This should really be called, "Rise of the favorite background ponies."

Man still happy I did this project but gosh I sucked at voice acting lmao!

Does anyone else remember when a flower pot fell on her head and her eyes got to normal but than another one fell and her eyes went back

Idk if anyone else noticed but vinyl was honesty and she got the loyal mark Then Dr. Hooves was loyalty but he got the honesty Mark

This “Evil Celestia” isn’t as cool as Daybreaker. I know this animation is old, but I like how that the fanbase thought of an evil Celestia before Daybreaker.

I believe Hasboro has been watching the fandom for ideas. This was so used during Season 7 finally. Which made it awesome.

I love how there was a fountain with the statue of Snowdrop like I was like Me: awwwwww they remembered her awwwww!!!! AHHHHHHWWWWWWW Cat: what the freak is wrong wit u

Vinyl Scratch = Loyalty Dr. Hooves = Honesty Lyra Heartstrings = Generosity Octavia = Kindness Bon Bon = Laughter Dinky Doo = Magic

"That's why you're the element of honesty!" Gives her loyalty

I miss the good old days of the fandom when flocks of self-proclaimed analysts didn't feel the need to comment long lists of criticisms on fan-made content. To quote an old fandom saying, just shut up and enjoy the pony! [And enjoy it I did, great job.]

13:13 He talks so fast he's just like ineedtodosomethingrealquick.

Speed racer dr hooves had me thinking he was about to say “haaaaa” after every sentence lol. No but this is still a treasure

Did Celestia send the Mane 6 to the moon or did she just freeze them in time?

Honestly speaking, this is great. The animation was done really well, and the concept of the whole story is actually pretty revolutionary... The on,y problem is, the many plotholes cover that fact. I was confused at first, despite the narrations and animations depicting the story. There are a lot of plotholes that need to be filled. Also, some elements were mismatched. When did the Element of Loyalty became Honesty, and vice-versa? And DETERMINATION? I was thinking of a certain game when I heard that word...

Heck after all this years this is still my favorite fan animation ever The animation The aura The voice acting Everything is just amazing

My question is: Why are they in Twilights old house?

all the haters just need to stop. like right now. this is a fan work, meaning trying to compare it to the official shows quality is just wrong as they dont have the budget like the show writer staff does. they did the best with what they could. and this animation was VERY well done. the alternate element bearers made sense. and as for the ending part, show me one official MLP episode where the ending wasnt slightky rushed due to time constraints. the creators of this clearly worked hard and the managed to make it the same length as a normal episode as well. the reasoning behind celestias downfall actually made sense, yet unlike nightmare moon she still had a sense if herself within. she probably allowed the speech from dinky to finish because she found a way to stop her from continuing her dark actions. overall it was a very well made animation, and it made me feel for the characters as well. for all you haters. go spend over a year working FOR FREE and make your own animation. smh we are supposed to be a loving and accepting community, not a nitpick and hate on each others work one

*Celestia be like* "Oh no! They found a way to restore the elements! I'd better stand and wait patiently until this filly finishes her peptalk and eventually defeats me!"

Wow, just, wow. After watching this I'm honestly speechless. This was by far one of the best animated films I've seen in my time, and I've seen thousands. Stunning visuals, amazing voice acting, great story, all of it comes together beautifully in this masterpiece, this, breath taking work of art. I still can't believe this is a fan animation! Hasbro should let this animator animate one of its movies! Love this channel's work, absolutely amazing. 20/10, tbh. -Scat Cat ♤

Okay. Diamond tiara need to shut up, Cuz at least she has horn.

How this is not the work of a Hasbro animator under a secret identity blows my mind :O

who's watching from 2019? *edit* 2020?

I remember watching this years ago. This is a really cute fan animation and I really love it a lot! Derpy Hooves is one of my favorite characters in MLP and I love the explanation for her Cutie Mark being about her clumsiness; luck and fragility definitely represent Derpy’s character, and I love this a whole lot. Sure, it has its flaws and such. It’s not perfect. But I’ve always adored the idea of the Background Mane Six going on an adventure to help save the world.

15:55 woah woah woah! Celestia what are you doing?! You can’t just terminate derpy!

Did anyone else see that statue of Snowdrop??

8:24 WTH is Diamond Tiara laughing at? She's an earth pony, so she can't cast spells either! AND HOLY SHIT DOCTOR WHOOVES TALKS FAST!

Feeling proud of your own daughter. And getting the elements of harmony. Fills you with determination

For those who are confused about the story, here's what I think happened. This does contain spoilers. Obviously. There is a prophecy that when the Elements of Harmony vanish, a silver alicorn with a golden mane will appear and guide the ponies to return the Elements to Equestria. When the charms of the Elements break, Celestia believes that there is no hope. She feels pressured and goes insane. She seals the Mane Six with a magic spell. Luna tries to prevent this, and thus is unfairly imprisoned in the moon. Celestia, in her insanity, decides to make eternal night, so that her sister can still be with her without interfering in her plans. Derpy Hooves goes to confront Princess Celestia. Celestia's hair turns purely pink, like it was when she was much younger. Ashamed, Celestia teleports to the Canterlot Library. Meanwhile, Dinky Hooves is staying home with Amythest Star. Dinky is impatient and uses a minor sleeping spell on Amythest, enough to escape to Canterlot. Derpy Hooves discovers that Time Turner, Lyra Heartstrings, Bon Bon, Vinyl Scratch, and Octavia have followed her to Canterlot. They decide to stop Princess Celestia together. Derpy arrives at the library first to discover that Dinky is already trying to confront Celestia. Derpy is happy that Dinky is safe and tries to fight Celestia. She fails miserably. Dinky, on the other hoof, puts up a good enough fight to stall Celestia so that Time Turner and friends can enter the library. As they enter, Dinky has a vision of how much Derpy and friends have helped and inspired her. Dinky reminds Celestia that the charms on the Elements of Harmony are only symbolic. It's what's on the inside that counts. She names Octavia the Element of Kindness, Vinyl the Element of Honesty, Bon Bon the Element of Laughter, Lyra the Element of Generosity, and Time Turner the Element of Loyalty. Dinky is Magic. Derpy is convinced that she has no Element, but Dinky says that Derpy is in fact the forgotten Element of Inspiration. For those of you who don't know, Inspiration was originally going to be Rarity's Element. So the seven ponies work together and bring Luna back from the moon. Celestia snaps out of her trance. Derpy Hooves, renamed Bright Eyes, becomes an alicorn. The seven ponies stand in for the Mane Six until they return to their rightful places as the Element Bearers. The End!

the animation was BEAUTIFUL!!!!

you wonder y Luna was sent to the moon. earlier: hey Celestia I ate all the cake! NOOOOOOOOOOO boom moon trip

OMG THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME, IS ALSO VERY OLD, BUT WHO CARES IF I CAME TO THIS LIKE SEVEN YEARS LATER?! THE BACKGROUND PONIES IN THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY IS INCREDIBLE (I also laughed a little with Applejack's "apple" being Doctor Whooves LOYALTY and Rainbow being honesty lol) AND THEN SNOWDROP APPEARED, THE SHECLOP PONES THING AND THEN THE DOUBLE RAINBOOM TEAM, THIS IS SIMPLY AWESOME

I love how passionate the fandom was backthen :D never seen anything else like this

At the beginning there was the mane 6 but in their gen one forms

Wow, when the background audio is amplified, you finally realize that Daniel Ingram is an amazing artist

wow! such good graphics, I remember watching this 6 years ago and I came back to it now and I'm still impressed.

Was Derpy being a mail mare first a fan idea, and then it became canon in the TV show?

is it just me? or doctor hooves sounds like harry potter?

the elements of loyalty and honesty were mixed up just had to get that off my mind.

6:46 - Celestia - "Oh damn my beautiful hair! No!"

I relly like videos that tell a story this vid tells more than a story its amazing and have see the real story from other persons and this was an amazing job and the thing they are thinking you got it right too i havent ever see a better story telling video before im happy that i fond this vid becouse its an amazing and fantastic work

7:17 is one of the best pan-back animations I've ever seen. Great job on the entire thing, too!

i like this fananimation , even if it has its flaws , it has some new perspectives to watch and it was a very entertaining one . nice work , keep that up , i like that really much ;)

I remember being Obsessed with this and to this day its one of my favorite fan made videos ever ❤️

More like a movie… I like the particle, the effect, the shader, i like it… NO, I LOVE IT! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Thank you for making this. This is a great encouragement for those of us who struggle with challenges. Please do not listen to those who are criticizing you, the ones you made this for love it and appreciate it.

The slow steam train has spontaneously turned into a high-speed electric train. Perfect sense. Great job with the wind effect from the high-speed train btw.

15:51 Honestly Celestia should be embarrassed

This animation is great

Well this was unbelievably Amazing, I liked how the story of this was stopping Molestia...

Wait. Vinyl was said to be the Elememt of Honesty right? Why did she have the Element of Loyalty?

This made me cry.Thank you for this Minty you are the best animator out there(also thanks to the voice actors)

Damn 8 years ago- This still be epic

"I'm sure they will-" *passes out* me: GRUUUUUEEEEUUUEEB

I actually liked the writing, there was some suprisingly deep idea behind the story. Also, the animation was amazing, very successfully combining 3D animation with the original MLP one. The only thing I believe could've been done better is the audio. Music stops too abruptly at some points, many important characters speak too softly (celestia) or not at all. And the sounds of fighting, falling etc. could've been recorded in better quality. The overall impression is very good though. I can only wish the creators of Double Rainboom fan episode used animation like this.

“What I really wanted was respect” .... Ad: I WANT IT WANT IT, WANT IT SO BAADDS

I’ve been hit with a wave of awesomeness.I also like how you used the last gens elements

The animation and music is pretty good but the script doesn't make any sense and Celestia is too out of character for this to be plausible. As well the the forced moral tacked on the end, it's good but once again Celestia being forced to be so out of character makes it hollow. As well the audio is jumpy and the lack of it in some places is awkward, the voice acting where it was was ok, but 22 minutes of showing off animation skills that are impressive doesn't save this

I got so hype when watch pony said celestia is evil I got so hype about solar flare

This was so well written, I loved this.

Will miss all this fandom stuff

Snowdrop?

19:24 LUNA DOES NOT NEED ANY OF YOUR FILTHY DOORS!

12:05: that’s a statue of snowdrop!

This was so Good! Keep up the great work and even though some people hated on it I LOVED it! The voice acting was great the animation was great and most likely all the people who hatespd could do nothing even close to this.

There were some errors that I could point out, but this is a friendly comment. GREAT JOB!

Why does Doctor Hooves speak so fast? It's annoying. Also, lots of the animation is janky like when the perspective changes. Lots of this feels blank too with the lack of sound.

5:22 "I don't need perfect vision to be happy" Hit hard -- I have glasses because of my amblyopia and sometimes elders think it's weird that I started wearing glasses when I was young; that I use electronics too much which wasn't a lie but it made me feel ashamed of myself and regretful. I've gotten over it, though. To be fair I was a dramatic 9 year old.

18:42 did anyone notice that Dinkys Dad is the Element of loyalty but on this picture he got the element of Honesty 😂😅😅

Great effort. Had some problems, but wonderful animation, and wonderful idea.

Wouldn't Celestia want the sun up? Not the moon?

00:33 Whoa Derpy got alicorn wings...

This is Pure nostalgia watching this back 🥲

Overall, pretty decent. The animation was good, except for the jumps between 2/3D. The storyline, just needed a bit more exposition, I know it takes forever to make these animations, but a movie- length one would have been even better. There are a lot of unanswered questions here (what happened to the Mane 6? Why did Derpy go into that room? Why did Celestia do her thing there? Who are the new Elements?) this was far from terrible, but it needed a plot more well thought out. I've written my share of scripts, and the pacing is very hard at first, but that is why I edit it over the course of a few months, after making a list of everything I need to say, then I write a draft and ask a third party about what they still don't get. I hope to see more from your crew here, you have a lot of potential, you guys just need some practice. If you want coherent pointers, feel free to message me on here, I'll try to give you more feedback you can use. Keep it up, and good luck.

This was amazing! I really enjoyed it, shows a different perspective of Derpy and Celestia and the other background ponies. What happened to Luna could happen to Celestia! Great work Minty Root!

I saw this years ago, but I couldn't watch it then, I lose it. I search for it for a long time. I found Dinky's destiny, that is good, but I wanted to watch this one. After not finding it, I desisted. Today youtube recommended me this, and I am so happy!!! Thank you, Minty, for creating this.

wait why did celectia want endless night? why did she put her sister back on the moon? also you do better animation than the mlp movie animation style

people are commenting on this is the worst fan work he/she has ever seen and yes while this might be bad, people are forgetting another fan work that is even worse. Dusk's dawn.

Why is there so much hate? I don't get it... Why do people even take the time to comment on this if they don't like it?

You Minty root,have just earned yourself a new subscriber like seriously I don't get why so many people are hating this before you hate on a video please think of how long it would take you to make that same video people! But seriously tho the animation was extraordinarily good it would take me like an hour to animate a chibi pony laughing you really did a good job 👏

Even though the elements belong the mane 6 this is really great

did anyone else notice the fact that the symbols for the elements of honest and loyalty are switched?

this is great! idiots are just like "OMG I CAN DO BETTUR THAN U EVEN THOUGH I NEVUR ANIMATED BEFORE LOLZ"

Princess Celestia being a villian is something i never expected and thought i needed but i did

3:15-OMG! Rarity is in the background of the class!!!!

Good Job

I came back since I realized what you guys were trying to do with Celestia, and I didn't make the connection before lmao, even though I knew about a star life cycle haha! It has to do with a star's death and how it becomes a red giant. That's actually really clever and cool! I guess the problem came from the exposition since she went more red-giant than supernova, for she was near brink of collapse but nothing very energizing, hyper, or cataclysmic happened to her (she should've flared up or something, her mane grew more voluminous maybe.) Idk, I thought it was kinda lacking in this sense and her transformation too, guess it was all smushed together in a really short, rushed, and not very well explained scene, which may be why I never really thought about what they were saying or it was all too muddled. I liked the backgrounds though, those were really nice. But the perspectives and actual movements of the ponies (+ lip-sync) were choppy and flat it really distracted me since the backgrounds were beautiful and felt 3-dimensional- but I'm gonna shut up right here since everyone else already got out their criticisms. There was definitely a lot of potential in your guy's work. Also, fun fact, Rarity was originally supposed to be the element of inspiration, but Lauren Faust thought it was too complicated for younger children to fully understand.

I loved this! It was so good!

WOW I JUST LOVE IT ITS SO GOOD

17:54 they got two of the elements wrong

So twilight and the others are dead and dinky and her friends are the new replacements of the elements That's kinda sad but cool movie😨😉

Im very amazed of your work its satisfying, humorive and more its like a desndant of the elements of harmony from this project of yours and i really like it keep a good work!

The weird thing is derpy's baby is in the actual MLP show but derpy for some season is no longer present in the show wonder why!

You mixed honesty and loyalty

Sorry if it is rude but honesty is the apple, loyalty is the lighting bolt.

This scenes look like future scenes for a video game I love this

Dude! This is amazing!!!!!!

BEST MOVIE EVER.:-) ♥♥♥

You got vinyl and whooves mixed up. Apple jack is the element of honesty while rainbow is the element of loyalty. Just saying. Other than that, this is amazing

that... was..... AWSOME! i didnt know the backround ponies woud be the next elements of harmony!

DUDE THIS WAS EPIC UR THE TRUE MY LITTLE PONY FANN I LOVED THIS IT WAS INSANE MAKE MORE PLZZZ