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Kinda sounds like Magic School Bus, or The Time Warp Trio. Either way, it would be nice for lore-building, but not conducive to longer plot-based arcs (in my opinion).

I think, if anything, Hasbro would do well to look at how Gravity Falls approached it. Start off silly and inviting, then tell a STORY rather than a bunch of loosely-connected one-offs. Oh, and let the story end at an appropriate time -- don't drag it out.

Dunno. Give me, like, three months to catch up on the last ~three seasons of content, plus the movie(s?) and I'll get back to ya'. I think people are just growing up, and there's only so many times some cute concept or lesson can be enjoyable. Eventually, the friends are made, the fanfics and PMVs are read and watched, and new interests enter the fray.

From what I've read by peering through this thread, it seems that the thirteen episode final season, coupled with either a second FiM movie or a G5 prologue movie, means that something big will happen that will link the G4 canon to the G5 canon (i.e. some universe-altering event that can believably explain the totally new setting and characters while stealing feeling like a decent and comfortable transition). Whether or not that means the characters are similar or the same (either in appearances, personality, or both) is up for debate. It's important to remember that Hasbro is still a business, and businesses are designed to make money. Perhaps FiM sales are in decline, and Hasbro is smart enough to see the writing on the wall. But just think...what if we get to do this all again? A series premiere, a first season finale, the hiatus before season two, questions about that new villain that they decided to introduce...along with the fandom that springs up around it. I'd be down to ride this whole crazy train all again, as long as the characters were good. (Heck, maybe I can become one of the first major fanfic writers in the G5 fandom. )