Final Notice: The Kallisti IV Charity Livestream

After months of preparations, we’ll launch the fourth of our Kallisti art and charity livestreams on May 3 at noon EDT (4 p.m. UTC) on events.yoursiblings.org!

The 24-hour livestream—organized by Bronies for Good and GalaCon with the help of Ponyville Live—will allow you to watch famous fandom artists draw your art requests while you listen to live interviews with the talent working on Friendship is Magic. With a little luck, you’ll even be able to pose your own questions to them.

The interview guests. Several of the preeminent minds behind the show have agreed to support our cause!

• Anneli Heed (May 3, 1 p.m. EDT): the Swedish Spike, Sweetie Belle, Cheerilee, Spitfire, Photo Finish, singing voice of Rainbow Dash, and many more
• Cindy Morrow (May 4, 11 a.m. EDT): the writer of “Winter Wrap Up,” “Sisterhooves Social,” “Read It and Weep,” “Hurricane Fluttershy,” and many more
• Dave Polsky (May 3, 7 p.m. EDT): the writer of “Keep Calm and Flutter On,” “Daring Don't,” “Rarity Takes Manehattan,” “Equestria Games,” and any more
• Jennifer Weiß (May 4, 6 a.m. EDT): the German voice of Pinkie Pie
• John de Lancie (time TBA): the voice of Q, uh, of Discord
• Lee Tockar (time TBA): the voice of Snips, Steven Magnet, and many more
• M.A. Larson (May 3, 11 p.m. EDT): the writer of “The Cutie Mark Chronicles,” “Luna Eclipsed,” “The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000,” “It's About Time,” “Magical Mystery Cure,” and many more
• Nicole Oliver (May 3, 3 p.m. EDT): the voice of Princess Celestia, Cheerilee, and many more
• Tara Strong (May 3, 2 p.m. EDT): the speaking voice of Princess Twilight Sparkle
• William Anderson (time TBA): composer of the score of almost ninety episodes of the show

Please understand that guests, especially those who have not yet been able to indicate a time, may be called away by real-life duties on short notice. We will update our copy of this release and announce any changes to the schedule on Twitter. (By the way, we also have a FIMFiction group you can join.)

The artists and community guests. So far, Adlynh, Anticular Pony, BlindCoyote, Captain64, ChuckyBB, Colonel210, DeathPwny, DerpTime, Feyrah, futzi, Garrett Gilchrist, Ikasama, James Corck, John Joseco, LeekFish, Rain-Gear, Sketchy, St-Timid, Suikuzu, Tsitra360, XTailsDudex, and Yooyfull, have signed up for the stream. However, we’re still looking for more artist guests. If you can draw, you have experience streaming your work, and you are interested in doing so for Kallisti IV, please contact us and link us your art portfolio. We’ll also need your Skype handle.

The cause. The donations are again split fifty-fifty between GalaCon—who support us with their charity auction and other charity programming—and Your Siblings’ support project for the nonprofit Child Need Africa, which runs the medical clinic in Uganda that we all have helped to fund in 2012. In order to keep up the level of life-saving medical service that they’ve been providing to the impoverished region, they need a strong and sustainable source of income for the clinic, one that will be independent of donations in the long term.

The first step to achieving this is for Child Need Africa to buy and renovate a house near the capital, so that the complete revenue from the rents can help pay for essential supplies for the clinic, especially the medication. All details of the project can be found on Your Siblings’ Permanent Income for the Clinic project page.

Now bookmark events.yoursiblings.org and set an alarm for May 3, so you can’t miss it!

Microaggressions

By Mn27

Introduction

In this article, I want to give a little background on the subject of microaggressions and provide references to more formal studies, for the topic has recently been the center of several heated debates on DeviantArt and image boards.

One caveat: I will not euphemize any pertaining terms. For further information on the use-mention distinction, see Wikipedia and Language Log. A trigger warning may still apply.

Definition

Pierce et al. (1977) observed that “the chief vehicle for proracist behaviors are microaggressions. These are subtle, stunning, often automatic, and nonverbal exchanges which are ‘put-downs’ of blacks by offenders,” which is probably the first use of the term. Since, the definition, specifically of “racial microaggressions,” has been widened to “brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of color.” (Sue et al., 2007) They observe furthermore that “perpetrators of microaggressions are often unaware that they engage in such communications when they interact with racial/ethnic minorities.”

This definition can be further expanded to include a wider range of minorities. Kevin L. Nadal, author and associate professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, adapted the definition to “Microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative slights and insults toward members of oppressed groups.” (Emphasis added)

I doubt that mules are oppressed in Equestria, but apart from that, there are two instances in which two of the mane six inadvertently insulted a mule (in Applebuck Season and Hurricane Fluttershy). Of course they promptly apologized (“No offense.”) when they noticed their faux pas. What this example, by analogy, also shows is that, as Burn et al., (2005) put it, “heterosexuals, deprived of seeing whom their comments ultimately harm, are not inclined to carefully monitor their colloquial speech (Thurlow, 2001).”  (The mule was voiced by James Wootton, by the way.)

Seeds of Kindness

By nowego

Bronies for Good, My Little Remix, countless musicians, and many others have worked relentlessly for months to bring you Seeds of Kindness, a fundraiser and an eponymous music album. Today we celebrate the launch of the project with an EverFree Radio livestream at 16:00Z (noon ET). (More info here.)

Everyone who donates to the fundraiser can download the album as a thank you. (There’s also a preview.) Moreover, artists of all trades have contributed prizes for those who donate the most. More detailed instructions on what you need to consider especially when making bigger donations can be found on the instructions page. There is also the track listing of the Seeds of Kindness album and the list of prizes.

The reason why you are reading this on Ponyleaks is that all donations benefit two of our, Your Siblings’s, projects, the clinic in Uganda and the Green Village in Burundi. We forward the donations in full, and after this initial financial impetus, the projects will be completely self-sustainable and independent of outside aid.

Now go and give us your moneys; every bit counts!

Change in Format

By Gavalanche

What an epic, glorious finale!

However, I’ll use this caesura to make two off-topic observations: First, when something important and time-critical happens, I usually notify my Derpy Hooves News friends or post it there myself. Then, I post it here. That is not a problem in itself, but it is an indicator of unnecessary redundancy. Second, important stuff often happens when it’s around 2 or 3 a.m. in my neck of the Everfree, and I’m fast asleep.

Consequently, I’ll try to get back to the roots, as it were, and shift all my real-time reportage to Derpy Hooves News, so that Ponyleaks is again reserved to the longer articles of more permanent value that I used to write in the beginning.

I’ve embedded the Derpy Hooves News feed to the right, but if you aren’t yet following Derpy Hooves News, a.k.a. the oldest, most venerable, and generally best news outlet in the fandom, then better fix that now than in five minutes. Here is our Twitter account, our Atom feed, and an explanation how to use feeds. Do eet!

Sabrina “Sibsy” Alberghetti on EverFree Radio

By CTB-36

EverFree Radio strikes again—this time surprisingly surprising, as they didn’t post a teaser a few days prior to the interview release. Sibsy has been storyboarding for My Little Pony from early on, with her first episode being Dragonshy according to Raven’s list of storyboard artists per episode, for which Sibsy herself provided a great chunk of the data. Sibsy, as well as Raven and Dennis Hu, were interviewed before during Bronyville’s Happy New Season Celebration Mareathon 2011 (recordings here). You can follow her on DeviantArt and Twitter.

• She explained how her name “Sibsy” developed while she was in her teens and stuck afterwards. (0:34)
• Then she went on to describe her path into the storyboarding business, and in particular how, being from a town near Toronto, she applied for animation courses at Sheridan College and afterwards moved “out west to Vancouver.” (1:27)
• The storyboard artists are the second stage in the development of an episode. They “get a script from the writers” and “have to conceptualize everything visually that is written down on the paper in the best way that we possibly can to tell the story effectively.” (2:27)
• When she started working in animation professionally, “it almost felt like everything I learned at school I had to through out of the window,” “it was pretty harsh, but it was very educating at the same time. I learned a lot at the first studio I worked at, and I wouldn’t give up that for the world.” (3:18)
• This first studio was probably A.K.A. Cartoon, who appear to have a domain, but only for email, without a web server behind it. It also looks like Jim Miller (there is also an interview with him), Scott Underwood, and Joel Dickie worked there for a while.
• She had to delegate Lesson Zero to Raven to work on some Darkwing Duck for a few weeks. (6:32)
• In EverFree Radio’s episode review of MMMystery on the Friendship Express, Final Draft seemed very confident that the switching of the hats between Twilight and Pinkie Pie was not scripted. I wondered about that at the time, but maybe they had already recorded the interview at that point, because here Sibsy explained: “A lot of those little gags are put in by us storyboard artists.” (9:13) [Nope, they hadn’t; they just have the superior hunches.]
• There is a certain trademark Sibsy motion where a pony lifts one of their hooves up. (10:45) It’s a cute and slightly coy gesture that other storyboarder may also have picked up. [Thanks, EverFree Radio, for the clarification.]
• She’s the one who turned Berry Punch into an alcoholic during the cute-ceañera in Call of the Cutie. (10:54)
• She frequently uses our pony names, but many of her colleagues are not as fluent with them. (12:40)
• She likes The Mysterious Mare Do Well for its action scenes, which are challenging for her. The same goes for The Last Roundup, but her favorite episodes are the finale episodes (which haven’t aired yet): “Visually, musically, just all around, … we’ve set the bar so high with that episode” (or these episodes). “I’m so excited for it to air! I wish it was next week!” (14:12) Another indicator that the recording took place at least a week ago.
• She enjoys our feedback, preferably that of constructive nature. (16:22) Also, our “creative outpouring” (Final Draft) is overwhelming—in a positive way of course. (17:18)
• “There is so much more story left to tell. We finally have these characters figured out; there’s so many places to go with them, so many ways to develop them even further, and I really look forward to that.” (19:04)
• All those visual references to Star Wars, martial arts movies, or James Bond are also the work of the storyboard artists. (20:54)
• Flat hierarchies rock. “Jayson and Wootie, we’re friends first. It’s kind of stage having them as a boss, because … they’re my friends.” (22:20)
• She doesn’t think that it “always the case” that references are woven into the show for the fans, but if we love them, “that’ amazing!” (23:41)
• Storyboards usually remain black and white, but sometimes colors need to be specified or are used to let elements “[stand] out on the page.” (25:00)
• Here she inserted a shoutout to OtakuSquirrel, who made a custom of her OC for her as a gift, and is generally a great artist or craftsperson. (27:29)
• She hopes that in the future she’ll be able to post drawings online, e.g., of Raven’s OC, but she’s not allowed to at the moment. (31:24)
• More confirmation that Twilight Sparkle is best pony! (32:36)
• She’ll be “moving on to Pound Puppies for a little while, and then hopefully back to more ponies after that.” And there may also be more comic work from her, related to The Disney Afternoon. (34:20)
• Sonic CD, with the American soundtrack, is her favorite Sonic video game. (35:20)

Update 2012-04-14 17:08Z: Updated with a bit of inside scoop from EverFree Radio. Thanks!

Preview of MMMystery on the Friendship Express

Via The Round Stable and CrimsonAuthor, the preview clip of MMMystery on the Friendship Express from today’s episode. Thanks and enjoy!

Update 2012-03-31 18:05Z: Updated with a slightly-better-quality version. Also on Derpy Hooves News of course!

Update 2012-03-31 23:11Z: And an extended version thanks to Spazz of Derpy Hooves News.

Update 2012-04-02 21:25Z: The Hub has published a completely new preview! Watch it below or here. (Also on Derpy Hooves News.)

Update 2012-04-06 17:35Z: What is this madness! A third clip! Woohoo! (Also on Derpy Hooves News of course.)

William Anderson on EverFree Radio

By William Anderson

Lo, pony lovers! EverFree Radio recently published a new interview with our BGM god, William Anderson, and I’ve finally found the time to summarize it. Head over there and listen to it. I only summarize the bits that are interesting to me, after all. (By the way, the interview is co-hosted by Final Draft and MandoPony!) Also, I’ll try to use breaks more sparingly. Have fun.

• It all started when about five composers were invited to score an animation sample, and he won the pitch. (0:34)
• After 1:50 but more so 3:36, he reminisced about the indirect way by which he ended up as as composer for animation. Some of that is also covered in a journal entry entitled “Giving up” he since deleted. (There’s still a copy in the Google cache.)
• He’s using a particular guitar riff that has become emblematic of Rainbow Dash less now, but not because anyone told him to. Hasbro has just approved his scoring for the last fifteen to seventeen episodes without any notes, while the directors are often “more exacting.” (5:56)
• He agrees with Daniel Ingram that “weekly episodic animation scoring is the hardest gig in the business.” (7:55)
• That most of the time his work needs to be invisible to work its magic is actually something he enjoys. (8:44)
• At around 10:00, he describes his approach to character themes.
• Sometimes he first makes musical sketches of the scenes and then fills in the details, sometimes he gets struck by inspiration and composes the whole cue right away. The approach varies greatly from scene to scene. (12:40)
• He enjoys MondoPony’s music! Who doesn’t! /)^ε^(\ (16:09)
• Now 17:24. You really need to listen to this. It’s almost ten minutes of verbalized data sheets, which means it’s amazing! The parts where he describes his computer equipment made me nerdgasm all over the place. I can only imagine what it must be like for someone who also knows about audio equipment! You can get a small impression of what I’m talking about in this post and this photo of his.
• He, and everyone else in post production, only starts his work “in earnest” once they have the locked print, where every frame of the animation and all the voices are exactly where they’ll be in the broadcast version. (26:05)
• He only recently, during this season, noticed that we are “a really vibrant community,” when he made an DeviantArt account to thank an artist who had ponified him, and was overwhelmed by the response of the thousands of people who subsequently frequented his page. (29:57)
• Everfree NW (August 17–19, 2012) is “right in the middle of season three,” so he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to come, but he’d love to. (31:47)
• The famous CMC theme is actually a piece of his score that likes least. He went on to speculate about why the music one is most proud of and has put the most effort into is often scrapped or ignored, while little tunes one churns out in a few minutes are loved and get famous. (34:47)
• MandoPony especially loves a certain tune at the end of Lesson Zero. (37:26) I think he was referring to the one starting at around 19:36 in the episode.

In case of errors, please comment. Thanks.

Update 2012-03-31 19:02Z: Had to replace a link because of this. Thanks for letting me know, Johnny.

Amy Keating Rogers interviewed by The Round Stable

Amy Keating Rogers by Lauren Faust

My wish has been granted! Finally, an interview with a writer, and what is more, with Amy Keating Rogers even! I’ve already been collecting questions for my own interview, such was my desperation. Many thanks to The Round Stable for compiling such a long and carefully thought-out list, and probably going though the trails of getting it approved.

In the interview you’ll discover that Amy is not only screenwriter and playwright but also actor; how she entered the world of pone through and thanks to her work with Lauren Faust on Powerpuff Girls; what a typical writing schedule for an episode is (Thank you! I’ve been burning to know this!); how the writers and the story editor collaborate; that kids are bucking smart; to what lengths she goes to get the lyrics for songs just right, and whence she draws her inspiration for them; that she was “not too surprised” about the older fanbase; and chimicherrychanga. Twilight is getting better at teleportation. That means that she’ll soon be able to teleport to our world, right? Right?

Also, don’t forget that Amy Keating Rogers has also made a movie. More information as well as the trailer can be found on Derpy Hooves News.

Preview of Ponyville Confidential

Spazz of Derpy Hooves News has recorded a preview clip of Ponyville Confidential that played during today’s episode. Check it out here or above. (Thanks a lot Spazz!)

Update 2012-03-24 18:18Z: Swapped in a YouTube version.

Update 2012-03-24 18:33Z: Replaced it with a longer version, thanks to CrimsonAuthor.

Update 2012-03-26 17:15Z: And a second one, this time again from the Friendship Express game! Check it out below! (Many thanks to The Round Stable.)

Upcoming Episodes “A Canterlot Wedding” (S02E25 and S02E26)

By FoxInShadow

Air dates:

• S02E25: April 21, 2012, 17:00 UTC (1 p.m. EST)
• S02E26: April 21, 2012, 17:30 UTC (1:30 p.m. EST)

Synopses:

• “Not everything is rainbows and gumdrops in this two-part special that finds unicorn Twilight Sparkle digging up a wedding shocker as her brother Shining Armor prepares to get hitched.” (TV Guide)
• “In the two-part episode ‘A Canterlot Wedding,’ the kingdom is in a frenzy preparing for the wedding of Princess Celestia’s niece, Princess Cadance, to Twilight Sparkle’s brother, Shining Armor. However, Twilight Sparkle discovers a dark secret about the bride that could ruin her brother’s ‘happily ever after.’ ” (Hub April 2012 Highlights)
• A Canterlot Wedding – Part 1 (S02E25):
• “Twilight's brother, Shining Armor, is marrying Princess Celestia’s niece, Cadence.” (Zap2it)
• “When Twilight Sparkle makes the discovery that her brother, Shining Armor, is getting marring to the niece of Princess Celestia, Cadence, she feels incredibly confused by the conflicting feelings that she is overcome with.” (FYI Television via U-verse)
• A Canterlot Wedding – Part 2 (S02E26):
• “Twilight discovers a dark secret about Cadence right before the wedding.” (Zap2it)
• “After Twilight experiences conflicting emotions regarding the marriage of her brother, Shining Armor, and Cadence, their wedding day draws nearer, but Twilight discovers a dark secret about the bride-to-be that changes everything.” (FYI Television via U-verse)

This is a little irregular, but somepony named Jesse has sent Equestria Daily what appears to be confirmation that the title of the last two episodes is going to be “A Canterlot Wedding.” Combined with the TV Guide synopsis above, which again applies to both episodes, we have all that we need for a new episode announcement—just a little jumbled up unfortunately. I’ll announce updates on Twitter as usual.

Update 2012-03-24 07:50Z: Added the Zap2it synopses. Since the episodes apparently air on the same day, they put them both up at roughly the same time. First the second one appeared, then disappeared again, and then both went up permanently. (I actually decided to bump this post up, so for the record, the original post date was 2012-03-12 04:15Z.)

Update 2012-03-30 20:10Z: Added a longer synopsis from the Hub April 2012 Highlights.

Update 2012-04-06 12:29Z: Added extended U-verse synopses.

Update 2012-04-14 01:46Z: For a while I thought the occasional “Cadance” typo was just that, but at some point I started to wonder whether it might not be her actual name, maybe intended as a pun on “dance” or due to some trademark issues. Of course there already is a considerable bit of discussion on the topic.

Update 2012-04-21 10:31Z: As always, your Episode Guide will be available on Derpy Hooves News. If the link doesn’t work at least an hour before the episode, kick me (by which I mean that I invite you to leave a comment).

Preview of the Royal Wedding

Someone has found a preview of what is referred to as “Royal Wedding” therein on some sort of unnamed on-demand service. Hasbro representatives have used that name before to refer to the season finale and the associated franchise (or whatever that is called), but the two episodes themselves are supposed to be entitled “A Canterlot Wedding.” We may soon know more.

The quality of the preview is horrible, as you can see. Sorry about that, but many thanks anyway to UmbrellaCorp14703 or whoever recorded it. I’ll swap it out for a better version once one exists. In the meantime, have fun with the fresh spoilers.

Update 2012-03-23 21:27Z: Done swapped it out. Many thanks to motherBRAINSTORM and DerpySquad who pointed it out to me. Unfortunately, the Derpy Hooves News server provider is currently in derp mode.

Update 2012-03-23 21:32Z: Multiple Applejacks? Multiple Rainbow Dashes? Have multiple Twilights! (Probably unrelated.)

Update 2012-03-23 22:26Z: And now there’s even an official version from the Hub.

Update 2012-03-27 18:21Z: And another clip, via EqD.

Update 2012-04-02 21:56Z: Check out my write-up about the Royal Wedding page of The Hub on Derpy Hooves News. Below a sample of the insightful wallpapers they’ve endowed us with.

Update 2012-04-20 12:25Z: I’m not getting spoiled, but this post might crash browsers if I embedded any more clips. Enjoy the io9 and the TVweb clips on Derpy Hooves News.

Return of John de Lancie Confirmed

By normanb88

After the first rumor almost two weeks ago, which I mentioned on the Miscellanea page, there’s now finally hard evidence that John de Lancie is to return to My Little Pony—and who better for him to voice than Discord?

The crucial quote, shortly after 29:35 in the video below: “I’ve done actually another My Little Pony, which is coming out.” The video should start at that point. Season three so going to be legen–and I hope we won’t have to wait too long for it–dary. (Via Equestria Daily and Derpy Hooves News.)

Preview of Hurricane Fluttershy

Spazz of Derpy Hooves News has recorded a preview clip of Hurricane Fluttershy that played a few times after today’s episode. Check it out here! (Thanks a lot Spazz!)

Update 2012-03-17 18:55Z: Or above, if your browser’s cool enough for HTML5. It works for me in Chromium, but it might not work in Firefox, so better check Derpy Hooves News. [I’ve since swapped in the official Hub version of the first clip.]

Update 2012-03-19 19:06Z: And this time via Equestria Daily, a second clip below. (Also on Derpy Hooves News of course.)

Clip and Snapshots from Dragon Quest and Other Episodes

Above the clip from Dragon Quest from last night. I hope you already saw it on Derpy Hooves News, as I’m usually already asleep hours after midnight. Derpy Hooves News never sleeps! (“Must not sleep; must post ponies,” as Aesop Rock’s tattoo says.) To the right, you can find a link to a very basic how-to on using feeds, to easily follow as many news outlets as you like.

The post on the My Little Pony Facebook wall that got the ball rolling went up on exactly 1 a.m. UTC. It links to a puzzle game on the pages of The Hub. Interestingly, some of the images in the game are from It’s About Time, some from other previous episodes, and some may even be from MMMystery on the Friendship Express and Hurricane Fluttershy, as Derpy Hooves News speculates! The Last-Modified headers show that the images have been where they are since March 6, which is even before the release of the It’s About Time teaser. The game itself cannot have been accessible before March 14, though. I’ve reproduced all images below, after the break.

Update 2012-03-17 04:23Z: Another clip? Cool. Now back to bed. (Thanks to Keith and @AquaBreaker.)

Upcoming Episode “MMMystery on the Friendship Express” (S02E24)

By Jrenon

Air date: April 7, 2012, 17:00 UTC (1 p.m. EST)

Synopses:

• “A cake Pinkie Pie is guarding for a contest is ruined on the way to Canterlot and an investigation begins.” (Zap2it)
• “After a cake she is guarding for a contest is destroyed on the way to Canterlot, Pinkie Pie starts an investigation into who the culprit is, which turns into one of the silliest criminal investigations in the history of Equestria.” (FYI Television via U-verse)

Update 2012-03-23 10:05Z: Added the extended synopsis.

Update 2012-04-07 10:30Z: The one and only Episode Guide. (If still 404, then you’re too early.)

Clip from It’s About Time

Unfortunately I can’t watch it right now. I’m posting this from my phone.

Update 2012-03-08 21:23Z: Now I watched it! ghc -e 'cycle "Yes! "' Also thanks to Keith!

Update 2012-03-09 17:53Z: Now they also posted an image on Facebook. Big news obviously. ^^

Lee Tockar on EverFree Radio

By Muramasa91

Our friends from EverFree Radio just interviewed Lee Tockar, the voice of Snips and Steven Magnet. The interview starts at 44:26; have fun listening to it. Usually I listen to those interviews at almost twice the speed, but this one I could hardly even speed up to one and a half. Get ready for a bucking verbal roller coaster!

As usual, you can find my summary below, after the break.

Rumored Synopsis of Season Two Finale

By zibags

Someone named Alex sent a picture of a page from TV Guide to Equestria Daily, where it was published today at 00:27Z. The photo shows a synopsis of the season two finale:

Not everything is rainbows and gumdrops in this two-part special that finds unicorn Twilight Sparkle digging up a wedding shocker as her brother Shining Armor prepares to get hitched. —MWB

Who’s “MWB”? Anyway, the air date given is April 21, which means that we’ll probably have to endure one more gap until the finale if the episode on April 21 is number twenty-five (or the whole two-parter on one day), or no gap at all if it is the last episode.

Derpy Hooves News found out that the current TV Guide does not contain the paragraph, so its authenticity can’t be confirmed at this point. It may be an advance copy of the next issue.

I thought a blue shield with Twilight’s star on it as cutie mark for her brother makes a great nod to Past Sins fans, hence the image above. See also More Information on Princess Cadence and Shining Armor.

By LoungeJase

Update 2012-03-07 20:01Z: Derpy Hooves News has been sent photos of the new TV Guide containing the synopsis. Looks very real.

Upcoming Episode “Ponyville Confidential” (S02E23)

By manarion

Air date: March 31, 2012, 17:00 UTC (1 p.m. EST)

Synopses:

• “The Cutie Mark Crusaders start a gossip column under the name Gabby Gums, but find it might not be worth the pain the stories cause other ponies.” (Zap2it)
• “In order to become the gossip columnist for their school paper, the Cutie Mark Crusaders adopt the name ‘Gabby Gums,’ but when they land the job, their happiness is cut short by the pain they cause to other ponies with their hurtful stories.” (FYI Television via U-verse)

Update 2012-03-16 09:55Z: Added longer synopsis.

Update 2012-03-31 16:05Z: Derpy Hooves News Episode Guide.

Clip from Putting Your Hoof Down

Well, this looks like a preview of Putting Your Hoof Down. Wonderful! Enjoy!