My Little Pony IV: Friendship is Sufficiently Advanced Technology

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Trixie's Great and Powerful Guide v1.5c

Brief Introduction

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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a reboot of the MLP franchise by Powerpuff Girls artist Lauren Faust, currently viewed by (almost) the entire internet, not only the intended audience. Here is a place where we discuss the joy of friendship.

> My Little Pony? Seriously?

It's a clever show. It has excellent writing, character dynamics, humour, animation, and generally treats kids seriously rather than condescending to them. It has every right to be a 20 minute corporate committee designed infomercial, but it's not.

> Isn't this a show for little girls?

Pixar technically makes shows for little boys, and produce some of the best animation in the world.

> Okay, fine. I'll give it a try. Where do I start?

No brony could ask for more. I recommend watching the episodes in order. They're all up on Youtube. Unusually, Hasbro seems fine with having the entire series up in public because they've made no move to bring down any of the episodes. Search for "Friendship is Magic Episode 1" and you should find the series pretty easily... Or search for "Sharing is Magic". That is all.

> Okay, I'm going to watch it but this had better live up to the hype!

Woah, calm down there. The show is light hearted, optimistic fun but it's not for everyone. It's good fun, the community is good fun, and everyone can do with a reminder that friendship is magic but if it doesn't gel for you we'll love and tolerate you anyway.

> Iron Hoof/Fan Theories/Shipping

All in good fun! If it's not your cup of tea, skim it, but this show has triggered a great creative outpouring from the internet. Pony themed fan-art is abundant and often excellent.

> Derpy Hooves/Doctor Whoof

Two minor background characters who were adopted as emblems of 4chan. Derpy Hooves is so named due to an animation error in the first episode that had her eyes facing in different directions; 4chan has assigned her the role of Ponyville's mailpony, and her only line so far has been "Muffins". The show's animators are aware of Derpy's popularity and she's shown up a few times recently with her eyes obviously derped. Currently made canon in Feeling Pinkie Keen and in Faust's picture showcased below.

Dr. Whoof is a pony with an hourglass cutie mark; he saves time and space very quietly off camera.

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Ponytar Artists

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Alarra
Alterform
Crown of Thorns
Irbis
Kairaven
Khosan
...and a lot more, too many to keep track of, now.

If you do/don't want to be here, make a note in the thread.

Note that we're looking for more as the above are a bit swamped with requests currently.

New: Official Pony Request Thread

General Resources

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Fan Fiction and News: Equestria Daily
Discussion Image Forum: Ponychan
Pony Images: Ponibooru
Allspark MLP Discussion Thread

Deviant Art Links

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Lauren Faust's (Creator) Deviant Art Page

Tutorials

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MLP Art Guides

Pony Games

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The most recent one.
Pacderpy
Two very similar dash based cloud gathering sidescrollers
Pony generator.

New: Pinkie licks cupcakes. And a playthrough for it, too.
Collect Cupcakes, Lick Ponies! 2.0

Noteworthy Fics/Art

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Concept Art (by L. Faust):

On design of the Mane cast

AJ/AJ
Pinkie/Surprise
Rarity/Sparkler
Twilight/Twinkle

Derpy

Fics:

Letters from Bubbly
Out in the Cold
TGaP Trixie

The Damn Best Comic. Ever.

3 Best Pictures, IMHO:

TG&P Trixie 1 2a 2b 3
Twilight Sparkle 1 2 3
Rainbow Dash 1 2 3 3.6
Fluttershy 1 2 3

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GitP Fics/Art

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Darth BC:

...And Apple Accessories
Fair Feather Friend

DCGFTW:

The Battle of Sunnydale

PhoeKun:

Fluttering Heart
Chasing Rainbows
Space Oddpony

Thanqol:

Grounded
Through A Glass, Derply

Important GitP Links

Thread I - Because Friendship Is Magic
Thread II - Now About 20% Cooler
Thread III - The Great & Powerful Thread

Operation: Indiscriminate Friendship
Collaborative Story Writing: MLP FiM
Debate at Pranceton Uni: Pony RP
My Little Pony: FiM RP Recruitment
Pony Week Vote Thread

Curse you and your inevitable betrayal, Trixie!

Also, welcome one and all to the new thread!

Ow, the other one locked already? Dawww.

Though, I like the spin. I can't believe we kept talking about our beloved girls like they were horses there for even a day, the horror :smallbiggrin:

Who's the one in the middle?:smallconfused:

Read the title as "My Little Girlfriend".

Pickelhaubes are hard to draw.

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Who's the one in the middle?:smallconfused:

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It's Spike, silly! He's a little girl!

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Originally Posted by Irbis

Ow, the other one locked already? Dawww.

Though, I like the spin. I can't believe we kept talking about our beloved girls like they were horses there for even a day, the horror :smallbiggrin:

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Yes, it felt just like this strip:

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Poor Twilight, that 20 minutes in last episode as a horse will earn her lifetime of psychiatric help :smalltongue:

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Who's the one in the middle?:smallconfused:

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Dude, Spike. I know he's hard to recognize without the manly mustache, but man! :smalltongue:

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Originally Posted by Crown of Thorns

It's Spike, silly! He's a little girl!

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So his decision was "Screw continuity I Have green hair!"?

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Originally Posted by Crown of Thorns

Read the title as "My Little Girlfriend".

Pickelhaubes are hard to draw.

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It's Spike, silly! He's a little girl!

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What are you drawing a Pickelhaube for?

Dibs on My Little Pony V: Just Kidding, I Posted Pinkie Pie!

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It's Spike, silly! He's a little girl!

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What? :smallconfused:

He looks like a little boy in a coat to me.

Though, his ears haven't changed.

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What are you drawing a Pickelhaube for?

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All will be apparent if I eventually finish the bloody thing.

So... we're changing this back to Ponies once it isn't April Fool's day anymore, right? Right?

By the way, while we're breaking in the new thread - hey, Irbis, how's the avatar going?

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So his decision was "Screw continuity I Have green hair!"?

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Um...

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He has green hair-scale thing in the canon, too.

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So... we're changing this back to Ponies once it isn't April Fool's day anymore, right? Right?

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What are these 'ponies' you're talking about? :smallconfused:

Do you mean Anne-Joan's old, poor mule? :PPP

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He has green hair-scale thing in the canon, too.

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I meant the fact that somebody said Spike was a girl and decided to combine it with a Yugioh the abridged series reference.

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Yes! The streamer's internet was awesome again and they got the new episode up on youtube!

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Part two is up!

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I meant the fact that somebody said Spike was a girl and decided to combine it with a Yugioh the abridged series reference.

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Ah, sorry then, never watched it :smallfrown:

Though, I have to say I loved what the artist did with the girl's marks, especially RD's, and that tail-like hood on Spike. Perfect :smalltongue:

...best anthro herd pic yet. :smalleek:

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...best anthro herd pic yet. :smalleek:

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They're a lot younger than they should be though. With the exception of Spike.

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Part two is up!

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Wow, they got the 1080p up fast! Today is like a dream come true where there is no constant waiting for the proper encodes to go up, and instead only ponies little girls.

And also my fridge is full of bagels and there are no angry people across the hall threatening each other with death in various extremely rude manners and... is that a double rainbow I see? Amazing.

Meh:

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Luna will never be happy! :smallyuk:

Ok, hypothetically speaking, I do have a lot of her nice pictures, but due to that running gag, I cringe every time I see them and end up never uploading them to the net :P

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Missed one.

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So, now we have a thread title that does not, in fact, let people know which show this is.

That, that is stupid.

Like the ponyweek thread that started with the person saying they did not know FiM.

Why do this?

On a lighter note.

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Part two is up!

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It looks extra hilarious and awesome (approx +20%) with the Youtube 1911 filter on.

You know, I agree with EvilDMMK3. There doesn't seem to be much point in having this as the title and it just looks weird.

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Like the ponyweek thread that started with the person saying they did not know FiM.

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That royally pissed me off.
Love and tolerance love and tolerance love and tolerance.

Pfftt, like anyone will be searching for deep troves of knowledge today :smalltongue:

Tomorrow, you guys might have had a point, but now...?

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Like the ponyweek thread that started with the person saying they did not know FiM.

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I was under the impression that, not only did they not know FiM, they didn't even like the idea in the first place.

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Pfftt, like anyone will be searching for deep troves of knowledge today :smalltongue:

Tomorrow, you guys might have had a point, but now...?

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As always, Trixie, your time in the spotlight is fleeting. Enjoy your remaining 11 hours of Tyranny (pacific time zone)!

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As always, Trixie, your time in the spotlight is fleeting. Enjoy your remaining 11 hours of Tyranny (pacific time zone)!

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Oh its another stupid April fools thing? And will be gone soon? If that is the case fine, just find a decent picture for the front page, one without the great and powerful ham idealy.

Am I the only person who really dislikes Trixie?