# My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - General Discussion \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438 "2011-07-26T22:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/301 "2011-09-21T00:03:03Z")
> [@Stauderhorse](#): > > So what happens if a unicorn mates with a pegasus or an earth pony? Is their offspring still capable of magic? Will it have wings? We’ll have to find a pony with a peas-in-punnett-squares cutie mark to find out for sure. ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/302 "2011-09-21T06:37:58Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > While we’re here, can we come up with a cute nickname for adult female fans of the show? It’s not fair that dudes get their own cute nickname and we dudettes don’t! So i know I’m way late to the pony party here, but apparently some people are trying to popularize pegasisters. I kind of like it. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/303 "2011-09-21T14:24:16Z")
The common knock against “pegasisters” seems to be that it’s hard to say. I’ve seen people substitute “pega-sis,” although that one’s tough to pluralize. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/304 "2011-09-21T21:20:30Z")
How often is it being said, realistically? ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/305 "2011-09-22T00:30:07Z")
[Pinky hangs out with Portal AI Cores](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ycU3d_gZw&feature=related) Space…wannagotospace! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/306 "2011-09-22T00:46:21Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > [Pinky hangs out with Portal AI Cores](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ycU3d_gZw&feature=related) > Space…wannagotospace! I always loved [this bit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ285AUZ7K4) from Ponies: The Anthology. Pega-sister is just…trying way too hard. To be honest, I dislike brony as well. Call me pretentious, but I really just prefer “fans.” ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/307 "2011-09-22T01:37:50Z")
I don’t think I read it here, so sorry if I am repeating something, but I read yesterday that after Pt 2 airs Saturday, there’s going to be a break before new ones start again. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/308 "2011-09-22T01:49:12Z")
[QUOTE=John DeLancie] Roddenberry warned me that I had no idea what I was getting into with Star Trek. Someone should have warned me about My Little Pony! Egads! [/QUOTE] Probably the best piece of MLP artwork I’ve seen so far (warning, big files) [Part1](http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/261/7/d/7d680593a80c1b7e81398a9bb6f2a62c-d4a9wnp.png) [Part2](http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/262/e/c/ecf766aedda8cde4e34acffcd45aa263-d4adfzc.png) [Part3](http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/263/c/c/cc02acac62e628d867367132f84720f2-d4agiyl.png) ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/309 "2011-09-23T14:58:39Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Probably the best piece of MLP artwork I’ve seen so far (warning, big files) > [Part1](http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/261/7/d/7d680593a80c1b7e81398a9bb6f2a62c-d4a9wnp.png) > [Part2](http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/262/e/c/ecf766aedda8cde4e34acffcd45aa263-d4adfzc.png) > [Part3](http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/263/c/c/cc02acac62e628d867367132f84720f2-d4agiyl.png) Those are really well-done. Not sure I like the “jilted lover” angle, but the artwork is fantabulous. On a completely different note, [find out what would happen if Rainbow Dash went up against a Decepticon.](http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/09/rainbow-dash-vs-starscream-at.html#more) Featuring the most apropos pony-related quote of all time: “This is a pony. A baby horse girl toy. _Why is it so awesome!?_” ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/310 "2011-09-24T16:40:55Z")
First [Youtube streams](http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/09/season-2-episode-2-return-of-harmony.html) for episode 2 are up! [spoiler]Pretty satisfying ending, although like part 1, the pace felt a little rushed. Loved the expansion of the ponies’s alternate personalities - Flutterjerk in particular is all kinds of hilarious. I like that the episode didn’t really hinge on finding the Elements of Harmony, but rather on Twilight’s realization that her friendships are what make her who she is. The brief montages from season 1 were a lovely touch. And holy crap. That ending. I just about fell out of my seat laughing. It’s literally a [shot-by-shot remake.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4wh4FnwiAg) Who sez this show is only for little kids?[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/311 "2011-09-24T17:37:23Z")
I knew it was horribly familiar, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/312 "2011-09-24T17:45:42Z")
yeah, I thought it was weird too, especially the back and forth between Twilight and Spike. Now it makes more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Boer777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Boer777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boer777)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/313 "2011-09-24T18:06:51Z")
It was a fun episode ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/314 "2011-09-24T18:40:06Z")
I cringed. I’m reasonably sure that ending wasn’t put in to pander to the adult fans, but it seems pretty darn blatant. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/315 "2011-09-24T23:02:19Z")
The Star Wars reference couldn’t get much more blatant, could it?, personally, I liked the Discordverse version of Equestria better than the normal Equestria Let’s see, we have chocolate milk rain (a reference to the YouTube “Chocolate Rain” video perhaps?), pie-rain, all it needs now is Donut Rain and Homer Simpspony could move right in I’m sure that Discord’s manifestations and dissapearences using a snap of the fingers and a flash of light were an offhanded reference to John DeLancie’s infamous “Q” character from ST-TNG, I was kind of dissapointed that DeLancie didn’t find a way to work some form of “Temper, temper, Mon Capitane” reference in…, Discord _DID_ seem to have the smugness that “Q” was known for after all… Of course, my evil, twisted little mind has been thinking up some thought experiments of how some of my favorite movie genre styles would respond to being “Pony-fied”… The Classic Vampire Movie (no wussy Twighlight “sparklepires” here), weakened by daylight, must feed on blood, can turn other ponies/dragons/etc into vampiric organisms, no mirror reflections… I think the two best (worst?) index-cases for the start of the Vampire Plague (released by Nightmare Moon, perhaps?) would be either poor, innocent, kind-hearted Fluttershy, she would be devastated by her transformation into a Pony of the Night, or Rarity, the inability to see her reflection would devistate a pony that prides itself on appearance, Pinkie would be just crazy enough to enjoy vampirism somehow (she would definitely be Clan Malkavian) The Slasher film (Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween), I see Pinkie as the slasher here, she’s just insane enough to snap, the “hero” would be Applejack, Twilight would be the nerdy skeptic, Fluttershy and Rarity would be the ditzy victims, Dash would be the dumb jock The Zombie Apocalypse film; our heroines vs. the entire zombified population of Equestria, sort of a “Zombieland…but with Ponies!” thing yes, I may as well accept it, me, cynical, emotionless, logical MacTech has now joined the herd, it is illogical to deny the fact that I am becoming a Brony (dear Og I _HATE_ that term, so frakking stupid… oh, and why do I find this kind of [competitive idiocy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zHZj8Xp-Ik&feature=related) so amusing? aeiou…John Madden! ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/316 "2011-09-25T07:34:13Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > I cringed. I’m reasonably sure that ending wasn’t put in to pander to the adult fans, but it seems pretty darn blatant. My niece is the _perfect_ age for MLP (er… discounting Brony ages, of course). Her brothers are loopy for Star Wars. So, she knows everything about Star Wars. (And Harry Potter.) I’m pretty sure it was put in to pander to kids for whom that scene is just as much a part of _their_ culture as it is for most adults. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/317 "2011-09-26T01:00:07Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > My niece is the _perfect_ age for MLP (er… discounting Brony ages, of course). Her brothers are loopy for Star Wars. So, she knows everything about Star Wars. (And Harry Potter.) > > I’m pretty sure it was put in to pander to kids for whom that scene is just as much a part of _their_ culture as it is for most adults. I’m a 28 year old nerd and I have no idea what you’re talking about. What are the Star Wars references? Aside from Pinkie Pie being like Jar Jar, of course… ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/318 "2011-09-26T01:52:55Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > I cringed. I’m reasonably sure that ending wasn’t put in to pander to the adult fans, but it seems pretty darn blatant. What? it obviously WAS put in to pander to adult fans. What other reason could there possibly be? i don’t think my three year old niece got that. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/319 "2011-09-26T01:58:26Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > I’m a 28 year old nerd and I have no idea what you’re talking about. What are the Star Wars references? Aside from Pinkie Pie being like Jar Jar, of course… Never mind, I hadn’t clicked on Barkie’s spoiler link. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/320 "2011-09-26T04:12:48Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > What? it obviously WAS put in to pander to adult fans. What other reason could there possibly be? i don’t think my three year old niece got that. Like **Lightray** said, there are older kids who’ll get that. Three’s really too young to understand the show’s Aesops, I think. Besides, Season 2 was under way almost before Season 1 got on the air, and more than likely before the periphery demographic really got rolling. It’s possible they went back and changed the ending, but unlikely. Thiessen, the new showrunner, has said recently that they aren’t looking to entertain adult fans. They’re making a kids show and entertaining themselves in the process. He asks for a celebratory ending, and the storyboarder shows up with a Star Wars rip/homage just to screw with him, and it goes in because why not? Discord was based off Q not to pander to Trekkies, but because Lauren Faust had been binging on TNG before writing those episodes. They decided to push the Q angle and wanted a de Lancie impressionist to do the voice, and they said, “Well, why not just get the man himself?” The jokes pander to the adult audience only inasmuch as they amuse the adults working on the show. Doesn’t stop the Star Wars ref from being painfully blatant, but it wasn’t put in to suck up to the adult nerds watching. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438.md?page=17)