Talk:Rainbow Dash/@comment-25620871-20141222030825/@comment-10390252-20141222144219

If I recall correctly, the Mane Six were originally going to be Twilight Sprinkle (unicorn), Firefly (pegasus), Heartthrob (earth), Applejack (earth), Posy (unicorn) and Surprise (pegasus), all characters from G1. However, there were copyright issues. Specifically, Hasbro hadn't maintained the copyrights on the characters, making them difficult to use again. So, Lauren and the DHX production team modified the characters to be new OCs, which we now know as the G4 Mane Six.


 * Twilight Sprinkle -> Twilight Sparkle


 * Firefly -> Rainbow Dash


 * Heartthrob -> Rarity


 * Applejack -> New Applejack (more athletic, different cutie mark and hat)


 * Posy -> Fluttershy


 * Surprise -> Pi8nkie Pie