I would make one in Forum Games.

In a way, the focus on background characters kinda makes sense, to me. Not only is it a carry-over from the original cartoon, where they were given so little characterization that you pretty much had to make stuff up for the main cast(or so I'm given to believe), It may be a result of a little oddity in the designs. In most series, much more care is given to designing the main characters, since they appear far more often and need to look more interesting. So, you get the main character with cool pants, funky hair and a personalized shirt, or something, while the background characters just wear plain clothes. Here, though, there's almost no discernible difference between mane cast designs and background designs. They all have interesting hair, they all have interesting cutie marks, and they all have roughly the same body type. So, we regard the background cast as being just as interesting, instead of writing them off as existing to fill space, like we would in another cartoon. And thus, we find one we like, and characterize them.

Background Ponies is one of reasons why I love this show.

Is there any other character in any other work like Derpy?

Like Derpy? What do you meant?

She seems like such an unusual phenomenon (background character who is barely visible at first becoming a sort of Shout Out to the fans).

Foamy Mouth Guy?

You mean in terms of how quickly she took off with the fandom? I can think of minor characters who became very popular, but nothing nearly on the level of Derpy who took off thanks to, what, two seconds of derp eyed screen time?

Foamy mouth guy was a deliberate joke, and was front and center for his scene.

edited 14th May '11 2:24:12 PM by Crowfall

Well she (and Lyra) was liked by animator before show aired. Every time show up i was animator put her and only diffrence after she become Esemble Darkpony is fact that they derp her again. That scene after Anvil (and other stuff) on Twiligt for example.

Only extremely short teleports. The one in "The Ticket Master" was longer, undirected, and apparently unexpected.

The chasm that she had to jump to escape the hydra was beyond the range of her usual teleporting.

Derpy is slightly similar to Cirno. But only slightly. Aside from rumors (or facts) about their intellect, though, they also share the ascension to minor stardom after being comparatively insignificant originally.

Who's Cirno?

^^http://bronibooru.mlponies.com/post/show/1264/cirno-citlalicue-crossover-derpy_hooves-touhou

^Here.

So...what's the appeal of this show?

Well, the animation's decent, the characters are likable, it's funny, and it's very cute.

Also, we're incredibly bored and it makes for good screengrabs.

Because it's a funny, cute as hell show that manages to have better female characters than most mainstream stuff?

Also, has a peaceful fandom.

I watch it for the trot.

Anyway, I found this amusing.

Poor Spike. Enjoy your death.

Pony sex. Haven't you been listening?

Dat plot

Dat delicious delicious plot

This is relevent to our interests.

So, on Dan Vs., we have a mafia family using "Cupcake" as a euphemism for "kill". As in, saying "We're going to cupcake him!" while stabbing a photo.

Coincidence?

I had the exact same thought when I heard that.

edited 14th May '11 5:44:20 PM by Free