The new cartoon, “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic,” focuses on Twilight Sparkle (center) and (clockwise from left) Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy.Īs much as she likes it, Hayes still can’t get her brain around why teenage boys, specifically, are so drawn to it. The new cartoon follows six My Little Pony friends: Twilight Sparkle, an earnest, bookish unicorn Rainbow Dash, a feisty tomboy pegasus Rarity, a haughty, girly unicorn Pinkie Pie, a buoyant party-loving “earth pony” Fluttershy, a bashful, animal-loving pegasus and the hard-working cowgirl earth pony called Applejack, a character who was in the original first generation Pony line. ![]() “Now that there are all these guys in their 20s that are crazy about My Little Pony, it’s suddenly important.”Īlso, Hayes says she gets why people love the “Friendship Is Magic” cartoon, which is tied to the fourth generation of the Hasbro toys, and she appreciates its strong female Pony personalities, as reimagined by Lauren Faust, known for her work on “The Powerpuff Girls” and “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.” “To the bronies, I say, I think My Little Pony is awesome, so more power to you,” Hayes says. The logo for the 2012 My Little Pony Fair recalls vintage ’80s advertising.ĭespite openly airing her friends’ frustration, Hayes herself feels no animosity toward the bronies. As many of these women have held onto their childhood treasures for decades, longtime Pony devotees tend to bristle at the fact that only when young men started making noise about My Little Pony two years ago, the world began paying attention. But perhaps the most confused are hard-core My Little Pony collectors-largely women in their 20s and 30s-who first developed a starry-eyed mane-combing devotion to the toys back in the ’80s. ![]() As of today, the Bron圜on documentary is the second highest-funded film on Kickstarter ever.Īll of this has more than a few people scratching their heads. The idea for a documentary about Bron圜on-a major brony convention taking place this weekend in Seacaucus, New Jersey- raised nearly $350,000 through PayPal donations and Kickstarter, an online platform that helps artists fund their projects. “Friendship Is Magic” fan conventions began to pop up last year, as bronies went wild making custom fan art, from online images tweaked in Photoshop to handmade plush toys. Soon after the show was launched in 2010, My Little Pony references sprang up all over the Internet, particularly on fan sites for anime, comics, and video games. Sethisto Scootaloo (left) and Summer Hayes (right) appreciate My Little Pony in completely different ways. The video not only references bronies but also the character name DJ Pon-3 - a name created in the online community.Top: Shaun, a.k.a. In response to all this, Hasbro and the show's creators released a Pony-fied music video of Katy Perry's California Girls. It has become a meme with the 4chan and Icanhascheezburger crowds and it spurred at least one meet-up for " NYC Area MLP:FiM Adult Fans." The show (abbreviated online as MLP:FiM) has also spawned its own slang, "bronies" - guys who are fans. Among players of the science fiction shooter game HALO, where users are giving their characters MLP names like Rainbow Dash, Pinky Pie and others.Geeknights - A podcast with a large following among gamers, anime fans and other denizens of Nerdistan and.Penny Arcade- The hugely popular web comic runs the massive PAX gaming conventions.Hardcore gamer sites like Valveand Bungie.Net.During that season the show sprouted adult fan groups at influential geek culture sites around the web, including: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic just finished its first season on the The Hub, a joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery. Now the company is reaching out past the brand's traditional little-girl demographic to this new fan base with an oh-so-slightly ironic music video. ![]() Hub TV is hoping to capitalize on a cultural trend no one saw coming: the kids' show My Little Pony is the new, hip thing among the geekerati.
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