Rescue at Midnight Castle Observations

[northstar3184]

I watched Rescue at Midnight Castle last night. I've seen it over a dozen times but didn't notice the presence of Twinkles the cat until yesterday.

Also, last time I watched it I noticed that all the sea ponies' colors correspond to other ponies in the cartoon. For Sealight (whose colors correspond w/ Baby Ember) and Wavedancer (whose colors correspond with Firefly) this makes sense as their cartoon colors match the toys. But Seawinkle's hair color was changed from purple to pink (corresponding with Bow Tie) and the nonspeaking sea ponies' colors just happen to correspond with Medley, Applejack, and Bubbles. Any one else notice this?

[Al-1701]

I had noticed that about the sea ponies.  Seawinkle even has a yellow ribbon in her mane like Bow-Tie.

[LadyMoondancer]

I was talking (emailing) the storyboarder of the sea pony song for RaMC a while ago and he said that the non-speaking sea pony colors were chosen based on what would look good in the scene, if that makes sense.  (Like, they had to pop against the background, one row of sea ponies couldn't be too similar to the ones behind them, etc., if that makes sense. )

[northstar3184]

I was talking (emailing) the storyboarder of the sea pony song for RaMC a while ago and he said that the non-speaking sea pony colors were chosen based on what would look good in the scene, if that makes sense.  (Like, they had to pop against the background, one row of sea ponies couldn't be too similar to the ones behind them, etc., if that makes sense. )

That's interesting. . But funny that it worked out being the same colors as the aforementioned ponies.

[Ponyfan]

I thought that the sea ponies matching the other ponies was neat. I always wondered if the extra ponies were colored in to match Applejack, Medley and Bubbles purposefully but it sounds like the animators weren't really thinking about matching the other ponies when they chose their colors.

I was probably the only one who never noticed this before but just before Applejack is captured you can see the guard's shadow on the wall behind her as he approaches her
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Ponyfan

[Leave a Whisper]

where did you see twinkles?

[Shatyr]

Twinkles is sitting on the unnamed white pony with rainbow hair, I believe during the scene when Megan has arrived and everyone's cheering.

[ember86]

You can always see her in the opening too.

[northstar3184]

You can always see her in the opening too.

I missed her in the opening. The scene I noticed her was the one Shatyr referenced. I'll have to watch it again

[Ponyfan]

I would have missed her in the opening if ember86 hadn't mentioned her being there. Twinkles is riding on the rainbow pony's back as the ponies run out of Dream Castle.


Ponyfan

[Carrehz]

Here, have some Twinkles screenshots:

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Her presence does raise questions.. I wonder if the rainbow pony was going to be Peachy originally.

I always liked how they reused the other ponies' colours for the sea ponies

[Leave a Whisper]

Here, have some Twinkles screenshots:

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Her presence does raise questions.. I wonder if the rainbow pony was going to be Peachy originally.

I always liked how they reused the other ponies' colours for the sea ponies

Thanks Carrehz

[Strawberry Swirl]

Here, have some Twinkles screenshots:

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Her presence does raise questions.. I wonder if the rainbow pony was going to be Peachy originally.

I always liked how they reused the other ponies' colours for the sea ponies

Yeah, that's an excellent point. Why not just put Peachy there instead...? You'd think that'd be a lot easier than coming up with an entirely new character that nobody recognizes.

[Ponyfan]

I wonder if they thought Peachy's color was too close to Applejack's? It is interesting that the rainbow pony always carries Twinkles.

Ponyfan

[Carrehz]

Thanks Carrehz

np!

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Her presence does raise questions.. I wonder if the rainbow pony was going to be Peachy originally.

I always liked how they reused the other ponies' colours for the sea ponies

Yeah, that's an excellent point. Why not just put Peachy there instead...? You'd think that'd be a lot easier than coming up with an entirely new character that nobody recognizes.

I think you misunderstood me, I was suggesting that maybe she was Peachy originally.

Personally, my theory is that Hasbro wanted to promote the upcoming Rainbow ponies, but none of them had finalized designs, so the Midnight Castle pony was just thrown together for that purpose. Either that or she uses an early/prototype design that was changed later, or maybe Peachy's colours just.. didn't work in animation, for w/e reason? I remember seeing someone suggest once (can't remember where.. it might have been on here?) that her unique body colour might have looked too similar to Megan's skin colour, for example, which seems plausible to me.

aaaaa, I wish we knew for sure!!! I've wondered about this for years, she's such a fascinating mystery~