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Friendship is Magie': The TV cartoon show My Little Pony is produced by Hasbro to comvince kids to buay the line of toys it's basdo Men who love "My Little Pony' Don't mess with guys who want to talk about Pinkie Pie and pretty pony tea parties MY LITTLE PONY: Friendship is Magic seems FBI and won," a Brony told the New York ada)"the green light to do whatever they wish to confirm adults' worst fears about kids' car Observer, "so you might say that My Little with the facial and body expressions. The toons. The show, about female ponies with Pomy is more powerful than the FBI." Fans animation may be as limited in m names like Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie, have even ta is produced by Hasbro to convince buy the line of toys it's based on, just like the famous company's Strawberry Shortcake and Rain character bow Brite cartoons. But some adults don't ies! They drive me to drinkt have time to object to Friendship is MagicYet unlike other cartoons they're too busy watching it and writing pony fans, My Little fan fiction. On the Hub in the U.S. and Tree sions to them. Show like house in Canada, My L ken to creating pony memes as the "80s cartoons, but the characters am kids to based on other cartoons, like an instantly constantly given different cute, wide-eyed cartoon of an old Looney Tunes screaming. "Confound those pon- the acting is all in the voices, the ponies expressions unlike most TV cartoons,wherm lot of visual acting Simple gags, like the pony with grown-up Fluttershy's inept attempts to nurse a hinud Pony makes almost no conces |back to health, may also give the show a time Rocky and Bullwinkle less feel, Sethisto praises Faust for "using some s becoe had pop culture jokes that kids weren't sup of the classic cartoon jokes while still remain ittle Ponyhas among posed to understand, while Avatar: The Last ing modern and up to date in every other hod of the most popular carine discussion. Airbender ywas an adult phenomernon for its department."Grown ups may lke My Liak One ups, for viewing and onifons call them- complex plotting. My Litle Pony: Friendship Pony for the same reason they like old Disney selves "Bronies") has given 10 million views is Magic has fewer to a fan website,Equestria Daily. The founder first My Litle s agichas fewer topical jokes than Haabro's cartoons-unlike selfe toon from the 8os(which Litnle Pony car- onsciounly hip cartowinn they don't try to be cool ow has a moral,This uccess is gihing new credibility to the strategy of building n toons around toys, and toa esite he th atheeshan a cedentallylon told Maclean's that the show "accidentally once had targeted the Internet culture." Stres, w dea o like 'Ify ' tyt please ays, are "simple and : ns.ofndt On Know Your Meme, a site track of popculture phrases that have become to followdey popular o pony than torater show. The wide-eyed character designs, from pony, youofeni very My Liide-eyed chanast are usd an that keeps en ' toon fans. Amid Amid designs, t up pleasing nopony" Even Sesame Street, companies have"co-opted raart and game, ike "anypoySo why are grown ups fascinased with the ulimately which parodies shows like Mad Men, tries tion industry artists who lend thene harder to please adults "co-opted respected anin artises who lend these oydve flooding the Internet with nasty iokes, erupted in a "civil war when a moderator cate known s southern accent of the cowboy hat wearing"to get viewers to hand ov for series an air of creative legitimacy"but the real goal of a show lke the jokens pony Applicjack, or lines like, Are you sure But Sethisto thinks that for hian an tried to ban pony discussion eventually tried toro and had stia and te the about thin, leootalooIe may help that the bronies, the show has "evolved w this, to hand over their vial appeal that lends inel being hust anocher aa minute ays Haabeu gve ant They ave the toam enough fieedhnmt the anunatla studio (Sedio B in Can I make in awesome" IME WINMA animation studie ( pony tea parties. "4chan once took on the and the

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