Project Thundercloud II: Shadowbox (My Little Pony fan animation) 

This should really be called, "Rise of the favorite background ponies."

Man still happy I did this project but gosh I sucked at voice acting lmao!

Idk if anyone else noticed but vinyl was honesty and she got the loyal mark Then Dr. Hooves was loyalty but he got the honesty Mark

Does anyone else remember when a flower pot fell on her head and her eyes got to normal but than another one fell and her eyes went back

I love how there was a fountain with the statue of Snowdrop like I was like Me: awwwwww they remembered her awwwww!!!! AHHHHHHWWWWWWW Cat: what the freak is wrong wit u

"That's why you're the element of honesty!" Gives her loyalty

This “Evil Celestia” isn’t as cool as Daybreaker. I know this animation is old, but I like how that the fanbase thought of an evil Celestia before Daybreaker.

I believe Hasboro has been watching the fandom for ideas. This was so used during Season 7 finally. Which made it awesome.

I miss the good old days of the fandom when flocks of self-proclaimed analysts didn't feel the need to comment long lists of criticisms on fan-made content. To quote an old fandom saying, just shut up and enjoy the pony! [And enjoy it I did, great job.]

Vinyl Scratch = Loyalty Dr. Hooves = Honesty Lyra Heartstrings = Generosity Octavia = Kindness Bon Bon = Laughter Dinky Doo = Magic

13:13 He talks so fast he's just like ineedtodosomethingrealquick.

Speed racer dr hooves had me thinking he was about to say “haaaaa” after every sentence lol. No but this is still a treasure

all the haters just need to stop. like right now. this is a fan work, meaning trying to compare it to the official shows quality is just wrong as they dont have the budget like the show writer staff does. they did the best with what they could. and this animation was VERY well done. the alternate element bearers made sense. and as for the ending part, show me one official MLP episode where the ending wasnt slightky rushed due to time constraints. the creators of this clearly worked hard and the managed to make it the same length as a normal episode as well. the reasoning behind celestias downfall actually made sense, yet unlike nightmare moon she still had a sense if herself within. she probably allowed the speech from dinky to finish because she found a way to stop her from continuing her dark actions. overall it was a very well made animation, and it made me feel for the characters as well. for all you haters. go spend over a year working FOR FREE and make your own animation. smh we are supposed to be a loving and accepting community, not a nitpick and hate on each others work one

Did Celestia send the Mane 6 to the moon or did she just freeze them in time?

Okay. Diamond tiara need to shut up, Cuz at least she has horn.

who's watching from 2019? *edit* 2020?

Honestly speaking, this is great. The animation was done really well, and the concept of the whole story is actually pretty revolutionary... The on,y problem is, the many plotholes cover that fact. I was confused at first, despite the narrations and animations depicting the story. There are a lot of plotholes that need to be filled. Also, some elements were mismatched. When did the Element of Loyalty became Honesty, and vice-versa? And DETERMINATION? I was thinking of a certain game when I heard that word...

*Celestia be like* "Oh no! They found a way to restore the elements! I'd better stand and wait patiently until this filly finishes her peptalk and eventually defeats me!"

My question is: Why are they in Twilights old house?

Wow, just, wow. After watching this I'm honestly speechless. This was by far one of the best animated films I've seen in my time, and I've seen thousands. Stunning visuals, amazing voice acting, great story, all of it comes together beautifully in this masterpiece, this, breath taking work of art. I still can't believe this is a fan animation! Hasbro should let this animator animate one of its movies! Love this channel's work, absolutely amazing. 20/10, tbh. -Scat Cat ♤

15:55 woah woah woah! Celestia what are you doing?! You can’t just terminate derpy!

Heck after all this years this is still my favorite fan animation ever The animation The aura The voice acting Everything is just amazing

For those who are confused about the story, here's what I think happened. This does contain spoilers. Obviously. There is a prophecy that when the Elements of Harmony vanish, a silver alicorn with a golden mane will appear and guide the ponies to return the Elements to Equestria. When the charms of the Elements break, Celestia believes that there is no hope. She feels pressured and goes insane. She seals the Mane Six with a magic spell. Luna tries to prevent this, and thus is unfairly imprisoned in the moon. Celestia, in her insanity, decides to make eternal night, so that her sister can still be with her without interfering in her plans. Derpy Hooves goes to confront Princess Celestia. Celestia's hair turns purely pink, like it was when she was much younger. Ashamed, Celestia teleports to the Canterlot Library. Meanwhile, Dinky Hooves is staying home with Amythest Star. Dinky is impatient and uses a minor sleeping spell on Amythest, enough to escape to Canterlot. Derpy Hooves discovers that Time Turner, Lyra Heartstrings, Bon Bon, Vinyl Scratch, and Octavia have followed her to Canterlot. They decide to stop Princess Celestia together. Derpy arrives at the library first to discover that Dinky is already trying to confront Celestia. Derpy is happy that Dinky is safe and tries to fight Celestia. She fails miserably. Dinky, on the other hoof, puts up a good enough fight to stall Celestia so that Time Turner and friends can enter the library. As they enter, Dinky has a vision of how much Derpy and friends have helped and inspired her. Dinky reminds Celestia that the charms on the Elements of Harmony are only symbolic. It's what's on the inside that counts. She names Octavia the Element of Kindness, Vinyl the Element of Honesty, Bon Bon the Element of Laughter, Lyra the Element of Generosity, and Time Turner the Element of Loyalty. Dinky is Magic. Derpy is convinced that she has no Element, but Dinky says that Derpy is in fact the forgotten Element of Inspiration. For those of you who don't know, Inspiration was originally going to be Rarity's Element. So the seven ponies work together and bring Luna back from the moon. Celestia snaps out of her trance. Derpy Hooves, renamed Bright Eyes, becomes an alicorn. The seven ponies stand in for the Mane Six until they return to their rightful places as the Element Bearers. The End!

I remember watching this years ago. This is a really cute fan animation and I really love it a lot! Derpy Hooves is one of my favorite characters in MLP and I love the explanation for her Cutie Mark being about her clumsiness; luck and fragility definitely represent Derpy’s character, and I love this a whole lot. Sure, it has its flaws and such. It’s not perfect. But I’ve always adored the idea of the Background Mane Six going on an adventure to help save the world.

you wonder y Luna was sent to the moon. earlier: hey Celestia I ate all the cake! NOOOOOOOOOOO boom moon trip

8:24 WTH is Diamond Tiara laughing at? She's an earth pony, so she can't cast spells either! AND HOLY SHIT DOCTOR WHOOVES TALKS FAST!

Feeling proud of your own daughter. And getting the elements of harmony. Fills you with determination

6:46 - Celestia - "Oh damn my beautiful hair! No!"

Did anyone else see that statue of Snowdrop??

the animation was BEAUTIFUL!!!!

I love how passionate the fandom was backthen :D never seen anything else like this

OMG THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME, IS ALSO VERY OLD, BUT WHO CARES IF I CAME TO THIS LIKE SEVEN YEARS LATER?! THE BACKGROUND PONIES IN THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY IS INCREDIBLE (I also laughed a little with Applejack's "apple" being Doctor Whooves LOYALTY and Rainbow being honesty lol) AND THEN SNOWDROP APPEARED, THE SHECLOP PONES THING AND THEN THE DOUBLE RAINBOOM TEAM, THIS IS SIMPLY AWESOME

How this is not the work of a Hasbro animator under a secret identity blows my mind :O

At the beginning there was the mane 6 but in their gen one forms

wow! such good graphics, I remember watching this 6 years ago and I came back to it now and I'm still impressed.

Was Derpy being a mail mare first a fan idea, and then it became canon in the TV show?

the elements of loyalty and honesty were mixed up just had to get that off my mind.

is it just me? or doctor hooves sounds like harry potter?

“What I really wanted was respect” .... Ad: I WANT IT WANT IT, WANT IT SO BAADDS

This animation is great

i like this fananimation , even if it has its flaws , it has some new perspectives to watch and it was a very entertaining one . nice work , keep that up , i like that really much ;)

Wow, when the background audio is amplified, you finally realize that Daniel Ingram is an amazing artist

This was so well written, I loved this.

15:51 Honestly Celestia should be embarrassed

"I'm sure they will-" *passes out* me: GRUUUUUEEEEUUUEEB

Wouldn't Celestia want the sun up? Not the moon?

I remember being Obsessed with this and to this day its one of my favorite fan made videos ever ❤️

I relly like videos that tell a story this vid tells more than a story its amazing and have see the real story from other persons and this was an amazing job and the thing they are thinking you got it right too i havent ever see a better story telling video before im happy that i fond this vid becouse its an amazing and fantastic work

Wait. Vinyl was said to be the Elememt of Honesty right? Why did she have the Element of Loyalty?

Why is there so much hate? I don't get it... Why do people even take the time to comment on this if they don't like it?

I’ve been hit with a wave of awesomeness.I also like how you used the last gens elements

This made me cry.Thank you for this Minty you are the best animator out there(also thanks to the voice actors)

You mixed honesty and loyalty

Thank you for making this. This is a great encouragement for those of us who struggle with challenges. Please do not listen to those who are criticizing you, the ones you made this for love it and appreciate it.

More like a movie… I like the particle, the effect, the shader, i like it… NO, I LOVE IT! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

wait why did celectia want endless night? why did she put her sister back on the moon? also you do better animation than the mlp movie animation style

19:24 LUNA DOES NOT NEED ANY OF YOUR FILTHY DOORS!

The slow steam train has spontaneously turned into a high-speed electric train. Perfect sense. Great job with the wind effect from the high-speed train btw.

19:24 *Luna breaks through the glass* -That was expected-

12:05: that’s a statue of snowdrop!

people are commenting on this is the worst fan work he/she has ever seen and yes while this might be bad, people are forgetting another fan work that is even worse. Dusk's dawn.

7:17 is one of the best pan-back animations I've ever seen. Great job on the entire thing, too!

This was so Good! Keep up the great work and even though some people hated on it I LOVED it! The voice acting was great the animation was great and most likely all the people who hatespd could do nothing even close to this.

I loved this! It was so good!

17:54 they got two of the elements wrong

The animation and music is pretty good but the script doesn't make any sense and Celestia is too out of character for this to be plausible. As well the the forced moral tacked on the end, it's good but once again Celestia being forced to be so out of character makes it hollow. As well the audio is jumpy and the lack of it in some places is awkward, the voice acting where it was was ok, but 22 minutes of showing off animation skills that are impressive doesn't save this

"all i wanted was respect." bronies: am i a joke to you

Im very amazed of your work its satisfying, humorive and more its like a desndant of the elements of harmony from this project of yours and i really like it keep a good work!

Good Job

Sorry if it is rude but honesty is the apple, loyalty is the lighting bolt.

I saw this years ago, but I couldn't watch it then, I lose it. I search for it for a long time. I found Dinky's destiny, that is good, but I wanted to watch this one. After not finding it, I desisted. Today youtube recommended me this, and I am so happy!!! Thank you, Minty, for creating this.

Dude! This is amazing!!!!!!

Am I The Only One Watching This In 2016 And STILL Feeling The Awesomeness?! :D This Made My Day! Anyone Else Watching In 2016?

The Second Mane 6 of da Background Ponies

Chill Doctor! You're WAY WAY WAY too fast!

This is Pure nostalgia watching this back 🥲

I don't wanna sound mean but... I am SOOOOO confused right now. I get the moral, which is really sweet, and the animation is great, but the plot is just... *repeatedly bangs head on table* WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY BRAIN!?!?!?!

There were some errors that I could point out, but this is a friendly comment. GREAT JOB!

That was awesome!=) you are amazing.

DUDE THIS WAS EPIC UR THE TRUE MY LITTLE PONY FANN I LOVED THIS IT WAS INSANE MAKE MORE PLZZZ

So twilight and the others are dead and dinky and her friends are the new replacements of the elements That's kinda sad but cool movie😨😉

Well this was unbelievably Amazing, I liked how the story of this was stopping Molestia...

You Minty root,have just earned yourself a new subscriber like seriously I don't get why so many people are hating this before you hate on a video please think of how long it would take you to make that same video people! But seriously tho the animation was extraordinarily good it would take me like an hour to animate a chibi pony laughing you really did a good job 👏

18:42 did anyone notice that Dinkys Dad is the Element of loyalty but on this picture he got the element of Honesty 😂😅😅

I actually liked the writing, there was some suprisingly deep idea behind the story. Also, the animation was amazing, very successfully combining 3D animation with the original MLP one. The only thing I believe could've been done better is the audio. Music stops too abruptly at some points, many important characters speak too softly (celestia) or not at all. And the sounds of fighting, falling etc. could've been recorded in better quality. The overall impression is very good though. I can only wish the creators of Double Rainboom fan episode used animation like this.

pretty impressive animation. Kudos to those who made it!

WOW I JUST LOVE IT ITS SO GOOD

I have strabismus too, but I had a surgery for it. Love you Derpie❤

Why does Doctor Hooves speak so fast? It's annoying. Also, lots of the animation is janky like when the perspective changes. Lots of this feels blank too with the lack of sound.

I got so hype when watch pony said celestia is evil I got so hype about solar flare

that... was..... AWSOME! i didnt know the backround ponies woud be the next elements of harmony!

00:33 Whoa Derpy got alicorn wings...

You got vinyl and whooves mixed up. Apple jack is the element of honesty while rainbow is the element of loyalty. Just saying. Other than that, this is amazing

this is great! idiots are just like "OMG I CAN DO BETTUR THAN U EVEN THOUGH I NEVUR ANIMATED BEFORE LOLZ"

Will miss all this fandom stuff

Anyone rewatching during the Covid 19?

Why is the elements of loyalty and honesty supped?

This was amazing! I really enjoyed it, shows a different perspective of Derpy and Celestia and the other background ponies. What happened to Luna could happen to Celestia! Great work Minty Root!

The weird thing is derpy's baby is in the actual MLP show but derpy for some season is no longer present in the show wonder why!

This scenes look like future scenes for a video game I love this