# 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:** 2
**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:** [July 27, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/21 "2011-07-27T04:08:17Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Male? Above the age of 14? Employed? No daughters? No, you won’t. I mean, even Wait-Wait made fun of it, adding an entire generation to how lame it is?. I mean, how big of a loser ARE you? 😃 Male, _44_, employed, no kids\*. 😛 Twilight Sparkle. Although Rarity and Fluttershy are fairly awesome, Ms. Sparkle has a book on sleepovers. How can I not like such a well-prepared (and well-researched!) pony? - I _do_ have a niece, and thought to watch a few FiM episodes in case there was a quiz\*\* about the toys I’d bought her. I’ve now seen _all_ the episodes; she hasn’t. \*\* There were _many_ quizzes with Number One Nephew about identifying Thomas the Train (= Tank Engine) characters. I failed them all: all those tank characters look the same with only different color schemes! ---
**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:** [July 27, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/22 "2011-07-27T04:22:04Z")
You forgot [Doctor Whooves](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_8FEjV6pBo). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/23 "2011-07-27T04:58:02Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > You forgot [Doctor Whooves](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_8FEjV6pBo). 😃 Crossover? I assume they know about it already. “No, really, dear, I closely monitored what they saw the entire ten hours you were gone and it was all [careerbuilder.com](http://careerbuilder.com) and Davey and Goliath.” ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/24 "2011-07-27T05:46:16Z")
> [@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! I’m a brony, even though I’m the proud posessor of a vagina. /b/rony is a state of mind, not a gender disbursement. And also, I refuse to vote in any poll that doesn’t have Derpy Hooves as an option. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/25 "2011-07-27T06:13:48Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > I’m a brony, even though I’m the proud posessor of a vagina. > > /b/rony is a state of mind, not a gender disbursement. Represent. And I refuse to vote. Picking a favorite is impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/26 "2011-07-27T11:10:21Z")
Amazing. Simply amazing. From the putrid depths of the vile gutter that is /b/, to the lofty heights of the SDMB, it seems the entire internet is full of ponies. > [@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! I’ve seen the term ‘bronette’ used, is that better? Actually, the term ‘brony’ originated from the /b/ image board, as in /b/ronies, while fans on the /co/ board were called /co/lts (/b/=random, /co/=comics and cartoons). Also, rainbow pony is best pony. At least until [Weird Al](http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/04/weird-al-tweets-ponies-again.html) gets a cameo 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cara\_mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/27 "2011-07-27T11:40:20Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Represent. > > And I refuse to vote. Picking a favorite is impossible. Me too, couldn’t possibly choose. And I have two little figurines from Hasbro (yeah I got their merchandise, - that’s what they wanted isn’t it?). One is Fluttershy, the other Twilight Sparkle, but the only reason I didn’t get Applejack is because she didn’t have the little cowboy hat! Oh why are they _so cute_? It’s not just their big eyes, but their little mouths and noses too! The animators just hit all the right notes with this one. Oh, and I think I will vote - for Applejack. I love that accent! Many a time at work, when my colleague has abandoned me at the busiest time of the day, all I can do is roll up my sleeves and say “well, I guess it’s apple buck season!” ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/28 "2011-07-27T13:49:08Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Male? Above the age of 14? Employed? No daughters? No, you won’t. I mean, even Wait-Wait made fun of it, adding an entire generation to how lame it is?. I mean, how big of a loser ARE you? 😃 27, employed, in a long-term relationship but no kids. I watch the show with my girlfriend and we both adore Twilight Sparkle. We also love The West Wing, baseball, Starcraft 2, live music of all kinds, science, and cooking. Care to pigeonhole us? 😃 ---
**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:** [July 27, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/29 "2011-07-27T14:58:21Z")
> [@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! This has been suggested but I’m not sure it will satisfy you: [Tumblr: Image](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgbws8Agyq1qzjqq6o1_500.jpg) Also, how are you like Pinkie Pie? > [@Tengu](#): > > FTR, I hate the word ‘brony’. > > Ponies do not need the douchey stink of ‘bro’ added to them. I usually dislike the term “bro” and anything that is jock-like. However, the contrast between the connotations of “bro” and the cutesiness of a show intended for young girls is something I appreciate. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/30 "2011-07-27T15:18:35Z")
So, “bronies” is a real thing? I was positive it was some kind of joke. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/31 "2011-07-27T15:21:08Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > So, “bronies” is a real thing? I was positive it was some kind of joke. You’re welcome: [http://www.ponychan.net/chan/](http://www.ponychan.net/chan/) Does anyone know if they make Pony cufflinks or tie clips? ---
**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:** [July 27, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/32 "2011-07-27T15:38:36Z")
I’m a little dismayed that no one’s voted for Rarity yet – aversion to her fashion interest, maybe? Even Applejack has a vote, and her only focus episode wasn’t one of the standouts, really. > [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Does anyone know if they make Pony cufflinks or tie clips? I think someone on [RPG.net](http://RPG.net) had posted links to cutiemark pins… maybe from deviantart. Can’t find them now because both sites are blocked at work. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/33 "2011-07-27T16:16:48Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > So, “bronies” is a real thing? I was positive it was some kind of joke. Lot of people think that because…well, it’s My Little Pony, ferchrissakes, and this is the internet where everyone is a cynical asshole. Anyone who says they enjoy it has to be trolling or doing it “ironically”. There’s never been a lack of adults who enjoy well-made cartoons, though, and the quality of the show is good enough that it rises above cutesy kids-only pap. There’s an intelligence to the show folks have responded well to, plus the art and animation hit the sweet spot where it’s cute and appealing without being cloying and childish, like the original MLP was. Though I do think people go overboard in their enthusiasm sometimes. But only sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/34 "2011-07-27T16:35:39Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > This has been suggested but I’m not sure it will satisfy you: [Tumblr: Image](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgbws8Agyq1qzjqq6o1_500.jpg) > Also, how are you like Pinkie Pie? I like it! Oh, just generally goofy. I can be shy, too, by turns, and I’m definitely not AS goofy as Pinkie Pie, but I can identify with the filly. Well, there’s that and my toothless baby gator… I actually really relate to Fluttershy in the bird episode. Not so much when she’s rescuing it but more when she’s freaking out about going to the party and at one point says, “Maybe I shouldn’t go.” I go through that before parties/events more than I’d like to admit to. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/35 "2011-07-27T19:20:56Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > There’s an intelligence to the show folks have responded well to, plus the art and animation hit the sweet spot where it’s cute and appealing without being cloying and childish, like the original MLP was. That’s why I was confused, I didn’t know there was a new version. I thought all these people were watching My Little Pony cartoons from the eighties. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/36 "2011-07-27T19:31:47Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > That’s why I was confused, I didn’t know there was a new version. I thought all these people were watching My Little Pony cartoons from the eighties. [http://arch.413chan.net/pony\_please-(n1298133559751).png](http://arch.413chan.net/pony_please-(n1298133559751).png) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/37 "2011-07-27T19:34:40Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > That’s why I was confused, I didn’t know there was a new version. I thought all these people were watching My Little Pony cartoons from the eighties. [I think this is appropriate.](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/232/2q9hwy8.jpg/sr=1) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/38 "2011-07-27T19:44:46Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > [I think this is appropriate.](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/232/2q9hwy8.jpg/sr=1) Love that image. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/39 "2011-07-27T21:38:13Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > That’s why I was confused, I didn’t know there was a new version. I thought all these people were watching My Little Pony cartoons from the eighties. Give it a shot - all the episodes of the new show (“My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”) are readily available on Youtube, apparently because the parent company makes more money off merchandise than the actual show itself. Be forewarned, though, it’s addictive as hell, and _very_ different from previous incarnations of the show. Lauren Faust, the (sadly former) showrunner, intentionally developed MLP:FiM as an inversion of the original concept, dropping the super-girly silliness and simplistic characters/ storytelling and replacing them with gorgeously detailed artwork and some of the most appealingly three-dimensional characters in television animation. I find that MLP:FiM hits that magic “Pixar spot,” in that it has enough complexity and finely-tuned sense of irony to appeal to adults, while maintaining an incredible amount of heart and underlying optimism. Its funniest gags will sail right past five-year olds, but it never stoops to cynicism or “darkness” or incessant pop culture references the way, say, a Dreamworks animated movie might. It’s fun and happy and cute, but in a way that isn’t sugary or condescending to the viewer (whether he or she be child or adult). ---
**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:** [July 27, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438/40 "2011-07-27T21:41:57Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > Give it a shot - all the episodes of the new show (“My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”) are readily available on Youtube, apparently because the parent company makes more money off merchandise than the actual show itself. > > Be forewarned, though, it’s addictive as hell, and _very_ different from previous incarnations of the show. Lauren Faust, the (sadly former) showrunner, intentionally developed MLP:FiM as an inversion of the original concept, dropping the super-girly silliness and simplistic characters/ storytelling and replacing them with gorgeously detailed artwork and some of the most appealingly three-dimensional characters in television animation. > > I find that MLP:FiM hits that magic “Pixar spot,” in that it has enough complexity and finely-tuned sense of irony to appeal to adults, while maintaining an incredible amount of heart and underlying optimism. Its funniest gags will sail right past five-year olds, but it never stoops to cynicism or “darkness” or incessant pop culture references the way, say, a Dreamworks animated movie might. It’s fun and happy and cute, but in a way that isn’t sugary or condescending to the viewer (whether he or she be child or adult). Plus P O N I E S ! ! ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-general-discussion-edited-title/590438.md?page=3)