Pony on the sixth floor!
Pony in the bathroom!
Pony in the kitchen!
Pony on the school bus!
Pony, pony, pony!
Pony in the bathroom!
Pony in the kitchen!
Pony on the school bus!
Pony, pony, pony!
Life is more exciting, fun, and unpredictable with a pony. Created by Ant Blades, It's Pony is a British animated television series produced by BlueZoo for Nickelodeon, based on the Pony short from the 2015 Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program. The first of the Nicktoons to premiere in The New '20s, the series debuted on January 18, 2020.
The series follows the comedic adventures of Annie (Jessica DiCicco), an optimistic and determined farm girl adapting to city life, and her best friend Pony (Josh Zuckerman), a naïve and impulsive pony that loves Annie more than anything. Through their optimism and enthusiasm, the duo manage to turn tasks as simple as mailing a letter or getting a haircut into extraordinary adventures.
Other characters include Annie's father George (Abe Benrubi) who treats Pony as a nuisance but begrudgingly accepts the equine's friendship with his daughter, Annie's mother Helen (India de Beaufort) who is always working on some special project, and a host of school friends and apartment dwellers.
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It's Pony contains examples of:
- Achievements in Ignorance: Pony becomes a gaming master in "Game Horse" while staring at the fish tank he thinks is the game.
- All Animals Are Dogs: In “Business as Usual”, Pony has to pretend to be Dog when the Arch-Enemy is mailed and Annie decides to save him in order to preserve her relationship with Mrs. Ocaba. Meanwhile, the woman uses dog treats on Pony due to her lack of vision and inadvertently conditions Pony to act like a dog. As a result, Pony is completely under Mrs. Ocaba’s control and acts like a puppy to the point of sleeping with her. It only took Annie being put in danger to snap him out of the trance.
- A Dog Named "Dog":
- A pony named Pony.
- And next door is Pony's Arch-Enemy, a literal dog named Dog.
- Alliterative Name: The pair of criminals on the loose in "Cop Mom": Half-Pint Harry and Noodleneck Ned.
- Anguished Declaration of Love: Clara to Gerry when Heston's garage is flooded with electrified water in "Game Horse".Clara: Gerry, I've always loved you!
Gerry: Wait, what? - Animal Talk: Pony has sometimes demonstrated an apparent ability to communicate with other animals.
- Anti Poop-Socking: Averted. During the montage of Pony playing the video game in "Game Horse", it briefly stops due to Pony going to the bathroom.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: When Annie prevents Pony from running off with a concrete brick and suggests to him to think of another type of crime scene to make in "Cop Mom", Pony suggests kidnapping Gerry, tying him to the railroad tracks, and even trying to kidnap Heston.
- Artistic License – Biology: In "Beatrice", it's shown that fizzy drinks give Pony gas. Such drinks are lethal to real-life horses.
- Batman Gambit: The plot twist of "Heston's Coat": as it turns out, the reason why Heston was fine with loaning Annie's coat was because he expected it to get destroyed. It was from his aunt, who insisted he wore it everywhere (despite the fact he hated it). And then Heston's aunt forces him to wear her coat once he told her it was destroyed.
- Beyond the Impossible: Somehow, when give the chance to play a Zen Garden game, Pony managed to turn it into Grand Theft Auto:Pony: (panicking) I don't know, I don't know!
- By Wall That Is Holey: In "The Giving Chair", Pony inadvertently brings a bookshelf down on Annie. Luckily for her, it's open-sided and has a space large enough for her to fit through
- Caring Gardener: Pony proves to be an oddly competent plant caregiver during "Horace".
- Camping Episode: "Plants!" plays with this: while the main driving conflict concerns Annie and friend's camping trip, the plot of the episode concerns Pony struggling to overcome his newfound fear of plants.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Beatrice, to an extent.
- Critical Psychoanalysis Failure: Played for Laughs in "Plants!". Pony is taken to a hypnotist to be cured of his fear of plants, but ends up with the hypnotist having such a fear herself.
- Episode Title Card: A shot of Pony's bed, with objects relevant to the episode's plot on or near it
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Variation: when Pony explains to Annie what was happening in the video game he was playingnote , Annie comes to the realization that he was focusing on Heston's fish tank the whole time he was playing.
- Extreme Omnivore: Pony, as seen in the short "Inside Pony", where flashbacks shown he has eaten a Hero Horse figure, a key to another city, George's credit card and dentures, though most of it was accidental
- Fiery Redhead: Averted with Annie. No matter HOW insane Pony's antics get, she remains extraordinarily patient and forgiving, and rarely raises her voice. Played straight with her father, George, who has an orange beard, and a very short fuse.
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: In "Useless", after George discovers the flat tire on his truck, Helen makes a point of stating the truck has all sorts of issues, with the two of them specifically citing how the parking is wonky. Then, while they and Pony are distracted once the tire is fixed, the truck begins to lurch downhill...
- Flashback Effects: Played With. short "Inside Pony" has Pony imitating flashback effects coupled with "actual" flashback effects
- Forgotten Anniversary: The main plot of "Annie-versary", where Annie doesn't know what day Pony is celebrating with her, and tries to figure it out while making him believe she does know so as to not disappoint him.
- Free-Range Children: Annie has gone to places like the bookstore, the convention center, the vet and the sewers while accompanied only by Pony.
- Freudian Slip: Clara secretly has a crush on Gerry. And she's not very good at hiding it, as the above quote from "Game Horse", and that fact that in "School Dance", she eats a whole box of mints, probably because she was planning on kissing Gerry during the dance, and the bottom quote when Annie and Pony try to put the dance back on speak volumes.Clara: Gerry looks great in his suit! (quickly covers her mouth)
- Funny X-Ray: The short "Inside Pony" shows an X-Ray of Pony and some of the things he ate
- Genki Girl: Beatrice is very excitable and chipper.
- Genre Throwback: Of Nicktoons from the 90's, being a show with a zany premise, a simplistic but aesthetically pleasing artstyle, and a comedic duo getting into wacky situations.
- Here We Go Again!: "Pet Pony" is kicked off by the landlord's pet turtle flushing herself down the toilet. After she is rescued, it happens again at the very end.
- I Need to Go Iron My Dog: In "Clara Time", Annie thinks that Clara is just making excuses to avoid hanging out with her and Pony when Clara keeps rescheduling their hangout time due to increasingly implausible-sounding after-school club activities. Subverted when Annie decides to follow her only to find that Clara actually does have all of those club activities taking up her schedule.
- Idiot Houdini: Pony is a particularly Egregious example of this trope. Even at his most destructively stupid, he never gets called out on it. During the Christmas special, where George has every right to call Pony out on his antics, he never verbalizes why Pony's behavior is wrong, only saying "You know what he's like."
- Informed Species: Despite being a pony, Pony doesn’t look much like a horse, having a pig-like snout. The theme song even describes him as 'Funny looking'.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Annie's father, George, who thinks of Pony as a burden, but understands the relationship between the two. And boy, does he love his wife.
- There's also Henrietta. While she can be antagonistic at times, she's ultimately a good friend of Annie and Pony.
- Meaningful Name: The name of the town where George's mom, Ruth lives is called Clifton, which just so happens to be near a cliff. Lampshaded by George himself when Helen asks him why his mother lives very close to a cliff.Helen: Why does your mother live so near to a cliff?
George: Her town is called Clifton, Helen. - The Millstone: Pony.
- Never Got to Say Goodbye: Played For Laughs in "Game Horse", in the same situation as Anguished Declaration of Love above.Henrietta: I never said goodbye to my mom!
Pony: I never said goodbye to your mom either! - Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In "Nosy Pony", Annie manages to successfully get Pony to be more focused via some special candles... but as a result of some Exact Wordsnote , Pony winds going on a straight, unstoppable course for the ocean.
- No Kill Like Over Kill: After discovering a kind of candle that is meant to help one focus, Annie decides to use 50 on Pony.
- Noodle Incident: Pony does something unspeakable at the start of "Heston's Coat". We never hear what, but when he whispers it to Annie at the end of the episode?Annie: We can never go home.
- One-Episode Fear: In "Plants!", Pony gains a fear of, well, plants, but gets over it in the episode's climax.
- Phrase Catcher: Pony and Dave, to each other.Dave: Hey, Pony.
Pony: Hi, Dave. - Race Against the Clock: As the title implies, "10 Minute Ticket" gives the Bramleys only 10 minutes to finish their errands at the mall before their parking time expires: George tries to get new pants, Helen needs to pick out a get well card for one of her chickens without getting distracted by mall cinnamon rolls, and Annie and Pony are trying to get and enjoy a new swirl milkshake.
- Road Trip Plot: "Bramley Holiday", with the Bramleys travelling out of town to visit George's mom for Christmas.
- Say My Name: Annie frequently does this with Pony.
- Shipper on Deck: Pony, for Annie/Heston.
- Shout-Out: In the Halloween Episode, "Scarecrow" Pony and the scarecrows are seen sitting on the couch in the living room watching a TV show called, Buddies with all the characters in a coffee shop setting is a reference to the sitcom, Friends.
- Slice of Life: The show focuses on everyday issues; a talking pony notwithstanding.
- Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass: An accidental example in "Trash Dash". Pony reflects sunlight onto a nearby tree, which cuts through it, causing the tree to topple, catch fire and crumble to ash
- Spoiled Sweet: Annie's friend Clara, who is rich enough to own a camper van but is sweet regardless.
- Students Playing Matchmaker: In "School Dance", Annie goes to find a date for Principal Ramiro with Pony, so she'll cancel the school dance that's happening. They eventually find Mr. Gravlax after eavesdropping on him showing affection for Ms. Ramiro and they try to set him up on a date with her, and after many failed attempts they finally get Mr. Gravlax to be her romantic date. Later on, Annie and her friends rush to the harbor to explain the misunderstanding between her and her friends about attending the dance, and in the end, Ms. Ramiro calls on the dance again.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: In the "10 Minute Ticket", Annie and Pony chug their swirl milkshake to try and make it back to the truck in time, only to end up with a brain freeze.
- Talking Animal: Pony can talk...somehow.
- Toilet Paper Substitute: Pony uses a book that Annie’s father has written when he runs out of toilet paper in “The Giving Chair.”
- Uncatty Resemblance: As seen in "Pet Pony", Mr. Pancks's pet turtle Myrtle has his grumpy expression, and the underside of her shell has markings resembling a suit and tie.
- Unicorn: Averted, in the episode of the same name as this trope, where Pony slips on a marshmallow and falls on the floor when he gets back up a marshmallow gets stuck to his head which causes him to believe he's transformed into a unicorn.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: No one, even strangers, raises an eyebrow over the sentient talking pony.
- Valentine's Day Episode: In "School Dance", Annie and her friends despise the dreaded annual Valentine's Day dance that's happening at school, so she and Pony try to sabotage it by finding a date for Principal Ramiro, so it'll make her call off the dance.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: In "Plants!", Pony develops a fear of plants due to an incident with the camp chair.
