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== In the second part of the pilot for Friendship is Magic, all the obstacles are, in fact, a [[Secret Test of Character]] ==

* Maybe Nightmare Moon isn't Luna but a being of terror à la [[Green Lantern|Parallax]] that [[Demonic Possession|took her over]] and they were all set up by Luna trying to free herself

* Since the obstacles ''showed'' the ponies' natures rather than ''creating'' them, perhaps Nightmare Moon knew they were already capable of activating the Elements, and set the obstacles to try to pit other traits against them. For instance, imagine if she had known enough about Fluttershy to use a dragon instead of a manticore.

* Maybe the Elements themselves affected Nightmare Moon's judgement somehow.

* Alternatively, the evil influence on Luna only could/dared influence her so far. She wanted to win a perfect victory if possible. If one also assumes that the alicorns have access to every ability from all of the three races, but taken up to eleven, then that means that they could be per-cognitive in a manner better than demonstrated in "Feeling Pinkie Keen". Combine the two with a bit of psychological insight on Luna's part, and she would be looking for the path that would grant her greatest happiness in the future, without actually knowing what the physical RESULT would be per se. The evil influence lacked her degree of tactical genius, and thus didn't/couldn't influence her away from thinking she was going to defeat all comers in the most humiliatingly non-lethal fashion possible, rather than sow the seeds of her own defeat, resulting in a reunion with her beloved sister that was, ultimately, joyous.

** The language used pretty much echoed the girls in "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margret" when they're talking about their periods. So puberty's the likely candidate.

** Getting a cutie mark is essentially the Equestrian equivalent of puberty anyway; getting one basically shows what your skill is.

 

== This show will become fairly popular in Japan ==

Some western animation shows like ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' became popular in Japan. The same thing might occur with this show. Although I'm not sure if My Little Pony itself has ever been introduced there...

* And with the inevitable Japanese dub:

** [[Kikuko Inoue]] as Princess Celestia, Granny Smith and Sparkler

** [[Kamen Rider Double|Hikaru Yamamoto]] as Applejack and Snails

** Chiwa Saito as Rainbow Dash and Shoeshine

** [[Romi Park]] as Nightmare Moon & Princess Luna, the Mayor and Pipsqueak

** [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as Zecora and Photo Finish

** [[Miyuki Sawashiro]] as Cheerilee

** Twilight and Princess Celestia use Keigo speech patterns, Rainbow Dash is the [[Bokukko]], Applejack (and by extension all her relatives) and Snails gets the Kansai dialect

*** And [[Norio Wakamoto]] as Flutterguy.

**** Flutterguy's a [[Large Ham|non-hammy]] singing role so [[Isao Sasaki]] or Ichirou Mizuki would work better - Norio Wakamoto would get a string of one-shots for maximum airtime, like Hoity Toity, the Dragonshy dragon, 'Steven Magnet', '''DISCORD''', Fancy Pants, ''the Windigos'', Ahuizotl, "Barking Mad", Gustav le Grand.

** Casting Gags include [[Kamen Rider Double|Renn Kiriyama]] as Big Macintosh (with a line about counting up the apples in Applebuck Season), Masashi Suda as Braeburn, [[Tomokazu Sugita]] as Prince Blueblood, Pony/Donut Joe and Soarin of the Wonderbolts, Chihara Minori as Trixie, [[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger|Suzuka Morita]] as Applebloom, Yuki Matsuoka as Gilda, Spitfire of the Wonderbolts [[Actor Allusion|and Twist]], [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Rie Kugimiya]] as Scootaloo, [[Keroro Gunso|Etsuko Kozakura]] as Sweetie Belle, [[Katsuyuki Konishi]] and [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] as two of the Diamond Dogs ([[Norio Wakamoto]] as the one with the least lines)

*** Or [[She's a Man In Japan]] - Gilda is voiced by [[Hiroshi Kamiya]]

** This leads up to at least one promotional pic where [[Kamen Rider W|Tomomi Itano, Tomomi Kasai and Hikaru Yamamoto]] cosplay as Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Applejack respectively.

* Related to the above, [[Isao Sasaki]] also releases a single for the Japanese "Evil Enchantress", including his take on other songs like the JAM Project theme or maybe 'Art of the Dress' in classic style.

* Evil Rarity will be the Parasite/Parasprite, a former rough and tough freedom fighter who at first was opposed to Evil!Applejack's [[The Mafia|family run monopoly]], but once captured she immediately caved after being offered anything she wanted. Years of being in [[Hookers and Blow|the lap of luxury corrupted her]] to the point where she had forgotten why she fought against Applejack and even her former allies.

* Evil Pinkie Pie will be the Lunatic, a giggling, drooling, sugar addicted psychopath with no morals and finds hilarity and laughter in everything from [[Cloudcuckoolander|piles of dust]] to [[Monster Clown|unspeakable atrocities, sometimes through her own hooves]]. Only the other [[Psycho Rangers|evil ponies]] have the ability to even ''control'' her, she is sometimes used by Applejack to silence her enemies and make it look like wild animal attacks.

*** Don't. Seriously, just don't.

* Evil Rainbow Dash will be the Fanatic, an emotionless, stoic, violent enforcer of Applejack's dictatorship prone to [[The Berserker|bouts of uncontrollable]] yet [[Tranquil Fury|emotionally blank fits of rage]] over the slightest insult against any of her "friends."

* Evil Fluttershy will be [[Evil Matriarch|the Matriarch]], a seemingly gentle being who regularly abuses all the animals and foals in her care on an emotional and psychological manner, often times using tactics that will drain out any freewill and individual thought to the point where the victims become incurably dependent upon her. She is the one who make the citizens and animals of Ponyville unwaveringly loyal to Applejack's corporation.

* Evil Twilight Sparkle will be [[The Evil Genius|the Schemer]], the one who is the main brains behind Applejack's monopoly and the one of runs all the logistics and details, both legitimate and criminal, running the year's quarterly reports while simultaneously ordering different contract hits without missing a beat. In her freetime she is diligently plotting the downfall of Princess Celestia herself and stealing her powers, making Applejack's company the sole power in Equestria and essentially dominate the planet. Also instead of taking care of her Spike, she uses him merely as a weapon of mass destruction.

 

[[The Power of Friendship|is their unbreakable friendship towards each other]]. In fact, one of the main plot points would be the revelation that Evil!Twilight initially wanted to rule the world by herself, but [[Becoming the Mask|came to truly wanting to share the powers with the other evil ponies.]]

* It might be more effective if the mirror ponies fail to defeat their evil Queen Celestia because they're not good friends, but just a bunch of vengeful backstabbers, and in the end the good ponies have to teach them the power of true friendship.

 

== Counterpart to the above--we've seen the start of a team of [[Psycho Rangers]] ponies and non-ponies. ==

* Diamond dogs for Rarity

By this reasoning, the other Psycho Ranger ponies/non-ponies will have each pony's talents and abilities, perhaps even greater than their corresponding pony, but not their virtues and good qualities. Counter-Rarity would be fashion-obsessed and highly judgmental/classist, counter-Pinkie exhaustingly or disruptively party-oriented or with a very mean sense of humor, counter-Applejack strong and durable but Andrew-Ryan-level disinterested in charity or helping others without ample compensation, and counter-Fluttershy extremely good with animals but utterly misanthropic.

== Building off of the WMG above this one... ==

The mane cast will "go through the looking glass" and find their Elements Of Harmony counterparts (Elements of Discord/Chaos/Havoc, maybe?) The looking-glass Ponyville could be a gritty, almost [[Crapsack World]] mega-city, to compare/contrast with the small-town [[Sugar Bowl]] Ponyville. Here's some suggestions; add, delete, and modify this WMG as you wish.

* Rarity (Generosity): Has a major [[Money Fetish]], and enjoys [[Collector of the Strange|hoarding all sorts of weird things]], whether they're actually useful to ponies other then herself, or just [[Kitsch Collection|kitsch]]. Gems and jewels are personal favorites of hers. Very protective of her collection.

* Applejack (Honesty): Owner of the local [[Honest John's Dealership]]. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Totally not the]] [[Consummate Liar]], or [[Blatant Lies|anything like that.]]

* Pinkie Pie (Laughter): [[The Stoic]], the [[Perpetual Frowner]], and [[The Comically Serious]]. The [[Straight Man|Straight Pony]] of the group. Incredibly sarcastic, is the head of a major corporation.

** And then Season 2 happened. {{spoiler|Discord turns the ponies into their own counterparts.}}

I'm probably going to be roasted alive by the flames the fans of the series will send my way. You have to admit, it's interesting fanfic material, even though it will never happen in the series canon.

* Gluttony - Pinkie Pie. Did you ''see'' how she eats?

* Greed - Pinkie Pie again, owing to her constantly eating way more than she'd actually need.

* Lust - Spike does this constantly when it comes to Rarity.

* Wrath - Rainbow Dash again, Applejack constantly has to restrain her whenever the former has a [[Leeroy Jenkins]] moment.

 

== Several characters invoke the [[Seven Heavenly Virtues]] ==

It's been semi-confirmed that Lauren Faust has been to the /co/ board of 4chan. It's common knowledge that she does read (and often reply to) the comments left by the series' fans (and her fans) on her [[Deviant ART]] page. And yes, I know she has stepped down from her previous position as Executive Producer (I think she's Consulting Producer now...) It will be interesting to see how many references to the fandom, its memes and its [[Fanon]] will be in the second season...

 

There were four stars that moved closer to the moon, then they slid behind it and the Nightmare Moon design disappeared.

* Although there are lots of jokes by fans and [[Robot Chicken|other sources]], my guess is that, given the show's original [[Magical Girl|magical girl show]] premise, they really are a part of the program's story.

 

== The characters from the tv show and toy series are from two different universes ==

 

== Someone who works on the show is writing fanfics to make certain things [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] and troll us ==

Possibly multiple someones, posting under multiple aliases. Take a look at these examples...

 

* Cupcakes - Someone working on the show knew about ''Party of One'', and wrote an over the top gruesome fanfic involving Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash as part of a grand [[Batman Gambit]] to make that party scene all the more uncomfortable for fans to watch.

* The Party Hasn't Ended - A Pinkie/Dash shipping fanfic that was finished and uploaded before "Cutie Mark Chronicles" whose climax involves {{spoiler|[[It Makes Sense in Context|Rainbow Dash using a Sonic Rainboom to clear away a bunch of dark clouds]]}}. Not only does this happen in "Chronicles", its what started the party in Pinkie Pie!

 

What say you, Brony Tropers? Coincidence... or CONSPIRACY?!?

** That'd make a pretty kick-ass [[Halloween Episode]] .

** Well, the episode "The Cutie Pox" gave a surprisingly plausible explanation for [[Story of the Blanks]] (with the cutie marks being like a disease and forcing the ponies to perform the talents that the various cutie marks represented), soooo... we may get more of a [[Shout-Out]] sometime in the future though.

 

The incredible internet success that shines into [[Image Boards|the darkest corners]], the way it rolls over any objections and assimilates the [[Periphery Demographic]]: demonic forces are at work here. Come on, it's [[Lou Cypher|right there]] in [[Faust|her name]]!

 

Plus, what devil would not only condone, but ''assist'' a show who's main effect on humanity has been to encourage love and tolerance?

* I don't know. Remember the backlash Harry Potter got for the magical elements? Or Teletubbies, for the "Tinky Winky is gay" bullshit? The world of MLP is full of magic, it's ruled over by a matriarchal Goddess figure, and one of the mane cast is a tomboy with a rainbow mane. I can easily see Fundamentalists decrying the show as the work of the devil, meant to indoctrinate children in New Age ideology and the militant homosexual agenda. Or whatever.

 

== Yet Another Alternately, Lauren Faust made a [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|CONTRACT with Kyubey]] of all beings. ==

 

== Lauren steps from being in charge because she realisated that others could lead this show in better direction ==

* Hulk concur.

 

* Applejack - Diamond Dogs - Gem-based. They probably thought Rarity was almost one of them.

* Rainbow Dash - Griffons - Related to being the best and athletics. Power, Speed, Agility...

* Pinkie - Draconiqui - Assuming Discord isn't the only one, they'd probably have elements related to fun... Oh my, channeled Zecora there for a second.

 

* Rainbow Dash's first Sonic Rainboom DID cause something extraordinary to happen, but it was not in any way related to the other fillies' cutie marks, nor would it have done anything different if she hadn't done it.

* The whole episode was a hallucination Pinkie Pie had after overdosing on sweets. She'd wake up the next morning with a sugar hangover (Don't ask how that's possible, either) and nothing more about it.

* The Stories are completely true, only distorted by the fact that they don't have photographic memories.

** Or [[The Big Bang Theory|eidetic memories]], for that matter.

== [[Peter Cullen]] and [[Frank Welker]] will voice on the show at some point. ==

Possibly even as enemy ponies.

* Frank Welker eventually appearing in ''any'' animated production is close to certainty in itself.

 

* So, will he wield the [[Transformers|Autobot Matrix of Le]]- I mean, the Elements of Harmony?

 

The usual suspects are Beelzebub and Mephistopheles, but its possible that newer demons were contacted, such as Anon: Lord of the Trolls. The subsequent 4-chan backlash might be the result of the devil getting his due. And fandoms such as this are vulnerable to massive fandom backlash, we'll see how the second season goes...

 

Except now people will be imprisoned in, like, trees. Or statues. Or whatever.

 

 

== Discord is the cause of animation errors in the show ==

I think you see where I'm going with all this.

* So... Discord is [[Transformers|the Unicron Singularity]]?

* Discord is [[A Wizard Did It|the wizard that did it]].

 

* Originally, there was never supposed to be a Season 2. Hasbro was going to collect the series onto a DVD, and "The Return of Harmony" was going to be the bonus material.

* [[Lauren Faust]], like everyone else, was surprised by the popularity of the program, and had already made plans to move on to other projects before the bronies appeared on the radar. She didn't leave the show at a whim; she had already signed contracts and now has other obligations she's required to fulfill.

 

== The Return Of Harmony was originally meant to be a three parter or a movie ==

 

== [[Tom Kane]] will voice in the show at some point... ==

 

== The show's success comes from Lauren Faust using an [[Artifact of Doom]] ==

 

== There will be a made-for-TV movie. ==

 

== There Will be a [[Rule 63]] Episode ==

 

* Fluttershy (Butterscotch): [[Jamieson Price]] (Played gentle characters)

* Twilight Sparkle (Dusk Shine): [[Vic Mignogna]] (Smart one who can be set off by something mundane)

** Either Vic, or [[Josh Keaton]].

* The mane six's parents would appear together in one room.

* In order to defeat the movie's [[Big Bad]] the ponies would need the help of some [[Milky Way and The Galaxy Girls|very special new friends...]]

* Sea ponies would make an appearance.

* [[Ascended Meme|Luna]] [[Progress|would try to use]] [[Hilarity Ensues|a Microwave.]]

== The series will at some point get a Point And Click Adventure Game. ==

Filled with plenty of fandom injokes and references, and would be episodic.

 

== THE ENTIRE SHOW is a story ==

== This series will spawn a movie. ==

It will probably be direct-to-DVD, but there will at some point be a full-length movie that will be made for this series. Perhaps several.

 

== Later seasons will have more Sondheim Shout Out songs. ==

 

== Discord was behind many of the episodes of Season 1. ==

* They could possibly be making a [[Spiritual Successor]] to the old UK story tape that included the famous "Who's a Silly Pony" song.

* [http://www.facebook.com/dannyimusic/posts/257320954315484 Daniel Ingram has implied that the song will be in an episode], but it may still be included on a soundtrack album, if one is ever released.

 

== One of the upcoming [[Shout Factory]] DVDs will include a full-length Equestria Girls music video. ==

 

== The characters' moments of temporary insanity have a covert educational purpose. ==

 

Luna's line from ''Luna Eclipsed'' (What is this "fun" thou speakest of?) is a reference to the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|FUN Song]], as well as Rainbow Dash's line from ''Sonic Rainboom'' (Best day ever!) is a reference to the Spongebob song of the same name. Also, Applebloom's line from ''The Cutie Pox'', (I call this one, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yICai9wwRl4 Hoopla]!). Anything else?

 

As opposed to the ''Harry Potter'' books and movies, which are recent, the rights for ''Indiana Jones'' are not as popular and are more classis, leading more people to recognize them. What a better example of a series getting young children interested in reading than ''Harry Potter'' for an episode about Rainbow Dash discovering a [[Guilty Pleasure]] and wondering why she'd so interested in something against her nature? At least they managed to fit in the "Griffin's Goblet" title at the end of the episode as a nod.

* I might be wrong, but that would fall under "parody" laws, which means they don't have to pay anything at all. And while Harry Potter is more popular and yes, it made reading a "cool" thing to do IRL, it wouldn't made that much sense for Rainbow Dash to become delighted with a series about a pony who can do magic(Any unicorn can do that, and one of her best friends is basically that). Indiana Jones (Or Lara Croft, as the case might be) are adventurers, something RD can clearly identify with, and idealize herself as(Her imagination shows Daring Do as a recolor of herself, something I doubt she would have done with Harry Hoofer)

The next generation or half generation will be reimaged for an older audience and will have a much stronger continuity. This next version may be more of a soap opera, maybe pushing the content rating as high as PG.

 

 

Twilight's [[Sanity Slippage]] would have been so severe that she'd be too far gone by the end of the episode and put in an insane asylum. Her friends, in her honor, vow to carry on her friendship research. The season finale would have a case of [[The Bus Came Back]], in that Twilight would somehow escape and her friends would've had to battle her. Eventually, she'll discover her friends' friendship reports, finally come to her senses, and have a tragic [[My God, What Have I Done?]] moment. She gives a heartfelt apology to everypony and promises to try to work on her neuroses.

 

Ok, everypony with Hourglass Cute Mark is My Little Time Lord.

 

 

 

== Doctor Whooves is [[Doctor Who|the Doctor]]... ==

 

== Derpy is equivalent to both Rose and Donna for Doctor Whoof ==

 

== Dr. Whooves is a Time Lord... ==

 

== Rarity is a Time Lord. ==

 

== Everybody is a Timelord in Purgatory. ==

Well, to be more specific... Discord is the Master to Doctor Whooves'... Doctor. Ties in nicely with the Doctor theory above that he battled Discord in the past. How? Discord is the Master, who picked up a few tips from Q and some others, and those tips he took are what changed him into the [[Mix and Match Critter]] that he is, voice included. He accepted this as the perfect guise to hide from the Doctor under, since he would not expect it.

 

The combined Elements of Harmony are the TARDIS. Both are well over one thousand years old, and Celestia looks quite different compared to her original apppearance from the story Twilight first reads in the pilot. The reason for this is by using the Elements all by herself, Celestia had taken on more power than her body could handle, forcing a Regeneration. Her influence on the timeline is much more indirect once Twilight and company come along, preferring to direct them through her various letters. Until then, she began all the legends of Nightmare Moon, purposely including the story that she would return in 1000 years. After that, all she had to do was wait.

 

This had the unintended effect of turning Rory into a brony much to Amy's confusion.

 

They're obviously native to the planet Gallopfrey, located right in the same universe as Equestria and possibly even orbiting a star visible in the latter's night sky. There is even a specific Time Pony whose (mis)adventures bear a more than passing resemblance to those familiar to us from assorted BBC documentaries...but he's not the same ''individual'' as the humanoid Doctor we know, and the two could conceivably run into each other without having to invoke [[Time Travel]] to do so.

 

== Crossovers with other series ==

* And that's why Nanoha's magic is so powerful, and why everything is wonderful in Equestria. The Nightmare Moon incident is her mind summing up the events of Season 1. The Discord incident is her mind summing up the events of Season 2.

* Twilight Sparkle is White/Blue; this is particularly more obvious when she goes neurotic, because when that happens it has always to do with some duty she failed to fullfill. The scene where she is talking with her reflection at the puddle in "Lesson Zero" is so totally her White and Blue side fighting.

* Applejack is Green. Same for most of her family, with Braeburn being Red/White and the Oranges being Blue instead.

* Discord was clearly at least part Red, combined either Black, Blue or both.

 

Think about it: [[Wizards of the Coast]] is owned by Hasbro. If Hasbro really wanted there to be an MLP/M:TG crossover, they would be fully capable of making it happen.

* Oh dear god this needs to happen

== Someone will make a [[Dissidia Final Fantasy]] crossover with this show. ==

If only due to connecting the Elements of Harmony with Cosmos. That, and the show's and games this show is combined with tend to have a rather actiony feel to them.

* {{spoiler|This is halfway to canon, what with Season 2's opening villain being Discord (aka Chaos).}}

 

At some point, Pinkie Pie will appear and sing a song for Charlie, before exploding for no apparent reason. (What if she explodes... and then explodes again?!)

* Can you do that? Can you explode twice?

* The three unicorns don't necessarily "live" within the setting. You see, Charlie thinks he died long ago, and those two are his eternal punishment. Perhaps he was a supporter of Nightmare Moon during her rebellion?

 

They breed explosively, eat everything in sight, and have no origin story. In addition, they are insectile, with four legs and a set of wings, maintaining the 'six legs each' theme of Tyranids. Clearly, Equestria has been seeded by the Tyranids, and the Parasprites are an adapted version of Rippers, meant to devour plant life to make the invasion swifter and to claim new biomass.

 

...because this is just the kind of weirdness ''[[South Park]]'' likes to deal with. (Also, it would be cool.)

* Said demographic will be depicted either as

** a) Pathetic sexually repressed manchildren ([[Golden Mean Fallacy|who nevertheless have a point of some sort]]) -- if the creators haven't watched this show, or

** Or Randy will be a HUGE fan because he's Randy, and possibly Butters, (or, just to be completely insane, Cartman turns out to be a fan!), and everyone will look at him funny. I'm actually surprised SP hasn't made fun of the Brony Phenomenon already, honestly.

** And it will ''ne''ver ''air'' in Jap''an!''

* Fluttershy could be either Ranger or Druid. If you consider her character, Druid might even be more probable. Also, Twilight might be Mage/Cleric double class, considering that she is a student of Celestia, who is essentially a Sun Goddess. Also, if this is D&D, Rarity might be a sorceress because unlike mages, sorcerers rely on Charisma instead of Intelligence as their primary attribute.

* Also, Rainbow Dash being a rogue is somewhat strange since she's a [[Leeroy Jenkins]].

 

* This would be easier if we could link them to their main attributes.

** [http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2011/06/mlp-d-pinkie-pie.html Pinkie Pie] is a Bard. She uses songs to banish fear ('Giggle at the Ghostly') and inspire competence ('Hop, Skip, and Jump!')

** [http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2011/07/mlp-d-rarity.html Rarity] is a Rogue. ... bear with the author, there is method to her madness. She's a ''social'' rogue, you see.

** [http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2011/07/mlp-d-applejack.html Applejack] is a Ranger. Tough, outdoorsy, guides the rest of the party through the wilderness, has the smartest and most useful animal companion (Spike is an ''improved familiar'', not an animal companion).

** [http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2011/07/mlp-d-fluttershy.html Fluttershy] is a Druid. ... what? What's her defining trait? Wild Empathy. What's her day-to-day job? Managing the ecological welfare of the nearby wilderness. ''Druid''. Just, a Charisma- rather than Wisdom-focused druid.

That's why the event had such weird effects on Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle. It also explains the lightning bolt on Rainbow Dash's cutie mark.

 

Or even better, when [[Darkseid]] foresaw his defeat in the [[Final Crisis]], he left part of himself hidden away in another universe so he could return from even the [[Killed Off for Real|ultimate defeat]]. ''Who is the Queen of Anti-Harmony, now and forever?''

 

== "A Dog and Pony Show" is ''[[Ruthless People]]'' (or even ''The Ransom of Red Chief'') told by an [[Unreliable Narrator]]. ==

 

That's why the Mane Cast all have tendencies to go crazy to varying degrees.

 

== [[The Slender Man Mythos|Somewhere, somehow, the Slenderpony exists]] ==

 

== The small, but growing amount of [[The Slender Man Mythos|Slender Mane]] fanart out there can be at least partially attributed to the Slender Man references on this page. ==

 

I'm getting some Maromi parallels from the show: Utterly cute figures that everyone is seemingly latching on to, as if it's some form of escape from troubles... All it needs is a Lil'Slugger figure.

* The [[Big Bad]] of the first two episodes was ''Luna'' or ''Nightmare Moon'', and the japanese word for moon is ''tsuki''. Yes, like in ''Tsukiko Sagi-san''. And dreams and nightmares also play an important role in [[Paranoia Agent]].

* Would fit in a subversive kind of way. One way to look at Paranoia Agent ('one' because it ''is'' a very odd show) is that people need to accept reality, their mistakes and faults, not hide behind false - in this case 'cute' - stories and personas. This sort of thing, presumably not so cruel and cynical, could ''easily'' work here in some fashion.

 

While studying in America, Chiyo-Chan became a fan of [[My Little Pony]] and told all her friends about it during one of her visits to Japan. Inspired by her ramblings, Osaka decided to make a fanfiction and based the mane cast off herself and her friends:

 

 

Applejack is Yomi and is made to be the one is most down to earth. Also Osaka thinks Yomi would make a good cowboy for some reason.

 

== Nella from [[The Nostalgia Chick]] will eventually guest star ==

 

== The 4 stars that freed Nightmare Moon where [[Robot Chicken]]'s Apocalypse Pony ==

This theory began with the canon Exalted rules having a set of powers that involve taking constant "dash" actions, one of which creates a multicolored shockwave behind you. Which would make Rainbow Dash an Infernal Malefactor of Adorjan. Which would make Fluttershy a Lunar, Applejack a Terrestrial (Earth aspect), Pinkie Pie a precognitive, reality-warping Siderial (claiming to represent the "Maiden of Cupcakes"), and Twilight Sparkle a Solar sorceress, Twilight caste, servant of the Unconquered Sun.

 

 

== [[Bleach|Tsukishima]] will appear in Pony form. ==

== This show will be the subject of a [[Cross Through]] between two other shows at some point. ==

With one of the other shows being ''[[Transformers Prime]]''.

 

== If on the off chance Death appears in the series ==

 

== Twilight Sparkle is the alternate-universe version of [[A Song of Ice and Fire|Daenerys Targaryen]]. ==

* Pinkie Pie is Tyrion Lannister. Very pleasure-oriented, somewhat opportunistic, but always caring for her friends.

* Rainbow Dash is Viserys Targaryen. The type of person for which career ambition is a matter of life and death. ( {{spoiler|In case of Viserys, quite literally.}})

* Applejack is John Snow. Honest and hard-working, virtually married to their job.

* Fluttershy is Catelyn Tully-Stark. The type that deeply cares for the beings she loves and does everything to protect them.

** The whole hatching dragons thing seems like a fairly concrete parallel. The rest come across as kind of ambiguous and highly open to interpretation.

 

== Twilight Sparkle is a [[Girl Genius|spark]]. ==

* See "Pinkie Pie is [[Genius: The Transgression|Inspired]]" below.

 

She's a very skilled mage, able to use all types of magic, and a "spark" was "ignited" within her when something signifigant happened to her (in her case, an epiphany). She isn't wandering the planes either because she doesn't know she can or she doesn't want to leave her friends in Equestria.

* Alternatively, only the Elements of Harmony combined can actually planeswalk, and none of them is aware of this ability (except maybe Pinkie Pie).

== Fluttershy's Stare is a [[Code Geass|Geass]]. ==

Because we don't have anywhere near enough tie-ins on this page. She is the Ponyville equivalent of Lelouche Vi Brittania, albeit she has a '''much''' gentler nature. [http://oi53.tinypic.com/10mt2e9.jpg Exhibit A]

** So who did she get it from?

 

Ancient ancestor maybe? With the events of the spyro games taking place long after the ponies too, have been wiped out as the humans were before them?

 

A little less experienced though, I'd imagine Rainbow Dash is what Sonic would be like at 12 years old, she has the 'tude' well and truly going, and a grossly obese ego, she LOVES speed and has loads of energy, despite this she can actually be quite lazy sometimes, she can be a bit of a jerk but can actually be really sweet, hopefully she won't develop the same tendency towards narm.

There are some differences that make me think of her as a younger version of Sonic, though.

 

== The parasprites are decedents of the [[Metroid Prime|Metroids]] ==

 

== Alternatively, Twilight is a cross between [[Touhou Project|Patchouli and Marisa]]. ==

Why this way around and not the other? Because Touhou characters tend to have a very vague origin which allows us fans to shape them as we please.

 

Specifically, Tzeentch. He's certainly enough of a [[Manipulative Bastard]].

* It's more likely that he's a Lord of Change, a Greater Daemon of Tzeentch. Of course, that leads to MANY implications. The episode said that Luna and Celestia freed Equestria from his rule using the Elements of Harmony, so Discord must have created Equestria. And all the Equestrians are horses/eagles/etc, [[Fridge Horror|mutated by the power of the Warp]]. Which brings us to another question: What are Luna and Celestia then, and why did they oppose this Greater Daemon, or even get the power to bring order to this planet overrun by Chaos?

** Lost Primarchs? Or perhaps Old Ones :P

 

== Discord is a member of the Q Continuum who was assigned the task of testing ponykind. ==

Given that he seems to love to play games and used simple hand gestures to [[Brought Down to Normal|turn all six of the main cast]] into Earth Ponies, the [[Trickster Archetype|self-described Embodiment of Chaos]] might be putting them through all [[I Need You Stronger|the tests to prepare them for something]] [[Apocalypse Wow|far worse than a Draconequus with a penchant for head games.]]

* Whether its the same Q or a different Q, he's clearly being even harsher with the Ponies than with Starfleet; presumably this is because the ponies are a less "developed" species, not having achieved spaceflight yet, and as such are either less deserving of respect or need to be pushed harder.

** Alternatively, the ponies are just so much stronger than humans due to magical powers that a more potent Q-induced-disaster/test is required to get the same effect.

* Think about it. Both are malicious godlike reality-warpers who set up chaotic "games" for The Mane Cast/the people of Shibuya, respectively. I bet Discord was planning on letting Noise loose all over the place and turning ponies into Players and Reapers.

* She then used her newfound abilities to travel to the Radical Land, which she began to despise for its lack of other ponies. One unexplained gender-flip later, and the story picks back up in the Dr.Mcninja comic.

 

Horses are the working class on Animal Farm, and the ruling pigs need a way to keep them all in line, working hard and believing in a bright future while they're being exploited for their labour. Not all the animals believe in the Sugarcandy Mountain religion, so the pigs spread My Little Pony as a story to give the horses something to believe in. Applejack and Big Macintosh, in particular, are held up as paragons of the horse work ethic. Also, Celestia Is Always Right, just like Comrade Napoleon.

 

She camped in the mud, used Eternal Reward when AJ stepped, then stole her team colours (brown) until she won the match.

* But she didn't win the race; Berry Punch did.

* [[Sixth Ranger|Luna]]: Midnight (black) with the Nocturne Zord (bat).

 

* After Gulliver's visit, the once-perfect utopia, run entirely on reason, without emotion or passion, begins to change. The Houyhnhnms begin to behave regarding emotion and opinion, much like the bizarre, animalistic Yahoos. In an attempt to stop this, the Houyhnhnm government exterminates the Yahoos, but the genocide does nothing, as Houyhnhnm society deteriorates unto a very humanistic place, complete with emotion, opinion, argument and conflict. Centuries later, Equestria is the place we now know and love.

 

They have a Worker Caste(the Earth Ponies), a Religious Caste (The Unicorns), and a Warrior Caste (The Pegasi). Okay, that last one is a bit forced, but work with me here!

 

 

 

 

 

== Going from the above, the reason why Twilight and her friends were sent to shoo off the dragon was because… ==

 

And aside from the actual [[Words Can Break My Bones|uses]] she unconsciously puts this to (see below), having your soul looked at is never a [[Mind Rape|pleasant feeling]], and when the one looking is both capable of warping the reality of you with words AND very, very angry at you…. Makes sense you’d be scared and intimidated by them.

 

== Fluttershy has a slight [[Language of Magic|Thu’um]] accent… ==

 

== Why no-pony has given Fluttershy any real training in Thu’um. ==

 

 

== Obligatory ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' theory ==

 

== Equestria is part of the [[Star Wars]] galaxy ==

 

 

== Mjolnir exists in Equestria ==

 

== "The Elements of Harmony" is Equestria's equivalent of [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|the Avatar Spirit.]] ==

 

Think about it. Discord can shapeshift, and Pyro is easily the most "chaotic" class in the game (unintelligible speech, weaponizes fire, almost nothing is really known about them). Not to mention they both have a [[Psychopathic Manchild]] vibe to them. (Cotton-candy clouds anyone? And don't forget Pyro's beanie hat!)

 

 

== Shining Armor is a [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Key]] ==

 

== Other ==

 

== The series is [[All Just a Dream]] of an autistic Smarty Pants ==

 

== This page will eventually have a ridiculously dark interpretation of the show's premise. ==

There's some pointlessly depressing stuff here now, but I want to hear about how the show must actually be the [[Dying Dream]] of a terminally ill child rape victim. Get to it, people!

* Here's a go: The entire series is a [[Dying Dream]] by Nightmare Moon as the Elements of Harmony tear her apart. In her dream she is redeemed instead, and the ponies go on to have wonderful adventures building their friendship and thinking their way out of problems. In truth she is obliterated, and the ponies go on to be lovable, friendly [[Heroic Sociopath]] types instead.

** I'm pretty sure you mean the ''Luna'' Heresy.

** She is the mistress of ponykind by the will of the gods, and the mistress of a thousand paddocks by the might of her inexhaustible herds.

*** The Rainbow Marines are her living weapons; the Sisters Of Fluttershy burn out heresy wherever it hides. Between them they shall destroy Hive Fleet Changeling and the Pinkie cultists of Discord.

** Dude, clear your throat. Seriously.

* Celestia is a dictator, drugging everyone with hallucinogenics making them think they live in a dream world and they're ponies (because seriously, do you really think ponies can read and write?) and having happy adventures, while she oppresses everyone in their ignorance. "Nightmare Moon" was actually a leader of [[La Résistance]], but "Twilight Sparkle" was tricked into bringing her in to be drugged. Or she was actually executed, while Celestia told everyone she had been integrated into society. That's why we never see Luna again

* You want depressing? I'll give you depressing! Back in "A Dog and Pony Show", rather than put up with Rarity's annoyances, the Diamond Dogs just killed her. The reason she appears to still be alive in the rest of the series is because when Spike saw her body, he rejected the reality of her being dead and began having another fantasy sequence about Rarity being freed and living a normal life in Ponyville. Every episode since then has all been in his imagination while in reality he is in a catatonic state and none of the other ponies can wake him up.

* How about this: Pony society is dominated by a rigid caste structure. Unicorns are the aristocracy. Their abilities to wield magic have enabled them to dominate Equestria. Twilight Sparkle and Rarity are clearly both mares of leisure. Neither works for a living, but Twilight has the time to devote herself to her research, and has a young dragon as her servant; she is furthermore a member of the royal court and, indeed, a favorite of the princess regnant. Rarity likewise possesses sufficient wealth to live independently and in luxury without having to work, while spending money on expensive clothing and jewelry. Pegasi, with their ability to fly, are the gentry or perhaps the professional or merchant class. They generally have to work, but at jobs that are socially prestigious and interesting. Rainbow Dash, for example, is responsible for manipulating the weather for Ponyville, clearly a position of prestige and honor, while Fluttershy is some combination of naturalist and park ranger, a position clearly requiring some liberal education and one that is intellectually stimulating. The earth ponies, by contrast, are clearly the commoners and workers. Applejack is a farmer, as is her entire family. Pinkie Pie is an apprentice baker. It's also clear from the way they speak that the unicorns and pegasi have received more extensive formal education than have the earth ponies. Consider furthermore their respective dreams and ambitions: Rarity fantasizes about marrying into the royal family. Rainbow Dash dreams of someday joining the Wonderbolts and being a famous performer. Applejack hopes to someday be able to afford hip-replacement surgery for her grandmother. Think about that for a second.

** Rarity ''does'' work. She's a fashion designer. Plus she has a natural talent for finding valuable pre-cut gems, so the cost of acquiring them is significantly reduced.

*** She puts a lot of work into a "hobby", there are tailors who only work with fine clothing you know (which is essentially her job).

** I shall deflate this, because I am bored. One: Twilight is quite explicitly stated as a student. Besides that, she runs the Ponyville library. Two: as has been said, Rarity is a fine clothier, working on formal-wear, amongst other things. In addition, jewels appear to be much more common in Equestria. Two, Applejack and Pinkie quite clearly enjoy their respective careers. It was not forced upon them, as shown when Applejack ran away to live with her high-class.. cousins(?) The Oranges. The Oranges were apparently fabulously wealthy. Four: Hip replacement surgery for a pony in a world inhabited by ponies is probably expensive; the synthetic materials required are likely costly, and an experienced surgeon pony would be rare, because, considering that ponies appear to be [[Made of Iron|hard to injure]], and that only Unicorns could really be qualified for it. Five: The only Unicorns we've really seen are the mane cast, who are quite well-off, being the personal student of a living goddess and a fine clothier, respectively. Oh, and The [[Large Ham|GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE]] is a showpony. Being all prideful is what she does. Six: Doctor Whooves is an Earth Pony, in at least one regeneration. [[Insane Troll Logic|Your argument is invalid.]] Sorry about that, just needed that to keep the show happy for me.

* My take on it: Twilight never actually arrived in Ponyville. The pegasus carriage that was supposed to take her there crashed and she has been in a coma ever since, dreaming about what it would be like to have friends. Nightmare Moon really was just an old mare’s tale, and Pinkie Pie, Apple Jack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy don’t exist, either.

 

And you will play it just to find out why people would ever play that.

* [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/06/fimdating-sim.html Yep].

{{spoiler|Don't take this WMG seriously. The fans are still cool people.}}

 

* Including myself.

** What if they already wrote a fanfic?

 

* Pony version of [[Chzo Mythos|Tall Man]]

* Pony version of [[Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal Lecter]]

** Live "close to nature"

** Are ruled by immortal demi-gods (or perhaps more relevantly, possibly semi-fallen archangels) who may very well have direct knowledge of what lies on the other side of death thus negating much of the superstition and leading to a very pragmatic attitude to the mortal remains once the soul has departed.

 

Before the end of Season 2, even.

 

== People will make a somber/sad version of "Who's A Silly Pony" ==

== Before this is over, a musical parody of My Little Pony will be made. ==

Possibly [[A Very Potter Musical|low-budget, taking hilarious liberties with the characters, and featuring various musical numbers]].

*** Starkid will do this.

 

== Thousands of fanfiction versions of [[Two-Fisted Tales|the Daring Doo series]] will now pop up. ==

And some will no doubt [[Sturgeon's Law|be better than others]].

 

== The "Big Mac" issue was settled by Hasbro striking a cross-promotion deal with [[McDonald's]] ==

Best shown in [http://csimadmax.deviantart.com/art/dear-teacher-cheerilee-today-I-learned-284186832 this comic.]

 

Hiromu (Freezes at chickens) + Scootaloo (The mimetic chicken LITERALLY) = [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=hiromu+scootaloo Pure Gold]

 

* Wouldn't it be the Ponyville Syndrome in this case?

 

== The ponies with hourglass cutie marks aren't [[Doctor Who|Time Lords]]... ==

 

== The extended opening is a subtle reference to the bronies. ==

Even if not as an official [[Web Games]] on [[The Hub]]'s website, then almost certainly by the [[Periphery Demographic]].

 

 

== ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' is a show for kids. ==

[["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|Every WMG about the internal universe of Equestria is wrong,]] or at least very unlikely to be accurate. The show was not and is not made for [[Periphery Demographic|bronies]], and any attempts to get more out of it than officially stated are, simply put, wild mass '''guesses'''. As a rule of thumb, if it's too complex for a five-year-old girl to understand, it's probably just the fanbase's overactive imagination.

 

 

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