This MLP Secret was Kept for a Decade...

Today we're discussing a story I was told recently, and figuring out weather or not it's real.
Basically one day I was talking to Lero and he offhandedly mentioned that time Twilight's butt was censored because of an animator giving her bits. I was surprised I had never heard that before so we asked Cole (who heard the story first) if he knew what episode it was from. Turns out, in the opening of "Trade Ya" A small blob appears on twilight's butt, and given the story, it's very likely a censor bar for canon art of twilight's "book nook"
Lero's Channel: ‪@Lerovun‬
Cole's Channel: ‪@StudioCinemagic‬
Again, apologies. I am just the messenger, it is my duty as a niche micro-celebrity to tell my fandom about the insane things that have happened. (And it's totally going on my iceberg list, which I have been maintaining since that old video)
Also this is strangely relevant to my life because I just had bottom surgery lol, I'll probably talk more about all that on my second channel someday.
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My pronouns are She/Her
My Twitter: / stardust_4242
Second channel: ‪@Stardust42Secondary‬
(If I say shit in the description there is a lesser chance of being marked as for "kids" This video is not for kids.)

[@TheUndercoverBrony]

I legit thought this was some sort of april fool's joke. I cannot believe it's official.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

"April Foals Joke"

[@LiliannEnder]

I thought I traveled back to April somehow

[@PatchworkRose567]

I can’t imagine being the employee that jokingly put this in the storyboards fully expecting it to get taken out immediately for it to not get caught until the last second.

[@DarkSnowGaming1]

At the beginning they were probably like "Haha, this is hilarious" and then in the end was like "S#&$ S#&$ HOW WAS IT NOT REMOVED, CRAP!!! CENSOR IT!"

[@evangeloevoxi]

​@@DarkSnowGaming1 As an animator yes to everything lmao. I'm finding it hilarious because this happens all the time in animation, ever since animation was brand new in the early 20th century

[@Queendayandnight]

What in equestria I didn't know that twilight's plot was kinda censored

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

Watching this video while being half awake is an interesting experience

[@papasalt8823]

Watching this video while half awake and crossfaded is also quite an experience.

[@HPT69420]

Oh Shi-

[@jeIIycube]

Watching it while high asf has me questioning if I’m real or not

[@evangeloevoxi]

​@@jeIIycube Me right now trying to go to sleep 😂🤣💀

[@CalebK64]

4:41 - Clever joke, but the inclusion of the obvious green pixel is still worthy of a sin! **Ding!**

[@Stardust_42]

YAY someone noticed!! 😂

[@liljoeyredblue581]

Even though it was a joke, it's still fucked up that the animator didn't think about this was going to be an episode that little kids were gonna see.

[@WinsomeFaun]

fr

[@DarkSnowGaming1]

They probably thought someone would spot it and then remove it.

[@Windrake101]

Lots of old foreign cartoon movies and stuff, contained drawn anuses with no complaints (that i know of). Not everyone everywhere has the puritan mentality.

[@Krueger_ai]

Heh, they made Twilight as an anatomically correct mare.

[@nyanyania]

@@Windrake101 yeah no thats a lot different

[@mushom_]

I looked it up and oh my gosh, it’s actually real. This is the funniest thing I’ve learned about the fandom. I’m surprised that nobody ever mentioned this, fandoms are usually amazing at finding these kind of things, the fact it stayed hidden for so long really makes me think that the story is true.

[@rileyQwQ]

1:32 "for shits and giggles" 😭

[@soulripple]

my life has been forever changed, i dont know what to do with this information

[@Stardust_42]

that’s literally how I felt after learning about it 😭😭

[@evangeloevoxi]

​@@Stardust_42 I'm an animator and I remember when this episode aired for the first time, I thought I was crazy or something I don't remember asking anyone else if they saw that cuz I didn't have Brony friends lmao 😭💀

[@faenene]

The wheeze that left my body at just the intro lmao What 😭

[@CageBlack1443]

Well, I won't be able to see THAT episode the same. At least for a few days. This was not on my 2024 bingo card

[@NessaTheBat1]

I looked this up atht he official MLP episode and I couldn't believe my eyes. But it's there. I watched very carefully a few times and it's just there.

[@QUASANOVA]

My guy really likes to _really carefully_ watch a pony book nook 💀💀

[@slymanner]

this is probably the funniest discovery ive heard for a SHOW LIKE THIS i hyperfixate back to this show for one minute and suddenly i am given knowledge twilight's cadooch was canon at one point 😭

[@rocketriderz9231]

Achievement earned! Found Twi’s hidden regions.

[@krmKB]

I was about to ask "Wtf was that old thumbnail?" But now I understand lmao

[@Stardust_42]

I’m using the new feature which allows KZbin to try out 3 different thumbnails so whichever one does best will stick around

[@krmKB]

@@Stardust_42 ah ok

[@DJPON-33]

you know, i could see how it could go un noticed. many times in the show, maybe the first season, shading is wrong in some parts, like, on necks or butts. so they probably thought this was just another shading error, like me!

[@thehyperdymond3067]

What a hilarious thing to have made it into the show, even in this form lmao

[@IsilionNELE]

I just checked the episode and it's really there, exact shape and everything. now we have to check all other episodes and stare at the ... animation to see if there are other cases. Thanks for sharing this!

[@hunterculpepper1973]

Rainbow dash has one along with flutteshy I'll leave you with that

[@omegabr5257]

​@@hunterculpepper1973 where

[@twist_ending7545]

​@@hunterculpepper1973 when?

[@wolfclaw719]

Funny thing is this isn't that unheard of in animation; I'm sure if you've spent more then ten minutes on the internet you've heard of the naked lady in Disney's The Rescuers, that came about from a similar office prank-gong-wrong

[@Stardust_42]

@@wolfclaw719 I can still see grunkle Stan’s mystery sack ☹️

[@cakesparkle671]

SOMEONE LEAK IT NOW! LEAK THAT PRE-EDITING EPISODE!!!

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

How? That episode is old as fuck.

[@monkeybois12playz17]

OMG I JUST CHECKED MY DVD COPY OF THE SHOW!!! IT'S EVEN THERE IN OFFICIAL RELEASE!!!!

[@DulcetNuance]

New joke discovered: Hasbro literally can't find the clit.

[@Lerovun]

HAHAHA THE PEOPLE MUST KNOW

[@Stardust_42]

IT IS OUR DUTY!!

[@Edalontzia]

I'M SURE I NOTICED THIS YEARS AGO AND TALK OVER WITH MY FRIENDS

[@BronyRu]

We found this blooper more than 5 years ago and joked about it too. Every animation bloopers was found very quickly, and that one of these. Why you think you was first who noticed that?

[@Stardust_42]

@@BronyRu did y’all post about it anywhere??

[@Lerovun]

Even in the case of us not having found it first (which obviously we didn’t as it’s a retold story), it doesn’t change the fact that it’s a very unknown (at least online posting wise) thing within the community that is seemingly never spoken about. 🦄

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

Yo any proof? Because this is almost unknown.

[@NakanoMiku-chan-z2m]

I had to double check the date the entire time I was listening to this.

[@johnnycalhoun7853]

I’m literally crying

[@PixxiBunny]

your editing is on fire

[@Stardust_42]

@@PixxiBunny thank !!!

[@jeshirekitenkatt1212]

including the pim and charlie flat earth bit had me dying but somehow that is exactly how it feels to learn about this

[@Double-R-Nothing]

I love being a Brony. Crazy shit like this just doesn't happen in other fandoms. Also I saw that green pixel at 4:42, you ain't slick.

[@sonicgamingkirbyfan2005v-xm2rl]

OMG...I won't be able to see the show the same way ever again...yet,strangely I'm ok with that. At least it let's us know that even the animators can joke around and mess up at times.😅 Congratulations. You earned a sub from me.😂

[@Cole2OO5]

1:19 my brain went sideways and thought that was me lol

[@cdrago9]

You couldve not posted this, YOU COULDVE NOT ☹️

[@Krueger_ai]

As someone who has encountered irl horses, I’m personally not bothered by Twilight being anatomically correct.

[@azuredreamer7136]

the first ten seconds of this video did 9999 points of psychic damage to me, killing me instantly.

[@Kiyajadie]

I've been in this fandom for over 10 years and never knew this but I am absolutely not surprised either lol

[@maryalicesawesomevids]

This is honestly such a weird thing to do especially since it’s a kids show with a wide variety of age groups. It’s honestly just so random even though it was a joke it’s still kinda gross to me.

[@zzsnore]

right? i thought i overreacted for a second but then again.. it’s just.. unhinged? so nasty, why would anyone even think of doing it in the first place?

[@Charlthe1]

This is commonly done amongst any and all kids shows as jokes amongst GROWN ADULTS making the animation and fully intending to remove it later on, this one apparently was just too sneaky to spot. People who are grown are allowed to make a sexual joke. It’s not supposed to be shown to the kids, and that’s why it’s ALWAYS taken out. It is not FOR the audience

[@Charlthe1]

Honestly I find shitting on adults who are on the job and trying to have a bit of fun inbetween absolutely insane

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

I can see you're point, but still... Kinda odd...

[@Harudodo]

@@Charlthe1 especially with how overworked most animators are, the deserve to have a little fun. I’m sure this has happened many times, this just happened to be the one time they didn’t catch it

[@risaswonderland]

I honestly had the check the episode to believe it.

[@l3eyondl3irthday]

What in the heck xD Ive never heard about this! I didn't even notice it on her until you pointed it out that is so crazy

[@vampires4life]

HOW DID I NEVER NOTICE THIS, I REWATCHED THE EPISODE MULTIPLE WAYS & YEA, SURE ENOUGH ITS THERE, IVE WATCHED THIS EPISODE COUNTLESS TIMES & NVR NOTICED WTFF ??

[@TheMintybreath]

"I watch MLP for the plot". Seriously though, It's insane this is real:O

[@erniegonzalez2322]

Innuendos have been in Kid Shows and sometimes they understand that or don’t get it at all

[@CageBlack1443]

This wasn't really meant to be in the episode, though. I think it was meant to be like an inside joke, then they forgot to get rid of it. By the time they remembered to it was too late. This is not a normal innuendo.

[@nanardeurlambda]

that's weird. with that said, can we discount the possibility that they didn't actively draw something here, but instead noticed an animation error that looked... awkward and inapropriate? then they hastily covered it up as the episode was about to air?

[@cursedclash]

I always thought it was glitch on the scene, I was just like when I first saw the episode I Was like naw Hasbro must messed up on the animation, but maybe someone left that in to see if anyone would catch it, its been years and now someone caught it? like no one can sue Hasbro for this its been too long now.

[@jeweltara]

I can't believe we all missed this for years! ...welp everyone if i know anything about this fandom get ready for some funny disturbing and far too accurate re-edits.

[@guperman8249]

Oh boyo prepare for a massive lost media search now that this has been discovered

[@atchmon902]

I've known of the scene and what it looks like, but not in an official capacity.

[@sharkachi9736]

Not the ponani!

[@faenene]

Not twilussy 😭

[@Crusty_Comrad]

Ive been here since season 1, I thought I knew all there was to the censorship, but this????? how in the hell did noone notice this???????

[@DrHotelMario]

You will go down in history for this astounding discovery. I'm on /mlp/ sharing this right now and losing my fucking mind. HOW did we all collectively miss this for 10 years?!?!?

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

I just went to /mlp trying to find anything related to this but couldn't find anything.

[@controlbrains]

Ohh not twilight’s library 😭

[@HolyDemonSnap]

It was the one moment where Twilight took off the "For Kids" pants because she forgot to put them back on before entering the camera's view again.

[@robertwho50]

Holy moly! Now I’m never going to get over this.

[@rodthedigger2902]

Great video! Was not expecting to see this, but here we are!

[@randomlife3262]

I don't think I want to remember this

[@Mr_Some1]

Oh wow I can't believe Lerovun and Cole Donnerstag knew about that I sure am glad that I didn't know about this before, and am just now learning this for the first time in this video. It would be crazy if I happened to be in the call when this information was revealed to Cole but thankfully that wasn't the case. (Genuinely I am perfectly content with my name not being tied to this discovery lol)

[@Lerovun]

Maynard was the mastermind all along

[@Mr_Some1]

@@Lerovun TO BE CLEAR I WAS NOT THE PERSON WHO REVEALED THIS INFO LEAVE MY FAMILY ALONE HASBRO

[@Stardust_42]

@@Mr_Some1 ARE YOU THE ONE WITH INSIDER KNOWLEDGE???

[@Mr_Some1]

@@Stardust_42 no but I was there lol

[@Stardust_42]

@@Mr_Some1 LMAO

[@afurrynamedtoastyy]

i just watched this episode TODAY before watching this video and i noticed it

[@psi_mae]

What the fuck

[@Stardust_42]

@@psi_mae that’s what I’m sayin

[@pictrable]

the horrors

[@fercornsfm]

Thanks for telling us this now!

[@Alexo6886]

I now know what Lost Media will be in the fandom's brain for the next year And it's goddamn Twilight's Book Nook 😭😭

[@susanroche597]

Ah coming back in mlp fandom in 2024. ….

[@robertcooper4th259]

3:36 why’s twilight dressed as an Air Force ww2 pilot or something

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

She was trying to teach rainbow dash the history of the wonderbolts, so she dressed like one of the most know famous wonderbolt.

[@MPJBD-MLP_2nd]

Wow never noticed

[@brendonvaladez3576]

OMFG this is real! The devil is in the details.

[@heroslippy6666]

Imagine doing such a good job of animating it that no one at the studio notices. bruh wtf?

[@quinnhouk5369]

Wow. Didn’t expect that

[@Harudodo]

Bro this whole video felt like a fever dream

[@bronyhub]

I thought maybe it was just a compression artifact, then I went and checked a HQ download I had from yay ponies back in the day, and yep... it's there. 😟 I mean with what the fandom has done, this is pretty tame. Still pretty wild it was slipped in though.

[@ZafiraDreams]

I have Netflix too, but seriously what the freaking secret is that!? I mean, that’s crazy!

[@ZafiraDreams]

And I’ve saw that video I mean, I was a kid and I never even noticed that but still the animator that made that is crazy. I mean doing that to little kids that is so bad!

[@hunterculpepper1973]

0:38 not just twilight everyone

[@evangeloevoxi]

I'm an animator who has been obsessed with MLPfim ever since it was brand new and I was a nerd in high school, and as soon as I heard you say they animated her genitals I was not surprised because I SAW IT MYSELF WHEN THE SHOW AIRED lmfao 😭💀 As someone who studies line form and color theory studiously, I've been noticing those "errors" anytime the characters behinds are on screen since I've seen the show countless times. And if you know the history of animation then you would know there are "errors" like this all through animation history and it's hilarious tbh lol.

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

So i just watched the whole 223 episodes around 9 months ago and now I gotta do it again just to find every single crumb of this you are stating.

[@evangeloevoxi]

​@@xxgaelixsxx8151 honestly I think that was the worst one, but there are at least a few other times I was side eyeing the animators decisions with the placement of the pony rumps and linework lol 😭💀

[@reypato1738]

5:34 I don't think it avoided getting leaked, with how hard it is to see it might be that the uncensored episode got leaked but no one spotted a difference in that scene, I really think that the episode is somewhere out there. Please no one search for it we really don't need it.

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

4chan gooners will find it lmao.

[@toxoxd4991]

heat from fire.....

[@Stardust_42]

Fire from heat 🔥

[@GrimDrago]

Flabbergasted 😂

[@ozAqVvhhNue]

I'm not that deep into the fandom. But I know there are some inappropriate images. I'm surprised that one managed to sneak into the show itself lol. I have no clue how the brony fandom stands on NSFW of these characters. But I also don't know how other fandoms like Pokemon deal with that?

[@piku5637]

Just use filters to block and mute tags and stuff you don’t like and move on. No fascist Puritanism.

[@ozAqVvhhNue]

@@piku5637 What the hell is a fascist puritanism? Inappropriate doesn't mean illegal.

[@heretichazel]

@@ozAqVvhhNue some people try to tell people that they shouldn't make nsfw art of the show at all, they were referring to that type of behavior by that

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

Deffinetly odd, legal? yeah sadly.

[@reypato1738]

they what

[@Stardust_42]

You heard me

[@Theonlyoneandlonely]

Who thought it was a good idea to genderbend Twilight Sparkle?

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

Isn't that a pussy.

[@CherryPascalle]

I feel like you shouldn't have brought this up.

[@Stardust_42]

Genuinely I really debated just keeping it a secret but I couldn’t

[@yeehaw9406]

might be an animation error or glitch, but for all we know... it might be intentional lol we may never know

[@waifu_png_pl6854]

holy moly

[@82dorrin]

Huh...

[@selenophae]

Excuse me?

[@Stardust_42]

@@selenophae I’m just a messenger okay 😔

[@Milshi]

This is wild xD

[@hunterculpepper1973]

0:17 the wing boner joke

[@DrHotelMario]

WHAT!?!?!!?!?

[@TheSimba86]

wow, that's crazy!

[@skippingseaglass]

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. NOOO

[@asciicatface]

amazing

[@Cantersoft]

Wait no this episode is in the leaks. I'm going to dig for the scene and let y'all know what I find. Edit: dang it, 4x21 is mislabeled as 4x22. We'll never know.

[@Windrake101]

Check it from The Cartoon Archive. They got it

[@Cantersoft]

@@Windrake101 I don't think you understand. I have the source files that were used to _create_ the episodes. It's a shame this file is missing.

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

They knew...

[@MarcWestov]

... What do I do with my life now?

[@hannahlamagna]

🤣😂 I did not know that

[@Gametuber94]

Well, shit.

[@mariefann]

bruh what???!?!?!

[@MarxistMomentum]

No wonder this show had the fandom it had (specifically "that" part of the fandom). It had people working on it who were just as sick.

[@piku5637]

It wasn’t good that they almost had this go in the actual show. But not everyone who has furry and weird kinks is a “bad person” for just existing, nor are they all like the in-your-face loud types, nor are we all right wing chuds.

[@xxgaelixsxx8151]

Yeah it's weird but most shows have already done things like these anyway, and this one has a hell amount of adult jokes. I think there is a video compilation here with some of them, it's weird but it's funny tho.

[@CartoonRamblings]

You have a lovely voice

[@frogvision218]

sucked me in with that thumbnail

[@warzom216]

Wowza

[@meowm1auu.]

WHAT

[@abanana]

oh!!!!

[@MateyOSC]

💀

[@ShadowYeeter]

nawww..