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pos: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 8) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 8) The eighth season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 8 of the series premiered on March 24, 2018, on Discovery Family, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro, and concluded on October 13. The show follows a pony named Twilight

pos: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 8) characters Maud Pie, Spike, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Queen Chrysalis and Discord return with exciting storylines and a whole lot of magic!" <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 8) The eighth season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 8 of the series premiered on March 24, 2018, on

pos: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 8) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 8) The eighth season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 8 of the series premiered on March 24, 2018, on Discovery Family, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro, and concluded on October 13. The show follows a pony named Twilight

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 7) theaters. The show follows a pony named Twilight Sparkle as she learns about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight continues to learn with her close friends Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Each represents a different face of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the "Elements of Harmony". The ponies share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 7) The seventh season of the animated television series "", developed by

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 6) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 6) The sixth season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 6 of the series premiered on March 26, 2016 on Discovery Family, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro, and concluded on October 22. The show follows a pony named Twilight

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5) The fifth season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 5 of the series premiered on April 4, 2015 on Discovery Family, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro, and concluded on November 28. The show follows a pony named Twilight

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 4) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 4) The fourth season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Hub Network in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 4 of the series premiered on November 23, 2013 on the Hub Network, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro, and concluded on May 10, 2014. The show follows a pony named

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 1) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 1) The first season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on The Hub in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 1 of the series premiered on October 10, 2010 on The Hub, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro, and concluded on May 6, 2011. The show follows a studious unicorn pony named

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 3) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 3) The third season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on The Hub in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 3 of the series premiered on November 10, 2012 on The Hub, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro, and concluded on February 16, 2013. The show follows a studious unicorn pony named

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 2) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 2) The second season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on The Hub in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 2 of the series premiered on September 17, 2011 on The Hub, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro, and concluded on April 21, 2012. The show follows a studious unicorn pony named

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 2) members, stating that "the gaps I have left are being filled by the same amazing artists, writers, and directors who brought you Season 1. I'm certain the show will be as entertaining as ever". <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 2) The second season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on The Hub in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 7) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 7) The seventh season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 7 of the series premiered on April 15, 2017 on Discovery Family, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro, and concluded on October 28, twenty-two days after "" was released in

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5) it was revealed that Starlight Glimmer would return in the two-part Season 5 finale. The fifth season premiered in mid-2015 on Treehouse TV in Canada and debuted on November 2, 2015 on Boomerang in Australia. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5) The fifth season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (video game) has been downloaded over 5.4 million times. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (video game) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a video game based on the , developed by Gameloft for iOS and Android devices. The game was released on November 8, 2012. In the game, the player is asked to help Twilight Sparkle rebuild her home of Ponyville after it fell into the shadow of the villainous Nightmare Moon. To do so, the player uses in-game currency and other collected treasures to build homes to bring more ponies to the town, and then create businesses for them

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (video game) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (video game) My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a video game based on the , developed by Gameloft for iOS and Android devices. The game was released on November 8, 2012. In the game, the player is asked to help Twilight Sparkle rebuild her home of Ponyville after it fell into the shadow of the villainous Nightmare Moon. To do so, the player uses in-game currency and other collected treasures to build homes to bring more ponies to the town, and then create businesses for them to work at and generate money. Mini-games

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 1) Shores, respectively. Michael Daingerfield Hall portrayed Braeburn, Erin Mathews was the voice of Little Strongheart, and Scott McNeil as Chief Thunderhooves. Finally, Vincent Tong was the voice actor for Pony Joe and Prince Blueblood, and James Wootton played the Mule. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 1) The first season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on The Hub in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 6) be an episode involving Fluttershy having a brother. However, in regards to whether Fluttershy's brother would be appearing in season five or not, director Jim Miller simply responded via Twitter "not [season five]". One of the songs from the season's Christmas-themed episode was first previewed at the 2016 American Toy Fair in New York City. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 6) The sixth season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 4) Hasbro's vice president for international distribution, Finn Arnesen, had stated that "My Little Pony" is a "top-priority" brand for the company and expects the series to continue beyond the fourth season.<ref name="Christie 2013-02/03"></ref> The fourth season of the series premiered on November 23, 2013. This season marks the first time storyboard artist Jim Miller will be co-directing alongside Jayson Thiessen. This season also marks the first time to be executive produced by Thiessen and McCarthy. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 4) The fourth season of the animated television series "", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a children's animated fantasy television series created by Lauren Faust for Hasbro. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors as the fourth generation ("G4") of the franchise. The series premiered on October 10, 2010, on The Hub cable channel (which was renamed as Discovery Family in late 2014). Hasbro selected animator Lauren Faust as the creative director and executive producer for the show. Faust sought to challenge the established nature of the existing

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic music while filling out the show's fantasy setting. The composition of the music and songs far precedes the broadcast of the episode; for example, songs for the show's third season that began airing in November 2012 were composed in 2011. Ingram considered that songs from previous shows of My Little Pony were "a little bit dated" and decided to bring more interesting work to the "Friendship Is Magic" series. Such changes include making songs with more emotional depth than typical for children's animation, and tending to write songs that can be enjoyed musically outside of the context of the episode.

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 3) given with others". As of Season 3, the song titles make their appearance in the closing credits, along with the name of the composer Daniel Ingram and the name of the lyricist. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Shout! Factory, who own the DVD publishing rights for the series within Region 1, released multiple DVDs. "Adventures in the Crystal Empire", "Pinkie Pie Party", "Princess Twilight Sparkle", and "A Pony For Every Season" were released for Region 1 markets containing episodes from the third season, bundled with episodes from previous seasons. The complete season was released on February 4, 2014. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

neg: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls the "Friendship Games" film, Mike Cahill of "The Guardian" gave the film two out of five stars, calling it "craven commercialism", but adding that "it's not unattractively designed, and its peppy collegiate spirit trumps the sappiness of Disney's Tinkerbell spin-offs". My Little Pony: Equestria Girls My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, or simply known as Equestria Girls, is an American product line of fashion dolls and media franchise launched in 2013 by Hasbro, as a spin-off of the 2010 of the My Little Pony franchise. "Equestria Girls" features humanized versions of "My Little Pony" characters from "Friendship Is Magic". It includes

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom PonyCon in San Diego, California. Nearly a dozen brony conventions were planned in 2012. In addition, established "My Little Pony" conventions prior to the "Friendship Is Magic" show, such as the "My Little Pony Fair" or "UK PonyCon", have seen increases in their numbers due to the attendance of bronies. A long-running annual art show, the "My Little Pony Project", where artists re-imagine "My Little Pony" figurines and toys into works of art, has also seen additional attendance and contributions from the brony community. The fandom is considered to be charitable, raising money for a number of different efforts. The

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Hasbro's use of the font "Generation B" for much of its product packaging and marketing with the "Friendship Is Magic" show and toyline, including the "Friendship Is Magic" text in the show's logo. Font Brothers claim that Hasbro has been using this font in an unlicensed manner and is seeking up to $150,000 for each violation of its use. Dialogue from a "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" episode was brought up during the 2016 Republican National Convention by then-RNC chief strategist (and future White House Press Secretary) Sean Spicer to defend Melania Trump against accusations of plagiarism. My Little

neg: Slice of Life (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) "As fun as it is for the members of the fandom it's aimed at, the bronies and their like, this episode must be hecka weird to the actual target audience of the show." Despite this, he considered the episode "a great experience", praising the episode's voice work and the musical duet between characters Octavia and "Vinyl Scratch" (DJ Pon-3). "Slice of Life" was released on the "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Friends Across Equestria" DVD, along with "Make New Friends but Keep Discord" (Season 5, Episode 7), "Amending Fences" (Season 5, Episode 12), "Made in Manehattan" (Season 5,

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 8) Sparkle as she learns about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight continues to learn with her close friends Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. Each represents a different element of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the "Elements of Harmony". The ponies share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships. On May 25, 2017, supervising director Jim Miller announced via Twitter an eighth season for the series. At Hasbro's first self-themed convention (aptly named HasCon) on September 9,

neg: Slice of Life (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) Episode 16) and "The Mane Attraction" (Season 5, Episode 24), on March 1, 2016. It will also be released as part of the complete Season 5 DVD set. Slice of Life (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) "Slice of Life" is the ninth episode of the of the Canadian-American animated television series "", and the 100th episode of the series overall, celebrated as a milestone episode by Hasbro and its affiliates. It was directed by Jim Miller, written by M.A. Larson, and produced by Devon Cody. The episode aired on June 13, 2015, on Discovery Family. In the episode, Ponyville's

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic girls 4–7 years old. The first season was produced and broadcast to "E/I" ("educational and informational") standards, but Hasbro allowed the standard to be dropped in the second season. "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" has been distributed to international markets, including Treehouse TV for the English-speaking audience in Canada, Boomerang in the United Kingdom until 2012 and on Tiny Pop and Pop (UK and Ireland), two British free-to-air children's television channels owned and operated by CSC Media Group, from September 2013, Okto in Singapore, Cartoon Network and later Boomerang with Eleven airing repeats in Australia and TV2 in New

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" has led to references to the program in popular culture. The animated television show "Mad" spoofed "Friendship Is Magic" at least twice; one segment was called "My Little War Horse". An episode of "Bob's Burgers", "The Equestranauts", satirized bronies and their conventions. A secret level in the video game "Diablo III" included enemies named "Rainbow Western", "Midnight Sparkle" and "Nightmarity", alluding to "Friendship Is Magic". Owlchemy Labs added a "Brony Mode" to their video game "Snuggle Truck" as free downloadable content in October 2012 specifically as a nod to the brony community. The mode replaces

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom a class presentation; it was later featured on the "Tosh.0" website. Remixed versions of professional works using "Friendship Is Magic" footage have been noticed by their creators; filmmaker Edgar Wright noted "My Little Pony" versions of the trailers for his films "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" and "Hot Fuzz". "Top Gear"s UK blog team and the UK edition of the "Top Gear" magazine noted a video using clips of their show featuring pony characters. A fan-made "Friendship Is Magic" version of South Korean rapper Psy's "Gangnam Style" music video incorporating an "invisible horse dance" has been highlighted by media outlets

neg: My Little Pony (2010 toyline) songs from the season six episode "A Hearth's Warming Tail" (Hearth's Warming Eve is Here Once Again, Say Goodbye to the Holiday, The Seeds of the Past, Pinkie's Present, and Luna's Future). Enterplay, LLC has been licensed to create trading cards of "Friendship Is Magic", with a first set released in early 2012 and a second set published in 2013. In addition to the base cards, Enterplay has offered limited edition cards at various fan conventions, which have since become of card collector's value. A "Friendship Is Magic"-themed collectible card game by Enterplay, "My Little Pony Collectible Card Game", was

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Vision has the publishing rights for the first two seasons throughout Region 2, including most of Western Europe and the Middle East; however, the company abruptly entered administration in December 2013, and has managed to only release three "My Little Pony" DVD volume sets as of April 2014 by August 2014. Another Region 2 distributor known as Primal Screen had since taken over the license from Clear Vision. Madman Entertainment has the license for publishing the series via DVDs and digital downloads in Region 4 but since Season 4, Beyond Home Entertainment took over the license. "Friendship Is Magic" is

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 1) Twilight Sparkle as her mentor Princess Celestia guides her to learn about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight becomes close friends with five other ponies: Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie, as they all teach each other the magic of friendship. Each of the ponies represent a different facet of friendship, and Twilight soon discovers herself to be a key part of the "Elements of Harmony", ancient artifacts with powerful magic properties. The ponies share adventures and help out the residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships. Hasbro selected animator Lauren

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic by collectors as "generations". The animated series "My Little Pony Tales" which premiered in 1992 was the toy line's most recent television series before "Friendship Is Magic", featuring the pony designs of the first toy line. It was followed by various direct-to-video releases, which featured later designs up to the third incarnation of the franchise. Just as Michael Bay's film had helped to boost the new "Transformers" toy line, Hasbro wanted to retool the My Little Pony franchise and update it to better suit the current demographic and taste of young girls. According to Margaret Loesch, CEO of Hub Network,

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 4) Twilight Sparkle as she learns about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight continues to learn with her close friends Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Each represents a different face of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the "Elements of Harmony". The ponies share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships. Season 4 continues from the events of the third season finale, "Magical Mystery Cure", where Twilight, shown to have come to hone her magic skills while learning

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Pet Win!"), both written by Daniel Ingram, were nominated, but did not win, for "Outstanding Original Song—Children's and Animation" at the 39th Daytime Emmy Awards. The show was named the best animated show for the 2011–12 television season in a user poll on the website Television Without Pity. Marcel Duperreault, Todd Araki, Jason Fredrickson, and Adam McGhie received a 2014 Leo Award for their work on "Power Ponies" for "Best Overall Sound in an Animation Program or Series" on June 1, 2014. Despite Hasbro's target demographic of young girls and their parents, "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" has become

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic My Little Pony line, creating more in-depth characters and adventurous settings; she left the series during season 2, to be replaced by Meghan McCarthy as showrunner. The show follows a studious anthropomorphic unicorn pony named Twilight Sparkle as her mentor Princess Celestia guides her to learn about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight and her dragon assistant Spike become close friends with five other ponies: Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. Each of the ponies represent a different facet of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts known as the

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom the show's 's episode "The Perfect Pear", along with Felicia Day, who appeared in the very same episode. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom "" is an animated television series produced by Hasbro as part of the "My Little Pony" toy franchise, which is tied in with the 2010 relaunch of dolls and play sets and original programming for U.S. cable channel Discovery Family (formerly Hub Network). Lauren Faust was selected as the creative developer and executive producer for the show based on her previous animation experience with shows like "The Powerpuff Girls" and "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends".

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom "" is an animated television series produced by Hasbro as part of the "My Little Pony" toy franchise, which is tied in with the 2010 relaunch of dolls and play sets and original programming for U.S. cable channel Discovery Family (formerly Hub Network). Lauren Faust was selected as the creative developer and executive producer for the show based on her previous animation experience with shows like "The Powerpuff Girls" and "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends". Under Hasbro's guidance Faust developed the show to appeal to the target demographic of young girls, but created

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and being one of the few "girl-focused shows that a geeky dad can appreciate with his daughter". "Los Angeles Times" critic Robert Lloyd called the show "smarter and sassier and more aesthetically sophisticated" than any of the previous My Little Pony cartoons, and praised its ability to appeal to both children and their parents, in that it is "smart and sprightly and well-staged, and never horribly cute". "TV Guide" listed "Friendship Is Magic" as one of the top sixty animated shows of all time in a September 2013 list. Kathleen Richter of "Ms." believed that "Friendship Is Magic" did little

neg: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (film) adult in "Friendship Is Magic" to teenagers within the film. Connelly did, however, vote for the film as Best Animated Feature in the 2013 Village Voice Film Critics' Poll. Toon Zone's Ed Liu considered that the movie "relies a bit too much on the familiar and the conventional", lacking "Friendship Is Magic"s injection of "idiosyncratic character" into otherwise predictable plots, but otherwise praised the voice actors, music, and some of the movie's animation. My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (film) My Little Pony: Equestria Girls is a 2013 Canadian–American flash animated fantasy musical film released as a part of Hasbro's ,

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom that the fans have come to like "Friendship Is Magic" due to "so much cynicism and negativity out there in so many [other] shows", while the show "has such a positive message" that counters this. As with most fandoms, the popularity of "Friendship Is Magic" waned in the years following with events in 2018 showing significant decline in its popularity. Unconfirmed leaks of information from Hasbro stated that the show's ninth season which is scheduled to air in 2019, would be the last for the "G4" (Generation 4) ponies with a move towards a fifth generation ("G5") that was aimed

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom the franchise, noted that the toys and show were originally conceived to appeal to preschool children of both genders, and considers it a "good thing" for the adult fandom to have the same appreciation of the show as the collectors. According to Summer Hayes, author of six books about "My Little Pony" toy collections and organizer of the annual "My Little Pony" collectors' fair, some of these collectors appreciated the attention of the brony community. Hayes said that the brony community has participated in the toy fair, and that other collectors resent the sudden popularity of "Friendship Is Magic". She

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic associated with the 2010 relaunch of My Little Pony toy line, having figurines and playsets based on it. A section of the Hasbro website gives information about "Friendship Is Magic" for children and their parents, including character backgrounds, videos, and interactive games and media. Due in part to the older fans, Hasbro has come to see My Little Pony as a "lifestyle" brand, with over 200 licenses in 15 categories of products, including clothing, houseware, and digital media. The brand grossed over 650 million USD in retail sales in 2013, and one billion USD annually in retail sales in 2014

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 4) the value of friendship, has been crowned as Equestria's newest princess, becoming an alicorn in the process. Some elements of the season focus on Twilight coming to terms with her new status; lead writer Meghan McCarthy stated that "What we didn't want to do was change who Twilight is as a character, because she's certainly someone that everyone's proud to know and love", while Tara Strong, the voice actress for Twilight, claimed that the episode is "a birth of a new era for Twilight, but not the end of what makes the show so wonderful". In addition, with the directive

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom in the numbers by purposely excluding and alienating females. Sherilyn Connelly and others have noted that bronies alienate other fans of the franchise by focusing on the fandom itself rather than the franchise. Bronies created an atmosphere of entitlement and anger when the franchise didn't accommodate the fans' demands, resulting in a culture where death threats are made publicly and lightly. Before Hasbro revived the toy series with its "Friendship Is Magic" line, the "My Little Pony" toys were collected mainly by women who grew up with the toys during the 1980s and 1990s. Bonnie Zacherle, the original creator of

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom older fans while staying focused on the show's intended audience. Such reciprocity has included participation in fan conventions by the show's voice actors and producers, recognition of the brony fandom in official promotional material, and incorporating background characters popularized by the fans (such as the fandom-named "Derpy Hooves") into in-jokes within the show. As a result of these efforts in part, "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" has become a major commercial success with the series becoming the highest-rated original production in Hub Network's broadcast history. One of the first critical reviews of "Friendship Is Magic" which was published shortly

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 8) an animatic from an upcoming episode was shown. On February 8, 2018, Discovery Family's March press release states that this season, "viewers will witness major milestones featuring the introduction of Starlight Glimmer’s parents and Princess Celestia's big acting debut. Additionally, the Mane 6’s Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are accompanied by six new creatures including Ocellus the Changeling, Silverstream the Hippogriff/Seapony, Smolder the Dragon, Gallus the Griffin, Yona the Yak and Sandbar the Pony, joining them on epic adventures throughout new and familiar lands such as Mount Aris, Everfree Forest, Las Pegasus and more. Fan-favorite

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic highest of any program of the Hub network; its viewership exceeded 150% of that of the previous year. This was surpassed by the two-part season two finale, "A Canterlot Wedding", airing in April 2012, marking the broadcast as the highest viewership for the Hub Network to that date. "Friendship Is Magic" was nominated for three British Columbia Leo Awards for Animation, "Best Program", "Best Direction", and "Best Overall Sound". Additionally, the songs "Becoming Popular (The Pony Everypony Should Know)" (from season 2 episode 9, "Sweet and Elite") and "Find A Pet Song" (from season 2 episode 7, "May the Best

neg: My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever, also titled as My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever! and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Best Gift Ever, is a one-hour Christmas-themed special of the animated television series "", which takes place in-between and . It premiered on October 27, 2018 on Discovery Family. In this special, Twilight Sparkle and her friends do a "Hearthswarming Helper" to get just one Hearth's Warming present for another pony, and they race all over Equestria to find the perfect gift. With Hearth's Warming Eve approaching, the Mane 6 and Spike

neg: M.A. Larson M.A. Larson Mitchell Aaron Larson (born August 3, in Burnsville, Minnesota) is an American screenwriter and author. Larson has written for several animated series, including "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends", "My Gym Partner's a Monkey", "Gravity Falls", "Littlest Pet Shop", and most notably "". Depending of which series he is working on, he is credited as either Mitch Larson, M.A. Larson (in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" only), and Mitchell Larson (rarely). Larson had become interested in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" from previously working with Lauren Faust, the series' original showrunner, on "Foster's Home"; he was surprised

neg: My Little Pony (2010 toyline) for on-demand streaming and digital release on November 6, 2015. Featuring performances by the cast of "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" as well as the Phoenix Chamber Choir from Vancouver, the album contains original holiday-themed songs as well as covers of traditional Christmas songs and an extended version of "The Heart Carol" (from the episode ""). Within 24 hours after its release, the album peaked at #1 on both iTunes and Amazon. An expanded version, titled "Friendship Is Magic – It's a Pony Kind of Christmas", was released on iTunes on October 7, 2016. The expanded version includes the

neg: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Pony: Friendship Is Magic" 2013 San Diego Comic Con comic variant in July 2013. It also included additional stories in a stand-alone issue, titled "My Little Pony Annual 2013: Equestria Girls", released on October 30, 2013. An issue of IDW's "Fiendship Is Magic" features the sirens, the evil creatures as appeared in "Rainbow Rocks". An online series of 15-30-second animated shorts was uploaded onto the official website and official YouTube channel on February 11, 2016 to promote the Equestria Girls Minis toy line. Up until the Friendship Games lineup, Hasbro has been releasing a series of live-action music videos to

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (video game) wait an indefinite period of time to advance the game. "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic"s story starts after the villainous Nightmare Moon has cast a dark shadow over Ponyville, emptying it of its inhabitants and buildings. Twilight Sparkle and her assistant Spike want to reconstruct Ponyville, particularly bringing back the other bearers of the Elements of Harmony - Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity - to help defeat Nightmare Moon. To do so, the player helps Twilight Sparkle by constructing homes for her pony friends through purchasing them from the game's internal store. Once these ponies have

neg: My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever adapted into three storybooks from September to October 2018, the book "A Perfectly Pinkie Present!", "Board Book" and "A Present for Everypony". The special will be accompanied by a series of shorts. My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever, also titled as My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever! and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Best Gift Ever, is a one-hour Christmas-themed special of the animated television series "", which takes place in-between and . It premiered on October 27, 2018 on Discovery Family. In this special, Twilight Sparkle and her friends do a "Hearthswarming

neg: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls My Little Pony: Equestria Girls My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, or simply known as Equestria Girls, is an American product line of fashion dolls and media franchise launched in 2013 by Hasbro, as a spin-off of the 2010 of the My Little Pony franchise. "Equestria Girls" features humanized versions of "My Little Pony" characters from "Friendship Is Magic". It includes various doll lines and media tie-ins (including four films, music albums, a mobile app, three TV specials, sixteen , a web series on YouTube, and two one-hour TV specials with a third airing in 2019). The "Equestria Girls" fictional universe

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 6) Sparkle as she learns about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight continues to learn with her close friends Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Each represents a different face of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the "Elements of Harmony". The ponies share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships. On March 31, 2015, Discovery Family announced via press release a sixth season for the series. On January 28, 2016, Yahoo Entertainment released an exclusive clip from the

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5) Sparkle as she learns about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight continues to learn with her close friends Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Each represents a different face of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the "Elements of Harmony". The ponies share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships. Teasers for the season were provided by the show staff at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, including episodes centered around Twilight coping with the loss of the original

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 3) Twilight Sparkle as her mentor Princess Celestia guides her to learn about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight becomes close friends with five other ponies: Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. Each represents a different face of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the "Elements of Harmony". The ponies share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships. Season 3 features a broad arc which shows that Twilight has demonstrated positive leadership qualities beyond Celestia's expectations, leading Twilight to

neg: Hearts and Hooves Day happened for a while until now, and it feels really out of place." A review from Republibot noted that "Romantic episodes of non-romantic shows are tough to do, doubly so when it's a kid's show. They did a good job here, with the real emphasis being on the importance of one's responsibilities, and not interfering with others' relationships." The review praised the episode, and wrote that "The animation continues to be fantastic." "Hearts and Hooves Day" was released on the "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Royal Pony Wedding" DVD, along with both parts of "A Canterlot Wedding" (Season

neg: Slice of Life (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) episode]". She also commented on the previews and fans' anticipation of the episode, saying that they "prove that Friendship is Magic is only growing stronger and gaining more popularity as season five marches on." Daniel Alvarez of "Unleash the Fanboy" gave the episode a perfect 10 out of 10 rating, calling it "one of the most heart-warming adventures" and "would have actually nicely served as a fine final episode to the series." Alvarez further commented by praising the entire episode overall. Brian McNatt of "This Is Infamous" was more critical of the episode's references to the show's adult fanbase, saying,

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 2) "girly" nature of the existing "My Little Pony" line, creating more in-depth characters and adventurous settings, incorporating Hasbro's suggestions for marketing of the toy line. From season 2 onward, E/I ("educational and informational") content was dropped in favor of only TV-Y, designed for ages 2 and up. Lauren Faust left the show after the conclusion of the first season. She was credited in the second season as Consulting Producer. Her involvement in the second season consisted mainly of story conception and scripts, and the involvement ceased after the second season. Despite leaving, she still has high hopes for the staff

neg: My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film) My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film) My Little Pony: The Movie is a 2017 animated musical fantasy film based on the television series "", which was developed as part of the 2010 re-launch of the "My Little Pony" franchise by Hasbro. The film was directed by Jayson Thiessen and based on a story and screenplay co-written by Meghan McCarthy, both "Friendship Is Magic" veterans. The plot follows the alicorn , her five pony friends – collectively known as the "Mane 6" – and her dragon assistant embarking on a quest to save their home of Equestria from an evil

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5) into its fifth season. On May 7, 2014, the series was renewed for a fifth season consisting of 26 episodes, with a tentative broadcast slated for April 4, 2015. On June 17, 2014, Business Wire released a press release confirming that it would premiere sometime in the fourth quarter of 2014, but it was later revised by Hasbro. At BronyCon 2014, G.M. Berrow announced that she wrote an episode, which focused on Pinkie Pie. From November 17 to December 22, 2014, the official My Little Pony YouTube channel released six weekly teaser trailers for the upcoming fifth season, each featuring

neg: My Little Pony (IDW Publishing) My Little Pony (IDW Publishing) IDW Publishing, an American comic publisher which has been publishing tie-in comic books to Hasbro properties since 2005, began to publish monthly My Little Pony comics beginning in November 2012. The comics published so far are based on the characters from the 2010 relaunch of the franchise and its "" television series, as well as the anthropomorphic spin-off . The flagship title, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, is a monthly comic book series that debuted on November 28, 2012. The series is typically written in story arcs that span either two or four issues

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic recurring character of the show. The show also features an extensive cast of over 200 minor background characters. Several of these background ponies became fan favorites, leading to them having their roles expanded; the show's one-hundredth episode "" focuses almost entirely on some the most popular of them. In total, 195 episodes have been produced and broadcast. "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" is one of several animated shows used to premiere The Hub, a retooling of the Discovery Kids channel of Discovery Communications in United States markets. The block of programming is a joint development of Hasbro and Discovery,

neg: Slice of Life (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) Slice of Life (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) "Slice of Life" is the ninth episode of the of the Canadian-American animated television series "", and the 100th episode of the series overall, celebrated as a milestone episode by Hasbro and its affiliates. It was directed by Jim Miller, written by M.A. Larson, and produced by Devon Cody. The episode aired on June 13, 2015, on Discovery Family. In the episode, Ponyville's citizens rush to prepare for a wedding between donkey couple Cranky Doodle and Matilda while the "Mane Six" ponies and intended wedding organizers—, , , , , and

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom example, a silent female unicorn pony character sporting neon colors and sunglasses and manning a DJ mixer that briefly appeared in "Suited for Success", was given the stage name "DJ P0N-3" in an online poll held by Equestria Daily. This name was reused in the "Equestria Girls" advertisement. The character also appeared as a DJ in the season 2 finale "A Canterlot Wedding – Part 2" and became part of the new release of "My Little Pony" toys in late 2012, and was the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con exclusive figurine. The character additionally had an expanded yet also non-speaking role

neg: My Little Pony (2010 toyline) released in November 2013. The card game has been considered successful by Enterplay, helping them to boost their sales within the hobby game sector, and have led to several expansions to the card series. In April 2013, Hasbro and Build-A-Bear Workshop began offering "Friendship Is Magic"-based plush toys for customization. Sales of My Little Pony toys were three times as large in 2013 than in 2003, and have helped Hasbro to promote other lines of toys aimed at girls. Hasbro stated that merchandising tied to "Friendship Is Magic" lead to franchise sales over $650 million in 2014, and others have

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (video game) handful of characters exclusive to the game. Hasbro and Gameloft announced a licensing partnership in June 2012, allowing the latter to develop games based on Hasbro's properties; this announcement revealed that one of the first games would be one based on "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic", for mobile devices, to arrive before the end of the year. Michelle Starr of CNET Australia was more critical of the game's freemium nature: in order to progress in the quests, the player needs to purchase certain characters, some which require gems to purchase. While the player can continue to earn experience, gain

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (video game) and bits can be purchased with real money through Gameloft's store. The game has been updated multiple times to include additional content such as new ponies, minigames, buildings, and quests, based on the episodes "Hearth's Warming Eve", "A Canterlot Wedding", "Magical Mystery Cure", "Princess Twilight Sparkle", and the feature films "" and "". Special storylines based on the episodes "A Hearth's Warming Tail", "A Canterlot Wedding", "The Crystal Empire", " The Return of Harmony", and the feature film "", were also added. Characters from the "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" comics have also been introduced, as well as a

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom fans' re-use of copyrighted works and creation of new works from them as examples of the inevitable result of any media gaining a fandom, and praised Hasbro for embracing the means to extend the brand through this instead of trying endlessly to stop such infringements. More recently, Hasbro has taken a more proactive stance, including issuing cease and desist letters to more visible projects such as "" and "MLP Online", and selling episodes on YouTube, which in turn has caused some fan videos to run afoul of YouTube's Content ID system. A monthly "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" comic

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom the executive producer of the 1980s and 1990s animated "My Little Pony" television shows, noted that there were male fans of those past shows, but there are considerably more for "Friendship Is Magic" due to the quality of the show and the influence of social media and the Internet. Some bronies are enlisted personnel in various United States Armed Forces, who have included the various "cutie marks" symbols from the show as insignia on their uniforms or equipment, despite not being appropriate practice for most branches, or worn only during training operations. Margaret Loesch, the CEO and President of The

neg: My Little Pony (2010 toyline) pasing, complicated narrative and having too many characters that were underdeveloped and having very little screen time. In conjunction with Ruckus Media, Hasbro released an iOS application "" in October 2011. It gives children practice in reading, incorporating mini-games. Several eBooks based on "Friendship Is Magic", including story versions of the Ruckus applications, have been released for the Barnes & Noble Nook, in partnership with Hasbro. Hasbro has licensed Gameloft to create "Friendship Is Magic" video games for mobile devices, with the first game, "", reaching the market on November 8, 2012. The first game is a village-building game, featuring

neg: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls sequel did not cross her mind. The following characters made their debut in the Equestria Girls series, which is primarily set in a fictional world parallel to the pony-inhabited fantasy setting of the current incarnation of My Little Pony, accessible via a magic mirror. The toys and other series of media additionally features alternate humanoid versions of pony characters in roles similar to the television series; characters as depicted in the television series who travel between worlds assume similar forms in the alternative setting. The Equestria Girls counterparts of the minor, supporting and background characters in "Friendship Is Magic" television

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 2) Twilight Sparkle as her mentor Princess Celestia guides her to learn about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight becomes close friends with five other ponies: Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. Each represents a different face of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the "Elements of Harmony". The ponies share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships. Hasbro selected animator Lauren Faust as the creative director and executive producer for the show. Faust sought to challenge the established

neg: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (film) with the adult fanbase of "Friendship Is Magic". However, many of these adult fans expressed disappointment over the humanized characters, worrying that the approach "goes against everything that Pony was trying to prove". Craig McCracken, speaking for his wife Lauren Faust, "Friendship Is Magic"s creative showrunner for the first two seasons before stepping down, expressed concern that such approach would have gone against the way Faust wanted to take the television series. The film itself received mixed reviews from critics. Daniel Alvarez of the website "Unleash the Fanboy" gave the film 4 stars out of 5, stating that "Equestria Girls"

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom out of, and when searching for the series to watch again, came across "Friendship Is Magic" and started watching it with her. He also liked the show's positive messages about how the world works, pointing to "The Cutie Map" as an example. On an episode of "Late Night with Seth Meyers", Thornton also claimed that while his daughter's favorite character is Twilight Sparkle, his favorites were Fluttershy (who he said was his favorite because "she talks like Marilyn Monroe") and Rainbow Dash. William Shatner confirmed himself to be a Brony through his personal Twitter, and had been guest star in

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom and fans in the age of social media. Teenage and adult fans have shown interest in clothing with images from the show; Erin Comella, brand manager for "My Little Pony", said that these fans are "literally dressed in the brand". Hasbro has been providing its licensed clothing vendors such as Hot Topic with "My Little Pony"-themed shirts and other apparel for all genders and multiple age groups. In part of the older fanbase, Hasbro has come to consider "My Little Pony" as a "lifestyle" brand, and , has arranged over 200 licenses across fifteen categories of products. According to Julie

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 1) Faust as the creative director and executive producer for the show. Faust sought to challenge the established "girly" nature of the existing "My Little Pony" line, creating more in-depth characters and adventurous settings, incorporating Hasbro's suggestions for E/I ("educational and informational") content and marketing of the toy line. Voice actors for this season include Tara Strong portraying Twilight Sparkle (with Rebecca Shoichet as her singing voice). Tabitha St. Germain and Kazumi Evans portray Rarity and her singing voice, respectively. Ashleigh Ball voices both Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Andrea Libman portrays both Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, and Cathy Weseluck plays the

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom gags. In the original broadcast of the mid-season episode "The Last Roundup" as well as on the home media "The Friendship Express" release, "Derpy" was called out by name by Rainbow Dash, and given lines (as voiced by St. Germain) and klutzy mannerisms as a direct call-out to the brony fandom. Though most of the fans appreciated the inclusion, some viewers had a negative response to the character, believing her portrayal insulted the mentally handicapped. Hasbro subsequently modified these scenes, and while "Derpy" is still present in subsequent broadcast and digital versions of the episode, she is not named, and

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom set as a standalone volume early in 2013. The monthly comic and its separate "micro-series", featuring single-issue stories that focus on one character, have regularly been along the top 100 issues sold each month, one of the few non-DC, non-Marvel comics outside of "The Walking Dead" that appear in this list, and remain IDW's top-selling publication. In addition to releasing official digital albums of songs from the show due to brony demand, Hasbro has worked with Lakeshore Records to create an album of EDM remixes of the show's songs, entitled "DJPON3 Presents My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Remixed" inspired

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5) one of the Mane Six as well as giving a premiere date on early 2015. Some scenes from "The Cutie Map" were teased in Rainbow Dash's and Rarity's recap videos for the season 5 teasers. On January 19, 2015, a new trailer was released at PoNYCon in Brooklyn on February 16 by "Friendship Is Magic" season four directors Jayson Thiessen and Jim Miller; on that day, Thiessen and Miller shared some concept art of various characters and settings for this season, as well as a trailer that was originally planned to premiere at the convention was shown. On March 5,

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic designed to compete with similar family-friendly programming blocks on other networks such as the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. The first episode of "Friendship Is Magic" premiered on the first Hub broadcast, on October 10, 2010. In March 2011, the show was renewed for a second season to air in 2011–12. The season two premiere on September 17, 2011, had 339,000 viewers, and Hasbro reported that the second-season finale, "A Canterlot Wedding", produced the best ratings of the history of the network in its core and other demographics, with an estimated 1,032,400 viewers. The series is rated TV-Y and targeted at

neg: My Little Pony (2010 toyline) and "pony") to describe themselves. The older fanbase had come as a surprise to Hasbro and staff members involved with the show. They have appreciated and embraced the fandom, adding nods to the fans within the show and the toys. My Little Pony (2010 toyline) In 2010, American toy company Hasbro relaunched its My Little Pony toyline and media franchise originally created in the 1980s, with the animated television series "" as a flagship non-toy media. This generation is not given any name by Hasbro, but some of later releases of toys are labeled with the subtitle "Friendship Is Magic".

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 5) that she left the "Friendship Is Magic" writing staff due to her new full-time job as a writer at Disney. She also confirmed that she had written four episodes for this season, one of which would feature a character voiced by Broadway actress Lena Hall. On July 9, 2015, Hasbro corrected via Twitter that the season's second half would premiere sometime later in 2015, not the sixth season as previously announced. A month later, on August 11, 2015, it was revealed by Zap2it that the season's second half would premiere on September 12, 2015. At the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con,

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic white flag-waving moment for the TV animation industry." "Friendship Is Magic" originally premiered with an average viewership of 1.4 million per month, but expanded to 4 million per month by the end of the first season, making it the highest-rated of any Hasbro offering at the time. "Advertising Age" reports that the viewership doubled between the first and the second season. The Hub Network reported that "Hearts and Hooves Day", an episode on the theme of Valentine's Day, which aired on February 11, 2012, in the middle of the second season, was the show's most-viewed episode ever, and the second

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic takes place in the land of Equestria, populated by varieties of ponies including variants of Pegasus and unicorn, along with other sentient and non-sentient creatures. The central character is Twilight Sparkle, a unicorn mare sent by her mentor Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria, to the town of Ponyville to study the magic of friendship. In the show's opening episode "Friendship Is Magic", Twilight resents this assignment, as she is more concerned about the foretold appearance of Nightmare Moon, the evil sister of Celestia. When Nightmare Moon does appear, vowing everlasting night and causing Celestia to disappear, Twilight sets off with

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom season, and soon appeared in the episode "The Mane Attraction" as Coloratura/Rara. Upon the episode's premiere, Hall live streamed her reaction to the episode with her niece on Periscope and letting viewers ask questions during the commercial breaks, she went into detail about her experiences behind the scenes of the production of the episode and her history with the show itself, admitting to binge-watching the first three seasons of the show when she first started to watch it. After a call-out to bronies on Twitter by fellow professional wrestler Dolph Ziggler, Xavier Woods publicly came out as a brony on

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Ponyville to continue studying the magic of friendship, much to the happiness of Twilight and her new friends. Later episodes follow Twilight and her friends dealing with various problems around Ponyville, including interpersonal problems between friends and family, as well as more adventurous stories involving creatures like dragons and hydras, and having to save Equestria from villainous characters. At the end of each episode, Twilight sends a report back to Celestia explaining what she learned about friendship from these adventures. This part of the formula is abandoned in "Lesson Zero", the second-season episode in which Twilight is convinced to be

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom fandom to be an organic movement leading to its growth and success, according to Stephen Davis, head of Hasbro Studios. Before the brony fandom arose, Hasbro had introduced new "My Little Pony" toys, including convention-exclusives, at the San Diego Comic Con International. With a brony element in attendance, the convention-exclusive toys have reflected the brony culture; a large poster was published in 2011 that included several background characters that had attracted the fandom's interest. A pony toy named "Derpy" was made available for both the convention and My Little Pony Fair in 2012. Toys "R" Us provided early, limited numbers

neg: My Little Pony (2010 toyline) My Little Pony (2010 toyline) In 2010, American toy company Hasbro relaunched its My Little Pony toyline and media franchise originally created in the 1980s, with the animated television series "" as a flagship non-toy media. This generation is not given any name by Hasbro, but some of later releases of toys are labeled with the subtitle "Friendship Is Magic". It is unofficially referred to the "Fourth Generation", "Generation Four" or "G4" by collectors. It takes place in the fictional location named Equestria, a society inhabited by three kinds of ponies (earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi) and other species, with

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic have formed the basis for a variety of internet memes. As of October 2018, the show ended its eighth season with a ninth currently in production. A feature-length film adaptation directly based on the TV series, titled "", was theatrically released on October 6, 2017 in the United States. A spin-off franchise, "", was launched in 2013. The first two films, "" and "", has been shown in limited theatrical screenings prior to television broadcast and home media release. Hasbro, Inc. has produced several incarnations and lines of toys and entertainment related to the My Little Pony franchise, often labeled

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom said that that these earlier fans and collectors had thought; " ... what about us? We've been here forever, and nobody seemed to care. But now that there are all these guys in their 20s that are crazy about it, it's suddenly important and it means something." Hayes also said, "To the bronies, I say, I think My Little Pony is awesome, so more power to you". The adult fandom has gained media attention through outlets such as "Wired", Fox News Channel and "The Wall Street Journal". Stephen Colbert gave a shout-out to the brony fandom at least twice on

neg: Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony (formerly titled BronyCon: The Documentary) is a 2012 documentary film centering on , the adult fans of the 2010 animated television series, "". The film, funded through crowd-sourcing via Kickstarter, was originally envisioned to follow voice actor and executive producer John de Lancie to the 2012 Summer BronyCon in New Jersey. The project raised much more than anticipated, allowing it to grow in scope to bring on Lauren Faust, "Friendship Is Magic" original creator, and Tara Strong, a principal voice

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom for 25 years and I've never seen anything like this." A company spokeswoman said that bronies are "a small group of "My Little Pony" fans who don't necessarily fit what one might expect to be the brand's target audience", while its core audience in the older market is predominantly females. Despite the bronies being an unusual and unexpected audience, Hasbro and Hub Network chose to "salute and embrace all the viewers who have embraced our brand", according to Margaret Loesch, CEO of Hub Network and former executive producer of the original "My Little Pony" animated series. Hasbro has allowed the

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 3) be crowned as a new Princess in Equestria and to become an "alicorn" (a pony with both a horn and a pair of wings). Season 3 is the first season of the show without input from Lauren Faust, the original creative director of the show who stepped down after the first season and provided creative consulting in the second; instead, production was overseen by Jayson Thiessen, while Meghan McCarthy was the lead writer for the series, who both shared the role of executive producer from onwards. A sneak peek of two future songs in Season 3, "The Failure Song" and

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom his community college classes in order to continue running the site out of his parents' house in Glendale, Arizona, when it grew in popularity. He believed the show needed a unified fan base at the time, as there existed an overarching concern that Hasbro would not be authorizing a second season. In September 2017, selected archives of Equestria Daily were included in the Library of Congress's "Web Cultures Web Archive Collection" by the American Folklife Center; the collection was established to "documenting the creation and sharing of emergent cultural traditions on the web". Fans commonly organize local meet-ups and conventions

neg: My Little Pony (IDW Publishing) for sale in larger retail stores. IDW believes these will help further attract children to the comic and have plans to do this with another ongoing series, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and more in the future. The first printing of 150,000 sets were fully sold out by retailers after they were announced. As of July 2014, IDW has sold more than half a million of these packs, and have taken steps to trademark the line as well as expand to include their "Skylanders" comic series. The first issue of "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" received favorable commentary by comic

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom fans of both groups often are ridiculed for their interest in media targeted for the opposite gender. Though the initial growth of the fandom may have come from 4chan participants enjoying the ironic nature of grown men enjoying a show for girls, the fandom continues to grow based on sincere appreciation of the work. Robert Thompson, a professor of media studies at Syracuse University, stated that "It's one thing for guys to like motorcycles and muscle cars and soccer. For a guy to like "My Little Pony", it's so out there that it becomes almost avant garde. It has a

neg: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom of the show and its fandom. Though the discussion of the show continued at 4chan, fans created other venues to discuss it, and the fandom spread to other Internet forums. The adult interest in the show is comparable to that of "The Magic Roundabout", "Tiny Toon Adventures", "Rocko's Modern Life", "Animaniacs", "Dexter's Laboratory", "The Powerpuff Girls", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Yo Gabba Gabba!" and "Phineas and Ferb": older audiences appreciate jokes aimed at adult viewers and a sense of nostalgia for older cartoons and animated films. Many of the aforementioned shows had attracted college-aged fans who, when "Friendship Is Magic" was airing,