A Brony Tale (2014) - full transcript

A BRONY TALE

When I walk up,

there's this big, fat,

bald muscular guy.

I walk in, and he goes,
"What do you want?"

I said, "I want to make
an appointment to get a tattoo."

He says, "What do you want
a tattoo of?"

And I said, "This,"

and he goes, "What is that?
A puppy? A kitten?"

And, like, one guy in the back
goes, "It's a pony,"

and I said, "I want that guy
to do my tattoo."



Yee-haw!

All right then, there,

here we go, now.

Yee-haw!

Welcome to Apple Acres.

Come on down

and meet the family!

You got Apple Cobbler,
Apple Bumpkin, Apple Turnover,

Apple Pie, little Jazz,

Cousin Braeburn,

Big Mac, Apple Bloom,

and this here is Granny Smith!

Yee-hoo!

Don't worry, Twilight,



I happen to be

the fastest Pegasus in the sky!

The fastest Pegasus in the sky!

The fastest Pegasus

in the sky!

It's because I'm awesome.

Ba-ha-ha-ha!

I've been doing voice work

For about six years now,

I guess.

I graduated from the Canadian

College of Performing Arts,

and basically got picked up

by an agent

at this showcase that we did,

and told me

that he thought I would be good

at voice-over work,

so I went in

and did a reading with him.

He was confident that my voice
capabilities were there,

So he started just sending me

out to these auditions,

and it was pretty nerve-wracking

at first.

I went into a room

where all these people
knew each other,

And I was this outsider.

I didn't really know

how to, you know,

manoeuvre around the microphone.

I mean,
I'd had singing experience,

So that was good,

but yeah, I just kind of

got thrown into it,

and the first voice-over role

was...

a character

called Slim Pig.

And he's just this paper-thin

pig that would, like,

go around the barn

and get into adventures.

He was, like, a cut-out pig,

but all the other animals

were regular... 3D.

I don't know, it was strange.

I kind of got hired to do

this little boy voice.

So Slim Pig
kind of just sounded like this,

"Hey, Little Chicken,

do you want to go

on an adventure today?"

And he was just, like,

this little dude.

Because I was
a role already on the show,

I got to play Little Chick.

This kind of
sounded like this...

"Adventure! Oh! Adventure!"

I got to play the cow.

She kind of had this,

like, weird voice.

"Oh!"

"Slim Pig!

Puh-please help me!

My head is stuck in a fence!

Please help me moo-ve it!"

♪ Coconut Fred ♪

♪ Fruit Salad Island! ♪

One of my favourite roles,

actually, that I ever got

was this Warner Brothers cartoon

called Coconut Fred's

Fruit Salad Island,

and it was

the sexually confused tomato.

He didn't know if he was

a fruit or a vegetable,

so he was very sensitive,

and he performed poetry a lot.

"What am I?

A fruit or a veggie?

Either one

could give me a wedgie."

I went into the audition

for the new Care Bears series,

and they were looking
for this new Care Bear

Called Oopsy Bear,

who was this little boy.

I guess they got

a bunch of men to read for him,

and that wasn't working out,

so they got me in there,

and I just kind of based him

on Chris Farley,

like, you know, that kind of,

like, clumsy guy he plays

all the time?

He'll, like, fall...

"Aw, I'm re-really sorry.

I didn't mean to mess up

the thunderbolt coaster.

Sorry."

I got to play...

Boris Bootie.

He was on this show

called Ricky Sprocket.

It was about a show biz kid,

and Boris Bootie

was just an ordinary guy

who really liked

breakfast cereal.

And then, so I think
I got kind of pigeonholed

To play little boys all the time

'cause that was, like,
my goto voice,

Was the little boy voice.

So when I went into audition

for My Little Pony,

I thought it was obvious

that I would read for Spike,

the baby dragon.

And I was just like,
"Oh, I'll just go to, you know,

Do my go-to little boy voice."

Twilight!

Y-You know

I love eating diamonds.

You know,

he's just like this little guy.

I didn't...

I didn't end up getting cast
as Spike,

But I got a call-back

for... not Spike,

but for Applejack

and Rainbow Dash.

I just ended up

getting both roles,

which is pretty crazy.

My job is fun.

It's cool.

It's, like, um...

you know,
you just get to hang out

And do voices for a living.

Not too shabby.

Okay, whatever you want.

Hey! What's going on?

I'm Ashleigh.

I am, uh, at the site of a show

we just played with Hey Ocean!

And I just had

my first Brony encounter.

Do you have any voices for us?

Well, uh, well,

I suppose that Applejack's

very happy
that you came out to Hey Ocean!

And Rainbow Dash

Couldn't be more excited!

I need to go watch

Dan Mangan now!

All right.

Peace!

Bye!

Thank you!

See ya guys!

Love you!

A Brony

is a fan of the television show

My Little Pony:

Friendship is Magic,

and...

they're usually males

from the age bracket

of 18 to 30, let's say.

The pervert alarm for sure

went off in my head

when I first heard about it.

I want to very specifically

not give a shout out

to my Bronies tonight.

Now a show, you're right in

the middle of the normal scale.

Since the reboot of the classic

'80s cartoon debuted last fall,

it's attracted a massive amount

of male viewers.

Combine the words

"brother" and "pony."

The audience

isn't who you might expect.

Fanboys have taken

to creating pony art,

posting fan videos on YouTube,

and creating
blogs dedicated to the show.

Weird fit demographically,
but they work together.

My point is this!

Bronies have changed

the definition of masculinity.

I think

it's the end of...

Civilization?

What's happened

is that with the spread

of fast access Internet,

almost the entirety of the media
with the fandom

Is entirely online.

It's, in a lot of senses,

a brand new type of fandom.

It's this crazy phenomenon

on the web, in the media...

It's kind of inexplicable,
really.

What happens when a movement

puts a lot of new ideas

into circulation?

It, uh,

doesn't really make sense.

People are inspired
by the environment

That surrounds them.

The Internet

is a complicated idea,

a set of protocols
that has changed everything.

Try to realize

our imaginations and the need

to retreat to a world

of pure fantasy.

We exist in a world

of illusion.

The true nature of reality

beckons

from just beyond the horizon.

I got an invitation

to... BronyCon.

Brony...

B-R-O-NYC-Con, in New York,

which is a convention

for Bronies.

It's pretty crazy.

Apparently there's

a lot of these happening,

although this would be
the first one

That I've been invited to.

"Hello!

My name is Purple Tinker,

and I run BronyCon,

the world's largest dedicated

My Little Pony:

Friendship is Magic fan event.

We are currently

in the planning stages

of our next event,

BronyCon, end of January.

It will be held

in New York City,

but something is missing...

Ms. Ashleigh Ball."

That's me!

"Would Ms. Ball do us the honour

of letting us treat her

like the star she is

for one special weekend?"

Wow.

I guess... we'll see.

I'm a trained
Harley Davidson mechanic.

I have built and can build

custom motorcycles

from scratch.

I can weld.

I can run a CMC machine.

I played college football.

Uh, what's the other one?

Bodyguard ranch hand

for a science fiction writer,

I worked as a GM glue guy

a GM dealership.

On top of all that, I watch

a show for little girls.

I'm known as DustyKatt

in the fandom,

and I'm known as

the Manliest Brony in the World.

If this guy can like

a girls' show for what it is,

you can too.

Every character
doesn't have the answers, right?

They have to go find
the answers,

They have to learn

from their mistakes,

and that's what draws me
to My Little Pony,

Because you have

character-driven story

where the characters

learn something and grow.

There's six main characters

in the show.

Twilight Sparkle.

Her characterization

is fairly easy.

Twilight

is the intellectual shut-in.

Now you have Applejack,

who is the hard worker,

that pony you can go to,

but her problem is

she can't let others help her.

Fluttershy,

too shy for her own good.

That's one of her fallacies

that makes her a character.

Rainbow Dash...

my, what an ego!

She'll never get
into the Wonderbolts,

Because the Wonderbolts

are a team situation.

There's no "I" in "team."

Rarity...

Element of generosity...

to a fault.

She has to get over that.
She has to learn from that.

And then we get to Pinkie Pie,

party animal extraordinaire.

Off into left field

all the time,

but still, when somebody

needs to be picked up,

when someone is feeling sad,

she's there every time.

Each individual character

is so well rounded

within an archetype

of personality,

so people can see themselves

as a Rainbow Dash,

a Rarity,

or an Applejack.

That is the basis

of excellent storytelling.

Don't think of it as

six little ponies in Ponyville.

Think of it as six friends

learning from each other.

It just happens to be wrapped up

in a package of pastel ponies

that's animated well.

This is a show for kids,

but it doesn't wallow

in that point.

I'm just a guy who happens

to like a TV show.

I love My Little Pony.

I love what it does,

I love the message it sends,

and I want to be a part of it,

and I want to be able

to play in that universe.

We're suppose to chug beer,

ride motorcycles,

be degrading to women,

and like explosions.

That's what's engrained

in our brains

from the minute you're born

and put into a blue crib.

Well, I like what I like.

I don't need society

to tell me what I like,

and that's all there is to it.

Ei-ei-o, and here it goes!

As Twilight Sparkle

would say,

"We must science this

immediately!"

About a year ago,

the Brony Phenomenon

sort of fell into our laps,

and as soon as I heard about it,

I thought,

"Somebody needs to study this."

"Fandom" is a term that's used

for the community,

and in general,

people usually look at fandoms

with kind of a little bit
of a, like,

"These people

need to get a life."

Well, in fact, actually,

where does the term "fan"
come from?

"Fanatic."

You know it could be,

um, the Carolina Panthers.

It could be, um, Star Trek.

Uh, it could be

My Little Pony...

Oprah.

It could be Oprah.

It could be anything.

Our Bronies

ranged from 14 to 57,

with the average age

was around 21 years of age.

Then there's
the question of gender.

We usually ran around

85% male and 15% female.

Some female Bronies

like to be called Bronies,

some like to be called

Pegasisters.

And we question

if that 15% female,

how much of those are Bronies

because they have

a Brony boyfriend.

Hmm-hmm. Yep.

Bronies score lower

in neuroticism.

Neuroticism is sort of like

a tendency...

and I've sort of wrote

it's a tendency

to experience negative emotions

like anger, anxiety,

to worry, to be stressed,

and the Bronies

have lower scores,

so again, that would tend

to say this is a group...

now, there are going to be
Depressed Bronies,

and there are gonna be
Anxious Bronies,

But that's very positive.

Education level...

What we found was around 35%

of our Bronies

were in high school,

while about 62% were in

or had completed college.

And then one of the biggies,

the sexual orientation question,

which...

many people when they first

hear about the Bronies

will say things like,

"Well, is it a bunch of gays

and that?"

84% of the Bronies will describe

themselves as heterosexuals.

One and a half percent

label themselves as homosexuals,

and about 10% bisexual,

and then around 3-4% asexual.

Asexual is,

based on clinical experience,

some people who just simply

are not interested in sex.

It's still a puzzle,
when I think...

It's still a puzzle.

It's a puzzle to us as well,

but, um, I think that it's...

that the, um,

that society as a whole

is becoming less negative

in their attitudes

toward Bronies.

My name is Mike Bernstein,

and I am the broadcast director

of Everfree Radio.

Everfree Radio

is an online radio station

and network of programs

dedicated and mostly marketed

towards the Brony community.

I ended up watching it
because I thought,

"Okay,
clearly this is a phenomenon.

I have to understand why."

And I watched the first episode,

and the first episode
is a cliffhanger, a two-parter,

so I'm like, "Okay, well,
I gotta watch the second part."

You know, you gotta see how

the beginning story arc ends.

And then, you know,

I got to the end
of the second episode.

I'm like,
"Yeah, that's pretty decent.

It's okay. It's not bad.

You know, I better watch
the third episode

To make sure

that it's, you know,

maintaining
that level of quality,"

And then the fourth

and the fifth,

and by the time
I got to the 17th episode,

I kind of hung my head
in resignation.

It's kinda like, "Damnit."

You know?

"I guess I'm a Brony.

Oh well, better come

to terms with it."

4chan is an image

and message board

where the Brony movement began,

basically, back in...

I think it was October of 2010.

Somebody wrote an article.

They were citing My Little Pony:

Friendship Is Magic

as showing that companies

were micromanaging programs.

Well, new cartoon shows

are all about merchandising,

so somebody on 4chan went

and decided to watch it

and said,
"Hey, it's pretty good,"

And so they made

a post about it.

Other people
started watching it,

and they're like, "Hey, yeah,
it's actually pretty good."

And it became this kind of,
like, weird phenomenon.

They ended up becoming kind of

like their own little clan.

So more people watched the show

to try and figure out,

"Okay, is this just a big joke?"

And then they started posting
images on the boards,

and then the moderators of 4chan
decided,

"No, we don't want all
these pony images everywhere,"

So they shut it down,

so then they start another one.

It became this whole, like,

flurry of online activity.

In a sense, 4chan was the start

of the Brony community.

It's the deep depths

of shameless Internet.

Actually, people like to think,
okay, Bronies,

The name "Bronies" came from

"bros" and "ponies."

That's not where it came from.

It came from the "/b/"

message boards, and "ponies."

So that's how they combined it.

It was 4chan "/b/" and "ponies,"

so Bronies,

but I kind of like

the "bro" one better

because it feels a little more,

you know, "Hey, bro!"

So that's just me.

So yeah,

voice-over work is my job,

and I just, like, love...

love what I do,

love that I get to be a cartoon

for a living,

but my main passion is music.

In Hey Ocean!

There's two other members

besides myself,

Dave Vertesi

and Dave Beckingham.

The three of us have been

doing this music thing

for almost seven years now,

and over the last couple months,

we've been feeling the presence

of the Bronies.

Bronies by the dozens

have been coming to concerts.

I didn't watch

the first episode

and then just suddenly

get drawn in or anything.

I don't wanna be mean,

but, like, I don't care

about My Little Pony.

♪ All we do is mess around ♪

♪ But I know that it's love ♪

♪ we've found ♪

I think it's kind of difficult

for both of them,

because there's this whole

other fanbase that's, like,

kind of latching themselves

onto our music.

Yeah, it's weird,

like, 30-year-old dudes

liking a little kids' show

about female ponies, you know,

that fly or whatever,

but that said,

weird can be really rad

and really good,

and it's important.

I love people who are genuine

and who are, like,

"This is who I am,

and that's what I like."

I like the Bronies for that.

♪ Baby ♪

♪ there's no time to waste ♪

♪ Sing until you have no voice ♪

♪ Ooh hoo whoo ooh ♪

♪ Sing ♪

♪ because you have no choice ♪

♪ Ooh whoo ooh ooh ♪

There's nothing

that can compare

to standing on a stage

and singing with an amazing band

and some of your best friends.

It's what I love

more than anything,

and it's the dream, for sure.

♪ Don't tell me ♪

♪ that we've come this far ♪

♪ To start again ♪

♪ or fall apart ♪

♪ Sing it ♪

♪ when you're lost at sea ♪

♪ Love will bring you ♪

♪ back to me ♪

♪ Sing until you have no voice ♪

♪ Ooh hoo whoo ooh ♪

♪ Sing ♪

♪ because you have no choice ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Our love ♪

♪ is like a big blue wave ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

I just discovered Hey Ocean!

Through finding out

about Ashleigh

and the other Bronies,
it was like,

"Oh, hey, you know,
she's in a band, you know."

"Wow, really?"

So you check it out, and

then you find out it's awesome.

Mandopony is sort of the persona

that I developed

to release music online

based off of My Little Pony:

Friendship is Magic.

The show generates

so much positivity,

it makes so much good happen,

and yet it meets

such disappointing, like, venom

from... so many people

are so venomous towards it,

and so hostile and destructive
towards it.

It just disgusted me

and made me so sad.

That was why I wrote the song.

♪ We're a long way ♪

♪ from Equestria ♪

♪ A long, long way ♪

I think, you know, saying

we're a long way from Equestria

is just a way to surmise

the fact that, yeah,

all things considered,

we're so far from this world.

Like,
the characters in the show,

they learn, they forgive,

they share,

and they celebrate

friendship and kindness

instead of mocking it,

and that

we are so far from that,

but it's getting better.

I think it's getting better.

♪ A long way from Equestria ♪

♪ A long, long way ♪

I'm just kind of trying

to decide right now

to go or not to go.

That is the question.

And it's just kind of

at a crazy time.

Like, I'm really busy

with work right now

and touring with the band.

I don't know

if I have the energy

to go into

one of these conventions.

I've heard crazy things

about conventions.

For someone like me

who's pretty new in the game,

I might not be able

to cope with it.

I don't know.

I didn't really expect

to have fans, per Se,

in the voice work that I do,

and it's pretty crazy that I do.

I'm nervous.

I'm definitely nervous.

I've got, um...

I don't know,

something about it just gives me

kind of an uneasy feeling,

but I'm just going

to go for it.

You gotta do things

that scare you in life,

and I think that

this is going to be

a really, really weird

and wonderful opportunity,

so...

I'm gonna do it.

I'm gonna go to BronyCon.

BronyCon

is a convention for Bronies,

fans of My Little Pony:

Friendship is Magic,

or any generation

of My Little Pony,

to come together and just share

their interests...

art, music, or just

the best of the show itself.

There are people flying in

from California,

flying in from Europe,

because Ashleigh Ball

will be at BronyCon.

Voice actresses, in a sense,

are the stars of the show,

because they are the voices
of the characters people love.

You know,
to hear some of the Bronies

Talk about Rarity...

oh, they would love

to meet Rarity.

The role in the community

is they are
the biggest celebrities.

They are the biggest draw

to these conventions

because people want to have

that kind of, like, one on one

with the closest thing there is

to the characters.

I think we have near on

a thousand preregistered,

and we have the capability

to let people pay at the door.

We're looking at basically
hitting fire code limits

For the convention.

Military Bronies are
just people who enjoy the show

And are in the military,

and it can be from the extent

of somebody
who watches the show regularly

and maybe has a few pieces
of art,

And other people

who liked the whole thing.

That's a Mark 46 machine gun.

It's a semi auto version,

but shoots 223 ammo.

My friends were making fun of me

For being a Brony for years,

and so I told them

what could be more manly

than going around

with all the friends
with the machine guns

and all the tactical gear
and everything else

Than go out with Brony gear?

The definition of a man

is a human male

with an X and a Y chromosome.

That's it.

It's as simple

as it really gets.

My name is Bryan Mischke.

I'm predominantly an artist

by hobby,

and everything like that
has been

pretty much

my one and only real passion.

I have a long time history,

six years of service

in the National Guard,

the Army National Guard,

so I think that pretty much

is the gist of who I am.

When I was 16,

I was in school still.

I dropped out

at about 16 and a half.

17, on my birthday,

I joined the military.

I swore in that day

my recruiter got me,

and at 18, I was in Iraq.

Best allegory I can

possibly use to describe Iraq,

um, came recently

when I saw the movie Tron,

and it's very interesting,

because basically, when
you go out to the world of Tron,

Everything is really barren,

everything is really organized.

It just kind of... it feels

real, but it's not real,

and devoid of real, like, life.

It's just feels like that.

Everything is devoid of life.
That's the desert.

It was desert for me

when I was down there.

Every tough experience

is only gratifying

after the experience.

I guess I would say

is that the last five months

in Iraq

was probably one of the hardest

experiences I had,

if not the hardest.

Actually, you know,
to be honest,

The hardest

actually came after that.

I went through probably
a really good year and a half

Of a pretty deep depression

after I got back from Iraq.

For some reason, I don't know

why I felt this way,

and I still can't

put a finger on it,

but I felt a tremendous amount

of shame after a while,

just for everything,

even for the military, maybe.

I don't cry, I don't,

and I just remember

this one time,

I just went for a walk,

and so many things are going on,

and I just broke down

and called my mom,

and I cried
for, like, three minutes,

and it's kind of getting me
a little emotional right now,

But, like,

I just let it all out.

I talked about everything
that was affecting me,

And I don't really talk

about those things.

Life was just so much simpler
when you were out in the desert.

Everything was planned out
for you and everything.

Now you're back

in the real world

trying to figure it out.

Art stopped doing for me

what it used to do for me.

I just kind of stopped drawing
altogether.

I didn't really see the point.
It didn't really make me money.

It didn't really
make me feel happy.

I didn't really feel
like I had a purpose anymore

In that area.

And then I discovered ponies.

I discovered a reason
to draw again,

Now here I am,

making art again, so...

don't underestimate

the things that make you happy.

You know, if drawing ponies

makes you happy,

there is no reason to feel bad

about that.

Yeah, I've been drawing this,

or I guess
I say I drew this drawing.

It's a pretty detailed drawing.

This drawing took me

probably about a week.

It's the first drawing

I've drawn

in a very, very long time.

It was kind of the catalyst

to me getting back into artwork

after probably about a year,

year and a half hiatus.

Princess Celestia is amazing.

Princess Celestia

rules over the kingdom,

and she raises the sun,

and she is like

a surrogate mother

to Twilight Sparkle,

which is the main character
of the show.

Of all the characters

on that show,

that's the one

I come to admire most.

She's lived a thousand years,

and it feels like it.

Like, she's just

kind of seen it all,

and really just knows

what to say at the right time.

Any adult who has really

gone through it all

and has been really thoughtful

and really caring
and everything like that

Is going to be

a Princess Celestia.

You know, I mean, your mother
should be a Princess Celestia,

In my opinion.

Nicole Oliver,

which is the voice actress
of Princess Celestia,

is going to be doing a panel
at BronyCon,

and I really want to give
this image to her,

this drawing
that I made of her character.

I think it's really important
that I give it to her,

because I really want her
to know

That she's able

to change lives.

It's really important to me.

I really need her to know that

and just thank her for being

a part of it,

and I hope it

really goes over well.

My name is Phoe.

I'm a blog author,

and I'm an admin

on Equestria Daily,

which is the major pony

news blog and media hub

for the fandom,

for the Brony fandom.

It's basically...

we do what we think people

are interested in seeing.

More or less,

it turns into a fan hub,

because most of what we do

is post things

that other people make

that we think are cool.

We also like to get interviews

with actors and writers

and directors
and stuff like that,

and talk to them

about their experiences.

If anything happens,

like if Hasbro releases
a new toy

Or there's an announcement,

or anything at all like that,

we report on it

as soon as we possibly can.

Any speculations,

any rumours, any, just...

any news at all.

It's like a gossip column

with a newspaper stuck on

with a staple.

Anytime anything comes out

related to the show

that could produce fan work,

within, like, three hours,

you have, like,

professionally made songs.

It's absurd,

it's amazing and wonderful,

and I can't get over it.

When we were first starting,

we made a huge deal

out of getting, like,

a thousand page views,

and then, like, 10,000 was like,

"Oh, my gosh, amazing."

I mean, that took, like,

months to hit.

And then we started climbing up,

getting 100,000, 200,000...

skipped over 300,000,

because it was going too fast.

Got to half a mil.

And it was like, "Oh yeah,
wow, we're really making it."

Then a million happened

in a blink of an eye,

and now we're at close

to 260 something million views,

and we hit a million more
every month...

More than a million...

like, two or three million
a month,

And it's just like,

"Ha, remember when a thousand
was a big deal?"

Like, "Yeah..."

I guess the ideal goal

would just to be, like,

an animation media outlet,

just have it all in one place,

and then sort of be

the CNN of silly cartoons.

I decided that I needed a break.

I needed

to get away from the city,

and one of my best friends

lives on Saltspring,

and she invited me

and a bunch

of my really close friends.

I'm working a lot.

I'm doing a lot of series,

I'm doing a lot of the stuff
with the band,

And it's important, I think,

to get away from it all

for a little while

and just kind of escape.

Apple fritters...

Apple rhubarb pie...

Apple turnover.

I feel like I'm myself right now

in the truest form.

Some people can just, like,

really hone in on that.

They just, like,

know you so well,

they just bring you back

to yourself,

and it's important to have

those people in your life.

My name is Stephen Carver,

but I go by the name

of SaberSpark online.

I have a channel on YouTube

called SaberSpark,

and I do top 10 lists,

I do reviews,

I do shows
where I talk about Bronies

And how they act in the fandom,

and just things like that.

I am somewhat of a sociologist,

and that was something

I studied a lot in college,

and that's where my Brony,
you know,

Interest really piqued.

There's a term we use
in sociology

Called the Pink-Blue syndrome.

When a boy or a girl

is born,

they are automatically given

a little pink cap or a blue cap

to say,
"You're a boy, you're a girl."

Culture is designed around that

where guys play sports,

girls play

with their dollhouses.

Guys are tough, girls cry.

Take, for example,

My Little Ponies.

These toys have been designed

to be sold to little girls.

That's the weird thing about it

is guys love the show,

and they want to actually

buy merchandise.

You have an audience

that is younger girls

who still love the show,
My Little Pony,

And then older guys,

and you have both
of those people

Showing up

in the same aisle

that's designed

for little girls,

so it's kind of the bizarre,

you know, gender roles conflict.

Just me standing in this aisle
to begin with,

There might be a mom

and her daughter walking by

and look down this aisle

and see an older guy

looking through pony toys.

It's programmed in their mind

to jump

to the worst case scenario,

which might be, you know,

"Oh, he's a pedophile,"

or, "He's a big ol' manchild,"

or,
"Something's wrong with him."

The fact that boys are becoming
more brave

and go into the pink aisle
buying pony toys

is a sign that
they're not afraid to say

That, "Hey, I'm a dude,

and I like My Little Pony."

A guy can, you know,

like pink stuff,

and a girl can like blue stuff,

and once we get over

that hurdle,

we can finally start
making some progress,

as in girls can do fireman jobs
and be an astronaut

And be a police officer,

and guys could maybe be

a teacher for elementary kids

or be a nurse.

That's fine.

At first, there's
a bit of a shock factor to it

Because it's My Little Pony.

It's got this huge stigma

being pink and girly,

and just poorly executed

20-minute commercials.

And then it turns out to be

really exceptionally

well crafted.

I think

it's a unique kids show

in that it has

a lot of adult references...

I mean, nods to Star Wars,

nods to the Brady Bunch,

to Benny Hill,

to just all sorts of media

that a seven-year-old girl

would have no idea about.

There are many of them

that are in it

for the guidance function.

Many more are into it

for the social function.

Take a look

at the 20th century.

You're going to see

that after every catastrophic

and chaotic time in history,

you're going to see

something in reaction.

The Roaring '20s were

a reaction to World War I.

The beatniks

and the Bohemian generation

were a reaction

to World War II.

You had the Korean War,

but Vietnam came really quickly,

and what did you have after,

during that,

but the hippie movement?

You know,

don't trust anyone over 30.

Then you get into 9-11,

and I think that 10 years later,

this is what we're seeing.

We're tired

of all the violence,

we're tired of the terrorism,

we're tired

of worrying about this.

Let get to something

that is tolerant, friendly...

we can escape into it.

Close your eyes

and watch My Little Pony.

It's all about

conflict resolution.

It has a positive message,

and not only that,

but it's entertaining.

We are currently

at the Santa Monica Pier, uh,

enjoying a Brony meet-up

for So-Cal Bronies.

Whassup?

The So-Cal Brony meet-ups,

they're just a bunch of people

that get together
that like My Little Pony.

Right now, we're 800 strong.

We put on small events

that'll be spur of the moment.

We'll just be hanging
at people's houses,

Or, you know, they'll be, like,

"Hey, let's go to In-N-Out
at two o'clock in the morning,"

and boom,
eight people will be there

Because they're local,

or we'll plan big, huge events

like our Grand Galloping Gala
last Friday,

which was 250 people,

um, you know...

it's just a bunch of people

that want to hang out
and have fun

and get to know each other,
so...

Yeah, there's a website

that we can go on.

and from there,

there are different groups

and stuff that you can go to,

and one of the groups

is So-Cal Bronies.

I literally post it up

on the boards,

and people take interest,

and they want to do it,

and they're excited to hang out

with each other.

So-Cal what?

So-Cal Bronies!

Bronies!

Bronies! Bronies! Bronies!

Bronies! Bronies! Bronies!

Well, I'm Liam James

O'Donnell Linehan III,

if you must know my full name.

I am actually in high school.

I'm one of the youngest people
here, surprisingly.

I'm only 17, but regardless,

these are...

these are my people.

Join in!

♪ Until you all shared ♪

♪ its magic with me ♪

♪ Big adventure ♪

♪ Tons of fun ♪

♪ A beautiful heart ♪

♪ Faithful and strong ♪

♪ Sharing kindness ♪

♪ It's an easy feat ♪

♪ And magic makes it ♪

♪ all complete ♪

♪ Yeah, My Little Pony ♪

♪ Do you know you're all ♪

♪ my very best friends ♪

Woo!

So-Cal! So-Cal! So-Cal!

I have this one friend

who's been my, like, best friend
since second grade.

Since the very minute

I told him I was a Brony,

he's made fun of me non-stop,

like, just never-ending.

And about maybe a month ago,

I forced him to watch

one episode,

and he's just in love with it
instantly.

The grade school I went to

was tiny.

There were 32 kids

in my graduating class,

which made it almost impossible

to fit in

if you weren't the mould

that everyone wanted you

to conform to,

and I wasn't.

Like, last year,

at the end of,

towards the end of the year,

we had really started

getting together

as a group of friends

who are all into the show,

and we decided that we wanted

to start a club.

So we got our friend

who is really good at drawing

vectors on the computer,

like this,

and he designed

this shirt for us.

And so you have this Harmony

spelled out

with elements

of the periodic table,

and it's kind of a pun,

because the strongest force

in the show

is the elements of Harmony,

and so that's kind of a pun,

and then

he drew out the vector,

and we all bought the shirts.

A Brony?

No, I've never heard of one.

If you really like

My Little Pony,

could be something for you
there, I guess.

It's like adult comedy... no?

There's people
into weirder stuff than that.

That's pretty random.

People should be grown up

around now.

That's, that's pretty odd.

Which one of you guys

created that adorable logo

with the Northwestern "N"
and Twilight Sparkle?

Was that you?

I like the idea

that Twilight Sparkle
should be our official mascot,

Because A, she's nerdy,

and Northwestern

is legendarily nerdy,

and B, she's purple,

and Northwestern is purple,

so I think
that we really do have to accept

That Twilight Sparkle

is our mascot.

They have, like, a place where

they put, like, local meet-ups

for different universities

across the world, even,

and I saw one for Northwestern,
and I was, like,

"Wow, there actually...

There are Bronies

at Northwestern.

That's cool.

Let's see what's up there."

And I joined the group.

We usually meet, like,

about every two weeks,

um, catch the new episode,

maybe watch
a few other episodes.

Brings people together,

you know, makes friendships...

appropriately, I suppose,

and I guess it is kind of cool

that a show, you know,

so ostensibly

about friendship

is creating friendships

in the real world.

A big part of any community

isn't just the show,

but reacting to the show

and being able to share

your first reactions

on those episodes

and whatever else

you might find online, and...

but that's just really
the beginning

Of what we've been doing,

and it's like parties and games

and food and fun,

all this stuff.

There seems to be

this undercurrent

to most of the things
that's reported

Or written about us

where two-thirds of the time,
threequarters of the time

Has to be spent

reassuring people

that we're not insane,

and that's somewhat...

well, we may be insane,

but not criminally insane,

I should put it.

Northwestern is a place

where fraternities
are actually really important,

And when I came to Northwestern,

I swore I was never going
to join a fraternity.

The whole fraternity aspect

kind of puts the whole "bro"
in Brony.

I mean,
it's all about the community.

You can share it

with other people,

and that's, you know,

the magic of being a Brony.

There should be like,

a book about packing a suitcase.

♪ Going to BronyCon... ♪

Yeah, it's exciting.

Is it?

What am I doing?

I'm getting my Rainbow Dash

full costume

shipped to me tomorrow,
actually,

so it'll be here

in the morning.

Just kidding.

I'm not gonna do that.

To be honest,

I don't know what the convention
is going to be like.

Um...

I kind of have an idea,

but...

yeah, I'm not totally sure.

Like, these people could be...

they could be really scary.

Maybe I should be packing

bear mace or something.

But...

I did have a stalker

a little while ago.

I believe it was a male.

He called me

with, like, a vocoder thing,

something,
a distortion on his voice,

so it sounded really low

and scary,

kind of like the "Scream" voice,

like... uh...

"Hello, Sidney,
are you alone in the house,"

that kind of thing,

but, like, really low,

and... yeah,

just asked me what I was wearing

and what I was doing that night,

and, yeah,

it was a little bit weird,

just kind of

invading your privacy.

It's a weird feeling,

but nothing came of it.

People were, like,
"You should call the police.

You should do this and that,"

and I just kind of let it go.

Um...

Bronies were not

on the radar at this time.

The Bronies that I've met so far

have been really nice.

They're really enthusiastic

about the show,

and it's definitely going to be

interesting to be in a room

full of just, just Bronies.

Maybe I'll find my soulmate.

Oh, man.

You know, my whole philosophy
in life

Is do what it takes to be happy,

as long as you don't hurt

anybody else, you know.

Some people call me a big kid.

Me and my wife,
we're just big kids,

And we're happy.

You know, I own my own house,

but I love video games.

I have Transformers,

My Little Ponies...

We like to do things

that make us smile, you know.

I'm not really worried
about, you know,

What she'll think of us.

Like, she's being brought up
in all this.

We just want to bring them up
with this happy,

You can like anything.

It doesn't matter
if you're a child, an adult,

A girl, a boy...

if it makes you happy,

there's nothing wrong with that,

you know, you just do it.

And if that makes

people uncomfortable,

that's their issues

that they have to work out,

because if you're walking down
the street smiling,

Ponies on your shirt,

nothing can hurt you.

It has such a positive message,

and it can...

it's great at appealing

to every end of the spectrum,

both kids and adults alike.

There's no bad

this show can bring.

We had a particularly

bad thunderstorm

about a month or so ago,

so the next morning,

she told me,

she said, "Daddy,
there was a big thunderstorm,

and it was really loud,
and I got scared.

I fell off my bed."

And I said, "Arianna,

why didn't you come

and wake us up?"

And then she told me,
I'll never forget, she said,

"Oh, well, Daddy,

Pinkie Pie came out of my TV

and told me to giggle

at the ghosties."

Pinkie Pie taught her

to deal with these fears.

You know, it's not about
loving a little girls' show.

It's about loving

these messages,

and quite frankly,

if all these people
are following this show,

Which has very strong

happiness morals, you know,

be kind to your friends,
always be honest...

Like, this is all good stuff,

and people are following this.

My name is...

my real name is Martin.

The name I that go about

online is Rommel.

I helped co-found a group

by the name of Bronies for Good.

It's a solidarity

support organization,

not a charity organization,

because we haven't filed

a 501(c)(3),

and we don't plan to.

So Bronies for Good

as an organization
within the Brony community

Has raised 80,000 to 85,000

US dollars,

and that has gone

to the Children's Cancer
Association,

And to Your Siblings,

which had
three different projects

That we helped fully fund.

The first one

was a clinic in Uganda,

the second one was a sustainable

village in Burundi,

and the third one

was the expansion

of an orphanage in Uganda.

Bronies for Good

definitely really shows

that, you know, you can take

what this fandom has

and apply it

to a very altruistic purpose.

Bronies for Good really hammers

on the social change,

on the "helping others" part.

It's not just
a good thing for America,

It's a good thing for the world.

The world needs it.

We need to get out

of this sense

that everything

is individually done

and the world is, um...

is not subject to change,

because it is subject to change,

and Bronies

are making that happen.

Uh, it's pretty good,

but can you make it 20% cooler?

It needs to be

about 20% cooler.

20% cooler.

20% cooler.

Needs to be about 20% cooler.

So I guess

in one of the episodes,

Rainbow Dash talks

about something

being 20% cooler.

I'm not even sure
what she was referring to,

But the Bronies found that line,

I guess,

and found it

really entertaining,

or there was something about it
that they latched on to.

I mean,
it's just an awesome phrase.

It's just...

who says "20% cooler"?

How do you make
a percentile out of cooler?

There's, like, shirts I've seen,

With shirts that say,

"make it 20% cooler."

Or, like...

people always write on

our YouTube page for Hey Ocean!

Like, "This band is 20% cooler,"

or whatever, like...

So you know this "20% cooler,"

or, you know, Bro-Hoof,

you know,

those are all signals

that groups, fandoms use

to recognize,

"Ah, we've got another."

Yeah, it just

became this thing.

20%.

Not that much cooler.

Sometimes people are puzzled,

and if people are puzzled,

hey, it's a chance

to spread the word.

It needs to be 20% cooler.

20% cooler.

20% cooler.

Like, 20% cooler, seriously.

20% cooler.

♪ 20% cooler! ♪

No, baby,

it needs to be about 20% cooler.

Mmm.

I am a Brony.

I am a Brony.

Like, it's not like

an unsure thing.

It's not like an,

"Eh..."

I watch the show,

I look at the art,

I read some of the fanfics,

but most of all, like,

beyond any of that,

I listen to the music.

I'm Silva Hound.

All I've done

is DJ pony parties.

I make music.

♪ It's Silva Hound. ♪

♪ Silva Hound... ♪

♪ I-I-in the mix! ♪

♪ I used to wonder ♪

♪ what friendship could be ♪

♪ Until you shared all its magic ♪
♪ with me ♪

♪ Big adventure ♪

♪ Tons of fun ♪

♪ A beautiful heart ♪

♪ Faithful and strong ♪

♪ Sharing kindness ♪
♪ It's an easy feat ♪

♪ And magic makes it ♪
♪ All complete ♪

♪ Yeah, my... ♪

I just do it.

It just

Whether that's because

of a result of my creativity

or the show's creativity,

or both

working together as one,

I can't... I don't know.

♪ My Little Pony ♪

♪ My Little Po... ♪

This fandom has some good music,

better than anything

on the radio now.

I find it a great pleasure

to sample a lot of the stuff

from the show.

I just have

a lot of fun with it.

It's pretty rewarding.

As of right now,

I have recently hit

a million views on YouTube.

Um, I have a thousand followers

on twitter.

I'm reaching 2,000

on SoundCloud.

I just said, "You know what,

I'm going to sell this

and see how much money it gets."

And it got a little, it got

a nice little piece of change.

You know, I just needed

some money for college, and...

I'll be taking

calculus next year.

The pony music

really helped me to afford that.

You know,

I grew up in Atlanta...

Atlanta, Georgia,

the dirty dirty.

And, you know, growing up here

wasn't the best of paradises,

but, you know, I survived.

Growing up with that mentality,

I just sort of took that

into my music, you know?

As long as I'm alive,

as long as this laptop is on,

you know, nothing's

gonna stop me, you know?

♪ So I'm gonna put ♪

♪ my hooves up high ♪

♪ Don't worry ♪

♪ about tomorrow ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm here tonight ♪

♪ I'll grab the world ♪

♪ Before it passes by ♪

♪ Don't worry about tomorrow ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm here tonight ♪

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go! Go! Go!

This is going to be

an interesting journey,

so here we go.

♪ It's your fear of flying ♪

♪ It's your fear ♪

♪ of flying ♪

What makes America exceptional

are the bonds that hold together

the most diverse nation

on earth...

the belief that our destiny

is shared,

the idea that if you're willing

to work hard,

it doesn't matter who you are,

or where you come from,

or what you look like,

or where you love.

It doesn't matter
whether you're black or white,

Or Hispanic or Asian,

or native American,

or young, or old,

or rich, or poor,

able, disabled,

gay, or straight.

You can make it here in America

if you're willing to try.

You ain't a man

unless you're watching

My Little Pony, son. Okay?

You know what I do,
when I get done the gym?

I go home,
I have my protein shake,

I put on my Comcast DVR,

and I sit down
with a big bowl of cereal

and I watch My Little Pony:
Friendship is Magic.

You know why?

Because it fills

my testosterone up

so I can go back
to the gym again

and just start pumpin' it out

and get bigger, and bigger,
and bigger, son.

Yeah, so you gotta get...

I like being strong.

Like, one thing I really like,
is just...

I don't...

when I was a kid being
picked on and bullied,

Like, being, like,

helpless to the fact

that someone
is pushing you around?

I hate that feeling.

So that fact that I'm stronger

and I'm taking classes
to defend myself,

Not only can I defend myself,

but I can defend my friends,

and I can defend my family
if anyone's a jerk,

so that's what I really
got out of it,

Like, each time, I'm stronger

than I was yesterday.

If you know me, I'm a very huge

Dragon Ball Z fan,

and that show just inspired me

so much as a kid.

So... just being like them

is what I idolized,

but I was fat and lazy as a kid.

You know, a bunch of people,
they always see shows,

And then are like,

"Man, that would be so cool
to be like him,"

Go back to eating

their diet soda and cookies

and stuff like that,

and that's how I used to be.

Then I found some friends
in high school

who had a mutual interest
in weight lifting,

and they took me in
and showed me the wraps,

and I was just like,

"Hey, I'm gonna weight lift."

But I'm still

a nerdy person inside.

Bronies aren't, like, the most

physically active people,

as I've seen at BronyCon,
but that's not a bad thing.

If that's their choice,
then okay,

but I just wanna show them,
like,

"Hey, if you guys

wanna feel healthier

and more confident,

then I can help you out
with that,"

So I would just upload

a fitness video

every now and then.

I just want to show you

you can still like the show

and just be in shape,

because I feel like
when you're in shape,

you're just
a lot more confident,

and you feel
better about yourself.

You look better.

Everything just falls

around you, it's...

falls into place.

Everything just...

It's just awesome.

One day, Patrick and I were,

I was getting ready

to leave the office,

and Patrick said,

"By the way, Marsha,

have you ever heard of a Brony?"

And I said, "A what?"

"A Brony."

And he said,

"Will told me that

'I'm a Brony.'"

He said to me,

"Dad, I'm drawing again".

And I went, "All right, Will,
you know, that's great,"

Because he's very artistic.

And I said,
"So, what are you drawing?"

And he got real quiet,

and I said,
"Will, what are you drawing?"

And he says,

"Well, have you heard

of My Little Pony?"

I'm Will.

I'm a senior in high school.

Um...

I guess I'm pretty normal,

I suppose.

Thankfully, knowing my dad,

I was sort of already expecting,
you know,

he wasn't going to, like,
freak out

and kick me out of the house
or anything,

but when I first told him,
he was a little hesitant.

He was like, "What?"

The way I told him
is that I was drawing again.

You know, he got all excited,

and he was like, "Well,
what have you been drawing?"

And I was like, "Well, this
is going to sound really weird,

but I've been drawing,
like, ponies."

And he's like, "You mean,
like horses and stuff?"

And I'm like,

"No, no, no.

Like, the cartoon.

Like, My Little Pony."

You know, my dad knows
only about, like, you know,

the old stuff,

so he kind of was like,

"Whaaaat?"

So I started telling him
about it, you know.

I was like, "Oh, it's
the new show and everything,"

And so my dad was like,

"Oh, that's pretty cool."

And then the thing

that really stood out to him

was when I said, "You know,

there's a lot of people
who watch that."

I saw my dad,

he was like, "Ohh..."

so that was my dad going off

in little psychologist mode,

you know?

So my dad

definitely was okay with it.

So we got picked up

at the airport,

and it really wasn't

what I expected.

There was a line of Bronies

all in matching T-shirts,

and one of them had

a Rainbow Dash sign.

That's how I knew

it was for sure

the Brony Convention people.

They were really,

really enthusiastic

about being Bronies,

and about just the whole

pony fandom situation

in general,

so yeah, it's gonna be...

it's gonna be a trip.

It's gonna be really crazy

tomorrow, I think.

So I set out to try my luck

in the big city, Manehattan,

the most cosmopolitan...

That's here!

We're here right now,

in Manehattan.

Oh, my god, that's probably

why they're doing this here.

So it's the night

before the conference,

the big BronyCon tomorrow.

Just got to the hotel,

scattered things around,

and... ooh!

I'm doing a bit

of Brony research.

There's some things

that I don't know

about the world of Bronies.

I guess I'm just a bit,

I'm maybe a little worried

that they're going to ask me

some, like, crazy questions

about the equestrian world

that the ponies live in

that I'm not going to know
the answers to...

Which I don't really need to,

but I feel like

I really... I should.

I think I'm definitely going
to get asked to do

A lot of pony voices tomorrow.

It needs to be about

20% cooler.

Okay, that'll be my go-to line

for tomorrow.

It needs to be

about 20% cooler.

Bronies, you're gonna have

to work on your cool factor.

"Rainbow Dash, Sparta Mix."

Oh, this is gonna be good.
Let's try this.

Awesomeness!

It's a whole, like,

techno remix

made from that one line

that I say.

Who is behind all of this?

The Bronies, they're behind it.

Ooh...

Who makes these videos?

Oh, man.

Okay, I'm over it.

Let's go get pizza.

Time step,

Times Square.

♪ It's just gonna be crazy! ♪

It's all about friendship.

Life is a culmination

of mistakes

that you've learned from,

and pain is a good teacher.

You can't believe
you're going to fail.

You know, those people who are,

if you ever talk

to those people

who are, like, really rich

and really successful,

failure never even occurs
to them.

It never occurs to them

that they can fail
at what they're doing.

That's almost, like,

a beautiful thing.

That ain't me, though.

Um, to me,

life's the experience.

You try, you try and become
a better version of yourself

Every day.

I'm not saying
you need to change,

you need to become
a different person,

just a better version

of yourself.

I just think that once

you stop working on yourself,

the only way you have to go

is down from there.

They say people fear

what they don't understand.

Maybe I just have

a lot of fears,

and I just need to understand

to feel secure in life.

Like, I know I'm a different
kind of person.

Like...

I've gone through so... life

just... just not fitting in,

not really...

You know,
everything has always kinda been

A one-size-fits-all society,

you know, a formula

that I never...

I was always outside of.

You gotta know what helps you,

and I feel like, you know,

I had a lot of crap in my life,

but I don't feel like

I'm any worse for it at all.

And I love, I mean,

I love my life.

People regret the things

they don't do.

You only regret the things

you don't do,

and I don't have

a lot of regrets,

because I go after...

I'm not a "don't do"

kind of person.

I think...

that's the only way to live,

but maybe most people

aren't like me.

Maybe most people aren't willing

to just...

you know, willing to go

on that everlasting quest.

So we are on our way

to BronyCon.

It is 9:30...

I think it might be
a little after 9:30.

We're a little late.

Um, it's an exciting time.

All right, BronyCon,

here we go.

What's your favourite episode?

The first episode

was pretty phenomenal.

All right, so...

Bryan?

Yeah, just Bryan.

This is Bryan, just Bryan.

How you doing?

I'm really sorry...

you guys are going
to hate me for this,

But I haven't drawn in a year...

Show it to the crowd!

Show it!

Show it to the camera!

There we go.

How does it feel

to be awesome?

Okay. Okay.

F-forget you.

I can eat all these apples.

He goes, "What is that?"

"A puppy? A kitten?"

And, like, one guy in the back
goes, "It's a pony!"

And I said, "I want that guy

to do my tattoo."

Whoo!

Go, ninja, go!

Go, ninja!

I feel like my life

is sort of changing in a way.

Like... not totally,

but just...

there's a lot of people
out there

That really love

these characters,

and, like, I'm by no means,

like,

in charge of what

they say and do on the show,

but I'm kind of giving them...

I'm giving you life.

I'm giving them,

you know, a voice.

Presents!

Yay!

And it's Applejack

and Rainbow Dash

singing together,

and it looks like they're

recording a pony script.

"Dear Ashleigh,
thank you for bringing an edge

To My Little Pony.

You rock!"

A conch shell!

Piggy's got the conch!

And... oh,

with a note inside of it.

"Your new Shell Phone.

I have an incoming call

for a Mrs. Atlantic Ocean.

She wants to say hello.

Will you accept?"

Hello?

Yeah, I guess I feel like

I'm a part of something.

I'm a part of this movement,

like...

I'm not a Brony, but I'm...

I'm, uh...

I'm a part

of these people's lives

because I voice

these characters.

Yeah, before I left

for this convention,

I really wasn't sure

what I was getting myself into.

I was a little nervous.

I wasn't quite sure

what to expect

and who these people were...

like, who are Bronies?

I'd had a couple interactions
in the past,

But not at this capacity at all.

To get this response

from any group of people

is incredible,

and it just happens to be that

this particular group of people

are mostly grown men

who are into this series

about girl ponies...

which is pretty bizarre,

when you think about it,

but at the same time,

they're not doing

anything wrong,

and they found each other,

and I think it's an honour

to be a part of that.

- Yeah,
- it's a beginning of something.

It could fizzle out.

Things like this
have happened before.

There's a big rising tide,
there's a force,

and then it doesn't go anywhere

because nothing

picks up the torch,

and I really hope that something
comes along that will do that,

because
this is not selfsustaining.

It can't carry on forever.

But it has so much potential

to just shape the way
that we think about things,

and make people be like,

"Oh, well, maybe it's just
if something is good,

Then we can like it."

People like to think
it's just a TV show,

It's not that big of a deal,

and at the end of the day,
maybe that's all that it is,

just a small footprint
in history.

But so many people's lives

have been bettered by it.

I think the best part

about being a Brony

is that it just really is,

you know,

like, it's more than a fandom.
It's more than a community.

It really is like a big family.

It's not about My Little Pony,

it's about
"Friendship is magic."

You know what I mean?

And about that sense
of solidarity,

That sense of community,

and all those different things

that really

bring people together

under a really wonderful

umbrella.

It's not cynical, that it's

just this positive oasis

in a sea of sarcasm and cynicism

in modern society.

The characters

are well developed.

They try to accomplish goals.

If they fail,

they learn from their mistakes.

They move on.

It doesn't become this big,

you know, ironic to-do.

Give Bronies

the benefit of the doubt

that they're all good people

that like a kids' show

for what it is.

They aren't weird, deviant,

you know, people.

All they are are people

who like a cartoon show.

That's it.

You've noticed how big

the fan base has gotten so far.

My question is, how much bigger

do you think it's going to get,

and for how long?

As long as My Little Pony
exists,

There will be Bronies.

♪ You remind me of a boy ♪

♪ who once left me destroyed ♪

♪ When he cut me like a saw ♪

♪ with his back and forth ♪

♪ And I remind you of someone ♪

♪ you loved when you were young ♪

♪ She tossed you like a stone ♪

♪ into the ocean ♪

♪ We thought ♪

♪ we'd never dance again ♪

♪ So scared of second chances ♪

♪ But now ♪

♪ there's something happenin' ♪

♪ You make me wanna dance ♪

♪ You make me wanna move ♪

♪ You make me wanna ♪

♪ You make me wanna make ♪

♪ a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna dance ♪

♪ Like no one ever has ♪

♪ You make me wanna ♪

♪ You make me wanna make ♪
♪ a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna ♪

♪ make a new dance up, yeah ♪

♪ And you know the moves ♪

♪ 'Cause it's our dance ♪

♪ And you know the moves ♪

♪ And you know ♪

♪ the moves ♪

♪ 'Cause it's our dance ♪

♪ And you know the moves ♪

♪ Slow ♪

♪ Dance ♪

♪ Square ♪

♪ Dance ♪

♪ High School ♪

♪ Dance ♪

♪ So you think you... ♪

♪ You make me wanna dance ♪

♪ You make me wanna move ♪

♪ You make me wanna ♪

♪ You make me wanna make ♪

♪ a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna dance ♪

♪ Like no one ever has ♪

♪ You make me wanna ♪

♪ You make me wanna make ♪

♪ a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna dance ♪

♪ You make me wanna move ♪

♪ You make me wanna ♪

♪ You make me wanna make ♪

♪ a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna dance ♪

♪ Like no one ever has ♪

♪ You make me wanna ♪

♪ You make me wanna make ♪

♪ a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna dance ♪

♪ You make me wanna make ♪
♪ a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna ♪

♪ make a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna make ♪

♪ a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna ♪

♪ make a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna make ♪

♪ a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna ♪

♪ make a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna make ♪

♪ a new dance up ♪

♪ You make me wanna dance ♪

♪ I have the feeling ♪

♪ that I went out last night ♪

♪ I'm sticking in ♪

♪ for the rest of my life ♪

♪ No more temptations ♪

♪ walking in front of my eyes ♪

♪ I'm turning 'round ♪

♪ and living inside ♪

♪ Living inside ♪

♪ Living inside ♪