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Called just Heartstrings in wave 3, which made her the center of debate within the fandom, probably due to her popularity rivaling Derpy in some aspects.
 
Before the brushables and wave 5, there was another popular interpretation of a similar fashion to the "Berryshine" pony. This concept seemed to revolve around [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkG89cXpxjE/TrHUJ5HKcJI/AAAAAAAARqs/TMz21_os7lY/s1600/1.jpg the wave 3 collector card], specifically the dark green coat coloration used by the card. Due to this fans had thought that these two were different ponies. This notion spawned a lot of fanwork most noticeably the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120119092928/http://pyritie.deviantart.com/art/Heartstrings-267054128 "Lyra strangling] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111110053614/http://fluffywuffs.deviantart.com/art/Foooreeever-Lyra-266986619 Heartstrings"] fanart that seemed to stem from the fandom's initial reaction to the name and the comically odd [http://gsphere.deviantart.com/art/Power-Chord-267281691 "LyraXHeartstrings"] shipping in a similar vein as the "Trixie narcissism" shipping.<ref>an odd pairing where Trixie is in love with herself, whether it be from a mirror or a clone</ref> However, even before the wave 5 Blind Bags, the wave 3 Blind Bags (once they hit stores)' packaging has shown that the wave 3 Heartstrings card probably just used prototype artwork, which indicated that the toy's coloration was the more correct one after all.
 
==== Meadow Song (Blind Bag wave 3, pony 17) ====
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The high-profile fansite ''[[Equestria Daily]]'', which went online on January 19, 2011, [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtBsjalBjasedG54eGNySHFnX0FLYWhRZmdFVExVbXc&hl=en_US#gid=1 has visibly shown the surprisingly quick growth of the fanbase.] To compare, it took 57 days for the site to reach 1 million hits. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtBsjalBjasedG54eGNySHFnX0FLYWhRZmdFVExVbXc&hl=en_US#gid=0 Now the site racks up a million hits every 1-2 days.]
 
A recent episode is usually available on Hasbro's official US [http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/media/browse.cfm?type=videos site], more recent episodes are usually available on [[The Hub]]'s official [https://web.archive.org/web/20131020072601/http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/videos site] in the US, and the German dub of the entire first season is available on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005225246/http://www.nick.de/videos/show/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie German] & [https://web.archive.org/web/20130824135533/http://www.nick.ch/videos/show/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie Swiss] [[Nickelodeon]] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120310185624/http://www.nickjr.de/list/video/my_little_pony German] [[Nick Jr.]] official sites. DVDs are being released in various regions (with the completeness of the releases depending on the region), and selected episodes are being added in pairs to the [[LeapFrog]] App Center. All of the episodes from seasons that have finished airing, along with the episodes that [[Shout Factory]] has released on DVD, are available from [[Netflix]], and all of the episodes that have already aired can be bought on iTunes if you're lucky enough to live somewhere in the one-third of the world where they're available, and viewed through [[YouTube|other (less official) sources]]. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|On July 4th, the show began airing in the UK on Boomerang]], and premiered on Boomerang worldwide soon after. German [[Audio Adaptation]]s of the show's first four episodes are available across two volumes in CD and MP3 formats. The show's second season premiered on September 17, 2011 and ended on April 21, 2012. A third season of [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105203549/http://topdrawanimation.com/production.htm 13] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20121109130409/http://ponyleaks.yoursiblings.org/p/miscellanea.html#factoid-45 more] episodes has been announced.
 
Fortunately for its prospects, the show has proven very successful with its target audience as well.