History Trivia / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW

** Thom Zahler (creator of Webcomic/LoveAndCapes and also did the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Twilight Sparkle spotlight issue]]) seriously pitched ''My Little Pony'' for IDW's ''Film/MarsAttacks'' CrossThrough event. The plot would involve Princess Celestia casting a spell to disable the Martians' weapons (preventing the Martians from horribly killing the Ponies), causing them to find hilarious new ways to attack the ponies only to fail and eventually [[DefeatMeansFriendship learn the magic of friendship]]. The Martians would return to their own dimension to spread love & tolerance, only to confuse their fellow Martians that didn't visit Equestria. Alas, the CrossThrough came and went, and no ponies... [[note]]The crossover was scrapped due to fears from the Moral Guardians had over the possibility of the Martians [[SugarApocalypse brutally killing beloved kids characters]] much like what happened with Hasbro's other beloved property ''Franchise/TheTransformers'', the only remnant of the idea was a ShoutOut in a ''Mars Attacks!'' issue cover that showed a Martian in a mech suit chasing a humanized Applejack.[[/note]]

** Thom Zahler (creator of Webcomic/LoveAndCapes and also did the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Twilight Sparkle spotlight issue]]) seriously pitched ''My Little Pony'' for IDW's ''Film/MarsAttacks'' CrossThrough event. The plot would involve Princess Celestia casting a spell to disable the Martians' weapons (preventing the Martians from horribly killing the Ponies), causing them to find hilarious new ways to attack the ponies only to fail and eventually [[DefeatMeansFriendship learn the magic of friendship]]. The Martians would return to their own dimension to spread love & tolerance, only to confuse their fellow Martians that didn't visit Equestria. Alas, the CrossThrough came and went, and no ponies... [[note]]The crossover was scrapped due to fears from the Moral Guardians had over the possibility of the Martians [[SugarApocalypse brutally killing beloved kids characters]] much like what happened with Hasbro's other beloved property ''Franchise/TheTransformers'', the only remnant of the idea was a ShoutOut in a ''Mars Attacks!'' issuw cover that showed a Martian in a mech suit chasing a humanized Applejack.[[/note]]

** Thom Zahler (creator of Webcomic/LoveAndCapes and also did the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Twilight Sparkle spotlight issue]]) seriously pitched ''My Little Pony'' for IDW's ''Film/MarsAttacks'' CrossThrough event. The plot would involve Princess Celestia casting a spell to disable the Martians' weapons (preventing the Martians from horribly killing the Ponies), causing them to find hilarious new ways to attack the ponies only to fail and eventually [[DefeatMeansFriendship learn the magic of friendship]]. The Martians would return to their own dimension to spread love & tolerance, only to confuse their fellow Martians that didn't visit Equestria. Alas, the CrossThrough came and went, and no ponies...

** Thom Zahler (creator of Webcomic/LoveAndCapes and also did the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Twilight Sparkle spotlight issue]]) seriously pitched ''My Little Pony'' for IDW's ''Film/MarsAttacks'' CrossThrough event. The plot would involve Princess Celestia casting a spell to disable the Martians' weapons (preventing the Martians from horribly killing the Ponies), causing them to find hilarious new ways to attack the ponies only to fail and eventually [[DefeatMeansFriendship learn the magic of friendship]]. The Martians would return to their own dimension to spread love & tolerance, only to confuse their fellow Martians that didn't visit Equestria. Alas, the CrossThrough came and went, and no ponies...likely due to fears coming from Hasbro and MoralGuardians of the possibility of seeing [[SugarApocalypse Martians killing iconic beloved kid's characters, possibly traumatizing them.]]

** Thom Zahler (creator of Webcomic/LoveAndCapes and also did the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Twilight Sparkle spotlight issue]]) seriously pitched ''My Little Pony'' for IDW's Film/MarsAttacks CrossThrough event. The plot would involve Princess Celestia casting a spell to disable the Martians' weapons, causing them to find hilarious new ways to attack ponies only to fail and eventually [[DefeatMeansFriendship learn the magic of friendship]]. The Martians would return to their own dimension to spread love & tolerance, only to confuse their fellow Martians that didn't visit Equestria. Alas, the CrossThrough came and went, and no ponies...

* FanNickname:
** Lovecats/Luvcats seems to be picking up steam for the cat-like creatures in Issue #3. Katie Cook apparently just calls them [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/778411/2898536711 "the cute citizens of wuvy-dovey land"]].
** Commander Cocoon for the green armored advisor of Queen Chrysalis in that same issue.
** [[spoiler: Nightmarity and Night Rare Moon for Nightmare Rarity]].
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** {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

** According to [[https://www.equestriadaily.com/2021/07/lets-review-friendship-is-magic-100.html#comment-5455960291 Jeremy]] [[https://twitter.com/jrome58/status/1407070992531398656?s=20tatus/1407070992531398656?s=20 Whitley]], because of the series ending at the 102nd mark, this resulted in the stories involving the Trees of Harmony in the other lands lasting only 1-2 issues instead of being longer as originally planned due to the lack of available issues, with the Farasian one being the exception due to it being the first meaning that there wasn't a stopping point mandated at that time.

* {{Blooper}}: Andy Price seems to have started a habit of forgetting pegasus wings. Funny enough this is a common animation error [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic in the show]]. Honest mistakes or accuracy to the source material? You decide.

* ExiledFromContinuity: Fanmade characters are not allowed to even cameo in the comic. While this would usually elicit a "well duh" remark, this example actually stems from inserting a fanmade pony from the well-known anti-brony artist a background character for the comics' 2014 annual. It didn't help that writer Anderson attempted to justify this decision by expressing support for the artist's social views on various MLP fan forums, creating a massive backlash.

* FandomNod: In issue #8, Pinkie uses the term "pegasister" to refer to her friends. The fandom has used "pegasisters" to some degree to describe the female adult fans akin to the word "brony".

* FanNickname: Lovecats/Luvcats seems to be picking up steam for the cat-like creatures in Issue #3. Katie Cook apparently just calls them [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/778411/2898536711 "the cute citizens of wuvy-dovey land"]].

* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Bronies]]/RunningTheAsylum: Both Andy Price and Katie Cook had plenty of G4 fanart on their Website/DeviantArt pages before the series was announced, and Katie has said she was a fan of the original G1 series. This leads to such things as Derpy being featured prominently and being fond of muffins, “flank” being used as a synonym for “butt”, several G1 references, etc.

** A crossover with ''Transformers'' was planned but canceled. [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyTransformersFriendshipInDisguise But then it happened]].

** Also, it's not a part of the new ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse, and hence won't be showing up in ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', both because of "tone issues" and, well, they'd need to somehow explain where any ''MLP'' characters came from. (The Editor in charge has said that things could change, though.) ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' is absent too, but they ''are'' considered to be a part of the universe.

* {{Jossed}}:
** One panel in Issue #11 has Shining and Twilight's parents helping Shining get ready for a recital at their home. On the wall are a few plaques and awards that refer to Twilight Velvet, including one that says "Daring Do". Many fans took this as Twilight Velvet was the award-winning writer of the Daring Do books, collaborating with one wave of blind bags that include Twilight Velvet that called out that she "loves to write about adventures!" This was all Jossed with the fourth season episode "Daring Don't" that established Daring was a real character in Equestria and wrote her own stories under the name "A.K. Yearling". However, this was also a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was planned in the comics to reveal Twilight's mother ''as'' the writer, but was forced to backtrack when "Daring Don't" was released, saying that the cartoon supersedes the comic in canon terms.
** Many fans took a DeletedScene from "Wonderbolts Academy" making clear that Lightning Dust was only demoted rather than kicked out of the Wonderbolts completely as still being canon. The comics ([[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E20TheWashouts and later the show]]) go with the latter.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: Serves as this to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the show]], following up on events between the [[GrandFinale Series Finale]] and the DistantFinale.

** In Issue #18, when the mane 6 are attacked by the evil Celestia and Luna in the mirror universe, Rarity accuses Luna's choice of red and black colors for her armor sarcastically "original". In the fandom, there are a ''lot'' of fan's original character ponies using similar red and black (especially on alicorn characters), making the color scheme completely unoriginal and a joke that such colors are a part of Donut Steel ({{original character}}s made with "Do Not Steal" warnings despite no one wanting to steal them).

** One panel in Issue #11 has Shining and Twilight's parents helping Shining get ready for a recital at their home. On the wall are a few plaques and awards that refer to Twilight Velvet (the apparent name for their mother), including one that says "Daring Do". Many fans took this as Twilight Velvet was the award-winning writer of the Daring Do books, collaborating with one wave of blind bags that include Twilight Velvet that called out that she "loves to write about adventures!" This was all Jossed with the fourth season episode "Daring Don't" that established Daring was a real character in Equestria and wrote her own stories under the name "A.K. Yearling". However, this was also a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen as it was planned in the comics to reveal Twilight's mother ''as'' the writer, but was forced to backtrack when "Daring Don't" was released, saying that the cartoon supersedes the comic in canon terms.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: Serves as this to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the show]], following up on events between the SeriesFinale and the DistantFinale.

** A crossover with ''Transformers'' was planned but canceled.

* ExiledFromContinuity: Fanmade characters are not allowed to even cameo in the comic. While this would usually elicit a "well duh" remark, this example actually stems from inserting a fanmade pony from the well-known anti-brony artist a background character for the comics' 2014 annual. It didn't help that writer Anderson attempted to justify this decision by [[InternetBackdraft expressing support for the artist's social views on various MLP fan forums, creating a massive backlash]].