In one of Ponyville's many parks, Starlight Glimmer and Maud Pie worked on designing new friendship kites. As they folded and glued and taped and measured and cut, Starlight started to sing.
"With some bits for paper and string,
You can make the flyingest thing!
With your hooves on the ground you're a bird in fliiiiiiight!
With your teeth holding tight to the string of your kite!"
As she sang, a dozen fillies and colts showed up, all carrying their own kites; some of them had their big brothers and sisters or parents with them. The newly arrived ponies all joined in Starlight's song as their kites flew up into the bright blue sky.
"Oh, oh, oh
Let's fly a pony kite!
Up to the Cloudsdale heights!
Let's fly a pony kite
Hey look, there's Soarin!
Up with the pegasi!
Up, with a happy sigh!
Oh, let's fly pony kites!"
"Does that happen a lot here?" Maud asked. "Ponies randomly breaking into song? Because I thought that was just a Pinkie Pie thing."
Starlight laughed. "Welcome to Ponyville, Maud."
Maud smiled faintly.
Pinkie popped up out of nowhere, flying a kite shaped like a stylized mouse head. "You know," she said conversationally, "that was a really contrived way to get around the whole, y'know..." She waved a hoof vaguely.
"Get around what?" Starlight asked.
"Nevermind!"
I'm as confused as Starlight.
Get around what?
Ah, Mary Poppins. That brings back some memories.
8147197 The 4th wall
Not really, but I love the song.
Honestly, no, I was not thinking of Mary Poppins... mainly because it's been YEARS since I last saw it, and I barely remember anything about it outside of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
However, if this season DID have more than five or six songs, this episode probably WOULD have had one.
Can't say I was, but this was quite delightful.
I can't find the clip I want!
I was thinking of Teen Titan's Go! When Robin said, "That song is off limits! We can't afford it."
Still almost as funny as the recap episode for it.
8147197 A little thing called Copyright. And also avoiding one of the fiercest creatures in the multiverse: Disney Lawyers.
I can;t help but be reminded of when Animaniacs did a gag like this.
And then a Blue Unicorn with a silver mohawk comes innocently whistling while a sharp, metal object in a red aura goes and cuts all the kite-lines.
Sorry! I had to!
I honestly wasn't thinking of "Mary Poppins", but now that I've read this...
It did sort of strike me, but not right away. Still a good choice though, and do I forsee this becoming a weekly thing with each new Season 7 episode?
You know, it's funny. When I was little, I used to watch Mary Poppins all the time. Now I can barely remember it. I don't even know the plot other than "Super babysitter" and they do a cartoon thing at some point. That's all I've got.
I wonder if Equestria requires a license to fly kites, because it they would be hazards to passing pegasai?