Talk:Derpy/@comment-25559529-20141115174123/@comment-1961216-20141214025909

No. Bronies were abundant before the first season AIRED its fifteenth episode.

Nothing in the first season is a nod to bronies because - as anyone who knew anything about animation would know - the first season was completed months before the first episode ever aired, and thus months before bronies existed. Season 2 would have been completed well in advance as well and thus resistant to that kind of influence.

I only notice brony bullshit corrupting this show starting in season 3, and that's only because I look for things to complain about. It's possible nothing in the show is an overt nod to the fandom.