I cut the Five-Man Band trope altogether, as it was a clear example of Square Peg Round Trope:
- * Five Pony Band: The mane cast (while they don't map precisely to the standard Five Man Band, one can be discerned from the roles they present to the audience):** The Heroine: Twilight Sparkle (she is more naturally The Smart Pony, but is generally shown to be a natural leader.)** The Lancer: Rainbow Dash (at least the flying-off-half-cocked aspects of the trope)** The Big Pony: Applejack (Type 2, with a side-helping of the second-in-command traits frequently exhibited by The Lancer)** The Chick: Rarity (being that she is the most feminine character in the group)** The Heart: Fluttershy (if anyone hurts her in some way, the whole group is affected)** The Bumblebee: Pinkie Pie (for mature viewers, she is like a reflection for what the series was before they more or less 'wised up', for kids she uses silly, cartoonish effects to make them laugh)
I just pulled Creation Myth from this page because, as someone actually pointed out in the description, the Nightmare Moon story isn't a Creation Myth. I think it's closer to being the first entry in a steadily-growing Mythopoeia, so I'm going to put the information in under that instead.
In case anyone violently disagrees with me about this, I'll leave the stuff I pulled here.
- Creation Myth: The series opens with one of these, which gives us a sense that there might be more to this incarnation than just cutesy frolicking ponies (not that there isn't plenty of that). The myth involves two pony goddesses who are sisters: one rules over day, the other over night. Eventually, one turns evil. Guess which one?
- It doesn't mention anything about the creation of Equestria, although it does share many elements with typical mythological stories of olden times, like the balance between solar and lunar deities, divine conflict between good and evil etc.
- Pinkie Pie concludes her flashback in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" with the apparently non-sequitur "and that's how Equestria was made!"
- It's added in the second season that before that, Equestria was under the tyrannical rule of Discord, the Spirit of Disharmony. Under his reign, there was never-ending chaos and suffering for all ponies until finally, the two previously mentioned goddesses discovered and used the Elements Of Harmony to overthrow and imprison him by turning him into stone and claiming Equestria for themselves, creating a new age of harmony.
Adult Child: I really don't understand where people are coming from with this. "... their emotional maturity is best said to be around pre-teen to adolescent-level." I don't know what pre-teens anyone else knows, but nothing about their behavior strikes me as "pre-teen." They act like responsible 20-somethings with varrying levels of neurosis. Could somebody explain the reasoning here?
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Well, they do sometimes display somewhat childish behavior, like Twilight getting all excited about a sleepover in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S1 E8 "Look Before You Sleep". Plus, I think it's a bit of meta. It's just weird to think that characters form My Little Pony could be any older than early teens.
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Here's how I look at it. Rarity, an established and upwardly mobile businessmare, shortly before being featured in Clothes Horse Magazine and making a fair play at acquiring the hoof of Equestrian royalty in marriage, wanted the purple tail.
Here's how I look at it. Rarity, an established and upwardly mobile businessmare, shortly before being featured in Clothes Horse Magazine and making a fair play at acquiring the hoof of Equestrian royalty in marriage, wanted the purple tail.
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Regarding "And I must Scream" : I would say the "possession" is a greater mitigating factor than the crimes. Word of God has it that eternal night would have removed the ability to grow food, thus killing almost every living thing on the planet. Of course, Discord's era of power might have been a fate worse than death.
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Regarding Darker and Edgier: Why is it here? It's already listed under YMMV. And it is a subjective trope.
No, it's somehow no longer treated as YMMV by the wiki. So if it should be somewhere, it's here.
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How is Rainbow Dash The Lancer and Applejack The Big Guy? Applejack has maturity and authority but is usually second in command, which is surely typical of The Lancer. Rainbow Dash, on the other hand, is rash, reckless and so concerned with her jock image that she can't admit to anyone that she likes reading books. Sound like The Big Guy behaviour to me.
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