My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010–2019)

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Viewer Rating

Rating: 7.9

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic poster

Overview

In the land of Equestria, a precocious but introverted bookworm named Twilight Sparkle is the personal protégé of its ruler, Princess Celestia. Sent to Ponyville to oversee a celebration, Twilight faces the return of a m...

Starring Cast

Ashleigh Ball • Tabitha St. Germain • Tara Strong

Where to watch

Netflix

Prime Video

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Moderate

LGBTQ: Positive

FemPower: Yes

Overview

Starring Cast

Ashleigh Ball • Tabitha St. Germain • Tara Strong

Where to watch

Netflix

Prime Video

Philo

Detailed Bias Analysis

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Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film focuses on universal virtues like friendship, empathy, and cooperation to resolve conflicts, consciously balancing themes that could appeal to different political leanings without explicitly promoting one ideology over another.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, featuring a cast of anthropomorphic ponies, inherently presents diversity through its varied characters and their unique traits. The narrative centers on themes of friendship and acceptance without engaging in critiques of human traditional identities, as such concepts are not present in its fantasy world.

Secondary

LGBTQ: PositiveConfidence: High

The series positively portrays LGBTQ+ themes through characters like Aunt Holiday and Aunt Lofty, a loving same-sex couple. Their relationship is depicted with dignity and acceptance, normalizing queer identities without conflict or prejudice, contributing to an affirming net impact.

FemPower: YesConfidence: Medium

The show features Princess Ember, a female dragon, who participates in and wins a physically demanding gauntlet against multiple male dragon competitors. Her victory is achieved through skill and strength in direct physical challenges.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The show maintains the established genders of its core and recurring characters from the broader My Little Pony franchise. No characters who were canonically, historically, or widely established as one gender in prior iterations are portrayed as a different gender in this series.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The characters in "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" are anthropomorphic ponies, not humans. The concept of "race swap" as defined applies to human characters or characters with established human-like racial characteristics, which is not applicable to ponies.