"My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" Chinese New Year 2012 Spike-A-Thon Promo

[pieeatingcontest2304]

The Hub gets a My Little Pony marathon, and Treehouse gets a randomly chosen episode from season 1. Canadian bronies get no respect :(

[ericnrivers]

Every time i hear this, i think he's going to say, "except green beans. Those things are sour."

[orochimarujes]

I like green beans...

[akjk1212]

@orochimarujes you make me sick

[Karlos1234ify]

@Popemeisterjosh congratulations for the marriage, I wish a happy life for you.

[rodylermglez]

Ponies using arrows and bows is canon now. CUTE!

[TheAnubis57]

Enjoyed the Spike-A-Thon immmensely and to everypony today: Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Or: 恭禧發財 Gong Xi Fa Cai (in Mandarin) or Gong Hey Fat Choy (in Cantonese).

[PriLuna2012]

Who would be up at 5 am to watch MLP??

Wait....nvm. Anypony would be.

[helgenarin]

Last boss in skyrim :L i cant or will kill him

[PuyoKero]

This ad was the best part of "The Last Roundup." <3

[OneRadicalDude]

@PuyoKero I agree. I actually liked the ad more than the episode (so many loved the ep, but I was "meh" about the ep).

[C2Tao]

Just FYI, 2014 is the year of the horse.

[Popemeisterjosh]

@C2Tao that'd be during season 4. Season 3 is already months since confirmed, and I can't imagine Hasbro dropping such a successful show until maybe season 5. It's also the year I get married (but that's irrelevant to ponies).

[OneRadicalDude]

I guess this makes up for not having Spike in this week's episode. I was really disappointed with today's episode, even though everyone else seems to have really loved it.

[MailMareDitzy]

@OneRadicalDude can you name the eps that aired. i liked the last 2 i catched, dragonshy and secret to my excess

[OneRadicalDude]

@MailMareDitzy "A Dog and Pony Show" and "Owl's Well That Ends Well" :)

[MailMareDitzy]

@OneRadicalDude meh, then i caught the only 2 really worth watching lol

[spindarazz]

sooo whos going to stream it

[NeroAlan]

do you have the short version where he says "that's me!"?

[NeroAlan]

i guess those oriental ponies' eye shape proves that twilight is an asian pony

[CanadianPolybius]

SPIKESPIKESPIKESPIKESPIKESPIKE­SPIKE

[yodadude666]

SPIKE IS BEST DRAGON!

[JacksonEbert]

I.AM.THERE

[9012Ironhide]

Would have been cool to see an episode based on this concept XD

[GeneralNerd]

I used to be a dragon like Spike, then I took a pony to the knee.

(Yes I know that makes no sense and that meme is overused. Shut up.)

[OneRadicalDude]

Has anyone seen the ad on The Hub, yet? I have not seen it, yet. Maybe they're only seen during the AM-early PM hours.

[rafflesia]

@OneRadicalDude I've seen it a few times between 11 am and 3:30 pm. :) And I was all, "YAY for Spike appreciation! Totally badass commercial!" =D

[OneRadicalDude]

@rafflesia Ah, okay.

I just saw the ad a few minutes ago on The Hub, so it looks like we'll see it advertise more during the evening/early AM hours between now and Sunday before the Spike-A-Thon.

[rafflesia]

@OneRadicalDude Yay! I have been seeing it quite a bit because I leave the Hub on a lot, haha. So hopefully lotsa peoples will see it and tune in. =}

[metroid885]

Crap now all I wanna do is put skyrim in the comments!!

[Inkan1969]

Spike and those warrior ponies could kick the asses of Po and the Furious 5 all the way from the Pacific to Xinjiang. :-D

[XillcamX]

this is kind of awesome

[jj5x5fan1]

this is on my birthday......b3st damn day if ne kufe

[PregnantOrc]

No Steven Magnets-athon?



[x208864]

哈哈!!!我喜歡這廣告有濃濃東方色彩!!

祝各位小馬粉絲們

龍年行大運!!!!

[frkman24]

I feel bad for the pacific bronies, having to get up at 5am!

[just4lolzz]

Chinese New Year just got 20% cooler

Fan fact: This year is the year of the dragon, so it makes sense

[dundeecake]

Chinese dragons are being mixed up with europian dragons?

Asian warrior PONIES, while african are Zebra's?

So many jokes can be made. 

[nerevars]

But everything change when fire nation attack

[Shippoyasha]

Those mythical pony tails are AMAZING.

[arrowghost]

It makes sense that Spike is a dragon, but Discord has a body shape of a real Asian dragon.

[OneRadicalDude]

@arrowghost They probably chose Spike, because he's far more involved in the series than Discord (not sure using an antagonist that has only appeared on one two-part episode would be a great way to represent the marathon), and Discord, while I agree that he's shaped similarly to an Asian-styled dragon, he's not really much of a dragon. He's got a few reptilian characteristics (like the tongue), but he has a lot of mammal parts, and some bird-like parts, too. I get what you're saying, though.

[OneRadicalDude]

@OneRadicalDude Also, Discord won Naughty or Nice, so I guess it was appropriate enough to give another character some love. :)

[Anonymous20789]

@arrowghost Yeah, but two episodes can't make a marathon. Heh

[arrowghost]

@Anonymous20789 I know that the case. DA people already told me that.

[dundeecake]

@arrowghost Even more Steven Magnet

[LightningFastStudios]

Must... resist... urge to reference Skyrim...

[PonyFabulous]

Everything changed when the fire nation attacked...

[LordAaronus]

You all just wait, by the time the Year of the Horse rolls around, we'll have enough seasons of pony to make you marathon till your brain bleeds.

[MechanizeDragon]

@LordAaronus In between episodes there'll be 5 minute shorts about the life of that mule.

[LordAaronus]

@MechanizeDragon They should have shorts about all the background ponies and be done with it, maybe explaining stuff like why Bonbon has three different voices (they're just her identical mom and grandma).

[Dungeon287]

@LordAaronus Unless the show gets fucked over because of Faust completely leaving the show after S2 ends. But hopefully the show can continue to thrive and be just as good as it's always been.

[DementedStudios9007]

@Dungeon287 So far S2 has been even better than S1, so this could mean that future seasons will greatly improve from here forward, especially animation-wise.

[Dungeon287]

@DementedStudios9007 Yeah I agree. Season 1 had it's moments, but was overall pretty weak. Not saying it was bad, I mean I still love S1, but the humor in S2 has improved. I was finding myself actually laughing during most of the episodes in S2, compared to S1 where I was just like "Heh, that was kind of funny".

[eXAKR]

@LordAaronus That's in two years' time.

[eXAKR]

@LordAaronus That's in two years' time.

[LordAaronus]

@eXAKR Well 4 seasons adds up to over 100 episodes, that's plenty.

[familyguy1231]

@LordAaronus I have the internet, and 2 laptops, i have ALL the marathons you can believe.

[Awesomeadam76]

ROFLWWP!

(Rolling On Floor Laughing While Watching Ponies)

[OneRadicalDude]

Instead of a brohoof, how about a broclaw? :)

[rablpn]

I'm with you Spike; Green Beans ARE gross.

[Kstylero7]

My mind is full of millions and millions of fucks.

[Crimpyiff]

Bows and arrows are now canon.

[GlowyPie]

@Crimpyiff Archer has a bow and arrow cutie mark so they were canon already.

[Crimpyiff]

@GlowyPie

Touche.

inb4arrowtotheknee

[CoCoSkol]

@0:14 Spike speaks but it doesn't fit his mouth movements like a Japanese kung fu movie dubbed in english

[GlowyPie]

I was so confused when I saw this on EqD and it took me a while to realize that this wasn't a fan-made video but instead A COMMERCIAL. Hub's starting to be just as awesome as we are with pony videos.

[rankaratar]

Great, now we need an oriental episode with a wise asian lung dragon.

[draxdrilox02]

Needs a episode based in this warrios ponies

[blackattack1840]

Asian Ponies. Make it Happen.

[DJKatAnimated]

I lol'd @ Spike's Arena in the related video section.

Then proceeded to nostalgiagasm at the rest of the soundtrack.

[OneRadicalDude]

From what I've heard:

8:00 - A Dog and Pony Show

8:30 - Owl's Well That Ends Well

9:00 - Dragonshy

9:30 - Secret of My Excess

Dragonshy doesn't really have much Spike. I'm guessing they selected Dragonshy, because it does feature a large dragon to fit the Year of the Dragon theme.

[fatboi1000]

I know which four: "Owl's Well That Ends Well", "A Dog & Pony Show", "Lesson Zero", and "Secret of My Excess".

[dogman15]

So they'll show "Owl's Well that Ends Well" and "Secret of My Excess"... What else is there for a marathon of Spike episodes?

[UniquEnegma]

I swear that there is only 2 spike focused episodes

[50033836]

@UniquEnegma Maybe, but I can count a few where Spike plays a large part in the story:

1."Owl's Well That Ends Well"

2."Mare In The Moon (Part 1)"

3. "Secret of My Excess"

4. "A Dog & Pony Show"

[UniquEnegma]

@50033836 A dog & pony show, I see happening. I'm not too sure that Mare in the moon will be the other one :/

[OneRadicalDude]

One person doesn't think green beans are nasty.

[lastoflancas]

Fun Fact: Chinese zodiac not only have 12 different animals for every 12 years, but those animals have different characteristics as well. For example, this year is called the Year of the Black Dragon (黑龍). Of course, you would know that if you lived on the East Asian countries.

[BLARGHALT]

@lastoflancas

OH SHIT ALDUIN'S COMING

[lastoflancas]

@BLARGHALT

LOL. I was waiting for someone like you to say that reference :D Too bad Deathwing can't join the party D:

[Inkan1969]

@lastoflancas What other dragons are there?

[lastoflancas]

@Inkan1969

There are blue, red, yellow and white possible dragons. See Chinese astrology for details or PM me.

Also, there is a myth of birthing a great mAn (like great scientist or war hero) if black dragon is holding a cintamani by its mouth. So, some people might get busy (wink wink) this year :D

[lastoflancas]

@lastoflancas btw, the official title of this year is 壬辰, not 黑龍.

[lisamariefan]

Year of the dragon, huh? That's pretty clever to use such a thing as a premise for a marathon. XD

[SupercatLB]

You know what I hate the most in Hub ? The fact that they interrupt interesting commercials for some stupid show all the time!!! *INPUT SARCASM HERE*

[ANZULonDA]

@SupercatLB i though exactly the same XD

[Ti5123]

i like how it is a spike-a-thon, not a mare-a-thon :D

[doglove1227]

*writes in planner*

I know what I'm doing sunday morning!

[Icedrake201]

*Makes epic trailer about Spike*

Me: "OMG, this is SO AWESOME!" /)^3^(\

*Realises they usually ditch his ass, or just use him as a tool in the most episodes*

[countsmegula]

@Icedrake201 This. :3

[Rubberman202]

I was born in the year of the Dragon, too! Also, what other Spike episodes are there besides Owl's Well That Ends Well and Secret of My Excess?

...Dog and Pony Show, I suppose...

[OneRadicalDude]

@Rubberman202 Only two are truly Spike-centric. However, Dog and Pony Show would have worked for sure, Lesson Zero, Luna Eclipsed, and any other episode that had a good balance of the cast. Heck, even Hearth's Warming Eve would be fine.

[Rubberman202]

@OneRadicalDude Luna Eclipsed barely had Spike at all, so that won't work...

[OneRadicalDude]

@Rubberman202 I agree that he wasn't the focus on that episode, but I disagree on "barely". Anyway, from what I've read, one episode that will appear is Dragonshy, which has even less Spike. I guess they selected it, because it featured a large dragon to fit the "Year of the Dragon" theme.

[Rubberman202]

@OneRadicalDude Makes sense.

[aczumel]

4........... just 4?

[OneRadicalDude]

It's about time The Hub starts showing some love for the adorable, hard-working, and underrated little dragon. Great promo.

[hsmtg05]

Did Pinkie just said... Spikey Wikey?... Didn't Rarity started that?

[OneRadicalDude]

@hsmtg05 If she did, it may have been on "Dog and Pony Show", but I haven't watched that episode for quite some time. If not, then Pinkie was first to say "Spikey-Wikey"

[635574]

If you know Fairy Tale, there are about 3 dragon slayers, but there's no way they get to equestria.

[2royalpengu2]

Spikey Wikey O w O

[Coolblue3680]

4 Episodes? Sounds like Spike needs a bit of spotight...

[Lordor1000]

Aku ain't got shit against Spike!

[TXIIILightAgent1994]

Reminds me of American Dragon Jake Long ^^

[KyvannShrike]

So about those OC soldier ponies.

[northerntoe]

LONG AGO....................

[TheTaylos]

@northerntoe and then you get the wildest flashback ever... fuck

[swatteam1013]

more mare-a-thons?BUCK YEAH!

[MrSuperhomarbros]

the commercial reminds me of something of kung fu panda

[DoodooBean]

This pleases me.

[Limelime99Zones]

I thought it was Discord LOL.

[NightxAssassin1107]

I think the HUB is starting to realize that Ponies is the only show worth while on the station.

[Darmst]

@NightxAssassin1107

Dan vs. is also good, but very underrated

[SugarOBunny]

God, why did my Dad have to take The Hub off our channel plan. T_T

[DrNazus]

At first I was like :D

But then I realised I won't be their for it :c

[Tamerlane101]

I now want Mongol ponies. That would be awesome.

[Anzallos]

No one dare challenge him... EXCEPT THE DRAGON-BORN!

[Skyrim Trailer goes here]

[Arc13]

@Anzallos Fus-Ro-Yay?

[DiegoTan]

SHIT THIS IS SO AWESOME OHMYGOD

[AgentofDiscord]

Spike is best rice patty

[circuitfry]

The Elements of Harmony go back in time to the great ages of Neighjeing, China, when they were the harmonious talismans.

[MikeCloud666]

Ponificated Fire Nation solders

[Gadoink1]

@MikeCloud666 Oh my god they do look like Fire Nation. Cannot unsee.

[CrimzonAE]

So awesome! /)^3^(\

[CrimzonAE]

So awesome! /)^3^(\

[SaberScorpion]

Need Asian warrior ponies in the show now, asap

[Combine177]

Greenpeace is nasty.

[Haloman2023]

"There is nothing he won't devour..."

GET IT? CUZ HE'S FAT! HAHAHAHA!

[aznjohny]

The Hub's getting more awesome by the second.

[ImmaFluttershy]

So amazing. ^-^

[2007excalibur2007]

My little ponies celebrating Chinese New Year?

AWW YEAH.

[dakotahjopek]

I used to say First until I took an arrow in the knee

[aznjohny]

@dakotahjopek ಠ_ಠ

[GlowyPie]

@dakotahjopek lol, that was actually funny given the first comment.

[BoogsterSU2]

Onward to EQD!

[animate24]

Glad no one has popped up yet to say FIRST or make an arrow to the knee joke.

[MikeCloud666]

@animate24

I was going to coment first and say FIRST but I took an arrow to the knee.