Ponies

The My Little Pony brand describes its characters as ponies. The brand's toys, as the name suggests, usually consist of small colorful plastic ponies. The characters on the various My Little Pony television shows and movies are depicted with varying degrees of fantasy elements, like the ability to speak, fly, use magic, or walk on two legs.

My Little Pony Friendship is Magic divides the ponies into three "kinds": earth ponies, pegasus ponies who are called "pegasi" occasionally, and unicorn ponies who are exclusively called unicorns. The two princesses, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, are referred to as unicorns despite having both a unicorn horn and wings.

The ponies in the show do not refer to themselves as horses, but some such as Trixie have referred to themselves as "equine".

Much of ponies' speech patterns reflect the substitution of their physical attributes in place of human ones we are accustomed to using, such as saying "hooves" in place of hands, or "mane" in place of hair. This is demonstrated in catch phrases such as "it's out of my -" or "get out of my -".