My Little Pony III: The Great & Powerful Thread

[Trixie]

Trixie's Great and Powerful Guide v1.5

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.

Thread I - Because Friendship Is Magic
Thread II - Now About 20% Cooler

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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 (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

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

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

[Etcetera]

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New Pony Thread!


This is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, awesome new show on the Hub. Following on from the previous threads.

Ponytar Artists If you don't want to be on here, tell me!
Alterform
Kairaven
Irbis

Not very useful yet, but a slightly updated version of the previous OP. We need a banner!

[Mewtarthio]

[placeholder for useful info to be added later]

[semi-sarcastic complaints about how my favorite title should have won]
[pony-related meme]

[Etcetera]

In case anyone hasn't seen it yet, Sgt Pinkie's Lonely Hooves Club.

Also, to fulfil the second part:

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[Trixie]

[semi-sarcastic complaints about how my favorite title should have won]

Eh, everyone knows Great And Powerful Trixie does everything best.

Including naming threads

[Jahkaivah]

Goddamnit Trixie.

[Xanatos]

My stars, I'm off to work and unable to reach a computer for three days, and I miss out on an entire thread. Good work, people, we'll assimilate this entire forum yet!

[Starbuck_II]

In case anyone hasn't seen it yet, Sgt Pinkie's Lonely Hooves Club.

She (creator of picture) says there aren't two fluttershys but I see two.
What am I missing?

[Etcetera]

She (creator of picture) says there aren't two fluttershys but I see two.
What am I missing?

I believe the second Fluttershy is her G3 equivalent, or somesuch.
"Posey", from G1, according to the comments.

[Jahkaivah]

She (creator of picture) says there aren't two fluttershys but I see two.
What am I missing?

She has included the ponies initial character designs (such as Pinkie back when she was white and had wings) along with what the ponies are like now, supposedly the second Fluttershy is the original wingless design of Fluttershy.

[Gadora]

She (creator of picture) says there aren't two fluttershys but I see two.
What am I missing?

Looking through the comments on that, I found this.

[Kairaven]

Sigh....



The opening post should preferably have a nice picture.

Then mention that the show is on Hub network.
Maybe a quick summary of the show.

Link to the two previous threads
first thread
second thread

Then fan resources links
Fan Fiction and News: Equestria Daily
MLP Art Guides
Lauren Faust (Creator) Deviant Art Page
Discussion Image Forum: Ponychan
Pony Images: Ponibooru
Allspark MLP Discussion Thread

[darthbobcat]

YOU DID A NAME OTHER THAN "FRIENDSHIP IS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY" AFTER I SPENT A MONTH ADVOCATING FOR IT? AND WHILE I WAS ASLEEP!?

I... but... I...

I'M SO ANGRY I COULD GO SUPER SAIYAN!

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TRIXIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[Irbis]

Nice picture? How about this one?

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The explanation of Pony evolution from above:

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http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/1...ht_sparkle.jpg

Dammit, I had similar 'tribute' idea... And to be honest, I think original designs were too pink.

By the way, guess who drew guess who!

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[Starbuck_II]

Looking through the comments on that, I found this.

Awesome, you ponies may move along now. I am appeased.

[Entertainer13]

I thought it had been agreed upon "Friendship is Advanced Technology"? Huh, oh well, no worries, because...

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[Khosan]

More art:

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That was for a friend of mine. And I've got two more lined up (one for a friend who goes by the name Lowmaine and another for an orc).

I'm probably gonna do one more with her pony. For some reason I want to have 'Murder Hooves' unconscious with Mido-Pony gleefully standing over him next to a broken totem.

[darthbobcat]

"Hey Bobcat, stop whining about the thread name!"

"I'm not whining. I'm complaining. Do you want to HEAR whining?

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Just kidding! Instead I posted Rainbow Dash!

[SaintRidley]

I was thinking about getting a ponytar, if anypony would like the challenge of doing a slightly complex one.

The stuff you'd need to know:

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Life-in-Death from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Female pony, dark blue or red body. Half-skeletal face. Black mane and tail, modeled after Rarity's. Golden lemniscate (infinity symbol) for a cutie mark.

Give her a pair of dice and she is set.

[SaintRidley]

Stupid server error. Ignore this one.

[Sinfonian]

I'm still surprised we're already on a new thread. It turned out to be two days, rather than the 3-4 I predicted on page 42 of the last one.

The bronies...the herd is multiplying! First the Playground, then THE WORLD!

[Evil DM Mark3]

OK. I am miffed. Very miffed. Why was the title not the one that was touted all through the previous thread. I have only one response to this grievous betrayal of friendship. I am just so, ANGRY!

Friendship science primed.

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Weaponised orbital friendship beam deployed.

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OK, I needed that but boy does it make me dizzy. Now to wait until the sky stops tasting purple and back to the thread!

[Orzel]

Heard a man herd some kids with "Come along everypony".

ION: Where does one get a Spike's Heart Rarity T-shirt?

If I could draw I'd add it to my av. Riding Twilight.

[Kairaven]

...It appears I have lost my tablet pen, and will thus have to see if anyone would be willing to make me a pony avatar?

Blue unicorn with dirty blonde mane and green eyes. Cutiemark a book with a quillpen. With glasses, if possible. you know. If no one minds. Please.

I wasn't planning on this but I have a ponytar request if anyone has the time. I would love a Batman pony. Can't you just see a pony with a Batman mask and a Bat cutie mark? That would be so awesome and it would mix two of my favorite things. Pretty please.

I needs a ponytar. She will be an earth pony with a brown flank and some shade of red for her mane. Her cutie mark is a rasberry.

Her name shall be Berry Ann.

Someone draw her? Pretty please?

I was thinking about getting a ponytar, if anypony would like the challenge of doing a slightly complex one.

The stuff you'd need to know:

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Life-in-Death from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Female pony, dark blue or red body. Half-skeletal face. Black mane and tail, modeled after Rarity's. Golden lemniscate (infinity symbol) for a cutie mark.

Give her a pair of dice and she is set.

These are the current untaken ponytar requests. I can't do any for the next day or so, but if no other pony has taken up the tasks, I'll do some when I get the chance.... or until I lose interest... although pony is sort of like addiction to me atm.

just for clarification sake, SaintRidley, you want a sort of mask-like skeletal half face or a peel away exposed skeletal half face?

[Symmys]

@thread title: Oh, well. At the rate you guys (I say you because I've posted, what, twice?) are going through these threads, we'll be on #4 in a week or two. Three, tops.

[Trixie]

YOU DID A NAME OTHER THAN "FRIENDSHIP IS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY" AFTER I SPENT A MONTH ADVOCATING FOR IT?

Silly filly, everyone knows that Trixie is advanced technology

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Just kidding! Instead I posted Rainbow Dash!

No no no, the previous one was 20% cooler. This one is, like, 2.000.000% cooler

OK. I am miffed. Very miffed. Why was the title not the one that was touted all through the previous thread.

Um... Because I posted it in a thread previous to previous ones? And I had to act quickly due to locking of the #2?

Pfft, just don't call me begging when you have another Ursa Major to vanquish :E

Anyway, that just gives you incentive to post faster so that name is used, no?

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I uploaded a new version of the OP. What do you think?

[Castel]

So much Trixie.



Though it needs more mane cast in the OP, for converts to the herd!

[Evil DM Mark3]

Though it needs more mane cast in the OP, for converts to the herd!

I was just about to say that. I mean you might as well have the adult dragon there, or Silverspoon and Diamond Tiara for all the use it would be.

[Trobby]

Hey guys!

If you want a Pony Week, go here and vote!

That is all.

[Gaelbert]

Not sure how I feel about the first picture being Trixie. It is the great and powerful Trixie, but she's only appeared in one episode and isn't one of the more recognizable characters.