@Background Pony  
We could be– it all depends on how out of touch Hasbro really is with the viewers. If EQG fails, it’s possible that they will actually look at the feedback it got and say “Oh, I guess we should have listened sooner. This was a horrible idea for a spinoff.” I hope that that’s what happens, although I would still keep my guard up.

Anyone with two brain cells to rub together already figured out this wasn’t real. Also, you forgot to mention that blatant 3-pixel gap on the top of the picture which you can fairly easily recognize as part of the inset image in the article @Masem posted.

@bboifatz  
So, if the movie succeeds, we’re screwed, and if it fails, we’re screwed? Nice to know I don’t have to worry about it, then.

I think the thing about this fake article that rustled everyone’s jimmies more than anything else is that it at least seemed plausible. If Equestria Girls flops, I am worried that Hasbro won’t just shrug it off as a failed experiment– they see EQG as an investment, and I question if they would actually have the sense not to cross-pollinate if it fails.
 
Basically, if EQG fails, there is a possibility that someone at Hasbro will say “Clearly the problem is that the fanbase isn’t aware of it. What we need to to is use the main show as a way to make them feel invested in Equestria Girls, so we need an episode of the show that will promote the DVD.”
 
I think that fear is in the back of a lot of fans’ minds, and some troll on /mlp/ successfully tapped into that with this, even if the fakeness of it was quickly uncovered. If Hasbro had to piss off the entire Brony fanbase just to sell a product that they were heavily invested in, I have little doubt that they would.

I still like this shoop. They went balls out with it,
 
Also, the date is wrong.

Also, “the company also plans to fill many of the available advertisement slots during that episode with advertisement for the DVD release” is a MASSIVE hint.
 
They can’t actually do that. It’s against FCC regulations on advertising to children. Ever wonder why you never see MLP toys advertised during the actual show?

I think there might be pixels.

BUSTED!

The “bleed through” is really from that Kidsscreen article (a legit one) that revealed EQG first.
 

also the movie is coming out on the 16th, not the 22nd. how would they screw it up so close to release date?
 
also times new roman is the default font for pretty much everything

@Yurp  
YOUR RIGHT!!!!!
 
Damn this is the fakest shit ever!

@Robomorons  
@Background Pony  
@bboifatz
 
All fair enough.
 
Also something Dax Rattler pointed out.  
>>241515  
The whole page itself is reused, look at the top right hand side. They match.

People need to calm down.

Forgot the slither of color from the original photo on the top right of the image.

It was a LIE, along with the cake.

@Yurp  
Because all of the false denials we’ve gotten about EQG have our fandom more than a little on edge.

@Yurp
 
Because its faek

@Yurp  
Because we’re bored.

and those aren’t even all the things wrong with it.
 
So someone remind me … why are we even discussing this?

Bastards forgot the incomplete word at the very bottom.

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Note, I didn’t make this.