sad to say but friendship isn’t always
magic welcome to watchmojo.com just glad
no no then pony showed up oh they’re not
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disturbing reality is behind this
franchise about magical talking horses
morning not only will some of these
facts get pretty grim but they may
contain spoilers number 10 questionable
pony names we all know how much my
little pony likes to get whimsical and
downright cutesy with their character
names Applejack Pinkie Pie Twilight
Sparkle you name it however in the early
days ponies had some less innocent
sounding names among them are ruby lips
chocolate delight and Morning Glory
then there’s dangler Whizzer Tootsie
Tails and pillow talk throw in sticky
foamy and swinger and is it really our
fault that we’re second guessing our
entire childhoods hey maybe we’re just
reading into things number 9 King Sombra
long ago King Sombra ruled over the
crystal Empire with an iron hoof before
being banished to the frozen north
heavily inspired by Sauron from Lord of
the Rings Sombra is a dark presence that
casts a long shadow his former subjects
fear of the mere memory of him and brief
glimpses into his tyrannical reign over
the land suggests they have every reason
the comments revealed that his
malevolent stems from a tragic and
lonely upbringing during which the
orphaned cult was ostracized and made
fun of
while he’s criminally underplayed in the
show Sombra is a legitimately dark and
twisted villain number eight bridles the
My Little Pony franchise has thrived on
creating a magical land populated by
sentient talking equines which makes
this little fact particularly
off-putting in the early days of the
franchise some toys included a
detachable bridge that could be hooked
onto your pastel companions muzzle now
in real life a bridle is pretty handy
for riders but the idea of fitting one
onto animals capable of speech and
intelligence is sort of unnerving if you
can take this bull by the horns you
better be ready for a rad just ask them
if they’ll take you where you want to go
or do they not have a choice here what
are they my little slave ponies number 7
demonic villains while Equestria is
definitely a colorful and friendly place
it’s also full of dangerous creatures
the only thing more menacing is the dark
and despicable villains lurking in the
shadows from the magic sucking center
Tirek to the corrupted Royal Nightmare
Moon and the manipulative shapeshifter
Queen chrysalis this isn’t a new concept
either as the original Pony series was
also chock-full of demonic baddies
including the original Tirek who turned
innocent ponies into corrupt mindless
dragons to pull his evil chariot number
six death not even happy colourful
ponies are safe from death sometimes its
heavily implied without being seen but
at others it’s presented upfront in a
grisly display such as when Timberwolf
suffocates and literally falls apart
arguably the most brutal instances of
on-screen death involve King Sombra and
the storm king one magically
disintegrated and the other shattered
into pieces
the only worse way to go out in
Equestria is by catching Swamp fever a
deadly illness that turns its victims
into a disease spreading tree forever
ending their once happy carefree
existences number five
keeping non pony animals in line for all
the talk about living in harmony there’s
the ponies themselves dominate the land
while lower animals are often kept as
pets or herded and fenced in this farm
stock which becomes even more troubling
if the farm animals are sentient while
the ponies are vegetarians they do eat
animal products such as milk and eggs
and animal whisperer Fluttershy has no
misgivings about feeding fish to her
other pets if you’re not a pony in
Equestria guess you’re just a
second-class citizen number four
authoritarian regime Equestria may seem
like the perfect Pony paradise but isn’t
it all a bit too good to be true
the ponies have absolute control over
their world a power that extends even to
the weather seasons and the cycle of the
Sun and Moon their society as a
well-oiled machine and so it’s perhaps
unsurprising that they regard everfree
forest a woodland that isn’t under their
control as frightening and even
unnatural when a people fear a place
called everfree well it’s not exactly a
good sign number three
all hail Celestia princess Celestia is
usually seen as a kind motherly often
cheeky and benevolent ruler and yet
there’s often an uneasy vibe around her
a Thousand pardons your majesty
that’s quite all right thank you a lot
of it comes from how her subjects treat
her while some simply bow others
scrambled to keep her happy almost as if
they were terrified of what she might do
we can’t really blame them
since Celestia did banished her own
admittedly wicked sister to the moon and
imprisoned mischief-maker discord in
maybe they’re afraid she’ll one day snap
and go full tyrant it happened to Luna
so why not it is a mystery you will not
be solving alone
number two segregation our pony heroines
embrace each other’s individual
differences with open hoofs and yet
segregation is still part of their
society Equestria’s capital Canterlot is
primarily home to elite ponies and
unicorns
while working class earth ponies are
found in more urban towns such as
Ponyville you’re from Ponyville what’s
more other sentient creatures such as
Dragons inhabit their own separate
nation that the ponies feared out of
Ponyville that explains it
I knew there was something vaguely
pony’s about you to paraphrase Animal
Farm all animals are equal but some seem
a lot more equal than others
number one Tartarus believe it or not
hell actually does exist in the pony
world in the form of Tartarus a
foreboding cavernous dungeon guarded by
the three-headed dog Cerberus the abyss
acts as a prison for ancient dangerous
creatures and unlucky irredeemable
villains they’re all kept in cages which
may seem overkill since the pit is
practically inescapable it’s almost hard
to believe that a colorful kids show
would incorporate the Greek mythological
prison for the wicked but it sends a
clear grim message to all ner duels
if you cross the ponies this could be
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest videos
magic welcome to watchmojo.com just glad
no no then pony showed up oh they’re not
so bad
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at the most
disturbing reality is behind this
franchise about magical talking horses
morning not only will some of these
facts get pretty grim but they may
contain spoilers number 10 questionable
pony names we all know how much my
little pony likes to get whimsical and
downright cutesy with their character
names Applejack Pinkie Pie Twilight
Sparkle you name it however in the early
days ponies had some less innocent
sounding names among them are ruby lips
chocolate delight and Morning Glory
then there’s dangler Whizzer Tootsie
Tails and pillow talk throw in sticky
foamy and swinger and is it really our
fault that we’re second guessing our
entire childhoods hey maybe we’re just
reading into things number 9 King Sombra
long ago King Sombra ruled over the
crystal Empire with an iron hoof before
being banished to the frozen north
heavily inspired by Sauron from Lord of
the Rings Sombra is a dark presence that
casts a long shadow his former subjects
fear of the mere memory of him and brief
glimpses into his tyrannical reign over
the land suggests they have every reason
the comments revealed that his
malevolent stems from a tragic and
lonely upbringing during which the
orphaned cult was ostracized and made
fun of
while he’s criminally underplayed in the
show Sombra is a legitimately dark and
twisted villain number eight bridles the
My Little Pony franchise has thrived on
creating a magical land populated by
sentient talking equines which makes
this little fact particularly
off-putting in the early days of the
franchise some toys included a
detachable bridge that could be hooked
onto your pastel companions muzzle now
in real life a bridle is pretty handy
for riders but the idea of fitting one
onto animals capable of speech and
intelligence is sort of unnerving if you
can take this bull by the horns you
better be ready for a rad just ask them
if they’ll take you where you want to go
or do they not have a choice here what
are they my little slave ponies number 7
demonic villains while Equestria is
definitely a colorful and friendly place
it’s also full of dangerous creatures
the only thing more menacing is the dark
and despicable villains lurking in the
shadows from the magic sucking center
Tirek to the corrupted Royal Nightmare
Moon and the manipulative shapeshifter
Queen chrysalis this isn’t a new concept
either as the original Pony series was
also chock-full of demonic baddies
including the original Tirek who turned
innocent ponies into corrupt mindless
dragons to pull his evil chariot number
six death not even happy colourful
ponies are safe from death sometimes its
heavily implied without being seen but
at others it’s presented upfront in a
grisly display such as when Timberwolf
suffocates and literally falls apart
arguably the most brutal instances of
on-screen death involve King Sombra and
the storm king one magically
disintegrated and the other shattered
into pieces
the only worse way to go out in
Equestria is by catching Swamp fever a
deadly illness that turns its victims
into a disease spreading tree forever
ending their once happy carefree
existences number five
keeping non pony animals in line for all
the talk about living in harmony there’s
the ponies themselves dominate the land
while lower animals are often kept as
pets or herded and fenced in this farm
stock which becomes even more troubling
if the farm animals are sentient while
the ponies are vegetarians they do eat
animal products such as milk and eggs
and animal whisperer Fluttershy has no
misgivings about feeding fish to her
other pets if you’re not a pony in
Equestria guess you’re just a
second-class citizen number four
authoritarian regime Equestria may seem
like the perfect Pony paradise but isn’t
it all a bit too good to be true
the ponies have absolute control over
their world a power that extends even to
the weather seasons and the cycle of the
Sun and Moon their society as a
well-oiled machine and so it’s perhaps
unsurprising that they regard everfree
forest a woodland that isn’t under their
control as frightening and even
unnatural when a people fear a place
called everfree well it’s not exactly a
good sign number three
all hail Celestia princess Celestia is
usually seen as a kind motherly often
cheeky and benevolent ruler and yet
there’s often an uneasy vibe around her
a Thousand pardons your majesty
that’s quite all right thank you a lot
of it comes from how her subjects treat
her while some simply bow others
scrambled to keep her happy almost as if
they were terrified of what she might do
we can’t really blame them
since Celestia did banished her own
admittedly wicked sister to the moon and
imprisoned mischief-maker discord in
maybe they’re afraid she’ll one day snap
and go full tyrant it happened to Luna
so why not it is a mystery you will not
be solving alone
number two segregation our pony heroines
embrace each other’s individual
differences with open hoofs and yet
segregation is still part of their
society Equestria’s capital Canterlot is
primarily home to elite ponies and
unicorns
while working class earth ponies are
found in more urban towns such as
Ponyville you’re from Ponyville what’s
more other sentient creatures such as
Dragons inhabit their own separate
nation that the ponies feared out of
Ponyville that explains it
I knew there was something vaguely
pony’s about you to paraphrase Animal
Farm all animals are equal but some seem
a lot more equal than others
number one Tartarus believe it or not
hell actually does exist in the pony
world in the form of Tartarus a
foreboding cavernous dungeon guarded by
the three-headed dog Cerberus the abyss
acts as a prison for ancient dangerous
creatures and unlucky irredeemable
villains they’re all kept in cages which
may seem overkill since the pit is
practically inescapable it’s almost hard
to believe that a colorful kids show
would incorporate the Greek mythological
prison for the wicked but it sends a
clear grim message to all ner duels
if you cross the ponies this could be
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest videos
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