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==''My Little Pony'' and gender==
As horses have traditionally been associated with girls, ''My Little Pony'' too quickly became marketed towards girls in the [[1980s]]. Despite this, the creator of the franchise, [[Bonnie Zacherle]] intended the original [[My Pretty Pony]] toy to appear to boys as well,<ref>''[[The Toys That Made Us]]''</ref> a sentiment followed up by [[Lauren Faust]], show runner of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''.<ref>''[[My Little Pony Adventures]]''</ref> Despite this, branding for the toyline was unambiguously feminine until [[2016]], when the current logo of the brand was changed from a girlish pink to a neutral
Male characters in the franchise was relatively barren until ''Friendship is Magic'' diversified the cast. The only recurring males in ''[[My Little Pony (TV series)|My Little Pony]]'' were {{MLP|Spike}}, {{MLP|Danny Williams}} and [[The Moochick]] though, many episodes had one-off males, typically as princes, kings or knights. Most antongists of the show were males, but numerous heroic (or mostly heroic) males would also appear, most notably [[Alonzo]], [[Garth]] and [[Prince Philip|Philip]]. Stallions were even rarer, with most stallions being '[[Big Brother Ponies]]' and thus were often not around, though the odd non-brother stallion would sometimes show up, such as [[Knight Shade]].
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