Talk:Derpy/Gallery/Season 1/@comment-202.156.11.10-20120429004748/@comment-69.153.121.218-20120501040000

The reason Hasbro changed Derpy's voice is because after "The Last Roundup" aired, certain people sent in emails to Hasbro and complained about Derpy's voice and her design being a supposed offensive stereotype of mentally disabled people. The episode was pulled from iTunes until Hasbro discussed what to do. Eventually Hasbro re-aired the episode, changed the name back to Ditzy Doo (which was apparently the name they were originally going to give her before the fans came up with the name "Derpy Hooves," ) and gave her a ditzier more girly voice to try and avoid complaints. They satisfied the small minority of fans who were complaining but aroused the OTHER fans by changing Derpy.

The thing is that there's ALWAYS going to be complaints and now there are even MORE complaints going on. Furthermore, there are OTHER characters in the show that could be considered stereotypes and get MUCH more screen time than Derpy and that could have been complained about but weren't. If "Derpy" had stayed as she had INTENDED to be (the "Where's Waldo" character of the day, in other words the challenging character for the kids to look for,) then there wouldn't have been a problem in the first place. The creators even SAID that was what she was meant for since she's a background pony. Hasbro just needs to hold their own and keep characters as is from now on. :/