The Princess Promenade

This animated episode is 50 minutes long and was released February 7th 2006 to VHS and DVD. It was a direct to home video release and it was available on hubworld.com along with DVD’s The Runaway Rainbow and A Very Minty Christmas. This feature also came with two bonus episodes A Charming Birthday and Pinkie Pie and the Ladybug Jamboree.

Synopsis

The Breezie ponies are getting ready to fly to Ponyville for the spring promenade parade. Arriving they find Wysteria and help to set up the flower floats by helping with the gardening. Wysteria spots a weed in her garden. She and Pinkie Pie try pulling it up but they fall down a hole they’d dug to try to get it out, instead. The breezie pony Zipzee follows them. They follow a foul smell and find a special looking flower. Under the flower is a rock which cracks away and a dragon named Spike appears. The ponies scream while the breezie Zipzee quizzes Spike. Spike explains they’re under their castle and he has been asleep for a thousand years. He also explains about the flower, that who ever touches it owns it and gives it to Wysteria. The other breezies up top who saw Zipzee follow the ponies, explain to the other ponies what’s happened to Wysteria and co. Just before they go down the hole to search for them the castle gate opens up with the lost ponies. Wysteria takes Spike to the Pedal parlour to bath him before showing him to her friends. They eventually show off Spike and explain about him. He goes on to explain further he is here to guard, teach and protect the new princess. All the ponies declare that Ponyville doesn’t have a princess. He explains the flower he handed to Wysteria symbolizes who will be princess, which is now Wysteria. Everyone starts to treat Wysteria like she’s special which Wysteria doesn’t really want. Then Spike starts to train her on how to be a princess. A princess doesn’t have friends or equals. When Wysteria is out checking all the floats, Spike stops her doing anything like smelling the flowers, watering the flowers and digging in the dirt. Upset and feeling down Wysteria wishes she’d never found the flower. The other ponies also feel they can’t ask Wysteria for help as she’s a princess now even though the floats are a mess and need her skills. Seeing her own float the others had helped make for her, Wysteria decides to go against her training and help with the floats anyways. She then tells Spike she wants to be herself again. Spike takes this as she doesn’t want to be the princess any more and goes back to sleep on the floor. Wysteria and the breezies try to wake him and tell him she’s staying the princess but she still wants to be herself too. So she decides to teach Spike how to be a pony. The parade goes ahead and Wysteria stops everyone mid parade to tell them thank you and makes everyone else a princess too.

Releases

DVD

MY LITTLE PONY - THE PRINCESS PROMENADE - from Paramount Home Entertainment.... WYSTERIA is beaming with pride! Her gardens are in bloom, her little BREEZIE friends are in town, and it's time for Ponyville's fanciest spring parade, the ultimate celebration of flowers, flowers, flowers! But things don't go according to plan when WYSTERIA accidentally awakens SPIKE THE DRAGON, a sleepy, silly 1,000-year-old dragon. For you see, legend holds that when a dragon is awakened, an new princess is about to be crowned! But who is the Princess of Ponyville? Come along to THE PRINCESS PROMENADE and discover what it takes to be a princess... what it means to be a friend... and why it's important to be true to yourself, no matter how you wear your tiara! Watch the movie trailer for THE PRINCESS PROMENADE now!

Special Features:

• Pinkie Pie's Lady Bug Jamboree-Animated Short
• A Charming Birthday - Bonus Episode
• Two Sing-A-Longs!
• Five Original Songs

Stats:'

• suggested retail: $12.99
• full screen
• rated G for ages 3+
• released on both DVD and VHS
• DVD Release Date: February 7, 2006
• Run Time: 50 minutes (70 minutes with bonus features)

Songs

Songs

Breezie Blossom 1 Hip-Hip-Hooray, another day To play away in Breezie Blossom We zip and zoom, our flowers bloom Each one's a great big bold surprise We flip and flop, hip-a-dee-hop We never stop in Breezie Blossom We twinkle bright, we're fast as light We've got an awful lot to do. Breezies know The way to make daisies grow Say "pretty please," They'll soon be dancing in the breeze Here, nothing can go wrong But even if it does, It's right before too long Life's a breezy little song Each moment that you spend Out flying with a friend Hip-hip-hooray, another day To play away in Breezie Blossom Strike up the band, let's give a hand! There's always time for a big parade! Join The Promenade Hip-Hip-Hooray, today's the day We march away to join the promenade oh boy oh boy, the joy the joy! I can't believe we'll soon be there Breezies know The way to put on a show And the crowd will sigh When our gleaming blooming flower floats roll by! Hip-Hip-Hooray, today's the day We march away to join the promenade Sing "whoop de doo!", "yahoo!" Our pony friends will be there too Friendship and Flowers Daffodils shining, Wysteria twining, Flowers amaze us in so many ways Care for your garden well, so it will grow Care for your garden well, so it will grow Gardens need seeding, and trimming and weeding Water at twilight on mid-summer days Care for your garden well, so it will grow Care for your garden well, so it will grow Gardens need patience, and friendships do too They both can be tender when they're brand new If you give them some sunshine, and a little room In their own time they'll begin to bloom Lilies and roses, bring joy to our noses Right before autumn, we gather bouquets Care for your garden well, so it will grow Care for your garden well, so it will grow Friendships worth tending may be never ending Always unfolding in hundreds of ways Happily help a friend, and you'll know Care for your friendship well, so it will grow Friendships and flowers can brighten your hours Lifting us high as they light up our day Care for your garden well, so it will grow Care for your friendship well, so it will grow And grow . . . and grow. . . . Feelin' Good Gosh-a-roony I don't mean to stare I'm wondering what the heck is under there But trust in me and soon you'll be Feelin' good . . . feelin' good! Working on a really awesome scale We're such a perfect team, no way we'll fail You'll want to shout, it's all about Feelin' good inside and out You've got so much beauty inside you Spike: Really? I guess you've never been told But I could see, from the start You've got a heart of solid gold You're still a little doubtful, I can tell But keep a happy thought and things will gel Curl up your smile, in just a while You'll be feelin' good . . . feelin' good! Time to tell your troubles "bye-de-bye!" They'll float like tiny bubbles to the sky And you'll begin to grin and grin Feelin' good, outside and in You've got so much beauty inside you Guess you've never been told Spike: Nope! But I could see, from the start You've got a heart of solid gold! Solid gold! Changing at a truly awesome quip I can't imagine why you wouldn't flip You'll grin with glee Spike: Say golly-gee. . . . Soon you will see Spike: I'll give a "whee!" Take it from me, you're going to be Feelin' good . . . feelin' good! Feelin' good . . . good as can be! A Princess is in Town Spike: When you're royalty, you must learn to be Full of grace in all you do. Stand up nice and tall, smile at one and all Don't forget the world is looking up to you Hang in there you'll be fine, this is your time to shine Show them a princess is in town! Ponies: On this amazing day things can't be just "okay" No time to spare, because a princess is in town We're in a spin all right, working with all our might Full of excitement 'cause a princess is in town Spike: With your breezy style, and your easy smile You'll be dazzling oh I hope you know it's true Head up, now mind your crown, try not to snag your gown Show them a princess is in town! Hang in there, you'll be fine, this is your time to shine Show them a princess is in town Ponies: Let's plan to look our best and surely she'll be impressed Hard to believe it but a princess is in town We know Her Highness is the grandest of princesses No small occasion when a princess is in town Spike: Wave at all in sight, to the left and right When they curtsey never laugh or yawn or frown Ponies: Don't mean to fret and fuss, we hope you will pardon us It's just that a princess is in town Heads up, she'll soon be here, we'll give an enormous cheer Spike: Show them a princess is in town. . . . All: Show them a princess is in town! Everyone's a Princess Spike: Hip-Hip-Hooray, today's the day How nice that everyone's a princess Good gracious me! (Breezies: Tee hee tee hee! No one is happier than we!) Ponies: We'll spend this day In a princess-y way Wearing crowns of gold Everyone of us a wonder to behold! Wysteria: Hip-Hip-Hoorah, tra la tra la I'm glad that everyone's a princess Don't make a fuss, we're still just us! Although we're also royalty Spike: I, solemnly decree, to one and all of ye, That spring is truly here! Ponies: We say to every tree, and every flower we see Rainbow Dash: "You look divine, my dear!" Ponies: Hip-Hip-Hoorah, tra la tra la We're glad that everyone's a princess Spike: That's you and you, and yes it's true! All: That you are a princess too!

Cast

Sweetberry, Minty, Pinkie Pie, Sky Wishes, Sunny Daze, Rainbow Dash, Cotton Candy, Sparkleworks, Triple Treat, Razzaroo, Wysteria, Kimono, Daffidazey, Spike, Zipzee, Tiddlywink, Tra La La, Breezie Ponies, Ladybug,

Crew and Credits

Cast and Crew

Executive Producers Paul Sabella Jonathan Dern Producers Cheryl McCarthy Carol Monroe Julia Bricklin Jeanne Romano Supervising Director Paul Sabella Director Vic Dal Chele Producer Robert Winthrop Written By Jeanne Romano Voices Sweetberry: Kathleen Barr Minty/ Wysteria: Tabitha ST. Germain Tra La La/Spike: Britt McKillip Sunny Daze: Adrienne Carter Rainbow Dash/Sparkleworks/Breezie: Venus Terzo Tiddlywink: Chantal Strand/Brian Drummond Zipzee: Andrea Libman Pinkie Pie/Breezie/Ladybug Janyse Jaud Cotton Candy: Kelly Sheridan Daffidazy/Breezie: Ellen Kennedy Casting & Talent Coordination BLT Productions, LTD. Casting & Voice Direction Michael Donovan Voice Directors Assistant Kerry Stewart-Lackner BLT Production Manager Tanya K. Taylor BLT Production Coordinator Neera Garg Recorded at Koko Studios, Vancover, B.C. Sound Engineers Jesse Young Wes Swales Home Entertainment Business Manager Patti Roakes Production Supervisor Clarise Cameron Art Direction Matt Mattus Sean Platter Production Coordinator Robert Stemwell Character Design Mark Lewis Patrick Gleeson Prop Design Paula Heumer Background Design Andrew Gentle Marina Levikova Dan McHugh Karen Hamrock Rodgers Background Key Rozalina Tchouchev Sean Platter Colour Models Patricia Pettinell Storyboard Artist Kathleen Carr Llyn Hunter Wolf-Rudiger Bloss Carolyn Gair Ken Laramay Animation Timing Bill Reed Barbara Dourmashkin Animatics provided by Edison Yu Original Score/Music By Mark Watters Terry Sampson Lyrics By Lorraine Feather Performed By Britt McKillip Chantal Strand Andrea Libman Tabitha St. Germain Brian Drummond Ellen Kennedy Janyse Jaud Editor/AVID Nitris Artist Bruce W. Cathcart Post Production Supervisors John Grusd AJ Ullman Colour Timer John Busenberg Post Production Services Provided By HIGH TECHNOLOGY VIDEO Los Angeles, CA Sound Designer Heather Olsen Dialog Editor Robbi Smith Foley Artist Craig NG Foley Mixer Marilyn Graf Digital Audio Transfer J. Lampinen Re-Recording Mixers Ray Leonard Michael Beiriger Post Production Sound Advantage Audio, Inc. Production Accountant John Bigler Production Executives Michele Martell Executive Coordinator Deena Doherty Assistant Production Accountant Kent Guresky Production Assistants Robert Nadsady Cheryl Cayetano Jason Evaristo Produced in Association with Wang Film Production Co., Ltd. Hong Guang Animation Co., Ltd. General Manager George Chang Assistant of General Manager Stephanie Liao Production Manager John Liou Animation Manager' Sophie Huang Production Coordinator Nancy Xu Layout Leader Wang Sheng Hua Layout Li Rui Li Chenjie Zhou Meifan Wang Guofang Animation Supervisors' Jack Zhou Xia Weiyu Du Dan Shun Deyu Animators' Xu Ao You Junyi Wu Yunliang Zhang Hua Zai Hui Ge Jun Lin Min Ge Ke Xia Jing Lu Xixiao Clean-Up Leaders' Pan Zhenrong Zhao Qin Clean-Up' Zhao Qing Xie Yanping Yang Chunmei Liu Xiaojing Li Lifang Jin Minghua In-Between Leaders' Zhou Hong Guo Quiping Li Young Ma Xiyuan In-Between' Zhou Jian Liu Dingfu Lv Liheng Jing Nengqing Bao Zheng Jiang Haiying Hong Xiaoyu Xu Huajun He Wanli Fan Xueying Gao Qing Chen Sha Backgrounds' Jim Zhou Zhou Changchum Computer Manager' David Peng Jane Lu Scanning' Zhou Jun Yuan Xiangrong Liu Shengbiao Mark Up' Chen Xuanfang Gu Lanhong Wu Huizhu Gu Qiong Compositing Leaders' Xu Guohong Shen Aiqin Compositing' Li Chende Zhang Jiechun Li Hao Peng Li Chen Tao Creative Consultants Michelle Aubin Natasha Berlining Lisa Fasoldt Gretchen Forrest Marisa Kambour Valerie Jurries Jenn Long Melissa Mips Meghan Northrup Olwen Ruff Ben Sligar Michelle Field © 2005 Hasbro Inc. Sabella Dern Entertainment. Hasbro Entertainment.

Trivia

• A storybook adaptation of the film was created by Nora Pelizzari and was published by HarperFestival on January 3, 2006
• A comic adaption has also been published by Tokyopop in 2006
• This episode was inspiration for the show Friendship is Magic according to Lauren Faust.
• The episode was selected by Dr. Toy for inclusion on this year's "Best Vacation Products" list.
• The Princess Promenade became an internet meme. The joke being that the movie was lacking even for a straight release to home video movie.

Errors

• When the Breezies are spinning together in a circle Zipzee is on the left and Tiddlywink is on the right when they blow the horns they switch places. Then as they watch the others fly off and we see them from behind, Tiddlywink and Tra La La switch places and back again.
• When Zipzee tells the one breezie pony who is in bed that its spring, when Zipzee says yep the orange from her mane at the side is coloured in yellow with the rest.
• As they fly off to Ponyville, when all three breezies stop in the air just before they start singing, Zipzee’s mane is missing the orange part too it.
• Mid song on the second song while singing “I can’t believe we’ll soon be there”, As Tra La La and Tiddlywink turn to face the others on the close up they switch places.
• When Zipzee spins in the second song, Tra La La at the back of the group is coloured blue.
• When the breezies put the flowers around the ponies heads in the middle of Wysteria’s speech. They put one on Sparkleworks close up and then she doesn’t have one on her head when they zoom out to see all 8 ponies on the benches.
• After Zipzee sneezes herself out of the window and Wysteria asks if she is ok, Wysteria’s flower crown turns into a flower behind her ear.
• When the castle door opens as Sparkleworks and Sunnydaze are going down the hole, Rainbow Dash and Cotton Candy switch places.
• After the castle door has dropped Wysteria is missing the flower from her mane.
• As Wysteria showers Spike mid song her flower in her mane is missing.
• As the breezies fly in there’s no big purple treble clef note on the blue curtains, as Wysteria walks out one appears.
• As Ranbow Dash gets her hair twirled by Daffidazey, Daffidazey mane style changes.
• As Wysteria walks in the door of the salon Sweetberry is alone (Sweetberry also didn’t seem to be in the shop to start with), a flick to Wysteria and back and Minty is then by her side.
• When Spike says “after you princess” at the salon door, Wysteria’s flower is coloured in wrong.
• When Rainbow Dash and Sweetberry are arguing, when they look at Wysteria, Zipzee isn’t wearing the cap she was pictured wearing before they started looking at the floats. Also Rainbow Dashes symbol starts to stand up straight instead of looking like a rainbow.
• When Minty and Pinkie bump into each other on the float, Minty is animated saying her name as well as Pinkie’s.
• As Wysteria is looking out over the kingdom before Spike walks over to her and she is asking if she is the right princess her cutie mark isn’t present.
• As Wysteria tells Spike she has an idea how she can still be a princess and herself her mane colours get put on wrong so it starts off with purple instead of white.
• During the last song when Spike declares spring is truly here, as they pan over the ponies even though Rainbow Dash is a princess on the float she appears to be in the crowd too.

Watch on Youtube

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Princess Promenade IMDB comments
• Roger Ebert's twitter about this