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Saturday, 11 March 2023

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....

Friday, 10 March 2023

Lion Toothbrush!

Just because I brushed my teeth to get the butter smell away from around my lips, I thought I'd show you this.

Rip Their Heads Off & Suck Their Guts Out!

Bandit's Baby Race

In Baby Race, while Chilli was helping Bluey learn and develop, Bandit was having trouble sorting out her play table and baby harness. So, who's going to step in and help?
Him! My Uncle Niles of course! He has lots of experiences with me as a baby, and always knows how to make me and my sister Cleo laugh.
As for Snickers, I've been friends with him ever since I've been to that mother & baby group. I couldn't help wandering off to explore while owner Crystal was teaching the other mothers and babies sign language or nursery rhymes, but I'd roll around in the crawling tunnel or roll a ball about, distracting Bluey and the other babies. Snickers' mum cared for him and helped him run his own race: feeding him, bathing him, reading him bedtime stories, singing lullabies and nursery rhymes, playing with his toys and even changing his stinky green nappy! Don't worry, she'll wash it, she has lots of natural nappies, because people are saving the environment these days.
Oh and also, because his ears are long, Snickers fiddles with them most of the time. Fidgeting is very good for your health.

Living With Zecora In The Jungle

Ever wanted to live just like Tarzan? Of course you do! If I were to live in the jungle, I would be in complete paradise. Zecora would raise me as her own and be my mother in this savage wilderness. She would raise other people as her own too - Twilight Sparkle, Luke, Resus, Cleo, Bluey, Bingo, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Spike, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. Unlike Tarzan, there'll be no big strong zebra like Kerchak bossing me around, so Zecora will care for me with all her heart.

"Humans aren't like us, they're full of greed,
But I'm lucky I've got lots of kids to feed."

She Ra Is On Pop?!

*laughs* Serves this blonde prat right for pinching my ears, and causing the Coronavirus pandemic, and taking my friends from Scream Street away!

Put Mustard On This Piece Of Music!

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Princess Pamper Day Is Here At Last!

Good news! No, it's not that my imagination has come back, I think I might be suffering a quarter-life crisis. Look it up, it's something 20-25 year olds go through when they have no thoughts in their head. It's just that....I'M GOING TO THE BEAUTY SALON IN GOLSPIE!!! Yay! I'm going to have my hair, and hopefully my nails, done, and there'll be no music, just a relaxed environment that anyone would dare to love. I'll be acting like the ponies that come free with Pony's Beauty Salon playset from Sylvanian Families. Shampoo, conditioner, trim, style, chat, blusher...it has it all!

Sing Animal Pancakes

While having breakfast, I was looking for pictures of pancakes to keep my appetite on, and I found this cute Sing pancakes. Now I'm not familiar with Illumination films, especially Minions: The Rise Of Gru, but these pancakes really take the cake - there's a pig, a koala and a mouse. I wish a lion starred in Sing, then they could make a lion pancake with blueberry eyes and a strawberry mane!

A Christmas Carol Experience

Even at Christmas, Hello Kitty loved celebrating a Drusilla's Park, where she and Thomas the tank engine loved to hang out. Drusilla's Park is a sight to behold on Christmas - animals, a sensory attraction named Spark, toy huskies given to you by Father Christmas - boy oh boy! I had a dream last night where Hairy Jeremy and I were wandering the park and came upon an attraction named 'A Christmas Carol Experience' which lead into a mysterious world. It had dark corridors covered in swirling snow, grand estate-esque rooms filled with bourbon, statues and books and snowy valleys with hills with Muppet gophers sliding down. At least this family didn't get lost in this attraction, because in real life, there's no such thing as A Christmas Carol Experience.