All about My Little Pony My Little Pony Origins The franchise began in 1982 MLP began as a line of plastic toys (known as My Pretty Pony) The original toy line ran from 1983 to 1995 My Little Pony Generations The MLP Franchise breaks down into 4 generations 1st generation (mentioned in previous section) began in with Earth Ponies. An animated Series ran from 1986 to 1987 The Generation 2 line began with "Friendship Garden Ponies" Generation Three began in 2003 and is often dubbed "G3" Generation 4 would begin in 2010 with Friendship is Magic Generation 4 is where MLP went from moderate to unprecedented success MLP: Friendship is Magic MLP: Friendship is Magic would kick off generation 4 (G4) A whole line of characters would e introduced FIM had a slightly more serious storyline than its predecessors The new, superior writing would attract a fan base that consisted of adults The Brony Phenomenon Bronies are essentially adult male fans of MLP BronyCons are events where Bronies attend Bronies range from males who just like the show to those who dress up as MLP characters Children male bronies have on occasion, been subject to bullying My Little Pony Fact Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.brony.com/brony-facts-faq/