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Anypony know about the pilot?


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Hey everypony!

 

First off, thanks for stopping by ^_^

 

 

Now, on to the topic: does anyone know of, or has anyone seen the actual -pilot- for FiM?

I'm not talking about S1 E1&2. I mean pilot pilot, the most-likely lower quality, and shorter, maybe even just 'animated' storyboards with voice overs "hey, look at this, would it make a good show?" 'concept' episode.

 

I am aware Hasbro approached Lauren Faust to make the show while she was pitching another show. But that shouldn't remove the need for a pilot, they would still need a 'concept' episode to show to the Hasbro people before getting the green light.

 

 

I was just wondering if anyone knew about it, or had seen it? Or, if I'm a lucky pony, knows where it can be seen?

By my reckoning, it has to exist. And I wanna see it!

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Well, unfortunately, there was never a previous pilot.

 

However, if it helps, there has been a lot of old concept art years before the show finally aired showcasing their original designs and how it was going to be a re-imagining of G1. 

 

I believe you can find most of them in lauren faust's deviant art.

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If a prototype concept episode exists, it has never been released. Interestingly, "The Ticket Master" was the first episode written; it was originally intended to conform to a format of two 12 minute episodes. The inconsistencies (e.g., Spike not having a crush on Rarity; the tickets levitating above Applejack, Rainbow, Pinkie, and Fluttershy, suggesting they have some form of latent magic) along with the episode's slower than usual pacing are byproducts of working out the earliest kinks in the series, so to speak.

 

DXSilver mentioned concept art on Lauren Faust's deviantART account. She indeed posted sketches from the show's pitch bible, bringing us as close as we'll ever be to seeing what Lauren originally had in mind back when she signed on to oversee My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

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