Twinkle Wish Adventure (G3.5 Direct-to-DVD Special, 2009, 45 minutes)

Summary Cheerilee has to act as guardian to the magical Twinkle Wish star, but her little sister Scootaloo is feeling slighted and shenanigans ensue.

I can see how this intro evolves into the G4 intro.

All evergreen trees are like that. What makes this one so special? Or aren't they familiar with coniferous trees here?

Wait, Scootaloo is Cheerilee's sister in this version.

I'm not going to comment on the building that looks like a watering can. I've made too many excuses for silly buildings so far in the blog, and I'm putting my foot down on this one.

Mayor Flitterflutter, a walking thesaurus.

Rainbows all over the freaking place in the sky.

Cutie-sleep.

So if it's that big of a deal, why hand it over to a random contest winner?

Sweetie Belle is so cute in the background.

Twinkle Wish Star? What the?

Uh. Random female dragon.

Willy-nilly mountain.

How does one have an 'upside down surprise' cookie? I'm curious now.

"Watching it do what?" Okay, the story, voices, and animation for G3.5 is irritating, but I like some of the banter.

How much hair ribbon does one pony need?

Whimsey Weatherbe. Okay, this dragon can do multiple different breaths, fire and ice.

Are we not going to get any explanation of the sentient star thing?

Pink snow. Believe it or not, it's actually possible to have pink snow. Technically it's called 'watermelon snow' as it shows up as red and green due to a strange cold-temperature algae called Chlamydomonas nivalis. It falls white, but slowly changes color on the ground as the algae grows in it. It only exists in very high altitudes or in the arctic regions. To fall pink, that would have to be mixed with a variety of airborne pollutants which should not exist in the pony world.