Things you took a while to realize about FIM?

[Zygen 6,066]

I decided to make this thread because of many things that throughout watching MLP I feel like they've taken me way to long to figure out.

 

For instance, I actually didn't get why Equestria was called Equestria until I actually did some random studying on horses, and ponys while I was bored.

 

Another famous one more FIM related is thinking Rainbow Dash was a guy, that took me a little bit to understand . Nothing against Rainbow dash or anything , the voice actor is just so good at making that raspy tomboy voice that it almost sounds male .

 

Anyways, now its your turn! What is some things you didn't realize until a while about FIM? Or maybe you just realized it. I'm sure everyone has something that they just didn't get for whatever reason until more recently.

 

It doesn't even have to be well known necessarily I guess, although it does make more sense I guess.

 

Ya know what you get the idea I'm gonna stop wasting your time rambling .

 

Btw, have a good weekend y'all!

Edited January 11, 2013 by Zygen

[Dusty Soul 2,614]

I have to say I honestly didn't know why it was called Equestria until I heard a girl at my school talk about doing an Equestrian race.  So, I thought about it and I figured it out. 

[Zygen 6,066]

I have to say I honestly didn't know why it was called Equestria until I heard a girl at my school talk about doing an Equestrian race.  So, I thought about it and I figured it out. 

I just googled it one day to be honest, I actually didn't get the whole thing even after I found out about Pony's being refered to as "Equine" I still was like.. Why Equestria? Then I looked it up and saw stuff about Equestrian stuff and I'm like.. Oh now it makes sense .

[Scootalove 10,689]

It took me a time to realize, that there are a lot of background characters and that we notice some and love them I don't know why.

[Zygen 6,066]

It took me a time to realize, that there are a lot of background characters and that we notice some and love them I don't know why.

I didn't know anything about background pony's until I watched a lets watch on youtube  where they mentioned some of them, now I know maybe like 4-5ish or something.

There is actually alot that never get named, which is kinda strange i agree.

[Rainbow Dash 1,473]

Took me a while to realize a lot of things like Spike was voiced by a female voice actor. Another thing is Derpy Hooves was a controversial topic among certain people. what really threw me into a state of confusion is when i realized that people were against Bronies. The most embarassing thing i realized after watching 4 episodes of MLP FiM is it was actually good and i might fall in love with the fandom

[SOHCAHTOA 51]

Hmm... to tell the truth there never was anything I took too much time to figure it out. While I've never did any research on the subject, I already had enough superficial knowledge about horses to understand why the place was called Equestria, and everything else I've learned way before formally joining the fandom, when I'd just look at MLP:FIM memes online. It was then that I learned the characters names, the concept of a "background pony", and many other things.

 

I guess something that could count is why Canterlot is named that way. I understand Fillydelphia, Manehatten, and Ponyville is obvious, but is Canterlot named after some horse based pun or anything? Because I still haven't figured it out. All I know is that it sounds like Camelot.

[immblueversion 331]

Hmm... to tell the truth there never was anything I took too much time to figure it out. While I've never did any research on the subject, I already had enough superficial knowledge about horses to understand why the place was called Equestria, and everything else I've learned way before formally joining the fandom, when I'd just look at MLP:FIM memes online. It was then that I learned the characters names, the concept of a "background pony", and many other things.

 

I guess something that could count is why Canterlot is named that way. I understand Fillydelphia, Manehatten, and Ponyville is obvious, but is Canterlot named after some horse based pun or anything? Because I still haven't figured it out. All I know is that it sounds like Camelot.

 

A canter is a kind of horse's gait, halfway between a trot and a gallop. It's the slowest pace a horse can move where all four legs are off the ground.

Edited January 12, 2013 by immblueversion

[Rarietty 632]

It took me a while to realize this-

 

 

It was Camaraderie is Supernatural that pointed it out to me finally.

 

Also, related to Nightmare Moon, I just realized that she was trapped inside the moon, not on the moon.That's even worse. 

 

It also took a while to realize that Twilight's voice actress was Tara Strong. I recall hearing her yell in Applebuck Season and I thought it sounded familiar. Rewatching it, it sounds basically like Timmy Turner. I don't think I bothered learning about the VAs until after I finished watching season 1. 

[An Old Head 4,816]

At first, I wondered why all of Applejack's family had apple-related names except for Granny Smith. When I heard her name being announced, I was like "Wow... boring."
 

Then I learnt that a Granny Smith is a type of apple. Apparently everyone should have known it. ;_;

[SOHCAHTOA 51]

It took me a while to realize this-

 

 

It was Camaraderie is Supernatural that pointed it out to me finally.

 

Also, related to Nightmare Moon, I just realized that she was trapped inside the moon, not on the moon.That's even worse. 

 

It also took a while to realize that Twilight's voice actress was Tara Strong. I recall hearing her yell in Applebuck Season and I thought it sounded familiar. Rewatching it, it sounds basically like Timmy Turner. I don't think I bothered learning about the VAs until after I finished watching season 1. 

 

 

Wa-the-wa-the-that was there?!?! I never saw that before! Nightmare Moon on the hourglass... did that really happened? That really was on the show?

[immblueversion 331]

I miss the days when it took everyone a while to realize John de Lancie played Discord...

 

Oh, how the Star Trek fanbase skyrocketed then.

Wa-the-wa-the-that was there?!?! I never saw that before! Nightmare Moon on the hourglass... did that really happened? That really was on the show?

 

Oh yeah, this:

 

Edited January 12, 2013 by immblueversion

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

It took me a while to realize this-

 

 

Mind = blown.  I guess that goes first on the list of things that it took me a while to realize.

 

I initially assumed that Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash were siblings until I looked it up.  (and thank goodness for that, because if they were sisters we wouldn't have 'Sleepless in Ponyville')

 

It also took me a while to realize how awesome of human beings the VAs were.  It was only when I started watching their panels when this dawned upon me, which was perhaps a month or two after I started watching the show.

[SrFrog 928]

It took me the first two episodes to realize Rainbow Dash was a mare, sorry. In my defense, apparently that was an easy mistake to fall victim to, just check some of those early brony forums and than it becomes apparent how common that mistake was.

[Feather Gem 967]

Why Trixie's name was such a normal name xD

And something similar...but I forget.

And I found out today why Snips and Snails have such odd names.  My father told me:

Girls are made of sugar, spice and everything nice.

Boys are made of snips and snails and puppy dog tails.

[Twinhead B 482]

Why Trixie's name was such a normal name xD

And something similar...but I forget.

And I found out today why Snips and Snails have such odd names.  My father told me:

Girls are made of sugar, spice and everything nice.

Boys are made of snips and snails and puppy dog tails.

 

Even crazier is when you realize that nursery rhyme was used as the "recipe" for creating The Powerpuff Girls, and later on in the series, their male counterparts The Rowdy Rough Boys. That show was also created by Craig McCraken, who is Lauren Faust's husband. Lauren Faust was also a writer on the show from Season 3 onward.

 

CRAZY.

 

I didn't realize all the musical references and tie-ins in A Canterlot Wedding until I saw someone mention it on YouTube. These writers are sly!

[Stellafera 3,836]

You have no idea how long I lasted before realizing that MLD was a famous fanfiction. It was, oh, about until December 2012 or so. 

[Zygen 6,066]

Took me a while to realize a lot of things like Spike was voiced by a female voice actor. Another thing is Derpy Hooves was a controversial topic among certain people. what really threw me into a state of confusion is when i realized that people were against Bronies. The most embarassing thing i realized after watching 4 episodes of MLP FiM is it was actually good and i might fall in love with the fandom

I didn't actually know that for a really long time. Spike seems like such a guy that I found it hard to believe .

I didn't know who Derpy was until I watched a let's watch on youtube. Where she was pointed out some.

And I fell in love with the show after  a couple episodes, but I was hooked on watching atleast the first two episodes because I wanted  to know how it ended off, but I just kept watching outta curiosity, and of  course I got hooked after a bit. .

 

 

 

A canter is a kind of horse's gait, halfway between a trot and a gallop. It's the slowest pace a horse can move where all four legs are off the ground.

I didn't know this was why it was called canterlot , Guess you learn something new everyday .

 

It took me a while to realize this-

 

 

It was Camaraderie is Supernatural that pointed it out to me finally.

 

Also, related to Nightmare Moon, I just realized that she was trapped inside the moon, not on the moon.That's even worse. 

 

It also took a while to realize that Twilight's voice actress was Tara Strong. I recall hearing her yell in Applebuck Season and I thought it sounded familiar. Rewatching it, it sounds basically like Timmy Turner. I don't think I bothered learning about the VAs until after I finished watching season 1. 

WATT.. In the like 5 times I've watched this episode I never noticed this...

I must be really unobservant.

 

It took me the first two episodes to realize Rainbow Dash was a mare, sorry. In my defense, apparently that was an easy mistake to fall victim to, just check some of those early brony forums and than it becomes apparent how common that mistake was.

Yeah, most people had that mistake.. Although I eventuelly just assumed it made more sense because the rest of the mane 6 where female.

 

Why Trixie's name was such a normal name xD

And something similar...but I forget.

And I found out today why Snips and Snails have such odd names.  My father told me:

Girls are made of sugar, spice and everything nice.

Boys are made of snips and snails and puppy dog tails.

Oh.. That makes sense actually .

 

Even crazier is when you realize that nursery rhyme was used as the "recipe" for creating The Powerpuff Girls, and later on in the series, their male counterparts The Rowdy Rough Boys. That show was also created by Craig McCraken, who is Lauren Faust's husband. Lauren Faust was also a writer on the show from Season 3 onward.

 

CRAZY.

 

I didn't realize all the musical references and tie-ins in A Canterlot Wedding until I saw someone mention it on YouTube. These writers are sly!

Ikr, I actually still remember that from powerpuff girls. And I didn't really watch that in any dedicated form..I'm a bit to young to have been around to dedicate watching that anyways . Still I remember that.

 

You have no idea how long I lasted before realizing that MLD was a famous fanfiction. It was, oh, about until December 2012 or so. 

I didn't really know MLD was a fanfic at all . Not until like idk. October? I don't remember.

I found it on here though, just browsing through stuff. I got curious and read it. I actually didn't cry at all, but it did make me sad, and kinda depressed a bit.

[Phoenix237 353]

I took me while to realize who the background ponies were. I also didn't know about the whole Derpy Hooves incident until I saw a YouTube video.

Also it dawned upon me that the canterlot wedding fight scene resemble the fight scene in the powerpuff girls movie with all the apes and monkeys.

[Fluttermena 1,223]

I don't get why so many people thought Dash was a guy, even before I started watching the show it was pretty clear she was female.

Scootaloo however, I though she was a boy at first until I actually saw her first scene in Call of the Cutie.

I though Pinkie was the Cakes' daughter for the longest time, no matter how many times she called them "Mr and Mrs Cake", my subconscious kept telling me she was their daughter. Even after "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" I still was surprised whenever Pinkie called them that.

I didn't spot Nightmare Moon in the hourglass until someone pointed it out on Youtube.

 

 

I didn't realize all the musical references and tie-ins in A Canterlot Wedding until I saw someone mention it on YouTube. These writers are sly!

 

I still don't understand that one, I don't know much about music but I hear a lot of people mention an reference in the songs, what is it?

[immblueversion 331]

I still don't understand that one, I don't know much about music but I hear a lot of people mention an reference in the songs, what is it?

 

It's simple, really.

 

The song "B.B.B.F.F." is mainly played in D♭ Major. Normally, when a music scale ends with the same chord it starts with, it is known as an "Authentic Cadence". However, at one point in the song, a scale ends with a B♭ Minor chord instead of its usual D♭ Major chord. This is known as a "Deceptive Cadence".

 

The reference being that Queen Chrysalis was deceiving everyone with her Princess Cadence disguise.

Edited January 13, 2013 by immblueversion

[Zygen 6,066]

I took me while to realize who the background ponies were. I also didn't know about the whole Derpy Hooves incident until I saw a YouTube video.

Also it dawned upon me that the canterlot wedding fight scene resemble the fight scene in the powerpuff girls movie with all the apes and monkeys.

Yep, me to , Although I never really watched the powerpuff girls that much, so I don't remember the fighting scene resembling that really. I would not be surprised though .

 

I don't get why so many people thought Dash was a guy, even before I started watching the show it was pretty clear she was female.

Scootaloo however, I though she was a boy at first until I actually saw her first scene in Call of the Cutie.

I though Pinkie was the Cakes' daughter for the longest time, no matter how many times she called them "Mr and Mrs Cake", my subconscious kept telling me she was their daughter. Even after "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" I still was surprised whenever Pinkie called them that.

I didn't spot Nightmare Moon in the hourglass until someone pointed it out on Youtube.

 

 

 

I still don't understand that one, I don't know much about music but I hear a lot of people mention an reference in the songs, what is it?

Eh, I dunno, I mean I really just assumed partly that she was a girl, but some of me also had that feeling she might be a guy at the same time. However after a little while and I thought about it it was pretty clear she was a girl.

After watching the show for long long I've eventually just found out an easy way to tell by looking if they have eyelashes or not . If its not apparently by the voice acting.

 

I actually am still a bit bothered by what Pinkies relation is to the cakes, but that is a disucssion for another time I guess .

 

 

It's simple, really.

 

The song "B.B.B.F.F." is mainly played in D♭ Major. Normally, when a music scale ends with the same chord it starts with, it is known as an "Authentic Cadence". However, at one point in the song, a scale ends with a B♭ Minor chord instead of its usual D♭ Major chord. This is known as a "Deceptive Cadence".

 

The reference being that Queen Chrysalis was deceiving everyone with her Princess Cadence disguise.

Well, I know a little bit about music, but I didn't really get this reference myself . I should brush up on my music knowledge a bit.

[hawkflame 3,311]

I don't know if this is something that I truly didn't know, it's more like something that just didn't occur to me for a while... 

 

Most puns (in this show and in general) work as a twist on two different phrases, i.e. Fillydelphia= Filly + Philadelphia.  But the name "Cloudsdale" is the much rarer *triple* meaning pun:

Cloudsdale= Cloud (pegasus city in the sky, so of course) + Clydesdale (a type of horse) + the fact that "dale" is a common suffix for town names (Glendale CA, Scottsdale AZ, Riverdale NY,)

[Betez 1,735]

It actually took me a while to realize that Scootaloo couldn't fly. I just that filly pegasi could only flutter for a few seconds. It actually wasn't until I think Sleepless in Ponyville this season that I fully realized that she was handicapped. I felt pretty stupid.

Edited January 16, 2013 by Betez

[Zygen 6,066]

I don't know if this is something that I truly didn't know, it's more like something that just didn't occur to me for a while... 

 

Most puns (in this show and in general) work as a twist on two different phrases, i.e. Fillydelphia= Filly + Philadelphia.  But the name "Cloudsdale" is the much rarer *triple* meaning pun:

 

Cloudsdale= Cloud (pegasus city in the sky, so of course) + Clydesdale (a type of horse) + the fact that "dale" is a common suffix for town names (Glendale CA, Scottsdale AZ, Riverdale NY,)

I actually didn't know about Cloudsdale until now . Thank you .

 

It actually took me a while to realize that Scootaloo couldn't fly. I just that filly pegasi could only flutter for a few seconds. It actually wasn't until I think Sleepless in Ponyville this season that I fully realized that she was handicapped. I felt pretty stupid.

Well technically she hasn't been flat out confirmed that she will never be able to fly, but as for right now she can't.

Lauren faust did say something about it, but that could still change since shes no longer involved with the show.

I hope it stays that way though kinda, adds some variety and her being able to fly randomly one day doesn't make much sense.