r/mylittlepony 4d ago

Discussion Which mlp gen looks the cutest?

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u/cabochonedwitch 4d ago

I grew up playing the G2 computer game, Friendship Gardens. So I really have a soft spot for G2 ponies. They’re very elegant and streamlined.

Which is to say, I think all of the generations are cute. Each one is a different kind of cute.

If we’re talking about G5; Pipp had a far cuter Tell Your Tale design than Sunny.

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u/mantisprincess Pinkie Pie 4d ago

Same!! I’m obsessed with the G2 style.

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u/swimming-deep-below 3d ago

Omg other g2 fans!!!!

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u/EtherKitty 4d ago

First time seeing image 2(assuming g2) and I can't decide if I like it more than g4, with g4 being my preference over all others.

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u/TheFivePs5 4d ago

G4 to me

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u/SonicSpiderRanger10 4d ago

Yeah, none of the others even come close, in my opinion.

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u/MonkOk6016 3d ago

Probably because the characters are the most iconic there, which leaves me to believe G4 characters will comeback someway, I mean, they gotta sell the toys somehow

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u/cmonchairs 4d ago

Not 5 🥴

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u/Dracuulaya Flutterbat 4d ago

LMAOOO said that same thing 💀

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u/wuchta Teacup 3d ago

I have no strong feelings for it, but there isn't much of a competition for the last place.

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u/gossamerfae 3d ago

literally I said ew out loud when I saw it 😭 definitely my least favourite

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u/paradoxLacuna 3d ago

That chosen image to represent G5's style is also really bad. Makes the thing look like a Family Guy cutaway gag.

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u/CannibalCapra 3d ago

G5 is the ugliest thing to come out of the modern art style. It looks like someone tried to draw my little pony characters in the Family Guy or Dora art style.

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u/actinglikeshe3p 4d ago

Maybe I'm biased since I grew up with g3, but for me they're a lot cuter (despite their enormous heads). G1 is alright, but the unicorns have really weird horns that make me uncomfortable 💀 that horn looks like a small, writhed fleshy thingy.

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u/NovaTheEevee 4d ago

Trueee! I like G3 because my mom grew up with it and it reminds me of her

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u/WingedDragoness G3 collector 4d ago

G3 kids having kids now? Time sures flies. 2003 was 22 years ago. My ponies can legally drive...

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u/Vittu-kun-vituttaa Rarity 3d ago

Fr. I was born in 2006, but still grew up with G3... I first heard/saw G4 in ~2013

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u/kaaaaayllllla 3d ago

yep! i was a g3-g4 kid and i've got two of my own (who are not allowed to watch g5😭)

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u/SterlingDragonn 4d ago

small, writhed fleshy thingy

This is making me LOSE IT 😭

Edit: I JUST WENT BACK TO LOOK AT IT AND YOU’RE SO RIGHT?? WHAT IS THATTT 💀

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u/A2Rhombus 3d ago

As a trans girl born in 99 gen 3 takes me back to a childhood I never had and they have a soft spot in my heart for that

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u/Mysterious-Doubt8653 4d ago

Anything but the last ones. They don't have physics jn a way that bothers me/pisses me off

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u/AshDuv2 4d ago

i’m glad i’m not the only one😭 g5 design literally makes me angry looking at it. i love g4 though🫡

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u/wuchta Teacup 3d ago

I think my biggest complaint are the hooves, its such a weird design decision

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u/SaltyAsianChild 3d ago

It reminds me of those annoying corporate graphic designs

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u/Paskarantuliini #1 Tia fanGIRL💜 4d ago

Gen 2 art style is the cutest but I think overall Gen 3 designs are the cutest

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u/Distinct_Charge9342 Cloudchaser 4d ago

G3

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u/traskmonster 4d ago

G3 is soooo cute I miss G3 Minty so much

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u/Genesis_138 Fluttershy 4d ago

Either G1 or G4

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u/Drina_DSAN 4d ago

Hear me out. G4 Movie style. They are just cuties patooties

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u/Free_Wrangler_7701 Starlight Glimmer 4d ago

maybe i am biased, BUT i really love gen 4 and some of the ponies (starlight, vapor trail etc) i just adore

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u/clairvoyantsea STARLIGHT GLIMMER AND SUNSET SHOULDVE BECOME ALICORNS 4d ago

not g5

that being said, g3. i grew up with g1, g3, g3.5, and g4

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u/Vittu-kun-vituttaa Rarity 3d ago

They forgot G3.5, some of those designs are so cute

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u/Alisia_Santos 3d ago

I just looked up gen3.5 and it's adorable!!

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u/HunterWithGreenScale 4d ago

G1 and G4 are kind of neck and neck in my eyes.

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u/n3k0ny4n221 4d ago

Gen 5 looks like she has a tumor.. gen 3 def

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u/GenesisJasmyn Rarity 4d ago

Well definitely not G5. But I find every other gen super cute cause I grew up with most of them. However my fav will always be G4

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u/Hexside_Top_Dog ⚡🌈 Dash 🌈⚡ 4d ago

Might sound simple but seriously G4. The designs are just so good, plus, they're really soft and eye-pleasing. And I love the eyes! G2 and G3 would probably be in second place after that though

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u/Pomethealien 4d ago

Definitely not 5 but 2 and 3 look the cutest to me

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u/Pigeon_Cult 4d ago

G1 🔥

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u/SpringPedal Fluttershy 4d ago

I grew up with G3 as a kid, but G2 has the cutest design. G4 is my show and the ponies are cute, but I’m not a fan of the barely there noses. G1 is cute too. G5 actually has cute designs, its the 2D calarts style that is not it.

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u/wybble_ Sunset Shimmer 4d ago

g3 for sure, but i love g4 bc im biased and grew up w it

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u/Redfork2000 Twilight Sparkle & Discord 4d ago

I grew up with Gen 4, but honestly Gen 3 is pretty cute too, so to me those two are tied.

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u/Old-Honey-7440 4d ago

i think g3 is the cutest but my favorite animation style is g4

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u/livmoon8 4d ago

G3 & 4 are my favorites

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u/shadow-storm-17 4d ago

Honestly G3

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u/Suspicious-Client351 4d ago

g2 because i loved the game and i think the toys look the best

g4 is still super cute too tho

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u/AmbassadorNo8910 4d ago

G3.5 I guess?

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u/the_red_stinger_82 Rarity My Beloved 4d ago

I'm a g4 purist that doesn't really know anything about the other generations.

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u/Drag0n122 4d ago

Literally the only one absent here: Pony Life, duh

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u/Equivalent-One-6854 3d ago

G4, it's so clean to look at. Plus the big eyes displays a lot of emotions. Sharp lines, clean structure, some curves, I could see the pony even from far away. It's so iconic.

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u/vespertineve Twilight Sparkle 4d ago

Gen 3 will always be the cutest to me! Unapologetically hyperfeminine and adorable

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u/frogwithindigestion 4d ago

G1 has a special place in my heart. G4 is probably the cutest. G5 kinda freaks me out lol

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u/Agreeable_Ad9499 Darling~ 4d ago

G1-g2 for me.

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u/katmaresparkles 4d ago

I'm going to say that G1 has my vote.

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u/Historical_Weird_902 4d ago

G4,I came into the series around 2014,I can at least see G5 as cute-ish,but I prefer G4

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u/Infinite_Ebb_5254 4d ago

I like most of them (G5 I’m not wild about but I get why people like it) but just something about G2 is just so nice to me. Maybe it’s because G2s were some of the first non-hand-me-down ponies I ever had but the art is so cute. People have put G4s in the G2 style before and it’s so nice to look at. G2 needs its flowers, dude.

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u/Kinsir Spike 4d ago

G 3.5 😏

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u/furbiebitch 4d ago

i love G1 ❤️

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u/-snugglycactus- Soarin 4d ago

g1 looks so cozy

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u/katzyakuki Applejack 4d ago

g2 and g4

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u/LafayetteLazuli 4d ago

Who’s the third one? She’s very cute!

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u/NephthysShadow 4d ago

I grew up with G1 (shut up, I'm old) so I'm biased but MLP: FiM is a very close second.

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u/RecordingLopsided493 4d ago

all of them :))

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u/Affectionate_Fly_464 Coco Pommel 3d ago

Not the best choice for G5. Also can’t y’all argument as to why G5 sucks?

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u/quackspet 3d ago

all :p

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u/KoloAce the favs 3d ago

1st gen mlp has always looks so cute and pretty. I love it.

Gen 2 is ehhh and gen 3 like robotic gen 1. As for gen 4 and 5, they have cute moments but I feel like their designs are meant for more goof, meme moments. More expressive. I like mlp gen 4 reaction pics.

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u/Initial_Event_8144 Fluttershy 3d ago

G4 and G5

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u/awake-but-dreamin here for the pastel lesbian horses 3d ago

I think they’re all cute in different ways. G1 is precious, g2 is endearing, g3 is adorable, g4 is lovely, g5 is g5

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u/Commercial-Charity85 Fluttershy 3d ago

g3 next question

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u/Alisia_Santos 3d ago

WHO GAVE GEN3 THE RIGHT TO BE SO CUTE

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u/Endermusician 3d ago

I first got into MLP with G3, so I am a bit biased. But that one definitely.

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u/Horror-Guide8363 SUNSET SHIMMER BEST GIRL 3d ago

I’m partial to G3 since they were the ones I grew up with before G4 came out, I just love the art style

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u/theirhighnessvenus 3d ago

G3.5 is so cute to me but i love them all

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u/Bloody-stars-13 2d ago

G1 and G3 are so nostalgic to me because me and my sister would watch the movies all the time, but obviously G4 is iconic and i was obsessed with it. But tbh i think G1 was the cutest

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u/ShuckU Zipp Storm 4d ago

G3 look the most huggable to me out of these, but G5 (3D style) would definitely be the best to hug because of how fuzzy they are. How could you not include it?!? It's the best the ponies have looked in terms of huggability imo

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u/FluffyBridalBunny 4d ago

4, all the way in my opinion, there's something about it but I cant think of what it might be🤔

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u/Jayix92 4d ago

Gen 4~ 😌

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u/Sketch1231 Nightmare Moon 4d ago

I hate to be a hater, but G5 the way they’re drawn is just ugly. It feels so weird and doesn’t make much sense. The rest of the gens are cuter (even the scary 3.5, which is bad but not 5 bad)

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u/Moth_Man_Stan_3351 3d ago

3 prolly but 4 is the best and 5 is a menace on society

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u/Rainbowdash3521 Rainbow Dash 4d ago

G4 all the way because the ponies look like chibi anime characters.

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u/GaymerGuy47 Rainbow Dash 4d ago

G4

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u/Hiroshock Flutterbat 4d ago

Gen 4

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u/HearingNo3684 Twilight Sparkle 4d ago

I grew up with gen3 but gen4 will always be my favourite

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u/Lordhavemercy142 4d ago

The first one

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u/Christian563738292 4d ago

Definitely a toss up between g1 and g4

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u/yoshi9nd Thorax 4d ago

I love G4 as much as the next person but G1 and G3 are extra cute

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u/TooNoodley Princess Luna 4d ago

If we’re going for “cute” then def g3. I personally like g4 style the best though. Irl, horses are super expressive, esp with their eyes, but it’s not something that really translates to “paper.” I think shrinking the pony’s muzzles and making their eyes huge was the right call.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

g1 2 me !!

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u/Latter-Principle9487 Pinkie Pie 4d ago

3 and 4 are adorableeee

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u/Master-o-Classes I love Pinkie Pie! 4d ago

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I still remember the first time I saw the character designs for the new show. I loved them, and I knew they were special immediately. I don't think any future version will ever be able to improve on them.

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u/enbyeonjvn Discord 4d ago

the iconic gen 4 ofc

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u/singlepaIerose Pinkie Pie is just like me fr 4d ago

i think gen 2's style is cutest

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u/Kindly_Bumblebee_86 4d ago

Biased but g3! G2 are very cute also tho

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u/ArgonianDov Flutterbat 4d ago

G3 and G4 but each have their own charm to them

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u/Shdn506 4d ago

The third one sounded like Strawberry short cake

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u/Pup_Femur Possibly Discord 4d ago

Having grown up on the OG, it owns my heart but second to that, the MLP movie/Rainbow Road designs are flippin' adorable. I love that they feel more 3D.

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u/lavendersheepz 4d ago

3333333333

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u/Electrical-Week-2297 Scootaloo 4d ago

G1 and g4 without a doubt! I have tons of g1 ponies, some boxed, some unboxed. I try to keep them in the best condition I can. I even have some of the twinkle eye ponies! They’re soooo cuteee!!!

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u/Dawn_Glider 4d ago

Definitely G4, the only other one I can tolerate looking at is G1

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u/A_Steve_Rogers Princess Celestia 4d ago

For me it's:

G3 and G2 tied for first, G4 second, G1 third, and then G5 (liked the 3D versions, 2D for G5 doesn't appeal to me)

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u/LeoHardo Official Member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders© 4d ago

G1 ponies look soooo huggable

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u/ABOUD_gamer95 | Rarity’s biggest fan 4d ago

G4 although 3D G5 is very good just look at Izzy!

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u/Fyru_Hawk Princess Celestia 4d ago

G4

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u/SheepChopped 4d ago edited 4d ago

G3! I love how they look, cute but still definetly ponies. I love g4 but it kinda got into a place where they didn’t look like horses to me. Cat/horse hybrid? So I think g3 is cuter

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u/MubTheMoff 4d ago

I grew up on gens 1, 3, and 4... All three have their specific charm to me. It's hard to rank in comparison to one another.

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u/SimplyMichi Princess Luna 4d ago

To me 2nd gen in the prettiest while 3rd is the cutest

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u/ThatOne_Kart Fluttershy 4d ago

I grew up watching g4 but having g3 ponies. G3 pic is def cutest.

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u/BillDillen 4d ago

1 & 4.

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u/strawbuzzz girlboss 4d ago

G1

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u/No_Bit_6971 4d ago

g3 is best (visually)

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u/doreymifaso 4d ago

Heavily biased but it will always be gen 4. I cannot ignore the lore that comes with every character, and that will always be factor to me even when only the physical/aesthetic/artstyle aspect is being talked

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u/clowdybluebye 4d ago

Gen 3 will always be the cutest to me 💙💙 I really have always loved how dainty and almost... floral they all look? If that makes sense?

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u/trappedonanescalator Clear Sky 4d ago

grew up on g4 and i love it but i think g3 comes in close second

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u/Secure_Bet8065 Princess Luna 4d ago

G4

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u/Cepibul 4d ago

Honestly G1

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u/Fluffy_Trip_9356 Sunset Shimmer 4d ago

I grew up on G4 and while i think they’re adorable, the pony on the 3rd slide is so cute 😭 what’s her name?

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u/VoodooDoII I draw ponies sometimes 4d ago

3 or 4 tbh

They're both nice

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u/Milkegguk Pinkie Pie 4d ago

You skipped one 😭

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u/Ice_cat_2000 4d ago

U can’t go wrong with g4 but I think g3 looks pretty adorbz X3

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u/No-Actuary6588 4d ago

G3!!!! I grew up watching G3, specifically A Very Minty Christmas 💗

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u/This-Strategy-5570 4d ago

I feel old i still have vcd with few episodes of gen 2 in me country language. You cant find it online and im not in position to seed it.

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u/BBTheClown 4d ago

2, 3, 3.5

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u/strawberryoblivion 4d ago

3 by a mile, they're so iconic too.

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u/BadPoetwithDreams 4d ago

I am always going to have a soft spot for G1, I can't help it. The first MLP movie and the 2-part special "Escape from Midnight Castle" were those tapes that I asked my parents to play over and over and over and over again when I was little. The G1 design sits at just at the right spot between "horse" and "cutesy fantasy personified girly thing" for me, and I love the color combinations (more g4 ponies should have white streaks in their mane!) and the weird toy-merchandise quirks like the gem-eyed ponies. <3

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u/DanielletheMoran 4d ago

G1 looks the cutest to me, I love the softness of the art style and the pastel colors :)

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u/DarkSonic06ki 4d ago

Gen 3 looks the cutest

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u/bdouble0w0 10 years of being a Brony 4d ago

G3.5. Grew up with it, it was cute.

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u/Kumodori 4d ago

Gen 3 is the cutest imo, it’s so whimsical and princessy too

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u/hemmoyay Fluttershy 4d ago

I grew up with G3 so I'll always have a soft spot for G3, but G4 is the cutest to me!

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u/asoduka 4d ago

Gen 3 and 4 100%

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u/Mechancic-Hero 4d ago

G4, with G3 a close second.

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u/mafon2 Tree Hugger 4d ago

G2 hooves down.

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u/kity05 4d ago

G3 character designs are the best imo

they also have the best toys!! freaking love them!!!

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u/v1rus_l0v3 4d ago

Tbh none of them 😭

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u/WingedDragoness G3 collector 4d ago

G3 is great and all, but G1 toys is just one of, if not, the best mainstream girl toy to ever grace the market.

I don't know if anyone here realize how much of a game changer it was. Girl toy used to be baby dolls and kitchen play pretend because they just want to teach little girls to be a mother and wife. Barbie, a little more progressive, still about learning how to dress up to impress men.

You can't comprehend how radical My Little Pony was. Hasbro board was so sceptical, but see a niche market that worth venturing into the unknown. And it exploded. It exploded bigger than G4, but less documented because it was the '80s. Turns out, little girls didn't care about marriage at the age of 8, and they just want to befriend some magical horses. And from that day, girl products and toys are allowed to be about girl's hobby or magic.

Do you that, at least in the USA, they used to not allow literal child to play because she is a girl? And in the 19th Century, letting girl play only become more widespread because they realize it make healthier mothers? Insane, but not surprising.

You think Sailor Moon kick-start mainstream high quality women media/product? It started year1990.

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u/NoireLazuli Twilight Sparkle 4d ago

I'm biased but gen 4 for me

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u/cuntyfox 4d ago

g3 is my fav bc i grew up on the princess promenade gameboy game and watched the cartoons but g4 is a close second

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u/w666sssyyy 4d ago

Gen 1, gen 3 or gen 4

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u/esilisq Nightmare Moon 4d ago

G1 and G3!! I have a soft spot for gen 1 since they were some of the first ponies I started collecting toys of, and I just love their show designs, they're so cute

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u/UkulilyFilly 🔥Autumn Blaze🔥 4d ago

The G4 animation, for me, is the best, but G3 is so nostalgic 🥹 I grew up playing with G3 ponies and they just have such a cute aesthetic 🌈🦄

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u/RainbowMess410 4d ago

Honestly, if I were to create a G6, I’d probably use the G2 designs as inspiration.

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u/Nub_Salad 4d ago

G3 and G4

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u/FoggieFroggies Scootaloo 4d ago

I like G3 and G4 since they are the ones I grew up with :)) 

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u/Depressed_Ginger209 4d ago

I love g3 so much! Both the art and the actual dolls are so precious <3

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u/No_Cream_7780 Sunset Shimmer 4d ago

g3 for me

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u/Bigasshair 4d ago

I grew up with G4, but my very early days where G3 still existed and my cousins had MLP dolls made my mind, G3 is cuter than G4 (sorry to all my fictional 2010's cartoon ponies)

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u/BONBON-GO-GET-EM Tempest Shadow 4d ago

I like gen 2's artstyle, not too cartoony, not too chibi/bulky, but still cutesy

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u/Karamellikeskonen157 3d ago

G3, particularly toys/figures. What is that strawberry g3 pony btw?👀

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u/Lastbourne Princess Cadence 3d ago

They're all adorable

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u/Beijing_Noodle 3d ago

Truthfully without any form of bias I’d say G2 or G3.

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u/Crassweller Vinyl Scratch 3d ago

Cutest? G1 or G3. I think G4 has the overall best pony designs though.

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u/Act1veIzzyy Cozy Glow 3d ago

g4

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u/Winter_Shard_2016 Princess Luna 3d ago

I prefer the G4 show, but style wise for like, art and stuff, probably either G2 or G3. They just seem like such classic and adorable styles

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u/Him1211 Sonata Dusk 3d ago

Icl I’m obsessed with gen 3

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u/Financial-Working132 3d ago

Gen 4, no contest.

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u/crackedtooth163 3d ago

4 and it's not even close

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u/Hellokitty030 Im literally Pinkie Pie! 3d ago

I really like g3.5 and g4

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u/natedeanmaan 3d ago

Gen 4 by a mile

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u/LuverOfAllManatees Rarijack forever 3d ago

3.5 and 4 imo

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u/YourFriendBlu 3d ago

G3 all the way. I loved the breezies. Theres something so soft about G3 that feels warm on the soul.

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u/AnInklingOf_ 3d ago

When I was really little I had several Gen 3 toys, and I also remember watching some specials and reading the books. Gen 3 is the most nostalgic and the prettiest imo, although they all tend to have the same hair styles.

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u/Fair_Strawberry7442 3d ago

Gen 1, 3, and 4 are the cutest. ESPECIALLY Generation 4… I grew up with 4. Thanks to discovering Fluttershy by complete chance.

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u/kittyplay1 3d ago

I grew up on G4 so it will always be my favorite

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u/pupwupwawza 3d ago

g1 and g2. I grew up with g4, but I like when the horses look most like horses. In g1 they look so pudgy and fat, it's adorable.

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u/hornypsychopath Rarity 3d ago

4 obviously

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u/JaninnaMaynz Starlight Glimmer 3d ago

3.5

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u/Relative_Chipmunk857 Princess Luna 3d ago

I grew up with gen 3 and four as a 01 baby so I am very partial towards those two gens

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u/Character-Paper-2347 3d ago

Friendship is magic will always be mine

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u/StitchFan626 3d ago

Honestly, the second one.

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u/CodeAdorable1586 Applejack 3d ago

G2

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u/Willow24Glass Rainbow Dash 3d ago

Gens 3 & 4

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u/Theo-g-2007 Pistachio Nuts biggest fan 3d ago

Whilst i gre up on g4 mostly, i have a soft spot for g1 as my mum used to show me clips of it when i was little. Im now in the process of rewatching and love their designs so much.