Setting guesses, Main Character guesses, Secondary Character guesses, Villain guesses, Minor Character guesses, Future Stories guesses, Jossed guesses, Confirmed guesses My Little Pony: The Movie (2017), My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (IDW), My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
These guesses turned out to be true.
- Lauren Faust has stated that she wanted to incorporate an overarching storyline, but couldn't due to Executive Meddling. Plus, if you look closely, there's Anachronic Order in place. It isn't too far of a stretch to think that this is her attempt at getting around that restriction.
- Yup, it's the season finale.
- For that matter, given that natural processes such as weather (or the sun rising) simply do not occur without the ponies' intervention, one has to question whether a unicorn would even be capable of getting plants to grow at all.
- Presumably a unicorn or pegasus could grow flowerbeds and small gardens if they live in the vicinity of earth ponies.
- Apparently confirmed by Word of God [1]
- The sub-theory that unicorns and pegasi can't grow anything is pretty much confirmed in Hearth's Warming Eve. Pre-Equestrian Unicorns and Pegasi disliked Earth Ponies, but were dependent on them for food. This must mean that only Earth Ponies are capable of growing food at all. Without them, there would be no crops, and Equestria would starve. This is further hinted at by the fact that many Earth ponies have food-based names (the Cake family, the Apple family, Pinkie Pie, Golden Harvest, etc.)
- The sub-theory wasn't confirmed. The other tribes didn't care for earth ponies, but their attitudes made it clear that they would rather somepony else grow their food than do it themselvesnote . Their poor opinion of the earth ponies seem to revolve more around their lack of impressive flashy abilities, and the unicorns and pegasi also hated each other, so they were hardly being singled out. The episode actually kind of implied the opposite, because the territory that became Equestria had plants and weather without earth ponies or pegasi. Unless pegasi and unicorns have some magic attribute that prevents plant growth around them, which seems unlikely, they should be able to grow plants as well as anyone without magical cultivation powers.
- Confirmed as of "Too Many Pinkie Pies."
- Confirmed in "Just For Sidekicks."
- Confirmed for season 4 and 5: the Rainbow Keys arc, and the Cutie Mark Magic arc.
- Would this work better with or without one of the dragons pulling a Heel–Face Turn against the others after Spike stands up to them and becoming a semi-reoccurring character? As long as it's written well enough, of course, possibly with some subtle Foreshadowing along the way.
- This is basically the plot of "Dragon Quest".
- Confirmed as the culmination of a very long-term plan in "Princess Twilight Sparkle Part 2".
- Parts of "The Crystal Empire" are set in the arctic north, so I guess we can call this confirmed.
- And winter comes again early in season 5. Double-confirmed.
- It's recently been hinted that Fluttershy will be transformed into a dragon for a day in Season 3. However, this is just a rumor, so nopony knows for sure.
- Well, she was turned into a vampire in Season 4, which could have been mistaken for a dragon by someone who only saw a still from the episode.
- Confirmed in "It Ain't Easy Being Breezies".
- Confirmed in "It's About Time," though only one pony time-travels.
- Confirmed in "Daring Don't." There most likely won't be a third, though.
- Confirmed in "Wonderbolt Academy," though this hasn't been brought up again since.
- That is, if she manages to fly in the end. If she doesn't, she'll probably replace her wings with jets. The jets will eventually fail and she'll learn that it's better to do things the natural way.
- Or maybe an episode about: When Rainbow blows off Scootaloo too many times for trivial things instead of helping her fly, it makes her upset and denounces Dash as an idol. Rainbow thinks nothing of it at first, but when she discovers her former fan is learning from three old bullies of hers', she feels regretful for hurting her friend. Can Rainbow find a way to win her friend back?~ episode idea by HT Ffan-101
- Well, Scootaloo got "Sleepless in Ponyville". Which didn't address her flying, but did deal with (and upgraded) her relationship with Rainbow Dash.
- Confirmed in "Flight to the Finish"
- An ancient, forbidden magical tome known only to the royal sisters
- The Neighcronomicon?
- A lesson plan for the next level of Twilight's studies
- Twilight's diary
- A Death Note
- The same mysterious book from the bottle in Noki Bay
- It has something to do with Star Swirl the Bearded.
- Seems to have been confirmed — if it's indeed the same book, Star Swirl wrote it and it contains the unfinished spell that caused all the trouble in the season finale.
- Confirmed.
- Confirmed. Tirek escaped from Tartarus. Discord does get called in, he is defeated. How much Nightmare Fuel is there is a matter of opnion but he does suck the life out of ponies, locks some people in Hell and would have won if not for the perfect storm. He doesn't lose by clutching the Villain Ball; he loses to low tier Deus ex Machina.
- Confirmed. And Equestria is a scarier place in reality than we've been lead to believe. There is a swamp with fire pits and chimera! Everfree forest where there are wild animals. ROFL.
- Confirmed, effectively. All the trouble in the episode was about the girls trying to force their high expectations of the Gala onto the rather dull reality, with predictable (and amusing) results. And sure enough, there's a lot of fans complaining the episode didn't meet their expectations.
- This did happen sadly.
When Discord tried to obtain the elements of harmony, the Elements couldn't survive contact with the very embodiment of chaos. They shattered again, and their essence returned to their resting place - exactly where everything began.
- Also, Fridge Brilliance. The twists and turns are my master plan part makes sense when you realize he wanted them to go into the maze, which was his master plan.
- More or less confirmed by Discord himself in this new sneak preview clip
- Confirmed.
- Also, Fridge Brilliance. The twists and turns are my master plan part makes sense when you realize he wanted them to go into the maze, which was his master plan.
- Applejack: Loyalty- In Applebuck Season Applejack was so overly loyal it hurt her
- Fluttershy: Generosity- In Green Isnt Your Color It was Fluttershy's loyalty to her friends specifically Rarity that had her modeling
- Pinkie Pie: Loyalty- FOREVER
- Rarity: Magic- As the only other unicorn she has to be
- Rainbow Dash: Laughter- As seen in Fall Weather Friends she's a massive prankster
- Twilight Sparkle: Honesty- The girl has trouble keeping secrets
- Doubtful on ALL of these, for the following reasons:
- Twilight's special talent, what earned her a cutie mark, what's she destined to do her ENTIRE LIFE, is magic. She knows more about it than anypony and is one of the few ponies that can do all types of magic. Rarity's magic skills are nowhere near Twlight's. There's no element, not even honesty, that fits her better.
- Rarity may be a little snobby, but she really is the most generous pony in the mane cast. She worked hard making beautiful dresses for all her friends at no cost, she insisted on helping out Twilight with her bad hair/mane day in the first episode, she gave that dragon her tail for his mustache (without being sure if it will go back) and she constantly thinks of others. Fluttershy is nice but she hasn't exhibited the level of generosity Rarity has.
- I can see Applejack as loyalty, but she's also the most honest pony there. No other pony fits honesty the way she does. (note that the few times she does lie to another pony, she's VERY bad about it)
- She was bad at lying even after Discord corrupted her! Honestly, if having an obvious tic after being brainwashed into being a pathological liar doesn't at least imply that she's best suited, nothing does!
- Like Twilight, Pinkie's element also fits her cutie mark. She's all about making people laugh and smile, not even Rainbow Dash can top her in fun and laughter.
- Doubtful on ALL of these, for the following reasons:
- Partiality Confirmed, Discord did strip 5 of the girls elements and trick the 6th into leaving
- Although it may end up marginally lighter, but scary nonetheless. Either that, or it will rely on Defanged Horrors.
- I can totally see this happening now. For various reasons, the mane cast and the CMC all decide to take part in a stage show on Halloween. The plot of the play either closely resembles, or is, the plot of The Story of the Blanks. That way, they could make it as creepy as the game without upsetting the censors. I would totally write a fanfic on this if I was any good at writing fanfictions. In fact, I may do so anyway.
- "And then, Applejack was a zombie."
- Well, they didn't seem to. However there IS mention of zombies.
- This time, the Mayor introduces Princess Luna to the crowd (they are apprehensive but polite).
- On stage a cloud of swirling mist appears, then a clap of thunder and lightning....
- But instead of the Evil Laugh, there will be a gleeful, happy giggle....
- Ta-dah! It's Luna, and she gives an altered version of her previous speech (avoiding the Ironic Echo by not quoting it exactly).
- The crowd, which remembers the last time she popped up in this manner, exhale a relieved sigh.
- Princess Celestia is at the back of the audience, applauding (she loves a good entrance).
- Confirmed! NOW THE FUN HAS BEEN DOUBLED!!!
- Spike's could count.
- Star Swirl the Bearded got referenced in a later episode, though that might've been more of a Call-Back.
- A little filly mentioned wanting to be a zombie next year. You don't think...?
- Confirmed. Turns out Berry Punch's costume◊ was Daring Do.
- I was correct, she didn't appear in Sisterhooves Social.
- Does Discord's cutie-breaking and mind-raping count as at least partially confirmed for this one?
- I'd say it does.
- Of course, if you consider that "Return to Harmony" was originally scheduled as Season 1 episodes, and that "Lesson Zero" is the true first episode of Season 2... well, this is still pretty much spot on.
- Confirmed. A trip to Zecora's was what started the mess, and Zecora's help is what ended it.
- Twilight is still a bookworm, Spike is still her #1 assistant (Confirmed).
- The images are from the first episode, and for whatever reason Twilight is reading up on the Elements of Harmony again (Jossed).
- They're most likely from the sixth episode, since their filenames start with "MLP206" (Confirmed).
- It is indeed from episode 6, "The Cutie Pox". The second image is the part where Spike finds the "Perplexing Pony Plagues" book while the first is the part where Twilight begins to explain the symptoms of Cutie Pox.
- Partially confirmed, but unfortunately, none remained.
- Combined with the above theory, perhaps she puts Diamond Tiara in her place, and the relative is actually impressed with how she handles her.
- Confirmed, just not the part about Diamond Tiara.
- Possibly confirmed.
- Confirmed to be "Hearth's Warming Eve".
- "The Last Roundup" even more so.
- And now "MMMystery on the Friendship Express" is a whole episode taking place on the train.
- Confirmed as of the preview clip provided. The play itself serves as the vehicle for the flashback, however.
- Not unlike the story of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth's Rock (but with horse-related puns)
- Not unlike the story of King Arthur, and his founding of England
- Something involving the Princesses founding Equestria
- Mythopoeia
- Similar to the story of one of the G1 movies (most likely, The Movie)
- Something completely different
- The same story from the iOS game Twilight Sparkle: Teacher for a Day (the beginning of which can be glimpsed here)
- Appears to be true, judging by the new synopsis.
- Now almost certainly true, judging by a preview clip.
- Pinkie pie's cutie mark story. somehow.
- Show the battle between the Princesses and Discord, since Discord ruled Equestria before them.
- The literal founding of Equestria the country, not its creation.
- Appears to be true, judging by the new synopsis.
- Literally true, in the sense that the magic of friendship that defeats the Wendigos and thaws the land is represented by a heart-shaped fire, literally "heart warming". In the larger sense of the show, being able to maintain that heartwarming appears to be necessary to keep the Windigos at bay.
- Actually, the one in "Over a Barrel" was a different train, making it even more likely that the train will play a big role in this episode.
- It played a major role.
- If this is the case, this makes the Aesop of the day the merits of hard work and dedication over time-saving shortcuts that may backfire.
- Alternatively, the contest ends in a draw: the Brother's machine malfunctions, but Applejack ends up too exhausted to make cider. The Aesop is two-sided: Don't be too stubborn to try new ways of doing things, but don't skimp on hard work just to make less effort. The letter to Celestia would be written by Applejack, with the Brothers providing a post-script.
- This is correct, but anyone could come to that conclusion.
- Kinda?
- Confirmed as of the preview clip.
- While nothing of the sort happened as described in the guess, that could be what the episode was about.
- Confirmed! Big Mac and Cheerilee, courtesy of the CMC.
- Title Update (adding "Day") seems to prove this true.
- Alternate theory: Cheerilee and Big Mac have known each other for some time but have been platonic friends. They decide to "play along" with the fillies' scheme only to discover that there is some attraction there after all.
- The first guess was correct.
- Zecora does indeed show up, but she's just passing through as a cameo and has no relevance to the plot.
- Confirmed, there's an episode where she breaks her wings.
- Wow. This was written a year ago and it’s still so true.
"Whatever you do, don't...
- eat at the new Mexican restaurant opening on Tuesday! A chili pepper landed in my eye and gah it just went downhill from there!"
- Let Pinkie out of your sight.... She has done... Horrible things. Horrible things. You Don't Want to Know."
- eat the apple pie. It won't end well.
- travel through time!"
- panic!"
- This one is the correct one
- open that door!"
- be late for your brother's wedding!
- The viewer will see Twilight *still* commit said social mistake and still travel back in time, where upon her return, her friends will tell her it wasn't anything to get worked up about.
- Furthermore, future Twilight was trying to tell present Twilight not to go to the Canterlot archive to research time travel, and at the end she will still go back to try to give the message to herself, after which another character will inform her that she could have avoided the entire mess if she had just not gone back in time at all. Have you gone cross-eyed yet?
- Not exactly, but I just don't know what went wrong.
- Furthermore, future Twilight was trying to tell present Twilight not to go to the Canterlot archive to research time travel, and at the end she will still go back to try to give the message to herself, after which another character will inform her that she could have avoided the entire mess if she had just not gone back in time at all. Have you gone cross-eyed yet?
- Either by Rainbow Dash or somepony else (her parents perhaps?) in order to live up to her pegasi lineage.
- Since previous episodes have shown how she can match Dash's speed at times, she could get recruited because others think she'll work well with her friend.
- Aside from the general idea that Fluttershy was forced to participate because she's a pegasus, neither guess listed seems completely correct.
- Tornado actually, but since it was used to suck up water, it could be a hurricane anyway...
- ..... Trixie!
- ..... A Parasprite!
- ..... Spike!
- ..... Chuck Testa!
- ..... Magneto!
- ..... Bon Bon!
- ..... Gummy! Watch him steal those corncakes here.
- ..... Red Herring!
- ..... Discord!
- ..... not revealed!
- ..... an orignal character!
- ..... none of these guesses!
- ..... Derpy!
- ..... Gilda!
- ..... Gummy!
- ..... Everypony!
- This is the correct guess... in a sense...
- ..... The Butler!
- ..... It's Decade's Fault!
- ..... Celestia! (And possibly a deliberate foreshadowing based on her candid photo in "Ponyville Confidential" of wolfing down cake)
- ..... the Griffon cook! Because he has a moustach!
- ..... Joe Barbera!
- ..... Princess Cadence!
- ..... Winona!
- ..... Lex Luthor!
- ..... Agatha Christie! To collect her debt!
- ..... Your Mum!
- ..... The moose! It's always the one you'd least suspect.
- Possibly supproted by the enourmous size of the missing section of the cake, combined with the grooved design that appears to indicate a large chomping bite of some sort.
- ..... Me! I ate the cake!
- ..... Pinkie Pie!
- ..... The third person on the cast list of the TV page in newspapers!
- Not in newspapers, but the third person on the cast list of the show's own credits is Fluttershy (and Pinkie Pie)'s voice Andrea Libman.
- Confirmed... kinda. It's more:
- However, the clones go hand in hand with his "Mind Screw the protagonists" tactic.
- It seems unlikely Discord would return. Hasbro and the Hub tend to keep tabs on the fanbase. If the series most popular villain was returning, don't you think they'd be advertising that fact?
- Definitely something evil! Yeah, its subtle, but I mean look at her eyes! There was no pony before her that used eyeliner (save maybe Rarity...)
- Don't forget that Celestia's eyes are pretty much the same (interestingly, Luna's aren't).
- Only Cadance will consider her secret to be important.
- Her alicorn-ness is due to a magical artifact. One she stole.
- Something Cadance is unaware of. She will be behind some bad happenings, but it turns out in the end she has no idea she is. Perhaps she's got a Nightmare self like her aunt Luna, but it's more of a Split Personality as opposed to an alternate form or she's a newly ascended Alicorn who can't control her powers yet.
- Cadance is Older Than She Looks, and Shining Armor is her Second Love.
- Or the reincarnation of a past love.
- It's a mistake — the truth is more innocent than Twilight realizes, but she's so worked up over the impending marriage she blows it way out of proportion.
- Invert that, and you technically have what part of the plot is about.
- Cadance is Discord.
- She isn't actually Celestia's niece, and comes from a far-off land.
- Cadance was the one who allowed Discord to take over Equestria in ancient times, however, that's only half the story, the other half is she's the princess from the Hearts And Hooves Day story and only gave it over to him due to being under the influence of the Love Poison, being too in love with her prince to realize what she was doing. Celestia hid this fact from the public to protect her niece, but Cadance is wracked with guilt about it.
- The Cadance that appears at the wedding is an impostor. The real Cadance has been kidnapped. are you a bad enough mare to rescue the princess?
- Alternately, Cadance is a clone originating from the same place as the Mane!Clones.
- Both confirmed. The Cadance is actually the Changeling Queen, the real Cadance was indeed imprisoned. And the Mane!Clones were also Changelings, confirming the second part.
- Cadance is actually Trixie. She's been training her talents (performance and illusion spells) to fool everyone...except Shining Armor. You see, he first met her while he was on patrol and Trixie was wandering through Canterlot, penniless and hopeless. Armor gave her a place to stay for a few days, and Trixie slowly started opening up to him. So while "Princess Cadance" is a sham, the wedding, and their love, isn't.
- Partially correct: Cadance and False!Cadance/Chrysalis is voiced by Trixie's VA.
- Cadance is a guy (Yeah, if only.)
- A Part 2 clip seemingly unrelated to them has "clones" as one of its tags, though...
- The clones were the Changeling army, but they weren't that important to the plot. However, one particular Changeling/"clone" is.
- Jossed. Cadance walks down the aisle alone.
- One of The Hub's wallpapers does include Luna, which suggests that she'll make some kind of appearance.
- She also appears in the background of the Web Game DJ Pinkie Pie, making it even more likely that she'll be in at least one of the episodes.
- The aforementioned desktop wallpaper has been adapted into a background◊ used on their home page, further increasing the likelihood of her appearing.
- Not exactly, but Cadence/Chrysalis does have a group of bridesmares (turned jailors) who are either changelings or brainwashed.
- She did, since it wasn't the real Cadance!
- The Hub's Wedding Memory Game printable and one of their wallpapers do respectively show a microphone and Twilight with the microphone.
- Confirmed!
- The Hub's Pin the Bouquet on Rarity printable says that Rarity catches the bouquet.
- The line will be spoken by:
- One or all of the Mane 6.
- Seems like it was Twilight herself, and also...
- One or all of the CMC.
- One or all of the Mane 6's clones.
- Some other clone. You know, just in case there are more clones running around.
- Spike.
- Discord
- Princess Luna.
- Derpy.
- Some Stalker with a Crush for either Shining or Cadance.
- A new villain.
- Trixie.
- Magneto.
- There won't be one.
- Luna
- Either one of the wedding duo
- a Canon Immigrant
- Celestia
- someone none saw coming.
- The Real Cadance!
- Derpy.
- Nyx—((Flame War))
- One or all of the Mane 6.
- While there was a relationship issue, it certainly wasn't due to that.
- Confirmed. She gave Twilight a stern "You've got a lot to think about" as she leaves the wedding room.
- Once the Changeling threat was eliminated, then yes, this did happen.
- Half? Try most. Many guesses end up being far darker then what is shown eventually.
- Said extended version has now been released as a music video on Hasbro's website, but it could still be used for a sing-along.
- And now Hasbro has taken it down from their site. Perhaps it will be included on a DVD and they want it to be exclusive to that.
- All but confirmed: Royal Pony Wedding is to be released on August 7, 2012.
- Now confirmed!
- "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna believe that Princess Cadance will bring happiness to the Crystal Empire!"
- It's looking likely that this Crystal Empire is indeed a Season 3 thing.
- At about 6:50 in this interview with a Hasbro worker, according to her she's not allowed to tell anyone about it, but mentions that the studio where the show is made requested them not to. That pretty much can be translated into, "Yeah, this Crystal Empire stuff is indeed in the actual show, but we just made the toys and are not aloud to talk about it yet."
- Confirmed by the "Crystal Fair Song"; while Twilight Sparkle mentions the Crystal Kingdom anthem rather than the Crystal Empire anthem, there's no way all that crystal stuff is a coincidence.
- Confirmed, though not necessarily as a safety precaution.
- It will get either a Dark Reprise or a Triumphant Reprise. My money's on the latter: it's called the 'Failure Success Song', but what we've seen so far doesn't really evoke 'success'.
- Triumphant Reprise confirmed! I totally called that.
- The entire Mane Cast will sing the song, not just Twilight. The episode will be about everyone encountering something they 'weren't prepared for'. Speculate away!
- Second part Jossed, but the entire Mane Cast do sing the Triumphant Reprise.
- An Amplifier Artifact that the ruler of the Crystal Empire needs to wield to control the realm.
- Close enough. It's an Amplifier Artifact alright, but not required to control the realm. (Though it does help keep a ruler's subjects happy)
- A Philosopher's Stone.
- Cadence herself.
- Either that or another pony. I'm all for this, terms like this in prophecies are nearly always metaphorical. It's a common trope.
- Both Jossed
- Either that or another pony. I'm all for this, terms like this in prophecies are nearly always metaphorical. It's a common trope.
- The Fire Ruby. Come on, how could it be shaped like a heart by mere coincidence?
- Or at the very least, people will accuse them of such, regardless of how much coverage they actually do get.
- Bingo on that last one. They hardly got to do anything in this two-parter, yet this deviantART comment claims they „hog[ged] the glory.“
- Confirmed.
- If that's the case, then as an extension to the original WMG, Applejacks's claim of her being "all hat and no cattle" becomes Harsher in Hindsight when Trixie's hat becomes instrumental to her victory.
- CONFIRMED
- She will have a royal commission to study friendship from Princess Luna, effectively making her the Black Magician Pony to Twilight's Magical Pony Warrior, and will also wind up being either her Worthy Opponent, Friendly Enemy, or The Rival.
- Or alternatively, she will seek revenge. After having proven that her greatness and power were just empty bluffs, Trixie realizes how powerless she really is and decides to seek real power through magic. However, her hunger for power brings her to the point where all she cares about is power and she'll even break laws and manipulate (and even harm) others just to become even more powerful. Eventually, she puts her power to the test by not just defeating but destroying an Ursa Major. Twilight Sparkle and her friends are truly shocked by how twisted Trixie has become and call her out labelling her as a monster. But, she couldn't care even the slightest about what other ponies think of her now as she believes that she is above all of them. Thus, she develops a god complex and changes her stage name from "The Great and Powerful Trixie" to "The ''Almighty'' Trixie." She then plans to get revenge on Twilight Sparkle, overthrow Princesses Celestia and Luna and claim Equestria all for herself. Thus, Twilight Sparkle and her friends pull together to put an end to her dangerously selfish ambitions once and for all.
- Due to fan demand, Trixie's return will be kinda unavoidable.
Even though they won't be in true opposition to each other (both will be trying to save friendships and ponies with what they learn) the mirroring aspect will be complete enough that while Twilight is focused on what makes friendships start and grow, Trixie will be finding out what makes them fail and die. Also, while Twilight has Spike as a Non-Pony Sidekick, Trixie will wind up with Snips & Snails as her assistants.
At least a fifth to a fourth of the show's Aesop endings will be submitted by Trixie to Luna, and will provide a wrap-up of what NOT to do.
- Alternatively, she becomes a recurring antagonist, and somehow gets Snips and Snails as as her henchmen, basically making them Team Rocket for the mane cast.
- Trixie is confirmed to be returning in series 3. Whether any of these guesses are true is unknown as of yet.
- Confirmed that Trixie returns for revenge, but in a completely different way that appears to end in a Heel–Face Turn.
- Confirmed. Pinkie's clones' antics threaten to drive the whole town crazy.
- Confirmed.
- Confirmed. Real!Pinkie is the only one to worry about it.
- Or alternatively, they get caught before they go through with it (possibly by Applejack), and get scolded. Bab's, finding out about this, realizes the she pushed them too far, and apologizes for bullying them.
- Partially confirmed. While they do try and get back at Babs, the situation is played out differently. They realized that Babs was bullied herself, and that they themselves have become bullies. And they attempt to stop their plan from succeeding.
- Among the other Wonderbolt recruits will be a mare with a near Fatal Family Photo that almost dies but is saved by Rainbow Dash but leaves the academy afterwards, a stallion that flies with Rainbow Dash that has some sort of goose related pun attached to her, she eventually is criticallyinjured in a training accident, and a mare with an icy disposition and coloring to play antagonist against Rainbow Dash.
- Confirmed! with a twist: Rainbow Dash isn't Maverick, she is Iceman
- Confirmed! The episode features the Mane 6 traveling off to the Crystal Empire to formalize some things for the Equestria Games, which is the following episode broadcast.
- Confirmed for the one who isn't an Apple Bloom Palette Swap.
- They're both earth ponies as well, which lends credence to this theory.
- Also? Pinkie Pie grew up on a farm. Granted, it was a rock farm, but still.
- It could be a continuity nod to Pinkie Pie getting Applejack's cutie mark for a day.
- Confirmed, or at least heavily implied, as of Pinkie Apple Pie.
- Confirmed, his name is Prince Blue Blood and he's a royal Jerkass.
- Sort of. Word of God says that he's the "great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, (and possibly even more greats) nephew on Celestia's and Luna's mother's side, about 52 times removed, roughly speaking."
- The evil magic that turned Luna into Nightmare Moon (Not confirmed or jossed, needs to be moved to a third page).
- A collective of six evil versions of the Mane Six, forming the Elements of Discord.
- Celestia's first "most faithful student"(Not confirmed or jossed, needs to be moved to a third page)
- Big Bad minion
- A dragon (this is a theory created by bronies who gave a close, practically frame-by-frame examination of the "20% Cooler" scene from the promo: apparently in the upper-right corner of the screen, behind Celestia, there is a stained glass window which shows a stylized battle between the Princesses and a dragon).
- Higher-res images of that scene have revealed that the creature in the stained glass window is less of a dragon and more of a chimera...thing. Its featured prominently in all the windows (both colored and white) except one, which depicts the Mane Six defeating Nightmare Moon, and one of the windows shows it manipulating ponies. The hallway is assumed to be an area of importance, so whatever that creature is it most likely represents Discord. One more week and we'll find out for sure!
- We have a winner! First look at Discord.
- And the official name of his species is "Draconequus."
- Combining two WMGs, Discord is an evil alicorn but he fights using corrupted versions of the Mane Six (either polar opposites or just their elements taken to the extreme).
- An Eldritch Abomination (Not confirmed or jossed PER SE, needs to be moved to a third page)
- A literal Anthropomorphic Personification of Discord. He's refered to as "the spirit of Disharmony".
- Pretty much, yeah. Except for the "anthropomorphic" part, but that's just a technicality.
- It's probably more the fact that the other ponies who wielded the Elements of Harmony with her died of old age nearly a millennium ago. You probably can't get another shot at it with Replacement Goldfish friends.
- Makes sense. Given that it seems normal ponies age, she probably can't sustain true friendship with people she knows she will have to watch grow old and die. Even if she can, it's likely the emotional trauma of having to banish and imprison her own sister, or the mystic symbolism of the act itself - let's face it: regardless of how good your reasons are, banishing and imprisoning your own sister is one of the harshest, coldest things you could do - has robbed her of either the required magical ability, personal fortitude or both.
- Really, I think it was because she used them for the wrong purpose. The Elements of Harmony are meant to help two ponies understand each other and get feelings of friendship through. When that didn't work, Celestia drained their energy to give her the power to seal Nightmare Moon into the moon. However, since they were used incorrectly, they became powerless until the Secret Test of Character at the Everfree forest brought forth ponies who represented the elements to properly recharge them. Now used for their proper purpose, they have regained their potency.
- I'm not so sure. The Elements of Harmony are meant to maintain harmony. Nightmare Moon's rebellion was an express attempt to overthrow the harmony of the universe itself: the balance of night and day, light and dark, sun and moon. Celestia used the Elements to restore cosmic harmony, as opposed to harmony within her own family.
- Alternatively, Celestia couldn't use the Elements of Harmony to restore Luna, because Luna turned into Nightmare Moon because she was rejected by her subjects, not by her sister. As such, only her subjects, in the person (pony?) of Twilight and her friends, could bring her back.
- Confirmed in the Return of Harmony. The same is true for Luna.
- Appears to be true.
- She was the first of Twilight's friends, after Twilight went through a Despair Event Horizon.
- He'll be turned back to stone with the Elements Of Harmony.
- This one's the winner.
- He will be killed in some fashion (in family friendly manner of course)
- He'll be forceably turned good.
- Well, he THOUGHT they were planning on doing this, perhaps because he knew that's what they did to Luna/Nightmare Moon.
- Confirmed
- Well, he THOUGHT they were planning on doing this, perhaps because he knew that's what they did to Luna/Nightmare Moon.
- The CMC will have something to do with it.
- Discord's brainwashing methods seem to be related to a pony's cutie mark (Applejack with apples, Pinkie Pie with balloons, etc.) He will try to brainwash the CMC but will fail to find a method due to their lack of cutie marks.
- While the Mane Six will be the ones to deal the final blow, the Princesses will deliver a key Big Damn Heroes moment. Discord will probably start gloating about how he was the one who corrupted Luna 1,000 years ago ("Well, if it isn't dear little Luna! Still in your sister's shadow, right back where you started, I see. Tsk, tsk, and I had such high hopes for you..."), which, as he will quickly discover, is a very bad idea.
- The Mane Six will inflict an Humiliation Conga on him by tricking him into accepting a "game" where they make the rules, allowing them to win back the Elements Of Harmony and defeat him while humiliating him at the same time.
- He'll end up suffering Sanity Slippage himself as a result of someone pointing out he only won through an ORDERLY and complex plan, not by chaos and disharmony and that all his plan did was make their friendship stronger in the end after they reforged it.
- Discord will suffer a Villainous Breakdown and go One-Winged Angel before being defeated.
- Not sure if this counted or not, but he did taste a rainbow.
- If you listen, the music is actually simular and like with Tirek, the rainbow turns into a World-Healing Wave that undoes his changes to the world.
- He did do this to effect, but not because the Princess had anything to do with it.
- Kinda confirmed?
- He's pretty much this.
- Alternatively he knows that he can’t Mind Rape Twilight because she’s the Element of Magic/ Friendship an no foul magic can change the power of true friendship. He can only defeat her if she abandons them willingly.
- He didn't need to do anything but corrupt the other 5, but he ended up breaking her spirit anyway.
- She actually did. Although it was to scare some children for fun.
- True! She consumed a magic potion.
- Pretty much confirmed now that the new episode has come out. She had a race and a turtle became her pet because of a Moment of Awesome on his part. Also the turtle's name is Tank. Let the Cowboy Bebop jokes commence!
- TORTOISE! It's a tortoise, just look at the elephant-like feet...
Right now, my guess is that it's Derpy. I do remember hearing that Derpy would have scripted scenes and that she would be considered a "Where's Waldo"-type challenge. Maybe all the characters, even the minor background and one-shot characters, will show up at one point during the episode and but we'll never see Derpy till the end when she's revealed.
- Derpy can't be the Mysterious Mare. Derpy has googly eyes. The Mysterious Mare wears a mask. How could she see with googly eyes under a mask? There is no way mild-mannered mailmare Derpy Hooves could be the Mysterious Mare.
- Except that her eyes have appeared un-derped in the past. Heck, a good portion of her season 1 appearances have her un-derped and even in season 2, she occasionally shows up un-derped.
- Jossed—-
- Alternatively, its Spitfire or another Wonderbolt secretly testing Rainbow Dash for whatever reason.
- Jossed—-
- Maybe it's Trixie, looking to change her own image after the Ponyville incident.
- Or she's taken after Major Man, and steals Rainbow Dash's thunder by causing the trouble she then solves.
- She could also be going by a different name◊.
- Jossed—-
- Perhaps she's one of the Canon Foreigners and will become a Canon Immigrant.
- Jossed—-
- Maybe it's even one of the mane cast. If the trend of some of the ponies not appearing in episodes continues, this could work.
- Confirmed
- a completely original character
- Jossed—-
- never revealed
- And said Unreveal shall spawn a million fanfics.
- Jossed—-, may still spawn fanfics.
- Confirmed in the case of the balloon rescue
- Mayor mare!
- Jossed—-
- One of the princesses
- Jossed—-
- Rainbow Dash as part of the most elaborate prank ever.
- Jossed—-
- Two or more mares in identical disguises, seemingly performing Offscreen Teleportation.
- Also Confirmed!
- And the winner is: The mane cast minus Rainbow Dash, four of them taking turns as Mare Do Well. Applejack used her applebucking strength to stop a runaway carriage. Pinkie Pie used her Pinkie Sense to quickly react to the situation and save the construction workers. Twilight used her magic to repair the dam broke. Fluttershy did a quick fly-by to show that Mare Do Well could fly. Meanwhile, Rarity provided Mare Do Well's costume.
- So, 2 out of 11? Not bad, I guess.
- Ah, no. After what happened at the Gala, she'd rather choose a bowl of prunes than Blueblood.
- He might, at least, make an appearance. Maybe a swift gag or something.
- Confirmed. He makes a couple cameos during Rarity's song.
- He might, at least, make an appearance. Maybe a swift gag or something.
- Confirmed, though she ends up telling it directly to Celestia rather than writing it.
- Maybe if too many episodes have him appear for the sole purpose of transporting messages, he could start feeling overworked and overlooked...
- More or less happened with "Secret of My Excess".
- Might be regular growing pains and/or a part of dragon puberty.
- Confirmed, dragons growth is a result of greed, which causes them to get greedier.
- I don't think RD has the time or patience to be a good pet owner. Not good with kids, not good with animals.
- Pretty much confirmed by the upcoming episode "May The Best Pet Win".
- Confirmed! And it was a Turtle!... or a Tortoise.. whatever.
- Partially confirmed. Discord is said to have ruled Equestria before he was defeated and usurped by the sisters using the Elements of Harmony.
- Maybe not though. Under Discord's reign, there may have been so much chaos that the whole notion of the coherent passage of time may have been out the window. We saw Applejack uneat an apple, and the sun and moon rise and set in very rapid succession, you may recall. Perhaps as Discord's hold on reality progressed, time would have become more and more random, flowing at different rates and directions for different ponies. Discord's reign may have been a state of primeval chaos in which time was not a meaningful concept. In that case, it is impossible to say that anything is older than Celestia's reign, as that may have been the beginning of time.
- "Hearth Warming Eve" pretty much confirms that the three pony tribes discovered and settled Equestria before the two sisters took the reins (no pun intended).
- Confirmed in that Granny, on her own, discovered the means of harvesting Zap Apples and making Zap Apple Jam just right, and...
- Confirmed as well, given that Granny's family at the time was the reason why Ponyville was founded.
- Confirmed, though a bit farther back than that.
- On the nose.
- Not stated to be their first words, though.
- Pretty much confirmed
- Alternatively, they could be Fat and Skinny.
- Revealed to be twins, one just opting for facial hair to make their difference
- Kinda... They skimped on quality to increase quantity. Which really screwed them over bad.
- Alternatively,they realize just how bad snatching the farm away from the Apple Family really is, and give it back out of guilt.
- Didn't happen. They just ran off to possibly con another town.
- However, the original WMG is confirmed, (though YMMV), they definitely crossed the line by rubbing their victory, and the loss of the Apple Family's livelihood, in the Apple Family's faces. If AJ hadn't held her back, Rainbow would've kicked their flanks for it.
- Well, he's certainly a Drill Sergeant Nasty.
- Pretty much. Perhaps even worse actually.
- Kinda true, although there wasn't too much interaction between Iron Will and the other characters.
- Very much so.
- Goth part untrue, other parts, yes.
- Don't forget Steven Magnet.
- Possibly partially confirmed by a preview clip: one of the sleeping dragons appears to be the one from from "Dragonshy".
- Both dragons did appear to appear in the episode.
- A wing trainer for Fluttershy.
- The pony that accidentally ruins the tornado so Fluttershy can save the day.
- a Running Gag joke character
- Running Gag character, nothing more.
- Derpy's boyfriend.
- Sadly yes.
- Does Big Macintosh and Smarty Pants count?
- Yes. The story is that she has ''Tail extensions''.
- She did blackmail them by having embarrassing photos, but the last part doesn't come true.
- Partially confirmed - in "Cutie Mark Chronicles", we see Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle's respective parents.
- Sweetie Belle & Rarity's parents make an appearance in "Sisterhooves Social."
- They actually did an episode very similar to this in the 80's series.
- Alternatively, maybe his dragon parents aren't that bad at all, but even then, Spike still misses Twilight.
- Dragon Quest.
- As mentioned under Art Evolution and Vocal Evolution Spike is one of the few characters who is visibly aging as the show progresses. Perhaps dragons age at different rates than ponies and he will eventually start going though larger growth spurts as he becomes an adolescent. It's possible his voice actor may be recast too.
- A strong likely chance given the Spike-centric upcoming episode "The Secret of My Excess". Whether this is just growing up or growing large remains in question.
- The Secret of My Excess
- Real or not, they do have some sort of Santa (judging by the costume display seen in "The Ticket Master").
- Hearth's Warming Eve
- COMFIRMED here.
- Well judging by all the spoilers (images, videos, etc) it seems like he will definitely play a large role in the storyline. But since it's been established that because of because of King Sombra, the crystal ponies lost their crystal-like coats he probably won't worry about eating them. He'll most likely help twilight find the crystal heart or help stall at the faire.
- Confirmed. He saves the day!
- After having him essentially saving the day, getting his own stained glass window in Canterlot, and exploring his relationship with Twilight in more depth than before, it's safe to say The Crystal Empire - Part 2 did this.
- Twilight Sparkle: Either losing her friends or absolutely losing control of her powers. Or possibly both.
- If hers is a dream, she'll lose her magic BECAUSE she lost her friends over something silly. We already know Twilight freaks over this sort of thing. If not, she'll lose her magic because of some illness unicorns can contract, where their magic gets backed up or doesn't work right for 24 hours. This will happen on a day where her friends have all requested use of her magical ability, and she will have to try and look like she's doing magic when she can't. This will make her friends mad because she'll mess it all up (since Twilight failed so badly during Winter Wrap-Up), and they'll think she did it on purpose. All will be fixed when Twilight just breaks down and tells them, OR Rarity figures it out because she once had the same problem, or Sweetie Belle just recovered from it.
- It's been implied in lots of episodes that Twilight's real worst fear is disappointing Princess Celestia, so it could be that instead.
- The latter guess is officially confirmed as of "The Crystal Empire - Part 2"!]
- The next episode is about Rainbow Dash hosting a flying race to see who will be her pet. Would it be surprising if Scootaloo decided to compete?
- That's Jossed, but there could still be a Scootaloo-centric episode in the future.
- If you take Cutie Pox as an Apple Bloom episode and Sisterhooves Social as a Sweetie Belle episode, then it would seem Scootaloo is due for a centric episode.
- There will be an episode featuring a lot of Scootaloo, but whether it'll actually focus on her remains to be seen.
- Maybe there could be an episode where Scootaloo is trying to learn how to fly after seeing other ponies her age flying. The moral could be that you can rush into things and you need practice.
- If she starts too far and tries to fly off a cliff, the moral might be that if you're not careful, you will die.
- As of Season 3, we now have one. It's "Sleepless in Ponyville".
- I think Fluttershy was just a bit off that night. I'm sure that once she looked at the situation objectively, she would have seen that what she did was the wrong way to solve problems. She was just out of her comfort zone, and that's not good for very shy people.
- It's possible the lasting effect could be a My God, What Have I Done? type thing, having to forgive herself for what happened, having an episode centered around her friends helping her through it.
- "Lesson Zero" does show her being rather... aggressive with a bear. Okay, she was doing chiropractic therapy, but still!
- "Sweet or Elite" finds our sweet Fluttershy staying nice and calm to attract a bevvy of Canterlot birds instead of demanding their love. Lesson learned.
- So, Confirmed or Jossed?
- [Same guy as above] I'm gonna go with Confirmed after all, since having learned a lesson is a lasting effect.
- So, Confirmed or Jossed?
- Alternatively, the Mane Six lose all their voices due to the musical villain (possibly played by "Weird Al") so the plot will be mostly served by the background ponies like Octavia and DJ Pon-3.
- Twilight Sparkle and her friends form a Six Mare Band and are eventually challenged by a more popular rock band with a male leader to a Battle of the Bands.
- Bonus points if the leader is voiced by either a real musician or voice actor!
- Magical Mystery Cure was pretty much a musical episode. Confirmed!
- Doubly confirmed! Weird Al is making an appearance in the Season 4 episode "Pinkie Pride" which Word of God says is a musical episode. AND he's playing a villain (it sounds like he's serving the same sort of role to Pinkie as Trixie was to Twilight).
- Confirmed! Weird Al does appear in Pinkie Pride, it is a musical episode and it may not be called Pony Polka officially but it is. Right down to him singing Pinkie's Smile. Though calling him a villain in the episode goes a notch or two past stretching. Pinkie is far more antagonistic than Cheese Sandwich (Weird Al) is during the episode. It turns out all he ever wanted was to be like Pinkie!
- maybe we'll get another one in season 5, played by NeilPatrickHarris as a TheMusicMeister
- Bonus points if the leader is voiced by either a real musician or voice actor!
- Alternatively, it could be somethinng like she finally gets an invite to join them, but something puts her friends in danger (Possibly the antagonist of season 3). She would then be forced between her friends or joining the Wonderbolts, to which she'll get a Big Damn Heroes moment when she chooses her friends.
- You really think Discord would simply do something like that? Assuming he would come back.
- Either that, or Dash chooses to Take a Third Option, and somehow finds a way to be loyal to her friends and the Wonderbolts at the same time (possibly performing another Sonic Rainboom on the way to and/or in order to rescue her friends), and our Aesop for the episode is something about how you can (and should) always make time for your friends.
- Confirmed in "Wonderbolt Academy," though that's not why she turns the invitation down ... and it's never mentioned again afterwards.
- Alternatively-alternatively (Wonderbolt episode ideas are fun!), one of the Wonderbolts gets injured before an upcoming race with a rival team and Spitfire suggests having Rainbow Dash (she did win the Best Young Flyer's competition after all) fill in. As it turns out, the rival team is the best flying team of griffons, with none other than Gilda (who's still bitter about the events of "Griffon the Brush Off") among their ranks. At some point in the episode, for whatever reason, Gilda's life will be in danger and Dash will have to choose between saving Gilda or winning the race for the Wonderbolts, and of course chooses Gilda. They reconcile, Spitfire tells Dash she made the right choice even though the Wonderbolts lost the race, an Aesop is given about loyalty to friends, you get the idea.
- Or Dash is given the chance to perform a routine with them, triggering a major "ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh" attack. While she doesn't become a permanent mamber, she a least gets to keep the costume.
- Confirmed original WMG as of "Rainbow Falls."
- Partially Confirmed. While not the episode's focus, Season 4's Filli Vanilli does show Pinkie making Fluttershy's stage fright worse via Poor Communication Kills.
- Some other boys (dragon, pony, or otherwise) will tease Spike about his "girly" interests, probably after he's just helped Rarity with something particularly girly, and he'll spend the episode trying to prove that he's "manly." At the end, he will learn An Aesop (possibly from Rainbow Dash) about how your real friends don't care if you're a boy who likes girly things or a girl who likes boyish things, and will accept you for who you are. The entire episode will be filled to the brim with nods to the bronies who aren't afraid to admit to enjoying "a show for little girls."
- This story more or less happened with "Dragon Quest", although Spike wasn't embarrassed by his pony friends per-se.
- That could work as a Halloween special...
- Confirmed as of "Sleepless in Ponyville".
- Holy fucking shit, CONFIRMED!!
- Note that Cadance and Twilight are also sisters. (By marriage, yes, but they're still related.) Two pairs of alicorns, both sisters, both organized along complementary themes... (Day/Night, Love/Friendship)... there is no bucking way this is a coincidence.
- And, confirmed! At the end of the season 4 finale, Celestia officially proclaims that Twilight is the Alicorn of Friendship. And given the Rainbow Power that Twilight unlocked in the finale Celestia ain't kiddin' about that, folks.
- Shoo-bee-doo-shoop-shoop-bee-doo.
- And they'll be based off hippocampus rather than seahorses. Because then they can actually, y'know, do stuff.
- Perhaps an episode where the mane cast befriend a hippocampus, but find it hard to do anything with her because hippocampii can't leave the water.
- Fans have drawn cart designs so the hippocampii can wheel themselves around on land.
- OR, these versions of sea ponies will be evil. They'll be like sirens and lure sailor ponies to their doom (or just kidnapping them, whatever makes it more kid friendly) with their haunting song (*snort*), and the mane six have to investigate why all these sailors have been disappearing.
- I like the idea of a sea pony who's much more magically advanced than the rest of her kind, alienating her from them. When Twilight Sparkle visits thanks to a breathing spell or something, this sea pony character is so relieved to finally have somebody to relate to that she tries to prevent Twilight from going back to land.
- Perhaps they are Kelpies?
- Can we count this as confirmed? The Dazzlings are essentially dark versions of sea ponies.
- Confirmed. Actual seaponies play major roles in the 2017 movie.
- Actually confirmed and not at the same time. Sea ponies do not exist as a species...they are a magical transformation. The "sea ponies" are actually hippogriffs.
- Pretty much confirmed.
- The ponyless summer drought will do that....
- If the Daring Do page is any indication, I think we've transcended mere insanity at this point.
- The line between Genius and Madness is only separated by degrees of success. Perhaps we're all geniuses?
(I'm very hopeful that the act of making this prediction will make the universe strive to prove me wrong.)
- The "Equestria Girls" song proves that Hasbro (or at least the Hub) knows about the bronies, so hopefully they will continue to make it appeal to them. I almost feel that they will try too hard and fail that way.
- But that promo was put together by the Hub, not necessarily by the people actually making the show itself. You can't tell anything about what the show's staff will do from that.
- Yes, but so far the people who make the show have earned our trust. The promo suggests that Executive Meddling probably won't make the show take a turn for the worse.
- But that promo was put together by the Hub, not necessarily by the people actually making the show itself. You can't tell anything about what the show's staff will do from that.
- The show's awesomeness is not all down to Lauren. Daniel Ingram, the animators, the writers, even the voice actresses, they all play a part in making the show what it is. And despite what Hasbro might think, little girls aren't idiots. If the show changes for the worst, they'll get as upset as the older fans, they just won't complain on the internet.
- Actually, a clarification that Lauren posted suggested that one of the reasons she's not so involved is that the things she needed to contribute to Season 2, such as basic episode ideas, were pretty much done. So her ideas will be implemented, hopefully, and there's the rest of the very talented staff remaining. This troper is optimistic about season 2.
- The Hub tends to really go with shows that take advantage of the Periphery Demographic. I don't think they'll want to risk messing with one of the shows they've got that does that the best.
- It has been established that Hasbro don't get involved further than very specific an little things, like the "princess" thing.
- After "Derpygate" can we call this one confirmed? Not quite for the same reasons as the original guesser claimed, but...
- I think most of us will agree that the second season was just as good, perhaps even better than the first one. Though it did include a Base Breaker episode/decision (Derpygate).