Awesome: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Non-Canon)
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How the Cutie Mark Crusaders obtained his cutie marks, Starcraft style
This is the second installment of a four-part story. Part one sets the stage beautifully; part three brings the whole family and a few other allies into the battle, going even farther up the awesomeness scale; and part four wraps it all up in classic heartwarming style.
In the sugar-light future...there is only FRIENDSHIP.
If you happen to be bored of plain old humanized ponies, how about a drawing, done by a professional Disney Parks artist, that crosses them with thegargoyles?
This is just one of several pieces depicting ponies from the series as army officers in a militaristic AU of Equestria, and yes, they're all as epic as this one.
To be exact, only Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash take part in the cooking. Rarity appears only briefly, and Fluttershy doesn't appear at all. Also qualifies as Heartwarming, Funny, and Tear Jerker in different spots.
Now, there is a voice over dub of it as well, made by the dubber of the Nanoha Nano Striker S comics. The voices are off but it is still epic.
The ultimate expression of all Pony periods is here! Drawn by Egophiliac, if this is not made into a Glass Window design, except for the downward arch part; unless it is possible or a "painted Stain Glass" window, I would be very surprised.
This video is enough to send shivers down one's spine.
Or this, which sets those flashbacks to the Gurren Lagann theme. It's as awesome as it sounds.
This video takes the Sonic Rainboom and cranks the awesomeness Up to Eleven thanks to some clever editing and choice of BGM (from Two Steps from Hell)
After God-knows-how-many incredible pony videos and songs, such as Eurobeat Brony's amazing remixes and Mr. Yaridovich's Youtube Poops, a Youtuber named NRGFORCE decided it was time for a medley. This was born, and it was fantastic. Go ahead, see if you can name all of the songs.
And for Brony Appreciation Day he made this medley. And it is awesome.
This video chronicles what every older fan goes through when they first watch.
This remix. Various youtubers have commented saying that this video encompasses why this show is so awesome.
The Cutie Mark That I Get. Definitely one of the best tribute PMV ever. One reason it's so awesome is the perfect editing and song choice, and the fact that it uses some of the most epic and memorable scenes from all 26 episodes of Season 1.
The Anthem of Harmony. Made as a tribute to The Mane Cast and the Elements of Harmony, it reeks of epicness, thanks to "The Unsung War" as background music. Well written lyrics that form into the legend are combined with the song's sweeping orchestra and Latin chanting for excellent result.
While we're talking about Ace Combat, these threeponifiedtrailers are done almost perfectly, combing scenes from the series with footage from the trailers.
This PMV of Bohemian Rhapsody works exceptionally well. The editing is spot on, particularly the syncing and the scene choice.
Star Ponies Gangsta Rap Mix. Essentially, two versions of Star Wars Gangsta Rap, only with changed characters. Features good lip-synching and despite the profanities, it manages to remain entertaining and funny.
Thisawesome fanmade trailer for the first two episodes. It's so amazingly done it looks like a real movie trailer!
The same person did one for Cutie Mark Chronicles which is just as awesome, if not even better.
"The Stars Will Aid in Her Escape" contains some of the best editing this troper has seen so far; retelling the premiere episodes in a way that blew me away. The fact that it is set to an epic piece of music ("Cosmic Love" by Florence + the Machine) doesn't hurt at all.
Discord's backstory, told through utterly epic artwork and equally awesome music.
This We all know eventually, this great show, like all things, must end. But the memories, those will last a lifetime.
Dziwne zachowania (Weird behaviors) - probably the first PMV in foreign language. A crazy Polish rap song with perfectly blending scenes, it shows Discord singing about tolerating madness. Features Mane 6 and Trixie and has literally translated ponified lyrics.
Bonus points for Discord playing the role of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a controversial Polish politician.
''Transcendence''; a PMV set to Creed's "Higher". Done in full CGI by the video creator. Mixing some animation from the show along with some backgrounds. And containing three fan-made pentagrams about the six elements, Celestia and Luna. With text fully translatable into English. Three words best describe this video: Oh. My. God.
This PMV set to Voltaire's "Land of the Dead." Bonus points for getting favorited by no less than Voltaire itself.
Crossover Movies
Thesetwo fan videos, made by two different people, are incredibly awesome. The first combines this show with the climactic Crowning Moment of Awesome from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (specifically, the second compilation movie) to truly stunning and Hot Blooded effect. The second is a music video that is spectacularly well done, especially in respect to the syncing. Not to mention it's really catchy.
And now you can enjoy Tengen Toppa Pony Laggan in HD!
This video. It's a pony MAD of the Touhou remix song "Night of Nights".
And now there's this, in the style of the original Dr. Who radio drama of yore. Bonuses for absolutely hilarious blooper reels!
Episode 4 not only has an extremely well done version of the Winter Wrap-Up song, but explains why Ditzy went north to get the southern birds. The Doctor took her there by accident. And while they were there, they save the world from an alien attempting to plunge it into an ice age. And what's Ditzy's response to being asked to be the Doctor's companion? Jump in head first!
Ponycraft 2. The synching is near perfect, the images correspond (humorously) with that of the trailer it's based off of. It's also one of the first "pony trailers" to become widely popular, helping influence other bronies to create their own epic pony trailers. Also doubles as a Crowning Moment of Funny.
This video also got posted on the official StarCraft II blog to celebrate the game's one year anniversary.
Someone else made a Princess of the Swarm trailer, swapping out some of the characters (Fluttershy for Luna as Kerrigan, for example). Its also pretty awesome.
This video combines My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic and Mulan, also capturing the scenes from Mulan to make one of the most epic things you will see, especially after the 2:35 mark, where they show all of the epic moments throughout the series.
This video combines Rainbow Dash with the song "I Can Go The Distance" from Disney's Hercules and it syncs up beautifully.
This video which shows most of the epic moments of the series along with the song "What I'm Made Of" from Sonic Heroes. Yes, and it's amazing.
This video features all of the ponies' most awesome moments along with how they got their cutie marks combined with the song "Live And Learn" from Sonic Adventure 2. As wonderful as it is in the beginning, it goes Up to Eleven and beyond once it hits the 2:30 mark.
Currently, it has subtitles in three languages: English, Polish and Swedish. The creator states that if any brony is willing to provide subtitles in other languages, he'll be glad to add them to the list.
Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatle Bronies!! They are a group of YouTube users who take Beatle songs and pony-ifies the lyrics. It is muchBetter Than It Sounds and somehow manages to make many of their covers as powerful as the originals.
This stop motion video crossover with a Guncannon protecting Fluttershy from a Zaku. When he starts getting beaten, Fluttershy's Mama Bear side kicks in and the Zaku finds out the hard way, even if you're a heavily armed mecha, you do NOT hurt Fluttershy's friends!
This animatic of young Discord and Celestia, set to a beautifully-sung pony version of "Heaven's Light". It's overall very sweet if a little sad, but most impressively has professional-caliber staging and drawing.
Bonus points that the singer actually sounds like Tom Hulce.
There's only one pony who can deal with Cutie Pox: Horse MD!
Since the release of The Return Of Harmony Part 2, there had been countless videos setting the end Star Wars homage to the music on which that homage is based. Well, one YouTube user decided to go one step further and set most of the two part saga to cues John Williams wrote for Episode 1. Filtering out William Anderson's score, he gave himself a clean slate to work with and went nuts from there. Now, you're probably wondering to yourself, "Would it be any good, then?" Let me just put it this way: "For the answer that you seek, go ahead: take a peak."
A Brony named Brainbread is known for making high quality pony plushies. His current masterpiece that is up for auction is a life-sized Rainbow Dash. 49 in. tall, 32 in. long from nose to tail, 24 in. from wing to wing. As Brainbread posted, This is truly My Epic Pony: Friendship is Life Sized. As a matter of fact, it was so hotly contested that it has ended up going for a whopping 4900 US Dollars.
Another one by a different eBay user: a 46" tall, seated Pinkie Pie. The winning bid was $740 US.
For the record, this is in a series where the matchups are usually actually rather close; between these two, however, there was no comparison. Starscream got all of two hits in on Rainbow Dash, one being from his Null Ray...which does precisely squat to organic beings like a pegasus.
In the best ending of Super Filly Adventure, the main character Jade takes down a dragon ALL BY HERSELF (say what you will about Fluttershy dropping a bear, but what Jade does blows that out of the water, considering that Jade is only a filly).
Also deserving a mention is Rarity. Being able to spot all of the cloaked enemies and take them out before they got anywhere near her
What about this? while playing Rock Band, after playing the pony versions of "Sweet Child of Mine" and Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", Pinkie Pie says they're too slow, even on Hard mode. But when they played "Through the Fire and Flames" by Dragonforce, she, without a doubt, found her jam! Pinkie Pie was on Expert in guitar and vocals, with Applejack and Rainbow Dash in Normal in drums and bass respectively. In the end, Pinkie scored 99%, with RD getting a paltry 40% and AJ a modest 50%. While Pinkie did get 100% on the last two songs, the fact that she scored so well in the song and hit all those hammer-ons and pull-offs with ease and was able to 'rescue' RD and AJ from failure numerous times. That's right; she cleared a sheer impossibility of a song without so much as breaking a sweat!
From the same chapter: Fluttershy sang lead on a ponified "Hotel California" and turned in one of the sweetest vocal performances her friends had ever heard. The kicker? She only scored 13% because her voice was too soft for the microphone to pick up.
Fighting is Magic: that's right, they're taking the ponies you love, putting them in a fighting game and exhibiting show/retail game level production value.
This rewrite of Emperor Joker's "Where's the Fun in That" from Batman: The Brave and the Bold from our own forum. I always thought that with a little rewrite, that song would fit Discord perfectly, and someone did it.
Recently, a brony by the DeviantArt handle of "WhiteDove-Creations" made a plushie of Lauren Faust's OC alicorn. The craftsmanship of it alone is amazingly impressive, but what pushes this into C Mo A territory is the fact that it was purchased by none other than Lauren herself. Epic win, friend. *brohoof*
Round Two. Celestia travels to Chrysalis' hive, lands in front of her, and tells her why she's there. To discuss Chrysalis' terms of surrender! As if that weren't badass enough, when Chrysalis mocks her for not stopping the Changelings earlier (Celestia didn't know the true extent of what they were doing), Celestia lays into her with one glorious "The Reason You Suck" Speech. When Chrysalis refuses peace and threatens to make an example of Celestia, admits she saw that coming. She and Chrysalis fight again, but this time, with Chrysalis not supercharged by The Power of Love, Celestia is more than a match for her. When Chrysalis seems to gain the upper hoof by biting her neck and beginning to drain her power, Celestia calls down a blast of solar energy (something she obviously couldn't do in the room full of innocent ponies) that levels everything around them and leaves Chrysalis so badly hurt she can't even stand on her own. Celestia puts her horn to her throat and tells her exactly what will happen if she ever threatens her little ponies again:
Celestia: You and your changelings will no longer be allowed into Equestria. Any violation of that law will lead to immediate harsh repercussions. Or, to put it more simply, if you or anypony comes back into my homeland, I will be back. And if I come back...I. WILL.END. YOU.
Celestia follows this by turning around and leaving, Chrysalis' Changeling drones so terrified of her that they don't even try to stop her. Do not mess with Celestia's subjects.
The Ponies Make War fanfiction is made almost on pure awesome. It is a very dark story but still keeps the entire 'Friendship is Magic' theme of the original show. Plus it has brilliant fight scenes
In the most recent chapter, Twilight uses her magic creatively to almost kill Terra... This is done by 1. Gathering up a huge amount of metal into a Null Space. 2. Separating iron out from all of that metal. 3. Heating up said metal until it melts. 4. Allowing melted metal to fall in a Null Space that has a) No end, and b) no friction to stop it accelerating. 5. Fire it at the [[spoiler: Terra. If Twilight had collected more iron. Chances are Terra would be DEAD
