This is a Companion to Question 13, also an alternate ending for Ponyville Confidential. During their travels from Ponyville, the CMC's encounter a town that's under control by an evil scientist & they have to take up the role as heroes of the town to put a stop to it.

Inspiration was not only the theme song of this very interesting but underrated show:

But also the artwork that revealed one of Spike's voice actor's original role's. You might say this could've also been an alternate ending to Owl's Well That Ends Well:

holy horsefeathers, I did not know that about her

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Neither did I.