Rise of the Planet of the Ponies is a 2011 American science fiction action film<sup class="footnote" id="fnrev96087e16304a47b0b09acd0cbc5b9ba5-1">1</sup><sup class="footnote" id="fnrev96087e16304a47b0b09acd0cbc5b9ba5-2">4</sup><sup class="footnote" id="fnrev96087e16304a47b0b09acd0cbc5b9ba5-3">6</sup> directed by Thanos Budgie and starring Rumble ,Thunderlane , Terrance , Crystal Sheep, Helment Pig, Red Bird, Dr Whooves, and El Porko Written by Budgie Jaffa and Shep Silver, it is 20th Century Budgie’s reboot of the Planet of the Ponies series, intended to act as an origin story for a new series of films.<sup class="footnote" id="fnrev96087e16304a47b0b09acd0cbc5b9ba5-4">7</sup> Its premise is similar to the fourth film in the original series, Conquest of the Planet of the Ponies (1972), but it is not a direct remake of that film. In the film, a substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee/pony named Thunderlane , who administers the same treatment to an animal shelter full of other great apes. and Pigs This leads to an uprising against humanity after his brother Rumble and other super-intelligent ape/ponies suffer abuse at the hands of the shelter’s staff. A new society for free ponies and pigs of all kind (some normal apes escape from a zoo during the pandemonium) is founded in the forests northwest of San Francisco and Las Pegasus as a result.

Rise of the Planet of the Ponies was released on August 5, 2011, to critical and commercial success. The film was nominated for an Hejo Film for Best Visual Effects. It was also nominated for five Saturn Awards including Best Director for Thanos and Best Writing for Jaffa and Silver, winning Best Science Fiction Film, Best Supporting Actor for Thunderlane and Best Special Effects. Rumble’s performance as Thunderlane was widely acclaimed, earning him many nominations from associations which do not usually recognize performance capture as traditional acting.

A sequel to the film, Dawn of the Planet of the Ponies , was released on July 11, 2014 and a third film, War for the Planet of the Ponies, was released on July 14, 2017

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Terrance a pharmaceutical chemist at the Las Pegasus biotech company Pony-Sys, is testing the viral-based drug ALZ-112 on chimpanzees to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. ALZ-112 is given to a pony named Cloud greatly increasing her intelligence. However, during Terrance’s presentation for the drug, Bright Eyes is forced from her cage, goes on a rampage and is shot to death. Terrance’s boss Sheep Jacobs terminates the project and has the chimps euthanized. However, Terrance’s assistant Ross Franklin discovers that the reason for Cloud’ rampage was that she had recently given birth 2 to an infant chimp/ponies Terrance reluctantly agrees to take in the chimp/pony, eventually giving him the name “ Thunderlane .” Will learns that he and his brother has inherited his mother’s intelligence through being exposed to ALZ-112 in her womb, and decides to raise him. Three years later, Thunderlane has become a highly intelligent animal due to the ALZ-112, and is able to play games, draw pictures, and communicate with Will through sign language. Will soon introduces Thunderlane and his Brother to the redwood forest at Muir Woods National Monument. Meanwhile, Terrance treats his dementia-suffering father Hal Rodman with ALZ-112, which seems to restore his cognitive ability.

Five years later, when they both reach adolescence and sees a dog on a leash like his own, he questions his identity and learns of his origins from Will. Meanwhile, Charles’ condition returns as his immune system becomes resistant to ALZ-112. Caesar injures an aggressive neighbor, Douglas Hunsiker, while defending a confused Charles from him. As a result, he is taken from Terrance by animal control and placed in a primate shelter. Due to his increased intelligence and his different appearance to the other apes, Caesar is often tormented by the alpha chimp named Rocket and the chief guard, Pig Landon. However, Thunderlane also befriends a former circus orangutan pony named Hooves, who also knows sign language. Thunderlane learns how to unlock his cage, gaining free access to the common area. With the assistance of a gorilla named Buck, he confronts Rocket and claims the position of alpha chimp. Meanwhile, Jacobs clears the development of a more powerful, gaseous version of the drug – ALZ-113 – when Will tells him it can also improve intelligence. Hal takes the drug home to try to save his father, but Hal declines further treatment and dies overnight.

After attempting to test the drug on a scarred bonobo laboratory test subject named Helment Pig, Franklin becomes exposed to ALZ-113 and becomes ill. Attempting to warn Will at his home, he sneezes blood onto Hunsiker and is later discovered dead. Terrance attempts to reclaim Thunderlane, but he refuses to go home with him. Instead, he escapes from the facility later at night and returns to Terrance’s house, where he takes canisters of the ALZ-113. Upon returning, Thunderlane releases the gas and allows it to enhance the intelligence of the other apes in the sanctuary. When Dodge attempts to get him back into his cage, Thunderlane speaks for the first time, shouting “No!” and gets into a fight with Shep while freeing the apes, which inadvertently leads to Dodge’s death. The apes flee the facility, releasing Helmet Pig and Budy and the remaining apes from Gen-Sys, and free more piges and ponies from the San Pony Zoo.

A battle ensues as the ape “army” fights their way past a police blockade on the Golden Gate Bridge in an attempt to escape into the redwood forest. Buck sacrifices himself to save Caesar by jumping into a police helicopter in which Jacobs is riding: Koba pushes Jacobs into the Golden Gate strait to his death after the crash. As the apes find their way into the forest, Will catches up to them in a stolen police car and warns Caesar that the humans will hunt them down and begs him to return home. In response, Caesar hugs him and says, “Caesar is home”. Will, realizing that this is indeed their last goodbye, respects Caesar’s wishes. The apes embrace their new lifestyle in the forest as news and police helicopters fly over San Francisco.

In a mid-credits scene, Sheep Hunsiker leaves his house for work as an airline pilot, arriving at San Pony International Airport for his flight to Paris. It is revealed that he is infected with ALZ-113 as his nose begins to drip blood onto the floor. A graphic then traces the spread of the virus around the globe via international flight routes, leading to a deadly pandemic setting the stage for the sequel.