Molestia: "Yes. Yes it certainly has."

Pagetopper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-By6LgCufDc&list=LL_YmjizlZM-635yVpYreTXg&index=1&feature=plpp_video

edited 8th Mar '12 1:34:38 PM by PurpleDalek

Twilight was only able travel back in time for a short period it seems, and she's as far as we know the most powerful unicorn in Equestria. It seems extremely difficult to pull off.

Future!Twilight's message is "Whatever you do don't eat at the new Mexican restaurant opening on Tuesday! A chili pepper landed in my eye and gah it just went downhill from there!

Goddamnit, another clip was released. I knew this would happen.

Well, see you lot on saturday, then.

As I see it, the episode will be one of three options:

1. Twilight spends the episode comically injuring herself until she looks like that, then goes back in time to warn herself not to do any of it.

2. Something does threaten Ponyville, and Twilight needs to stop it, but almost fails.

3. The show looks like it is doing 1, then at the last minute 2 will happen.

1 is most likely, but I'm hoping for 3, as I doubt many would expect it.

EDIT: Actually, looking in the ponibooru comments, there is a 4th option:

4. the rest of the episode involves her constantly going back in time, and each time she does she ends up more hurt because of how paranoid she is to prevent it. In the end though she'll learn the moral of the week which is "we can't change the past"

edited 8th Mar '12 1:39:01 PM by Cookoo

So I saw the clip. It seems like the episode could be fun, but that time travel spells could be relatively simple is bothersome. I'll just choose to believe that the Star Swirl the Bearded wing is off limits to ponies without express permission. That helps a little bit.

"Don't let Pinkie near the revolver. It doesn't end well for Applejack!"

edited 8th Mar '12 1:38:15 PM by PurpleDalek

I still love how meta this is—we get a clip of an episode from the future in which Twilight gets a message from the future

Best part is the clip is as vague as the message. We still don't know what's gonna happen! Well, other than hilarity.

" was there an epic pony war?"

please tell me they were referencing some of the fan fics with that.....

This is hilarious! OH GOD MY SIDES

"Twilight do not open Mass Relay located in system ..."

Hey guys! Whats ne-

new clip released

OHMYGODWHERE?! HAHA FUTURE TWILIGHT IS LIKE ALL SCARRED AND DAMAGED AND PRESENT TWILIGHT IS ALL LIKE "TIME TRAVEL WHOA" AND THEN I SAW THE CLIP AND IT WAS AMAZING YAY

-ahem-

Nice clip. Yep.

"whatever you do, don't troll the bronies!"

to late Tara...to late.

Twilight Sparkle started the Rachni Wars?

, , *headdesk*

edited 8th Mar '12 1:44:55 PM by Mio

Whatever you do, don't go into Fluttershy's shed!

"Don't go into Pinkie's basement, Twi! Don't do it! You won't like what you see! There's porn everywhere!"

It's dark and there are sharp tools. You'll injure yourself...

edited 8th Mar '12 1:44:33 PM by crowlover

Star Swirl the Bearded is a time traveler, and disguises himself as an Earth pony mare in the present day to avoid being recognized

ok, so real time travel, but if the whole thing is as epic as the clip and they give a valid reason it can't be used for other sitations, I'm all for it. now just one more thing they had BETTER do in this episode...

Doctor Whooves cameo.

Agreed, Doctor Whooves needs to appear at some point, even just in the background.

Bonus points if he is near a blue shed.

My only real issue with this is that if Time Travel is that easy it opens up like a zillion plot holes in other episodes. If that's the case, the episode goes in Alternate Continuity. Other than that it's pretty awesome, though.

And another refernce to Star Swirl the Bearded.

That guy really needs to show up some time...

I imagine the moral for Twilight will have a part that goes don't mess with time or it will screw you over or something, so the why doesn't she use time travel plot hole will not be a problem.

Of course, that makes the moral a total Space Whale Aesop. "Don't mess with the timestream!"

My guess is that the Time Travel is so difficult or costly that it's only justified in extreme measures.

Did future Twilight just make a Terminator entrance? That's awesome.

That's a weird moral for a kids show isn't it? It isn't exactly applicable to everyday life.

O U ninja U.

edited 8th Mar '12 1:55:42 PM by Crowfall

wait......DUH it's so simple, how this works, and makes it so Time travel doesn't introduce plot holes, all Equestrian Time Travel is of the Stable Time Loop type, you CAN"T change the past because any time you do, it had already happened from the pasts POV. All the stuff Twi goes back to stop only happen BECAUSE she goes back to stop it.