My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Rant/Review

Introduction and Disclaimers00:00:00

The video opens with a disclaimer that the host's opinions are personal and should be respected. The host announces a review/rant of the 2010 Hasbro and Discovery Family series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, admitting he liked the show as a kid in 2011 but now considers it one of the stupidest and dumbest shows ever on The Hub and later Discovery Family.

Show Details and Plot00:00:56

The show is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony toy franchise, airs on Discovery Family, and streams on Hulu, Disney+, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Apple TV. The plot is set in the Kingdom of Equestria, where Earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns live together. Twilight Sparkle, a studious unicorn later an alicorn, travels to Ponyville to learn about friendship at the urging of Princess Celestia, befriends Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie, and together they represent the Elements of Harmony while solving friendship problems.

Reasons for Hating the Show00:02:19

The host lists his main criticisms: flashy Adobe Flash animation; uninteresting, dumb, annoying main characters with no likable character among them; bland designs; cheesy, cliché, mean-spirited, and stupid episodes; awkward and unfunny humor; an annoying and dreadful theme song that got stuck in his head; stupid sound effects compared to Hanna-Barbera; mediocre music; boring episodes that made him switch channels; and a waste of time on Discovery Family. He also criticizes the obvious life lessons as kindergarten-level and bothers him when spelled out at the end of every episode.

Further Criticism of Animation and Storytelling00:04:22

The host argues the animation is not as amazing as people claim, calling it shallow Flash animation and comparing it unfavorably to the older two-dimensional Mega XLR. He says the storyline is typical for a little kid's show, filled with inaccuracies, plot holes, clichés, and forgotten characters. He describes the characters as stock protagonists with stereotypical traits who never develop meaningfully, and the humor as dreary, relying on unfunny puns and forced pop culture references.

Quality, Originality, and Predictability00:05:19

The host gives slight credit to the staff for trying to appeal beyond little girls, but says it falls into the same problems as past My Little Pony shows: saccharine songs, corny jokes, and done-to-death characters. He claims everything has been done before and better, that the show is hyper-simplified and dumbed down, that conflicts are wrapped up neatly with no lasting consequences, and that villains are cliché and either imprisoned or easily forgiven. He also criticizes unneeded adult jokes, though he admits a few jokes are funny. He sums up the animation as average, characters as cardboard cutouts, and writing as extremely sloppy.

Movies and Specials00:06:28

The host notes that the franchise has movies from Shout Studios, WildBrain, and Hasbro Entertainment: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013), Rainbow Rocks (2014), Friendship Games (2015), Legend of Everfree (2016), and the theatrical My Little Pony: The Movie (2017). He finds all of these boring and a waste of time.

The Fandom: Bronies and Cloppers00:07:09

The host calls the fandom the worst thing about the show. He finds it weird that adult males avidly watch and angrily defend a show for six-year-old girls, says they should keep it to themselves, and criticizes them for talking about ponies non-stop, yelling at haters to grow up while watching a show for three-year-olds, and acting like hypocrites. He also condemns the toxic fans who try to convert others, claims bronies can ruin childhoods, and describes cloppers as perverts who draw sexual pictures of characters and post them online, calling this the worst and most disgusting part of the fandom.

Final Verdict00:08:18

The host gives My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic a 4 out of 10, calling it stupid, mediocre, and a waste of time. The video ends with music.