Saturday, 11 March 2023
The Stop Motion Lullaby
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A petal falls off the tree and flies into a little town.
It lands gently into the river near a very special building.
It's Mackinnon & Saunders.
Let's go inside...
Glow in the dark stars are hanging from the walls.
Down in the storage room, all the stop motion puppet characters are asleep.
Primrose and Wilfred...
The Rubbadubbers...
Bob's machines...
Postman Pat and his black and white cat...
All of this becomes a wall frieze on Ian Mackinnon's wall.
I enter Factory Create.
In the staffroom, I see every one of Factory's characters fast asleep on the sofas, including Luke, Resus and Cleo.
I am in tears remembering...
Luke, Resus, Cleo and I are running in a flowery meadow, excitedly hugging each other.
I cover a warm duvet over my friends and kiss them one by one, then fall asleep with them and all their friends.
Zoonicorn HORROR!
WARNING: this post is not recommended for younger fans of Zoonicorns. Reader discretion is advised.
Odessa and Pancake are playing hide and seek when Pancake becomes afraid his Zoonicorn dolls are out to get him. Odessa hisses that the Zoonicorns will kill any bad children in their dreams, and Pancake scoffs it's just an old otter's tale. However, when he goes to sleep, he ends up in the Zooniverse, where he ends up having a picnic with Promi, Ene, Valeo and Aliel. However, some hummingbirds come by and start stinging him. The Zoonicorns reassure him it's only just pretend, while looking at each other with smirks on their faces. Pancake runs away and tries blue paint and water to reverse this, but the hummingbirds just peck at him and cause large blemishes to appear on his skin, including large lumps. He begins experiencing terrible itching, and the Zoonicorns try to cure it by cutting his blemishes off with carving knives, to which Pancake starts screaming in pain. The Zoonicorns then develop red eyes and all of them turn their stripes red. They glue the now bleeding Pancake to the ground and declare that once they kill ANYONE who has been in their territory, they will use the souls of any child to possess their lord and master. Promi raises up a large knife and...!
The next morning, Odessa visits Pancake's house to see if he wants to play, but the moment she steps into his bedroom, he sees blood all over the bed. He removes the sheets to reveal Pancake dead, bloodied and scarred, with his stomach and chest cut open and entrails spewing out. Odessa screams and reacts to the point of fainting, and Ene's horn glows blood red.
Norman Picklestripes - Mission Impossumble/Fur-Get About It Song Sequence Review
Mission Impossumble:
This is the story that featured the song that introduced loyal Factory fans and non-Factory fans alike to Plywood Forest, Norm and his gopher sidekicks. The sequence has it all: bear onesies, synchronised swimming, Betsy the skunk gassing a rooster to death, Norm putting an umbrella over a resident's house to save any plumberworks and stop it raining inside, and rounds of raisins and nuts flying all around our favourite handyman. Also, be sure to look out for any hidden goodies along the way throughout the rest of the episode, such as that dumb bat trying to cross the road with her shopping, but almost getting run over by Norm's caddyshack. Hasn't she known of the Green Cross Code?
Fur-Get About It:
In the second segment, all the residents of Plywood Forest start shedding their fur during the hot season, and Norm bursts into a song-and-dance about why animals shed fur. The song starts with bunches of fur chasing two mole tourists, then it revolves into a full furry frenzy: balls of shed fur rolling along the stage, tiny little fuzzballs with legs (Mini Kiss Cool, anyone?) and Norm and Blanche sitting atop the sun. I hope they don't get burnt! As the gophers push the furballs away, Norm is seen comforting a crying Blanche and telling her that shedding fur is nothing to be worried about. Such a comforting Broadway star! This is also the first time we see, on the TV screens, the 2D flash animated 'Super Rabbit', during the end, when the gang are having a movie night.
Zecora's Kingdom - Part 1
I wonder what Zecora was doing when she was absent during Part 1 of Twilight's Kingdom? Well, you're about to find out...
While hanging out with my mentor Zecora, I happen to find a mysterious key in her basement, which turns out to be a wooden carving of Princess Twilight Sparkle. I ask her what the wooden carving symbolises, to which she states:
"The wooden carving is the key
To lead to my immortality
I can withstand fire that burns
For someday, Tirek will return."
She then shows me a wooden box which she can place the wooden carving into so she can unleash her ultimate form. Zecora and I then drink a potion and travel back in time to the events of the classic My Little Pony adventure 'Rescue From Midnight Castle', where we witness Tirek transform helpless ponies into dark, evil creatures to pull his chariot. Scorpan and Spike were his servants! Oh no! However, in this reality, Scorpan killed Spike and spared his blood to one earth pony to save her friends, but luckily, he was resurrected with magic cream. Zecora tells me the magic cream is precious, and shouldn't be stolen at all cost.
Zecora places a CCTV camera into the cave where the Tree Of Harmony is, and sets up TV screens to watch the Mane 6 place their keys into the magical chest where their mystical power's supposed to be unveiled. As she watches, she decides to place her wooden carving into her magical box, and soon, a burst of rainbow light comes out, surrounding Zecora and turning her into a magical 'Rainbow Power' version of herself, with rainbow coloured stripes and a red, blue and yellow mane. I am so delighted by this, as she has also gotten herself a horn and some wings, so she's an alicorn zebra!
We fly out into the night to see to Tirek once and for all, but upon seeing him fight with Discord, he turns and drains all the magic out of Zecora, returning her to her original form. He then stomps onto Zecora, injuring her, and I run calling for help! All of the Mane 6 except Twilight gather round Zecora as she lies bandaged and bleeding in the hospital bed. The doctor tells me that in order to get Zecora better, she must find three ingredients from three pony communities - a snappet of a crystal building from the Crystal Empire, a rainbow from Cloudsdale and some apple cider from Appleloosa. Applejack scoffs at the fact that crystals, rainbows and cider aren't going to get Zecora better, but the doctor reveals himself to be a guard at Canterlot and orders me to go find what I'm meant to look for for the sake of Zecora, Equestria and most importantly the planet.
Telling Luke, Resus & Cleo Some Exciting Bluey News!
ME: Guys guys guys! Something exciting popped up on the ABC Kids Facebook page!
LUKE: Is it a boring new show?
RESUS: Is it a Vimto sponsorship? Not that ABC Kids contains any ads, I'm sure.
CLEO: Is Purple Ronnie on there?
ME: No, our favourite friend Bluey has a big announcement that'll be announced on Monday!
LUKE/RESUS/CLEO: Yeah! Woohoo!
LUKE: I knew Bluey would be back with an important announcement!
CLEO: But what if it's about the toys or the books?
RESUS: Or another call-out?
LUKE: Guys, calm down, let's check the Facebook page and see what it is, shall we?
ME: I see Bluey's writing a letter and is about to post it into a plastic mailbox!
CLEO: Does that mean...
RESUS: New episodes are finally coming?
ME: Erm...you bet they are?
ALL OF US: Hmmmmmm....
Juniors
I know, you meet up with this boring disclaimer every time you go onto a page, but I just thought I'd give you guys a tour of other hair salons in celebration of my pamper day. First up is Juniors, with colourful shampoos, toys, DVDs, lollipops and biscuits! Imagine if I went there as a toddler....
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