Maybe, but the worldbuilding was virtually nonexistent, the characters were nowhere near as developed and complex as those in MLP:FiM and on top of that, G4 ponies are way more badass than their G1 counterparts and manage to accomplish an incredible feat of being adorable (but not to sickening degree) and at the same time, perfectly capable of ass-kicking anyone who crossed them. I watched G1 ponies as a kid, and although I don't remember much of it, I recall the ponies running away from their enemies and actively avoiding direct confrontation most of the time.
Genesivare The G1 ponies were perfectly willing to fight if they had to, as seen in rescue at midnight castle, the fugitive flowers 2 parter and the would be dragon slayer among others. Worldbuilding didn't really take off in cartoons until the 2000s with shows like Avatar The Last Airbender, Ben 10 and the DCAU; sure, cartoons had lore and backstory before then, but not so much the idea of creating a unique universe. The characters were fairly basic, but no more so than most other saturday morning cartoons of the mid to late 80s.
As a lifelong fan and member of the original adult community for My Little Pony, I want to thank you for taking such an open-minded stance about the original shows! I can tell that you actually watched them in depth and noticed many of the factors that modern fans of MLP tend to miss (and that us older fans have loved for decades!).
I would have to agree with you, because I used to have MLP's, and I still have MLP DVD Box Set too, I wouldn't Be Surprised If There Ever was a Live Action Movie Based On the 80's Cartoon Show, They Better Have the 80's Cartoon Theme Song, Unlike Other Movies Based on other 80s Cartoons, Like, Speed Racer, Jem and The Holograms, G.I Joe A Real American Hero, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Underdog, Smurfs, Alvin and The Chipmunks, Garfield, also I don't Care Who would produce it, Like Michael Bay or anyone else.
I'm not a guy, yet I refused to watch MLP G4 mostly because I assumed it was a lot like G3, which is what I grew up with. I thought it would be so girly and so ridiculously well...pink, that I wouldn't be able to watch. I made it to episode two, and was surprised by the plot and characters. Intrigued, I kept watching, and hell, I was definitely surprised. It is worth the watch if you can withstand the more girly side of it and the cheesy dialogue (at times).
One of my favorite things about G4 is that the writers actually take things from the fandom and make it cannon. For example: a large section of background character's personalities and names came from the fandom. It's a very unique, very cool thing that MLP:FiM does that I haven't really seen anywhere else.
I grew up with G3. I sometimes feel guilty liking it. My mom also showed me G1. I love that one the most. I'm sorry G4 fans. I just like the original one better.
You assume that because the first special was dark and adventurous, the adventure must be put there to appeal to boys, or G1 must have been partially marketed towards both genders. Nope. It had adventure because little girls like adventure, and because 80s cartoons in general tended that way. (I suggest you watch the Rainbow Brite pilot, which was even darker and more post-apocalyptic than MLP.) Also, it was not the success of the MLP cartoons that made Hasbro willing to make more toys. It was the success of the TOYLINE that made Hasbro willing to make specials / cartoons. The toyline was the number one girls toy before the first special was even made. The cartoons were just a little extra advertising. Lots of pony-crazed girls never even watched them (as they tended to come on at awkward times, like very early in the morning).
I respect the fact you've tried to actually be fair with G1 in this, as a lot of similar videos blatantly aren't. The comment at 3 mins is a bit sexist "not responding to the female fanbase = adventure". As a G1 pony girl I played zombies and my ponies had adventures, not tea parties. The other thing I have to object to is the classifying of Tales as G2. You mention siding with the 'people who consider it g2', but in reality those are all bronies. It's not a classification any pre-FIM pony fan would ever use. The reason it's considered G1 isn't just because the toyline was G1 style. It's deeper than that. The US didn't get the pony comics, but in the comic universe, there are ponies who cross over between these different narratives. Glowing magic ponies and rockin beats (your clip includes Sweet Notes as one of Melody's guitarists) to name examples. In the comics these ponies are shown alongside characters that appear in MLP and Friends, such as Fizzy, and are then later included in the Tales stories. So putting together toy style, date and narrative, they are G1, because they intersect. I prefer to think of Tales as the future of G1 animation's world, since the mentioned pony sets don't appear in MLP and Friends. The thing is that the emphasis on animation as part of defining MLP didn't happen until G4 and bronies often then look on older gens with the hindsight of animation being core, which it isn't. G1 in particular has a lot of different storylines going on at once, with comics, backcards, books, and animation as well. The G1 animation isn't that important, so you can't use it to define where a generation begins or ends. Again, this is something only bronies do. No older gen fans would ever do this.
Something you didn't bring up with G4. 1) While the voice cast of G4 is consisted of Canadian Actors and Actresses like Tabitha St Germain, Andrea Libman, Ashleigh Ball, Cathy Weisluck, Nicole Oliver, and even Beast Wars actors like Gary Chalk, Scott McNeil, Richard Newman and Ian James Corlett, they also brought in LA Actors Tara Strong(Twilight Sparkle), John De Lancie(Discord) and Weird Al Yankovic(Cheese Sandwich) 2) There were also a few other G1 elements brought into G4. Examples include: -Tirek(The first ever My Little Pony villain, reimagined as a magic-draining Centaur) -Scorpan(The gargoyle, reimagined as Tirek's brother) -The Smooze(The previous villain of the My Little Pony movie, having become Discord's friend that he brought to the Gala) -Moondancer(A G1 pony reimagined. Her story is fleshed out in "Amending Fences.")
Gen 3: Rainbow Dash always dresses in style! Gen 4: Get me out of this dress! I need to fly!!!!! Fanfiction: In the rainbow factory!! Where your fears and horrors come true!
I never watched any of the shows, but man, when I heard that gen 3 theme song play, SO MUCH NOSTALGIA HIT ME RIGHT IN THE FACE. I remember hearing that on so many commercials during my childhood, and that generation of toys were the ones I grew up with.
My dad didn't know I liked MLP, so one time when I was walking past the living room he stopped flipping through the channels onto the Hub and said "hey look it's your show" and I sat down and started watching it and he's like "...shouldn't you be running and screaming by now?" and I was like "Nah, this show's cool" and he looked at me like I said that I was now identifying myself as an elephant.
I loved G3!!! though, I think I likes the later instalments, with rarity, dream catcher and Minty. I swear, Minty was my favourite! what was with her and socks, we will never know!
I'm fine with men watching My Little Pony, but when they start drawing inappropriate pictures of the ponies and posting them online where kids could easily find them.... That is where I draw the line.
Two things. First off, just about everything that exists has porn about it on the internet. I'm not supporting this, just saying, you can't blame someone who likes a show because there are a few exceptions in their fandom, those exceptions exist everywhere. Second, I'd like to point out, not from a defending the porn point of view, but defending the 'places where kids can easily find them' point of view. Nearly all image boards have rules and mods who enforce them to keep things like that away from general public. Porn and whatnot is fairly contained on the internet - you pretty much have to search for it to find it. That said, there can be exceptions, like accidentally stumbling upon it in google images, for example. Even there though, there is safesearch, which has to be turned off. There are so many safeguards - not to mention the fact that parents should, at this point, recognize that the internet is not a place to leave a child without some sort of monitor or limit program to keep them in the right place - to prevent children from seeing bad images. I'm not saying the porn is right or wrong, just that it's not localized to mlp, it's not the mainstream fans' faults, and that parents need to be a bit more responsible with such an open medium.
BMXLore Your first point is the opposite of what I said. I literally said I am okay with men liking the show as long as they don't draw porn. Also, I don't think the ones who do draw porn taint the whole fanbase. Secondly, I stumbled upon porn of Twilight Sparkle just by searching her name a couple of months ago. I had my safe search on and it was on the first page of Google images. Some people who draw these drawings do not specify that their drawings are adult content and Google hadn't flagged them yet. Imagine a little girl or boy looking for a picture of their favorite pony online and finding a drawing of her masturbating or having sex...
You're really strange. I know that porn of such things like children's cartoon's exist but that doesn't make them okay.Sexualizing something made for kids is just morally wrong not to mention the fact that these children's characters are animals. Child marriages are also something that exists are those okay? No. And I am not specifically putting blame on MLP (though it is part of the blame for its own internet porn) this video is about MLP and your comment was as well soo...and if you need to curse to push your argument its automatically invalid. There are fetishes and then there are things that or just not okay no matter which way you look at it.
I grew up with g1 since my mum introduced me to the old toys then the movie (which I watched on repeat lol) didn't see g3 or 3.5 that pushed the hideously girly button. But when I found out Twilight, Spike and AJ would return in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic my proud eleven year old self fangirled 😊 the pilot was everything I loved about the original show it had magic, creatures, adventure and characters made with love and personality AND MORE. ♥
The comment section really shows that everyone has a different opinion on these generations and I think we, G4 fans, should acknowledge that more often.
I grew up watching G3. I legit looked up the intro again and I started tearing up. The amount of memories from my young mind started flowing back into my now 16 year old mind. It’s fun going back to your childhood shows.
G1: A good start G2: This turns the girl stereotype up G3: Much worse with the stereotype and the eyes look scary (also compare rainbow dash G4 to G3 and this is what you get Rainbow dash G4:*giggle*BWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHAAAHHH) LewToons I think you forgot G3.5 I will give my reaction to G3.5 :AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT ARE THESE DEMOND PONIES!!! G4: SO AWSOME AND THE SONGS, ANIMATIONS, SPECIAL EPISODES AND EVERY THING IS SO FRICKEN AWSOME, that I have actually classed myself as a brony or a pegasister (you will never know *insert evil laugh here*) and I would talk about the brony content but that will take me months to mention some, there is a lot of undesirable brilliance out there in the brony community, BTW I'm not try to say "become a brony" but I'll end this comment with this MLP has change many peoples lives.
What I love a lot about G4 is how much they use the fantasy element. What started with simple dragons and a manticore, turned into tatzle worms, Timberwolves, draconaquis, Cerberus, quaray eels, cockatrice, nightmare parasites, dream world, human world, Tartarus (deepest level of hell in Greek mythology), Constellation beings, tree of harmony, demons, Angels, changelings, gryphons, araspi, the list goes ON.
Girls: I like car racing,pokemon and video games Society: I WANT TO MARRY THIS GUUURRRRLL Boys: I like dolls,barbies and ponies Society: GET OUT OF HERE YOU GAY WIERDO Society....wtf?
This is why I find the whole 'gender role' a bit foolish. Females are not all about cute & cuddly things. Just as, males are not all about violence/action & creepy/cool things. Both sexes have their soft side (aka girly) and their more rebel/adventurous side (aka boyish). :P
I still remember in 2011 I watched the first episode and I was like "Okay, but this is still a pony show for girl..." and then she happened. Nightmare Moon stepped onto the stage cackling madly and in episode 2 opening credits throwing frickin lightning bolts at her enemies like a pony Goddess of Death with the power of Zeus before just turning into mist and flying away faster than any creature could catch! and OMBuckingG I was hooked! Over time Silver Spoon became my favorite, but I'm still a devout disciple of Luna and Nightmare Moon! And I was one of those bronies that was more chill about Twilight becoming an Alicorn Princess. The wings took a bit to get used to, but I thought the character had earned her title several times over. I WAS however strongly opposed to the Starlight Glimmer character joining the team. But she's grown on me, and I love her interactions with THE GREAT AND POWERFUL Trixie Lulamoon I'm just sad that season 5 was the last time I've heard Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara speak.
How do you feel about The School of Friendship? I thought they jumped the shark with that addition to the show. That's why I think characters like Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara were pushed aside, they had that new cast. Even the Mane Six weren't featured as much in season 8. Plus the CMC's getting their cutie marks seems like it happened to soon. It was like the writers couldn't figure out what to do with them after that.
@@58jharrisSeason 8 was definitely the most corporate feeling. But honestly, they still spent plenty of time on the main characters, it went about as good as it could have for a school and new group of characters. Other than the inconsistent character writing that became worse across the later seasons, but that's really unrelated to the school stuff.
Twilight was actually in G1.I'm the theme of G1, somepony says, "Watchout, twilight!" Just pointing it out.Also, the reason why Rainbow Dash said the dress Rarity made could be 20% cooler was because she used to be the fashionable pony :)
eh i never cared for the ponies. past or present. that said i dont hate it nor would i insult a person for caring for it. i can see the draw. its just not my thing
I second this. I watched a few episodes; I didn't mind them, nor did I hate it either. The animation is rather nice and music catchy but as a show it's not something I'd actively seek out. :-)
That was very brilliant and insightful, and also very kind! Even when speaking about minor negative things, you still kept it polite and detailed and explained everything out very thoughtfully. It was very impressive how you covered all four generations, as well as all the Bronies (more or less), and I think you hit everything with a bullseye. The fact is that the show really is awesome, and those who constantly mock it and/or its fans should honestly give it a try before judging. And, if they DID try but (for some reason) didn't like it, they should at least stay respectful and not hate on all those that DO love it. Oh, and Smile, Smile, Smile is MY favorite song, too. Season 4 has launched several awesome songs so far, but I don't think Smile, Smile, Smile will ever be knocked off the #1 slot for best song in the series. And I don't even like Pinkie Pie! That's how awesome the song is! So, great video! Loved the insight and opinions! Trixie approves.
"...those who constantly mock it and/or its fans should honestly give it a try.." Just as there are the obnoxious and level - headed bronies, so are there unreasonable and reasonable critics of the show and its fanbase. Sometimes, the fanbase gets mocked because of their obnoxiousness and rabid nature, which I think is a reasonable criticism and one that can be made without necessarily watching the show. Of course, there are ppl who mock the fanbase on pure grounds of the subject matter, itself, which I agree is unreasonable.
Maybe so, but it's still something I think we can agree on. I'm pretty sure ALL of us in the universe can be unreasonable sometimes and act like biased fools, but it still doesn't hurt to try and get a good word out anyway. For good or for worse. Like, there's been many shows that I, myself, have taken one look at and/or observed its fans and have called it stupid or awful. But then I finally gave in and just gave it a try, and I realized I was wrong. It just makes me wish that some people would try this more often instead of just being a cold-hearted, judgmental jerk. Do you even know how awkward and cruel it feels to simply comment on something on the internet, and just because I have a picture of Trixie Lulamoon as my avatar, someone responds to me and says: "Brony faggot. Die." People like that are just awful.
My list of the growth in mlp Gen 1 very 80s good villains and ehh songs Gen 2 they killed it Gen 3 beating a dead wait for it...HORSE PONY PUNS Gen 4 they used necromancy (aka Lauren Faust) to bring mlp back to life and it is FREAKING AMAZING!!
When I started watching the show, it was on TV just as background ambience but when it caught my eye, something about it just grabbed me and I sat and watched and... loved it... I just kept smiling as I watched; the characters, the animation, the music, the stories... I was hooked (first episode I watched was with Gilda in it), I thought I were weird and kept it to myself. Getting up early to watch the morning episodes, curtains drawn and at low volume. But one day on youtube, I found out people who watch MLP:FiM and were called Bronies. I was like "Holy shit... I'm a Brony... that's totally... AWESOME". I then rewatched season 1 in order this time (cause y'know what TV can be like) and I moved onto season 2 and half a year later, season 3 came out, which lead to season 4. This show has made me a better person and I'm glad to a Brony. Season 5 comes out soon and Equestria Girls 2 is in September :D I can't wait.
The 4th gen is nothing more than what made sitcoms my favorite kinds of TV shows; the characters are interesting, 3-D and develop over time; the story is interesting (most of the time); there are subtle jokes and references everywhere; and about 95% of it you won't notice the first time around. Combine it with the lack of adult humor that I usually find in bad taste, the action and other such tension in several situations, the cartoon's ability to do insane and incredible things on the same budget as everything else, and I've found another favourite show, right there next to Stargate-SG1 and Futurama. I'm practically kicking myself for only having checked it out this year, since I had always had trouble following the lines of which shows I'm supposed to watch.
i love gen 4 so much!! i grew up with it, as i’m a young teen now, but i also grew up with gen 3 a bit. i know everyone also loves gen 4, but it makes me so happy watching the older episodes especially because they’re so nostalgic for me 💗
Just remember people, if you don't like the fandom for whatever reason, you don't have to be a part of it. Watching episodes isn't going to force you to start browsing Brony sites and forums or suddenly cause your computer to start downloading fanart. You can just watch the episodes and judge them on their own merit, rather than judging them on some strange perception you have about bronies as a whole that probably actually only represents a minority.
im a girl but i never watched "girly stuff" like my little pony when i was young but after i heard that so many people like the new version i gave it a try and it was pretty nice
this reminds me of why I joined the fandom in the first place. The first episode I saw was just a random one on youtube (se1 ep11) and I remember going wtf am I doing and watched it out of curiosity and then I came a long way after I started watching it as I remembered the morals that help me in everyday life and lift up my spirits if I had a bad day
It's hard for me to explain it but MLP: FIM makes me so happy and the friendship theme people laughed at at my old school actually teaches lots of lessons people wouldn't know how to ask. It's the kind of show you watch when you're feeling down or after witnessing something scary, or just because you feel like it.
Haven't watched the video yet, but I just wanted to say that I'm sooooo glad you're finally doing your take on the huge phenomenon that is the fourth reboot of MLP. Being a huge fan if Friendship is Magic myself, I'm curious to see what you think of it.
There's a big misconception that the show is meant for little girls, but that's actually not true. People just ASSUME it is, but Lauren Faust would greatly disagree. She intended the show to be a family show for ALL ages. Therefore, regardless of age or gender, you're still part of the intended demographic.
G1 in my opinion was the best generation before friendship is magic being that it was the most interesting and having the best villains personally I would love to see some of those villains in G4
I saw a few episodes, couldnt get into it. Why is there so much hate for bronies? Ok they like a cartoon considered a bit girly, grow up people whats wrong with a guy showing interest in such a cartoon? And for those saying it makes you gay it doesnt I have some friends who are perfectly straight and are bronies. Like grow up, people act like bronies are watching some hentai, like really?
I think you just broke the internet with that well thought out statement. You don't like the show but can accept the fans? I didn't even know that was humanly possible. Well done, good sir! ;-)
I couldn't really get into the show either. My friend got me to watch the show, and when I saw it I really didn't like it, but I still understood why other people did like it. I can even relate to fluttershy and yet I don't like the show, reasonable though given that I like humor specific shows like South Park, or darker shows like Supernatural. The thing is though, I like to watch fan made MLP stuff on the internet, strange huh. I don't like MLP but I like fan made MLP videos. I just think it's kinda funny. My favorite thing to watch is Smile HD and Cupcakes reactions.
G3 was the fist one I watched when I was little and I thought it was cute, I like G4 more for story but G3 will hold a special place in my heart due to nostalgia
Even though I wasn't born when G1came out, I grew up with it. I remember my preschool teacher had a toy of one of the g1 ponies, and no one would believe me when I told them what her proper name was.
NA FUN FACT: Actually rainbow dash and pinkie pie were both in Generation 1 Rainbow dash was FLYER FLY. Pinkie pie was SURPRISE. WAIT RARITY was IN generation one too, I forgot which one she was but she was in iy
Gustavo Barría Chavarría I do prefer G4 but G1 gets too much hate. While I can't even watch more than a few seconds of Newborn Cutie's I am more than fine with people being fans of whatever they want. Just keep on liking G1 and ignore those haters. Especially other Bronies and Pegasisters. We of all people should know what it's like to be hated on for liking something and shouldn't do the same to other people. :D Brohoof!
Pinkie's "Smile" song is my favorite from the show, too! That one, and "May the Best Pet Win!" "Smile" is so cute, and Pinkie just adds that cheery stick-to-it-iveness in that episode, when she really lives up to the song's message, going "way, way, waaaay out of her way" to make Cranky Doodle Donkey happy. And "May the Best Pet Win" is just... unbelievably catchy. Like, I don't even know what else to say.
Me to it was the only thing I watched and my brother always asked why I watched fat pink horses dancing on rainbows and I asked him why he likes watching why we likes watching transformers turn into trucks then robots then trucks then robots....then back to trucks
I remember G4 coming out when I was seven, and I immediately fell in love with it and made a vow that I would never stop loving it XD (Here I am, almost 15 and still going strong LMAO)
Dash & Pinkie (especially Dash) are only really related to their G3 counterparts by name. Their personalities were based more on G1 Firefly & Surprise respectively.
I slightly hope they bring back Minty, EVEN JUST AS A BACKGROUND PONY! I grew up with gen 3 and I loved it! (Course not so much now, I find it very slow paced and boring now) But I have gone back a few times and rewatchef my fave gen 3 movie Mintys Christmas. Mintys always been one of my fave characters and I miss ER' D= On another note Rarity was In Gen 3 as well (but a diff Look and cutie mark) She was a pink Unicorn and a Princess
You know if you want minty so much muffin pretty much the same as her. Really they both sweet and well meaning but a klutz and both voiced by Tabitha saint germain(i don't know how to spell her name)
To be honest I never really understood people who hate bronies. If you don't like the show then thats fine but theres really no reason to hate those who do.
by bone tooled you meen no technology? actually equestria has a lot of technology. such as the super speedy cider squeezy six thousand which IS fueled by magic. they also have ambulances and arcade games construction tools and or giant machines. just sayin.
I don't care if people like it, the problem is when they get so fucking obsessed that EVERYTHING has to be about ponies and they have to start posting pony stuff on totally unrelated forums. And don't even get me started about the whole fapping over ponies thing (furry territory aka bestiality there).
are you an anti brony? you know some of us really dont post stuff about ponies on unrelated stuff. and i dont understand why someone would get mad at an entire gr oup of people for something a few did. it just seems dumb to me.
I don't understand fans who love the current generation and refuse to watch the generations prior to the newest one. I loved Gen. 3 as a kid. My mother watched Gen. 1 as a child as well. Without those previous generations, we wouldn't have Friendship is Magic, or the characters in them. Applejack was in gen 1. She also was sold as a figure for the third generation. Fluttershy appeared in generation 3. This was the time when her mane color was yellow and her coat was pink. Not only that, but her colors are very similar to a pony from the first generation named Posey. Rainbow Dash could easily be compared to Firefly from gen. 1. However, she did show up in the third generation with a completely different personality unlike the cartoon portrays her today. (When I first watched Friendship is Magic, I didn't want to like Rainbow Dash because of the HUGE changes she went through.) Rarity made her debut in the third gen. as a young pink unicorn that was rather childish. Twilight Sparkle was in gen. 1 as a unicorn named Twilight, Pinkie Pie was a major part of the third generation. (My favorite one as a kid was Pinkie.) Not only this, but Pinkie Pie's current voice actress has always voiced Pinkie Pie ever since she was in generation 3. (2003-2015) In the 100th episode, I freaked out when I heard Derpy's voice. I could tell that her voice actress was the same woman who did the voices for Minty, Thistle whistle, and Wysteria. I dunno if this seems THAT important, but I think it's a good idea to just watch the previous generations and learn a little stuff about them before hating it.
But at the time, people liked those ponies. Like I said, I grew up loving the third gen. I will admit that I collected the figures too. I refuse to give them away because they remind me of my childhood. I own a great deal of the movies too. You didn't get episodes with that gen. You bought the movies.
It's hard to try to watch the older generations for me at least. I grew up with the usual MLP is for girls thing and only got into G4 when I accidentally saw the S3 finale ( babysitting at the time) and the music hooked me in and got me interested. From this video I think I could get myself to watch Gen 1 it doesn't seem that bad. Gen 3 makes me feel exhausted somehow and to me Gen 2 seems to be the worst and I'll probably never check it out.
G3 rainbow dash had nothing to do with Rainbows nor dashing. Except her hair, rainbow. And cutie mark, but really what does that cutie mark even mean. G4 Rainbow Dash is Rainbow and is Dash, literally.
I grew up with G1 and I still love it. Magic, adventure, fighting monsters etc has always been so my thing. And I loved all the songs too. I didn't realise they moved away from than in later incarnations, such a shame. I do like Friendship is Magic but I still think the original was darker.
That was a lovely retrospective, very concise and considerate. Though, I'm a little surprised that so many people who review Pony History seem to skip Generation 3.5... oh. Well, that may be verboten. Looks like most folks would rather forget it exists, hopefully banishing it forever like Freddy Krueger. And let's not even approach the Newborn Cuties... or, as I call it, Generation 3.Cthulhu.
G1 it's a'right G2 no just no G3 to much PINK!!! G3.5 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY EYES G4 finally after all that horror of the previous genorations they mad something i like. G5 um why the heck did you wright G5 it hasn't even come out yet?
That was a very interesting show. I am a fan of My Little Pony Generation 4. I like how cute the ponies are. I like how they have deep and varied personalities. My favorite kind of episode is the season specials with the intense fantasy in it. Over time they tend to push the envelop more. I hope they keep it up. I have good memories. I was totally hooked when the ponies used the magic of friendship to defeat Nightmare Moon. There are also other things. Discord corrupts the ponies. Changelings crash a wedding. Twilight seemingly becomes a goddess. Twilight nukes Tirek, and the ponies seem to mega evolve. The ponies find what seems to be a town of communist ponies. *sarcastic* Yeah that is very entertaining just for the little girls. 7:11 This is my favorite part of the video. It is so funny and yet so bizarre. I wonder. What happened to Rainbow Dash before she got 20% cooler. The fourth generation has a refreshing variety of girls in the mane 6. I love that. Some of them are girly, like Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity. The others aren't, like Apple Jack, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle. Rainbow Dash is the most tomboyish member of the group. She is very bold, outspoken and athletic. This develops to flaws like arrogance and brashness. It is so weird to see Rainbow Dash as a fashonista girlie girl in generation 3. I am thinking that there are two ponies that contribute to the modern Rainbow Dash. The more obvious one is the generation 3 Rainbow Dash. The name and overall appearance is the same. The other is Firefly, a pony from generation 1. She has the adventurous personality and the pegasis wings like the modern Rainbow Dash. Another weird generation 3 pony is Rarity. Except for the name and the unicorn horn, she is nothing like the Rarity of generation 4. The modern Rarity is the girliest member of the mane 6. She is really into fashion and she is a real drama queen. In generation 3, all the ponies were really really girly. Relatively Rarity was one of the least girly. She likes to have have action. She is a fun loving party animal. When generations go from 3 to 4, Rainbow Dash and Rarity seem to have their personalities switched. It would be really amusing if there was an episode where Rarity tries to doll up Rainbow Dash. She can even shout out "Rainbow Dash always dresses in style."
I’m from G1, I love G1, I went to see today the new movie, with twilight and the rest, I was bored out of my mind, I felt they were ruining ny childhood.
On the whole S04 has been the most stable Season of all, theres very little to dislike... Well not counting E20 - Leap of Faith. Which I'll need to rewatch more closely then I could on Brony State. But that's cause AJs BEST PONY and I didn't think she was guilty of that Aesop.
You forgot gen 3.5 and I am actually glad you did...that art restyle was weird for MLP, Gen 3 was far too brightly colored for me to stand watching and the eyes were wrong and it just didnt seem right so when they did chibi mlp I just stopped watching after half an ep, I couldn't cope with it. Thank God gen 4 gave us a more nicer color pallet and normal eyes and nothing chibi.
I have 3.5 toys but I was born in 2005 so I have some g3 ponies and g4 I got alot of toys and stuff but I say g3 or g3.5 is kinda better because it has star song
Is It Just Me? Or Did They Switch Rarity And Rainbow Dash's Personalitys From G3 To G4
No, i thought That too
They did.
Rarity g4 got Rainbow dash g3 personality while Firefly from g1 took Rainbow Dash body and became g4 rainbow dash.
Yes they did
Thats another reason why i hate gen 4
They did
G1 is underrated. It's classic High Fantasy and not as fluffy or light and soft as you might think.
Amen to that.
It was a good show overall, but it kind of lacks character development and the pony characters are not strongly enough defined in my opinion.
bob smith Its more about the human girl Megan and her siblings, plus Spike the Dragon
Maybe, but the worldbuilding was virtually nonexistent, the characters were nowhere near as developed and complex as those in MLP:FiM and on top of that, G4 ponies are way more badass than their G1 counterparts and manage to accomplish an incredible feat of being adorable (but not to sickening degree) and at the same time, perfectly capable of ass-kicking anyone who crossed them. I watched G1 ponies as a kid, and although I don't remember much of it, I recall the ponies running away from their enemies and actively avoiding direct confrontation most of the time.
Genesivare The G1 ponies were perfectly willing to fight if they had to, as seen in rescue at midnight castle, the fugitive flowers 2 parter and the would be dragon slayer among others. Worldbuilding didn't really take off in cartoons until the 2000s with shows like Avatar The Last Airbender, Ben 10 and the DCAU; sure, cartoons had lore and backstory before then, but not so much the idea of creating a unique universe. The characters were fairly basic, but no more so than most other saturday morning cartoons of the mid to late 80s.
FUN FACT:
G3 Rarity's voice actor also voiced G4 Spike!
😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
THETALKER yep
Is that another reason why rarity and spike are shipped?
I'm looking for more reasons to back up my fan fics on them
THETALKER No. "FiMfictions" --MLP fanfictions-- just ship them for an unknown reason, like all "FiMfictions".
1. It was a joke
2. There is proof in the show that spike likes rarity
So people do have a reason to ship them
As a lifelong fan and member of the original adult community for My Little Pony, I want to thank you for taking such an open-minded stance about the original shows! I can tell that you actually watched them in depth and noticed many of the factors that modern fans of MLP tend to miss (and that us older fans have loved for decades!).
I would have to agree with you, because I used to have MLP's, and I still have MLP DVD Box Set too, I wouldn't Be Surprised If There Ever was a Live Action Movie Based On the 80's Cartoon Show, They Better Have the 80's Cartoon Theme Song, Unlike Other Movies Based on other 80s Cartoons, Like, Speed Racer, Jem and The Holograms, G.I Joe A Real American Hero, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Underdog, Smurfs, Alvin and The Chipmunks, Garfield, also I don't Care Who would produce it, Like Michael Bay or anyone else.
Is it bad I loved all the generations? Even the "creepy" ones?
Even 3.5 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 that's brave, very brave
Yup, I watched all of the series. I am brave.
Just watch it on. TH-cam you'll understand
No cause I feel the same
Yay >w
I'm not a guy, yet I refused to watch MLP G4 mostly because I assumed it was a lot like G3, which is what I grew up with. I thought it would be so girly and so ridiculously well...pink, that I wouldn't be able to watch. I made it to episode two, and was surprised by the plot and characters. Intrigued, I kept watching, and hell, I was definitely surprised. It is worth the watch if you can withstand the more girly side of it and the cheesy dialogue (at times).
Ok, just tell me one thing. How awesome is the music to you?
xXInfXx Flipping amazing. Top 3 favorites: This Day, Super Cider Squeezy 600, and Babs Seed.
River Spirit This day has got to be my favourite one :P
***** And it ended up being bloody awesome.
River Spirit
what about "at the gala"!?
One of my favorite things about G4 is that the writers actually take things from the fandom and make it cannon. For example: a large section of background character's personalities and names came from the fandom. It's a very unique, very cool thing that MLP:FiM does that I haven't really seen anywhere else.
true
Rightt
Derpy forever !
They also had the internet nowa days
hey im from the future, heads up same thing happens wit the sonic movie.
I grew up with G3. I sometimes feel guilty liking it. My mom also showed me G1. I love that one the most. I'm sorry G4 fans. I just like the original one better.
Arianna Byrd+ yup
I agree. G1 was the original and the best. It's what MLP is and will always be.
Arianna Byrd my first was 1 or 2 I used to have movies from G1 and/or 2
Arianna Byrd same here
Yes same
Rarity and Fluttershy also existed in G3 :)
Rainbow Dash too
They said it, in the video.
David lechevalier Oh I didn't catch that
xFrigoreluna No, i was talking to MajecticPasta.
+David lechevalier I know, I wasn't that far in the video when I posted the comment
Haters can't call Bronies "gay" for watching a show full of female characters.
So true 😉 it's just men who like a show 😌
ITS YUM FRIGGIN SODAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yum soda Technically, they _can_. It's just stupid to do so.
Lol hi yumsoda :3
yum soda they are not calling bronies gay only for that... You know, there's something they call 'clopping', which is disguisiting.
You assume that because the first special was dark and adventurous, the adventure must be put there to appeal to boys, or G1 must have been partially marketed towards both genders. Nope. It had adventure because little girls like adventure, and because 80s cartoons in general tended that way. (I suggest you watch the Rainbow Brite pilot, which was even darker and more post-apocalyptic than MLP.)
Also, it was not the success of the MLP cartoons that made Hasbro willing to make more toys. It was the success of the TOYLINE that made Hasbro willing to make specials / cartoons. The toyline was the number one girls toy before the first special was even made. The cartoons were just a little extra advertising. Lots of pony-crazed girls never even watched them (as they tended to come on at awkward times, like very early in the morning).
I respect the fact you've tried to actually be fair with G1 in this, as a lot of similar videos blatantly aren't.
The comment at 3 mins is a bit sexist "not responding to the female fanbase = adventure". As a G1 pony girl I played zombies and my ponies had adventures, not tea parties.
The other thing I have to object to is the classifying of Tales as G2. You mention siding with the 'people who consider it g2', but in reality those are all bronies. It's not a classification any pre-FIM pony fan would ever use.
The reason it's considered G1 isn't just because the toyline was G1 style. It's deeper than that. The US didn't get the pony comics, but in the comic universe, there are ponies who cross over between these different narratives. Glowing magic ponies and rockin beats (your clip includes Sweet Notes as one of Melody's guitarists) to name examples. In the comics these ponies are shown alongside characters that appear in MLP and Friends, such as Fizzy, and are then later included in the Tales stories. So putting together toy style, date and narrative, they are G1, because they intersect.
I prefer to think of Tales as the future of G1 animation's world, since the mentioned pony sets don't appear in MLP and Friends. The thing is that the emphasis on animation as part of defining MLP didn't happen until G4 and bronies often then look on older gens with the hindsight of animation being core, which it isn't. G1 in particular has a lot of different storylines going on at once, with comics, backcards, books, and animation as well. The G1 animation isn't that important, so you can't use it to define where a generation begins or ends. Again, this is something only bronies do. No older gen fans would ever do this.
Something you didn't bring up with G4.
1) While the voice cast of G4 is consisted of Canadian Actors and Actresses like Tabitha St Germain, Andrea Libman, Ashleigh Ball, Cathy Weisluck, Nicole Oliver, and even Beast Wars actors like Gary Chalk, Scott McNeil, Richard Newman and Ian James Corlett, they also brought in LA Actors Tara Strong(Twilight Sparkle), John De Lancie(Discord) and Weird Al Yankovic(Cheese Sandwich)
2) There were also a few other G1 elements brought into G4. Examples include:
-Tirek(The first ever My Little Pony villain, reimagined as a magic-draining Centaur)
-Scorpan(The gargoyle, reimagined as Tirek's brother)
-The Smooze(The previous villain of the My Little Pony movie, having become Discord's friend that he brought to the Gala)
-Moondancer(A G1 pony reimagined. Her story is fleshed out in "Amending Fences.")
Daimando 2) these are all from season 5 , the video was uploaded in 2014.
But still cool info.
Tirek appeared in the Season 4 Finale as the big bad.
Daimando maybe he forhot or didn't get to mention it
+Daimando , Tara Strong was also born in Canada, eh?
Tara Lyn Charendoff
February 12, 1973 (age 42)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
also scoot-a-loo from gen 3
Gen 3: Rainbow Dash always dresses in style!
Gen 4: Get me out of this dress! I need to fly!!!!!
Fanfiction: In the rainbow factory!! Where your fears and horrors come true!
Scooter Dracon
lmao
Scooter Dracon ikr rainbow dash in g 3 shes like a girly girly girl and in g4 SHES A TOTAL NEW PERSON and is a tom boy
Ikr like Rainbow Dash : * looks at G3 * That is SO NOT ME
Lol xD
+Time2Draw
That's because she isn't. They wanted Firefly to comeback into G4, but couldn't, therefore Rainbow Dash had to change her whole personality
GUYS HE FORGOT MLP G3.5
Shhhhhhh.....It's for the best. Just let it die...
+Kaleigh Anderson Lol
No....Never.. again..
I LOVE G3.5 THO D:
Jasmin Perillo What Mlp G3.5
You forgot G 3.5 *shudders* they are horrifying
Metallic yeah ikr
Yes very.
Nightmares
I was about to say that
I had nightmares.
I never watched any of the shows, but man, when I heard that gen 3 theme song play, SO MUCH NOSTALGIA HIT ME RIGHT IN THE FACE. I remember hearing that on so many commercials during my childhood, and that generation of toys were the ones I grew up with.
My dad didn't know I liked MLP, so one time when I was walking past the living room he stopped flipping through the channels onto the Hub and said "hey look it's your show" and I sat down and started watching it and he's like "...shouldn't you be running and screaming by now?" and I was like "Nah, this show's cool" and he looked at me like I said that I was now identifying myself as an elephant.
Looking at this comment without laughing is a crime against humanity.
I love this so much... YAYYYYY
Gen 3 was the one i grew up with
Isaiah Millis Me too but I mainly grew up with g3.5 and g4
Isaiah Millis same I absolutely loved it😂
Same! And I love it! The ponies actually have personalities, and the show is so elegant and girly!
Moonstone YT Channel me 2
i grew up with g4
G3 was my childhood
Me too!
me too :)
I loved G3!!! though, I think I likes the later instalments, with rarity, dream catcher and Minty. I swear, Minty was my favourite! what was with her and socks, we will never know!
HotCocoaLover+ when i was younger i love g3 mlp but, sometimes it creeps me out
i grew up in g4
8:55 Horse puns...the glue that keeps this community stable.
was that intentional
I'm fine with men watching My Little Pony, but when they start drawing inappropriate pictures of the ponies and posting them online where kids could easily find them.... That is where I draw the line.
Two things. First off, just about everything that exists has porn about it on the internet. I'm not supporting this, just saying, you can't blame someone who likes a show because there are a few exceptions in their fandom, those exceptions exist everywhere.
Second, I'd like to point out, not from a defending the porn point of view, but defending the 'places where kids can easily find them' point of view. Nearly all image boards have rules and mods who enforce them to keep things like that away from general public. Porn and whatnot is fairly contained on the internet - you pretty much have to search for it to find it. That said, there can be exceptions, like accidentally stumbling upon it in google images, for example. Even there though, there is safesearch, which has to be turned off. There are so many safeguards - not to mention the fact that parents should, at this point, recognize that the internet is not a place to leave a child without some sort of monitor or limit program to keep them in the right place - to prevent children from seeing bad images. I'm not saying the porn is right or wrong, just that it's not localized to mlp, it's not the mainstream fans' faults, and that parents need to be a bit more responsible with such an open medium.
BMXLore
Your first point is the opposite of what I said. I literally said I am okay with men liking the show as long as they don't draw porn. Also, I don't think the ones who do draw porn taint the whole fanbase.
Secondly, I stumbled upon porn of Twilight Sparkle just by searching her name a couple of months ago. I had my safe search on and it was on the first page of Google images. Some people who draw these drawings do not specify that their drawings are adult content and Google hadn't flagged them yet. Imagine a little girl or boy looking for a picture of their favorite pony online and finding a drawing of her masturbating or having sex...
***** that happened to me one time except it was pokemon
Vinyl_Frost If you think drawing porn of ponies is okay or normal you need help
You're really strange. I know that porn of such things like children's cartoon's exist but that doesn't make them okay.Sexualizing something made for kids is just morally wrong not to mention the fact that these children's characters are animals. Child marriages are also something that exists are those okay? No. And I am not specifically putting blame on MLP (though it is part of the blame for its own internet porn) this video is about MLP and your comment was as well soo...and if you need to curse to push your argument its automatically invalid. There are fetishes and then there are things that or just not okay no matter which way you look at it.
Rainbow Dash always dresses in style 😂
Noooooooooooooo
My childhood
And Sweetiebelle's magic brings a brand new smile
Ya lol 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 XD
I grew up with g1 since my mum introduced me to the old toys then the movie (which I watched on repeat lol) didn't see g3 or 3.5 that pushed the hideously girly button. But when I found out Twilight, Spike and AJ would return in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic my proud eleven year old self fangirled 😊 the pilot was everything I loved about the original show it had magic, creatures, adventure and characters made with love and personality AND MORE. ♥
You do realize that Spike is in g3.
A brony was born today.....
+Kathleen Hamilton May God save your soul, my child.
+Vault Boy Fuck you.
Welcome to the herd! :D
Megan Flynn
You mean welcome to hell?
Vault Boy ...
The comment section really shows that everyone has a different opinion on these generations and I think we, G4 fans, should acknowledge that more often.
Ivan Somkin I agree.
I grew up watching G3. I legit looked up the intro again and I started tearing up. The amount of memories from my young mind started flowing back into my now 16 year old mind. It’s fun going back to your childhood shows.
My Little Pony G4 was the one I grew up with and I loved it so much.
Same, but I also grew up with G3.5.
G1: A good start
G2: This turns the girl stereotype up
G3: Much worse with the stereotype and the eyes look scary (also compare rainbow dash G4 to G3 and this is what you get Rainbow dash G4:*giggle*BWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHAAAHHH)
LewToons I think you forgot G3.5 I will give my reaction to G3.5 :AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT ARE THESE DEMOND PONIES!!!
G4: SO AWSOME AND THE SONGS, ANIMATIONS, SPECIAL EPISODES AND EVERY THING IS SO FRICKEN AWSOME, that I have actually classed myself as a brony or a pegasister (you will never know *insert evil laugh here*) and I would talk about the brony content but that will take me months to mention some, there is a lot of undesirable brilliance out there in the brony community, BTW I'm not try to say "become a brony" but I'll end this comment with this MLP has change many peoples lives.
G1 and 2 were decent,just girlies as time went by. G3 was too girly for a girly girl. G4 was right in the middle,making it perfect.
What I love a lot about G4 is how much they use the fantasy element. What started with simple dragons and a manticore, turned into tatzle worms, Timberwolves, draconaquis, Cerberus, quaray eels, cockatrice, nightmare parasites, dream world, human world, Tartarus (deepest level of hell in Greek mythology), Constellation beings, tree of harmony, demons, Angels, changelings, gryphons, araspi, the list goes ON.
Girls:
I like car racing,pokemon and video games
Society:
I WANT TO MARRY THIS GUUURRRRLL
Boys:
I like dolls,barbies and ponies
Society:
GET OUT OF HERE YOU GAY WIERDO
Society....wtf?
sadly i believe this is because somewhere some-one is still stupid enough to be sexist
This is why I find the whole 'gender role' a bit foolish. Females are not all about cute & cuddly things. Just as, males are not all about violence/action & creepy/cool things. Both sexes have their soft side (aka girly) and their more rebel/adventurous side (aka boyish). :P
Pokemon was designed for both genders it's just made on a game boy which girls took to seriosly
CanadianKitty I know, Its just some people put it as a boy stereotype. I really enjoy pokemon tho
Barbie that's from left field
Grew up with G3, so I consider it a guilty pleasure.
Me too
I also grew up with G3.
SEGASister same
SEGASister same here
G3 is the one I grew up with too.
I remember gen 3! I loved it! I had like al the ponnies! Awwhh... Childhood...
I still remember in 2011 I watched the first episode and I was like "Okay, but this is still a pony show for girl..." and then she happened. Nightmare Moon stepped onto the stage cackling madly and in episode 2 opening credits throwing frickin lightning bolts at her enemies like a pony Goddess of Death with the power of Zeus before just turning into mist and flying away faster than any creature could catch! and OMBuckingG I was hooked!
Over time Silver Spoon became my favorite, but I'm still a devout disciple of Luna and Nightmare Moon!
And I was one of those bronies that was more chill about Twilight becoming an Alicorn Princess. The wings took a bit to get used to, but I thought the character had earned her title several times over. I WAS however strongly opposed to the Starlight Glimmer character joining the team. But she's grown on me, and I love her interactions with THE GREAT AND POWERFUL Trixie Lulamoon
I'm just sad that season 5 was the last time I've heard Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara speak.
How do you feel about The School of Friendship? I thought they jumped the shark with that addition to the show. That's why I think characters like Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara were pushed aside, they had that new cast. Even the Mane Six weren't featured as much in season 8. Plus the CMC's getting their cutie marks seems like it happened to soon. It was like the writers couldn't figure out what to do with them after that.
@@58jharrisSeason 8 was definitely the most corporate feeling.
But honestly, they still spent plenty of time on the main characters, it went about as good as it could have for a school and new group of characters.
Other than the inconsistent character writing that became worse across the later seasons, but that's really unrelated to the school stuff.
“So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural.” - John Stuart Mill
Twilight was actually in G1.I'm the theme of G1, somepony says, "Watchout, twilight!" Just pointing it out.Also, the reason why Rainbow Dash said the dress Rarity made could be 20% cooler was because she used to be the fashionable pony :)
I grew up on G1 and I still prefer G1.
I prefer G4 but G1 looks the most tolerable between 2 and 3.
me too
g1 is awesome too
eh i never cared for the ponies. past or present. that said i dont hate it nor would i insult a person for caring for it. i can see the draw. its just not my thing
As a brony, that is the reaction i want from the majority of people. Everyone has different cups of tea, I respect yours, you respect mine.
I second this. I watched a few episodes; I didn't mind them, nor did I hate it either. The animation is rather nice and music catchy but as a show it's not something I'd actively seek out. :-)
well this is lovely just wish more people were this way.
Gavin McNeil
I'll always respect your cup of tea!
THANK YOU for having a sense of DIGNITY!!!
That was very brilliant and insightful, and also very kind! Even when speaking about minor negative things, you still kept it polite and detailed and explained everything out very thoughtfully. It was very impressive how you covered all four generations, as well as all the Bronies (more or less), and I think you hit everything with a bullseye. The fact is that the show really is awesome, and those who constantly mock it and/or its fans should honestly give it a try before judging. And, if they DID try but (for some reason) didn't like it, they should at least stay respectful and not hate on all those that DO love it. Oh, and Smile, Smile, Smile is MY favorite song, too. Season 4 has launched several awesome songs so far, but I don't think Smile, Smile, Smile will ever be knocked off the #1 slot for best song in the series. And I don't even like Pinkie Pie! That's how awesome the song is! So, great video! Loved the insight and opinions! Trixie approves.
"...those who constantly mock it and/or its fans should honestly give it a try.."
Just as there are the obnoxious and level - headed bronies, so are there unreasonable and reasonable critics of the show and its fanbase.
Sometimes, the fanbase gets mocked because of their obnoxiousness and rabid nature, which I think is a reasonable criticism and one that can be made without necessarily watching the show.
Of course, there are ppl who mock the fanbase on pure grounds of the subject matter, itself, which I agree is unreasonable.
Maybe so, but it's still something I think we can agree on. I'm pretty sure ALL of us in the universe can be unreasonable sometimes and act like biased fools, but it still doesn't hurt to try and get a good word out anyway. For good or for worse. Like, there's been many shows that I, myself, have taken one look at and/or observed its fans and have called it stupid or awful. But then I finally gave in and just gave it a try, and I realized I was wrong. It just makes me wish that some people would try this more often instead of just being a cold-hearted, judgmental jerk. Do you even know how awkward and cruel it feels to simply comment on something on the internet, and just because I have a picture of Trixie Lulamoon as my avatar, someone responds to me and says: "Brony faggot. Die." People like that are just awful.
Something is starting, right now. Something is starting, oh wow!
PUBERTY.
sophiebophiex I came across this comment as soon as that part came on 😂
My list of the growth in mlp
Gen 1 very 80s good villains and ehh songs
Gen 2 they killed it
Gen 3 beating a dead wait for it...HORSE PONY PUNS
Gen 4 they used necromancy (aka Lauren Faust) to bring mlp back to life and it is FREAKING AMAZING!!
When I started watching the show, it was on TV just as background ambience but when it caught my eye, something about it just grabbed me and I sat and watched and... loved it... I just kept smiling as I watched; the characters, the animation, the music, the stories... I was hooked (first episode I watched was with Gilda in it), I thought I were weird and kept it to myself. Getting up early to watch the morning episodes, curtains drawn and at low volume. But one day on youtube, I found out people who watch MLP:FiM and were called Bronies. I was like "Holy shit... I'm a Brony... that's totally... AWESOME". I then rewatched season 1 in order this time (cause y'know what TV can be like) and I moved onto season 2 and half a year later, season 3 came out, which lead to season 4. This show has made me a better person and I'm glad to a Brony. Season 5 comes out soon and Equestria Girls 2 is in September :D I can't wait.
Sims 4 is in September
Skel the shapeshifter And Destiny... I think...
SivyerProductions yeah, uh see you on the game....
BronyTraceuse Hopefully not in the Crucible ;)
***** It was totally OVER 9000!!!
The 4th gen is nothing more than what made sitcoms my favorite kinds of TV shows; the characters are interesting, 3-D and develop over time; the story is interesting (most of the time); there are subtle jokes and references everywhere; and about 95% of it you won't notice the first time around. Combine it with the lack of adult humor that I usually find in bad taste, the action and other such tension in several situations, the cartoon's ability to do insane and incredible things on the same budget as everything else, and I've found another favourite show, right there next to Stargate-SG1 and Futurama. I'm practically kicking myself for only having checked it out this year, since I had always had trouble following the lines of which shows I'm supposed to watch.
i love gen 4 so much!! i grew up with it, as i’m a young teen now, but i also grew up with gen 3 a bit. i know everyone also loves gen 4, but it makes me so happy watching the older episodes especially because they’re so nostalgic for me 💗
Same
I got into MLP during G3. It breaks my heart to see people hate on it so much.
Just remember people, if you don't like the fandom for whatever reason, you don't have to be a part of it. Watching episodes isn't going to force you to start browsing Brony sites and forums or suddenly cause your computer to start downloading fanart. You can just watch the episodes and judge them on their own merit, rather than judging them on some strange perception you have about bronies as a whole that probably actually only represents a minority.
I would LOVE to see you do this for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
"Rainbow dash always dresses in style"
-Mlp G3.5
G3-RAINBOW DASH ALWAYS DRESSES IN STYLE
Lol. G4 is totally different.
I know
what g3 say to match g4: rarity always dresses in style
im a girl but i never watched "girly stuff" like my little pony when i was young
but after i heard that so many people like the new version i gave it a try and it was pretty nice
this reminds me of why I joined the fandom in the first place. The first episode I saw was just a random one on youtube (se1 ep11) and I remember going wtf am I doing and watched it out of curiosity and then I came a long way after I started watching it as I remembered the morals that help me in everyday life and lift up my spirits if I had a bad day
It's hard for me to explain it but MLP: FIM makes me so happy and the friendship theme people laughed at at my old school actually teaches lots of lessons people wouldn't know how to ask. It's the kind of show you watch when you're feeling down or after witnessing something scary, or just because you feel like it.
Gen 1- Meh, ok.
Gen 2- Ummm, no.
Gen 3- Oh God.
Gen 3.5- Dear Celestia. MY EYES!
Gen 4- Hell yeah.
We dont talk about the atrosity of G3.5 XD
KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!
OH S**T, it's getting back up!
NUKE IT! NUKE IT!!
XD
Haven't watched the video yet, but I just wanted to say that I'm sooooo glad you're finally doing your take on the huge phenomenon that is the fourth reboot of MLP. Being a huge fan if Friendship is Magic myself, I'm curious to see what you think of it.
Gen 1 awesome
Gen 2 awful
Gen 3 ...We do not speak of it...
Gen 3.5 Hey Satan, we found something to use for toture! :D
Gen 4 Orgasmation
Yep
This man speaks.. tha TRUTH!
baxer365 im not a man! ouo im a 16 year old pony! :3
yoyoyoshio267 xD
pony hatr And so you should, that's blasphemy
I love g1 my little ponies ☺😀😃❤💓💕💖
Nice
There's a big misconception that the show is meant for little girls, but that's actually not true. People just ASSUME it is, but Lauren Faust would greatly disagree. She intended the show to be a family show for ALL ages. Therefore, regardless of age or gender, you're still part of the intended demographic.
4th generation is actually good. Watchable by all genders/ages.
No wonder why it's so successful.. They had the same producer from the power puff girls.. Use to love that show when I was a kid lol.
Gen 4 was the one I grew up with and loved
Yesss lm a Filipino!
G1 in my opinion was the best generation before friendship is magic being that it was the most interesting and having the best villains personally I would love to see some of those villains in G4
I saw a few episodes, couldnt get into it. Why is there so much hate for bronies? Ok they like a cartoon considered a bit girly, grow up people whats wrong with a guy showing interest in such a cartoon? And for those saying it makes you gay it doesnt I have some friends who are perfectly straight and are bronies. Like grow up, people act like bronies are watching some hentai, like really?
I think you just broke the internet with that well thought out statement. You don't like the show but can accept the fans? I didn't even know that was humanly possible. Well done, good sir! ;-)
Thank you, if only there were more people who thought that way
thanks, you are one of the good people left on earth.
I couldn't really get into the show either. My friend got me to watch the show, and when I saw it I really didn't like it, but I still understood why other people did like it. I can even relate to fluttershy and yet I don't like the show, reasonable though given that I like humor specific shows like South Park, or darker shows like Supernatural.
The thing is though, I like to watch fan made MLP stuff on the internet, strange huh. I don't like MLP but I like fan made MLP videos. I just think it's kinda funny. My favorite thing to watch is Smile HD and Cupcakes reactions.
hurry tell the anti- bronies this ;-;
Princess Luna is the best pony ever LUNA FOREVER!!!!!!!
Agreed
This is a really well put together video, 7 years later! Thanks for the content, friend!
G3 was the fist one I watched when I was little and I thought it was cute, I like G4 more for story but G3 will hold a special place in my heart due to nostalgia
Even though I wasn't born when G1came out, I grew up with it. I remember my preschool teacher had a toy of one of the g1 ponies, and no one would believe me when I told them what her proper name was.
Holly shit I remember having one of the original my little ponies. I was so confused when I say the new show and was like "what da f@ck is this?!"
omg same. I was so shocked when my guy friends were talking about it for the entirety of 2012 and was confused when I saw Happy Meal toys of MLP
Layton pro 🎩⚡ um... It's one of the best shows in the world
Block pony I think Layton just meant that it looked different than the original toys
Block Pony I meant that it looks completely different from the originals and has a different atmosphere to it as well
SAME
NA FUN FACT: Actually rainbow dash and pinkie pie were both in Generation 1
Rainbow dash was FLYER FLY. Pinkie pie was SURPRISE.
WAIT RARITY was IN generation one too, I forgot which one she was but she was in iy
Rarity was a unicorn named Sparkler
Rarity could be Sweet Stuff.
but those specific characters names started in g3
Twilight as well With the same Name. She was the pink unicorn in Rescue from the Midnight Castle.
@@Rhea23X except without the "sparkle" at the end
You forgot generation 3.5, the scariest satan spawn around
Zucchini Zoe shhhh.....we don't talk about that anymooooooore
Zucchini Zoe How is it scary? it's cute in my opinion.
Pixie Dust
then you must be braver than the rest of us.
No one ever mention that again ok. Now have regularly nightmares because of that show and I am a brony.
Zucchini Zoe It was adorable for me, I also grew up with it
i've been watching G4 since it began so when I discovered G1 G2 and G3, i was like "WHAT IN THE FUUUUAAAA????"
It honestly just depends on which one you watched first. My mom showed my G1 and that one will always be my favorite.
@SnoopyPenguin Ok.
G1 and G3 will always be my favorites
I personally like more G1 than G4. BUT THAT'S JUST ME!!!
Gustavo Barría Chavarría I do prefer G4 but G1 gets too much hate. While I can't even watch more than a few seconds of Newborn Cutie's I am more than fine with people being fans of whatever they want. Just keep on liking G1 and ignore those haters. Especially other Bronies and Pegasisters. We of all people should know what it's like to be hated on for liking something and shouldn't do the same to other people. :D Brohoof!
Totally agree. G1 was my childhood.
When I was younger, I enjoyed watching G1 and G3 and 3.5
I still love them, they're my guilty pleasure c:
Pinkie's "Smile" song is my favorite from the show, too! That one, and "May the Best Pet Win!" "Smile" is so cute, and Pinkie just adds that cheery stick-to-it-iveness in that episode, when she really lives up to the song's message, going "way, way, waaaay out of her way" to make Cranky Doodle Donkey happy. And "May the Best Pet Win" is just... unbelievably catchy. Like, I don't even know what else to say.
I'm with you there. "Smile" never fails to MAKE me smile. It's prozac with a melody.
lol
Roblox Master You mean Smile HD? Been there, done that, seen the reacts videos.
Roblox Master I'm a girl o.o
don't talk crap bout g3 I grew up with that!
+Zoi Hogan that doesn't make it a good show
+Zoi Hogan I grew up with it, but i still find it more girly. I like shows partially boy and partially girl based
Oh so now if a show is more girly it's better? :D
I agree!
Me to it was the only thing I watched and my brother always asked why I watched fat pink horses dancing on rainbows and I asked him why he likes watching why we likes watching transformers turn into trucks then robots then trucks then robots....then back to trucks
I remember G4 coming out when I was seven, and I immediately fell in love with it and made a vow that I would never stop loving it XD (Here I am, almost 15 and still going strong LMAO)
Dash & Pinkie (especially Dash) are only really related to their G3 counterparts by name. Their personalities were based more on G1 Firefly & Surprise respectively.
I slightly hope they bring back Minty, EVEN JUST AS A BACKGROUND PONY! I grew up with gen 3 and I loved it! (Course not so much now, I find it very slow paced and boring now) But I have gone back a few times and rewatchef my fave gen 3 movie Mintys Christmas. Mintys always been one of my fave characters and I miss ER' D=
On another note Rarity was In Gen 3 as well (but a diff Look and cutie mark) She was a pink Unicorn and a Princess
FUCK I LOVED MINTY SO MUCH
You know if you want minty so much muffin pretty much the same as her. Really they both sweet and well meaning but a klutz and both voiced by Tabitha saint germain(i don't know how to spell her name)
Minty throughout the Minty Christmas movie: Socks! Socks! SOCKS! S O C K S! fix tree. SOCKS!!!!
I HAVE A STUFFED ANIMAL OF MINTY IN A SANTA HAT AND IT SINGS! I THINK ITS IN THE STORAGE ROOM SOMEWHERE!
Thistle whistle and minty where my favs back then i miss them
you missed a generation (half a generation?)
it was two episodes known as "newborn cueties" and it was basically literal torture to watch
Great Video, and a Good Neutral Review on a Cartoon which is oftenly overshadowed because of it's annoying fanbase and haters.
Can I make a comparison between MLP and CoD in that regard?
“We all know what Julie Andrews said”
No, I don’t
bon bon, rarity, scootalou, sweetie belle, and charilie are also names/characters brought back for gen4
To be honest I never really understood people who hate bronies. If you don't like the show then thats fine but theres really no reason to hate those who do.
Someone gets it.
I agree!
by bone tooled you meen no technology? actually equestria has a lot of technology. such as the super speedy cider squeezy six thousand which IS fueled by magic. they also have ambulances and arcade games construction tools and or giant machines. just sayin.
I don't care if people like it, the problem is when they get so fucking obsessed that EVERYTHING has to be about ponies and they have to start posting pony stuff on totally unrelated forums. And don't even get me started about the whole fapping over ponies thing (furry territory aka bestiality there).
are you an anti brony? you know some of us really dont post stuff about ponies on unrelated stuff. and i dont understand why someone would get mad at an entire gr oup of people for something a few did. it just seems dumb to me.
I don't understand fans who love the current generation and refuse to watch the generations prior to the newest one. I loved Gen. 3 as a kid. My mother watched Gen. 1 as a child as well. Without those previous generations, we wouldn't have Friendship is Magic, or the characters in them. Applejack was in gen 1. She also was sold as a figure for the third generation. Fluttershy appeared in generation 3. This was the time when her mane color was yellow and her coat was pink. Not only that, but her colors are very similar to a pony from the first generation named Posey. Rainbow Dash could easily be compared to Firefly from gen. 1. However, she did show up in the third generation with a completely different personality unlike the cartoon portrays her today. (When I first watched Friendship is Magic, I didn't want to like Rainbow Dash because of the HUGE changes she went through.) Rarity made her debut in the third gen. as a young pink unicorn that was rather childish. Twilight Sparkle was in gen. 1 as a unicorn named Twilight, Pinkie Pie was a major part of the third generation. (My favorite one as a kid was Pinkie.) Not only this, but Pinkie Pie's current voice actress has always voiced Pinkie Pie ever since she was in generation 3. (2003-2015) In the 100th episode, I freaked out when I heard Derpy's voice. I could tell that her voice actress was the same woman who did the voices for Minty, Thistle whistle, and Wysteria. I dunno if this seems THAT important, but I think it's a good idea to just watch the previous generations and learn a little stuff about them before hating it.
MochaHearts I refuse to watch them because of those soulless eyes....they haunt me...I seen shit man.
But at the time, people liked those ponies. Like I said, I grew up loving the third gen. I will admit that I collected the figures too. I refuse to give them away because they remind me of my childhood. I own a great deal of the movies too. You didn't get episodes with that gen. You bought the movies.
I’ve watched all the gens (except two, I can’t find it). I just didn’t like them as much. G1 fine, I guess. G3 is awful, to me.
It's hard to try to watch the older generations for me at least. I grew up with the usual MLP is for girls thing and only got into G4 when I accidentally saw the S3 finale ( babysitting at the time) and the music hooked me in and got me interested. From this video I think I could get myself to watch Gen 1 it doesn't seem that bad. Gen 3 makes me feel exhausted somehow and to me Gen 2 seems to be the worst and I'll probably never check it out.
"This is the worst day ever... I cheated!"
Bravo! Bravo!
I may have to check out more of what your channel has to offer!
lol i love how in every generation they kept "My little pony, my little pony" in the theme song
Well they literally are little ponies
sara skeath "My Miniature Horses, My Miniature Horses!" *cries* ITS JUST NOT THE SAME!
G3 rainbow dash had nothing to do with Rainbows nor dashing. Except her hair, rainbow. And cutie mark, but really what does that cutie mark even mean.
G4 Rainbow Dash is Rainbow and is Dash, literally.
I grew up with G1 and I still love it. Magic, adventure, fighting monsters etc has always been so my thing. And I loved all the songs too. I didn't realise they moved away from than in later incarnations, such a shame. I do like Friendship is Magic but I still think the original was darker.
That was a lovely retrospective, very concise and considerate. Though, I'm a little surprised that so many people who review Pony History seem to skip Generation 3.5... oh. Well, that may be verboten. Looks like most folks would rather forget it exists, hopefully banishing it forever like Freddy Krueger. And let's not even approach the Newborn Cuties... or, as I call it, Generation 3.Cthulhu.
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one does not simply stay sane watching generation 3.5
One can if they have willpower.
kaitie648
Then you must have the patience of a saint dear friend!
Thank you!
I remember being totally pissed when they canceled 3rd gen for friendship is magic 😂
I know I'm super late but saaaaame
sameeee
G1 it's a'right
G2 no just no
G3 to much PINK!!!
G3.5 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY EYES
G4 finally after all that horror of the previous genorations they mad something i like.
G5 um why the heck did you wright G5 it hasn't even come out yet?
Said every Brony ever!!
Ichijoe2112 No. I liked Gen 1 2 and 4 :|
Uhhh... you said ''mad'' instead of ''made''.
Ryan Stiffler LOL
Max C. Miner
*Generations
*Made
*Write
MLP: Fim = Potato chips.
You can never stop after just one.
MrChocolateM4n Yes, and you hate yourself during the first few for liking it so much.
That was a very interesting show. I am a fan of My Little Pony Generation 4. I like how cute the ponies are. I like how they have deep and varied personalities. My favorite kind of episode is the season specials with the intense fantasy in it. Over time they tend to push the envelop more. I hope they keep it up. I have good memories. I was totally hooked when the ponies used the magic of friendship to defeat Nightmare Moon. There are also other things. Discord corrupts the ponies. Changelings crash a wedding. Twilight seemingly becomes a goddess. Twilight nukes Tirek, and the ponies seem to mega evolve. The ponies find what seems to be a town of communist ponies. *sarcastic* Yeah that is very entertaining just for the little girls.
7:11 This is my favorite part of the video. It is so funny and yet so bizarre. I wonder. What happened to Rainbow Dash before she got 20% cooler. The fourth generation has a refreshing variety of girls in the mane 6. I love that. Some of them are girly, like Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity. The others aren't, like Apple Jack, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle. Rainbow Dash is the most tomboyish member of the group. She is very bold, outspoken and athletic. This develops to flaws like arrogance and brashness. It is so weird to see Rainbow Dash as a fashonista girlie girl in generation 3. I am thinking that there are two ponies that contribute to the modern Rainbow Dash. The more obvious one is the generation 3 Rainbow Dash. The name and overall appearance is the same. The other is Firefly, a pony from generation 1. She has the adventurous personality and the pegasis wings like the modern Rainbow Dash. Another weird generation 3 pony is Rarity. Except for the name and the unicorn horn, she is nothing like the Rarity of generation 4. The modern Rarity is the girliest member of the mane 6. She is really into fashion and she is a real drama queen. In generation 3, all the ponies were really really girly. Relatively Rarity was one of the least girly. She likes to have have action. She is a fun loving party animal. When generations go from 3 to 4, Rainbow Dash and Rarity seem to have their personalities switched. It would be really amusing if there was an episode where Rarity tries to doll up Rainbow Dash. She can even shout out "Rainbow Dash always dresses in style."
+Luspear Soram Yeah I used to be a tom boy a lot when I was young
its not a communist town, its a cult
+orange peach and both are pretty scary
I’m from G1, I love G1, I went to see today the new movie, with twilight and the rest, I was bored out of my mind, I felt they were ruining ny childhood.
Nena ABA G4 fan here, I thought Twilight was out of character throughout the movie plus itself (movie) was a disappointment.
Same but replace G1 with G3
@@autumnbeth lol
your childhood isn't ideal for children today, as G4 is less about appealing to certain sexes than a whole audience for everyone
As a freshman in college I enjoy Archer AND My Little Pony! :)
Family Guy doesn't do it for me anymore.
season 4 kicks ass!!!!!!
On the whole S04 has been the most stable Season of all, theres very little to dislike... Well not counting E20 - Leap of Faith. Which I'll need to rewatch more closely then I could on Brony State. But that's cause AJs BEST PONY and I didn't think she was guilty of that Aesop.
Ichijoe2112 i aggre with you applejack is BEST PONY !
ApplejackFriend Everypony is best pony.
gameu360 I agree.
Savannah Shade
Any conformation on that? Last I heard it was gonna start up in "Early 2015"....
You forgot gen 3.5 and I am actually glad you did...that art restyle was weird for MLP, Gen 3 was far too brightly colored for me to stand watching and the eyes were wrong and it just didnt seem right so when they did chibi mlp I just stopped watching after half an ep, I couldn't cope with it.
Thank God gen 4 gave us a more nicer color pallet and normal eyes and nothing chibi.
hmmm I feel bad about I did im SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have 3.5 toys but I was born in 2005 so I have some g3 ponies and g4 I got alot of toys and stuff but I say g3 or g3.5 is kinda better because it has star song
I used to have an entire bucket of G3 toys. It was my favorite gen.
Twilight and Flutter Shy were also in G1