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* "[[You Will Be Assimilated|WELCOME TO THE HERD]]" <ref>Typically said whenever somebody reveals they enjoyed the show. Usually comes with the page pic.</ref>
* "[[I Need a Freaking Drink|CONFOUND THESE PONIES, THEY DRIVE ME TO DRINK!]]" <ref>Usually accompanied by [[media:confound 4074.jpg|a screenshot]] of a scene in the first episode where Twilight Sparkle pours a bottle of what looks like a an alcoholic drink (but, unfortunately for her, was actually a bottle of hot sauce) into a goblet. They will also drive you to [[The Insomniac|insomnia]], [[Lethal Chef|worms]], [[Stalker Without a Crush|stalking]], and/or [[Bound and Gagged|bondage]], among other things. [http://youtu.be/OZTbycrisCk The line] itself came from an old Chuck Jones cartoon entitled "[[The Dover Boys]]".</ref>
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120801231631/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/202 ...in my hooves, on my head, in my saddlebags... in my mouth!]" <ref>A piece of [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/6751 in-game dialogue]{{Dead link}} that came from one of [[The Hub]]'s [[Browser Game]]s called ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131027194050/http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]''. The line seems innocent but when taken out of context [[Accidental Innuendo|could mean something else]].</ref>
* SECRET BUTT FUN <ref>A meme that doesn't directly relate to ''My Little Pony'', but was inspired instead by a promo for the 2010 ''[[Pound Puppies]]'' series that used to play over the credits and featured a clip of Niblet the sheepdog saying "Secret, but fun!" Amusingly enough, the promo in question and the episode the clip was taken from both ended up on ''The Friendship Express'' DVD.</ref>
** Scary butt fun!<ref>An offshoot of this meme, inspired by Pipsqueak's line in "Luna Eclipse" about Nightmare Night being "scary, but fun". You'll notice they were /very/ careful about how they had him elocute the line.</ref>
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* Not so much a meme about the show as about the fandom: It's become something of a tradition among [[Periphery Demographic|male fans]] to advertise their gender, age, and (sometimes) occupation in the comments section of the episodes posted on Youtube, often immediately followed by stating the name of a favorite pony or a general, "... and I love this show!"
** A common variation is to comment on one of the earlier, but not the first ten, episodes, stating something along the lines of "why am I still watching this?".
* I am gonna LOVE and TOLERATE the SHIT outta you.<ref>The fandom have found themselves conflicted between hating people who don't like the show and the show's overall message of love and tolerance. Compromises were made. Unfortunately, some Bronies do not practice what they claim to preach and will relentlessly insult anyone who enjoys any older incarnation of ''[[My Little Pony]]'', or anyone who criticizes ''Friendship Is Magic''. The phrase "Love & Tolerate" was eventually [https://web.archive.org/web/20111207163254/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=875 put] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120227155801/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1059 on] [http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=2418 an]{{Dead link}} [[The Merch|officially licensed shirt]] (and used in the description of another [http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1600 shirt]{{Dead link}} and [http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1672 hoodie]{{Dead link}}).</ref>
** [[Hypocritical Humor|"Love and tolerance" my ass!]] <ref>Unfortunately, it's also becoming a [[Discredited Meme]] due to overuse as an [[Your Answer to Everything|answer for everything]].</ref>
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4M5m-V9Zp0 STOP FAPPING TO HORSES] <ref>A series of videos consisting of [[Accidental Innuendo]]s that pokes fun at the abundance of [[Rule 34]] of ''FiM''.</ref>
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* "Bedroom eyes", taking a screenshot while a character is blinking their eyes and catching them half-lidded. The result is an expression that looks coy when taken out of context (as the Internet is often eager to do).
** The phrase had become memetic ''waaay'' before ponies, mind, but the nature of Flash animation's keyframing makes it particularly easy to abuse in this show.
* A metric ton of reaction images on the whole, but most notably by far the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103113657/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/list/shrugpony/1 ponyshrug.] Began with an innocent [http://megasweet.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=120#/d36gbwv Pinkie Pie,] and quickly exploded. Ponyshrugs may now be found of nearly the entire cast, as well as of original characters, and even ponified versions of characters from other works.
* A [http://www.ponibooru.org/post/view/131034 fancomic]{{Dead link}} that was made to look like an official German magazine comic has spawned a couple memes of its own:
** Terry.<ref>Scootaloo's name.</ref>
** "Around the zebras, never relax!" <ref>King Zebra was the evil mastermind. After putting him to prison, Rainbow Dash comments that zebras can never be trusted, referencing black race stereotypes and treatment. The meme itself is a travestation of "Around the blacks, never relax!"</ref>
** [[My Friends and Zoidberg|"All my friends are here. And Applejack is here too."]]
* "[X] IS NOW CANON" <ref>Due to the fandom's tendency to turn the smallest comment or frame of animation into a massive meme, their tendency to think of many of these memes as canon, and the recent surge in some of these memes actually ''becoming'' canon, it has become popular to take a screencap of an episode, come up with some far-flung fan theory, and end with ''"[X] is now canon"'' where [X] is the topic in question. [http://chzbronies.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-brony-fus-roh-yay.png Example]{{Dead link}}.</ref>
* Tara Strong is best pony.<ref>Twilight's voice actress has recently taken to shamelessly trolling the Internet via her Twitter. Led to "Twilighticious" further down the page. As such it has '''nothing to do with''' classifying other species as ponies.</ref>
* Pony hell.<ref>Appears to have taken off with [http://tinyurl.com/6xuzn2l this image,] frequently referenced for its sheer absurd [[Narm Charm]].</ref>
* "IT WAS CHANGELINGS!" <ref>In the second season finale "A Canterlot Wedding", the series introduces changelings, evil [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shapeshifters]] who [[Emotion Eater|feed on love]]. Since then, changelings have been used to explain, a la [[Ancient Aliens]] and conspiracy theories, the various versions of characters appearing within the fandom such as Princess Molestia ([http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4831255/ which was originally conceptualized as a succubus who copied Princess Celestia's appearance]) as an alternative to using the explanation that they came from an alternate reality of some sort, characters acting [[Out of Character]] within the show or fan work (especially) such as ''[[Cupcakes]]''' Pinkie Pie, and why we see a lot of clones of background ponies in a lot of scenes within the show (or why they seem to have a different characterization and/or voice everytime they are put in a role). It has even been used to explain the changes to Derpy Hooves in ''The Last Roundup''. Basically they are used as an excuse as to why a character or a group of characters doesn't seem and/or feel "right".</ref>
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140406074926/http://veggie55.deviantart.com/ Veggie55] brought me here": more of a [[Real Life]] [[Running Gag]] than anything. With the end of Season 2, the [[Deviant ART]] artist Veggie55 has taken to making short comic strips based of scenes from popular tv shows like ''[[Father Ted]]'' and ''[[Family Guy]]''. In the comments section for each, he usually links to the video, which leads to his legion of fans watching it, liking it, and getting the top rated comments, most of them referencing the comic (something which non-bronies would not understand). ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130701095107/http://veggie55.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d51f2fs Exempli] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNglxh5XeAQ&feature=relmfu gratia]''.
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* [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/09/magneto.html MAGNETO].<ref>From Bronyville Livestream, while the episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E26 The Best Night Ever|The Best Night Ever]]" was being aired, an ''[[X-Men: First Class|X Men First Class]]'' [[Commercial Pop-Up]] featuring [[Magneto]] kept popping up in the lower-right corner of the screen. It was widely considered hilarious and led to, for example, the fans blaming him for ruining the Gala.</ref>
** In an "Evolution of a Scene", made by one of the animators on the show (for both season one and two), at the end there is an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJelKyxtXXU animation] of pony Magneto at the gala, using the pony statue to take down the Wonderbolts while saying "WELCOME TO DIE!!!"
** [[Captain Ersatz|Magneighto]] has even become an official [[Canon Foreigner]] by appearing on [[The Merch]], specifically the ''Magnet Pony'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20111130163949/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=867 shirt] [http://www.welovefine.com/img/p/1282-3899.jpg and]{{Dead link}} [http://www.welovefine.com/img/p/1282-3901.jpg formerly]{{Dead link}} [http://www.welovefine.com/img/p/1282-3904.jpg hoodie]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Spider-Man]]'s a brony <ref>The Spider-Man cartoon from the 60's has already undergone its own [[Memetic Mutation]] and a crossing of the memes was inevitable. Fans like to Photoshop Spidey into the show, causing almost as much chaos as Pinkie Pie.</ref>
** [[Deadpool|So am I!]]
* Congratulations! Your Twilight Sparkle has evolved into [[Pokémon|Rapidash]]! <ref>When Twilight starts [[Burning with Anger]] in "Feeling Pinkie Keen", she turns into a white unicorn with a flaming mane, which looks suspiciously like [[Pokémon/Characters/Generation I Families|Rapidash]], another white unicorn with a flaming mane.</ref>
* ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' crossovers have begun to take hold, thanks to Gentaro's goal to befriend everyone in his school. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140428183531/http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/art/fourze-luna-256794920 LUNA, GRAB MY POMPADOUR!]
* It has become somewhat popular to mix "Lesson Zero" with ''[[Majoras Mask]]'', due to how the sun moves.
** Celestia [[Troll]]s Luna when she plays [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eDUzTnv7SM Mario], but Luna [[Colony Drop|trolls her]] when Celestia plays ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7KbHle-yjQ Majora's Mask]''...
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** Nopony bucks with the Jesus.<ref>Jesus Quintana, too.</ref>
* [[Steampunk|My Little Steampunk]] <ref>A popular art trend where ''FiM'' is depicted in the [[Steampunk]] visual style.</ref>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120210142122/http://fox-feathers.deviantart.com/art/Daft-Pony-211427189 Daft Pony] <ref>Techno-music duo [[Daft Punk]] has consistently, through most of their career, appeared wearing helmets fashioned with a robot motif.</ref>
* X Y is best Y <ref>Originally stemming from the [[League of Legends]] fandom, it eventually spread to the bronies. It's typically used as a response to a (normally main/recurring) character from the show exhibiting a one time quirk, such as [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E9 Sweet and Elite|Beatnik Rarity is best Rarity]] or [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E3 Lesson Zero|Insane Twilight is best Twilight.]] Then again, some try to classify other species as Y when they are not.</ref>
** X Y is worst Y <ref>The opposite of the above.</ref>
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* Rainbow Dash is [[Daredevil]] <ref>Pinkie Pie called Rainbow a "daredevil" in "Read it and Weep"</ref>
* [[The Lonely Island|LIKE A FAUST!]] <ref>A play on words melding the already memetic Like A Boss line and the name of the show's creator Lauren Faust.</ref>
* A shot of Pinkie Pie waxing to Rainbow Dash about delicious cider looked uncannily like the [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/x-x-everywhere "X, X Everywhere"] meme. [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/list/x_x_everywhere/1 Fans pounced.]{{Dead link}}
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* Roboshi, Anchors, & yellowtdash are universal constants/fav'd this <ref>A [[Ponibooru]] joke, there's a group of users named Roboshi, Anchors, & yellowtdash. who have a tendency to favorite ''everything'' on the site.</ref>
** They are typically considered the [[Ponibooru]] "mascots", as they are the three most known members of ponibooru.
** They have a tumblr which can be found here. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130426143054/http://askponiboorucrufavers.tumblr.com/
** Roboshi is credited with being the originator of faving whereas anchors is considered the fastest with a capped record of 2,000+ per day, Yellow is an artist who does the artwork behind the tumblr.
* Faustpony loves her Subway sandwiches.<ref>During a period where several Rule34 pictures of Lauren Faust's alicorn OC were posted, many pictures were edited with Subway sandwiches replacing... certain body parts. Even now, it is not uncommon to see Lauren's alicorn [http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/d594ab09bb188725edd8a417563c0e3a/99968%20-%20lauren_faust%20pony_oc%20subway.jpg somehow connected]{{Dead link}} to Subway in fanarts or its logo edited into already existing ones.</ref>
** And on that note..."Subway -- [[Squick|eat flesh]]."
*** It's not just Lauren; many other canon ponies have been shopped into similar fashions, as well.
* Ask Tumblrs / "Ask [X]" / "[X] Answers" <ref>A series of Tumblr art blog/role play accounts where people can ask a particular character in the show as if the characters themselves are answering them through a Tumblr account. You can find a comprehensive list of these blogs [https://web.archive.org/web/20121111011904/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1njTTTPv1Of4yHd6igFCNCB9JyXOhH4IHENwnt55zIWc/edit?hl=en_US here].</ref>
** Chubbies/Blobs <ref>A recent offshoot of the meme where ponies are replaced with small hamster-like versions of themselves. It started out with two [https://web.archive.org/web/20140709053113/http://ask-pony-blobs.tumblr.com/ Ask] [http://askmlcblobs.tumblr.com/ blogs] but soon spread to [http://askoctavia.tumblr.com/post/11967516071 other]{{Dead link}} [http://ask-loonyluna.tumblr.com/post/11963026631 existing]{{Dead link}} [http://asksurprise.tumblr.com/post/11959245452 Ask blogs]{{Dead link}}. Each converting their characters into one of these critters for a single post.</ref>
*** Rainbow Dash Chubby Flyby <ref>Ask Tumblr Blogs will have the Rainbow Dash Chubby fly by their character leaving a rainbow trail behind her. It all started [https://web.archive.org/web/20141013022050/http://askmlcblobs.tumblr.com/post/14044102408/more-soon here] when Chubby!Pinkie Pie launched her with her mini-party cannon. Since then she has been seen throughout various Ask Tumblrs.</ref>
** [[Ask a Pony|Now with its own TVTropes page!]]
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120715075039/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/list/make_it_happen/1 MAKE IT HAPPEN]" <ref>A meme on Ponibooru where fans suggest potential pony [[crossover]]s.</ref>
* December 9 is National Child Violence Day! <ref>On December 9th, 2011, within a few minutes of each other, [[Ponibooru]] saw postings of 1) APPLE.MOV-style Applejack brutally beating Applebloom and 2) Prince Blueblood braining a young colt with a brick. Someone suggested it was Child Violence Day. Someone else then posted a brony "calendar" listing December 9th as such.</ref>
* [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi]] Ponies <ref>[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=189896&page=225 A trend]{{Dead link}} on [[
** Speaking of Nazis, Rarity's line "I didn't know you could burn juice!" is frequently [[Mondegreen|misheard]] as "I didn't know you could burn Jews!" (Which gets even more bizarre in light of the Jewish Rarity meme...)
* Lilo~<ref>From [[Nico Nico Douga]]. This one started from an attempt to turn the title theme into ''katakana'', hence ''My Little Pony''=''Mai.Ritoru.Ponii''. A combination of L-R substitution and further compressing the ''Ritoru'' turned it into ''Lilo'', also the onomatopoeia for licking, which stuck.</ref>
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== Youtube Memes ==
* Setting clips of ''MLP: FiM'' to audio of other things, the more [[Hot-Blooded]] or [[Rated "M" for Manly|macho]] the better: ''[[
** ...''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMXhEXQSXSw Doctor Pony's] [[
** On a related note, redoing the openings to other works with a more... equestrian touch. Examples include ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us6nQ_E9waE Pony] [[Cowboy Bebop|Bebop]]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elCj-Y97neI My Little] [[Baccano]]!'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOS4huQWa9M Pony] [[Samurai Champloo|Champloo]]'', ''[[Samurai Jack|Samurai]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDY5YpLqypk Applejack]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw0Td8lVG1E Ponysona] [[Persona 3|3]]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvam3L34FEo Ponysona] [[Persona 4|4]]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6esSb1NiHA Peach]'' (''[[Bleach]]''), ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btzNq8VPdF8 My Little] [[One Piece]]'', ''[[Outlaw Star|Outlaw]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlh40k4qCsg Pony]'', and ''[[
** ''[[Edgar Wright]]'', the director for the ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' film, posted ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkF5DMAerAo Spike Pilgrim vs. The World]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFfFFqX-qi4 Trot] [[Hot Fuzz|Fuzz]]'' and ''[[Attack the Block|Attack the]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOmM-cHi-iQ Stable]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20140429235323/http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2011/04/30/scott-pilgrim-vs-my-little-pony/ on] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130704130559/http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2011/05/05/trot-fuzz/ his] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130906161432/http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2012/01/14/attack-the-stable/ blog], and on the official [http://www.facebook.com/ScottPilgrim/posts/144693055601038 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Film] and [http://www.facebook.com/AttackTheBlock/posts/208580955903331 Attack the Block] Facebook pages.
** The official ''[[Top Gear]]'' blog actually made note of ''[http://youtu.be/KK4Z7QlqnX8 My Little Top Gear]: Friendship is Ambitious But Rubbish''.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140214131444/http://www.welovefine.com/ WeLoveFine] is a T-shirt company with lots of Pony based shirts. It had a contest going on for more new pony designs and one of the big images was ''[https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=5&m=gallery&id_submit=496 Lyrical Twilight]''{{Dead link}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhOlAU4t9Hs The Pony Polka].<ref>The first of six [[Fan Vid|PMVs]] set to six of [["Weird Al" Yankovic|"Weird Al" Yankovic's]] polka medleys (in this case, Polkarama) that quickly went viral after gaining both the approval and the endorsement of no less than "Weird Al" himself. Since then, Weird Al/My Little Pony mash-ups have skyrocketed and Al has even been asked by one of the show's directors to do a guest appearance, presumably as a response to the video.</ref>
* Even [[The Hub]] themselves have parodied a song with Ponified lyrics. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPqjKk_xCo This is an advert that airs on TV.]
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* Watching the episodes, dubbed (official or fandubbed) in different languages, in part or in whole. Watch Rarity [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XakZDXVcrrU WHIIINING in Japanese!] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrIbrYROLig Or "Flutterguy" in French!] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOT3pmynZlY How about "Cupcakes" in Russian?] (the song, not the gore-tastic fanfic) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDQi0n-0zxk Or the main theme in Greek?] Or Lyra Heartstrings [[Suddenly Voiced|speaking]] in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6cRUVXVyfQ official Italian dub]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFpyi2Hv9Cc Or "Giggle at the Ghostie" in Polish].
** Speaking of different languages, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dchiYx5Hzo Italian opening theme] is now known as "the anime intro theme" because of its length (over two minutes) and an [[Ear Worm]]-tastic original song that seems to cross language barriers and is appreciated by a lot of non-italian speakers.
* Seductive Ponies <ref>A sexy song plays while a character slowly closes in to the camera with bedroom eyes, the title often written in a way to suggest that the subject has just realized what is happening. Started with Twilight Sparkle and spread to [http://www.youtube.com/video_response_view_all?v=6FLCXoURSV0 many others], including [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdAGVp7K-H4 Trixie], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmxyd6co6Qw Rainbow Dash], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA1x8Xnsydk DJ Pon3/Vinyl Scratch], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkmy0bq9jk0 Derpy Hooves], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3jfJ6abcj0 Lyra Heartstrings and Bon Bon], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quhq3Rv-J8c Fluttershy], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkfUcu8hNCk Rarity]. Trixie's even earned a [http://wingsoffox.deviantart.com/art/A-Youtube-moment-comic-262669991 reaction in comic form]{{Dead link}}.</ref>
* aeiou <ref>Pronounced "ay-oo". A meme from ''[[Moonbase Alpha]]'', as seen and heard in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6RbEOlqRo these] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8uLT_EIJjs two] [[YouTube]] videos (both of which have been remade [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zHZj8Xp-Ik using] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYy1MvSGCHM ponies]).</ref>
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84IbvwyqaPg QUESTIONMARKEXCLAMATIONPOINT][[Moonbase Alpha|QUESTIONMARKEXCLAMATIONPOINT]]QUESTIONMARKEXCLAMATIONPOINT...
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== Character Memes ==
* It seems that if anypony makes a goofy face on the show, fans will pounce on it. Aside from Derpy Hooves and her [[Fish Eyes]] in the first episode, "Applebuck Season" brings us [https://web.archive.org/web/20120625124706/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/32160 Rainbow Dash's] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110907153147/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/6335 gushing kissy-face] (along with the accompanying phrase "So ''awesome!''" and the emoticon "'''/)^3^(\'''") and Applejack's various loopy sleep-deprived faces, along with her look of disgust when she mishears the "wheat germ" part of Pinkie Pie's muffin recipe as "wheat worms", and "The Best Night Ever" brings [https://web.archive.org/web/20120624084403/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/11103 "Flutterage"].
** As of Season 2, there has been an abundance of [[Uncanny Valley]]-ish expressions whenever a pony's head is looking directly at the camera. Ponibooru calls it the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120731074849/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/list/FAIC/1 FAIC].
* [X] IS BEST PONY <ref>A common way of expressing one's favor for a particular character. The omission of the word "the" is intentional. However, often used when [X] isn't a pony at all (like Spike or Gilda), or is a character from a completely different work (like Magneto) which still isn't a pony.</ref>
** "Silly anon, that's not how you spell 'Pinkie Pie!'" <ref>Fans naming other ponies as their favorite character tend to attract image macros with this phrase, though there's at least one version where Pinkie admits [[Moe|Fluttershy]] [[Even the Girls Want Her|is her favorite, too]].</ref>
*** Another response is "You misspelled Fluttershy."
* A few image macros pop up with some of the characters looking at the viewer asking for [[Cuddle Bug|'hugs']]. [[Cuteness Proximity|Sometimes it can work]], [[Tastes Like Diabetes|when done right]].
* Ponies. In. Socks.<ref>An [https://web.archive.org/web/20140210042942/http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3kx7ku adorable piece of fan art of Luna wearing socks] has spawned [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/drawfriend-stuff-ponies-in-socks.html all kinds of cute fanart] of Luna or another pony in socks, a [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/story-lunas-socks.html fanfic], and even [https://web.archive.org/web/20111214021823/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=919 an] [[The Merch|officially licensed shirt]].</ref>
** Sweaters are the new socks.
** Minty liked socks before they were cool.<ref>Minty is a g3 pony who collected socks.</ref>
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* "Lock it under a rock, I'm sure it won't get out." <ref>Nightmare Moon and Discord, the two [[Big Bad]]s of the series so far, were sealed in the moon and turned into a statue respectively, both by Celestia. Fan speculation for Celestia's reason for using essentially the same imprisonment strategy twice usually has someone suggest this was what she was thinking during both instances.</ref>
** Many fans exaggerate this by making it her go-to solution for ''anything'' she doesn't like.
* [PONY] found a [VEHICLE] <ref>Looping animations of one or more characters driving a vehicle at high speed accompanied with a fitting background music. Usually also includes extra elements happening around them as they drive. It started with [http://dx11.deviantart.com/art/FLASH-Pinkie-found-a-TransAm-266985369 this one], which features Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy riding a TransAm down the side of a mountain. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20110910025046/http://chaostangent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/575831.jpg car] they were driving and the background music (called "[http://youtu.be/doEwWzMz99A Yellow Line]") are from an Anime movie called [[Red Line]]. Many others have followed in its wake. (A collection can be found [http://ponies-in-vehicles.deviantart.com/gallery/ here].)</ref>
* [[Rule 63|Colt versions]].<ref>Genderbends of the Mane Cast, usually created by lowering the pitch on the original voices. In this incarnation, their names become Butterscotch, Applejack, Elusive, Rainbow Blitz, Bubble Berry, and Dusk Shine (and his number one secretary, Barbara). In case you're confused as to who's who, they are male versions of Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, and Spike.</ref>
** At least [http://www.youtube.com/user/philsterman10 one] Youtuber has taken it a step further, not only voice acting as the colts, but changing their dialog to be more male-specific (for example, Elusive designs suits instead of dresses and wants to find a princess rather than a prince charming, to which [[Your Mileage May Vary|viewer reception varies]]). Think [[Suzumiya Haruhi no Seitenkan|The Gender-Flip of Haruhi Suzumiya]], only with ponies.
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* Spinning Turntable Ponies <ref>An animated pixel art gif trend where a filly version of a pony is shown riding on a spinning turntable. Most of these can be found [http://mammoh.deviantart.com/gallery/ here] and [http://tomdantherock.deviantart.com/gallery/ here].</ref>
** The trend originated from a popular Vinyl Scratch gif that came from [http://fav.me/d486hs2 here] (the links below the image provides [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/Valcron/TAVI.png a comic version], [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/Valcron/TurnTabletemplate.png a template for the frames], [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/Valcron/ScratchonRecord-1.gif the animated gif], [http://youtu.be/fz1rfOn4IAU a Youtube video], and [http://fav.me/d4dz6y0 a vectorized version]).
* [X] Cannon/Bazooka/Launcher <ref>An art trend of ponies wielding large shoulder mounted cannons/bazookas/launchers. Color scheme of the cannon and its ammunition depends on its wielder. Originated from one of a series of ''FiM'' themed weapons created by Flamingo1986. One of which was called the "[http://fav.me/d3gluka Pinkie Pie Launcher]". Other artists later edited Pinkie Pie herself holding the launcher [http://fav.me/d3hk22m\]{{Dead link}} and it soon spread to other characters as well.</ref>
** Party Cannon.<ref>Shown in the episode "Sweet and Elite" where Pinkie Pie shows it off as to explain how she can set up parties so quickly.</ref>
* Wet manes.<ref>Fanart showing characters with their manes drenched and hanging down, inspired by a scene with Rarity in "Sisterhooves Social".</ref>
* Baby ponies.<ref>In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E8 The Mysterious Mare Do Well|The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]", one of Rainbow Dash's heroic deeds was saving a baby pony from falling off a cliff. While (older-looking) babies had previously appeared in the [[Spinoff Babies]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrtUFeDB7gg toy commercial] and toys, this was the first time that any appeared in the show itself. With in-show reference for a baby at hand, [http://baby-ponys.deviantart.com/ the fandom had a field day.] And now that "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E12 Baby Cakes|Baby Cakes]]" has aired, they're having another.</ref>
* Smooth Cheerilee / Spike Criminal <ref>A fair number of people have noticed how the [[Nice Hat]] Cheerilee gives Spike in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E10 Secret of My Excess|Secret of My Excess]]" resembles that worn by [[Michael Jackson]] in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_D3VFfhvs4&ob=av2n the video for "Smooth Criminal"]. This has resulted in a [http://www.canterlot.com/gallery/image/1152-cheerilee-smooth-criminal/ few] [http://crabmeatstick.deviantart.com/art/Smooth-Cheerilee-273464522 pieces]{{Dead link}} [http://paradigmpizza.deviantart.com/art/Smooth-Criminal-273284320 of art] depicting either Cheerilee or Spike wearing an outfit that resembles Michael's Moonwalker ensemble and performing the [[wikipedia:Smooth Criminal#Anti-gravity lean|anti-gravity lean]].</ref>
* Fluffy ponies <ref>A trending art meme where ponies are drawn with thicker and fluffier fur.</ref>
** Fluffle Puff <ref>[http://fav.me/d4l5y4r The OC] that started (or at least popularized) the whole fluffy pony meme. Later became a recurring character in an [[Original Flavour]] crossover [[Ask a Pony|Ask Tumblr]] of [[Dan Vs.]] called ''[http://dan-vs-fim.tumblr.com/ "Dan Vs. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"]'' and starred in her own mini-game called ''[http://fav.me/d4rcb9h "GO FAST"]''.</ref>
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* [[Spoof Aesop|Parodies of letters to Princess Celestia]], involving [[Accidental Aesop]]s or snarky comments relevant to the episode or the characters.
{{quote|(re: "Stare Master") "Dear Princess Celestia, I learned today that you do [[Determinator|not]] [[Precision F-Strike|f*ck]] [[Mama Bear|with]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|Fluttershy]], ever. [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle|Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."]]}}
* Twilight's attack of [[Power Incontinence]] during her flashback in "Cutie Mark Chronicles" has been compared, by various fans, to [[Watchmen (comics)|Dr. Manhattan]], [[X-Men|Dark Phoenix]], [[
* The image from "Winter Wrap Up" of Twilight Sparkle hiding in a tree from snakes led to photoshopping Twilight hanging onto... pretty much anything. [[Rule of Cute|It's adorable.]]
* Twiworm.<ref>Twilight Sparkle [http://outphase.tumblr.com/post/3321508568/this-is-twilight-sparkfoot-she-could-probably with no front legs or tail]. Spawned from a (since removed) [[Blooper]] [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/02/mlp-on-itunes.html on the show's iTunes store].</ref>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120729011452/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/list/twilight_is_a_lion/1 Twilight is a lion.] <ref>A [[Nightmare Fuel]]-inducing [[Off-Model]] stock vector of Twilight Sparkle.</ref>
* Twilight's speech in "Applebuck Season" getting interrupted inspired a lot of comparisons to [[Interrupting Meme|Kanye West at the Video Music Awards]]. "Yo, Twilight, I'm really happy for you, and I'ma let you finish, but Applejack is the best pony of all time!"
* Oh God, Twilight's about to miss a deadline! RUN! <ref>During the Season 2 episode ''Lesson Zero'', Twilight Sparkle being the organization freak she is, becomes [[Sanity Slippage|increasingly unstable]] the further into the day she goes when a letter to Princess Celestia is due for sending. She eventually comes to the conclusion that if she can't find a friend's problem to fix as a friend, then she would have to [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|create one]]. [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/71380 It doesn't end well.]{{Dead link}}</ref>
* "Hi, ''giirrllss!''" <ref>Twilight Sparkle's creepy greeting to the CMC in "Lesson Zero"</ref>
** The face she made immediately before also gave rise to a lot of exploitable images. Not that the episode isn't already full of weird faces otherwise.
* Twilight Snapple/Twilight Psycho <ref>In "Lesson Zero", Twilight begins to lose her grip on sanity, complete with creepy facial expressions, eventually coming to the point that it looks almost as if she's stalking the CMC.</ref>
** Pedopony.<ref>Cranking up the pedo levels of the CMC scene. Frequently stating that [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/76291 she learned from Molestia]{{Dead link}} (see below)</ref>
* My Little Pet Twilight Sparkle <ref>A meme in a similar fashion to "Lyra wants hands" (See "Background Pony Memes"). It's about Twilight Sparkle wanting to be qualified as Rainbow Dash's pet. She's usually depicted with a leash to symbolize her "dedication". It came from [http://youtu.be/i9hpX1SfPiQ a line] in the episode "May the Best Pet Win" where Rainbow Dash explains to Twilight Sparkle why she can never be qualified to be her pet. Fan art examples so far: [http://fav.me/d4hqgcy\]{{Dead link}} [http://fav.me/d4goltr\]{{Dead link}}[http://fav.me/d4gz36x\]{{Dead link}}[http://fav.me/d4gpheo\]{{Dead link}} [http://fav.me/d4h28x4\]{{Dead link}} [http://fav.me/d4gqai6\]{{Dead link}} [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/86825\]{{Dead link}} and also some Ask Tumblrs (see "Ask Tumblrs" under "Website Specific Memes") referencing the meme: [http://friendlytwilight.tumblr.com/post/13070600493\]{{Dead link}}[http://askmlcblobs.tumblr.com/post/13157639594\]{{Dead link}}</ref>
* Twilight [[Seinfeld|Benes]].<ref>Twilight's bizarre dancing in "Sweet and Elite" has prompted ''many'' references to Elaine's similar lack of anything resembling rhythm.</ref>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141101084108/http://srv.vocaltwit.com/3502 Twilightlicious] <ref>Tara Strong (Twilight's VA) puts out a vocal Twitter message, singing ''I'm T to the W-I-L-I-G-H-T/And ain't no other pony troll it down like me/I'm Twilightlicious!'' Cue the talented fandom...</ref>
** [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/03/lets-get-twilightilicious-trending.html The saga continues] as the voice actress and her followers attempt to make "Twilightlicious" trending on Twitter.
** Given the reactions (both ways) from her Twitters (typically, stating something along the lines of "Here's a picture of me naked", attached to a tasteful photo of one of the clothes-less characters she voices), Tara's even called out these acts as [[Troll|Twolling]].
** [[The Merch]] now includes an official ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131203162937/http://www.welovefine.com/2050-twilightlicious.html Twilightlicious]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130420145005/http://www.welovefine.com/2078-twilightlicious.html T-shirt].
* The teaser clip for "It's About Time", which featured a [[My Future Self and Me|time-traveling Twilight]] wearing a [[Future Badass|tattered jumpsuit and eyepatch with a disheveled mane]], has inspired a LOT of crossovers with various [[After the End]] or [[Bad Future]] works such as ''[[Terminator]]'' and ''[[Escape from New York]]''.
** Also with ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', as she looks uncannily similar to Naked Snake.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84PZbL_-jjU Who's a Silly Pony?] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk5PbfpBJUI Who is, you is, Applejack!] <ref>Applejack is one of the rare characters in the series who comes from a previous series, in this case Generation 1 My Little Pony. G1 Applejack was a klutz to the extreme. In a UK My Little Pony audiobook, Applejack was introduced with this song to showcase her clumsy nature. Fans have since taken the song and attached it to scenes where Friendship Is Magic Applejack is being shown as acting weird.</ref>
* In ''The Return Of Harmony: Part II'', the shot of a smug Applejack bringing up Rarity's brief fling with "Tom" has been used by fans for various clever one-liners in image macros for different ways to one-up Rarity.
* A minor, but interesting one: fans asking, "[[Alternate Universe Fic|What if she decided to embrace sophistication when]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E23 The Cutie Mark Chronicles|staying with the Oranges in Manehattan?]]" The result: [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/list/orangejack/1 Orangejack.]{{Dead link}}
* Applejack's Episode.<ref>Applejack has had one feature episode since the beginning of the show, and a split ticket with a couple episodes, most commonly with Rarity. When the DVD ''The Friendship Express'' was revealed to contain an episode titled "The Last Roundup", the fans went nuts. When the episode's synopsis was released, revealing that Applejack was missing and the manes had to find her, the fans were less impressed. When the episode ''after'' was confirmed to be a truly Apple-Family-centric episode, the fans perked up again, and when Applejack actually appeared throughout all of ''The Last Roundup'' their ire disappeared completely.</ref>
** And then the episode was remembered not for Applejack, but for a certain fan favorite background character appearing throughout the opener, and actually talking. At least the following episode mostly focused on AJ, though in the context of her family and, again, being partially upstaged by the characters of the week.
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