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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation/Western Animation/My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Alternative Character Interpretation]]: At this point, its easier to just say this has been applied to ''every character in the show''. Every villain and jerk has been put in a [[Draco in Leather Pants|leather saddle]], every heroine has been turned into a [[Ron the Death Eater|pony eater]], and everything in between. The less screentime, [[OC Stand-In|the better]]! Fans like turning the show and the characters on its head.▼
* [[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]]
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* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Awesome|Moments of Awesome]]
* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Nightmare Fuel|Nightmare Fuel]]
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse/Western Animation/My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Ensemble Darkponies]]: Notably the first show on TV Tropes to have its own page of them.
* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerkers]]
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* [[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!"
*** The [https://web.archive.org/web/20111129070201/http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/discover/news.cfm "Just For Parents" section] includes both "3 Ways" and "2 Ways" announcements.
** [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"]]
{{quote|"Are you ready for ''[[The Talk|the birds and the bees]]'' and the apple trees / And [[Double Entendre|a whole lotta foolin' around]]?"}}
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** "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."
* [[Broken Base]]: The mane six relearning lessons (especially ones contradicting their elements). Some don't mind it since it shows they aren't perfect, while others hate it since it gets repetitive, annoying and that in certain episodes, they should know better.
** [[Extreme Doormat|Fluttershy]] arguably gets this the worse, with her shy nature and kindness getting her into trouble. Some love it because they find it adorable, relatable, and realistic. Others dread it like it's said above: it gets repetitive and annoying. This was lampshaded in 'Fame and Misfortune', where she points out no one changes in a day, which did make some fans calm down. But even then, those fans (like Joshscorcher) simply made a [[Take a Third Option|third camp]], saying that that's a good reason ''in-universe'' and that it's still bad from a writer's/audience perspective.
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]:
** 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.
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** The entire story presented in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E13 Hearth's Warming Eve|Hearth's Warming Eve]]" becomes really creepy for those who are familiar with the mythology surrounding Wendigos.
** 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.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: [[Hilarious in Hindsight/Western Animation/My Little Pony|See here]].
* [[Idiot Plot]]:
** "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E10 Swarm of the Century|Swarm of the Century]]": see [[Poor Communication Kills]] on the main page.
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*** 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 ==
▲* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: At this point, its easier to just say this has been applied to ''every character in the show''. Every villain and jerk has been put in a [[Draco in Leather Pants|leather saddle]], every heroine has been turned into a [[Ron the Death Eater|pony eater]], and everything in between. The less screentime, [[OC Stand-In|the better]]! Fans like turning the show and the characters on its head.
* [[Awesome Ego]]: Trixie and Rainbow Dash.
* [[Base Breaker]]:
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*** 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.
** Gilda. Some view her as a [[Jerkass Woobie]], others as just a [[Jerkass]]. This would be proven correct in her next appearance in 'The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone'.
*** 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.
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** 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.
* [[Breather Boss]]: King Sombra in the Season Three premiere can be considered this thanks to be sandwiched between [[Emotion Eater|Chrysalis]] and [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show|Tirek]]. If taking ''Equestria Girls'' into consideration, then Sunset Shimmer is an even better example, being sandwiched between Sombra and Tirek.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Lord Tirek
** Also consider that Tirek is the only known villain whose residence was Tartarus, the MLP version of Hell that is explicitly described as being for "the most evil beings in Equestria." Remember the backstory fates of other villains (Nightmare Moon was banished to the moon, Discord was turned to stone, Queen Chrysalis is sealed inside her own realm, and King Sombra was banished to the north) and think about how bad this makes Tirek.
*** And since he was sent from Equestria to Tartarus as punishment for an attempted takeover, he's pretty much the [[Satan]] of this show.
**** A tie-in comic that delved into Tirek's backstory reveals he was quite [[The Sociopath]] even at a young age, finding fascination in power that drains magic from ponies even to the point where it's near fatal for them, abandoning his [[Evil Mentor]] under a pile of rubble that fell on him due to an accident he himself caused, lying to his parents about it and denying responsibility for anything he did wrong, and vowing to one day overthrow his father as king of his nation and then do what his mentor failed to do years ago - take over Equestria. [[Fridge Horror|We never do find out what happened to his and Scorpan's father when he overthrew him...]]
** While Tirek is [[Villain Decay|less menacing]] and [[Characterization Marches On|less wholly monstrous]] in his re-appearances in Seasons Eight and Nine, King Sombra showed himself fully capable of embracing this trope in the Season Five finale and the Season Nine premiere. The former showed us an alternate timeline in which Sombra, unopposed by the Mane Six and Spike, has successfully reclaimed the Crystal Empire and used his position to devastated and conquer half of Equestria, and he seen enslaving several Ponies and commanding an army of Crystal Ponies under his control in a shockingly dark and realistically depicted war with Princess Celestia's forces. In the latter, he's resurrected from darkness at the start of the final season by [[The Dreaded|Grogar]], who wants him to ally himself with his plan for taking Equestria. Sombra, however, [[The Starscream|has plans of his own]]: he first retakes the throne of the Crystal Empire, making it's rulers Cadance and Shining Armor submit to him by [[Adult Fear|threatening the life of their baby, Flurry Heart]], and enslaving ponies both physically ''and'' [[Mind Control|mentally]] this time. But when Twilight Sparkle and her friends vanquish him, it turns out he planned on this happening so that he lowers their guards and then destroys the Tree of Harmony, and the Elements of Harmony along with it. With the Elements gone, Sombra initiates a hostile takeover of all of Equestria, putting [[Mind Control]] helms on the entirety of Ponyville and Canterlot's populations and having them all fight against the Mane Six to kill them. During the confrontation with him in the throne room, when Discord openly acknowledges Fluttershy as his favorite friend, Sombra blasts dark magic at Fluttershy so that Discord ends up taking the blow instead (though it turns out not to have wounded him badly, despite Discord pretending that it did in order to inspire his friends to act in unity and destroy Sombra for good.)
*** The ''FIENDship is Magic'' issue covering Sombra's backstory even has him declaring himself "King of monsters!" upon his turn to evil.
* [[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).
** Pinkie Pie and [[Kirby]], mainly because their both pink heroes with huge appetites and also inflate there bodies at certain points (Kirby to fly, and Pinkie Pie during some of her random cartoon physics most noticeable during her Pinkie Sense when she found out that Twilight believing in her abilities was the doozy she predicted). They also have had trouble with dealing with bird based characters (King Dedede for Kirby and Gilda for Pinkie) so these characters do have a lot in common.
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* [[Memetic Sex God]]/[[Memetic Sex Goddess]]:
** Big Macintosh. The fandom [https://web.archive.org/web/20121109092211/http://csimadmax.deviantart.com/art/payday-196628510 has] [http://fav.me/d392fj2 depicted]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617122127/http://askbigmcintosh.tumblr.com/post/10392035208 him] as this due to being one of the few (legal and single) recurring minor stallions within the show. The phrase "Big Macintosh gets ALL the mares" has spawned from this as a result.
*** [http://youtu.be/ydK-bIVsjGE This scene] from "Luna Eclipsed" has only served to [
*** "[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]].
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** Princess Cadence to an amazing degree.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:
** Discord
** Garble and his gang of dragon bullies from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E21 Dragon Quest|Dragon Quest]] collectively cross this when {{spoiler|they attempt to steal the seemingly-defenseless phoenix hatchlings. Spike, on the other hand, stays on the safe side of the horizon by [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child|refusing to shatter the remaining egg]] when pressured into doing so.}}
** {{spoiler|Fake!Cadance/Queen Chrysalis leaving Twilight trapped in the caves beneath Canterlot, which no one remembers even ''exist'', meaning she'll likely ''never'' be found, and as if that wasn't enough, Chrysalis ''taunts her with that very fact!'' She probably crossed it even earlier by doing the same thing to Cadance!}}
** {{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!}}
** {{spoiler|Starlight Glimmer was also on the line due to keeping Ponies enslaved by her socialist mandate in her cult town and even locking them up in a room to get brainwashed whenever they show signs of dissent. She very nearly crossed the point of no return in the Season Five finale when she was about to tear the Cutie Map in half so that Twilight could never go back through time to undo her preventing the Rainboom that got the Mane Six their Cutie Marks and bound them together as friends from happening even after having been ''shown'' that not allowing the Rainboom to happen would have a ripple effect of consequences that would lead to the total destruction of Equestria and possibly the entire universe as we know it. But in managing to listen to Twilight's reasoning with her and ''not'' tear up the map, she managed to save herself... [[Broken Base|from an in-universe perspective, at least.]]}}
** King Sombra has always been well over the Horizon with his tyrannical rule of the Crystal Empire having traumatized many ponies and his intended conquest of Equestria leading to all-out war, suffering and death. {{spoiler|He unambiguously crosses it in the Season Nine premiere when he threatens baby Flurry Heart in order to make Cadance and Shining Armor submit to him and become his slaves.}}
* [[Never Live It Down]]:
** 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.
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** 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]]
** People did ''not'' like Tori Spelling [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44OUB98t8zw hosting the premiere] of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1|"A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1"]] and [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|"A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2"]].
** King Sombra and Sunset Shimmer were the least well received of the show's major villains due to flat characterization, vague motives, and overall wasted potential of their characters. The latter got [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap]] in ''Rainbow Rocks'' thanks to some solid [[Character Development]] following her [[Heel Face Turn]], while the former got rescued in spinoff comics, Season Five, and Season Nine, all of which further fleshed him out and made him a much darker, more genuinely threatening and capable villain.
* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]: Pinkie Pie at times, Fluttershy at others.
* [[Ugly Cute]]:
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* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: There have been two ponies so far (Lickety Split from "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E10 Secret of My Excess|Secret of My Excess]]" and the young earth pony who gets a bowling Cutie Mark at the beginning of "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E06 The Cutie Pox|The Cutie Pox]]") who have male-looking head shapes, but also have eyelashes which are only visible when their eyes are closed or not fully open.
** 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''.
** Viewers who didn't know about Derpy prior to ''The Last Roundup'' wouldn't be blamed for thinking her ([[Executive Meddling|original]]) voice was that of a male. [[Tabitha St. Germain]] who voiced her even said [https://web.archive.org/web/20130614111606/http://www.derpyhoovesnews.com/tabitha-st-germain-clarifies-a-little-bit-on-derpys-voice/ she didn't know she was a girl and that the voice was inspired by a neighbor's son].
* [[Wangst]]:
** Played for laughs in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E14 Suited for Success|Suited For Success]]". After Rarity's fashion show ended in disaster (thanks to trying too hard to give her friends "perfect" dresses), suffering a brutal review by a fashion critic and getting laughed at by the other ponies, she locked herself in her shop and cried out in shame and depression.
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** [[Art Evolution]]: This has only increased in the second season.
* [[Broken Base]]: With the fandom as large as it is, this is inevitable. Some dividing factors include the Aesop of some episodes coming off the wrong way to some fans ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E08 The Mysterious Mare Do Well|"The Mysterious Mare Do Well"]] being a prime example), the portrayal of fan-favorite characters, and whether or not [[Fandom Nod|Fandom Nods]] are good for the show. Its probably best to leave it at that.
** While no one likes the censorship she got, Derpy's voice in 'The Last Roundup' is quite divisive. Some hate the new voice because she sounds like a dumb blonde and too perky. Others like the new voice, saying it's sounds cute (and also pointing out that it sounded what fanon assumed her voice to be beforehand). There's another group that initially hated it but grew to love it, whether because they grew out of the discourse or simply because it sounds similar to how she would sound in later episodes anyway.
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* [[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 People Not Liking the Show]]: ''Some'' of the [[Fan Dumb]] can be quite vocal about folks genuinely not liking the show or any of its aspects, and it's probably best to leave it at that.
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** 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].
** [[Big Good|Celestia and]] [[Transformers|Optimus Prime.]]
** The Mane 6 x TMNT: Leonardo/Twilight or Sci-Twi, Raphael/Sunset Shimmer, Donatello/Rarity, Michelangelo/Pinkie Pie, Casey/Applejack, and Slash/Fluttershy.
** Following the above, there's also Knuckles/Applejack, Knuckles (his Sonic Boom variation specifically)/Fluttershy, and Silver the Hedgehog/Starlight Glimmer.
* [[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.
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* [[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]].
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