My Little Pony

My Little Pony is a long-running toy franchise that has since branched out to include cartoons, films, books, plays, comic books, manga and video games. The series began in 1981 with the release of My Pretty Pony and continues to this day. The series is owned by Hasbro.

References to My Little Pony in The Simpsons

Episodes

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 11 244 "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" Homer and Bart go through the trash at the Van Houten house and find a My Little Pony blanket that had belonged to Milhouse. 12 259 "Worst Episode Ever" When Bart and Milhouse wash their clothes at a laundromat, Milhouse is wearing My Little Pony underwear. 25 550 "Brick Like Me" Comic Book Guy sees Homer looking at a Perky Patty's Princess Shop playset and says, "Always good to meet a fellow AMFOP", a term for "Adult Male Fans Of Princesses". The term is a reference to "Bronies", adult male fans of My Little Pony.

Comics

Picture Comic issue Story name Reference Simpsons Comics #211 Lo, There Shall Come a Bookend Sequence! "My Little Jabrony" is likely a pun on '"My Little Pony" and the term "Brony", which can refer to male My Little Pony fans. Bart Simpson #31 Spree for All When Bart wins a shopping spree at Krusty's toy store, Lisa asks him to get a "My Pretty Expensive Pony" for her. The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #23 Curse of the Cat Lady At The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop, Waylon Smithers looks at a comic book called Pony Love Team.

Twitter

Account Date Tweet ComicBookGuy July 14, 2012 No, @[username redacted], I am most definitely NOT a "Brony". I am, however, a proud Brailor Broon. #SDCC #FOXSDCC ComicBookGuy July 26, 2014 I've either just had a violent encounter with a Brony Cosplayer or been kicked in the head by a Police Horse. #SDCC #FOXSDCC

References to The Simpsons in My Little Pony

Series Episode name Reference Friendship is Magic "Baby Cakes" Pinkie Pie says "Napping, sleeping, and on occasion with permission, as a pretend old-timey western fort", a reference to "The Last Temptation of Homer" Friendship is Magic "Magic Duel" The opening sequence of Trixie going to an antique shop to buy the Alicorn Amulet is a parody of "Treehouse of Horror II" Friendship is Magic "Best Gift Ever" Princess Flurry Heart's wore a star-shaped winter coat similar to the one Maggie wears Friendship is Magic comic #80 Fluttershy's LARP clothing is a pale blue muumuu with pink flowers, likely a reference to the episode "King-Size Homer" Micro-Series #2 Big Boy screams "The Goggles, They Do Nothing" after Rainbow Dash creates an explosion that destroys the storm he created over Ponyville, a reference to Rainier Wolfcastle's line in "Radioactive Man" when he's swept away by a flood of acid.

Other

• Nancy Cartwright voiced Gusty in the original My Little Pony cartoon series.
• The series is often considered the "sister franchises" to The Transformers and G.I. Joe
• My Little Pony at Wikipedia

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