Talk:My Little Pony Friendship is Magic/@comment-5861883-20140202053143/@comment-26973802-20140203041610

1.) Hasbro didn't initially intend it to be anything like G1, they wanted it to be more like G3 which is why they rejected some of Lauren Faust's earlier ideas. Of course by the time of Season 2 things were different but DHX was already there.

3.) Because it's an all-audiences show, atleast on par with Disney movies. As far as pop culture references go, if you want a more mature show with those, there's Family Guy. Why didn't Hasbro make it PG13 from the start? Again, they weren't the ones who intended it the way it turned out, and by the time the majority of the fanbase was there, they probably didn't want to go too far incase there really were some kids watching the show.