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== General Fanon Trivia: ==
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== Character Specific Fanon Trivia: ==
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[http://www.derpyhooves.com/index.php Derpyhooves.com], a fan news site, has a great [http://www.derpyhoovescentral.com/2011/10/origins-of-derpy-hooves.html article] on the origin and evolution of Derpy Hooves. Long story short, back when the pilot episode first aired and the fandom got started on [[Image Boards|/co/]], one poster named "Dr. Foreigner" pointed out the crosseyed pegasus and remarked "And so the legend of Derpy Hooves is born". And born it ''was''.
==== "Ditzy Doo" ====
In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
The name "Ditzy Doo" appears to have been dropped entirely; in the first draft of "Last Roundup", the pony whom Rainbow Dash was scolding was explicitly named "Ditzy". In a later draft of both the script and the animation storyboards, "Ditzy" was replaced entirely by Derpy as a [[Fandom Nod]]. However, the inclusion of this nod, coupled with some other decisions did lead to the incident, mostly known as "Derpgate" by the fandom. The term can unfortunately be seen and used as a slur against the disabled, and not wanting to offend anyone, lead to the scene edited so that she isn't referred to by any name. Therefore, it is possible that she is actually named Ditzy Doo or something else entirely, if she ever has a speaking role once again.
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==== Derpy's day job ====
She's almost always depicted as either a mailpony or delivery pony, based on her scene in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
==== Muffins ====
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== Berry Punch's Alcoholism ==
==== Origins ====
This fan interpretation started in one of season 1's episodes entitled "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
==== [[Weirdness Magnet]]? ====
Strange and outrageous things seems to happen to her out of nowhere. [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E2 The Return of Harmony Part 2|Discord]] makes a bunch of fake houses collapse as she sneezes, and [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E17 Hearts and Hooves Day|Big Mac]] drags her whole house out of it foundations ''with her inside''. No wonder [[The Alcoholic|she drinks]].
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== I'm a Pony now. Ponies are cool ==
==== Origin ====
It's not clear how now fans jumped to the conclusion that this rather generic looking pony is [[Doctor Who|The Doctor]] but he first appeared with his cutie mark in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
==== [[Fan Nickname]] ====
Fans can't decide on Doctor ''Whoof'' or ''Whooves'', but the pun remains the same. We mostly use Whooves on [[This Wiki]] because the [[The Merch|WeLoveFine shirts]] use it, and [http://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/jwp94/im_jayson_thiessen_supervising_director_of_mlpfim/c2fq2na according to director Jayson Thiessen], the show's staff have also started to call him Doctor Whooves (though it isn't clear if he specifially meant Whooves, or just the Whoof/Whooves names in general). It's "[[I Am Not Shazam|The Doctor]]" anyways.
In a storyboard released by Sibsy but later taken down that showed his scene in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
==== Which Doctor? ====
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==== To be Human ====
More of a [[Running Gag]], but the "Lyra wants to be human" deal comes from her [[Funny Background Event]] in "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E7 Dragon Shy|Dragonshy]]", where she's seen in the background sitting (or slouching to be precise) on a bench like a human being in contrast to another pony beside her who is sitting like a normal pony would. Later in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
These series of seemingly random yet somehow related events have led fans to joke about her obsession with hands, an "[[Humans Are Cthulhu|ancient race of humanoids]]", having a secret desire to be one (usually by mimicking various common human behaviors like standing, walking and running on two legs) to wishing to visit their world. Due to the fact that humans don't exist in the show, other ponies around her find her hobby strange, weird and bizarre. Treating us as if we're some sort of mythological creature/a legend/a fairy tale in fan works or even non-existent at all as if Lyra got this from out of the blue. This plot element is usually used for comedic reasons but the use of this for serious situations is not unheard of.
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==== Personality ====
Most fans depict her with a [[The Rock Star|"rock star" personality]]: energetic, a bit eccentric, and likes to party all night and have fun especially at nightclubs along with other archetypal traits and personality of a DJ and/or a party goer. She's also portrayed as a "cool" character: Very outgoing, confident, likes to look cool and impress other ponies most often using her talent as a DJ and loves the attention of her fans. She has also been portrayed to like other genres of music besides her love for [[Electronic Music]] such as various forms of rock music like [[
Flaws that is often portrayed is her brashness, her mild untidiness especially after parties, being a night owl<ref>A person who is more active at night than during the day</ref>, and most prominently her loudness which often annoys her neighbors or apartment mates (depending on the setting) [http://askstonedtrixie.tumblr.com/post/11599336971 during sleep hours] especially Octavia who prefers a more calm and quiet type of music in contrast to Vinyl's taste in music. She's the type of character that would act first and ask questions later, the type that follows her heart more often than her head. Another one is her hidden loneliness with all the fans she has, [http://fav.me/d4dvzv5 she has few to] [http://fav.me/d46inag call real friends.]
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==== Pinkie's Sister? ====
After "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
When playing with this fanon, she usually gets the full name Inkabella Octavia Pie, and there's some [[Hand Wave|handwaving]] on why Pinkie didn't directly say hi to her at the Gala, usually Pinkie not wanting to embarrass her band mates too much or they didn't recognize each other right away having not seen each other for some time. The popular [http://askoctavia.tumblr.com/ Ask Octavia] Tumblr blog plays with this by having her as Pinkie's ''cousin'', allowing for Pinkie & Octavia [[Sibling Yin-Yang]] with a much lower possibility of being [[Jossed]] should we ever see an adult Inkie in the show.
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== Name Origins ==
==== Carrot Cake ====
This was her [[Fan Nickname]] before the show revealed Mrs. Cake's complete name is also Carrot Cake. Evidence and traces of its existence can be seen in earlier fan works like the famous [[Carrot Cake Storybook
==== Carrot Top ====
Due to the new canon name, fans have decided to come up with a new [[Fan Nickname]] for her to avoid confusion and have agreed on calling her "Carrot Top" from now on. Why they chose this name and how it is related (if at all) to the person of the same name is uncertain. An interesting note is [http://kreoss.deviantart.com/journal/37142876/ one of the animators] says he coincidentally also named her "Carrot Top". Fans and animators think alike it seems.
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* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Some fans like to make this as her goal in life or at least she tries to. One such depictions is the fan song ''[http://youtu.be/2z5eizH0u1I "Beyond Her Garden"]'' and its many remixes.
* [[Muggle]]: Fans often depict her as your average everypony. She may not be the smartest, strongest, fastest, or riches ponies around but [[Determinator|she does try her best]], even though it's still isn't enough.
** This concept was popularized by the popular the comic series ''[[Carrot Cake Storybook
* [[Muggle Best Friend]]: This is her to any pony she is paired with.
* [[Name's the Same]]: Her toy name "Golden Harvest" shares its name to [[wikipedia:Golden Harvest|a film company of the same name]]. Golden Harvest happens to have produced many [[Bruce Lee]] and [[Jackie Chan]] movies. Depictions of her in a [[Stock Costume Traits|martial artist's getup]] and/or [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/79784 the company's logo] became a brief trend when the toy was released.
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** She also shares her fandom name of "Carrot Top" with the American comedian known as [[wikipedia:Carrot Top|Carrot Top]]. Which may explain why she is named differently by Hasbro.
* [[The Rival]]: Fans often depict her as seeing herself as the rival of the Apples when it comes to the single crop focused business even though her garden pales in comparison to their farm.
* [[Unlikely Heroine]] / [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Carrot Top is sometimes put in weird and unusual situations in fan stories. For instance her first encounter with Derpy Hooves in the famous ''[[Carrot Cake Storybook
=== Caramel ===
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* [[Awesome McCoolname]]:
** Whoever coined and popularized "Sir Colton Vines III" for Daisy's male companion [[All There in
** One of Roid Rage's other [[Fan Nickname|Fan Nicknames]], ''Horse Power''.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: One of Roid Rage's other [[Fan Nickname|Fan Nicknames]], Mr. Big McLargehuge.
* [[Just for Pun]]: Roid Rage's "Horse Power" [[Fan Nickname]], being a pun off...well...horsepower.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Fans have always associated a pegasus ponies' wings with "something" (a.k.a. the "wingboner"). Roid Rage/Mr. Big McLargehuge/Horse Power has outrageously tiny wings compared to his bulky size and other pegasus ponies'. Since there's this popular myth about steroids making the user's certain something shrink, it only further [[Incredibly Lame Pun|solidified]] the fans' theory that he does use steroids or their world's equivalent of steroids.
* [[Third Person Person|Third Person Pony]]: Before "A Canterlot Wedding" gave [[All There in
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==== Carrot Top ====
There is a popular fanon within the community revolving around Carrot Top and Derpy Hooves being [[Heterosexual Life Partner]] and roommates. Their friendship was popularized by [[Carrot Cake Storybook
==== Dinky ====
Many fans have taking a liking to Derpy being the mother of a background filly named Dinky. The whole thing came from speculation around the time "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
==== Dinky's father ====
Who Dinky's father is is up in the air and most fans have their own interpretation. The most popular male pony to be shipped with Derpy was another background pony known as Doctor Whooves. Due to the pairing's popularity and the fact that both their last names sound the same when pronounced<ref>That is, if you [[Spell My Name
As for Dinky's biological father, most fans seem to agree it had to be a unicorn, some pairing Derpy up with Ponet<ref>the painter pony from "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
==== Sparkler (Amethyst Star) ====
Dinky is shown to have an older sister in "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E5 Sisterhooves Social|Sisterhooves Social]]": A lesser known background pony known as Sparkler, who first appeared alongside Lyra in the pilot episode but has never had much fanon tied to her. Inconsistencies in the episode aside<ref>Sparkler and the other big sisters are shown in the stands watching themselves race</ref>, this new piece of information has spawned numerous debates concerning Dinky's fanon status as Derpy Hooves's daughter. Numerous theories have been purposed from Derpy being much [[Older Than She Looks]]<ref>A common back up to this theory comes from the episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Alternatively, perhaps that filly Sparkler was having a picnic with is a cousin of hers and Dinky's that doesn't live in Ponyville (maybe a branch lives in Canterlot or Manehattan), and the picnic was to welcome her to Ponyville (to justify Derpy & Dinky not being there, Derpy was probably doing her day job and perhaps Dinky was studying with friends, and Sparkler happened to have her day off assuming she has a job).
** On a relative note, both Dinky and Tootsie Flute were seen together in the "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Also the possibility that she may also be a local Ponyville foal-sitter (in spite of her Canterlot appearance).
==== Doctor Whooves ====
As mentioned, the Doctor (when he is a pony version of The Doctor) often finds himself accompanied by Derpy in fan projects (some stories have used Twilight Sparkle as a companion instead, of course). This would follow the Doctor's pattern of finding unique (yet not conventionally powerful) female companions for his travels, as well as leaving [[
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== Lyra and Bon Bon ==
Another popular fanon pairing (even more than shipping the main characters) is two background ponies. Lyra is mentioned above. Bon Bon is a cream-coated earth pony with a blue and pink mane. Of the two, Bon Bon has had the most speaking parts (Bon Bon's parts include looking for Fluttershy in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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== Caramel and Big Macintosh ==
Caramel first appeared in the season 1 episode “[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
The fact that Caramel was one of a few background ponies with an official name immediately created the interest of the fans. Soon the first people started to ship him with Big Macintosh and eventually “CaraMac” became a popular – if not the most popular – male pairing in the Fandom.
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