When it comes to parental foreshadowing in "My Little Pony: A New Generation," the film also gives a very early indication about what's ahead for young Sprout. And let's just say, perhaps his mother should've been more careful about what she wished for from her offspring.
In the opening scene, then-baby Sunny has to stop playing pony dolls with her childhood friends Hitch (James Marsden) and Sprout (Ken Jeong) because Sprout decides to turn the Unicorn toys into the villains of their little story. Soon after, Sprout's mother, Phyllis (Elizabeth Perkins), shows up to collect her child. She also has a few unkind words for Argyle, who she believes is "brainwashing" the children's minds with all his unity talk, and as Sprout walks away with her, he mentions his interest in one day becoming a sheriff to keep everyone in line.
Phyllis quite likes the idea of "Sheriff Sprout," but little does she know, even she will eventually come to hate that concept. In fact, later on in the film, after Sprout seizes control of Maretime Bay, runs the town like his own little militaristic empire, and is eventually toppled, Phyllis can't even spare a kind word for Sprout when the now-former "stallion-in-chief" asks if he was a good sheriff. As she trots away under the guise of distraction, Phyllis clearly knows as well as anyone else that the true answer is a resounding "nope."
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