(eng. My Little Pony) is an entertainment franchise launched by the American company Hasbro at first as a line of toys for girls. The debut toys, developed by three designers Bonnie Zacherle, Charles Munchwinger and Steve D'Aguanno, went on sale in 1981. The ponies had special symbols on their sides (referred to as “cutie marks”) and brightly and colorfully depicted bodies and manes. Appearance toys were updated many times during production in accordance with market requirements. The toys became popular and were sold in the United States starting in 1982, and since 1995 they began to be sold throughout the world. In the eighties of the last century, a total of about 150 million toys were sold. In 1991, due to increased competition, the production of toys was discontinued.

This line of toys began to be produced again in 1997, their popularity turned out to be low, and in 1999 production ended again. Once again the brand was released in 2003, the toys were similar to the toys of the 80s, and by 2010 they had sold about 100 million copies. The franchise began to be implemented for the fourth time in 2010 and it all started with the animated series “My Little Pony. Friendship is magic" (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic). And already in 2015, the brand earned more than a billion US dollars in retail sales.

To date, animated performances based on “My Little Pony” have been staged and animated films have been filmed. full length films and two animated series.

Introduction

My Little Pony animation since the mid-80s

Hasbro's toy line promotion strategy has led to the creation of many animated films and animated series.

In 1984, the first 22-minute cartoon, My Little Pony, appeared, later renamed Rescue at Midnight Castle. In 1985, the second animated film, My Little Pony: Escape from Katrina, premiered. In 1986, the only full-length animated film, My Little Pony: The Movie, was released. In the same 1986, Canadian animators launched the series “My Little Pony “n Friends”; at first it was planned to film two episodes, but due to the great popularity, the creators filmed two seasons. In October 2010, the premiere of the animated film took place series “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic”, 7 seasons of the series have already been released. 2013 was the year of release of the next animated series on the theme of a little pony. common name“Equestria Girls”, currently 4 seasons about girls have already been released - “Equestria Girls”, “Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rock”, “Equestria Girls – Friendship Games”, “Equestria Girls – Legends of the Everfree Forest”.

Heroes and stories of the cartoons "My Little Pony"

The 1984 cartoon tells the story of the country of Ponyland. There are 3 types of ponies living in the country: regular ponies, pegasus and unicorns. One day, Ponyland is attacked by a certain Tirban and his accomplice. Tirban's desire is quite original - to turn four ponies into dragons and harness them in this form to his chariot. Countering Tirban's criminal intentions became the core of the cartoon's plot.

The 1986 full-length cartoon colorfully describes the struggle of little ponies living in Ponyland with the evil witch Hidia, who planned to prevent the preparations for the holiday in honor of the first day of spring.

In the 1986 series My Little Pony and Friends, characters familiar to modern young viewers appeared: a unicorn named Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia, Spike the dragon and other friends of Sparkle. The series talks about how Twilight Sparkle goes in search of friends to the city of Ponyville, where she participates in various adventures. It's already happening in a country called Equestria.

The series about little ponies “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” can be called new, because it was released in the 21st century. The events of this series take place in the same fairy-tale country of Equestria, which is inhabited by ponies. In addition to them, various intelligent animals live here: buffalos, cows and zebras, as well as dragons, griffins, and other fantastic individuals. The country is full of squirrels, hares, bears and other animals. In 2017 it is expected new season series.

TV series "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"

The events of the series about ponies “Friendship is Magic” take place in a fantasy country - Equestria. The citizens of the fairy-tale country are, first of all, ponies, and then dragons, cows, griffins, zebras, manticores, buffalos, as well as hares, squirrels and other inhabitants of mountains, forests and fields.

The natural processes of Equestria are strictly regulated. The country's rulers, Princesses Celestia and Luna, ensure that the sun rises and the moon enters the sky. The weather is controlled by Pegasi, whose factory produces clouds, rain, snow and rainbows. In addition, Pegasi oversee the skies in the most significant populated areas of the country, and, if necessary, transform them in various ways. The seasons change each other under the influence of magic or with the help of collective labor, which is determined by the customs of the town and the presence of a skilled wizard in the village. You will laugh, but in Equestria there is an area where everything grows and changes on its own - this is the Evergreen Forest. Therefore, for reasonable citizens of the country, this forest is a wild and scary place.

Ponies living in Equestria are divided into different types:

• Earth ponies are simple, ordinary horses. They love to work, especially on fresh air, therefore, they are probably engaged in agricultural production.
• Pegasi are ponies that have wings. They control the weather and, accordingly, have the skills of flying and walking on clouds.
• Unicorns are ponies with one magical horn that helps them practice witchcraft. From the cradle they have mastered telekinesis, but they are not alien to other methods of sorcery.
• Alicorns are special ponies that have both horns and wings. The main magicians and wizards of the country, dexterous and skilled, are bearers of rare, supernatural abilities. Only five princesses represent this species: Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Twilight Sparkle and Flurry Heart.

"My Little Pony" Season 1

Twilight Sparkle learns of a prophecy that states that the Lunar Horror will return to Equestria after a thousand years of imprisonment on the moon during the upcoming summer solstice celebration. Twilight tries to warn her mentor Princess Celestia about the impending danger, but the princess does not respond to the warning and sends Twilight Sparkle to the town of Ponyville to check the residents' readiness for the summer solstice celebration. Sparkle reluctantly meets the ponies in charge of preparing the holiday. Their names are Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. At the festival, instead of the missing Princess Celestia, the Moon Horror appears and eternal night begins.

After establishing eternal night, Twilight Sparkle and her new friends head to the Everfree Forest to find the Elements of Harmony, a set of artifacts that were used in the past to destroy the Moon Horror. Overcoming difficulties, the friends find the Elements, but the Moon Horror appears and destroys them. Twilight Sparkle realizes that she and her new friends represent the six elements - honesty (Applejack), kindness (Fluttershy), laughter (Pinkie Pie), generosity (Rarity), loyalty (Rainbow Dash) and magic (Twilight Sparkle). Friends defeat the Moon Horror, and Twilight returns to Ponyville to further understand the magic of friendship.

As the action progresses, Twilight Sparkle and her friends find themselves in various difficult circumstances, learning a lot of new and unknown things, which she constantly tells Princess Celestia about.

"My Little Pony" Season 2

Discord, the spirit of chaos and disharmony, escapes from stone imprisonment after a quarrel. Princess Celestia encourages Twilight Sparkle and her friends to use the Elements of Harmony to restore order to the world. The friends discover that the Elements are missing. Discord believes he has defeated Twilight Sparkle and promises to spread chaos throughout Equestria.

Twilight Sparkle leads her friends to Ponyville, which has suffered from chaos, where they find the Elements of Harmony in the library. However, without Rainbow Dash, the Elements fail and Twilight is crushed by Discord's spells. But when she was about to leave Ponyville, Spike the dragon showed her letters from Princess Celestia: they were all Twilight Sparkle's old reports of friendship. Having perked up, Sparkle breaks Discord's spell and, together with her friends, returns him to the stone prison.

"My Little Pony" Season 3

Princess Celestia learns of the return of the Crystal Empire, which disappeared over a thousand years ago with the last will of the evil King Sombra before his exile. Celestia fears that Sombra will return and use the power of the empire to take over Equestria. She summons Twilight Sparkle and sends her, along with her friends Princess Cadance and Shining Armor, into the empire to help protect it and prevent King Sombra's shadow from emerging. Twilight Sparkle and her friends, after talking with the inhabitants of the empire, learn about the Crystal Fair, using which they can somehow protect the empire from the king. But too late, Twilight realizes that the missing Crystal Heart is the centerpiece of the fair and a necessary artifact to protect the city.

Princess Cadance's magical powers have weakened. Twilight Sparkle instructs her friends to continue the fair to cheer up the crystal ponies. She herself goes to look for the Crystal Heart, being sure that this is the test that Princess Celestia was hinting at. Together with the dragon Spike, they, bypassing several traps that King Sombra placed in the castle, eventually reach the Crystal Heart. The Crystal Ponies recreate a protective spell on the empire and destroy King Sombra.

"My Little Pony" Season 4

Season 4 picks up where Season 3 ended, with Twilight Sparkle honing her magical skills so much while learning the value of friendship that she became the new princess of Equestria. In addition, she became an Alicorn because she grew wings.

Twilight Sparkle adjusts to her new wings and her duties as a princess in preparation for the Summer Sun Festival. Before the holiday, at night, Princess Celestia was attacked by a black vine. The next morning, Twilight discovers that Princesses Celestia and Luna have disappeared, leaving the sun and moon hanging in the sky at the same time. The castle guards inform Twilight of an overgrowth of black plants from the Everfree Forest near Ponyville. Returning to Ponyville to collect the Elements of Harmony, Twilight and her friends suspect that Discord is the reason for the growth of the black vine and the disappearance of the princesses, but he says that he is innocent. Zecora the pony gives Twilight Sparkle a special potion that will supposedly help her find out what's causing the chaos. After drinking the potion, Sparkle finds herself in an unfamiliar castle with Princess Luna, who turns into the Moon Horror.

Twilight Sparkle realizes that Princess Luna's transformation is a vision caused by Zecora's potion. Sparkle remembers that there is a Tree of Harmony in the forest, she goes into the forest and finds this Tree there, entangled in a black vine. Twilight Sparkle destroys the black plants and thereby frees the missing princesses Celestia and Luna. The Summer Sun celebration begins with Twilight Sparkle performing as her friends greet her.

"My Little Pony" Season 5

The fifth season of the series follows Twilight Sparkle as she continues her activities as the princess of Equestria with the help of her friends. They discover that in her new castle there is a magical map that shows the problems of Equestria and how to solve them. While traveling, they find a city where all the ponies have the same “Cutie Sign” on their sides - this is a sign of equality. Friends suspect that something is wrong with the townspeople, especially after meeting their leader, Starlight Glimmer. Starlight said that all the ponies living in the city have given up their own marks and special talents, because they believe that they can achieve true friendship by being equals. Twilight Sparkle and her friends secretly meet with other ponies who want to regain their "Cutie Marks." Friends go to the vault, which stores the marks of the townspeople. Upon arrival, all six are caught in a trap and Starlight takes away their signs.

Without their "Cutie Marks," the six friends are trapped. Friends decide to send Fluttershy to the city to communicate with the townspeople and learn from them how to get out of the trap and return their signs. Fluttershy learns that Starlight herself never deposited her "Cutie Mark" in storage, but disguised it using makeup. The next day, Starlight frees her friends from the trap and Fluttershy reveals Starlight's trick to the townspeople by splashing water on her. Starlight escapes with the signs of her six friends, and the townspeople return their proper signs and set off in pursuit of Starlight. As a result, the friends get their "Cutie Marks" back, but Starlight still manages to escape. Everyone returns to the city to celebrate the restoration of their identities.

"My Little Pony" season 6

At the beginning of the sixth season of the series, Twilight Sparkle and her friends are invited to the Crystal Empire to participate in the Crystallization ceremony and a magical ceremony to celebrate the birth of Princess Cadance and the foal Shining Armor. Twilight brings her new student Starlight with her to the empire so that Starlight can meet her childhood friend, the crystal pony Sunburst, again. Starlight doesn't want to meet Sunburst, lest he find out about her past atrocities. Eventually they met and had an uncomfortable conversation. Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle is shocked to discover that Shining Armor's foal is an alicorn girl with powerful, uncontrollable magic. The colt's cries destroy the Crystal Heart that protects the empire, leaving it exposed to a deadly blizzard.

The ponies desperately search for a spell to restore the Crystal Heart and save the Crystal Empire from the arctic snow. Starlight believes that Sunburst is capable of such a feat, but when she comes for him, he desperately admits that he is not as powerful a wizard as she believes. Starlight tells him about her past mistakes and they make up. Using the knowledge he gained during his training, Sunburst helps Starlight, and the princesses create the Crystal, which restores the Crystal Heart, driving a snow storm away from the settlement.

"My Little Pony" Season 7

Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, Thorax and Discord are awarded medals of honor for defeating Queen Chrysalis, bringing harmony to the Werewolf Kingdom. During the gala reception, Twilight Sparkle realizes that she has nothing left to teach Starlight, who has achieved great success, so Twilight turns to Princess Celestia for advice. Princess Celestia recommends sending Starlight away from Ponyville for training, but Twilight Sparkle fears the experiment will end in disaster. Celestia bursts out laughing, admitting that she had the same worries when she sent Twilight Sparkle herself to learn the magic of friendship. Twilight announces to Starlight that her studies are finished and she can leave Ponyville. To Twilight Sparkle's delight, Starlight decides not to leave Ponyville until she feels ready to do so.

While Twilight Sparkle and her friends leave for the Friendship Arena, Starlight remains at the castle to help Trixie master her unicorn magic. Trixie sloppily uses a travel spell, sending Twilight Sparkle's magical map to an unknown location. Starlight is enraged by Trixie's action and a magical red cloud bursts out of her horn, which she hides in a glass bottle for fear of harming Trixie. While searching for the map, Starlight's anger at Trixie's carefree behavior continues to grow, the bottle with the magic cloud inside accidentally cracks and the cloud escapes the bottle and infects nearby ponies, causing them to attack Trixie. Starlight manages to dispel the cloud and Trixie finally apologizes for her actions. The two then find the map at the spa and return it to the castle before Twilight Sparkle and her friends return there.

"My Little Pony", cartoon 2017

A Canadian-American full-length musical is expected to be released in 2017. animated film"My Little Pony" (My Little Pony: The Movie). The film is based on the animated series "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." The film is in production from Allspark Pictures and DHX Media.

The film was originally scheduled for release on November 3, 2017, but was later pushed back to October 6, 2017.

The cartoon's narrative centers on the liberation of Canterlot. Canterlot is the capital of the magical land of Equestria, which first appeared in the very first episode of the cartoon “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.” This hometown Twilight Sparkle, where she studied under the guidance of Princess Celestia. The city has a royal palace and is a very important venue for various events such as the Grand Ball and Gala Concert.

The Storm King takes over Canterlot, wanting to deprive the ponies of their magical powers. The future of the fairyland is under threat! The ponies leave the formation native land and set off on a dangerous long journey, full of wonders and risky adventures to stop the bandit Storm. On the way, they will have to cross magical mountains, descend into the depths of the underwater world and take to the air on a flying pirate frigate!

Animated films "Equestria Girls"

The Equestria Girls series are animated films with main characters similar to the main cast of the series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, but in these films the heroes are no longer little horses, but teenage girls in high school.

Cartoon "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls" (2013)

While with her friends in the Crystal Empire, Twilight Sparkle loses her crown as Princess of Equestria. In fact, the crown was stolen from her by a unicorn named Sunset Shimmer. Friends set off in pursuit of the thief, but she disappears in the mirror, which turns out to be the entrance to the human world. Princess Celestia informed Twilight that without the crown, all other Elements of Harmony do not work and cannot be used to protect Equestria. Twilight Sparkle must return the crown, but only she can enter the world of people; friends must be left in this world. When entering the human world, Twilight Sparkle was followed by the stupid dragon Spike, who in the human world turned into a talking dog, and Twilight Sparkle turned around human girl. They begin their search for the crown in Carnelot with a building that is the city school.

Twilight Sparkle begins to get used to her human body, and carefully observes the inhabitants of the strange new world she finds herself in. She meets a girl who is very similar to her friend: it turns out her name is Fluttershy. Twilight asks Fluttershy about the crown. Fluttershy tells her that she did find the crown, but she gave it to the school principal, Celestia. Twilight and Spike head to the director's office.

While searching for the crown, Twilight Sparkle meets other schoolchildren who are very similar to her friends from the world of ponies. She talks about her mission in the human world, including the fact that she has 3 days to return the crown. If Sparkle does not have time to return the crown, the portal will close and she will remain for a month. Her new friends decide to help her.

Together, the friends manage to find the crown, but then Sunset comes into play, threatening to destroy the portal to the pony world unless Sparkle gives her the crown. Twilight doesn't want to hear about it, and Sunset decides to take the crown by force. After attacking the princess, Sunset takes the crown and, putting it on, turns into a demon. Then, having bewitched the schoolchildren, she tells them that she will not destroy the portal, because she wants to conquer Equestria using students from the human world. Sunset Shimmer attempts to destroy Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Rainbow Dash, but they join hands and form a magical defense. Sparkle understands that the Elements of Harmony are strong in this world as well. The power of friendship magic helps the friends defeat Sunset. Defeated, Sunset admits her mistake and promises not to act like that again. Friends decide to accept her into their circle, and then Twilight Sparkle and her faithful dog Spike return home to the pony world.

Cartoon "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rock" (2014)

The action of this animated film takes place in Canterlot High School. Former miscreant Sunset Shimmer, who reformed after being defeated by the magic of the Twilight Spark crown, is bullied by most of the school, despite her attempts to atone for her evil deeds. Her only friends are Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity, who have formed a rock band called the Rainbooms to participate in an upcoming musical. school competition. Five girls discover that the magic left over from Twilight Sparkle's crown helps them grow ears, tails and wings like ponies from Equestria while playing music.

Enjoying the new experience, Sunset gives a tour of the school to three new students - Adagio Dazzle, Sonata Susk and Aria Blaze - and tells them about the music competition, unaware that they can sing magical songs. Calling their group "Dazzling", the trio perform a song that turns the other students into aggressive, competitive opponents, convincing them to turn a friendly competition into a competitive rivalry. Sunset and her friends are protected from the Dazzling song by their magic, but cannot protect the school's headmaster Celestia and vice-principal Luna from danger. Sunset remembers a book that can be used to send messages to the parallel world of ponies in Equestria. Using the book, she sends Twilight Sparkle a request for help.

After receiving Sunset's message, Twilight Sparkle remembers that the members of the Dazzling group are actually sirens exiled from Equestria. They feed on negative emotions to intensify their singing to achieve their goal of conquering the world. Sparkle uses a magic book to restore the transition between worlds, and she and Spike return to the parallel world. Twilight and the girls try to use the magic of their friendship to weaken Dazzling's spells, but unfortunately the result is zero. Twilight Sparkle plans to use the magic of friendship during a music competition. As the competition progresses, "Rainbooms" almost makes it to the finals, although their rivals interfere with them - the negative magic of "Dazzling" greatly affects "Rainbooms".

Help comes from unexpected places. Spike saves the girls with the help of DJ Pon-3 - he constantly wears headphones and does not hear the Dazzling spells. He provides the soundtrack to the Rainbowbooms' performance as they begin to chant against the Dazzlings. While singing, the Rainbowbooms are joined by Sunset, who takes on her own pony form. With Sunset's help, the Rainbowbooms destroy the magical necklaces that helped the members of the Dazzling group. The Rainbowbooms win, the schoolchildren return to their normal state, kick the Dazzling group out of the competition and wildly welcome the Rainbowbooms' victory. Twilight Sparkle and Spike return to Equestria.

Cartoon "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games" (2015)

In Canterlot, traditional competitions are held in which local schoolchildren meet their rivals - students from the Crystal Academy. The competitions are called “Friendship Games”.

In this cartoon, Twilight Sparkle, in human form, studies at the Crystal Academy and really wants to transfer to study at a more prestigious institution. The head of the Crystal Academy, Synch, strongly recommends that Sparkle take part in the Friendship Games. Otherwise, she will prohibit Sparkle from moving to another educational institution. Twilight has to agree.

Upon arrival in Canterlot, Sparkle examines the Canterlot school and accidentally notices that her amulet takes away the magic that Rarity used when trying on new outfits in front of her friends. The friends finally saw Sparkle and were very happy, but it turned out that this was not the same Sparkle at all. Sunset quickly realizes her mistake and decides to consult Twilight Sparkle from the pony world, but Twilight Sparkle's amulet from the Crystal Academy absorbs Sunset's magic and closes the portal between the human and pony worlds. In the same way, the mysterious amulet affects Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy when they try to make friends with Twilight Sparkle from the Crystal Empire during games.

In the first round of the Friendship Games, Twilight Sparkle wins the academic decathlon. The second round was generally an equal fight among schools, but the Carnelot students still won by a small margin, which gave the director of the Crystal Academy a reason to accuse the Carnelot students of using witchcraft.

At the beginning of the third round, Sparkle opens the amulet, after which she turns into a winged and horned monster, somewhat similar to a human alicorn. Now the dark Twilight Sparkle opens portals to the world of ponies. Sunset, using the same amulet, transforms into the same creature and, using the magic of friendship, defeats Twilight Spark. Sparkle asks everyone for forgiveness for her behavior. Life gets better, and Princess Cadance allows Twilight to transfer to Canterlot High, and Sunset and the other students welcome her as a new friend.

Cartoon "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legends of the Evergreen Forest" (2016)

Like the first three Equestria Girls films, this cartoon again follows the main pony characters as teenagers attending school.

Canterlot High students head to summer children's camp Everfree. Upon arrival at the camp, the seven friends met the camp's leadership - Gloriosa Daisy and Timber Spruce, her brother. The students make plans for their vacation and talk about what gift Canterlot High will give to the camp. Suddenly, a certain Philsi Rich, who is the owner of local lands, arrives at the camp. It turns out that he was once a graduate of Camp Everfree.

At night, Timber tells the students the story of the forest spirit Guy Everfree, who, outraged by the construction of the camp, threatened to send natural disasters upon it. The next morning, the guys begin to implement their vacation plans, and suddenly they see how the pier by the river is falling apart. As a gift to the camp, they decide to build a new pier and begin work. Suddenly, a yacht crashes into the unfinished dock, and the young tourists see a trail of shiny precious dust in the water, which matches the description of Gaia Everfree's presence in Timber's history. Apparently Gaia exists! However, Twilight Sparkle thinks she is responsible for the accident.

Later, amidst a seeming earthquake and another sighting of pearl dust, Twilight Sparkle's friends begin to develop their own unique superhuman abilities, which they believe they can only use within the confines of the camp. Believing that her magic is infecting her friends, Twilight flees the camp. Sunset follows Twilight into the forest and, discovering her own telepathic power, convinces her to stay at the camp. As Timber, who has caught up with the girls, leads them back to camp, Sunset notices pearl dust falling from his pocket and suspects that he is Gaia Everfree.

While walking around the area, Sunset Shimmer comes across a cave in a quarry, from which a strange glow flows. Exploring the cave together, Sunset, Twilight and Spike find two colored crystals in the cave. In the cave, Gloriosa appeared out of nowhere, took the crystals and turned into that same Gaia Everfree. She ties up three travelers and locks them in a cave, blocking the exit from the cave with stones, and around the camp she creates an impassable barrier of blackberries.

Twilight's friends remaining in the camp try to get out of the blocked camp, and at this time Spike releases Twilight and Sunset Shimmer from the cave. After the entire group unites, Sparkle, at the request of her friends, takes away Gaia's magic crystals and returns Gloriosa to her normal state. To celebrate the victory over Gaia, a fashion show is held at the river pier, and a party is organized in the cave.

Cartoon characters "My Little Pony"

In the My Little Pony cartoons, there are six main characters united by the Elements of Harmony - a set of six mystical jewels with light, irresistible power, which are used to protect the country of Equestria from various threats.

Twilight Sparkle is central character TV series In the first three seasons, she is shown as a purple unicorn with a distinct indigo mane, and appears as a winged unicorn (alicorn) in later seasons. She is smart, obedient, loves to learn, and eagerly learns all types of unicorn magic, such as levitation, teleportation, and creating force fields.

In the Equestria Girls series, she is introduced as a 16-year-old girl with dark purple eyes, purple skin, and long dark blue hair. She is kind, fair, friendly and confident.

Rainbow Dash– pegasus blue color with a rainbow mane and tail. She does it first and asks questions later. She is literally obsessed with speed and adventure.

Rainbow Dash is one of the girls from Equestria with light blue skin, long, messily styled rainbow-colored hair, and crimson eyes. She is incredibly brave, always ready to help her friends, and has a weakness for speed.

Rarity is a white unicorn with a purple, curled mane, a fashionista who speaks with an accent and runs high fashion salons in Ponyville.

In her Equestria Girl uniform blue eyes, dazzling white skin and purple hairstyle. A talented seamstress with the habits of a fashion designer, dresses the most fastidious fashionistas at the Canterlot school.

Applejack- orange blonde earth pony. He works as a farmer at an apple orchard in Ponyville, using his great physical strength to pull apples from the trees.

Canterlot High School student Applejack has green eyes and brown hair. Applejack is diligent and sincere, a little willful and uncouth.

Fluttershy- A yellow pegasus with a long pink mane, she has a unique affinity with the animal, allowing her to understand and communicate with them.

Fluttershy in the cartoon about girls from Equestria has light yellow skin, long, slightly curly pale pink hair and Blue eyes. By nature, Fluttershy is infinitely kind and shy, and at the same time timid.

Pinkie Pie– a pink earth pony, cheerful, energetic and talkative. She loves to entertain her friends by throwing endless variety of parties.

In the Equestria Girls series, she has soft pink skin, curly hair, and long hair pink color and blue eyes. Pinky is usually cheerful, energetic and funny, sometimes she seems a little crazy.

Spike- This is a purple dragon with green spikes, he serves as Twilight Sparkle’s “number one assistant”, helping her solve any problems and teach her lessons.

Princess Celestia- a dazzling white alicorn, shown as the benevolent ruler of the country of Equestria. Celestia has ruled Equestria for over a thousand years, portrayed as a symbol of harmony between unicorns, pegasi, and ordinary ponies.

Princess Luna- dark blue alicorn, Princess Celestia's younger sister. She serves as co-ruler of Equestria, using her magic to raise the moon and protect the dreams of her subjects at night.

Discord- This is the spirit of chaos, characterized as a mindless deceiver. A serpentine creature with the head of a pony and many different animal parts.

Princess Cadance- a good-natured alicorn, is the niece of Princess Celestia. Former Pegasus.

Starlight Glimmer- a nice-looking unicorn. Reveals to be an evil figure who wants to create a "perfectly equal society" using his magic.

Sunset Shimmer- a light orange unicorn with a striped red-yellow mane and light turquoise eyes. Twilight Sparkle's main opponent.

In My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, she attends Cantrelot High School, being a former student of Princess Celestia. At first she behaves like a cocky, deceitful and unscrupulous hooligan, but as the story progresses she improves.

"My Little Pony": toys

The My Little Pony series of children's toys features copies of the main characters from the animated series My Little Pony and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls.

My Little Pony toys produced by the American company Hasbro are an entire epic of adventures of charming ponies living in a special world of magic. Ponies visit each other, choose outfits for themselves, hold parties, walk in the fresh air, in general, live an everyday magical life. All horses are special, with their own names, and are practically different from each other. The toy series includes, in addition to horse figurines, also various accessories for them, and other interesting and wonderful additions: castles, houses, carousel, carriages... Most girls know from cartoons the names of such ponies as Princess Celestia, Rainbow Dash, Princess Luna, Pinkie Pie and others. All ponies have special colors of mane and tail, different habits and hairstyles. After some time, toy owners can make “My Little Pony” puppet cartoons themselves.

Even more interesting are the My Little Pony interactive play sets. For example, the set “Little pony at a doctor’s appointment.” The kit includes a thermometer, stethoscope, syringe, as well as a spoon and a bottle of medicine. When you press on the horse’s tummy, the pony says the phrases: “My tummy hurts,” “Listen to how my heart is beating,” “Give me my medicine,” “I’ve already recovered,” and others. Communication with horses in children only causes positive emotions. When playing with colorful ponies, children develop faster and gain communication skills.

Of particular interest to children are the miniature figures “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”. Girls especially like themed sets such as “Pony Fashionista”, “Tea Party”, “Hairstyles”, “Traveller” and others. Little ponies can comb their manes and have fashionable hairstyles. The Carousel play set is battery-powered and the carousel rotates with musical accompaniment. With it you can create a toy adventure park for your ponies.

Among modern girls There is a fashion for toy girls from Equestria. Every mother can buy her daughter a doll of her favorite cartoon character “My Little Pony: Equestria Girls.” There are several of the most accessible doll series: the “Rainbow Rock” series, “Friendship Games”, “Sports Style”.

Equestria girls dolls are different from ordinary dolls. They are small in size, about 22 centimeters high. The dolls' legs are made in the form of hooves, wearing bright boots that can be removed. The Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rock collection, released in 2014, features dolls with updated bodies and human legs. The sets include fashionable outfits, combs, beautiful stickers, hair extensions, musical instruments and other accessories.

My Little Pony Games

Children love charming and funny characters from cartoons and fairy tales. Some of the most popular among children are cute horses from the famous TV series “My Little Pony” and “Equestria Girls”, such as Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and others. These characters have become the main characters in pony games that many children around the world entertain themselves with today. In most of these games, the child enters the fairy-tale world of ponies, for example, the famous city of Ponyville or the evergreen forest. In the games, children dress, feed and care for small horses. For the most part, girls play games about ponies, because cartoon ponies look more like girls, sing songs, bake pies and dress beautifully.

Among the endless variety of video games based on animated series about ponies and girls from Equestria, games that can be combined into the category “Equestria Girls Dress Up” are especially popular. In these games, girls are invited to dress up one of the residents of the magical country of Equestria. Many hairstyles, a variety of shoes and clothes - all this is at the player’s disposal. Try to become a fashion designer, and maybe the heroine will like the style you choose! The result of your creative efforts can be printed and shown off to your friends.

Another of the most popular games is “Three Days in Equestria.” Its plot is very interesting and attractive. The player spends three days in the fairy-tale country of Equestria, during which he meets the main characters of the cartoon “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic,” solves various puzzles and solves funny problems.

The heroes of the game "Equestria Girls - Secret Kiss" Sparkle and Flash are passionate about each other, but do not want their friends to know about it. They can’t be left alone, today they were supposed to meet in the library and chat, but someone constantly violates their privacy. Help them kiss each other without anyone noticing.

As usual, one of the most popular video games is the My Little Pony adventure game. Many wonderful things happen in fairy tale world pony. The game character Applejack finds herself in curious and dangerous situations. She saves her friends in a dark and dangerous forest, fighting against birds and hostile animals that attack her. At every turn, traps await her, set up by the villainess Chrysalis, but Applejack, of course, must emerge victorious.

The number of games based on the animated series “My Little Pony” is amazing!

Songs and music in cartoons

The animated series “My Little Pony” and “Equestria Girls” are truly musical films. Perky songs are heard in Russian and English, they charge great mood for the whole day and give smiles. I want to dance with Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy and sing along with the charming ponies. In cheerful songs, the cartoon characters talk about their friendship, the difficulties they face and overcome as they grow up and learn about the world around them. Throughout the series "Equestria Girls" main character Sparkle sings that sadness and quarrels are temporary difficulties in life, and the main thing is friendship and harmony, which will certainly help to overcome all obstacles and difficulties.

The number of songs in the series is amazing.

In the first season of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" the following songs are played: "Song of Laughter"; "Song about the Gala Concert"; "Song about a ticket"; "Jump-jump-jump"; "Song of the Pegasuses"; "Evil Witch"; "The Last Day of Winter"; "The Cupcake Song"; "The Art of Sewing"; “Hush, it’s time to sleep”; "Song of the Seekers"; “You share”; “You smile”; “Everything breathes miracles”; “Telegram in the form of a song”; “The Best Evening”; “I dreamed so much of getting here”; "Polka Pony."

The second season is no less rich in songs: “Let the best win”; "The Pony Everyone Should Know" "Circle of Friends"; “Birthday month”; "Pig Dance" "Song of Flim and Flam"; "The Perfect Stallion"; "Song of Smiles"; "Cranky Doodle"; "Welcome Song"; “Krenka has a devoted heart”; "Aria Cadence"; "Love is blooming."

Check out the songs from season three: "Song of Failure"; "The Ballad of the Crystal Empire"; "Song of Success"; "Babs Seed"; "Our barn" "Morning in Ponyville"; “What the sign tells me”; "Help your friends"; "Your best friend"; "The Ballad of Celestia" “Here she is, the princess”; "Twilight Sparkle"; "Life in Equestria"

The fourth season stands out in terms of the number of songs: “Friends with Big Hearts”; "Bats"; "Generosity"; “Forever We Are Apples”; “A glass of water”; “Pinky the Party Planner”; “The King is a Party Planner”; "Pinky's Sadness" "Fooling around"; "Chiz's Apology" "Any desire"; "Melody of Trees"; “Open your heart to the music”; "Flim and Flam's Wonderful Tonic"; “Wonderful Lightning Rap”; Your turn will come"; “If you see a rainbow, remember.”

The remaining seasons have at least 10 songs each.

Songs from the cartoon “Equestria Girls”: “It’s a Strange World”; "The Cafeteria Song" “Time to act together”; “Our evening has come”; "Lifelong friend".

It is clear that the cartoon “Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rock” is especially musical: “Rainbow Rock”; “We have become better than we were”; "Battle"; "Bad Spell" “Higher your nose”; “You have fallen into our networks”; "My trump card"; “I like myself this way”; "The Battle Is Coming"; "Battle of the Rainbooms"; "Like stars"; “It’s time to part with the past”; “Friendship will be eternal”; “Life is the way forward.”

The cartoons about Equestria girls “Friendship Games” and “Legends of the Evergreen Forest” each have six musical compositions.

Criticism and public perception

The animated series “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” received a lot of positive reviews from critics. Todd van der Werff is a columnist for The A.V. Club, positively noted the presence of obvious cheerfulness and lack of cynicism in cartoons - unlike many other children's animated films, which have become a cult favorite, including for adults. He praised the stylish appearance of the characters, the relative complexity of the plots for children's perception and good jokes, which everyone likes: both children and their parents. He assigned the series a “B+” category. In contrast, Brian Truitt of USA Today was somewhat negative about the humor in the animated series. Emily Ashby of Media Common Sense, an organization dedicated to raising children's awareness of the media. mass media, gave the series a rating of four stars out of five, highlighting the positive stories about friendship, tolerance and respect. Critic Liz Oganesian for LA Weekly said the show was "absolutely sincere in its ideas of friendship without taking itself too seriously." Los Angeles Times critic Robert Lloyd called the series "smarter, stronger and more aesthetically pleasing" than any of the previous My Little Pony animations, praising its techniques for connecting with both children and their parents. TV Guide magazine ranks the series as one of the top sixty animated films of all time. Critic Amid Amidi, writing for the animation website Cartoon Brew, was more critical of the series' concept, calling it "the end of an era for creators in television animation." In her essay, she expressed concern that the creative talent of the series' author was used to create a toy show, which indicates a focus on profitable genres of animation and indicates the loss of high positions of the television animation industry.

The Equestria Girls animated films received mixed reviews from critics. Daniel Alvarez of the website Unleash the Fanboy gave the films 4 out of 5 stars, saying that it is a "very entertaining film", although some elements, particularly the romanticism of the plot, are weaker than in other animated films. Gwen Ignata from The A.V. Club gave the films a "B-" grade. and found several songs and scenes of battles with demons interesting, everything else is the embodiment of very hackneyed ideas from the series about ponies “Friendship is Magic”. SF Weekly's Sherilyn Connelly voted the films the best animated feature in a poll of film critics.

Interesting facts about animated series about little ponies

In fact, of course, there are a lot of different kinds of interesting and funny moments in the My Little Pony series. Let's list some of them.

• The only cartoon character mentioned full name, – Pinkie Pie. Her full name is Pinkamina Diana.
• Spike the Dragon is a boy dragon, but he is voiced by a woman named Katie Wesluck. She is an actress, director, singer and comedian.
• The names of the Applejack pony family members are actually the names of varieties of apples, namely: Granny Smith, Big Mackintosh, Braeburn.
• The series' popularity has spawned so much amateur content that when creators choose new character To include him in the story, they must make sure that the name of the new character is not too similar to the name of a character created by fans of cartoons about little ponies.
• Pay attention! Discord is the best dancer in Equestria. When he danced on Twilight Sparkle's head, he showed off his incredible dancing skills.
• Rainbow Dash is the only main character whose "Cute Sign" consists of a single character. Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie have "Cutie Signs" of 3 symbols, and Twilight Sparkle has one large symbol and 5 small ones. Cartoon fans wondered if this was an accident, or if there was some kind of mystery behind it.
• One of the creators of the My Little Pony cartoons, Lauren Faust, stated that she was inspired to create the city of Canterlot by the city of Minas Tirith from The Lord of the Rings.
• The idea of ​​​​creating the series “My Little Pony: Equestria Girls” was advised by Lauren Faust, one of the creators of the series “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”.
• Some cartoon fans have heard or read the famous cartoon fanfic “My Little Pony”. It's called "Cupcakes" and belongs to the creepypasta category. It's scary and cruel story, written by fans of the cartoon.
• Few fans of cartoons about ponies know about the episode, which was not included in the final version of the cartoon. Allegedly, the content of this episode was no less creepy than in the Cupcakes fanfic. Knowledgeable people claim that even he was visualized. The episode was about a tragic and terrible incident that happened in Pinkie Pie's life.
  Main characters of the episode:
  • Pinkie Pie;
  • Pinkie Pie's mother is Apple Pie;
  • Pinkie Pie's father is an unnamed pegasus;
  • Pinkie Pie's grandmother;
  • Twilight Sparkle.

My Little Pony is a children's cartoon produced by the Hasbro animation studio, part of the franchise of the same name, owned by the same company. The first episode of the show's first season was released on October 10, 2010.

In the animated series, the title of which was officially translated into Russian as “Friendship is a Miracle,” the action takes place in the fictional country of Equestria. Equestria is mainly inhabited by intelligent ponies, as well as other fantastic creatures (griffins and dragons) and ordinary animals (rabbits, dogs, cats and others).

The world of Equestria is full of magic, and almost no one in the land of ponies can do without it. For example, it is with the help of magic that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna control the time of day, raising the Sun or Moon at the right time.

There are more than a hundred characters in My Little Pony, but most of them are minor and they appear in the cartoon only from time to time. Basically, the plot is built around 6 main heroines.

Twilight Sparkle (Twilight Sparkle)

We can say that it was with this pony that the action of the entire animated series began.

Twilight Sparkle (in the official Russian adaptation - Twilight Sparkle) is a lilac-colored unicorn pony with purple eyes. Twilight's tail and mane are made up of three colors: dark blue, purple, and hot pink. Her cutie mark is a pink six-pointed star surrounded by five smaller white stars.

At the very beginning of the series, Twilight Sparkle is shown to the viewer as a pony who loves to learn and that's it. free time spends time reading books, preferring them to communication and walks with friends. However, everything changes when Princess Celestia asks Twilight to go to Ponyville to oversee preparations for the festival.

Rarity (Rarity)

Of all the characters in My Little Pony, Rarity can be called the most fashionable and elegant. Like Twilight Sparkle, she's a unicorn, but that's it. external similarities ends between them.

Rarity is a white pony whose mane and tail are dark purple and whose eyes are bright blue. WITH English language her name literally translates as “rarity,” which fully characterizes this pony: Rarity loves everything unusual, knowing a lot about true beauty. Her cutie mark is 3 blue crystals.

Fluttershy

Pony Fluttershy is a light yellow pegasus. Her mane and tail are soft pink and her eyes are turquoise. This pony's cutie mark is 3 pink butterflies.

Fluttershy was the shyest and shyest of all the characters in My Little Pony before she met Twilight Sparkle and the others. In the first episode of the animated series, she spoke in a quiet, unintelligible voice and could not even pronounce her name, but after meeting new friends, she became more confident in herself.

Pony Fluttershy loves animals and strives to constantly take care of them. She is able to communicate with them and understand, and also has an innate talent - a special look allows the pony to control animals.

Fluttershy sheltered in her forest house large number various representatives of the fauna, but her favorite pet is a white rabbit named Angel.

Rainbow Dash (Rainbow Dash, Rainbow)

One of the fastest among all the My Little Pony characters is Rainbow Dash. She is a light blue pegasus with lilac eyes, and her mane and tail are colored in the colors of the rainbow. The pony's cutie mark is also related to this - rainbow lightning shooting from a white cloud.

Rainbow Dash is the complete opposite of Fluttershy: bold, self-confident and cocky. Sometimes Rainbow can be a little rude, which is why she has conflicts with her friends, but in reality she is very kind and is always ready to help.

Rainbow Dash's main responsibility is to monitor the weather in Ponyville, clearing the sky of clouds. When she first meets Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash says that she can clear away all the clouds in 10 seconds, which is the fastest time of any pony in the city.

Pinkie Pie

In addition to pegasi and unicorns, Equestria is also inhabited by ordinary ponies, which are most similar to real horses. One of them is Pinkie Pie (Pinkamina Diana Pie). This pony is a soft pink color with a mane and tail of a brighter shade. Her eyes are light blue and her cutie mark is 3 balloon.

Most of all, this pony loves sweets and parties. She works at a local bakery where she helps Mr. and Mrs. Cake bake cupcakes and cakes. Cooking is her main talent. Pinky also loves music and can play many musical instruments.

Pinkie Pie is very cheerful and cheerful, which sometimes goes to the extreme. There is practically nothing that could make her sad, but sometimes, due to increased emotionality, her joy can suddenly change to sadness, bordering on depression.

Applejack

Applejack is an orange-colored, green-eyed pony with a wheat-colored mane and tail. Her distinctive sign is 3 red apples.

Applejack from "My Little Pony" lives and works on the family farm "Sweet Apple", where, in addition to her, Applejack's brother Big McIntosh, younger sister Apple Bloom and Granny Smith also work.

Applejack is a reliable and hard-working pony, but can sometimes be overly stubborn. In almost every episode of the animated series, Epjack demonstrates her honesty and straightforwardness - qualities for which all her friends value her.

"Children's animated series" called My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic was released on American television in 2010. Since then, this series has gained immense popularity. There was nothing unusual about this until I came across the shocking experiences of his adult followers...

About the cartoon

The world in which all the events take place is inhabited by many magical, intelligent zoomorphic mythical creatures such as ponies, griffins, dragons, etc. Events unfold magical land called Equestria, where ponies live. These horses have different possibilities, so some ponies have a magic horn, which allows them to cast spells, while others have wings, which give them the ability to fly and walk on clouds, there are also ponies that have both a horn and wings. Such ponies are called “alicorns” and rule the country. The artists gave the rest of the ponies additional body parts, but they are physically stronger than the others. Equestria is ruled by two sisters, Celestia and Luna, who live in a luxurious castle.

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In medieval (Christian) painting, the horse is one of the symbols of lust...

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Plot

In the story, the unicorn Twilight Sparkle comes to Ponyville under the guidance of her protégé Princess Celestia. Twilight is absorbed in her studies and does not find time to communicate with other ponies, but she comes to Ponyville with her assistant, the little dragon Spike, where she finds her best friends.

Twilight has five friends in total and each is unique in its own way.

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Rainbow Dash Monitors the weather. She is devoted to her friends and never leaves them in trouble, just like everyone else. Has the bad character of a tomboy and a hooligan. Everything is decided with “fists”. She has no talents, she is stupid:

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Apple Jack Farmer. Engaged in growing apples and producing alcohol. Never lies. Represents a rude hillbilly:

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Fluttershy (Fluttershy) Forester. Takes care of animals. Timid and kind, but sometimes behaves dissolutely and obscenely:

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Rarity. Sews dresses. Arrogant, capricious, but in the cartoon she personifies generosity. She loves fashion and outfits, and is obsessed with appearance and luxury.

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Pinkie Pie. Bakes sweets and makes other ponies happy. Naughty and very stupid:

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Twilight. Librarian, now princess. Practices witchcraft. Shown as an intelligent and well-read character:

Throughout the entire cartoon, together they save their horse world, or solve various everyday problems, most often completely trivial.

It looks like an ordinary children's musical cartoon with bright colors, which determines its success and children's delight. But if you carefully read the series, you will notice the following:

The first thing you should pay attention to is the universal matriarchy. In the cartoon, Equetsria is ruled by alicorn princesses. All the main characters of the cartoon are female characters. There are practically no male characters in the cartoon, even background ones. All “men” can do is guard and carry heavy loads. The exceptions are so insignificant that they do not deserve mention.

We have already written that there are four types of ponies. These are alicorns, unicorns, pegasi and just ponies. However, different ponies occupy different positions in society depending on what type they belong to. What is the division into lower and higher castes.

The cartoon demonstrates the commonality and approval of drinking alcohol. Moreover, absolutely all adult ponies drink alcohol. So, for example, in episode 2 of season 15, all the ponies are in a hurry to drink cider, which is not enough for everyone, including the main characters.

The main characters live separately from their parents, and many seem to have no parents at all. For those heroes whose parents exist, their turbulent life has erased their memory. In the cartoon, even children's characters live without their parents! Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle live with their sisters - the main characters.

The cartoon contains footage that is not at all childish. But not everyone is noticeable when watching a cartoon, but it’s not in vain that animators work on this.

- Too bright rich colors, rapid changes in personnel are not good for the psyche of small children.

Are there any positive aspects to this animated series? Yes, they are present. For example, the main characters avoid conflict situations by solving all their problems together.

The cartoon demonstrates the impact on the characters of various bad qualities, such as stubbornness, greed and pride, but in the story the main characters learn a lesson and try not to do that again. And this could be a good cartoon if it weren’t for the destructive ideas put into the child’s mind.

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Oddly enough, the cartoon has become popular mainly among teenagers and infantile men - usually closed and unsociable people. The series also gained popularity among sexual deviants.

Since the cartoon itself was originally filmed exclusively for girls, the enthusiasm of adult boys for it is alarming. Fans of the animated series have formed a whole community more reminiscent of a sect, calling themselves “Brony” (Brony is a merger of the words brother and pony). Over 35 thousand people are registered on one of the main Russian-language community reservation sites, and this figure is growing steadily.

They explain their love for the children's animated series by the presence in the animated series of an indescribable plot of the animated series, excellent humor, a wonderful musical component and deep ideals of friendship, which, in their opinion, this animated series cultivates.

However, there is a suspicion that in fact they are attracted to childish, infantile images of characters who seem sexually attractive to them. Usually they prefer to hide it, but some write openly about it. You can often see ponies in stockings and revealing poses. Here are screenshots from many popular booking communities from the social network “VKontakte”:

And they, of course, don’t stop there. Here, for example, is a clipping from one site popular among reservations:

But the Tabuna library, pay attention to the genres:

The “Erotica” genre implies a detailed description of sex scenes involving ponies, or ponies and humans, regardless of gender and age.

The "Horror" genre implies any action of a violent nature described in detail in the story. To the point of sadism with detailed descriptions of dismemberment, abuse and suffering of characters.

There are many similar stories on the Fanfiction Book website. The site "Book of Fanfiction" is a huge collection of stories, absolutely different topics and genres. There are a huge number of children registered on this site. The site freely contains stories marked as genre: “Sex with minors,” that is, pedophilia. A complaint to Roskomnadzor did not yield any results.

There is also a collection of stories with exclusively pornographic content. And many more similar sites...

On the social network VKontakte, there are many pornographic groups dedicated to the cartoon My Little Pony. They are very popular among the brony community. This is evidenced by the number of subscribers of similar groups:

All this information is absolutely freely available and is not blocked by special anti-porn programs. Anyone can join such a group; all you have to do is submit an application. It’s easy to stumble upon this content when simply browsing through pictures in Yandex. It is impossible not to notice that among the participants in these groups there are many minors. They usually do not write about their real age, or they write false information about themselves. Here are the accounts of some of them:

The Brony community's attitude towards Christianity is evidenced by these messages:

Adult "Bronies"

Among the adult members of the My Little Pony community, there are those who have not yet left crazy people, but there are very few of them. Usually, “bronies” rarely publish their real photographs, because they are very ashamed of their appearance, but among those who post them, there are many people with an infantile and effeminate appearance.

Here are the American armor:

Russian armor:

It is known that among adult “bronies” there are many pedophiles, this is evidenced by images and stories of similar content, where instead of people the main characters are ponies.

List of characters

Main characters. From left to right: Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack and Fluttershy.

The series has six main ponies and a large number of secondary characters. As ponies mature, they receive "marks" cutie mark) on the cereal, showing their purpose in life. There are three races of ponies:

• Earth ponies are ordinary ponies. They are very hardworking and much closer to nature than others.
• Pegasi are ponies that have wings for flight. They can walk on clouds. Their main profession is weather control.
• Unicorns are ponies endowed with a magical horn that can perform miracles. Their main skill is telekinesis, but they can learn other types of magic. Most often, these ponies are employed in professions that require delicate handling.

The exceptions are Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, who have both wings and a horn. These are the only ponies who can control the weather and wield magic at the same time. According to Faust, in fact, all types of ponies have magic, it’s just that unicorns can control it. It is with the help of magic that earth ponies communicate with nature, and pegasi walk on the clouds.

Main characters

• Twilight Sparkle/Twilight Sparkle: A unicorn that has a light purple body color and an indigo mane and tail with purple and pink stripes. Twilight is Princess Celestia's most loyal student. She loves science, magic, and constantly reads books to learn something new. Sometimes he shows skepticism and uncertainty. Her spirit is element of magic. The mark is a red six-pointed star with five white stars around it.
• Applejack: A pony that has an orange body and a light mane and tail. She is loyal, and therefore can always come to the aid of her friends, even despite her some stubbornness. Her family grows apples, sells them, and bakes delicious apple sweets, so Applejack is quite a good baker. She always wears a cowboy hat and speaks with a distinctive Texas accent, and is also excellent with a lasso. Her spirit represents element of Honesty. The mark is three red apples.
• Rainbow Dash: Pegasus, who has a heavenly body color and an iridescent mane and tail. Very brave and courageous, but can sometimes be cocky and overly boastful, often speaking without thinking. She is sometimes lazy, but nevertheless she conscientiously does her job - she disperses the clouds. Dreams of joining the famous team of the best flyers in Equestria, the Wonderbolts. She flies at high speed and clears clouds easily. Rainbow also has a signature trick in the air: “Rainbow Punch.” "Sonic Rainboom"), during which she breaks the sound barrier. Her spirit represents element of Loyalty, personal mark - rainbow-lightning under a small cloud.
• Pinkie Pie/Pinkamina Diane Pie: A cheerful pink pony with a curly mane and tail who can't sit still. She constantly jumps, loves pranks and parties. He cannot live without sweets, constantly eating tons of them. In one of the episodes, it turned out that she has the gift of unwittingly predicting events. Works at the Sugar Corner bakery. Her spirit represents element of laughter. Personal tag - three balloons. Pinkie has her own "dark" depressive and angry side, which manifested itself when the pony felt that her friends no longer loved her. Dark Pinkie differs from the usual one in having a straightened mane and tail, as well as a faded color.
• Rarity: A unicorn fashion designer who runs her own boutique, Carousel. She has a purple styled mane and a white body. She loves to sew, does not like to do hard and dirty work, she likes cleanliness and order. She is always happy to give her friends something nice. I made costumes for my friends for the Grand Galloping Gala. Her spirit represents element of generosity. Personal mark - three blue crystals.
• Fluttershy/Fluttershy: Pegasus who is afraid of heights. She has a soft pink mane and yellow coloring. She has a natural talent for communicating with animals, also mastering "The Look". "The Stare"), humbling them. She is very shy and lives in the forest, in a separate house. Fluttershy is trying to be more persistent and brave, as her friends ask her, but so far she is not doing it very well. Her spirit represents element of kindness. Personal mark - three pink butterflies.
• Spike: Twilight Sparkle's assistant, the dragon she awakened from an egg during the Magic Exam. He is very small by dragon standards, but no longer a child. He is sarcastic and is good at commenting on various events. Spike is very jealous, and this sometimes forces him to do rash things. He can eat regular food, but prefers gems. His favorite food is turquoise.
• Princess Celestia: A princess whose duty is to raise the sun (and formerly the moon) in Equestria. She is a tall white horse with a long horn and fluffy wings. Her multi-colored hair always flutters, even when there is no wind at all, and represents the northern lights. Celestia's mark is the sun. She is kind and wise, however, she is always willing to joke or have fun. For this, fans nicknamed her “Trollestia”. Always calm and confident. Addresses Twilight as “the best student.”

Minor characters

• Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon: Horse Princess, Celestia's younger sister. Her duty is to raise the moon above Equestria, but one day she didn’t like the fact that ponies were hiding and sleeping at night. Then, out of anger and envy, she turned into Nightmare Moon, a nightmare horse, and tried to plunge Equestria into eternal night, but Celestia imprisoned her on the Moon with the help of the Elements of Harmony. After a thousand years, she returned, but Twilight Sparkle and her friends stopped Nightmare Moon using the same Elements, turning her back into Princess Luna. While Nightmare represents anger, deceit and hatred, True Moon appears to be very humble and kind. She appears embarrassed when she is warmly welcomed into Ponyville. The mark is a crescent moon against the background of the night sky.
• Big Macintosh: Tough stallion, Brother Applejack. He has orange hair and a red body. He is always very calm and calm, creating a contrast with the energetic and stubborn Applejack. Known for the phrase "Eeyup!" (“Agas!”). The mark is half a green apple.
• Gilda: Griffin, Rainbow's old friend since flight school. Rainbow sees her as kind, cheerful and friendly. When Rainbow leaves, Gilda becomes angry and nasty, loving cruel pranks (although she herself gets upset when they play her), thinking only about herself and her coolness. Having learned Gilda's true nature, Rainbow stops being friends with her.
• Zecora: A zebra living in the Everfree Forest. The people of Ponyville initially mistook her for a witch due to her strange appearance and accent, but in fact she has a very kind and generous nature. He has a talent for brewing various potions from herbs and always speaks in rhyme. Her mark is the African symbol for the sun.
• Great and Powerful Trixie: A braggart unicorn who put on a colorful show in Ponyville, defeating Twilight's friends in a duel she arranged. Twilight refuses to fight her because she didn't want to seem like such a braggart. Trixie said that she defeated Ursa Major, but, as it turned out, she could not even defeat Ursa Minor. After his failure, he runs away from the city in disgrace. Trixie is light blue with an almost white mane and tail. The mark is a blue magic wand and a crescent.
• Cheerilee: Kind and cheerful teacher Apple Bloom. In the past, she studied with Rarity. Calm and friendly, she cares about her students. The mark is three smiling flowers.

Cutiemarks Crusaders

From left to right: Scootaloo, Applebloom, Sweetie Bell

• Apple Bloom: Applejack's little sister who hasn't received the mark yet. Two girls tease her in class, calling her “dummy” and hinting at her lack of a mark. At one party, she finds two foals who also did not receive their marks, Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell. They instantly become friends and unite into the self-proclaimed team “Mark Bearers”. She has a red mane and yellow coloring, and always wears a bow on her head. Has a talent for design abilities.
• Scootaloo: A Pegasus who admires Rainbow Dash. She has a somewhat boyish character. She is good at riding a scooter and dancing. Loves extreme entertainment, but does not yet know how to fly. She has an orange color and a purple mane.
• Sweetie Belle: Rarity's little sister, a unicorn. She sings well, but does not want to perform on stage because of her shyness. Her mane is striped, consisting of pink and light purple stripes, and her body is white.

Wonderbolts

The Wonderbolts are a group of popular pegasus fliers in Equestria that Rainbow Dash admires and dreams of joining them. Their uniform is blue tight suits with a lightning bolt pattern and flying goggles. The identities of the Wonderbolts began to be revealed in detail only in last episode season, and so far anything is known about only two of them