Follow-up Fun Time: Movie Magic, or, Those Meddling Kids! · 10:17pm Apr 26th, 2018
Yeah, I'm skipping Dance Magic. I had little to talk about, and a fourth of it is just the music video. I can't work with that.
It was cute, but this is a lot more fun. I'll take cheesy mystery over a music video any day.
So, without further ado! Lights, camera, follow-up!
Please be human Tierk, please be human Tirek.
Dang it, it's just Calahadran.
Oh no, we're not starting this again! That's not even him. That's Stalwart Stallion... There wasn't a human variant on his name? Really hitting it on the nose this time.
Actually he goes by a different name, as Rainbow will astutely correct you.
Mojo Jojo!
Doesn't have the alliteration appeal, but it's shorter.
Canter Zoom is hoping to get a catfight on film.
Welcome to the set of Daring Do The Movie! Directed by that guy, Canter Zoom, an alumni of Camp Everfree. You know, the place were kids almost died to a plant girl possessed by magic! Fun times!
As a reward for helping save the camp, the girls get to see the filming of the movie. And of course, Rainbow is nerding out.
"No, that's not Twilight's fanfic of us. What's wrong with you?"
Trouble on set leads to multiple delays on production. On the bright side, the girls get to take a self-guided tour of the facility. Let's see what shenanigans they get into today.
You know, if I wasn't already dating Sparky and willing to claw out anyone's eyes who looked at her the wrong way, I'd ship it.
Neeeeeeerds!
"Actresses love interacting with their fans."
I've only met two actresses in my lifetime and both of them were pretty nice. Though, that's a small sample size and again, they're actors, they get paid to act and sign autographs. I carry the mind set that rich people and celebrities are usually snobs. But hey, this is Technicolor happy world. Maybe things are different.
"I asked for mineral water delivered straight from Fiji and served at fifty degrees Fahrenheit! It's fifty-two you moron!"
Never meed your heroes, kids.
"Why was the apple mean and angry?"
"Sunset—"
It was was a crab apple."
"Uugggh."
Deep inside the jungle, Sunset stumbles across the elusive peanut butter praline crunch bar wrappers. Truly, this is a remarkable find.
A sword made of gold. Awesome? Impractical? Awesomely impractical?
Twilight and Rainbow gaze upon the relics of Altoriosa.
Anyone wanna point out how that sounds like Gloriosa? No?
Having an arrow for an ancient relic seems like a bad idea. I mean, if it's only intended use is to be like, a summoning component or something, that's fine, but if you wanted to use it for battle like the sword, you'd get one, maybe two uses out of it.
For a girl with film reels in her hair, she's kinda cute.
This is Juniper Montage—
She did it.
Easy, girl, there hasn't even been a mystery yet. She's the director's niece—
Oh yeah, she totally did it.
I know you're a genius, but can you just play along for a minute?
Fine, whatever.
"Who wants to make out in the storage closet?"
"..."
"..."
"I should stop leading with that."
Juniper's a giant nerd like Sparky and Dash and has the keys to everywhere on set. Don't worry, that won't be important later or anything. Nope, not at all.
"Salad bar? What's a 'salad'?"
Pinkie and Spike are on the hunt for the mythical cupcake fountain.
First of all, there's no such thing. Second, if there was, Pinkie should not be allowed anywhere near it. She'd eat herself into a sugar coma.... On second thought...
Resting bitch face.
ACTIVE BITCH FACE!
What would you do for a Praline Crunch Bar?
"I'm suddenly glad we didn't spring for the authentic lava."
'Accidents' happening on set, and those relics before are also conveniently missing. Seems we've got a mystery on our hands.
I say—
Yes, Sunset, we all know you're smart. You figured it out already, just let the girls do their thing.
Grumbles
Detective Shimmy is on the job.
Let's see if Rebecca can figured out as fast as I did.
Right now, all signs point to Chestnut Magnifico. The screaming, the Praline Crunch Bars.... the screaming.
Or maybe it's whoever is under that cloak.
...Why would you come back to the scene of the crime when there are still people there?
No one ever said our villain was smart.
Runnin' around at the speed of sound!
Unfortunately, Rainbow's super speed doesn't help her with knowing the area layout.
The villain isn't moving that fast. i feel like Rainbow could catch her in one or two turns, regardless of whether she knew where she was going. Following the obviously dressed figure isn't that hard.
On the bright side, Pinkie found the cupcake fountain!
Sweet merciful Luna.
...Twilight looks great in spandex.
Yeah, can't disagree.
...Surprisingly, I make a good Man-i-ac.
Again, can't disagree.
I don't think they're doing it right.
Girls, this is no time for fooling around! You've got an 90s chase montage to do!
*Insert Scooby-Doo music here*
Dash, super speed! You have it!
"How long do we have to chase her?"
"Until the song is over!"
"I don't remember the 90s being so exhausting."
And like any true chase montage, the heroes ultimately fail to catch the bad guy. But this is usually the part where they discover the last clue and set up a trap.
Or, they get caught like fish. Bravo, girls.
Girls, it's a net. It's not even anchored down. Just throw it off.
"I see you've found my secret, Rainbow."
"What, you're a cosplayer?"
Well, Rainbow found the last clue. Too bad she gets locked in the room.
Hmm, mysterious figure locked the door behind her. Who do we know that has that power?
Just follow your nose!
Good job, Scooby—I mean, Spike!
I take it back, I don't ship it! Rainbow, get off her!
Thanks to Twilight sneaking her gem on set, Rainbow is freed. Now that the gang is back together, it's time to wrap up this mystery!
I ship it.
Hell yeah.
Big sister has her eye on you.
So the girls set up their trap for the thief, asking to search the village set from top to bottom.
"I just remembered! I left the thing in the.... place... I should go get that!"
That's right, smoothie girl. You go do that.
"I, uhh, found the things."
Wow! It was Juniper Montage all along? I had no idea! This is an unforeseen circumstance that never crossed my mind! Of all the people to do it, I can't believe it was Juniper Montage!
Are you done?
Yeah.
How did no one see her walking away with those?
Twilight, in true Velma fashion, gives us a narration of how Juniper did done do'd it. Trying to steal the relics, costumes, and mess up the set to delay the Daring Do movie. All because Chestnut kept eating the Praline bars.
And because she wanted to play Daring Do.
Oh yeah, that too.
"And I would've gotten away with it, too! If it weren't for you meddling kids and your stupid dog!"
She's like, what, a year older than the rest of us?
Either way, I'm sure there'll be repercussions at all for this.
"I know where you go to school..."
That wasn't ominous at all.
Please, what's the worst she could do?
"Boop."
Side note, turns out Chestnut wasn't mad at this film's productions, but a documentary about nests. Now that that's cleared up, she's not a bitch anymore. Funny how that works!
Magical Mystery Incorporated.
And for their reward, they all get to be in the movie!
If Rainbow can go one take without squeeing like a fan girl.
This was a cute special. Clearly inspired by Scooby-Doo and the like. It wasn't a deep mystery, but like how we were intrigued and invested when we were little watching Scooby-Doo, I'm sure the young audience thought this was a real nail-biter.
Will Juniper come back for revenge? Possibly. Would be the first EQG antagonist to show up twice.
Still waiting for the Sirens to return.
Anyway, glad to finally have done this follow-up. Come back later for the next special Mirror Magic. I haven't seen that one yet.
Jinkies!
What?
Nothing. I just realized, I hadn't said it yet.
... See you guys later.
This was a fun special. Juniper seemed to be nice enough when not trying to sabotage Chestnut (either being a decent enough person normally or a decent actor). Plus, she was pretty darn agile. Sure she knew the layout of the studio, but she still had to actually out maneuver Rainbow to a certain extent. The sheer levels of Scooby-Doo was fun, and this special pushes the girls to always have their pendants on them in the future. The Daring Do stuff, Rainbow, and Twilight were all fun as well, all around making a decent special.
Oh boy, Mirror Magic is coming up, which I think is competing for worst piece of animated EqG content with the first movie and Epic Fails short. That should be fun.
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Nah Mirror Magic gets points just for having Sunset and Starlight hanging out with each other which is pretty much all I wanted from it. Pony Sunset was just a bonus.
*DIES LAUGHING*
70s. :P
Again, 70s.
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Too be fair, growing up in the 90's I definitely remember watching a lot of Scooby-Doo on TV so I understand the mistake. It's amazing how long Scooby-Doo has stuck around for.
The reveal might have been obvious, but it was still a fun special and really, sometimes that's all we want, a little fun. And this recap was a whole lot of fun that just kept me smiling. I can't wait to see how the recap will go for Mirror Magic.
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I thought Mirror Magic was the best of the three Magic episodes actually. [Reasoning redacted because Albinocorn hasn't seen it yet]
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I’ll wait for the Mirror Magic Follow Up for my full thoughts, so for now I’ll just say I strongly dislike just about everything in the episode except the comedy (and to some extent, the animation), which doesn’t come close to making up for everything else in it for me.
Of course not, Sunny. It's yours.
That's so sweet... in a horrifyingly overprotective psychotic sort of way! (Okay, no, I'm actually still squeeing)
Sparky could pull it off with a bit of help. Sunset could pull it off without blinking.
...this is so meta, I can't come up with a joke... but... needs to be noted...
I have been informed this is known as "Shaggy's Law" by Arcshod. Can confirm.
Why do you put up with him, Sunny? Why?