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Wednesday, 15-Jan-14 18:11:44 UTC from web
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'Weird Al' Yankovic MLP Clip Surfaces!: Pinkie has a huge reason to celebrate because we now have an exclusive look at the Weird Al episode thanks to ! Check out the clip after the break as well as an extended synopsis for the episode!Thanks to everyone for sending it in! >http://ur1.ca/gfdl2 http://ur1.ca/gfdl3
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@eqdpony It's times like this that I worry we may have jumped the shark.
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@thelastgherkin I am going to pretend that's its a spike episode and not watch it
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@thelastgherkin MLP jumped the shark multiple times: Twilicorn, Equestria Girls, Under the Sparkling Sea.
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@broniebrown You have literally the worst taste.
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@thelastgherkin this wouldn't be the first time there's been a character voiced by a famous person and based on their previous roles
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@ceruleanspark Thank you.
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@broniebrown That post was just a joke.
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@rarity Give me an example.
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@thelastgherkin Discord?
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@rarity "Jayson Thiessen, the show's director, stated that the character Discord was "straight off Lauren [Faust]'s pen" and was inspired by John de Lancie's popular character Q from the Star Trek television series. At first, the production was planning on having a voice actor that sounded like de Lancie, and were later thrilled to find that they could have de Lancie himself for the part." So no.
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@thelastgherkin ...how does the quote you link disprove what I said? If anything it just proves me right. I said that Discord was voiced by a famous person and the characters mannerisms are based on Q. how am I wrong?
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@rarity Weird Al Pony is literally Weird Al as a pony. Discord is based on Q, and later incidentally voiced by the same actor. It's not John de Lancie as a John de Lancie pony. Unless John de Lancie has reality-warping powers in real life that I'm unaware of.
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@thelastgherkin that's only because Weird Al's celebrity isn't from any character he does, but himself. Weird Al is a character in and of himself. I'm sure that before Discord was created, most people would recognize de Lancie for his work as Q. obviously the situations aren't the same, and yeah Weird Al is a bit more over the top than Discord, but they are definitely similar
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@snowcone didn't I just say that it's because Weird Al is a character in and of himself? obviously the comparison isn't 1:1, because a pony based off de Lancie himself wouldn't be as interesting. Weird Al, however, sells himself based on his "real" self.
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