History Trivia / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Writer Ted Anderson was terminated by IDW Comics after he decided to make a [[TheScrappy fanmade pony]] [[BaseBreaker from a well-known anti-brony artist]] a background character for the comics' 2014 annual. It didn't seem to help that 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 that began the calls for his firing. More information on this incident can be found [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/09/mlp-comic-writer-ted-anderson-possibly.html here]].

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Ted Anderson was terminated by IDW Comics after he decided to make a fanmade pony from a well-known anti-brony artist a background character for the comics' 2014 annual. It didn't seem to help that Anderson attempted to justify this decision by expressing support for the artist's social views on various MLP fan forums. More information on this incident can be found [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/09/mlp-comic-writer-ted-anderson-possibly.html here]].

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Ted Anderson was terminated by IDW Comics after he decided to make a fanmade pony from a well-known anti-brony artist a background character for the comics' 2014 annual. It didn't seem to help that Anderson attempted to justify this decision by expressing support for the artist's views on various MLP fan forums. More information on this incident can be found [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/09/mlp-comic-writer-ted-anderson-possibly.html here]].

* {{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 (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".

* [[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”, etc.

* TheBechdelTest: Unusually for this series, Issue #12 fails this as Cadance, Lemony Gems, and Diamond Rose spend several pages doing nothing but talk about Shining Armor and Buck Withers (keep in mind [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast the opposite page with Shining Armor's friends]] contains nothing but talking about Cadance).

** Jeremy Whitley, before writing the script for ''Friends Forever #2'', had an original idea of [[http://www.newsarama.com/19870-princeless-creator-jeremy-whitley-is-friends-forever-with-my-little-pony-at-idw.html recreating ''DaysOfThunder'' in Equestria]], but was stymied by the limits for technology and thus lack of cars.

* {{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 (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".

* AscendedFanon: The bronies have frequently depicted Trixie as at least having the same ''potential'' as Twilight, but being held back by her hubris. [[spoiler:''Reflections'' implies this is indeed the case, as MirrorUniverse Trixie is an Alicorn.]]

** 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, making the color scheme completely unoriginal and a joke that such colors are a part of Donut Steel (OCs made with "Do Not Steal" warnings despite no one wanting to steal them).

** Artist Brenda Hickey (whose work includes the main series [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW My little Pirate: Friendship Ahoy arc]] and [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Applejack's micro issue]]) has a Website/DeviantArt [[http://brendahickey.deviantart.com/ page]], a Website/{{Twitter}} [[https://twitter.com/CrazyAry account]] and Website/{{Tumblr}} [[http://crazyary.tumblr.com/ blog]]

* TheBechdelTest: Issue #12 fails this, as Cadance, Lemony Gems and Diamond Rose spend several pages doing nothing but talk about Shining Armor and Buck Withers (keep in mind [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast the opposite page with Shining Armor's friends]] contains nothing but talking about Cadance).

* [[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,” etc.

** On page 3 of Issue #1, there was [[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/332168960/2781664661 originally]] going to be a pony version of Creator/SergioAragones among the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed ponies at the mustache kiosk, but Andy Price ran out of room.
** [[http://www.ebay.com/itm/321026511386 Unfinished]] [[http://fav.me/d5hrj7k versions]] of page 3 of Issue #1 had the pony [[AnvilOnHead partly under a 100 weight]] use SymbolSwearing instead of saying "OUCH!"
** 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 dimenision 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, 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 dimenision to spread love & tolerance, only to confuse their fellow Martians that didn't visit Equestria. Alas, the CrossThrough came and went, and no ponies...

* AscendedMeme: Issue #13 ends with Twilight, Pinkie, Rainbow, and Rarity facing against a giant ghost crab. "Rarity fighting a giant crab" has been a meme in the fanbase for some time, its origins itself pretty much out of the blue. (Someone asked to have artwork of Rarity fighting a crab, and these simply haven't stopped coming).

* AscendedFanon: Issue #13 ends with Twilight, Pinkie, Rainbow, and Rarity facing against a giant ghost crab. "Rarity fighting a giant crab" has been a meme in the fanbase for some time, its origins itself pretty much out of the blue. (Someone asked to have artwork of Rarity fighting a crab, and these simply haven't stopped coming).

* TheBechdelTest: Issue #12 fails this, as Cadance, Lemony Gems and Diamond Rose spend several pages doing nothing but talk about Shining Armor and Buck Withers.

** On page 3 of Issue #1, there was [[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/332168960/2781664661 originally]] going to be a pony version of SergioAragones among the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed ponies at the mustache kiosk, but Andy Price ran out of room.

** Artist Tony Fleecs (who does a lot of the variant covers and worked on [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries micro series]]) has a Website/DeviantArt [[http://tonyfleecs.deviantart.com/ page]].

** Artist Tony Fleecs has a Website/DeviantArt [[http://tonyfleecs.deviantart.com/ page]].

* {{Defictionalization}}: Pinkie's micro includes a full-blown song sung by Pinkie (of course). Ted Anderson, the issue's writer, actually sought out fan musician David Larsen to compose [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX2yFKElXoA the actual melody]], with Eilamonty providing Pinkie's voice.