My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly

[Trixie]

Trixie's Great and Powerful Guide v1.94n
Guess Who Edition

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, humor, 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" Google Doc. That is all.

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

Whoa, 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. Plus, you might hit the wrong episode. Ask first?

> Iron Hoof/Fan Theories/Shipping/Binding

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. See below for some examples.

> 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, Derpy was deemed important enough to appear in storyboards for Season II.

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

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Ponytar Artists

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Alarra
Alterform
Crown of Thorns
Dirtytabs
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 PonyPic Request Thread!

General Resources

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Fan Fiction and News: Equestria Daily
FF... Darkly: Equestria after Dark
Discussion Image Forum: Ponychan
Pony Emotes: FiM Emotes
More Emotes: MC's Emotes
Also Emotes: GD's Emotes
Pony Images: Ponibooru
More Images: 20% Cooler
Know Your Meme: Ponies!
Allspark MLP Discussion Thread

Art Resources

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OC Pony Creation Guide:

>How to make OC Pony<
>How to clothe a Pony<

Deviant Art Links:

Lauren Faust

14 Bis
ButterSS
Csimadmax
DonKoRR
Irving Zero
Johnjoseco
Kloudmutt
Palestorm
Shinepaw

>Awesome Great and Powerful Trixie<

Tutorials:

How to Draw Luna
MLP Art Guides
MLP Colour Guides

Kloud TV

Concepts:

On the Design of the Mane Cast

Concept art by L. Faust:

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

Group Shot

5 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

Pony Games

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

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

Nice Fanwork



Art Challenges

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MyLP Challenge:

Do you want to try your hand at something fun? Feeling need to draw fanart? How about trying MyLP Challenge?

What it is? Just click on the linked template.

How does that work? Don't be scared, just complete the template to the best of your ability. Have one two three four examples made by other ponies

Starting thread and more examples can be found here.

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ATTENTION EVERYPONY!!!

Great & Powerful Trixie made a bet. A bet I'll procure 12 pictures of Trixie - like the one in my sig, of similar quality - before next weekend. Trixie cosplaying, doing weird stuff, finding herself in unusual situations. So! I need ideas! Sketches of Unicorn ponies (I'm willing to vectorize them for free if they're good enough)! Moments from the show showing ponies with unusual poses and/or designs I could use to inspire myself! Finally, if someone would also like to draw something, I'd be glad to repay in some manner :P

Any takers?

Important GitP Links

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Thread I - Because Friendship Is Magic
Thread II - Now About 20% Cooler
Thread III - The Great & Powerful Thread
Thread IV - Friendship is Sufficiently Advanced Technology
Thread V - Art of the Thread
Thread VI - MUFFINS!
Thread VII - The Grand Galloping Thread
Thread VIII - Friendship is Music
Thread IX - The Best Thread Ever
Thread X - We Trot 'til We Drop
Thread XI - "Mmph!"
Thread XII - No One Can Groove Like the Girls with the Hooves
Thread XIII - Fast/Fine/Fierce Thread
Thread XIV - Boots on Hooves / Bikinis on Top
Thread XV - The Greater and Powerful-er Thread
Thread XVI - There's a Pony for That!
Thread XVII - Call Upon the Thread Ponies!
Thread XVIII - Perfect Isn't Easy
Thread XIX - I Emptied Your Thread
Thread XX & Thread XX - Appletastic Treats
Thread XXI - A Very Minty Thread
Thread XXII - Surprise!
Thread XXIII - It. Is. ON!

Operation: Indiscriminate Friendship
Pony Week Discussion Thread
Pony Crime Pulp Fic/Game Thread

Want to RP? My Little Pony: FiM RP Recruitment Thread.
Want to join the list of GitP Bronies?

[MCerberus]

Ponythread has been classified a Level 5 cuteness hazard. Read at own warning.

Many Moods of Ponythead: Repost

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More ponymotes:

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they're in the OP, silly filly.

[MBI]

I have just witnessed the birth of a new thread. Should I feel honoured?

Happy birthday druid droid! You rule! Also, I'm Now the first person to wish you a happy birthday. Please disregard the last edited time-stamp.

[Soras Teva Gee]

I have just witnessed the birth of a new thread. Should I feel honoured?

It's generally best in times like this to ask: What Would Pinkie Do?

[erikun]

Yay, new thread!

Have a new ponymote.

[Trixie]

For the record, I couldn't find better image of a pony... IN SPAAACE! ^^"

Also, my review would have to wait until tomorrow

[Kurgan]

*Walks from the smoldering wreckage of the past thread*

That, that was a good thread. Got away with double dipping into two genocidal cults with absolutely no repercussions.

[Kyouhen]

NEW THREAD CREEPY THOUGHT!

(Discord-related)

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Discord is one of those beings that exist to balance out the existance of something else, in this case the Elements of Harmony. If he is ever destroyed he'll be recreated for the sole purpose of maintaining the balance.

The only way to turn him to stone was for Celestia and Luna to destroy his old form and transform him as he reformed. What they didn't know is that it's the Elements themselves that create the new body for him. Why can't Celestia and Luna use the Elements themselves? Because like Twilight they need friends who embody the Elements to use them. And the process of turning Discord to stone resulted in him needing a new body, which the Elements were only too happy to provide. And I'm sure Celestia and Luna wouldn't want to turn the Elements against their friends.

You are now picturing what will happen to Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie if Twilight destroys Discord.

[Thanqol]

Pop Quiz!

The main cast gets together for a game of poker. In what order do they all go out?

Rainbow Dash goes out with Fluttershy!

THANQOL related inquiry. If I hash out a picture in lead, could I get you to add some color to it? My alternative is trying to so it on my phone, which is a horrible pain because I'm limited to 3 layers, and the tip of my "stylus" is roughly 16mm square...

Also, you don't feel uppity enough about your art to charge me yet

And don't worry, you can have your little sleep-time. I owe Raz a chase scene myself, so I'll put on this voodoo mask and this trench coat, and this Ronald mcDonald wig, and pretend to be you! Sound good?

Sounds like a plan! I'd actually be quite keen to try this!

Dawwww. Cutely too, I'd bet.


If it helps, the public is VERY entertained.

Mask: "Yay. I'm a celebrity victim."

(appears in front of)
I'll help you escape! EXPEDITIOUS RETREAT!

Mask: "... Was the plan to teleport directly in front of me, in a full gallop, and then speed me up to the point where I wouldn't be able to not crash directly into you? Or was that a happy coincidence?"

[Pokonic]

NEW THREAD CREEPY THOUGHT!

(Discord-related)

Meep. That is.. a interesting thought.

[erikun]

Rainbow Dash goes out with Fluttershy!

I thought everyone was supporting FluttershyxMacintosh these days.

[MBI]

I remember the days where I considered one thread a week too fast...
So, anyone wanna bet on how long it'll take to max out this thread?

[EsperDerek]

I have just witnessed the birth of a new thread. Should I feel honoured?

The birth of a new thread is a glorious time. The pegasuses flutter down from on high, the earth ponies frolic in the hills. Unicorns emerge from their libraries, to revel in the joy of creation.

Glad tidings are paid to the Princess of the Sun, the Princess of the Moon, and the Elements of Harmony. Episode discussion begins again, unabated and eager. Fanworks and OC ponies celebrate in the continued survival of the place where they are most welcome. Ponysanity is embraced once again.

Friendships are reforged, creativity, reignited, life, reborn.

The thread is renewed, and thus, so are we.

[MCerberus]

I thought everyone was supporting FluttershyxMacintosh these days.

BigPink.




Also, what are we going to do if we can't fix Scoops before there's news?

[Kindablue]

Let the image dumps commence!

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[dromer]

Luna Picture.

Half of me was expecting Firefly. Also, hooray, new thread, I like ponies, etc.

Let the image dumps commence!

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-firefly-

++ to you, good sir.

[Trixie]

Oh, should have thought of that myself :(

Too sleepy, but I'll update OP with that in mind tomorrow :P

[Soras Teva Gee]

I remember the days where I considered one thread a week too fast...
So, anyone wanna bet on how long it'll take to max out this thread?

Hopefully before or after Saturday morning.....

[Roninhirox]

*Walks from the smoldering wreckage of the past thread*

That, that was a good thread. Got away with double dipping into two genocidal cults with absolutely no repercussions.

Only working with two genocidal cults this time? What would the old DnD group think?

[TheAmishPirate]

The birth of a new thread is a glorious time. The pegasuses flutter down from on high, the earth ponies frolic in the hills. Unicorns emerge from their libraries, to revel in the joy of creation.

Glad tidings are paid to the Princess of the Sun, the Princess of the Moon, and the Elements of Harmony. Episode discussion begins again, unabated and eager. Fanworks and OC ponies celebrate in the continued survival of the place where they are most welcome. Ponysanity is embraced once again.

Friendships are reforged, creativity, reignited, life, reborn.

The thread is renewed, and thus, so are we.

And then somepony coughs. Next thing you know half the thread is shipped, the orbital friendship cannons are blazing trenches of love and joy across the land, no less than three Eldritch Abominations are having a tea party with logic instead of tea leaves, and the best response anypony can manage is, "Huh, Tuesday already?"

[Soras Teva Gee]

As my own personal tribute to the last thread:

Applejack demonstrates Spoilering on Twilight.

[MCerberus]

And then somepony coughs. Next thing you know half the thread is shipped, the orbital friendship cannons are blazing trenches of love and joy across the land, no less than three Eldritch Abominations are having a tea party with logic instead of tea leaves, and the best response anypony can manage is, "Huh, Tuesday already?"

I wonder how long this thread will take to branch into something silly.

[EsperDerek]

And then somepony coughs. Next thing you know half the thread is shipped, the orbital friendship cannons are blazing trenches of love and joy across the land, no less than three Eldritch Abominations are having a tea party with logic instead of tea leaves, and the best response anypony can manage is, "Huh, Tuesday already?"

Way to ruin my poetic moment with harsh reality, man.

[MBI]

I just did some maths. If this thread continues at the current rate we're going, we'll hit page 51 within Twenty-Four Hours.

I know It'll probably slow down, but damn...

[The Dark Fiddler]

I thought everyone was supporting FluttershyxMacintosh these days.

Rainbow Dash and anybody is always success. Anybody at all. (Also, nothing says you can't support contradictory ships; two of my favorites are RDxAJ and RDxFlutter.

And then somepony coughs.

"In the darkness, somepony coughed." (Maybe a teensy bit dark...)

[erikun]

"In the darkness, somepony coughed." (Maybe a teensy bit dark...)

That is some pretty good writing - and absolutely creepy.

[Bayonet Priest]

Rainbow Dash and anybody is always success. Anybody at all. (Also, nothing says you can't support contradictory ships; two of my favorites are RDxAJ and RDxFlutter.

He speaks the truth about contradictory ships being ok, among my favorite ships are AJxRD and AJxRarity(I know it would never work, I still like it).

[Shadowy]

*Walks from the smoldering wreckage of the past thread*

That, that was a good thread. Got away with double dipping into two genocidal cults with absolutely no repercussions.

*Is still holding flamethrower* Choose whatever will help you sleep at night.

[Admiral Squish]

I spent the whole weekend working, unfortunately, and I've JUST found enough time to watch the new episode of ponies. Here's to a totally epic new season!

[HalfTangible]

It's generally best in times like this to ask: What Would Pinkie Do?

Communist Part-ay~

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Oh wait, nobody mentioned soviet russia...

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Dangit =(