A Charming Birthday

A Charming Birthday
Generation 3
My Little Pony
Availability	sold with 2003 Glitter Celebration Ponies
	and Mail Order
Release Date	2003
Writer(s)	Heanne Romano
Director(s)	Paul Sabella and Dan Kuenster
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The episode is 22 minutes long and was released on December 8th 2003 to VHS. It was a direct to home video release and it was not sold seperatly but packaged with some of the early G3 ponies. The VHS was available through the Pony Points mail order program with purchase of specific ponies. The episode was then re- released as a DVD story book called A Party in Ponyville on the 27 Feb 2007. The story book it’s self was 32 pages long. The episode was also a bonus episode on the DVD of My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade along side other bonus episode Pinkie Pie and the Ladybug Jamboree.

Synopsis

Razzaroo introduces us to all the little ponies in this episode and tells us she is planning a surprise birthday party for Kimono. It’s hard to Surprise Kimono and they decide to make a charm bracelet to replace the one she lost as her birthday present. With all the different ponies ideas it soon turns into a lot of bracelets, so they decide to ask Kimono which one she’ll wear first but they have to do it without telling her the bracelets are for her. The ponies all volunteer for Minty to go to her. Minty uses the idea of a welcome sign for a stand in object for bracelets. Kimono tells Minty to make one large welcome sign that they’ve all worked on together. Minty then plans a time to pick Kimono up later and tells her to stay right where she is. They begin working on the bracelet but the ponies have trouble picking which of their special items they want to use, and they also try to out do each other by making the charms too big after viewing their friends charm pieces. It’s the day of the party and Minty air balloons Kimono in for her surprise party. They do mange to surprise her and decorate the castle with the large charms. They still made her a small bracelet of charms too of course which she loved.

Releases

VHS

G3 A Charming Birthday VHS

• BIRTHDAYS ARE BIG IN THE WORLD OF MY LITTLE PONY, AND EVERYONE GETS IN ON THE FUN! AND NOTHING'S MORE FUN THAN A SURPRISE EXCEPT A REALLY, REALLY BIG SURPRISE! BUT THAT'S THE TROUBLE. IT'S BIRTHDAY TIME FOR KIMONO AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO SURPRISE THE WISEST PONY IN ALL OF PONYVILLE. IN FACT, NOBODY'S EVERY DONE IT! BUT RAZZAROO, MINTY, AND ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS ARE SURE GOING TO TRY! COME ALONG AND MEET ALL OF OUR PONY FRIENDS AND SEE IF THEY CAN FINALLY SURPRISE THE MOST UN-SURPRISEABLE PONY IN THE LAND. WITH A LITTLE IMAGINATION AND TEAMWORK...AND A LITTLE LUCK...THEY JUST MIGHT MAKE THIS THE MOST CHARMING BIRTHDAY KIMONO HAS EVER HAD!

• Run Time: 22 minutes

DVD

"A Charming Birthday" was re-released on DVD in the "A Party in Ponyville" storybook and DVD set

Cast

Minty, Razzaroo, Kimono, Sweetberry, Wysteria, Sunny Daze, Cotton Candy, Sparkleworks, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie,

Crew and Credits

Cast and Crew

Executive Producers Paul Sabella Jonathan Dern Carol Monroe Producer Robert Winthrop Directors Paul Sabella Dan Kuenster Written By Heanne Romano Voices Jillian Michaels Tabitha St. Germain Venus Terzo Kelly Sherdian Kathleen Barr Adrienne Carter Janyse Jaud Casting & Talent Coordination BLT Productions, LTD. Casting & Voice Direction Michael Donovan Voice Directors Assistant Christine Unterthinner Production Manager Tanya K. Taylor Production Coordinator Neera Garg Recorded at Koko Studios, Vancover, B.C. Sound Engineers Chris McClaren Wes Swales Art Directors Matt Mattus Character Design Gaylee Middleton Background Design Don Vanderbeek Additional Artwork By Annie Guenther Cynthia McIntosh J.C. Ponce Storyboard Artist Dan Kuenster Creative Associate Tom Klein Animation Timing Russ Mooney Ken Kessel Music Composed By Mark Watters AVID\DS Artist Bruce W. Cathcart Assistant Editor Lionel Estrada Post Production Supervisors Aj Ullman Robert Stemwell Post Production Servuces Provided By Metropolitan Entertainment Los Angeles, CA Sound Engineer Robert Duran Dialog Editor Robbi Smith Fogey Artist Pgyllis Ginter Fogey Recordist Marilyn Graf Digital Audio Transfer J. Lampinen Re-Recording Writers Fil Brown Neil Brody Post Production Sound Advantage Audio, Inc. Production Supervisor Debbie Nodella Production Executives Michele Martell Greg Rose Production Coordinator Robert Stemwell Assistant Production Acountant Judy Graffin Production Assistant Robert Nadsady Casey Monroe J´uane F. Harris Produced in Association with Wang Film Production Co., Ltd. Hong Guang Animation Co., Ltd. Creative Consultants Jehan Aslam Natasha Berling Dean Carley Valerie Jurries Jenn Long Melissa Mips Jodie Neville Olwen Ruff Executive in Charge of Production Cheryl McCarthy © 2003 Hasbro Inc.

Errors

• When Razzaroo first opens the book to show us Minty, there’s a line drawn on Minty’s behind to show the top of her leg in the castle picture, which is then taken out on the close up and when Razzaroo closes the book.
• As Razzaroo says “that’s how birthdays are they come around on the same day” while talking to Minty the white part, on the bottom of her mane flashes green.
• When Razzaroo first enters the café, upon close up the top part of her mane that should be pink is teal. Then later on it’s mostly pink followed by white and white again when the wind blows. They also get Wysteria’s wrong just before she is laughing at the pony with cake on her head Cotton Candy and lots more like this.
• A flower is draw into Wysteria’s mane when Sunny daze arrives that wasn’t there before.
• Just before they introduce Sparkleworks the sides of the Razzaroo’s and Sparkleworks’ manes are drawn too far down the sides of their legs.
• When Razzaroo first sees Sunny Daze’s large charm it’s Sweetberry next to her even though Razzaroo says Sparkle. In the next scene though, it’s Sparkleworks sitting next to Sunny Daze.

External Links

• "A Charming Birthday" Part 1 on youtube
• "A Charming Birthday" Part 1 on youtube
• "A Charming Birthday" Part 3 on youtube