My Little Pony had a lot of adult fans in the 2010s

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The video taps into a niche but passionate subculture (MLP creepypastas) and presents disturbing content in a digestible, narrative format. The use of striking visuals and a clear, concise explanation of each story likely resonated with fans and those curious about internet horror lore.

Summary

This video explores the darker side of the My Little Pony fandom, highlighting popular "creepypasta" stories like "Cupcakes," "Rainbow Factory," "Diary of a Time Looper," and "An Apple Sleep Experiment." It details the disturbing plots of these fan-made narratives, which often involve themes of violence, psychological horror, and the subversion of the show's innocent premise.

Structure

1Introduction to MLP horror stories
2Explanation of "Cupcakes"
3Explanation of "Rainbow Factory"
4Explanation of "Diary of a Time Looper"
5Explanation of "An Apple Sleep Experiment"
6Conclusion on the prevalence of MLP creepypastas

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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (appears as animation, is the subject of the video, removing it would change the video).

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so please do tell me your favourites!

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@kristentc77 One of the first and most popular my Little Pony horror stories was "cupcakes". In cupcakes, Pinkie Pie invites Rainbow Dash over to bake cupcakes with her. Rainbow Dash eats a "bad" cupcake and falls asleep and wakes up in a mysterious room. @dawn_somewhere It is revealed that Pinkie (or Pinkamena) has been using ponies in her cupcake recipes and Rainbow Dash is next. Pinkamena is adorned with wings, horns and cutie marks of other ponies. This one had a lot of fan made spin offs and the show itself even referenced it. [PMV] Rainbow Factory Music Video | BronyDanceParty BronyDanceParty 13M views 14 years ago Another popular story was "Rainbow Factory", which was based on Wooden Toaster's song Rainbow Factory. In the story, Scootaloo and a few of her friends fail their flying exam and they are sent to the Rainbow Factory, where they expect to just be put to work. @drul Instead, it's revealed how rainbows are REALLY made at the Rainbow Factory. They take "useless" ponies and use their colouring for the rainbow. @natsuki100 And all of this is run by a mad scientist Rainbow Dash Diary Of a Time Looper: Animated | MLPFIM Grimdark horror animation SinclairDuGore 161K views 9 months ago "Diary of a Time Looper" is a newer (2019) horror story, but it's one of my favourites. In the story, Twilight Sparkle is in a time loop where she repeats the same day every single day and nobody else is stuck in a time loop. Twilight tries to find a way Of the time loop, but her experiments fail time and time again. She becomes increasingly frustrated with her friends who keep talking about the same things everyday, and she eventually snaps on them. Burdened with harming her friends and not being able to escape the time loop, Twilight decides to take her life into her own hands. This does not work and she ends up waking up the next morning. The story ends with her diary repeating "I woke up", implying that she tried to do this every single day. @thelostnarrator The last one I have is another iconic story following Apple Jack, "an apple sleep experiment". In this story, the apple family is indebted to a character named Filthy Rich, and Apple Jack works hard to try to pay the debt off. She wants to be able to work more, and so she asked Twilight to make her a potion so she can stay awake for a whole day. Twilight warns her, but Applejack ultimately takes the potion and she's unable to sleep...for multiple days. While working, Applejack becomes physically and mentally exhausted and ends up breaking her back legs. Applejack begins to hallucinate and she decides that she wants to get revenge on the pony who started this in the first place, filthy rich. But due to her hallucinations, she ends up going after more ponies than just filthy rich. There are a ridiculous amount of my Little Pony creepypastas, so please do tell me your favourites!

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My Little Pony had a lot of adult fans in the 2010s who would write horror content, and therefore it left a lot of children traumatised... One of the first and most popular my Little Pony horror stories was "cupcakes". In cupcakes, Pinkie Pie invites Rainbow Dash over to bake cupcakes with her. Rainbow Dash eats a "bad" cupcake and falls asleep and wakes up in a mysterious room. It is revealed that Pinkie (or Pinkamena) has been using ponies in her cupcake recipes and Rainbow Dash is next. Pinkamena is adorned with wings, horns and cutie marks of other ponies. This one had a lot of fan made spin offs and the show itself even referenced it. Another popular story was "Rainbow Factory", which was based on Wooden Toaster's song Rainbow Factory. In the story, Scootaloo and a few of her friends fail their flying exam and they are sent to the Rainbow Factory, where they expect to just be put to work. Instead, it's revealed how rainbows are REALLY made at the Rainbow Factory. They take "useless" ponies and use their colouring for the rainbow. And all of this is run by a mad scientist Rainbow Dash. Diary of a Time Looper: Animated | MLPFIM Grimdark horror animation "Diary of a Time Looper" is a newer (2019) horror story, but it's one of my favourites. In the story, Twilight Sparkle is in a time loop where she repeats the same day every single day and nobody else is stuck in a time loop. Twilight tries to find a way out of the time loop, but her experiments fail time and time again. She becomes increasingly frustrated with her friends who keep talking about the same things everyday, and she eventually snaps on them. Burdened with harming her friends and not being able to escape the time loop, Twilight decides to take her life into her own hands. This does not work and she ends up waking up the next morning. The story ends with her diary repeating "I woke up", implying that she tried to do this every single day. The last one I have is another iconic story following Apple Jack, "an apple sleep experiment". In this story, the apple family is indebted to a character named Filthy Rich, and Apple Jack works hard to try to pay the debt off. She wants to be able to work more, and so she asked Twilight to make her a potion so she can stay awake for a whole day. Twilight warns her, but Applejack ultimately takes the potion and she's unable to sleep...for multiple days. While working, Applejack becomes physically and mentally exhausted and ends up breaking her back legs. Applejack begins to hallucinate and she decides that she wants to get revenge on the pony who started this in the first place, filthy rich. But due to her hallucinations, she ends up going after more ponies than just filthy rich. There are a ridiculous amount of my Little Pony creepypastas, so please do tell me your favourites!