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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Heelys on March 31, 2021, 11:15:53 AM
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Welcome to SPNN! The thread for listing and discussing as many ponies with unfitting names as possible!
I was mainly inspired by yesterday's Pony of the Day, Red Roses from the Perfume Puff line. Lovely pony, doesn't seem to have any red.
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I commented that she probably gets along with G3's Green Apple. She gets away with it a little more for having a green cutie mark, but come on, man.
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Haha... maybe her perfume smelled like roses?
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Banana Surprise salutes you.
The lack of yellow is the surprise.
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Shady actually seems pretty trustworthy to me.
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Shady actually seems pretty trustworthy to me.
:lol:
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Banana Surprise salutes you.
The lack of yellow is the surprise.
True, but there is a banana in her ice cream and banana isn't a color.
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Post Merge: March 31, 2021, 12:52:41 PM
I'm wiki-diving now for more examples. In the Green Apple category of "you do not have enough of that color for it to be your name", we have Pursey Pink and Berry Green.
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G3 Peachy Pie should really have been peach, or at least had some peach on her, other than the actual peach symbol. Wondermint could have actually had green, the color most people associate with mint, on her, other than the little mint leaves, but that would mean actually giving us a green pony, and they sure couldn't have that!
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-drops off G1 Woosie-
I don't know what I expected but it definitely wasn't mice
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See ya later, Whizzer. Have fun. Make some friends.
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I have always been confused with Cupcake for as long as I got her.
Where cupcake ? '-'
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Banana Surprise salutes you.
The lack of yellow is the surprise.
True, but there is a banana in her ice cream and banana isn't a color.
I'd argue that the banana in her symbol looks as much like a banana as the flowers on RR's perfume bottle look like roses...
In any case, banana is actually a colour. You can google it if you don't believe me. But your OP doesn't specify it has to be about colour. I just would expect a banana pony to be banana-esque. I also don't think she smells like banana...
For me she's more odd than Red Roses.
I'll add Chocolate Chip to the equation here as well. She's blue and pink. And she smells like evil.
Back on topic, there's also my favourite name and symbol mismatch, which is Bouquet xD.
And I imagine the Glittering SHS ponies are marching with ill-found confidence towards this discussion as well...
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Coco Berry come up for me, I would've expected some sort of brown to be involved? But at he same time I know brown wasn't used too much when it came to ponies, ah well!
Or another option would be some berries, like a strawberry or cherry, on top of her ice cream cone cutie mark.
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Princess royal blue. She is blue...but it looks like more of a sky blue to me lol.
Or firefly. Maybe I’m missing something, but her bum doesn’t exactly glow now does it?
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I suppose it's been said in other threads, but it warrants saying again: most of the Year 6 newborn twins' names have nothing to do with their symbols, and some make no sense at all. Sticky and Sniffles sound like they should have a shoe stepping in stretchy bubblegum and dripping Kleenexes, respectively, for symbols rather than those horse head things.
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I have always been confused with Cupcake for as long as I got her.
Where cupcake ? '-'
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For all we know, there's a cupcake in that box... but I wouldn't count on it.
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I have always been confused with Cupcake for as long as I got her.
Where cupcake ? '-'
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For all we know, there's a cupcake in that box... but I wouldn't count on it.
Would that be Schrodinger's Cupcake? XD
And I definitely agree about Coco Berry.
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Love Letter has no letter, Love Story has no book.
G2 Honey has no yellow or gold about her, & dresses as a rabbit, with a carrot on her rump.
Peachie Keen has less peach than Peachy Pie, G3 Beachcomber has nothing to do with combs on her, & there's a distinct lack of rainbow in Rainbow Bubbles. Even Rainbow Treat has three hair colours & some rainbow features in her rumpmark.
Holly Dash has no holly, & Honey Rays has nothing to do with bees or honey on her rump
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I have always been confused with Cupcake for as long as I got her.
Where cupcake ? '-'
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:lol:
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Another pony I thought of: sundance. I mean...maybe I’m blind but where is the sun or anything indicating dancing on her
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I suppose if you squint and turn your head a bit it kinda looks like a vaguely sun shaped object (or a ball).
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And what is Applejack doing with those Apples?
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G1:
Firefly, she is badass and brave, but.. she has no firefly symbols..Couldve been Lighting Mane, or Storm Kick.
Gusty. She has leaves, not wind gust.
G2:
Princess Crystal. She is one of my fave, but she also has no crystal symbol, but really cute planets. Maby Meteor Shade wouldve been good.
:P
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Starflash.... where are your stars?????
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Starflash.... where are your stars?????
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I was going to mention the glittery Sweetheart Sisters. I think their names really did get mixed up at some point.
Twinkler/Moomnshimmer has suns instead of stars or moons.
Sunblossom has stars
Bright Night has bows.
In G1 Petite Ponies, the Happy Hearts Cottage does not have hearts but the Pony Prints cabin does.
I've always been confused by Coco Berry/Chocolate Chip.
I never had a Perfume Puff in my childhood ponies but I always thought Red Roses was named that because she was supposed to smelled like roses.
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And what is Applejack doing with those Apples?
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Love this!
Actually I think all Newborn Twins are probably candidates for this exclusive club!
XD
I’ll post more candidates later!
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I'm surprised nobody mentioned Lickety-Split yet, I don't think there's anything particularly fast about her, and ice cream is the last thing I think of when I hear her name...
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And what is Applejack doing with those Apples?
Throwing them at people?
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G3 Puzzlemint confuses and confounds me.
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I don't know if non-pony toys count, but Duck Soup is technically still alive.
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Pearly Pie. She's not white and irridiscent, there are neither pearls, nor pies on her symbol.
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I don't know if non-pony toys count, but Duck Soup is technically still alive.
How do you know its not just one in a long line of Duck Soups?
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I don't know if non-pony toys count, but Duck Soup is technically still alive.
How do you know its not just one in a long line of Duck Soups?
Headcanon accepted.
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G3's Fancy Free might be the most nonsensical, random, unfitting pony name I've ever discovered in my three collecting years. Can somebody explain what on Earth that means? She fancies freedom, like a purple-heart American patriot?!
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Image sourced from My Little Wiki page.
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G3 Puzzlemint confuses and confounds me.
It did for me too for the *longest* time, but I realized after I got her that it's actually a play on the word "puzzlement!"
Meaning like, to be puzzled, because she came with a plug & play video game. It's just not a commonly used word!
Other than that though, she really lacks on the "mint..."
That would have made the play on words so much better if she was more minty.
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And what is Applejack doing with those Apples?
Throwing them at people?
Selling them on the black market!
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G1:
Firefly, she is badass and brave, but.. she has no firefly symbols..Couldve been Lighting Mane, or Storm Kick.
My best explanation for Firefly is "lightning bug". ;)
Always hated Little Tabby's name. What's with the bear? And Little Whiskers from the same set. "Whiskers", but a rattle symbol?
It took me all these years to realise that "Scootaloo" is a play on "toodleloo", which is already an existing G3 name, released a year prior. I guess both "toodleloo" doesn't have much to do with butterflies either, but at least the scooter themeing makes more sense... like she's on the move? She hops on her scooter and says "toodleloo"? Yeah...
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G3's Fancy Free might be the most nonsensical, random, unfitting pony name I've ever discovered in my three collecting years. Can somebody explain what on Earth that means? She fancies freedom, like a purple-heart American patriot?!
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Image sourced from My Little Wiki page.
"Fancy-free" is a real term that Dictionary dot com defines as "free from any emotional tie or influence, especially that of love". I know the term because of Disney's "Fun and Fancy Free". There's some albums and a ballet titled "Fancy Free" too.
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Razzaroo.
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Toola-Roola.
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Tink-A-Tink-A-Too.
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Tink-A-Tink-A-Too.
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I think her name is supposed to be the sound a bell makes
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And what is Applejack doing with those Apples?
Throwing them at people?
Selling them on the black market!
:shocked: How dare she?!
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Toola-Roola.
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Tink-A-Tink-A-Too.
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Gonna disagree on these. Toola-Roola's name is based on irish folk music and her cutie mark invokes celtic iconography (though it could be more explicitly musical) and Tink-a-Tink-a-Too, as Jorgito said, is a bell noise.
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That new unicorn Izzy Moonbow. Of the few pictures I've seen of her symbol, its a heart with a circle,and sewing needles in the side. Ok then.
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G1:
Firefly, she is badass and brave, but.. she has no firefly symbols..Couldve been Lighting Mane, or Storm Kick.
My best explanation for Firefly is "lightning bug". ;)
Also the word "fly", she does fly after all! :lol:
Honestly I like it more when a pony's name is a cute/fun twist or pun on their symbol. Rather than when their name is exactly what their symbol depicts (like Bubbles and Seashell. I get that these also work as cute nicknames, but still).
I guess Blue Belle can join this club too. Assuming her name is supposed to allude to the flower bluebell, and she's not just a blue beauty. Maybe she feels some kinship to Glittering SHS Sunblossom, since both have flowerbased names, but stars for symbols. (and then there's Starflower, who has the star part, but not so much the flower part in her symbol)
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G3's Fancy Free might be the most nonsensical, random, unfitting pony name I've ever discovered in my three collecting years. Can somebody explain what on Earth that means? She fancies freedom, like a purple-heart American patriot?!
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Image sourced from My Little Wiki page.
"Fancy-free" is a real term that Dictionary dot com defines as "free from any emotional tie or influence, especially that of love". I know the term because of Disney's "Fun and Fancy Free". There's some albums and a ballet titled "Fancy Free" too.
:what: Wow, what an idea, maybe I should've looked it up...?
Still, I didn't bother because I don't exactly have much creative faith in the same company that named a sun-themed unicorn Brights Brightly. But if that definition is accurate, Fancy Free's name is fairly clever! I'm sorry, little purple pony, you pass.
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G1:
Firefly, she is badass and brave, but.. she has no firefly symbols..Couldve been Lighting Mane, or Storm Kick.
My best explanation for Firefly is "lightning bug". ;)
Lighting bud, LOL.
G1:
Firefly, she is badass and brave, but.. she has no firefly symbols..Couldve been Lighting Mane, or Storm Kick.
My best explanation for Firefly is "lightning bug". ;)
Also the word "fly", she does fly after all! :lol:
Honestly I like it more when a pony's name is a cute/fun twist or pun on their symbol. Rather than when their name is exactly what their symbol depicts (like Bubbles and Seashell. I get that these also work as cute nicknames, but still).
I guess Blue Belle can join this club too. Assuming her name is supposed to allude to the flower bluebell, and she's not just a blue beauty. Maybe she feels some kinship to Glittering SHS Sunblossom, since both have flowerbased names, but stars for symbols. (and then there's Starflower, who has the star part, but not so much the flower part in her symbol)
I do really like Firefly as a name too. Some ponies just have nice names that has nothing to do with therye symbol, or even ''powers''.
More to this thread.
G2: Tipsy Tulip & Dizzy Lizzy.. enough said :P
Some of the baby G2 ponies also have names that do''not'' line with the symbol. Rumba & Samba, Fire & Flame.
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Babies Nosy and Click. You'd think they'd have cameras.
Banana Fluff has...diamonds? Alrighty then.
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Agreed. There's nothing Banana or Fluffy about her.
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I mean... she's yellow. But so are a lot of things.
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Agreed. There's nothing Banana or Fluffy about her.
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I mean... she's yellow. But so are a lot of things.
Topaz would have been more fitting, I think.
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Agreed. There's nothing Banana or Fluffy about her.
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I mean... she's yellow. But so are a lot of things.
Maybe they made her because we all complained that Banana Surprise didn't have yellow on her. So they pretty much took a Rarity and turned it yellow...'Here. Here's your yellow banana pony!'
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More concerning is the question of what, exactly, is banana fluff? Is there some candy in some other land that's called that, or are we meant to visualise a banana after someone accidentally drops it down the back of the sofa??
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More concerning is the question of what, exactly, is banana fluff? Is there some candy in some other land that's called that, or are we meant to visualise a banana after someone accidentally drops it down the back of the sofa??
And HOW does Banana Fluff?
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More concerning is the question of what, exactly, is banana fluff? Is there some candy in some other land that's called that, or are we meant to visualise a banana after someone accidentally drops it down the back of the sofa??
Banana merengue?
Banana pudding with extra whipped cream?
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Banana flavored cotton candy.
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Woosie. What does feeling sick or drunk hafta do with mice?
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Babies Nosy and Click. You'd think they'd have cameras.
I have a good joke about them I should draw some time...
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Bunkie.
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Babies Nosy and Click. You'd think they'd have cameras.
I have a good joke about them I should draw some time...
Oh do tell.
Post Merge: April 04, 2021, 06:10:15 AM
Bunkie.
I still don't know what a bunkie is.
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Milkweed and Tumbleweed... have Rocking Horse symbols?
Dibbles and Nibbles have a Swan symbol?
Jangles and Tangles have ... Humpty Dumpty?!!!
LOL I love newborn twins but their names are... pretty wacky
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I have always been confused with Cupcake for as long as I got her.
Where cupcake ? '-'
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For all we know, there's a cupcake in that box... but I wouldn't count on it.
Schrodinger's cupcake box: I guess we'll never know.
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Milkweed and Tumbleweed... have Rocking Horse symbols?
Dibbles and Nibbles have a Swan symbol?
Jangles and Tangles have ... Humpty Dumpty?!!!
LOL I love newborn twins but their names are... pretty wacky
Water fowl dabble and nibble in the water. So sayeth a couple of old poems.
Dibble is used to describe the way birds drink.
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Post Merge: April 04, 2021, 06:10:15 AM
Bunkie.
I still don't know what a bunkie is.
Like "bunkmate", which still doesn't explain anything else.
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Speckles and Bunkie sound like disgusting symptoms of some childhood disease.
Admittedly Fleecy and Fluffy don't make any more sense with safety pins, but at least they aren't contagious.
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This thread is gold. :iconclap:
I wanna hear the joke too!
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Someone might have already mentioned her but,
Midnight Dream! Why is she magenta instead of blue? It feels very strange to me haha
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Someone might have already mentioned her but,
Midnight Dream! Why is she magenta instead of blue? It feels very strange to me haha
"Ehh, this thing's for kids, right? They don't stay up until midnight. They won't know what color it's supposed to be. Ship it out, we've got to get to cocktail hour."
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The Tropical Pony and Sparkle SHS sets.
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It has always been my headcanon that the newborn twins babyish symbols faded off and were replaced with more adult ones. Milkweed and Tumbleweed fit with a western theme, so the rocking horses would become something associated with the Wild West.
Also, newborn twins were always mixed gender.
More on topic, why does Starflower not have flowers around her stars like she does in pictures? I always thought mine was faded, but nope.
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Crystal Lake has nothing to do with lakes, nor undead killers.
Rocky does not have rocks of any kind. That said, a geode pony could be cool. A round rock, with a jewel embedded in it.
Most of the birthstone ponies don't make sense in name, symbol and color theme.
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It has always been my headcanon that the newborn twins babyish symbols faded off and were replaced with more adult ones. Milkweed and Tumbleweed fit with a western theme, so the rocking horses would become something associated with the Wild West.
I like that storyline! Now I'm going to be up all night trying to think of what each set could be when they're adults. Noodles and Doodles could be an Italian chef and an art teacher, respectively; future Rattles and Tattles are a mechanic and the owner of a celebrity gossip magazine.
ETA: sadly though...I just don't see poor Bunkie amounting to anything industrious...and would Peeks end up becoming a Peeping Tom?
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Rocky does not have rocks of any kind. That said, a geode pony could be cool. A round rock, with a jewel embedded in it.
Rocky doesn’t seem to have anything to do with mountains, pictures or horror shows (possibly in that order) either.
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Rocky does not have rocks of any kind. That said, a geode pony could be cool. A round rock, with a jewel embedded in it.
Rocky doesn’t seem to have anything to do with mountains, pictures or horror shows (possibly in that order) either.
:lol: You forgot boxing gloves.
Post Merge: April 06, 2021, 10:34:13 PM
It has always been my headcanon that the newborn twins babyish symbols faded off and were replaced with more adult ones. Milkweed and Tumbleweed fit with a western theme, so the rocking horses would become something associated with the Wild West.
I like that storyline! Now I'm going to be up all night trying to think of what each set could be when they're adults. Noodles and Doodles could be an Italian chef and an art teacher, respectively; future Rattles and Tattles are a mechanic and the owner of a celebrity gossip magazine.
ETA: sadly though...I just don't see poor Bunkie amounting to anything industrious...and would Peeks end up becoming a Peeping Tom?
A nurse or daycare center. Baby ponies always need watching
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And I imagine the Glittering SHS ponies are marching with ill-found confidence towards this discussion as well...
Did you figure out that the G SHS names would work if they were in a different order?
Post Merge: April 07, 2021, 03:39:56 AM
Speckles and Bunkie sound like disgusting symptoms of some childhood disease.
Admittedly Fleecy and Fluffy don't make any more sense with safety pins, but at least they aren't contagious.
:lol:
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Someone might have already mentioned her but,
Midnight Dream! Why is she magenta instead of blue? It feels very strange to me haha
"Ehh, this thing's for kids, right? They don't stay up until midnight. They won't know what color it's supposed to be. Ship it out, we've got to get to cocktail hour."
:lol:
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Someone might have already mentioned her but,
Midnight Dream! Why is she magenta instead of blue? It feels very strange to me haha
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I have been thinking about dying one a different color but I'm not sure how it would work.
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A round rock, with a jewel embedded in it.
And brushable hair?? xD
I assume Midnight Dream's being purple is the 'dream' part of the name...
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Someone might have already mentioned her but,
Midnight Dream! Why is she magenta instead of blue? It feels very strange to me haha
"Ehh, this thing's for kids, right? They don't stay up until midnight. They won't know what color it's supposed to be. Ship it out, we've got to get to cocktail hour."
:snicker:
Someone might have already mentioned her but,
Midnight Dream! Why is she magenta instead of blue? It feels very strange to me haha
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I have been thinking about dying one a different color but I'm not sure how it would work.
Ooo if you ever get around to it, I'd love to see the results! Sounds like a cool experiment ovo
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Someone might have already mentioned her but,
Midnight Dream! Why is she magenta instead of blue? It feels very strange to me haha
Midnight Dream sounds like the name of some cheap chocolates sold in excessively fancy packaging with the name written in gold cursive.
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And I imagine the Glittering SHS ponies are marching with ill-found confidence towards this discussion as well...
Did you figure out that the G SHS names would work if they were in a different order?
Post Merge: April 07, 2021, 03:39:56 AM
Speckles and Bunkie sound like disgusting symptoms of some childhood disease.
Admittedly Fleecy and Fluffy don't make any more sense with safety pins, but at least they aren't contagious.
:lol:
Pinneedle and Stabby perhaps?
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And I imagine the Glittering SHS ponies are marching with ill-found confidence towards this discussion as well...
Did you figure out that the G SHS names would work if they were in a different order?
Post Merge: April 07, 2021, 03:39:56 AM
Speckles and Bunkie sound like disgusting symptoms of some childhood disease.
Admittedly Fleecy and Fluffy don't make any more sense with safety pins, but at least they aren't contagious.
:lol:
Pinneedle and Stabby perhaps?
Sometimes you worry me.
In an awesome way though. xD
More like Jabby and Stabby, tbh. >.>
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And I imagine the Glittering SHS ponies are marching with ill-found confidence towards this discussion as well...
Did you figure out that the G SHS names would work if they were in a different order?
Post Merge: April 07, 2021, 03:39:56 AM
Speckles and Bunkie sound like disgusting symptoms of some childhood disease.
Admittedly Fleecy and Fluffy don't make any more sense with safety pins, but at least they aren't contagious.
:lol:
Pinneedle and Stabby perhaps?
Sometimes you worry me.
In an awesome way though. xD
More like Jabby and Stabby, tbh. >.>
Lol. I was gonna say Jabby, but that might be too close to Jabber. Otoh, Hasbro thought nothing of giving 2 newborn twins the name Sniffles.
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And I imagine the Glittering SHS ponies are marching with ill-found confidence towards this discussion as well...
Did you figure out that the G SHS names would work if they were in a different order?
Post Merge: April 07, 2021, 03:39:56 AM
Speckles and Bunkie sound like disgusting symptoms of some childhood disease.
Admittedly Fleecy and Fluffy don't make any more sense with safety pins, but at least they aren't contagious.
:lol:
Pinneedle and Stabby perhaps?
Sometimes you worry me.
In an awesome way though. xD
More like Jabby and Stabby, tbh. >.>
Lol. I was gonna say Jabby, but that might be too close to Jabber. Otoh, Hasbro thought nothing of giving 2 newborn twins the name Sniffles.
Not here: they're Tuggles & Toddles here.
NBT careers: Fleecy & Fluffy knit wing warmers, Big Top & Toppy are acrobats while Tickles & Giggles are clowns. Tuggles & Toddles make carts for disabled Ponies, & Sniffles & Snookums are pharmacists.
Further up I agree the Glittery SHS Ponies are the wrong way round, like two of the Colourswirls (we know which two)
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And I imagine the Glittering SHS ponies are marching with ill-found confidence towards this discussion as well...
Did you figure out that the G SHS names would work if they were in a different order?
Post Merge: April 07, 2021, 03:39:56 AM
Speckles and Bunkie sound like disgusting symptoms of some childhood disease.
Admittedly Fleecy and Fluffy don't make any more sense with safety pins, but at least they aren't contagious.
:lol:
Pinneedle and Stabby perhaps?
Sometimes you worry me.
In an awesome way though. xD
More like Jabby and Stabby, tbh. >.>
Lol. I was gonna say Jabby, but that might be too close to Jabber. Otoh, Hasbro thought nothing of giving 2 newborn twins the name Sniffles.
Not here: they're Tuggles & Toddles here.
NBT careers: Fleecy & Fluffy knit wing warmers, Big Top & Toppy are acrobats while Tickles & Giggles are clowns. Tuggles & Toddles make carts for disabled Ponies, & Sniffles & Snookums are pharmacists.
Further up I agree the Glittery SHS Ponies are the wrong way round, like two of the Colourswirls (we know which two)
Who are Tickles and Giggles?
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G3 pearly pie! What IS a pearly pie anyways?
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G3 pearly pie! What IS a pearly pie anyways?
*puts on mafia voice* ya see, when a couple of newbies suggest using a bakery as a front to hide the goods, and then they hide the Pearl necklace in a pie and accidentally sell it. That is a pearly pie.
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Minty... has shamrocks (or clover) not mint leaves (totally different shape!)
Bluebell has... purple stars
Lemon Drop is yellow but... the drops are purple
Fizzy - her symbols look more like ice cream sundaes (instead of fizzy soda)
Zig Zag is striped more like a zebra (yep, I'm being fussy here)
then there's the camel pony friend.... ;)
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Tickles & Giggles are the green unicorn Newborn Twins!!! Those are the names I grew up with them under. (can anybody tell me what "to jeb" means by the way???)
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Tickles & Giggles are the green unicorn Newborn Twins!!! Those are the names I grew up with them under. (can anybody tell me what "to jeb" means by the way???)
I asked this same question once, and the most plausible explanation someone came up with was that they were going for 'Jibber/Jabber', as in the expression for nonsensical chatter, but it got written down as Jebber instead and it went to print before anyone caught it...another 'okay, we made the deadline, can we rush off to cocktail hour' moment, perhaps? Oh if only we knew what they were thinking on some of these names!
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Does G4 Royal Pin count? He has a safety pin for a symbol so I guess the pin part makes sense (although I find it an odd choice for an adult pony) but why does he have Royal in his name?
Tickles & Giggles are the green unicorn Newborn Twins!!! Those are the names I grew up with them under. (can anybody tell me what "to jeb" means by the way???)
I asked this same question once, and the most plausible explanation someone came up with was that they were going for 'Jibber/Jabber', as in the expression for nonsensical chatter, but it got written down as Jebber instead and it went to print before anyone caught it...another 'okay, we made the deadline, can we rush off to cocktail hour' moment, perhaps? Oh if only we knew what they were thinking on some of these names!
The thought of Hasbro deciding a lot of the names at the company cocktail party or 5 minutes before the weekend always makes me laugh. :lol:
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G3 pearly pie! What IS a pearly pie anyways?
*puts on mafia voice* ya see, when a couple of newbies suggest using a bakery as a front to hide the goods, and then they hide the Pearl necklace in a pie and accidentally sell it. That is a pearly pie.
:lmao:
Prince Emerald, why isn't he green? He doesn't even have a green jewel.
Post Merge: April 08, 2021, 07:59:20 AM
Tickles & Giggles are the green unicorn Newborn Twins!!! Those are the names I grew up with them under. (can anybody tell me what "to jeb" means by the way???)
Oh! I think they meant to call them Jabber and Jibber, but botched the spelling because they were drunk, and didn't catch it in time.
Post Merge: April 08, 2021, 08:01:22 AM
Minty... has shamrocks (or clover) not mint leaves (totally different shape!)
Bluebell has... purple stars
Lemon Drop is yellow but... the drops are purple
Fizzy - her symbols look more like ice cream sundaes (instead of fizzy soda)
Zig Zag is striped more like a zebra (yep, I'm being fussy here)
then there's the camel pony friend.... ;)
What's wrong with the camel's name? Aren't they sposed to have attitude problems anyway?
I always thought Fizzy's symbol was soda floats.
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What's wrong with the camel's name? Aren't they sposed to have attitude problems anyway?
You are absolutely right! Nothing wrong with the name... but it's a British thing that kinda translates awkwardly, that's all ;)
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[looks up camel's name as i've forgot]... you know, alright, yeah that doesn't translate well to all slang. Can't please em all. Baby Shaggy, anyone?
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What does it translate to?
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I always have a snigger at crumpet just a little bit, especially knowing it's entirely meant to signify afternoon tea and thus something 'British'. Not surprising she wasn't sold here. Although the slang usage is a bit outdated now, I can imagine in the eighties someone going...erm. Nope.
Kiwi Tart is still my winner though. Given that she came out in New Zealand first. Whoops.
Tickles and Giggles are indeed Jebber and Jabber. Unlike Tuggles and Toddles, which are a bit nonsensical, I feel those are probably better names for newborn twins, providing you keep your mind out of the gutter when considering them...
Over here, Slugger is called First Base, too :)
I always wonder why Tic Tac Toe and Cotton Candy weren't renamed. :/ Not because their names are offensive, but because the terms are both American words that have no resonance here.
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Baby Ribbs-Its a neon dragon pony, and you think Ribbs is the best name?
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Ribbs always makes me think of barbeque not dragons :lol:
Ponyfan
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Over here, Slugger is called First Base, too :)
Quarterback's name in the cartoon was Score.
I can't imagine why they changed it...
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I always have a snigger at crumpet just a little bit, especially knowing it's entirely meant to signify afternoon tea and thus something 'British'. Not surprising she wasn't sold here. Although the slang usage is a bit outdated now, I can imagine in the eighties someone going...erm. Nope.
Kiwi Tart is still my winner though. Given that she came out in New Zealand first. Whoops.
Tickles and Giggles are indeed Jebber and Jabber. Unlike Tuggles and Toddles, which are a bit nonsensical, I feel those are probably better names for newborn twins, providing you keep your mind out of the gutter when considering them...
Over here, Slugger is called First Base, too :)
I always wonder why Tic Tac Toe and Cotton Candy weren't renamed. :/ Not because their names are offensive, but because the terms are both American words that have no resonance here.
What do you guys call cotton candy over there?
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Candy floss. I don't know why as we hardly call anything candy. It's all sweets or chocolates
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Candy floss. I don't know why as we hardly call anything candy. It's all sweets or chocolates
Oh.
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Candy floss. I don't know why as we hardly call anything candy. It's all sweets or chocolates
Happy birthday Ponybookworm!
And yeah, that's a good point. We don't really use the word candy, albeit I think it's got more common over the last couple of decades? Influence from across the pond perhaps...
First Base and Score together would make an interesting set. Rather like Woosie and Romper, not to mention Squeezer.
...Moving on.
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Candy floss. I don't know why as we hardly call anything candy. It's all sweets or chocolates
Happy birthday Ponybookworm!
And yeah, that's a good point. We don't really use the word candy, albeit I think it's got more common over the last couple of decades? Influence from across the pond perhaps...
First Base and Score together would make an interesting set. Rather like Woosie and Romper, not to mention Squeezer.
...Moving on.
Cheers Taff xxx
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Shady actually seems pretty trustworthy to me.
Ha, that's a good one. I've always found her name to be pretty humorous. With her sunglasses symbols, "Shades" might have been a better name name for her.
See ya later, Whizzer. Have fun. Make some friends.
I think Whizzer has a very unfortunate name. I assume it's suppose to mean those little propeller symbols are super fast and "whiz" right by you, but it makes me think of something else entirely. Why not just name her Propellor? I know, pretty straight forward, but much better than Whizzer. Really, Whizzer? I do get what they were going for, but, oh boy, they were not thinking that day when they were naming ponies!
G1:
Firefly, she is badass and brave, but.. she has no firefly symbols..Couldve been Lighting Mane, or Storm Kick.
Gusty. She has leaves, not wind gust.
I have to disagree with both of these. I think Firefly and Gusty have great names that suit both of them. You could say Firefly has a fiery personality and obviously she flies. And her lightning bolts are perfect since she's fast as lightning (wait, am I confusing her with Rainbow Dash? Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if Firefly was touted as a fast flyer!)
As for Gusty, they already did the gusts of wind symbol with Windy (and I feel like there was another pony with a similar symbol) and you often see leaves (that have fallen off trees) being carried in the air when there's a big gust of air. Yeah, she could have been named Autumn or Leafy (isn't there a baby pony named Leafy?), but I think her name makes perfect sense
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Lickety-Split yet, I don't think there's anything particularly fast about her, and ice cream is the last thing I think of when I hear her name...
Well, you do lick ice cream! And even though her symbols are ice cream cones, there are banana splits...so I think it's some kind of word play, maybe?
Honestly I like it more when a pony's name is a cute/fun twist or pun on their symbol. Rather than when their name is exactly what their symbol depicts (like Bubbles and Seashell. I get that these also work as cute nicknames, but still).
Yes, I 100% agree. It's boring when they're just named after whatever their symbol is (though I still love Bowtie, Seashell, Bubbles, etc.).
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I think it's lame to expect a pony's name to match their symbol exactly. As long as it fits the overall theme of the pony I'm happy.
I think Whizzer has a very unfortunate name. I assume it's suppose to mean those little propeller symbols are super fast and "whiz" right by you, but it makes me think of something else entirely. Why not just name her Propellor? I know, pretty straight forward, but much better than Whizzer. Really, Whizzer? I do get what they were going for, but, oh boy, they were not thinking that day when they were naming ponies!
maybe she should have been a drink n' wet pony
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Moonstone is a gem, but Moonstone has a planet.
Wigwam has teepees.
Sundance has hearts.
Seascape has a sun.
Sapphire Joy has wheat.
Aurora Mist has neither an aurora, or mist. And yeah, I get that would be difficult to capture as symbols.
Honolulu has a butterfly, flower and scrolls, instead of an island.
Bubble Muffin should have at least had a muffin too. Or they coulda called her something that wasn't partially nonsensical.
Songbird Serenade doesn't have a bird, and opted to steal Grumpy Bear 's symbol.
Gold Lily has...a gear?
Sterling has a diamond.
Pumpkin Tart has a cat and a moon.
What the heck is a pinkie pie?
Cloud Climber has a butterfly.
Sprinkles has ducks.
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Should we mention that Lemon Drop's drops are actually purple?
@FernMariposa, Firefly was associated with daredevil flying, but the fastest pony on wings was meant to be Whizzer. Followed on land by Windy, who ran so fast she left a rainbow streak behind her. Or something.
Trying to remember the fact file entries without bothering to look them up - but I definitely remember Whizzer was the fastest pony overall and Windy the fastest of the 'earthbound' ponies.
I don't remember that for Firefly. Just that she did daredevil loops, was reckless and unnecessarily got herself into mischief some other pony - often Medley - had to get her out of.
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Should we mention that Lemon Drop's drops are actually purple?
@FernMariposa, Firefly was associated with daredevil flying, but the fastest pony on wings was meant to be Whizzer. Followed on land by Windy, who ran so fast she left a rainbow streak behind her. Or something.
Trying to remember the fact file entries without bothering to look them up - but I definitely remember Whizzer was the fastest pony overall and Windy the fastest of the 'earthbound' ponies.
I don't remember that for Firefly. Just that she did daredevil loops, was reckless and unnecessarily got herself into mischief some other pony - often Medley - had to get her out of.
Thank goodness for Medley, the sober one in the room. :biggrin:
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Should we mention that Lemon Drop's drops are actually purple?
@FernMariposa, Firefly was associated with daredevil flying, but the fastest pony on wings was meant to be Whizzer. Followed on land by Windy, who ran so fast she left a rainbow streak behind her. Or something.
Trying to remember the fact file entries without bothering to look them up - but I definitely remember Whizzer was the fastest pony overall and Windy the fastest of the 'earthbound' ponies.
I don't remember that for Firefly. Just that she did daredevil loops, was reckless and unnecessarily got herself into mischief some other pony - often Medley - had to get her out of.
Thank goodness for Medley, the sober one in the room. :biggrin:
Medley is always the nominated driver at a pony new year party.
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Should we mention that Lemon Drop's drops are actually purple?
@FernMariposa, Firefly was associated with daredevil flying, but the fastest pony on wings was meant to be Whizzer. Followed on land by Windy, who ran so fast she left a rainbow streak behind her. Or something.
Trying to remember the fact file entries without bothering to look them up - but I definitely remember Whizzer was the fastest pony overall and Windy the fastest of the 'earthbound' ponies.
I don't remember that for Firefly. Just that she did daredevil loops, was reckless and unnecessarily got herself into mischief some other pony - often Medley - had to get her out of.
Thank goodness for Medley, the sober one in the room. :biggrin:
Medley is always the nominated driver at a pony new year party.
:lol:
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G1:
Firefly, she is badass and brave, but.. she has no firefly symbols..Couldve been Lighting Mane, or Storm Kick.
Gusty. She has leaves, not wind gust.
I have to disagree with both of these. I think Firefly and Gusty have great names that suit both of them. You could say Firefly has a fiery personality and obviously she flies. And her lightning bolts are perfect since she's fast as lightning (wait, am I confusing her with Rainbow Dash? Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if Firefly was touted as a fast flyer!)
As for Gusty, they already did the gusts of wind symbol with Windy (and I feel like there was another pony with a similar symbol) and you often see leaves (that have fallen off trees) being carried in the air when there's a big gust of air. Yeah, she could have been named Autumn or Leafy (isn't there a baby pony named Leafy?), but I think her name makes perfect sense
This thread is about ponies, that names dosent suit theyre symbol. Or possibly color shemes. So I simply said ponies that symbol and names does not go along with each other. :) I love theyre names, and think they suit them alot. Both happen to be one of my fave ponies from the TV show.
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Baby Noddins has a bunny symbol.
Squeezer has puppies for a symbol
Woosie has mice
Romper has rabbits
Bouquet has a hat.
Ponyfan
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Maybeit's also on her backcard story, but in the comics Bouquet had a magic hat she could fly around on. Creative reaching :)
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Here's Bouquet's US backcard story from the Wiki
One windy day, the wind blew Bouquet's new hat right off her head. Just as she caught the colorful hat, the wind pulled it higher - carrying Bouquet into the air! The surprised pony flew into the bright blue sky. She nibbled marshmallow clouds as she sailed past them. A little robin flew beside her, chirping merrily with her new flying friend. After the wind gently placed Bouquet on the ground, she offered her hat to the other ponies. "Anyone for a ride?" she asked with a smile.
Ponyfan
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skyflier really should've been a pegasus but I guess the kites on her make sense
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Here's Bouquet's US backcard story from the Wiki
One windy day, the wind blew Bouquet's new hat right off her head. Just as she caught the colorful hat, the wind pulled it higher - carrying Bouquet into the air! The surprised pony flew into the bright blue sky. She nibbled marshmallow clouds as she sailed past them. A little robin flew beside her, chirping merrily with her new flying friend. After the wind gently placed Bouquet on the ground, she offered her hat to the other ponies. "Anyone for a ride?" she asked with a smile.
Ponyfan
Ah, so they took that coincidental moment and made it into an actual thing she did? Cool to know. Thanks Ponyfan :D We had both the US package and the UK card here but I think the story is probably the same since the ponies sold in that year tend to have similar art and stories to the US releases.
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A lot of the G2s names don't make sense.
Eve has a dolphin.
Honey has a carrot. Shouldn't it be a bee or honeycomb?
Copper Glow has wings.
Babies Fire and Flame have shields.
Babies Coral and Ocean have floaties.
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Agreeing with LaW, I think G2s had the most nonsensical names of any gen. XD
Maybe part of that stems from them being mostly Euro, with a lot of releases not being in English? idk
I guess that doesn't hold water though because a lot of the more bizarre nonsensical ones were released that way in English. XD
Idk what G2 was doin, man
*but I liked it* B)
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G5 Alphabittle.
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G5 Alphabittle, man, what happened to you?!