History WebVideo / FriendshipisWitchcraft

* TalkingToHerself: Pretty much the entire thing as the majority of the cast are voiced by the series' two writers:
** Jenny Nicholson most notably voices the entire Mane Six[[note]]with the exception of "The Perfect Swarm" where Keesha Bush-Trenerry provides the voice of Rainbow Dash[[/note]] and Spike. Other main characters she voices are Luna and Applebloom.
** Griffin Lewis, who also does the music and editing for series, voices pretty much every male character and quite a few female characters such as Celestia, Sweeite Bot, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. He also voices many background ponies including Carrot Pony.

* NiceHat: While she's still a designer, giant hats are Rarity's specialty. She also has a "hat scarf" that has a matching hat. One could [[IncrediblyLamePun go so far as to say]] giant hats ''are'' her [[PlanetOfHats giant hat]].

* MoralDissonance: Not that Twilight's even ''close'' to a decent role model in the first place, but she is responsible for Molestia's banishment to space camp in the first place. [[MagnificentBastard She then convinces Molestia to give up her powers in exchange for help socializing]], even though Twilight really didn't help at all.

* MugglePower[=/=]WhatMeasureIsANonSuper: Pinkie Pie was never adopted due to not being a pegasus or unicorn.

** "[[NotBloodSiblings They're not biologically related,]] [[BrotherSisterIncest so technically it's okay]]."

* WhamEpisode: "Foaly Matripony" has a large difference of effort put in in comparison to the previous episodes (there were ''many'' guest artists, animators, voice actors, and song writers contributing to the episode) as well as the humor being slightly darker. [[BlackComedy This doesn't make it any less hilarious]].

* [[HumanMomNonhumanDad Pony Mom, Non-Pony Dad]]: [[spoiler:Fluttershy]], whose normal appearance is justified.
-->'''[[spoiler:Fluttershy]]:''' [[spoiler:Dragon-ness is recessive.]]

* 9. "Seed No Evil" (based on "One Bad Apple" and the fan animated video ''WebVideo/{{Snowdrop}}'')

** "Seed No Evil" suddenly segues from its roots in "One Bad Apple" to an extended, much darker, parody of ''WebVideo/{{Snowdrop}}'' [[spoiler:that inspires the Snooty Snark Evaders to use dark magic to blind Babs for life]]. Nobody learns anything. Oh yeah, and then it ends on a cheerful musical number [[spoiler:mocking the now-blind filly]].

* ShowWithinAShow: In "Seed No Evil", "[[{{WebVideo/Snowdrop}} Snowblind]]".

** Continues in "Seed No Evil", showing up in a [[ShowWithinAShow movie]] called "[[WebVideo/{{Snowdrop}} Snowblind]]", when [[spoiler:the titular character swears near the end]].

** "Seed No Evil" satirized WebAnimation/{{Snowdrop}}'s {{glurg|e}}iness to high heavens and beyond.

* TwoForOneShow: "Seed No Evil" interrupts the main story to present a parody of ''{{WebAnimation/Snowdrop}}''.

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: [[TheCutie Fluttershy]] singing [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame "Hellfire"]]. In the first ten seconds.

* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Babs Seed has a Brooklyn accent, as in canon.

* UnfortunateName: [[UpToEleven Molestia]]. The holiday dedicated to her is Molest Fest. This year's was [[DoubleEntendre the most touching yet]].
--> '''Newt Pippington Britishhooves''': Who knew that a holiday called Molest Fest could turn out so rotten?

* ImaginaryFriend: Bonko the Clown, Snowblind's only friend.

-->"Oh, I wish Spike hadn't spilled glitter everywhere. He can be [[ButtMonkey such a disappointment]]."

* ArtShift: During the original animation for "It'll Be OK" in "Foaly Matripony".
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Played for laughs; "Dragon-ness is recessive." Not that the actual show is much better about it, mind you.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first episode, Princess Celestia seems to actually '''like''' Twilight Sparkle -- albeit in more of a "celebrity and BigNameFan" way than their close relationship in the actual show -- and actually asks her for a friendship report. Later episodes show Princess Celestia to consider Twilight obnoxious at best and creepy at worst, and establishes the letters as something Twilight took it upon herself to send and Celestia wishes would just stop.

* ArtShift: During the original animation for "It'll Be OK" in "Foaly Matripony".

* ArtMajorBiology: Played for laughs; "Dragon-ness is recessive." Not that the actual show is much better about it, mind you.

* SelfDeprecation: During the ending of Foaly Matripony, one of the newspapers says "Spinning Newspaper Narrative Copout: [=FiW=] writers confirm".

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:
** Lampshaded in "Seed No Evil":
-->'''Applejack:''' I guess sometimes it just takes one unspeakable cruelty to counteract another!\\
'''Sweetie Belle:''' [[AC:Is that really the moral?]]
** InUniverse example in the same episode: "Snowblind" ends with [[spoiler:the main character declaring that if she wants something, she'll take it, and that she's not some kind of Christmas special feel-good pony. Given that she did so by trafficking with dark powers...]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Luna/Molestia, if in a more conventional fashion (accent notwithstanding) than in canon.
-->'''Luna:''' Together, we shall do friend activities such as... puzzles, and... hugging, and... '''''OTHER THINGS!'''''

Rather than directly parodying the show, it presents a version of the MLP universe where each character is just a bit... different. Twilight Sparkle is an ADD-addled narcissistic sociopath with aspirations of royalty, Spike is a universally scorned target of abuse, Fluttershy is the insane leader of an apocalyptic cult, Rarity is a PTSD-affected war veteran devoted to said cult, Applejack a war criminal and a Southern stereotype (as written by a space alien), Rainbow Dash is self-absorbed to the point of sometimes speaking [[PokemonSpeak using her name alone]], and Pinkie Pie is an orphan who just wants to be loved. Oh, and Sweetie Belle is a robot, but no one seems to have noticed. The resulting show almost feels like a pony version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.

Citing reasons like "being genuinely tired of doing the same show for several years" and "we want to do other things too", the creators have put the project on a hiatus. They promised to continue it sometime in the future. Said promise came to fruition in early 2016, when they released part 2 of ''Horse Women.'' However, given that both creators began developing their own solo projects in the interim (Jenny with her Website/YouTube channel, Griffin with his Fandroid persona and associated Website/YouTube channels), the likelihood of the duo returning to the series is getting increasingly dimmer.

** Scootaloo claims that [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]] is her mom. Said mom doesn't even acknowledge Scootaloo's existence.

** In "Cute From the Hip":
--->'''Apple Bloom:''' Uh, Pinkie, if you're going to start singing, could you put the lyrics at the bottom of the screen?
** The extended version of said song has Pinkie singing about ''baking'' the fourth wall as part of her plan.

** Spike's butchering of "[[Disney/{{Mulan}} Reflection]]" in his audition for the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. Perhaps it's for the best that Twilight forbids him to dream.

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: [[TheCutie Fluttershy]] singing [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame "Hellfire"]]. In the first ten seconds.

The team have an old [[https://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones Youtube]] channel, though now updates are done [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJI4dS-3rg-VrlN8kfSMQnw here]]. Like most [=MLP=] abridged series, ''Friendship Is Witchcraft'' has run into issues with copyright claims from Creator/{{Hasbro}} (the real one), resulting in their videos on Website/YouTube being blocked to U.S. audiences for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[Creator/LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). An attempt was made to move the series to Vimeo, but those videos ended up being blocked as well (for those wanting to see the series, mirror sites are available). Despite this, the creators insist that the series is not dead. Both creators have launched side projects, available for viewing on their Youtube channel: Jenny's "Kimi Sparkle" series, a parody of WebVideo/MLPAnalysis videos, and Griffin's "Silver Spoon Escapes from Camp Energy", a LetsPlay of {{VideoGame/Limbo}} done as a series of largely improvised stream-of-consciousness ramblings done in character as Silver Spoon. They have also started a multi-part series based ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirl1s1'', entitled ''Horse Women''.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses:
** Along with Princesses Celestia and Molestia/Luna, in "Dragone Baby Gone" Twilight claims Celestia has named ''her'' a princess along with being the leader of Team D.E.S.U.
** And as of "Lunar Slander" [[spoiler:Luna gave her title to Twilight Sparkle]].

* AllJustADream: "Seed No Evil" relegates the event of ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls2013 Equestria Girls]]'' to a nightmare of Apple Bloom's.

** "Seed No Evil" has one towards ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls2013'', as it was AllJustADream in this universe:

The team have an old [[https://www.youtube.com/user/SherclopPones Youtube]] channel, though now updates are done [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJI4dS-3rg-VrlN8kfSMQnw here]]. Like most [=MLP=] abridged series, ''Friendship Is Witchcraft'' has run into issues with copyright claims from Creator/{{Hasbro}} (the real one), resulting in their videos on Website/YouTube being blocked to U.S. audiences for an indefinite period of time (remind you of [[Creator/LittleKuriboh anyone?]]). An attempt was made to move the series to Vimeo, but those videos ended up being blocked as well (for those wanting to see the series, mirror sites are available). Despite this, the creators insist that the series is not dead. Both creators have launched side projects, available for viewing on their Youtube channel: Jenny's "Kimi Sparkle" series, a parody of WebVideo/MLPAnalysis videos, and Griffin's "Silver Spoon Escapes from Camp Energy", a LetsPlay of {{VideoGame/Limbo}} done as a series of largely improvised stream-of-consciousness ramblings done in character as Silver Spoon. They have also started a multi-part series based ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls2013'', entitled ''Horse Women''.

** Team D.E.S.U.: "Dragon Euthanization Specialty Unit".

* MythologyGag: The Smooze was a villain [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie the 1986 movie]].

Citing reasons like "being genuinely tired of doing the same show for several years" and "we want to do other things too", the creators have put the project on a hiatus. They promised to continue it sometime in the future. Said promise came to fruition in early 2016, when they released part 2 of ''Horse Women.'' However, given that both creators began developing their own solo projects in the interim (Jenny with her Website/YouTube channel, Griffin with his Fandroid persona and associated YouTube channels), the likelihood of the duo returning to the series is getting increasingly dimmer.