MLP G5 Discussion and Speculation Thread
Background Pony #650F
My theory is Hasbro wants to move away from monolithic brand-wide gens entirely. I think they want more of a rolling model where nothing ever actually ends. Sure there’ll always be a new thing to hook a new generation of kids, but they don’t want those kids ever aging out because a single generation of kids just isn’t a big enough market anymore. If they hook an audience they never want to be done with that audience.They want G4 back, and they want G4 fans to stick around forever. But they also want G5 fans to stick around forever. And when there’s finally a G6, they want G6 fans to stick around forever. At that point G5 won’t hold the spotlight anymore but they’ll never stop marketing it entirely. They want it to be its own market segment forever, while G4 is its own market segment forever, and G6 is its own market segment forever.
I think we’ll wait and see if this theory comes true.
CloudMistDragon 
Misty Shadow
@NewAccountForMyself
Strange of them to privately tell a fan this as opposed to making a public announcement. Regardless, I’m more prepared now to face the immense disappointment of the show ending in just three episodes.
Strange of them to privately tell a fan this as opposed to making a public announcement. Regardless, I’m more prepared now to face the immense disappointment of the show ending in just three episodes.
Background Pony #650F
@CloudMistDragon
Least they could wrap up the story.
Least they could wrap up the story.
And who knows? Maybe they’ll keep marketing G5? Maybe it’ll be continued in comics? 🤷
Background Pony #650F
@CloudMistDragon
I also agree it’s strange to tell a fan. My best guess though (though I doubt it), boils down to g4 purists.
That or, more likely, they forgot about it when they announced what they were doing in 2025 and they didn’t want to do a second announcement.
I also agree it’s strange to tell a fan. My best guess though (though I doubt it), boils down to g4 purists.
That or, more likely, they forgot about it when they announced what they were doing in 2025 and they didn’t want to do a second announcement.
CloudMistDragon
Misty Shadow
@Background Pony #650F
It’s definitely still going to be marketed in China, at least. G5 just got this strange little promotion overseas in Europe.
It’s definitely still going to be marketed in China, at least. G5 just got this strange little promotion overseas in Europe.
Icicle Niceicle 1517 
Ocs,Boops,Tickles&Memes
TBF to that parody account, i saw other accounts posting the same thing (That G5 is rumoured to be cancelled soon) earlier in the day so i don’t know if this new information that got leaked or if this is just the fandom pulling a Chicken Little and yelling “the sky is falling!” for the umpteenth time
CloudMistDragon
Misty Shadow
@Icicle Niceicle 1517
Yeah, as I already pointed out, odd of Hasbro to be point-blank telling a fan this instead of making an official announcement. Like…they literally never do the former. We live in a world where people enjoy social experiments and satire.
Yeah, as I already pointed out, odd of Hasbro to be point-blank telling a fan this instead of making an official announcement. Like…they literally never do the former. We live in a world where people enjoy social experiments and satire.
Background Pony #00FB
@Icicle Niceicle 1517
and all this is just because briarlight and a few members from the g5 server started it
and all this is just because briarlight and a few members from the g5 server started it
Briarlight 
Aka: Data Poni
@Background Pony #00FB
Yall act like I’m connected to anything here 😭
I just posted the leak on twt. That’s it lmao
Yall act like I’m connected to anything here 😭
I just posted the leak on twt. That’s it lmao
Background Pony #2806
There should be a new episode already, but there is still not, and I don’t konw why.
GoodVibesGorgeous
Grumpy and antisocial
No new episode today. Perhaps it means that the next special is coming? Because the last time this season that the hiatus between two episodes lasted more than 15 days was before the first special. Or Daylight Saving Time has already ended in the United States and the episode will probably come later (since I live in Brazil, the episodes usually premiere at eight in the morning here).
northern haste 
Enter if you dare
This isn’t confirmed but leaks suggested that there are no more specials.
As the 1th Despite apparently being of the third most watched episode was seen as underperformed by hasbro.
If this is true then hasbro is very quick to abandon staff
As the 1th Despite apparently being of the third most watched episode was seen as underperformed by hasbro.
If this is true then hasbro is very quick to abandon staff
CoffeeHorse
I think the previous episode was going to be a special at some point, and that’s why the animation was prettier.
My theory is the canceled next chapter of MYM did have scripts or at least treatments in various states of completion, and these were given to the TYT crew to salvage. These would become TYT’s 22 minute specials. The first episode’s script was generally complete, so it was adapted with few changes and became the first TYT special.
The next script was just a fragment with only a minute or two of usable material. Rather than flesh it out to 22 minutes, they came up with a joke they could repeat as many times as needed to reach five minutes, and that’s what we got.
Background Pony #2806
There is a post in Twitter, rather sad, but no sure if true or not: https://x.com/MLPonyFacts/status/1836510507026587702
northern haste
Enter if you dare
I remember what happened to eqg,
It just stopped with unfinished episodes
It just stopped with unfinished episodes
Background Pony #A781
I think I already know the explanation, episode 20 is originally listed as 19 so the next one is the special one
Background Pony #A781
@northern haste
A question I’ve always had, I know they had plans for a third season and it would have a human counterpart to Sunset, but had it been officially announced at the time?
A question I’ve always had, I know they had plans for a third season and it would have a human counterpart to Sunset, but had it been officially announced at the time?
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