Free Hugs!

Pinkie receives some very disturbing news regarding the cost of hugs, and takes drastic action to prevent the total collapse of Ponyville's hug economy!

Premiered live at Mare Fair, 30-Sep-2023.

Adapted from this story by 8686:

Voiced with so-vits-svc and RVC via Hay Say UI:

Reference vocals supplied by:
@PurpPone
@Sertodet

Music @24:03-25:07 by @vul5925

Art contributions:
@amoawesomeart
@HazySkies

Behind the scenes live-streams:

A high-quality download link can be found on my PonyTube upload of this video.

Huge thank you to all who contributed; this would not have turned out as great as it is without your help.

[Purgious]

The writing feels like it was a genuine episode

[Ddanielgonzalez]

This is probably the last good one we have. With drawnsomewhere and witchcraft, ending or ended, I hope this continues.

[SuryFromHeaven]

The future looks bright for fan made full episodes!

[Kauaimon]

Wow, this is pretty much like....what I'd expect out of a cute MLP episode. This was such a labor of love.

[someimperialfist]

This is now a cannon episode of season 1. Nothing can tell me otherwise

[kabuto]

I really miss these girls. This video felt like watching an episode from older seasons. Thank you!

[niebieskaskarpetka]

Who wouldn't want to spend an entire day hugging ponies

[amoawesomeart]

As the "quote unquote" director of references in there, it was fun spending time in the streams and suggesting and working on all the smaller background details as well as the re-drawings of Twi in uniform as well as all the other elements.
The whole animation is truly inspirational and I hope it will give many folks a kick in gears to get to work on their own ideas and hopefully we all get to put our small piece of work into to create even more spectacular pony contexts in the near future.

[nemderogatorius]

This was tons of fun to watch! Felt almost like an actual MLP:FIM episode.

[lorenzostortoni]

The "Viva la Revolución!" caught me off guard. Got to admit, it was pretty fun to watch!
Nicely done!

*Subscribes*

[LudioAmor]

I love everything about this. I wish I hadn't missed it during Mare Fair.

[justmymage]

Free hugs! Wont cost you even one bit.

This is some proper entertainment. Feel like I should get some popcorn while watching this

[TheCommenterDragon]

I watched this amazing animation when it was unlisted, And I must say Clipper you once again created an absolute masterpiece! Just like the last one you managed to make this vid feel like an actual episode of the FIM series it was ever so wholesome to watch Pinkie Pie go on this crazy quest to hug everypony in Ponyville!!!

And You did a simply brilliant and outstanding job bringing this gem of a video to life Clipper make no mistake about it! Truly marvelous and divine work!!!!

[kyubeyz_]

That song during the credits is such a nice touch, it’s so sweet.

[Mystic_Warriors]

just had to leave a comment once again, just, i really love this video, so much, thank you

[IyahonShunjinkō]

"But that's how trade works!"
kino dialogue, got me

[basedimperialism]

Holy shit, the AI voices sound like actual voice actors! Awesome job!

[blainetate]

Holy hell, how long has it been since development began?!

About time content came out, and content that doesn’t suck!

[fleks]

In addition to the excellent work of the animators, I want to thank the writers. what a cool idea you came up with, immersing us again in this atmosphere. I spent the entire cartoon thinking that this was a script for a real, unreleased episode. you all did a great job. I was afraid that since the cartoon lasts 40 minutes, everything would be boring and exaggerated. but you got an awesome two-part series.

[dark_mage]

Thank you for making this, after all these years, you were still able to capture the true essence.