Okay, so My Little Pony‘s Derpy Is Now “Snuggle Bubble Muffin”?
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This is why I probably should just walk away quietly from the Pony arena of fandom. And yet I can’t help asking what the deal is.
First things first – WeLoveFine, who make many great geeky shirts including an array of Ponies, are branching out into vinyl collectibles based on specific artist interpretations. Breakdance Pon3 will be available with the purchase of two or more shirts or other items online. As for that other one…
Snuggle Bubble Muffin? Okay, I bought that Flash drive at Comic Con, and my receipt flat-out said “Derpy” on it, not “Fan Favorite” – meanwhile, my friend’s young daughter insists that the character’s name is Ditsy.
That is the same pony, correct? Or are there many with crazy eyes? So why is it so damn hard to rename her one time only?
It’s like Zuckuss and 4-LOM, all over again.
Except it’ll take the next generation’s equivalent of Robot Chicken to definitively tackle the subject, I suspect.
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Luke Y. Thompson has been writing professionally about movies and pop-culture since 1999, and has also been an actor in some extremely cheap culty and horror movies you will probably never hear much about (he is nonetheless mostly proud of them, as he met his wife on one). As editor of The Robot's Voice since 2012, he can take the blame for the majority of the site's content, all of which he creates because he loves you very, very much. (Although he loves nachos more. Sorry.) Prior to TRV, Luke wrote for publications that include the New Times LA, Los Angeles CityBeat, E! Online, OC Weekly, Geekweek, GeekChicDaily, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Nerdist