🧁🎈BIRTHDAY🎈🧁
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J. Kim illustration for polish 1985 edition of “The boastful hare”
(book from my private collection)
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This story is my childhood and pure nostalgia.
I even watched a full animation of the story.
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Season 3, Episode 1: Mossy Bear
Plot: Maggie decides to act more grown-up and throws away her beloved stuffed toy, Mossy Bear, believing it’s time to give up childish things, but soon regrets it and then later realizes it’s okay to still have it.
Story told by Eco:
Tristan was an ugly little troll who couldn’t wait to grow up and scare people. One day, when his dad was setting off to sit under his bridge, Tristan insisted that he’d be allowed to go.
“I don’t want to be a little troll!” he squeaked. “I’m big now and ugly and scary!”
And he made a face that was indeed very scary.
“Someday you will be a big troll,” his dad said. “And you have the fond of scaring everyone but until then, enjoy being little, pull the tails of your little friends for a while.”
But Tristan snorted and snarled so his father said,
“Take my place under the bridge.”
Tristan couldn’t believe his luck. He raced to the bridge and waited to scare someone. He waited, but no one crossed the bridge. All day long, he sat there. The water was cold and his back hurt from crouching so long. Poor Tristan; where was the fun in this? Then, his dad appeared.
“Dad, I’m going to let you have your bridge back,” Tristan said. “I know how much you like it.”
“Thank you for caring about me,” said his dad. “You really are starting to think like a big troll.”
With that, they rubbed horns and walked home.
Note: Voice change for Hegdish from Dan Redican to Fred Stinson, who also voices Slinger.
Songs: Not Ascared & Being a Kid
Rating: 7/10
Groundling Marsh S01:E27 - Mossy Bear
On the last link, the episode goes from 28:45 - 51:22
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The shop even let me take this 90s edition interview with a vampire, the exact one that I read as a child that made me fall in love with books and vampires entirely 🖤🖤🖤 dived right in of course
The universe really gives you what you need when you look for it and I’m finally looking for it ✨
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I remember watching Pingu when I was VERY little, it was on Netflix for a bit but I think it got taken down due to some censorship drama in Germany… Apparently 2 penguins touching beaks is inappropriate lmao
Idc what anyone says, I still enjoy watching Pingu and I do have some merch (albeit recently made)
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Václav Pátek illustration for 1964 book “The Devil’s Mill” (Čertův mlýn) published in Czech Republic.
(book from my private collection)
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dude I’ve seen so much as a kid I can’t remember them ALL
recently I barely watch shows ngl, and if I do watch a show it’s usually with my sister. Like for example I recently watched a show called Tell Me Lies with my sister, and Stranger Things. And we’re also gonna watch Euphoria season 3 when it comes out. And my sister loves a show that has been around for a bit called Pretty Little Liars so I’ve seen that numerous of times.
but I think my fav show that isn’t a cartoon would be Teen Wolf. Cause yes. I recommend watching if you like supernatural creatures and fun stuff that has angst in it as well
I am also rewatching tmnt 03 with friends! Thats a lot of fun. And hopefully we can watch more tmnt stuff like ‘87 or ‘07 (cause I need that fr)
as for what I use to watch as a child…hmmm
the shows that come to mind would be:
Ben 10
Fairly Odd Parents
Total Drama Island
Animaniacs
Tom and Jerry
TMNT (of course)
Naruto
Bakugan
Kim Possible
Danny Phantom
Jake Long American Dragon
Batman Beyond
The Batman (2004 version)
Batman animated series
Spectacular Spiderman
Horseland
Puppy In My Pocket (yall if you actually seen or know this show, you’re automatically GOATED)
and honestly a bunch more that I just can’t remember atm but there was a lot. I love my cartoons
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Sometimes I remember the cute autistic guy I met when I was 10 and knew nothing about neurodivergent people . He had a crush on me but because he was „different“ I was unsure how to treat him. One day he just hugged me and although I was uncomfortable up to this day I still think he was adorable
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All of a sudden, I miss the feeling of opening a VHS case whenever I wanted to watch some movie as a kid. Some of the cases were more loud and snappy to open, whereas some, like the one I had for the 1997 movie The Ugly Duckling, opened more softly and with barely any sound.
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NOSTALGIAMARE ENTRY 46: FLASH FILES EDITION (PART 3)
(Oh my god I was finally able to finish this entry off with this part because I didn’t exceed the image limit for once. Before we begin I just want to thank you all for your utmost patience and support as I churn out what is probably the biggest Nostalgiamare entry I’ve posted thus far. This was a lot of work, which didn’t make things much easier since I had to do more than one part. It’s going to be a while before I do another Flash Files themed entry again as a result, but when that happens I’ll be sure to pick a smaller collection of games. Expect a return to how I usually run this blog soon, and once again thank you all for your support and patience!)
Click the link here to check out the previous part to this entry: https://nostalgiamare.tumblr.com/post/809212163640229888/nostalgiamare-entry-46-flash-files-edition-part
NAME: MY LITTLE PONY: GENERATION 3
COMPANY/FRANCHISE: HASBRO
MY LITTLE PONY
CATEGORY: GAME (FLASH/WEB BROWSER)
YEAR: 2003 - 2010
DESCRIPTION: A collection of multiple promotional Flash browser games that were available on the old Generation 3 edition of the My Little Pony website. All of these games utilised Adobe Flash and were only playable up until the toy brand’s transition into the Generation 4/Friendship Is Magic era in late 2010. Each one has been archived, but can now only be accessible by visiting the site with either a Flash emulator or a browser that still supports Flash (Ruffle and Pale Moon) after Adobe Flash Player’s discontinuation in 2021. The games can also be playable via Flashpoint and/or other third party sites like Numuki.
GAME 10: PARTY IN PONYVILLE
Oh boy, now THIS is a big one. In fact, I don’t even know if I can just call this a game. When it came out in celebration of the franchise’s 25th anniversary in 2008, it was advertised as one. But it feels more like a microsite that so happens to have a game in it. Something else I do know however is that Party In Ponyville (I don’t think it actually had a name on the original website but Party In Ponyville is what Numuki calls it and ngl it sounds much nicer than calling it just “Ponyville”) is the final Flash game that uses the original G3 art style, as all other games after that transitioned over to the G3.5 look the same time as the brand.
Party In Ponyville is a large variety game with three different places to explore and multiple things to do. The screenshot above showcases the first area of the game as well as it’s opening page; The town centre. Here, you get to meet the Core 7 ponies and learn more about their interests as well as where they live.
When you double click on one of the ponies, you will be taken straight to a room inside their house (Bedroom, living room, etc). Outside of being able to click three voice lines of the pony in the corner of the screen, Each room has six clickable objects. Five of which are unique items that make the pony talk more about their personality, whilst the sixth object is one that can be found in all of the ponies’ rooms; That being a picture frame. By double clicking on it, the frame displays one of the shorts from the Meet The Ponies DVD.
Four others parts of a room will turn the mouse into a magic wand. Clicking on these parts with the wand activated let you choose customisable options for the room’s interior design, such as the walls, flooring and furniture.
The next area of the game is the Popcorn Theatre. Not much to say here except that the inside of the theatre is just basically a video hub for the same separate Meet The Ponies shorts as well as some karaoke videos of MLP G3 songs.
The last area of Ponyville is Party Place, where the real game begins.
A pony’s birthday has arrived. We don’t know whose birthday it is yet, but we need to get everything on the list ready before the party starts.
Step one is to dress up Rainbow Dash, because we all know Rainbow Dash always dresses in style. Using the three left and right arrows next to the wardrobe, you are to choose a combination of hats, clothes and shoes for Rainbow Dash to wear. When you’ve finished dressing her up, you can either print out the look, start over with a new outfit or go back to getting ready for the party.
Little side note but if you click on the radio next to Rainbow Dash in the left screen cap above, it plays the MLP G3 theme which I find to be a pretty cute addition to this mini game.
Step two on the list is to help Cheerilee bake a cake, requiring you to choose a cake shape and flavour, a design for the cake, colouring it in with whatever frosting you want and decorating it with drawing tool icings and sprinkles. Each step gives you the option to go back and redo a step if there’s something with and/or on the cake that you don’t want.
Once again you can either print out the cake design, start over or move onto the rest of the party planning.
Did I mention how delicious this cake is by the way?
So now that we’ve checked everything off the list, it’s time to start the party. Here, you get to customise your party room with different decorations, play music on the radio, look for three presents hidden around the room and find out who the birthday pony is as each one arrives; Including Minty, who was allowed to come despite this being a Core 7 event (Which begs the question regarding why the Core 7 wasn’t made into the Core 8 and she was excluded like for real Hasbro Minty was the best pony-).
Each play through of the game gives you a different birthday pony. For me, the birthday pony was Starsong.
You even get to blow out the candles on the cake with her!
(If you’re wondering why the cake looks a little different, the game has a tendency to crash at random points and only start up again if you refresh it. This meant I had to reload the game and make the cake again in order to begin the party.)
As a reward for your brilliant party planning skills, the ponies gift you with a printable scrapbook that shows off your contributions. Oh and there’s also a promotional thing at the bottom right corner for some G3 party supplies.
Ok, that was a mouthful. There is quite a bit to criticise about the game separately, such as the art style’s odd switch up in the party game and how the developers didn’t bother to remain consistent with the voices (Especially with Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Cheerilee’s). But there’s also a lot to commend the game on too, especially when it comes to how much variety and effort the developers put into it. On the other hand I suppose they had to given it was released during an important milestone for the franchise.
GAME 11: CURTAINS UP MATCHING
In 2009, the third generation of the franchise underwent one last revamp before transition over to G4 a year later; This being known as the G3.5 era. Whilst keeping the Core 7 group and storyline, G3.5 would see a drastic change in the toy line’s art style and continuity. And that takes us into the remainder of the MLP G3 flash games, which were all released around this period.
Just as the name suggests, this is yet another matching game. Only this time instead of matching pictures of ponies, you’re matching two similar items. Each pony has two objects on the grass that correlate both with each other and to the pony’s personalities and hobbies (Example: Balloons and a party hat. Who could that represent?). Match the ones that go together correctly and you’ll find out which pony it is. Rinse and repeat six more times and you win the game as well as some chance to take part in a promotional contest that’s probably been over for nearly two decades.
Quick note I think this might be a newer version of the game at hand considering that when I sometimes click on certain item, the voiceover says something different than what they’re supposed to say. Guess the game developers didn’t want to spend more time fixing it up than they already did.
GAME 12: STARSONG’S DANCE STUDIO
We’ve already had a more condensed version of the Ponyville Forever and Friendship Ball games with Rainbow Dash’s Glamorous Tea Party, so why not have a more condensed version of the Dance Studio game with this one?
Again like Dance Studio, this game has you choreographing a routine with Starsong. You can choose up to three dancers to perform it (Two of them being any other member of the core 7 on both sides of the screen), four dance moves out of six in total to drag to the top of the screen and create a loop of, four customisable backdrops and four CDs of music to choose from. That’s all you need to know. But hey, at least they’ve got some cute matching ballet tutus.
GAME 13: FAMILY SCRAPBOOK
At long last we’ve reached the final G3 flash game, released shortly before the beginning of the Friendship Is Magic era in 2010. To top off this collection of games, Family Scrapbook gifts us a virtual activity pack with six different things to do inside.
We can colour in and print out three pages with a very limited assortment of colours alongside Toola Roola.
We can decorate a cupcake with three different kinds of frosting, icing outlines, sprinkles and fruit toppings alongside Sweetie Belle.
We can play and listen to a game of mad libs with three different stories to choose from alongside Cheerilee and Scootaloo.
We can have a sing-along/karaoke session with three different MLP G3 songs alongside Starsong (Following the bouncing ball!).
We can dress up Rainbow Dash… Again.
And we can complete three different jigsaw puzzles in three varying difficulties with Pinkie Pie.
It may be pretty mundane stuff, but for the last game of the generation there was certainly more effort and variety than it should’ve been. It really does make you wonder why the fanbase hated G3 so much for the longest time. (You know, aside from the fact it wasn’t Friendship Is Magic…)
CONCLUSION: Well this was certainly quite the ride. Obviously again these are meant to be promotional flash games for young kids so substance and quality would be lacking at points, but compared to the last Flash Files I found there was lots more variety and interesting stuff to point out. Yes it helped that Hasbro published more G3 games than Mattel did with My Scene, but it also helped more that it wasn’t just dress up or makeover games a majority of the time (Not that it’s a bad thing, but sometimes you need a challenge once in a while). There were mini game collections and a arcade game as well. As I’ve said before, these are simple 2000s Flash games for young kids (Mainly young girls) for the sole purpose of entertaining and advertising toys. But that doesn’t make them any less nostalgic. Not to mention the cute yet uncanny looks of the pony assets in some of these games makes for a bit of a chuckle.
LINKS TO SOURCES
PARTY IN PONYVILLE: https://www.numuki.com/game/party-in-ponyville/
CURTAINS UP MATCHING: http://www.gamekidgame.com/my_little_pony/curtains_up_matching.html
STARSONG’S DANCE STUDIO: https://web.archive.org/web/20100430171502/http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=58287543-19b9-f369-d91a-fd5cf5b33d81
FAMILY SCRAPBOOK: https://igrezadecu.com/my_little_pony/family-scrapbook/
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“I miss what we had when we were school kids
the future was drawn, just had to color it in.”
-Isabella Lamberty, The Fundamentals of Finding Things
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Season 2, Episode 13: Snow Job
Plot: The season’s first snow arrives early and traps Eco and Hegdish alone together. Can these two enemies learn to get along long enough to work together? Meanwhile, Mud/Slinger, who usually hibernates in the winter, prepare for their long sleep.
Story told by Eco:
Once there was a feisty young fox and a stubborn old rabbit who were always fighting. They argued about whose patch of grass was this and whose bit of food was that; it never stopped. Then one day, the two were so busy chasing each other, they didn’t notice they were getting closer to the edge of a deep, dark hole. Suddenly, right in the middle of their fight, they fell in. The fox dusted himself off, looked up and announced,
“No problem. I can get out using my nice sharp teeth.”
And he started to bite and bite at the dirt. He bit until he wore himself out and he had nothing to show for it but a mouthful of mud. The rabbit laughed and said,
“Ha ha. I can get out using my strong powerful legs.”
And she started to bounce and bounce until she bounced herself to exhaustion, but she was nowhere near the top of the hole. Finally, the old rabbit realized the only way they would ever get out would be by working together.
“I could easily get out by standing on your shoulders,” she told the fox. “Then go fetch a tree branch that you could climb.”
The fox thought for a moment and then agreed to let her hop onto his shoulders. The rabbit got out, hurried back with a branch and helped the fox out of the hole. When they were free, they were able to laugh at how silly they had looked eating dirt and wildly bouncing instead of working together as a team.
Songs: Snow, Snow, Snow & If I Talked to Plants & Animals
Rating: 7/10
Groundling Marsh S01:E26 - Snowjob
On the last link, the episode goes from 49:40 - 1:14:40
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You Don’t Know It’s the Last Time… Until It’s Gone
The saddest part about growing up isn’t the responsibilities.It’s the realization.The realization that some moments were happening for the last time —and we didn’t even know it.Those late-night laughs with your siblings…when the house was quiet but your world felt loud and alive.The quiet car rides with your parents…not realizing they were aging right beside you.The family dinners.The inside jokes.The ordinary Tuesdays that felt like they would last forever.We thought there would always be another time.Another holiday.Another ride.Another laugh just as loud.But life moves.People change.Seasons shift.And suddenly you understand —nothing was meant to stay the same.But here’s what growing up also teaches you:You may not relive those moments…but you carry them.In the way you love.In the way you protect your peace.In the way you cherish time now.If you still have your people — call them.If you’ve lost some moments — honor them.If you’re creating new memories — be present.Because today’s ordinary momentis tomorrow’s memory.
