And did you ever wonder how the two Baby Licketys could be cousins since they’d have to both be copies of the adult one? Maybe there are two of the mom as well and there’s a Grandma Lickety Split who is the oldest of the line?
In fact, you’d expect a whole society of clones. There should be a dozen of everyone.
Apologies for the inconvenience - typo left half of my reply seemingly disregarded intentionally.
The lone panel here, I think, precedes the first appearance of any of the moderately well-known (at least by any members of ponydom willing to delve into the full MLP n’ Friends saga and its various cheesy-but-entertaining adventures) Princess ponies in the comic — I recall Princess -Tiffany-Pearl appearing in approximately the next panel, but I haven’t conducted inventory on my collection in years, and, given the whimsical… spontaneity of the G1 comics, the main plot of the story could honestly twist itself into any bizarre series of events regardless of context (Bubbles plays in the mud before being teleported to an alternate dimension and encountering mud-dwelling dinosaurs and a duo of lizard-esque double agents, anyone?).
On a related note, the introduction of the Princess ponies in the comic continues to confound me (to the point of driving me to drink) to this day; given the comic’s tendency to justify the latest set’s gimmick through some surreal turn of events or worldbuilding element (first tooth ‘Baby Lickety’ is a cousin (clone) of her BBE counterpart, the Sparkle ponies’ luminous finish being the result of a moondust-spiked cup and saucer sprinkling them with stardust, the baby ponies are (very literally) juvenile clones of their parents and the twinkle-eyes… need no introduction (“Jewels! Jewels in your eyes!”)), the fact that arguably one of the most narratively promising sets (what do the Princess ponies’ titles actually indicate and entail? What is their relationship with Majesty? Why are jeweled medallions sealed onto their flanks? Why are they accompanied by dragon attendants, and why do these dragons resemble Spike so conspicuously?) simply appeared with minimal fanfare or explanation is kind of disheartening (albeit the 1988 Annual soften the blow mildly with the nugget of backstory that the six formerly inhabited the Dismal Desert alongside the hostile and egotistical (and subtly named) ‘Prince High and Mighty’ (ah G1 comic, you and your delicate characterization) virtually no other details of their past together are disclosed, but make of that what you will)
The lone panel here, I think, precedes the first appearance of any of the moderately well-known (at least by any members of ponydom willing to delve into the full MLP n’ Friends saga and its various cheesy-but-entertaining adventures) Princess ponies in the comic - I recall Princess -Tiffany-Pearl appearing in approximately the next panel, but I haven’t conducted inventory on my collection in years, and, given the whimsical… spontaneity of the G1 comics, the main plot of the story could honestly twist itself into any bizarre series of events regardless of context (Bubbles plays in the mud before being teleported to an alternate dimension and encountering mud-dwelling dinosaurs and a duo of lizard-esque double agents, anyone?).
On a related note, the introduction of the Princess ponies in the comic continues to confound me (to the point of driving me to drink) to this day; given the comic’s tendency to justify the latest set’s gimmick through some surreal turn of events or worldbuilding element (first tooth ‘Baby Lickety’ is a ~~clone-cousin of her BBE counterpart, the Sparkle ponies’ luminous finish being the result of a moondust-spiked cup and saucer sprinkling them with stardust, the baby ponies are (very literally) juvenile clones of their parents and the twinkle-eyes… need no introduction (“Jewels! Jewels in your eyes!”)), the fact that arguably one of the most narratively promising sets (what do the Princess ponies’ titles actually indicate and entail? What is their relationship with Majesty? Why are jeweled medallions sealed onto their flanks? Why are they accompanied by dragon attendants, and why do these dragons resemble Spike so conspicuously?) simply appeared with minimal fanfare or explanation is kind of disheartening (albeit the 1988 Annual soften the blow mildly with the nugget of backstory that the six formerly inhabited the Dismal Desert alongside the hostile and egotistical (and subtly named) ‘Prince High and Mighty’ (ah G1 comic, you and your delicate characterization) ~~ virtually no other details of their past together are disclosed, but make of that what you will).
They really should have been Majesty’s daughters or something.
And did you ever wonder how the two Baby Licketys could be cousins since they’d have to both be copies of the adult one? Maybe there are two of the mom as well and there’s a Grandma Lickety Split who is the oldest of the line?
In fact, you’d expect a whole society of clones. There should be a dozen of everyone.
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The lone panel here, I think, precedes the first appearance of any of the moderately well-known (at least by any members of ponydom willing to delve into the full MLP n’ Friends saga and its various cheesy-but-entertaining adventures) Princess ponies in the comic — I recall Princess -Tiffany-Pearl appearing in approximately the next panel, but I haven’t conducted inventory on my collection in years, and, given the whimsical… spontaneity of the G1 comics, the main plot of the story could honestly twist itself into any bizarre series of events regardless of context (Bubbles plays in the mud before being teleported to an alternate dimension and encountering mud-dwelling dinosaurs and a duo of lizard-esque double agents, anyone?).
On a related note, the introduction of the Princess ponies in the comic continues to confound me (to the point of driving me to drink) to this day; given the comic’s tendency to justify the latest set’s gimmick through some surreal turn of events or worldbuilding element (first tooth ‘Baby Lickety’ is a cousin (clone) of her BBE counterpart, the Sparkle ponies’ luminous finish being the result of a moondust-spiked cup and saucer sprinkling them with stardust, the baby ponies are (very literally) juvenile clones of their parents and the twinkle-eyes… need no introduction (“Jewels! Jewels in your eyes!”)), the fact that arguably one of the most narratively promising sets (what do the Princess ponies’ titles actually indicate and entail? What is their relationship with Majesty? Why are jeweled medallions sealed onto their flanks? Why are they accompanied by dragon attendants, and why do these dragons resemble Spike so conspicuously?) simply appeared with minimal fanfare or explanation is kind of disheartening (albeit the 1988 Annual soften the blow mildly with the nugget of backstory that the six formerly inhabited the Dismal Desert alongside the hostile and egotistical (and subtly named) ‘Prince High and Mighty’ (ah G1 comic, you and your delicate characterization) virtually no other details of their past together are disclosed, but make of that what you will)
On a related note, the introduction of the Princess ponies in the comic continues to confound me (to the point of driving me to drink) to this day; given the comic’s tendency to justify the latest set’s gimmick through some surreal turn of events or worldbuilding element (first tooth ‘Baby Lickety’ is a ~~clone-cousin of her BBE counterpart, the Sparkle ponies’ luminous finish being the result of a moondust-spiked cup and saucer sprinkling them with stardust, the baby ponies are (very literally) juvenile clones of their parents and the twinkle-eyes… need no introduction (“Jewels! Jewels in your eyes!”)), the fact that arguably one of the most narratively promising sets (what do the Princess ponies’ titles actually indicate and entail? What is their relationship with Majesty? Why are jeweled medallions sealed onto their flanks? Why are they accompanied by dragon attendants, and why do these dragons resemble Spike so conspicuously?) simply appeared with minimal fanfare or explanation is kind of disheartening (albeit the 1988 Annual soften the blow mildly with the nugget of backstory that the six formerly inhabited the Dismal Desert alongside the hostile and egotistical (and subtly named) ‘Prince High and Mighty’ (ah G1 comic, you and your delicate characterization) ~~ virtually no other details of their past together are disclosed, but make of that what you will).
I don’t think a witch had anything to do with it~
I have been on the internet waaaaay too long.