Now Viewing: my_little_pony_friendship_is_magicTag type: None Refers to this specific My Little Pony series. It is considered to be the fourth generation of the long-running My Little Pony franchise. It is an episodic North American musical fantasy comedy TV series, with occasional adventure-oriented stories, that debuted in 2010 and is the first full length My Little Pony TV series since My Little Pony Tales in 1992. It is created by Lauren Faust who worked on the series until the end of the second season. The vocal music is composed by Daniel Ingram and the non-vocal instrumental background music is composed by William Anderson. Unlike previous My Little Pony series, this incarnation utilizes Adobe Flash for its animation but the series still retains the strong cute appeal of the franchise. It is set in the land of Equestria, populated by sentient ponies who come in all sorts of colors. It is ruled by Princess Celestia who is in charge of managing the sun and moon. In the past, she was only in charge of causing the sun to rise, but her younger sister grew to dislike how the ponies would only play during the day and refused to lower the moon. The sisters clashed with each other and Celestia used the Elements of Harmony to banish her younger sister to the moon who is then known as Nightmare Moon. The antisocial, bookish, and obsessive compulsive Twilight Sparkle becomes alarmed after doing some research on the history of Equestria and realizing that the mare in the moon will return on the longest day of the 1000th year after her battle with Celestia. This day happens to be the same day as the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration. Twilight writes a letter to warn Celestia but Celestia responds by telling Twilight that she should stop spending all her time reading books, make preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration which will be held in the town of Ponyville, and go out and make friends. Twilight heads to Ponyville with her assistant Spike to fulfill her tasks but is reluctant to make friends and is put off by the quirky behavior of the town's residents. She becomes acquainted with Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash. But Nightmare Moon returns, just as Twilight feared. Twilight sets out to stop her, and finds herself relying on her new acquaintances to find the Elements of Harmony in order to stop Nightmare Moon from plunging Equestria into an eternal night. Twilight realizes that the true Elements of Harmony are in fact her friends and after this realization, is able to defeat Nightmare Moon. Twilight, having discovered the value of friendship, finds herself reluctant to leave Ponyville, but Princess Celestia congratulates her and tells her that she can stay in Ponyville learning about the magic of friendship with her new friends with the caveat that Twilight will report what she learned on each day. The series follows the ponies' day to day misadventures and the lessons they learn about friendship. Perhaps due to the sheer size of the cast, quite a few voice actresses play multiple characters which at times leads to the voice actresses talking to themselves in different voices. Tabitha St. Germain, who plays Rarity and many supporting characters, has the record of most voice acting credits in the series and has also played multiple characters in My Little Pony G3. The My Little Pony franchise was often perceived as appealing to only young girls. One of Faust's stated goals with this series is to create a show that will not only appeal to young girls but also a show that will be appreciated by older audiences. This series is notable for helping break the stereotype that My Little Pony only appeals to young girls as it ended up not only appealing to young girls, but to older audiences as well. The ratings for the series began at 1.4 million and were as high as 4 million per month by the end of the first season and has continued to grow since then. It has amassed a very large male fandom as well who are called bronies, a portmanteau of brother and pony. Its popularity amongst this demographic was ironically inspired by an article, written by Amid Amidi and posted on the website Cartoon Brew, criticizing this series and other contemporary animation titled "The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation." Both out of curiosity and backlash against the article, many users on the image board 4chan decided to watch the show and many ended up finding out that they genuinely enjoyed the series and the series' popularity snowballed from there. This surprisingly large demographic has inspired a documentary called Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony which was created by the staff members of Friendship is Magic. This specific series has also become something of a North American equivalent to Touhou in terms of being meme fuel. Besides memes generated from scenes from the show itself, it is common for fans to draw pony themed crossovers and parodies. Many background extras who receive little development in the show itself have been given backstories, names, and are even made the stars of various fan works. The series uses a lot of horse related terminology, puns, and even changes common expressions into horse-related ones. For example, instead of using the word everybody, characters almost always use everypony. The creators of the series maintain a close relation with the fans and many fandom in jokes have made their way into or are acknowledged by the actual series. This series also holds the distinction of being the very first My Little Pony series to receive a Japanese localization and dub, which premiered on April 2, 2013. It is also set to receive a manga adaptation by Himekawa_Akira. The series is also set to receive a made for TV movie called Equestria Girls which involves Twilight Sparkle being sent to an alternate world where the characters are all human and Spike is a dog; Twilight herself also turns into a human. Cast Mane Seven Twilight_Sparkle Spike_(My_Little_Pony) Applejack Fluttershy Rainbow_Dash Pinkie_Pie Rarity Cutie Mark Crusaders Scootaloo Apple_Bloom Sweetie_Belle Princesses Princess_Celestia Luna_(My_Little_Pony) Princess_Cadence Antagonists Nightmare_Moon Discord Queen_Chrysalis King_Sombra Rover_(My_Little_Pony) Fido_(My_Little_Pony) Spot_(My_Little_Pony) Windingo Timberwolf Gilda Trixie Diamond_Tiara Silver_Spoon Hoops Billy_Dumbbell Score_(My_Little_Pony) Jet_Set Upper_Crust Flim_Skim Flam Lightning_Dust Applejack's Family Big_Mcintosh Granny_Smith Braeburn Aunt_Orange Uncle_Orange Hayseed_Turnip_Truck Babs_Seed Aunt_Applesauce Apple_Rose Twilight Sparkle's Family Prince_Shining_Armor Twilight_Velvet Rarity's Family Magnum_(My_Little_Pony) Animal Companions Angel_Bunny Winona Opalescence Gummy Philomena Owlowiscious Tank_(my_Little_Pony) Peewee Other Supporting Characters Mayor_Mare Zecora Cheerilee Snips Snails Mr._Carrot_Cake Mrs._Cup_Cake Pound_Cake Pumpkin_Cake Twist_(My_Little_Pony) Steven_Magnet Hoity_Toity Photo_Finish Little_Strongheart Chief_Thunderhooves Sheriff_Silverstar Prince_Blueblood Pipsqueak Fancypants Filthy_Rich Cherry_Jubilee Doctor_Stable Cranky_Doodle_Donkey Matilda_(My_Little_Pony) Iron_Will Featherweight Joe_(My_Little_Pony) Gustave_Le_Grand Mulia_Mild Ms._Peachbottom Ms._Harshwhinny Derpy_Hooves Berry_Punch Cherry_Berry Golden_Harvest Sweetie_Drops Shoeshine Daisy_(My_Little_Pony) Lily_Valley Rose_(My_Little_Pony) Lightning_Bolt Cloud_Kicker Raindrops_(My_Little_Pony) Rainbowshine Sassaflash Parasol_(My_Little_Pony) Dizzy_Twister Medley Merry_May Lemon_Hearts Twinkleshine Minuette Lyra_Heartstrings Amethyst_Star Sea_Swirl Dr._Hooves Pokey_Pierce Cherry_Fizzy Goldengrape Noteworthy Lucky_Clover Caramel_(My_Little_Pony) Ruby_Pinch Tootsie_Flute Dinky Nurse_Sweetheart Daisy_Valley Rose_Valley Lily_Valley Mrs._Greenhooves Lotus_Blossom Vinyl_Scratch Octavia Truffle_Shuffle Holly_Dash Sapphire_Shores Screwball Fleur_Dis_Lee Junebug Flitter Cloudchaser Thunderlane Rumble Blossomforth Wild_Fire Uncle_Curio Spun off from My_Little_Pony Related My_Little_Pony_and_Friends My_Little_Pony_G3 Quite a few characters from FIM originate in this series but their personalities and designs have been altered. 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