My Little Pony XI: "Mmph!"

[Trixie]

Trixie's Great and Powerful Guide v1.9j
Mmph! 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
Pony Images: Ponibooru
Know Your Meme: Ponies!
Allspark MLP Discussion Thread

Art Resources

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Deviant Art Links:

Lauren Faust

14 Bis
ButterSS
Csimadmax
DonKoRR
Irving Zero
Johnjoseco
Kloudmutt
Palestorm

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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Phoe In Ropes is now a thing. Wanna draw something? Tie me up. Have a story to write? Work it in as an easter egg. Want it to be the main focus? Wonderful! I want to see enough material by Thread XI for white pegasus ponies bound in ropes or shackles or what have you to make it the official theme of the thread. Got it? Good!

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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

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!"

Operation: Indiscriminate Friendship
My Little Pony: FiM RP Recruitment
Pony Week Discussion Thread
Pony Crime Pulp Fic/Game Thread

[Moonshadow]

Okay, so I've only got Episodes 23/24 left to watch, and I love the series so far.

But Philomena is master class troll. Just like Celestia.

Also, I want to see some sort of MLP/Power Rangers Crossover where Zordon is Celestia and Rita Repulsa is Nightmare Moon.

[Grif]

To mark this special occasion,

Have my finally finished crazyLyra fic. I consider myself officially insane now.

Lyrical Musings

Comments, feedback welcome.

Also, if anyone objects to their presence in the fic, please inform me and I'll remove the reference post-haste.


Happy 11th Thread, Pony Thread.

[darthbobcat]

... I choose to believe MMPH is an acronym for

Manly Men Prefer (miniature) Horses.

Rassn frassn bondage.

I'll read the Lyrafic, but I know I won't get it done in time for the site rebuild.

[Trixie]

BTW, OP image is placeholder until someone gives something better.

And I really liked what was supposed to be used instead, but oh, well, it's not like it will expire :P

[darthbobcat]

The fic looks pretty good, aside from lots of past/present tense shifts.

[Trixie]

Celestia's way too old for her.

Hm, who WOULD I ship Twilight with?

... I am fundamentally unable to imagine Twilight in a ship. I don't think she's even discovered boys/girls yet outside of a technical understanding of reproduction.

...You know, I genuinely have no idea how you can be so prolific MLP poster (including image dumps) and not stumble into any of the five colossal Twilight ships yet

That episode is great in general, but I love the horror moment of finding Stone Twilight. Just the solid THUMP of stone Twilight hitting the ground is legitimately cool.

It was also the only time when a pony was drawn with 3D mane... and, to be honest, it looked 20% cooler than usual

The fact that such an obscure (by non-D&D nerd standards) fantasy monster was even used should be enough evidence that this show is nothing like what the neigh-sayers think.

Eh, Manticore is much more obscure, I think

[SiuiS]

A new thread! I can break my silence, wi'ou' worrying about dooming a thread.

... I have never heard a non-sexual, storge/philia/agape definition of shipping before. Huh.

It was brought up a long time ago, by either Soft Serve or tONBERRIAN. I think Soft Serve.

Also, thanks DBC. I almost lost an argument because of you ;P
I never thought you could be used against me, pony thread. But it's ok, I forgive you. Cupcake?

Tell that to Lix Lorn and Grif.

To clarify to the rest of the playground. They are shipping a Paladin with a genocidal maniac. A genocidal maniac that the Paladin was a micro-meter from Decapitating. Not only this, there's still a very good chance that said Paladin will end up killing said genocidal maniac.

I've been in one of those relationships. They tend not to last. C'est la vie.
Poor paladin/maniac. Their love is doomed from the start.

You sank their *sunglasses* battleship.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Rock one, friend. Rock. On.

Also, thanks for the new thread, Trixie. I was worried for. Spell, there.

[RdMarquis]

New thread, yay! Also, for the sake of quoting the show, I should inform you that we wrapped up the last one in 10 days flat (well, almost).

[Grif]

The fic looks pretty good, aside from lots of past/present tense shifts.

Gah. I knew speed writing the whole thing in 2 days was a bad idea.

Doing an editing run now to correct tense shifts.

[SiuiS]

Gah. I knew speed writing the whole thing in 2 days was a bad idea.

Doing an editing run now to correct tense shifts.

Consider leaving in the poor tense shifting - only during the psychotic episode. Yes, I know it's not proper, but really, where would we be if we were Proper all the time.

We'd have a happier DBC, and still be on thread 7.
And I was never one for slavish devotion to the norms. So break from them, comrade! Be thou free!

[Trixie]

New thread, yay! Also, for the sake of quoting the show, I should inform you that we wrapped up the last one in 10 days flat (well, almost).

Hmmm, I wonder, can you make list how long each one lasted, then, along with number of posts/views they gathered?

It would be curious info to have, certainly.

[kpenguin]

Also, I want to see some sort of MLP/Power Rangers Crossover where Zordon is Celestia and Rita Repulsa is Nightmare Moon.

This is relevant.

[Welf]

Celestia's way too old for her.

Hm, who WOULD I ship Twilight with?

... I am fundamentally unable to imagine Twilight in a ship. I don't think she's even discovered boys/girls yet outside of a technical understanding of reproduction.

That's why my theory is that if Twilight ever falls in love, she falls in love hard. I always had the idea of an story where Twilight falls in love and goes to the extreme by abandoning her academical career.

BTW, OP image is placeholder until someone gives something better.

And I really liked what was supposed to be used instead, but oh, well, it's not like it will expire :P

What#s wrong with the OP? I like it. It got Derpy. And Dinky. And Muffinz.

[Etcetera]

Hmmm, I wonder, can you make list how long each one lasted, then, along with number of posts/views they gathered?

It would be curious info to have, certainly.

Well, number of posts is going to be fairly consistent from thread to thread, thanks to the 50 page limit.

EDIT: Duration of threads. Rush job, so there's probably a mistake or two somewhere.

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[Thanqol]

Gah. I knew speed writing the whole thing in 2 days was a bad idea.

Doing an editing run now to correct tense shifts.

My thoughts are dropped into the google docs window, I think there's a lot you can do with this fic :)

SECONDARILY,

At work, a Chinese co-worker with very poor English whom I know only tangentally started talking to me,
"Hey, you ever seen that movie...?"
"What movie?"
"The one where that guy gets a thing and puts it on his face and goes crazy?"
"The Mask by Jim Carrey?"
"Yeah! Exactly! You remind me of that guy!"
"... Er. Thanks"

[SiuiS]

My thoughts are dropped into the google docs window, I think there's a lot you can do with this fic :)

SECONDARILY,

At work, a Chinese co-worker with very poor English whom I know only tangentally started talking to me,
"Hey, you ever seen that movie...?"
"What movie?"
"The one where that guy gets a thing and puts it on his face and goes crazy?"
"The Mask by Jim Carrey?"
"Yeah! Exactly! You remind me of that guy!"
"... Er. Thanks"

that is hilarious for reasons that are ironic but probably not in the way you expect.
Since the Mask was an uninhibiter, he was even MORE himself while wearing it, as it allow him to remove the masks placed on him by society.

Yor coworker complimented you on being utterly yourself... In the most backwards way possible. Creepy, I know, but take a look from a fresh perspective, mate. You may find it as heartwarming as I do.

That's why my theory is that if Twilight ever falls in love, she falls in love hard. I always had the idea of an story where Twilight falls in love and goes to the extreme by abandoning her academical career.

What#s wrong with the OP? I like it. It got Derpy. And Dinky. And Muffinz.

Psh. As if Derpy would ever steal from the royal bakery. That's what's wrong with it; it's a frame-job! there is also a noticeable dearth of ropes but I can overlook that.

[Grif]

My thoughts are dropped into the google docs window, I think there's a lot you can do with this fic :)

My thanks. I'm reading through them now as I am typing this.

Random replies as I think of it:-

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- I think I will at least add one more scene for the build-up. That bit about her doing something which is normal for her, but crazy when looked at from the outside was genius.
- Making them doubt their own reality eh? The very idea is a good one, but I am not sure I can do it justice. Let me do a test scene later.

[tonberrian]

To mark this special occasion,

Have my finally finished crazyLyra fic. I consider myself officially insane now.

Lyrical Musings

Comments, feedback welcome.

Also, if anyone objects to their presence in the fic, please inform me and I'll remove the reference post-haste.


Happy 11th Thread, Pony Thread.

There's also at least one instance of Darth Droid as opposed to Druid Droid.

[Grif]

There's also at least one instance of Darth Droid as opposed to Druid Droid.

Noted. And hm, now that you reminded me, I need to find a scene to insert Berry Ann.

(Also remind self not to read Darth & Droids in between writing.)

[Welf]

Psh. As if Derpy would ever steal from the royal bakery. That's what's wrong with it; it's a frame-job! there is also a noticeable dearth of ropes but I can overlook that.

She got the motive, and as federal executive in charge of transportation she got the opportunity. Derpy is the criminal mastermind of Equestria. Only "8 hours bubble bath" Spike comes close.

And for lack of rope:

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And image dump. The final of the Cutie Mark Crusaders series, the Sweetie Bell edition.

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[Aotrs Commander]

Also, I want to see some sort of MLP/Power Rangers Crossover where Zordon is Celestia and Rita Repulsa is Nightmare Moon.

There's several actually (as you will see from the sidebars in the link kpenguin provided). I thought I'd found a really good about a month ago, but damned if I can find it again.



Incidently, on a totally unrelated, I love that most of the fanfics I've read recently that involve Ditzy Doo now use "Derpy Hooves" as a largely derogative nickname she gets called by other mean ponies. Granted, Ditzy Doo is a much better name than Derpy Hooves any day of the week, but it's hilarious to see the fandom not simply dropping the old moniker for the new one, but actually taking itself to task over a name it created and propagated. I love this fandom!

[Gamerlord]

Celestia's way too old for her.

Hm, who WOULD I ship Twilight with?

... I am fundamentally unable to imagine Twilight in a ship. I don't think she's even discovered boys/girls yet outside of a technical understanding of reproduction.

Same here.

There's plenty of interesting answers, but the only one that really works for me is Twilight x Trixie. Partially because Twixie is the cutest ship name ever, and partially because I really really want Midnight to exist. Lyra can stalk the both of them in the background en route to sorting out her own problems.

As cute as the name is, given her behavior in Boast Busters, I cannot see the ship happening. I mean, with the fanon Trixie, sure, but canon?

[MCerberus]

Big Repost!


Many moods of Ponythread:

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More Emotes

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: Arf
: Annoyed
: crazy
: Angry
: Scared
: Urk
: Mischievous
: Shocked
: Confounded
: Really have no idea what's going on here
: Silly
: naughty
: pinkie

Random things I made while bored I should be ashamed of:

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[Raz_Fox]

So, I got up this morning, reasoning that the next thread would be ready. Filled with anticipation at what cool theme Trixie had for us, I opened up my browser window, navigated to the Media Discussions forum, and then had to set down my electronic device so I could laugh my head off.

You did it. You actually did it. I can't believe you actually did it. Now I'm going to have to get to chapter 5 of Heroics in ten days, just for the bondageriffic parts! Aaaargh, I can't write at that kind of speed! But I must. I must! I muuuuust![/rarity]

[Kris Strife]

Is episode 16 the first time we see the Sonic Rainboom in airing order?

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Very great opening picture, Trixie!!

[Irbis]

Is episode 16 the first time we see the Sonic Rainboom in airing order?

...technically, it's in Episode 1 as well.

Or maybe that was Episode 3?

Whatever, it was during one of RD's periods of boasting.

[Mindfreak]

Here are some great stuff to use for different situations. I am posting this because I do not have my imagedump ready yet.

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I am Disgusted:


Derp:


So much pony:


Drama:


Shut up and take my money!:


You will be assimilated into the Herd:


You Like Ponies:


Not enough pony:


Welcome to the Herd:


You're Mad:


You're about to get Ponied:


Friendship Beam:


This is going to be a good thread:


Bad post:


Good Job:

[Kris Strife]

Pony NCIS: Great idea or Greatest Idea?