Learn a pony a day: Cheerilee

Cheerilee is an Earth pony in Ponyville and a supporting character in the show. She teaches at the Ponyville Schoolhouse.

Development:

Cheerilee shares her design and name with a G-3 Earth pony. She is a unicorn pony in My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow, and her design was combined with Cherry Blossom to create her Core 7 incarnation, which developed into her current appearance. In the Core 7 series, she is the older sister of Scootaloo and her main personality trait is intelligence.


Other Depictions:

Cheerilee's appearances outside of the show often use an alternate cutie mark design: a smiling flower with two smaller flowers and four green leaves, as opposed to three smiling flowers with pink petals

Cheerilee is frequently featured in Hasbro's toy line, with her cutie mark always using the alternate design on the toy themselves but sometimes using the in-show design on their packaging. Her model for some of the toys is sometimes the same model used for Pinkie Pie's toys, and sometimes Applejack's toys.

A Cheerilee mini-figure and collector card appear in the second EU wave of "mystery pack" toys, respectively using a repaint and recolor of Applejack's Earth pony mold and model. Her color are mostly screen-accurate, although her cutie mark uses the alternate design. Her mystery pack is embossed with the number 13, for easy identification

Cheerilee, along with a host of characters for the show, appears on the Comic Con 2011 promotional poster.

Learn a pony a day: Apple Bloom

Apple Bloom is a school-age Earth pony. She is the younger sister of Big Macintosh and Applejack and is the granddaughter Granny Smith. She is a member of the Apple family in Ponyville. She is a supporting character who takes a lead role in several episodes. Apple Bloom is one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, along with Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo, and she was the only named school-age pony until Boast Buster and the only filly with a speaking role until Call of the Cutie. Like the other two Cutie Mark Crusaders, she doesn't have her cutie mark yet. She has been shown to have skills in renovation and production,  such as restoring the clubhouse. Applejack shows to the Cutie Mark Crusaders in The Show Stoppers.


Production and development

Apple bloom was designed by Lauren Faust for her "pitch bible" for the show in 2008. She was named Appleseed, but the name ran into copyright issues, leading to the current name. She shares her color scheme with several previous-generation ponies;: Sun shimmer, a G-3 Earth pony; Sunburst a G-1 Mountain bay pony; and Fiesta Flair a G-3 pony was only featured in the direct-to video productions. Apple Bloom  shares her talent at carpentry, art and design with Toola-Roola, a G-3 earth pony which later became one of the core 7 ponies. Apple Bloom is voiced by Michelle Creber, who is also the singing voice of Sweetie Belle.

Personality

Apple Bloom's first appearance is in Friendship is Magic, part 1, where she makes a brief appearance at the Apple family reunion. She first balances a large cake on her back while being introduced by Applejack. After Twilight announces she can't stay for brunch, Apple Bloom pleads her to stay with puppy-eyes. Near the end of the episode when Night Mare Moon appears, she appears again. She huddles together with the ponies who would later be her friends, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, though this was an oversight on the part of the scene's layout artist.

Originally posted at mlp.wikia.com

Bay Area Drivers Could Be Tracked By GPS, Taxed Per Mile Driven « CBS San Francisco

Bay Area Drivers Could Be Tracked By GPS, Taxed Per Mile Driven « CBS San Francisco

U.S. Armed Forces bronies not above the rules

Recently Fox News posted an article about Military Bronies. The article focuses on the fact that soldiers shouldn't be putting Rainbow Dash's cutie mark on their utilities.

And you know what? THEY'RE RIGHT.


Let's be real here. Its great that you love the show. It's great that you enjoy the messages of love and tolerance. It's great that you are proud of your fandom. But remember, we may be bronies, but we're members of the armed forces first and foremost. This isn't a job, it's a lifestyle. Watching My Little Pony is just a hobby, and wearing MLP patches is not authorized. It doesn't matter if this was a harmless convention. This is a uniform violation and you can get in huge trouble for it.

We at FOB Equestria believe that any person wearing their uniform should ensure that they are following the proper uniform regulations set down by their respective branch of service. Not every uniform is the same and not every nation has the same uniform regulations. We encourage you to take another look at your uniform regulation orders so we can avoid a fiasco like this in the future.

This is not conducive to mission accomplishment. We aren't trying to send the message that Military Bronies are a bunch of rebels who don't care about the rules. This isn't helping us in our mission of painting the Brony fandom or the military in a positive light. If anything, it's done some irreparable damage. We can't get these pictures off the internet now and the nice lady who wrote the article isn't going to take down her article no matter how much we plead. Military Bronies have only recently begun to emerge as a community, and we're not off to a good start here.

Let me make one thing clear: We are not above the rules.

 


Originally posted at fobequestria.com written by Commander Firebrand

TARA STRONG interview Comic Con

Breitbart’s Kurt Schlichter models ‘My Little Pony’ gear for charity

At last, those who raised nearly $2,800 for the Wounded Warrior Project can reap their reward; photographic evidence of Col. Kurt Schlichter out and about sporting a Pinkie Pie hoodie.

 Schlichter raised the hackles of “Bronies” — grown men who bond over the TV show “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” — with a column published last April. The hastily assembled Band of Pseudo Bronies saw the opportunity for an online fundraiser and quickly surpassed the original fundraising goal of $1,000 in exchange for a little pony love.

Originally posted by twitchy.com by Twitchy Staff

Learn a pony a day: Octavia

Octavia:

 Is the fan-given name of a background Earth pony who appears in The Best Night Ever and Sweet and Elite. She has a dark gray mane and tail, a light gray coat and light purple eyes, with the same eye design as Rarity, the spa ponies, and several background ponies, except for the iris.

Development:

While the show does not specifically identify Octavia's instrument, the trading card states that it is a cello. William Anderson, the show's composer, has relayed to Equestria Daily that the music playing at the garden party in Sweet and Elite features a harp, two violins, and a cello, which pegs Octavia as a cellist. The show's director, Jayson Thiessen, figures the instrument is a cello as it's "more sophisticated and appropriate for the gala".

Exclusives at HasbroToyShop.com | MY LITTLY PONY 2012 SPECIAL EDITION PONY Product Details

Exclusives at HasbroToyShop.com | MY LITTLY PONY 2012 SPECIAL EDITION PONY Product Details

We love fine!

It's WE LOVE FINE WEDNESDAY! We think you'll love our new My Little Pony "Raver Pony" designs as much as we do, so we're giving away your choice of one of these three new designs if you share this post! Mens AND womens' tees available! Good luck!

Comic-Con Panel: Twilightlicious!

On July Friday 13th 2012 Room 23 at Comic Con  Hasbro VP of Development Mike Vogel  moderated the panel for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. The crowd's enthusiasm for the show overwhelmed the voice actors, who kept interrupting their answers with delighted shout-outs to the audience. : I just can't believe how beautiful and colorful everyone is!" said Tabitha St. Germain, who voices Rarity and Princess Luna.

The panel consisted of Writer Megan McCarthy, Voice actors Tabitha St. Germain (Voice for Rarity and Princess Luna), Andra Liban (Voice of Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy), Tara Strong (Voice of Twilight Sparkle) and Cathy Weseluck (Voice of Spike)

While there really no details on season 3 plot other than "There is one," according to Vogel, and it'll debut sometime this fall. We have seen a few sneak peeks of the upcoming season.


Story originally posted Entertainment Weekly by Annie Barrett

My Little Pony Marketing at Comic Con

The Hub  has redecorated one of the San Diego city's trolley cars to promote the show "My Little Pony Friendship is Magic."

"I think it's amazing, to say the least," said Shaun Scotellaro, a 23-year-old from Glendale, Arizona, who runs Equestria Daily and is in San Diego for Comic-Con. "It's really cool what they're doing for there fans."

Story originally posted by New York Time Gregory Schmidt

Another seek peek of MLP FiM Season 3

Well is seems like there is a lot of exciting news coming from Comic Con San Diego especially if you are a brony. Another video preview has been released. This video shows the mane 6's in song about the Crystal Fair.

In other news, IDW Publishing and Hasbro have announced their upcoming partnership in releasing a line of MLP FiM comics, slated to begin in November of this year. The comics will be written by Katie Cook and illustrated by Andy Price. You can read the full article here.

Contra Costa alarming food crisis

I know this is not MLP FiM or pony related news but I thought this was quite alarming news in Contra Costa

A landmark study released today by the Food Bank of Contra Costa that there is an alarming number of families that are unable to put food on the table. There is about 96,000 adults in Contra Costa County that are food unsecured. Contra Costa county ranks among the highest in the State of California for families sruggling to put food on the table.

According to the data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), more than 3.7 million Californians experienced food insecurity.. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as "limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods. In 2007 2.8 million Californians  struggled to put food on the table.

Locally, 96,000 adults and families in Contra Costa County are estimated to be food insecure. This means that within the county, 58% of all adults with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level(less than $36,000 a year for family of three) struggle to afford adequate, nutritious food and ranks the highest in the state.

Some relief for households in need has been provided by CalFresh, Formerly the food stamp program, Throughout Contra Costa County, Estimated 66,000 people received CalFresh a 109% increase since September 2006. Currently, the average monthly CalFresh benefit is $146 per person

"Residents of Contra Costa County have been unable to escape the nagative impact of the national and global economic crisis. While our economy recovers, s jobs are created, we must be sure that basic needs like food are being met," Said Larry Sly, executive director of the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Conuty

While assistance like CalFresh is helping vulnerable individuals and families meet basic needs, more should be done. California ranks among the worst states for participation in federal nutrition assistance. According to USDA, only 50% of eligible households are served by CalFresh. In an important step in improviong participation, the Governor recently signed legislation that removes barriers to CalFresh for eligible Californians. At the federal level, advocates are urging Congress to spare nutrition programs for bugdge cuts. "Given the extent of food insecurity in Contra Costa County and across in the country, we must not undermine critical efforts to protect families against huger, and improve health through good nutrition," said Hecht.

Sneak Peek at season 3 MLP FiM

As the release date for season 3 looms closer a few sneak peek of the new season has been released. At  SDCC pony panel a short video of a new song featuring a duet song with Twilight Sparkle and Spike.

8-Bit Adventure Ponies Game at Hubworld.com

Adventure Ponies is a new My Little Pony game from The Hub! The game was launched at Comic-Con and currently requires a promotional code to play. Use the code HUBMLP8BIT to get in and have fun!

You start the game as Twilight Sparkle and traverse through six levels filled with dangerous spikes and fire-breathing dragons. All of the Mane 6 are available to play as, but you must first unlock each successive pony by completing all six levels as the previous pony. I haven't played much of it yet, but it's a cute game with a charming old school feel. If you have time you should definitely give it a whirl!

Originally posted at My Little Pony News by Sam, Editor in Chief 

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