About
Friendship is Witchcraft is a fan-made abridged video series based off the Hasbro animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It is one of the most popular abridged series in FiM’s history, and has spawned a notable amount of derivative media.
Origin
The first episode of Friendship is Witchcraft, “The Perfect Swarm”[1] (shown below), was uploaded to YouTube by Sherclop Pones on June 16th, 2011. The main series received nine episodes overall, with the last, “Seed No Evil”, being uploaded on August 2nd, 2013. The series also includes two mini-episodes, and a special set of episodes parodying Equestria Girls is in production.[2]
Spread
Researching
An entry[5] for Friendship is Witchcraft was created on the MLP Fan Wiki[3] on February 2nd, 2012, and has since been edited over 80 times.[4] DeviantArt returns 1,610 results when searching for “Friendship is Witchcraft”,[6] and has a group dedicated to fan art of the series with 52 members as of July 2015.[7] Derpibooru hosts 616 images.[8]
Sweetie Bot
Sweetie Bot is the most popular parody character derived from the series. She is depicted as an obvious robot, talking with a robotic voice and thinking in subroutines. A running gag throughout the series is that all of the characters are oblivious to this fact, herself included.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]MLP Fan Wiki – Friendship is Witchcraft episodes
[2]MLP Fan Wiki – Horse Women
[4]MLP Fan Wiki – Friendship is Witchcraft Edit History
[5]MLP Fan Wiki – Friendship is Witchcraft
[6]DeviantArt – Friendship is Witchcraft
[7]DeviantArt – Friendship is Witchcraft Group
[8]Derpibooru – Friendship is Witchcraft