Line #6 WesternAnimation/FillyFuntasia


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:It's a magical world, where everyone shines![[note]]The Filly Five from left to right: [[LovableJock Will]], [[TheCutie Bella]], [[TheHero Rose]], [[GadgeteerGenius Cedric]], and [[{{Tomboy}} Lynn]]. Top right is [[HypercompetentSidekick Battiwigs]].[[/note]]]]
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4	''Filly Funtasia'' is an AllCGICartoon show created by Danish brothers Jacob and Henrik Andersen for Dracco. The show is based on ''Filly'', [[MerchandiseDriven a Hong Kong-based line of pony dolls]][[note]]''Filly'' is actually ''not'' German contrary to popular belief, as it wasn't founded by Simba; they were simply the distributors of the toyline until 2014.[[/note]] ([[OlderThanTheyThink which has been around since 2006]]). It was produced by Dracco Brands with assistance from Guangzhou Huamai Animation Studios in Hong Kong and B-Water Animation Studios in Spain. It was also formerly produced by the Spanish company BRB Internacional, who also made ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfDavidTheGnome'' and ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog'', with outsourcing from Black Dragon in China. The brand as a whole has been subject to some controversy due to its similarity to the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise.
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6	The series is about a group of royal ponies, the [[FiveManBand Filly Five]] ([[TheHero Rose]], [[GadgeteerGenius Cedric]], [[TheCutie Isabella]], [[{{Tomboy}} Lynn]], and [[LovableJock Willow]]) as they attend a [[WizardingSchool magical academy]] in the kingdom of Funtasia. As they study their crystal powers, [[BigBad Wranglum]], the Wizard of the Dark Mirror, along with his minion [[BumblingSidekick Battiwigs]], try to steal all of the magic inhabited in the kingdom. The show is (rather infamously) well known for going through DevelopmentHell for 5 years, prior to finally being announced that it'd premiere March 11, 2019 on Frisbee in Italy.
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8	In China, Filly Funtasia had a successful release on iQiyi on November 28, 2019 with a Mandarin Chinese dub, titled ''The Colorful Wonderland of the Little Fillys''. In January 2020, ''Filly Funtasia'' was "renewed"[[note]]The first 13 episodes were released solely for season 1, while the other 13 were pushed to a second season.[[/note]] for a second season of another 13 episodes in October, and was officially released Christmas Day in 2020. Two other seasons are accordingly planned as well.
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10	In early 2021, three episodes only in English[[note]]"Hide and Seek", "The Filly Mermaid", and "Farina, the Fire Dragon"[[/note]] were released on the free [=KidsFlix=] app, as well as the [[https://www.mytoonz.com/shows/filly-funtasia [=MyToonz=]]] app, unannounced. The same episodes were also made available for viewing on the [[https://www.airtelxstream.in/tv-shows/filly-funtasia/season-1/KIDSFLIX_TVSHOW_2000000026_SEASON_1 Airtel Xstream provider service]] in India, through [=KidsFlix=]. On March 3, 2022, the series finally saw its official English release on Channel 5 in Singapore, this time with a different, more polished English version, and a completely different episode order, mixing in episodes from both seasons.
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12	A trailer for it can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv4NwK2BNXA here]]. Another one can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2MszwzFr5M here]], a third one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZn1CCgYVM here]], and a fourth one [[https://youtu.be/shgSHthHHwk here]]. The most recent English trailer with new voices can be found [[https://vimeo.com/359568880 here]]. It has its own Blog/EquestriaDaily style news site [[http://www.funtasiadaily.com/ here]].
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15	!!Crystal mirror, show me some tropes!
16	* AllCGICartoon: Rather limited 3D animation at that, at least mainly within the show's first season, but it may be excused given the show's TroubledProduction.
17	* AllThereInTheManual: Quite a few things are only explained via official material rather than the show itself, mostly because the show was meant to have two [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV Movies]] that were never finished.
18	** One of them is how Wranglum got trapped in the mirror to start with, which was apparently an accident made by two careless Fillys.
19	* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Being a ''My Little Pony''-style show, this was a given.
20	* AnachronicOrder: Thanks to the rampant DevelopmentHell the show went through, 13 random episodes were picked to kick-start the series, while the other 13 were still being worked on. Thus, season one started off with a random episode about Bella eating Will's missing cupcakes. The rest of the season would continue as usual, but season two starts off with what should have been ''the first two episodes of the series'', as it's a prequel that showcases Rose and her friends first arriving to the academy. Even besides that, the ordering of the episodes are [[OutOfOrder uncertain]], as some events should have happened before others.
21	** The English version broadcast by Channel 5 in Singapore decides to give all 26 episodes their own, likely intended, order.
22	* AnimationBump: The second season has noticeably improved animation. While the animation style is the same, it's more active, smoother, and expressive.
23	* {{Animesque}}: Not so much with the [[AllCGICartoon CGI art style]] (but perhaps a slice of this is existent in it), but rather the music, ''especially'' the end credits.
24	* BagOfHolding: Mirrors contain {{Hammerspace}} inside themselves, and can be used to store and retrieve objects, [[{{Recursion}} including other mirrors]].
25	* BigBad: Wranglum, the Wizard of the Dark Mirror, who tries to steal all the magic from the kingdom.
26	* CoolBoard: Will is quite the daredevil with his skateboard.
27	* CoolCrown: ''Every single Filly'' has one. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] for Rose, who is a princess and therefore actually ''has'' a reason to wear a crown (or, rather, a tiara).
28	* CuteWitch: Lynn, the ''Witchy'' Filly. Being a Witchy Filly in-universe, her [[BadassCape cape]] is the source of all her magical powers.
29	* TheDitz: Bella is often this combined with BigEater.
30	* EndingTheme: "From Now Until Forever".
31	* FanSub: As the show didn't get a consistent English release until 2022, fan subs remained a useful asset to the community. A fan had subtitled all of season one from the Italian dub, which had a positive reception among many. The first four episodes of season two subtitled by someone else, from the Hungarian dub; the rest were provided by a Ukrainian fan.
32	* FawltyTowersPlot: In "The Cupcake Mystery", [[BigEater Bella]] accidentally overindulges on some important cupcakes trusted to her by Will. Fearing the worst from Will as well as her peers and teachers, Rose covers for Bella by concocting a story that a monster attacked her and ate them, [[HilarityEnsues with hilarious consequences]].
33	* GenderBender: Wranglum in "Wranglum in Disguise" uses a magic crystal that manages to free him into the form of a filly for a day. The catch? It changes him to a girl filly, and they end up referring to themself as Petunia.
34	* GreatOffscreenWar: Turns out one was waged against Wranglum and his forces in the backstory, both due to his attempted conquest of Funtasia and his desire to get the immensely powerful Dark Crystal to aid in doing so, which is how he was ultimately sealed away to begin with. Another one, or at least one battle in the larger war, was waged with Aquatica over the Aquamarine Crystal, which he decisively won.
35	* HongKongDub: The original English version of Filly Funtasia[[note]]which was evidently re-dubbed from demo recordings: English is the original language[[/note]] is ''missing'' lines, which leaves a few scenes where characters are saying something, but nothing comes out, among other issues. The dub itself is implied to have simply been a placeholder, as a vastly imrpoved English dub was later released.
36	* IAmWhatIAm: In "Farina, the Fire Dragon", Rose quite literally sings this nearly word for word as she comes to terms with who she is and that nobody else can define her. Strangely it's sung before she can learn that lesson, though.
37	* InstrumentalThemeTune:
38	** {{Inverted\|Trope}}. In the Ukrainian version of the show, the ThemeTune is dubbed, however the EndingTheme is curiously not, leaving it as an instrumental.
39	** Zigzagged in the original English dub of episode 13, where ''both'' the opening and the ending theme are instrumental.
40	* LovePotion: In the upcoming episode "The Crush", Lynn neglects a potion that she was meant to pour out without spilling on anyone, but it accidently splatters onto Cedric, who starts to have an uncontrollable affection for her.
41	* MadeForTVMovie: Was supposed to have two specials, "Filly Butterfly" and "Filly Stars", that were never produced because BRB dropped out. This explains why the show starts off with a random episode and expects you to know pretty much everything about it, with the only clue of whats going on at first being Rose leaving her home in the intro as a new student to the academy.
42	* MagicWand: The magic mirrors everyone possesses (including the one Wranglum is sealed in) also function as these, allowing the characters to cast a variety of spells.
43	* MarketBasedTitle:
44	** In Ukraine and Hungary, the series is known as "Filly Fantasy", though the former gives it the added subtitle of "Academy of Magic".
45	** In the Czech Republic, the show's title was changed to "Ponies from Funtasia", and in Slovenia it's "Fillys from Funtasia".
46	** In Serbia it's "Foals from Fantasy".
47	** The title of the show in China is "The Colorful Wonderland of the Little Fillys".
48	** In Thailand, it's "Adventures in the School of Magic"
49	* MerchandiseDriven: The show is based on a Hong Kong-based line of pony dolls.
50	* MirrorMonster: Wranglum. He lives in the mirror whilst his full form is occasionally shown.
51	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:It's heavily implied Rose's ancestor Lily had this reaction to creating the Dark Crystal, especially given the outcome.]]
52	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Not only does this show have the usual [[WingedUnicorn Alicorns]], {{Unicorn}}s, {{Pegas\|us}}ai, and standard Earth Ponies in terms of Filly species, but there are [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fairy]] ponies, [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elf]] ponies, [[OurWitchesAreDifferent Witch]] Ponies, and many more.
53	* NonIndicativeName: In RealLife, a "filly" is a young female horse. In the show, however, every single equine character is called a filly, including the males as well as females that would be old enough to be called mares. Perhaps those who came up with the toyline in the first place were afraid that calling them "ponies" would get the company in trouble with Hasbro...
54	* NonSequiturThud: In "The Cupcake Mystery."
55	--> '''Battiwigs''': Can I ride the carousel, mommy?
56	* OriginsEpisode: The first episode of season 2 explains the events of the series, including Rose and the Filly Five attending the school and explaining Wranglum's motive.
57	** Before this episode released, this was supposed to happen in any of the (now cancelled) [[MadeForTVMovie TV specials]].
58	* OurElvesAreDifferent: Bella is referred to in-universe as an Elf Filly, and she has PointyEars to match.
59	* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Very much different. Will in-universe is a ''Fairy'' Filly, which also explains his [[{{Pegasus}} wings]].
60	* {{Pegasus}}: Will. Though his wings aren't exactly typical for what you'd expect on a Pegasus. Then again, Will isn't your [[OurFairiesAreDifferent typical]] [[TheFairFolk pegasus]]. Zach is a more straightforward example, having long feathered wings.
61	* ThePlace: Filly ''Funtasia''.
62	* PointyEars: Being an Elf, Bella has them.
63	* PowerCrystal:
64	** A major part of the setting's magic system: while a lot of spells can be cast with just a [[MagicWand magic mirror]], magical crystals are required to cast stronger, more complex spells. While it doesn't seem specific crystals are required for specific spells (though some do have unique effects well beyond the normal), spells have requirements for how much magic they draw from the crystals and more powerful crystals are equal to large numbers of weaker crystals. Principle Sparkle has a cache of extremely powerful ones in her office under lock and key. The spell that can liberate Wranglum from his prison for good requires a lot of crystals to use, so his plans largely resolve around trying to steal or obtain them.
65	** A particularly infamous and powerful one is the Dark Crystal, which Wranglum waged an entire war just to acquire. Rose's ancestor Lily created it from ThePowerOfHate.
66	* ThePowerOfHate: Rose's ancestor Lily created the immensely dangerous and powerful Dark Crystal from her bitterness and jealousy when Will's ancestor rejected her affections. This crystal was so powerful the Fillies and Wranglum waged a war over it.
67	* {{Precap}}: Each episode starts with this, sometimes spoiling the main conflict. Probably one of the only modern animated shows to have this trope. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness This is dropped]] after 9 episodes of the series, when the plot starts to get somewhat more serious, in favor for a traditional ColdOpen.
68	* PunBasedTitle: ''Liar, Liar, Prance on Fire''; ''Witchy Way Up''; ''Where There's a Will''
69	* ShipTease:
70	** As Cedric has an [[JustFriends unrequited crush]] on Rose, the two have had a few moments:
71	*** Near the end of "The Evil Garden", Bella compliments Cedric and Rose by saying they work so well together. They both proceed to [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/289098710007283713/563199031103455261/Screenshot_20190403-230807_Drive.jpg look at each other sheepishly]].
72	*** This is pretty much taken up to eleven in "Dream of Doom" where Cedric tries all his best to make sure Rose doesn't get hurt over a dream he had about her. He even locks her up in the equivalent to a basement and doesn't let her out when she pleads.
73	*** Cedric's BigNo once Rose falls down a hole thanks to a bunch of crows.
74	** In the season 1 finale, Will tells Rose that there's a special connection between them and "it's destiny" after learning that both of their ancestors had attended the academy before. Rose then responds that it's "fate, if anything, Will."
75	* ShoutOut: In "Alone at Last" While in the forest, Lynn ''gives mocking faces and blows a raspberry'' at a tree with a creepy-looking "face" and delivers this interesting line:
76	--> '''Lynn''': Imagine being [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic afraid of a forest]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony ever]].
77	* ThemeTune: "Magical World".
78	* TwoGirlsToATeam: {{Inverted\|Trope}}; Cedric and Will are the only males in the Filly Five.
79	* {{Unicorn}}: Rose, who is the [[{{Pun}} mane]] character of the show.
80	* VoicesAreNotMental: Played with. The crystal that has the ability to change one's form does not change their voice, only their appearance. So Wranglum ends up having the same deep, gruffy voice when he turns into Petunia.
81	* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Wranglum is an absolutely horrifying creature who quite literally wants to ''burn Funtasia to the ground''. He contrasts heavily with what you would usually expect of a cutesy, heartwarming feel-good cartoon about colorful ponies.
82	* WingedUnicorn: Zack is one.
83	* WizardingSchool: The setting of the show.
84	* WhamEpisode: In "The Magical Maze", the Fillies enter a magic maze that allows Wranglum to directly attack them, showing how dangerous he ''actually'' is and nearly killing the cast on multiple occasions. This is also the episode to start the series towards higher stakes situations and revealing Wranglum's role in the backstory.
85	--> '''Wranglum''': Did you forget how powerful I am?
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87	->''"[[EndingTheme From now until forever...\
88	We'll be together, I can't wait!\
89	From now until forever and always... ay, ay, ay~]]"''

Context WesternAnimation / FillyFuntasia