The My Little Pony Horror Rabbit Hole

[@philparis796]

Ngl, the voice actor in that last segment put his ALL into that performance. I dont even care for MLP and its setting off my fight or flight with how distressing it was.

[@GamerMage2k-kl4iq]

IKR??? That voice acting plus animation stuck with me for the entire night the first time I finished that particular MLP infection AU video. It's one of the only MLP infection Au things that genuinely scares the hell outta me just from those last few minutes alone, that dude did such an amazing job all by himself!

[@canariawing]

yeah the voice acting really sold it, i'm so extremely on edge after seeing that. it was so upsetting it made me start tearing up 😭

[@Makakaka]

@@GamerMage2k-kl4iq hehe thankuu :'> i did the voice acting and animation!! thankkuu thankuuu

[@GamerMage2k-kl4iq]

@ OMG-HI-YOU’RE WELCOME! 😄 Seriously-you are fucking talented!!!

[@squeakybelle3711]

@@Makakaka ayoooooo /)

[@nekochuofficial]

Damn!! That last AU might have been a complete reference to the movie Incantation, where in the end, the Incantation turns out to be a curse, props to whoever voiced Argyle!

[@JG-vh1xc]

Ough,,,

[@sakurasarchive]

That's voiced by Makaryo!

[@Makakaka]

OMG!! I was about to watch a random video and enjoy my food, but I didn’t expect my video to show up! I’m so happy to hear your thoughts on the video I made! I did the voice acting, animation, and editing myself. I still remember when I finished recording the scream-while editing it, it genuinely scared me. It felt like I didn’t even recognize my own voice anymore, like I was hearing someone else suffering just from the audio. Don't worry, I slept well that night lol Honestly, I was really hoping someone would make a reaction video to my Swamp Fever. A lot of people tend to skip G5 content because of the show's bad animation or writing. So, it means a lot that someone like you took the time to make a video about my G5 take of swamp fever-thank you! Also fun fact: While you're watching the swamp fever video, you are technically in Sunny's POV (Argyle's Daughter), and your reactions are the same as hers. Thank you so much for sharing my video! I love reading the comments here, too. I’m planning to make a part 2, but it’s going to take some time! I also create other MLP horror content-you can check out my Rainbow Factory and Cupcakes videos! Again thank you! 💕✨

[@0.leo_]

Weird ass Fallout video

[@Rizzman2453]

We gettin outta freeside with this one🔥🔥🔥

[@cable_g0re]

Fallout equestria beam!!!

[@remi3616]

I got spurs that jingle, finagle jangle (jingle jangle) a si go riding merrily along (jingle jangle)

[@max_badmusic.]

and they sing oh aintchu glad your single (jingle jangle)

[@0321sunnymay]

Ikr

[@mellow7861]

swamp fever is canon btw. it's like a real thing in the MLP FIM universe. zecora and fluttershy caught it in one of the later-season episodes

[@Boricua_User146]

Oh my god, that swamp fever death was more chill enducing than most horror movies I've seen.

[@kikigarza9092]

L4d2 reference

[@hunterculpepper1973]

You haven't seen most mlp stuff

[@kikigarza9092]

@@hunterculpepper1973 real

[@EddieNoon]

I think it's better because it's not some monster attacking, it's his facing the slow and painful death he doesn't even have a chance to fight.

[@mastermewtwo5503]

The Swamp Fever bit... it's actually not really an "AU (Alternate Universe)". That thing's directly taken from an episode of the show, just being treated much more lighthearted there. That just makes it more horrifying when you actually explore it as horror, realizing the whole thing's pretty much canon.

[@Pokejirafan2004]

The craziest part of the Swamp Fever video is that it's based off of an ACTUAL disease from MLP:FIM (or gen 4) and that it does actually turn ponies into swamp trees

[@C0ZIII]

The voice acting at the end is genuinely so incredibly disturbing, like the visuals and sounds mixed with it also.

[@canariawing]

i really regret watching that swamp fever death scene at the end of the video, it genuinely made me feel sick. it was so deeply horrifying and upsetting

[@JG-vh1xc]

It’s the perfect combination of body horror and psychological horror

[@DriftingLightOfTheWoods]

7:34 just wanted to add some extra context; Pinkamina Diane Pie is actually Pinkie Pie's full name in the show, and the fanon horror side of her most likely comes from her genuinely deflating (hair and all), going paranoid and hallucinating in the episode Party Of One when she thinks her friends don't like her parties or don't want to be her friends. The tonal shift of the this season one episode can definitely be pointed at as at least the start of a lot of the horror side of the mlp fandom despite the fact that she and the tone bounce back to the usual MLP cheer by the end of it

[@CyberdustStudios]

You might be right. Though at the same time, the Cupcakes Creepypasta pre-dates the Party of One episode by a couple of weeks.

[@Raymundo_2112]

Childhood ♥️

[@Idkausernameee]

Real tho

[@dansoloskywalkerproduction4329]

Hey, I miss you, man❤

[@zer0_ne0]

god, i remember watching that swamp fever video so long ago and hearing the chilling desperate calls and chanting seriously spooked me all over again. i felt in distress from listening to his cries because i can just perfectly imagine what he's going through in his last moments as the tree is sprouting out of him at probably an incredibly painful pace. but aside from that, i've wanted to make my own infection AU for so long. i have at least the world of the story figured out and some of the lore to begin off of, it's really just the visual aspect i just, can't grasp. i deal with SERIOUS artistic burnout and it sucks so much :(

[@Mx.Euphoria]

That end part of the swamp fever bit is going to keep me up tonight

[@MadAliceInWonderland]

Somehow made me tear up with that last one. I mean, it's my little pony, but goddamn that voice work was visceral.

[@Rivers_TG]

I WAS a child who found the Cupcake video as a kid. It freaked me out. I literally had nightmares over Pinkie Pie for weeks, and she was my favorite character! And don't even get me started on Smile HD💀

[@sum1inalotoffandoms]

i remember being terrified of anything pinkie pie related after seeing the cupcake video and smile HD HEPPL

[@JewelWildmoon]

Unsurprisingly, that's when I got into it. The thing that scared me was an eyeless Pinkie jumpscare in another MLP horror game with a Zalgo smile lol

[@millyreddie]

I LOVED the My Little Pony infection videos. I would watch them day and night.

[@JustaRandomCatholic]

real

[@Jindictave]

I remember randomly getting a recommended video of a skinwalker Fluttershy with Twilight, who actually did a good job of tricking her into believing she was actually Fluttershy. I had no idea these things all had correlation to each other.

[@sum1inalotoffandoms]

link?? its past midnight for me and im not sleeping

[@Jindictave]

​@@sum1inalotoffandomsI'm very sorry I didn't get back to you at the time, but I unfortunately don't remember anything about the video beyond what happened in it.

[@sum1inalotoffandoms]

@Jindictave it's fine dw!:]

[@GamerMage2k-kl4iq]

The thing I love about MLP Infection AUs is seeing all the various ways people make their own version of whatever infections they're doing. This can range anywhere from taking an IRL disease and incorporating it into the MLP world- to taking real infection concepts like Swamp Fever or the "rainbow cookie zombies outbreak" ideas as seen in actual episodes of the show and twisting it into something horrific but plausible. Seriously some of these stick with my mind for days (such as the last one just from those last few minutes of purely well done voice acting alongside the animation alone. As well as how sick the thought of how plausible it could be in canon)

[@Overlordette]

*flashbacks to Hotdiggitydemon’s MLP animations*

[@nagyakos8467]

My problem with My Little Pony horror is that most of the time it's not scary, it's just torture p*rn. But there are a few diamonds in the rough, my personal favourite ones being Let Her In and It Moves Below, I highly recommend checking those out. Also, this video made me realise something. Transformation horror is truly the most terrifying of them all. I am now traumatized from Swamp Fever and I don't know whether to thank you for that or resent you for that. Well I guess you helped me find out what makes me tick so... thanks.

[@nightmarecrimson9121]

Ah yes, MLP Horror. The thing that made me so desensitized to blood & gore that it made me stomach the dirty job of cleaning used surgical tools. Thanks, I guess?

[@scarletgamingstudio]

I remember going down the rabbit hole many many years and in all honesty some of the grimmdark readings have a lot of horror concept taste. My personal favorite is Apple Sleep Experiment and it recently had a second part to it that was all the more tragic bit bitterly justified?? Its a little hard to fully explain without spoilers those who are into horror readings like creepypasta level stuff I'd recommend it. That being said please make sure you're okd enough to view these types of content. Love your videos orange and I started bindge watching your latest vids i haven't seen yet

[@joonbee]

I usually don’t feel anything when watching horror au videos or analog horror, but that last one had me frozen in fear. That VAs performance was phenomenal 👏🏾

[@Dragonpikachu1994]

Gotta be honest, that bit at the end kinda fucked me up. I tend to not really care much for infection horror, zombies and such just aren't my kinda thing. But something about this hits different for me, idk what it is but it's insane

[@myneckhurts_tt]

25:30 oh my god... this scene is so unsettling to watch, i genuinely got chills from it and almost started crying. the pure talent the creator of that series has is unmatched.

[@Kawaiipony_Productions]

Oh this, I needed this!!! I've been meaning to find another Mlp horror video to watch!!! I had taken a deep dive into Mlp horror last summer and fall so a lot of this stuff are things I've done heavy research on and it's all just so good!!! It does suck that Mlp infection AUs died fast, I genuinely think they're amazing and it sucks that only a few Mlp artists and editors still talk and make stuff related to them. Even so, this is an amazing video!!! I was watching this while doing some schoolwork and ngl, it was soothing lol. Great video like always, Oranges!!!

[@Game_Erica]

I still absolutely love infection AUs, and how creative people are with it. Seeing it spread to other fandoms (haha), was really fun and I'm glad there are still some AUs going on. I'm still planning a couple of my own, but it'll take a while for my lazy ass to make them lmao

[@legendarycryptid2629]

When I think back to MLP horror, I only remember Cupcakes from TV Tropes, Rainbow Factory, and everything Dakari King Mykan made... you should cover him if you haven't already. It's quite the rabbit hole to go down.

[@JPman299]

Personally, I kinda liked Dreamy Rainbow 3. The game starts out in a window and then *all of a sudden* full screen, black, and those two red dots staring back at you. When I first played, I could not see shit. I tried to make out what the hell was in the backgrounds of the darkness and just *barely* made out a face. Of course now I know that it was just a picture of twilight making that crazy face expression from that one episode, but the music and creepy ambience, and the fact that it suddenly turned full screen...it really got me at the time.

[@Shadowilum]

Smile HD will forever be in my memory, not because an older sibling decided to show me, but because I found It and traumatized myself. And not gonna lie, I miss that with old KZbin.

[@thatonebonkchoyguy]

My Little Pony has given me a newfound appreciation for just how obsessed people can get over random innocuous stuff. It's also given me a lifelong seething hatred of that grey one with the unfocused eyes, but you win some you lose some.

[@SugaryOats]

what did Derpy do? :(

[@kitsunemusicisfire]

What's wrong with derpy? :(

[@rodache7200]

Derpy didn't hurt anyone leave her alone!!!!

[@RandomDrawer_tm]

How could you hate derpy?

[@ReesesBees]

What did Derpy do to you?

[@pizzatime3710]

what's even cool about the last video is that it's based off a canon infection in the show.

[@xxl0st_.heartsxx]

WAKE UP BORED ORANGES POSTED (It's 3 am here)

[@DefinitelyBoredOranges]

go to sleep lmao

[@MollyDollyy774]

My god Luna game and all that stuff... All the MLP grim dark fanfics, this is all sooooo Nostalgic 19:32 The cough was such a sad creepypasta

[@BlackReshiram]

brings me way back to the rainbow factory and cupcakes fanfiction. i left the fandom like ten years ago or so yet... 💀💀💀

[@meowingtonvonmeow8868]

My favorite MLP fan thing is the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4. Yeah, There is a My little pony mod for a WW2 grand strategy game

[@deathskull8033]

I love the horror AU's almost to an obsessive degree. It's one of the reasons I love the concept and execution of zombies. I am so incredibly tempted to make one myself but honestly, I think that something I might make in the future, plus I'm already working on another project and want to finish that first.

[@warriorcat1418]

I was definitely one of the kids that made the mistake of clicking “smile” And now I made a mistake by watching that Swamp Fever death scene. That was a visceral and instinctually disturbing scene… there goes my sleep.

[@doggo6816]

25:26 as much as I love horror sometimes I struggle to comprehend how someone can make horror because I could barely get through this scene. If someone has the stomach to make this then your tough!

[@musicaluprising924]

I remember watching ‘Smile’ as a kid. Man, I was not okay after that. I’m still unsure if it’s more scarring than the original ‘Watership Down’ movie (which I, as every good English boy does, also watched as a child).

[@vizzzyy190]

i got super into the infection aus when they were popping up everywhere, even downloaded tiktok for it. the amount of creativity and passion that it sparked was awe inspiring. so many artists decided to give horror a shot, and many of them excelled at it

[@sunbirth4795]

never considered how the infection au might introduce people to the much more storied history of mlp horror. My print copy of Fallout Equestria is one of my most prized possessions. Long live cupcakes, long live Rainbow Factory, and long live pony horror.

[@kitsunemusicisfire]

19:05 This isn't a prediction of the pandemic. That's how literally every single infection horror story goes, because that's the only natural course of action. That's like saying any story that features a car crash predicted every single car crash that happens in the future. I know this is a small thing but I hate whenever people try to claim that a story "predicted" something just because it featured a plot where society takes the most basic and sensible fucking action possible. What about The Walking Dead? 60 Seconds? World War Z? Zombieland? I Am Legend? Did I, Robot predict AI? Or Portal? No. It's based on things that have already been made or already exists and makes the most basic conclusion of a potential future possible. I mean, the fanfic, like almost every other zombie story, takes direct influence from the Black Plague. An actual international pandemic that happened WAYYYY before COVID and that lead to people quarantining because the disease was so rampant. EDIT: Also, the coughing bit is literally just an ode to The Night of the Living Dead, and is a tactic that almost every single modern zombie story uses, including the Walking Dead, the Last of Us, Dying Light, etc.

[@tankadanka5399]

Okay so let me give some context about the village in Story Of The Blanks. The thing about MLP is that characters CAN die. In generation 5, sunny's father is killed off within the first 5 minutes likely from some random disease or smth. G5 is in the same universe as G4, the one with twi, rdash, rarity, etc. Season 1 episode 1 introduces the villain Nightmare Moon. Her main goal is to keep night going on forever. Doesn't sound threatening right? I thought so too. Then you realize that horses are vegetarian creatures, and crops need sunlight to grow. Nightmare moon was right off the bat gonna kill everyone from painful starvation. Here's the thing about starvation. Your brain eats your muscles to survive after you go a few days without food. She was going to put everyone in equestria through that. But that's not the specific point we are supposed to be talking about now, is it? Season 2 Episode 6 is titled "The Cutie Pox." The Cutie Pox were a HIGHLY infectious disease at the time. There was no known cure. It forces the carrier to be forced to carry more than one cutie mark, which sounds good at first until they don't stop coming. Still doesn't sound bad? How about the fact that YOU CAN'T STOP USING THEM. When you get the cutie marks from the disease, you are fine for the first few hours and can use them when you want to. After the first few hours, you are forced to use them, and are unable to stop no matter how hard you want to. Reminder, there is no cure. You are forced to do the actions given by the marks until you run out of energy, and even then you have to. This leads to death from major energy loss, and overexertion. For all we know, this could also break bones from all the different actions forcing themselves to process at one time as well. The reason they didn't know about the cutie marks being a normal thing is because the news was constantly spreading of villages being ravaged by cutie pox, leading to them burning their own people to try to what they thought was killing the virus. This leads me to believe they aren't the only village that did this. The last parts are speculation, but everything else is what actually happens with it. G4 was messed the fuck up in how extreme it's diseases were ._. between cutie pox, and swamp fever (yes both were in the actual show), that shit would be horrifying to go through. P.S. the cure to cutie pox was to basically publicly embarrass yourself by shouting out the truth to lies you told.

[@allisona.6605]

26:32 "by dooming his daughter to adapt his [?] instead of finding her own," what was the word he said there? I didn't catch it.

[@Lobiabean]

They made me sad and reminded me to see them as a child and cry FOR a FULL DAYYYY. (I didn'tknow the first thing about death and torture ), but i still watch them and even draw them. I dont know whyyyyy

[@vilhaha]

i busted out laughing when he said "anypony" at 25:56 lol

[@Vexiiing]

im not even lying argyle's death is haunting just listening to it

[@madisonjay8008]

Thelostnarrator is so genuinely goated at MLP horror

[@pupununu3024]

Oh boy, we're doing this deep dive... think that narrative guy who claims you're awful for covering Camila's crimes, claims other Undertale authors can't write as good as her, and says you should stop being a video maker for the "crime" of exposing her is gonna get mad that you covered pony horror?

[@BushWasCut]

when I was a kid all the gore-y videos with mlp was horrifying me, but now when I see all the infection AUs it just feel so nostalgic.. But still when I watch another infection vid I'm seriously thinking what is wrong with all of that ppl

[@purplegirlsrandomnesschann2284]

Hello meep *9:42** Oooh Lost Narrator, I completely suggest listening to her readings she is so good at the voices and everything!*

[@mikudayoisback6423]

8:23 random fact or something: there’s a welcome home au base on this mlp creepypasta

[@vaniillazilla]

off topic, seeing the comments on the cupcakes fanfiction makes me appreciate how people on the internet interacted back then vs now where someone will doxx you if you don't draw a fictional character based on their personal headcanons and interpretations. but this video was nice trip down memory lane of horror! 😊

[@SnowPea-]

i swear if i see any childhood trauma here-

[@AnthonyDaFox]

the Lin Cameo just made me miss Doodletones...fuck sakes.

[@СарраКарагозян]

The funniest thing about Swamp Fever is that it's _canon!_ It's from MLP season 7 episode 20, A Health of Information. The AU is heartbreaking, but it's also could have happened in canon universe easily.

[@tutipro1368]

As someone who just fell down the MLP rabbit hole, this community has some real strange overlap with so many others, fascinating stuff.

[@chasethemaster3440]

26:16 I can’t take this seriously even though the acting is really good but I can’t take it serious when he’s screaming anypony lol

[@starterking]

I find it a bit funny how little miss rarity started out as horror/grimdark. Then shifted gears to being this general weird setting with its own lore after is basically outlived all the other ask horror blogs. Like whenever people are talking about little miss rarity they mean early little miss rarity.

[@JewelWildmoon]

I'm definitely stealing "Falcon punch the autism out" 😂

[@caringtails3829]

That Fallout Equestraia HIT ME, you CANNOT mention that.

[@linguine4500]

That one spongebob scene of him and Patrick screaming on the kiddie ride

[@lizarrrrrd795]

Damn, now I wanna explore a lot of the videos and games you brought up. I used to be a big fan of mlp and I guess I always will be.

[@K1ngSnake420]

Yay He's Back Wiht An Abso-*get's PTSD after reading title* oh no

[@K1ngSnake420]

1:26 oh never I thought it be the Other stuff

[@Uay778]

Y'know I can only recall one MLP TikTok horror au that actually had a definitive ending. "The Z virus"

[@fiveythefox3318]

MLP horror has always been a large factor in the community. In fact; the knowledge of this is also present in the show/comics as well. There is cameos like Slender Man as Slender Pony, Rainbow Factory theme song being sampled in "Tanks for the Memories,' and the comics having their own horrific tales that states one multi-verse was so bad that they had to destroy the mirror that leads to it. The show itself seems cute and friendly (which most part is) but they give settle themes that are just being brought back to life due to the tiktok AUs.

[@hpdev2024]

0:31 🎵WELCOME TO THE UNDERGROUND🎵

[@2bfk6982]

the last segment brought shivers down my spine

[@WildMustangxt_09]

"Pinkie Pie falcon punches the Autism out of Twilight." ~ Bored Oranges 2024.

[@DefinitelyBoredOranges]

this might singlehandedly be one of the greatest things I've ever said

[@2Tune2]

Had nothing but nightmares when i was younger watching that one creepypasta mlp game

[@damienb8796]

I am on my second watch through of MLP. Today I just found the episode. The flower is real in Equestria.

[@splashyatom22]

Honestly, it was weird seeing it randomly on Instagram, and I haven't interacted with mlp in a meaningful manner since that smile video came out

[@leothelion4464]

16.00 had a major nostalgia blast from that one.

[@wolffythewolf-human5996]

I grow by mlp and a saw start of the amnesia ponies or pinkie killer...oh and the start whit pinkies happy song and we can't forget about fandom we're was apple jack (I forget how the series was called ) I don't find it weard at the time

[@woodman3926]

What’s really going to bake all your noodles is the fact that Swamp Fever is a REAL DISEASE IN THE SHOW! Everything that video mentions, the way it’s spread, the bees that make the cure, how the infection works, is all canon. The disease also almost took the life of a named character. The video also takes place in G5, the series post G4, where all magic is gone from equestria and the fate of the princesses is unknown. That shit is more horrifying when you know the context

[@speedy7892]

One thing I kinda regret about me joining the MLP fandom was that I joined through the MLP Grimdark scene. Looking back to when I was a young teenager and reading stuff like Cupcakes and Lil Miss Rarity I see how much that stuff really skewed my perception on the show and stuff like it. I do agree that there should of been more warning to people that this kind of content is not suited for a younger audience. I'll admit a lot of the stuff was great from a story perspective, but I definitely shouldn't of been able to or should of read, listened, or watched any of the Grimdark stuff from the mid 2010s. While I still like MLP to this day I pretty much stay away from a majority of grimdark stuff because I know how much that messed me up as I grew up. I'll even admit I lost a lot of close friends and someone close to my heart because of that stuff and how it messed up my views on things like love and relationships. Honestly I just hope that whenever I work on a story or think of doing a art piece that focuses on more mature topics, I steer away from pure horror Grimdark and try to focus more on mature themes that are more action oriented like we see in a lot of movies and media today, or write it in such away that shows distain or opposing the subject matter at hand.

[@theseus0467]

My fellow Hearts of Iron IV ballas, EAW needing a new Submod fr fr

[@shatteredprism]

I watched Smile HD and Cupcakes as a child. I had too much unrestricted internet access as a child; suffice to say, those two videos probably didn't help a bad childhood. Albeit, Creepypasta would become a comfort for little kid me because hey, I knew the horror would end at some point!

[@SkeletonLeiutenant]

6:09 🤣that caught me off guard 😂not the weirdest sentence I've heard in the past hour somehow 😆 26:22 I have played games and watched shows, seen and caused deaths digital deaths... and that is the most brutal thing I've seen... this rivals dying to the death guard in Warhammer 40K...

[@ghoulgirl99]

clicked because subject matter or whatever but the sped up pony hurt my eyes maybe i'll come back later to listen to it as a podcast but it totally killed my pony tuesday night

[@rexyht2697]

I kinda still want to make an infection au but I don't know where and also I don't want to seem super cringe.

[@ulokee]

For anyone interested in grimdark pony content. I reccommend reading Maledictum Insania but be warned, It's not for the faint of heart.

[@Komasan_likes_icecream]

I was unfortunate enough to have watched both videos thankfully not unlucky enough to read it

[@IchigoItchy]

Yall ever eat grass. Grass be tasty frfr

[@pinkplayer10]

The last au is based on an episode in the original series where the zebra(don't the name) has the virus and with the help of fluttershy got cured

[@vaniillazilla]

zecora is her name

[@dpphere]

Ahhh childhood memories the youtube documentary, how I miss horror mlp

[@smallebige]

6:28 Yeah they’re not wrong about this stuff I had to see that video as a kid honest to god like imagine being a kid liking MLP then boom that

[@mushappreciated]

Banger video. Fantastic job as always, Oranges

[@maravreloaded]

Fun fact: Luna Game predates Sonic.exe "original" story.

[@Fufude]

Then something inside me just snap

[@MR.ABYSS1669]

When bronys get creative, thay GET creative.

[@Pickles..lollol]

L'll forever be sad I've never seen anyone talk about the smf version of Cupcakes it was how I found it, and omg it was so good, not amazing, or anything, but it was years so nothing surprising

[@iliveinurwalls456]

so we got my little pony analog horror before gta 6

[@JG-vh1xc]

Fun thing: swamp fever is actually canon

[@IAmNathan]

I was the victim of cupcakes ;-; I cant bring myself to watch it now and im 18 😭

[@DarkLady1313]

Pretty sure rainbow factory was also a fanfic before the video just like cupcakes

[@meltedWax169]

Damn i did not expect oranges to look like deji

[@Eainai]

I'm somewhat surprised you didn't mention fluffies in this video...