Geek humor, in a pink world.
Kimonos Townhouse was a My Little Pony webcomic which used G3 toys as models, made by a woman named Dava. The whole webcomic series tended to reference "geek" media (stuff like Star Wars, DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings, and Tetris), and was active from 2006 to 2014.
Kimono Vale is better than you. She's beautiful, intelligent and cultured. A career student in Asian Studies, she maintains a perfect GPA at Ponyville University. Kimono thinks the main problem with Ponyville is that it's full of ponies. This is why she jumped at the chance to live in a gorgeous, three-story townhouse in the suburbs. She takes in a roommate to offset the costs of her mortgage, and as a result, she ends up living with Minty Bobbins, a hyperactive, loud and geeky pony, who collects socks.
Used to be found here
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This series provides examples of:
- All Love Is Unrequited: It initially seems like things are happening this way for Kimono and Brightly but the two eventually begin dating.
- Amusing Injuries: While most injuries are played for laughs, Kimono's broken leg and the fact that she has to wear a cast for a few weeks averts this.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Minty, in spades.
- Based on a True Story: Many of the comics are inspired directly by Dava's life.
- Betty and Veronica: The rather shy and reserved Kimono serves as a Betty to Sweetsong's flirtier and more outgoing Veronica.
- Bottom of the Barrel Joke: A few, usually when Dava is stuck with Writer's Block. The very rare instances of Toilet Humor count, as does the very rare dick joke in comic #287.Green Lantern: "Are you suggesting I have dirty wienies?!" (It Makes Sense in Context)
Superman: "I'm suggesting that I know where mine have been!" - Celebrity Endorsement: For certain values of "celebrity:" Kaja Foglio seems to like it.
- Chocolate of Romance: In the February 14th, 2007 comic, Brightly sends Kimono flowers and chocolate. Too bad Minty got into the chocolates first. note
- Curse Cut Short: In comic #156, Kimono comes inside after working in the garden. Minty starts to comment on it, saying she "smells like c-" only for Kimono to interrupt her to say that yes, she'd been working with compost. Minty tries again, but Kimono interrupts her again to say she knew what Minty was going to say.note
- Fantastic Racism: Apparently asking unicorns to "do magic" or "conjure up something" is considered offensive. When Kimono accidentally asks Brightly to "work his magic" on fixing a computer, he responds a little grumpily. Kimono immediately apologizes once she realizes how her comment could be taken.
- Gender Flip: Every pony is female in the original franchise, but here Dava has made some ponies male (usually via their eyelashes being painted over). Notable characters that were made male include Brightly, Breezie, and Parade.
- Halloween Episode: Comics released around or on Halloween are usually Halloween "specials", complete with the ponies dressing up in costumes.
- Kissing Discretion Shot: In comic #262, Brightly and Kimono find themselves under the mistletoe. It looks like they're finally going to kiss... only for Minty to pop up in front of them to ask the audience where her keys are, blocking us from seeing the kiss.
- Mayfly–December Romance: Kimono and Brightly. Since Brightly's half-unicorn, he'll probably end up outliving Kimono by about fifty years.
- Mythology Gag: Minty's alter ego Batmint was carried over from Dava's previous comic, Fun With Dava's Accessories.
- Nerds Are Virgins: Minty, geek extraordinaire, finally has a love interest by the name of Raven Hoovens. Who, as it turns out, is a TV crime-fighter.
- Odd Couple: Kimono and Minty.
- Photo Comic: The comic is created by setting up My Little Pony toys within a Fisher-Price house.
- Related in the Adaptation: Nobody is related to each other in the original My Little Pony Franchise (with VERY rare exceptions), but this comic makes Kimono, Wysteria, and Cherry Blossom (birthname Sakura) sisters, as well as making Bright Brightly and Sunset Sweety siblings.
- Secret Pet Plot: One of the earliest multi-page plotlines involved Minty adopting a duck after a family that adopted him for Easter brought him back to the shelter when he wasn't "cute" anymore. She hides said duck under her bed for a while before Kimono finds out. Thankfully, Minty was allowed to keep him.
- Self-Referential Humor: In the April 24th, 2013 comic, Minty and Sparkleworks find a Fisher Price house at a thrift shop. Sparkleworks suggests that Minty should buy it and make a webcomic by moving figurines around and photographing them.Minty: I just got the weirdest feeling.
- Happens again on April 18th, 2007.
Kimono: "Do you ever get the feeling you're being watched, and that your whole existence is documented for the amusement of others?"
Minty: "...Yeah. Creepy." - Show Within a Show: Cooking With Superman. Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
- Shout-Out: LOTS! If you're no gamer or geek, you may get lost.
- Slice-of-Life Webcomic: Follows the daily lives of Kimono and Minty.
- Take That!: The fourth comic ever takes a jab at tech support.Fluttershy: "[Minty] never struck me as being that, er, bright."
Kimono: "Have you ever actually talked to technical support?" - Thermostat Tamper Tantrum: Downplayed. In the December 6th, 2006 comic, Minty (wearing a winter hat) asks Kimono if they can turn the heat up, to which Kimono refuses. Only once Kimono sees that even Spackles the duck has a scarf and a winter hat on does she agree to turn up the thermostat.
- Toilet Humor: Only very mildly and very rarely. In comic #266, Minty and Sparkleworks are playing a game where they look at movies and try to decide which person on the cover passed gas. Considered by Dava to be a Bottom of the Barrel Joke.
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