ファン of My Little ポニー might have expected the biggest uproar about the new Netflix film, My Little Pony: A New Generation, to come from angry "bronies" (a group of devotees of Friendship is Magic, aka Generation Four ) who were resistant to the idea of new characters または アニメーション style. Instead, a 狐, フォックス News 記事 titled "'My Little Pony' has gone woke: New Netflix movie introduces progressive creatures" sparked discussions about the franchise's potential political messages. What 狐, フォックス News failed to realize is that the basic themes of acceptance and working together to resist dangerous outside forces have always been present in MLP -- and that's a good thing.

A New Generation (the start of Generation Five, または G5) begins with science-minded and inquisitive Earth ポニー Sunny Starscout (Vanessa Hudgens) recounting tales of the G4 ponies' friendship and togetherness. At this point in the timeline, Earth ponies, pegasi and ユニコーン live in segregated communities and spread lies about each other: Earth ponies have developed technological defenses against the other ponies' magic but are considered stupid rubes によって the others, while pegasi and ユニコーン are thought to be dangerous because of their magical abilities and flight -- abilities that, unbeknownst to other groups of ponies, haven't been active in ages.