
| Psychopomf #1226438 3 months ago |
And if there isn't one, you think the writing will be better or worse? |
| CallMeAl #1226442 3 months ago |
THE PONY BOWL! |
| Spectrum_Rush #1226449 3 months ago |
wait... so... the gala was a hasbro mandate? |
| PhilSrobeighn #1226462 3 months ago |
What else do little girls dream of dressing up in pretty dresses for
That is not a wedding or a big dance? |
| sploich #1226463 3 months ago |
@Spectrum_Rush
The Gala was the reason Return of Harmony (which was produced as the finale for Season 1) didn't air until Season 2. They wanted to end it on the thing they could sell toys of for the months between seasons, just like they'll be selling wedding stuff all summer. It's brilliant, especially when the writers are so good at making it work. |
| DeeperMadness #1226467 3 months ago |
Ponylympics? A coronation? The Pegasus Formula One Grand Prix, featuring Rainbow Dash and the EoH pit crew? |
| NightJack #1226475 3 months ago |
@sploich: But they where selling gala stuff before season 1 ended, so are you sure that it was a hasbro mandate. |
| Gentle_Coltte_of_Leisure #1226491 3 months ago |
Hey, maybe it'll be really awesome like a new species of pony?
Or a whole new location so they can sell a playset? Or the spear counterparts of the Mane Six, the Elements of Brotherhood? There's a lot of ways a "Hasbro Mandate" can be really sweet. |
| picard #1226492 3 months ago |
Your suggestions are not girly enough. Neither a gala nor a wedding were particularly manly. |
| PhilSrobeighn #1226493 3 months ago |
I've got it:
Two-part episode in which Twilight considers moving to an elaborate mansion. In the end, she goes back to Ponyville, but not until we've seen enough of the mansion to sell the playset. Now all we need is more plot filler. |
| NightJack #1226494 3 months ago |
Or did Hasbro not make sure it wasn't out before then, the local Target where I live was selling the gala set a full mouth before Best Night Ever was released. |
| PhilSrobeighn #1226496 3 months ago |
I instantly regret the wording I chose in my last sentance. |
| CallMeAl #1226502 3 months ago |
@PhilSrobeighn
You want plot filler? Twilight gets a coltfriend and decides to move away from Canterlot and Ponyville and start her own life. Her friends and family beg her to stay, and just as she decides to give in, they all have a change of heart and encourage her to stay in the mansion. Twilight gets replaced by a new pony for Season 4 and makes a heroic appearance in that season's finale. |
| TooOldForThisShow #1226508 3 months ago |
>Now all we need is more plot filler.
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| PhilSrobeighn #1226517 3 months ago |
@CallMeAl
Thus freeing overworked voice actress Tara Strong to persue other projects and return to MLP at her leisure. |
| CallMeAl #1226522 3 months ago |
No, the new pony will be a colt and have Timmy Turner's voice. |
| Psychopomf #1226523 3 months ago |
WHAT IF
MANE SIX GET girlFRIENDS THAT AREN'T EACHOTHER? |
| SlayerBVC #1226529 3 months ago |
Well they need something to sell new toys, so yes there will be.
I just wish they'd let the show staff know earlier, I mean Lauren was smart enough to turn the Gala into an arc for Season 1. Hasbro didn't give the producers enough time to build up to the wedding in-show, seeing as how they let them know about it when Season Two was halfway done AT MOST. This doesn't translate well in-show because there's an upcoming Royal Wedding that's gone unmentioned. |
| CallMeAl #1226539 3 months ago |
The rest of the Mane Six split up one by one at the beginning of Season 5. The entirety of Season 5 will be about the new friends they make. They all come together in the finale to sack Canterlot which has been seized by some ancient evil or whatever. Celestia and Luna pass away, Twilight is crowned Princess of Equestria, and the Mane Six plus friends make up her court.
CUE GENERATION 5! |
| PhilSrobeighn #1226547 3 months ago |
No way, Al.
If Spongebob can last 9 Seasons and is still going, no way we're giving in in 5. If we keep going strong, buy their show-acurate line, and keep making ourselves known to the world, we can be Simpsons-tier longlived. We just gotta keep pushing. |
| Spectrum_Rush #1226548 3 months ago |
@sploich I see... well whatever the gala episode was good the wedding episode will be good, and whatever happens in season 3 will be good Studio B's already proven they're capable... :OverlyEnthusiastic.jpg |
| OzarkBrony #1226554 3 months ago |
Here's mandates I would expect...
1) Maybe a re-coronation for Luna, so that Hasbro can hawk more princess-ware. 2) Celestia makes Twilight a princess, see above. 3) Beach mansion party! (new playset!) Either of the first two would also make for an interesting finale if they cared to actually admit the series is ending at episode 65. |
| CallMeAl #1226560 3 months ago |
We need to kill it at the height of its popularity, especially if we're gonna have a Generation 5. We can't go out like some over-the-hill has-been, or else Gen 5 will be dead before it even begins. |
| Questionmarktarius #1226562 3 months ago |
I dunno guys, Studio B has been pretty good thus far at making obvious Hasbro mandates not be utterly terrible.
See also: that stupid train |
| PhilSrobeighn #1226658 3 months ago |
See also: The Gala
The Gala was one of my favorite episodes. And I don't throw that word around like Roboshi and Anchors. |
| MysteryEzekude #1227002 3 months ago |
Oh no...
I fear for something much worse... ...An apocalypse. |
| Anonymous #1227131 3 months ago |
My little ponies taking a cruise on the H.P.S. Friend Ship. |
| PhilSrobeighn #1227295 3 months ago |
^There is is.
Sell a ship set. Totally works. |
| Karthek #1228255 3 months ago |
The Pony-equivalent of Ozz-Fest? |
| Bolan #1228415 3 months ago |
The long awaited beach episode! Then Hasbro can sell pony bikinis. Not for actual ponies- for little girls and maybe several strange men. |