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Punklight Sparkle
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About
Punklight Sparkle refers to an unusual hairstyle worn briefly by the character Twilight Sparkle from the Hasbro animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Its appearance spawned a variety of tributes, including a large volume of fan art.
Origin
The hairstyle is featured in episode 3 of season 5 of the Friendship is Magic series, "Castle Sweet Castle", premiered April 11th, 2015.[1] Twilight Sparkle appears wearing it briefly during a scene in a bathhouse (shown below).
The first still image of the scene to be uploaded to MLP image hosting site Derpibooru (below, left) was submitted April 11th, by user jspenguin.[4] Other images from the scene were uploaded on the same day.[5][6]
![first derpi upload Family](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/665/381.png)
![screencap #3 Family SHARE .](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/666/fa8.jpeg)
![Punklight Sparkle scover Family](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/946/859/0ad.png)
Spread
The hairstyle features heavily on Derpibooru, with 378 images as of January 2016.[2] Around 150 were uploaded in the week after the airing of the episode. The current top-rated image (shown below), with 995 upvotes, was uploaded January 5th, 2016.[7] Searching for "Punklight" on DeviantArt returns 55 results.[3]
![Punklight Sparkle is the best dancer in the club](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/071/072/b10.png)
Variations of the meme include crossovers with other franchises (below, left) and recreations using different media such as 3D and plushies (below, right).
![yu-gi-oh!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/660/15c.png)
![super saiyan princess By Vector-Brony](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/662/254.png)
![3D Punklight](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/953/690/c55.png)
![Punklight Sparkle plushie](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/947/651/159.jpg)
The meme has also seen use as an exploitable, as demonstrated by DeviantArt user blah23z's[8] vectors featuring the rest of the Mane Six.
![Flutter Punklight](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/630/da6.png)
![Rainbow Punklight](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/626/fbd.png)
![Pinkie Punklight](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/623/f3d.png)
![Apple Punklight](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/627/f45.png)
![Rarity Punklight](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/628/fc5.png)
Various Examples
![Fashion horse (No.2) 11 '9 called fashion](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/719/1fe.png)
![I really like her... mane?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/716/038.png)
![I really like your mane](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/017/708.png)
![ppppfffbbbttt](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/661/f6b.png)
![Spa Twi](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/947/219/3e9.png)
![misfit twilight goo SAve THEQI](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/068/663/db0.png)
External References
[1] MLP Wiki β Castle Sweet Castle
[2] Derpibooru β Punklight Sparkle
[4] Derpibooru β First Upload
[5] Derpibooru β Second Upload
[6] Derpibooru β Third Upload
[7] Derpibooru β Top Upload
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