@Darth Prime
 
@Background Pony #27BF  
Nope. During the movie, Tirek is still locked in Tartarus, the overthrowned and betrayed Queen Chrysalis went into hiding in the Everfree Forest, and King Sombra is already dead. But in this movie, the only villain that attack Canterlot and then the rest of Equestria was none other than the Big Bad of the entire Hasbro tv show-based movie, The Storm King.

Still better than today’s fashion. How do you do it ponies, make you so humble and non-provocative in fashion…

the most chic of all equestria

Sassy looks so awesome in this shot right here but sadly this is the only time she’ll appear in this movie

@Darth Prime  
>Sombra shows up and begins yelling “CRYSTALS!”  
>Immediately gets blown up by random magical blast  
>no one notices
 
>chrysalis shows up with an army of newly born changelings  
>”you have no idea how painful it was to produce them all so quickly”  
>Immediately says “screw that” and leaves when she sees everything going on
 
>Jump cut to Tirek in tartarus playing solitaire  
>5 seconds goes by  
>jumps back to canterlot  
>never mentioned again

Every character every (baring some villains) is going to make a cameo at some point in this movie aren’t they?

@Joshua  
Hmm, we haven’t seen Shining Armor. I wonder if he’s back at the Crystal Empire with her?

@infinita est lux Solis  
I’m also hoping for Flurry Heart.

@Spiritus Arcane  
I now have a mental image of background characters running out of a building like a clowncow and getting lasered in the head each time

@Miss Shy  
Why can’t we have Muh Sunset take over the show and the movie? She should be the focus.

All that’s missing is Hoity Toity

@Miss Shy  
Would you rather it be like Transformers The Movie (1986) where whenever a background character showed up, it was to get killed?

My girls! (and guy)

@Philweasel  

Because best ponies deserve an amazing supporting cast, of course.

@infinita est lux Solis  
And Flash Sentry, too.

Rarity, why is your supporting cast so amazing?

@Miss Shy  
I would hope so too. I was just thinking that there might be too many characters with all their allies, but that one clip from the Germany trailer suggests that only the Mane 6 + Spike actually get back into Canterlot proper (the others helping to get them through the Storm King’s barrier), so that the captured ponies can help out in that manner.
 
After reforming Tempest of course.

My Rarity is more beautiful each day. :)

@Masem  
I mean hopefully, what we get during the climactic final battle is all the characters that we saw that seemed to be voiceless cameos all helping out, kinda like in the Nightmare Rarity arc.

@Miss Shy  
I’m sure that’s what this is, but also likely to help establish why all these known characters are in Canterlot for this festival so that they can’t help the Mane 6 when they get kicked out.

first time we see together sassy and coco (the rarity´s sunset and starlight)

@Mr. Horrible  
I hope that lightning dust gets an appearance

Fashion Plate! I love how many cameos they’re working into the movie.