| My Little Pony #19 | |
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| Issue №: | 19 |
| Published: | November 29, 2023 |
| Writer: | Celeste Bronfman |
| Artist: | Amy Mebberson |
| Colorist: | Heather Breckel |
| Letterer: | Neil Uyetake |
| Editor: | Riley Farmer |
| See also | |
| Credits • Gallery • Allusions | |
| Issue guide | |
| Previous My Little Pony #18 |
Next My Little Pony #20 |
My Little Pony #19 is the nineteenth issue of IDW Publishing's My Little Pony comic series, based on the Generation 5 film My Little Pony: A New Generation. In this issue, Pipp Petals and Zipp Storm help each other sort through each other's royal duties while their friends hunt down other ponies whose wishes were granted by Milkyway.
Summary[]
After Pipp Petals made a muddy mess of the royal Zephyr Heights dining hall and Zipp Storm became a social media pariah in the previous issue, the two sisters finally admit to having difficulty living each other's lives and ask one another for help. Pipp help Zipp learn the choreography for her royal concert and make amends with the Zippsqueaks for how she treated Carotang. In return, Zipp helps Pipp clean up the mud in the royal dining hall and practice her royal dinner-related duties.
Meanwhile, Pipp and Zipp's friends - including Misty - have tracked down the last pony Milkyway granted a wish for: the Pegasus restaurant owner Panini. Panini initially denies knowing Milkyway, but after some pressing, he explains what happened between him and the wish-granting nymph.
Two years earlier, Panini dreamed of opening his own restaurant but failed to make enough money at his job to realize his dream. He sought out Milkyway, who agreed to grant his wish. Panini subsequently got a higher-paying job, but when he still did not make money fast enough for Milkyway's liking, she cast a spell on him that forced him to stay awake and continue working. The exhaustion this caused Panini drew other ponies' attention, and when he told them about his wish, they angrily shunned Milkyway. Milkyway reversed Panini's wish and, with her reputation ruined, withdrew from wish-granting until now. Panini eventually opened a restaurant on his own.
With the knowledge that Milkyway can indeed reverse the wishes she grants, despite her previously claiming that she cannot, Sunny Starscout comes up with an idea. They lure Milkyway to the castle with the promise of showing her the results of granting Pipp's wish. There, she finds the Mane 5 using the mud to have a mud fight. The ponies intend to keep the dining hall covered in mud for the royal dinner, and Zipp plans to perform poor choreography for her concert, all while making sure every attendant knows Milkyway was responsible.
When Milkyway refuses to have her name associated with such a disastrous evening, Sunny tells her to reverse Pipp's wish and switch Pipp and Zipp's cutie marks back. Milkyway again claims she cannot, but after the ponies' earlier talk with Panini, Sunny knows she is lying and gets increasingly forceful with her demand. Driven into a corner, Milkyway outright refuses to reverse the wish and causes a terrible thunderstorm in order to force the royal dinner and concert to be cancelled.
Quotes[]
- Pipp Petals: I'm obviously stressed because...the royal helpers keep showering me in compliments. Like, "Oh, Pipp! You're such a totally incredible host," and, "Oh Pipp. You set the bar so high!"
- Zipp Storm: I upset the Zippsqueaks. And they meme'd me!
- Pipp Petals: The royal dinner's only five hours from now, and the last thing I need is everypony saying I "Zipped" it.
- Zipp Storm: Could we please not use that phrase?
- Misty: Where are your disguises?
- Hitch Trailblazer: We're not undercover, Misty.
- Panini: Enjoy, Misty.
- Hitch Trailblazer: Misty? I thought you were undercover.
- Misty: He doesn't know it's my real name.
- Sunny Starscout: Milkyway told us that once a wish was made, it couldn't be undone.
- Panini: If Milkyway told you she couldn't reverse your wish, she lied.
- Milkyway: I can't have my name associated with this disaster of a night!
- Sunny Starscout: Then switch their cutie marks back. Right now.
- Milkyway: I told you. I can't!
- Sunny Starscout: We spoke to Panini. We know you're powerful enough. You don't just want to, because then everypony will know your wish failed again.
- Misty: I thought the plan was to ask her nicely to reverse their cutie marks.
- Sunny Starscout: I am asking her nicely.
- Milkyway: It's tornado-ing dragons and nymphs out here! Doesn't look like it's going to be safe for anypony to travel for the royal dinner and concert.
- Sunny Starscout: Are you really so selfish you'd rather see the royal dinner and concert canceled than just reverse their spell?!
- Milkyway: No good deed goes unpunished in Zephyr Heights. Such a shame.
