Okay,
so ever since I uploaded the original "10 Minutes of Useless Information" video about My Little Pony
back in April of 2022, I've been slowly compiling more and more useless info about MLP
for quite some time now.
and because this is a pretty cool video format
(and the first one got a lot of views)
I proudly present to you the sequel:
15 Minutes of Useless Information about My Little Pony.
Before we start though, like last time, I'm mostly just going to focus on Gen. 4 and 5 here.
The other three generations of MLP are cool.
I've watched a bit of them, but they're not exactly my specialty (if you get what I mean).
Anyways, this intro is probably getting too long now, so without further ado...
...let's begin.
On The Hub Network's website in 2011, during a contest called "Naughty or nice",
the character Discord is incorrectly labeled as a dragon
despite him, well, being a draconequus.
in addition to this, this artwork of Discord featured in this promo video
is actually fanart created by the Deviantart user Briskby
and was used without their permission.
The voice actor for the pony called "Snips" is Lee Tockar.
However, in the Gen. 4 spin-off cartoon "Pony Life"
the voice of Snips was instead performed by Ian Hamlin
who normally voices the character Sunburst in MLP:FIM.
In the full version of the "Gonna be My Day" song from the MLP: A New Generation movie
the word "Gonna" is sung thirty-seven different times.
During the beginning part of the My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip special
Starlight and Trixie can both be briefly seen in the background of this shot.
In Issue #1 of IDW's MLP comic spin-off series entitled "FIENDship is Magic"
a ponified version of an Attack on Titan poster can be seen on a wall inside of Sombra's bedroom.
In February of 2013,
in the comments of the infamous "Cupcakes HD" animation by MisterDavie
the YouTube user deltaconduit commented:
"I dare Twilight to try to bring Rainbow Dash back to life
XD"
During December of 2018, in order to celebrate the upcoming holiday season,
Hasbro set up an actual phone number that anybody could call toll-free
to talk to the Mane Six.
How it worked is that once you called in Princess Celestia would automatically
answer the phone as an operator.
From there, you could choose whichever one of the Mane Six you wanted to talk to,
and then a pre-recorded Happy Hearth's Warming message
from whichever pony you chose would play.
Hasbro would take the phone number out of service after the holiday season ended in only 2019;
however, there are still a few videos around of the number being called
if you want to have an idea of what it was like.
In the release page for version 2.0.2 of the media player VLC
a screenshot of the program playing the season 1 MLP.FIM episode "Party of One" can be seen.
The My Little Pony: Frienship is Magic song "A Kirin Tale"
that appears in the season 9 episode "Sounds of Silence"
is exactly three minutes and fourty-eight seconds in length.
In issue #2 of the Generation 5 MLP comics by IDW
the word "The" is spoken in dialogue bubbles exactly fifty different times.
In June of 2011,
in order to promote the at the time upcoming second season of FIM on The Hub Network,
Hasbro decided to put up a physical Bridlemaids billboard by a highway located in Los Angeles
that parodied a poster for the movie Birdesmaids.
Later in October of the same year they would do something similar for Halloween,
but this time with a Ponygeist billboard that parodied a Poltergeist poster.
This image of the Gen. 5 pony Izzy Moonbow accompanied by nothing but the word "Ponies"
can be found on the official MLP store page on Amazon.
In 2014, this giant inflated Twilight Sparkle balloon float
was flown in a holiday parade in the country of Chile.
And three years later, in 2017, the float would make a surprise comeback
in another holiday parade.
And on a — somewhat — related note,
Twilight's voice actor Tara Strong also decided to make... this interesting tweet
about the float on Twitter.
And, speaking of odd tweets posted by Tara Strong...
...two years prior in 2012 she published this tweet that says:
"I know I've a tewwible Twolling tease today and I'm sorry.
EXTREME close up of my butt to make it up to you..."
During the MLP: Friendship is Magic season 3 episode "Too Many Pinkie Pies"
the word "Fun" is spoken out loud around 289 times.
For one single frame at the 11-minute mark in the MLP episode "Fall Weather Friends"
an animation error where Rainbow Dash seemingly has two separate heads
can be briefly be seen.
The exact combined runtime for all eight episodes of chapter two
of the My Little Pony: Make Your Mark series on Netflix
is approximately 176 minutes.
On May 11th 2016,
Daniel Ingram, the primary music composer for FIM, posted this tweet to Twitter, which reads:
"Hitting the grocery store celebrating an epic day in MLP history
#secret project";
and attached to the post was this selfie.
In the 2017 My Little Pony movie,
Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie are technically the only two members of the Mane Six
to actually directly speak to the character Tempest Shadow throughout the entire runtime.
In a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" from August of 2011 posted by Jayson Thiessen,
a supervising director for MLP:FIM,
he was asked a question regarding if they were ever going to add humans to the show.
he responded with:
"Heavens no!"
...
Riley Murdock, one of the writers and video presenters
for the popular tech YouTube channel "Linus Tech Tips"
actually did some voice work for two minor characters in MLP:FIM,
the first one being the unnamed Manehattan escape room attendant
in the season 7 episode "All Bottled Up"
and the second one being an unnamed student in the season 8 episode "Friendship University".
In the MLP fan song and animation "The Moon Rises" there is a brief lyric sung in Latin by a choir:
"In umbra Luna est"
which when translated to English means "The Moon is in the shadow"
On February 4th 2011, an article would be posted to the MLP news wbsite "Equestria Daily"
talking about the at the time upcoming episode "Show Stoppers".
The article says:
"So, two crusader episodes in a row?
I think 'Call of the Cutie' was my least favourite episode.
I really hope Twitch isn't included in this in any way.
Same goes for those аsshоle gray ones."
About a month prior to the official announcement of Pony Life,
this image posted in October of 2019 on the official My Little Pony Facebook and Instagram accounts
for some weird reason features a Pony Life version of Spike's design
which looks... incredibly odd...
...when put *literally* right next to the normal Gen. 4 art style.
In the My Little Pony: Meet the Ponies of Maretime Bay book
there is one page that features a rough depiction of the map of Equestria within generation 5.
If you look at the sea part of the map in the lower half of the image though,
you will find that there are eighteen total visible fish in the water
(plus one random sea pony, which is pretty neat I guess.)
On page 15 of the second issue of the Micro-Series MLP comics by IDW
The term "Brohoof" is used when Rainbow Dash checks on Tank.
And, speaking of pets from Gen. 4,
Rarity's cat Opalescence appears on screen in 23 different episodes of FIM,
Pinkie Pie's pet alligator Gummy appears in 25 episodes,
while Applejack's pet dog Winona appears in 17 episodes.
The popular MLP fanfiction titled "My Little Dashie"
was first initially released on September 26th 2011,
and is approximately 12,454 words in length.
Meanwhile, StormXF3's video adaptation of the fanfiction
was released on Youtube in January of 2014 and is 27 minutes and 31 seconds long.
In this official FIM season 1 character cast poster
initially released at San Diego Comic Con 2011 there are a total of 68 characters
depicted in the image.
While in the one that was made for season 2 there are 88 total characters.
And finally, for the season 4 poster, there are 91 total characters within the image.
In July of 2013
the fillydelphia.com forum user Ayame_ExGoddess made this forum post showing and talking about
their new Nightmare Moon brushable pony toy.
the first reply to this thread was by a forum user called LennonFan, and they said:
"*gasps*
Princess Moon has arrived!
Huzzah!"
In the season 5 episode of FIM "Castle Sweet Castle"
during the scene wherein the Mane Six are all having breakfast together
they consume roughly about fifty whole pancakes in total;
though it is worth noting that the majority of that number
can be attributed to Pinkie Pie.
According to the MLP:FIM show bible document that was created in 2009,
the character Apple Bloom was originally going to be called Apple Seed;
in addition to this, an earlier version of Rainbow Dash's cutie mark
can also be seen here,
with the cloud portion of its design not having been added yet.
Something that you likely didn't know though
is that this early version of her cutie mark actually briefly appears in the show itself;
at around the 9 minute mark in the season 1 episode "Dragonshy"
if you slow down or pause right when Rainbow Dash is jumping across the cliff in this scene
you can clearly see it there for a few good frames.
There exists an official MLP-themed Monopoly board;
it's called Monopoly: My Little Pony edition
and the first version of it was released sometime in July of 2013.
while several subsequent Monopoly Junior versions of the tabletop game
were released a few years later. while several subsequent Monopoly Junior versions of the tabletop game
were released a few years later.
According to Cozy Glow in the season 8 MLP:FIM episode "School Daze"
Starlight Glimmer doesn't like mustard.
And, speaking of Starlight,
she makes at least one on-screen appearance in exactly fifty-five different episodes
throughout seasons 5 to 9 of the show.
In the book Rarity and the Curious Case of Charity
The seventeeth word that can be read on the thirty-ninth page of the book is...
...
..."Magic".
On October 7th 2013
the Youtube user Kyle F posted this short video clip they recorded
of a My Little Pony live performance wherein the performer playing Twilight Sparkle
falls off stage.
Believe it or not,
but the three diamond dogs that appear in the FIM episode "A Dog and Pony Show"
actually have names.
According to Lauren Faust the leader dog is called Rover,
this big dog is called Fido,
and this other dog is called Spot.
In October of 2022
the MLP Instagram account posted this Do-It-Yourself instructional video
about this...
...weird аss...
...toilet paper cardboard tube Misty Brightdawn thing...
...Yeah, if I'm going to be honest,
I... don't know what exactly they were trying to do here.
The season 8 FIM episode "The Hearth's Warming Club"
was the first episode where Pinkie Pie was the only member of the Mane Six
not to make a single appearance.
In addition to this, the current average rating for the episode on IMDb is 7.8/10.
In the Seaquestria and Beyond My Little Pony collectable card game set
the card entitled "Trixie Lulamoon™ Sleight of Hoof" has a decription on it that says:
"Trixie has been adding more unicorn magic into her stage show,
but sometimes a whole crate of fireworks is the best way to make an impression."
In an mlpforums.com thread created on October 12th of 2017
discussing the age old question of which character from FIM is the best pony
the user Firedog replied with:
"This random OC I found off Google Images is best pony
10/10 best OC ever".
In the MLP:FIM episode "Inspiration Manifestation"
the word "Oh" is spoken out loud exactly twenty-four times,
the word "No" thirteen times
and the word "Yes" five times.
In one scene,
during the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Rollercoaster of Friendship special
Rainbow Dash...
...dabs.
Around the time of November of 2012,
these official My Little Pony-branded Rainbow Dash headphones
began to be sold exclusively at Hot Topic.
and this photograph showing a pair of the headphones
was uploaded to Flickr on January 31st 2013.
The Gen. 5 pony by the name of Posey Bloom
happens to share her surname with the Gen. 1 pony from My Little Pony Tales Clover Bloom.
In issue #3 of the My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel comics by IDW
a life preserver that can be seen on the second page has "S. S. MINNOW" written on it,
which is a reference to the boat of the same name that appears in the 1960s sitcom "Gilligan's Island".
In an official MLP magazine released in France sometime in 2012,
it is shown that Princess Celestia apparently has a young four year old cousing named Leon
(who is also an alicorn I guess)
and, to add on to this, the magazine for some reason also calls the pony Prince Blueblood...
...Vladimir instead of his normal name.
In July of 2013,
the Pony Confessions Tumblr blog posted this image containing a confession, which reads:
"I feel like everyone's characterization has been off so far in season 3."
And, finally, on September 10th 2010,
the official My Little Pony Twitter account posted this tweet that says:
"We're one month away from all new adventures!"
Follow @HubTVNetwork for all of the news on Friendship is Magic,
our new show!
#FF"
So,
that has been 15 minutes of useless information about My Little Pony.
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leaving a comment,
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Doing those things are the best way to support my channel
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Anyways, I want to give a quick thanks for all of the support that I've received on my videos this year;
I'm definitely planning to make more cool pony videos throughout 2023,
so stay tuned for those.
I don't have anything else to say here, so happy holidays
and I'll see you...
...whenever I see you.
[Subtitles by Mister Pino]