History YMMV / MyLittlePonyG3

* FandomRivalry: There's a ''very'' intense one with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. Fans of the latter hate ''G3'' for being [[GirlShowGhetto too girly]], poorly animated, poorly written and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not]] by Creator/LaurenFaust. Fans of the former hate ''Friendship is Magic'' for having tons of slapstick, [[ShoutOut pop culture references]] and trying too hard to be DarkerAndEdgier.

* JustHereForGodzilla:
** Not a few have watched G3 simply for Minty.
** To a small but notable extent, some ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' fans have only shown an interest in the franchise just to see Creator/JanyseJaud (Sarah and Lee Kanker's voice actress) voice Pinkie Pie.

** In this version, Rainbow Dash [[EskimosArentReal thought that pegasi weren't real]]. In G4, she ''is'' a pegasus.

** The Core Seven. The minority that like 3.5 maintain that they could have been much better characters if they'd given time to further the generation before being canned for [[Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration4 G4]]. Toola Roola and Starsong were not in earlier G3 ''and'' G4 reduced them to either a one-off role (Toola Roola) or no role at all (Starsong), so like Razzaroo and Kimono, it just feels like we should have gotten to know them better. Though, Starsong ''did'' [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/11/playskool-plushie-images-appear-on.html#more get her own plush,]] but that's only for the Playskool line.
* WTHCastingAgency: What is a (fairly) well-known actor like Creator/KeeganConnorTracy doing in a NoBudget kids Direct to DVD special like Twinkle Wish Adventure?

* FandomRivalry: There's a ''very'' intense one with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. Fans of the latter hate ''G3'' for being [[GirlShowGhetto too girly]], poorly animated, poorly written and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not]] by Creator/LaurenFaust. Fans of the former hate ''Friendship is Magic'' for having tons of slapstick, [[ShoutOut pop culture references]] and trying too hard to be DarkerandEdgier.

* NeverLiveItDown:
** G3 Rainbow Dash is best known for dressing in style, thanks to the opening song. It was only in the Core 7 shorts that she gained this characterization, but the original GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak Dash with the British accent is often associated with this too.
** Newborn Cuties as a whole is this, as well. Haters of G3 often use this to describe the overall quality of G3, and even fans will tell you it's the worst that My Little Pony had to offer. It also doesn't help that this was G3's last hurrah before ending.

* SelfFanservice: Star Catcher gets this reaction among older viewers.; the mildly sultry and imperious voice and mannerisms definitely help.

* AccidentalInnuendo: Sweetie Belle's birth in "Over Two Rainbows". The visual of a pony being born from two converging rainbows is suggestive to say the least.

* AccidentalInnuendo: Sweeite Belle's birth in "Over Two Rainbows". The visual of a pony being born from two converging rainbows is suggestive to say the least.

* FanNickname: Whimsey is sometimes been called "Dragonite" by Bronies, because [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} she resembles that particular Pokémon in mind]].

* MemeticMutation: The line "Rainbow Dash always dresses in style" from the Core 7 theme, helped along by the extreme contrast to G4 Rainbow Dash. There's a number of Website/YouTube videos, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-LxYjmk8XI one]] of which simply presents the line over and over for just over two hours. For those that don't think they can take that, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqnSyjcsfDg another]] that's only one hour. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJSN2iGZ4UA Another]] presents the G4 Rainbow Dash learning of the line, with a RecordNeedleScratch.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The animation wasn't always spectacular to begin with, but it took a ''very'' noticeable nose-dive with the Newborn Cuties shorts animated in Flash. In the first one, the characters mouths don't even move when speaking ''at all''.

** To a small but notable extent, some ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' fans have only shown an interest in the franchise just to see Creator/JanyseJaud (Sarah's voice actress) voice Pinkie Pie.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Not a few have watched G3 simply for Minty.

* FandomRivalry: There's a ''very'' intense one with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony: FriendshipIsMagic''. Fans of the latter hate ''G3'' for being [[GirlShowGhetto too girly]], poorly animated, poorly written and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not]] by Creator/LaurenFaust. Fans of the former hate ''Friendship is Magic'' for having tons of slapstick, [[ShoutOut pop culture references]] and trying too hard to be DarkerandEdgier.

* FandomRivalry: There's a ''very'' intense one with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony:FriendshipIsMagic''. Fans of the latter hate ''G3'' for being [[GirlShowGhetto too girly]], poorly animated, poorly written and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not]] by Creator/LaurenFaust. Fans of the former hate ''Friendship is Magic'' for having tons of slapstick, [[ShoutOut pop culture references]] and trying too hard to be DarkerandEdgier.

* FandomRivalry: There's a ''very'' intense one with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony:FriendshipisMagic''. Fans of the latter hate ''G3'' for being [[GirlShowGhetto too girly]], poorly animated, poorly written and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywarlking not]] by Creator/LaurenFaust. Fans of the former hate ''Friendship is Magic'' for having tons of slapstick, [[ShoutOut pop culture references]] and trying too hard to be DarkerandEdgier.

* WTHCastingAgency: What is a (fairly) well-known actor like [[Creator/Keegan Connor Tracy]] doing in a NoBudget kids Direct to DVD special like Twinkle Wish Adventure?

* WTHCastingAgency: What is a (fairly) well-known actor like Creator/Keegan Connor Tracy doing in a NoBudget kids Direct to DVD special like Twinkle Wish Adventure?

** The Core Seven. The minority that like 3.5 maintain that they could have been much better characters if they'd given time to further the generation before being canned for [[Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration4 G4]]. Toola Roola and Starsong were not in earlier G3 ''and'' G4 reduced them to either a one-off role (Toola Roola) or no role at all (Starsong), so like Razzaroo and Kimono, it just feels like we should have gotten to know them better. Though, Starsong ''did'' [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/11/playskool-plushie-images-appear-on.html#more get her own plush,]] but that's only for the Playskool line.

* FanPreferredCouple: The G3 side of the fandom doesn't ship canon characters as often as the G1 or G4 sides (instead preferring [=OCs=] together or with canon characters), however Pinkie/Minty and Star Catcher/Skywishes have both caught on.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Those that like this generation can probably identify with the message of ''Come Back, Lily Lightly'':
--> '''Firefly''': I think it's great that you're different. That makes you ''special.''

* UncannyValley:

* UnfortunateImplications: In ''Newborn Cuties'', Rainbow Dash's line, "Everyone knows unicorns belong in Unicornia," just '''reeks''' of FantasticRacism.

%%* SoBadItsGood: The Generation 3 cartoons are widely considered bad, no doubt about it. But it has a certain kitsch charm, complete with gloriously nonsensical logic ("We couldn't make [[OnlySaneMan you]] a regular-sized charm bracelet, because we kept making our charms too big. So we made you a giant sized one! And then we made you a regular-sized one!"), random dancing to electro-guitar versions of the theme song, and some genuinely amusing moments when it acknowledges how incredibly ditzy and incompetent its lead characters are.