WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.449 --> 00:00:07.449 Good evening and welcome, this is "Editie NL" of Wednesday the 30th of january. 00:00:22.460 --> 00:00:28.579 They are originally intended for little girls, but now grown men also adore my little pony. 00:00:28.579 --> 00:00:32.400 I have a belt here, with the my little ponies on there. 00:00:32.400 --> 00:00:36.010 It has the mane 6 and a dragon on it. 00:00:36.010 --> 00:00:40.020 I bought it when I was in the US. 00:00:40.020 --> 00:00:46.720 As you can see I also have a T-shirt, with Applejack on it, whom I also like. 00:00:46.720 --> 00:00:51.720 Yes it definatly is a fad, more about that later.. 00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:57.800 Back in the 80s there was an enormous fad for little girls. Maybe you remember, when you were small..? 00:00:57.800 --> 00:00:59.000 Okay, "My Little Pony".. 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:02.820 The fad then ended, it was quiet around the small horses for a while. 00:01:02.820 --> 00:01:08.000 But suddenly, 2 years ago, the animated show got remade. 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.530 And since then, My little pony returned, also in my house. 00:01:12.530 --> 00:01:17.880 I don't know why...because unexpectidly a group of fans was added (my daughter... my daughter...) 00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:23.630 Grown men, bronies they are called. A contraction of "brother" 00:01:23.630 --> 00:01:25.360 or "bro" and "pony" 00:01:25.360 --> 00:01:30.000 and they form a complete sub-culture in the US with millions of followers, 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.000 also in our country there are grown male fans of my little pony. 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:39.880 This is the 22 year old student "Harry van der Laan" and he is a fan of... 00:01:39.880 --> 00:01:44.320 My little pony... My little pony.. 00:01:44.320 --> 00:01:49.600 My little pony... My little pony.. What?! Harry?! 00:01:49.600 --> 00:01:52.030 I'm a fan of my little pony: friendship is magic: 00:01:52.030 --> 00:01:57.659 Right.. the remake of the sweet animated movie from the 80s which was really aimed at little girls. 00:01:57.659 --> 00:02:00.800 "hello mr and misses cake, how are preparations going for the feast?" 00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:03.780 But now is a hit amongst grown men.. The bronies. 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:10.249 With an estimated millions of bronies in the US, and are bronymeets/cons heavily visited. 00:02:10.249 --> 00:02:12.679 And now they are also conquering The Netherlands. 00:02:12.679 --> 00:02:17.529 (Paul Sikkema, Adolescent Researcher Orius.) That may sound very weird, but a remake was made which is way quicker than it used to be, 00:02:17.529 --> 00:02:18.490 also with much better animation quality. 00:02:18.490 --> 00:02:22.150 They also say the storylines are very interesting.. 00:02:22.150 --> 00:02:25.460 It is in the first place aimed at little girls, but there is still a lot of humor in the show.. 00:02:25.460 --> 00:02:28.789 I liked the animation very much, 00:02:28.789 --> 00:02:33.289 there are some characteristics in the ponies that I can relate to. 00:02:33.289 --> 00:02:39.209 Yes, but it remains a bit strange, grown men who adore my little pony. 00:02:39.209 --> 00:02:41.459 maar wel gewoon mee 00:02:41.459 --> 00:02:45.459 My little pony, I used to wonder what friendship could be... 00:02:45.459 --> 00:02:49.689 On internet fora it is suggested bronies would be gay, 00:02:49.689 --> 00:02:51.549 sometimes even a connection with pedophilia is made. 00:02:51.549 --> 00:02:55.409 I really don't think that is the case. They are, indeed mainly male, although there are some females. 00:02:55.409 --> 00:03:00.900 But as far as you can see, they are just normal guys, very creative, a bit nerdy.. 00:03:00.900 --> 00:03:04.039 I'm a bit of a nerd.. I study chemistry.. 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:10.239 But according to himself a very normal guy that likes games, movies... and ponies. 00:03:10.239 --> 00:03:14.989 But however cute they are, it isnt only about the happy little horses. 00:03:14.989 --> 00:03:18.429 Apart from ponies we also have other common interests, 00:03:18.429 --> 00:03:24.879 like science..movies..games... more than just the show 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:28.349 You come for the ponies, but you stay for the bronies. 00:03:28.349 --> 00:03:30.239 So a community is created, 00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:34.139 which is something typical for the age group of around 20 year olds.. 00:03:34.139 --> 00:03:41.540 to be busy with a group and what it's about may just be of secondary importance. 00:03:41.540 --> 00:03:48.540 My little pony, did you know you're all my very best friiiieeennnddsss 00:03:48.689 --> 00:03:51.519 That will probably not be released on a CD very soon.. 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:55.019 But, it's a big group of dutch people that are interested in the series. 00:03:55.019 --> 00:04:03.079 The main power of the series would be that the ponies have certain characters which bronies can relate to 00:04:03.079 --> 00:04:05.769 maybe this goes for you aswell. Do you not want to admit it? 00:04:05.769 --> 00:04:09.010 You could still secretly go to our site where the characters are described 00:04:09.010 --> 00:04:13.340 and you can check for yourself if you can perhaps relate to one. 00:04:13.340 --> 00:04:17.009 And do look at the reactions of our viewers already under the article, 00:04:17.009 --> 00:04:18.349 and there will no doubt be some added.