Rainbow Dash

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About

Rainbow Dash is one of the main characters of the Hasbro animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. She is a pegasus with a light blue body, a cutie mark consisting of a cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt protruding from it, a unique Rainbow-colored mane, and a proud, competitive attitude.

Origin and Character

The premier episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic saw the introduction of Rainbow Dash as a major character in the series. Portrayed as extremely athletic and thrill-seeking, she is one of two pegasi (the other being Fluttershy) in the main group of ponies, and is often shown flying while the others walk. In episode seven of the second season, she adopts a turtle as her pet, whom she names Tank.^[1]

Rainbow Dash is voiced primarily by Ashleigh Ball in the English version of Friendship is Magic.^[2]

Spread

On April 12th, 2011, Youtuber TheSlutfox submitted a video featuring a Rainbow Dash compilation played alongside a repitched version of the punk rock song You're Gonna Go Far, Kid, by the American band The Offspring.^[3] As of April 2015, the video has over 20 million views, 90,000 likes, and 59,000 comments.

The character of Rainbow Dash has also generated a significant amount of fan art (examples below); DeviantArt returns over 268,000 results when searching for "Rainbow Dash".^[4] On December 15th, 2010, a page for the character was created on the MLP Wiki.^[5]

Related Memes

20% Cooler

Taken from the line "It needs to be about 20% cooler", spoken by Rainbow Dash in episode 14 of the first season, 20% Cooler is a notable example of Bronyspeak. It is often used as a catchphrase when praising something.

Ten Seconds Flat

Another prominent example of Bronyspeak, Ten Seconds Flat was a phrase used by Rainbow Dash during her first appearance in the series, and has since become a catchphrase used when referring to doing something quickly. It is often combined with 20% Cooler in the form "20% cooler in ten seconds flat".

IWTCIRD

IWTCIRD, short for I Want to Cum Inside Rainbow Dash, is an exploitable image meme consisting of an image of Rainbow Dash bent-over with a scrunched face, taken out of context. Alternatively, it is also a snowclone, where "Rainbow Dash" is replaced with another character or person.

Dashface / /)^3^(\

Dashface refers to an exploitable image fad featuring a face that Rainbow Dash makes in episode 4 of season 1. It is frequently used as a reaction image, or photoshopped onto other characters.

Search Interest

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