8 bit

8 bit is a promotional video parody from The Hub for My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. The promo was uploaded to The Hub's YouTube channel May 3, 2012, and featured on Equestria Daily the same day.

Synopsis


A title card which reads ''Adventure Ponies! The Video Game'' is displayed on a television set. Pinkie Pie stretches into the frame and begins playing the game, itself highly reminiscent of the 8-bit era console games (particularly the Atari 2600) of the late '70s and early '80s while a robot-voiced announcer narrates the action.

Playing characters from the Mane 6, Pinkie defeats a dragon, the hydra from Feeling Pinkie Keen, and Discord from The Return of Harmony Part 1 and Part 2. After winning the game, the announcer reminds viewers to tune-in to "Saturdays, on The Hub" with the tagline "It could happen!"

Transcript

 * A television displays the title card.


 * Announcer: Adventure Ponies!


 * Pinkie Pie stretches in from lower-right of frame. Begins tapping wildly on game controller.


 * Pinkie Pie: Aw, yeah! Hey, it's me!


 * Guides 8-bit character of herself through Level 1, collecting points by "brick bumping" clouds, reminiscent of Super Mario Bros.


 * Narrator: Dragon trouble!


 * A purple and blue dragon threatens Applejack, knocking apples from her tree.


 * Pinkie Pie: Meanie-pants! Take that!


 * AJ "apple bucks" the dragon into oblivion.


 * Narrator: Applejack smack!


 * Intertitle.


 * Pinkie Pie: Yeah!


 * Rears up and paws in celebration.


 * Narrator: Oh no, a hydra!


 * Rainbow Dash faces the hydra.


 * Pinkie Pie: Oopsie-whoopsie!


 * RD defeats the hydra with her rainbow streak.


 * Narrator: Rainbow Dash-ed!


 * Intertitle flashes over screen.


 * Pinkie Pie: Woo-hoo!


 * Celebrates, then watches next boss on screen.


 * Narrator: Uh-oh, it's Discord!


 * Twilight Sparkle faces Discord.


 * Pinkie Pie: Rrrgh!


 * Camera pans and pushes in on angry-faced Pinkie.


 * Narrator: Elements of Harmony, unite!


 * Mane 6 unite (possibly referencing Voltron); Twilight fires a bolt from her horn, defeating Discord.


 * Narrator: You win!


 * Discord, turned back to stone, is surrounded by the Mane 6, with intertitle flashing above them.


 * Pinkie Pie: Best game ever!


 * Bounces ecstatically.


 * Narrator: My Little Pony.


 * MLP logo card.


 * Narrator: Saturdays, only on The Hub.


 * A rainbow bloom cuts to the Mane 6 rotating around while "Saturdays" pushes into frame.


 * Narrator: It could happen!


 * Another "rainbloom" cuts to The Hub's logo, with the "It Could Happen" tag as 8-bit Pinkie bounces across the screen.