Hello once again, and here I have a one-shot for Equestria Girls, this time something different, a Mockumentary, I hope you enjoy it.
A woman in her mid 40's stood in front of a camera.
" Good evening, I'm Darla Raid, tonight I'm proud to present a documentary, behind the scenes, where seven young women became a famous sensation right here in this town, together they presented a series that made fans laugh, cry, and smile, I'm talking about Equestria Girls, over the last week I have gone to meet the cast members and together put in footage of their interviews, as well as some behind the scenes footage", said Darla.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" So tell about yourself", said Darla, gesturing to the red and yellow haired girl she's interviewing, they were sitting by a mall, in a quieter area.
" My name is Sunset Shimmer, I am known as a former Antagonist to the Equestria Girls series, now reformed ever since 2014, thanks to six amazing friends, also known as the Elements of Harmony", said Sunset.
" Elements of Harmony", said Darla.
" You know, Kindness, Honesty, Generosity, Loyalty, Laughter and Magic, come on, it may have been a couple of years since the show ended, but it couldn't really be that difficult to remember", said Sunset.
" It will be to some people", said Darla.
" Okay, fair enough", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Applejack.
" So tell about yourself", said Darla, gesturing to the farmer girl she's interviewing, they were in the living room of the farm.
" Well, my name is Applejack, and I am known as a farmer girl, and the strongest of the group, I'm also known as the element of Honesty", said Applejack.
Footage of interview with Fluttershy.
" So tell about yourself", said Darla, gesturing to the timid animal lover she's interviewing, they were sitting by a park, and the animal lover was wearing a hippy T-shirt, with a flower tiara on her head, wearing a gold pendant with a peace symbol around her neck.
" Um, I'm Fluttershy, and I'm known as the element of Kindness, and even though I can be nervous and timid at times, will stand by my friends no matter what, I'm also known to care a lot for so many animals, from the ant, to the giraffe", said Fluttershy.
Footage of interview with Pinkie Pie.
" So tell about yourself", said Darla, gesturing to the hyper girl in pink as they were sitting at a booth in a cafe, the Pink Girl was dining into a delicious chocolate cupcake and hot chocolate.
" My name is Pinkie Pie, and I am known by everyone as the most funniest of the group, hence why I got the element of Laughter", said Pinkie Pie.
Footage of interview with Rarity.
" So tell about yourself", said Darla, gesturing to the fashion designer she's interviewing, they were sitting in the living room of her home as her set two cups of tea for herself and Darla.
" Well darling, my name is Rarity, and I am known as the element of Generosity, I'm also a fashion designer, known to make the best outfits money can buy", said Rarity.
Footage of interview with Rainbow Dash.
" So tell about yourself", said Darla, gesturing to the athletic girl she's interviewing, they were riding on treadmills at a gym while the camera man films them both.
" Well, as you know, I'm Rainbow Dash, known to be one of the most athletic of the group, I'm also known as the element of loyalty", said Rainbow Dash.
Footage of interview with Twilight Sparkle.
" So tell about yourself", said Darla, gesturing to the purple haired girl with Glasses, they were sitting at they were sitting at the front of the school that was once a filming location.
" My name is Twilight Sparkle, mostly the brains of the group, also known as the element of Magic", said Twilight.
" So first off lets start at the beginning, in the year 2013 when the first Equestria Girls movie came out, what was inspired into making the movie", said Darla.
" Well, to keep it short, during the time the movie was released, My little pony: friendship is magic has had three seasons released, and the fourth was in production, during that time period, the producers thought, what if they made a movie of this Generation, and just like most movies being made, they begin in a room, where writers brainstorm ideas towards one another, and in the end, they had the idea of having me go to another universe where everyone is human", said Twilight Sparkle.
Footage of interview with Applejack.
" Over the last three years, me and the others spent most of our time in the sound studios recording our voices for the characters, filming ourselves was a first time", said Applejack.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" They were also looking for a reason Twilight would go in the universe anyway, and so they thought, what if someone stole her crown, so she went in after it, and also what if the thief was a villain in the school who ruled it with an iron fist, I was offered the role, to get more involved in the movie, instead of just being a singing voice dub", said Sunset.
Footage of voice recording session with Sunset Shimmer.
Sunset stood in front of a microphone, inside a recording booth, she has headphones on.
" Okay, recording for 'Strange new world', take one", said the director.
Sunset then sang, " I've never seen a place, that's quite like this, everything has turned around this crazy world is upside down", she then finished, and looked at the director for his opinion.
" Excellent, but you sounded a little slow on the last few words", said the director.
Footage of interview with Twilight Sparkle.
" Did Sunset dub your singing voice because of your lack of singing talent", said Darla.
" Hey, I can sing mind you, and an amazing one to, just not the kind of singing that would fit my character, Sunset has more experience in singing and sounding like me while doing so", said Twilight.
Footage of interview with Rarity.
" Finding a location for the school wasn't easy, however, eventually one was found, it was a nice school in the city, which however during the time of production for the first movie closed due to bankruptcy, and so, instead of demolishing it, or leaving it abandoned as a breeding ground for hooligans, the studio bought it to use as a filming location, also during that time they brought the former students there over and did a presentation about the movie, and asked if any of them wanted to volunteer playing extras in the movie, most agreed, however, while they would be sent to different schools, a scheduled had to be made so the production of the movie wouldn't affect their education", said Rarity.
Footage of interview with Fluttershy.
" The chance of playing a extra in the movie for them felt like an extra curricular activity, they were told if they were up for it, they had to arrive of the location on a Friday, the filming of this movie was 5 days a week, so during Monday to Thursday when we had to film scenes without their appearance is when we didn't need them, for example the scene where Sunset confronts me in the locker room and Twilight saving me, we were the only three actors present on the set that day", said Fluttershy.
Footage of filming scene in Equestria girls 1, hallway scene.
Sunset and Fluttershy stood in the hallway of the of the building, filled with green lockers, while Twilight stood behind the camera out of the shot while the cameraman was focusing on the other two.
" And action", said the Director.
"Oh, I'm really sorry," the shy girl said. "I-I just found it, and-and I thought I should give it to her. I didn't know you had dropped it." Sunset gave her a very unsympathetic look.
"Well, I did, and I was about to get it before you swooped in and ruined everything! You shouldn't pick up things that don't belong to you!", shouted Sunset.
"It... doesn't really belong to you, either," Fluttershy said meekly.
"Excuse me," Sunset said, slamming her arms into the lockers, trapping Fluttershy between her and the lockers.
"Nothing," the girl said, sliding down the locker onto the floor.
"That's what I thought," Sunset gloated to the yellow wallflower. "It's as good as mine, and you know it." Her grin became wider as she twisted the knife further. "You really are pathetic. It's no wonder your best friends are all stray animals," Sunset said with glee, reveling in the shy girl's eyes glistening with tears.
" And cut, excellent work girls", shouted the director.
" Thanks", said Sunset, she then held her hand out to Fluttershy, helping her up.
" You were great too Fluttershy, keep hanging there", said Sunset, pulling Fluttershy into a hug.
" I know it's just acting, but, that was terrifying", said Fluttershy.
" It's alright, hopefully that's the last take for that scene, you won't have to worry about it again", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Pinkie Pie.
" It took us 3-4 months of filming, I remembered the first week pretty well, we were told, for the extra's first time on set we were going to surprise them with a performance, our first performance me and the girls did, LIVE, instead of just being vocally recorded", said Pinkie Pie.
" So what performance was that", said Darla.
" The Cafeteria Song", said Pinkie Pie.
Footage of interview with Rainbow Dash.
" Before we began filming, we had all the songs recorded, during the first week was when we did the Cafeteria song scene, me and the other girls only had 5 days to rehearse", said Rainbow Dash.
" Monday we spent the day in the gym, coming up with the choreography, Tuesday we spent the whole day practicing the routine in the gym, Wednesday we tried out the costumes, the wondercolts outfits, and practiced with them on, and on Thursday we practiced in the cafeteria where the scene takes place", said Rainbow Dash.
Footage of interview with Fluttershy.
" What about Spike", said Darla.
" Oh, you mean about him being a dog, well, the studio had an ordinary purple dog, they had to do a few CGI effects to get him moving an acting like a human, also they had the same woman voice him", said Fluttershy.
" And so you used a real dog for the movie", said Darla.
" Not entirely, like have you seen the movie 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", said Fluttershy.
" Yes", said Darla.
" Well do you remember the squirrel scene", said Fluttershy.
" Yeah, what about it", said Darla.
" I did some looking up, and I discovered that they used real squirrels for that scene, and also had a fair share of puppet squirrels and CGI squirrels, we had a similar situation with Spike, mostly using CGI for the facial expressions, and body language, as well as use a doll for a few scenes", said Fluttershy.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" As I was aware, in most of the first movie, it was all a normal school life, no magical effects or anything, apart from Spike the talking dog, however, it wasn't until near the end of the film when the real magic starts happening", said Darla.
" You mean the transformation, and the the destruction of the school", said Sunset.
" Both", said Darla.
" Well, I'm sure you know, the extras only attend to filming once a week right", said Sunset.
" Yeah", said Darla.
" Well that only applied to all but the final week, in the final week of filming, during all five days, it's was all hands on deck, because that week was when we filmed the entire fall formal scene, along with the final battle", said Sunset.
" First off, we did the dancing scene in the formal, soon, we did the fight scene next, for the crown, and then came the transformation", said Sunset.
" The transformation must have been a real big deal, as well as the destruction of the school", said Darla.
" Yeah, how that was made was through several techniques, including pyrotechnics, CGI, and as for the creator, some digger just dug a giant hole near the school, but they checked first to make sure they didn't hit any electrical stuff or any pipes, it would've been a huge disaster if that happened, but thankfully we made the scene perfect without any problems", said Sunset.
" And what about the costumes, how did that go", said Darla.
" You should ask Rarity that, she's the one who designs them", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Rarity.
" Over the last nine years I have designed and made so many astonishing costumes for Equestria Girls, and have done so every year, for each movie and for each special, it was an amazing opportunity for me to do so", said Rarity.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" Making the whole movie that year was great, and back then, we thought that was going to be it, just a one time thing, we didn't know there was going to be a sequel", said Sunset.
" So in 2014 was when 'Rainbow Rocks' was released, what was the idea behind it", said Darla.
" Well the biggest reason was Sunset's redemption, we know that in real life, it would've taken me a long time to get peoples trust again, we've seen fanfics of me trying to do so, and they all begin with me getting sneered by everyone, getting the cold shoulder, there's even stories where my locker was vandalized, and hurtful slurs were written in notes, some were even threats, now I get I haven't been a good role model during my time in CHS, but is revenge really the answer, but I also get that they're upset and wanted retribution, and are not 'villains', it takes time to forgive", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Fluttershy.
" I've seen fics where characters are forced to forgive, like " You'll forgive this person or you're grounded", sort of thing, but that doesn't really help with anything, it just makes it worse, it's not really forgiveness if you're being forced against your will, because if you force someone to forgive and they say 'I forgive you', they're only lying because they're forced to, it might even lead the person into hating them more", said Fluttershy.
" What about you five, when you were told to help Sunset after the event of the first movie, were you forced", said Darla.
Footage of interview with Applejack.
" We weren't forced into anything, we could've turned down Twilight's request and had every right to do so, when you see the movie and Sunset's actions, Principal Celestia had every right to get Sunset expelled, but didn't", said Applejack.
" But Twilight still requested you all to help Sunset anyway, and agreed to it", said Darla.
" We didn't owe Twilight anything, this wasn't some returning the favor situation, we helped Sunset because we didn't have any malice in our hearts, if we did we could've said yes to Twilight's request with our fingers crossed behind our backs, and then after she went to her world, left Sunset in the dust out of spite", said Applejack.
Footage of interview with Pinkie Pie.
" I've seen fanfics where the five of us were reluctant at first, but then one by one approached Sunset, and offered her a hand in friendship, however, even if the five of us forgiven her completely, and acted like nothing happened, there are still many other people who haven't trusted her, and it'll have to take a heroic action from her to gain their trust", said Pinkie Pie.
Footage of interview with Sunset.
" I was kind of expecting a parody fanfic of the movie Mean Creak, have you seen that movie", said Sunset.
" Nope", said Darla.
" Well, it was about this bully who played by Josh Peck from Drake and Josh, was picking on this one kid, and then eventually, the bullied kid and his friends have had enough of the bullies actions, and decided to play a prank on him, however, before they could pull off the prank, the kids began to have second thoughts after getting along with the bully throughout the movie, but one of them went by the prank anyway, and it backfired, resulting in the bullies death", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Twilight.
" So, Rainbow Rocks was in production, and the first thing we needed were new villains, and not just one, but three, like a trio, back then we thought, what if the school had a singing competition like the battle of the bands, and they had a trio of sirens brainwash the competitors into hating one another", said Twilight.
Footage of interview with Adagio Dazzle.
" Before we had any involvement with Equestria girls, my sisters and I would usually perform on stage, and then we got a call from the producer of E.G. asking if we wanted to play parts of the antagonists in the sequel", said Adagio.
Footage of interview with Sunset.
" The Dazzling's played their part exceptionally well, however we had a small problem with the movie, and it was finding other acts, in the movie it was like a tournament, 16 teams competing in the first round, two at a time, one taking out the other, eight remain for the second round, and only four will compete in the semi finals, and obviously we intended those four to be the Rainbooms, the Dazzlings, Flash's band, and Trixie's band the illusionists I think they were called, anyway, we still needed twelve other groups to take part, so we came up with this activity, an actual competition where twelve bands took part in performing songs, and we take part as judges, to rank each act from 12th place to first, we decided that the top four acts will take part as bands that win the first round, only to be taken out in the second round, and that the bottom eight teams will take part as Band members eliminated in the first round", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Rarity.
" The second was amazing opportunity for me and my friends, not only do we act in the movie, but we also perform the songs, write them, and as for me, I've also designed the costumes", said Rarity.
Footage of interview with Fluttershy.
" After Rainbow Rocks, I was asked if I wanted to help out Daniel with writing songs, and I accepted, it was fun writing them, especially "Shine like Rainbows", said Fluttershy.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" What was also made in 2014 apart from 'Rainbow Rocks', and the movie shorts was the comics, including a certain holiday comic, a controversial one", said Darla.
" Yeah, I know what comic you're referring to, Anon - a - Miss", said Sunset.
" So, what are your views on the comic, do you think it's horrible", said Darla.
" I didn't care how good or bad the comic is, yeah, I was definitely upset at what my character went through, but, what even I think is worse than the comic is the fanfics and other fan-made content, bashing the characters for their actions, now I know the CMC's were the culprits, and I know the Rainbooms ditching me, was uncalled for, but, when I see the fan made stuff, treating them like they deserve the concentration camp or the gas chamber, or even the guillotine, is way out of line", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Rainbow Dash.
" Holiday comic, more like 'defamation against anyone who isn't Sunset Shimmer or Twilight Sparkle', the fanfics weren't better either", said Rainbow Dash.
Footage of interview with Applejack.
" I honestly think the fans are biased, if it was me being accused, or Fluttershy, or Pinkie, or Rarity or Rainbow, there wouldn't be any hate fics, no one would even bat an eye, but if it's Sunset, that's when people get pissed, I don't see any fics going after Sunset for her actions, and even if there were, people will lash out at the author for doing so, not to mention how they're doing to same thing in favor of Twilight because of the Wedding", said Applejack.
" Why do you think the fans are biased", said Darla.
" Because they think Twilight is the Main Character, well technically she is, but she's not the only one, I'm also a main Character in show, and so is Rainbow, and Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie and Rarity, that's why we're known as the Mane Six", said Applejack.
" People seem to think Twilight's the leader of the group while you five are her lackeys", said Darla.
" There is no leader in the group, we are Twilight's friends, we are not lackeys or posy or backup or pawns, or anything like in fact, we are just as much the reason the show is successful as Twilight is, the show is called My little Pony Friendship is Magic, not 'The Twilight Sparkle Show', besides if we were just lackeys, then that means Sci-Twi is a lackey as well in 'Equestria Girls'", said Applejack.
Footage of interview with Twilight.
" When I saw the comic I was not happy, but I've seen fanfics of me screaming and bashing at the others for their treatment of Sunset, if you thought their actions were 'Out of Character', you'd think my actions were any better in the fics, true I would be most upset at them, disappointed, but I would definitely give them another chance", said Twilight.
" Because if Sunset deserves a second chance, why couldn't they, right", said Darla.
" Sort of, but that's not the case, they're actions were kind of like mine in the wedding episode of Friendship is magic, now I was right, technically, but not even I knew about the fake Cadence being Chrysalis, and all I did is barge in a screamed ' SHE'S EVIL', without much proof, the Rainbooms had more evidence of Sunset being anon a miss than I had with Cadence being 'Evil', it was upsetting with my friends ditching me, and Shining, and Celestia, but like I said, Chrysalis fooled everyone, including me", said Twilight.
" I've heard people saying you shouldn't be friends with the other five, saying that the hate fics are justified", said Darla.
" Well, let me ask you a question, let's say I was wrong, and Cadence was really Cadence, under stress from the wedding, acting like Bridezilla, do you think people will not make hate fics about my friends, even if it was my own fault, and let's say Sunset was in fact Anon a Miss, going back to her old ways, the fans would still have the same hatred for the other five", said Twilight.
Footage of Interview with Sunset.
" During most of the fics, people seem to forget that I was once a raging she demon, and all they're doing is making my character look Flawless, they might as well change my name to Mary Sue", said Sunset.
" So you think flaws are what make you great", said Darla.
" Of course, let's compare my character to a bowl of soup, and my flaws to seasoning, no seasoning will make the soup have no taste, just plain, bland, and boring, while with it makes the soup taste better", said Sunset.
" And too much is definitely bad", said Darla.
" Yeah, true, but none of us have that many flaws, plus, from my understanding, three years later, there was a song we sang called Flawless, which proves it didn't matter if we have flaws, it's better to have them, than to not too", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Rarity.
" I personally think the comic isn't cannon to the show, but people treat it like it is", said Rarity.
" How so", said Darla.
" Well when you think about it, it was never brought up in any future movies or episodes in Equestria girls, and, sometimes me and my friends do have a habit of accidentally reminding Sunset of her past, but the anon a miss situation was never brought up once, in the canon series, remember, the company who made the comic also made a comic about King Sombra being reformed, and looked how that turned out in season 9", said Rarity.
Footage of Interview with Sunset.
" If you had the ability to make changes to the comic, what would you have changed", said Darla.
" Well, I would've made the comic take place before Rainbow Rocks, that way everyone's actions in the comic would've been more understandable, because no one fully trusted me before RR, and it would've given the CMC's a bigger motive, like Revenge for my actions, besides anger can make you do messed up things, and I learned that the hard way", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Twilight.
" Now, for 2015 we had the friendship games, as well as Sci Twi", said Darla.
" Yeah, the costume I had was different, instead of wearing my favorite blue shirt, and keep my hair straight, I had to wear a pony tail, and glasses", said Twilight.
" What was the reason behind Sci twi", said Darla.
" Well, after having everyone else from two different universes, I figured why not me as well, plus it'd be very exhausting and frustrating coming here when there's problems in the pony world as well", said Twilight.
" During the planning for the third movie, we thought, the school already did a contest against one another, why not do so against another school, a rival school, with Sci Twi as one of the students who, with a weird device, accidentally steals the magic from the Rainbooms, and unleashes it to turn into Midnight Sparkle", said Twilight.
Footage of interview with Sunset.
" It felt like the fourth book in the harry potter series, the goblet of fire, different schools uniting for a tournament, and a chance to get along with one another, first off we were thinking who will compete, and decided twelve students, six from CHS, and six from Crystal Prep, we already knew the chosen six from CHS, myself, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Applejack, and we know Sci Twi will be representing Crystal Prep, but we still needed five more students, so we gathered some students from another school who were willing to play rival students, to come and audition, we had 50 students auditioning for the part, and we chose 20-30 to actually be in the movie, while we needed five to play the main antagonists, after some deductions we were narrowed down to six, and we let my friends decided who would play the parts, and we went in Alphabetical order", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Applejack.
" I chose somebody who has a similar element as me, however is more dry and insulting, and a little dull, so I picked Sugarcoat", said Applejack.
Footage of interview with Fluttershy.
" I chose someone who also had the same element as me, and at the same time, not have it, so I picked Sour Sweet, at one point she's all sweet talk, the next minute she starts talking negative things, plus I was glad I didn't have to pick last, because it also meant I'd have to pick who isn't going to be a main part in the movie", said Fluttershy.
Footage of interview with Pinkie Pie.
" I took one look at Lemon Zest and thought she was really cool, so I chose her when it was my turn to choose", said Pinkie Pie.
Footage of interview with Rainbow Dash.
" I picked somebody who was like me, competitive, athletic, and well trained, and Indigo was shown to have more of a competitive side to her", said Rainbow Dash.
Footage of interview with Rarity.
" It was then me who had the final decision to make, and I knew both of the remaining girls worked so well for this moment and both deserved to be here, so I tossed a coin, and made a fair decision, and picked Sunny Flare", said Rarity.
Footage of interview with Twilight.
" We then had the idea of having a corrupt Principal in Crystal prep being the main antagonist in the movie, something like abuse of power", said Twilight.
Footage of interview with Cinch.
" When I was giving the role for the movie, it felt like a great opportunity, even though I was playing the main antagonist in the third movie, I got along with everyone when the camera's weren't rolling", said Cinch.
Footage on the set of Friendship Games, in the craft services area.
Cinch, Celestia, Luna and Cadence were standing by the window of the cafeteria, with some glasses of Apple juice in their hands, they were chatting and having a few laughs.
" Only a few more weeks till the end of filming", said Celestia.
" And you're doing great on your part Abacus, during your scenes, you even gave me the creeps", said Luna.
" Well, I was told to try and find an inspiration to who I should compare too", said Abacus Cinch.
" So, I'm guessing that antagonist from Harry Potter, what was her name again, the crazy cat lady", said Cadence.
" Umbridge", said Celestia.
" Yeah, Umbridge that's her name", said Cadence.
" Funny, you're comparing me to Deloris Jane Umbridge, and yet you're the one in pink", said Cinch jokingly.
" Well your character fits her personalty well", said Cadence.
" I was thinking she's more like Gulch", said Celestia.
" Who", said Luna.
" You know, that lady in the Wizard of Oz, compared to the wicked witch, she's the one riding on the bike at the beginning of the movie", said Celestia.
" So that explains Cinches personality, she acts like that because her sister was crushed by a house", said Luna.
" Oh ha ha, that it so funny", said Cinch, with a hint of sarcasm, while the other three just laughed.
Meanwhile, The Rainbooms and the Shadowbolts were also chatting and enjoying themselves, getting along well.
Footage of interview with Sunset.
" Before we did the Tri Cross relay, the twelve of us were sent to a outdoor boot camp for some fun activities like rock climbing, archery, motorbike and there was even a rollerskating rink, we all tried out our moments, and knew Rainbow Dash and Indigo were really into the motorbike race, and I enjoyed it too, seeing I always ride one to get to the set every day, and Sugarcoat enjoyed it as well, Rarity and Pinkie along with Sunny and Lemon were amazing skaters, and Sour, Twilight, Fluttershy and Applejack were great archers, we decided we were going to use those talents for a scene in the Friendship games", said Sunset.
" Speaking of the Tri Cross relay Race, that was a tough scene to do, wasn't it", said Darla.
" Yeah, it took all week to build, filming had to be put off until it was finished", said Sunset.
Footage on the set of Friendship Games, outside the building.
The Rainbooms and the Shadowbolts watched as they saw a bunch of builders setting up the derby for the race, they were all wearing Kathmandu jackets.
" Gees, the producers really going all out for this movie, to make a giant arena", said Applejack.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" And then 2016 came, and so did Legends of Everfree", said Darla.
" Yeah, I thought it was going to be just a trilogy, but then we have a fourth movie, and it's also the last movie of the Equestria girls franchise, well, last feature length at least, we continued on making 20-40 minute specials", said Sunset.
" So whats the story behind the fourth movie", said Darla.
" Honestly, I thought we were expecting another battle story, in part one we had me verse Twilight for the crown, in the sequel Rainbow Rocks we had the battle of the bands, in the Friendship games, we had a battle between two schools, you'd expect the fourth movie which takes place in a summer camp will show a summer camp battle between two camps, but no, it's about CHS, spending the summer in Camp everfree which has this dark tale to it, and it's also at risk of being demolished", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Fluttershy.
" The location where we filmed Everfree was so beautiful, I just wanted to stay there forever away from society, a beautiful forest, and a nice lake to swim in", said Fluttershy.
" Speaking of lakes, I've heard a rumor, that you and the others during the filming of the fourth movie sneaked off a few times in the early mornings, to go skinny dipping in the lake", said Darla.
" I would rather not answer that", said Fluttershy.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" So with these individual powers you and the others got, what's the story behind that", said Darla.
" Well, we figured, as known to be seven amazing heroes, we should each have a power transferred from Equestria, seven individual powers", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Fluttershy.
" Even though my power was brought up first, the ability to communicate with animals, making it happen was very difficult, we even have a blooper real to prove it", said Fluttershy.
Footage of Blooper for Legends of Everfree.
" It is lovely out here, the fresh air, the cool breeze, the birds that land on your finger", said Fluttershy as a bird lands onto her index finger.
" I think that only happens to you", said Rainbow Dash, however, a scream was heard as the two turned to see Rarity screaming as a bird landed onto her head.
"... Or not", said Rainbow Dash.
Footage of interview with Rainbow Dash.
" Knowing in the show I'm known as the fastest Pegasus in all of Equestria, with the sonic Rainboom to prove it, so my power for Equestria girls is obviously speed, the way we made it happen was funny, all I was doing was running normally while the camera was filming, and then later, they speed it up to make it look like I'm speeding, in the meantime, everyone else had to either walk really slow, or not move at all, to avoid moving the same pace as me making it look like I'm not the only one with a super speed power", said Rainbow Dash.
Footage of interview with Applejack.
" My one was super strength, seeing I'm already the strongest of the group, carrying heavier things was like childs play for me, however, there were some things that not even I was able to carry, so we had to make fake objects that are lighter, and look real and heavier, so I'll be able to carry them, we were just like The Incredibles, we've got someone with super speed, someone with super strength, and someone who can summon force fields, all that's missing is someone with extreme flexibility and someone who can cause an entire building to go up in flames", said Applejack.
" You mean like Pinkie for the last one", said Darla.
" Oh yeah, that's right", said Applejack.
Footage of interview with Pinkie Pie.
" I loved my superpower, I thought it was going to be just my Pinkie senses, but they the producers decided what if I began throwing sprinkles, marshmallows, glitter etc, and make them explode on impact, all I've been doing was throwing junk around, while the pyrotechnics crew were the real deal who made the explosions happen, this was also one of the most dangerous stunts we've done", said Pinkie Pie.
Footage of interview with Rarity.
" I was surprised with my super power, gem force field shields, but I guess for my love for gems, it was a great power, even though the shields fade out after I finish using them, I was hoping for the ability to turn anything into gems", said Rarity.
" So, how do you make all that happen with the gem shields", said Darla.
" Well, while filming, I had to act like I was summoning a shield attack with my hand, and my targets would get launched backwards by wires", said Rarity.
Footage of interview with Sunset.
" After knowing the last two powers were mind reading and telekinesis, I thought I was going to be the telekinetic one, and Twilight was going to be the mind reading one, but looking back, it makes more sense with Twilight having telekinesis, and me having the mind reading power, plus my one was the easiest to do, no pyrotechnics, no speed ups, no animal training, the only effects are with my eyes, and all I had to do was touch someone's arm, and act like I was jabbed with a taser gun", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Twilight.
" Just like a Unicorn or Alicorn, lifting things with magic is easy, but takes time to get used to, when doing to telekinesis scenes, all I had to do was act like I'm lifting something with my mind, like either the object would be carried on a wire, or a CGI object would be used, I felt like Matilda Wormwood", said Twilight.
" Are you sure", said Darla.
" Who do you think I'm more like", said Twilight.
" Matilda was more smarter, and more responsible with her power, and more sane, I think you were more like Carrie White, only nobody dies", said Darla.
" Gee thanks", said Twilight.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" And so, 2017, a very big year involving My little pony, more specifically the 2017 movie that was released 4 years ago, that had no involvement with Equestria girls, and had very special guests", said Darla.
" Yeah, I was thrilled to see it", said Sunset.
" Also, along that time there was also the better together series in Equestria girls, and the Choose Your Own Ending series, along with the 3 20 minute specials, Dance Magic, Movie Magic and Mirror Magic", said Darla.
" The Tales of Canterlot High, well, about that, when I first saw the script, I thought it was going to be a fifth movie, only with three different stories put together, like Disney used to do with one of their direct to Video/DVD sequels, but then as it turns out, it was going to like like a three episode season", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Rarity.
" Dance Magic had more of a reference to a episode in Friendship is magic, the one where I went to Manehattan, to take part in a fancy dress competition, only for one of my opponents to steal my original idea and make it look like her own", said Rarity.
" Only in this episode the antagonists were the Shadowbolts again", said Darla.
" Yeah, 4 out of 5 of them at least", said Rarity.
" Yeah that's right, Indigo wasn't in it, why is that", said Darla.
" Well, when we had the idea of bringing the Shadowbolts back, rather than having them a one time thing, we contacted all five girls if they were up for the idea, and to our surprise only four out of five said yes, Sugarcoat, Sour Sweet, Sunny Flare and Lemon Zest all agreed and joined us again, however Indigo declined for a couple of reasons", said Rarity.
" Which are", said Darla.
" Well, first off she was overseas during the time, so she wouldn't make it here even if she wanted to, plus she wasn't really that interested either, even though she enjoyed working on the friendship games two years earlier, she has her own life to deal with, and her own career choice to do, and she wasn't really that interested in being an actress, so while she appreciated the opportunity six years ago, she was no longer as interested now as she was then, so as a little tribute we mentioned her in the Dance Magic episode, plus she did appear in Rollercoaster of Friendship to my memory, but only for a few seconds, basically, Friendship Games was the only feature which had Indigo make as much of an appearance as the others", said Rarity.
Footage of interview with Rainbow Dash.
" And then there was the ' Movie Magic', episode, how was that one", said Darla.
" Amazing, cause I get to work with in my opinion one of the most talented actresses of all time", said Rainbow Dash.
" And you filmed in an actual film lot", said Darla.
" Well, not exactly, but we did have an old warehouse nearby, it was about to be torn down, but luckily they let us have the chance the use it before it was demolished, we also put in props to make it look like a movie set, with various areas and different genres, like, a Sci Fi movie, a Medieval fantasy movie, and of course, a Daring Do, jungle explorer theme, etc, it was a big warehouse", said Rainbow Dash.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" And finally there was mirror magic, with multiple surprises, including a humanized Starlight Glimmer", said Darla.
" Yeah, we knew that was going to get the fans hyped", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Starlight Glimmer.
" In 2015 after finishing season 5, I thought that was it, but then they wanted me for season 6 as also a character for a redemption ark, throughout that year, 2016, I had a lot of fans, at first, I thought people were gonna hate me, but then I had people who loved me, did you know my original name wasn't going to be Starlight Glimmer, it was going to be Aurora", said Starlight.
" Yeah, anyway, so how are you with being the seventh pony in the mix, in Friendship is Magic, there was you, in Equestria Girls there was Sunset Shimmer, and in Pony Life there was Potion Nova", said Darla.
" Oh, very lucky to be honest", said Starlight.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" During the making of Mirror Magic, we thought, after ending Movie Magic, with the antagonist Juniper Montage getting punished, we thought, what if we had an episode of her getting revenge, plus, that was the previous two specials before Mirror magic didn't show dark magic, so, we thought now was the good time to bring it up", said Sunset.
" Also in 2017, you were involved in making Equestria girls shorts, like Better Together, Choose Your Own Ending, and a few other stuff", said Darla.
" Yeah, if we didn't get our own TV show, at least we had something other than just four movies", said Sunset.
" So, during 2018, that was where things have settled, for a little bit, even though there was season 8 of the show, as well as the holiday special, 'best gift ever', there was also two 44 minute specials of Equestria Girls, 'Forgotten Friendship', and 'Roller coaster of Friendship', what's the story behind those two", said Darla.
" Well, first off Forgotten friendship, is about my friends losing their memory's about me, well, at least the memory's about the good times I had with them, and only have the memory's of the old me, the bad me, and so I went to Equestria, finally made amends with Princess Celestia, and learnt of the cause of the memory loss", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Rainbow Dash.
" Even though the Anon - a - Miss comic was released 7 years ago, people are still giving us hate and backlash, and even compared our actions in forgotten friendship to our actions in the holiday comic, in our defense, we were brainwashed in 'Forgotten Friendship', so only an idiot would have a go at us for something we had no control over, and as it turns out, there's a lot of them", said Rainbow Dash.
Footage of interview with Applejack.
" There's also in the feedback, concerning Wallflower Blush's motive, the antagonist of the special, envy because Sunset was getting friends, and she was all alone for her own fault, using the memory stone for her own gain, and taking her own problems out on Sunset, and nearly destroying her friendship with you, doesn't that make her look less sympathetic", said Darla.
" I know what you mean, looking back on the short film, I figured Wallflower had a weak motive to do what she did, but at least she had a motive, unlike the antagonist in the other special that year", said Applejack.
" You mean Vignette Valencia from 'Roller coaster of Friendship'", said Darla.
" Yeah, and no Disrespect to her or anything, but, if we had a top 5 list of EG villains who had the most weakest Redemption's, I'm definite that Vignette will Rank number one, she was nothing but a spoiled, obnoxious, egotistical brat who thinks she knows better than everyone else, she would've given Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon a run for their money during their time as antagonists, if you thought the memory stone incident was dangerous, who knew what would've happened if our friends never got out of that white room, not to mention more people keep getting put in, and only an idiot would believe her excuse of 'only wanting a friend', bull honky,", said Applejack, she then took a deep breath and continued.
not to mention she got let off way too easy, if there's anyone in the EG franchise who's the most pathetic, it's between her or Trixie, plus her singing is so awful, deaf people are lucky not to hear it, Again, no disrespect to her, but the even when the CMC's did the Anon-a-Miss scenario, they are still better than Vignette, because they had a better motive and a less weaker redemption, not to mention unlike her, they've been punished", She finished.
" Are you done ranting about her", said Darla.
" Not in the slightest, I have a lot of things to say about her, but I won't say them because they're not child friendly, I only wished we made a scene where I punch her in the nose, it's a better comeuppance than what she really deserves", said Applejack.
" Speaking on the episode, one of the biggest topics fans were talking about was the bond between you and Rarity", said Darla.
" Are you referring to the Rarijack shipping", said Applejack.
" Yeah, what are you're thoughts on that", said Darla.
" No comment", said Applejack.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" And then we had 2019, which began the second season of your shorts and specials, along with Spring Breakdown, Sunset's backstage pass, and Holiday's unwrapped, as well as a one hour special in the pony world Rainbow Roadtrip, and the final season for Friendship is Magic", said Darla.
" I remember that year, the final year of the 2010's decade, the end of one decade and the beginning of the 2020's", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Rainbow Dash.
" So, was a real life cruise ship used in the special", said Darla.
" We filmed most of the boat scenes in an actual boat, but, when it came to scenes like the boat sinking, we used a blue or green screen with CGI effects, as well as a forced perspective with a small model of the ship, we really weren't dumb enough to sink an actual ship 100s of feet below the water for the reason of using it as a scene, it's like having someone thrown in a cage filled with lions, and eaten alive, and filming the entire thing just to make an execution scene for a Roman movie", said Rainbow Dash.
Footage of interview with Pinkie Pie.
" The cruise ship wasn't the only thing that happened that year, there was also the star swirl festival, with time just repeating itself", said Darla.
" Yeah, that was a tough special to film, but during that time we also filmed some other shorts, including a few choose your own ending episodes, and a couple of music videos", said Pinkie Pie.
" Speaking of music, the Dazzlings, the last time we saw any of them was in 2014, during the second movie, any reason for why it took so long for their return, or were they intentionally just a one time thing", said Darla.
" Well, after Rainbow Rocks, the trio went their separate ways, Sonata has been working at a Mexican restaurant, even got a promotion, Aria has gone to college, don't know what she's studying, and as for Adagio, well, she was the only one still working on performances, as Singer and Dancer", said Pinkie Pie.
Footage of interview with Adagio Dazzle.
" Because of our separation, it was difficult to have all three of us together, and I know they weren't going to have the same sort of situation with us, as they have with the Crystal Prep girls, all three of us had to be together, even though I would've been more than glad to go solo, due to being leader of the trio, but no, they said it was all hands on deck for the three of us, or not at all", said Adagio.
Footage of interview with Twilight.
" Along with that, and just a few weeks after the show ended, was where you released your final special, Holiday's unwrapped", said Darla.
" Yeah, but that wasn't like any of the other specials, it was only a set of six short stories, that lasted 7-8 minutes long each", said Twilight.
" Yeah, and it had no big story, or adventure, technically Sunset's Backstage pass was the final big adventure story for you seven", said Darla.
" Yeah, original...", Twilight was cut off by Darla.
" We keep saying 'Yeah', at the beginning of each sentence do we", said Darla.
" Yeah, we do", said Twilight jokingly, " Anyway, originally, we had plans for a season three, but then Pony Life came along, and so Equestria Girls was put on Hiatus, and we all went our separate ways".
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" I was looking forward to last year 2020, after seeing Friendship is Magic have a big Conclusion, I was hoping we'd have the same, but then a few complicated things happened, for example, Covid-19, we were all in separate places at the time, and because of the outbreak, we couldn't even go anywhere, because of Social Distancing, plus most of our background cast have faded out of the cameras, not to mention the creators were more focused on Pony Life, they even made a second season of it, instead of continuing E.G., it was disappointing, the only times me and my friends saw one another was through social media, and face cam, even though luckily we finished filming the last of the shorts, and the show had ended in June that year, we thought we were going to have a third season after last year, but no we didn't, we thought the show was on hiatus, but it wasn't, it was cancelled", said Sunset.
" I also heard your original actress for Spike also left and didn't voice him in Pony Life, was there any struggles finding a replacement", said Darla.
" No not really, it was a shame that not everyone was on board for Pony Life, but we were able to have Rarity provide the voice while voicing herself as well", said Sunset.
" Which brings us to the year we are at the moment, 2021, it has been nearly two years since FIM has ended, and 8 years since the beginning of Equestria Girls, during this year, in March, there was a revelation, that there was originally going to be plans for a third season, with a proper conclusion for it, as well as a one hour special revealing the Sunset Shimmer from this world, but all that was cancelled", said Darla.
" Yeah I saw that tweet, when that came out it had a huge reaction from the fans, good, and bad, and a lot of people were not happy that the idea was called off, honestly, I'm not either, but, I guess in a way, the show had to end eventually, we couldn't keep it going forever, if we did, we would probably ruin it, overdo it, like they did with shows like the Simpsons", said Sunset.
" So, it has been over a year since the show ended, what have you been doing during that time", said Darla.
" I've been working at a Sushi restaurant, but due to restricted, I had to work less hours, which was a bummer, so I spent my extra time playing video games, and did live streaming to make a living", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Applejack.
" I've spent most of my time on the barn, ever since Granny Smith retired, and my little sister Applebloom has gone to college, and Big Mac was off doing his own thing, I've spent most of the time on the barn by myself", said Applejack.
Footage of interview with Fluttershy.
" I still see my friends through social media, but I rarely see them face to face, but luckily for me, I have my animal friends, and also the calm and quiet is nice and helpful, gives me enough opportunity to meditate", said Fluttershy.
Footage of interview with Rainbow Dash
" I've taken some time at home, practicing my moves for the when the next game is up, thankfully, last year, during the lock down, I've been doing a lot of practicing, and have become a pro", said Rainbow Dash.
Footage of interview with Pinkie Pie
" I still do what I love doing, making people smile, and I still work at my favorite diner, despite the pandemic, and despite the fact that the customers can't dine in, I still enjoy seeing their faces everyday", said Pinkie Pie.
Footage of interview with Rarity
" I work at a boutique, so that's I've been spending my time during the pandemic making dresses", said Rarity.
Footage of interview with Twilight
" I've been studying at university after Equestria girls ended, even though it was mostly online studying, and face cam classes, because of the pandemic and all, but luckily in some places, steps have been taken to reduce the number of cases for the Coronavirus, however, even so, it's still yet to be by any means eliminated", said Twilight.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" During that time, we still kept in touch in one another", said Sunset.
" Was there any pressure during the production of Equestria Girls", said Darla.
" Don't remind me, even during our time making Equestria Girls, we had the same experience, now don't get me wrong, there are some great fans out there, that love our show, our series, but there is always the other kind of fans that are awful, obsessive, like, have you seen the episode Fame and Misfortune, we had the same experience the mane six did, we were harassed", said Sunset.
" Just like this one incident with the mob at the front of the mall", said Darla.
" I'm trying to forget that even happened", said Sunset.
Footage of incident late 2017, at Canterlot Mall.
A mob was waiting outside the building, filled with hundreds of people, waiting for a certain seven girls to come out.
Twilight and Sunset walked out first, stood close to one another, Applejack and Rarity followed, also keeping close to each other, while sticking with Twilight and Sunset, while Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie followed behind, both Rainbow and Pinkie sticking by Fluttershy as the seven girls headed for a limo waiting for them.
They ran past the mob of people shouting profanities at them, and a few security guards were keeping the mob at bay so they won't do any physical damage to the girls.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" Even though the shows over, and no matter what we do, there's no pleasing some people, even though I have changed big time, no longer the same villain you saw of me in the first movie, there's always a small percentage who hate me for it", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Applejack.
" I have been criticized for my stubbornness, Rarity has been criticized for her dramatic moments, Rainbow Dash has been criticized for her ego, Fluttershy has been criticized for her lack of bravery, Pinkie Pie has been criticized for her hyperactive characteristic, and Twilight's been criticized for being a self-righteous know-it-all, and for the fact that her character has been an Alicorn in season 3, that moment has been a huge change in the series, and a controversial one as well", said Applejack.
Footage of interview with Twilight Sparkle.
" At least, while we had some horrible fans, we also had a lot of positive fans who appreciate us, even though many of them have different opinions on us, at least they don't attack us for any minor reasons", said Twilight.
" Well what about the obsessed fans", said Darla.
" If you mean the ones that make you cringe, oh boy, don't get me started, it's those kind of fans that are the reason why the all Bronies and Pegasisters are frowned upon", said Twilight.
Footage of interview with Fluttershy.
" I've seen comments from people about us, heartwarming ones, terrifying ones, and mean ones, first off, here's an example of a mean comment", said Fluttershy, holding out her phone showing some reviews.
" Here's one saying ' Fluttershy is so useless, she could just drop dead, and the gang would be even more successful without her', there are even people calling me a coward, just because I have so many fears, whether it's of the dark, heights, clowns, or anything people would overcome when they get older, at first I thought they were right, but with the support from my friends, I learned to believe that these comments are without a doubt, wrong, just because I have these fears, and still taking time to overcome, doesn't make a coward, at least I'm able to admit that I have these fears, would a coward do that, and let's say if somebody didn't want to go on a plane, due to a traumatizing incident the last time they flew, are you going to call them a coward as well", said Fluttershy.
" So what do you think is true cowardice", said Darla.
" True cowardice is people who throw other people under the bus to make themselves look better, people who blame others for their own doing, as well as people who take all the credit for something other people did", said Fluttershy.
" So what about the other comments", said Darla.
" Well, while the rest of the comments aren't exactly mean, there are some that are just disturbing, so disturbing I don't even want to mention them, it just goes to show, that there are some people out there that are just, not mentally stable, either that or they're just joking around, but I would know for a fact not all of them are joking, some are even quite serious, I was so disturbed by it all, that there were times I just wanted to quit the series, run away, and live the rest of my life in the woods, but it's the support from my friends that are keeping me from doing so, as well as the remaining comments that I find okay", said Fluttershy.
She then showed some of the nicer comments.
" Like this one, saying how strong I am, no matter what I go through, I am stronger than people think, and if anyone doesn't think so, then that's their problem, some are saying how beautiful I look, and others say how beautifully I sing, it's that kind of encouragement that also gets me going", said Fluttershy.
Footage of interview with Sunset.
" Okay, only a few more Questions before we wrap this up, apart from each other, have any of you kept in touch with the other cast, like Flash Sentry and Timber Spruce, has anything been confirmed on that", said Darla.
" Well, I haven't seen Flash, and Twilight hasn't seen Timber, neither of us have seen any of the male cast, apart from Big Mac, and Zephyr, and one or two others after the show ended", said Sunset.
Darla was about to ask another question when Sunset interrupted her.
" And in case you're wondering, no, even if the pandemic ended, we weren't planning on getting back into a relationship with them, considering how awkward the whole love Triangle thing has been, we all agreed to remain friends", said Sunset.
" How about among the seven of you, any shippings", said Darla.
" If you're referring to ships like Applejack and Rarity, along with Me and Twilight, with Rainbow and Fluttershy, the answer is no, and, you can guarantee the same answer from the others", said Sunset.
" What if I asked Twilight about her and Mordecai", said Darla.
" It'd be better if you didn't ask her that question", said Sunset.
Footage of interview with Pinkie Pie.
" Oh, me and my boyfriend Cheese Sandwich have been together for so long, so many fans wanted us to be together, and it looks like they got their wish, we're together", said Pinkie Pie.
Footage of interview with Sunset Shimmer.
" Also, between your first time on the set to now, how do you feel", said Darla.
" Don't get me started on that, when I was given that opportunity over eight years ago, and if I turned it down, then I would be an idiot, not to mention when we were first on the set of Equestria girls, we were just teens, in our mid to late teens, and now were in our early to mid twenties", said Sunset.
" I only have one final question to give to you, concerning the new movie, My Little Pony: The Next Generation, what are you thoughts on that", said Darla.
" Well, I'm sure the others will have the same answer as me, the trailers were great, and I would've hopped to see it in Cinemas, but due to Covid we couldn't, however we can see it on Netflix, which is amazing, as long as we do see it", said Sunset.
" How are you on the cast of the movie", said Darla.
" Amazed, to see half the cast I recognize in the movie is astounding, I mean, James Mardison, Vanessa Hudgens, Liza Koshy, and many others, I can say I'm looking forward to it when the time comes, in fact, I can say this, I've made arrangements with my friends, to come over to my place so we can see it, only a couple weeks away and I can't wait to see it", said Sunset.
" Well, just to let you know Sunset, by the time this documentary is released, it would be about less than 12 hours before the movie release", said Darla.
" Really, wow, interesting", said Sunset.
" Anyway, that's all the we have, thanks for your time Sunset Shimmer", said Darla, shaking hands with Sunset.
" No problem", said Sunset.
Darla then turns to the audience.
" And that's it for now, and hopefully you've enjoyed seeing our cast again, until next time, I'm Darla Raid, and Goodnight or Good afternoon depending on where you are", said Darla.
And that's it, hopefully you enjoyed it, and hopefully, to those who have seen the new My Little Pony movie on Netflix, I hope you liked it, and to those who haven't seen it but are planning too, I hope you like it once you do see it, not long now, until next time I upload, take care.