Will the show end with the movie?

[Empty Room 512]

If the movie ends with a bang, then I'd be content with the show ending with it. I don't know if the film will finish the show, but I kinda wish it does; I don't want the show to go stale afterwards.

[FlyingChicken 154]

I think that MLP:FIM should end with the movie. Because we all know what happened to Spongebob after the first movie, it became a steaming pile of garbage and if MLP continues after the movie, it would follow in the path of Spongebob and The Simpsons.

But those are comedy-based cartoon. But this is not, but I'm still not sure that it wouldn't go garbage after that. Well, as long as the show is staying strong right now I shouldn't be such a worrywart, but I couldn't help but scare of the near future...

[PacificGreen 1,163]

I would like it to last a little longer because I didn't start watching the show until 2014, but my real hope is that the fandom won't die after the show ends. I'm pretty sure it won't though because there are still Star Trek conventions even though there hasn't been a Star Trek show for 10 years. Same thing can be said about other fandoms.

 

Yeah. I think after the last episodes come out, people will still be drawing fanart of ponies from those episodes, and fandom activity will go on for a while, if not indefinitely due to how wildly popular the show is.

[Guest]

All great things must come to an end and I feel as if the movie would make a perfect breaking point for the show. I don't want to see this show continuing on because eventually it will begin to lose it's quality. In my own opinions I think the show has done wonderfully till now. But I am thinking strongly it maybe a good idea to end the show with the movie in all honesty.

[chirox the pony 1,336]

I doubt it. G4 is (so far) planned out to 2018, so hasbro would need another season to advertise their toys. 

[Christmasy Britty 2,553]

I think it would be awesome if the show ended with a movie, it would be like a Community ending kinda

[Bourbon Brisk 84]

I'm hoping not. There still seems to be room for development, and really discovery family right now is pretty bad. When it was the hub it was a place for old and new shows. Now the majority of stuff aren't even actual shows it's just a bunch of america's funniest home videos type stuff split into different categories.

 

 

[Unlikeable Pony 2,698]

The thing is, I believe that the success of the movie will determine if the movie is the end or not.
As is, I think Hasbro would want to end FIM for a couple reasons. The first is fleeting demographic rule. Specifically, the show is aimed at pretty young girls (though It think the age audience has actually been raise a bit from what they originally were shooting for), and this means they don't figure the target audience will stick around for more than a couple years. The thing is, the show isn't like spongebob or other long running comedy shows, as it doesn't run on negative continuity and actually has ongoing changes to the world and the characters: As such, its not like spongebob where you can watch episode A in season 1 and episode B in season 6 with absolutely no difference. while there isn't an incredibly strong plotline, there IS a slight plotline that moves along and things do change, like S3 twilight becoming an alicorn or S4 the castle coming about and the box plotline, and I expect a change in S5 too.

 

So what I'm saying is, the longer the show continues on, the harder it is for a brand new 4 or 5 year old to sit down and understand everything in the world. while good from a NARRATIVE perspective, Executives don't like this very much as they want clean and guaranteed cash returns for new episodes, which are diceyer.

Add in the fact that the brony fanbase has been very clearly declining, and you have signs that continuing to produce content won't get the same financial return as previously.

So I can easily see hasbro wanting to hang back and gauge how well the 2017 movie does before greenlighting a season 7 (which means that I think Season 7, if it happens, won't happen until 2018 either). I think they'll need a massive hit like transformers movies were to continue the seasons, not just a "decent" success like GI Joe.
That being said, I can still see them continuing the series IN MOVIE form even if they kill the series.

[CastletonSnob 3,078]

The thing is, I believe that the success of the movie will determine if the movie is the end or not.

As is, I think Hasbro would want to end FIM for a couple reasons. The first is fleeting demographic rule. Specifically, the show is aimed at pretty young girls (though It think the age audience has actually been raise a bit from what they originally were shooting for), and this means they don't figure the target audience will stick around for more than a couple years. The thing is, the show isn't like spongebob or other long running comedy shows, as it doesn't run on negative continuity and actually has ongoing changes to the world and the characters: As such, its not like spongebob where you can watch episode A in season 1 and episode B in season 6 with absolutely no difference. while there isn't an incredibly strong plotline, there IS a slight plotline that moves along and things do change, like S3 twilight becoming an alicorn or S4 the castle coming about and the box plotline, and I expect a change in S5 too.

 

So what I'm saying is, the longer the show continues on, the harder it is for a brand new 4 or 5 year old to sit down and understand everything in the world. while good from a NARRATIVE perspective, Executives don't like this very much as they want clean and guaranteed cash returns for new episodes, which are diceyer.

Add in the fact that the brony fanbase has been very clearly declining, and you have signs that continuing to produce content won't get the same financial return as previously.

So I can easily see hasbro wanting to hang back and gauge how well the 2017 movie does before greenlighting a season 7 (which means that I think Season 7, if it happens, won't happen until 2018 either). I think they'll need a massive hit like transformers movies were to continue the seasons, not just a "decent" success like GI Joe.

That being said, I can still see them continuing the series IN MOVIE form even if they kill the series.

You think the brony fanbase has been declining? What evidence is there?

 

 

[Unlikeable Pony 2,698]

You think the brony fanbase has been declining? What evidence is there?

 

 

Drastic decline in online traffic, fanart, fan content in general, plus a general dip in how well viewed and rated the series and MLP products are rated by bronies.

Lots of bronies have left the fandom, and a vast number of "bronies" that I see and interact with state they have zero interest in the show anymore and dislike where its gone but just still hangout at brony sites because of friends or people they know in the fandom. (Not even being fans of the fandom anymore, just kind of hanging out at brony sites)

[FlitterFlutter 1,584]

I dont see it happening, I never got why so many people think it will.

If you are asking should it end with the movie... maybe, but will if probably not.

The reason I say this is because Hasbro as shown no indication they are looking to end it anytime soon, basically if it still makes money they will keep making it. However I would like to see it end on a high note like a movie or whatever. So it does not get bad, but really I have really liked season 5 so far so i dont really see that even mattering at this point.

[Singe 2,111]

Hasbro is going to stick behind FIM until the wind dies down, then they can move on to the next Gen.

[Xeltor23 704]

Even if I hope it doesn't, it might be the case; this movie could be the final and the most epic adventure our Mane 6 will ever experience, with revelations about the older generations and such.

And maybe a small peek at the next one

Edited September 5, 2015 by Xeltor

[Stormghost 136]

It should not end very soon, because spongebob standed more than 10 years, so FiM should stand over 15 years

[Unlikeable Pony 2,698]

It should not end very soon, because spongebob standed more than 10 years, so FiM should stand over 15 years

The problem is that there's a big difference in what kinds of shows they are.

 

Spongebob is a show with little focus on character growth or even strong characterization, with each episode being completely self contained and just there as a comedy. FIM is intended to be character focused and ongoing, with each episode having to have the character learn a lesson of some kind.

While Spongebob doesn't have to keep progressing anything, having reverse continuity and with each episode being unrelated to others, FIM has to keep the characters growing as characters.

 

as such, if they're not careful its easy to end up just retreading lessons they've already done, and running out of ideas.

[Spikey-Wikey 378]

I wouldn't say so.

 

Hell, Rugrats had 3 movies, and not even the third one was the finale, and SpongeBob has/had 2 movies and it's still running.

Edited November 15, 2015 by Baby Dinosaur

[EmeraldSkies 93]

It wouldn't make any sense if it did.

 

Hasbro is spending a bigger budget on making a full pony movie, with no limited release like Equestria Girls, to try and reach an even bigger audience, and they'd just end FiM after that? Nope. Why would they waste the effort to grab another viewing audience and then just dump them with nothing? That would be a really bad plan.

[Unlikeable Pony 2,698]

It wouldn't make any sense if it did.

 

Hasbro is spending a bigger budget on making a full pony movie, with no limited release like Equestria Girls, to try and reach an even bigger audience, and they'd just end FiM after that? Nope. Why would they waste the effort to grab another viewing audience and then just dump them with nothing? That would be a really bad plan.

The movie could bomb.

 

Look at the Jem movie which was made by allspark productions: that thing failed so hard it was pulled from theaters early.

[Pinkiest Pie 405]

I don't know, I don't have any knowledge about this, but I would prefer a big screen, maybe this time, actually with ponies?

[Eipeiknip15 12]

I hope the show doesn't end with the movie 

[4april 374]

It wouldn't make any sense if it did.

 

Hasbro is spending a bigger budget on making a full pony movie, with no limited release like Equestria Girls, to try and reach an even bigger audience, and they'd just end FiM after that? Nope. Why would they waste the effort to grab another viewing audience and then just dump them with nothing? That would be a really bad plan.

 

Exactly. Hasbro has even said that the movie would be to expand the audience (as well as tell stories that could not be told on TV). By the way, I will be taking all my classmates,friends, family and acquaintance to the movie. (Of course I won't pay)

[Izanagi 176]

The thing is, they can take the show out of equestria. one thing i like is in the comic arc "Friendship ahoy" when they take the main 6 our of a familiar setting, and put them in a world of Pirates. Pirate myths, laws, and rules. whic was refreshing. they can do that, take them OUT of equestria and into new and beautiful lands.

[chirox the pony 1,336]

It wouldn't make any sense if it did.

 

Hasbro is spending a bigger budget on making a full pony movie, with no limited release like Equestria Girls, to try and reach an even bigger audience, and they'd just end FiM after that? Nope. Why would they waste the effort to grab another viewing audience and then just dump them with nothing? That would be a really bad plan.

Or they're trying to get one last big cash splash out of G4 before moving on to appeal to the newer generations. Financially they can't keep G4 going on and on and on. 

[cider float 2,538]

The only way to find out is how much money that movie will make. $_$

 

And that is only after it's made and released. 

 

 

 

[EmeraldSkies 93]

Look at the Jem movie which was made by allspark productions: that thing failed so hard it was pulled from theaters early.

 

From what I've heard at least, the movie bombed because it didn't stay true to the original cartoon, it was a cheap ripoff that took a lot of stuff and threw it in the trash. I don't know a lot about movie sales, I'm 13, but Pony shouldn't bomb, or at least not as bad as Jem.

 

Though really looking at the release (November 2017), it's looking like the end. We may be getting season six as the last, or season seven (depending on when 6 airs). Well, it's been a good ride for the show. It's better to end while the show is still in it's prime, and not to have it slowly deteriorate.

Edited November 17, 2015 by EmeraldSkies