Derpy Hooves

{{Short description|Fictional background character from My Little Pony}} {{Use American English|date=November 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox character | franchise = ''My Little Pony'' | name = Derpy Hooves | image = DerpyHooves.png | caption = Derpy Hooves as she appears in "Rainbow Falls" | first = "Friendship Is Magic – Part 1" (2010) | last_minor = | last_date = | creator = Lauren Faust | based_on = Background pony from the ''My Little Pony'' toyline's fourth incarnation | adapted_by =  | designer = | portrayer = | voice = {{plainlist| Tabitha St. Germain}} | motion_actor = | extra-hdr = | lbl1 = | data1 = | lbl2 = | data2 = | lbl3 = | data3 = | lbl4 = | data4 = | lbl5 = | data5 = | full_name = | nicknames = | alias = | species = Pegasus | title = | occupation = {{plainlist| * Mail carrier}} | affiliation = Ponyville Postal Service, Ponyville Weather Team | fighting_style = | family = {{plainlist| * Dinky Do (presumed daughter in fan works)}} | relatives = | spouse = | significant_other = }} {{My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic sidebar}}

'''Derpy Hooves''' (officially called '''Muffins''';<ref name="Edwards-2019">{{cite book |last1=Edwards |first1=Patrick |last2=Chadborn |first2=Daniel P. |last3=Plante |first3=Courtney N. |last4=Reysen |first4=Stephen |last5=Redden |first5=Marsha Howze |title=Meet the Bronies: The Psychology of the Adult My Little Pony Fandom |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |location=United States |isbn=9781476663715 |pages=291 |date=September 11, 2019}}</ref> also known as '''Bubbles''' and '''Ditzy Doo'''<ref name="Johnson-2013">{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Derek |editor1-last=Gray |editor1-first=Jonathan |editor2-last=Johnson |editor2-first=Derek |title=A Companion to Media Authorship |chapter=Participation is Magic: Collaboration, Authorial Legitimacy, and the Audience Function |date=2013-03-15 |publisher= |doi=10.1002/9781118505526.ch7 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118505526.ch7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://viewthevibe.com/stranger-than-diction-the-origin-of-derp/|title=Stranger than Diction: The origin of "derp"|first=Sarah|last=Botelho|website=View the Vibe|date=2015-06-15|access-date=2025-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Veale |first=Kevin |title=Capital, dialogue, and community engagement—My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic understood as an alternate reality game |journal=Transformative Works and Cultures |volume=14 |year=2013 |doi=10.3983/twc.2013.0510 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Costa-2018">{{cite conference |last1=Costa |first1=Sara Cristina |last2=Teixeira |first2=Pedro Mota |last3=Pinto |first3=Ana Lúcia |title=Gosma: a project with a transmedia approach |book-title=6th International Conference on Illustration and Animation |publisher=Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave |location=Barcelos, Portugal |date=July 2018 |isbn=978-989-99861-6-9}}</ref>) is a fictional character who appears in the fourth incarnation of Hasbro's ''My Little Pony'' toyline and media franchise, beginning with ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' (2010–2019). She is voiced by Tabitha St. Germain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/My-Little-Pony-Friendship-is-Magic/Muffins-Derpy-Hooves/ |title=Muffins / Derpy Hooves Voice |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=2025-04-05}}</ref>

Derpy Hooves is depicted as a clumsy but well-meaning anthropomorphic pegasus with crossed eyes who works as Ponyville's mail carrier and occasionally assists the weather team. Unlike the main characters, Derpy began as a background character whose distinctive cross-eyed appearance was initially an animation error in the series premiere of ''Friendship Is Magic'' that fans on 4chan's comics and cartoons board, /co/, noticed and embraced. She was dubbed "Derpy Hooves" and become a favorite of fans, who collectively developed her personality and backstory through works of fan fiction. She has been called the mascot of the brony fandom, and her appearance in easter eggs was understood to be a nod to the show's adult fandom.

The character gained official show recognition when she received her first speaking role in "The Last Roundup", where Rainbow Dash addresses her as Derpy. However, this decision proved controversial as critics claimed that her portrayal perpetuated ableist stereotypes due to her name, voice, and mannerisms—a controversy colloquially called "Derpygate" by the brony fandom. In response to the backlash, Hasbro modified the episode by changing her voice, straightening her eyes, and removing her name from the dialogue. This decision itself generated further controversy within the brony fandom.

Despite the controversy, Derpy continued to appear throughout the series and received official merchandise recognition. Her evolution from background character to fan favorite has been critically analyzed by academics as a symbol of the brony fandom's influence on the show itself, and is cited as a rare example of a work's participatory culture affecting the work itself, as well as a symbol of social acceptance among male fans of the show who may feel marginalized by mainstream masculine culture.

==Appearances== ===Fourth ''My Little Pony'' incarnation (2010–2021)=== ====''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''==== {{Main|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 1{{!}}Friendship Is Magic season 1|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 2{{!}}Season 2|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 3{{!}}Season 3|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 4{{!}}Season 4|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 5{{!}}Season 5|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 6{{!}}Season 6|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 7{{!}}Season 7|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 8{{!}}Season 8|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 9{{!}}Season 9}} [[File:Muffin by mio94 d68y0mm.svg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|Derpy Hooves is commonly associated with muffins.]] Derpy Hooves first appears in the series premiere as a background pegasus pony with her eyes accidentally rendered cross-eyed due to an animation error. Fans quickly noticed this distinctive trait and began calling the character "Derpy Hooves," a name that was eventually adopted by the show's creators.

In the first season, Derpy appears primarily as a background character in crowd scenes and brief cameos. Her association with muffins is established early in "Applebuck Season", where she is seen excitedly mouthing "Muffins!" During "Winter Wrap Up", she is mentioned by name as "Ditzy Doo"—described as a "featherbrained" pegasus who had flown in the wrong direction while trying to fetch migrating birds back to Ponyville. Her first intentionally animated crossed-eye appearance is in "Feeling Pinkie Keen", where she accidentally drops objects on Twilight Sparkle in a slapstick sequence.<ref name="connelly"/>

For the second season, Derpy gains scripted-character status rather than an arbitrary background pony, and becomes a ''Where's Waldo''-type easter egg for fans. She receives her first speaking role in "The Last Roundup", where Rainbow Dash addresses her by name. The scene shows her characteristic clumsiness as she causes damage to Ponyville's town hall while bouncing on a storm cloud (from which her catchphrase "I just don't know what went wrong!" spawned) This episode was later altered to remove Rainbow Dash saying her name and modified her voice following controversy over the character's portrayal.<ref name="dailydot"/><ref name="connelly"/>

In later seasons, Derpy's appearances becomes more sporadic. She has her second major speaking role in the series' 100th episode, "Slice of Life", where she shares scenes with Dr. Whooves and accidentally messes up wedding invitations. The credits officially name her as "Muffins" in this episode.

====''My Little Pony: The Movie''==== {{Main|My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film)}} Derpy Hooves makes a minor appearance during the Storm King's invasion of Canterlot. When Tempest Shadow attempts to turn Twilight Sparkle into an obsidian statue, Derpy accidentally gets caught in the crossfire and is turned to stone instead of Twilight, inadvertently saving her. After the defeat of the Storm King at the film's conclusion, Derpy is restored to normal along with the other petrified ponies when the princesses' magic is released from the Storm King's staff.

==Equestria Girls alternate version== Derpy's human world counterpart appears as a recurring student at Canterlot High School. Her most notable appearances include during the credits of the first film, ''My Little Pony Equestria Girls'', in which she dances with a muffin, and a brief speaking role in the film ''My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree'', in which she is named in the credits as Muffins.

== History == === 2010–2011: Origin and early fan development === [[File:Derpy_derping.png|thumb|upright=0.8|right|Derpy's first appearance in the show's series premiere]] Derpy Hooves originated as an unnamed gray pegasus in the series premiere of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' in 2010, where a background pegasus pony was accidentally rendered with crossed eyes (strabismus). This distinctive trait was first noticed by fans on 4chan's comics and cartoons board (also known as /co/) on October 25, 2010, when a user named Dr. Foreigner directed others to "Go to 17:18 into the first episode and look at the ponies in the background." In the same thread, Dr. Foreigner declared: "And so the legend of Derpy Hooves was born," cementing the character's fan-given name.<ref name="connelly"/><ref name="Maier-2019"/> In a March 2011 post on Ponychan, supervising director Jayson Thiessen explained that the eyes had been misaligned by "some cheeky animator," and Thiessen kept it in both because he found it funny and because Hasbro did not notice it.<ref name="connelly"/>

[[File:Drforeignerderpyhooves.jpg|thumb|right|The original post on 4chan's /co/ by user Dr. Foreigner that coined the name "Derpy Hooves"]] Following the episode, fans collectively developed the character's identity and backstory through participatory culture.<ref name="Johnson-2013"/><ref name="Maier-2019"/> As the character grew in popularity and became an Internet celebrity and Internet meme, the brony fandom collectively fleshed out her personality and characteristics.<ref name="dailydot">{{cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/society/my-little-pony-derpy-hooves-apology/|title=Writer's apology restores peace to brony realm|first=Lauren Rae|last=Orsini|website=The Daily Dot|date=2012-03-01|access-date=2025-06-03}}</ref> The character's association with muffins originated from her appearance in "Applebuck Season", where she and an aquamarine-colored pony both mouth the word "Muffin!" in excitement.<ref name="connelly"/> Her characterization as a mail carrier was established through early fan fiction. ''My Little Time Lord'' by Victorian R. Hellsly, published on FanFiction.net on January 30, 2011, was one of the earliest fan-made stories to pair her with another background character dubbed "Dr. Whooves" (a character the fandom collectively decided was a ponification of the Tenth Doctor<ref name="Costa-2018"/>).<ref name="connelly"/>

Derpy's misaligned eyes returned in the episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen", which was broadcast on February 11, 2011. In the episode, Derpy interacted with the plot for the first time by dropping increasingly heavy objects on Twilight's head in a slapstick sequence.<ref name="connelly"/><ref name="awn"/> Thiessen confirmed that her crossed eyes in this episode were a direct result of the fan reaction to the original background gag. As part of a charity auction for Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief in March 2011, series creator Lauren Faust offered an original drawing of the character, noting it was "the first time I've ever drawn this character." The illustration sold for $2,151 on eBay.<ref name="connelly"/> [[File:Lauren Faust's sketch of Derpy Hooves.png|thumb|Faust's sketch of Derpy, sold and auctioned off on eBay for the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami relief efforts.]]

=== 2012: "The Last Roundup" controversy ("Derpygate") === [[File:Derpy Hooves Flying S2E14.png|thumb|upright=1.2|right|In her first speaking role, a clumsy Derpy Hooves knocks into a pillar of the Ponyville town hall, to Rainbow Dash's dismay. Some critics described this portrayal of Derpy in "The Last Roundup" as ableist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2014/07/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/|title=Throwing Popcorn: My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic|first=Jamie|last=Kingston|date=2014-07-07|access-date=2025-07-05|website=WomenWriteAboutComics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921170439/https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2014/07/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/|archive-date=2021-09-21|url-status=live}}</ref>]] The character received her first speaking role in "The Last Roundup", which aired on January 21, 2012. Writer Amy Keating Rogers changed the character's intended name, Ditzy, to Derpy as a gesture of appreciation towards the show's adult fanbase. At the time, Rogers was unaware of any negative connotation of the word ''derpy''.<ref name="connelly"/>

The episode's broadcast elicited immediate celebration among fans; an ''Equestria Daily'' post titled "DERPY DERPY DERPY DERPY DERPY DERPY" received 1,428 comments by midnight.<ref>{{cite web |last=Velocity |first=Cereal |date=2012-01-21 |title=DERPY DERPY DERPY DERPY DERPY DERPY |url=https://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/01/oh.html |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Equestria Daily}}</ref> However, criticism soon emerged regarding the character's portrayal. Jenna Pitman initiated a petition on Change.org titled "Make Amends for Hurtful Ableist Stereotype in My Little Pony"; she described the episode as promoting "a very hurtful, pro-bullying message" and compared the character's voice to "that slow, loopy and lispy drawl we have all heard others use as an insult". The petition garnered 136 signatures. In response, several petitions in support of Derpy, with Andrew Holt's "Hasbro Studios/The Hub: Do not change Derpy's name" ultimately garnering 44,395 signatures. Rogers received approximately 200 positive messages thanking her for the episode and 10 negative messages calling her an ableist. Nevertheless, upon researching the word ''derpy'' further, Rogers discovered it could also mean ''retarded'', which distressed her as the mother of a disabled child and a disability rights advocate.<ref name="connelly"/>

Hasbro and The Hub considered four options: to take no action, to remove Rainbow Dash saying "Derpy" but retain Derpy's voice, to remove the name and modify the voice, or to change the name in a future episode. The episode was removed from iTunes on January 30, 2012. On February 24, 2012, a modified version was released with the character's voice re-recorded in a higher pitch, her eyes straightened, and Rainbow Dash no longer addressing her by name. The ''Equestria Daily'' post about these changes received 2,254 comments.<ref name="connelly"/>

According to Sherilyn Connelly, the author of ''Ponyville Confidential'', <blockquote>"If only one out of every four people who identified as a Brony decided to take the three minutes out of their day to sign Holt's petition during the several weeks it was open, that would mean there were approximately 117,580 Bronies in early 2012. If only one out of ten girls under the age of 10 in the United States liked ''My Little Pony'' enough to convince their parents to shell out $5 at Walgreens for a doll, that would still be 1,982,600 little girls. In that respect, the original inclusion of Derpy in the episode can be viewed as "pandering to the minority," as Mystic put it, since the Bronies who were upset by no means constituted a majority of ''My Little Pony'' fans in 2012; at best they were, to use Shine's description of the opposition, a very loud minority."<ref name="connelly"/></blockquote>

The controversy was a major source of backlash within the brony fandom, and the incident was subsequently dubbed "Derpygate".<ref name="Blue-S2">{{cite book |last=Blue |first=Jen A. |title=My Little Po-Mo: Unauthorized Critical Essays on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season Two|pages=122|date=2014-10-25 |chapter=The Elephant-Hued Pony in the Room|publisher=Eohippus Labs}}</ref> Community artist Yamino, who had expressed criticism of the character's portrayal, received death threats for her negative opinion of the character.<ref name="connelly"/>

=== 2012–present: Later official appearances and recognition === Despite the controversy, Hasbro selected Derpy as the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition Pony—making her the first Generation 4 character to receive this honor—and the ''My Little Pony'' Fair in 2012.<ref name="connelly"/><ref name="derpy sdcc2012">{{cite journal | url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2012/05/exclusive-preview-the-2012-special-edition-my-little-pony/1 | title = Exclusive: Preview the 2012 Special Edition My Little Pony | first = Whitney | last = Matheson | date = 2012-05-30 | access-date = 2012-05-30 | journal = USA Today }}</ref> The toy was packaged without a name but featured muffin illustrations. In official merchandise and credits, the character has been consistently referred to as "Muffins" rather than "Derpy," including in Build-a-Bear products and other licensed items. <ref name="connelly"/>

The character continued to appear in background roles throughout subsequent season. Supervising director Jim Miller noted that the production team "avoided hiding that certain pony in any episodes before her return" to "Rainbow Falls" to maintain surprise. Her most significant later appearance came in "Slice of Life," the series' 100th episode. According to writer M.A. Larson, the episode originally planned to focus on Twilight Sparkle, but was reconceived to celebrate the background characters and the fan community.<ref name="connelly"/>

In 2012, WeLoveFine released a Ditzy Doo hoodie emblazoned with her crossed eyes.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/12/05/gift-of-the-day-my-little-pony-mens-ditzy-doo-face-hoodie/|title=Gift of the Day: 'My Little Pony' men's Ditzy Doo face hoodie|first=Bronwyn|last=Barnes|date=2012-12-05|access-date=2025-07-05|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> In 2013, Hot Topic released a Derpy Hooves mini messenger bag.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geekalerts.com/my-little-pony-muffins-mini-messenger-bag/|title=My Little Pony Muffins Mini Messenger Bag|first=Patra|last=Beaulieu|website=GeekAlerts|date=2013-04-05|access-date=2025-06-03}}</ref>

== Reception == [[File:Derpy cosplay.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|A cosplayer in Derpy Hooves costume]] Within the brony fandom, Derpy Hooves has become one of the most beloved and celebrated background characters of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Axeling |first=Malin |title=Friendship is Magic: My Little Pony och de män som tittar på den |institution=Uppsala University |department=Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier |year=2013 |url= |accessdate= |id=2013vt00567 |location=Uppsala, Sweden}}</ref> Fan works featuring Derpy expanded well beyond simple discussions, inspiring fan fiction and fan art. Retailers like Hot Topic sold Derpy-themed clothing and companies like Funko produced collectible figurines featuring the cross-eyed pegasus.<ref name="Maier-2019">{{cite journal|last=Maier|first=Kodi|title=Kids at heart?: Exploring the material cultures of adult fans of all-ages animated shows|journal=Journal of Popular Television|volume=7|issue=2|year=2019|pages=235–254|doi=10.1386/jptv.7.2.235_1}}</ref>

In a February 2021 article, ''Lifehacker'' writer Meghan Walbert wrote that children were using ''derpy'' as slang meaning "silly," "goofy," or "stupid," and raised concerns about the term's potentially offensive connotations. Walbert reiterated ''The Daily Mail'' in that the word ''derp'' was "an explicit word used to mock the disabled" and characterized it as "this generation's equivalent of 'retarded.'" Walbert wrote that while children may not intend to be ableist when using the term, parents should discuss why it could be offensive to people with disabilities.<ref>{{cite web |last=Walbert |first=Meghan Moravcik |date=2021-02-08 |title=Teach Your Kids Not to Call People 'Derpy' |url=https://lifehacker.com/teach-your-kids-not-to-call-people-derpy-1846207901 |website=Lifehacker |access-date= 2025-06-03}}</ref>

Cailyn Szelinski, writing in ''Screen Rant'', ranked Derpy Hooves as the character with the fourth cutest name in ''Friendship Is Magic''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/mlp-cutest-pony-names/|first=Cailyn|last=Szelinski|title=The 10 Cutest My Little Pony Names Of All Time|website=Screen Rant|date=2023-05-26|access-date=2025-06-03}}</ref>

== Analysis == The brony fandom has been recognized for effectively bringing Derpy Hooves to life through collective creativity<ref>{{cite book |last=Strike |first=Joe |title=Furry Planet: A World Gone Wild |publisher=Apollo Publishers |date=August 29, 2023 |isbn=978-1-954641-11-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=de Bruin|first=Tom|title=Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings: Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha and Canon|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2024|isbn=9780567706669}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Morris|first=Jill Anne|title=The Internet as a Game|publisher=Parlor Press, LLC|year=2018|isbn=9781643170275|pages=197}}</ref><ref name="connelly">{{harvp|Connelly|2017|p=125-144}}</ref><ref name="Maier-2019"/> as an example of participatory culture.<ref name="Krause-Milliken-2021">{{cite thesis|last=Krause-Milliken|first=Nathalie|title=The influence of fandoms on video game and animated series content|year=2021|publisher=Ryerson University}}</ref><ref name="Meyers-2014">{{cite thesis|last=Meyers|first=Rachel Elizabeth|title=In Search of an Author: From Participatory Culture to Participatory Authorship|year=2014|publisher=Brigham Young University|location=Provo, Utah|pages=35–36}}</ref> The creators of the show have since recognized Derpy as the fandom's mascot and included her in easter eggs throughout the show.<ref name="awn">{{cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/blogs/miscweant/ponies-and-bronies|title=Of Ponies and Bronies|last=Strike|first=Joe|date=July 5, 2011|work=Animation World Network|access-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref><ref name="csm">{{Cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/TV/2012/0320/Is-TV-paying-too-much-attention-to-fans|title=Is TV paying too much attention to fans?|last=Turner|first=James|date=March 20, 2012|work=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref> The showrunners' decision to create a tribute to the fandom in the form of an episode, which features Derpy as a main character, has been described as a "radical" decision.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Licari-Guillaume|first=Isabelle|title=Expect the Unexpected: ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' and the Creation of a Double Audience|journal=Transatlantica|volume=2|year=2019|issue=2 |doi=10.4000/transatlantica.14963|issn=1765-2766|page=10|doi-access=free}}</ref>

The incorporation of Derpy into the official show has been analyzed as a symbol of acceptance for bronies, with some scholars suggesting that the character's outsider status resonates with adult male fans who may feel marginalized by mainstream masculine culture.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hautakangas|first=M.|year=2015|title=It's Ok to be joyful? My Little Pony and Brony masculinity|journal=The Journal of Popular Television|volume=3|issue=1|pages=111–118|doi=10.1386/jptv.3.1.111_1}}</ref><ref name="Bell-2013">{{cite journal|last=Bell|first=Christopher|title=The Ballad of Derpy Hooves—Transgressive Fandom in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|journal=Humanities Directory|volume=1|issue=1|year=2013|pages=6–22|doi=10.7563/HD_01_01_01 |doi-broken-date=November 10, 2025 }}</ref> According to Ewan Kirkland, Derpy's evolution and rise in prominence among the fandom demonstrates how the brony fandom influenced the show itself, creating a feedback loop where producers acknowledge and incorporate fan preferences to strengthen audience engagement.<ref name="Kirkland-2017">{{cite journal|last=Kirkland|first=Ewan|title="Little girls and the things that they love": My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Audience, Identity, and the Privilege of Contemporary Fan Culture|journal=Camera Obscura|publisher=Duke University Press|volume=32|issue=2|year=2017|pages=89–115|doi=10.1215/02705346-3924661|url=https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/ws/files/467657/KIRKLAND_MLP_Paper.pdf }}</ref>

In his 2013 article ''The Ballad of Derpy Hooves'', professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Christopher Bell argued: <blockquote>"Fans have certainly influenced the production of popular culture. However, in the annals of fan-creation history, there is little indication that fan producers have ever incorporated fan work into a canonical property the size and fiscal scope of ''My Little Pony''... ''MLP:FIM'' stands alone in this new frontier of fan-producer interaction.<ref name="Kirkland-2017"/><ref name="Bell-2013"/></blockquote>

== In popular culture == {{Listen | header = Derpy Hooves reciting the FitnessGram PACER test introduction in a neutral emotion, generated using 15.dev<ref name="examples">{{cite web|url=https://alpha.15.dev/examples|title=Examples|date=2025-05-15|access-date=2025-05-16}}</ref> | type = speech | filename = Derpy hooves neutral 1747377367364 variation0.wav | title = Variation #1 | filename2 = Derpy hooves neutral 1747377367929 variation1.wav | title2 = Variation #2 | filename3 = Derpy hooves neutral 1747377368356 variation2.wav | title3 = Variation #3 }} Derpy was among the first character voices implemented in 15.ai, a text-to-speech web application that allows users to generate speech of fictional characters.<ref>{{cite web |last=Scotellaro |first=Shaun |date=2020b |title=15.ai Adds Tons of New Pony Voices |url=https://www.equestriadaily.com/2020/10/15ai-adds-tons-of-new-pony-voices.html |access-date=December 21, 2024 |website=Equestria Daily |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226174007/https://www.equestriadaily.com/2020/10/15ai-adds-tons-of-new-pony-voices.html |archive-date=December 26, 2024}}</ref>

Derpy appears as a plush at the store in the 2014 game ''Octodad: Dadliest Catch''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdr.cz/clanek/recenze-octodad-deadlies-catch|title=RECENZE - Octodad: Dadliest Catch vás zasvětí do slizkého umění Blub Fu|first=František|last=Šimůnek|date=2014-02-28|access-date=2025-07-07|website=CDR.CZ}}</ref>

In the 2011 sandbox game ''Minecraft'', one of the random messages that appears at the top of each crash report is the sentence "I just don't know what went wrong!", a reference to Derpy's quote from "The Last Roundup".{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

==See also== * {{Annotated link|Background Six}} * {{Annotated link|Derpibooru}} * {{Annotated link|List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters|List of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' characters}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book |last=Connelly |first=Sherilyn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3VPDgAAQBAJ&dq=bridle%20gossip&pg=PA105 |title=Ponyville Confidential: The History and Culture of My Little Pony, 1981-2016 |date=2017-04-01 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-6209-1 |language=en}}

==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT-RbX8KH7k&t=1039s ''Friendship Is Magic Part 1'' from the official ''My Little Pony'' YouTube channel, timestamped at Derpy's first appearance]

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