Outline of the First Term Paper

Introduction:

Animated Show I will be analyzing: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Thesis for this term paper will be that physics is pushed well beyond what is considered reasonable in order to drive the story forward through a means that provides entertainment for its audiences, whether it be for the use of comedic effect or increase the stakes at hand.

Body Paragraphs:

1. Cartoonish timing in motions and movement around camera.

- Sonic Rainboom - a Sonic boom that breaks both the sound barrier and color spectrum...

- Characters zipping off of screen right and appearing suddenly on screen left.

- Stretchy body movements. Such as characters stretching faces, though more commonly body parts to distances that greatly exceed normal body structure.

2. Gravity defying masses.

- Characters falling from extreme heights and not suffering any bodily harm because of it. For instance, characters being caught by a swarm of butterflies. or in mid-air at literal break neck speeds

- Characters launching other characters to astronomical distances though do not have the proper potential energy to produce such a feat...or do they?

- Universal bodies such as the sun and moon are controlled by deities and can be controlled to their pleasing. Leads to believe that world may in fact exist on a flat plane of existence, or rather world/planet is actually flat.

3. Magical properties existing in world.

- Magic blasts that can lift up houses made out of a tree into the air, roots and all as well as completely level entire mountains. Also can control clouds/weather properties.

- Characters realizing that they are in fact in a show from time to time, breaking the illusive "fourth wall"

- Elements of harmony can imprison creatures in the moon for a thousand years or completely change one's personality, or if so exists an element of chaos, can completely change the rules of physics in the world with a snap of a finger.

Conclusion:

Normal laws of physics are broken throughout the show in order to tell the story in an entertaining way to its audience. Perhaps is allowed leniency with the idea that since this world is a magical world, though still does not explain the physics presented in the show. Bottom line, physics is pushed in order to tell the story in an entertaining way.