Equestria girls turned out to be a pretty huge deal for Hasbro's pony brand bottom line, and ponies kept appearing in the news! We were officially a meme, but quickly became an internet phenomenon.
Time for all the history that happened ont he 9th of February over the years! Head on down below to check it out.
2011
Friendship is Magic earns an entire section on the website Know Your Meme, solidifying it's meme status. It's no secret that the entire internet was devoured by poni at this point.
2012
Derpy invades a local Baltimore newspaper.
2013
Steven Magnet is canonized in a new merchandise line. He's the gay dragon from season 1 if you forgot about the guy. This entire day was kinda dedicated to Toy Fair.
Also a neat Nightmare Moon with armor~
This was a good followup for a reasonable episode~
And ponies invade another big news station.
Equestria Girls was controversial when it was announced, but helped Hasbro with some pretty huge growth specifically from pony brand stuff. A category that wasn't nearly as big as their other brands outside of its initial offering back in the day.
2016
These con exclusive cards sell for crazy amounts on eBay these days, and there were a lot of them over the years.
2017
Equestria Girls apparently had some big cuts in content, and we never did get to see some of those extra bits. Maybe some day?
