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Quote from: Stormness_1 on May 21, 2017, 07:10:29 PMThat said, the name-stealing thing isn't new to G4. G3 Applejack or Cotton Candy, anyone?Heck, the reused names thing goes back to G1! Baby Half Note vs Rockin' Beats Half Note, Big Bro Salty vs baby sea pony Salty, Tabby vs Little Tabby, etc etc. It bugs me but it is what it is, haha.(G2 has some reused names too - Sundance, [Prince] Firefly, Melody, Morning Glory, etc. Not to mention how every single gen has at least one pony called Cupcake ^_~)
That said, the name-stealing thing isn't new to G4. G3 Applejack or Cotton Candy, anyone?
It makes me sad that UK people are so dependent on the US names, even when so many of them repeat horribly. Just a personal twitch of mine. Don't mind me.
Quote from: Taffeta on May 25, 2017, 09:02:01 AMIt makes me sad that UK people are so dependent on the US names, even when so many of them repeat horribly. Just a personal twitch of mine. Don't mind me.Ehhh, personally I just use the names I prefer or which are more familiar to me. I like Salty better than Tug so that's what I call him; the origin of the name doesn't make much difference to me. For G4 Cupcake I prefer her alternate name Sugarcup so I call her that. etc, etc. (I say "alt name" since I'm not too sure when/where they changed her name, if it's a US vs UK thing or what, I've never been too clear on that..)I get your point of view, though; I'm like that with Sylvanian Families (always twitch a bit when I see 'em called Calico Critters ).
As an American, I think the UK was far better at naming ponies.Though, I would completely rip out the Big Brother/Adventure Boys and make six different male ponies with more adventurous themes (a spelunker, lumberjack, desert nomad, arctic explorer, swamp rat, and diver).
Quote from: Al-1701 on May 25, 2017, 03:07:14 PMAs an American, I think the UK was far better at naming ponies.Though, I would completely rip out the Big Brother/Adventure Boys and make six different male ponies with more adventurous themes (a spelunker, lumberjack, desert nomad, arctic explorer, swamp rat, and diver).So...GI Joe?
Aw, I like the Village Ponies ^_~ I don't think GI Joe ponies would've fit in as nicely.
I'm bitter towards G.I. Joe at the moment because IDW combined their G.I. Joe and TF comics in a shared universe, and now the Transformers comics are crawling with Joes. Nooooo!
Quote from: LadyMoondancer on May 22, 2017, 10:07:20 AMQuote from: Carrehz on May 22, 2017, 08:08:34 AMBig Bro Salty vs baby sea pony SaltyThis one really gets me because they were sold the SAME YEAR, lol. Same with Pink Dreams--they released a flutter pony with the name and a Soft Sleepy Newborn with the name in the same year.I'm thinking about renaming my flutter Catnap, since she came with the slumber party set and has a cat symbol.See, Catnap would have made more sense.
Quote from: Carrehz on May 22, 2017, 08:08:34 AMBig Bro Salty vs baby sea pony SaltyThis one really gets me because they were sold the SAME YEAR, lol. Same with Pink Dreams--they released a flutter pony with the name and a Soft Sleepy Newborn with the name in the same year.I'm thinking about renaming my flutter Catnap, since she came with the slumber party set and has a cat symbol.
Big Bro Salty vs baby sea pony Salty
They're not even G.I. Joe ponies, they're not soldiers. They're just based more on particular environments (caves and mountains, forests, deserts, tundra, swamp, and the ocean) rather than hobbies and roll play. For one thing, I find that easier to write for as they would have skills that are actually useful to the ponies in their hostile world than Baseball and Football.