Talk:Rainbow Dash/@comment-81.183.37.146-20130322205354/@comment-2170890-20130324232025

@FlameStar: You're alright, you were just going along with what other people were saying. In answer to what you said earlier, I think Venus was the one who voiced the G3 Rainbow Dash. Tabitha was in the G3 cast, but the pony she voiced didn't make it past G3 (shame, she stole the spotlight in most episodes).

As PowerStar said, it probably was based on "Dashing" as in looks  It's ironic how the fact that Lauren was forced to use the G3 ponies, with the G1 personas caused the ponies to have names that fitted their personalities better; Rainbow Dash loved being fast, Rarity was interested in gems, Fluttershy was shy (though her G3 self was a shutterfly, hence the pun). Applejack and Pinkie Pie's names make perfect sense in both incarnations. Ulitmately it doesn't matter if the name makes sense or not, and I adore both versions, and as someone else said it's best to just view them as two ponies with the same name. Just like how humans will often share a name.

I just get annoyed when people say that G3 Rainbow Dash and G4 Rarity have the same personality, just because they both have an interest in fashion. Using that logic, all bronies have the exact same personality because they all like ponies. "Oh, they both like fashion - they must be the same character!".