My Little Pony Into Darkness

The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special overshadowed it, but MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC had its two-part season four premiere this past Saturn's Day and it looked a little familiar.

The season opener finds Twilight Swift Sparkle adapting to her new role as a princess; homepony evolved from being a unicorn to an alicorn (a unicorn with wings) at the end of season three. That's all fine and shit, but WHAT ABOUT HER FRIENDSSSSSSSSS??????!!!!

Turns out, princesses are expected to rule from Canterlot, which would take Twilight Swift away from her friends in Ponyville. Very sad.

Then, the night before her coronation, Princess Celestia (the head pony of Equestria) and her sister Princess Luna disappear, throwing the day & night cycle into disarray and leaving the entire kingdom prey to the darkness! Much danger.

So, Princess Twilight Swift must join her Ponyville posse and team up with a former enemy to find out what happened to the co-ruling sisters and stop the menacing threat at hand. Wow...

Hey, wait a second! This all sounds like something I recently watched. Oh, that's right. It's the basic premise of THOR INTO DARKNESS--Marvel's latest film which saw The Mighty Thor reluctant to take the throne of Asgard because he pines for his lady friend and is later forced to team up with a former enemy (the trickster god and Thor's adopted brother, Loki) to stop the Dark World from destroying the Nine Realms.

Just to make sure of the comparison, let's checklist through this thing:

Dark World attacking...

CHECK!

Teaming up with former enemy...

CHECK! That's Discord, a being of chaos voiced by John de Lancie from Star Trek: TNG and Breaking Bad.

Yggdrasil (or the Tree of Life)...

CHECK! Ponies call it the Tree of Harmony.

Infinity gems...

CHECK! Although, they call them the Elements of Harmony and it's not really wise to keep them all in the same place.

Flashback of sibling rivalry...

CHECK! Sister vs. sister. Rainbow Kamehameha, bitch!

Drinks...

CHECK! Although, I'm pretty sure that was LSD since Twilight Swift was trippin' balls. She drank it about four times, too.

There you have it. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is no different than Marvel Comics. Except with 20% more singing.

Let's just hope for Pony Thanos by the end of the season.