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6* During an interview at a MLP convention back in 2008, Bonnie Zacherle, the creator of ''MLP'', stated that she originally envisioned the ''MLP'' franchise as gender neutral, in other words something aimed at both girls and boys. It was the suits at Creator/{{Hasbro}} who decided that the toys should be marketed exclusively to girls (which, among other things, meant amping up the amount of ponies with pink and purple colors). During the interview, Bonnie remarked that nevertheless there were definitely many boys who enjoyed the toys, and that she "felt bad" that the franchise came to be marketed exclusively to girls because "why shouldn't boys play with ponies too?". Flash forward to 2010 when a certain ''MLP''-reboot is released that is specifically designed to appeal to both genders, and which indeed manages to attract an absolutely enormous amount of male fans. Bonnie must be happy!
7** Bonnie appeared at a 2013 toy convention and was asked point-blank about the Brony phenomenon by a female collector. Bonnie reiterated that she had ''always'' intended ''MLP'' toys to be gender-neutral and was pleased that boys and men were finally enjoying the franchise, though there had already been boys and men who were fans of past incarnations.
8* One of the ponies from the original series was named [[Franchise/SailorMoon Princess Serena]].
9* Do you know of this series now? Well try watching ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''...or just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_EDBM1tOEo The first part of Pastoral Symphony]]. Or just look at the comments.
10* There were really only a few ponies with the title "Queen", unless you count Chrysalis in ''FIM''. One was a "G2" pony named Sunsparkle and she had a Cutie Mark [[http://mylittlewiki.org/w/images/2/2a/Enchanted_Throne_Sunsparkle.jpg very similar to Celestia]]. In ''Friendship is Magic'''s development Celestia was meant to be a queen until ExecutiveMeddling got their way.
11** There actually was a G1 pony who was queen, Majesty, who was also partial inspiration for Celestia. Plus, Sunsparkle shares nearly the same coloring as Sunset Shimmer. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE51TheQuestOfThePrincessPonies1 The Quest of the Princess Ponies serial]] also had the titular characters argue over who should be queen. Could also be HarsherInHindsight, depending on your view on the aforementioned ExecutiveMeddling.
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14-->You have to find a home;\
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16* In the 1986 movie, Lofty is voiced by Creator/SusanBlu who is a [[LGBTPlusCreators/{{Actors}} lesbian]]. In G4, Scootaloo's Auntie Lofty is an lesbian relationship (also doubles as HeartwarmingInHindsight).
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19* ''Moondreamers'' featured a bear named ''Ursa Major'', something that would eventually find its way back into MLP-related media 23 years later in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]]''.
20* In ''Baby, It's Cold Outside'', Megan and the ponies [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp go north to find the southern birds]].
21* Megan and Molly's brother Danny was essentially an in-universe Brony ''long'' before the term came about.
22* In "Mish Mash Melee", Shady, a pink pony, says "Okey dokey".
23* The conflict of "Crunch the Rockdog" centers around a benevolent, powerful GeniusLoci (the mountain) turning evil when its heart is removed and another giant rock monster being stopped when the heroes successfully insert a heart into it. Make one CompositeCharacter for the 2 villains and another for the group of female heroes on TheQuest, and you have a condensed version of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}''.
24* During one of the song numbers, Wind Whistler suggests that a perfect gift for a [[{{Troll}} troll]] would be a dictionary.
25* The sole unicorn Princess Pony was Princess Sparkle.
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28* Either this or HarsherInHindsight: [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRedeemed the minor antagonist Garble]] from ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]]'' physically resembles an older version of [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Princess_Tiffany#Princess_Pearl Fiery the Dragon from the G1 Toyline, who was said to have a forceful personality]]. Fiery, however, was friends with Ponies and worked for a Pony Princess named Pearl (while Garble made fun of Spike for writing letters to Princess Celestia).
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32* After ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]]'' brought a [[{{Tomboy}} completely]] redesigned Rainbow Dash, the line in the [="G3"=]/Core 7 opening that says "Rainbow Dash always dresses in style" sounds pretty ironic, and of course it went through MemeticMutation, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwyIR598a_s here]].
33* Another one involving Rainbow Dash. She [[EskimosArentReal didn't believe in "flying ponies" (pegasi)]] in "Friends Are Never Far Away", but then comes in ''Friendship is Magic'' and her rebooted character is a pegasus. And not just "a" pegasus, but one of the strongest flyers in the series -- and proud of it.
34* In the "G3.5" ''Twinkle Wish Adventure'', a {{blooper}} gives Cheerilee googly eyes for about a second. This was over two years before [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Derpy]].
35* In ''My Little Pony Live: The World's Biggest Tea Party'', Spike mentions getting his "How to..." book from a "kindly old troll". If one considers the thousands-of-years-old Princess Celestia's memetic reputation as a troll, this is pretty snicker-worthy.
36* A "G3.5" toy had Pinkie Pie with [[http://www.hasbro.com/common/productimages/en_US/6b5a79b119b9f369108074c133140fb9/6B5D841019B9F3691053BC50C18BA578.jpg curly hair]] at a time when her mane was straight. Come a year or two later and Pinkie Pie actually has curly hair.
37** But her hair becomes straight when she's Pinkamena.
38* Tabitha St. Germain plays Wysteria, who is made a princess in ''The Princess Promenade''. Come ''Friendship is Magic'', one of her bigger roles is Princess Luna. At one point in the movie, Spike also says that a princess does not raise her voice. The Royal Canterlot Voice would beg to differ.
39* Here, Ellen Kennedy voices a stylist named Daffidazey who spruces Spike up after his 1000-year nap ends in the present day. ...then in FIM, she plays the Mane-iac, a stylist who ''turned into an insane supervillain.''
40* "[[MemeticMutation Rainbow Dash always dresses in style]]!" While this is true for the [[TheFashionista third generation Rainbow Dash]], this is [[OutOfCharacter completely contrary]] to the {{tomboy}}ish one of the fourth generation. This is because the ''Friendship is Magic'' Rainbow Dash is simply [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials Firefly]], an equally energetic pegasus who loved to fly, with Rainbow Dash's colors.
41** But then there's that preppy outfit she wore in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May The Best Pet Win...]] And the gala dress Rarity made for her.
42*** When Rarity gains ComicBook/GreenLantern-grade conjuration powers in Inspiration Manifestation, she promptly tracks down Rainbow Dash and conjures an elaborate dress around her in midair. Dash is not amused. The fandom is.
43** The garish outfit Fashion Style Rainbow Dash ships with. Dresses in style indeed.
44** In fact, RD doesn't hate all things "girly" the way a tomboy character is "supposed" to, and by now has "dressed in style" many times at major events instead of refusing as expected. (In fact, the famed "It just needs to be 20% cooler" line was about a dress.)
45* While we're on the third series theme song, the line after ''that'' is "Sweetie Belle's magic brings a great big smile." So naturally, FIM Sweetie Belle... is a filly who can't use magic yet. (Mind you, "G3" Sweetie Belle herself [[InformedAbility never made good on those lyrics]] either; a tiny spark gleaming on her horn when we hear that line is all we get, making FIM Sweetie Belle doing the same thing once when excited a possible {{Homage}}.) However, as of season four, Sweetie Belle is learning.
46** "G3" Sweetie Belle is a SupremeChef. FIM Sweetie Belle manages to ''[[LethalChef burn juice]].''
47** More incarnational irony in the form of Scootaloo: "G3" Scootaloo has a scooter when released in the "Scootin' Along With [name]" set. We only see it used in one very quick moment in the "Meet the Ponies" DVD. FIM Scootaloo on the other hand can do all manner of stunts and ''outrun a train.'' You'd really expect the toyline to feature what really is her trademark accessory. As Big Mac would put it... Nnnope.
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50* The best example has to this. Back in 2008 Creator/LaurenFaust posted a [[http://fyre-flye.deviantart.com/journal/poll/384328/ poll]] on her Platform/DeviantArt page asking if any of her followers were ''My Little Pony'' fans. At the time it wasn't announced that she was involved in a reboot and one of her comments says she has a "very specific reason" on why she's asking her fans about ponies. One fan, a [[RealMenWearPink male]] at that, says [[OlderThanTheyThink he likes cute ponies]] and isn't afraid to admit to it. Lauren had this to say.
51-->'''Lauren Faust:''' My favorite kind of guy!!!!! [[{{Foreshadowing}} Wish there were more]] [[PeripheryDemographic guys like you...]]
52* Literature/{{Twilight}} [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Sparkle]] was named before... well.[[note]] Lauren began initial development for MLP:FIM in early 2008, several months before the first ''Twilight'' movie hit cinemas, though Meyer's books had been around and popular for a couple years at that point.[[/note]]
53** An "urban legend" that went around the Internet forums was the rumor that Twilight Sparkle was supposed to be named Twilight Twinkle, after a G3 pony. When someone asked Lauren Faust if "Twilight Sparkle" was intentional, the only reply she gave was "It passed legal."
54* [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/the-end-of-the-creator-driven-era-29614.html The End of the Creator Driven Era]] mourned how terrible it was that such great people were going on to work for a show like MLP, and how it meant the end of original animation. The article actually ''caused'' people to watch the show that the writer decried, resulting in 4Chan picking up on it and a rapid surge in its popularity, leading to the brony fandom.
55** In turn, the success of ''Friendship is Magic'' probably saved creator-driven animation, as it gave Lauren leverage needed to start her own series, and it paved way for other, creator-driven series with similar themes like ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.
56* One of the common complaints about Twilight Sparkle's toy was that it had replaced Spike with an owl. Come the plot of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E24OwlsWellThatEndsWell Owl's Well That Ends Well]]", however...
57* When Photo Finish made her début in "Green Isn't Your Color", nearly everyone compared her appearance to Music/LadyGaga. However, she is actually an homage to ''Vogue'' editor Anna Wintour. What makes this hilarious in hindsight? This statement from Lady Gaga, which has a minor TakeThat to Wintour:
58-->I’ll never forget when Anna Wintour called me to play at this event, she called me and said, "I would like you to play at the Met gala, but I just want to make sure, because I’ve seen you perform before, that you won’t be swearing during the performance." So Anna, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments I will do my f#@&ing best!]]
59* Knowing anything about fashion makes MLP even funnier when you realize that Hoity Toity, who is based on Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld, speaks with Wintour's accent, while Photo Finish speaks with Lagerfeld's accent.
60* Pinkie Pie's comment in the pilot about quiet parties being boring seems like a throw-away comment; fast-forward to the Grand Galloping Gala, and Pinkie's first excitement of the event is quickly dashed when she finds it's exactly the kind of quiet, stuffy party she lambasted.
61* Also from the pilot, Twilight Sparkle's [[FireBreathingDiner mane and tail turn into fire thanks to drinking hot sauce]]. Fast forward to the high point of "Feeling Pinkie Keen"...
62* In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]", one of the pegasus bullies tells Rainbow Dash that she should get herself some wings like Rarity's. [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/08/glimmer-wings-rainbow-dash.html Almost six months later]], the first image of the ''[[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=C2D7D92A-5056-900B-1014-E122BBE206E2 Glimmer Wings Rainbow Dash]]'' toy was leaked.
63* Before the show, a "pink pony" was (and still is, admittedly) associated with trippy hallucinations, a crazy person, or a NonSequiturThud from someone who is just knocked out. Then in prances Pinkie Pie...
64* In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]", Rarity finds a big rock and is underwhelmed by it. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 In the next season...]] Although this is due to Discord's mind-games and hypnosis taking hold of her.
65* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXoYK4b_q24 This]] RealTrailerFakeMovie, which was actually inspired by the ''Film/Transformers2007'' and ''Film/GIJoe'' movies, and predates [=FiM=] by ''about a year''.
66* In August 2011, a fanfic called [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/08/story-writers-block_17.html Writer's Block]] was released that revolved around Twilight Sparkle having trouble coming up with a friendship lesson to send to Princess Celestia. Then came the season 2 episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]"...
67** Similarly, one fanfic submitted for Equestria Daily's "April Foal's" contest was [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/04/story-big-dragon.html "Big Dragon"]], in which Spike grows humongous overnight, gives in to his draconic hoarding instincts, and engages in a ''Film/KingKong1933'' homage with Rarity in the Fay Wray role. This was published about eight months before [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess "Secret of My Excess"]], in which... well, yeah.
68** The fanfic [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/12/story-fluttersertive.html Fluttersertive]] was written well before [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown "Putting Your Hoof Down"]] was announced, but both roughly revolve around Fluttershy causing trouble and becoming a {{Jerkass}} after taking some assertiveness training too far.
69** In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/1386/surprise-surprise Surprise, Surprise]]'', Pinkie Pie is at first thrilled to meet the eponymous pegasus who is so much like her, until [[spoiler:her friends take to the newcomer a bit too much, and she feels she's being pushed aside. Finally she has had enough, decides to fight for her place, then realizes she's been a big {{Jerkass}} about it, goes to apologize, and finds out that not only did Surprise not intend to steal her thunder, it was Pinkie herself who inspired the formerly unpopular Surprise to become a party-pony.]] Then [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E12PinkiePride "Pinkie Pride"]] airs... basically, replace Surprise with Weird Al. You gotta wonder if the writer was secretly a member of the show staff or something, because it hits ''every'' note in ''exactly'' the same order. Of course, Surprise isn't ''quite'' as epic as Weird Al, because who is?
70* Someone [[http://bb-shockwave.deviantart.com/art/Pony-Trek-204175567 ponified]] [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Q and Picard]] well before Discord was revealed.
71* Fan-favorite background pony [[FanNickname Carrot Top]] has a pretty epic scene in "Over a Barrel" where she jumps out of a building and kicks buffalo ass like an action movie star. She was eventually given the AllThereInTheScript name [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Harvest Golden Harvest]]. It's fitting if you think about it.
72* The ''[[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=7556E7C3-5056-900B-1045-4A51D6ACBEC0 Riding Along with Rainbow Dash]]'' toy was released well before the first airing of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May the Best Pet Win!]]" (WordOfGod [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2286445078 says]] that "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May The Best Pet Win!]]" was conceived and written almost a year before it aired, and the toy was [[http://www.mylittleponynews.com/2011/02/toyfair-2011.html first revealed]] at around the same time, so there may or may not be a connection here.)
73* One fan made a [[http://raccoonrat.deviantart.com/art/Custom-Lyra-251840918 custom Lyra Heartstrings toy]] by repainting a Twilight Sparkle toy, almost three months before [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkG89cXpxjE/TrHUJ5HKcJI/AAAAAAAARqs/TMz21_os7lY/1.jpg Lyra's first official toy]] was first glimpsed.
74* At the end of "Lesson Zero", Spike tries to add a postscript to the Mane Six's joint letter to Celestia that he didn't need to learn the lesson of the day. At the end of "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", Applejack actually ''does'' send a letter to Celestia stating that she didn't need to learn anything from the events of that episode.
75* Cadance, foreshadowed by [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/98915 Pink Hasbro Celestia]]. [[http://toyfair12.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/press-kit-images/My-Little-Pony/slides/MY%20LITTLE%20PONY%20Princess%20Cadence.html Which in turn was retooled into a proper Cadance toy.]]
76** Speaking of Cadance, anybody remember that banner with the Mane Six all in funny hats straight out of the Prince William wedding? Except Applejack, who's still in her cowboy hat - which didn't happen until the end of the actual episode.
77* Cadance bears a lot of similarities to Cadence from ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'', mainly having [[SpellMyNameWithAnS almost]] the same name and color scheme. A few instances of this would be:
78** The episode "A Canterlot Wedding" with the song "This Day Aria" aired in the same year (but earlier) as Club Penguin's first music video, sung by Cadence.
79** During the ''Franchise/StarWars'' takeover party in ''Club Penguin'', Cadence was in the role of Princess Leia, and went by the name of '''Princess Cadence'''. Name is the same even more than it already was.
80** Lastly, Cadence's hairstyle after her redesign in ''Club Penguin Island'' resembles that of Princess Cadance more than her original one.
81* In the first episode an exasperated Twilight Sparkle remarked: "All the ponies in this town are CRAZY!" Throughout the rest of the season, each of the mane cast (including Twilight herself) had a mental breakdown. It only got funnier when Twilight had an even ''bigger'' breakdown in "Lesson Zero".
82** If one stops to think about it, oddball behavior actually doesn't seem all that unusual for inhabitants of Ponyville ''in general'', even the background ponies. So maybe Twilight inadvertently hit the nail on the head...
83* A bit of (arguable) controversy in the fan art community arose from the creator of Cteno, a blob monster masquerading as a pony, intended to troll the fandom. Now that other creatures masquerading as ponies actually did appear in the show...
84* Many episodes, most notably "The Best Night Ever" and "A Canterlot Wedding", contain some obvious {{Shout Out}}s to various Disney movies. Guess what company was rumored to be planning on buying Hasbro.
85** For the same reason, the title of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=625PzKRSKdw this]] parody video.
86* In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 The Crystal Empire, Part 1]]", Cadance comments "We should meet sometime when the fate of Equestria isn't in the balance." Eleven episodes later, they did in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E12GamesPoniesPlay "Games Ponies Play"]]
87* [[http://veggie55.deviantart.com/art/What-Could-Have-Been-297436083 This comic]], made just before A Canterlot Wedding aired, features Rarity being excited that Twilight's brother is getting married, and laments that Twilight is not a princess, because she could marry a prince and have a huge wedding. At the time, it was a reference to The Ticket Master, [[spoiler:but then came "Magical Mystery Cure", in which Twilight does indeed become a princess.]]
88* The ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles'' fanfic is funnier after you've read [[http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/02/25/horse-meat-ikea-meat-balls.html this]] article about Ikea selling horse meat in their meatballs, along with horsemeat being found in beefburgers sold by Tesco.
89** Funnier still when we find out that she really does have a secret basement full of information on every pony around. However, in the show it's depicted as how she's CrazyPrepared for everyone's party needs, and that she's not as scatterbrained as she seems.
90* The fandom has made countless [[BewareTheQuietOnes Fluttershy]]-as-ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk jokes. "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E6PowerPonies Power Ponies]]" [[AscendedMeme makes it canon]].
91* On 28 December 2012, a fanfiction was uploaded to Platform/FIMFictionDotNet entitled ''{{Fanfic/Nosflutteratu}}''. Precisely one year later, on 28 December 2013, the episode "Bats!" aired, in which Fluttershy turned into a vampire pony. This was not lost on several of the commentors, but it was brought to the limelight by one [[Fanfic/TheUnexpectedLoveLifeOfDuskShine meme-asaurus]], who was quick to comment on this and mentioning several things that happened in the fic itself that ended up happening in the show only episodes before.
92* Compare the climax of ''Fanfic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'' to that of the season 4 episode "Three's a Crowd". In each, ponies set out to find a magical flower to heal a sick friend. In both cases, said flower turns out to be a) on a mountain and b) attached to the head of a very large snake-like monster that the ponies then have to fight.
93* The Equestrian currency is "Bits". They come in [[{{UsefulNotes/Bitcoin}} coins]].
94* On the Heartwarming page is a story about how Princess Cadance being the former foalsitter to Twilight Sparkle had an uncanny parallel to Creator/LaurenFaust's own experience with a girl named Chrissy. Which goes into Hilarious if you know that "Chrissy" is now the FanNickname of ''the BigBad'' during that story arc.
95* Discord eating the pages from Twilight's spellbooks becomes even more hilarious when you remember [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDeC5ifgTM4 this scene]] featuring John de Lancie as Q.
96* Shortly after ''Magical Mystery Cure'' aired, M.A. Larson started joke-tweeting with Peter New (the voice of Big Macintosh) about how how was going to make Big Mac the next princess. Fast forward a couple of years to ''Do Princesses Dream Of Magic Sheep''. Big Mac became the next princess.
97* There exists [[http://anarchemitis.deviantart.com/art/Ultrasound-437125041 some art of Cadance pregnant with a filly]]... But this was well before [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E20TheOneWherePinkiePieKnows The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows]]! The art was posted on the last day of February 2014, and the episode aired October 17th, 2015.
98* Some fans of this series and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' would compare Pinkie Pie and Wreck-Gar because of their [[CloudCuckoolander similar personalities]]. Later, the series would introduce Cheese Sandwich, who's not only similar to both Pinkie and Wreck-Gar, but is voiced by [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic the same guy]] as Wreck-Gar! For bonus points, [[spoiler:the two ponies are now married with a foal]].
99* In "Bridle Gossip", Spike worries that everyone in Ponyville is hiding from "zombie ponies", and when Twilight Sparkle tries to tell him it's unlikely, he responds "Not likely... but possible?!" "28 Pranks Later" features everyone in Ponyville (including Spike) in a sort-of ZombieApocalypse [[spoiler:staged as part of a prank on Rainbow Dash]].
100* It has been very popular in the fandom to depict the Apples as having a strong distaste for pears and pear farmers, ranging from culinary disagreements and economic competition to it being treated as an almost religious matter or a downright mafia-like setup (case in point, comics such as [[http://emlan.deviantart.com/art/ponykoma-apple-acres-257095158 this one]] -- which was made ''six years ago'' -- or [[http://doublewbrothers.deviantart.com/art/Apple-571933495 this one]]). With the reveal in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear The Perfect Pear]]" that not only does a Pear-Apple feud indeed exist but that the Apple siblings are ''half-Pear'' themselves, these comics, fics and head canons have become quite funny in hindsight.
101* With the release of the ''My Little Pony'' [[http://ninjadivision.com/shinobi-7-announces-my-little-pony-tails-of-equestira-roleplaying-game/ tabletop game]] in 2017, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E18DungeonsAndDiscords Ogres & Oubliettes]] is now real.
102* In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E16TwentyEightPranksLater 28 Pranks Later]]", Rainbow Dash pranking Rarity by replacing her sewing machine with a duplicate made of cake wound up predicting the 2020 "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tastys-these-are-all-cakes-video Everything is a Cake]]" craze, spawned by a [[https://twitter.com/tasty/status/1280966608933003264 viral tweet]] featuring similar cake duplicates of everyday objects, which [[MemeticMutation quickly became a meme]] as the cakes fell into the UncannyValley once cut into. The craze eventually spawned the reality competition series ''Is It Cake?'', which debuted on Creator/{{Netflix}} the same year as the G5 series of ''My Little Pony''.
103* In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E6SurfAndOrTurf Surf and/or Turf]]", Twilight casually mentions winning a trophy in a ring-toss game. Shortly afterwards, ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRollercoasterOfFriendship Rollercoaster of Friendship]]'' depicted Twilight's human counterpart (and Sunset Shimmer) miserably failing to win Flim & Flam's rigged ring-toss game, even after repeated attempts to apply AwesomenessByAnalysis. One can only imagine her jealousy.
104* In 2013's Hot Minute preview videos, Rarity makes a comment implying Spike has wings, which was completely wrong at the time. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E11MoltDown It isn't now.]]
105* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/dreatos/art/Ask-DJ-P0n3-Discord-259836034 this]] fan comic, Vinyl Scratch vaporizes Discord with EyeBeams. In A Matter of Principals, Starlight does the exact same thing with her horn magic.
106* The Season 2 finale reveals that Twilight and Cadence have exchanged a SecretHandshake with one of the phrases in it being "Ladybugs awake". Much later in the "Starlight the Hypnotist" short, Twilight confesses to be deathly afraid of ladybugs with the phobia being PlayedForLaughs.
107* In 2014, when the show first saw its debut in Croatia starting with season 1, a translation/script error crept in where Princess Celestia calls Twilight her faithful ''teacher'' instead of student[[labelnote:Explanation]]The words for "student" and "teacher" are very similar in Croatian, so they were likely mixed up[[/labelnote]] at the end of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster the third episode]]. Fast forward to season 8 in 2018 where Twilight opens up the School of Friendship and becomes an actual teacher.
108* In the show's early days, fans made [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/XBLogS8raDm-P6oM8yu0LOKLOcl2CLUsFhSnyWSZVDuill_A2m9qWwNK3PFmHnyjyYWAa8481TAuy_7mn42Q90rtxdom6o6KU3s9mO--PZGIiVH31suZCWyz5NsAfyiHva3gfj5GyuNBwIgtSEmZFB1XTfvrBMEOlbTF7A memes]] insisting that Rainbow Dash isn't a lesbian. Fast forward to the series finale, and it's heavily implied that RD got together with Applejack.
109* The female equivalent of "brony" is "pegasister". Two of the main characters of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration sequel series]] are pegasi sisters, AKA literal pegasisters.
110* It's rather humorous how Twilight becoming a princess caused cries of RuinedForever and TheyChangedItNowItSucks, and yet, she was actually a princess for ''2/3's'' of the show's run, longer than she was a unicorn.
111* Rarity wouldn't be the last purple haired non-human with magic powers that Tabitha St. Germain would play in a [[WesternAnimation/DorgVanDango Canadian-produced cartoon]].
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118* First off, the mother of all hilarious coincidences. In 2012, a fanfiction called ''FanFic/{{Nosflutteratu}}'' appeared in [=FIMFiction=], depicting Fluttershy as a vampire. One year ''to the day'' later, and the episode "Bats!" airs, in which Fluttershy does, indeed, become a vampire.
119* FO:E predicted [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 Pink Cloud]], a character named [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Pip]][[note]] Well, the canon version is an Earth-pony colt named Pipsqueak while FO:E's Unicorn mare is named Littlepip[[/note]], and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Canterlot's city shield]]. A RunningGag on the fanfic's comment threads was, "Season 2 is still FO:E Compliant!".
120* The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' had a side story called 'Pinkie's FourthWall Breaking Reality Show' where users could submit skits. One storyline involved the characters wearing full body suits of one another. Pinkie reveals she has one of Fluttershy in '[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 The Crystal Empire]]'.
121** King Sombra could've been replaced with a slightly altered Pony POV Series Grogar and there'd have been little difference to the story minus a somewhat more fleshed out character.
122* Fanfic/OnACrossAndArrow was a fanfic about the mane six meeting their colt counterparts. [[spoiler:In the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]". One of the magic tricks that Twilight does is turn Applejack into a colt.]]
123** Similarly, in the [[DeadFic unfinished sequel]], [[spoiler:Apple Buck, the male counterpart of Apple Bloom, as a made-up an excuse for being in Ponyville, claims to be looking for Dusk Blitz, who can help ponies with their cutie mark. When the CMC finally do get their cutie marks, their special talent is helping others with their cutie marks.]]
124* The NSFW Twilight/Luna SlashFic [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mynQMFBiNCwgOrxIYs2RIAQtXdk7-qJkEtIyALfxvqY/ Late Night With Luna]] writes Spike out of the story by saying he went on a camping trip with Applejack, Big Macintosh, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Then came "Sleepless In Ponyville", which is about the Cutie Mark Crusaders going on a camping trip (although Spike and Big Macintosh weren't involved). Even better, Luna played a role in that episode.
125* Fanfic/{{Progress}} could practically be called ''Hilarious In Hindsight: The Series''. Unlike other Luna-centered fics of the time - which near-universally depicted the Princess of the Night as a massive [[TheWoobie Woobie]] - this one has Luna being 1) {{Adorkable}}, 2) A FishOutOfWater, and 3) A {{Dreamwalker}}. A few months later "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]" aired, showing that this fic (and pretty much ''only'' this one) correctly predicted Luna's canon personality. In addition, there's one part where Trixie gets a ArtifactOfDoom to get revenge on Twilight Sparkle. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Sound familiar?]]
126* ''Fanfic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' features the act of altering ones destiny (fate) through supernatural means. WordOfGod confirms he did indeed laugh at the Season 3 finale.
127** The premise of traveling into another world through a magic mirror and changing [[FisherKingdom into a creature that fits in on the other side]] perfectly predicted ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Equestria Girls]]''.
128* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/6878/1/A-Perfectly-Ordinary-Day-in-Ponyville/A-Perfectly-Ordinary-Day-in-Ponyville A Perfectly Ordinary Day in Ponyville]] is a [[{{Parody}} Parody Fic]] featuring [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Alicorn Twilight]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls humans]], and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Pinkie clones]]. [[spoiler:Queen Inferno Blaze]] is also remarkably similar to [[https://derpibooru.org/946797 Nightmare Star]] from the CCG.
129* ''AudioPlay/DoctorWhoovesAndAssistant'' features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7v-6TrdbUA&t=8m5s a scene in part four]] of Derpy going into the TARDIS for the first time and declaring it "smaller on the outside", as opposed to the more typical BiggerOnTheInside. A few years later, we get the ''Series/DoctorWho'' Christmas special, "The Snowmen", where Clara sees the TARDIS for the first time and makes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHHTw-chJ64&t=3m5s the exact same declaration]].
130* One of the earliest popular winged unicorn {{Original Character}}s was named "Princess Lunarstar" of ''Fanfic/{{Worlds Apart|MLP}}'' or "Princess Luna", who had a moon as her Cutie Mark. Four years later we get a canon alicorn princess called "Luna".
131* ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom Part 2]]'':
132** Some of Twilight's magic blasts seem eerily similar to [[VideoGame/MyLittlePonyFightingIsMagic Twilight's "Story Arc Climax" super in Fighting is Magic]]. Doubly hilarious because the fight ''is'' the climax of the story.
133** The dynamics of the battle between Twilight and Tirek, and the relative scale of the opponents, are much like those of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8er83h9Bbn8 Death Battle between Rainbow Dash and Starscream]].
134** Twilight's wobbly efforts at lowering the moon and raising the sun are similar to Twilight's lunar "puppet show" in the WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft short "Star Waving Mad".
135** The first spell Twilight uses on Tirek looks suspiciously like a [[Fanfic/FalloutEquestria balefire bomb]].
136* In [[Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse the Lunaverse]] AU, Carrot Top (officially known as Golden Harvest) is portrayed as a competitor to Sweet Apple Acres, with the latter's family [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation not being as friendly as their canon counterparts]], to say the least. In the "Sweet Apple Acres" update to the [[VideoGame/{{Mylittlepony}} MLP mobile game]] that was released on June 5, 2014, not only was Golden Harvest was one of the new playable ponies, but she lives in the new SAA area and the Carrot Farm shop was moved there from the Ponyville area. Yes, SAA is part of Ponyville in the show, but became its own playable area in the game.
137* ''Fanfic/BackgroundPony'':
138** In Chapter XVIII, which was written in 2012, Pinkie Pie finally tells Lyra the reason for the "Cheesestrings" name joke that's been a RunningGag from both Lyra's and the reader's standpoint: "Because it makes me think of how wonderful cheese can taste, especially on a grilled sandwich, and grilled cheese sandwiches make me happy inside, so that I want to smile. Heeheehee... Just like seeing you and hearing your name makes me want to smile." A little over a year later, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E12PinkiePride there's a new pony in town named Cheese Sandwich]] with a grilled cheese sandwich cutie mark. While that's definitely a reference to Weird Al's ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' cameo, one has to wonder if it wasn't a double reference...
139** There's also Chapter XVI, where Mayor Mare's mane has been [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E6PowerPonies "morphed into an enormous cluster of tentacled branches atop her head"]].
140* The fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8670413/1/The-Fantastic-Adventures-Of-Gen1-And-Gen4 The Fantastic Adventures of Gen 1 and Gen 4]]'' from 2012 correctly predicted that Tirek would return and (try) to team up with Discord. Unfortunately no G1 ponies were involved.
141* This exists as a [[https://derpibooru.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&sbq=hilarious+in+hindsight%2C+safe tag on Derpibooru]], with some of the stuff predicted by artists and the fanbase being ''eerily accurate''. For a couple of specific examples, the nightmare in ''Bloom and Gloom'' where she's being exiled for not having the right cutie mark? The bronies called it ''[[https://derpibooru.org/305696 years ago]]''. Rarity getting her clothes vacuumed off by Discord and [[https://derpibooru.org/897183 covering herself despite not normally wearing clothes?]] Rarity in that exact same pose, expression, and scenario was predicted in [[http://pluckyninja.deviantart.com/art/Indecent-ponies-352671188 2013 by PluckyNinja]]. This list could fill an entire page.
142* The opening historical anecdote for Act 1, Chapter 21 of ''Fanfic/StarlightOverDetrot'' (which takes place 60 years after Princess Luna's return) includes this line: "Notably, one of Equestria's most feared interrogators has earned dozens of confessions simply through hours of unrelenting whining." One commenter's reaction to that was, "Rarity going into the detective business? '''There's''' an interesting notion." The chapter came out in 2013 and the comment was made in 2014. In 2015, the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E16RarityInvestigates Rarity Investigates!]], where Rarity plays detective, premiered.
143* ''Fanfic/PartingWords'' has Spike mention hearing a rumor that Princess Celestia was planning on turning Twilight into an alicorn and make her the new ruler of Equestria to which Celestia laughs at. She explains she doesn't know how to turn a pony into a alicorn and she would never make Twilight the ruler of Equestria as she would be miserable running the goverment. In the season 3 finale Twilight does become an alicorn and at the end of the series she becomes the new princess of Equestria.
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146* Twice from ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries''.
147** ''Film/Transformers2007'' features a small cameo from Pinkie Pie (a little girl is holding an older Pinkie Pie plushie) as a nod to Hasbro owning both franchises. Suddenly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKjBViIt-y8 this commercial]] makes a bit more sense. There's an even better reference to Transformers as a whole at the beginning of ''Equestria Girls'', where Pinkie Pie makes the transforming sounds as she comes out of her little curled up ball after talking to Twilight Sparkle about being afraid.
148** During the production of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986'', the writers pitched a scene where the ponies are spotted by Franchise/GIJoe's Shipwreck... who then promptly throws away his bottle of booze. Hasbro execs' reaction was, essentially, "This is very funny. NO."
149** Then came ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' where [[spoiler:one of the mass-produced Transformers? It's a Rainbow Dash doll that turns into a gun.]]
150* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' came out little more than a month after the premiere of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. Now try to think of the sun-themed kingdom, the heroine's snarky reptilian sidekick, the fact that the royal army's got a horse as the one competent member, and most of all the fact that one of the Snuggly Duckling thugs collects ceramic unicorns (which happen to be same in color scheme to Twilight Sparkle) and ''not'' chuckle.
151** The coat-of-arms for the sun kingdom is, by sheer coincidence, nearly identical to Celestia's Cutie Mark.
152* If it's still up, take a look at the Pastoral symphony from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''. Count how many comments there are about how the equines in act one happen to resemble ponies.
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155* From ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' by Creator/TerryPratchett: "They felt, in fact, thoroughly bucked up, which was likely how Lady Sybil would have put it and ''definitely'' several letters of the alphabet shy of how they normally felt." Cue "buck" being used as a common UnusualEuphemism by [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FIM's]] PeripheryDemographic.
156* ''Literature/MySecretUnicorn'' is a 2002-2007 series of British children's novels about a girl named [[Creator/LaurenFaust Lauren]] [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Foster]] who is friends with a ''male'' unicorn named Twilight with the power of (wingless) flight.
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159* One segment of Creator/VH1's ''[[ILoveTheExties I Love the '80s Strikes Back]]'' had a segment about ''My Little Pony'', with Michael Ian Black talking about wanting the toys as a kid over something more boyish. Well, he's no longer alone thanks to ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]]''.
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162* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2gUUSeCk24 Julio Iglesias's]] ''Manuela'', from 1974, has an intro that sounds note-for-note like the enduring theme song of the whole Pony franchise, and it predates ''Escape from Midnight Castle'', the very first Pony show, by a whole decade.
163* The clean version of Music/TenaciousD's "Kickapoo" replaces all the "fuck"s in the part where young JB is singing his vulgar song about slicing a dragon's "cockles" off to his Christian family with "buck". A lot of the bronies use this UnusualEuphemism as well.
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166* [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] made a shout-out to bronies (admittedly without knowing much besides that they had recently become a thing). He made a pony joke back in [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/257716/december-01-2009/u-s--army-chain-of-command 2009]], confusing "G3" Scootaloo for Pinkie Pie.
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169* Before the announcement of Crystal Ponies in Season 3 VideoGame/Borderlands2 villain Handsome Jack had Diamond Pony, a living pony made of diamonds, named "Butt Stallion". Cue "Butt Stallion is now canon".
170** Reciprocated later on: Butt Stallion actually shows up in one of the DLC packs, and she looks a ''lot'' like a crystal version of Rarity.
171* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FiM]] already did a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' with Twilight's BurningWithAnger moment, but as of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', Ponyta and Rapidash can learn Ally Switch, a Psychic-type teleportation move, via breeding. There's no way this can be a coincidence...
172** And then comes ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', which introduces Galarian Ponyta. Not only does it ''look'' like something out of ''My Little Pony'', especially ''[=FiM=]''[[note]]And yes, it's Rapidash evolution could pass for one of Celestia's cousins, minus the wings[[/note]], but it's also a unicorn with the Psychic-type. In other words, Twilight really ''can'' evolve into Rapidash now.
173* During one HaveANiceDeath sequence in ''VideoGame/StarTrekBorg'', Q expresses disgust at the player's idiocy and declares his need to "renew myself in some alternate reality". Which is essentially what de Lancie did by choosing to play Discord.
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176* In the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon "Commandos in The Classroom'', the Cheat Commandos are settling to watch "Pony Fights 2" at the beginning of the cartoon. Who would have thought manly grown men watching ponies [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic would eventually become a reality?]]
177* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' crossover, "WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm" ends with the true culprit seemingly found out and the Judge is about to deliver a Not Guilty verdict for Phoenix's client, but Phoenix suddenly objects because he's spotted a detail which leads him to prove that not only is the witness on the stand ''not'' the real killer, but that the victim's death was ultimately an accident in the first place. Then ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' came around, and the ending of the DLC case "Turnabout Reclaimed" can be described the exact same way.[[note]]For bonus points, the release of Part 5 of ''Turnabout Storm'' was ''exactly one day'' after ''Dual Destinies''. The DLC case was still released after that, though.[[/note]]
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180* In the comment section of the final part of the webcomic ''Webcomic/EnsignSueMustDie!'' a user sarcastically comments: "My Little Pony, eh? Now THAT'S a fan demographic waiting to happen..." in response to [[spoiler:one of Mary Sue's reincarnations being a pony.]] The comment was made 1 month before the premiere of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic a certain animated show.]]
181* In the July 9, 2002 strip of ''Webcomic/PvP'', Brent tells Francis about his latest plan with Cole to buy the rights to a classic 1980's work and turn it into a successful comic, assuring them that as long as it's retro, they can make it work. Cole informs him that he was only able to get the rights to ''My Little Pony'', and Brent immediately declares that they can't make it work. Of course, ''Friendship Is Magic'' proved itself able to become successful as both a cartoon and a long-running IDW comic.
182* In [[http://derpibooru.org/17181 this]] fancomic, Twilight is asked what the strangest spell she ever read was.
183-->'''Twilight''': Summon Parasprite. Seriously, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel why would anypony want to summon those things]]?
184** From the same fancomic, Twilight is asked if there's a spell that can [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure give a pony permanent flesh-and-blood wings.]]
185-->'''Twilight''': There is indeed a spell to endow a pony with permanent wings, but it's extremely difficult and exhausting to cast. Only a real master of magic can hope using this spell without suffering a dangerous level of fatigue in the process.
186* In November of 2012, Tiffany Ross (of ''[[Webcomic/TheCyantianChronicles Cyantian Chronicles]]'' and ''[[Webcomic/AlienDice Alien Dice]]'' fame) tweeted a link to [[http://abbysagency.us/blog/2010/10/26/title-459/ this]] 2010 page of her comic ''Abby's Agency'', saying "Reader just pointed out: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls IF Fluttershy was a human:]]".
187* "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls The ponies look like us now.]]" [[http://partiallyclips.com/2009/11/11/creepy-woman/ in 2009]]
188* Toward the end of the first crossover guest comics between {{Campaign Comic}}s ''[[Webcomic/OnePieceGrandLine3point5 Grand Line 3.5]]'' and ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'', Rainbow Dash's player asks where she can find the Griffin race. Luke shows her the book, but the GM shoots that idea down. This is doubly funny given the end of the [[WesternAnimationMyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic FiM]] episode from two years later, "It Ain't Easy Being Breezies": Rainbow Dash tells Twilight she "always kinda wondered what it would be like to be a griffin." Twilight tells her, "Not a chance," but Rainbow Dash won't give up so easily and asks about being turned into a dragon instead ("It doesn't have to shoot fire!").
189** During ''Friendship is Dragons'''s "Feelin' Pinkie Keen" arc, Cerberus shows up and is dealt with. Twilight brings him back, but it turns out that a prisoner escaped during his absence. Initially, the escape was exclusive to the comic, but then came the Season 4 two-part finale...
190* The web comic, [[http://theclonethatgotaway.tumblr.com/ "The Clone That Got Away"]], is about one of the Pinkie clones from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies "Too Many Pinkie Pies"]] witnessing the destruction of the other clones and deciding to move to Manehattan to escape the same fate. Fast forward to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E10TheSaddleRowReview "The Saddle Row Review"]], where in one shot, we can see a Pinkie clone in the Manehattan diner where the interviews are being held.
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193* In WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'', the NC lists several cutesy and girly franchises that he says [[SweetnessAversion are butch compared to the movie]]. One of these franchises is ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' which was in the third series when this episode was released. Then ''Friendship is Magic'' came out and the franchise suddenly gained a huge PeripheryDemographic.
194** Another MLP:FIM example: In his review of ''Literature/{{It}}'', Critic commented on the abundance of balloons and asked [[TemptingFate when one would look intimidating]]. Well, Critic, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6l0VvDWJF4 Discord did just that...]].
195* During WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' review (which was made long before ''Friendship Is Magic'' aired), Nella tells us the tales of her own ponies, including that of the kindly schoolteacher with a heart of gold that all the children loved even though she was sometimes a whore. Flash forward to the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Call of the Cutie", the schoolteacher introduced in that episode, and the photo of [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim the way she dressed back in the day.]]
196** Also, Chick said some peeves she had with the show were that the ponies never had internal conflict and Spike was the only male (and not even a pony). Then came ''Friendship Is Magic'', which got rid of both problems.
197* In the AbridgedSeries ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'', Pinkie Pie is represented as secretly being a gypsy witch. In the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FiM]]'' episode "It's About Time", Pinkie Pie dresses up as a gypsy when trying to see Twilight Sparkle's future. Also, Twilight actually has a brother, Rainbow Dash has to dash, and robots do exist in some capacity.
198** In "The Convention", a [=FiW=] parody of "At the Gala" that portrays the Mane Six as various types of con goers, Rarity represents the {{Cosplay}}ers. The crowd's lines following her verse are, "Show off outfits that you sewed last night in your hotel room. People are less critical, here at the convention!" Almost two years later in "Rarity Takes Manehattan", Rarity's new fashion line ends up being done last minute at the hotel after she makes the mistake of giving some of her special new fabric to her rival. [[spoiler:And Rarity won anyway!]]
199** In "Lunar Slander", which was posted before "Magical Mystery Cure", Princess Luna passes the title of "Princess of the Night" to Twilight. This and the short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KafNXjIh4MU "Star Waving Mad"]] in particular are this trope not just because of Twilight's transformation but also because of events in the Season 4 finale. [[spoiler:Luna (along with Celestia and Cadence) gives Twilight her alicorn magic to keep Tirek from stealing it and Twilight subsequently has trouble making the moon set and the sun rise]].
200* [[http://pippin1178.deviantart.com/art/Edward-C-vs-My-Little-Pony-140070967?q=gallery%3Apippin1178%2F9990595&qo=11 This]] anti-''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' picture from 2009, which predates the Twilight Sparkle character itself.
201** Even better read the title of [[http://kotaku.com/5366857/scene-it-brings-twilights-sparkle-pony-vampires-to-the-wii this article]], written in 2009
202* [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-7569-my-little-pony-friendship-magic/ This]] ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' article, which explains in detail why [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]] is a terrible episode. The logic they give is that Trixie is apparently boasting about everything she "did" to make money, and considering that she sleeps in a cabin, she apparently lives off of it. Therefore, when Snips and Snails unleashed the Ursa Minor, they effectively destroyed her career, and thus her life. They ended it with "Get ready for an episode in Season 2 where Trixie is begging on the street." Although it wasn't shown, there was indeed [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential an episode in Season 2]] that implied Trixie got reduced to just that.
203** The Season 3 episode "Magic Duel" (which was actually written during Season 2's production but got pushed back) confirmed that Trixie did indeed lose her job and was left working on a rock farm.
204** Speaking of Cracked, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17129_7-badass-cartoon-villains-who-lost-to-retarded-heroes_p2.html this article]] ends with Tirek losing to My Little Ponies.
205* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEj3XZqEmE Final Fantasy: Real Men]]'' has a scene where [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Jecht]], one of the most manly fighters in ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia]]'', confesses his love of ponies after a manly screaming session with [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]]. He is promptly hit with the Buster Sword. Looks like Cloud found too many references to the show on the world wide web for his liking.
206* An Amazon.com review of a DVD of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' (a.k.a. "G1") talked about how the woman brought it for her kids, expecting it to be like the third series, but got proven wrong, as this is the old series filled with NightmareFuel. It ended "So, if you are looking for Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo, and Minty, ''this is not for you.''". This was written when "G3" was the current incarnation. Years later, three of those four names got incarnated as ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' characters, a show that was heavily influenced by "G1".
207* [[http://brony.deviantart.com/ This]] Platform/DeviantArt page, [[{{Hipster}} which you probably never heard of]], might make you think that the user is a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]], but the account was made back in 2008, two years before WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic aired.
208** Similarly, [[https://www.youtube.com/user/RainbowDash this]] obscure Platform/YouTube user went by the name Rainbow Dash, despite the fact that his account was created in ''2006''. (Although Rainbow Dash did exist as a character back then)
209* [[http://armorgames.com/play/1161/light-cut Light Cut]], a several-year-parody of the ''Dark Cut'' virtual surgery games that far pre-dates Friendship is Magic, features using a [[MemeticMutation marshmallow]] to re-attach a unicorn's broken horn. Oh, and [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle the unicorn is purple]].
210* Pretty much [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/Count-Fluttershy-334459873 every]] [[http://rhanite.deviantart.com/art/Tzimishy-265588235 single]] [[http://bored0stiff.deviantart.com/art/Fluttershy-Vampire-Thingy-334292745 frigging]] [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/Vector-Fluttershy-vampire-Happy-by-Kyss-S-410196027 fragging]] [[http://leopurofriki.deviantart.com/art/Fluttershy-vampire-PNG-300948598 frooging]] [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/Vampireshy-417324389 picture]] of Fluttershy as a vampire. Considering that she is now, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent kind of]], a vampire.
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213* Kimiko Glenn appeared in the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E14FriendshipHatesMagic Friendship Hates Magic]]", the title of which is a ShoutOut to ''Friendship is Magic''. She went on to voice Izzy in ''My Little Pony: A New Generation''.
214* The mere existence of "bronies" makes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmIfGqPS41o this scene]] from the pilot for ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' where Terrence gets threatened by a bunch of [[RealMenWearPink pastel-colored male unicorns]] even funnier. "Youse thinks we're goily, huh?!"
215** Even funnier is that Creator/LaurenFaust worked on that show (she's married to creator Craig [=McCracken=])
216*** Even more hilarious when you find out who voiced [[Creator/TaraStrong Terrence.]]
217* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episode "The Schlubs" opens with Grim watching Billy's ''My Troubled Pony'' [=DVDs=] and actually enjoying it. That episode first aired five years before ''Friendship is Magic''.
218** That female pony also bears a striking resemblance to Twilight Sparkle.
219*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfT9vZjHoYE Here is the episode in question]] (the moment's at 13 minutes because the episode is the 2nd of the bunch).
220* On October 9, 2010, a season 2 episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwOC4ViZEU0 this scene]] that was intended as a joke about Private being...odd. [[Creator/DiscoveryFamily The Hub]] and ''FIM'' would launch ''one day later''.
221* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' ChristmasSpecial "The Fight Before Christmas", the Mayor asks Santa for a "My Little Horsie" doll, the joke being that he's a grown man. Even funnier -- Creator/LaurenFaust worked on this episode. She must have been planning this whole 'brony' thing for years. And in "Him Diddle Riddle", Bubbles exclaims "I love ponies!" when the three debate how to get to their destination without flight. A few years later, Tara Strong goes on to play Twilight Sparkle.
222* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "That's a Baby Show!" features Arthur accidentally tuning into a Teletubbies {{expy}} called "Love Ducks" and becoming a closeted fan of the show, going to great lengths to avoid anyone finding out he enjoys it. Fast forward to early 2011, with the rise of ''Friendship Is Magic'' and [[PeripheryDemographic young men across the nation]] [[ValuesResonance are beginning to relate quite a bit]]. This might not have been accidental: ''Arthur'' itself has a prominent PeripheryDemographic, which was already rather large, and the episode was meant as a message to them.
223* On October 22, 2012, [[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Unlimited_Energy23/The_Surfaces_of_Humanity "The Surfaces of Humanity"]] was posted on the FIM Wiki, spoofing the theme song of Disney XD's ''Series/CrashAndBernstein''. Half a year later, ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}'' did a joint spoof of both shows, which they dubbed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av8EJf3J2Kk "Rainbow Dash And Bernstein".]]
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226* In Everton, Liverpool in May 2008, there was a FanArt poster which said "My Little Pony" - and then in Brush Script MT font "FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC" (and another version PunctuatedForEmphasis was also seen around Kirkdale and West Derby areas). Hilarious, as 2 years later in 2010, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' debuted for real.
227* [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-the-unipeg-pony-40983257 This]] custom revamp of G1 Twilight turned out to be prophetic. It was posted on Platform/DeviantArt almost exactly four years before [=FiM=] first premiered.
228* The PlayByPost MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover {{Play By Post Game|s}} ''Roleplay/CampusLife'' had an arc where at the stories climax, the mane cast from ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship Is Magic]]'' used the Elements of Harmony to purify the negative energy in the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Chaos Emeralds]], and then they, along with several others, use them to go into {{Super Mode}}s to fight the current BigBad with. All this takes place before the season finale of season four, which would give the mane cast ''canon'' {{Super Mode}}s to fight the current big bad with.
229** Similarly, ''Fanfic/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless'' gives the Mane 6 Super Forms long before the season 4 finale came to be.
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