How did you become a fan of this show?

I was watching it with my 4 year old cousin one day. I think I love it more than she does. xD

My story is a bit strange... My husband has an online friend who is completely obsessed (the friend is a 36 year old man) and he convinced my husband to watch it. My husband convinced his three brothers to watch it and they all love it. Finally he tried to convince me and I was really reluctant because I remember the show from the 80's and I just wasn't sure what to think. Well, I finally decided to check it out and it took me a few episodes to get into it. After about five episodes I was hooked and now I collect the figurines and don't miss a single episode :D

I wanted to see what all the fuss regarding the internet meme was about. I kept seeing this show coming up on Memebase. So I was like, eh, I'll watch the first couple of episodes on the Hub. It's an easy show to get addicted to.

Aaaand that's how Equestria was made!

I saw people with the my little pony icons so I just typed it in on youtube because I don't recieve the channel that this is on and I ended up loving it.

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It's a website where you post questions and such anonymously, and people anonymously answer. Someone posted the episode "Dragonshy" on there, and I thought, "What the heck, I'll try it." I actually felt nauseated during the theme song. TOO GIRLY. But by the end of the episode I fell in love with the show. Now I sing the songs all the time, re-watch episodes, and I plan on buying the toys. I'm a complete tomboy, but somehow this show really appeals to me. By the way, you all should check out TwoCansandString. There be some cool people there.

A creator on Flipnote Hatena's DSi app, DuskClaw introduced it to all her fans. I went to my friend's house we watched four episodes there!

Well, I've always been obsessed with animals, bright colors, toys, and animation, and I was a casual fan of the old My Little Ponies. (Never actually had any, because I just didn't see them very often...) Last October, I was checking out the website for the Hub, because it was replacing Discovery Kids--and I wanted to find out what sort of network was going to be responsible for depriving me of "The Future is Wild." As I explored the site, the channel actually seemed extremely promising to me. I read about the new versions of Strawberry Shortcake and Pound Puppies and MLP. I was intrigued by the character descriptions and designs, so I watched the first two-parter episode right there on the Hub site.

Well, one viewing was all it took to get me hooked. From there on, I made sure to check on YouTube for the future episodes as they were posted. Eventually, I discovered the television schedule, and started to watch them on TV. I observed the numbers of fellow pony followers escalate over the months, from just a few handfuls of others, to the current thousands and thousands of Bronies who exist! (For the record, I also became a big fan of the other 80s cartoon remakes on the Hub--which I now regard as one of THE best networks on television. I adore more of its shows than can be reasonably mentioned here. But they do appear to grasp that MLP is their best and most exciting new asset! ;)

It truly is a phenomenon unlike anything I've ever seen, and I never could have imagined that such a beautiful thing would develop and unite people...not because the show doesn't deserve its popularity (it DOES, in spades), but because the largely adult male fanbase watching a "little girl's cartoon show" is turning stereotypes and convention on their heads. Thank goodness for them. I'm a 24-year-old girl, and it satisfies me like no other to see so many happy, devoted, genuinely obsessed people of both sexes and all ages delighting in what really is a great, *great* show, with engaging and lovable characters, stories, animation, music, etc. I love that we can all just appreciate it for that.

im a big fan of ponies and horses since i was like... 1 years old. i discover this show from Deviantart. and when i saw the episodes, i was like "OH MAI GAWD !!!! THIS SHOW IS SO EPIC XD !!!!"

i was bored one day and i was just flipping through the channels then i saw MLP and since there was nothin on i watched it and now i love it i think that was when it first premiered to

I used to like My Little Ponies and stuff as a kid, but I wasn't really a fan of the show until I saw everyone on Fanpop obsessing over it. So I decided to watch an episode and see if I like it or not and it turned out I did. So here I am :D

Funny story. I was watching "strawberry shortcake" b/c there was nothing else on.Then MLP came on, the first episode, and I was all. " Oh great, another kiddie pony show...uh...wait...wait a minute..." And 5 seconds in I was like 'this is..pretty good...really good." Later on I found it online and got hooked. The rest is history.

I forget. Either I happened to stumble upon it on Youtube or Memebase kept sending subliminal messages to my brain to watch ponies.

Lol, I just remembered that a year or so ago, I was looking at the My Little Ponies in the store, and I saw the new version and was like, "Whaaat? They look weird now."

My friend Hunter (12) is obsessed with Pinkie Pie and MLPFIM so he told me all about it. I thought it would be boring but then I saw my very first episode of the show {Suited for Dress Success} and it was awesome! :D I loved Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.

I got hooked like every other brony and pegasister. Except:

I was on the minecraft forums and saw a thread.
Decided I wanted to see what all the fuss was about XD
Clicked the link to the first episode
Fell in love after episode 2 XD

I was on the /co/ forum on 4chan. There was a My Little Pony thread and I was like:

"Are these supposedly above the age of 17 year olds honestly discussing a little girls show? They MUST be trying to be funny or kidding around."

I realized the pictures of the ponies were drawn all cutsey with anime eyes so I assumed it was not the old one but a new version. I did some "research" and discovered it's be the same creator as powerpuff girls and Foster's home for imaginary friends. So I sat down one episode and automatically became a brony.

I was already familiar with the older versions of MLP, and I thought they were cute and all that. I believe I first saw the new ponies on the Hubworld site when I helped my little sister go there so she could play the games. And at first I was like "What the heck did they do to My Little Pony??" XP They had lost their pretty and realistic look... But they were stil cute. X) Later on, I noticed that a lot of people on Chicken Smoothie were really into the show. And I also saw the "yay" clip that one of my Facebook friends put up. I finally started watching episodes on YouTube to see what all the hype was about. Well, I was a shoe-in to like this show anyway, since I like kid shows and girly stuff. But I had no idea it would be this good! >u<

My epic friend, PhoenixRoyale, kept asking me to watch it.
So, I went on youtube, (Even though I'm not allowed.. xD) and typed it in.
Thirty seconds later, I was truly addicted.

I watch Lauren Faust on DeviantART and she started posting drawings of the G1 ponies. She said there was a reason for these pictures, but wouldn't reveal it at the time. That started a rumour that she was going to make a My Little Pony cartoon.

I've been inactive on DeviantART for a few years now though (I think those drawings appeared in about 2009), and as time passed I forgot about them. Then, a few months back, on this website, I saw a few people on other spots with icons featuring the FiM characters. I immediately recognized Faust's visual style and realized, "ah, so those rumours were true!"

I looked up the show on Wikipedia, and thought it seemed promising, plus I was amazed at the idea of so many adults - particularly men - loving the show. I checked out the first episode very late one evening on YouTube, woke up the next morning with the theme song on my mind, and watched a few more episodes!

By then I was pretty much hooked. So I guess that's that. XD

Well,I went to my cousins "rainbowdashcool" and i liked some of lauren fausts shows when i was little.Also i liked to watch mlp long storyXD.My cousin said to watch this show and i was really addicted to it:D

I was just browsing the net 1 night looking for an anime to watch and somehow i came across "My little Pony" I decided to watch the first episode, my first thought "Oh it's another stupid American cartoon for kids to waste their time on" before i clicked back i noticed the beginning had quite the interesting plot to it, so i decided to watch the episode i thought "I'll just watch the 1 episode see why kids love this crap so much" yeah...at the end of the episode i actually wanted to see what happens so after a minute of thinking i decided to watch the second episode. After the 2nd episode i wanted to watch the 3rd, then the 4th, then the 5th and before i knew it i was hooked, i actually really, really enjoyed it, for the first time in 12 years i was watching a cartoon that made me laugh, the art was fantastic, the voice acting was fantastic and oh how i enjoyed it, i was excited when i learned of a 2nd season, i was counting down the days for season 2, i can't wait for the next episode. BTW I'm 20 years old, and a dude and proud to say i like My Little Pony

I typed in Google ''Ponies'' and I saw a picture of the mane six :) I read the description it said ''My little pony'' I type in Google ''My little pony new version'' And then I read Friendship is Magic.I typed in Youtube,''My Little Pony Friendship is Magic'' I saw the third episode.I became a pegasister/bronette

Mine I started last year

i had a show called cartoon network in it i watch my little pony and liked it

I always was a My Little Pony fan before Friendship is Magic, so when I heard that a new generation is coming out I was so excited to watch it! :D

(Is anyone reading this anymore) Anyways I started watching it to see what the fuss was about all over the Internet, I saw funny pictures involving the characters (like the one below), and because I never disliked the bronies/pegasisters in the first place.

My friend told me about the show and one day, I watched ALL of the MLP episodes and they were epic!