Lauren Faust, developer and initial showrunner of My Little Pony: Friendship Is MagicĪnimator and writer Lauren Faust approached Hasbro to develop her girls' toys property "Galaxy Girls" into an animated series. Central themes that Hasbro sought for the show included friendship and working together, factors they determined from market research in how girls played with their toys. Hasbro's senior vice president, Linda Steiner, stated the company "intended to have the show appeal to a larger demographic" the network was trying to create shows that parents and children would watch together. According to Margaret Loesch, CEO of The Hub, revisiting properties that had worked in the past was an important decision in televised media, which was somewhat influenced by the opinions of the network's programming executives, several of whom were once fans of such shows. Hasbro was inspired by the Transformers film (2007), as it helped increase sales of the Transformers toy line the company wanted to retool the My Little Pony franchise to appeal to the current demographic of young girls. With many brands, including My Little Pony, Hasbro uses a multigenerational plan as a template. has produced several incarnations of the My Little Pony franchise, often labeled by collectors as "generations". Cathy Weseluck as Spike, a small dragon who is Twilight's assistant.Pinkie Pie, a fun-loving earth pony who enjoys throwing parties.Fluttershy, a shy and timid pegasus who loves animals.Germain as Rarity, a glamorous unicorn who owns a boutique Rainbow Dash, an egotistical, sporty pegasus.Applejack, a diligent earth pony whose family owns a farm.Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle, a socially naïve unicorn who loves to read but initially has difficulty making friends.Main article: List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters They travel on adventures and help others around Equestria and beyond while resolving problems that appear in their own friendships. The ponies find that they represent different facets of friendship with magical artifacts called the "Elements of Harmony". Twilight and her dragon assistant Spike become close friends with five other ponies: Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. At the insistence of the ruler of Equestria and her mentor, Princess Celestia, a studious unicorn named Twilight Sparkle travels to the town of Ponyville to learn about friendship. In the kingdom of Equestria, all three species of ponies-earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns-live in harmony. My Little Pony: Pony Life, a spin-off comedy series, premiered on Discovery Family on November 7, 2020.
A feature-length film adaptation based on the television series, titled My Little Pony: The Movie, was theatrically released on October 6, 2017, in the United States.
A spin-off franchise, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, was launched in 2013, and ran alongside the show for six years.
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The series led to new merchandising opportunities for Hasbro. Despite the target demographic of young girls, Friendship Is Magic also gained an unexpectedly large following of older viewers, mainly adult men, who call themselves " bronies". The series became a success it was one of the highest-rated production in The Hub's broadcast history. Due to hectic production schedules and a lack of creative control, she left the series during the second season. Faust sought to challenge the nature of the My Little Pony line, and created more in-depth characters and adventurous settings she aspired to create a show similar to how she had played with her toys and incorporated many elements of fantasy. Hasbro selected animator Lauren Faust to be the show's creative director and executive producer. They travel on adventures and help others around Equestria while solving problems that arise in their own friendships.Īnimated in Flash, the series aired on The Hub (which was renamed Discovery Family on October 13, 2014) from October 10, 2010, to October 12, 2019. Germain), Fluttershy ( Andrea Libman), Rainbow Dash (Ball), Pinkie Pie (Libman), and dragon assistant Spike ( Cathy Weseluck). The show follows a studious unicorn (later an alicorn) pony named Twilight Sparkle ( Tara Strong) and her friends Applejack ( Ashleigh Ball), Rarity ( Tabitha St. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (abbreviated as MLP: FIM ) is an animated children's television series based on the fourth incarnation of Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise.
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