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* [[Adventure Archaeologist|Daring Do]], the star of the [[Show Within a Show|Book Within a Show]] that Rainbow Dash becomes a fangirl of in [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E16 Read It and Weep|"Read it and Weep"]], . She appears in "Read It and Weep" as the protagonist of [[Show Within a Show|the book]] Rainbow Dash was reading. Her being an [[Indiana Jones]] expy has made her really popular material for fanfics and art. Many pictures of involving Rainbow Dash have a tendency to include her in some form. (Such as a book or a plushie.) Heck, she acquired enough love to have [[Just for Fun/Daring Do/Just For Fun|a rather detailed Just For Fun page]] [[Daring Do|all to herself.]] (And it is massive.)

* Queen Chrysalis came out of ''nowhere'', only hinted at once (in an online ''[[American Newspapers|New York Daily News]]'' [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/television/hub-pony-trots-a-heartwarming-royal-wedding-tale-article-1.1064242 article]) during all the crazy hype [[The Hub]] and Hasbro did for the season 2 finale, most of which was focused on the other new characters Princess Cadance and Shining Armor ([[Merchandise-Driven|since they're the ones with toys]]), and took the fandom by ''storm''. [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/drawfriend-stuff-402-chrysalis-edition.html All the fanart] created literally within ''a day'' of her appearance shows just how far being a competent and dangerous villain with a unique design and magnificent [[Villain Song]] will get you.

* The Flim Flam Brothers, having an extremely catchy [[Villain Song]] makes them stand out.

* It should be noted that every time a new character, even a one shot for the episode, appears they spawn at least some fanart and an [[Ask a Pony (Blog)|Ask a Pony]] page within 24 hours of a new episode airing. No exceptions.

* Lyra Heartstrings, a mint colored unicorn with a lyre cutie mark who is often seen hopping up and down with an excited look on her face [[Fourth Wall Observer|as if she's mugging for the camera]] or engaged in a [[Funny Background Event]], most notably sitting or otherwise acting in a semi-human like manner. It became one of the fans ([[Fountain of Memes|many]]) memes to depict Lyra as the pony equivalent of an [[Otherkin]], wanting in one way or another to be human ([[Rule of Funny|despite there being no sign humans even exist in Equestria]]). She was nicknamed just "Lyra" by the fandom, and this name was adopted by [[The Merch|WeLoveFine]], then she was officially named "Heartstrings" by Hasbro. This caused a bit of confusion, but some fans opted to [[Take a Third Option]] and call her "Lyra Heartstrings", and apparently Hasbro thought this was a good idea as well, with her full [[Ascended Fanon]] name in the ''Pony Wedding'' brushables and the fifth wave of the Blind Bag toyline. Finally, after two seasons of complete silence, she finally got to speak a few lines in "A Canterlot Wedding".

** Lyra often appears alongside a pony that appears to be an [[Expy]] of Bon Bon from ''[[My Little Pony Tales (Animation)|My Little Pony Tales]]'', originally due to the way their colorations complimented each other (as is standard practice with the placement of background ponies in crowd shots). This circumstance resulted in a lot of fan works depicting the two together in some way, whether as best friends, roommates, or romantic partners, and while Bon Bon doesn't get nearly the same amount of attention on her own as Lyra does the two together are ''the'' most widely accepted pairing, and basically the [[One True Pairing]] of the fandom. This is yet another aspect of fanon that has been recognized in official media, such as being intentionally placed together in the [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RK5t9FdkbvY/Tih7QCZ1xFI/AAAAAAAAAPg/08Ozl7NmmTY/s1600/ponyposter.jpg famous Comic Con poster] and participating in [[Funny Background Event|Funny Background Events]] in several episodes (such as [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E10 Secret of My Excess|"Secrets of My Excess"]], where they share one with Derpy).

** Other ponies bearing hourglass cutie marks have also been declared [[Time Lord|Time Lords]]. So far three other background ponies with an hourglass cutiemark have been associated with ''Doctor Who'', mostly because they look ''far'' too much like [[Matt Smith]] (in a tuxedo and top hat), [[Peter Davison]], and [[Jon Pertwee]] to be a coincidence.

* A female DJ unicorn that [[One-Scene Wonder|appeared for less than five seconds]] in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E14 Suited for Success|"Suited For Success"]], doing nothing but turning on music and bobbing her head, garnered a huge following, generally called Vinyl Scratch, though other fans insist on her stage name, "DJ P0N-3". The "DJ Pon-3" name was [[Ascended Fanon|actually acknowledged]] in [[The Hub]]'s ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPqjKk_xCo Equestria Girls]'' and ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p50-oWY1pFE There's a Pony For That]'' commercials, and she's one of the few extras to receive her own official t-shirts and a brushable toy. She eventually returned in "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]", this time showing what color her eyes are underneath her [[Cool Shades]] (the most popular fan theory was that her eyes were red -- they turned out to be magenta).