Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-26863109-20141025044846/@comment-26973802-20141027045336

Um, yeah... they're kinda out of ideas for new G4-exclusive villains. Otherwise we'd have gotten a better villain for Princess Twilight Sparkle which they could have done better with.

...UNless, the whole male/female pattern with villains? After Sunset Shimmer the next villain has to be a male villain, and they probably intended Tirek for a season finale, but what's at the two-part premier in between? If Discord is counted as villain of PTS then returning villains aren't counted in the pattern, so Meghan could have brought back Chrysalis instead (and if you're interested I could say what they could have done with her). Either way the only possible reason she chose not to bring back Chrysalis is that Chrysalis is dead, or at least Meghan views her so.

Also everyone loved the Joker when he was rebooted with Heath Ledger for the Dark Knight trilogy, which is clearly not in continuity with the Tim Burton series (besides, the original Tirek and Joker both died)