Faust’s love for the series is evident in its execution.
Here’s the truth about the Mane Six!
“In short, animated shows for little girls come across as boring.
Lame,” she wrote in a personal essay forMs.
Faust toldEquestria Dailythat the Mane Six were specifically designed to break some of those two-dimensional stereotypes in storytelling.
For example, Twilight Sparkle is smart and sweet, and Rarity is beautiful but not a mean girl.
Rarity, who is the show’s fashion-obsessed character, is “not a shopaholic.
She’s an artist!”
So it makes sense that one of the most popular voice actors was cast as the show’s lead.
Tara Strong has been credited with over 600 voice acting roles onIMDb.
The toy in question, however, looks a lot different than Twilight’s final design.
Early designs of the character apparently depicted her with dark blue hair featuring a light blue stripe of hair.
Larson, a writer for the show (via “Radio is Magic”).
Faust described the personality she attributed to Surprise as “the perky excited one.”
The irony of Pinkie’s origins and subsequent design was not lost on Faust.
A Pegasus inspired Pinkie Pie."
Despite their differences, however, the two characters share a lot in common, including a voice actor.
“I just feel crazy when I’m doing it,” she said.
Libman gets a break from the transitions during musical numbers, though.
St. Germain had an extensive history with the franchise’s animated series.
“I loved playing Minty,” she said in her interview.
Even the voice actors behind the ponies' singing voices have Canadian origins.
Ball described her audition voice for Spike as “raspy,” like Rainbow Dash’s.
Applejack’s voice evolved with the first series of the show and is noticeably higher in early episodes.
This trivia fact was revealed by Lauren Faust via her #MLPtrivia series onTwitter.
Faust and McCracken are married in real life talk about a power couple!
According to Faust, the original design for Carousel Boutique was a working carousel (viaTwitter).
Unfortunately, Carousel Couture never came to see the light.
Executives rejected Faust’s design, as she shared with her followers onTwitterin a thread for her #MLPtrivia.
At least Faust was able to remain true to her artistic intent.
