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In the recent Super Speedy Cider Squeezy episode, Doctor Whooves is the one controlling the hourglass for the competition. I think most of us assumed it was a reference, but we never know for sure. This right here officially confirms it. Apparently he was used on purpose.
Did I ever say how much I love the team behind this show? Because I love the team behind this show.
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Yay!
<3
That is epic. Props
Bronies taking over the show!
I'd say we all love the team behind the show, simply because they are, bar none, the most awesome people in the world.
HAH that's pretty awesome. I mean we all knew it, but it's great to see it confirmed. :P
Oh wow.
The folks who work on this show make me smile, and for that I thank them.
Even Spike loves the reference.
Thats just bloody great! Awesome to see actual refrences in the show, now we have more things to look out for!
I BLOODY KNEW IT! Yes!
"It's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff."
I HATE PEARS
My wife and I noticed that! Hee! That's awesome.
I love the production team so much. <3
It's the things like this that makes this show, and its staff, so mind-blowingly awesome.
The people behind the show are just so awesome. So happy and thankful that they do these nods towards our fandom like this ^_^
Twas good to see this on Sibsy's DA, these are the things that make this show so fun!
"Posted by Derpy Hooves is Best Pony"
Oh you. :D
Oh boy, all these little subtle nods to the brony fanbase is really tickling the sides of all the fans. All of them.
I know we aren't the target audience, but years of watching cartoons out of the demographic has taught me something, and that's this -- most executives hate that. The fact that Hasbro is embracing this entire movement and incorporating small tidbits here and there, truly makes a statement.
So what's next, a David Tennant cameo?
I would love that.
In the words of Dashie:
So awesome!
I for one, welcome our new mod-emperor Derpy Hooves
So awesome!
Tennant as a guest VA would be cool but unlikely...
I just hope they don't get too crazy with the inside jokes, that'll kill a show quicker than anything.
I like Doctor Who references. Doctor Who references are cool.
Yay.. We all get the reference..
That's my favorite show/song/movie too...
yay..
@Marrock
As long as it doesn't interfere with the plot too bad, little backround jokes aren't going to hurt anything.
Dat Tie.. XD
That's pretty awesome. I always kinda doubted the fact that Dr. Whooves was an intentional reference to the Doctor, but now I know.
aw derpy ^^
OOOOHHH MYYYYY GOOOOOODDDD YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! Doctor Whooves ftw!
He's a pony now, ponies are cool. (might be the wrong doctor but I like the way he says it.)
Dat tie.
This kinda made my day (well, this and Ponies Make War being updated a day early XD)
It was a pretty obvious references. So it figures most people, being the fans they are, got it right off the bat. :P
Would it be too much to say that this is Brilliant? Yes? How about Fantastic?
<3 animators.
I freaking love this show. I literally squee'd with delight when I saw it.
I love the people who work on this show... Especially how much they listen to their fans. ^^
These kinds of little shout outs are perfect. Nothing that interferes with the show, just little quick visual things that say "hey guys, we know you're out there!"
Perfectly pitched little inside joke.
If the team behind the show acknowledges it, but it's not in the show, what does that make it? Part-canon?
Lord Pimpington agrees that the team behind the show should be loved.
So...
Lyra and Bon-Bon commonly appear together...
Derpy has a name and a voice...
Dr. Whooves is intentionally used as a Dr. Who reference...
I can't believe how many shoutouts to the bronies they do for us! Now we just need to see more of Vinyl and Octavia and we'll have had canon validation of all six "popular" background characters.
I don't think you're saying it enough. I don't think anyone is saying it enough.
We love the team behind this show.
My RA just walked into my room I was screaming so much!!! SO MUCH JOY RIGHT NOW
More wibbly wobbly, timey wimey things please!
I just showed my dad this post, and he said that a Doctor Who reference was almost enough to get him wanting to watch an episode. I'm getting through to him!
So one of my most adored shows referenced my other most beloved show? Squeeeeeeee!
What?
...we're taking over. Bronies are taking over! Soon the show will stop pandering to Hasbro entirely and then we will have CONQUERED*!
*Note: post may not actually reflect the views of the poster and may be full of hyperbole.
I love the producers of this show
appealing to the bronies
I love this show :)
So I wasn't kidding myself ; that really was a Doctor Whooves reference? The FiM team is without a doubt the best team ever. I think this calls for allons-y :P
Time-control job, sounds cool :3
At this rate, we're running out of references for the team to throw at us. The only thing that's left that I can think of is if we get to see Vinyl with no glasses and red eyes. But, they'll probably do that one, too.
Studio B team best design team ever.
So, episode 15 of Season 1 was when we first saw Derpy being Derpy.
Episode 15 of Season 2 is where Doctor Whoof became a 'time lord'.
I sense something going on here...
So... Doctor Whooves being the Doctor is canon now?
BUCK. YEAH!
was it coincidental that I had the Doctor Who theme playing in my head before I saw this blog post? o.0
@Marrock
As long as they keep doing it in the way they are, there should be no issues. As currently, they are mostly Easter Eggs just for us.
They don't need to force them into the plot, but by having more random background characters to fulfill certain odd tasks, only gives them more options and continuity. Also it allows them to give silent shout outs to us at the same time.
Besides, why develop a new random pony for a random task, when you already have one sitting around? Give it time and more and more of the background ponies will be used for something other than as a random extra.
Apparently.
@MadDoctorD
Why do executives hate that?
Somehow I knew that was intentional.I don't watch Doctor Who but I've seen enough Docotor Whooves fan art to know a reference to that show when I see one.
I love how their making the background ponies that bronies fleshed out cannon.
I have never seen a show so actively acknowledge and embrace its fans, especially out of the target demographic. This is beautiful. The team behind this show truly is awesome for this. I just keep becoming more and more proud to be a brony.
@Ropera
Typo *they're*
That's me! I'm Dogman15! Look at the icon! :D
They....know about Dr. Whooves? (hooves is ok I guess but I prefer Whooves) I love them all :D
I love the people who work on this show. They are awesome.
Now all what's left is making the Doctor say "Allons-y" during a group fight scene and we are all set.
Or if they really want to stretch it, they could put both Derpy and the Doctor sharing a table at a cafe during an outside shot, with Derpy asking what the hell is on her plate and the Doctor saying it's an English Muffin, all while Twilight passes by minding her own business.
I'm not surprised that was intentional.
I love this show.
Best fandom ever, best animation team ever.
Inb4 people raging about "patting the fans" and other incoherent stuff.
Yep, everyone working in the show is best pony.
"Did I ever say how much I love the team behind this show?"
Yes, multiple times.
That's cool.
Like, really. That's really cool.
Really.
Why are people saying that this is confirming Doctor Whooves as a Doctor Who reference?
It's not.
It's a reference to the fandom's love of a background pony whom we call Doctor Whooves, not to the Doctor Who franchise itself.
Call me when they put the TARDIS in there or have Doctor Whooves holding sonic screw driver.
just out of curiosity, has anyone caught the <ax Fleischer reference in Episode 15? when i saw it i about snarfed my tea. is so common to see it, but it was Max Fleischer's signature quirk..
the only thing we are misisng to make Dr Whooves truely a time lord is to have a random 'Blue Shed' somewhere near him in the back ground.
Well, as if the tie wasn't enough to purposefully make reference to Dr. Who...
Hey, I like Doctor Whooves, but this doesn't really confirm a "Doctor Who" reference. I mean... they needed a pony to keep time with an hourglass, and they already had a pony with an hourglass cutie mark. I never doubted that the use of him was intentional. I'd expect someone who had never even heard of Doctor Who to be able to put that particular 2 and 2 together for a cute gag.
That said, I think they're aware that Doctor Whooves has a following, and knew fans would get a kick out of it. I just don't know that showing the clip to any Doctor Who fan would convince them that there's really a homage there outside of fan's minds.
My Little Pony is Best Fandom!
Wow! I just love Love LOVE the depth this team goes to, to find all these subtle shout-outs! It makes it so clear that Lauren Fausts original idea has really gone through! To make a show for kids AND their parents! Like the Music man reference in last episode! I'd never even heard of that musical before, and probably wouldn't have either if it wasn't for ponies!
My favourite though is still Fluttershy's rant about Raritys dress in the episode with Hoity Toity (who looks like the famous fashion designer Carl Lagerfelt) The end of her rant: "looks like pret-a-porter and not true french haute couture." is actually directly taken from a review about one of Carls line of short skirts somewhere back in the sixties! THAT my friends is research!
Also, quite literally, pardon my fancy.
I totally love those guys... all these little nods are fantastic.
I'm glad I know now why there's hourglass cutie marks.
But why are there so many? Are they referees to events? Or just lords of time in general?
So much acknowledgement of the "Background 6"
Derpy: They gave us Last Roundup
Dr. Whooves: Now this is confirmed
Lyra+Bon-Bon: We have tons of episodes w/ then together, and we just got "excited jumping" Lyra
Octavia: We got a 2nd appearance at Twilight's B-day
Vinyl Scratch: Still waiting on a re-appearance
Studio B is best pony!
@Firemane In the words of Fluttershy: "Um...could you please explain the Fleischer reference? Um...if it's not too much trouble that is."
I don't know much of this Max Fleischers work and wouldn't know what that signature quirk would be. =/
Seriously... there were doubts?
Studio B, you guys are just awesome!
@hyreia
Judging from the episode, they all just own have hour glasses that they rent out to ponies.
Of course one of the few references I do not want with my ponies.......keeps popping up. -_-
Le Sigh.
I think Pinkie Pie's "aha I knew it" would work here.
Yeah, I think pretty much everyone knew. Sure, there are the pessimists who probably thought, nah it's merely just a coincidence but deep down inside they knew it. Heck even I knew it had to have been done on purpose and I'm not even familiar with Dr. Who.
[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses]UUUUUUWwWwwwwWHHHHHAAAAAaaaaaaaAAAT?![/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses]
@DietWaterCzar
It actually is a ref. Having him be the one to set the hour-glass is a ref to DW. Even if it isn't overtly a ref Doctor Whooves being used in that way is a ref.
Dr Whooves now canon?
As an avid Dr. Who fan and Brony, I can safely say that this is cooler than bow ties.
@Mike
9020% cooler
Nice name, Cereal.
Ah! It was pretty obvious. I mean, the tie. LOOK at the tie!
//finally, putting that Sepia Tock stuff to rest.
Because, even if he wasn't a Doctor Who reference originally, he damn well is now. Because the fandom made it happen. All that needs to happen now is for that dam in MMDW to come back and actually be called Hoofer Dam. Then I will be satisfied.
@EquineNoxX
the refrence i am making is sen in the background. all of the ponys little 'dance' is a signature of Max Fleischer's animation style. his influence over the early 30's and 40's and early 50's cartoons was rather profound, and the reason it became so common was that he worked with just about everyone. from Walt Disney to the good folks that gave us Looney Tunes. he was also well known for Rotoscope type animation.
@Brony2you Yep, and now that means the Daleks will be invading Equestria any day now. ;3
I'm normally a little reticent about fandom directly affecting a show, since I was there when Internet fandom kind of spoiled Babylon 5 back in the before time. This fandom, however? They really seem to synergize with the show's staff.
Max Fleischer was a great animator back in the 1920's and 30's. His cartoons included a lot of crazy dancing legs like the ponies had in the crowd scenes.
YouTube has videos of his work.
Post is misleading. It says they purposely put him in (likely because of his cutie mark), not that he was a reference to anything in particular.
@Mike554
Until someone from Studio B actually says "Doctor Who" or they put something iconic to the Doctor (necktie doesn't count, the only tie iconic tie of any Doctor is the Eleventh's BOW tie) I still say that setting up the hour glass is a reference to the fans saying the character is a reference to Doctor Who, not to Doctor Who itself.
MLP made me a fan of Dr. Who. . o O ( Why does that seem so wrong, but feel so right? )
What was it a reference to?
@DietWaterCzar
It's the simplest way to acknowledge fans without BBC jumping down there throats. I consider it a ref.
@Poison Sepia Tock could easily take over one of the other ponies with the hourglass cutie mark, after all there have been a few of them.
I hate when they do that shit, confirm fandom. It makes the smug, spoiled, controlling asshole fans even worse. And if there's one thing you people don't need, it's to be told "You're right".
But I'm right.
YES
GOOD
This.
So full of win.
I wonder if David Tennant has even seen this show?
@palaminopegasus
You know, it's weird. It's exactly the reason why Invader Zim got cancelled. Or why Freakazoid never got a third season.
If the target demographic isn't buying the product that they are trying to sell it to, most companies tend to drop the product they're trying to sell. Sometimes they cater a bit to the actual audience, but it won't last if the quota for the target audience isn't met. Which is what makes the brony phenomenon so appealing and fascinating.
Hasbro and its teams started a massive endeavor with marketing a lot of their toy franchises by the creation of The Hub. Its programming is largely on a smaller budget than would otherwise be seen, but its creative teams have produced some neat shows from what I've seen.
The fact that they have embraced the brony phenomenon in the magnitude that it has is fantastic, to the point that nobody could deny it. Thankfully, instead of changing the content and make it more age appropriate, they instead EMBRACE it and further make it even more outstanding.
wait. howdo: pony tie a tie.
He said that he was put in on purpose. That the pony with the hourglass cutie mark handles the hourglass timing. What he did not say is that that pony is a reference.
So, really, where did you get the "He actually was a reference!" part from?
@MadDoctorD
The difference between FIM and those other shows you mentioned is obvious. Sure FIM has an unexpected periphery demographic, but it's still filling its quota for the target demographic. As such there is no need to change the content as it's functioning as intended, just with a nice sideline bonus.
@Nixitur
But he didn't just acknowledge the use of the brown-pony-with-hourglass-cutie-mark was used intentionally, he did so while using the fanon name. Doesn't make it an outright Doctor Who reference, but it does make it an obvious nod to the fandom's reinterpretation of an otherwise incidental background character.
Heh, that's actually pretty cool.
@62835fdc-3fb1-11e1-9fc6-000bcdcb2996
Not to mention he was deliberately given a tie for this scene to further complete his homage to the Doctor.
Somepony post Zecora as a football referee before the Super Bowl !
Also.. Of course the hourglass pony, already established in season one would act as timekeeper.
As folks have said...this is a not a reference to Doctor Who. It's a reference to fannon character Doctor Whooves. It could be a tip of the hat to the fans...or it could be the artist likes the idea of Doctor Whooves in his own right (such as Lyra background gags which we all love are there because a layout artist likes doing Lyra background gags).
i screen shot the 2nd photo :D
Hooray for censorship! Is this what was "removed"?
@Poison
i still stand by my opinion that a time lord doesn't work as proper characterization for doctor whoof 100% of the time. withing the actually confines of the show, it doesn't work.
don't get me wrong, i loved they put in a nod to doctor whoof. but that doesn't negate the sepia tock interpretation one iota.
I figured they just used him because they were like, "Oh look this pony has an hourglass on his butt let's use him."
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