Let’s discuss! Fawn Doo & Marcie Pan!

[Mana Minori]

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I think these adorable little ponies are definitely worth discussing! Fawn Doo & Marcie Pan- two ponies who appear in the G4 IDW Comic: “Friends forever” issue 12. Their names are an obvious pun on “fondue “ and “marzipan”, which I think is pretty cute (partially because I have been naming a lot of my own OC’s after food and drinks, thanks to a certain comic unrelated to ponies).

According to their wiki page, they were created for Friends Forever Issue 12 by writer Barbara Randall Kesel, with the script description "The two sisters running the cart are plush avatars of pony happiness: they resemble the treats" "in their shiny colorful way.They have their manes done up in rounded buns with shiny hairnets." "Their hooves are bedazzled to match their ‘noms. They appear friendly, prosperous, and well-fed."

They were designed by artist Brenda Hickey, who took design inspiration from Japanese Sweet Lolita fashion, was asked "Are they from the Lollipop-Guild ?" and replied "That is likely what their origin story is!", and later stated that "they're not a reference." They were color-designed by colorist Heather Breckel

I would love to know the backstory of these cute girls, what their relationship to each other is, how they came across the Lolita fashion, and if their personalities are truly how they are depicted in the comics or if that is simply how Pinkie Pie perceives them.

What do you guys think about these ponies?

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

They have cute designs! It's a shame Hasbro have been/are so intent with mostly pushing Mane 6 toys for G4's run, since FiM, the comic, etc. already give us existing pony designs that would have made cute toys.

[LadyMoondancer]

Dang those two are cute, I wish they'd made brushables of them.  I love candy themed ponies.

[Griffin]

Cute designs and I love their punny names! I'm not familiar with the G4 comic so these characters are new to me.

[Goanna]

Terrible names lol but their designs are cute!

[LadyAmalthea]

I didn't get the 'fondue' pun at first until you pointed it out...all  I could think of was doo as in 'dog doo', and I'm thinking her name is basically Fawn Poop?  I get it now. Maybe they should have spelled it differently...Fawndue or something. They are cute designs, though.

[Ponybookworm]

These would have been a lovely pair of Ponies. Are they meant to be twins??? I hope so

[Mana Minori]

They have cute designs! It's a shame Hasbro have been/are so intent with mostly pushing Mane 6 toys for G4's run, since FiM, the comic, etc. already give us existing pony designs that would have made cute toys.

truly a shame. There were loads of cute characters from not only the comics, but also the manga and even the series itself that I would’ve loves to see get their own toy, and Hasbro just went and blew it with their repetitive mane6 bit. So disappointing.

[Taffeta]

I didn't get the 'fondue' pun at first until you pointed it out...all  I could think of was doo as in 'dog doo', and I'm thinking her name is basically Fawn Poop?  I get it now. Maybe they should have spelled it differently...Fawndue or something. They are cute designs, though.

That would've made the pronunciation here in the UK Fawn-dyoo.
I don't know what that would've got across to anyone

Marcipan is definitely easier to spot.
(Fondue is still pronounced fon-doo here though)

I don't know that we need another thread on MLP and Lolita, so I'm going to ignore that and talk about the ponies themselves.
Sidenote, but I'm a bit horrified by the thought that G4 got manga.

I'm not huge on their appearances, actually. I really would want G4 to have more ponies, but there are already a lot of pink and purple toys, and Marciepan's colour scheme follows Scootaloos (as well as being well used in G4) so neither of them really jump out. OK, better than more M6, I will admit - but not particularly dynamic choices for toys?

Can't comment on their comic characters, have never read the G4 comics because not a fan of FIM world. Maybe their characters would make them appealing enough toys, but on appearance alone - not for me personally.

[Mana Minori]

I didn't get the 'fondue' pun at first until you pointed it out...all  I could think of was doo as in 'dog doo', and I'm thinking her name is basically Fawn Poop?  I get it now. Maybe they should have spelled it differently...Fawndue or something. They are cute designs, though.

That would've made the pronunciation here in the UK Fawn-dyoo.
I don't know what that would've got across to anyone

Marcipan is definitely easier to spot.
(Fondue is still pronounced fon-doo here though)

I don't know that we need another thread on MLP and Lolita, so I'm going to ignore that and talk about the ponies themselves.
Sidenote, but I'm a bit horrified by the thought that G4 got manga.

I'm not huge on their appearances, actually. I really would want G4 to have more ponies, but there are already a lot of pink and purple toys, and Marciepan's colour scheme follows Scootaloos (as well as being well used in G4) so neither of them really jump out. OK, better than more M6, I will admit - but not particularly dynamic choices for toys?

Can't comment on their comic characters, have never read the G4 comics because not a fan of FIM world. Maybe their characters would make them appealing enough toys, but on appearance alone - not for me personally.

her colors are a shade different than Scoots’, but I see what you mean. And as reluctant I’m to admit, because I like the theme they were based off of, I’m also not the fondest of their color scheme. I much prefer darker color palletes. Blacks and deep blues, above all else. Pink was never a favorite of mine to begin with, but I will accept it because it’s to be expected in this franchise. But the mustard yellow....eugh. It doesn’t exactly do justice for what they’re based off of, either.

What colors would you slap on these girls, out of curiosity?


Post Merge: October 07, 2020, 02:48:16 PM

These would have been a lovely pair of Ponies. Are they meant to be twins??? I hope so

I’m not sure, but I personally have always imagined them to be....

[Taffeta]

Marcipan should definitely be less orange and more marzipan if she wants to pull that name

But honestly, while I love Sunset's red/yellow combo, I would prefer to see more blue/green/cyan/purple ponies or ponies where you have some dark colours with light ones to compement...like, say, a dark purple and then a pale yellow. I dunno.

I'm not really connected to these two in terms of their personality, though, so it's hard to know what colour to suggest.

[SunPony]

I think they are very cute, and they definitely work as sisters/twins with their basically-inverted color schemes.  These two remind me of how the G1 newborn twins that had inverted color schemes.  They could be like the grown up versions of those. 

I like how they are similar but also have clearly different hairstyles.  They would have been great toys, they could have come packaged together with their little...sweets cart?  Sounds pretty cute and marketable. 

Also I like their "punny" names.  Correct me if I'm wrong but g4 FIM is the first gen to really do many pun names?

[LadyMoondancer]

Hmm, good question!  I think G4 definitely has the most puns if we include the media only characters.  Or the brushables + blind bags.  If we're only talking brushables . . . not sure.  G3 actually had pretty many, and they also had a lot more individual characters.

Some of the G3 wordplay names were:

Fluttershy (a pun on "shutterfly"--a photography enthusiast--on her backcard it said she liked taking photos)

Sew-and-So

Doseydotes (this one is a deep cut, it's based on a nursery rhyme with the line "Mares eat oats, does eat oats, little lambs eat ivy")

Puzzlemint (instead of puzzlement)

Wondermint (similarly)

Merriweather (instead of Merry Weather--this is an interesting one b/c AFAIK Merriweather is a man's name?  G3 says trans rights)

and Marshmellow Cocoa (marshMELLOW instead of marshmallow).

[MJNSEIFER]

I was wondering, to be honest why they were given punny names - they could have at the very least gotten away with a pony called Marzipan, or maybe  "Marzipan (Something)", I don't know why they needed to be punny with their names, though maybe it relates to their character as well (I'll check if I can.)

To be honest, I was initially wandering why they spelled their names weirdly, I didn't realise they could be puns (I thought Fawn Doo would work better as a deer's name, but maybe it's like fawning over someone?  I dunno...)

Puzzlemint (instead of puzzlement)

How did I miss that?!   

[gemini_pony]

I'm a sucker for anything sweets themed.