This Was a Great Start! | My Little Pony A New Generation

[@NegativeLegend]

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[@kristal6658]

Cool

[@ashtonkamien8542]

Did you read my letter let me know please I hope you have a awesome day

[@the-nighttimes]

Ya missed the post credits scene, that foreshadowed earth ponies having some kind of magic.

[@therubyminecart5291]

Zipp is my favourite character!

[@kiwithekiller2492]

2:00 Keep the hair looks great on you! 😎 👍

[@nataliahassan1920]

I want to know more about Sunny's dad. Seriously, who *is* this pony: Why does his journal have Twilight's cutie mark on the cover? Why is he the only pony who believed in the gen4 history and that the different races could get along? How does he have the Earth Pony Crystal? Why is there a secret how symbol that shows how to put the crystals together in his house? How does he know about *any* of this crystal/magic stuff? How did he die? *Who is this man???*

[@heavenonearth3316]

*pony T-T sorry

[@buebunny]

Seconded.

[@SilverShinepony]

he's an og brony for sure

[@Mooms]

There is a theory that he’s Twilight’s descendant

[@AcarleRed]

@@Mooms He has to be tbh, he looks like a blue version of Twilight

[@MewDenise]

Earth ponies have magic. They are stronger than the other races and have a deeper connection to nature. Faust explained it herself that the pony world would not function without them

[@electricheartpony]

Unfortunately, Faust's words aren't necessarily canon. And as the beginning of the movie shows, the world can still function without any of the other races. Just it isn't as harmonious.

[@tigerialily]

There is an end credits scene that even shows how earth ponies have magic, though

[@Starwolfs]

Wow thanks! This hrlp me sooo much!

[@DrMecha]

Plus, this movie established that Earth Ponies have Magic Hooves.

[@bessieburnet9816]

@@electricheartpony The creator's words aren't canon? HAHAHAHA!!!

[@hallowseve5072]

I cried when they hinted that Sunny's dad died. They had this nice and cute moment when she was a kid with her dad and then it cuts to her talking to the picture of her father. Sis had the audacity to sing "it's gonna be my day" as I'm crying. 😭😭

[@cenasparks3402]

It had me tearing cause this movie came out on my dad's (rip) birthday and then they go do *THAT* to me.

[@_gremlinboy]

Same, I was just enjoying the intro and loving the underrated trope we got with him (social justice dads ftw) and then suddenly the cut and it's just quietly indicated that he's been gone for a long time now. I was so upset lol

[@hallowseve5072]

@@cenasparks3402 I'm sorry for your loss.

[@hallowseve5072]

@Rach they really didn't😭😭

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

@@cenasparks3402 Yowch.

[@tomsparrow1823]

"earth ponies get nothing" actually in the final scene we see an earth pony walking along and their hooves glow, which to me seems to imply that either Earth ponies have new magic now or Earth ponies have always had a form of magic that was unknown until this point and is now returning. I just hope that they actually address this in the show following this

[@intergalacdab9191]

it might be a reference to how in gen 4/fim it was stated that the earth ponies magic was their strength in the s4 finale

[@tomsparrow1823]

@@intergalacdab9191 maybe, but there was emphasis on that moment and we've never seen anything like it from earth ponies so hopefully they will follow through on that and we'll see what it means. Because if it's just Earth Pony strength that's a very strange thing to focus on like it's special

[@sugarkitty2008]

I'd like to note that in Gen 4, the world didn't work on it's own. The earth didn't orbit the sun and the moon didn't orbit the earth. The princesses moved them (cartoon logic I guess). The pegasi controlled the weather. It didn't just happen. The earth ponies grew the plants, cared for animals, cooked, mined and such. (fluttershy being like an exception here). Places that worked by themselves like the everfree forest, were seen as weird. In Gen 5, the world is actually working just fine by itself. It doesn't need pony magic. So what we've seen so far is that pegasi will just have fun flying, high up jobs will be made easier. But they wouldn't need to alter the weather. Unicorns can levitate and learn other magic tricks, but wouldn't need to do anything vital like the sun and moon. Things seem to grow just fine without earth pony magic, but perhaps they will now find they are generally stronger and the land they touch becomes more fertile and luscious. Better quality food and that.

[@Nekoszowa]

@@sugarkitty2008 Rather than cartoon logic it's a reference/callback to various myths. Like for example the god Khepri who each day rolls the sun back on the sky and how in Norse mythology there are two(one?) wolves that chase the sun(Sol) and the Moon(Mani) through out the day and that's why we have day-night cycle. And all the Greek myths about how it was the gods getting pissed off at humanity and that's why Zeus would rain down lighting and Poseidon brought about the floods.

[@lindsaythemorallygay4586]

Earth ponies have a deep connection to the earth and their physical strength. So it kind of makes sense that their hooves glow because that touches the earth. I always saw the ponies kind of like being in charge of different layers of the world so I’ve never really seen them as being unequal. I know not a lot of us think that though.

[@frickinfrick8488]

I love Izzy. She’s a great balance of being comic relief while not being obnoxious or annoying, I like that her humour is more quiet and goofy rather than just yelling random stuff and doing physical gags all the time as a lot of comic relief characters in kids cartoons do. She’s a joy to watch

[@modalglue]

while we shouldnt compare these ponies to the gen 4 i feel like shes a mix of pinkie pie and rarity in the best way possible

[@pinkykitty3170]

@@modalglue I agree

[@sundalosketch4769]

@@modalglue Then i feel Hitch is mysteriously related to Fluttershy with how even the aggressive dog seems to love him at first glance. Sprout was theorized to be related to Applejack's family mainly from looking an awful lot like Big Mack while his mother gives me Diamond Tiara vibes.

[@grosebud4721]

I love Izzy so much because I love himiko glenn lol

[@ma.2089]

@@modalglue honestly the fact that the mane 5 feel like blends of the previous mane 6 makes them far more interesting. While gen 4’s characters were great, they were incredibly extreme in their personalities Gen 5’s characters are less out there and therefore because they’re more grounded. And the ponies who kinda are reminiscent of some of The mane 6 will have a closer connection to those who are also a mix of the mane 6 and share a pony in common. Gen 4’s friendship does seem a bit fast and slightly forced from Twilight’s end. The rest get away with the extreme differences simply cuz they have known each other for a long time cuz small town.

[@reviathan3524]

To be honest, I'm so used with the previous gen's ponies because of how big of a cultural impact it has brought to the Internet. Seeing this new one at first glance is hard to accept that there's a new generation

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

I love how Izzy is if Pinke pie was a Unicorn

[@marsmellow_5958]

For me it's the complete opposite! I had a vcr with gen1 episodes when I was a kid that I absolutely loved! I had a few G1 and G2 toys. G2 were my favourite. When my little sister was old enough to watch movies she fell in love with G3. So did I. When G4 came out I was a teenager so I didn't pay much attention to it until last year. I became a mlp fan once again. 😁 Friendship is Magic is my comfort show. All of the generations played an important part in my life so I am super curious about the lore, characters and adventures from this new generation 🥰🥰🥰

[@PercydeRoloFangirl]

Same

[@amirulamani1487]

@@marsmellow_5958 that is, kinda cool, like living through each iterations and generation of a show, it's like living through every TMNT iterations.

[@galaxyfrostrose2925]

@@marsmellow_5958 agreed!

[@Ari-6]

I got big 'The Force Awakens" vibes, with "The old heroes being famous but nobody knows where they are", and "The world changing dramatically on the heroes watch but it's never explained how" but I thought this was a good starting point, and since it's going to be a series, there's going to be plenty of time to explain things. They better explain things.

[@johannesseyfried7933]

Well, in the Movie's Defense: It has been probably hundreds of years since FiM ended. I can buy Ponies thinking of Twilight Sparkle as a Legende. Rey thinking of Luke Skywalker as a Legende however, and even Finn, doesn't make Sense.

[@nonexplicitname]

I mean the movie takes place probably thousands of years after gen 4 so twilight might be dead

[@Ari-6]

@@nonexplicitname I mean it would have to be thousands of years for an Alicorn to die naturally. But the technology isn't thousands of years ahead, I don't get the impression that the stories are 'ancient' in their world

[@eddie-roo]

The movie is set in the future, it’s not that nobody know where they are, they are dead, deader than the dinosaurs

[@Ari-6]

@@eddie-roo How far in the future? Alicorns can live over 1000 years. This doesn't look 1000 years later.

[@cartoonishidealism582]

My biggest critique is that… well you can kinda tell Kimiko Glenn (Izzy) is the only real voice actor there. She’s the only one with significant voice acting experience, and you can kinda tell that from how much personality Izzy’s vocal performance has compared to the others.

[@miae7345]

I have to agree, its one of the reasons that I couldn't fully buy into the story. All the voices sound off, they don't completely match to the characters and the animation. I got so distracted so many times. Its infuriating.

[@starchilde8698]

@@miae7345 That makes sense when you consider a lot of the celebrity voice cast. More star power, less seasoned va talent.

[@PlagueBunny]

Yeah I truly felt as if Sunny and Zipp, and Pip’s voices kept changing. Or at least there was a lack of consistency between their voices. Probably from a lack of voice acting experience.

[@shoujokadyan5502]

Sofia Carson has done voiceover work for Disney before though.

[@katiaazizi]

Kimiko Glenn sounds a lot like Cherami Leigh so I was surprised to find out that Kimiko did lzzy’s voice.

[@bobcharlie2337]

It looks like the faaaaaaar future. And the theme of MLP gen 4 Harths- warmth Eve holiday thing, just played out again. I like it. It's fine. And Earth ponies definitely have magic. Oh yeah, even the crystals needing a spark plays out here too.

[@vitraartist2622]

Noooo. You put the super catchy hearths warming eve song stuck in my head again. Cures uuuu.

[@bobcharlie2337]

@@vitraartist2622 MUhhh hahah ha ha HAaaaa....My work here is done.

[@nikki4803]

Pretty far. They have phones and big screens.

[@Linnzy]

@@nikki4803 right. If we look at some FiM episodes it looks like they live almost as an equivalent to real life 1800-hundreds ish, only more...progressed in equality for genders and stuff. Let's pretend that their timeline follows ours to an extent, that is a couple of hundred years, but for the Maine 6 to become myths, you'd think it would be like thousands of years. Like hownit is for us to think back about...oh let's say, Egypt and the Faraos for example. And since Twi became an Alicorn, she along with Flurryheart would live.....very very very long after the others. Just like Luna and Celestia.... .....aaaand technically...I don't think Discord can die.

[@watergirl929]

Lol right I was like wait just how far into the future is this exactly like thousands of years?

[@AdventureHusky]

Nitpicks: -I'm still confused as to why they didn't explain how the segregation happened in the movie that is meant to introduce the new generation -What happened to the alicorns (Immortality or just unnaturally long life spans) -Are the others still locked in Tartarus? -Aside from walking on clouds and being immune to the high altitudes of the sky, plus changing weather I guess why do Pegasus need magic to fly? -They can glide and flex/flap their wings, but they can't fly? Pegasus are basically chickens. -What about the wendigos? Does Heartswarming Eve just not exist anymore or has it been written out of cannon? -How does Equestria still exist? Wouldn't the different tribes have made their own countries by now considering the separation and the fact that Equestria was built on the foundation of uniting the three tribes together? (Basing this off the multiple times the U.S has tried to break off from itself) -What happened to the other non-pony species or are we basically re-doing season 9? -It was implied in the original show that magic and flight needed to be learned before it could be properly practiced so how in the world do all the pegasus just start immediately knowing how to fly and the unicorns immediately knowing how to use a levitation spell? -The magic mirror and other artifacts or seals like the stonified Chrysalis, Tryrek and coseyglow? (I bet the human world is like in some sci-fi era now) -Like what was said in the video, did nobody document Twilight or Celestia's teachings? How did friendship get lost to time? -If there's no magic, how in the world do these ponies find their special talents? Because if I remember correctly magic was Twilight's special talent Things I liked: -G3 inspiration for the different colored horn designs for the ponies -The voice acting was way better than I thought it was going to be -I love the animation and style -Izzy is best girl and her mane is absolutely gorgeous! -I thought I was going to hate Hitch and Izzy, but I was pleasantly surprised because they're my favorite -The world is also gorgeous an I can't wait for the Tv show to explore it more -The royals faking being able to fly and Pip's turn around from fame and saving face to an actually sincere person -The change in social class between the tribes (really refreshing) -I like to headcanon that the unicorns live in the everfree forest -The fact that the unicorns live in the forest period because I am a sucker for old fashioned unicorn lore -The golden alicorn wing anssamble -Sunny having cardboard attachments because that's adorable

[@jamjamg4898]

All those things will probably be mentioned in the tv show. Won't make sense revealing those details now because it a hour and half movie and their won't really be a purpose for making the show if they use up all their storylines now.

[@prisle]

What do you mean by "Discord in Tartatus"? Didn't he got, like, married or something to Fluttershy according to the last g4 episode? Or is marriage the new Tartarus now? O.o

[@legsbeonpoint1795]

@@prisle they actually didn’t get married it was confirmed they just stayed friends, but most people headcanon that when Fluttershy died he willingly froze himself into stone because he couldn’t deal with living without her.

[@AdventureHusky]

@@prisle That was an accident. I I meant to say it as Discord AND the other monsters who are trapped in Tartarus, not that discord was also in Tartarus with them.

[@AdventureHusky]

@@jamjamg4898 I know, but you'd think they'd explain why everyone was separated in the movie at least. Not go into any real depth until the show of course, but an explanation would have been nice. Cuz in the end they all kinda just have one conversation and they're all together again, not taking much to reunite them. And it seems it didn't take much to separate them either so.

[@UnknownFlyingPancake]

You know, normally when things have CGI reboots it looks horrible, but the new style is super cute. I think I actually like it more than the previous one! The colors are so soft and pastel-y, it kind of reminds me of claymation which is neat.

[@BuizelCream]

I like it too! It's so on par with Disney and Pixar's work, and even Sony. It's competitive and ambitious in its detailing and animation. In my opinion, it was worthy to trend in Netflix in a lot of regions.

[@marsmellow_5958]

I am obsessed with the texture of their fur 😍😍

[@kokonutnut5709]

@@marsmellow_5958 I think it's cool but I think the amount of detail is disturbing

[@pinkykitty3170]

Me too but my sister doesn’t seem to like it

[@BuizelCream]

@@pinkykitty3170 I do hope the upcoming series balances this out by reintroducing these characters in a beautiful 2D style, like those first few minutes in the film with Twilight and the others. I also don't want the G5 ponies to be stuck in a 3D environment for their whole runtime.

[@ashethewitch1156]

I cant point it exactly cuz I didn’t see it myself only heard of it but there was an Easter egg that is kind of a hint to how the ponies went against eachother for context: there was an equestria girls special called forgotten friendship where a lonely girl in canterlot high uses a magical stone that can erase memories to make all the mane 6 forget sunset shimmer (cuz she’s jealous of her friends n stuff) and there was a picture of the same stone in one of zipp/sunny’s dad science boards so there is a chance someone used that stone (accidentally or not accidentally) to make the ponies forget about eachother and they all started fearing eachother

[@_gremlinboy]

That's very neat, I hope they do something like that because that sounds like a good framework for a cool new villain when they do a tv series. I've been wondering where exactly they're gonna go from here, and figuring out exactly what happened and why sounds like it would be a lot of fun

[@moonbowcraze1632]

But it was destroyed

[@star8979]

oh yeahh Wallflower Blush... forgot about her

[@Valentineatelier]

@@moonbowcraze1632 maybe this happened before? Or someone found a way to put it back together?

[@UltimateVegetaLover]

@@moonbowcraze1632 the equestria girls version but not the pony world version

[@KawaiiKlau]

And nothing happens... Again. My favourite part lmao

[@AshleyTheFighter]

Yes, I was waiting for someone to say this critic 💞

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

i know they claim it's the future of gen 4 but....it doesn't look that way

[@doodlesketchgirl158]

Oh god I never thought flashy klau would be here wtf

[@starringintheskies]

Oh hello

[@Moon-Goddess]

Negative: "Earth ponies don't get magic" Me: "So you didn't watch the mid credits scene where they hinted at earth ponies also having magic?"

[@TYCOIX]

@@serenitysubs933 the hoofprints shone so I personally dont think so

[@guacamollie2460]

They always had magic btw since G4

[@kspoo10_]

@@guacamollie2460 Yeah, it's just that in G4 it really wasn't as clear.

[@carolkoski4875]

the feeling I got from watching this movie was "If I was 8 years old when this came out I would be obssessed with it and I'd want more content as soon as possible" so I think the movie did what it was intending to

[@anahiapcay9042]

I'm 16 and I'm, in fact, obsessed with this, and I want more content as soon as possible

[@urgendolkarlama1453]

*I am eleven*

[@lilmisschrystyle3140]

Spoilers If you watched the post credit scene then you would notice that the Earth Pony's footprints appeared to be magical. I think it's a reference to how earth ponies possess their own unique magic which has something to do with their strength.

[@leaf_teaf2107]

I was actually shocked how well this was made, I really thought this wouldn’t be great but when I watched this with myself I began to just wonder everything

[@ashtonkamien8542]

I like your logo

[@leaf_teaf2107]

@@ashtonkamien8542 Aw! Thank you! ^^

[@ashtonkamien8542]

You're welcome

[@t.p.3456]

I'm relieved the Pegasus and their smartphones didn't sink to shallow cringe level illumination writing/ world-building (trollz, Emoji Movie)

[@reethelemon]

Yeah, pipp was a typical influencer but wasn't cringey. I like her character, she's like rarity if she had a phone.

[@vintagegoose8868]

the whole influencer thing could be a really good plot point in the future! like when she learns her life is more than how much likes she has on her post

[@aracelyd7523]

Just would like to say, that it was foreshadowed for sunny to be a alicorn. When she was a filly she had the cardboard cutouts of the wings and horns. And then during the canterlogic presentation she had them again.

[@anahiapcay9042]

it was a smart foreshadowing tho, i only thought she had those because she was an activist, towards the end of the movie i was thinking "it would be awesome if she was an alicorn" but it didn't feel "obvious", if that makes sense

[@MdSolehin]

My theory is that the mane six died and Equestria was left without a leader!!! The three tribes fought over who get to rule the kingdom which lead to a war that separated the three tribes!!!! Thousands of years later, the three tribes remained separated from each other , friendships from the past are now gone and the stories of the main six were thought to be legends!!!! At least that what I think is what happened!! Still there's so much we don't know about the lore of this "new generation"!! Why did magic disappear? What really happened to the mane six?Where's the crystal empire? Exactly how long has it been? What happened to discord after Fluttershy died?? So many questions!!! I hope they continue this story with a new series !!!! But hey that's just a theory! A film theory!

[@johannesseyfried7933]

"It went off with several Hitches." Hitch Trailblazer: "Several?! Alright, who's been impersonating me? I'm pretty sure that's a Crime!"

[@moonbowcraze1632]

OMG

[@lilj362]

Oh no not the mirror pool! Not again!!!!

[@anthonymatzat7237]

i thought g4 pinkie pie,and twilight put a boulder over the entrance to the mirror pool in what was the everfree forest,now bridlewood forest,i guess some curious and depressed unicorns came across it,and felt a way to feel more upbeat to see if they could create clones of themselves like g4 pinkie pie,but i imagine other unicorns didn't get headaches like g4 twilight did by figuring out how to reset the probable chaos g4 pinkie created when she needed more of herself to help her g4 friends,but then in this g5 movie we might see more than 1 sunny starscout roaming around maritime bay,and hitch thought one sunny as his mare friend was difficult to control,imagine if like g4 pinkie pie there were 30 nor more sunny's roaming around maritime bay,and we thought the 3 pony groups freaked out about each other imagine them running into more versions of themselves,so even izzy would have to sneak out of town with sunny cause her clones could create the feel she never left maritime bay,like how g4 rainbow dash realized what g4 pinkie pie had done,and g4 rainbow dash just wanted to get away from her relaxing pool party,so she didn't get sent to a counselor pony,and get put in a calm down room if she could've calmed knowing how hyperactive pinkie pie,and now having to deal with many versions of her mare friend,and just think the mane5 including spike got extra juice from magic through rainbow dash's sonic rainboom,so maybe starlight glimmer was doing a good thing when she tried to stop rainbow dash's sonic rainboom,but now sunny in g5 has re opened that bottle,and how it affects these g5 ponies hopefully will find out as these g5 ponies start their trot next year,which of the mane5 ponies it gone to jacked up by this enhanced magic flowing through their fur,and bodies next like pinkie pie got jacked up in g4,and what will happen when like the g4 ponies when th e g5 ponies magic combines,what will it do,since we saw how when g4 twilight got her mentor's magic it really souped her up into a very dangerous mare,like how the storm king' staff in the g4 movie made him mess with time,and space on the pony nation of equestria,and what we didn't see how it affected the rest of their earth,since i sure that type of enhanced magic was seen,and felt beyond the ponyland states of equestria,might this be why g5 ponies want each group apart from each other since they read what happened in the past,and it freaked them out.

[@reethelemon]

"That's breaking code 76!"

[@nyashacarter7065]

It was so cute! But I'm honestly unclear what future conflicts may need to be solved in the show. Also, is Sunny's transformation permanent like Twilight or just a metaphorical power boost like Sunset in Friendship Games?

[@pharaohyami5000]

I do hope it is metaphorical. I wish for Sunny to earn her powers, which she did here to execute the return of magic, but I prefer a gradual growth for everyone. As well as expand the world.

[@MoroFuoro]

Probably Sunny’s transformation isn’t permanent yet, because the wings and horns are made of light giving the impression that it’s a great start but there are still a lot of issues to be solved

[@h.1846]

Her horns and wings are not permanent, because in the toys they added her with all the ponies without her wings in the future, and we can take from the alicorns we saw in G4, that the wings are not transparent and glowing like that. So In conclusion, her horns and wings are temporary. Plus the plot would be kinda eh, if she was a alicorn

[@redred7702]

Aren’t Alicorns/Princesses supposed to live for thousands of years? Like wasn’t Luna and Celestia there during the caveman eras of ponies? If so, how many years of gen 4 have passed for Twilight to not be around anymore, or did she just… vanish? Speaking of Luna and Celestia, where are they? Dead or still on their magical retirement journey around the globe?

[@sundalosketch4769]

I feel like it could be a Starswirl thing, either her or the whole gang does get lost somewhere outside of equestrian either due to some escaped monster from Tartarus or a pony that became so selfish they took over using fear and hate, thus erasing the history ponies should've known still.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

I bet it has been thousands of years. Look how the tree of harmony treehouse changed. And a villain could have killed them too.

[@0DisAU0]

I feel like twilight’s pupil might have betrayed her? After twilight’s friends died, she might have started up some problems? Maybe such as pony race problems? This could have been done so ponies stay divided, and don’t work together when there is a major threat. Twilight, already at a weakened state (as she just lost her friends) gets attacked, but ponies being divided makes it hard to fight back. Celestia, Luna, and Twillight thus sacrifice themselves, and in the process make the three crystals…? Any survivors that were left were still racist to each other, and went their own paths. It may sound ridiculous, but we actually never get any info on twilight’s pupil? Everyone is talking about the mane 6, but where is she? But in all seriousness, I don’t think they will go to deep with the backstory, and come with something small and simple

[@anthonymatzat7237]

probably still on their pony earth tour,and i feel that g4 twilight,and spike might still be around,but probably in suspended animation along with g4 twilight's niece flurryheart,and all the crystal ponies,and their empire part of ponyland,equestria,but this is just my view of this stuff,why i feel this way is that if g4 king sombra made the crystal vanish for a 1000+ years,who says g4 twilight,and flurryheart couldn't do it since they are both alicorn ponies,1 natural,the other through magic,along with cadence, since she was the 3rd alicorn in that group as the pony princess of love,and if i went back before g4 mlp i felt cadence's true mother was pony princess of love amor,who probably became chysallis since sombra gave what he thought was a love potion,not a poison that changed amor from a pony into a changeling that drove sombra mad,and guess where i got this from pondering the g4 mlp episode hearts and hooves day where g4 twilight gives a copy of said potion to the cmc's who decide mare cheerilee,and stallion big mac,are meant for each other as their special somepony,luckily before breaking g4 pinkie pie's sister marble's heart big mac found sugar belle,who i feel was already cousins to g4 sweetie belle,and g4 rarity belle,but that's for another fan fic based on g4 mlp fim.

[@fizzlepopshadow1286]

It is possible that Twilight is still alive in this future. This series does take place about a Millennia after 10

[@kokepasu4583]

1) they put out ads for cgi artists for the mlp series 2) they specifically designed the movie so that adult fans would like it too, even hiring brony artists for designs 3) rebooting the generation is normal. Honestly, g4 went on too long. Collectors and children were sick of only having the same six ponies to choose from over and over again. You only need so many copies of pretty much the same toy 😆

[@Lillian_Farrell]

I literally teared up watching it when Sunny's dad said "my little pony" ahsajksa this generation ALREADY has a hold on me. And I didn't even see g4, so... I'm excited!!

[@sonicsuns]

Go catch up on g4! =)

[@timsplosion]

The messages of the movie were great. "Disobey the law if it's in the service of the greater good", "if a government can be brought down by the truth then it should be", "borders are arbitrary and should be removed as soon as possible", and "allowing corporations to control your government will lead to fascism". All solid lessons, I think!

[@l1zziebear]

I feel like people sometimes forget _just_ how many things in g4 depended on magic, aside from the entire weather system, the nature system, and the animal ecosystem. 1. *_The wendigoes are/were beings made by the_** magic **_of ponies against one another, that’s why they don’t appear in g5._* 2. It takes magic to become an alicorn, so without that, no new alicorns are made, and possibly all of them are killed off either due to that magic being needed for immortality, or because the ponies believed they needed new rulers from their own races 3. Pegasi’s wings are far too small for their bodies, there’s a reason they needed magic to fly and stand on clouds 4. Without alicorns, it’s way too easy to seperate all the tribes. You saw how easy it was in that season 9 finale. But twilight and the young six fixed it. But without alicorns(basically a combination of all the tribes), they will easy turn on each other, especially if someone decided to assassinate Twilight. They could easily blame it on a tribe, then those tribes go to war, and then separation ensues. And then the crystals get taken with the new rulers of each tribe and so magic disappears, either slowly or at once, everyone loses magic and voila. Or, more likely, memory stone shenanigans ensued. (there was a memory stone poster in Izzy’s house.) And every tribe took their Crystal and dipped 5.The reason the history that Twilight wrote/made isn’t there? It’s way too easy to erase history from books, or change it entirely. Check out an American history book and you’ll probably find a lot of false history 6. -Hitch is totally gay. Zipp is lesbian, and Izzy is my favorite.- 7. There’s gonna be a show later on, it’ll tie up loose ends. Hopefully- 8.Idk what’s happening with cutie marks but okay ig.

[@ColdWarShot]

The reason for Gen 5 is partially as you say, to revitalize for another audience. Another reason, more specifically, the voice actresses, namely Ashley Ball, Tara Strong, and Tabitha St Germain wanted to move on. They all have new projects, and simply it would be difficult to continue. They were all invited to go for a 10th season well before 9 was rolled out, but they all decided 9 seasons was enough.

[@hhs_leviathan]

I am pretty sure Hasbro doesn't want to distance themselves from the fandom they just know if you don't refresh the franchise it WILL become crap...

[@quinneveritt4528]

There’s a bit after the credits where ponies are playing and when the earth pony runs, the hoofsteps they leave behind light up. That gave me so many questions

[@Grimeygrotto]

They most likely have magic now

[@Saint_Medusa]

For a" child" movie or a movie Target children I kinda like the idea of death of a parent as a thing that acceptable . Unless it was pokemon or your mom you didn't see too many cartoon that outright were like " hey your parents could die while you're young and that's ok , you still be able to grow up strong and wonderful for them " what making it incredible depressing and incredibly like beating you over the head with it or making a very special episode that also felt less like helping the child get over it and more like just wanting to beat you over the head with also brainwashing fear mongering are such fun topics to treat in a kid movie because it actually fun introducing subject to challenge kids and not just thinking they're stupid ....yo i think I like this writer

[@sundalosketch4769]

I really like it too. I want people to start getting used to the idea of death and the inevitability of it not in a super sad way, but a happy accepting way where you can be satisfied enough with the memories made to not mourn it over every time death of a loved one is mentioned. It takes less of a toll on people's psyche when they're not having heartstrings tugged by every/anything that reminds them of somebody in a depressing way.

[@abrady0]

I think it’s important to remember that this is a start to a franchise, it’s essentially an extended pilot, it’s not answering every question so that it can keep you watching into the announced TV show and special.

[@savannahawesomeperson4653]

When u asked how they convinced a whole city they couldn’t use a body part, their wings, you forgot that magic is gone. And the Pegasi use magic to fly. When Tierick started stealing magic, when he stole the Pegasi’s magic, they couldn’t fly anymore. So, really they just lied that the royal family could STILL fly, not convince them all that they themselves couldn’t fly.

[@jodiecrofts2190]

I was honestly surprised about the movie me and my sister actually really enjoyed it

[@MsSumoon]

I felt it was a good start, I do hope they do explain in the show what happened for the 3 species of ponies to hate each other. The voice acting was good, their face design could be a little bit better in my opinion. But I'm glad they kept it simple than trying to overwork the previous generation. That is what Lauren did when Hasbro asked her to reboot the franchise, she kept it simple.

[@eeveeluvr365]

When sunny put the unicorn and pegasi crystals together, I FREAKING YELLED "THEY NEED THE EARTH PONY CRYSTAL!!!" before the movie even thought about it!😆😎😎😎😆

[@EscapismAddict]

I honestly don't remember much about mlp except that I was obsessed with the equastria or whatever it's called mobile game . Anyone else remember that?

[@Frostyblustar]

I still have it!things are cheaper now but they put more microtransations and events

[@Little_lovely_bunny]

@@Frostyblustar really I had to leave that game cus they took away free things they had given previously and made everything cost gems to the point where I barely had any

[@misha2152]

I REMEMBER TOO, YOU BUILD YOUR KINGDOM!

[@TheCommenterDragon]

The mlp G5 movie was awesome, i mean sure it had it's ups and downs like all movies do but it was still a fun movie to watch and it makes me look forward to the upcoming G5 tv series and seeing where it'll go, and i agree Negative Legends that the movie gave G5 a good start!

[@rhianna4281]

Yeah. I used to watch mlp friendship is magic when I was younger. I watched the gen 5 movie a few days ago and it has got me back into mlp. Which I'm kind of embarrassed about.

[@doodlesketchgirl158]

@@rhianna4281 yeah same lmao-

[@Shun_Kuto]

I don't it's a G5, more like G4.5 since it's the future of G4.

[@-ZH]

@@Shun_Kuto Please refer to the title of the movie

[@Shun_Kuto]

@@-ZH What do you mean? I'm saying that the movie is more like a G4.5.

[@aureaahmed2749]

Here's the real question tho: Did anyone else see grogars bell in the back of Sunnys dad workshop place?

[@johannesseyfried7933]

I didn't. I *did* however see the Painting of Starswirl the Bearded in the Background.

[@wafflebean9828]

The music in that movie was surprisingly good :/ Like actual good music

[@delnadavid2589]

I really hope they explain the plot holes lol- well apparently this movie is good according to people who’ve watched it so I think I’ll give gen 5 a shot... it won’t hold the same nostalgia for me that gen 4 did, but it could still be a good show!

[@BARALover96]

Still has the gen 4 vibes tho. So nostolgia could hit you pretty strong

[@unknownbystander8145]

t's good if you think of it as a reboot/soft reboot of mlp, but as a sequel it definitely doesn't hold up

[@amalajames5116]

@@unknownbystander8145 Yeah 100% accurate. But what about Twillight and others?..are they even mentioned in the movie?? Curious, cause I didn't watch the movie

[@Demonic_Culture_Nut]

I think the pegasi have a Constitutional Monarchy. If that is the case, then the Constitution would be holding the Royals to a higher standard than the average citizen, making less be enough to arrest them.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

It would be very strong constitutional monarchy however. Even in UK the Queen can’t be arrested for even murder. Although the monarchy would be quickly abolished then…the laws usually only protect the monarch really even in feudal societies so the princesses being wanted makes more sense (although in feudal monarchies the monarch would have needed to order then and there would have need a law to be broken in modern ones, I don’t know if lying is law breaking…)

[@xxstar-bluesxx]

"They brought back magic to the world except for Earth ponies" Okay, my dude. Let me explain here. If you have seen the ending credit scenes, where the little fillies, each of them who are different species to each other, run off to the hills. The magic of the Earth ponies, have been revealed by the little earth filly's hoovesteps. You might have missed that part too tho.

[@AkaNovaChan]

Actually when you watch the after-half-credits scene, you will notice that only the earth pony filly left magical hoove prints, implying that earth ponies have magic of somekind too.

[@BARALover96]

Pretty sure Earth Pony's do have magic but FIM never clarified what it was. It was often hinted at being them being physically stronger and having a green hoof. But it did contradict itself often The end credit scene seems to be hinting that they will focus on earth pony magic.

[@cienmcqueen2999]

Earth ponies have magic; Tirek would confirm that. Though I think their magic lies in physical strength or earthly knowledge. For example, look at the 2 earth ponies in the Pillars. Oo, add on theory! So Hitch has animals fans 24/7. He seems to communicate with them too. What if once magic is restored, he can talk to animals fluently much like Fluttershy could?

[@ponypublications]

The reason for the change of generation is simple: every ten or so years (some times less on the half generations), Hasbro reboots the brand. FiM/G4 had simply reached the end of its life-cycle. I for one am very excited to see where they go with this; it feels like a nice marriage of FiM and the aesthetics and vibes of previous generations. (Gives me real G3-but-with-a-plot-and-history feels but that might just be my nostalgia talking)

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

I guess you could imagine G3 happening in this timeline, although I don’t know much about G3 so I don’t know if it would match.

[@Anne_Grapple]

My biggest surprise was "the hoof magic". Really, how do they do that? If G4 was 2D and all cartoon-ish and it didn't look like something too weird, hooves look like magic in 3D.

[@BuizelCream]

Their hooves are like magnets now that defies all logic, for sure xD

[@elizack_8189]

@@BuizelCream that's what I noticed lmao

[@bajscast]

They originally had them using their mouths more often for moving stuff, but it looked gross so they changed it to the hooves

[@durren1061]

“it went off with several hitches” as hitch himself is right there

[@corvus6971]

They did kind of explain it, in the scene where they were playing at the very beginning they mention that the mane 6 being friends isn't what they learned in class, and they mentioned there was a war.

[@gothicminnie3639]

We are off to a fantastic start! This movie made we want to cry, it made me so happy. It made me remember why I feel in love with MLP in the first place! This was a damn good movie!

[@frogonkeeper]

I am interested to see how the show turns out especially with the male characters. If FIM had any flaws it would definitely be the poor writing of the male characters. But with the movie I was pleasantly surprised by Hitch. My main worry is that Hitch might devolve into the new Spike.

[@magicwitch7942]

Right at the end after the credits there’s actually a slight hint that Earth ponies might have magic. It’s not really a huge one but it’s there

[@moonlightwing9229]

You missed the important part towards the end of the movie there's a scene where Young ponies playing. in a field leaving glowing horseshoes print in the grass which supposedly is a teaser and what's to become of the Earth ponies

[@Pepstep_07]

The movie is going to have a series so they'll probably explain a lot of the things that happened in the series!

[@BARALover96]

Yeah the movie felt like a pilot and the unaswered stuff will probabaly be answered some time in the show

[@howtheworldworks3]

Well said. Finally someone who knows what they are talking about besides Saberspark and a few others...very few unfortunately. I loved the movie way more than I thought I would. Looking forward to the show following this movie to be just as good.

[@purple-glitch6827]

Ive watched the movie and it was really good ! Full with MLP references it was nice trying to spot them

[@-K_J-]

I'm really excited to see if and how they explore what was set up during the movie in the series. Also I am NOT going to forget the fact that Izzy said Sunny's aura was lavender. Not to mention she calls aura a "sparkle". Also James Marsden playing a guy that's an animal magnet is hilariously fitting given his role in the Sonic movie

[@ambientlightofdarknesss4245]

Y'know the more unexplained shit the better honestly. I'm glad they kept it safe and not like just shoehorn in g4 lore. They can properly explain it in the tb show with more freedom and not having to write themselves into a box because of a throw away line in the movie about discord or the wendigos or the alicorns or something.

[@tsartomato]

but you see they did shoehorn WHOLE LORE by stating that it's not a new world EVERY detail is compared to the whole lore now

[@pcdeltalink036]

The only real gripe I had with the movie was Sunny’s depression after the failure in Bridlewood while I’m basically yelling at my screen going “Earth ponies have magic, there’s a third crystal! How do you not know this?” I find it either incredibly dumb or a massive oversight that Sunny’s dad either didn’t explain that earth ponies have magic too or for some reason that he had the crystal and never told her about it.

[@GoddoDoggo]

Why would he know Earth ponies have magic? He was studying magic, that doesn't mean he knew everything about it or exactly what the crystal was. And there's nothing about Earth ponies that would suggest they also have magic. They don't have wings or horns, so you wouldn't assume they would.

[@pcdeltalink036]

@@GoddoDoggo For how knowledgeable he is regarding the history of Equestria (including introducing Sunny to who the Mane Six were) I find it hard to believe he also didn't realize or learn that Earth ponies had magic. Simple as that. And, thinking more about it, I would find it very hard to believe if he didn't know earth ponies had magic that he "just happened" to own the crystal for earth pony magic.

[@KAAAAAAAAGH]

"Celebrity voice actors" Why am i imagining Jack Black voice acting one of the characters

[@Starlightclod]

I think the end credits scene set up a power that the earth ponies don't know yet that they have, as evidence by the rainbow glowing heart shaped hoof prints. My theory is that it's super strength, and a connection to nature and that would explain applejack's unnatural strength. Also I have a theory that the three fillies they showed at the end will be very important to the upcoming series.. Maybe like the new cutie mark crusaders.

[@GrimSpookz]

I’m so proud of them for releasing MORE good MLP. I grew up with the OG generations thanks to my mum, still have one of the DVD’s somewhere. I’ve loved all of it, even the new movie ! But I honestly hope when more movies and a possible series is released, the lore in between generations I hope is gonna expand on what happened to seperate everyone and etc. I also love the animation style so much.

[@littlewitchParker3]

9:25- the mission goes of without a Hitch. You just made a pun.

[@riveroverland5902]

I really hope as it expands into a series, they would expand on the lore and what happened all those years ago, hopefully it’ll be good. Also Izzy best pony

[@cakepop918]

I’m so happy this isn’t really bad!! I was so worried but it is great!!

[@chaoticdragon913]

When I first heard about the G5 movie I was in shock. I didn't know how to feel about it but after giving the movie a chance (bc I love mlp so I'd give mlp anything a try) it turned out to be better than what I expected. So I'm looking forward to new G5 content etc.

[@melosunny]

12:40 i was thinking about this a lot before the movie came out (literally like half an hour before) and i actually came up with a decent answer short: it's really easy to make ponies be racist and there's no princess to make them nice again long: basically the three kinds of ponies were already mostly seperated. ponyville has a lot of earth pony traditions which are hard for a lot of other ponies to do since earth pony magic is their strength, canterlot has a lot of things that really only work with a horn so it's mostly unicorns there (not to mention there's a lot of magic significance there, like celestias school), and cloudsdale is literally all pegasi because nobody else can live there without a constant spell and in the season 9 finale, it was really easy for the villains to get ponies to think racist again. but that was fixed by twilight, and in the past it was fixed by celestia and luna. without any alicorn princesses to fix it (because like they're all 3 types combined into one so they're naturally the ones who would unite the 3 types) it's actually surprisingly easy to get them seperated for a long time.

[@melosunny]

if anything i said makes no sense can y'all tell me

[@sterthester736]

One thing I find really interesting is the small bit of G5 map we had revealed- Zephyr Heights is where Canterlot once was. That leads to a lot more questions, especially how and why Pegasi ended up dominating a city once lived in by the elite of unicorn society. Was there a conflict that resulted in Pegasi and Unicorn conflict? Did this conflict contribute to the split of the pony races? Were Earth Ponies involved or did they witness this event and stay out of it for fear of the others? What happened???

[@tsartomato]

memember when we had gen3 and ponies were nice and even stopped shittalk each other like gen1 but no gen4 is racist and gen5 is like ultraracist all ponies now are inherently racist

[@unknownbystander8145]

That explanation doesn't really work since it's been established that being an Alicorn can be either a bestowable trait(Twilight) or a natural born one(Flurry Heart) so there should be no reason for them to run out of Alicorns.

[@Itachi45481]

all i know is it must have been centuries or something in timeline because there were the 3 pony races but their were like 6 other give or take and discord lord of chaos so even if none show up they are still canon

[@Closer2Zero]

I’m at 12:14 and I swear to god if they say “friendship is magic“ and that’s the source of their magic and them living separated and not being friends is the reason why nobody has magic now, I’m going to scream

[@creampuffchiori]

I mean it is my little pony, so..

[@pundertalefan4391]

I hope we get to find out what happened to separate them in the series. I also like how they kept the concept of flying being a form of magic, as hinted in season 4.

[@little.prince]

Pretty sure they kept the reason of the races separating for the series. Also- maybe the earth ponies do have some sort of magic considering the credits scene. Honestly, what’s great start to this generation. Can’t wait to see you cover the rest of it!🥰

[@Septic-Hearts]

The movie really surprised me with how good it was. I felt really nostalgic throughout it. The characters and humour reminded me of the old show in all my favourite ways, way back from when I really got into it. Also I was super surprised that they just killed off Sunny's Dad, I figured he'd get the Apple Family treatment and just never be mentioned at all but he was. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the series became my comfort show after my classes, it was quite pleasant to watch.

[@jenetikitty]

I loved it so much! I din't think you can quite recapture that charm G4 had, because no one was really *expecting* it. --but I think they did a great job and I am HYPED for the show!

[@gaiapsyche]

I think they changed to cgi not only to separate from the previous gen even in style, but to make fanart harder. Bronies will most likely go back to the flash style and it will be easy to tell it apart from whats canon and what is not.

[@reiphas]

Sunny's dad definitely is going to be an important character in the future and I can't wait to find out what is that about him. Also, I feel like Sprout will become like this recurring antagonist that nobody will ever treat seriously after a while. A bit like Draco Malfoy was portrayed in A Very Potter Musical. I can't wait for the universe of gen 5 to be expanded on, and this movie surpassed all my expectations. Which were rather low, I admit. EDIT: Oh, and earth pony magic. FINALLY. I want to see it.

[@anahiapcay9042]

a bit like Trixie, strating as a small villain and becoming a lovable character

[@NoHandle44]

As an adult that overanalyzes everything, I didn't like how it gave all the themes of "Racism is bad" without really giving a serious resolution to it. "Everyone just become friends" and just like that, racism is now forever over.

[@sylvanwhatcott3280]

There's an after credits scene! 3 fillies playing together, and the earth pony leaves glowing tracks. I'd bet it's hinting earth ponies DO truly have magic :>

[@rolay7730]

Earth ponies have druid-style magic. They almost never focus on it, but they almost died when a magic-sucking demon attacked them in G4, so they have a lot of magic in general. It just isn't flashy. Also, there was a reference to something really strange on the board with the lost history of Equestria. The memory stone from EQG was drawn on a piece of paper. The memory stone can rip memories from people's heads, so that might explain what is going on. But the biggest surprise is that that is an EQG reference. What the hell is EQG like? They treated EQG like the modern world where magic started leaking through and infecting random people. But what would the world look like after 500 years of magic leaking from Equestria and technology advancing?

[@lynxk9372]

10:22 that burn omg that burn, godly

[@darknessrising2453]

12:19 To be fair, it is stated that the events of G5 take place many, many, MANY years after the events of G4. Basically the point where any and all events of the previous generation are referred to as "Ancient Equestria". So a lot of info could have been lost in that amount of time.

[@Alegriacaptions]

According to Sawtooth, the end of the movie (with the shiny hoofprints) suggests earth ponies have a magic that is different from what was in gen 4. Personally I'm glad they used the movie to state the base that "who cares about the knick-knacks???", because in gen 4 they were too focused on the items of the elements of harmony even if in episode 2 they were already saying that the elements are more in the ponies than in the silly jewels. Yet it would have been better if there hadn't been any special crystals in the first place imo but you know, marketing, buy our toys... and I've been very confused from the very start because why would ponies be so racists with each other and why hadn't they been attacked by windigos? It makes maybe a little more sense afterwards because it could be because magic was locked... but then, did whoever did that make nature work on its own (day/night, seasons,...)? Now magic is back do they have to raise the sun and moon again, or is the world permanently autonomous? Where are the non pony creatures? Do cutie marks work differently than before, they look different...

[@slyceth]

Oh my god your eyes are so pretty WTFFFF you should do some annoying orange style animations with tehm

[@juimymary9951]

It appears you didn't look to the post/mid-credit scene. You really should, because it helps clear up whether or not Earth Ponies do have magic.

[@CLOV3RZ26]

8:00 HAH!! THATS 2 REFRENCES! ok explanation: the first one is is a gen1 (i think) and the sticker is a refrance to rainbow dashes 20% cooler meme line thing- also im aware he said its a refrance but im gonna say it to and you cant stop me>:) unless you report this comment. and it gets taked down.. and my acc gets banned... please dont do that-

[@Nuzzrio]

omg I absolutely loved this movie it was SOO cuteee but it did feel a bit rushed tho def would've preferred it to be like 2h or something insted of 1h30m

[@indecisivewolf5620]

"When I started watching it, generation 4 was more of a comfort show for me for me. And now I don't need it for a comfort show." I honestly didn't expect such a line to hit me the way that one did. Gen 4 was there for me when nothing else in my life was. Over the years I've made new friends, strengthened my best friendships and have tried to just do better as a person in general. Damn. I just never thought about it that way. It makes complete sense why even though I enjoyed the new movie, it didn't resonate with me the way FiM did.

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

It would be great to have a animated Little Pony: A New Generation to were the story continued from the movie with Sunny as a Alicorn.

[@LandonTheDM]

One of the items in the background where Sunny's dad is shown shows the memory stone from the Equestria girls special Forgotten Friendship. It definitely is possible for someone to have used it to make ponies forget enough of the lessons of friendship to begin to distrust each other.

[@frickinfrick8488]

I’m excited to see that they’re still doing a new generation every decade. I’ve been a fan of the series since I got the original gen 1 movies on DVD as a kid and I always loved seeing how they updated the brand each gen. I know it’s all a ploy to sell toys but it is a comfort show for me and I like seeing it get a new coat of paint every now and then.

[@deadcool3227]

4:45 oh hey Starswirl Side-note: These are the elements the Mane 5 represent Izzy: Generosity Hitch: Kindness Pipp: Loyalty Zipp: Honesty Sprout: Laughter Sunny: Magic

[@weebmerchdestroyedwallet-k1283]

I'm sorry NL, but I love the fact you said "clink my link below" 😂❤️

[@arii6273]

As my little pony lover, the generation five were supposed to be the students of twilight whom she thought friendship and a variety of creatures made it so interesting

[@TheRCTAddict]

I think the big problem with G4 was that it was becoming a narrative mess that really did need a reset button. Waaaay too many characters, increasingly not enough time in a season to accommodate all of them. It fell into the quicksand-like adventure fanfiction trope of becoming way too large in scope and having too many characters to individually focus upon within the space of one narrative arc (i.e. season)

[@nekopuppet]

Earth Pony - you can farm! wow awesome! Flutter Pony - WOW AWESOME YOU CAN FLY! Unicorns - INCREDIBLE MAGICAL ABILITIES Alicorn - G O D L I K E

[@DrSmart20]

"the mission goes off without a hitch, until hitch shows up" there I fixed your pun for you.

[@ALily-ew9im]

You should absolutely check out the American Girl Doll books and movies. They were my entire childhood and apparently still hold up really well today.

[@noeysnowy14]

I hope they show off how the earth ponies have magic, like there super strong or really fast or something. That mid-credit scene really has me thinking.

[@sterthester736]

I do believe they sort of implied in Gen 4 that earth pony magic is internal and seems to enhance their physical strengths and such, which explains why nearly every farmer, vet, and construction worker outside Cloudsdale in G4 is an Earth Pony. I really hope that G5 goes more into that finally.

[@sharivanquickelberge4260]

what if sunny her dad's journal is actually an old copy of the friendships journal of the main 6? that's why he is the only one who knows the truth?

[@cearlach32]

there is a post credits scene with three kids one of each race running in a field were (spoiler down below) it hints that earth pony know have a magic of their own