History YMMV / MyLittlePonyG3

* WeHardlyKnewYe:

* StopBeingStereotypical: Part of the reason Bronies hate G3 so much is because it is everything they keep trying to convince their skeptical friends that [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic G4]] is not.

** Wisteria ends one special by having Spike make everybody in town princesses.

** "Bronies" who began with ''Friendship is Magic'' hate G3 for falling too far into TastesLikeDiabetes (Though Friendship Is Magic can be [[HypocriticalFandom just as guilty]]). That said, fans of G3 laud it for being LighterAndSofter compared to G4, and for carrying on the tradition of MyLittlePonyTales' slice of life format. Also, every series, including this one, is ''someone's'' first MLP series and thus the standard by which they judge the others. There are those also who started this series, ''like'' G4, and recognize certain faults with G3 but still like it anyway, for any number of reasons. (And wince every time they see someone being bashed and harassed for liking it - after all, way to demonstrate the positive messages taught by either G3 ''or'' G4, eh?)

** 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 [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic G4]]. Toola Roola and Starsong were not in earlier G3 ''and'' don't have G4 incarnations, so like Razzaroo and Kimono, it just feels like we should have gotten to know them better. Though, Starstrong ''is'' [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/11/playskool-plushie-images-appear-on.html#more getting her own plush,]] but that's only for the playskool line.

* 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''. "Justified" in that Hasbro [[TheyJustDidntCare seemed to put as little effort into these shorts as they possibly could]].

* 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''.

* MemeticMutation: The line "Rainbow Dash always dresses in style" from the Core 7 theme has mutated in 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.

* NeverLiveItDown: G3.5 Rainbow Dash is best known for dressing in style. This has become attributed to G3 Rainbow Dash in general, even the pre-Core 7 GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak Dash with the British accent.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Courtesy of [[WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter Mr. Enter]], we have the idea of Pinkie Pie being a [[FantasticRacism pink]] [[TheGeneralissimo supremacist]].

** Core 7. Hasbro ignored almost every pony aside from seven of them and only produced toys for them. Minty, Kimono, and a lot of other fan favorites stopped appearing in cartoons and they changed Rainbow Dash's personality to the much disliked fashionista one as well as [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking taking away her accent]].

* NeverLiveItDown: G3.5 Rainbow Dash is best known for dressing in style. This has become attributed to G3 Rainbow Das in general, even the pre-Core 7 GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak Dash with the British accent.

** Core 7. Hasbro ignored almost every pony aside from seven of them and only produced toys for them. Minty, Kimono, and a lot of other fan favorites stopped appearing in cartoons and they changed Rainbow Dash's personality to the much disliked fashionista one.

* 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 ''[[TheyJustDidntCare at all]]''.

* AwesomeMusic: This incarnation kicked off with an electric guitar remix of the original My Little Pony theme in A Charming Birthday.

* BrokenBase: "Bronies" who began with ''Friendship is Magic'' hate G3 for falling too far into TastesLikeDiabetes (Though Friendship Is Magic can be [[HypocriticalFandom just as guilty]]). That said, fans of G3 laud it for being LighterAndSofter compared to G4, and for carrying on the tradition of MyLittlePonyTales' slice of life format. Also, every series, including this one, is ''someone's'' first MLP series and thus the standard by which they judge the others. There are those also who started this series, ''like'' G4, and recognize certain faults with G3 but still like it anyway, for any number of reasons. (And wince every time they see someone being bashed and harassed for liking it - after all, way to demonstrate the positive messages taught by either G3 ''or'' G4, eh?)

* EarWorm: The theme song for the Core 7 series.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Minty was left out of the Core 7 in G3.5, but the fandom rejoiced when she was brought back in the G4 toys and some are hoping she makes an appearance in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. The ChristmasSpecial that focuses on her is often considered one of the best parts of the series. Even bronies who hate G3 will usually append that with the obligatory "except Minty, she was pretty cool."

* LesYay: There are no male Ponies to get in the way of any RomanticTwoGirlFriendship moments, making the usual [[YuriFan shipping habits]] the standard for this continuity. Further enforced as the girls are very, very close this generation.

* MemeticMutation: The line "Rainbow Dash always dresses in style" from the G3.5 theme has mutated in a number of 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.

* NeverLiveItDown: G3.5 Rainbow Dash is best known for dressing in style.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Several G3 voice actresses, including Creator/TabithaStGermain, Creator/AndreaLibman, and Creator/CathyWeseluck, made the jump to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic G4]], much to the amusement of bronies who decide to ArchiveBinge on previous generations for the first time.
** The most ironic case is Cathy Weseluck. G4 Spike is in love with Rarity... and is voiced by G3 Rarity. You could almost say it's narcissism...

* SoBadItsGood: Generation 3 is 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.

* StopBeingStereotypical: Part of the reason Bronies hate G3 so much is because it is everything they keep trying to convince their skeptical friends that [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic G4]] is not.

* UncannyValley: Good lord, The Newborn Cuties. Are they human? Pony? Mutant? In any case, once you've laid eyes on them, you '''''will''''' have trouble sleeping at night.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Razzaroo and Kimono from A Charming Birthday. The main characters of the first special, the most sane and levelheaded of the ponies, cute in their own way, and set up as members of Ponyville, they're never seen or mentioned after the special.

* BrokenBase: "Bronies" who began with ''Friendship is Magic'' hate G3 for falling too far into TastesLikeDiabetes (Though Friendship Is Magic is [[HypocriticalFandom just as guilty]]). That said, fans of G3 laud it for being LighterAndSofter compared to G4, and for carrying on the tradition of MyLittlePonyTales' slice of life format. Also, every series, including this one, is ''someone's'' first MLP series and thus the standard by which they judge the others. There are those also who started this series, ''like'' G4, and recognize certain faults with G3 but still like it anyway, for any number of reasons. (And wince every time they see someone being bashed and harassed for liking it - after all, way to demonstrate the positive messages taught by either G3 ''or'' G4, eh?)

* BrokenBase: "Bronies" who began with ''Friendship is Magic'' hate G3 for falling into TastesLikeDiabetes. That said, fans of G3 laud it for being LighterAndSofter compared to G4, and for carrying on the tradition of MyLittlePonyTales' slice of life format. Also, every series, including this one, is ''someone's'' first MLP series and thus the standard by which they judge the others. There are those also who started this series, ''like'' G4, and recognize certain faults with G3 but still like it anyway, for any number of reasons. (And wince every time they see someone being bashed and harassed for liking it - after all, way to demonstrate the positive messages taught by either G3 ''or'' G4, eh?)

* NeverLiveItDown: Rainbow Dash is best known for dressing in style.

** 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 [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic G4]]. Toola Roola and Starsong were not in earlier G3 ''and'' don't have G4 incarnations, so like Razzaroo and Kimono, it just feels like we should have gotten to know them better.