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My Little Pony (commonly referred as My Little Pony G3) is an American-Canadian animated direct-to-video series produced by Hasbro and SD Entertainment. It is the third installment in the My Little Pony franchise.

Bad Qualities
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
 * 1) First and foremost, almost all of the characters are bland, stereotypical or have no depths whatsoever:
 * 2) *Pinkie Pie is a Mary Sue; she often acts perfect who has no flaws whatsoever.
 * 3) *Rainbow Dash can be annoying at times, especially when she says "Darling" over and over again.
 * 4) *Minty is really clumsy who is never called out for her mistakes at all.
 * 5) *Wysteria, while tolerable, is treated like a punching bag sometimes, especially in The Princess Promenade.
 * 6) *Zipzee, while tolerable, is a running gag who smells flowers back and forth, despite being allergic to them.
 * 7) *Spike himself is really useless and sometimes unlikable who is never punished or even redeemed himself at all.
 * 8) *The rest of the characters are really bland or poorly-written; Tiddlywink and Tra-La-La are generic friends of Zipee, Cheerilee (2008 revamp) is a French stereotype, Toola-Roola is a Italian stereotype and Sweetie Belle is overall way too cutesy.
 * 9) The plot for most of the specials are really generic. It is also bland compared to the G1 series.
 * 10) *Sometimes, the plot for some specials make no sense at all.
 * 11) The voice acting, while it is decent, can get annoying and obnoxious, with some terrible dialogue.
 * 12) Starting from the fourth direct-to-video series, the animations comes off as cheap-looking and cut-rate with think and messy outlines.
 * 13) *There is even a multiple of animation errors here or there, such as mane colors changing, characters switching places and more, due to cheap animation.
 * 14) Tons of bad/average episodes, including:
 * 15) *Pinkie Pie and the Ladybug Jamboree
 * 16) *Greetings from Unicornia
 * 17) *Meet The Ponies
 * 18) *Pinkie Pie's Special Day
 * 19) *Starsong and the Magic Dance Shoes
 * 20) *Rainbow Dash's Special Day (a rehash episode to Pinkie Pie's Special Day)
 * 21) *Sweetie Belle's Gumball House Surprise
 * 22) *Pinkie Pie and the Ferris Wheel Adventure
 * 23) *Waiting For the Winter Wishes Festival (which ended the direct-to-video series with a sour note)
 * 24) The musical numbers are terrible, compared to the G4 series.
 * 25) Unlike most of the generations of My Little Pony, the writing in the third generation is mostly childish and really girly, even for preschool show standards, that ends up creating the "It's made for kids" excuse.
 * 26) *Unlike most of the My Little Pony generations yet again, this generation is barely (or not) anything other than sunshine and happiness to the point where it may get somewhat repetitive all the time.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Cute and adorable character designs.
 * 2) The animation from the first 3 episodes are still passable.
 * 3) Some decent episodes, including:
 * 4) *A Charming Birthday (which started the series with a high note)
 * 5) *Dancing in the Clouds
 * 6) *Friends are Never Far Away
 * 7) The 2008-2009 theme song is really catchy.

Reception
When the show was released, it received a positive reception from fans and audiences, for its likable characters and decent storyline.

However, shortly after My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic was released, during 2011 to 2013 or 2014, it was criticized by bronies and older fans, due to its lack of characters and childish writing.

As of now, the show received a mixed-to-negative reception. It currently holds a 5/10 on IMDb.

Trivia

 * As of July 1, 2021, alongside My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and My Little Pony G1, all of the episodes are free to watch on YouTube.
 * A full-length film was going to be released, but was canceled for unknown reasons.