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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]] ==
Note how all the 'obstacles' seemed tailor-made for each aspect of the Elements of Harmony. Twilight was saved when she trusted that Applejack was being honest, the Manticore just needed Fluttershy's kindness, the creepy trees returned to normal when Pinkie Pie (followed by the rest of the ponies) laughed at them, the sea serpent's mustache was restored by Rarity's generosity, and to fix the bridge, Rainbow Dash had to prove her loyalty. Coincidental [[Plot Tailored to Thethe Party]], or some kind of gambit on Nightmare Moon/Princess Luna's part?
* 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
** This would be interesting given some of Twilight's similarities to [[X -Men|Jean Grey]] allowing a possible Dark Twilight Saga. But not very likely outside Fan Fics.
* 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.
** The key point of the Elements of Harmony came when Twilight realized that her friends embodied the elements. Luna could have set up the obstacles to reveal the answer to Twilight. It could be that the [[Batman Gambit]] talent runs in the family.
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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:
** [[Aya Hirano]] as [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Twilight Sparkle]] and [[Lucky Star|Pinkie Pie]] (and in her [[Crayon Shin Chan-chan]] voice as Snips)
** [[Kikuko Inoue]] as Princess Celestia, Granny Smith and Sparkler
** [[Kamen Rider Double|Hikaru Yamamoto]] as Applejack and Snails
** Kumiko Watanabe as [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Anime)|Rarity]] and [[Keroro Gunso|Spike]]
** [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Yuko Goto]] as Fluttershy and Bon Bon
** 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
** [[Kamen Rider Den -O|Kenjiro Ishimaru and Rina Akiyama]] as Mr and Mrs Cake
** 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
** In light of the common practice of [[Suddenly Voiced]] characters in foreign dubs, [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Lyra Heartstrings, Derpy]] and the Mysterious Mare-Do-Well gets voiced by [[Aya Hirano]]<ref>Switching to her mature-woman voice for MDW, while Twilight gets her Haruhi voice</ref>, [[Rica Matsumoto]] as Featherweight, [[Norio Wakamoto]] as [[The Big Lebowski|Horsus Quintana]] and {{spoiler|grown-form Spike}} from "Secret of My Excess".
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**** 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)
*** For season 2, [[Kamen Rider W|Takeshi Nadagi]] as Filthy Rich, [[Koji Yusa]] [[Kamen Rider Den -O|and Kenichi Suzumua]] as the Flim-Flam brothers, [[Miyuki Sawashiro]] as Cherry Jubilee & Princess Cadence, [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] as one of the four carriage-horses and "Roid Rage", [[Tessho Genda]] as Cranky Doodle Donkey, [[Rica Matsumoto]] as Matilda and Mulia Mild, [[Keiji Fujiwara]] as Iron Will, [[Katsuyuki Konishi]] as the [[Jerk Jock]] red dragon, Megumi Hayashibara as Mulia Mild, [[Mamoru Miyano]] as Shining Armor, [[Romi Park]] as Pipsqueak and {{spoiler|Queen Chrysalis}}.
*** Or [[She's a Man In Japan]] - Gilda is voiced by [[Hiroshi Kamiya]]
* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song|New OP and ED themes]] recorded by [[AKB 48 (Music)|AKB 48AKB48]] and [[JAM Project]] respectively (the Themes single CD includes JAM Project's take on the [[AKB 48 (Music)|AKB 48AKB48]] theme, cranking everything [[Up to Eleven]] [[For the Lulz]].) And Hironobu Kageyama voices Doctor Whoof.
** 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.
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*** 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."
** Alternately she could stay similar to the original [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|Rainbow ]][[Hot-Blooded|Dash]], being a showoff and showing she can do her work faster than anyone, her work being [[Ax Crazy|brutally eliminating any opposition]] to Applejack's Regime, however she still being competitive, so she gives their victims/objetives a few time to escape before [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game|she starts her game]], and if they decide to stay and fight...well...[[Blood Knight|she happily accepts the challenge]].
* 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.
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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.
* Twilight (Friendship, Magic): A hermit living on the outskirts of town, often seen working on her latest rambling, disjointed plan or project to, for lack of a better phrase, "stick it to the man (pony?)".
* Rainbow Dash (Loyalty): Possibly a mercenary lending her speed (perhaps working as a messenger or a [[Courier|courier]]?) to the highest bidder. All about the money...Yes, the similarities to [[MirrorsMirror's Edge]] are intentional. And awesome.
* 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.]]
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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...
 
== In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|Mare in the Moon]]'' we saw the [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Four Ponies of the Apocalypse]]. ==
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.
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== The characters from the tv show and toy series are from two different universes ==
It would explain why the main cast looks slightly different, why many ponies seen on the show don't appear in the toyline or vice-versa, why Celestia is pink (as well as act strange), AJ's lack of/different versions of her hat, the many pets/animals not seen in the show, the character's toy versions doing things their cartoon counterparts probably won't be doing, among many others. The only thing linking the two is the artwork on the box, which is most of the time just a recolor anyway, mainly on Hasbro's fault. Yeah, yeah, I know their supposed to be cheap recolors, but take a good look at the ponies on ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''. Not only do a majority all [[Only Six Faces|have the same face]], but there are recolors everywhere! Not necessarily the main cast but a good deal of the background ponies, but now I'm getting off track.
 
== Someone who works on the show is writing fanfics to make certain things [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] and troll us ==
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What say you, Brony Tropers? Coincidence... or CONSPIRACY?!?
* I say they'll make an episode which seems similar to ''Story of the Blanks'' (a ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' {{spoiler|Creepypasta}} that can easily be found on Newgrounds, about Applebloom finding herself in a village with ponies without Cutie Marks, {{spoiler|they turn out to be cursed zombies.}}).
** 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.
 
== [[Lauren Faust]] made a [[Deal Withwith the Devil]] to make the show such a success, even with those who would be sneering at it. ==
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]]!
 
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* So, will he wield the [[Transformers|Autobot Matrix of Le]]- I mean, the Elements of Harmony?
 
== MLP's success with males 18-25 was the result of a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Faustian]] [[Deal Withwith the Devil|Bargain]] made by show's creator Lauren Faust ==
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...
 
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Except now people will be imprisoned in, like, trees. Or statues. Or whatever.
 
== The popularity of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' will motivate Hasbro to renew the copyrights on the G1 ponies... ==
...leading to a [[Generation Xerox]] flashback episode starring the [http://img.ponibooru.org/images/02/02b14f657f8b589243c1279e8a08d8f6 concept art ponies.]
 
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== [[Tom Kane]] will voice in the show at some point... ==
...But only briefly as Angel, Fluttershy's bunny, Fluttershy will hit her head at some point and hear Angel speaking like [[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends|Mr. Herriman]].
 
== The show's success comes from Lauren Faust using an [[Artifact of Doom]] ==
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== There will be a made-for-TV movie. ==
A lot of popular TV shows end up getting made-for-TV movies, not to mention the fact that the [[My Little Pony]] franchise has always been putting out movies. There will almost certainly be a movie using the characters and story of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', seeing as how it's the most well-recieved shows out of the entire franchise. It will likely be a [[Big Damn Movie]] that involves the Mane cast having to save the entire world.
 
== There Will be a [[Rule 63]] Episode ==
This show is full of [[Ascended Fanon]], and [[Adventure Time (Animation)|there is precedent]]. I think a [[Rule 63]] cast would be:
 
* Fluttershy (Butterscotch): [[Jamieson Price]] (Played gentle characters)
* Pinkie Pie (Bubble Berry): [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] (The Random one.)
* Twilight Sparkle (Dusk Shine): [[Vic Mignogna]] (Smart one who can be set off by something mundane)
** Either Vic, or [[Josh Keaton]].
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* 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...]]
* The elements of harmony would be stolen...[[Oh, No, Not Again|again]]
* Sea ponies would make an appearance.
* [[Ascended Meme|Luna]] [[Progress|would try to use]] [[Hilarity Ensues|a Microwave.]]
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== 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.
* And one episode will troll us with it being a pony version of [[Clock Tower (Video Gameseries)|Clock Tower]].
 
== THE ENTIRE SHOW is a story ==
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== 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.
* One of the movies will not be an original movie, but a [[Compilation Movie]] made from "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E3 The Ticket Master|The Ticket Master]]", "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E14 Suited for Success|Suited For Success]]", and "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E26 The Best Night Ever|The Best Night Ever]]".
** Hasbro seems to have had a similar idea, as the Target-exclusive DVD ''Celebration at Canterlot'' contains "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E3 The Ticket Master|The Ticket Master]]" and "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E14 Suited for Success|Suited For Success]]" (though not "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E26 The Best Night Ever|The Best Night Ever]]").
 
== Later seasons will have more Sondheim Shout Out songs. ==
Season One already has two songs that are clear takes on songs from two of his shows. Clearly it's only a matter of time before we get songs such as [[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum|Everybody Ought to]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahqu1nd3Zu8 Have a Laugh] by Pinkie Pie, or [[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Theatretheatre)|Poor]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaSddGiwNI4&feature=fvst Kitten] by Fluttershy.
 
== Discord was behind many of the episodes of Season 1. ==
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It's intended to make it easier for preteens to talk about mental illness. Because of the nature of the show, a full-scale [[Very Special Episode]] of "what to do if a friend or family member goes crazy" would be [[Narm|Narmful]] at best, and the writers are probably more interested in making the characters interesting than in clinical accuracy in any case. However, the cast's various moments of [[Sanity Slippage]], while not accurate portrayals of any specific disorder, do show that mental health issues aren't restricted to [[Talkative Loon|Talkative Loons]] and cartoon supervillains.
 
== The alleged [[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]] [[Shout-Out|shout outs]] were intentional. ==
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?
 
== The book series featured in the episode "Read It And Weep" was originally going to be a parody of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' instead of ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' but they couldn't afford to get the rights. ==
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)
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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.
 
== [[Futurama (Animation)|Equestria is a real place, and Lauren Faust goes there to plagiarize events and ponies' lives into episode scripts.]] ==
 
== Twilight Sparkle was originally intended to actually be [[Put Onon a Bus Toto Hell]] at the end of "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E3 Lesson Zero|Lesson Zero]]". ==
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.
 
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== Crossovers with other series ==
== The Entire ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' Universe exists within Nanoha's mind ==
* 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.
== [[Magic: theThe Gathering]] character alignments ==
* 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.
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* Discord was clearly at least part Red, combined either Black, Blue or both.
 
== Speaking of which, there could eventually be a ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''-themed [[Magic: theThe Gathering]] set ==
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
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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.
 
== Sooner or later, there will be a ''[[South Park]]'' episode about the male [[Periphery Demographic]] of shows like ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''. ==
...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
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== "A Dog and Pony Show" is ''[[Ruthless People]]'' (or even ''The Ransom of Red Chief'') told by an [[Unreliable Narrator]]. ==
 
== Ponyville is the Ponyverse's version of Hinamizawa, and/or ''Friendship is Magic'' is ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'' told by an [[Unreliable Narrator]]. ==
That's why the Mane Cast all have tendencies to go crazy to varying degrees.
 
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I've counted at least two Slender Mane fanfics and quite a bit of fanart out there, and Slendy happens to be referenced at least twice on this page. My guess is that a few tropers were checking out the WMGs here, happened to notice the Slender Man links, and were struck with inspiration.
 
== The whole [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] phenomenon is a real life version of the events of [[Paranoia Agent]]. ==
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.
 
== It's all a fanfiction by [[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Osaka]]. ==
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:
 
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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.
 
== Derpy Hooves is an agent of [[Adventure Time (Animation)|the Ice King.]] ==
She's been sent to scout out for princesses that the Ice King can kidnap and try to marry.
* Alternatively, she's been sent to scout for princes for the [[Gender Flip|Ice Queen.]] Since the only apparent candidate is Prince Blueblood, [[No, Really, ItsIt's Okay|no one will mind.]]
 
== [[Bleach|Tsukishima]] will appear in Pony form. ==
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== 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]]''.
* Which would make ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' the other likely choice, since that seems to be the Hub's third-favorite show.
 
== If on the off chance Death appears in the series ==
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* 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.
*** No, wait... now I know! Rarity is [[BaldursBaldur's Gate|Nalia de Arnise]]! It makes sense now!
 
== Twilight Sparkle is a [[Girl Genius|spark]]. ==
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* See "Pinkie Pie is [[Genius: The Transgression|Inspired]]" below.
 
== Twilight Sparkle is a [[Magic: theThe Gathering|planeswalker]]. ==
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).
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* 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.
== Alternatively, Discord has some connection to [[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|Joshua, AKA the Composer]]. ==
* 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.
== Sparklelord is in fact the result of Twilight Sparkle accidentally fusing the mane 6 into one pony. ==
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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.
 
== Rarity is a [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Spy]] and used her abilities last ep. ==
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.
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* [[Sixth Ranger|Luna]]: Midnight (black) with the Nocturne Zord (bat).
 
== Equestria is the future of the land of Houyhnhnms from [[Gullivers Travels|Gulliver's Travels]]. ==
* 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.
 
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== Fluttershy’s Stare allows her to ‘read’ the [[I Know Your True Name|True Name]] of any one she focuses it on. ==
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.
* So, Fluttershy has [[Death Note (Manga)|Shinigami Eyes]]?
 
== Fluttershy has a slight [[Language of Magic|Thu’um]] accent… ==
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Dunno, it's just a big galaxy... In my crazy little mind, I've placed many of my favorite so-called universes inside the Star Wars galaxy - specifically, the unknown regions. That region is literally one of the best places to hide entire storylines - also good for hiding Earth, maybe? Not saying they'll interact with one another, but it's a pretty cool thought, in my opinion.
 
== There will be a [[Crossover]] with [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]], G1 [[My Little Pony]] and My Little Pony Tales ==
 
== Mjolnir exists in Equestria ==
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They're just executed slightly different. One Avatar gets to control all four physical elements (earth, air, water, fire), while the Elements of Harmony are more emotional, and can be distributed to different individuals. Whoever weilds the spirit has the duty to protect their land, and their 'activated' state looks pretty similar. See? [http://x4ashes4ashes.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/aang-in-the-avatar-state.jpg Glowing] [http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f292bb102fe9542347b93675557843b0/22284%20-%20applejack%20Elements_of_Harmony%20fluttershy%20pinkie_pie%20rainbow_dash%20rarity%20twilight_sparkle%20vector.png eyes].
 
== Discord is [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|The Pyro's]] true form. ==
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!)
 
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** Dude, clear your throat. Seriously.
* The entire series is a daydream of an autistic Pinkamena. She never really left the rock farm, or witnessed a sonic rainboom. [[St Elsewhere|She just spends the whole day staring at a snowglobe of Ponyville]].
** This idea, which apparently inspired [http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://talkingincircles.net/2008/09/07/final-episode-of-fosters-home-for-imaginary-friends/ this] comic of [[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends]], has found it's way onto [http://swaetshrit.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Pony-Final-Episode-264679428 this] comic. The only minor difference is that Pinkie is staring at the sky, and not a snowglobe.
* 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.
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* 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.
 
== The Internet will soon have a ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' Dating Sim. ==
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].
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== Everyone who contributes to this page needs to go write some ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic! ==
* Including myself.
** What if they already wrote a fanfic?
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** 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.
* Pony version of Tabuu from [[Super Smash Bros]]
* An evil expy of [[God of War (Video Gameseries)|Kratos]] with glued on wings and a horn from different alicorns
 
== There will be something like ''[[My Immortal (Fanfic)|My Immortal]]'' [[Recycled in Space|with ponies]]. ==
Before the end of Season 2, even.
* So you haven't heard of [[The Spiderses (Fanfic)|The Spiderses]] or [[Ten Pounds of Fetus and Mouthwash (Fanfic)|Ten Pounds of Fetus and Mouthwash]]?
 
== People will make a somber/sad version of "Who's A Silly Pony" ==
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== 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]].
* It will also be a [[Fanon]] rule of thumb to play the ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' theme while reading said fanfics.
 
== The "Big Mac" issue was settled by Hasbro striking a cross-promotion deal with [[McDonald's]] ==
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Best shown in [http://csimadmax.deviantart.com/art/dear-teacher-cheerilee-today-I-learned-284186832 this comic.]
 
== [[Tokumei Sentai Gobusters (TV)|Hiromu]] freezing at Scootaloo will become a popular meme ==
Hiromu (Freezes at chickens) + Scootaloo (The mimetic chicken LITERALLY) = [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=hiromu+scootaloo Pure Gold]
 
== Some of the ponies went crazy from the [[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)ni|Hinamwizawa Syndrome.]] ==
* Wouldn't it be the Ponyville Syndrome in this case?
 
== The ponies with hourglass cutie marks aren't [[Doctor Who|Time Lords]]... ==
* They're [[Discworld (Literature)|History Monks!]] Just as earth ponies look after the plants and animals and pegasus ponies control the weather, these "time ponies" help keep the passage of time running smoothly.
 
== The extended opening is a subtle reference to the bronies. ==
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Even if not as an official [[Web Games]] on [[The Hub]]'s website, then almost certainly by the [[Periphery Demographic]].
 
== The show owes much of its popularity with its [[Periphery Demographic]] to [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series]]. ==
The creators noticed how meme-savvy the Internet community is with their creation of [[The Abridged Series|numerous abridged series]], with the veritable Mayflower of these being the renowned [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series|Yugioh Abridged]]. In an attempt to make the show more palatable as a family show, ''My Little Pony'' adopted the abridged style of pop culture references as a kind of [[Parental Bonus]]. When the Internet community discovered the show, noticed the memes, and turned the series itself into a [[Fountain of Memes]] (if only for the [[Narm Charm|cheesiness of it all]]), the first generation of bronies were born.
 
== ''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.
 
== All the characters are inspired by the characters in [[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]] ==
 
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