We're giving it all away on the thumbnail, I see! Oh, boy, this is going to make me cry, isn't it?
Unfortunately, all of Zipp's ancestors have TERRIBLE, tragic backstories. Their family line is cursed! With...taking bad photos/paintings!
*head-desk* When a face-hoof just isn't enough.
There's not really a lot of variety in Queen-ing styles. It's mostly paperwork. And the occasional beheadings. Savor those beheadings, they come far less often than you'd expect.
"I guess I'll have to work on my disapproving frown." I mean, you probably have plenty of practice from putting up with Pipp's antics online!
...Sunny has AMNESIA, on top of everything else?! Okay, she was definitely meant to be the chosen one.
"My family is DEAD!" And that's why she became Bat-mare!
Thanks, Brighthouse! This place might be haunted, but at least you'll never lose your car keys!
Sunny's Memory Book! Someone literally stole your memories and captured them all into a book! Hope you don't mind!
Blue + Purple= Orange, I guess? Pony genetics remain a mystery. Also...Sunny's mom had the same rainbow-streaks in her hair that Sunny got from using the Unity Crystals? Okay.
"It feels...warm" This scrapbook contains....YOUR MOTHER'S SOUL?!
Well, I guess Zipp is going to be spending all this episode looking at pictures of baby Sunny looking for clues. So much for this episode being about HER, I guess. Now, Zipp will never learn about her Great Great Aunt who became a Pirate Queen...
Baby Sunny is here! Get your heart medication ready! Adorable baby shenanigans are GO!
How'd baby Sunny even get up there? She must have some sort of kung-fu grip!
"Our little Sunbeam!" D'AWWWW!
Although, I guess this means that our Mysterious Voice is NOT Sunny's mom. Probably. This is a completely different voice actress from the last few times.
Oh, the pictures move, too. That's...useful information.
Zipp was not prepared for magic nonsense today. Today was a scrapbooking day!
So, did Argyle learn about the before-times from his wife? Were they some sort of crusading archaeologist duo? The more I learn about Sunny's parents the more I think this story should have been about THEM!
Sunny's mom was looking for something. I'm guessing it's Skyros, the land of the Alicorns, since that seems to be a focus this season. I guess it could be the Crystals, but we already found those. Gotta keep this plot moving!
Homemade pop-sickles? I guess we do know that food preparation runs in her family.
"Awww, baby Sunny is ADORABLE" *The Shippers will remember this*
Twilight would NOT approve of using books as a ladder.
Oh, hey, a telescope! ...I guess, the telescope is probably magic too, now?
I just realized that TYT had to make this "Original Lighthouse" background special for this episode, since they never used it before. In TYT, Sunny's house was always the Brighthouse version, not the original pre-rebuilt version.
So...is Argyle SURE his wife is dead? Or did she just...never come back? And I'm still not convinced Argyle's dead, either, despite multiple sources saying so!
"Your Mom will always be watching over you...from the stars!" Right along with Applejack's parents. And Pipp and Zipp's dad, probably. Unless that's not a metaphor and Skyros is somewhere in SPACE!
Did Sunny bring her telescope with her...out of her own memories?! Okay, magic nonsense is gonna nonsense, I guess.
*Magic Mother Constellation* Sunny's not crying, I'm crying! ("That's Phil's boy!")
I checked again, and I'm pretty sure we never see Sunny's mom's cutie mark this episode. We see Argyle's a couple of times, but her's is always obscured by a satchel whenever she's facing right, where her cutie mark would be. Is that plot relevant or did they just not design a cutie mark in time for her?
And Sunny's mom is just..."Sunny's mom" in the credits. We can do better than that. I dub thee...North Star! We haven't used that one in a while. (I would go with Stardancer, but we already have one from the Blockywockys Special)
