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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: MoonStars on March 08, 2012, 08:45:32 AM
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The thread about not "seeing" symbols sent my brain in this direction, but I think it would derail the other too much so it needs its own thread.
Do you ever scratch your head wondering how they came up with a symbol and then named the pony something that seems totally not in synch, *or*, in the opposite direction, why they *didn't* name it something in particular?
It's a mystery (to me, anyway), why a green pony with shamrocks isn't called something shamrocky or St Paddy's Day-ish. Lotsa Luck or Lucky or... you know, even "Clover" (since those names came later anyway, she could have claimed them, right?). I get the "Minty" part (the green...) and actually like it a lot, but... well (as far as my brain goes) the G3's fixed that problem by giving her *mint candies* for a symbol :biggrin: , but I often wonder what the idea room sounded like when they were brainstorming a name for the green pony with shamrocks....
Oh, EDIT: and since then, I miss having a green pony with shamrocks... whatever her name might be...
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Baby Shaggy....and a teddy bear symbol...I think I must have missed that link up somewhere...
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G2 Honey. Her cutie mark... It isn't a bee, it isn't honeycomb... It's a freaking carrot...
http://gen2.aien-hime.com/honey2003.htm
I don't care if she comes with a bunny costume, it's still just plain weird...
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Peachy.
Shouldn't her symbol be peaches? Unless they just Named her because her body is a peach color but idk about that
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I never did get Cotton Candy!
Or what about Blue Bell?
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I think the US names for the princess ponies do not match at all, i prefer the UK princess names, they fit so much better! "Princess Diamond" over "Princess Tiffany", all those princess ponies have gem stones, so why not name them after the color they are representing?
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i think with the original 6 they went with the color of thier body... except snuzzle... WHY????? cute but ...what?
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Yeah, the first six were definitely named for their colors, not their symbols. Butterscotch came to mind straight away for this topic.
Another one, for me, is Sprinkles.
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G2 Honey. Her cutie mark... It isn't a bee, it isn't honeycomb... It's a freaking carrot...
http://gen2.aien-hime.com/honey2003.htm
I don't care if she comes with a bunny costume, it's still just plain weird...
*snicker* That's a pretty good one!
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Weren't the original 6 going to have appaloosa spots? Maybe they got their names before they got their symbols.
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Tuneful... erm SQUARES?!!! :shocked: :blink:
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Tuneful... erm SQUARES?!!! :shocked: :blink:
In my mind, I refer to the Rockin' Beats ponies as synesthesia ponies, because a lot of people with sound-related synesthesia tend to see shapes that correspond to different sounds. (I have synesthesia, but a word-color or word-taste kind, nothing sound-related. You can read up about it here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia)
I was confused about Sweet Lily. The other Perfume Puffs have perfume symbols which makes sense with the name of the line, but Sweet Lily is a... pillow.
And while Firefly makes sense, how cool would it have been if her name was Lightening or Thunderbolt?
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Rainbow Bubbles from the G3 line. Unless there is a reference I'm missing.
She's blue with pink hair. Her symbol is a teapot. Where is the rainbow or the bubbles? :lol:
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G1 Woosie. Unless the mice on her rear are drunken?
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Names like Snuzzle I can just see being a horses name.
Sundance- pink hearts and dots?
BnG Bouquet- a hat?
Baby Mischeif- a kite?
Tootie Tails- I won't even use this name. The whole word "tootie" just makes me want to throw up. I call her Pineapple.
I think a lot of the newborn twins are just given stupid pet names.
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G2: I love G2's, but the names.. oh boy the names and the finnish names these ponies got. Ill get back to the finnish names later. ;)
Sugarbelle http://gen2.aien-hime.com/sugarbelle1998.htm
Tipsy Tulip (lol tipsy, how much did she drink?) http://gen2.aien-hime.com/tipsytulip1998.htm
Flash (maby its me, but flashing reminds me of something else that rollerskating) http://gen2.aien-hime.com/flash1999.htm
Dizzy Lizzy http://gen2.aien-hime.com/dizzylizzy1999.htm
Lady Cupcake ( she has a gift as her symbol, i think a cupcake wouldve been more cuter) http://gen2.aien-hime.com/ladycupcake1999.htm
Baby Polka and Dot (they have butterflys as theyre symbols)
Jolly (butterfly symbol)
Bubble (her symbol is and orange bottle)
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Tink-A-Tink-A-Too has bells? To be fair, I don't know WHAT you'd put for a cutie mark with that name but then maybe the name should be easier to make a cutie mark from?
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Tootie Tails- I won't even use this name. The whole word "tootie" just makes me want to throw up.
ROFL! :lmao:
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G1 Sea Breeze. I guess fish work but... when I think "sea breeze" I'm thinking some tropical paradise, you know, blue water, white beaches, palm trees. When you add "fish" into the mix I picture Galveston- brown water, brown beach, and bird poop!
And slightly off topic but still in the "what were they thinking with that symbol???" category. G3 Pineapple Paradise (I think?) She has a Daiquiri for her symbol. Hooray for alcoholic kid's toys! (Though I do love that she ended up as one of the ponies in the Maryland Meet's Scooter Race. She's too cool for a DD :P )
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Yeah, the first six were definitely named for their colors, not their symbols. Butterscotch came to mind straight away for this topic.
Yes, I've thought about this before--they only began matching symbols to names in Year 2.
I do remember when I was little asking my mother how Cotton Candy's symbols matched her name (I wasn't aware of the Year 1s). She said she thought the bits of white were specks of sugar in the cotton candy! I still like this answer.
Some of the early symbols are pretty clever--for instance, Firefly is lightning b/c fireflies can also be called lightning bugs.
It seems like less thought was put into this kind of stuff as the years rolled on.
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Tuneful... erm SQUARES?!!! :shocked: :blink:
In my mind, I refer to the Rockin' Beats ponies as synesthesia ponies, because a lot of people with sound-related synesthesia tend to see shapes that correspond to different sounds. (I have synesthesia, but a word-color or word-taste kind, nothing sound-related. You can read up about it here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia)
That's interesting! I didn't know about that condition, thanks for the info. :)
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Tink-A-Tink-A-Too has bells? To be fair, I don't know WHAT you'd put for a cutie mark with that name but then maybe the name should be easier to make a cutie mark from?
I believe her name is an onomatopoeia - it's the sound the little bells make when they jingle. :)
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Most of the G1 Newborn ponies have names that don't seem to match the symbols, in my opinion. Dibbles, Dabbles, Jangles, Tangles, etc.
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Most of the G1 Newborn ponies have names that don't seem to match the symbols, in my opinion. Dibbles, Dabbles, Jangles, Tangles, etc.
but they rhyme... so apparently it makes it all good.
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Tink-A-Tink-A-Too has bells? To be fair, I don't know WHAT you'd put for a cutie mark with that name but then maybe the name should be easier to make a cutie mark from?
I believe her name is an onomatopoeia - it's the sound the little bells make when they jingle. :)
I guess that makes sense but what about either Toola-Roola (Core 7 or pre-Core 7)?
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I remember when the original Toola-Roola came out, everyone said she had a a Celtic swirl as a symbol. If that's what they intended, Hasbro might have been trying to connect it to that old Irish lullaby where the chorus goes:
"Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush now, don't you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that's an Irish lullaby."
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Another G3 one- Razzaroo.... sounds like some sort of Australian exclamation :P
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G2 Princess Crystal. She's a magician. Her symbol is a couple of planets. WHAT.
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Silly Sunshine: Has flowers and a butterfly for a cutie mark?
Sunny Salsa: A circle design with ovals?
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^ I always thought that Sunny Salsa's symbol was supposed to be a tomato
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G2s, I love ya, but what is up with your names??? XD
Also the sparkly Sweet Heart Sisters....
I mean, Bright Night has ribbons, Star Flash has hearts, Sunblossom has stars, and Twinkler has suns! 0.o
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Sunny Salsa: A circle design with ovals?
i think thats supposed to be a tomato cut in half
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G2s, I love ya, but what is up with your names??? XD
This. Also a couple of twins with magic wands as their symbols. Their names? Giggles and Wiggles.
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To be honest, I don't get the name Pinkie Pie. Yes, I get that she's pink, but its still completely unrelated to her cutie mark or talent.
I love her anyway, but it always seems strange to me that she's named just for being pink...when, y'know, there isn't exactly a shortage of pink ponies...
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Another G3 one- Razzaroo.... sounds like some sort of Australian exclamation :P
I just said this out loud and laughed at myself! :D
Tootie Tails- I won't even use this name. The whole word "tootie" just makes me want to throw up.
I have the same problem with Floater the unicorn.. urgh.
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G1 baby Ribbs is one of my favorite ponies because of his awesome dragon symbol, but what is up with the name Ribbs? I used to joke that maybe the dragon would barbecue him and then have some barbecue Ribbs.
Beebop has a lute.
Goodie Goodie has a brush or mirror.
Brights Brightly. I love him (totally him, he's a dude pony) and his symbol is gorgeous, but...did they just give up with the name?
And
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Baby Ribbs....that's another one that makes no sense to me! I think of ribs on a grill when I think of his name. What's with the dragon?
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Sprinkles! I guess her name was supposed to go with the whole water theme, but why then is her symbols a bunch of ducks? Because they swim? "Sprinkles" makes me think of rain (so I used to confuse her name with Lemon Drop) or candy/ice cream.
Same with Majesty...I mean, what is her symbol? They couldn't come up with something more...I don't know, royal?
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Same with Majesty...I mean, what is her symbol? They couldn't come up with something more...I don't know, royal?
I've always thought Majesty's symbol was the fleur de lys, which is (was) the French royal symbol. :)
The NBT names drive me nuts, though - they are so often nothing like their symbols and I can never remember them. Rattles and Tattles have the bunnies? Doodles and Noodles have the ABC symbols? Ugh. I :heart: them but I kinda hate some of their names.
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G4 Plumsweet.
Her cutie mark slightly confounds me .3. It's a purple/magenta shake with a cherry on top, two straws, and two hearts bordering it.
I mean I guess the shake could be plum flavored? xD
I'm also hopping on the bandwagon in that I didn't get Ribbs's name either. He's still one of my favorites though, he's got a rockin' symbol. x)
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Same with Majesty...I mean, what is her symbol? They couldn't come up with something more...I don't know, royal?
I've always thought Majesty's symbol was the fleur de lys, which is (was) the French royal symbol. :)
If so, those are some abstract-looking fleur de lis!
Any yes, Plumsweet too! I really want to like her, but I just can't because of her unrelated symbol!
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I think Plumsweet's symbol is supposed to be plum pudding. Then again, why the straws? Lol.
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I can never get G3 RDs symbol.. if their gonna have an adventerous name, why the dainty pink rainbow?!
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Beebop has a lute.
Beebop is a genre of music, and a lute is an instrument? Maybe it's a stretch, idk.
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Kimono: Paper lanterns?
Bunches-O-Fun: Flower bouquet? Why not a game?
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Kimono: Paper lanterns?
Bunches-O-Fun: Flower bouquet? Why not a game?
I think Kimono=Japanese=Japanese Paper Lanterns. And in several coloring books and kids books Kimono had her hair pulled into a bun with chopsticks in her hair, and wore Kimonos. She's always been my favorite G3, such a pretty dark purple!!
One I think doesn't match is the G1, Whizzer. *Faceplant*
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Firefly... Blue thunder?
Fireflies sure don't give off blue light.. Or thunder. :P
Actually, some fireflies are blue but still!
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I can never get G3 RDs symbol.. if their gonna have an adventerous name, why the dainty pink rainbow?!
RD wasn't supposed to be adventurous originally, her release in 2003 showed she was the dainty fashionista of the bunch. Her symbol perfectly matches her personality and her name--she's all about the rainbows, daaaahling!
Dash doesn't have to mean to run, it can also mean a dash (little amount) of something. Or the old fashion expression "cut a dash" which means to make an impression, be flashy and showy.
Bunches-O-Fun: Flower bouquet? Why not a game?
Another word for bouquet of flowers is a bunch of flowers, so I think that was a play on words Hasbro was going for. ;)
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Beebop has a lute.
Beebop is a genre of music, and a lute is an instrument? Maybe it's a stretch, idk.
That said, I don't think you can actually play beebop on a lute. :P
As long as we're at it, why does Posey not have y'know, posies as her symbol instead of tulips? :)
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Unless I overlooked,I didn't see them mentioned so how about baby rattles and tattles? I get that their names rhyme, but how do they go with the bunny symbols? :)
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Unless I overlooked,I didn't see them mentioned so how about baby rattles and tattles? I get that their names rhyme, but how do they go with the bunny symbols? :)
Maybe the option of two rattlesnakes wasn't kid friendly? XD :throw:
I do agree though, espeically since G1s tended to incorporate their names and cutie marks a bit more... succinctly
I mean you got Blossom instead of something like Cheerile Sunbeam Flower Patch.
And kind of late, but oh! Plumsweet and plum pudding! That is actually really, really adorable. I'm glad she's my favorite G4. xD Those straws totally through me off.
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RD wasn't supposed to be adventurous originally, her release in 2003 showed she was the dainty fashionista of the bunch. Her symbol perfectly matches her personality and her name--she's all about the rainbows, daaaahling!
But look at the first few descriptions on this page (http://www.strawberryreef.com/Topics/Characters/rainbowdash.html). It really sounds like Rainbow Dash was always meant to be the adventurous one who "rides rainbows" all day, but the people making the movies must not have picked up on this for a long time.
To be honest, I don't get the name Pinkie Pie. Yes, I get that she's pink, but its still completely unrelated to her cutie mark or talent.
This one makes more sense to me in the new continuity, where ponies don't get their symbols at birth, but have to figure out what they're passionate about as they grow up to make them appear. So the newer main characters' names make more sense as something they would be named for how they looked as foals, or something their parents thought sounded nice, rather than the symbols they would gain later in life. Of course, then Apple Bloom's classmates come along and throw this all out of whack. >_<
So, maybe a lot of ponies change their names to better reflect their symbols, but some don't. Or a lot of pony parents pushed their children very hard into appreciating the things they were named after. :huh: