My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (also known as MLP:FIM or simply My Little Pony or MLP for short) is an animated series created by Lauren Faust based on Hasbro's My Little Pony toy line. It ran from 2010 to 2019 and has a large, unexpected, older audience. It is also a common meme on SiIvaGunner.
== Background on My Little Pony in general ==
The first My Little Pony toy was released by Hasbro in 1981, with the name My Pretty Pony, which was obviously later changed. The toy was designed by Bonnie Zacherle and Charles Muenchinger. Eventually, the line become successful, leading to a larger amount of toys being made with various, as well as tie-in animated media. 
The first animated media based on the toy line was the 1981 TV special Rescue at Midnight Castle. This would be followed by the theatrical film My Little Pony: The Movie, and various animated series, including My Little Pony and My Little Pony Tales. 
In 2010, a new My Little Pony was released, which would be received far differently then any previous media from the franchise. 
== History ==
After the success of the 2007 live action Transformers film, Hasbro wanted to reboot the My Little Pony franchise for a new audience. 
Cartoonist Lauren Faust originally approached Hasbro with an idea for an original toy line and accompanying animated series called Galaxy Girls. Unfortunately, Hasbro rejected her idea, and instead proposed her the opportunity to create their planned reboot of My Little Pony. She accepted the challenge, and created the series we know today as My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. 
Friendship Is Magic first aired on October 10, 2010 on the network The Hub. On 4chan, people in the animation board suggested watching the series as a joke, and many who did actually ended up liking it unironically. This resulted in the series being very well received, and gaining a large fanbase of older males and females, who refer to themselves as Bronies and Pegisisters. 
The series would go on to last nine seasons, with a total of 221 episodes. The series also received a theatrical film in 2017, has a series of related comics and books, and has a spin-off series called My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, which began with the film of the same name released in 2013. 
The final episode of the series aired on October 12, 2019. 
== Plot ==
The series follows a unicorn (later alicorn) named Twilight Sparkle, her dragon assistant Spike, and her best friends, ponies Applejack and Pinkie Pie, fellow unicorn Rarity, and pegasi Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. The seven go on many adventures in the land of Equestria, which is ran by Twilight's mentor Princess Celestia. Throughout the series, the group faces many conflicts and enemies, with life lessons, new characters and new locations appearing throughout. 
== Fanbase ==
After the show became a surprise hit with older audiences, many fanworks were creating, including animations, songs, fan fictions and memes. Fan run conventions based on the series were also held at large places. Most notable of which is BronyCon, which began in 2011 and ended in 2019, shortly before the series ended. 
Some fan works based on the series are also notably disturbing, such as the fan fics Cupcakes and Rainbow Factory, the animated parody series PONY.MOV by Hot Diggity Demon, and the animations Cupcakes HD and Smile HD by MisterDavie. I am usually not a fan of these sort of fan works. 
Some fan works I am fond of include various fan songs (especially music by Vylet Pony) and the parody series Friendship is Witchcraft.
== On SiIvaGunner ==
The first rip to reference the series was "vs. Nega-Wisp Armor - Phase 2 - Sonic Colours (DS)", uploaded onto the GiIvaSunner channel on March 27, 2016. In 2020, the series and its fan works began appearing frequently in rips, leading to a channel event celebrating the show's 10th anniversary. After this, the series and its fan works continued to be used frequently and still are to this day.
Some of the most used sources related to the series include:
* The song "Winter Wrap Up" from the episode of the same name
* A leaked blooper of Trixie saying "fuck!"
* The fan song "Discord" by Eurobeat Brony and its more popular remix by The Living Tombstone.
There are also two fan sources considered sub memes of MLP on the channel. Those being the fan song "ANTONYMPH" by Vylet Pony, and the video "pinkie just had sex!!!!!!!!!!" by theburninice1.