Is Rainbow Dash a hated character?

[M'gann M'orzz 745]

Amongst bronies maybe, but I think she probably has a much large fanbase amongst the target audience than she does with the bronies. (proportionally). They wouldn't make THAT much merch and plaster her front and center on so much advertising if she wasn't popular with the kids, it just wouldn't make sense, yeah?

Sure they would, marketable design= even girls who don't really watch the show will buy toys of her. Rainbow is kind of in the same boat though to my experience she's significantly more popular among both bronies and the target audience than Pinkie Pie. Twilight isn't really but she has main character privilage basically.

Edited March 6, 2016 by M'gann M'orzz

[That Guy with the CMB 5,873]

It seems to go one of two ways with no gray area. Either somebody loves her to death or they can't stand her for her arrogance, which really isn't that bad compared to some characters in other entertainment or even real people I've seen.

 

 

Remember Mori Kibbutz? You thought Brucie was bad, but oh my GOSH, Mori is the worst.

[Unlikeable Pony 2,699]

Sure they would, marketable design= even girls who don't really watch the show will buy toys of her. Rainbow is kind of in the same boat though to my experience she's significantly more popular among both bronies and the target audience than Pinkie Pie. Twilight isn't really but she has main character privilage basically.

I really wish there was a good bit of info available for how each of the characters sold, percentage wise of the quarters merchandise sales.

 

I'd really like to know how the characters stack up against each other, of if the jumbo deluxe toys (like midnight sparkle) actually sold well or what. Be interesting to see if sunset is selling well in EQG as well compared to the others.

[SilverStarApple 849]

Rainbow Dash might only be my third favourite, but I still like her.

[M'gann M'orzz 745]

It seems to go one of two ways with no gray area. Either somebody loves her to death or they can't stand her for her arrogance, which really isn't that bad compared to some characters in other entertainment or even real people I've seen.

 

 

Remember Mori Kibbutz? You thought Brucie was bad, but oh my GOSH, Mori is the worst.

 

Im pretty middle of the road on Rainbow actually, I like her but nowhere near as much as I like Rarity or Applejack and bellow Pinkie Pie as well. but I like her more than Twilight or Fluttershy.

 

 

I really wish there was a good bit of info available for how each of the characters sold, percentage wise of the quarters merchandise sales.

 

I'd really like to know how the characters stack up against each other, of if the jumbo deluxe toys (like midnight sparkle) actually sold well or what. Be interesting to see if sunset is selling well in EQG as well compared to the others.

 

Well Rainbow and Pinkie have been the most merched characters for years followed by Twilight so it must be those 2 followed by Twilight for the top 3, then Fluttershy and Rarity are presumably pretty close with Fluttershy slightly edging out since she gets the barest bit more merch and then Applejack far behind to the point where she's left out of stuff like McDonalds promotions and such in favor of totally random characters. This is all just going by the AMOUNT of merch they get, I would guess they make more of character that tend to sell more, but I think marketable design is as important as character popularity when it comes to sales.

[Megas 27,821]

To be fair, Twilight elicits a similar reaction in debates as well.

 

 

And usually it's equally bullshit for her as well. We usually can't go a month without "Twilight is a Mary Sue" topics popping up once a month 

Edited March 6, 2016 by Megas

[Unlikeable Pony 2,699]

Well Rainbow and Pinkie have been the most merched characters for years followed by Twilight so it must be those 2 followed by Twilight for the top 3, then Fluttershy and Rarity are presumably pretty close with Fluttershy slightly edging out since she gets the barest bit more merch and then Applejack far behind to the point where she's left out of stuff like McDonalds promotions and such in favor of totally random characters. This is all just going by the AMOUNT of merch they get, I would guess they make more of character that tend to sell more, but I think marketable design is as important as character popularity when it comes to sales.

 

I'm actually more interested in seeing how Sunset's sales are doing compared to the other mane six given her push, toywise and focus wise, in the EQG series. You'd think she should be topping the charts given them giving her a special time to shine doll and extra focus, so I'd be curious if that's matching up.

[Moon Sugar 532]

I don't hate her, she just isn't that interesting to me.

 

...Tomboy isn't a flattering term? I always thought of it as more as a descriptive of an athletic girl. Which I think Rainbow Dash would definitely qualify as.

[@lpha 41]

I dislike the fact that she's a hotheaded narcissist, but I guess that's just her character :/

 

Edit: tbh she's not nearly as bad when she's not completely focused on herself, such as some parts of the pilot and "tanks for the memories" (just naming a couple off the top of my head)

Edited March 8, 2016 by @lpha

[geartree 33]

How is she the most hated? I think she is the most liked in the fandom.

 

But she is probably out of the mane six second to last in my favorites.

[Se7en 1]

Luna is far better than Rainbow Dash, but somebody I know won't agree with me XD

[Unlikeable Pony 2,699]

How is she the most hated? I think she is the most liked in the fandom.

2011 yes, not currently though.

 

She's at least doing better than she was around S3, that was probably the lowest she's ever been in the popularity department (I blame S2 doing REALLY shittily with dash).

 

 

 

 

I kind of wonder where dash would be at currently if the writers hadn't handled so horrible in S2 and sank her popularity...

[bluseymoe 258]

Luna is far better than Rainbow Dash, but somebody I know won't agree with me XD

Luna is the definition of overrated. 

[Rainbow Diamonds 282]

Rainbow Dash is an icon for Bronies and definitely not a hated character. She has haters, but so does everyone else. 

 

If any of the Mane Six are hated characters, it's Rarity. (She's popular on this forum but not to the general population.)

Luna is far better than Rainbow Dash, but somebody I know won't agree with me XD

I don't agree with you. As a Rainbow Dash fan, Rainbow beats Luna. Also, I prefer Princess Celestia. (That is a very unpopular opinion most Bronies will disagree with.)

[Swifty 249]

Actually i hate those people in rl, but i like Rainbow Dash more the longer the show runs. She is so naive which makes her cute, she was never really mean like a Lightning Dust and i really like her character development.

Tbh, AJ annoys me more regarding things like to feel better than others.

[Roughshod 719]

Not in my book. But even if she was, so what? Who cares about the popular opinions of characters, like whoever you want to.

[Nikola Xerdav 88]

i don't hate RD, but sometimes the writers infuriate me. i never had too big of an issue with RD having flaws and aside from a couple episodes centered on her not being the best, i never had any issues with a RD episode until Tanks For The memories where she basically goes insane and destroys the weather factory without repercussion all because she wasn't going to be able to play with her pet in the winter. i downgraded her on my favorite pony list since then, but she is still within the top 5 for me. 

[Unlikeable Pony 2,699]

 

 

If any of the Mane Six are hated characters, it's Rarity. (She's popular on this forum but not to the general population.)

 

 

I really wonder how well she does amongst the target audience; she seems to be well liked amongst adults due to subverting the normal "Horrible fashion obsessed character" stereotype that everyone who likes fashion tends to fall into in TV, but she's constantly left out of the sets aimed at kids, like Mcdonalds sets.

 

it makes me think that the little kids don't seem to get her like adults due.

[Koumorikichikun 62]

She's my least favourite mane 6. I think she has the worst personality traits of all of them.

[SteveMorison 407]

I really wonder how well she does amongst the target audience; she seems to be well liked amongst adults due to subverting the normal "Horrible fashion obsessed character" stereotype that everyone who likes fashion tends to fall into in TV, but she's constantly left out of the sets aimed at kids, like Mcdonalds sets.

it makes me think that the little kids don't seem to get her like adults due.

My 7 year old niece has a Rarity plushie, if that means anything.

[Aurora Storm 83]

Is tomboy an insult? I guess one could say it's a sexist term, but if that's the case, calling Rarity or Fluttershy "girly" could arguably be sexist too. I'm offended by neither term and don't see why that was mentioned as an example of RD hate.

[bluseymoe 258]

She's my least favourite mane 6. I think she has the worst personality traits of all of them.

Those traits are exactly what make her way more entertaining that somepony like, say... Applejack.

[Koumorikichikun 62]

I understand some people find those moments where she acts selfish or arrogant endearing but I don't, and she's prone to it more than the rest the 6. To be fair though she usually feels guilty and makes things right afterwards. And I hate Mysterious Mare Do Well for its bad moral, just made the rest of the mane 6 look jealous and petty.

[Unlikeable Pony 2,699]

One thing about dash is that the writers seem to have a MUCH bigger problem "getting her" than other ponies: Specifically, some writers seem to write her very well, while others have a tendency to do her poorly.

 

Like, whenever Larson would write dash, I'd have no fears: I'd 100% expect a good turnout from him. But then you look at episodes that depict her as being horribly arrogant and shallow and obsessed with "being awesome", like what she got in season 2, and there's issues.

Dash probably has the biggest deviancy from good to bad episodes of the six: You have incredible ones like her appearance in Hurricane fluttershy or sonic rainboom, and the you have ones like MMDW or rainbow falls.