Friends Are Never Far Away

Friends Are Never Far Away
Generation 3
My Little Pony: Butterfly Island
Availability	DVD sold with Hidden Treasure Pony
Release Date	2005
Writer(s)	Jeanne Romano
Director(s)	John Grusd
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The episode is 22 minutes long and was released around the middle of 2005 to DVD. (The earliest date is 27th August 2005). It was a direct to home video release and it was packaged with a G3 Pegasus pony called Hidden Treasure. The episode was also a bonus episode on the DVD of My Little Pony: The Runaway Rainbow along side another bonus episode Greetings from Unicornia.

Plot

We join Sky Wishes and Star Catcher on Butterfly Island where Sky Wishes, wishes the fun would never end. They decide the pair want each other to meet each others set of friends. Sky Wishes decide to throw a party in Ponyville where Star Catcher’s shy Pegasus pony friends, can meet her earth pony friends. The earth ponies find it hard to believe there are such ponies as Pegasus ponies but go along with the party anyways, while Star Catcher convinces the Pegasus ponies to go to the party. The Pegasus ponies remain shy and take their time in getting to the party, once making it through the rainbow waterfall they even have a nap before hand. Sky Wishes and Pinkie Pie are still working on a song for them, for the party when they wake the Pegasus ponies up from a near by tree. The Pegasus ponies scatter off in the wrong direction back home. So Star Catcher changes the party plan and they take the party to the Butterfly Island. The Pegasus ponies all gain more confidence and have a great time at the party.

Cast

• Kathleen Barr as Sweetberry, Island Delight
• Tabitha St. Germain as Wysteria, Thistle Whistle
• Lenore Zann as Star Catcher
• Saffron Henderson as Sky Wishes
• Venus Terzo as Rainbow Dash, Sparkleworks
• Chiara Zanni as Twinkle Twirl
• Kelly Sheridan as Coconut Cream, Cotton Candy
• Janyse Jaud as Pinkie Pie

Apple Spice, Bowtie, Coconut Grove, Triple Treat, Honolu-Loo

Cast and Crew

Executive Producers Paul Sabella Jonathan Dern Carol Monroe Producers Cheryl McCarthy Julia Bricklin Jeanne Romano Producer Robert Winthrop Director John Grusd Written By Bonnie Solomon Production Manager Clarise Cameron Casting & Talent Coordination BLT Productions, LTD. Casting & Voice Direction Michael Donovan Voice Directors Assistant Betty Phelps BLT Production Manager Tanya K. Taylor BLT Production Coordinator Neera Garg Recorded at Koko Studios, Vancover, B.C. Sound Engineers Rob Crang Wes Swales Art Direction Matt Mattus Sean Platter Character Design Gayle Middleton Background Design Andrew Gentle Background Key Wei Zhao Ruben Chavez Sean Platter Colour Models Cynthia McIntosh George Cox Storyboard Artist Kathleen Carr Llyn Hunter Animation Timing Bill Reed Music and Lyrics By Megan Cavallari Amy Powers Performed By Janyse Jaud Saffron Henderson Editor/Nitris Artist Bruce W. Cathcart Assistant Editor Lionel Estrada Post Production Supervisors Robert Stemwell Colour Timer John Busenberg Post Production Servuces Provided By Metropolitan Entertainment Los Angeles, CA Sound Designer Heather Olsen Dialog Editor Robbi Smith Fogey Artist Phyllis Ginter Fogey Recordist Marilyn Graf Digital Audio Transfer J. Lampinen Re-Recording Mixers Ray Leonard Michael Beiriger Post Production Sound Advantage Audio, Inc. Production Supervisor John Bigler Production Executives Michele Martell Production Coordinator Robert Stemwell Executive Coordinator Deena Doherty Production Assistants Robert Nadsady Cheryl Cayetano Produced in Association with Wang Film Production Co., Ltd. Hong Guang Animation Co., Ltd. Creative Consultants Michelle Aubin Natasha Berlining Lisa Fasoldt Gretchen Forrest Marisa Kambour Valerie Jurries Jenn Long Melissa Mips Meghan Northrup Olwen Ruff Ben Sligar Ryan Sousa © 2004 Hasbro Inc. Sabella Dern Entertainment.

Songs

Friends Are Never Far Away

Friends Are Never Far Away

Pinkie Pie Make a new friend everyday Learn a brand new game to play See the world a whole new way When you make a new friend everyday Sky Wishes Ha ha Don’t be shy, Pinkie Pie Yeah Sky Wishes Make a chocolate cream parfait Bake a cake or do ballet Fun is never far away When you make a new friend everyday Ha ha ha ha (Come on, this is fun, yeah) I start singing, you start singing It’s the sweetest song Two together just sounds better Come on sing along (Sing along) All Make a new friend everyday Learn a brand new game to play Happy times are here to stay When you make a new friend oh the fun never ends When you make a new friend everyday

Trivia and Errors

Trivia

Errors

• When Pinkie Pie says "But I believe in you, Sky Wishes,” Sky Wishes' mane fringe is pink instead of the usual purple.
• As Star Catcher says “They’re a little shy” when Sky Wishes asks where her friends are, Star Catcher’s mane fringe is blue instead of white.
• When Coconut Grove faces the other ponies saying, “I was the first to promise Star Catcher,” Thistle Whistle’s mane is colored yellow to pink instead of pink to yellow.
• As the pegasus ponies fly away from the tree after their nap, Sky Wishes and Pinkie Pie swap places.
• The second balloon to fly past the screen when the ponies are on their way to Butterfly Island contains Pinkie Pie and Sky Wishes, who are already at Butterfly Island.
• When it’s Sky Wishes' time to sing in the song, her mane is colored pink rather than red. This also occurs when she meets Honolu-Loo.

Releases

G3 Friends Are Never Far Away DVD

Nothing's as much fun as making new friends! So Sky Wishes and Star Catcher want everyone in Ponyville and Butterfly Island to meet and get to know each other. But there's a problem. Pegasus ponies are very, very shy! Sky Wishes and Star Catcher decide the only way to bring their friends together is to have a high-flying party with fun games, music and even a mile high sundae! But getting two sets of friends together isn't as easy as it looks! In fact, it's an adventure!

Merchandise

Toys and Figures

Print Media

Various

See Also

• "Friends are Never Far Away" Part 1 on youtube Part 2 Part 3