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* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Awesome Music|Awesome Music]]: Be warned, they're all [[Ear Worm|Ear Worms]].

* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Funny|Funny Moments]]

* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Awesome|Moments of Awesome]]

* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Nightmare Fuel|Nightmare Fuel]]

* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerkers]]

 

== Storyline and Aesop reactions/interpretations ==

* [[Accidental Aesop]]:

** "Suited for Success" provides the explicit moral of "don't look a gift horse in the mouth", and the implicit moral of "if you hire a professional to do a job, let THEM do the job they're paid for."

*** Or alternatively, "If someone [[Complaining About Complaining|accuses you of whining]], pull the Rarity card!"

*** Also, "Just ignore it when your friend gets kidnapped; they can probably handle themselves."

** "Cutie Mark Chronicles" is about "be patient and be yourself and you'll learn who you are", and "Sweet and Elite" is about "don't be ashamed of where you come from" but both have the sub-lesson of "city people are shallow, snobby, and sneer down their noses at anything outside their experience, so don't let their opinions sway you."

** Celestia's amendment at the end of "Lesson Zero" sort of turns the moral into "if your friend has a psychotic breakdown, you're obligated to share her homework load. Even if you don't go to school."

*** It may also be interpreted as "you will take OCD seriously, or terrible things will happen".

*** The episode ''also'' has the lesson the CMC should've learned: "If someone offers you something you really don't want, you can politely turn it down and not trying to dance around avoiding accepting it to avoid hurt feelings. Honesty is the best policy."

** The moral of "Cutie Pox" is about having patience and that good things come to those who wait. While this ''is'' a valid aesop, it's not the real aesop of the episode, which was earning what you want and not cheating by taking short cuts and being dishonest.

** "Sweet and Elite" seems to say "[[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|Lying gets you out of every situation, gets you everything you want, and there are no negative consequences.]]"

** "Cutie Mark Chronicles", "The Best Night Ever" and "Sweet or Elite" all have the secondary lesson of "If you're from a quaint and sweet little provincial town, all the rich big city people are going to be shallow snobs who sneer at you and your "country" ways." So far the only exceptions have been Hoity Toity from "Suited For Success" (who was fairly impressed with Rarity's original designs for the dresses she made) and Fancypants from "Sweet and Elite" (who seemed to think that Rarity's Ponyville friends were "charmingly rustic")

** The pageant in "Hearth's Warming Eve" seems rather anti-authoritarian, depicting all the rulers of the pony tribes (be they [[Aristocrats Are Evil|aristocracy]], [[General Ripper|the military]], or [[President Evil|elected officials]]) as selfish, stubborn, and/or incompetent.

** "A Friend In Deed" seems to teach kids "If someone doesn't want to be your friend, bug them until you find out why."

** "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" could be taken to teach the lesson that market competition is a good thing, because it was clear that, the way things were, the Apples were unable to serve the needs of the market. The Flim-Flams were definitely bad, but them introducing competition did force the Apples to innovate and make enough cider for all.

* [[Accidental Innuendo]]:

** Hasbro's US ''[[My Little Pony]]'' [http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/ page] has some pages (including every one of their episode viewing guides) announcing that fans can "Watch 3 Ways!"

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKjBViIt-y8 This promo] for "The Hub Summer" has Pinkie Pie singing part of [[Meatballs|"Are You Ready for the Summer"]]

** Big Macintosh's Blind Bag collector card simply says he "is very gentle". Combine this with his [[Chick Magnet]] status in fanon, and, well...

** The ''[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=C2F6A500-5056-900B-10B6-F9648904AC32 Sweet Slumbers with Applejack & Star Dreams]'' toy set. Jokes about [[Lolicon|Applejack sleeping with a filly]] were inevitable.

*** Alternatively: "I have located the water jet."

*** In the same episode, Twilight Sparkle's horn becomes floppy with blue dots on it. The way it flops around is reminiscent of, well... you get the picture.

** Due to where Spike is sitting during Twilight's first verse in the "Winter Wrap-Up" song, it's easy to see how he might be doing something else entirely. The way he bounces while Twilight is walking along does not help.

** A [[Squick|squicky]] example occurs in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" when ponies are running away from hydra, and Spike is seen sitting on Twilight's head right in the place where her horn should be, which is nowhere to be seen, and there's an expression of pain on his face. (not to mention he's positioned there suspiciously firmly considering they were running uphill at high-speed)

*** That same episode also opens with Fluttershy recapping "the elements of a good cheer": "loss of control", "screaming and hollering", and "passion". Taken out of context, it kinda sounds like [[Les Yay|she and Rainbow Dash]] are talking about... [[The Immodest Orgasm|something else]]. Not to mention that it's ''given'' out of context, with no explanation until afterwards.

"Who would want a picture of a hammer on their flank anyway?" }}

*** When the episode first aired, some fans got a little carried away with the fact that "Twilight went to Zecora's house and got stoned, then snails left a trail of goo across her face"

*** In the same episode, to get the Wonderbolts' attention Rainbow Dash catapults a male pony into the air and "saves" him from the fall by catching him on her back... and if you cut the last scene out of context, it suddenly starts looking [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|completely different]]. It doesn't help that Rainbow's expression looks really dirty.

** In "Lesson Zero", Twilight tries some [[Armchair Psychology]] on Rainbow Dash when she thinks Rainbow is angry at Applejack, and tells her "Oh, Rainbow Dash, you don't have to hide your feelings from me." [[Portmanteau Couple Name|TwiDash]] shippers [http://fav.me/d4dg7z0 took notice].

** In "The Mysterious Mare Do Well", the sounds of [[All There in the Script|Amethyst Star]] opening a jar of peanut butter off-screen, can sound... different. Let's leave it there.

** A line from the [[Theme Tune Extended]] (included as a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo sing-along] on the DVD ''The Friendship Express'') mentions fun and laughter being "[[Really Gets Around|as easy as Pinkie Pie]]".

* [[Alternate Aesop Interpretation]]: "Griffon the Brush Off" and "Green Isn't Your Color" set us up to believe the aesops "a prank is only fun if everybody is laughing" and "don't be jealous" are coming. Twilight instead ends the episodes with "a bad friend will eventually make themselves known" and "be honest about your feelings." Both are decent aesops which fit their episodes and could also be a subversion or double subversion of stock aesops.

** "The Mysterious Mare Do Well" could be said to not only preach "You shouldn't let glory go to your head and turn you into a braggart", but also "Fame is fleeting", based on how quick the ponies of Ponyville were to celebrate Mare Do Well and almost completely ignore Rainbow Dash. And given that {{spoiler|Mare-Do-Well is actually [[Collective Identity|four of the other members of the Mane Six]], who manage to accomplish more than Rainbow Dash could alone}}, it teaches a lesson about {{spoiler|the Power of Teamwork.}}

** A different Aesop that can be taken from the episode "Hearts and Hooves Day" then the one given at the end can be taken as "You don't NEED a 'very special somepony' to be happy, even on a day dedicated to having one."

** In the pilot episode, Twilight says "All the ponies in this town are CRAZY!" By the end of the season, every mane character has suffered a nervous breakdown at some point. And then in the season 2 episode "Lesson Zero", Twilight goes ''completely'' (if temporarily) over the edge.

*** Fans of the popular anime ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', which often references the hedgehog's dilemma, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWYtzyi-LLw have not let this go unnoticed].

*** Or at least physics <ref>based on the magnetic permeability symbol</ref> and vector calculus. <ref>Based on the gradient sign.</ref>

** Gilda's maltreatment of the ponies actually borders on [[Fridge Brilliance]] when you realize that in mythology, griffons and horses were mortal enemies.

** In "It's About Time", Twilight is seen looking over a chalkboard covered in equations, which are apparently real equations for the effects of time dilation.

** Oh, how is this for genius: in "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1", during the song "B.B.B.F.F", there is actually a [http://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/sm22p/a_spoiler_in_the_song/ double meaning] (which Daniel Ingram has [https://twitter.com/#%21/grantjbutler/status/193895177599983616 confirmed]):

* [[Girls Need Role Models]]: One of the biggest messages the show has to offer is that there is no wrong way to be a girl.

* [[Growing the Beard]]: A lot of fans consider the very early episodes weaker than the rest of the show. Depending on who you ask, the series hit its stride either on "Applebuck Season" or halfway through the first season. Some contend that it didn't really take off until season two.

** Regardless of one's opinion on the writing, there's been some definite [[Art Evolution]] when comparing Season 1 to Season 2.

** Twilight Sparkle's line "All the ponies in this town are ''crazy''!" [[Your Mileage May Vary|is either]] a lot less funny or a lot more funny, given the episodes in which one of the mane cast suffer some sort of breakdown.

** Scootaloo has been called a chicken by Apple Bloom and a dodo by Sweetie Belle, which means that her two best friends are taunting her by calling her the names of flightless birds. Now keep in mind that Scootaloo is [[Word of God|a flightless pegasus]] [[Hero Worshipper|who idolizes and wants to be like Rainbow Dash]], a pegasus that's known for her flying ability, and think how painful that must be for her.

** Fan interpretation of Derpy Hooves as a [[Doctor Who|Doctor Whooves]] companion will sometimes lead up to the tearful farewell that Doctor companions go through in canon - this is speculated to have ''almost become a reality'' with the backlash over Derpy's big scene.

** Also, "Look Before You Sleep" has Twilight Sparkle so obsessed with having a slumber party, she doesn't even sensibly react to ''half of a tree crashing through her bedroom window''.

*** Although, that might not be [[Idiot Plot]] so much as Twilight Sparkle specifically holding the [[Idiot Ball]]. Most likely from the concussion she got from the tree hitting her.

** In "Fall Weather Friends", Rainbow Dash uses her ability to fly to cheat in various events. Until Applejack points it out, none of the ponies think it unfair, and neither do they bother rerunning the events she cheated in. Let's face it, when even Twilight Sparkle doesn't object to Dash LIFTING APPLEJACK INTO THE AIR DURING A TUG OF WAR, this trope is ''definitely'' in play.

** In "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", the Flim Flam brothers are either holding the [[Conflict Ball]] or the [[Villain Ball]], but either way a lot of what they do triggers one of these. If either of them had possessed an ounce of business sense, or at least hadn't been so arrogant during the contest, the episode would have been much shorter.

* [[Less Disturbing in Context]]: Fluttershy's song from "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" includes the lines "Oh, what a magical place!/And I owe it all to the Pegasus race!" If heard out of context and without the accompanying visuals it may sound like Fluttershy is propagating [[Fantastic Racism|Pegasus supremacy]]. It doesn't help that the mentions of wild animals, bees, and trees might be mistaken for a reference to "[[Cabaret|Tomorrow Belongs to Me]]"...

* [[Nightmare Fuel]] coupled with [[Fridge Logic]]: Many of the situations in the series, although portrayed as saccharine, in reality are unmitigated nightmare fuel incarnate. Some examples that come to mind are the mind rape of the Mane 6 by Discord (As well as implied with everypony in Equestria), or the Nightmare Moon arc's threat of eternal night.

* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: Anypony you see on the screen may be a changeling. Any one at any given time. Much worse in-universe.

** Any time Pinkie Pie starts singing. Thankfully, her songs are presented in an ironic fashion; breaking into song impromptu is one of Pinkie Pie's personality quirks in-universe. The rest of the cast reacts appropriately ("Tell me she's not..." "(sigh) She is."). Thus, instead of being the [[Narm]] that one might expect from this franchise, this subtle [[Fourth Wall]] lampshading allows the [[Periphery Demographic]] to feel at ease watching the show.

** You think Pinkie Pie's songs are that? When Fluttershy sings, it's the equivalent of syrup flooding the room!

**** When the "[[Teens React]]" show used the intro, the reaction from both the teens and the bronies responding to that was fairly predictable.

** The ending to The Cutie Mark Chronicles was even further on the sweet side than usual for this show, but well-written enough for come off as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]. It didn't stop Scootaloo and Spike from [[Lampshading]] how sappy it was, though.

** Spike's relative age, lack of formal schooling and status as Twilight's "research assistant" (as well as whatever else she might need) has some people bringing up child labor issues.

*** Speaking of Spike, "Green Isn't Your Color" show him acting as a ''personal pincushion'' for a pony he loves, who doesn't seem to return the favor. While Twilight does at least ask if he's feeling pain (he isn't as a scaled dragon, but asserts he wouldn't care if he did) nopony seems to mind that Rarity is manipulating Spike's affections in an extremely degrading way.

*** Likewise, the main conflict of the episode is that Spike wants to learn more about his dragon heritage. The problem? About the only dragons Spike interacts with are a bunch of teenage bullies and the episode implies that ''all'' dragons act like this. When you consider the [[Real Life]] conflicts between cultures and how various ethnicities have been stereotyped over the years as being "evil", it's not exactly a good way to teach the kids a lesson about "What you are doesn't determine who you are".

** In "Secret Of My Excess", it's revealed that Spike's greedy behavior is normal for dragons. Fair enough. Yet the episode treats this like it's a bad thing. Let's just say a few members of the fandom were quick to notice parallels between this and how some people try to keep a wild animal as a pet by attempting to hinder its natural instincts and leave it at that.

 

== Character reactions/interpretations ==

* [[Awesome Ego]]: Trixie and Rainbow Dash.

* [[Base Breaker]]:

** Pick a pony, anypony. There will be people who love him/her and people who think he/she's the worst character on the show and ought to be removed. Yes, even THAT Pony.

** Also if you look at all the things said about the Crusaders, no one actually dislikes them so much as they're just a little annoyed with their supposed [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]] status.

*** The fact that {{spoiler|by fighting in the presence of Discord's statue prison (i.e., creating discord), they offer the means for his escape}} doesn't help them.

*** However, they return to their condition of divisive characters in later episodes.

*** Basically, if the Crusaders don't cause any trouble and are just acting like kids, their haters seem to be okay with them. When the episode [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|focuses on them finding their cutie marks]] or they cause trouble, that's when things get messy.

*** Then there's those who remember mythology and build [[Fridge Horror]] around the fact it is gryphons' ''very nature'' to hate horses, and Gilda was merely a victim of her species' characteristics.

*** Same goes for Trixie.

** Derpy, after her first voice appearance. Most fans were excited and went nuts, though a portion thought she was a mockery of the mentally disabled.

*** It only got worse when she got a new voice.

*** Some weren't offended by Derpy herself, but by the way Rainbow Dash, a protagonist for impressionable young children to learn from, derided her and treated her like a burden. When you compare this to shows like [[South Park]], an adult show full of [[Dead Baby Comedy]], in which the protagonists treat their mentally handicapped colleagues equally to everyone else, it's not hard to see where they're coming from.

** Twist: Is her lisp cute or annoying?

** Fluttershy's [[Character Development]] during Season Two has become this. While many fans enjoy the more confident and assertive Fluttershy of this season, other fans miss the more timid and [[Shrinking Violet]] Fluttershy of Season One.

* [[Counterpart Comparison]]: Rainbow Dash is ''incredibly'' similar to [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]. Both of them are cartoon animals who can [[Super Speed|break the sound barrier]], have [[Anime Hair|spiky hair]], have an "[[Deadpan Snarker|attitude]]", and have a tendency to [[Smug Super|boast about their speed]]. To drive the point home, both of them are idolized by orange-furred children (Scootaloo for Rainbow, Tails for Sonic).

* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Pinkie Pie practically defines this trope.

** Lauren Faust has also reached this status with a lot of the fan base for saving the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' franchise in general.

* [[Creepy Awesome]]: Discord practically wrote the book on this trope.

** Apparently, Queen Chrysalis wrote the sequel.

** Gilda has her share of fans.

** The Great and Powerful Trixie is even more likely to score [[Jerkass Woobie]] points with the audience.

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Nightmare Moon, kind of. [[Furry Fandom|To some people, anyway.]] And that's not even touching that voice of hers...

** Queen Chrysalis to an extent, [[Furry Fandom|for some]]. Some of her fan-art has been quite... provocative.

* [[Foil]]: Candance and Queen Chrysalis. Its not perfectly clear how much Queen Chrysalis cares about others. Chrysalis does find it her responsibility to find food for her subjects, but is it because she cares about them or is it just a responsibility? Assuming she doesn't care anyone in a way that is beyond a sense of obligation, they make excellent foils for each other, especially in their duet. Being foils with each other would go far beyond just personality. One of them has a compassionate magic, and the other literally feeds on love.

* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]] / [[Americans Hate Tingle]]: If [[Nico Nico]] comments on Japanese fansubs are anything to go by, Gilda is more sympathetic to Japanese audiences and Trixie less so.

** To the Japanese fandom, Big Mac, Cheerilee, and Fluttershy are the top three most popular ponies. Big Mac is usually known by the honorific "Aniki" ("Big Brother"), Cheerilee is greatly respected for her teaching skills (earning her the nickname "Cheerilee-Sensei"), and Fluttershy has been regarded as an “Honorary Japanese” because of her [[Yamato Nadeshiko|personality]].

** Luna, with the emphasis on "jerkass" in season 1's first two episodes, and the emphasis on "woobie" in "Luna Eclipsed". <ref>Wherein she just wants to be admired yet everypony else is running away from her.</ref>

** Trixie is also often seen in this light, mainly because she loses her home after her debut episode.

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: [[Reality Warper|Discord]] is one sly trolling bastard in his two-part episode, and he still manages to be one when he's a "friend" in all subsequent appearances!

** [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bitch]]: Princess Celestia. Yes, ''her''. If her [[Plan|plans]] throughout Season 1 didn't qualify her, then {{spoiler|[[Out-Gambitted|Out gambling]] Discord by ''sending Twilight some letters''}} certainty does.

* [[Memetic Badass]]: [[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG4nOPylsdg No,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O3xD1Hgtus seriously.]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNTvJLbAlVk Spike is showing signs of this, as shown by this video.]

** Also [[Killer Rabbit|Angel]].

** Princess Celestia, memetic ''goddess''. All but omnipresent even on this wiki. Things such as her defeat by Chrysalis almost immediately getting blamed on the [[Worf Effect]] and discussions of whether or not Princess Cadence is even a "real" alicorn can be pretty straightforwardly traced to this.

** "The Great and Powerful" Trixie is one. In show, she's displayed as being somewhat talented, but rather pathetic in terms of power. The fandom likes to think of her as a worthy rival to Twilight who is equal in terms of power.

* [[Memetic Molester]]: Along with "Trollestia", another [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] fans like to give to poor Celestia is "Molestia", where she [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|sexually abuses her subjects]]. The variant with victim being Luna is called "Incestia".

** The Diamond Dogs, mainly because of the way they swarm around Rarity when they first see her and then kidnap her along with the constant [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]] vibes they give off, complete with spanking Rarity later on have earned them this title in spades.

*** The fact that next episode she used candy to lure Pinkie Pie into a dark alley, then pins Pinkie down and makes her promise not to scream hasn't helped.

** Discord has also gotten a bit of this, mainly due to his [[No Sense of Personal Space]] with Twilight Sparkle, especially the scene were he runs his paw across her cheek. Of course, unlike the previous two, Discord is actually evil and [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show|nasty enough]] for this to have at least some degree of validity.

* [[Memetic Sex God]]/[[Memetic Sex Goddess]]:

*** "[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wpXhyR_1dZ0/TrMYHn_hy_I/AAAAAAAARto/5gSxw56z7IY/s1600/3.jpg is] [[Accidental Innuendo|very gentle]]".

** It runs in the family, as his little sister [[Everyone Loves Blondes|Applejack]] is just as good at [[Double Entendre|"wrangling up"]] the [[Fan Community Nicknames|bronies]].

** Everyone wants to be [[Double Entendre|"taken care of"]] by [[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy]].

** Everyone is apparently [[Determinator|Spike]] for [[The Fashionista|Rarity]].

** Apparently, everyone wants to be [[Double Entendre|"taught"]] by [[Hot Goddess|Princess Celestia]].

*** Or her earth counterpart, Cheerilee. <ref>Does it makes any difference? They're both voiced by Nicole Oliver</ref>.

** [[Even the Girls Want Her|Everypony is gay for Spitfire]].

*** [[Even the Guys Want Him|The same]] for [[Attractive Bent Gender|Flutterguy.]]

** Especially when [[The Woobie|Fluttershy]] or [[Plucky Girl|Apple]] [[Hair Decorations|Bloom]] is concerned.

** [[Fan Nickname|Fillyshy]]. Even with disproportionately long, skinny legs (she's obviously going through a growth spurt), she's still as cute as ever, if not more so, in this "ugly duckling" form. [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Plus, she sings]].

** To the people who like him, Pipsqueak is ''adorable''.

** Sweetie Belle has her moments too.

** Princess Cadence to an amazing degree.

** {{spoiler|Lord Tirek was already on the line by draining the magic out of every pony in Equestria, which is essentially Power Rape, but he soared right over it when he turns on Discord and drains his magic while revealing that his "friendship" with him was all a sham and that he considered both him and the amulet he gave him (that had formerly belonged to Tirek's brother Scorpan) to be as worthless as his own brother, and then a few minutes later he uses his stronger power to attack Ponyville, blowing up the library while Twilight Sparkle and her owl are still in it!}}

** Princess Celestia banished somepony into the Moon only once (reluctantly even) within the series' canon. The princess is now notorious within the fandom for banishing anyone or anything she dislikes into the Moon.

** We have [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/576522 this] to thank for most of the "TO THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" stereotypes associated with Celestia.

** Given that the first episode of season 2 reveals she dealt in a similar fashion (albeit with a different form of punishment) with another ancient evil, there may be more truth to this than fans ever imagined. Though in her defense, Luna ''helped'' do that one and Discord [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show|probably earned it]].

** The candid photo of Celestia gorging herself on cake is another thing nobody will get over. At this point, any brony humor relating to Celestia is almost guaranteed to involve cake, banishment, or both.

** Really, a character does ''anything'' in this show entire memes will spawn and [[Fanon]] forged around it, especially background ponies. One of the most famous examples is Derpy's [[Trademark Favorite Food|muffin obession]] is based on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usYRXYdBG30 a line heard] in "Applebuck Season". However she's among a group of other ponies that are also there for free muffins, some of them ''drooling'', and she's [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|among three ponies whose mouths flap]] in the scene.<ref>In fact, it could be argued the line better fits Sea Swirl/Seafoam and Minuette/Colgate's mouth movements, but that's over analyzing at its finest.</ref>

*** For another such example, Lyra Heartstrings' fanon personality revolves around her obsession with humans. This is based on her human-like posture in the '''background''' in '''one episode'''.

** When Pinkie Pie is chasing after you, go ahead and hide. No matter where you go, you can never escape. ''[[Oh Crap|She will find you.]]'' Even when you're in a place that she couldn't possibly reach, yup, [[Beyond the Impossible|she's there]].

** The Changelings have the explicit ability and '''tactic''' of turning into your loved ones, and they can use mind control to keep you from noticing or fighting back.

** Some people take the whole "Celestia is pony Hitler" thing a little too seriously and a little too far. Combined with [[Draco in Leather Pants]] towards Nightmare Moon for extra mileage.

** Rainbow Dash and Rarity, as the [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jerks With Hearts of Gold]] among the Mane 6, will occasionally get this treatment.

*** They actually seem to both provoke it or vent it onto another character, some fans think they are too arrogant and obnoxious, while others complain about them being hit on the head with [[An Aesop]] harder or being treated hypocritically by the other "nicer" ponies. "Mysterious Mare-Do-Well" invoked this trope ''hard'' with a large amount of the fanbase, though for which character in particular varies depending on who you ask.

* [[The Scrappy]]:

** Owlowiscious is a better example of a character that is unintentionally disliked by a handful of the fandom.

** After his behavior in "Putting Your Hoof Down" Angel launched himself squarely into this territory.

** Another scrappy from "Putting Your Hoof Down" is Boxxy Brown, the cherry salescolt, who took advantage of Fluttershy's desperation to try to extort huge amounts of money from her, only to rub it in her face when somepony else bought his last cherry. Making things worse, as far as we know [[Karma Houdini|he didn't get a well-deserved taste of "New Fluttershy's" wrath]]

** The Ursa Major cuddling its Ursa Minor cub? Equal parts hideous and precious.

** With her braces and ugly 80's style, younger Cheerilee was definitely less attractive than her current adult self.

** Even the vultures are adorable and Fluttershy loves them.

** Snips and Snails also count.

** What about the scraggly, doe-eyed mule in brief appearances in "Applebuck Season" and "Hurricane Fluttershy"?

** Queen Chrysalis may count due to her enormous green eyes and [[Cute Little Fangs]].

* [[Unacceptable Targets]]: Both Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash consider Fluttershy as this when it comes to their pranking antics.

* [[Uncanny Valley]]: The pony's faces look extremely human-like when viewed from the front, and, when combined with the horselike ears, can look quite unsettling.

** Rainbow Dash can qualify for this. Besides being primarily blue (a typically masculine color), she often behaves in a boyish manner and is voiced with a classic example of the young-boy-portrayed-by-female-voice-actor voice. You could probably come up with a good [[Drinking Game]]. Just take a swig every time you have to correct yourself for thinking of Rainbow as a ''him''.

* [[The Woobie]]: Each of the main characters have taken their share in the sympathetic spotlight. This show is '''not''' afraid to [[Break the Cutie]].

** [[Jerkass Woobie]]: The large majority of time in the [[Slice of Life]] stories however, said character brings it upon themselves out of arrogance or stubborn refusal to get out of an often easily escapable scenario and are handed [[An Aesop]] at the end of it all.

*** Well, when Twilight went to talk to her on the bridge, her eyes did quiver, [[Tear Jerker|making it look like she was on the verge of tears.]]

** [[Stoic Woobie]]: Zecora takes being completely ostracized in Ponyville pretty calmly.

** Its somewhat worth noting that the [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] is so vast in the fandom that if a character doesn't actually qualify as a Woobie in show, fans can and most likely already have made fanworks turning them into one. Celestia for example is often seen as a [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask|lonely, heartbroken ruler]], Ditzy Doo is constantly bullied because she's "different", and Scootaloo is commonly seen as an orphan because she so far doesn't have any canon parents.

** {{spoiler|Princess Cadance}} in the second season finale. {{spoiler|She was kidnapped and imprisoned in long forgotten mines under Canterlot by a psychopathic [[Shapeshifting]] succubus who wants to steal her identity so she drains her beloved husband dry to gain enough power to conquer Equestria. Then when she finally gets free, her aunt gets her flank kicked by that very shape-shifter and Canterlot gets invaded.}} What could be worse than that? How about the fact all of this happened to the poor girl {{spoiler|on her ''[[Wedding Day]]!''}}

** Oddly enough, the one time a character was actually in a wheelchair (Twilight after she fell down some stairs), it was treated as [[Amusing Injuries]].

** When Gilda terrifies her into thinking there's a rattlesnake, she gimps away as fast as she can. Which is no faster than she usually moves. You just ''don't do that sort of thing'' to someone as old as Granny, which explains some of the hatred towards Gilda.

== Fandom reactions ==

* [[Americans Hate Tingle]]: According to various queries, Russians hate Rarity - she fares only on par with one-off and background ponies, way behind the mane cast. CMC and Spike are even worse. "Lesson Zero" is considered one of the worst episodes, same for all CMC episodes. Surprisingly, "Sisterhooves Social", despite being heavy on CMC ''and'' Rarity, is rated very high... two negatives equal positive?

** Comments left on Japanese fansubs indicate that Trixie is not thought of very highly over there - her bossiness and show-offiness makes her seem (even more) disrespectful and unsympathetic.

* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Most old-school ''[[My Little Pony]]'' fans reactions when the show was first announced: "Oh Hasbro is redesigning the ponies, that's nice I guess... Wait, [[Lauren Faust]] is at the helm of the new cartoon? They're bringing back Applejack? ''Villains'' return to MLP for the first time in nearly two and a half decade!? Yay!"

*** Episode 14 of Season 2 -- "The Last Roundup" -- will be an episode long remembered in the ''Friendship is Magic'' fandom: Derpy was not only called by name, but she got lines, too. Chats, forums, Twitter, and everywhere else pony-centric exploded in joy.

*** Unfortunately, this ended up being fairly controversial and the scene was later changed. Apparently, the term Derpy was offensive to some viewers. The edit removed her name from the dialogue, made her less crosseyed, and her entire speaking part was redone.

*** And now she's [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2012/05/exclusive-preview-the-2012-special-edition-my-little-pony/1 the 2012 special edition toy]; bronies reacted as you might expect.

** The [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/rhode-island-convention-2011-q.html confirmation] of Season 1 DVDs/Blu-rays are on the way has been well received by fans.

** [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/exclusive-my-little-pony-comic-con.html The official 2011 San Diego Comic Con poster] made a bunch of fans happy.<ref>It shows not only the few main characters, but also the bronies' favorite secondary characters and background ponies. Not only that, but right in the middle, [[OTP|Lyra Heartstrings and Bon Bon are standing next to each other and exchanging glances]]. While Hasbro were already [[Pandering to the Base|Pandering To The]] [[Periphery Demographic]], they also grouped the three easily scared flower ponies Daisy, Rose, and Lily with the cockatrice, put DJ Pon-3 a.k.a. Vinyl Scratch next to Octavia (both have no dialogue and at the time only a few seconds of screen time in one episode), Doctor Whooves up in the front row with the other speaking characters, oh, and Derpy is derping. [[And Zoidberg|And Rainbowshine]].</ref>

**** On top of that, he has taken an interest in the fandom to the extend of starting a documentary project on it.

**** And then the news got 20% more awesome, [http://fyre-flye.deviantart.com/#/d51kcug Lauren Faust and Tara Strong are the executive producers.]

** The later Blind Bag waves' inclusion of more background ponies and even stallions.

** For G4 toy collectors, [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aNQT-5u9ZP4/TzaqAkoGkGI/AAAAAAAAeeA/L-MS9rZvcbI/s1600/Princess+Celestia+TRU+exclusive.jpg white Celestia] and brushable [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=381668998517210 Nightmare Moon, DJ Pon-3, Zecora, Trixie Lulamoon, Daisy/Flower Wishes, Lemon Tart], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulnomad/6859942893/in/photostream/ Lyra Heartstrings] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulnomad/6859941063/in/photostream/ Cherry Berry] were among the new toys showcased at the New York toy fair. Now ''that's'' spiffy!

* [[Awesome Art]]: Many fans love the style of the show, and it's wonderful use of color

** [[Art Evolution]]: This has only increased in the second season.

* [[Canon Fodder]]: The fanfiction community for the show is one of the biggest and fastest growing fanfiction communities in all media fandoms. One of the many reasons is the many gaps in the details about the history of the ''FiM'' universe. Fanfic writers have a field day answering questions such as "What turned Luna into Nightmare Moon?", "What happened between the founding of Equestria and the rule of Discord?", "Where does the Hearts and Hooves Day backstory fit into this?", and so on.

* [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]]: This might be the first time a show owes a good deal of its popularity to this trope. For starters:

** The dispute between [http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/09/my-little-homophobic-racist-smarts-shaming-pony/ Kathleen Richter] and [http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/24/my-little-non-homophobic-non-racist-non-smart-shaming-pony-a-rebuttal/ Lauren Faust] that played out in Ms. Magazine's blog.

** Additionally, it's been an uphill climb for people spreading the news about how good the show actually is. The first discussion thread at [[Something Awful]] was a veritable mine field of Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch. Oddly, the second thread, after having been going strong without too much trolling and attracting dozens and dozens of new fans to the show for almost ''150 pages (!!!)'', and generating over a thousand dollars in account, avatar, and banner purchases, was unceremoniously deep sixed. The moderators explained that they disliked having to patrol a thread in which people talk about how much they enjoy a cartoon directed at elementary school-age girls. Incidentally, the ''[[Star Wars]] Clone Wars'' thread [[Double Standard|is still okay]]...

** A radio show in Pittsburgh made fun of [http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/06/bronies-my-little-ponys/ this] wired.com article about the fans. Another radio show also lambasted the show and its fans, at one point claiming it was causing the decline of society. Not long after, a TV "news" team followed up a report of a man filing for government unemployment benefits because he was too busy with some fandom he was in to get a job... with a brief blurb about bronies that heavily implied that they do the same thing.

*** One such radio show ("[[True Capitalist]] Radio", hosted by a fella under the alias "Ghost") has since become a frequent target of internet troll raids due to Ghost's tendency to do [[Homestuck|acrobatic pirouettes off the handle]] in reaction to just about anything that draws his ire.

*** On the other hand, ''In Living Glover'' stated the above-mentioned baseless idea that bronies are taking disability because they like My Little Pony too much to actually work as fact.

* [[Creator Worship]]: Lauren Faust, to the bronies. Apparently, [http://csimadmax.deviantart.com/art/Tengen-Toppa-Gurren-Lauren-207203503 she can fly.]

** Daniel Ingram, the show's composer, gets some of his own worship for composing the series' [[Awesome Music]].

** In certain places, a noticeable hate towards ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' seems to be developing. Equestria Daily has had a ban on FiM/''Sonic'' crossover content of ANY kind for a while now. This is due to negative reactions from staffers and beta readers, along with the [[Hate Dumb|volatile reactions]] whenever Sonic related content was initially posted. There are recent exceptions to this: a fan-made Sonic style [[Super Mode]] for Rainbow Dash has made it onto the Drawfriend posts and one fanfic that only featured Dr. Eggman/Robotnik and OC ponies got past the beta readers, only to get the same level of venom as expected in the comment box. Some theorize that the bronies hate ''Sonic'' out of the fear of becoming like the ''Sonic'' [[Unpleasable Fanbase|fan]][[Fan Dumb|base]] (and, at worst, they can come off as not being too far off). Meanwhile in the ''Sonic'' fandom, opinions of FiM are just about the same as you'd get elsewhere, although some of the saner ''Sonic'' fans will remark on how the brony [[Fan Dumb]] makes the ''Sonic'' [[Fan Dumb]] look easier to deal with in comparison. Despite this, there are plenty of crossover pictures and fanfic to be found (even shipping Sonic with Rainbow Dash). And, yes, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKgJhCiAMVk at least one] [[Awesome Music]] mashup.

** [[Fandom Rivalry]] even exists within the franchise. Scuffles are known to pop up between ''some'' of the [[Fan Dumb]] and those who're fans of [[My Little Pony G 3|G3/G3.5]] and [[My Little Pony Tales|Tales]] from time to time. And it's probably best to leave it at that.

** Rainbow Dash is considered by many in the fandom to be the "lesbian" pony (probably due to her boyish appearance, rainbow motif, and attitude... which happens to be exactly the stereotype that [http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/24/my-little-non-homophobic-non-racist-non-smart-shaming-pony-a-rebuttal/ Lauren Faust dislikes]).

** After Lyra Heartstrings was shown sitting human-style on a bench, she was portrayed as having a marked interest in humans, even wanting to be one in certain works.

*** The one that turned Luna into Nightmare Moon, if not personally then at least having planted the seeds for her [[Face Heel Turn]].

** Pinkie Pie is a [[Fourth Wall Observer]]. [[Word of God]] has denied this several times, to no avail.

** Works both ways. Some fans of the G4 toys also completely ignore the show for various reasons.

* [[Fan Yay]]: Big Macintosh, anyone? There's an abundance of gay-themed [[Rule 34]] of him, including as a [[Petting Zoo People|Petting Zoo Person]] or as a [[Race Lift|Race Lifted]] human male.

** [[I Am the Trope|Photo Finish practically defines this trope all on her own.]]

* [[Girl Show Ghetto]]: A lot of male fans, though most people would argue it hasn't broken out of it. [[Word of God|Lauren Faust's]] words on the subject:

** Bronies were in quite an uproar over several toys apparently based on background ponies. More specifically, they were mad about the "official" names; see [[Broken Base]] above.

*** For that matter, ''DO NOT'' mention [[Scapegoat Creator|Merriwether Williams]] on any fan site. Not only will every thread drift back to MMDW, but things will ''always'' degenerate into a [[Flame War]] over whether she should still work on the show, whether she's gotten better, and whether or not she's [[Jumping the Shark|wrecked the show.]]

*** iTunes later re-added ''TLR'' with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X2CRjPO73Dg edits to Derpy's scene]: she's no longer referred to by name, her voice sounds completely different, and her eyes have mostly been un-crossed. No, the fanbase did ''not'' take it well. [[Base Breaker|At all]]. Even later, this edited version went on to be aired by [[The Hub]].

** [[Longing for Fictionland]]: The reverse is also prominent within the fandom. Fan works and discussions about what would happen if they get transported to Equestria are quite common. Often it involves turning into ponies themselves.

* [[Pandering to the Base]]: After months of "PMVs" popping up on the Internet, the Hub decided to make [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPqjKk_xCo one of their own] -- and incorporated references to not only [[Fan Nickname|"DJ Pon-3"]] but [[Fan Community Nickname|"bronies"]] as well! [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]].

* '''[[Periphery Demographic]]''': And how! The very existence of this and the main page's [[Troper Critical Mass]] is evidence enough to the point where this trope is a dead on certainty. You can browse ''any'' forum and bring up this show and be nearly guaranteed that members of said forum will say that they regularly watch and enjoy the show.

** As unlikely as it is, fighting game forums are surprisingly resistant, with most thread dying within a page or two. But then again, having your main interest be in beating the crap out of your opponents up close and personal is probably as far away to bringing the magic of friendship as possible... and yet we have Fighting is Magic in the works...

** This hits incredible levels of [[Fridge Logic]] when you consider that her next episode "Hearth's Warming Eve" was extremely well received by a majority of the fanbase.

* [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]]: To most of the previous incarnations, but especially the direct-to-video releases of the 2000's.

* [[Tainted by the Preview]]: The lead up to the "Royal Wedding" made many fans angry over just about everything. Of course, most fans agreed it was much better than expected.

* [[Testosterone Brigade]]: The famous bronies.

* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: The pony names from the toys; see [[Broken Base]] above. To say that the fans weren't happy is understating things.

** Game Informer took a very lighthearted and harmless jab at the show in their Timeline feature, which led to an [[Fan Dumb|oversensitive brony]] sending an angry letter ranting about how the ponies are badass and "not frilly". They poked some lighthearted fun at him while sincerely acknowledging the show's quality... [[Fan Dumb|which led to more oversensitive bronies]] sending hate mail. By then, they could've easily ripped the bronies a new one and no one would've blamed them -- yet [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|incredibly, they took the high ground and vowed not hold a grudge against the fanbase]]. Instead of publishing any of their hate mail, they published a couple of letters from levelheaded bronies apologizing for the idiots in the fanbase. GI also specifically stated that frilly does not equal bad or lame -- a sentiment [[Lauren Faust]] would agree with 100%.

* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: Although the show was made for kids, some of the things that they put into the show makes you wonder. See this show's own [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Radar|Getting Crap Past The Radar page]], and its entry in [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]] for specific examples.

== Shipping ==

Despite the show being focused on ''friendship'' and very little romance outside of seeing a few married couples, shipping is quite popular. Especially [[Les Yay Shipping]], probably due to there being so few males. Popular ships (or at least ships that have had fanfics/fanart)

* [[Broken Base]]: As in any fandom, some fans think everypony should be gay or lesbian, some get angry if a character is anything but heterosexual, and some get angry that shipping exists at all, citing the fact that it's a kids' show and that Lauren Faust specifically invoked [[No Hugging, No Kissing]]. And even more only subscribe to filly/adult pony ships or incestual ships.

* [[Cargo Ship]]: Rarity x "Tom," a boulder nearly twice her size {{spoiler|which she is hypnotized into believing is a diamond.}}

** Big Mac and "Smarty Pants".

* [[Crack Pairing]]: Most Discord ships are viewed as this, except Discord/Celestia, which is just straight up [[Foe Yay]].

** Rainbow Dash [[Super Speed|and]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog]].

** [[Crack Pairing|Fluttershy and]] [[Spider-Man]].

** Luna and [[Portal 2|Space Core]].

** Pinkie and [[Dan Vs.|Dan]], inspired by [[The Hub]]'s own [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C0DukozIYs crossover] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSoEZpKvgNs commercials] where Pinkie bothers him. They even go [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8aN2nwCQ8 see] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkXj9_JnLbw movies] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiG3qlqdtKQ together].

* [[Dry Docked Ship]]: Many people in the fandom say that Discord is Celestia's ex.

** Some also say similar things about Rainbow Dash and Gilda.

*** As a kind of [[Inverted Trope|inversion]], many fans prefer to think that instead of being involved or in the future, Celestia and Discord were [[Dry Docked Ship|once in a relationship which ended]] in a particularly nasty breakup, possibly resulting in Discord's being [[Taken for Granite]].

** Apple Bloom/Diamond Tiara for the [[Toy Ship]] variety.

** ''[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/3711/Special-Delivery Rainbow Dash has been shipped with shipping itself.]'' {{spoiler|[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Not what you think.]]}}

** Also Spike, due to the fact he [[The One Guy|the only main male character in the show.]] He's been paired up with the Mane Six Ponies, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and many of the background ponies. It's easier to name who he '''hasn't''' been paired with in the long run. It also help that he's a literal [[Chick Magnet]] and [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] combined into one.

** Soarin' the Wonderbolt is starting to catch up to Big Mac as the Alpha Stallion of Equestria.

*** A few fans are starting to ship Braeburn/Soarin' to try to even it out a bit more.

** And as for hetero ships: [[Toy Ship|Spike/Apple Bloom]], [[Precocious Crush|Spike/Rarity]], [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Big Macintosh/Anymare]], [[Unholy Matrimony|Trixie/Prince Blueblood]], [[Celeb Crush|Rainbow Dash/Soarin']], [[Through His Stomach|Applejack/Soarin']], Hoity Toity/Photo Finish and Braeburn/Carrot Top.

** In the two episodes he was in, Discord spawned quite a few pairings. [[Foe Yay|Discord/Celestia]], [[Birds of a Feather|Discord/Pinkie]], and Discord/Fluttershy seem to be the most popular.

** Twilight and Cheerliee have been in many scenes together. Some consider it a neat variation of the [[Teacher-Student Romance]] where they are not actually their own teacher and student.

*** Some fans have shipped Derpy with Ponet, the purple, blonde-maned unicorn painter from "Call of the Cutie", to explain how she can have [[Fanon|a purple, blonde-maned unicorn daughter]].

** Adult!Pipsqueak/Princess Luna. The [[Shotacon|squickier]] version exists, though thankfully not to an extreme extent.

* [[Shipping Goggles]]: Most of the pairings mentioned in this folder? With the exception of [[Precocious Crush|Spike/Rarity]], which is usually played for laughs in the show, ''not a single one of them has any real canon evidence supporting it'' and some of them haven't even met! Just shows how much the fans look into this show.

** There's even a fanfic called ''[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/16594/Shipping-Goggles Shipping Goggles]'' that parodies all this.

** Soarin' once bought an apple pie from Applejack. This alone is the basis for the rather popular Applejack/Soarin' ship.

* [[Ship-to-Ship Combat]] : Try and ship Lyra Heartstrings with someone besides Bon Bon, or vice versa. [[Internet Backdraft|It may not end well... ]]

*** Although the Caramac shippers were still on the warpath after the CMC song about finding Cheerilee a date showed Caramel with a girlfriend. It doesn't help that even for those who don't pair him with Big Mac, [[Fanon]] in general tends to portray Caramel as a [[Ho Yay|coltcuddler]].

** The Hub released an image of "A Canterlot Wedding" that shows [[Shipping Goggles|what looks likes to some as]] {{spoiler|Rarity flirting with Fancy Pants.}} Spike/Rarity shippers began to mobilize the fleets.

** The fandom really likes to pair up Spike with Apple Bloom.

*** The fact that Spike and Sweetie Belle were shown dancing together at the end of "A Canterlot Wedding Part 2" helps.

** [[Pair the Spares|Snails/Twist]] has gained some popularity for the combined [[Adorkable]] factor.

** And now Apple Bloom/Snips is gaining some steam, [[Ship Tease|ever since "The Cutie Pox"]].

** Pipsqueak/Dinky for some reason has become popular. [[Theme Pairing]], perhaps?

== Other ==

* [[Ear Worm]]: So far, the majority of songs have been declared ear worms. Pretty impressive all things considered.

** Admit it, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGwjZsnIJpQ the] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXGQGsv8eBQ main] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgUB7lErR7g theme] is pretty catchy and won't leave your head. Daniel Ingram even released the [http://soundcloud.com/dannyimusic/mlp-theme-demo-shan original version] featuring just Pinkie Pie, The Princess of Ear Worms, and the DVD ''The Friendship Express'' includes the two-minute [[Theme Tune Extended]] as a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo sing-along].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiynTPuUUM "Giggle at the Ghostly"].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyrAkwJ6WsY The Winter Wrap Up song]. Listening to it will make you feel like spring is just around the corner. Not bad for a video first seen (and later aired) in December.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbXGsysAAk "Stitching It Together (Art of the Dress)"].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFTNm_p3iPY "Hush Now, Quiet Now"], whether it's Fluttershy's gentle lullaby version or Sweetie Belle's jazzy Motown version.

* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: The [[Evil Laugh]] from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGn1TlBLm0w when Discord's statue starts cracking] is easily the scariest sound in the series, and creepier than you'd expect from a Y-rated cartoon.

* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: They are not the Elements of Harmony. They ''represent'' the Elements of Harmony.

** Any time Fluttershy or Pinkie Pie sings.

** Actually, any time Fluttershy talks would qualify with most of the fans.

*** *''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALufiFp2Zvk&feature=related Squee]''*

** The sound unicorn magic makes, as well as the very similar Sonic Rainboom. ''SHOOM''

** Princess Luna's indoor voice can be added to the list.

*** Her [[No Indoor Voice|TRADITIONAL ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICE]] also counts.

** "Dear Princess Celestia...", so wonderful, its become a [[Catch Phrase]] for [[Tara Strong]] whenever she wants to make a [[Shout-Out]] to bronies.

** Princess Cadance's singing voice.

* [[The Producer Thinks of Everything]]/[[Doing It for the Art]]: There's a surprising amount of detail put into the backgrounds, set design, background music, and sound effects. Heck, "Art of the Dress" goes as far as to give us [[Squick|a sound effect for Rarity's uvula wiggling around]].

** Similar with Rarity, they also provided a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-6JC_g0fQ8 sound effect] for Pinkie's uvula wiggling around during her "I'm at the Grand Galloping Gala" song.

** Overlapping with [[Shown Their Work]], "Return of Harmony, Part 2" has the ponies' pupil sizes increase and decrease accordingly as Discord screws with the sun and moon.

** The Crusaders did get some flak upon their introduction; they are now adored on par with the mane cast.

** Many people admit to hating Rarity early into the show, since she comes off as dim, shallow, arrogant and useless - in other words, typical [[Rich Bitch]], the very stereotype she is designed to subvert. It's not until a bunch of episodes, starting with "Suited for Success", came out, giving her a lot of screen time, massive [[Character Development]], and actually living up to her element more often that they started warming up to her.

*** Her helmet seemed to be re-used for her Commander Hurricane role in "Hearth's Warming Eve", however.

*** That is to say, cool for a superhero. For a formal dance... perhaps not so much. Then again, her reason for attending was to crash the Wonderbolts' performance with her flying moves, so it makes sense she initially thought the dress would work.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLCOc3lo6E The live show] at the 2011 Calgary Stampede. Unfortunately, unlike the other examples, this is ''not'' [[Stylistic Suck]].

** [[Adorkable|Twilight's]] very awkward dance from "Sweet and Elite."

*** Which they appear to have been doing ''inside'' of Fluttershy's and Twilight Sparkle's manes.

** Rarity's pruned hoof in "Green Isn't Your Color".

* [[Watch It for the Meme]]: A good chunk of the fanbase actually doesn't care much for the show itself, just for the [[Fountain of Memes|crap ton of memes it has spawned]].