Do You Think Derpy Should Be Banned?

[Bella_Faus 35]

To be honest.....I don't care much....but i had to choose I would choose to SAVE DERPY!

    

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

Well, besides her voice she has returned to grace us again with her gorgeous presence, as she featured prominently in several s4 episodes.

And as for being banned, I see no issue with having a clumsy oaf like character, as this is a cartoon and not a political drama show. And clumsy oafs are a staple of children's cartoons.

[Luna 831 466]

No she is awsome if that happens a lot of people will be pissed off.

[Thespian 78]

I would rather they just not touch derpy anymore. I mean its weird when she actually is in the presence of other ponies but doesn't talk, but I feel she is more trouble than hasbro is willing to deal with.

[\/ 651]

Derpy stays, or may Hasbro face the wrath of bronies everywhere.

[Hovershy 3,814]

I wish Hasbro could give her old voice back and give her a speaking role *sigh*, but I guess I'm content with having her chill in the background for now.

[Banul 3,831]

Why would she be banned? It's not like she's causing any harm.

[AppleLover 146]

I think they should keep her the exact same way she has always been. Derpy eyed. And maybe they could get her old voice back. I may have never heard it, but I still think that they messed with her too much as it is. Trying to ban Derpy. On a show that's about tolerating and loving others just as they are. Unthinkable. And I can be included in that wrath that would be put on Hasbro if they ban her, even if I only bring the food. 

[Megas 27,563]

There's really no point in banning her, plus I'd rather not see the brony fandom lose their shit once again

[RainbowDangerDashie 195]

Stupid soccer moms.... trying to ruin a perfectly good character.

 

 

#SaveDerpyHooves

[Pastel 7,630]

WHAT? WHY SHOULD SHE BE BANNED?

*cough* Quite the contrary, she should appear/speak more. She's best pony after all.

Edited July 19, 2014 by Blobulle

[The Mane-iac 1,648]

I'm not much of a Derpy fan, but I'll say this...

 

I honestly think the original Derpy needs to be brought back. It was nothing but a bunch of overprotective soccer moms who complained about her instead of caring about what their kids (I'd wager most of them didn't even have kids that Derpy was supposedly making fun of) thought, which from what I've seen, they loved her. It was someone they related to and found enjoyable.

 

My little cousin loved that there was a deaf mermaid in the old Little Mermaid cartoon, maybe those soccer moms would like to claim she was making fun of deaf kids and should be redacted. I can promise my cousin would be very upset.

 

A diverse representation of disabilities/race/gender/etc is something that's missing in the media and is purposefully made that way (Big Hero 6 is a recent big offender) most of the time because of fear of backlash or smaller profits. It's something that needs to change. So when a character comes along outside the "norm", I think they should be embraced. If you take issue with something, and don't want your kid exposed to it... guess what? There's this new technique called parenting, look it up. Your kid is your responsibility, not your neighbors, not your governments, and not the people who makes tv shows/music/movies/whatever.

 

Honestly though, she just seemed clumsy to me. Those parents are the ones who labeled her as being slow or whatever their excuse was for hanging her out to dry.

Edited July 19, 2014 by The Mane-iac

[Luna 831 466]

They will never bring back the old derpy so the new one is better then none.

[Nerdy Luigi 2,065]

No, but keep her in the background.

[Shanks 10,816]

Why would she be banned? It's not like she's causing any harm.

A bunch of parents and busy bodies who have no idea what the hell they are talking about freaked out when Derpy had her first speaking role in The Last Roundup and called for her head because she was supposedly a joke at the expese of the mentally challenged. These people never even bothered to ask the opinions of the people they claimed to speak for before they opened their mouths, I know exactly what it is like to be called a retard even though I am not because I am on the Autism spectrum where was my say in this?

 

As it now stands Derpy is barred from any speaking roles but not from background appearances along with occasional more obvious appearance like this one in Rainbow Falls.

 

 

There is a rumor that they are trying to sort of ease Derpy back into a larger role but sadly this is a bit unlikely.

[LZRD WZRD 1,929]

If Patrick Star can still air at this point on Nick, then I see no reason why Derpy can't be shown on MLP. Seriously, Patrick has had episodes where they pretty much say he is retarded (the episode with his brain anyone?). They try to play him for laughs (and horribly fail), but yet nobody complains except the people who remember when that show was good. You don't see parents calling in demanding that this "offensive character" be removed. So no, Derpy should not be banned. I actually would like to see her get a bigger role in the series

[Gamersiren 1]

If you guys didn't know what happened, basically a bunch of overprotective moms said "that's offensive."

['NamBrony 22]

No. Derpy is best background poni.

[Guest]

Wasn't she "removed" for a short while because people saw/claimed her as a parody of people who are.. let's say, mentally challenged? I haven't really been following the debate.

Edited July 22, 2014 by Guest

[Fractured 2,684]

Snails is by far more offensive than Derpy. Derpy is an adorable pony with an eye issue that mostly sticks to the background, Snails is an obnoxious, in your face space waster that...that...well have you seen/heard him?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz2R96sSmdY

 

 

[Malinter 3,064]

no, because she shouldn't have been banned the last time.

[baltoist 303]

No. Not that I would care if she was.

[Washougal_Otaku 1,020]

I saw nothing wrong with Derpy.  Those that are offended by her are easily offended and need to pull their anger stick out of their flank.

[PonyEcho 1,610]

Oh my, have we gone back in time to 2012? (checks calender) Ok its present day that's good.

 

Its been 2 years now, we already no the out come of the Derpy fiasco by now and I honestly welcomed the changes and how she was then kept as the where's Waldo of mlp.

 

@,

 

Yeah Snips and Snails would be more offensive, if they weren't suppose to be young boys.  

"snips and snails and puppy dogs tails, that's what boys are made of"

Edited July 22, 2014 by PonyEcho

[flutterdango117 154]

i mean sure i get why some parts were touchy with derpy because it mightve presumed it ewas a way to poke fun at people with disabilities but i dont see her doing anything really anything that would make that impression. as a high functioning autisti i adore derpy alot. she other then rainbow dash were my first two fav ponies. i like how goofy she is because im usually pretty goofy as well so as one with a disability i dont really see derpy as a insult but more of budddy then anything. alot of people like as well as even maybe the target audience due to her ways as  proubly kids do from time to time. so in short. i think parents are judging derpy alittle too quickly then meets the eye for her and i proubly know she wont be back to normal but more screen time would be  nice...

Edited July 23, 2014 by Thereisnospoon303
Edited out explicit response to removed post.