I didn't see a post here yet so sorry if I'm repeating this.
I don't post here at all anymore due to life and lack of MLP interest - still love it for nostalgia's sake and I still visit the Arena from time to time - but I started watching SWAT (CBS) from season two and I did a double take when this happened. A young girl is in the team's care and she doesn't speak English. They're using a phone to translate and she keeps talking about "going to see Peppermint Crunch, Banana Surprise, and Peachy." An oldlerish teammember walks in and says "Hey wait ask her about Swirly Whirly and Cherries Jubilee." ... "You just have to speak seven-year-old girl. Those are MLP characters." I'm sitting here watching and thinking "That's GENERATION ONE! Hahaha they're not even mentioning G4:FIM! Holy cow!" I wonder if they had to get permission to mention them? They're not even made up names or mish-mashed or anything; I recognized all of those ponies! Someone did dang good research! I had to share.
(I felt like this was more OT than Pony Corral related.)
Eta: This was
already posted; my search didn't return it.