My Little Pony

Also...

Sans Smirk? I wonder if Wierd Al came up with that name. And for a moment I thought his cutie mark was a wet diaper, but it's really a wet blanket. GET IT???
"Surrealist alt-scene character pieces"
And yes, sometimes, we need to give a bit of ourselves to others in order to get precisely that something back, and in spades.

Wierd Al Yankovic as Cheese Sandwich
Jesse Inocalla as Sans Smirk and the stallion guard
and
Tabitha St. Germain as the mare guard

Written by Michael P. Fox & Wil Fox

[Extreme lag again today, expect a gaps in this first post]
One day, outside the Hall of Justice...
The Cheer Squad!!!
[Just an aside, I never got the point of cheerleaders. No one ever led ME in a cheer in ANY game I ever went to.]
The return of Snips!!!
Are those cheerleaders the same ones who cheered for RD in "Rainbow Falls"?
Cheer stomp!!!
The return of Snails!!!
Smoulder is getting a bit demanding there...
"Dragon"? Snips doesn't know her name?
Montage!
[And from here on, the live stream just kept dropping out or I got a "Video Servers at capacity, try again later" message.]
The return of the Traditional Royal Canterlot Voice!!!


What have we learned?

Smoulder's girliness is getting more and more obvious.
Snips' magic is getting stronger.
And Snail's magic, too.
Snails is psychic?
Dragons can breathe steam?
Flutterpony? Was that a flutterpony??? Ah, no, it was those fake gossamer wings.
Horn dampening rings are CANON!!! A bunch of fanfics have been canonised!!!


4 words:

Cheerleading

Is

Definitely

Pointless

Also.,..

Celestia is a sports fan.
"Mane and Tail Styling College", "the Scroll-Making Institute". I wonder if those will be used in fanfics now.
If RD honestly didn't want to coach the cheerleaders, why didn't she just tell Twilight that? We've already learned that lesson several episodes ago...
[Checks] No, they weren't those cheerleaders in "Rainbow Falls".
"Yona make pony pyramid"? I hope she wants to be the "keystone", not the flagstone....
Phonographs in Equestria are earthquake-proof in that the needle will not skip, no matter how hard you stomp on the floor.
The return of Zecora!!!
"Headband"? That looks more like a pennant, Snips.
Ah, there we go, a skip on the record. Ignore my previous comment about Equestrian phonographs.
Yaks hate loud noises...unless THEY are the ones making them.
Looks like Snips and Snails' magic is REALLY ramping up, if Snails can levitate himself and Snails can halt RD mid-air and levitate Ocellus.
In the audience: Golden Harvest, Starlight, the rest of the Student Six, and a bunch of extras.
Heh, can't make out the names of the schools on the scoreboard.
And it looks like Yona was the keystone after all.

Lee Tockar as Snips
Shannon Chan-Kent as Smolder
Devyn Dalton as Ocellus
Kelli Ogmundson as Lighthoof
Diana Kaarina as Shimmy Shake
Richard Ian Cox as Snails and the announcer
and
Katrina Salisbury as Yona

Written by Kaita Mpambara

One day, at the Hall of Justice...
Twilight in t-shirt
Prance prance prance....
Chart.
The return of Sunburst!!!
The return of Maud and Mudbriar!!!
Heh, typical of Pinkie to mess everything up.
The return of Matilda and Time Turner!!!
The return of Bulk Biceps!!!
The return of Cranky Doodle!!!
Yeah...we all saw that pairing coming...
I think the writer has heard of all the shipping terms fans have invented...
Heh, fail brohoof.
Thanks for quieting Pinkie down, Twilight.
Ghastly Gorge, yes, I knew that one.
Zap apples!!! They don't know that one?
I think Bulk just broke Fluttershy's arm.
Reward is what?
Correct!!!
Braying!!!
Pinkie is disqualified!!! Smooth move, Twilight
....and Sunburst is now with Twilight, again, smooth, Twilight.
Tirek, yes.
Heh, good question, Twilight.
Derpy!!!


What have we learned?

Spike wears sleepwear?
Twilight has won the trivia contest 2 years in a row.
Pony signatures are their cutie marks?
Twilight can write so fast as to create friction burn.
Odd that this is the THIRD trivia contest Twilight has won and Spike has no idea what's going on.
Pinkie ate the platter?
1547 Pony BE? Is that for "Before Equestria"?
At least 200 questions were asked.


4 words:

Twilighting's

Alive

And

Well

Also...

Twilight had a DJ-P0N3 t-shirt
The return of Amethyst Star!!!
The return of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon!!!
Horse sigh
Ah, sorry, it was three TIMES in a row (3 weeks), not three YEARS. Sorry, got confused there.
"Twinkie"
"Pink-Light"
"Sparkle Pie"
"Twi-Pie"
AJ and RD didn't completely copy each other. AJ said "squashed" and RD said "squished".
Bon Bon and Lyra
"Bananaaaaas!"
The return of Twilight's "broken" tail hair.

The questions:
Who is the pony that despises the holiday season in the old classic A Hearth's Warming Tale? - Snowfall
Which topographical locale used to be a cavern, but after thousands of years of erosion, is now a gorge? - Ghastly Gorge
Which variety of apple only blooms for five days? - Zap apples
How do you say "reward" in Olde Ponish? - "hliet"
What flavor cupcakes did Princess Celestia order for Princess Luna's surprise birthday party last year? - double midnight chocolate fudge with chili pepper frosting (that sounds kinda good)
What kind of stone can be used to start a fire? - flint
Who traveled to Equestria from a distant land seeking to steal the magic from its pony inhabitants? - Lord Tirek and Scorpan
How many holes are there in Daring Do's hat? - 20
What is the name of the Ponyville Day Spa's most popular candle? - Candlelicious Melty Wax or Competitive Library Musk

Starring:

Tabitha St. Germain as Granny Smith
Ian Hanlin as Sunburst
Adam Kirschner as Mudbriar
Ingrid Nilson as Maud
Richared Newman as Cranky Doodle
Michael Dobson as Bulk Biceps

Written by Brittany Jo Flores

One day, somewhere in an evil place...
Road trip, right...
Later, at Canterlot...
The return of the Summer Sun Celebration!!!
The return of the sun controlling amulet!!!
Discord!!!
"Situation"?
"Character growth is so boring", lol.
Chess!!!
The return of Braeburn!!!
Not the best place to eat magic...
Okay, a royal guard has seen the three, NOW can someone sound the alarm?
Geese.
Here it comes...
The Doctor!!!
Something to think about...


What have we learned?

With this being the third SSC of the series, it's been 3 years since the series premiere.
The security system is still up. Good work.
Twilight has stopped twilighting and making endless lists?
Not everyone knows a traitor of the crown?
One pegasus filly can create a hurricane?
The SSC is now The Festival of the Two Sisters.


4 words:

Equestrian

Security

Really

Sucks

Also...

Clouds in a barrel.
Winds in a barrel.
Rainbow in a barrel.
Rain in a barrel.
The return of the Wonderbolts!!!
Rainbow Dash has rainbow powers, apparently, weather specific, of course.
Did Discord put the cloud behind the TV screen?
Spike can fly while carrying Pinkie.
Two party cannons.
Some security chain, if it can be broken by a book. That steel must have a LOT of sulphur in it.
Spider.
In the audience: Fancy Pants and Fleur, Cheerielee, Ruby Punch, Lyra, Bon Bon.
And Cozy Glow is incorrect: they only got ONE group of unicorns to turn tribalist. Canterlot is a big city, so one group of 20 unicorns would be barely the start.

Starring:
John de Lancie as Discord
Kathleen Barr as Chrysalis
Sunny Westbrook as Cozy Glow
Kira Tozer as Fire Flare
Sam Vincent as Feather Flatterly, who is apparently the head of the Canterlot Weather Team.
Mark Acheson as Tirek
Michael Daingerfield as Braeburn
and
Doc Harris as Grogar

Written by Michael Vogel

One day, at the Sanctuary...
Predator and Prey therapy?
Neck brace on the giraffe.
Is Angel trying to get eaten?
The return of Zecora and the veterinary!!!
Did that giraffe shrink?
Gecko?
And Angel is being more of a jerk, for some reason.
It's not like that elephant can fit inside that snake.
Is this a fallout between Flutters and Angel?
Later, at Zecora's...
Lyra and Bon Bon.
BURP
BODY SWITCH!!!
Derpy!!!
The return of the Stare!!!
Eagle!!!
Heh, guess I was wrong.
Heh, three points.
Snoopy dance!!!


What have we learned?

The elephant's name is Muriel.
The wolf's name is Sandra.
The python's name is Antoine.
Interesting, here we see that Fluttershy and Angel have a brother/sister relationship.
The body switch potion was ripped off from the movie "Like Father Like Son" with Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron.
The Stare still works.
Fluttershy wants to marry Discord?
Angel seems to have no qualms in also having switched gender.
Fire lizard...or Charizard?



4 words:

Invasion

Of

Body

Snatchers!!!

Also...

At Ponyville: Cheerilee, Aloe, Amethyst Star, Saisy, Rose, and the Doctor.
Frazzled mane. I'm glad Rarity never saw her like that.
Predators playing Poker.
"Gem tart stall"? I guess dragons are making a more common presence in Ponyville if more and more ponies are catering to their diet.
The giraffe's name is Clementine.
The flamingo's name is Scout.
Maybe that's a completely different giraffe?

Andrea Libman as Angel
Nicoel Oliver as Dr. Fauna
and
Brenda Crinchow as Zecora

Written by Nick Confalone

One day, at the Hall of Justice...
Spike ignores Rarity!!!
Later, at the gem cave...
BATS....
Later, at the Hall of Justice...
Frazzled mane!!!
The return of the fainting couch!!!
The return of Gabby!!!
Derpy!!!!
Heh, take two.
Plans...with Gabby???
Suck it up, Rarity. It sucks being in the receiving end, eh?
Montage!!!
Heh, semi-selfie.
Gabby seems oddly accepting...
Heh, Rarity as The Mane-iac.
The following day, at the Hall of Justice...
The return of Ogres & Oubliettes!!!
Turnip soup?
Lol, the return of "Schmarity".
...aaaaaand we hit the snag.
Heh, selfie again.
BATS!!!



What have we learned?

Spike does all-nighters...ah, no he doesn't, it was already morning.
Gabby is Griffonstone's postal worker.
Eeyup, Rarity is the perfect drama queen.
Spike and Gabby are penpals?
Griffons and dragons can eat ice cream scoops in one gulp.
Rarity's telekinesis magic has a weight limit.
Rarity's sewing machine is automatic?
Spike is left-clawed?
Gabby's VA is either going through puberty, or she's deliberately making Gabby squeak.
Spike's headspines flop when he gets depressed.



4 words:

Spike's

A

Ladies'

Man

Also...

I thought Spike was working with a nightlight, but that was just the window.
Spike has Power Ponies posters.
Rarity's shout is enough to turn the lights on.
That clock is divided in...8 parts?
Given that Gabby is a postal worker, she is an official Griffonstone government worker, meaning that Griffonstone has...some semblance of a central government (Grandpa Gruff mentioned a griffon army in Season 8, too). The few fanfics that depict Griffonstone as a failed state have been somewhat jossed, I think.
Right, right. griffons and dragons don't get brain freeze, meaning that they don't have that nerve on their palate that runs to the top of their heads, like humans do.
At the plaza: Rose, Daisy,
"I had no idea how much walking there is at a Power Pony convention!" - possible shoutout to the Bronycons.
Rarity hit a sheep when she threw the phonograph the second time.
In Equestria, comics are wrapped in clear plastic sleeves, or some local analogue. Still a strong evidence for plastic existing in Equestria.

Erin Matthews as Gabby

Written by Josh Haber

One day, at the Hall of Justice...
Talking to plants...
Why did Spike start reading the text one meter from the top?
Hand-off time...er, hoof-off.
The return of [the great and powerful] Trixie!!!
"Wink"
Spoiled Milk, seriously?
The return of the Doctor!!!
Big Macintosh and Octavia too?
The return of the Yovidaphone!!!
"Year 1322"?
Nap time
Thanks, Starlight, no one likes Spoiled, either.
Parents!!!
Since when does the Doctor speak with a Scottish accent? Did he reincarnate?
Octavia speaks!!! (for the first time since Season 5)
Ocellus' parents!!!
Yona's parents!!!
The return of Grandpa Gruff!
Silverstream's father!!!
Big Macintosh crumbles!!!
Facehoof.
Big Mac is out!!!
The return of the geode!!!
Nose boop!!!
The return of the faulty smoke screen!!!
The return of Vinyl Scratch!!!
The return of the Doctor's lab!!!
Eep, time travel...
The Doctor is out.
The return of the flash bees!!
Confrontation!!!
Reset!!!
The return of Sunburst!!!
(I wonder if Trixie just started Sunburst's and Starlight's relationship...)



What have we learned?

Starlight talks to plants.
Big Mac knows how to sew.
Equestria counts the years from an event happening at least 1322 years before Hearth's Warming.
Official names! Dr. Hooves and Octavia!!!


4 words:

Trixie's

Really

Improved

Herself

Also...

I wonder who was Abraxius the Bold
Trixie has a rather good force field.

Kathleen Barr as Trixie and Yona's mother
Peter New as Big Macintosh, Dr. Hooves, Yona's father, and Ocellus' father
Brian Dobson as Skybeak (yes, that was his name, we saw him in Season 6, "Surf and/or Turf"
Richard Cox as Grandpa Gruff
Ian Hanlin as Sunbrust
Chantal Strand as Spoiled Rich
and
Kazumi Evans as Octavia

Written by Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim

One day, at the Cloud Mansion...
Groom Q.Q. Martindale?
I think Dr. Caballeron decided to write a book...
And those fans didn't read the FREAKIN' NAME OF THE AUTHOR IN THEIR BOOK??? P
Like I said...
Who else? They did the same thing with El Chapo Guzmán on Netflix.
That's not a fake beard?
"Flashback"
...aaaand Fluttershy is swallowing this hook, line, and sinker.
Ah, yes, it is a fake beard.
The talisman of Tonatiuh? TONATIUH?
That's a lot of food she's carrying....
Aren't those Ahuizotl's cats?
Spider-flies?
The return of Ahuizotl!!!
And the truth comes out....
Caballeron is reforming?
Feline gargoyles!!!
SERIOUSLY??? ANOTHER VILLAIN REFORMING???!!!
TENOCHTITLAN BASIN????


What have we learned?

Fluttershy is also a Daring Do fan.
There were Aztecs in Equestria.
This is one of the few times DD goes on an adventure with working wings.
(In case anyone is wondering, Tonatiuh = Sun)
Ahuizotl is a guardian?


4 words:

Reformation

Is

Spreading

Wildly

Also...

Ah, "Groom Q. Q. Martingale"
If they're all disgruntled fans, why are they all still cosplaying?
New locale: Marapore
New locale: Flankladesh
"Diamond of Lapis Lux"
"Pinochle deck"?

Though while we see Ahuizotl as being a guardian rather than a villain, there's still the issue of THIS inconsistency: https://derpicdn.net/img/2019/9/21/2149404/medium.png
I wonder what the fanfic authors will come up with to reconcile those two episodes.

Michael Dobson as Dr. Caballeron
Chiara Zanni as A.K. Yearling
Brian Drummond as Ahuizotl
Ian Hanlin as Biff
and
Scott Underwood as Scott and Withers

Written by Nicole Dubuc

One day, at the CMC Clubhouse...
Waiting...
Well, buck...no chaperone. Why do they need one, anyway? They made the trip to the Crystal Empire on their own.
Later, at Carousel Boutique...
Later, at the Cloud Mansion...
Later, at SAA...
Heh, pouting.
More pouting.
Wish...GRANTED!!!
ADULT CMCS!!! (Heh, with the "real" current voices of their VAs )
Just in time...
SONG!!! (hmm, that song sounds a lot like...a previous one of the CMC)
That's not Appaloosa...
CMC advice givers, yay!
Wow, they actually made it.
The return of Trouble Shoes!!!
Heh, Lyra and Bon Bon.
Goat.
Mrs. Cake!!!
Nervous Bloofy is...
...a tornado?
Cow.
Heh, good deduction, Fluttershy.
The return of crystal sheep!!!
That worked well...



What have we learned?

Scootaloo's helmet is one size-fits all.
Scootaloo's wings are naturally short, even as an adult.
There are asthma inhalers in Equestria.
Sweetie Belle can teleport!!! With a lot of effort, though.



4 words:

Growing's

Hard

To

Do

Also...

That poster has a date, probably "March 19, 19010".
"Monocle and Top Hat Appreciation Society"???
There were pickles in that soup...among other things.
Shadetail Evergreen's "Tome of Flora and Fauna".
"Discontinued But Still Potentially Useful Ancient Texts"
"Hokum With a Slight Chance of Practical Applications".
Yes, I was right. Compare "Being Big Is All It Takes" with "Hearts As Strong As Horses".
Getting a bit meta there on that song...
On the train: Seaswirl, Daisy and Golden Harvest.
The return of Poindexter!!!
And what I want to know is: didn't the CMC SEE OUT THE WINDOW and NOTICE that the train DIDN'T STOP AT APPLELOOSA?
At the fair: Not sure if that stallion is one of the "Big Lebowsky" ponies, and Lyra and Bon Bon on the Ferris Wheel. Mrs. Cake (I wonder why Breburn is nowhere here).
Heh, a giant Ursa Major plushie.
Scootaloo is eating a fried apple, potato, and carrot. AB is eating a lollipop, and SB some cotton candy.
"A Whirling Mungtooth"
Dorothy?

Michele Creber as Applebloom
Claire Corlett as Sweetie Belle
Madeline Peters as Scootaloo
Rebecca Husain as Spur
Connor Parnell as Biscuit
Ron Halder as the ticket pony

Introducing Ariel Tuliao as Adult Scootaloo's singing voice

Written by Ed Valentine

One day, at Ponyville...
Separate interviews?
Diamond ring.
Heh, try louder, Discord, they didn't hear you in Seaquestria.
Recliner.
Good guess, Spike.
Heh, good thing you insisted, Spike.
Sour desserts?
Heh, that didn't work...
Heh, walking and talking apples.
The return of General Discord!
Dragon breath fail!
Apple messages fail!
The return of Grandpear!
Giant apple?
Sugar Belle's plan: the return of messages in desserts.
Try louder, AB, gees.
Heh, "cool" AB.
The bowling alley?
The return of the Big Lebowsky ponies!
Yes, Big Mac will be at the spa, Sweetie Belle
Heh, great Star Trek reference.
Well, the message DID arrive.
Why didn't Sugar Belle start making the desserts several days before?
WEDDING!!!
The return of the Our Town ponies!!!
Where are the Mane 6?


What have we learned?

Fluttershy fears clowns.
Twilight sleep trots
OCTAVIA-BULK BICEPS SHIPPED!!! EVERY FANFIC THAT SHIPS HER WITH VINYL SCRATCH HAS BEEN JOSSED!!! Or, at most, Octavia is bisexual.
Engagement rings go around the neck on equines.


4 words:

New

Apple

Family

Member!!!

Also...

Yes, Spike was drooling over the diamond ring.
The mariachi outfits are a shoutout to the ST:TNG episode "Deja-Q", near the end.
There were 21 apples with messages.
Odd, there were only 13 desserts on the table.
Panicking in Ponyville: Golden Harvest, Amethyst Spark, Berry Punch, Lily.
Heh, and Lyra and Bon Bon just proposed to each other. All fanfics that ship them are now canonised!!! And yes, they're officially lesbian, too. About time that got verified.
Yes, we all saw the reference to Jurassic Park.
Also at the wedding: the Golden Mares, Grandpear, Burnt Oak, Goldie Delicious' cats, and the ponies from Our Town: Party Favor, Double Diamond, and Night Glider.

Big Mac's poem:

From the Sugarcube Corner, look for your next clue. Red, delicious, sweet like you. Find it; you'll know what to do.
Hurry, there's no need to sneak! The next apple is at the boutique!
At Twilight's castle, take a right! The next apple sits in plain sight!
i love you! you love me! our love will grow like an apple tree! So let me ask – will you marry me?

Sugar Belle's poem:

"I-love-you-Big-Mac-would-you-like-to-spend-the-rest-of-our-lives-together-I-hope-you-say-eeyup!

Granny's dream:

"It was about Grand Pear. Only it wasn't. We were in outer space on some kinda mission to explore a strange new world. And Mudbriar was there, bein' as logical as ever, but his ears was all pointy-like. And then Discord showed up and... well, you know, he was pretty much the same."

John De Lancie as Discord
Cathy Weseluck as Mayor Mare
Rebecca Shoichet as Sugar Belle
Peter New as Big Macintosh and all the talking apples
Tabitha St. Germain as Granny Smith and Mrs. Cake
Madeline Peters as Scootaloo
Michelle Creber as Apple Bloom
and
Claire Corlett as Sweetie Belle

Written by Josh Haber and Michael Vogel

One day, outside the Hall of Justice...
Yes, that's Chrysalis, we know.
Like I said...
Drooling on bell
Ding dong....
Ugh, alicorn Cozy Glow?
Spit!
Powerless Grogar?
Discord? Drat....
Chrysalis with regalia.
Deserted Canterlot?
Fainting Rarity without Fainting Couch.
Cupcakes!!!
Discord impersonates.
...and the villains still can't work together?
Yikes...Nightmare Cozy Glow!!!
Meanwhile, with the pillars....
...and here comes Tirek.
Inhale....
Meanwhile, at the school...
Chrysalis vs. Starlight!!!
Looks like Starlight remember her fight lessons well.
Portal!
Ding dong!!!
Party canon!!!
Geese!
And the trio is here.
Blam!!!
Rock!!!
Twilight warp!!!
Castle destroyed!!!
Bickering.
King Vorak?
Starlight escapes!!!
Later, at Ponyville...
Later, at the Crystal Empire...
Instant banner.
Windigoes!!!
Everypony hide!!!
Meanwhile, at Ponyville...
Meanwhile, at Cloudsdale...
Meanwhile, at CSGU....
Heh, Pinkie & The Brain shoutout.
And here they come...
The final battle is NOW.
Face blast!!!
Heh, cherry chimichanga.
Rarity shield!
Spike shield!!!
Shield?
The return of Fizzlepop Berrywist!!1
Dragons!
Changelings!
Unicorns!
Pegasi!
Earth ponies!
Yaks!
Griffons!!
Hippogrifs!
The return of Twilight's and Rarity's parents!!!
The return of Chancellor Neighsay!
Lyra!!!
Zecora!!!
The Student 6!
POWER UP!!!
TRIPLE POWER UP!!!
TOGETHER!!!
RAINBOW BLAST!!!
Giant cupcake!!!
The return of chocolate rain!!!
Oh dear, chaotic Pinkie!!!
Double whisper.
PETRIFICATION!!!
The return of Pony Joe!!!
Heh, "end of an era".
------
"Many moons later...."
Adult Spike!!!
Large Twilight!!
Mane 6 statue!!!
Introducing Luster Dawn.
Flashback!!!
Packing the library?
Later, at SAA...
Later, at SCC....
The return of Pinkie's secret cave!!!
Later, at the animal sanctuary...
Later, at Wonderbolt HQ...
Later, at Carousel Boutique....
Eating gems.
The return of star spiders!!!
Final Twilight meltdown?
Group meltdown!!!
The return of Rumble!!!
Sheep
The return of Frazzled Twilight!!!
The return of the dragon from Season 1!!!
Star spiders...
Trip!!!
Joint crown!!!
Magic photo/video album!!!
Older mares.
Final song!!!
Derpy!!!
Adult Gummy!!!
Kirin!!!!
Adult CMCs!!!
Adult Yona!!!


What have we learned, for the last time?

So Grogar was Discord? Grogar was never real?
The bell IS real.
Equestria has a TERRIBLE intelligence agency, as several ponies SAW the evil three and no one bothered to investigate.
King Vorak was Tirek's father?
Pegasi can seal cloud cities.
Cloudsdale has a mare for a mayor.
Flurry Heart is next in line of succession.
Cozy Glow was not given any chance at redemption. She lost her chance in the Season 8 finale.
--------
All species are now living in Canterlot.
Gallus of the royal guard!!!
Flurry Heart has been crowned!!!
Cranky Doodle Donkey in the obituaries?
The Abyssinians and the Diamond Dogs have FINALLY established diplomatic relations.
Pinkie married Cheese Sandwich!!!
Fluttershy married Discord.
Council of Friendship established.
Celestia and Luna retired to Silver Shoals, retirement community.
Gummy never grew teeth.
Starlight married Sunburst.
Sandbar married Yona.



4 words:

Thanks

Everyone

For

Watching!!!

Final Also...
I think this was the second time Spike used his fire for attacking.
Yes, Chrysalis made an error, she called Tirek "minotaur" instead of centaur.
Why did Chrysalis remove the cocoon from Starlight? And why didn't she encase everyone else in one?
At Ponyville: Sandbar, his parents and his little brother, Octavia, Bon Bon (odd, Lyra isn't there), Maud, Mudbriar, the Apples, Dr. Hooves, Pip Squeak, Daisy, Roseluck, Berry Punch, Aloe, Lotus, Cheerielee, the Cakes, Diamond Tiara's family, Mayor Mare, Silver Spoon, Raspberry Dazzle, and a few others.
At Cloudsdale: Derpy, the Wonderbolts, Bulk Biceps, Hyper Sonic, Scootaloo (how did she get up there?), Featherweight, Zephyr Breeze, and others.
At CSGU: Neigh Say, Lyra (THE TWO SPLIT UP!!!), Sweetie Belle (THE CMC SPLIT UP TOO!!!) and her parents, Fancy Pants, Fleur dis Lis, Twilight's parents, Moondancer, Stellar Flare, Sassy Saddles, Snips, Snails, and others.
With Cozy Glow being an alicorn, she has pegasus eyesight, and thus was able to see The Mane 6 from at least 20 km away.
At the battle...geez, who WASN'T there: Tempest, Sunburst, Amethyst Star, Flim and Flam(!!!), Gilda, Grandpa Gruff, Ember, Twinkleshine, Seabreeze, Garble & Co., General Seaspray, Terrmar, the Wonderbolts, King Rutherford, Princess Rain Shine of the Kirin, Little Strongheart, Zecora, Autumn Blaze, Chief Thunderhooves, DERPY!!!, The Student 6, Queen Novo (I think), Thorax, and a hundred others.
Heh, didn't see Rockhoof reset the first time.
Griffonstone also has some type of permanent government, apparently headed by Grandpa Gruff, since he's the one who is commanding the Griffon army. Not sure how it actually works, though.
-------
More dragon-pony romance and pony-yak. I hear Gallus-Silverstream is confirmed, but I can't find the scene.
Spike has the body he imagined back in Season 1.
Stained glass windows: the Student 6 defeating...something, Flurry Heart's coronation, the defeat of the Evil 3, and Twilight's ascension.
And we see "The Foal Free Press" one last time, with the statue of the Evil 3, Countess Coloratura, pictures of the battle (who took them?), Derpy and her muffin recipe, Lyra and Bon Bon on a train, Cranky Doodle (obituary?), and the coronation announcement.
At the coronation...well, a rehash of just about every character, AND Capper, that red dragon from Season 1, the Hoofields and the McColts, Zecora, Doctor Hooves and his girlfriend who ISN'T Derpy, Meadowbrook's descendant,Tree Hugger, Quibble Pants and his family, Burnt Oak, Babs Seed, Cranky and Matilda (so he's not dead yet), and A.K. Yearling.
Present time: Boneless #6, AJ with Granny Smith's shawl, and APPARENTLY AppleDash is canon, a bazillion fanfics have just been canonized, a bazillion more have been jossed! Also, AJ has the same braid and bun that Granny Smith USED to have. Adult Diamond Tiara, Sliver Spoon, Peppermint Twist, Lyra & Bon Bon reconciled, Depry's still a mailmare, adult Pound and Pumpkin Cake, HUGE Gummy, Cheese Sandwich with silver highlights, Sunburst and Starlight together, the busts of the Pillars, adult CMC (Scootaloo's wings remained small), adult Student 6 (I wonder what Smolder is doing with a sextant), a new Apple colt to continue the Apple legacy, 3 of Winona's pups, Big Mac without his yoke, Sandbar and Yona together, apparently Yona took over Carousel Boutique,  and Angel's offpring.  

I also noticed that "adult" Smolder didn't change a bit.

And TOTALLY missing from the final battle, the bat ponies, the Diamond Dogs, the Breezies, Fluttershy's animals, Steven Magnet, Troubleshoes (I think), and more than 1 zebra.

So much for my headcanon of the ponies KNOWING that Tirek and Cozy Glow had escaped (no one sends them food or water to Tartarus?), or hearing a report from that park ranger or that royal guard WHO SAW THEM RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES, and that all the ponies were going to pretend that the Evil 3 had won, but then they would announce that they knew of their escape all along, that the bell and the bell guidebook were fake, and thusly they would be sent back to Tartarus. Many other fans think the Discord-Grogar bit was a cop-out, and just perhaps I'm inclined to think the same way, but the rest of the finale was done very well.

Perhaps in the comic we'll see the bat ponies, zebras, kirin, and the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Abysinnians and the Diamond Dogs.

Thank you all, this has been a great run.

Kathleen Barr as Chrysalis and Trixie
John de Lancie as Discord
Sunny Westbrook as Cozy Glow
Mark Acheson as Tirek
Doc Harris as "Grogar"
Kelly Sheridan as Starlight
Matt Sheridan as Rockhoof
Chris Britton as Starswirl
Kyle Rideout as Thorax
Vincent Tong as Sandbar
Shannon Chan-Kent as Smolder and Raspberry Dazzle
Britt McKillip as Cadance
Gavin Langelo as Gallus
Richard Ian Cox as Grandpa Gruff and Hyper Sonic
Devyn Dalton as Ocellus
Lauren Jackson as Silverstream
Garry Chalk as Prince Rutherford
Christopher Gaze as General Seaspray
Katrina Salisbury as Yona
Kelly Metzger as Spitfire
Peter New as Big Macintosh
and
Sabrina Pitre as Luster Dawn

Written by Michael Vogel