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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Loa on May 22, 2018, 08:11:20 PM
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Go on, everyone has an opinion on THAT name.
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Tink-a-tink-a-too
Whizzer
Pillow Talk
Munchy
Tumbletop
Zipzee
Pinkie Pie
Fancy Pants
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Tootie Tails
I mean, come on! Someone did that on purpose. She should have been the one called Pina Colada.
Post Merge: May 22, 2018, 08:38:31 PM
Whizzer
Whizzer, Tootie Tails and Floater could easily form a club. The poop emoji would be their logo.
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Zapper & LAW already named the first two that came to mind: Tootie Tails and Tink-a-tink-a-too
Fluffaluff & Sneezy Sniffles are a couple others.
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Tootie Tails. No contest. XD I was IDing some of my G1s the other day, and my mouth dropped at that name... Yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and call mine something else. :P
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Floater hands down :rofl:
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Tink-a-tink-a-too (seriously, how long can one name be?)
Pillow talk (really hasbro? Really?!)
Sew-and-so. Her names just a pun, which get a laugh out of me every time.
Fluffaluff.
Fancy pants, despite the fact ponies don’t really wear pants...
Cranky doodle. Not a pony, but what kind of parents do you have to name you cranky doodle? Probably the same parents as floater or tootie tails.
Baby hula-lula.
Alphabittle. Obviously a Martha speaks fan.
Flippity flop. Do ponies have flip flops? How would they wear them?
And best of all...boogie woogie. I’m sorry, I just see this little guy trying to scare everybody and not because he’s just so gosh darn cute!
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Tink-a-Tink-a-Too is pretty silly, as many others have said. Though I love how silly her name is. Quite a few other G3s have pretty silly names, too. :P
Pillow Talk may be one of my favorite ponies ever... but that name....
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Pillow Talk takes the cake for me XD. I mean, how. How did that one get past the radar? :silly:
Celebrate is also right up there for how clunky it is as a name. :lol:
There's also Score (-insert puerile laughter-), and 4-speed is just plain silly too.
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My pet peeve: Brights Brightly
It sounds like "Bright Spritely" when you say it & there's 100 other cuter things they could have named her but picked that. SunnyBright? Dawn Delight? Sunset Shimmer? (This was before G4 when that name got used)
Wasn't one of the brides rumored to be named Dum Dum De Dum?
(Dumb if true)
I get what they were going for with Tootie Tails where it's like Tootie Fruity but like it comes across more as 'tails that toot' which is wrong. Plus they actually just flat out made Tutti Fruity for real as a pony later so...what was the problem.
Sniffles & Toppy (out of Sniffles/Snookums & Big Top/Toppy) also are a little odd because a pony that always has a runny nose? And "Toppy" just feels super tacked on after they thought up Big Top--like the other is derivative. Jabber & Jebber are also really odd to me because Tops? And a Jab is a fighting move so a Jabber is one who does Jabs which seems odd for a pony?
Also Pinkie Pie IS really strange if you think about it.
It's just very easy to take that name for granted because it's existed for so long. However, it's not borderline offensive or really ill-planned like some of them.
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G3 seemed to go for a lot of cutesy and babytalk names.
As for Jabber, while a jab is a fighting move, "jabber" is a separate move with a different meaning. It's fast-paced, excited talk that tends to make little sense. Like, say, an excited baby talking.
"Tink-a-Tink-a-Too" and the rumored "Dum-Dum-de-Dum" both seem to be musical onomatopoeia names. The former evokes the sound of a toy piano or maybe a xylophone, and the latter is very obviously part of the most-recognized refrain of "Here Comes the Bride".
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"Tink-a-Tink-a-Too" and the rumored "Dum-Dum-de-Dum" both seem to be musical onomatopoeia names. The former evokes the sound of a toy piano or maybe a xylophone, and the latter is very obviously part of the most-recognized refrain of "Here Comes the Bride".
I always thought “Tink-a-Tink-a-Too” was supposed to evoke the sound of a bell ringing, like her cutie mark. It does sound a bit like a handbell, I guess...
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Whizzer, Tootie Tails and Floater could easily form a club. The poop emoji would be their logo.
You guys, I have literally always read it as TootSie Tails :yikes: Now I can't stop laughing XD
I agree with Floater not being a great name either. And Splasher could join the poop emoji club.
Scootaloo is another odd one IMO.
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Tootie Tails, definitely. When I get her one day she will not be called THAT. And Floater will be blessed with a different name in my herd as well. Tut tut Hasbro!
And Guava Lava? Why?
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Whizzer, Tootie Tails and Floater could easily form a club. The poop emoji would be their logo.
You guys, I have literally always read it as TootSie Tails :yikes: Now I can't stop laughing XD
I agree with Floater not being a great name either. And Splasher could join the poop emoji club.
OMG same!
Isn't there a Pearly Pie too by the way? Gotta say that Spunky is a bit... :P
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Whizzer
Floater
Tootie Tails
Nightcap (I know it's supposed to be a hat but it makes me think of alcohol)
Tumbleweed
I think a lot of the G4 names are really silly, and don't make sense
Cranky Doodle
Stinkin Rich and Filthy Rich (Did their pony parents actually look at their foals and decide Stinkin and Filthy were good names?
Ponyfan
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My pet peeve: Brights Brightly
It sounds like "Bright Spritely" when you say it & there's 100 other cuter things they could have named her but picked that. SunnyBright? Dawn Delight? Sunset Shimmer? (This was before G4 when that name got used)
Wasn't one of the brides rumored to be named Dum Dum De Dum?
(Dumb if true)
I get what they were going for with Tootie Tails where it's like Tootie Fruity but like it comes across more as 'tails that toot' which is wrong. Plus they actually just flat out made Tutti Fruity for real as a pony later so...what was the problem.
Sniffles & Toppy (out of Sniffles/Snookums & Big Top/Toppy) also are a little odd because a pony that always has a runny nose? And "Toppy" just feels super tacked on after they thought up Big Top--like the other is derivative. Jabber & Jebber are also really odd to me because Tops? And a Jab is a fighting move so a Jabber is one who does Jabs which seems odd for a pony?
Also Pinkie Pie IS really strange if you think about it.
It's just very easy to take that name for granted because it's existed for so long. However, it's not borderline offensive or really ill-planned like some of them.
Well come to think of it to jabber is also a way of talking, kinda like droning on only less obnoxious.
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Nightcap (I know it's supposed to be a hat but it makes me think of alcohol)
Couple of names from my G2 collection that I have similar thoughts about: Moonshine and Tipsy Tulip. :soda:
Also Pinkie Pie IS really strange if you think about it.
Similar feelings here. I remember the first time I heard the name... I was just thinking "what?!"
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Tink-a-tink-a-too: Funniest name to say, and I want to find one one day. (My Little Wiki shortening her name to "TATAT" doesn't help her name case, either)
Sew and so (So and sew?):Nobody will get her pun name unless she writes it out!
Yum-Yum: Silliest AND best name for a flutterpony, hands down.
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At least Tootie Tails can go all British and be called by her other name Summer Heatwave.
Poor Floater..........
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Cinnamon Breeze is just... is it like the smell of baking cinnamon rolls carried on a breeze? I hope that's the case because if there's a brace of cinnamon sticks just flying through the air of their own accord, then I'm going to look into moving to another planet.
Also Wondermint either sounds like a brand of chewing gum or a euphemism for a certain herbal remedy. ;)
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Sniffles-yay a sick pony!
Sticky
Rocky-no boxing gloves or boulders.
Flippity Flop-lame
Jebber
Bootsie
Up Up and Away-a not name
Brights Brightly-redundant much?
Lily Lightly
Snookums-sickeningly cutesy
Hippity-Hop
Skippity-doo
Yum Yum
Bright Bramley-what on earth even is a bramley?
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Pink dreams love the name hate the meaning
Pins colada an achholic beverage
Pillow talk yeah
Any pony with breeze or relating to wind all the fart jokes
Bright's brightly
Mom pony
Moonshine
Tipsy tulip
One pony was called 3rd base
Tattles
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I never realised Tootie Tails was a bit erm...risqué! I’m clearly so innocent :angel:
On the other hand, there’s Morning Glory and Spunky the camel. I mean, really...someone was having a good laugh in the office that day :crazy:
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Tootie Tails is always the first to come to mind. I do love her still, but maybe she'd rather be called Tutti Fruity or something.
I do actually like the name Flippity Flop :P It's so fun!
From the G4 show, Spoiled Milk is the most unfortunate name any pony could have.
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Bright Bramley-what on earth even is a bramley?
It's a type of apple used in certain baking recipes. Her symbol is an apple so it sort of makes sense... :apple:
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It's not exactly a 'silly' name, but I have always hated Tootsie's name because I hate Tootsie Rolls / Tootsie Pops. (But Tootie Tails is worse, lol.)
Lots of Newborn Twin sets had silly names, but Sticky & Sniffles are the worst IMO. Both names are kind of gross on their own, but when you pair them up all I can think of is someone with a severe cold working their way through a box of kleenex.
On the other hand, there’s Morning Glory and Spunky the camel. I mean, really...someone was having a good laugh in the office that day :crazy:
Don't forget Fairy Tails, who had the tagline of "Birds with happy endings." Whoa, Hasbro! TMI!
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Off the top of my head: Tink A Tink A Too. And of course, Floater and Munchyyyy
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Tender Nuzzles. Really? Couldn't just have called her Nuzzles? Tootsie, Floater, ugh, so many others my sleep-deprived brain cannot recall off the top of my head :P
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I never realised Tootie Tails was a bit erm...risqué! I’m clearly so innocent :angel:
On the other hand, there’s Morning Glory and Spunky the camel. I mean, really...someone was having a good laugh in the office that day :crazy:
What's so bad about Spunky? It means someone who is sassy
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I never realised Tootie Tails was a bit erm...risqué! I’m clearly so innocent :angel:
On the other hand, there’s Morning Glory and Spunky the camel. I mean, really...someone was having a good laugh in the office that day :crazy:
What's so bad about Spunky? It means someone who is sassy
Speaking as someone with an incredibly filthy mind, spunky can also mean something very not-Arena-appropriate. XD
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Tootsie...it also makes me think about that 80s movie
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I never realised Tootie Tails was a bit erm...risqué! I’m clearly so innocent :angel:
On the other hand, there’s Morning Glory and Spunky the camel. I mean, really...someone was having a good laugh in the office that day :crazy:
What's so bad about Spunky? It means someone who is sassy
Speaking as someone with an incredibly filthy mind, spunky can also mean something very not-Arena-appropriate. XD
I think maybe it’s just a UK thing :lol:
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Bright Bramley-what on earth even is a bramley?
It's a type of apple used in certain baking recipes. Her symbol is an apple so it sort of makes sense... :apple:
Ohhh.
Post Merge: May 23, 2018, 03:36:55 PM
I never realised Tootie Tails was a bit erm...risqué! I’m clearly so innocent :angel:
On the other hand, there’s Morning Glory and Spunky the camel. I mean, really...someone was having a good laugh in the office that day :crazy:
What's so bad about Spunky? It means someone who is sassy
Speaking as someone with an incredibly filthy mind, spunky can also mean something very not-Arena-appropriate. XD
I think maybe it’s just a UK thing :lol:
I'm sorry I asked...
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I never realised Tootie Tails was a bit erm...risqué! I’m clearly so innocent :angel:
On the other hand, there’s Morning Glory and Spunky the camel. I mean, really...someone was having a good laugh in the office that day :crazy:
What's so bad about Spunky? It means someone who is sassy
It can, but it can also be.. risque slang for something. xD
Most of the pony names don't bother me because they are supposed to be whimsical pony names, and some of them (like Morning Glory) are totally funny with a dirty mind, but it usually brings to mind, for me, what their namesake actually is, like Morning Glory flowers. (Although I did find her name funny for another reason, because Morning Glories are known for being "trippy" flowers)
Most of the ponies I was thinking of have already been mentioned, but I'll chime in and say any ponies with names that could totally be innuendos are pretty bad.
Pillow Talk? Whooa, Hasbro! Lmao!
I feel like there might have been a bit more innocence when it came to stuff like that in the 80's, now-a-days I'm sure parents would be saying something immediately because of how those things can be taken, lol, even if it is most likely going to go right over kids' heads.
-Also, pony names that are 100% fart jokes, those are pretty bad. xD
-Sniffles is "meh" to me, but Sticky? Eww.
-Also ponies with full phrases for a name, Tink-A-Tink-A-Too and Up Up and Away, Bunches O' Fun, Wish-A-Whirl, etc, just whaat. What a mouthful! xD I usually call my Tink-A "Tink." I mean, at least it wasn't Tinkle? I wouldn't put it past Hasbro. xD
-Baby Paws for some reason is one I don't like, I call him Baby Scottie because of his scottie dog symbol.
-That being said, I'm a hypocrite here because of Scottie^ but Princess Tiffany. Blegh. Why would a pony have a human name? I call her by her UK name, Princess Pearl.
-4-Speed is kind bizarre too, I prefer Trucker
-Not fond of "Scootaloo" very much
-The overuse of "Dazzle" in G4 names where it is totally unneeded is painful (Daring Do Dazzle, Mrs. Dazzle Cake, what? Dewdrop Dazzle is an exception because that was meant to be her name, idk why they tacked it on to a bunch of others for no reason, those aren't their canon names, I don't think- not in the shows or comics or anything?)
That's all I've got right now.
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I'm going to agree with Tink-a-Tink-a-Too. I grew up with G3 and I can't tell you how many times I had to answer the 'what was her name again?' question for my little sister (Tink was one of her first ponies). Good lord. We both just ended up calling her 'Tink' because it was ridiculous for a six year old and a 3 year old to try and remember that name, no matter how well-read we were even then.
I also agree with the human-named ponies. Like 'Logan' Berrytown from My Little Pony Tales. Logan. What...what the heck? He's surrounded by ponies with all these very pony-like names like Sweetheart and Bright Eyes and Bon-Bon, and the poor guy is stuck with Logan. *shakes head*
I got a good laugh at Burnt Oak from FiM. I love his character a lot, but the name is still hilarious to me, I'm not sure why. The thought of his parents just going 'What should we name our kid? Oh I know! Burnt Oak!' I feel that way about a lot of the G4 names haha.
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she's one of my favorite G3s, but Brights Brightly. what the f hasbro cMON
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I’m a little offended that nobody has mentioned Gigglebean yet. Poor Gigglebean.
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Lots of Newborn Twin sets had silly names, but Sticky & Sniffles are the worst IMO. Both names are kind of gross on their own, but when you pair them up all I can think of is someone with a severe cold working their way through a box of Kleenex.
Don't forget Fairy Tails, who had the tagline of "Birds with happy endings." Whoa, Hasbro! TMI!
I laughed so hard I cried :lmao:
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I'm going to agree with Tink-a-Tink-a-Too. I grew up with G3 and I can't tell you how many times I had to answer the 'what was her name again?' question for my little sister (Tink was one of her first ponies). Good lord. We both just ended up calling her 'Tink' because it was ridiculous for a six year old and a 3 year old to try and remember that name, no matter how well-read we were even then.
I also agree with the human-named ponies. Like 'Logan' Berrytown from My Little Pony Tales. Logan. What...what the heck? He's surrounded by ponies with all these very pony-like names like Sweetheart and Bright Eyes and Bon-Bon, and the poor guy is stuck with Logan. *shakes head*
I got a good laugh at Burnt Oak from FiM. I love his character a lot, but the name is still hilarious to me, I'm not sure why. The thought of his parents just going 'What should we name our kid? Oh I know! Burnt Oak!' I feel that way about a lot of the G4 names haha.
Tink is a great nickname.
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I think shoehorning "Dazzle" into Daring Do and Mrs. Cup Cake's names on the merchandise is a trademark thing. Kinda like certain Transformers characters whose names are deemed too generic to trademark will get the faction name or some other descriptor tacked onto their name.
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Tootie Tails always makes me giggle
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Tootie Tails always makes me giggle
Wonder if any little kid nicknamed her Pootie Tails?
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I thought of another one Steven Magnet the sea serpent. :lol:
Ponyfan
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My list of the weirdest pony names
Sniffles
Pillow Talk
Swirly Whirly
Woosie
Floater
Napper
Tootie Tails
Romperooni
Hula-Lula
Knick-Knack
Tra-la-la
Fluffaluff
Blushie
Goodie Goodie
Razzaroo
Shenanigans
Tink-A-Tink-A-Too
Toola-Roola
Wishawhirl
Toodleoo
Scootaloo
Swirlypop
Doseydotes
Shoeshine
Mrs Dazzle Cake
Mr Carrot Cake
Snailsquirm
Snipsy Snap
Big Wig
Swanky Hank
Royal Pin
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Tipsy tulip always gets my vote. I LOVE that name so much!
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That moment when you buy a pretty G3 and look up her name and it's something completely ridiculous, like the aforementioned Tink-a-Tink-a-Too. I got Round 'n' Round the other day. That's not a name!
G4 blindbags have some fun ones. Mrs Dazzle Cake. Pepper Dance (I have never seen a dancing pepper....). Apple Dazzle. Sprinkle Stripe. Lulamoon. Crimson Gala (what does that even mean?). Shoeshine. Junebug. Banana Bliss. Lavender Fritter. Hoity Toity. I think there might have been a Banana Fluff as well.
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That moment when you buy a pretty G3 and look up her name and it's something completely ridiculous, like the aforementioned Tink-a-Tink-a-Too. I got Round 'n' Round the other day. That's not a name!
G4 blindbags have some fun ones. Mrs Dazzle Cake. Pepper Dance (I have never seen a dancing pepper....). Apple Dazzle. Sprinkle Stripe. Lulamoon. Crimson Gala (what does that even mean?). Shoeshine. Junebug. Banana Bliss. Lavender Fritter. Hoity Toity. I think there might have been a Banana Fluff as well.
Omg, Round 'N' Round!! She's one of my childhood ponies. I remember getting her for Christmas one year with the Butterfly Island Amusement Park, I always thought her name was really bizarre. After my discovery of the internet as a kid, the first thing I looked up was My Little Pony, I found some other pony sites, and the official MLP site at the time- this was when G3 had a website and games you could play. If I was on the internet at all, it was for pony stuff, and I played the crap out of those games. (I wish I could find somewhere that still had them, for nostalgia! They're long gone)
There was an amusement park game and she was in it, the way they said her name always irked me to no end.
"Rownd Ahnd Rownd :DDDD" Blegh.
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Mr. Carrot Cake may be a little silly, but it's also a fitting name for a baker.
That moment when you buy a pretty G3 and look up her name and it's something completely ridiculous, like the aforementioned Tink-a-Tink-a-Too. I got Round 'n' Round the other day. That's not a name!
G4 blindbags have some fun ones. Mrs Dazzle Cake. Pepper Dance (I have never seen a dancing pepper....). Apple Dazzle. Sprinkle Stripe. Lulamoon. Crimson Gala (what does that even mean?). Shoeshine. Junebug. Banana Bliss. Lavender Fritter. Hoity Toity. I think there might have been a Banana Fluff as well.
To be fair to Mrs. Cake, her canon name is Cup Cake, which is less silly and a name that's been used in MLP before. It's just not trademarkable anymore.
As for Crimson Gala, a Gala is also a type of apple. And it's one of the red ones, so... There's even a variant called the Scarlet Gala, so a Crimson Gala isn't exactly far-fetched. Doesn't match her symbol, though.
We may as well add Applejack to the silly names list, with some of the names people mentioned in this thread. I mean, she shares her name with an alcoholic drink.
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As I've said in a previous thread: Whizzer always makes me think of the Ren & Stimpy episode where they play Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence.
I think about some of these ponies names I got this mental image of a little girl at school during Show and Tell: "This is Pillow Talk. This is Nightcap. And this is Kiss n' Tell."
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Woosie, Streaky, Player, Swinger, Pink Dreams, Pillow Talk... TOSSLES? Hahaha
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Why has nobody mentioned Bonnie Bonnets?
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Sometimes I wonder if Hasbro came up with pony names during a company cocktail party. :lol:
Ponyfan
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Does Princess Rinse n Spit and Demon Donkey count? :lol:
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Bouquet also makes me think about that character Miss Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances :)
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one of the male g4 background/only appeared in 1 episode pony was called fat stacks, if I'm not mistaken. That's just kinda sad. :P
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It's not exactly a 'silly' name, but I have always hated Tootsie's name because I hate Tootsie Rolls / Tootsie Pops. (But Tootie Tails is worse, lol.)
I still have to introduce Tootsie to her namesake ;)
Tootie Tails is stupid. Summer Heatwave is so much better.
Any of the weird hyphenated G3 names like Tink-a-Tink-a-Too are also silly to me.
Kiwi Tart still amuses me too because she showed up first in New Zealand...
Night Cap, in conjunction with Pink Dreams and Pillow Talk clearly needs an X-rating.
Kiss & Tell is really not teaching kids the right morals!
Crumpet is also mildly concerning considering she seems to have been intended to indicate British afternoon tea of some kind, and in the UK, albeit slightly antiquated, crumpet has another slang meaning. Probably not why she wasn't sold here though.
4Speed - numbers in names, really? Trucker is not awesome but at least it isn't writing in textspeak 30 years before its time!
Slugger reminds me of slug pellets. Albeit First Base has its own connitations too.
Pinkie Pie is a truly stupid name which I detested in G3 and still detest in G4.
And as I think you guys mostly know - I hate repetitive name syndrome, so any name that gets recycled over and over should be banished. Especially calling adult ponies things like Cuddles.
I don't really have a problem with Floater (or Splasher - I think that one is seriously reaching tbh) because while I know the connitations, it has other meanings as well. Albeit not all of them are good ones either. I just don't make that association automatically when I hear it.
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I thought of another one Steven Magnet the sea serpent. :lol:
You can thank the other part of the adult fandom for that. Same with DJ Pon-3 or D**** H*****
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I thought of another one Steven Magnet the sea serpent. :lol:
You can thank the other part of the adult fandom for that. Same with DJ Pon-3 or D**** H*****
The original source for Steven Magnet is supposedly an auto generated caption on YouTube, so I guess an AI gets part of the blame. But yeah, not only weird but a bit of an innuendo. I'm sure Hasbro picked it up because it was easily registered, otherwise he'd be a dazzle something.
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Pick-a-lily's kinda silly.
Spoiled Rich is just. No.
Barber Groomsby is just Bleck.
Silly Lily has silly in it.
Pinto Pipsqueak-Like, you couldn't just call him Pipsqueak?
Bubble Muffins-What is a bubble muffin precisely?
Any character who has different names in the same era. I'm not talking Twilight and Twilight. Or a pony who was called something else in a different country. I mean like, DJ Pon-E also being called Vinyl Scratch or something stupid like that. Name the darn horse and stick with that name Hasbro.
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Pick-a-lily's kinda silly.
Spoiled Rich is just. No.
Barber Groomsby is just Bleck.
Silly Lily has silly in it.
Pinto Pipsqueak-Like, you couldn't just call him Pipsqueak?
Bubble Muffins-What is a bubble muffin precisely?
Any character who has different names in the same era. I'm not talking Twilight and Twilight. Or a pony who was called something else in a different country. I mean like, DJ Pon-E also being called Vinyl Scratch or something stupid like that. Name the darn horse and stick with that name Hasbro.
Pipsqueak is too generic a word to be a trademarkable name on its own.
Bubble Muffins... That's silly, but it's preferable to her brony-given name. More acceptable to use.
As for the DJ Pon-3/Vinyl Scratch thing.. That's just a case of stage name vs. actual name, and Hasbro alternating which they slap on merch of her because they want to keep both as trademarks.
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Any character who has different names in the same era. I'm not talking Twilight and Twilight. Or a pony who was called something else in a different country. I mean like, DJ Pon-E also being called Vinyl Scratch or something stupid like that. Name the darn horse and stick with that name Hasbro.
It gets confusing. :dizzy: Is G3 Cherry Blossom the same as G3 Chereliee? The Bon Bon/Sweetie Drops name change never really made sense to me since she was referred to as Bon Bon in the show.
Ponyfan
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It gets confusing. :dizzy: Is G3 Cherry Blossom the same as G3 Chereliee? The Bon Bon/Sweetie Drops name change never really made sense to me since she was referred to as Bon Bon in the show.
Ponyfan
Yes and no. Yes because Cherry Blossom was later renamed Cheerilee due to what I recall was a translation issue with Cherry Blossom. The original Cheerilee isn't even the same colors, or the same type of pony. For silly names, what about Toboggan? What does that have to do with winter?
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Pick-a-lily's kinda silly.
Spoiled Rich is just. No.
Barber Groomsby is just Bleck.
Silly Lily has silly in it.
Pinto Pipsqueak-Like, you couldn't just call him Pipsqueak?
Bubble Muffins-What is a bubble muffin precisely?
Any character who has different names in the same era. I'm not talking Twilight and Twilight. Or a pony who was called something else in a different country. I mean like, DJ Pon-E also being called Vinyl Scratch or something stupid like that. Name the darn horse and stick with that name Hasbro.
Pipsqueak is too generic a word to be a trademarkable name on its own.
Bubble Muffins... That's silly, but it's preferable to her brony-given name. More acceptable to use.
As for the DJ Pon-3/Vinyl Scratch thing.. That's just a case of stage name vs. actual name, and Hasbro alternating which they slap on merch of her because they want to keep both as trademarks.
Point one: Generic has never stopped Hasbro before. Bumblebee, Firefly, Duke, Blinky, Riot.
Point 2: Good point.
Point 3: She's not the only pony they do this with. Its rather annoying.
Post Merge: May 25, 2018, 08:09:17 PM
It gets confusing. :dizzy: Is G3 Cherry Blossom the same as G3 Chereliee? The Bon Bon/Sweetie Drops name change never really made sense to me since she was referred to as Bon Bon in the show.
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Yes and no. Yes because Cherry Blossom was later renamed Cheerilee due to what I recall was a translation issue with Cherry Blossom. The original Cheerilee isn't even the same colors, or the same type of pony. For silly names, what about Toboggan? What does that have to do with winter?
Because you sled in winter.
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Because you sled in winter.
Does Toboggan mean sled?
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Because you sled in winter.
Does Toboggan mean sled?
Yes. It's a type of sled.
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Pony Bride has one of the worst names. It screams, "I have no identity. I'm just a permanent bride."
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Pony Bride has one of the worst names. It screams, "I have no identity. I'm just a permanent bride."
Mommy and Baby count.
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I'm surprised no ones mentioned Loligiggle. It's not even a good play on words.
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I'm surprised no ones mentioned Loligiggle. It's not even a good play on words.
Ooh. I forgot about her. G3 had some very weird names.
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Cranky Doodle - it's a reference to something not in the mlp universe (Yankee Doodle)
Fluttershy - what does that mean? Afraid to fly in any capacity?
First Base - that's just called kissing.
And so many g3s. So many.
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Any character who has different names in the same era. I'm not talking Twilight and Twilight. Or a pony who was called something else in a different country. I mean like, DJ Pon-E also being called Vinyl Scratch or something stupid like that. Name the darn horse and stick with that name Hasbro.
It gets confusing. :dizzy: Is G3 Cherry Blossom the same as G3 Chereliee? The Bon Bon/Sweetie Drops name change never really made sense to me since she was referred to as Bon Bon in the show.
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We've always had a mismatch between show names and toy names (most especially here with US names and UK ones in the animation, but even within the US there's Lilac and whatever the boy pony's name is that's not correct to release. I imagine they're prototype names that they later don't get licences for.
For me the pony's name is what is on the package that appears in stores here. If they're not released then their name is pretty irrelevant to me as I don't watch FIM. So I consider Sweetie Drops her official release name.
But it's a really stupid name.
Cheerilee is also a stupid name. Cherry Blossom was much nicer.
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I didn't see anyone mention Lickety Split yet...
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I didn't see anyone mention Lickety Split yet...
I knew a real-life pony called Lickety Split because he trotted fast everywhere - so I don't mind the name for the pony as she's in the trotting pose and looks if she's on her way somewhere fast (at a 'lickety split')
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Shampoo :brow:
I know her symbol is a bottle so maybe it makes sense but it is a too weird name for me
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Shampoo :brow:
I know her symbol is a bottle so maybe it makes sense but it is a too weird name for me
There is a pony named Shampoo? :what:
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Re: Fluttershy
With G3 Fluttershy, the first of the name, it was a play on "Shutterfly" - a synonym of shutterbug. With G4 Fluttershy it just references her A. fluttering and B. being shy. Including being too shy to fly half the time XD
Pick-a-lily's kinda silly.
Spoiled Rich is just. No.
Barber Groomsby is just Bleck.
Silly Lily has silly in it.
Pinto Pipsqueak-Like, you couldn't just call him Pipsqueak?
Bubble Muffins-What is a bubble muffin precisely?
Any character who has different names in the same era. I'm not talking Twilight and Twilight. Or a pony who was called something else in a different country. I mean like, DJ Pon-E also being called Vinyl Scratch or something stupid like that. Name the darn horse and stick with that name Hasbro.
Pipsqueak is too generic a word to be a trademarkable name on its own.
Bubble Muffins... That's silly, but it's preferable to her brony-given name. More acceptable to use.
As for the DJ Pon-3/Vinyl Scratch thing.. That's just a case of stage name vs. actual name, and Hasbro alternating which they slap on merch of her because they want to keep both as trademarks.
Point one: Generic has never stopped Hasbro before. Bumblebee, Firefly, Duke, Blinky, Riot.
Point 2: Good point.
Point 3: She's not the only pony they do this with. Its rather annoying.
Point 1: Yes, but they have to use prefixes or other modifications when doing it nowadays.For And some names are more generic than others. For instance, Bumblebee isn't quite as generic as, say, Jazz. Nowadays Jazz always has to have a prefix like "Autobot" or "Special Ops" tacked onto his name, yet Bumblebee is fine.
Point 3: Perhaps, but it can't be helped it seems. *shrug*
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Shampoo :brow:
I know her symbol is a bottle so maybe it makes sense but it is a too weird name for me
Which pony is named Shampoo?
Any character who has different names in the same era. I'm not talking Twilight and Twilight. Or a pony who was called something else in a different country. I mean like, DJ Pon-E also being called Vinyl Scratch or something stupid like that. Name the darn horse and stick with that name Hasbro.
It gets confusing. :dizzy: Is G3 Cherry Blossom the same as G3 Chereliee? The Bon Bon/Sweetie Drops name change never really made sense to me since she was referred to as Bon Bon in the show.
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We've always had a mismatch between show names and toy names (most especially here with US names and UK ones in the animation, but even within the US there's Lilac and whatever the boy pony's name is that's not correct to release. I imagine they're prototype names that they later don't get licences for.
For me the pony's name is what is on the package that appears in stores here. If they're not released then their name is pretty irrelevant to me as I don't watch FIM. So I consider Sweetie Drops her official release name.
But it's a really stupid name.
Cheerilee is also a stupid name. Cherry Blossom was much nicer.
I agree on Cheerilee and Sweetie Drops as names even though I really love Cheerilee the unicorn. I also think Romperoni is a silly name.
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Romperooni is pretty silly.
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Wierdest one for me is the pony Romper since the norwegian word for butt is.. rumpe.
The name dont really fit for someone with rabbits as a symbol and I cant really translate it to Norwegian either.
Its the one pony I have not told my nieces the name on.
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Wierdest one for me is the pony Romper since the norwegian word for butt is.. rumpe.
The name dont really fit for someone with rabbits as a symbol and I cant really translate it to Norwegian either.
Its the one pony I have not told my nieces the name on.
Romp means to play. Usually it refers to rough play.
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Romper is also a name for a type of one-piece outfit often worn by small children. I have no idea what that has to do with rabbits or ponies either. :)
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Romper is also a name for a type of one-piece outfit often worn by small children. I have no idea what that has to do with rabbits or ponies either. :)
Rabbits and small children like to romp.
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I don't think anyone's mentioned Woosie yet. Is Woozsie constantly dizzy?
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Wierdest one for me is the pony Romper since the norwegian word for butt is.. rumpe.
The name dont really fit for someone with rabbits as a symbol and I cant really translate it to Norwegian either.
Its the one pony I have not told my nieces the name on.
Huh. By reading your post I just learned the entomology of the slang word "rump", which usually is "butt".
Kinda echoing everyone else, to "romp" ("romping") is also slang, which I have seen used anywhere between wistful bounding/skipping and rough horse-play.
Not silly, but just poor use: "Pillow Talk" I think is the WORST, since that is the sweet-nothings that happen after making love.
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Wierdest one for me is the pony Romper since the norwegian word for butt is.. rumpe.
The name dont really fit for someone with rabbits as a symbol and I cant really translate it to Norwegian either.
Its the one pony I have not told my nieces the name on.
Huh. By reading your post I just learned the entomology of the slang word "rump", which usually is "butt".
Kinda echoing everyone else, to "romp" ("romping") is also slang, which I have seen used anywhere between wistful bounding/skipping and rough horse-play.
Not silly, but just poor use: "Pillow Talk" I think is the WORST, since that is the sweet-nothings that happen after making love.
Etymology, even. Entomology is bugs.
Romper is also a name for a type of one-piece outfit often worn by small children. I have no idea what that has to do with rabbits or ponies either. :)
Rabbits and small children like to romp.
That they do. You're right :frolic:
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I forgot to add kiss and make up and kiss and tell?
Did their parents want them to kiss everyone or something?
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Oh yeah, Kiss & Tell and Pillow Talk. W-o-w, Hasbro. Ha ha ha.
Also good point about Pony Bride. Do you think she constantly divorces ponies so she can get married again and again? "This is my identity. This is my life. This is my (34th) wedding."
Strawberry Reef is another weird one. Strawberries, and the coral reefs. Two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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Babies Nosy and Click.
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Strawberry Reef is another weird one. Strawberries, and the coral reefs. Two things that have nothing to do with each other.
So tempted to make another association there, but will probably be chased by the mods if I do.
Woosie is a good call. Also that the spelling is bizarre.
Tall Tales is also a little controversial. Encouraging lying? I know it's a 'clever' play on words given her giraffe symbol but seriously...?
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Strawberry Reef is another weird one. Strawberries, and the coral reefs. Two things that have nothing to do with each other.
So tempted to make another association there, but will probably be chased by the mods if I do.
Pretty sure I know exactly what it is. XD I have a special nickname for her that I think you may be able to guess.
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Paradise Palms. It's come up in other threads but there's such a disconnect between her name & her symbol, which is a daisy.
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Shampoo :brow:
I know her symbol is a bottle so maybe it makes sense but it is a too weird name for me
There is a pony named Shampoo? :what:
Yes there is! She is a G2 pony from 2003 I think.
Unfortunately I cannot upload a picture of her.
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I thought of some more :)
Tabby
Squeezer
Puddles
Baby Graffiti
Bunkie
Baby Snippy
Pretty Puff
I never thought about Tall Tales being a silly name before
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How about Crystal Lake? I get that it's supposed to be a pretty name, but there's no way that whoever named her wasn't a Friday the 13th fan.
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Has Bubblefish been mentioned in this thread yet?
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I think the name Fluttershy is actually genius because it works on so many levels.
In general I think ponies get nicer names than Transformers. Imagine a pony named Thrust, Powerglide or Nightbeat. Oh my!
Allthough "Romperoni" is just undignified. Same for Lolligiggle or Jolly Lolly. Ponies shouldn't be named after suckers.
How about Crystal Lake? I get that it's supposed to be a pretty name, but there's no way that whoever named her wasn't a Friday the 13th fan.
I'm a horror fan but I have never made this connection before :lol:
She should have come in a camp set, not fashion.
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Some of the unreleased G3 unicorns and pegasus are really pretty, but the names are sooo lazy and yeah...
Feeling Flitter-What does this even mean?
Fine Shine-sounds like a tagline for a shampoo commercial
Apple Flitter-Can't you just make it Fritter?
Skip and Along-Skip n Along sounds cuter.
Shine a Belle-What even?
Rise a Shine-How about Rise n Shine or Rise and Shine Hasbro. Do you know what proper English is anymore?
Flutter Line-Ugh.
Scoop Smile- Dumb.
Splash and Down-Just call her Splashdown
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Some of the unreleased G3 unicorns and pegasus are really pretty, but the names are sooo lazy and yeah...
Feeling Flitter
Fine Shine
Apple Flitter
Skip and Along
Fine Shine and Apple Flitter aren't so bad.
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Apple Flitter at least is silly in a good way: it's a pun, a play on apple fritter.
And now I'm thinking of that flashback to Baby G4 Applejack again
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That being said, I wouldn't mind having customs of some of them made. We coulda had 29 pegasus and 18 unicorns!
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Yeah, G3 really neglected the unicorns and pegasi... It had some at least, but so few of them
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I'm going to agree with Tink-a-Tink-a-Too. I grew up with G3 and I can't tell you how many times I had to answer the 'what was her name again?' question for my little sister (Tink was one of her first ponies). Good lord. We both just ended up calling her 'Tink' because it was ridiculous for a six year old and a 3 year old to try and remember that name, no matter how well-read we were even then.
I also agree with the human-named ponies. Like 'Logan' Berrytown from My Little Pony Tales. Logan. What...what the heck? He's surrounded by ponies with all these very pony-like names like Sweetheart and Bright Eyes and Bon-Bon, and the poor guy is stuck with Logan. *shakes head*
I got a good laugh at Burnt Oak from FiM. I love his character a lot, but the name is still hilarious to me, I'm not sure why. The thought of his parents just going 'What should we name our kid? Oh I know! Burnt Oak!' I feel that way about a lot of the G4 names haha.
There is a kind of berry known as a Logan Berry. But its not as well known as a raspberry or a blackberry.
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G3 absolutely has the worst names. I could make a huge list, but the ugliest name is definitely Toola Roola. Just... Yuck.
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Alot of the new G4 Blindbags have some pretty weird names. Can't remember them at present.
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Yeah, G3 really neglected the unicorns and pegasi... It had some at least, but so few of them
I remember having at least one dream as a kid, when g3 was just earth ponies, that I'd discovered unicorn and maybe pegasus g3s. It was a cool dream, and then they released the pegasus ponies.
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I never realised Tootie Tails was a bit erm...risqué! I’m clearly so innocent :angel:
On the other hand, there’s Morning Glory and Spunky the camel. I mean, really...someone was having a good laugh in the office that day :crazy:
What's so bad about Spunky? It means someone who is sassy
Speaking as someone with an incredibly filthy mind, spunky can also mean something very not-Arena-appropriate. XD
I think maybe it’s just a UK thing :lol:
I thinks it's just a UK thing, but yeah, big *c-r-i-n-g-e* :blush:
Floater - always makes me giggle :lol:
Night Cap - a poisonous fungus, a very Grimms Fairytales kind of name IMHO.
:cool:
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Bon Appetit.That's not even a name, that's like calling a pony "have a nice day", but i guess it's fine because it's french?
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Squeezer. Why. I get that it's because of her gimmick but seriously WHY Hasbro. Does she go around squeezing people?
Here's another one: Woosie
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Add another vote for Squeezer and Woosie. Even putting aside the unintentional(?) comedic aspect of Woosie sounding drunk . . . that is an awful name. The poor pony feels woosie all the time? Might as well nave named her Nausea or Ohhh The Room Is Spinning.
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Add another vote for Squeezer and Woosie. Even putting aside the unintentional(?) comedic aspect of Woosie sounding drunk . . . that is an awful name. The poor pony feels woosie all the time? Might as well nave named her Nausea or Ohhh The Room Is Spinning.
:lmao:
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I never realised Tootie Tails was a bit erm...risqué! I’m clearly so innocent :angel:
On the other hand, there’s Morning Glory and Spunky the camel. I mean, really...someone was having a good laugh in the office that day :crazy:
What's so bad about Spunky? It means someone who is sassy
Speaking as someone with an incredibly filthy mind, spunky can also mean something very not-Arena-appropriate. XD
I think maybe it’s just a UK thing :lol:
I thinks it's just a UK thing, but yeah, big *c-r-i-n-g-e* :blush:
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Definitely a UK thing. Thank you for ruining the camel for me forever now :P I never thought of it till you guys brought it up.
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Scoop Smile is that kind of nosey journalist pony who takes great joy in stalking celebriponies :lol:
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Tootie Tails really gets me. I still have no idea what that name is actually supposed to mean and can only think of...toilet humor.
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Love-in-a-Mist. It sounds like they tried to name her for some cheesy romance novel or soap opera and missed the mark. She's a pretty pony though and the only one I like from the romance set.
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Scoop Smile is that kind of nosey journalist pony who takes great joy in stalking celebriponies :lol:
Darn Pony Paparazzi.
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It's a UK thing . . . but not only a UK thing. As an American all I can say is "teehee!" :P
Love-in-a-Mist is a flower, but yeah her name sounds really long and unusual.
Has anyone mentioned Tootsie yet? Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the pony named after the nastiest of American candies, the Tootsie Roll.
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It's a UK thing . . . but not only a UK thing. As an American all I can say is "teehee!" :P
Love-in-a-Mist is a flower, but yeah her name sounds really long and unusual.
Has anyone mentioned Tootsie yet? Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the pony named after the nastiest of American candies, the Tootsie Roll.
Thanks to you I will never think of Tootsie in the same way again, you realise.
Also, I never thought about Love in a mist because it's a flower - but if you abbreviate it, it does amusingly become Liam....
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It's a UK thing . . . but not only a UK thing. As an American all I can say is "teehee!" :P
Love-in-a-Mist is a flower, but yeah her name sounds really long and unusual.
Has anyone mentioned Tootsie yet? Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the pony named after the nastiest of American candies, the Tootsie Roll.
Is it really? I just learned something new.
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It's a UK thing . . . but not only a UK thing. As an American all I can say is "teehee!" :P
Love-in-a-Mist is a flower, but yeah her name sounds really long and unusual.
Has anyone mentioned Tootsie yet? Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the pony named after the nastiest of American candies, the Tootsie Roll.
I protest this claim. Nothing can top the sheer chalky nastiness of Necco Wafers. XQ
Plus the fruit flavored tootsie rolls are pretty tasty.
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My Tootsie is now a vanilla Tootsie Roll in my mind, thanks. She's the Italian one, white with blue hair, same colors as the vanilla wrapper.