Hay, everypony!

This is a mock schedule for the rest of the MLP G4 watch parties. It could always happen that there will be at some point a delay of 7+ days that throws everything here out of wack, but we’ll deal with that if and when it happens. For now this is more about which things we’ll watch for Pony Night.

Part 1: Up to The End of Season 7

June 21 - July 5

  • S4E9~S4E26 — 6 episodes every Saturday

July 12

  • Rainbow Rocks (2014 / 70 mins), the sequel to Equestria Girls (2013). Takes place between S4 and S5.
  • S5E1~2 “The Cutie Map” parts 1+2, AKA the “Gommunism Bad” episodes.

July 19 - August 9

  • S5E3~S5E26 — 6 episodes every Saturday

August 16

  • Friendship Games (2015 / 72 mins), the third Equestria Girls film. Takes place at the same time as the season 5 finale, but is mostly disconnected from it.
  • S6E1~2 “The Crystalling” parts 1+2, which is all things considered a pretty mid season opener.

August 23 - September 13

  • S6E3~S6E26 — 6 episodes every Saturday

September 20

  • Legend of Everfree (2016 / 73 mins), the fourth and final Equestria Girls film, also probably the second weakest after the first one.
  • S7E1 “Celestial Advice”, the only single-part season premiere, and really pretty low-stakes, right?
  • S7E2 “All Bottled Up”

September 27 - October 18

  • S7E3~S7E26 — 6 episodes every Saturday

Part 2: Dealing with DST

October 25

  • My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 / 99 mins), which has a completely different (much higher budget) art style than the show, and is a pretty darn good flick if I do say so myself.
  • Equestria Girls: Magical Movie Night, or Tales of Canterlot High (2017), a trilogy of Equestria Girls specials, each 22 minutes in length.

NB: If I understand DST correctly, from my own perspective (CET), when the clock strikes 1 AM on October 26 — which will presumably be during the first of the Magical Movie Night specials — my clock will reset to midnight. When my clock strikes 1 AM again, that’s when it’s Stalin’s time.

November 1

  • Forgotten Friendship (2018), a 44-minute Equestria Girls special.
  • Rollercoaster of Friendship (2018), another 44-minute Equestria Girls special.
  • S8E1~2 “School Daze” parts 1+2.

NB: Because of the desynchronization of DST between Europe and Turtle Island, the watch party on November 1 will start at 10 PM CET / 5 PM EDT.

November 8 - November 29

  • S8E3~26 — 6 episodes every Saturday

NB: The listed time will change to 11 PM CET / 5 PM EST (rather than EDT) starting November 8.

Part 3: The Endgame

December 6

  • Best Gift Ever (2018), a 44-minute Friendship is Magic holiday special taking place between S8 and S9. Seems fitting for December, right?
  • Spring Breakdown (2019), a 44-minute Equestria Girls special.
  • S9E1~2 “The Beginning of the End” parts 1+2.

December 13

  • S9E3~6
  • Sunset’s Backstage Pass (2019), a 44-minute Equestria Girls special.

December 20

  • S9E7~10
  • Holidays Unwrapped (2019), the last 44-minute Equestria Girls special, and one that also seems fitting for December.

December 27

  • S9E11~13
  • Rainbow Roadtrip (2019), a 60-minute Friendship is Magic special using the same art style as My Little Pony: the Movie (2017). Premiered during season 9’s mid-season hiatus.

January 3

  • S9E14~18
  • Assorted shorts to fill the remaining time

January 10

  • S9E19~23
  • Assorted shorts to fill the remaining time

January 17

  • S9E24~25 “The Ending of the End” parts 1+2.
  • S9E26 “The Last Problem”, the very last episode.
  • Jenny Nicholson video essay: The Last Bronycon: a fandom autopsy (2020 / 71 mins), as suggested by AernaLingus as our book-end.

Part 4: Et demain ?

Some ideas on things we can watch after we finish FiM:

  • My Little Pony: Pony Life. Dubbed “G4.5”, these are like 80 five-minute segments featuring the FiM characters in a completely different style. Not very good or memorable TBH.
  • My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021), the 3D CGI movie which kicked off G5. It’s serviceable but also kinda meh.
  • My Little Pony: The Movie (1986), starring Danny DeVito (I’m serious!). I’ve actually never seen this one, so I am kinda curious.
  • Any remaining shorts from G4.
  • Other content from G5 or G1~3, perhaps in chronological order.
  • Star vs the Forces of Evil (2015~2019), a Disney cartoon contemporary with FiM, which for my teenage self scratched a similar itch as FiM. SVTFOE has if nothing else a recurring character called Pony Head, so there’s your connection to ponies right there!