# The success of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-success-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/832969 "2019-04-24T01:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-success-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/832969/41 "2019-06-02T18:28:16Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > LOL, that’s a good one. > > But it does seem quite the coincidence that she has the appearance of a granny, an apple pie cutie mark, and that name. > > ETA: > > Wait, she’s so old she was around in the wagon train days?? The fanfic I just read puts her age at 200. The show never says, but if she helped “found Ponyville” that sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-success-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/832969/42 "2019-06-02T18:46:48Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Wait, she’s so old she was around in the wagon train days?? There are prairie buffalo natives and cow-ponys\* in the current era of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-success-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/832969/43 "2019-06-02T19:17:08Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > There are prairie buffalo natives and cow-ponys\* in the current era of the show. [The relevant episode](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17svxx). ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-success-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/832969/44 "2019-06-03T03:25:47Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > The fanfic I just read puts her age at 200. The show never says, but if she helped “found Ponyville” that sounds about right. Ha! Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-success-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/832969/45 "2019-06-20T17:23:57Z")
My daughter just discovered that S9 (the final season, apparently) is already available on iTunes. She is agonizing over whether to use her hard-earned allowance to buy episodes now, or wait until she can see them for free on Netflix. They are three bucks each, or all 12 for $30. She has about eight bucks saved. Does anyone know: if she were to buy the episodes piecemeal as she comes up with the money over time, would they give her the final two episodes for free if she bought the first ten one at a time? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-success-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/832969/46 "2019-06-20T18:57:13Z")
There are 26 episodes in season 9, just like all other seasons except season 3 (which had only 13, since Hasbro half-decided to cancel it.) Saturday is the mid-season finale. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-success-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/832969/47 "2019-06-20T20:37:08Z")
Ohhh. I guess iTunes sells them in smaller blocks? I doubt they will give that big a season discount. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-success-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/832969/48 "2019-09-09T02:18:15Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > The deep questions that occur to me while watching this show. > > What was Granny Smith called when she was a filly? 😃 So in one of the last episodes, Granny Smith wakes up from a nap in her rocking chair. She says: > [@](#): > > Oh, hey there, little dumpling. I jut had the most peculiar dream. > … > It was about Grand Pear\*, only it wasn’t. He was younger, I think, and we were in outer space on some kinda mission to explore strange new worlds > … > and Mudbriar was there, bein’as logical as ever but his ears were real pointy-like. Then Discord\*\* showed up and he…well…he was pretty much the same… (much later in the episode) > [@](#): > > Then Gran Pear looked at me all dramaticallike and says “where NOPONYhas gone before”! and WHOOSH! Away we flew! > > \*Grand Pear was a one-off character voiced by one Bill Shatner > > \*\*Discord was a recurring “lord of chaos” voiced by John DeLance. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-success-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/832969/49 "2019-09-10T19:44:27Z")
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