As they awkwardly part ways, Twilight finds herself developing a crush on him. Later that day, everyone in the school is seen wearing Rarity's pony ears and tails, and school spirit and pride are at an all-time high. Twilight asks who the guard is, and Princess Cadance explains that he's a new member of the royal guard named Flash Sentry. ", "San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Hasbro Listens to Fans with New, Exclusive Toys", "Hasbro Comic-Con exclusives star Marvel, 'Jem', 'Pony, "10 Awesome Examples of Doctor Who's Cultural Influence", "My Little Pony #2 Gets A Doctor Whooves Cover From Midtown Comics", "Bronies celebrate 'My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic's' 100th episode", "Comic-Con: Hasbro Studios Head Stephen Davis Talks the Brony Movement, Transformers, Stretch Armstrong, Battleship and More", "Marvel's Sentinel Faces My Little Pony at Comic-Con", "Exclusive: See Hasbro's Comic-Con My Little Pony", "Hasbro to Collaborate With 3-D Printing Company to Sell Artwork", "Brony? [152] The character additionally had an expanded yet also non-speaking role in the second Equestria Girls film Rainbow Rocks. [121], The fandom has been noted for the quantity and diversity of music produced by its members, including cover versions of songs from the show and original songs inspired by the show and its fandom. [48], Websites such as Equestria Daily and Ponychan were created for fans to share artwork, stories, music, and news about the show. [110] On the announcement of the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls feature-length animated film, in which the pony characters are re-envisioned as human teenage girls attending high school, a large fraction of the adult fandom reacted negatively towards the premise. Inside, she found an old photo of Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity. Founded in January 2011, Equestria Daily had over 36 million pageviews in its first 9 months,[49] and has since surpassed 500 million views (June 2014). As soon as she does this, a magical aura surrounds her and she is lifted up into the air. [149][162][163] Toys "R" Us provided early, limited numbers of new toy based on the zebra character Zecora, due for release in late 2012 by Hasbro. When a crown is stolen from the Crystal Empire, Twilight Sparkle pursues the thief into an alternate world where she transforms into a teenage girl who must survive her biggest challenge yet... High School. [32], A chapter book titled My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Through the Mirror by G. M. Berrow was released on October 1, 2013. [161], Before the brony fandom arose, Hasbro had introduced new My Little Pony toys, including convention-exclusives, at the San Diego Comic Con International. Let’s change our clothes.” I was already in just a skirt and top. Twilight tells her friends that although they had only known each other for a short time, she will miss them dearly. She visualized the character Twilight Sparkle whenever she "found herself in a bad-mood rut". The fandom adopted the name brony (plural bronies), a portmanteau of "bro" and "pony". Both Zecora and "Derpy" toys sold out within the first day of the convention. [1][2] These fans, mostly male, were drawn to the show's characters, stories, animation style and influence of the show's propagation as an Internet meme. The first My Little Pony television series was preceded by two specials: "Rescue from Midnight Castle" (1984) and "Escape from Catrina" (1985). [38], Some bronies are enlisted personnel in various United States Armed Forces, who have included the various "cutie marks" symbols from the show as insignia on their uniforms or equipment, despite not being appropriate practice for most branches, or worn only during training operations. [7] Another term, "Pegasister", has been used to refer to older female fans of the show. [235] He said, "She's another creature, much like I am in this world, who is doing everything she can to have fun," and that he feels inspired by the character spreading excitement and joy to others. This has been shown at film festivals in 2013 and released for home media distribution. [159], Hasbro and Hub Network (prior to its rebranding as Discovery Family) have also sought to market to bronies. [246][247] Woods and his fellow members of The New Day, a wrestling stable who were WWE Raw Tag Team Champions at the time (and would go on to become the longest reigning team in WWE history), subsequently added unicorn imagery as a part of their gimmick, even claiming to possess "unicorn magic" to help them in their matches. An overwhelmed Twilight stumbles her way out of the crowd and bumps into a teenage boy with spiky blue hair who helps her to her feet. However, they use different outfits than the ones used in the movie. An online campaign to show support for Grayson gained over 32,000 supporters on its Facebook page,[190] and the brony fanbase, the show's creators and voice actors, and various news commentators including Glenn Beck, Ronan Farrow and Eugene Volokh have stood up for the boy's actions. [31] Despite the bronies being an unusual and unexpected audience, Hasbro and Hub Network chose to "salute and embrace all the viewers who have embraced our brand", according to Margaret Loesch, CEO of Hub Network and former executive producer of the original My Little Pony animated series. Your head is going to soon probably be gargled after you test our unbelievable range of hand-picked my … With some encouragement from her friends, Twilight steps through the gateway. Twilight reluctantly tells her friends the truth (or rather, to Twilight and Spike's complete and utter shock, Pinkie guesses at it): The others are skeptical at this, until Spike speaks up to confirm this and that he is actually a dragon, shocking everyone except Fluttershy, who's thrilled to finally meet a talking animal. 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In light of this, Luna allows Twilight to continue her Princess bid. It's here that Twilight also learns about how isolated all the social groups of the school are from one another, from the athletes to the fashionistas to the rockers, and that she'd have to get all of them to vote for her. Other non-speaking background characters that caught the attention of the fandom also had expanded roles. highlighted the brony fandom in an episode in June 2011, and the following week quizzed former US President Bill Clinton about elements from the show during a telephone interview segment called "Not My Job"; Clinton correctly answered the three multiple choice questions, leading at least one journalist to jokingly refer to him as a brony. As she passes by faces both new and familiar to her, she listens in on a conversation between two girls: one is being considerably cruel and verbally abusive to the other. [4] Amidi's essay expressed concern that assigning a talent like Faust to a toy-centric show was part of a trend towards a focus on profitable genres of animation such as toy tie-ins to deal with a fragmented viewing audience and overall "an admission of defeat for the entire movement, a white flag-waving moment for the TV animation industry. Though initially considered to propagate the humorous and ironic concept of people enjoying a show intended for young girls, the fandom has shown deeper appreciation for the show far beyond this concept and is considered part of a New Sincerity trend. Non-Erotic Poetry 06/30/20: Perfect Love (5.00) What love can do Non-Erotic Poetry 03/05/21: Sensuous (4.85) 'Star Wars' Fan? [80] In December 2013, the Fund donated $50,000 to endow an animation scholarship in perpetuity at the California Institute of the Arts. [227] The story misidentified Twilight Sparkle as Fluttershy on initial publication and the paper issued a correction,[228] which some journalists have jokingly considered as "the best New York Times correction ever",[229][230][231] though others saw it as a sign of the journalistic integrity of the Times. As Twilight comes to discover, that was Sunset Shimmer. [158], As a tribute to the older fandom as well as all other fans of the show, the milestone 100th episode "Slice of Life", which was first broadcast in 2015, featured several of the background characters that the fans had made popular, including Derpy (now named "Muffins"), Doctor Whooves and DJ P0N-3 among others. Twitter / dannyimusic: @TheRealSibsy sweet trailer ... 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[29][30] Though this generally refers to male fans, the term is often applied to fans of either gender. [200] According to Summer Hayes, author of six books about My Little Pony toy collections and organizer of the annual My Little Pony collectors' fair, some of these collectors appreciated the attention of the brony community.
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