Equestria Girls: A MLP:FiM Spin Off

Monogatari

So yeah, _My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic will get a spin-off called **Equestria Girls. It will involve human versions of the characters.

It was confirmed in _Kidscreen Magazine (see scan here). According to the article, it will debut in Spring 2014.

Don't worry. FiM won't go away, yet. The two shows will run concurrently.**

Sorikai33

Reposting from the main MLP thread:

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/02/mlp-spin-off-series-confirmed-rumor.html

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y2kyle89

Well…

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That's something that is going to happen.

Monogatari

The only thing Hasbro can do to make this good is bringing back Lauren Faust.

Sorikai33

Well, we know it won't influence the regular FiM series.

So I'm just gonna ignore it.

Robby

…if they're made human they shouldn't carry over the pony skintones. Thats just bizarre looking. The hair and clothes are enough.

valiantt

Thank god that's not the official art. The skin tones are really…really disgusting looking. If you're going to turn them into humans, you don't stop half way and leave the colorful skin tones. Shouldn't the hair, eyes, personality, attire, and VAs be enough to distinguish between them all? Kids aren't that stupid.

Nobodyman

My first impression is that this actually seems like a really dumb idea.

I mean, it's the same show, the same characters, only…they're human, and more teen-oriented? Aside from the awkwardness of having the exact same characters in two demographics, I just don't see how much more they'll be able to do with this show.

And for god's sake, please don't let those skin tones be real.

Hiroy

Uh oh. Not sure if I like this idea. Mianly for the backlash it's going to get from the humaniod pony fandom.
So yeah. I'm not at all interested in this.

TakinawaTonfa

what

what what what

what

whaaaaat?

Cyborg009

@Monogatari:

So yeah, _My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic will get a spin-off called **Equestria Girls. It will involve human versions of the characters.

It was confirmed in _Kidscreen Magazine (see scan here). According to the article, it will debut in Spring 2014.

Don't worry. FiM won't go away, yet. The two shows will run concurrently.**

i guess someone in hasbro noticed all the humanization fanart in the internet.

taboo

y2kyle89

@Cyborg009:

i guess someone in hasbro noticed all the humanization fanart in the internet.

If they had Twilight would be black and Fluttershy would be stacked and I'm going to stop now.

Khamolen

I thought a bit about what they could do with this that hasn't been done with the original show and I couldn't think of anything more compelling than dating/boyfriends.

There's pretty much no chance of this being good, or even being a success among its target audience.

valiantt

The more I think about this, the more it starts to sound like some terrible fanfic garbage. Isn't there enough MLP side characters to form a legitimate spin off to pawn off 2x as much merchandise and still be relatively credible? For example, we're probably never going to see Gilda again so why not make a spin off with Griffons? Make it its own separate story and locale instead of this…confusing nonsense.

TLC

I've always liked the idea of the ponies being humanized and having a show more down to earth with more realistic problems. But those skin tones don't work at all. How am I supposed to relate to the characters as actual people when they look like aliens? The hair and clothes are great but the skin colour? Ew, lose em, just give them normal skin colour.

kaizoku_Chopper

that… that doesn't sound like good idea for a pony spinoff, i just have to wait and see how it will look on screen...

Cyclone_Baroness

Fluttershy looks like she has jaundice…RD looks like she's caught hypothermia...AJ hitting tanning booths...

But I suppose if I could watch Doug for all those years I could ignore the weird skin tones on humans.

Shuhan

Reserving judgment till I see the finished product…The skin tones are glaring, but as Cyclone already mentioned, Doug made a blue skin-toned guy okay so we'll see...

Robby

@Thousand:

How am I supposed to relate to the characters as actual people when they look like aliens? The hair and clothes are great but the skin colour? Ew, lose em, just give them normal skin colour.

No Maam

Why ? I mean, if they made a spinoff that just focused on the minor characters on the show, then people would probably love it.

I have no idea why they think this is a good idea.

y2kyle89

@valiantt:

TFor example, we're probably never going to see Gilda again so why not make a spin off with Griffons?

Maybe My Little Griffons would be aimed at boys and get a huge adult female fanbase.

MetaMario

Well…..can't say I was expecting this.

I'll wait to make any judgement.

TLC

@RobbyBevard:

http://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/theteentitansreturnforasecondseason.jpg

You know what I mean. They're supposed to be humans and they look like mutants. I can't get into the whole real people with real problems mood when they look so odd.

Teen Titans is fine because it's a more fantasy like series and more importantly, the colors look good on them, green skin and all.

YouthNinja

Honestly, the skin tones don't bother me.

This is also a good way to keep what race the humanized mane 6 would be out of the equation. Can you imagine the kind of backlash the show would get from fans who don't like what skin color a character is.

I can see it now:
"All the fan art of Twilight portrayed her as Indian, now it seems WEIRD that she's Caucasian!"
And similar nonsense. No, I actually like the decision to keep the purples, blues, yellows and such.

Hiroy

I would not mind the colors for the skins as well. It's not really official, but it could grow on people. Sort of like the age when cartoons started putting dye on animals.
That, and I don't really get how skin color could make a cartoon character any more or less human.

Shuhan

I can understand the ire that some people may have with this…but ask yourself, before MLPwould you have seen yourself watching a show about colorful ponies? Probably not.

All we have is that one concept picture and some are willing to throw it under the bus as "this will never work". Give it some time to breath and get more info about it.

Now if it does turn out to be a pile of crap...well like I said, I never thought I'd like MLP, so I'm willing to give it a fair shake.

No Maam

@Shuhan:

I can understand the ire that some people may have with this…but ask yourself, before MLPwould you have seen yourself watching a show about colorful ponies? Probably not.

All we have is that one concept picture and some are willing to throw it under the bus as "this will never work". Give it some time to breath and get more info about it.

Now if it does turn out to be a pile of crap...well like I said, I never thought I'd like MLP, so I'm willing to give it a fair shake.

Thing is, this is nothing but a rip off of a popular thing, derived entierly from that thing alone, except changing how the character's look and…..I shudder to think what the "teen oriented" part's all about.

Retro

Yeah I'm on the fence about this myself. It's not too terribly an idea and I've seen stranger spin-offs work but this feels more like a way to keep the popularity going by catering to the fans. Someone probably already mentioned this but wouldn't a better spin off be about the CMC? They're more established characters and got a bit of a quest going. We're already up to four with them and certainly have more potential for story ideas.

No Maam

@Retro:

Yeah I'm on the fence about this myself. It's not too terribly an idea and I've seen stranger spin-offs work but this feels more like a way to keep the popularity going by catering to the fans. Wouldn't a better spin off be about the CMC? They're more established characters and got a bit of a quest going. We're already up to four with them and certainly have more potential for story ideas.

Or create a series that's focused entierly on side characters/slife of life stuff and making the actual show a bit more action-ey like Faust originaly intended. For example, do a three parter, as that was what the Third Season pilot desperately needed to be in order for the villain to even have a presence other then being shown for like twenty seconds tops and saying all of five words.

Shuhan

@No:

Thing is, this is nothing but a rip off of a popular thing, derived entierly from that thing alone, except changing how the character's look and…..I shudder to think what the "teen oriented" part's all about.

Have you ever seen the show "All Grown Up"? You know the sequel to Rug rats? In a sense, this is MLP's "All Grown Up", it changes the setting and characters a little bit to open up new facets of interaction and story development t. Sure, it isnt quite the same, but the idea is similar, change a few aspects so you can take a show to a different play field and see if it works out.

Nia

Well, this could turn out awesome or fail horribly. Like pretty much every spinoff show.
Still, I'm looking forward to it

No Maam

@Shuhan:

Have you ever seen the show "All Grown Up"? You know the sequel to Rug rats? In a sense, this is MLP's "All Grown Up", it changes the setting and characters a little bit to open up new facets of interaction and story development t. Sure, it isnt quite the same, but the idea is similar, change a few aspects so you can take a show to a different play field and see if it works out.

I remember that show doing totally well and not being universaly hated !

Sarcasm aside, if this was just a "fast forward" sorta thing then I wouldn't mind as much but this is turning the characters into humans in an apparently "more realistic" setting and yet still wanting to leech off of the original show. Which in itself makes it seem like this weird thing that shouldn't even be made, not at the same time as the original show anyway, and it just makes me afraid Hasbro's gonna crash and burn with it which will

turn away old fans
turn away new potential fans
rub off badly on the main series overall, possibly even realy badly as far as Hasbro's executive decisions are concerned, and
Hasbro shooting themselves in the foot as far as actual sequels and spinoffs are concerned, where their burn from this project will make them disinterested in making any proper sequels or spin off shows, regardless of how good they are/might be.

Plus the whole teen oriented thing makes me afraid for the characters and story and then there's the fact this might just delude the characters, as there's gonna be two series they are in at once and once one show does something with a character, then the other show doing it, even if legit, would make people scoff and call it a rip off etc. and cause all sorts of bad blood we realy don't need.

taboo

tbh i didnt even notice what their skin color was until you racists pointed it out

Shuhan

Well in the end like I said, I'm reserving judgment till I actually see an episode…I'll wine bitch and complains when I have a legitimate reason to...much like the ending of Negima...

Just giving it the benefit of the doubt...

NateRich

LOL, I have a friend that would probably like this show too much.

If the show is bad, the main critics are going to be FiM fans

Wagomu

@Shuhan:

Have you ever seen the show "All Grown Up"? You know the sequel to Rug rats? In a sense, this is MLP's "All Grown Up", it changes the setting and characters a little bit to open up new facets of interaction and story development t. Sure, it isnt quite the same, but the idea is similar, change a few aspects so you can take a show to a different play field and see if it works out.

I was just going to post "MLP: All Grown Up" and then leave this thread forever, but thanks to your god damn Naruto shenanigans I'm stuck making small talk with meta-commentary and a failure to imply that a flying carrot can be described as stealthy.

Kitsune Inferno

My Little Preteens: Lipstick is Magic

Wagomu

My Little Cotton Pony: Puberty is Magic

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Ew...

Nobodyman

@Wagomu:

I was just going to post "MLP: All Grown Up".

You mean, My Big Pony: All Grown Up.

valiantt

@Nobodyman:

You mean, My Big Pony: All Grown Up.

Wouldn't that make them My Standard-sized Horse: All Grown Up?

Wagomu

@Nobodyman:

You mean, My Big Pony: All Grown Up.

I thought those were just called horses.

Cyclone_Baroness

@Wagomu:

I thought those were just called horses.

Ponies aren't horses. :ninja:

valiantt

Yeaaah horses are not nearly as magical as ponies

PS:
I like that whole marketing to boys things. They could have considered a spin-off that targeted boys as a potential demographic. It could have been called:

My Little Mule: Mutant Dorkeys are cool

Wagomu

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Kitsune Inferno

They should have spin off starring the ponies as foxes.

Nobodyman

@valiantt:

Wouldn't that make them My Standard-sized Horse: All Grown Up?

@Wagomu:

I thought those were just called horses.

Well, by that same token, I guess calling them "little" ponies would be superfluous.

valiantt

Ooooh I get it now. I completely forgot that horses don't exist in the MLP universe. So technically they still can be "big ponies" or at least "older ponies" which are these things:

They're still referred to as ponies so I guess horses simply don't exist in this universe. So I guess "My Big Pony" works…just like how in a universe titled "My Little Baby" a "Big Baby" would look like this...

Wagomu

@Nobodyman:

Well, by that same token, I guess calling them "little" ponies would be superfluous.

Well you can have small ponies just like you can have big horses. It's all explained in this chart:

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