Maybe I’m falling into an unfamiliarity trap, but I never really understood why My Little Pony was seen as worthy of such adulation.
It was a toy-based cartoon that had actual care put into its storytelling and characters. It also had many pop culture references and jokes. Might not seem so remarkable now, but in 2010 almost all comparable cartoons were soulless crap, especially when it came to “girly” properties like MLP. It was one of the first shows in what many people now consider a golden age of cartoons (followed by shows like Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Gravity Falls etc)
It was a toy-based cartoon that had actual care put into its storytelling and characters. It also had many pop culture references and jokes. Might not seem so remarkable now, but in 2010 almost all comparable cartoons were soulless crap, especially when it came to “girly” properties like MLP. It was one of the first shows in what many people now consider a golden age of cartoons (followed by shows like Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Gravity Falls etc)
Also had guest characters played by Weird Al and John de Lancie