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Fan-made parody of My Little Pony

PONY.MOV Genre Parody Black comedy Created by Max Gilardi Starring Max Gilardi Kira Buckland Arin Hanson Kimlinh Tran Various voice actors Country of origin United States Original language English No. of episodes 6 Production Running time 3–8 minutes Original release Network YouTube Release October 11, 2011 (2011-10-11) – February 20, 2013 (2013-02-20)

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***PONY.MOV*** is a fan-made [adult animated](/source/Adult_animated) [parody](/source/Parody) [web series](/source/Web_series) based on the animated television show *[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic](/source/My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic)*. Created by [Max Gilardi](/source/Max_Gilardi) (also known as HotDiggedyDemon),[1] the series ran from October 2011 to February 2013 and gained notoriety within the [*My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* fandom](/source/My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic_fandom) for its deliberately crude and subversive take on the source material.

The series consists of six episodes, each focusing on one of the main characters from the original show.[2]

## Overview

*PONY.MOV* is a [satirical](/source/Satire) reimagining of *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic* that uses deliberately crude and disturbing themes in the style of [John Kricfalusi](/source/John_Kricfalusi)'s *[Ren & Stimpy](/source/Ren_%26_Stimpy)*.[3]

Each episodes feature grotesque [caricatures](/source/Caricature) of the series' protagonists that invert the original show's values of friendship and harmony in favor of [violence and gore](/source/Graphic_violence), [cruelty](/source/Cruelty), [drug use](/source/Recreational_drug_use), and [dark humor](/source/Dark_humor).[3]

[4] In Russia, it was translated and voiced by Dmitry Karpov.

## Reception and analysis

[Ashleigh Ball](/source/Ashleigh_Ball), the official [voice actor](/source/Voice_actor) for [Rainbow Dash](/source/Rainbow_Dash) and [Applejack](/source/Applejack_(My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic)) in the original series, described the *PONY.MOV* videos as "really twisted and pretty cool" during a May 2012 interview with Everfree Radio.[5][6]

In a collection of essays on *Friendship Is Magic* and its [derivative works](/source/Derivative_works), author Jen A. Blue analyzed *PONY.MOV* as an example of [carnivalization](/source/Carnivalesque#Carnivalization_of_literature) within fan culture, arguing that the series functions as a grotesque inversion of *Friendship Is Magic'*s core values. Blue wrote that the series presents exaggerated versions of familiar characters that retain recognizable traits while being distorted to monstrous extremes, creating what she described as textbook [grotesque](/source/Grotesque) art.

Unlike other dark parodies of the franchise like *[Friendship Is Witchcraft](/source/Friendship_Is_Witchcraft)*, Blue argued that *PONY.MOV* works as a direct parody of the source material itself rather than fan expectations, with its [carnivalesque](/source/Carnivalesque) approach calling into question the fundamental principles of friendship and harmony presented in the original show.

Blue suggested that the series reflects cultural anxieties about masculinity among the show's adult male fanbase, particularly in its portrayal of violence as masculine and friendship as emasculating. In addition, Blue commented that the companion *Ask Jappleack* blog evolved beyond simple parody that ultimately embraces the values of the original series: an "inversion of an inversion" that carnivalizes the entire genre of violent *Friendship Is Magic* parodies.[3]

*PONY.MOV* has been described as an example of a [disturbing YouTube video disguised as a children's cartoon](/source/Elsagate).[7] Meredith Woerner, writing for *[Gizmodo](/source/Gizmodo)*, described the web series as "disgusting... and most certainly [NSFW](/source/Not_safe_for_work)".[8]

In 2014, *PONY.MOV* was given a [cease and desist](/source/Cease_and_desist) letter from [Hasbro](/source/Hasbro).[9][*[page needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources)*]

## See also

- [List of fan works of the *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* fandom](/source/List_of_fan_works_of_the_My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic_fandom)

- [Bronyspeak](/source/Bronyspeak)

- [Clop](/source/Clop_(erotic_fan_art))

- *[Friendship Is Witchcraft](/source/Friendship_Is_Witchcraft)*

- [Music of the *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* fandom](/source/Music_of_the_My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic_fandom)

- [*My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* fan fiction](/source/My_Little_Pony%3A_Friendship_Is_Magic_fan_fiction)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["PONY.MOV"](https://www.tvtime.com/show/266570). *[TV Time](/source/TV_Time)*. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Pony.Mov"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2959006/). *[IMDB](/source/IMDB)*. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Blue-2016_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Blue-2016_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Blue-2016_3-2) Blue, Jen A. (2016-01-20). *My Little Po-Mo: Unauthorized Critical Essays on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season Three and Derivative Works*. Eohippus Labs. pp. 222–227.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-netnews_4-0)** Stohs-Krause, Hilary (2013-05-13). ["'Brony' Fandom Carves Out Space For Young Men To Enjoy Friendship ... And Cartoon Ponies"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140421212502/http://netnebraska.org/article/news/brony-fandom-carves-out-space-young-men-enjoy-friendship-and-cartoon-ponies). [Nebraska Educational Telecommunications](/source/Nebraska_Educational_Telecommunications). Archived from [the original](http://netnebraska.org/article/news/brony-fandom-carves-out-space-young-men-enjoy-friendship-and-cartoon-ponies) on April 21, 2014. Retrieved 2013-05-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Ball, Ashleigh (2012-05-02). ["Interview: Ashleigh Ball"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj5_DccQ47w) (Interview). Interviewed by Draft, Final. Everfree Radio. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Scotellaro, Shaun (2012-05-02). ["Ashleigh Ball Interview"](https://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/05/ashleigh-ball-interview.html). *[Equestria Daily](/source/Equestria_Daily)*. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Lee, Natasha (2017-07-09). ["Disturbing videos masked as kid's cartoons on YouTube"](https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/disturbing-peppa-pig-and-pony-cartoons-on-youtue-36324432.html). *[Yahoo! Lifestyle](/source/Yahoo!_Lifestyle)*. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Woerner, Meredith (2012-06-26). ["Incredibly messed-up short gives My Little Ponys's Pinkie Pie a sex tape"](https://gizmodo.com/incredibly-messed-up-short-gives-my-little-ponyss-pinki-5921536). *[Gizmodo](/source/Gizmodo)*. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Strike, Joe (2023-08-29). *Furry Planet: A World Gone Wild*. Apollo Publishers. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-954641-11-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-954641-11-2).

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