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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2021, 09:03:08 AM »
I think we called "Hidden Treasure" something like "Treasure Hunt" because I could not remember her name for the life of me.
Aside from that, I call them by their canon US names unless I completely blank on it.
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2021, 09:25:14 AM »
Definitely!  As a kid I either wasn't aware of or wasn't interested in the names (and genders) on the boxes/backcards, so I just named each pony after their symbols.  TAF Fifi was Bowties, Baby Gusty was Maple Leaf or just Leaf, Baby Bouncy was Beach Ball, Satin'n'lace was Wedding Bells, etc.  Tic-tac-toe was the same!  I did watch the cartoon but for whatever reason I didn't connect the characters with my toys.

Nowadays I try to use their given names.
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2021, 12:10:17 PM »
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2021, 03:38:30 PM »
I don’t think I did. Even if I didn’t know the name, I just went by the mental image I had of them.  I rarely talked pony in depth enough to need to refer to lesser known ponies.
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #19 on: July 13, 2021, 07:16:22 PM »
As a kid of the eighties, I knew most of the early ponies and those in the animated show.  Later, before I was banned from playing with ponies, I had three of the Sweetberry ponies, Magic Hat, and ordered MO Starhopper.  I never knew any ponies after that.  Fast forward to college 1996 or 1997, I find a Baby YoYo in a thrift shop.  But I don't know that's her name.  I had not discovered the pony website with names yet.  So I remembered Whizzer from the show, YoYos whizz, so I named her baby Whizzy and made her Whizzer's daughter.
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #20 on: July 13, 2021, 11:04:57 PM »
Yep. I didn't care about the names on the packages/couldn't read so I renamed almost all of them. Mostly easy names to remember associated with their symbols. Sugarberry was "Strawberry" etc.

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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2021, 12:17:25 AM »
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2021, 10:59:39 AM »
To be honest none of my ponies had official names anyway. I named my Mommy Sweet Celebrations Balloons, and at first Daddy Sweet Celebrations was named Presents but when I was a little older I changed it to Mint because of his green mane and tail and I named their baby who I lost pretty soon after I got them, Confetti. I got the Pony Bride for my 9th birthday and named her Dove. I tended to name my ponies after their marks.
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2021, 11:14:23 AM »
I never renamed any of my ponies on  purpose, but there were a few I accidentally called the wrong name. For instance, for the longest time I had no idea Shoreline's name was Shoreline...I always remember calling her Sunshine (makes sense to me!  :lol:) When I found out her real name was Shoreline as recently as a few years ago, I was quite surprised!

Also, I always read Dainty Dahlia as Dainty Delilah (don't ask me why), so that's what she was called.

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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2021, 06:02:22 PM »
I don't recall if any of my ponies were renamed, save for calling Mommy Sweet Celebrations just Sweet Celebrations since I didn't have her family. But my best friend, who had a bunch of ponies shared with their sister, had a few.

The one that sticks out to me the most was Romperooni. Since she came nameless with Rainbow Flash, she was given a new name by the sister: Ola-oakla. Or... Holaoakla? Or... It was made to be said out loud, not written. I don't believe it meant anything, it just sounded nice. When I found out the real name, they both thought Romperooni sounded ridiculous, and honestly? I still think of the name Ohlaoakla when I see her.

Also, for a time G3 Bowtie was Bowtiey, but that's because my friend was still learning to read and misunderstood the name on the box. They were like six, it's excusable
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2021, 09:09:38 AM »
My very first pony was the 1999 McDonalds Morning Glory, but because I couldn't read I just called her "Pinky" (creative I know..) Well we visited McDonalds three more times when they were on sale because I loved the ponies so much. I got a duplicate Morning Glory so I called them Pinky and Perky - and in my head they were twin babies.

Later when I started learning more about MLP I found their real name. I excitedly told my Mum "Pinky and Perky are actually called Morning Glory!" and she laughed and laughed! Kid me didn't get it  :pout: Its a flower okay, Mum!!
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #26 on: August 04, 2021, 07:47:02 PM »
I would almost always go on Dream Valley as a kid to find out the names of all my ponies, but sometimes I'd forget.

My fancy pants babies were both called "Baby Diaper" jokingly by me and my brother.
Tiptoes (whose name I just had to look up because I still couldn't remember) was called Meadowlark after Clover's older sister in Tales. Her colours were right and she's a ballerina, like Meadowlark in the show.
Baby Cuddles was Baby Rattle until I found out her real name on Dream Valley.

I also disliked 4-Speed's NA name so I called him Trucker, his UK name.
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #27 on: August 05, 2021, 12:37:44 PM »
Bluebelle became Mummy Starlight because I was bought her at a carboot and even though I was told her real name Starlight didn't have a Mummy so...

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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #28 on: August 10, 2021, 02:58:14 PM »
I keep the names for real MLP ponies but name fakies, especially Remcos. Usually after a G4 pony they look like or just a fitting name for them that sounds like an actual pony name :)
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Re: Did you ever rename your ponies?
« Reply #29 on: August 10, 2021, 04:06:37 PM »
As a kid I had a mix of ponies whose names and knew and ones I made up. The only name I made up that I can still remember is "Morning Song" which was my name for Brights Brightly (and to be honest I still usually think of her as Morning Song, it's a bit more normal sounding).
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