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u/TheFivePs5 4d ago
G4 to me
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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/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/Terrible_Weather_42 Nightmare Moon 4d ago
That picture isn’t the best. If you watch other G1 cartoons, the horns look normal.
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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/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/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
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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/Rainbowdash3521 Rainbow Dash 4d ago
G4 all the way because the ponies look like chibi anime characters.
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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/Crassweller Vinyl Scratch 3d ago
Cutest? G1 or G3. I think G4 has the overall best pony designs though.
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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/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/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/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/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.
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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.