OK, that is something i'm gonna have to object to. The original MLP cartoon was shockingly hardcore. It was probably closer to what I would expect from a D&D cartoon then the actual D&D cartoon. And, meanwhile, MLP Tales did have fairly diverse personalities, and was more slice of life. You could say that FIM just fused the two, basically. It has the diverse personalities and mostly slice-of-life structure of Tales, but set in, and, occasionally, full-on immersed in, the gonzo fantasy universe that G1 had. G3...Was actually pretty shit, even evaluated on its own standards, actually. It's a lot like the Disney direct-to-video sequels: It's not, like, actively harmful, but it's way below par even by the low-ish standards of kids entertainment (speaking of things Henson despies...I've heard it noted that entertainment is one of the very few things we have lower standards for when it's for our children. "It's just a carseat", "it's just food"...If something's for our kids, we want to know it won't be harmful to them.) I'm gonna need a source on that, because that crit sounds like something from someone who's never seen the original show and just assumes it's like all other "girl's cartoons".