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It was decided quite a while ago now that My Little Pony: The Wonderbolts should be merged into this article. Umm, is that going to happen sometime soon or anything? I'd help it happen but I have no idea how so...I'll just leave this comment here 'til someone more knowledgeable than I comes along. ReecyBoy42 ( talk) 14:53, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Excuse me, but should we provide images of the characters in the article?
Thanks.
-- 216.45.97.72 ( talk) 14:50, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
This article is far too inclusive. Many of the characters listed in the "other characters" section only make minor appearances in the series, as well as the "Pets" section. Most of the page is also unreferenced, providing another good reason to remove some of this content. Ideas on what to do? Princess Derpy ( talk) 05:43, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Many fans have compared Discord's psychotic and unpredictable nature as well as his love for chaos to the character Sheogorath from the Elder Scrolls videogame series.
Is that worth adding to his description? Dartpaw86 ( talk) 19:11, 10 February 2012 (UTC)Dartpaw86
Her official name is "Princess Cadance", e.g. correctly spelled in Shining Armor's and Chrysialis' sections. — Preceding
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:Is it? cause I'm really confused right now.
Helicopter
Llama 16:52, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
These need to be created for Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack and Rarity. I have already started writing some of them on my computer. These characters are more notable than 90% of, say, the Marvel and DC characters who have articles on this site. I see no reason why they should not get their own articles. They have MORE than enough "reception" as well. Please unlock the page " Rainbow Dash" as well as any other character names that may be locked. ResonX ( talk) 19:03, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Or have they officially declared the spelling? Serendi pod ous 18:14, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
How come there is no entry for Trixie!?
And some of the main characters should have their own articles. They are more notable than many DC/Marvel characters!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.247.246.160 ( talk) 23:24, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
I just added an entry for Trixie in the Antagonists section, since she's no longer a one-shot character. Dr. Slide ( talk) 16:40, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
This section is missing a considerable amount of basic information about Derpy Hooves. Specifically, Derpy Hooves was never intended to be a secondary character, but gained a fan following after fans spotted an animation error in which the nameless background pony had crossed eyes. In acknowledgement of the character's fan following, Derpy got cameos in multiple subsequent episodes, culminating in her speaking appearance in The Last Roundup. This caused some controversy, as Hasbro and/or the Hub received complaints that Derpy was offensive to disabled persons (the word "derp" or "derpy" in particular). The episode was subsequently edited, and the netflix and youtube have that scene altered so Derpy is not named by Rainbow Dash, among other changes. http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Derpy
I believe at least some of this information is worth including in the Derpy description, as it makes Derpy quite unique among the other secondary characters, and does not draw on speculative information from fan generated content (ie, the muffins obsession). Furthermore, I don't think what I've mentioned here goes beyond the scope of a concise and basic encyclopedic entry. -Slothen 134.68.31.227 ( talk) 18:36, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Derpy hooves isn't a legitimate character — Preceding unsigned comment added by Williamking21 ( talk • contribs) 18:52, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
Jim Miller has stated here that her name was changed for legal reasons (because the word "derp" is copyrighted by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Revenano ( talk) 23:40, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
The section on Twilight currently lists her as a unicorn. This is not true, as she turned into an alicorn in the season 3 finale Magical Mystery Cure. It doesn't matter how many episodes she was a unicorn, she is currently an alicorn and should be listed as such. I will be changing the entry accordingly. It already mentions that she was previously a unicorn; which would dispel any confusion. Edit: I now have rewritten the lead sentence with a direct mention of the unicorn-alicorn transformation, which I think clears things up. If not, please add any comments below. -- Yellow1996 ( talk) 00:40, 5 April 2013 (UTC) and 00:53, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Note from Rainbowdashies: If Twilight is mentioned as a alicorn, it would be a spoiler to viewers who haven't seen the episode yet. I suggest you put that "something magical happened" or "Twilight showed true responsibility and wisdom for herself and her friends, so Twilight transformed" I really don't know but something like that. There shouldn't be any SPOILER ALERTS on Wikipedia. — Preceding
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I would like to propose we split some characters into individual articles. Just as certain episodes of the show have gained significant reception, so too, I believe, have some of its characters. First and foremost is Twilight Sparkle, whose role as the show's central protagonist, as well as her recent notoriety as an Alicorn Princess, satisfies the general notability guidelines and has been covered with reliable, third-party sources. I also believe Discord, a character portrayed by a big-name actor who has played a significant role with the show's fanbase, also fulfills this criteria. However, we must be aware that Wikipedia is not a collection of plot summaries. Please leave your thoughts in the general section below whether you would support or oppose these splits. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 04:27, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Strong Support - I agree with all your points and would absolutely love to see (and work on!) separate articles for some characters. Honestly, certain other shows have pages for characters that don't even come close to the notability of many of the characters listed here. So yeah, please do. -- Yellow1996 ( talk) 17:34, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
I've submitted the article for RFC. I believe any further comments should be made here. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 13:50, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
So, first, I gotta say it's a shame about that Discord article. I was hoping it'd work. That said, I really don't think dumping all the article's text into this one was the best idea. It just seems out of place.
Which brings me to my next point: revamping this article. It's been a long time, and I know there are a lot of you who've noticed that the quality of this article kinda pales in comparison to ones of better quality. Which is why I think we should start mapping out how the article should look. In fact, I'm working on a new version of the article right now. You can see it on my sandbox.
First, the header is clearly lacking for an article this size. It should sum up everything the article is trying to get across, such as what the show is about, who the main characters are, what other parts of the franchise outside the TV show they've appeared in, and how they've been received by critics and fans.
Next: sections, starting with "Creation and conception". The show's article already has plenty of sourced information on how Lauren Faust came up with the characters and their mannerisms, so we should start by carrying that over. The same goes for the attributes and abilities for the pony tribes that the staff created and/or utilized for this show.
After that, we go into characters. Remember, according to WP:WAF, anything fictional should generally be written from a real-world perspective in present tense. I suggest we briefly sum up the characters' characteristics and anything notable they've done, and then follow up with some real-world information such as how each individual character was conceived and developed by the staff and their voice actors. And no, we don't replicate the Discord section; as it stands, that's really overdoing it for an article like this.
On top of that, here's how I think we should arrange the characters. It's basically the same as it is now, except for a few things:
Finally, we add a "Reception" section. We find articles going into how the characters have been received by critics and fans. The fandom article should have additional information.
And of course, non-primary sources. We find articles and interviews, and add them.
This is all subject to change, of course. For now, it's merely a suggestion. Again, check out my sandbox. Feel free to edit and add to it as you please; I could really use help finding additional, non-primary sources. May I also suggest we use the sandbox's talk page for any further discussion. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 23:56, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
Given that Sunset Shimmer's only appearance in the movie warrants her own brief section in this article, would the same apply to Flash Sentry? Or is he a more minor character? Then again, he's pretty much as notable as Braeburn...someone got an opinion? ~Helicopter Llama~ 15:27, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
What's with all the hate toward Flash?
I swear to Celestia! Everytime a mention of his name was heard, everyone would go berserk and post bad comments and insults about him on Tumblr and 4chan. By the time i watched "Legends of Everfree", Flash's reputation gotten so much horribly worse to the point everyone would blame the film's problems on him.
Come on, guys! Is there any positive thing about him that you hate to admit about him? StephenAlexis ( talk) 02:18, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
Under Fluttershy's entry it says "Not to be confused with shutterfly". Is this really an issue, or just a plug for shutterfly? I don't think anyone could possibly confuse Fluttershy the pony with Shutterfly the US corporation. Canine virtuoso ( talk) 00:28, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
on march to July mlpfim toy adverts a sltly different looking alacorn twilight appears the long dress is replaced with a gold chest peese her wings are redone and she looks like she dose not care of becoming an alacorn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.156.189.184 ( talk) 09:27, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
I cannot believe that Rarity was the only one of the mane six ponies to appear on The Neighbors on December 11. J4lambert ( talk) 21:32, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
I seem to be the first editor on this article in 2014. I thought I'd take a look at it as there are multiple issues (evidenced by the
aptly named template at the top. I'd also invite other editors to take a look at
WP:SYNTH because there may be some. (I will add this to the issues list shortly.) Brohoof! --
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EDIT: WP:WAF will also be useful. -- Anon126 ( talk - contribs) 18:32, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
I haven't seen it, so someone else should add proper citations for the information relating to the film. -- Anon126 ( talk - contribs) 06:39, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
I'm once again getting back into the swing of improving this article (I know, I fail as a human being for taking so long). Looking over it, I've grown more open to using the term "Mane Six" than I was before, but only if the term can be decently sourced as being used by Hasbro or the Hub Network. As it stands, I'm going to need help. Once again, you may see my progress on my sandbox. Feel free to add whatever you think will help. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 01:55, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
I've been reading this talk page, I am going to start working on Twilight and Discord articles. Though I am new, and don't know much about formatting, and how to make a good article. So before I start, I think someone else should try. I also don't get why Discord was deleted, it was good. Ig44165 ( talk) 22:00, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters
There seems to be an edit war concerning the inclusion of information about the characters as they appear in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls. I don't see any prior discussion on this, so I think a consensus should be reached on this issue.
To start off, I personally think that Equestria Girls information should be included, seeing as there isn't a separate List of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls characters (at least at the time of this posting).
@ Gial Ackbar, Frontdoor6, Fireydash21, Emarsee: Ping from recent changes. -- Anon126 ( talk - contribs) 23:56, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Reading through this feels like I'm wading through pudding. It's all over the place, but right now I'm only focused on the design descriptions. Do we really need to know what the FIM characters look like down to freckles and haircuts? Do we need to know what the EG characters wear down to buttons and bracelets? This information seems to be far better organized and more relevant at the MLP Wikia, since that wiki is tailored for a specifically interested audience. They have character infoboxes, even! We should leave this level of detail to them. We, here, could probably manage with something along the lines of "Applejack is an orange earth pony with blonde hair. Her cutie mark is three apples." for each character. I'd say that that's about the level of detail we need. The lines about the character roles within the narrative are well-written, though. Homfrog Talk 22:25, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
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In response to the addition of excessive plot summaries, I've requested that the editnotice (the notice shown at the top when users edit the page) be changed. A consensus must be reached before this happens, so if some people could check out the link above... Anon126 ( talk - contribs) 06:17, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Evidently there's a new attempt by one Violettsureme to crack down on the article's excessive detail by removing most episode-specific information. Unfortunately, this has rendered months of work trying to revamp the article on my sandbox null and void, as I rewrote the "Discord" section in this article as I originally had it down, only to have a whole chunk of it promptly removed because it "does not belong". I think there should be a limit to what "episode-specific information" needs to be cut.
Now, I can see that writing some of the details of Discord's plan (though not terribly in-depth or even that long) would be considered unnecessary, but to remove the mention of Discord's reformation and its presentation within the show? A specific event within the series' plot acknowledged by the showrunners to have altered his character? I know people can just read the episode synopsis on the Season 3 page, but the way I see it, those episodic summaries so short that this article should divulge some information. See the change here.
While I do appreciate the thorough effort, I still hesitate to call the article "good" as it is now; it's just that now I have lost my idea on how it can be improved. For one, the spacing caused by the extremely repetitive notes stating "NO SPECIFIC DETAILS" leaves an ugly space between each section. Another thing I should mention is the Characters of God of War page, which I'm now trying to emulate in my sandbox. The description of the characters in that article is nothing but a summary of each character's role in the God of War series, yet that article is a Featured lists, so I don't honestly see that to be a problem.
The reason I'm using that article as a template is because, quite frankly, we haven't found a terribly good amount of third-party sources to write about these characters individually. Summing up each character in one moderately detailed paragraph (from as much of an out-of-universe perspective as we can afford, of course), while grouping whatever info on their conception and reception we can get our hands on into their respective sections that this article sorely lacks, just seems like our best bet now. That page has what I have come to define as ideal character summaries: not terribly detailed, but just detailed enough. And as it stands, this article could use that kind of touch. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 06:30, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Violettsureme ( talk) 08:20, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Now, before you say "The Mane-iac isn't an antagonist, even though she is a supervillain", this character counts as an antagonist, even though she only appears in one episode. 70.45.68.210 ( talk) 15:38, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
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There has been a war whether or not to include EG information and characters in the FIM character list. I personally think EG information should be removed because EG is considered separated from the main show. The characters featured in it, including the main characters, are spin-off characters created only for merchandising. But if EG must be mentioned somewhere, I suggest creating a separated page showing information on EG characters, including the main ones. Add in the main 6, the secondary characters, and the others. But only mentioned what they did in the Spin-off movies. FIM character page belongs to the FIM version of the characters, this new EG character page can belong to the EG version of the characters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 21:20, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Look, right now each character has info about FIM events and EG events. I'm saying make a second character list with the same characters, but only put in what they did in EG. The FIM character list (This page) explains what the characters did in FIM, the EG character list explains what the characters did in EG and what their roles were (Including the main characters). I can't explain it any clearer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 18:31, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
I think we should just go with the idea of making a separate page for EG version of the characters. I don't understand what you mean by 'reception or significance in the real world', do you mean this 'real world'? Because there's reception or significance about the comic stories, yet they're not on here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 16:10, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Thank you! And if you really need to add in the history on how the characters were made, it should be added on the top of the page, not anywhere beneath the start of the list. However, I still stand by my idea of creating a separate page for the EG version of the characters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 00:37, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
Idea! How about we make a new part of the page called "Spin-off villains" or whatever it's called on the page, and put SS's subsection under that title, we can add the villains that appeared in the comics. We can put in more about Nightmare Rarity, and the other villains who only appeared in the comics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 22:26, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Looking at the edit history of this page, there's one edit that stood out to me: an undid revision to User:HelicopterLlama's removal of in-depth character descriptions, with the reasoning that "A character needs to have a general description." Frankly, I agree with this reasoning: a general description is necessary to tell the characters apart. But there's a general description, and then there's fancruft: i.e., things that no one but the show's most avid of fans care about. I believe much of what's on this page amounts to little more than this: not just the physical descriptions of EG characters, what they wear, and what instruments they play in the sequel (as detailed in the discussion above), but also intricate descriptions how each character's mane is styled, and the inclusion of characters who barely have any profound influence on the show's direction (ex., Donut/Pony Joe). I propose we add {{Fanpov}} to the list of issues, unless anyone here thinks {{Overly detailed}} is more sufficient or proper. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 22:24, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
In the above discussion, I considered that perhaps a section devoted to spin-off characters could work. As it stands now, however, there's only one "antagonist" in the recently created "Spin-off antagonists" section, but evidently there are plans to include characters like Nightmare Rarity, the Nightmare Forces, and the like. This got me thinking: is it really necessary to devote subsections to such characters? Given how little notability I've seen of them, I don't think so.
Let me be clear that I am not against the inclusion of any mention of spin-off materials in this article. The sources are out there, and they can be worked in. In fact, my sandbox already has some of it; I'm updating it based on these discussions as often as I can. But the thing is, I aim to turn this article if not into a featured or good article, then one that at least adheres to Wikipedia's notability and verifiability guidelines, as well as what Wikipedia is not: an indiscriminate collection of information, especially information that is only of any interest to fans of a certain work. The way I have it mapped out right now, I see no need for a section devoted exclusively to characters in spin-off media. It could very well be made if we can find the needed sources, but I won't assume that we can.
I see no problem with including Sunset Shimmer among the current list of antagonists (though now that I look at it, she'll need some work to meet the notability guidelines). As for Nightmare Rarity and the Nightmare Forces, considering their ties with Nightmare Moon, a mention of them in the Nightmare Moon section should be sufficient. When it comes to writing fictional characters, these subsections can't just be plot summary. To properly sort out this page, we must first properly sort out our priorities. We shouldn't approach the improvement of this article as fans of the show, comics, movies, books, and what have you; we should do it as people who acknowledge all those who created and recognized these things for all they're worth. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 01:54, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
I propose we merge this page with the main My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic page.
I've worked on improving this page for well over a year, and I haven't made any breakthroughs. A lot of the major, reliable sources for the characters' creation and reception that I've found already overlap with the main page and others, and I haven't been able to find much else beyond questionable and self-published sources such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and the like. Not a whole lot of characters on this page even have any widespread coverage, let alone any coverage at all. I believe the "Characters" section on the main page is sufficient for this topic the way it is; we could even restructure it like the "Cast and characters" section on The Legend of Korra, which has no character list of its own, and has a good article rank to boot. This means no subsections for each character to go needlessly in-depth on each character, and no arguing on where spin-off characters belong.
If anyone here is able to find the reliable sources necessary to support this article, then by all means, please add them. Until then, I ask that you please consider this merger. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 20:34, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
I would oppose the merge. This show has a decently extensive cast of characters and, unlike something like Korra, they're all (I think) original. It'd be quite a lot to fit in here while actually giving readers a good idea what the characters are like and how the show fits together with them. Moreover, linking to external wikis would not be appropriate for a section like that; they even get routinely removed from External links sections of fictional character articles, for example. Tezero ( talk) 00:38, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Forgive my absence. It's been a while, and I see that discussions have ground to a halt. That, and things haven't exactly improved, let alone changed, around here. I've had time to think about this, and I now believe we should probably close the merger discussion. As big a mess as the page is, I realize that's not exactly the best reason to delete it or merge it with another page. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 17:18, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
I tentatively oppose a merge. WP:CSC states that a standalone list can be made if every member fails the notability criteria. That is, a notable member would have a separate article, while non-notable members would be combined in a list. There are no notable characters in this case, so it's just the list. However, I would greatly shorten the descriptions, perhaps to the length of a description on List of My Little Pony characters. Anon126 ( notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 02:24, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
I like what they did with the villain section. separating recurring, non-recurring and Spin-off villains. However, wasn't Daring Doo's villains a recurring character? I mean, he did appear twice, in S2 and S4. Shouldn't he be among the recurring main show villains? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 21:31, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Someone just made a silly edit that mixed villains with other good characters. I undid it, but some villains have been lost. Can someone bring them back? A character page without them would make this page a joke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 21:14, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
All right, Fireydash21, Gial Ackbar, HelicopterLlama, let's go. (Article talk pages are preferred for discussing content about an article.)
Fireydash, to answer (what I think is) your question in
revision 608975528
revision 608981237, HelicopterLlama was referring to the template {{
merge to}}
, which adds a notice about a proposal to completely merge this article with the
main article. (You can find the discussion above at
#Merge with the main page?) But HelicopterLlama, there is no 7-day requirement or anything for merge proposals.
The reasoning for revision 608964073 suggests that "fan theories" were removed. Yes, some stuff from fan fiction has made its way in from time to time, but it's been taken care of. I can't seem to find anything of the sort that was removed in that particular edit.
I would prefer to restore the version before Fireydash's removals and work from there, but that'd just prolong the edit war. Please discuss. Anon126 ( notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 18:06, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
I must apologize, I'm just seeing this talk page discussion now. I was a little upset to see a two week old version of the article replacing the current version so I reverted to #608799848 which is from early May 16th. It does eliminate an IP's edits that, when I looked at them, did not appear to be constructive. I realize that I should have come here first. I just don't think that two weeks of editing should be thrown out, as if it didn't occur, to return to one editor's preferred version. I guess I should add that I have done little editing on this page, in fact this might be my first edit to it. Liz Read! Talk! 23:18, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
Well if u looked before I actually edited about the inclusion of cutie marks, twilight and applejack didn't have them whereas the rest of the mane 6 had te info of cutie marks this is why I included it. Plus, I do know that most encyclopedias have tons of info so actually wat I did 1 month ago was to revert back edits by Helicopterllama since I think like the necessary details need to be included but now it's not only me who is making a fool out of myself. Others did tried to do the same thing. So all I got to say is since my edits are 'worth' don't remove them it's a perfect article anyone caught doing it will be reverted straight away. I hope I understand Fireydash21 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fireydash21 ( talk • contribs) 08:10, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
I wouldn't advise so because if they are removed the original script is ruined and will be forgotten who wrote the original piece plus special talents are alr inside ~ firey
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I mentioned this article has characters in this one as every-pony in Equestria are protagonists and tritagonists are the same as good alignments. With royal alicorns are Princess Celestia, Luna and Cadence are presented in the show of it, I would present them as "Sweet" with good alignments too. -- Allen talk 05:46, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
This character is named after the Aztec creature, and much of Daring Do's adventures are thus Aztec themed. Should this be mentioned? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.123.31.144 ( talk) 18:48, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Referring to Sunset Shimmer, as a secondary protagonist of the Equestria Girls sequel film. Should it be a reliable source here? And also it contained from this article specific on Heroes Wikia! -- Allen ( talk to me! / ctrb / E-mail me) 09:07, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
Someone keeps removing the properly sourced tweet about the singing voice of Sweetie Belle, which comes from Claire Corlett's father, Ian James Corlett. I do not see anything in the policies about anything against this. - Jasonbres ( talk) 17:10, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
I don’t think this change, and similar changes before, are all to constructive. It removed linked and referenced, put in unneeded details like eye colors, and uses bad grammar. Overall, in increases the fancruft in this article. However, as it is no direct vandalism, I can’t revert it, as it would make me violate WP:3RR. Therefor, please discuss if this edit, or parts of it, should stay in. Gial Ackbar ( talk) 10:49, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Are characters, such as Twilight Sparkle, noteworthy enough for individual articles? This show has been reviewed and praised by several critics, and the show has been running for almost 5 years. Other cartoon characters such as SpongeBob Squarepants & Finn the Human have articles. Giving at least Twilight an article can relieve this article from an excessive amount of details. I would create an article about her, but I am very new to Wikipedia. Thank you. My Thinking Cap ( talk) 06:13, 5 March 2015 (UTC)My Thinking Cap
Ok, thank you. Is there any other way I can help? I am still learning about editing Wikipedia. My Thinking Cap ( talk) 13:54, 5 March 2015 (UTC)My Thinking Cap
This page is on my Watchlist and most of the edits are going back and forth about the color of the ponies mane, tail or eyes. Is it blue or violet or idigo or lavender or purple or navy blue? I don't think it is essential to edit war over the exact shade of blue in Twilight's mane. There are a lot more productive uses of editors' time. Liz Read! Talk! 20:23, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
You should have a talk to 49.230.195.92 He's the reason this is happenening. He gets half the colors wrong, and seems to hate when people specify them. 5.53.154.35 ( talk) 13:28, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
The user whose username always starts with 49, has been vandalizing this page for some time now every single day. This includes improper grammar with using "a" instead of the correct "an", and changing the colors of the characters to either vague or just plain wrong shades. 5.53.154.35 ( talk) 08:35, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
Just added Spike to secondary characters. He's didn't had a big role since season 5, doesn't add much to the story and got less screentime.
I added the Everfree Forest creatures to the article. They appear in some episodes, so should they be on this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.86.71.225 ( talk) 19:20, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
It has been months since I read this article, and reading it now I am disappointed. All the information seems somewhat dated, and most of it needs more information, e. g. character development. I'd do this myself but I'm a lazy-butt and thought it would be better to bother your pointless lives. Ig44165 ( talk) 21:10, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
According to the notice on top, "this article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a specific audience." But whenever I try to cut down on details, it is put back in. If that are not the details that should be removed, what else? Could someone please give a hint on how to solve that issues so that this notice can be removed at some time? Gial Ackbar ( talk) 13:29, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
Usually people like being specific when it comes to describing colors. And with so much color on the page, leaving it vague seems very unprofessional. Obviosuly Fluttershy is not yellow-yellow, she's a much lighter shade of it, and Rarity and her sister are not white-white, their coats are just very pale silvery colors, but not pale enough to look pure white. Every color detail should be welcomed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.53.154.35 ( talk • contribs)
The multiple issues tag (lamenting the lack of primary sources and verification) has been there for three years now. I checked out the article from back then, and it bears only a faint resemblance to this one. This one looks considerably better sourced, and with more secondary sources.
If anyone thinks one or both of the issues still exist, feel free to put the tags back, but please explain what you think should be fixed. -- Ashenai ( talk) 18:36, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Character | Voice actor | Description |
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Pinkie Pie | Andrea Libman, Shannon Chan-Kent (singing voice) | An Earth pony based on the G3 toy of the same name. She works as a live-in party planner at Sugarcube Corner, Ponyville's bakery and confectionery store, and represents the Element of Laughter. Lauren Faust worked to depict her as a "free spirit" to address concerns of the character being too "hyper" and "ditzy". As the crew grew more comfortable with Pinkie, she became "really over-the-top strange and bordering on crazy, with a wacky cartoonish magic all her own". |
Thanks in large part to the Elements of Harmony and Art of Equestria reference books, plus third-party sources that were used in other articles all along despite there not being a section, my revamp of the character list is finally realized. Now it has more detail on the creation and development of the characters as works of fiction, as little in-universe description as I could manage, and most importantly, a legitimate "Reception" section with third-party sources. But first, a summary the present changes:
These are not set in stone, of course, and discussions are welcome for changes and additional characters. The only other question that remains is, should we remove the tags or not? User:Immblueversion ( talk) 18:14, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
Done (and changed all reference dates to MDY format according to top notification, unless that's not what it's for). Next order of business: getting a "Good article" nomination. There's been a history of vandalism such as full character removals and unproductive edits such as an overabundance of detail, but rarely to the point of full edit warring as far as I can see these past few months. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 20:08, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
As I mentioned in my list of changes above, I listed Spike as a secondary character rather than a main one primarily because of the "Mane Six" designation in The Art of Equestria. But it's not just that; while Spike does have a number of his own episodes much like the Cutie Mark Crusaders, he still plays a supporting role to the core cast by and large. And while there are some areas where he is listed among the Mane Six (the MLP Wiki, Behind the Voice Actors, the season box set descriptions and Equestria Girls credits), there are still official sites that focus solely on the Mane Six. But seeing as how Spike has been listed as a main character since the page's inception, I will open this subject to discussion. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 23:07, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
I wanted to hold this discussion in advance since we likely won't get any new character information for a year or so, but should we add any new characters that appear in the 2017 film to this list, or should they be kept to that article, where their development and reception would likely be found anyway? I'm questioning this because Equestria Girls is a franchise of its own while the film appears to be a standalone thing. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 02:02, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
I had changed Sour Sweet's description as to "two-faced" from bipolar and appears that someone changed it back. I think my original edit should stay as Bipolar has a very specific definition in psychological/psychiatric literature. Using the term in the vernacular does a disservice to the accuracy of Wikipedia and stigmatizes people with actual mental disorders. Ehgarrick ( talk) 23:59, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
I was reading the comments of a YouTube video clip of Applejack's cameo in "Littlest Pet Shop of Horrors" (Blythe Baxter, also voiced by Ashleigh Ball, was dressed as her) and someone claimed that Discord had Blythe's scooter. If this is true then does anyone know what episode it occurred in? I think this would be good to mention under Discord's section since it connects the two series in more than one way. 184.145.18.50 ( talk) 16:41, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
Now that we have an article that encompasses the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls franchise as a whole, I believe it's appropriate to relocate the Equestria Girls section to that article; perhaps we could combine it with the "Cast" section. As for whether or not we should use that section expound upon the depiction of the TV series' characters in the film (provided we make the move), I believe the first paragraph remains an adequate summary, and no further detail is needed. But that may be better discussed on the other page. User:SubZeroSilver ( talk) 17:04, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
@ SubZeroSilver: Per WP:BRD and this revert summary, I start this discussion on whether to use the name "Soarin" or Soarin'" for the second-in-command of the Wonderbolts. Both names are used from official side. Soarin is used in some merchandise and in "The Elements of Harmony" guidebook, while the credits and the official comics exclusively use Soarin'. I'd be happy for more input in this discussion to find a consensus about the name that should be used. Gial Ackbar ( talk) 08:58, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
Please give a reason why you want to change the order of the characters. The current order is fine and should not be changed without consensus. Gial Ackbar ( talk) 21:05, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
It would seem the latest attempt at reordering was based on the official Hasbro website. A fair enough reason, but the official Hasbro Studios website goes by a different order. It just goes to show that there is no set order to these characters, meaning the "singing order" is just as good as any other. Still, we have to agree on something and get to the root of this frequent change. That is, why has the "singing order" version been deemed unneeded, and why would the old or official website version be preferred? User:SubZeroSilver ( talk) 05:49, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
If there's any aspect of this page I haven't been on the fence more than, it's adding Spike to the "Main character" section. Now that an anonymous user has gone and made the change, I've decided to hold this to a vote. On the one hand, I'm open to the idea considering Cathy Weseluck's billing in the Equestria Girls films and her confirmation alongside the Mane Six cast members in the 2017 movie; the user also stated that the cast and crew consider Spike to be a main character, though I don't know exactly where this user got it from. On the other hand, Spike has been defined by sources to serve as a foil and supporting character to the Mane Six, and is not featured as a focal character as frequently as them, which I used to justify the decision to add him as a "secondary character" among the likes of the Princesses and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. And in the event that we do settle on Spike being listed as a main character, we should still use the term "Mane Six" since that is the term used in official media. What do you think? Should we permanently move Spike to the "Main character" section or not? User:SubZeroSilver ( talk) 00:58, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
I have read several discussions here, and i'm kind of disappointed when i read the debates of whatever or not a separate cast list for the "Equestria Girls" film series will be made.
I mean, it's a separate media franchise, which means that the characters in "Equestria Girls" are largely different from their FIM counterparts.
Upsettingly, everyone agreed that there will be no EqG cast list. Bummer!!
Instead, do you guys would agree if we can create an expansive cast list for the "background ponies"? Maybe through this cast list, we can put up an explaination of why Derpy have been censored after the initial broadcast of "The Last Roundup", as well as some information regarding some of the least seen background ponies. StephenAlexis ( talk) 02:06, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
There is potential in this idea, I would like this and support this. Further, I would create own pages for more notable background ponies with a richer history and more intriguing appearances and roles that are enough to fill an article. However, I do not know how common articles for single characters are on Wikipedia. If this is not supported or tolerated here (I don't see why it wouldn't though, it is an encyclopedia, after all), I would help make an extensive article specifically for background ponies where we can list more informations about them happen. Lesser known, but nonetheless interesting, background ponies would benefit a lot from the additional exposure. It would also help tremendously to keep them in the minds of people, especially now that the end of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" and G4 has become confirmed for Season 9. 84.112.58.200 ( talk) 20:37, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
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I wanted to start this discussion ahead of time. Does anyone think we should add the characters from the upcoming movie to this page, or would you rather we keep any information on them strictly to the movie's article? User:SubZeroSilver ( talk) 03:29, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
My argument here. "Derpy", a name given by FIM fandom, was once considered to be a canon name when the early version of "The Last Round-up" was made on air. But after a number of complaints, any mentions of the name "Derpy" were removed in the revised version of the episode, and the name is not considered official any more. The cross-eyed pegasus was credited as "Muffins" in later appearances and in 2017's MLP film, but she's not mentioned by any name, and the character isn't given any name (other than a picture of a muffin) in the official merchandises. I think the character is now basically nameless, but Hasbro uses "Muffins" as a kind of placeholder when a name must be given in some forms like closing credits JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 15:55, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
I think this warrants a public warning. For a while now, I ensure that more profound information about Derpy's roles in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" is available here, which I think is, despite larger amounts of text, justified, because there is more history behind Derpy than it is behind other background ponies like, say, Octavia Melody or Dr. Whooves. Would even go as far as to move her out of the background ponies area and up to side characters, cause that's what she essentially is since at least "Slice of Life", that episode (if not "The Last Roundup" already), elevated her from that status, but that would probably cause too much of a riot here, I guess, so I'll keep her where she is for now. The other things are important information about Derpy, though, and since she does not have her own page (do TV show characters get any here on Wikipedia?), the information has to be placed here. I also ensured that more information about Derpygate from 2012 is available here. There is more to know to it than what has been here so far and it also gave an awfully one-sided view of the events that transpired, so I included information and quotes from Amy Keating Rogers, the writer of "The Last Roundup", to show the other side of the matter that counters the reactions of the ableists. All of these changes and additions get repeatedly and stubbornly reverted by a registered editor here, SubZeroSilver. It may or may not happen in good faith, but regardless, he removes documented facts and important information because his own opinion goes against those facts. Please be on the look-out for the reverts of this user, they are disruptive editing. 84.112.58.200 ( talk) 20:34, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
"such is the case with Derpy, who was affected as a result of a negative response. In addition, original research, fan interpretations, and questionable sources such as Tumblr blogs are not appropriate for Wikipedia."
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. As such, it exists to inform about objective facts. It's not there to give you a place of self-expression where you can express your opinions. The sources I linked contain objectively-verified information by people who were involved with Derpygate in 2012 and directly witnessed the events that transpired, especially by the writer of the episode, Amy Keating Rogers, who was directly contacted about Derpy's role in this episode via mail and personally reported about the reactions she received. Whether you see the sites that have this information posted as "questionable" or not does not matter for the authenticity of the sources, as this is just your subjective opinion. Furthermore, all the information I added is about events that have a direct influence on Derpy's development, so they are at the right place here. The current paragraph, however, only gives a very skewed and incomplete description of what happened that lacks the majority of the facts about the actual events, which is why I added more information and the correct sources to back them up. If you delete my additions and corrections, then you support the suppression of the truth and the spread of falsehoods and lies. Wikipedia is for this truth and not for what you prefer to read, if you can't accept this, then you are in the wrong business here as a Wikipedia editor. The same goes for Derpy's name. The names of characters listed here are for actual, canonical names (= names they are referred by in the show and that are part of an episode's script). Mentions in credits or printed names on toy packages don't have canon value and therefore don't qualify as a character's official name. Writing down Derpy's name as "Muffins" at the top is going against the objective fact that such a name for her has never been established in canon and if you insist on this, you once again ignore an objectively-verified fact in favor of your opinion.
This is the last warning I give you. If you keep abusing this article to inject your personal opinion and what you would like to read here, instead of the actual objective facts, once April 7th comes, I will report you to a Wikipedia admin and have your account banned for vandalizing. I will do the same if you lock this article again. The whole affair about Derpy during Derpygate is a very sensitive thing, which makes it all the more devastating if Wikipedia in its function as encyclopedia does not list the full facts about the events and why it is all the more important that all the facts are listed, so that everyone who reads the article can form themselves a picture about how the events ACTUALLY happened. Because of this, I am not willing to compromise on the integrity and accuracy of the information here. WIKIPEDIA IS NOT YOUR PERSONAL BLOG TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS ON. PERIOD.
So in your own interest, cease to delete the objective and sourced facts and the truth about the events from this article, or you will have to live with the consequences. I tried to talk this through with you in a calm way, but since you insist to edit this article so that it reflects your opinion, you give me no hope that you are reasonable, so you leave me no choice than taking actions against you. -- 2A02:8388:1981:1D80:887:2973:852A:6BB4 ( talk) 21:16, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
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How come the characters from the 2017 My Little Pony movie haven’t been included on this page yet?
I mean, they’re part of the Friendship is Magic franchise, so surely we can list them here. Austin012599 ( talk) 22:50, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Although she appeared for a long time, she hasn't been included in this page. I'm just new, so please examine and add she. Marble Pie ( talk) 05:58, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
What happened to the bold text on this page? Brian K. Tyler ( talk) 09:54, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
What about all the other Wikipedia articles of characters relating to other media? Brian K. Tyler ( talk) 08:09, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians! I want to let you know about a change I want to make. (I'm doing this per Wikipedia:Consensus). I am going to remove the Reception section. The content of that section is very similar to that of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. I tried to make this edit before, but I was new at the time and unfamiliar with Wikipedia:BRD. User:Biexx let me know after reverting and told me to talk about these changes on the article's talk page [1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Biexx&diff=next&oldid=857336313. I want to make this change reflecting consensus. -- LPS and MLP Fan ( LittlestPetShop) ( MyLittlePony) 20:55, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
This Is Arinid.
You Should Absolutely Make a "List of Characters" Page for MLP: EQG. The "List of FSIM Characters" Page Is Excellent, but I'm More of an "Equestria Guy" Then a Brony and Would Wish to See SomeThing Like That for EQG.
This page is an absolute disaster. Overbloated, poorly written and filled with stupid original research everywhere, but this character table takes the cake. Who gets to dictate what makes a character "main", "guest", or "recurring"? Why are only the villains in the recurring/guest section over so many other far more notable characters like Big Mac or the CMC? How exactly is Discord a main cast member over the CMC or Cadance or Shining Armor? It's embarrassing original research and doesn't help the page at all. 186.29.168.108 ( talk) 01:04, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
This page is titled a "list of my little pony: friendship is magic characters", but this appears to be more of a "describe all major characters in great detail and leave out all remotely minor characters" type thing. My proposed structure: list all the characters in alphabetical order (by name only, ignore all other details), and link them to their own article where people can click to read more about them. Also, Autumn Blaze, Rain Shine, Fern Flare, and all the other Kirin characters are missing. Can someone add them? I don't have the time to do the research required to add them properly to the current odd structure, and I would like to seek approval/ask for help to convert the article to a list. Thank you! PCelestia ( talk) 04:19, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Also, I just realised the only three images on this page are a poster from 2011 comic-con depicting all characters from S1 (makes sense), a picture of Twilight Sparkle with lots of detail about her (what about the rest of mane six?), and a picture of John de Lancie at BronyCon 2012 (why the VA of Discord?). Seems a bit odd, doesn't it? PCelestia ( talk) 04:34, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
I would like to know if there is consensus to create new articles for characters in this series as has been done with Princess Twilight Sparkle. Specifically, I would like to know if any of the following characters meet Wikipedia's notability guideline to have their own articles:
Applejack
Fluttershy
Pinkie Pie
Rainbow Dash
Rarity
Spike
Sunset Shimmer
More suggestions are welcome.
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You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:My Little Pony: Equestria Girls § List of characters. JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 10:41, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
I noticed the word "seaosn" (sic) in the paragraph about Princess Celestia. This entire page probably needs a good run-through in a spelling and grammar checker just to check for other misspelled words.
I would do that myself, but the page is protected so I can't edit in unless I'm signed in.
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It was decided quite a while ago now that My Little Pony: The Wonderbolts should be merged into this article. Umm, is that going to happen sometime soon or anything? I'd help it happen but I have no idea how so...I'll just leave this comment here 'til someone more knowledgeable than I comes along. ReecyBoy42 ( talk) 14:53, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Excuse me, but should we provide images of the characters in the article?
Thanks.
-- 216.45.97.72 ( talk) 14:50, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
This article is far too inclusive. Many of the characters listed in the "other characters" section only make minor appearances in the series, as well as the "Pets" section. Most of the page is also unreferenced, providing another good reason to remove some of this content. Ideas on what to do? Princess Derpy ( talk) 05:43, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Many fans have compared Discord's psychotic and unpredictable nature as well as his love for chaos to the character Sheogorath from the Elder Scrolls videogame series.
Is that worth adding to his description? Dartpaw86 ( talk) 19:11, 10 February 2012 (UTC)Dartpaw86
Her official name is "Princess Cadance", e.g. correctly spelled in Shining Armor's and Chrysialis' sections. — Preceding
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84.57.133.205 (
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:Is it? cause I'm really confused right now.
Helicopter
Llama 16:52, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
These need to be created for Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack and Rarity. I have already started writing some of them on my computer. These characters are more notable than 90% of, say, the Marvel and DC characters who have articles on this site. I see no reason why they should not get their own articles. They have MORE than enough "reception" as well. Please unlock the page " Rainbow Dash" as well as any other character names that may be locked. ResonX ( talk) 19:03, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Or have they officially declared the spelling? Serendi pod ous 18:14, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
How come there is no entry for Trixie!?
And some of the main characters should have their own articles. They are more notable than many DC/Marvel characters!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.247.246.160 ( talk) 23:24, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
I just added an entry for Trixie in the Antagonists section, since she's no longer a one-shot character. Dr. Slide ( talk) 16:40, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
This section is missing a considerable amount of basic information about Derpy Hooves. Specifically, Derpy Hooves was never intended to be a secondary character, but gained a fan following after fans spotted an animation error in which the nameless background pony had crossed eyes. In acknowledgement of the character's fan following, Derpy got cameos in multiple subsequent episodes, culminating in her speaking appearance in The Last Roundup. This caused some controversy, as Hasbro and/or the Hub received complaints that Derpy was offensive to disabled persons (the word "derp" or "derpy" in particular). The episode was subsequently edited, and the netflix and youtube have that scene altered so Derpy is not named by Rainbow Dash, among other changes. http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Derpy
I believe at least some of this information is worth including in the Derpy description, as it makes Derpy quite unique among the other secondary characters, and does not draw on speculative information from fan generated content (ie, the muffins obsession). Furthermore, I don't think what I've mentioned here goes beyond the scope of a concise and basic encyclopedic entry. -Slothen 134.68.31.227 ( talk) 18:36, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Derpy hooves isn't a legitimate character — Preceding unsigned comment added by Williamking21 ( talk • contribs) 18:52, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
Jim Miller has stated here that her name was changed for legal reasons (because the word "derp" is copyrighted by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Revenano ( talk) 23:40, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
The section on Twilight currently lists her as a unicorn. This is not true, as she turned into an alicorn in the season 3 finale Magical Mystery Cure. It doesn't matter how many episodes she was a unicorn, she is currently an alicorn and should be listed as such. I will be changing the entry accordingly. It already mentions that she was previously a unicorn; which would dispel any confusion. Edit: I now have rewritten the lead sentence with a direct mention of the unicorn-alicorn transformation, which I think clears things up. If not, please add any comments below. -- Yellow1996 ( talk) 00:40, 5 April 2013 (UTC) and 00:53, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Note from Rainbowdashies: If Twilight is mentioned as a alicorn, it would be a spoiler to viewers who haven't seen the episode yet. I suggest you put that "something magical happened" or "Twilight showed true responsibility and wisdom for herself and her friends, so Twilight transformed" I really don't know but something like that. There shouldn't be any SPOILER ALERTS on Wikipedia. — Preceding
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I would like to propose we split some characters into individual articles. Just as certain episodes of the show have gained significant reception, so too, I believe, have some of its characters. First and foremost is Twilight Sparkle, whose role as the show's central protagonist, as well as her recent notoriety as an Alicorn Princess, satisfies the general notability guidelines and has been covered with reliable, third-party sources. I also believe Discord, a character portrayed by a big-name actor who has played a significant role with the show's fanbase, also fulfills this criteria. However, we must be aware that Wikipedia is not a collection of plot summaries. Please leave your thoughts in the general section below whether you would support or oppose these splits. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 04:27, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Strong Support - I agree with all your points and would absolutely love to see (and work on!) separate articles for some characters. Honestly, certain other shows have pages for characters that don't even come close to the notability of many of the characters listed here. So yeah, please do. -- Yellow1996 ( talk) 17:34, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
I've submitted the article for RFC. I believe any further comments should be made here. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 13:50, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
So, first, I gotta say it's a shame about that Discord article. I was hoping it'd work. That said, I really don't think dumping all the article's text into this one was the best idea. It just seems out of place.
Which brings me to my next point: revamping this article. It's been a long time, and I know there are a lot of you who've noticed that the quality of this article kinda pales in comparison to ones of better quality. Which is why I think we should start mapping out how the article should look. In fact, I'm working on a new version of the article right now. You can see it on my sandbox.
First, the header is clearly lacking for an article this size. It should sum up everything the article is trying to get across, such as what the show is about, who the main characters are, what other parts of the franchise outside the TV show they've appeared in, and how they've been received by critics and fans.
Next: sections, starting with "Creation and conception". The show's article already has plenty of sourced information on how Lauren Faust came up with the characters and their mannerisms, so we should start by carrying that over. The same goes for the attributes and abilities for the pony tribes that the staff created and/or utilized for this show.
After that, we go into characters. Remember, according to WP:WAF, anything fictional should generally be written from a real-world perspective in present tense. I suggest we briefly sum up the characters' characteristics and anything notable they've done, and then follow up with some real-world information such as how each individual character was conceived and developed by the staff and their voice actors. And no, we don't replicate the Discord section; as it stands, that's really overdoing it for an article like this.
On top of that, here's how I think we should arrange the characters. It's basically the same as it is now, except for a few things:
Finally, we add a "Reception" section. We find articles going into how the characters have been received by critics and fans. The fandom article should have additional information.
And of course, non-primary sources. We find articles and interviews, and add them.
This is all subject to change, of course. For now, it's merely a suggestion. Again, check out my sandbox. Feel free to edit and add to it as you please; I could really use help finding additional, non-primary sources. May I also suggest we use the sandbox's talk page for any further discussion. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 23:56, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
Given that Sunset Shimmer's only appearance in the movie warrants her own brief section in this article, would the same apply to Flash Sentry? Or is he a more minor character? Then again, he's pretty much as notable as Braeburn...someone got an opinion? ~Helicopter Llama~ 15:27, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
What's with all the hate toward Flash?
I swear to Celestia! Everytime a mention of his name was heard, everyone would go berserk and post bad comments and insults about him on Tumblr and 4chan. By the time i watched "Legends of Everfree", Flash's reputation gotten so much horribly worse to the point everyone would blame the film's problems on him.
Come on, guys! Is there any positive thing about him that you hate to admit about him? StephenAlexis ( talk) 02:18, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
Under Fluttershy's entry it says "Not to be confused with shutterfly". Is this really an issue, or just a plug for shutterfly? I don't think anyone could possibly confuse Fluttershy the pony with Shutterfly the US corporation. Canine virtuoso ( talk) 00:28, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
on march to July mlpfim toy adverts a sltly different looking alacorn twilight appears the long dress is replaced with a gold chest peese her wings are redone and she looks like she dose not care of becoming an alacorn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.156.189.184 ( talk) 09:27, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
I cannot believe that Rarity was the only one of the mane six ponies to appear on The Neighbors on December 11. J4lambert ( talk) 21:32, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
I seem to be the first editor on this article in 2014. I thought I'd take a look at it as there are multiple issues (evidenced by the
aptly named template at the top. I'd also invite other editors to take a look at
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EDIT: WP:WAF will also be useful. -- Anon126 ( talk - contribs) 18:32, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
I haven't seen it, so someone else should add proper citations for the information relating to the film. -- Anon126 ( talk - contribs) 06:39, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
I'm once again getting back into the swing of improving this article (I know, I fail as a human being for taking so long). Looking over it, I've grown more open to using the term "Mane Six" than I was before, but only if the term can be decently sourced as being used by Hasbro or the Hub Network. As it stands, I'm going to need help. Once again, you may see my progress on my sandbox. Feel free to add whatever you think will help. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 01:55, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
I've been reading this talk page, I am going to start working on Twilight and Discord articles. Though I am new, and don't know much about formatting, and how to make a good article. So before I start, I think someone else should try. I also don't get why Discord was deleted, it was good. Ig44165 ( talk) 22:00, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters
There seems to be an edit war concerning the inclusion of information about the characters as they appear in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls. I don't see any prior discussion on this, so I think a consensus should be reached on this issue.
To start off, I personally think that Equestria Girls information should be included, seeing as there isn't a separate List of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls characters (at least at the time of this posting).
@ Gial Ackbar, Frontdoor6, Fireydash21, Emarsee: Ping from recent changes. -- Anon126 ( talk - contribs) 23:56, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Reading through this feels like I'm wading through pudding. It's all over the place, but right now I'm only focused on the design descriptions. Do we really need to know what the FIM characters look like down to freckles and haircuts? Do we need to know what the EG characters wear down to buttons and bracelets? This information seems to be far better organized and more relevant at the MLP Wikia, since that wiki is tailored for a specifically interested audience. They have character infoboxes, even! We should leave this level of detail to them. We, here, could probably manage with something along the lines of "Applejack is an orange earth pony with blonde hair. Her cutie mark is three apples." for each character. I'd say that that's about the level of detail we need. The lines about the character roles within the narrative are well-written, though. Homfrog Talk 22:25, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
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In response to the addition of excessive plot summaries, I've requested that the editnotice (the notice shown at the top when users edit the page) be changed. A consensus must be reached before this happens, so if some people could check out the link above... Anon126 ( talk - contribs) 06:17, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Evidently there's a new attempt by one Violettsureme to crack down on the article's excessive detail by removing most episode-specific information. Unfortunately, this has rendered months of work trying to revamp the article on my sandbox null and void, as I rewrote the "Discord" section in this article as I originally had it down, only to have a whole chunk of it promptly removed because it "does not belong". I think there should be a limit to what "episode-specific information" needs to be cut.
Now, I can see that writing some of the details of Discord's plan (though not terribly in-depth or even that long) would be considered unnecessary, but to remove the mention of Discord's reformation and its presentation within the show? A specific event within the series' plot acknowledged by the showrunners to have altered his character? I know people can just read the episode synopsis on the Season 3 page, but the way I see it, those episodic summaries so short that this article should divulge some information. See the change here.
While I do appreciate the thorough effort, I still hesitate to call the article "good" as it is now; it's just that now I have lost my idea on how it can be improved. For one, the spacing caused by the extremely repetitive notes stating "NO SPECIFIC DETAILS" leaves an ugly space between each section. Another thing I should mention is the Characters of God of War page, which I'm now trying to emulate in my sandbox. The description of the characters in that article is nothing but a summary of each character's role in the God of War series, yet that article is a Featured lists, so I don't honestly see that to be a problem.
The reason I'm using that article as a template is because, quite frankly, we haven't found a terribly good amount of third-party sources to write about these characters individually. Summing up each character in one moderately detailed paragraph (from as much of an out-of-universe perspective as we can afford, of course), while grouping whatever info on their conception and reception we can get our hands on into their respective sections that this article sorely lacks, just seems like our best bet now. That page has what I have come to define as ideal character summaries: not terribly detailed, but just detailed enough. And as it stands, this article could use that kind of touch. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 06:30, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
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Now, before you say "The Mane-iac isn't an antagonist, even though she is a supervillain", this character counts as an antagonist, even though she only appears in one episode. 70.45.68.210 ( talk) 15:38, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
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There has been a war whether or not to include EG information and characters in the FIM character list. I personally think EG information should be removed because EG is considered separated from the main show. The characters featured in it, including the main characters, are spin-off characters created only for merchandising. But if EG must be mentioned somewhere, I suggest creating a separated page showing information on EG characters, including the main ones. Add in the main 6, the secondary characters, and the others. But only mentioned what they did in the Spin-off movies. FIM character page belongs to the FIM version of the characters, this new EG character page can belong to the EG version of the characters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 21:20, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Look, right now each character has info about FIM events and EG events. I'm saying make a second character list with the same characters, but only put in what they did in EG. The FIM character list (This page) explains what the characters did in FIM, the EG character list explains what the characters did in EG and what their roles were (Including the main characters). I can't explain it any clearer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 18:31, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
I think we should just go with the idea of making a separate page for EG version of the characters. I don't understand what you mean by 'reception or significance in the real world', do you mean this 'real world'? Because there's reception or significance about the comic stories, yet they're not on here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 16:10, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Thank you! And if you really need to add in the history on how the characters were made, it should be added on the top of the page, not anywhere beneath the start of the list. However, I still stand by my idea of creating a separate page for the EG version of the characters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 00:37, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
Idea! How about we make a new part of the page called "Spin-off villains" or whatever it's called on the page, and put SS's subsection under that title, we can add the villains that appeared in the comics. We can put in more about Nightmare Rarity, and the other villains who only appeared in the comics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 22:26, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Looking at the edit history of this page, there's one edit that stood out to me: an undid revision to User:HelicopterLlama's removal of in-depth character descriptions, with the reasoning that "A character needs to have a general description." Frankly, I agree with this reasoning: a general description is necessary to tell the characters apart. But there's a general description, and then there's fancruft: i.e., things that no one but the show's most avid of fans care about. I believe much of what's on this page amounts to little more than this: not just the physical descriptions of EG characters, what they wear, and what instruments they play in the sequel (as detailed in the discussion above), but also intricate descriptions how each character's mane is styled, and the inclusion of characters who barely have any profound influence on the show's direction (ex., Donut/Pony Joe). I propose we add {{Fanpov}} to the list of issues, unless anyone here thinks {{Overly detailed}} is more sufficient or proper. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 22:24, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
In the above discussion, I considered that perhaps a section devoted to spin-off characters could work. As it stands now, however, there's only one "antagonist" in the recently created "Spin-off antagonists" section, but evidently there are plans to include characters like Nightmare Rarity, the Nightmare Forces, and the like. This got me thinking: is it really necessary to devote subsections to such characters? Given how little notability I've seen of them, I don't think so.
Let me be clear that I am not against the inclusion of any mention of spin-off materials in this article. The sources are out there, and they can be worked in. In fact, my sandbox already has some of it; I'm updating it based on these discussions as often as I can. But the thing is, I aim to turn this article if not into a featured or good article, then one that at least adheres to Wikipedia's notability and verifiability guidelines, as well as what Wikipedia is not: an indiscriminate collection of information, especially information that is only of any interest to fans of a certain work. The way I have it mapped out right now, I see no need for a section devoted exclusively to characters in spin-off media. It could very well be made if we can find the needed sources, but I won't assume that we can.
I see no problem with including Sunset Shimmer among the current list of antagonists (though now that I look at it, she'll need some work to meet the notability guidelines). As for Nightmare Rarity and the Nightmare Forces, considering their ties with Nightmare Moon, a mention of them in the Nightmare Moon section should be sufficient. When it comes to writing fictional characters, these subsections can't just be plot summary. To properly sort out this page, we must first properly sort out our priorities. We shouldn't approach the improvement of this article as fans of the show, comics, movies, books, and what have you; we should do it as people who acknowledge all those who created and recognized these things for all they're worth. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 01:54, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
I propose we merge this page with the main My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic page.
I've worked on improving this page for well over a year, and I haven't made any breakthroughs. A lot of the major, reliable sources for the characters' creation and reception that I've found already overlap with the main page and others, and I haven't been able to find much else beyond questionable and self-published sources such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and the like. Not a whole lot of characters on this page even have any widespread coverage, let alone any coverage at all. I believe the "Characters" section on the main page is sufficient for this topic the way it is; we could even restructure it like the "Cast and characters" section on The Legend of Korra, which has no character list of its own, and has a good article rank to boot. This means no subsections for each character to go needlessly in-depth on each character, and no arguing on where spin-off characters belong.
If anyone here is able to find the reliable sources necessary to support this article, then by all means, please add them. Until then, I ask that you please consider this merger. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 20:34, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
I would oppose the merge. This show has a decently extensive cast of characters and, unlike something like Korra, they're all (I think) original. It'd be quite a lot to fit in here while actually giving readers a good idea what the characters are like and how the show fits together with them. Moreover, linking to external wikis would not be appropriate for a section like that; they even get routinely removed from External links sections of fictional character articles, for example. Tezero ( talk) 00:38, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Forgive my absence. It's been a while, and I see that discussions have ground to a halt. That, and things haven't exactly improved, let alone changed, around here. I've had time to think about this, and I now believe we should probably close the merger discussion. As big a mess as the page is, I realize that's not exactly the best reason to delete it or merge it with another page. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 17:18, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
I tentatively oppose a merge. WP:CSC states that a standalone list can be made if every member fails the notability criteria. That is, a notable member would have a separate article, while non-notable members would be combined in a list. There are no notable characters in this case, so it's just the list. However, I would greatly shorten the descriptions, perhaps to the length of a description on List of My Little Pony characters. Anon126 ( notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 02:24, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
I like what they did with the villain section. separating recurring, non-recurring and Spin-off villains. However, wasn't Daring Doo's villains a recurring character? I mean, he did appear twice, in S2 and S4. Shouldn't he be among the recurring main show villains? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 21:31, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Someone just made a silly edit that mixed villains with other good characters. I undid it, but some villains have been lost. Can someone bring them back? A character page without them would make this page a joke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontdoor6 ( talk • contribs) 21:14, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
All right, Fireydash21, Gial Ackbar, HelicopterLlama, let's go. (Article talk pages are preferred for discussing content about an article.)
Fireydash, to answer (what I think is) your question in
revision 608975528
revision 608981237, HelicopterLlama was referring to the template {{
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main article. (You can find the discussion above at
#Merge with the main page?) But HelicopterLlama, there is no 7-day requirement or anything for merge proposals.
The reasoning for revision 608964073 suggests that "fan theories" were removed. Yes, some stuff from fan fiction has made its way in from time to time, but it's been taken care of. I can't seem to find anything of the sort that was removed in that particular edit.
I would prefer to restore the version before Fireydash's removals and work from there, but that'd just prolong the edit war. Please discuss. Anon126 ( notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 18:06, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
I must apologize, I'm just seeing this talk page discussion now. I was a little upset to see a two week old version of the article replacing the current version so I reverted to #608799848 which is from early May 16th. It does eliminate an IP's edits that, when I looked at them, did not appear to be constructive. I realize that I should have come here first. I just don't think that two weeks of editing should be thrown out, as if it didn't occur, to return to one editor's preferred version. I guess I should add that I have done little editing on this page, in fact this might be my first edit to it. Liz Read! Talk! 23:18, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
Well if u looked before I actually edited about the inclusion of cutie marks, twilight and applejack didn't have them whereas the rest of the mane 6 had te info of cutie marks this is why I included it. Plus, I do know that most encyclopedias have tons of info so actually wat I did 1 month ago was to revert back edits by Helicopterllama since I think like the necessary details need to be included but now it's not only me who is making a fool out of myself. Others did tried to do the same thing. So all I got to say is since my edits are 'worth' don't remove them it's a perfect article anyone caught doing it will be reverted straight away. I hope I understand Fireydash21 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fireydash21 ( talk • contribs) 08:10, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
I wouldn't advise so because if they are removed the original script is ruined and will be forgotten who wrote the original piece plus special talents are alr inside ~ firey
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I mentioned this article has characters in this one as every-pony in Equestria are protagonists and tritagonists are the same as good alignments. With royal alicorns are Princess Celestia, Luna and Cadence are presented in the show of it, I would present them as "Sweet" with good alignments too. -- Allen talk 05:46, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
This character is named after the Aztec creature, and much of Daring Do's adventures are thus Aztec themed. Should this be mentioned? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.123.31.144 ( talk) 18:48, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Referring to Sunset Shimmer, as a secondary protagonist of the Equestria Girls sequel film. Should it be a reliable source here? And also it contained from this article specific on Heroes Wikia! -- Allen ( talk to me! / ctrb / E-mail me) 09:07, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
Someone keeps removing the properly sourced tweet about the singing voice of Sweetie Belle, which comes from Claire Corlett's father, Ian James Corlett. I do not see anything in the policies about anything against this. - Jasonbres ( talk) 17:10, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
I don’t think this change, and similar changes before, are all to constructive. It removed linked and referenced, put in unneeded details like eye colors, and uses bad grammar. Overall, in increases the fancruft in this article. However, as it is no direct vandalism, I can’t revert it, as it would make me violate WP:3RR. Therefor, please discuss if this edit, or parts of it, should stay in. Gial Ackbar ( talk) 10:49, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Are characters, such as Twilight Sparkle, noteworthy enough for individual articles? This show has been reviewed and praised by several critics, and the show has been running for almost 5 years. Other cartoon characters such as SpongeBob Squarepants & Finn the Human have articles. Giving at least Twilight an article can relieve this article from an excessive amount of details. I would create an article about her, but I am very new to Wikipedia. Thank you. My Thinking Cap ( talk) 06:13, 5 March 2015 (UTC)My Thinking Cap
Ok, thank you. Is there any other way I can help? I am still learning about editing Wikipedia. My Thinking Cap ( talk) 13:54, 5 March 2015 (UTC)My Thinking Cap
This page is on my Watchlist and most of the edits are going back and forth about the color of the ponies mane, tail or eyes. Is it blue or violet or idigo or lavender or purple or navy blue? I don't think it is essential to edit war over the exact shade of blue in Twilight's mane. There are a lot more productive uses of editors' time. Liz Read! Talk! 20:23, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
You should have a talk to 49.230.195.92 He's the reason this is happenening. He gets half the colors wrong, and seems to hate when people specify them. 5.53.154.35 ( talk) 13:28, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
The user whose username always starts with 49, has been vandalizing this page for some time now every single day. This includes improper grammar with using "a" instead of the correct "an", and changing the colors of the characters to either vague or just plain wrong shades. 5.53.154.35 ( talk) 08:35, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
Just added Spike to secondary characters. He's didn't had a big role since season 5, doesn't add much to the story and got less screentime.
I added the Everfree Forest creatures to the article. They appear in some episodes, so should they be on this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.86.71.225 ( talk) 19:20, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
It has been months since I read this article, and reading it now I am disappointed. All the information seems somewhat dated, and most of it needs more information, e. g. character development. I'd do this myself but I'm a lazy-butt and thought it would be better to bother your pointless lives. Ig44165 ( talk) 21:10, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
According to the notice on top, "this article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a specific audience." But whenever I try to cut down on details, it is put back in. If that are not the details that should be removed, what else? Could someone please give a hint on how to solve that issues so that this notice can be removed at some time? Gial Ackbar ( talk) 13:29, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
Usually people like being specific when it comes to describing colors. And with so much color on the page, leaving it vague seems very unprofessional. Obviosuly Fluttershy is not yellow-yellow, she's a much lighter shade of it, and Rarity and her sister are not white-white, their coats are just very pale silvery colors, but not pale enough to look pure white. Every color detail should be welcomed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.53.154.35 ( talk • contribs)
The multiple issues tag (lamenting the lack of primary sources and verification) has been there for three years now. I checked out the article from back then, and it bears only a faint resemblance to this one. This one looks considerably better sourced, and with more secondary sources.
If anyone thinks one or both of the issues still exist, feel free to put the tags back, but please explain what you think should be fixed. -- Ashenai ( talk) 18:36, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Character | Voice actor | Description |
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Pinkie Pie | Andrea Libman, Shannon Chan-Kent (singing voice) | An Earth pony based on the G3 toy of the same name. She works as a live-in party planner at Sugarcube Corner, Ponyville's bakery and confectionery store, and represents the Element of Laughter. Lauren Faust worked to depict her as a "free spirit" to address concerns of the character being too "hyper" and "ditzy". As the crew grew more comfortable with Pinkie, she became "really over-the-top strange and bordering on crazy, with a wacky cartoonish magic all her own". |
Thanks in large part to the Elements of Harmony and Art of Equestria reference books, plus third-party sources that were used in other articles all along despite there not being a section, my revamp of the character list is finally realized. Now it has more detail on the creation and development of the characters as works of fiction, as little in-universe description as I could manage, and most importantly, a legitimate "Reception" section with third-party sources. But first, a summary the present changes:
These are not set in stone, of course, and discussions are welcome for changes and additional characters. The only other question that remains is, should we remove the tags or not? User:Immblueversion ( talk) 18:14, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
Done (and changed all reference dates to MDY format according to top notification, unless that's not what it's for). Next order of business: getting a "Good article" nomination. There's been a history of vandalism such as full character removals and unproductive edits such as an overabundance of detail, but rarely to the point of full edit warring as far as I can see these past few months. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 20:08, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
As I mentioned in my list of changes above, I listed Spike as a secondary character rather than a main one primarily because of the "Mane Six" designation in The Art of Equestria. But it's not just that; while Spike does have a number of his own episodes much like the Cutie Mark Crusaders, he still plays a supporting role to the core cast by and large. And while there are some areas where he is listed among the Mane Six (the MLP Wiki, Behind the Voice Actors, the season box set descriptions and Equestria Girls credits), there are still official sites that focus solely on the Mane Six. But seeing as how Spike has been listed as a main character since the page's inception, I will open this subject to discussion. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 23:07, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
I wanted to hold this discussion in advance since we likely won't get any new character information for a year or so, but should we add any new characters that appear in the 2017 film to this list, or should they be kept to that article, where their development and reception would likely be found anyway? I'm questioning this because Equestria Girls is a franchise of its own while the film appears to be a standalone thing. User:Immblueversion ( talk) 02:02, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
I had changed Sour Sweet's description as to "two-faced" from bipolar and appears that someone changed it back. I think my original edit should stay as Bipolar has a very specific definition in psychological/psychiatric literature. Using the term in the vernacular does a disservice to the accuracy of Wikipedia and stigmatizes people with actual mental disorders. Ehgarrick ( talk) 23:59, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
I was reading the comments of a YouTube video clip of Applejack's cameo in "Littlest Pet Shop of Horrors" (Blythe Baxter, also voiced by Ashleigh Ball, was dressed as her) and someone claimed that Discord had Blythe's scooter. If this is true then does anyone know what episode it occurred in? I think this would be good to mention under Discord's section since it connects the two series in more than one way. 184.145.18.50 ( talk) 16:41, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
Now that we have an article that encompasses the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls franchise as a whole, I believe it's appropriate to relocate the Equestria Girls section to that article; perhaps we could combine it with the "Cast" section. As for whether or not we should use that section expound upon the depiction of the TV series' characters in the film (provided we make the move), I believe the first paragraph remains an adequate summary, and no further detail is needed. But that may be better discussed on the other page. User:SubZeroSilver ( talk) 17:04, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
@ SubZeroSilver: Per WP:BRD and this revert summary, I start this discussion on whether to use the name "Soarin" or Soarin'" for the second-in-command of the Wonderbolts. Both names are used from official side. Soarin is used in some merchandise and in "The Elements of Harmony" guidebook, while the credits and the official comics exclusively use Soarin'. I'd be happy for more input in this discussion to find a consensus about the name that should be used. Gial Ackbar ( talk) 08:58, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
Please give a reason why you want to change the order of the characters. The current order is fine and should not be changed without consensus. Gial Ackbar ( talk) 21:05, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
It would seem the latest attempt at reordering was based on the official Hasbro website. A fair enough reason, but the official Hasbro Studios website goes by a different order. It just goes to show that there is no set order to these characters, meaning the "singing order" is just as good as any other. Still, we have to agree on something and get to the root of this frequent change. That is, why has the "singing order" version been deemed unneeded, and why would the old or official website version be preferred? User:SubZeroSilver ( talk) 05:49, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
If there's any aspect of this page I haven't been on the fence more than, it's adding Spike to the "Main character" section. Now that an anonymous user has gone and made the change, I've decided to hold this to a vote. On the one hand, I'm open to the idea considering Cathy Weseluck's billing in the Equestria Girls films and her confirmation alongside the Mane Six cast members in the 2017 movie; the user also stated that the cast and crew consider Spike to be a main character, though I don't know exactly where this user got it from. On the other hand, Spike has been defined by sources to serve as a foil and supporting character to the Mane Six, and is not featured as a focal character as frequently as them, which I used to justify the decision to add him as a "secondary character" among the likes of the Princesses and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. And in the event that we do settle on Spike being listed as a main character, we should still use the term "Mane Six" since that is the term used in official media. What do you think? Should we permanently move Spike to the "Main character" section or not? User:SubZeroSilver ( talk) 00:58, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
I have read several discussions here, and i'm kind of disappointed when i read the debates of whatever or not a separate cast list for the "Equestria Girls" film series will be made.
I mean, it's a separate media franchise, which means that the characters in "Equestria Girls" are largely different from their FIM counterparts.
Upsettingly, everyone agreed that there will be no EqG cast list. Bummer!!
Instead, do you guys would agree if we can create an expansive cast list for the "background ponies"? Maybe through this cast list, we can put up an explaination of why Derpy have been censored after the initial broadcast of "The Last Roundup", as well as some information regarding some of the least seen background ponies. StephenAlexis ( talk) 02:06, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
There is potential in this idea, I would like this and support this. Further, I would create own pages for more notable background ponies with a richer history and more intriguing appearances and roles that are enough to fill an article. However, I do not know how common articles for single characters are on Wikipedia. If this is not supported or tolerated here (I don't see why it wouldn't though, it is an encyclopedia, after all), I would help make an extensive article specifically for background ponies where we can list more informations about them happen. Lesser known, but nonetheless interesting, background ponies would benefit a lot from the additional exposure. It would also help tremendously to keep them in the minds of people, especially now that the end of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" and G4 has become confirmed for Season 9. 84.112.58.200 ( talk) 20:37, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
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I wanted to start this discussion ahead of time. Does anyone think we should add the characters from the upcoming movie to this page, or would you rather we keep any information on them strictly to the movie's article? User:SubZeroSilver ( talk) 03:29, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
My argument here. "Derpy", a name given by FIM fandom, was once considered to be a canon name when the early version of "The Last Round-up" was made on air. But after a number of complaints, any mentions of the name "Derpy" were removed in the revised version of the episode, and the name is not considered official any more. The cross-eyed pegasus was credited as "Muffins" in later appearances and in 2017's MLP film, but she's not mentioned by any name, and the character isn't given any name (other than a picture of a muffin) in the official merchandises. I think the character is now basically nameless, but Hasbro uses "Muffins" as a kind of placeholder when a name must be given in some forms like closing credits JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 15:55, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
I think this warrants a public warning. For a while now, I ensure that more profound information about Derpy's roles in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" is available here, which I think is, despite larger amounts of text, justified, because there is more history behind Derpy than it is behind other background ponies like, say, Octavia Melody or Dr. Whooves. Would even go as far as to move her out of the background ponies area and up to side characters, cause that's what she essentially is since at least "Slice of Life", that episode (if not "The Last Roundup" already), elevated her from that status, but that would probably cause too much of a riot here, I guess, so I'll keep her where she is for now. The other things are important information about Derpy, though, and since she does not have her own page (do TV show characters get any here on Wikipedia?), the information has to be placed here. I also ensured that more information about Derpygate from 2012 is available here. There is more to know to it than what has been here so far and it also gave an awfully one-sided view of the events that transpired, so I included information and quotes from Amy Keating Rogers, the writer of "The Last Roundup", to show the other side of the matter that counters the reactions of the ableists. All of these changes and additions get repeatedly and stubbornly reverted by a registered editor here, SubZeroSilver. It may or may not happen in good faith, but regardless, he removes documented facts and important information because his own opinion goes against those facts. Please be on the look-out for the reverts of this user, they are disruptive editing. 84.112.58.200 ( talk) 20:34, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
"such is the case with Derpy, who was affected as a result of a negative response. In addition, original research, fan interpretations, and questionable sources such as Tumblr blogs are not appropriate for Wikipedia."
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. As such, it exists to inform about objective facts. It's not there to give you a place of self-expression where you can express your opinions. The sources I linked contain objectively-verified information by people who were involved with Derpygate in 2012 and directly witnessed the events that transpired, especially by the writer of the episode, Amy Keating Rogers, who was directly contacted about Derpy's role in this episode via mail and personally reported about the reactions she received. Whether you see the sites that have this information posted as "questionable" or not does not matter for the authenticity of the sources, as this is just your subjective opinion. Furthermore, all the information I added is about events that have a direct influence on Derpy's development, so they are at the right place here. The current paragraph, however, only gives a very skewed and incomplete description of what happened that lacks the majority of the facts about the actual events, which is why I added more information and the correct sources to back them up. If you delete my additions and corrections, then you support the suppression of the truth and the spread of falsehoods and lies. Wikipedia is for this truth and not for what you prefer to read, if you can't accept this, then you are in the wrong business here as a Wikipedia editor. The same goes for Derpy's name. The names of characters listed here are for actual, canonical names (= names they are referred by in the show and that are part of an episode's script). Mentions in credits or printed names on toy packages don't have canon value and therefore don't qualify as a character's official name. Writing down Derpy's name as "Muffins" at the top is going against the objective fact that such a name for her has never been established in canon and if you insist on this, you once again ignore an objectively-verified fact in favor of your opinion.
This is the last warning I give you. If you keep abusing this article to inject your personal opinion and what you would like to read here, instead of the actual objective facts, once April 7th comes, I will report you to a Wikipedia admin and have your account banned for vandalizing. I will do the same if you lock this article again. The whole affair about Derpy during Derpygate is a very sensitive thing, which makes it all the more devastating if Wikipedia in its function as encyclopedia does not list the full facts about the events and why it is all the more important that all the facts are listed, so that everyone who reads the article can form themselves a picture about how the events ACTUALLY happened. Because of this, I am not willing to compromise on the integrity and accuracy of the information here. WIKIPEDIA IS NOT YOUR PERSONAL BLOG TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS ON. PERIOD.
So in your own interest, cease to delete the objective and sourced facts and the truth about the events from this article, or you will have to live with the consequences. I tried to talk this through with you in a calm way, but since you insist to edit this article so that it reflects your opinion, you give me no hope that you are reasonable, so you leave me no choice than taking actions against you. -- 2A02:8388:1981:1D80:887:2973:852A:6BB4 ( talk) 21:16, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
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How come the characters from the 2017 My Little Pony movie haven’t been included on this page yet?
I mean, they’re part of the Friendship is Magic franchise, so surely we can list them here. Austin012599 ( talk) 22:50, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Although she appeared for a long time, she hasn't been included in this page. I'm just new, so please examine and add she. Marble Pie ( talk) 05:58, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
What happened to the bold text on this page? Brian K. Tyler ( talk) 09:54, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
What about all the other Wikipedia articles of characters relating to other media? Brian K. Tyler ( talk) 08:09, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians! I want to let you know about a change I want to make. (I'm doing this per Wikipedia:Consensus). I am going to remove the Reception section. The content of that section is very similar to that of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. I tried to make this edit before, but I was new at the time and unfamiliar with Wikipedia:BRD. User:Biexx let me know after reverting and told me to talk about these changes on the article's talk page [1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Biexx&diff=next&oldid=857336313. I want to make this change reflecting consensus. -- LPS and MLP Fan ( LittlestPetShop) ( MyLittlePony) 20:55, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
This Is Arinid.
You Should Absolutely Make a "List of Characters" Page for MLP: EQG. The "List of FSIM Characters" Page Is Excellent, but I'm More of an "Equestria Guy" Then a Brony and Would Wish to See SomeThing Like That for EQG.
This page is an absolute disaster. Overbloated, poorly written and filled with stupid original research everywhere, but this character table takes the cake. Who gets to dictate what makes a character "main", "guest", or "recurring"? Why are only the villains in the recurring/guest section over so many other far more notable characters like Big Mac or the CMC? How exactly is Discord a main cast member over the CMC or Cadance or Shining Armor? It's embarrassing original research and doesn't help the page at all. 186.29.168.108 ( talk) 01:04, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
This page is titled a "list of my little pony: friendship is magic characters", but this appears to be more of a "describe all major characters in great detail and leave out all remotely minor characters" type thing. My proposed structure: list all the characters in alphabetical order (by name only, ignore all other details), and link them to their own article where people can click to read more about them. Also, Autumn Blaze, Rain Shine, Fern Flare, and all the other Kirin characters are missing. Can someone add them? I don't have the time to do the research required to add them properly to the current odd structure, and I would like to seek approval/ask for help to convert the article to a list. Thank you! PCelestia ( talk) 04:19, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Also, I just realised the only three images on this page are a poster from 2011 comic-con depicting all characters from S1 (makes sense), a picture of Twilight Sparkle with lots of detail about her (what about the rest of mane six?), and a picture of John de Lancie at BronyCon 2012 (why the VA of Discord?). Seems a bit odd, doesn't it? PCelestia ( talk) 04:34, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
I would like to know if there is consensus to create new articles for characters in this series as has been done with Princess Twilight Sparkle. Specifically, I would like to know if any of the following characters meet Wikipedia's notability guideline to have their own articles:
Applejack
Fluttershy
Pinkie Pie
Rainbow Dash
Rarity
Spike
Sunset Shimmer
More suggestions are welcome.
DeathTrain (
talk) 21:58, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:My Little Pony: Equestria Girls § List of characters. JSH-alive/ talk/ cont/ mail 10:41, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
I noticed the word "seaosn" (sic) in the paragraph about Princess Celestia. This entire page probably needs a good run-through in a spelling and grammar checker just to check for other misspelled words.
I would do that myself, but the page is protected so I can't edit in unless I'm signed in.