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 *** That's bad too, and it desperately needs to be fixed. However, two wrongs don't make a right. Personally, having just one decent male character with some kind of recurring role (but NOT a main role) would be sufficient.
 **** Two wrongs don't make a right, but there's no wrong in making a show focusing on females. There's also no wrong in making a show focusing on males--but there is wrong in making ALL THE SHOWS focus on males, just as it would be wrong if every show on TV was about females. FIM is merely helping to correct the balance. There's room along the whole female-oriented side of the spectrum for more shows with differing gender balances, and FIM doesn't have to cover it all by itself.
-*** In any case, most of the ''modern'' boys' shows I can name have at least one (though admittedly sometimes [[The Smurfette Principle|only one]]) recurring female character ([[The Fairly Odd Parents]] has Wanda, [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] has Sandy, [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] was packed to the gills with them, etc.). That said, I don't really think more than one main male character suits the show, given that it's supposed to focus on girls' friendships; would ''[[Stand by Me]]'' have been improved by adding a girl or two to the main cast? Probably not. However, I think Big Mac deserves at least [[A Day in the Limelight]].
+*** In any case, most of the ''modern'' boys' shows I can name have at least one (though admittedly sometimes [[The Smurfette Principle|only one]]) recurring female character ([[The Fairly OddParents]] has Wanda, [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] has Sandy, [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] was packed to the gills with them, etc.). That said, I don't really think more than one main male character suits the show, given that it's supposed to focus on girls' friendships; would ''[[Stand by Me]]'' have been improved by adding a girl or two to the main cast? Probably not. However, I think Big Mac deserves at least [[A Day in the Limelight]].
 ** Faust did want more male characters, but it's one of the few things Hasbro didnt allow. I'd like to think however, that the gender ultimately doesn't matter that much anyway. Any of the mane six could be a boy (colt?) and would still be the same character.
 *** Except that reaction to them would be much ''much'' different. If Rarity were male, he'd be seen as a flaming homosexual and [[Moral Guardians]] would scream about a gay character in a show targeted at kids. If Fluttershy were male, he wouldn't be "Cute", he'd be seen as annoying and bratty. And likewise, Applejack as a male would be seen as a "Walking Stereotype", even though Applejack is a Walking Stereotype enough as is. Rainbow Dash as a male would be seen as a musclehead, and Pinkie Pie would have been seen as annoying or like Rarity, a flaming homosexual.
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 ** He prefer gems or any stuff what normal creature can't eat.
 ** We can't even be sure if the mature dragons we've seen so far are carnivores. After all, the one in Dragonshy didn't seem like he wanted to eat the ponies, and only attacked them because Rainbow Dash attacked him first, and the second one was mad at Spike for eating his gems.
-** He's an [[Extreme Omnivore]]. Not actually that unusual. [[Dungeons and Dragons]] have them able to eat practically anything, just like Spike.
+** He's an [[Extreme Omnivore]]. Not actually that unusual. [[Dungeons & Dragons]] have them able to eat practically anything, just like Spike.
 ** The term you're looking for with the eating of gemstones is Lithovore.
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 ** And also if adult dragons eat gems as well, then it's an edible bed. Take a nice long nap, and when you wake up, breakfast!
 ** Also adult dragons seem to have more than just gems in their hoards, the one in "Dragonshy" clearly had gold coins and other trinkets as well.
-** A lot of it is explained [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/dragonTrue.htm here]. After all, Hasbro owns both ''[[My Little Pony]]'' and ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''.
+** A lot of it is explained [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/dragonTrue.htm here]. After all, Hasbro owns both ''[[My Little Pony]]'' and ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.
 * Derpy Hooves seems to be the same or similar age to the mane cast, but she (assuming fandom is correct) has a daughter? Just a nagging tidbit.
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 **** Ahem. "Suited for Success," the Letter to Celestia. Twilight uses the phrase "don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Ponder the implications of this idiom existing in the Equestrian lexicon for a moment.
 **** Not to mention, in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", Applejack saying "I'm so hungry I could eat a-" before she was interrupted. The full saying, of course, being "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." Maybe there was an equivalent to the Donner Party in Equestria's history at some point?
-** Well, Hasbro owns ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', and IIRC, dragons there have a degree of genetic memory.
+** Well, Hasbro owns ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', and IIRC, dragons there have a degree of genetic memory.
 ** It's not just Spike. 'Bridle Gossip' has Applejack making a bit and reins for Rainbow Dash, then digging in with her heel in Rainbow's side to spur her on. Think about ''that''.
 ** 'The Best Night Ever' has Twilight turning mice into beast-of-burden horses, suggesting that real ones exist for her to have gotten the idea from.