MLP G5 Discussion and Speculation Thread

@GoodVibesGorgeous
That’s a first.

The rabbits are no longer chunky! Farewell big rabbits. Maybe the rabbits finally went on a diet and did some exercise.

@GoodVibesGorgeous
@Fanstar
Interesting.

I’m surprised how long it took them to finally make a social media episode with Pipp.

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
What is it, episode 3? 4?

Doesn’t seem very long.

@Lord WyrmSpawN
Technically 7 episodes.

When I saw smartphones in the movie I was worried it would lead to exactly this kind of episode. This was hard to watch, even with only a five minute runtime.

@kleptomage
Welp, now I know which episode to skip lol.

@kleptomage
I wouldn’t be surprised if they did this in the main series too.

@kleptomage
What do you expect when Pipp showed up?

@Background Pony #13BA
Even if they give her more personality, this will sadly stay central to her character. I know that MYM and TYT are supposed to be different kinds of shows, but Pipp is singlehandedly sending my expectations for MYM down the drain.

@northern haste
Okay, that is less likely to be connected to the series directly but also more likely to have some interesting stuff going on and implied.

@kleptomage
I imagine it’ll be for me as well when I get around to it.

I watched the seventh episode and, while I don’t severely dislike it (it’s five minutes, it’s a very short time), I wonder how you can pull off the message of being original and trends in a 5 minutes episode that’s basically Tik Tok. I wouldn’t say it didn’t achieve it, but it’s weird seeing this message in an episode about trends in smartphones.

I think it could fit in a contest for kids for, say, designing slogans, and Pipp used something unoriginal and was disqualified for that, kinda like the Snoopy story of Bill Watterson he shared in one of the Calvin & Hobbes comics.

But it could have been worse. It could have been raining.

When will Sunny use her alicorn powers?

@Background Pony #DD4B
When she absolutely needs to.

What do you think are the birth years for the Mane Five?

I doubt any of them were born before 2000.

Zipp is shocked when several ponies ask her for her autograph.

She’s not used to ponies asking for her autograph instead of Pipp’s.

If the unicorn racoons and Izzy Moonbow are any indication, every unicorn will have a rainbow-colored magical aura in G5. I’m actually okay with it, it would avoid inconsistencies with background ponies’ auras and could make potential stories featuring identity theft and/or misunderstandings more believable.

@Background Pony #1500
Hitch is a sheriff. So, if G5 takes place in 2022 (unlikely, as it is a different world than ours), he would have to be born at least between 1985 and 1990.

@Background Pony #1500
From oldest to youngest:

Hitch 2000
Zipp 2000
Sunny 2001
Izzy 2002
Pipp 2003

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
Are t Zipp and Pipp the same age though?

@icicle wicicle 1517
Zipp is supposed to be older than Pipp.

@icicle wicicle 1517
Official media has contradicted itself, but I think one of the writers explicitly said that the media saying they’re twins is wrong. At the very least, Zipp is (was?) the heir.

@Litrojia
It really is unfortunate, I’d rather been liking what we’ve gotten of Pipp in TYT up to this point.

I do hope MYM takes a page from Rarity in terms of a character who obviously had the mandated “There has to be a pony who likes dresses/uses social media” personality but is still interesting while they do it.

@Dragonpone
Yeah, I think something like Rarity is what I was hoping for. I couldn’t care less about dresses, but Rarity is one of my favorites just because they put a lot into her character IMO. I don’t think I could ever like an official influencer pony, but putting similar effort into Pipp could make her tolerable for me. I suppose they could run with the hair salon that one of the TYT episodes had, which felt forced (both from toy-selling and “when did she learn to cut hair?” perspectives) but blunts out the social media a bit. Still though, she remained my least favorite by a mile even in the first few episodes. The worst case scenario is that she’s relegated to social media and moral support like she was in the movie but with more screen time (in more ways than one I suppose :p ).

@icicle wicicle 1517
I believe the idea of them being twins came from a random uk came from a random uk Tie in book The movie itself never suggested such an idea