PONIES The Anthology is a twenty-minute long compilation video composed of brief AMVs (or, as they are known in the fandom, PMVs) of the cartoon series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Often, the video's humor is derived from the use of profane songs or audio segments (examples include Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles", Ludacris's "Move Bitch", the "You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?" scene from Happy Gilmore, and Christian Bale's infamous on-set rant) over clips from the perfectly clean and family-friendly show, although much comedy is also derived from the use of absurdism and Literal Mindedness.Basically? Think AMV Hell, but with the titular equinoids instead of anime.Watch it here. The nearly one and a half hour sequel Anthology II can be found here. A third installment has been announced; a promotional video can be found here.PONIES The Anthology provides examples of:
Affectionate Parody: Contains parodies of among other things Kanye West's "Power", a segment from AMV Hell 5, the Epic Sax Guy, and the Beavis and Butthead intro. And that's just Anthology I!
Art Shift: A few shorts are done in the style of the work they're parodying, such as "Not Your Buddy Guy!", having Gilda and the ponies as South Park Canadians.
The two stills "Friendship is GAR!" told of the beginning and end of the commercial break. These were done in the style of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
Anthology II has 2 clips featuring a CGI Princess Celestia
Bowdlerization: Along with the uncut version, the original Ponies: The Anthology has a "con friendly" version that doesn't include the segments that feature cursing.
Camera Abuse: In Anthology II, when "Rarity Wrecks the Camera":
Rarity: Of all the worst things that could happen this is the worst. Possible. *Crash* Twilight: Are you all right?!
Dancing Theme: Pinkie Pie dances to the Fast Food Song.
Getting Crap Past the Radar: Somehow, they pulled it on themselves. In Anthology II, which was more censored than Anthology, the word "shitty" got through in "You're a Wizard, Twilight". This was primarily due to the fact that it was pronounced in the English manner, which sounds more like "shy-ty".
If you had been paying attention to Pinkie's tail 20 screens ago you would have seen this coming. Oh well. Thank you for playing Pony Quest I. We are very sorry that you are not smart enough to beat our game. Now go read a book or something.
Curse Cut Short / Atomic F-Bomb: The player's response. 'FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU', then the end of the clip before C.
Homage: All over the place, but most notably the first Anthology opens with a shot-for-shot (sort of) remake of the music video of Kanye West's "Power". Other examples include:
Anthology II recreates several television Title Sequences with MLP characters, including Monknote ("Twilight"), The Walking Deadnote ("The Trotting Dead") and Archer.note ("Applejack")
The last clip before the end credits of Anthology II is a ten-minute-long, almost shot-for-shot ponified remake of some of the most iconic scenes from 2001: A Space Odyssey, in loving detail. It's also available as a standalone video.
The first part of the credits to Anthology II mimics the credits of How to Train Your Dragon, using similar effects and Jonsí's "Sticks and Stones".
Noodle Implements: The credits of Anthology II feature such responsibilities as Hip-Hop Specialist, Executive Mad Scientist, Speech Therapist, and Executive Inspector of D'awww.
Old Shame: The G1 cartoon in-universe as of Anthology II, appearing in the "Ponies React To" segment and also when Applebloom sees a video of G1 Applejack.
Reaction Shot: The Cutie Mark Crusaders and Angel Bunny during the "Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals" bit in Ponies the Anthology; Pound and Pumpkin Cake at the end of the segment spoofing The Room in Ponies the Anthology II.
Real Song Theme Tune: Kanye West's "Power" for the first Anthology, as mentioned above.
The last skit of the commercial break of Anthology II is one for "TheRainbow Connection", about Spike, played by Rob Schneider, becoming Rainbow Dash. The whole thing is a Shout Out to the parody trailers in the South Park episode "The Biggest Douche In The Universe".
Running Gag: Characters firing theirlazor. Done with Fluttershy, Pinkie (twice), Spike, and, somehow, a letter to Princess Celestia.
Anthology II has a couple:
Princess Celestia punishing the ponies with time in the dungeon a la Adventure Time's Lemongrab.
Gummy's "Bucks Not Given" was meant to be this, however all but the first segment were cut for time.
In addition, two segments dubbed "Rainbow WMD" in Anthology II were supposed to have several other in effect. These were cut not only for time, but quality control.
. The nearly one and a half hour sequel Anthology II can be found here
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