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''My Little Pony: Pony Life'' is a SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It is considered the true start of Generation 4.5 of the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise, which occurred during a transitional period between the aforementioned ''FIM'', which was the start of Generation 4, and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'', a 2021 Creator/{{Netflix}} movie that kickstarted Generation 5.

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''My Little Pony: Pony Life'' is a SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It is considered the true start of Generation 4.5 of the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise, which occurred during a transitional period between the aforementioned ''FIM'', which was the start of Generation 4, and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'', a 2021 Creator/{{Netflix}} movie that kickstarted [[Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration5 Generation 5.
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* AgainWithFeeling:In the second half of "How Applejack Got Her Hat Back", much focus is given on a fad revolving around squishy cubes that nopony knows the purpose of. In the closing moments of the story, Pinkie Pie takes a bite out of one, revealing that they are edible.
-->'''Applejack:''' We could've been eatin' these the whole time? ''[[{{Beat}} (beat)]]'' Oh, for cryin' out loud, WE COULD'VE BEEN EATIN' THESE THE WHOLE TIME!

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* AgainWithFeeling:In AgainWithFeeling: In the second half of "How Applejack Got Her Hat Back", much focus is given on a fad revolving around squishy cubes that nopony knows the purpose of. In the closing moments of the story, Pinkie Pie takes a bite out of one, revealing that they are edible.
-->'''Applejack:''' "What? We could've been eatin' these the whole time? can eat these? ''[[{{Beat}} (beat)]]'' Oh, for cryin' out loud, WE COULD'VE BEEN EATIN' THESE THE WHOLE TIME!TIME!"
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* PuppyDogEyes: Used pretty heavily. Even Bubbles and Fluttershy have a puppy dog eye '''''[[UpToEleven faceoff]]''''' towards the end of "Cute-pocalypse Meow".

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* PuppyDogEyes: Used pretty heavily. Even Bubbles and Fluttershy have a puppy dog eye '''''[[UpToEleven faceoff]]''''' '''''faceoff''''' towards the end of "Cute-pocalypse Meow".
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*TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Unlike ''Friendship is Magic'', where male and female ponies had very different body-types, in ''Pony Life'', the same template is used across all ponies, so the one thing that distinguishes stallions from mares are their voices. The only exceptions are when males have facial hair (like Dishwater Slog and Fancy Pants) or lots of muscles, like Bulk Biceps.
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* AgainWithFeeling: ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'': In the second half of "How Applejack Got Her Hat Back", much focus is given on a fad revolving around squishy cubes that nopony knows the purpose of. In the closing moments of the story, Pinkie Pie takes a bite out of one, revealing that they are edible.

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* AgainWithFeeling: ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'': In AgainWithFeeling:In the second half of "How Applejack Got Her Hat Back", much focus is given on a fad revolving around squishy cubes that nopony knows the purpose of. In the closing moments of the story, Pinkie Pie takes a bite out of one, revealing that they are edible.
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* AgainWithFeeling: ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'': In the second half of "How Applejack Got Her Hat Back", much focus is given on a fad revolving around squishy cubes that nopony knows the purpose of. In the closing moments of the story, Pinkie Pie takes a bite out of one, revealing that they are edible.
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** Mr. and Mrs. Cake who ran the Sugarcube Corner in ''Friendship is Magic'' are absent here as Pinkie Pie runs the Sugarcube Corner by herself. However they are mentioned by Pinkie Pie in a flashback in "The Trail Less Trotten".

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** Mr. and Mrs. Cake who ran were the original owners of the Sugarcube Corner in ''Friendship is Magic'' are absent here as Pinkie Pie runs the Sugarcube Corner by herself. However they are mentioned by Pinkie Pie in a flashback in "The Trail Less Trotten".Trotten" where Pinkie says she was given ownership of the bakery by them.


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** Flurry Heart, the daughter of Shining Armor and Princess Cadance doesn't appear at all despite her parents showing up in two seperate episodes.
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** Princesses Celestia and Cadence have made major appearances in a couple episodes, but Luna, who had a huge role in ''Friendship is Magic'''s premiere episode, never did.

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* BackForTheFinale: Just about every single character that made an appearance through out season 1 appears in the final episode of season 1.

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* BackForTheFinale: Just about every single character that made an appearance through out throughout season 1 appears in the final episode of season 1.



** "Whoof Dunnit" uses this for most of the episode.

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** "Whoof Dunnit" uses this for most of the episode.episode when Rarity becomes a detective.



* GrossupCloseup: In "Sick Day", we get a detailed look of Pinkie Pie's hairy hoof when she holds up a book of instructions.

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In "Sick Day", we get a detailed look of Pinkie Pie's hairy hoof when she holds up a book of instructions.



* StoryArc: The episodes are usually standalone but feature a plot as a background element every six episodes.

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* StoryArc: The episodes are usually standalone but feature a plot as a background element every six episodes. The second season features four part story arcs instead of six.



** Season 2 features smaller four episode story arcs.
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* BroadStrokes: Twilight is an alicorn, but there's no sign of her crystal tree-castle, Starlight Glimmer, the School of Friendship or the Student Six. In a flashback gag, Twilight is shown to have blown up Golden Oak Library during a potion experiment.

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* BroadStrokes: Twilight is an alicorn, but there's no sign of her crystal tree-castle, Starlight Glimmer, the School of Friendship or the Student Six. In a flashback gag, Twilight is shown to have blown up Golden Oak Library during a potion experiment.experiment instead of Tirek destroying it.
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'''([[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife FEELIN' RUINED AS HELL!]])'''

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** Close Encounters of the Balloon Kind feature Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity as real life horses.
** What Goes Updo features Pinkie Pie and the hooves of her friends in a painting style.

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** Close The title card for "Close Encounters of the Balloon Kind feature Kind" features Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity as real life horses.
** What The title card for "What Goes Updo Updo" features Pinkie Pie and the hooves of her friends in a painting style.



** In "Princess Probz", the girls minus Pinkie Pie when trying to eat their way out of a giant flan.

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** In "Princess Probz", all the girls minus except for Pinkie Pie end up like this when trying they try to eat their way out of a giant flan.



* TheCameo: Nightmare Moon appears in an stained glass window in "Magical Mare-Story Tour".



** "Back to the Present" is an obvious one to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

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** "Planet of the Apps" and "Back to the Present" is an are obvious one ones to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' and ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' respectively.



* SuperDeformed: All the characters are featured in a chibi art style.



* TheCameo: Nightmare Moon appears in an stained glass window in "Magical Mare-Story Tour".
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* LighterAndSofter: The show is less action oriented than its predecessor and has no real villains.

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* LighterAndSofter: The show is less action adventure oriented than its predecessor and has no real villains.
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* GreenIsGross: Sloppy antagonist Dishwater Slog is green with a brown mane and tail.
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''My Little Pony: Pony Life'' is the newest installment in the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise and a SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It can be considered the true start of G4.5, during a transitional period between the aforementioned ''FIM'', and a late 2021 movie for G5.

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''My Little Pony: Pony Life'' is the newest installment in the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise and a SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It can be is considered the true start of G4.5, Generation 4.5 of the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise, which occurred during a transitional period between the aforementioned ''FIM'', which was the start of Generation 4, and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'', a late 2021 Creator/{{Netflix}} movie for G5.
that kickstarted Generation 5.
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** hey what the fuck
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**hey what the fuck
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Seriously, am It he only one noticing this???


** In "Planet of the Apps", Twilight gets like this after eating the cookies at the cybernetic Sugarcube Corner.

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** In "Planet of the Apps", this happens to Twilight gets like this ''again'' after eating gorging on the cookies at the cybernetic Sugarcube Corner.

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* PaperThinDisguise: In "Cotton Candy-Colored Glasses", Rainbow Dash wears a banana printed bandana and calls herself Fancy Banana Moonbeam in order to investigate Dishwater Slog's stand. He doesn't recognize her until she removes the bandana.



* PaperThinDisguise: In "Cotton Candy-Colored Glasses", Rainbow Dash wears a banana printed bandana and calls herself Fancy Banana Moonbeam in order to investigate Dishwater Slog's stand. He doesn't recognize her until she removes the bandana.

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* AbortedArc: The mysterious balloon disappears without explanation and we never find out what it is.

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* AbortedArc: The mysterious balloon disappears without explanation and we never find out what it is.is or where it came from. It kind of gets dropped after the Mane Six gets [[FishOutOfTemporalWater thrown across time]]. In "Wild Heart Beats", Pinkie Pie via the song [[HandWave hand waves]] they popped the balloon.



* AdaptationalComicRelief: Discord was quite scary at time in ''FIM'', but here he's a plain ol' goofball, at least from his single appearance.

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* AdaptationalComicRelief: Discord was quite scary at time times in ''FIM'', but here he's a plain ol' goofball, at least from his single appearance.



* BalloonBelly:

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* BalloonBelly:BalloonBelly: This happens to Twilight alot.


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** In "Planet of the Apps", Twilight gets like this after eating the cookies at the cybernetic Sugarcube Corner.


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** This happens again in "Close Encounters of the Balloon Kind" where the girls speculate what the mysterious balloon is.


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** "Life of Pie" is another obvious one to the movie with the [[Literature/LifeOfPi same name]].

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* AbortedArc: The mysterious balloon disappears without explanation and we never find out what it is.



** Twilight, Echo, Applejack and Pinkie at the end of "Portal Combat" when Rainbow Dash offers to do the Dash Master again.



** "Mad Props" ends with the girls wondering how their props came to life as a giant monster and it cuts to Discord in the background giving an ominous look.



* EvilLaugh: Dishwater Slog in "Cotton Candy-Colored Glasses".

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* EvilLaugh: Dishwater Slog in "Cotton Candy-Colored Glasses". Discord gives one off at the end of "Magic is Ahoof".



* GuysAreSlobs: Dishwater Slog is the epitome of this. Echo the bat meanwhile, as the only common male protagonist of Season 2, is so far the only character to fart, even though ''anyone'' would when up in the stratosphere like he was.

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* GuysAreSlobs: Dishwater Slog is the epitome of this. Echo the bat meanwhile, as the only common male protagonist of Season 2, is so far the only character to fart, even though ''anyone'' would when up in the stratosphere like he was.



* LighterAndSofter: The show is less action oriented than its predecessor and has no real villains thus far.

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* LighterAndSofter: The show is less action oriented than its predecessor and has no real villains thus far.villains.


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* NoAntagonist: Unlike its predecessor there are no villains in Pony Life. The closest thing there is to bad guys are Bubbles and Dishwater Slog but they are jerks rather than actually being evil.


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** This line from Discord: [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Aren't I a stinker]]?


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** The next four episodes has the Mane Six host a play to celebrate the Ponyville Play Day.
** The final four episodes are about Discord spreading chaos magic around Ponyville.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Discord the dragonequus who was an antagonist in ''Friendship Is Magic'' is far nicer, but still a trickster nonetheless, with his {{Jerkass}} tendencies softened

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Discord the dragonequus draconequus who was an antagonist in ''Friendship Is Magic'' is far nicer, but still a trickster nonetheless, with his {{Jerkass}} tendencies softened



** Close Encounters of the Balloon Kind feature Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity as real life horses.
** What Goes Updo features Pinkie Pie and the hooves of her friends in a painting style.



* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: An almost very literal case, as it's Echo the horned bat that launches up there from eating a good cupcake in "The Rarest of Occasionas". Made extra weird because the low pressure is seemingly acknowledged with him farting spontaneously.

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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: An almost very literal case, as it's Echo the horned bat that launches up there from eating a good cupcake in "The Rarest of Occasionas".Occasions". Made extra weird because the low pressure is seemingly acknowledged with him farting spontaneously.



* GreatGazoo: Discord, a dragonequus, functions as this to the series; he's half-dragon, half-horse and an eccentric character with great powers.

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* GreatGazoo: Discord, a dragonequus, draconequus, functions as this to the series; he's half-dragon, half-horse and an eccentric character with great powers.


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** "Close Encounters of the Balloon Kind" refers to the 1977 film ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
** "Back to the Present" is an obvious one to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.


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** The next four episodes feature the Wild Siders visiting Ponyville.
** The next four episodes have the girls visit the Crystal Empire carnival.
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* AlternateContinuity: As the series goes on it becomes pretty obvious the show isn't meant to tie in with the mainline G4 show outside of characters and is set in its own continuity.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Applejack speaks in a Southern accent, but it's unclear whether it's Appalachian, Georgian, from Tennessee, or a Texan accent, making it ambiguous where in the U.S. she's meant to be from.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: Discord was quite scary at time in ''FIM'', but here he's a plain ol' goofball, at least from his single appearance.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Discord the dragonequus who was an antagonist in ''Friendship Is Magic'' is far nicer, but still a trickster nonetheless, with his {{Jerkass}} tendencies softened
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Discord, in this continuity, is still a WildCard, but less of an antagonist and more of a FriendlyEnemy / SitcomArchNemesis to the group than a true villain as he was in ''Friendship in Magic''. Here, he's closer to a slightly nicer but no less dangerous Mr. Mxyzptlk in personality.


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* {{Expy}}: Discord appears to take some influences from Mr. Mxyzptlk in terms of behavior, although without the malicious side of his behavior.


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* GreatGazoo: Discord, a dragonequus, functions as this to the series; he's half-dragon, half-horse and an eccentric character with great powers.


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* StoryBreakerPower: Discord's powers are normally often a game-breaker, but it's [[DefiedTrope defied]] in that he's now there for comedy, not conflict.
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* ContinuityNod: "Magical Mare-Story Tour" has the girls visit every relevant place as seen in season one.


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** Season 2 features smaller four episode story arcs.


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** The next four episodes feature the Mane Six traveling through different dimensions and timelines.


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* TheCameo: Nightmare Moon appears in an stained glass window in "Magical Mare-Story Tour".
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* PaperThinDisguise: In "Cotton Candy-Colored Glasses", Rainbow Dash wears a banana printed bandana and calls herself Fancy Banana Moonbeam in order to investigate Dishwater Slog's stand. He doesn't recognize her until she removes the bandana.


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** The next four episodes feature a mysterious balloon floating in the sky sending out smaller balloons that cause mysterious things to happen.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: The Wild Siders are a tiger, bat, and peacock respectively but they have unicorn horns and the cutie marks of ponies.


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** The first four episodes of season 2 deal with the coming of the Cotton Candy Comet.
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** Rarity speaks of her "Vaudeville days", rather than some ponified equivalent.
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* AnAesop: About half of episodes end in this, often very abruptly.


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* DeusExMachina: Very common at the end of an episode, due to time limits and a focus on providing AnAesop to kids without caring about ''how'' the lesson solves the plot. Rainbow Dash trapped in the future after a stupid mistake? [[spoiler: Time for her to just suddenly be in the past when she learns her lesson.]] Rarity's friends vanished into another dimension because of her mistake? [[spoiler: Time to have everyone teleport back when she apologizes.]]
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: The Mane 6 over texts in "Communication Shakedown", making them all sad over nothing.


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* HeyLetsPutOnAShow: Mostly Rarity's doing, especially once Sugar Snap shows up wanting to help with it in season 2.

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