Roger the Potted Ghost gets pushed off a ledge and explodes. Prince Froggy bucks the trend as instead of Kamek making Froggy grow, he shrinks Yoshi and Mario. Froggy doesn’t explode, but the magic is undone in a similar effect as the defeated bosses. Naval Piranha (when you don’t kill him before Kamek does his voodoo that he do), explodes. You’re getting the theme here, right? They all explode.

Outside Ralph, Burt and Hookbill, nothing suggests these explosions are jokes. While those three had humorous defeats, the explosions do happen. And since it's the same regardless, you can say that Yoshi takes constellations creating explosions on the regular. So yeah, Yoshi definitely has constellation level strength (since most times strength = durability). And in turn, that means Mario and Bowser as babies can survive that. Well, that sucked for past me. I just prove Yoshi does have that level. Still, fun thought experiment.

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((A dog once found its way back home after being lost. This is just a more extreme version))

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Fantasy Booking meets Death Battle

The name is pending, but if you have heard about it the majority of you likely recognize the name from WWE All Stars. Few of you may recognize it from the few videos from the WWE on their website or youtube. But for me, I heard about it through the WWF Magazine. In that, they explain the two wrestlers and who they would think would win a fictional match. The only attempt I’ve seen of something similar is Dream Match by Dave Knows Wrestling, but they pick a specific year.

For Fantasy Warfare, I want a full analysis similarly done in Death Battle. We would go over their history, accomplishments and rivalries and determine who would win a match. And like Death Battle, there would be an animated match between the two wrestlers and an explanation why we felt the person who won would win. It will try to be mostly Kayfabe, though it may highlight actual real life things if it is important. So let’s go over how a typical episode would go.

The Intro

It would be similar to how WWE All Stars did their Fantasy Warfare Movies, only shorter. Basically highlighting why they were picked to go against each other, their names and any nicknames they got, and the intro to the show before we begin the Analysis of the Wrestler.

The Analysis

It begins with a brief history of their time before becoming a professional wrestler. Give you an understanding of who they were and why they stepped into the ring. Then a small retrospective of their early years before we talk about when they get big. The majority of their Analysis would be about their career: highlighting their accomplishments, histories, and maneuvers/tactics they use in a match. A special highlight to make a repeat wrestler interested is we highlight one big rivalry from them for this match. Talk about the history of their rivalry, one big match, and how it ended. We then say something about the wrestler one last time before we do this all over again with the opponent.

The Match

It would be animated, likely 3D to have angles you couldn’t get in Sprite or 2D animation without a lot of work. Spots would be planned to highlight each wrestler’s specific quirks and how they would react or interact with the other, and the winner will get the win in the method that makes the most sense for the match. To be cheap, if no big name takes the idea, we could use a video game to Machinima the Match. But that would mean both players would be needing to plan out the match.

The Winner

The winner will be determined through numerous factors. Examples being: Win/Loss Percentage, accomplishments, how they dealt with similar opponents or situations and things like that. This is also going to be determined by the wrestlers being at their best. Meaning it will be their prime health and them having all their experience. So taking Dream Match’s Bret Hart Vs Kurt Angle as an example, we won’t be looking at a specific year and Kurt Angle’s neck injury won’t be considered in the outcome. It would be the two at their most optimal health with all their past wins and losses being factored in.

And that’s my idea of how this Fantasy Warfare would be like. Next Week, an example of how it would be like.

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Which is my favorite new series of this year?

TIER - Actually Dislike

Surprisingly nothing. None of the shows I’ve seen this year really made me dislike it. Nothing that I would consider bad.

TIER - Still only saw one episode

11 - Ninjago: Master of Spinjitzu

I like Lego, but I’m not sure I’m going to be in this series like others. Nothing really grabbed me.

10 - Hazbin Hotel

Technically I saw two of these episodes, but one was the Pilot and not on Amazon. But while I haven’t seen more than one full episode, I have been following the story and got a few of their songs on my iPod.

9 - Peacemaker

It looks so fun. The problem is finding time to watch it.

8 - Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

It has been enjoyable and if there is more Lee I would be down to watch more.

7 - MaoMao: Heroes of Pure Heart

This is a series I definitely want to see more of. I really need to get back to watch all the episodes. After Kiff.

TIER - Saw more than one episode

6 - If AI Ruled the World

I was so tempted to make this in the Dislike Tier, but honestly it is only so because of that one ending. Otherwise it is a good manga and others would definitely like it more than I do.

5 - Lamput

It is a fun series but I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen all the episodes. Just need to find an archive that has them all.

TIER - Saw them all at the time!

4 - Beast Boy: Lone Wolf

Sadly too short, but I would love more episodes or even animations like these.

3 - The Fairly Offparents: A New Wish

A great sequel series that I hope gets a second season. It is the breath of fresh air this franchise needed.

2 - WordGirl

It took a long time, and I still need to find those comics, but it was worth it. A very enjoyable series.

1 - X-Men ‘97

This series is so frikkin good!

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((And in my opinion, she did))

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((Luna got a fellow traveler of the Dream Realm.))

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Who Drinks Potions without knowing the source?

So Dailymotion failed again and my Norton doesn’t like the less reputable way of watching it. But I think I found a good source as the Internet Archive presumably has all of them. 

Potion Mystery

We begin in Sugarcube Corner with Rainbow Dash showing why I was about to put her in my Sonic Inspired Sprite Royal Rumble. Twilight gets a swig of the last Potion and she goes Disco Ball. So when Twilight asks when she is going to order the next batch, that’s when they realize nobody really knows where these potions came from. Whoever it is refills the Fridge when everyone is asleep. When Twilight hears this, she wants to find out who is behind it.

Whoever it was, there is no clue for them to discuss. While Fluttershy suggests it's a Magical Creature, Twilight believes it's a Magical Scientist that she must meet. This is because when Twilight remakes these potions, she fails. So Twilight believes a stake out will help them find out who is behind it. Night 1, they fell asleep. After hiding the potions, they fall asleep again. Night 3, they got a guard dog and a camera to help. That too also fails.

While the others think this is it, Twilight is not giving up. We got Peanut Brittle that would make a loud noise even at the slightest touch and powdered sugar on the floor to find any hoofprint. Twilight even tied a rope around her horn so if she does fall asleep she’ll ring a bell to wake her and anyone else up. And an art error so big I can’t help to notice it, but Pinkie Pie got wings for a scene or two. 

Sadly, not even this worked because whoever is responsible for this is floating via magic, growing various plants and fungi wherever they go, and appear right as they fall asleep even with the bell. They’re also kind enough to cover the ponies with blankets and with a wink the potions are restocked. Say hello to Potion Nova, who we will meet better in a minute. 

Sick Day

Not exactly continuing from last time, but Pinkie Pie got a big order from Celestia. Six different flavors, two dozen each for her Birthday Bash. And Pinkie Pie is sick. Twilight and Fluttershy are home because they too are sick and Dash (the last one remaining from last episode) is sending Pinkie Pie to quarantine to prevent contamination to the last three healthy ones.

So Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash are going to bake the cakes. Rarity is confident they can handle it even without Pinkie Pie’s dummy thicc recipe book. If this was normal FIM, Applejack is there and she can do some pretty good baking. But then she coughs. So Dash and Rarity, the two I would trust the least in baking, have to do it while everyone else is sick. And as expected, they are not handling it. 

Dash’s cupcakes end up like soup and Rarity is riding a mixer like a rampaging bull. When Dash suggests opening Pinkie’s playbook, they get a call from Celestia that she’s coming early to pick up the order. Now a normal reasonable way in this situation is to explain there is an outbreak and to be safe the order was cancelled to prevent spreading the disease unintentionally. So what does Rainbow “I’m going to upstage the Wonderbolts show to get them to stop calling me Crash” Dash and Rar “put my friends in a workshop to create new designs before the deadline” ity do?

Say everything is fine and panic. Doesn’t help that Pinkie is so delirious that she thinks she could help and tries to leave quarantine. Except she totally was sane enough to explain how to do things and they promise to read the instructions as long as she stays in bed. Then they basically barricade the door so only a wrecking ball can get through. And when they open the book, a Hologram of the Pony is talking to them. Like in a certain comic where the Hologram of Pegasi helps our G5 ponies.

The Hologram suggests to do the opposite of what Sick Pinkie said and by pulling the Blue Lever, not pushing the Red, the automatic Cupcake Maker is working. Luckily the four cupcakes we saw were enough for Celestia, who said it was perfect. Now that everyone is healthy again, everything worked out. Except it ends with Rarity barfing up jewels. 

Meet Potion Nova!

I told you it would take a few minutes. Sugarcube Corner has them bored as Twilight highlights how they used to do more things. This is basically a joke about how FIM turned into Pony Life, as instead of adventures and lore we got wacky antics. And before we can get a song from Rarity, some pony enters Sugarcube Corner: It’s Potion Nova. She makes an impressive first impression until she goes Shockmaster on them. 

Potion Nova seems down to earth while Twilight is Twilighting really really hard right now. Potion Nova reveals she’s the potion maker and needs help. She ran out of Potion Ocean Water so she asked them for help getting more. Meanwhile, Twilight is going Twilynanas trying to be her apprentice. So the group travel across the new map of Equestria (which you can probably flip around to match G5’s Map) to the Potion Ocean. 

Twilight is Twilynanas mode right now so she thinks this is a legit adventure. But between bothering a guy trying to cross the same bridge they were, almost walking off a broken bridge thinking it was an invisible bridge, and wondering if their world is some twisty nightmare (which technically it is), Potion Nova teaches Twilight that not all Magic is big and fancy. Sometimes it's small and simple. And they find the Potion Ocean thanks to a helpful magical stick.

So if the journey wasn’t dangerous, why did Potion Nova need help? Simple: she can’t carry the amount she needs by herself. Not to mention company is always fun. And to award Twilight for coming along, she allows Twilight to be an apprentice. Twilight then explodes into a fireworks display. I’m not kidding. Yeah, Discord definitely made this universe.

Pony Surfin' Safari

We’re still at the Potion Ocean as they’re having a beach day. Fluttershy scared Twilight by building a monster out of sand. It scared Twilight so much, she covered everyone else in sand. Then Potion Nova shows up. She warns them to stay away from the Cute Triangle. Once they’re there, they’ll be lost forever. Then she leaves. It's Bonfire time but Rainbow Dash isn’t there to enjoy it.

When AJ gets Dash, the others are gone. Rarity is missing her glasses, Fluttershy is flying a kite, Twilight is doing homework and Pinkie Pie is ordering food. And after getting Pinkie Pie there and shooing away the crab waiter, everyone is gone again. AJ is upset since she wanted to go to a group activity but everyone else is doing their own thing.

Potion Nova told her to relax, but this is Applejack we’re talking about. So the next day, AJ wakes them up bright and early since AJ’s idea of vacationing together is to be together. And to do that, AJ signed them up for a Surfin’ Safari. Despite this, they are doing their own things again. Twilight and Fluttershy are exploring, Rarity is relaxing, Dash is actually surfing and Pinkie is about to get snacks. 

AJ being upset basically tells them to stay together between these three oddly placed rocks. In the shape of a triangle. They’re now in the Cute Triangle, where everything that gets lost is lost together. AJ is sorry for basically being the reason they’re here and finds a way to free them. Friendship Magic (and a few floatable objects) frees them. 

So what was Potion Nova doing while AJ was learning a lesson about friendship? She guessed the number of gumballs in a gumball machine. And despite being totally off, she won because she was the only entrant. Which means she won by default.

Potion Nova is pretty neat as the three of the four episodes do a great job introducing us to her. The first as someone who Twilight would be interested in learning under. The second to show how she is as a character and the third being someone who can do their own thing while the others do their own.

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The official beginning of Generation 5.

Last week we looked at the Bible that helped inspire the movie and the series moving on so today marks the beginning of Generation 5. Hasbro did its best to set it up for success. They got big named voice actors to do the cast. They set it up in the same world to get the old fans hooked. And they planned on releasing it in theaters. But COVID changed that idea so it went directly to Netflix. While I did see the G4 Theatrical Movie in theaters, I doubt I was going to see this one there since this is a new world and they have to prove it to me. So let’s see if they did...

The movie begins with a beautifully animated sequence featuring the Original Mane Six, complete with original voice actors. This would be the last time they officially voice the characters (as far as I know/for now) and this sequence ends with Rarity getting another voice and wanting to eat brains. We then see it in 3D where its three kids playing ponies. Sprout (the red pony) is drinking the Kool-Aid thinking non-Earth Ponies are bad. Sunny (the orange one) grew up thinking they did all live together originally (which they did).

And Hitch is trying to be a mediator between the two. He’s friends with both of them but considering he’s really helping Sunny over enforcing what his school taught them, makes me think he’s closer to friends with her than Sprout. We then meet Argyle who is a researcher (by the looks of it) and is teaching his daughter these things. Sprout’s Mother doesn’t like that as she buys the distrust on Pony Kind for two reasons: she can profit off of it and she honestly believes it.

It is nice to see Argyle for as long as we did in this movie considering Sunny will be carrying his dream. She wants to be the one to unite the three back together and continues to do so long after he died from an off screen sickness. Also remember Sunny and Argyle sent a letter via lantern to invite some pony to Maretime Bay. So after a time jump to future Sunny, we get the first song of the movie. And honestly, they don’t do it for me. I’m not saying they’re bad, they just don’t grab me like the later songs do. 

Hitch is the sheriff and tells Sunny to not go to Canterlogic. And thanks to being focused on a litterbug, she manages to avoid him and get into Sprout’s Mother’s Company. Canterlogic makes Anti-Pegasi and Anti-Unicorn tech. And honestly I really doubt any of these were tested. The guy with the Binoculars was so busy looking for Pegasi he fell off stage and the poor guy in the escape balloons will be up in the sky until the end of the film. I doubt these things would stop an Earth Pony let alone anyone else.

And Sunny kind of proves it. She’s caught in a trap and when they try to stop it it just doesn’t stop. And their big idea is putting a Unicorn in a box and hitting Pegasi with slime. We see in Tell Your Tale that box wouldn’t stop a Unicorn and I doubt Slime would stop a pegasi. But because they are so fearful they ignore the obvious scam going on and side with Sprout’s Mother. After a while, Sunny tries to convince Hitch to join her side but then Hitch challenges Sunny: “You keep saying there's nothing to be afraid of. Well, then, prove it.”

Hitch uses this as an ultimatum as he’s her last friend in this town. Basically stop making a ruckus or be completely ostracized. It honestly looks like she’s considering it, but knowing Sunny she probably would travel to prove she’s right. Luckily for her someone else saved her the time: Izzy Moonbow. And once again, we’re seeing just how ineffective these things really are. The frikkin slime is only causing a mess and the Unicorn traps are getting everyone but a Unicorn. It did get Izzy, but Sunny frees her. 

Going to the obvious first place they’ll look for her, Sunny finally gets to ask Izzy questions she always wanted to know. Sadly, they’re questions you would expect when you grow up thinking racist things are real. She finds out Unicorns don’t have magic anymore. She can’t think any further because Hitch is trying to arrest her. They easily escape Hitch and escape Maretime Bay. After hearing what Unicorns think of Earth Ponies, Sunny got a plan. The Pegasi could help. Izzy is scared but Sunny convinces her to go (by singing).

One thing I will say is weird is hearing these voices knowing they will change them for the show. So while the two go to Zephyr Heights, Hitch goes to find them and bring them to justice. He leaves Sprout in charge with only one command: “Just try not to start a war while I'm gone.” His mother comes in to give Sprout the idea that he’s the current sheriff now that Hitch is out. And this begins a domino effect that will affect the end of the movie. With the duo, they enter a valley and are seemingly chased by a parkour pony. It’s Zipp, the first Pegasus they ever saw.

She escapes as two other Pegasi Soldiers show up. They arrest the duo and capture Izzy with a Tennis Ball to negate her magic. Man, this world would be easily conquered by anyone in G4. Tirek, Sombra, Cozy Glow, The Flim Flam Brothers, Yona by accident... You can tell Zephyr Heights is a lot more technically advanced than Maretime Bay. Sunny notices that it only seems to be certain pegasi that flies: the Royal Family. This includes Zipp who they previously met. 

They get sent to the dungeon as Sprout sings his song about forming an Angry Mob. Again, none of the songs really grab me but imagine the G4 Pony Movie having to only rely on the Storm King as the villain. That’s Sprout. You really can’t take the guy seriously. They really needed someone to be the big threat for our heroes. Storm King had Tempest Shadow. Sprout has his mother, and she isn’t doing that good of a job except encouraging him. Oh yeah, there’s a reference to G1 during his song, and we see a unicorn there. 

After a commercial for perfume, we see the Dungeon and it looks luxurious. There’s a massage chair. Zipp sees them to find out about magic and she finds out from them that there is no Unicorn Magic. Zipp definitely wants to help but Pipp shows up to interrupt. I don’t think this movie does Pipp Justice compared to the series. You don’t really see the passion she puts into her work like you do on the shows. Also doesn’t help that they don’t give her much in the movie. After Pipp leaves, Zipp breaks them out to show them something.

We see Hitch for a bit following the trails and attracting more animals towards him. He finally sees that they were already captured and still intends to capture them. Zipp shows the duo a station that proved that the three were friends. Zipp reveals that no Pegasi can fly and wants to not live the lie. But the reason she came down here is because the book Sunny had matches a glass mural. Said Glass Mural has images of two gems and Sunny instantly thinks that uniting the two will restore magic to everyone.

But to get the crown off the Queen’s head, Zipp suggests a heist. They do so in Pipp’s concert and again, it doesn’t grab me like her later songs. Good news, they successfully swapped the crown with the macaroni decoy. Bad news, the dog knows and is chasing them, Hitch found them and is chasing them, and they can’t escape the big crowd. After shenanigans, they get the crystals but the Royals are exposed as being Phony Ponies Full of Baloney. The queen is arrested while the trio escape with Pipp and Hitch joining them for various reasons.

Sprout is building something and it worries his mother while the rest make their way to Bridlewood. While there is a nice moment showing that Izzy’s reason for going to Maretime Bay is because of the Lantern Sunny and her father launched long ago, but I don’t think it sells their dynamic as a friendship well. Sunny and Hitch definitely, and I see Zipp/Hitch shipping being strong, but you don’t get to see their interactions beyond the mission. You could think Zipp’s curiosity is her detective desires but it is something I think people would be curious about.

After doing their own version of “Fit Right In” (which I think Rarity did better), we see Bridlewood looks like the Rainbow Village from Rainbow Roadtrip. Alphabittle has the Crystal and Sunny challenges him for it. After a pep talk, she wins. After a scuffle, Sunny manages to get the Pegasi and Unicorns to not fight each other long enough to try to bring the magic back. It fails because logically you need three pieces of gems and nobody realizes this until later in the movie.

Sunny is defeated, returns the gems to their rightful owners and goes home. It is sad to see her put away everything but doing so allows her to figure out the obvious: there’s a piece missing. Luckily for her the Lantern her father made had the final piece. Motivated again, she goes to find the others but finds an empty town. Hitch and her then find out Sprout made an army to start a war. It really doesn’t help make Sprout intimidating when the others are ready to throw down their stuff because they could be friends.

Sprout gets the fear back in them and it does help that he has a big robot. The others join Sunny just in time to face a robot. Okay, the slime gets people to stick to the ground so it is a little more threatening. Alphabittle is saved by Queen Haven and a relationship is born. After the gems not working once more and her home destroyed, Sunny does what Hitch thought wouldn’t work earlier in the movie: “Give a little speech and everypony just magically welcomes unicorns and Pegasi into Maretime Bay.”

So the leaders (Queen Haven, Alphabittle and Sprout’s Mom) decide to unite and magic is restored. Sunny even gets an upgrade and becomes an Alicorn (one that she can turn on and off, something I gave my Twilight on May 3, 2019 to this movie’s release on September 24, 2021. And after everyone gets it back and that one pony that flew off early in the movie returns, we get the end credits. And the after credit scene shows that the Earth Ponies are getting magic too.

So how did this movie introduce us to the cast? Honestly, not good enough. We get to really know Sunny and Izzy, but it won’t be like how in the show.. People thought Hitch was competent when honestly looking back there are a lot of flaws he had that were ignored because of Sprout’s incompetence. Pipp barely got anything. Zipp is probably the only one who showed enough of what she would be like on the show. And with the voice actors changing, that would once again have people getting used to them again.

The movie was fine but it didn’t really make me want to see the show. It was mostly the youtube videos that got me to take a look since they were short and free on youtube. Like the first episode of Friendship is Magic, it introduces you to the core six’s big traits. This movie did not do that for these five. And even if it did, it didn’t introduce us to how they would interact since this was to restore magic while the rest of the series is mostly slice of life. It’s more pitching the show than the characters.

You’ll see how it compares to the Youtube Series next week. There are 27 Episodes of Make Your Mark (including the specials). Tell Your Tale has 94 episodes (including special) with 70 for their Season 1. There are six chapters in MYM, so I figured 10 of TYT then a Chapter of MYM and so on. While that means some TYT episodes would be way after their most logical timeline placement, I’m not a stickler for that.

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Velvet: He probably wants his old name back but is too prideful to just let someone win.

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Time to talk about the other Blue Video Game Hero...

Mega Man. For the few who probably don’t know, he was once a robotic lab assistant for Dr. Light built alongside his sister Roll. But when Dr. Wily began to take over using Light’s own creations, Rock volunteered to be upgraded to a Super Fighting Robot and became Mega Man (Rockman for his home country). The year 20XX was never in safer hands. But in 21XX, the Mega Man we know is nowhere to be found. Instead, another blue robot created by Dr. Light was the hero. And his name is X.

So the question remains: what happened between the Classic and X Era? Where’s Mega Man or the other Classic Robots? Did a Cataclysm happen or is there some other reason? Nobody knows for sure, but I’m going to do my best to explain my thoughts and what is the possible outcome of our favorite Blue Bomber. For the longest time, a popular theory was known as the Cataclysm Theory. Since Dr. Wily created Zero (spoiler, I know), a popular theory is that Zero was the reason Mega Man no longer exists.

I don’t know the original source of this theory, but my first hearing of it was from Bob and George. They made a series of Flash movies about the Cataclysm that happened in the comics and for the time it was pretty good. Sadly, they never finished it but since they were telling in reverse order you pretty much get the gist of it: Zero killed everyone, a modified Auto managed to take him out and become the secret boss in X1. And honestly it is a popular theory for the idea of Mega Man facing Zero. You even see some fan games use the idea. 

But others do not believe the Cataclysm Theory. So is there a good reason for that? Well, yes. Besides what this article has said, we do have evidence that the Cataclysm likely didn’t happen. For starters, the Day of Sigma animation does show the origin of X via flashback. And Dr. Light looks good for someone his age. And speaking of that, Maverick Hunter X (the remake of the first X Game) has a message from Dr. Light does show that there is no reason for X to be locked up for reasons beyond what he told anyone who found his hologram. Here are two lines from both...

You truly are just like us humans, X. That's why I'm afraid that mankind is not quite ready to accept you. We are not yet mature. They may very well view your limitless evolutionary potential as something to be feared. 

It is an unfortunate fact that human life is short and fleeting, and I fear that I will not have the time to ensure the safety of the X project. That is why I have decided to seal him away.

These two lines in particular do not show that Zero is someone he is afraid of. And if you want one more piece of evidence that a Classic Character could be in the X Timeline, look who shows up in Mega Man X3...  So if Zero did not attack the Classic characters and they could in theory continue to exist, where are they in 21XX? Besides Auto hiding somewhere watching movies, what happened to Proto man, Roll or the others? Nobody knows, but I have a theory...

In Mega Man II (the second Gameboy Game), Dr. Wily travels to the future to see what it is like. There, everything was at peace and Mega Man went back to being Rock. So Past Dr. Wily convinced Future Dr. Wily to get back in the game and kidnap Rock to make him Quint. So Wily took Quint back to the past to defeat Mega Man. And as far as we know, Future Wily never came back to the past with Past Wily. So either he got betrayed or he decided to build one last thing: Zero.

This works both ways as if he turned good after building Zero, sealing him up as well as the Maverick Virus would be him giving up his old ways. If it was after, it could be a modified Roboenza with Zero as its carrier, but sealing him up because he was too unstable. And Rock isn’t in 21XX because he traveled back into the past to be destroyed by his past self, who as far as I know does not know Quint is him from the future. While the Robot Master Field Guide suggests Quint went back to the future after being defeated, it does use the American script so their information may not be accurate.

Yet that still does not explain what happened to Roll or Protoman. Sadly, there isn’t much I can theorize on them. I can only guess things like Protoman blowing up since he was powered by an unstable nuclear core. And Roll I honestly got nothing. In theory, the Expiration Date could be her end but considering Dr. Light saved the MM9 Robots from that fate, I doubt Roll would have to worry about that. And that’s all assuming the timeline is a straight line. This didn’t take into effect Multiverse Theory or Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha that stated that Shadow Mega Man was from that future and no one could challenge him there.

Speaking of that game, considering it is referenced in ZX Advent as well as R20 Rockman & Rockman X Official Complete Works, it is entirely possible that this is the thing that would explain what happens. Except you could in theory use this to explain why Protoman is not in 21XX but not Roll, as I doubt this Shadow Mega Man would attack non-combative fighters like Roll. And it wouldn’t explain how Dr. Light survived to build X. 

Would Mega Man Online have explained it? Honestly, no. The story was about copies of the characters fighting. So sadly, the only way we can know their definitive history is if Capcom themselves gives a Timeline of Events like Nintendo did with Zelda. Would they, I don’t know. But until then, I am going to believe MMII is what happened to Classic Mega Man.

NOTE: Written before this video. They went over a few things I did, while also pointing out other examples. This includes novels.

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Twilight: A good balance between keeping Ponyville's tradition while evolving to make things easier.

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In 2025 to avoid another mistake... (No Images)

Last year I did this list in 2024, picking all the songs in 2024. So by the time I finalized the list and it got uploaded before 2024 ended, I found another song I would have definitely put on that list if it was earlier. Maybe have been #1. So this time, I’m making that list after 2024 to avoid that. So besides no Death Battle or Death Battle related songs, and only one representative per singer, here are the songs I found this year...

Unbeatable from FNF: Mario Madness V2 (Second chance since it was added after 2023's were selected)

Royal Rumble Rap by Mega Ran

Wacky World by Avalon Delaney and Andy Gill

Deep Within Mashup from Moon Girl

Loser, Baby from Hazbin Hotel

Hell's Greatest Dad from Hazbin Hotel (and with Mimzy)

Sleep Well by CG5

Toriel Vs Freddy Fazbear from GamingPlush64

Noelle Holiday vs. Sayori from GamingPlush64

Do You Wanna Taste it by Wig Wam

...Baby One More Time by Tenacious D

Velma Meets Original Velma - Remembrance by myakish.

/Hug Me [My Take] from Stickguy Animations

Let Your Magic Run Wild from My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale

WND3RBLT (Parody Ft. Brittney) by PrinceWhateverer and Brittney Ackerman

Darker Side of Me feat. Johnny Gioeli by Victor McKnight

Don't Let the Party Die by Sleeping with Sirens

That's Not My Neighbor Song | "Open The Door" feat @DayumDahlia by longestsoloever

Carnival Phantasm Opening

Tip the Scales from DKC: Return to Krocodile Isle

Knock Knock Who Cares by Black Gryph0n

I believe in Joe Hendry by Joe Hendry

Boom Boom Boom by Joe Hendry

The Girls of Rock and Roll by the Dollyrots

【Nightcore】→ Truth Or Dare ( Switching Vocals ) by RubyChan's Nightcore

Built to Last by the Protomen

Eric Cartman Vs Charlie Brown by Animation Vs Anything

Mr Hippo Vs King Hippo by Lew Kreerdun

"We Didn't Start the Bizarre" [PART 2] A JoJo Song Parody by Riverdude

Sk8er Boi but WOKE by Aubery

Call Me Mommy by The Lightsmen

Polkamania by Weird Al

Unbeatable Covers by ItsSoraval | AGcovers | Saucy | Pretty much everyone here

Into Ships by My Little Romance

Pokemon Smash or Pass by Starbomb

Mario, Don't Save Her by Brandon Jamar Scott

Unstoppable by Sandaru Sathsara

It's My Life by Sandaru Sathsara

Mayday by Bump of Chicken

Acacia by Bump of Chicken

Luigi's Lament 3 from Mashed

Wanna Play GOD-ZILLA by Therewolf Media

Greedy Greedy - Sanrio Virtual Festival 2023 by SilvaGunner

Springtrap's My Dad?! by RecD

Fireball by One Shot Bards

We Got Character from Kiff

So Chunky from Kiff

The History of Nintendo (2024) by BitMusical

Shadow Wick: Murderholics X The Chalkeaters

Happy Place by ZAMination and Zachary Preciado

We're At the Prom from Kiff

Honorable Mention - Don't Let the Party Die by Sleeping with Sirens

There’s a reason it's on the list but not mentioned any higher: the reason is Death Battle related. One of the few times I got to see the final product before it was finished, I saw the Bowser Vs Eggman fight before it was complete. It was missing the background, sound effects, voices, scenes, and most importantly Game Over. The song used as a temporary placement? This song. And honestly I loved it for the same reasons I love a lot of Death Battle songs. But that does mean its Death Battle Related. And it can’t be in the Top 10 Songs of the Year because of that.

10 - Tip the Scales from DKC: Return to Krocodile Isle

I found out about this song because of Joshscorcher Top 10 Fan-Made Villain Songs. He really sold me on the song and the reveal that the Donkey Kong Country Cartoon Cast was brought in to make this song really got me to see it. Makes me wish there was a way to get the song without the sound effects from the video. It is really good. Maybe it would be higher if I could get it without having to rip it from the actual video. 

09 - Mayday by Bump of Chicken

I grew up with the Transformers, but I wouldn’t call myself a big Transformers fan on the same level as I am with Sonic. Like I stopped at Beast Wars and besides a trip to Prime, never came back. But man, this music video really brought back memories of the Transformers I knew while celebrating almost everything Transformers. From the series I knew to the ones I did not. They even paid tribute to the Bayformers! Like you can tell these people loved the Transformers and even if you’re not a fan of them, you can feel that love oozing through the video.

08 - Luigi's Lament 3 from Mashed

I loved the first Luigi’s Lament. Wasn’t that big of the second one. But man, they really came back with the third one. I love the tempo. I love the lyrics. I even love the twist at the end. Like I could argue this is superior to the first one. And the music video is so much fun. It's like the second coming of that Batman Awaken Song. And I hate to admit it, I think those trio of Boo Girls are cute.

07 - Polkamania by Weird Al

Nobody does Polka’s like Weird Al. And it is so great to see him doing another one. It's fun to see if I actually recognize any of the songs since, as you can see with my lists, I don’t follow many big trends. And the video getting numerous animators to do each part is so much fun. Especially when they brought back the guy who made the Albuquerque Fanmade Music Video back to do this. They even requested for the character to be part of the music video. That is just frikkin amazing! Shout out to finding out there are people who try to recreate the Polka with the original singers.

06 - Deep Within Mashup from Moon Girl

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is a great show. It's a shame it’s getting only 10 episodes to finish their series and one of them was already rejected. And this song is definitely a highlight. I do wish we could get the song without the Mashup but having the Mashup full length definitely is a highlight of the Second Season Soundtrack. It's such a shame I thought that was only one half of Season 2...

05 - Unbeatable Cover by AGcovers

As mentioned above, there was a Song I discovered late in 2024 that would have definitely been in the list if I didn’t finalized it and publicized it before finding the song. Unbeatable from Mario’s Madness v2 was that song. So to give it a second chance, I gave it a second shot in 2024’s list. Sadly, I didn’t want to put it on the 2024 list unless there’s a good reason for it. And a good reason is a cover. There are numerous covers of this song having different FNF Characters (fanmade and official) singing. And of all of them, AGcover’s is the one I listen to as much as the original. But seriously, give them all a try. They do a lot of work to make it a visual treat to watch as well as listen to.

04 - We're At the Prom from Kiff

So for a Burrito filled with French Fries (a context you could know if you follow my Patreon Exclusive Comics), I decided to watch Kiff’s series after watching Wordgirl’s. And I got to say, I am sorry for missing it for all this time. The characters are fun. The stories are good. And the songs are catchy. And the highlight of that for me is this Prom song. I’ll probably give more thoughts on the show at a later time, but if you need something to sum it up, honestly I think this song does it. 

03 - The History of Nintendo (2024) by BitMusical

For some, this is a blast of the past that they haven’t heard over 10 years ago. For me, it's something I continued to listen to till now. Because BitMusical decided to do an updated version of that song, redoing the song and adding what happened after the original. Honestly, it is great to see an updated version of this song. I do hope that in 10 years, he will add another lyric to the song. Because it is still great to hear even in this year.

02 - Built to Last by the Protomen

While I haven’t played all the games, I would say I am a fan of Mega Man. And whoever made this music video must be as well. It highlighted almost every Mega Man game, basically summed up the history of the franchises, and showed that there is hope for the future. With the releases of New Mega Man content legit, by fans, or spiritual successors. And it's all under the tune of a song by the Protomen. A song they made for MM25: Mega Man Rocks. Like you could question a lot of things Capcom has done over the years, but one thing you can’t deny is their love of the fandom. 

01 - Let Your Magic Run Wild from My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale

While G4 ended with a great finale, G5 did not get the luxury of such. From them ending the Make Your Mark series to just stopping Tell Your Tale before they could finish the last batch of episodes. But one thing I am glad for their legit final episode to do was use this song. I would put this song right up there with The Magic of Friendship Grows, which was the Song of the Year for me in 2019. So I am doing it again for this song. It's a shame G5 ended how it did, but at least they left their legacy.

So here’s hoping 2025 has as many songs to pick from.