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Derpy

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'My Little Pony' Lore: Derpy

For this character's human counterpart,

see Derpy (EG).

Derpy
(Mu!ns)

Derpy in Rainbow Falls

Derpy as a filly in the episode Pinkie Pride

Future Derpy in The Last Problem

Kind Pegasus Earth (some shots

and CCG card text)

Sex Female
Male (mobile game description)

Residence Ponyville
Opened changeling chrysalis
(Friendship is Magic IDW comics)

Occupation Delivery pony

Other links Derpy image gallery

Appearances gallery

More info

Eyes ¤ Gradient from pale, light grayish apple

green to moderate gamboge

Mane   Pale, light grayish apple green

Coat   Light sapphire bluish gray

Derpy, also known as Mu!ns and Ditzy Doo,

is a female Pegasus pony who was given the
name Derpy Hooves by the show's internet
following due to her cross-eyed "derpy"
expression in the first episode. The name has
since been adopted by the crew and Hasbro.
Starting with Feeling Pinkie Keen, the show's
crew began giving the pony crossed eyes
intentionally and later gave her "Where's Waldo"
type cameo appearances as a nod to the fans.
The character is addressed by Rainbow Dash in
The Last Roundup as Derpy, where she speaks
for the first time. The scene was later altered so
Rainbow no longer names Derpy, in addition to
her voice being altered and eyes being less
crossed. She is called Bubbly Mare or Party
Filly, among various others, in some
merchandise, and she is called Lazy Fan in
some other media. She shares her design with
Sunshower Raindrops.

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Origin

The face that started it all, in Friendship is Magi…

Alert viewers of the show noticed a googly-eyed

Pegasus mare in the series' first episode,
standing in the background in the crowd at
Twilight Sparkle's welcoming party. After the
image was captured and posted on 4chan's
comics and cartoons board /co/, fans began
speculating on the nature of this odd pony.[5]
The name she was given, Derpy Hooves, is
derived from the slang term "derp", which is
associated with someone who behaves in a silly
manner and is often connected with crossed
eyes.

Development

Wall eyes

Derpy in Feeling Pinkie Keen.

Derpy was one of several background ponies

chosen from a palette and placed in the scenes
on the whim of layout artists. At first, her face
wasn't supposed to be visible in that particular
scene, but a later layout change uncovered it.
[6]Jayson Thiessen, the supervising director of
the show, stated that he noticed and was
amused by her expression. Since Hasbro had
already given the episode a green light, he didn't
order fixing Derpy's eyes.[7] Thiessen relayed in a
Q&A that he was so delighted after discovering
the popularity of Derpy that he requested
altering Derpy's eyes in all episodes that hadn't
been sent to the Hub yet.[7]Lauren Faust, the
show's developer, was delighted to find these
changes and kept them in.[8]
Name

First o!cially licensed Derpy merchandise, fro…

Faust has acknowledged the fan following of

Derpy early on. Before the name Derpy was used
by the production crew, Faust stated that in one
of the unaired episodes at the time, Winter Wrap
Up, there is a mention of a "featherbrained"
Pegasus named Ditzy Doo whose appearance is
never established on-screen and if Ditzy should
make an appearance, the show may assign
Derpy's design to her.[9] Faust later stated that
"it sounds like [the name has] finally landed on
'Derpy Hooves'".[10]
The character is called "Derpy" on-screen in The
Last Roundup, detailed below. The episode's
writer noted that the character's name in the
script was originally Ditzy Doo, and she was
requested to change the name to Derpy as a "tip
of the hat" to the fans.[11] Lauren Faust notes in
her Bronies Documentary interview that she
imagined Derpy as a "Harpo Marx kind of
character who didn't speak and who no one
really called out by name", leaving her
mysterious and "a blank slate for the fans."[8]

Even though background ponies typically have

no o!cial names, when Derpy was still a
background pony an animator from the
Philippine studio working on the show said that
Derpy was nicknamed Stoneface, Bubbles,
Bubblehead and Ditzy by the crew;[12] "Bubbles"
was previously used as the name of a G1 Earth
pony and is also the same as the name of the
basis of Friends Forever 16 Unnamed Filly -
Bubbles. Thiessen later relayed that the
Canadian crew has adopted the name Derpy.[13]
[14]Amy Keating Rogers sang her original
rendition of the Smile Song at Bronycon 2012, in
which Pinkie Pie speaks to Derpy and calls her
Derpy Doo,[15] which in Rogers' script, the name
changed to.[16]

Latin American Spanish dub director Maggie

Vera referred to Derpy by name in an October
2012 tweet crediting her voice actress.[17]

IDW comics editor Bobby Curnow stated on

June 21, 2014 "Derpy isn't the o!cial name,
there is no o!cial name"[18] and stated on
December 5, 2014 "'Derpy' is not an o!cial
name".[19]

M.A. Larson tweeted on May 24, 2015 "I dunno,

maybe Mu!ns is a nickname? Like Derpy
'Mu!ns' Hooves? Or something."[20]

Jim Miller in a June 13, 2015 Twitter

conversation explained that the name was
changed to Mu!ns for legal reasons.[21]
"Clearance type things" that don't "fall under
executive 'meddling'."[22]

In the script for Slice of Life, she was referred to

as "Derpy" for the sake of labeling. Larson
revealed Hasbro called her Mu!ns in the credits.
[23]

In the script for No Second Prances, she was

referred to as "Derpy".[24]

Charity auction

Lauren Faust's charity sketch of Derpy.

Lauren Faust participated in a charity auction for

the 2011 Japan relief e"ort by donating several
of her My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
production sketches. In addition to sketches
drawn in 2008, she drew a new sketch of Derpy
which sold for 2,151 USD.[25] The character was
explicitly called Derpy Hooves by the auctioneer.
The sketch was later modeled for one panel of
the magazine comic Trixie never gives up!

Merchandise and
promotional material
Derpy

The 2012 convention exclusive, in its box.

O!cially licensed apparel sporting Derpy was

first made available on August 2011 at the online
store WeLoveFine,[26] though the store carries
fan-designs which refer to various characters by
various fan-given names. More designs were
later made available on WeLoveFine and at Hot
Topic retail stores, and afterwards Derpy was
featured on the Comic Con 2011 promotional
poster.
Derpy is featured in her Nightmare Night paper
bags costume in the Castle Creator flash game,
with the file name for her asset containing the
word "Derpy".[27] A December 2011 update to the
game contained another Derpy asset, wearing a
reindeer cap and a red nose, this time with its
file name containing the phrase
"DH_definitely_canon".[28] The day Hearth's
Warming Eve aired, The Hub's Facebook page
posted a message encouraging readers to "spot
fan favorite Derpy" in the episode.[29] A limited
edition 2013 San Diego Comic-Con MIMOBOT
designer USB flash drive of her bears the name
"Derpy" with a trademark symbol, though on
Mimoco's website is only referred to as "Fan
Favorite"[30] and "Fan Favorite Pony".[31] A
promotional image showing Derpy as in the
beginning of Hurricane Fluttershy with Twilight
Sparkle was posted by the o!cial European
Spanish My Little Pony Facebook page
captioned "¿Cuántos «me gusta» podemos
conseguir para #Derpy? ¡Que sepa que la
queremos! heart emoticon" on April 16, 2015[32]
and commented "¡Derpy está muy contenta! Es
feliz porque la queréis tal y como es. Eso es la
verdadera #MagiaDeLaAmistad ;)" on April 20,
2015.[33]

Nameless

After Derpy's name was removed from The Last

Roundup, Hasbro has not put the name Derpy in
merchandise. Both the IDW comics and the
mobile game feature Derpy, but she is not
directly named. A special edition Fashion Style
toy of Derpy titled "2012 Special Edition Pony"
doesn't name the pony on the product
packaging or in publicity material. It was sold
exclusively at the 2012 Comic-Con convention,
Hasbro's My Little Pony Fair convention and the
Toy Shop website; the item went out of stock on
the website the same day it was put on sale.
Mu!ns appear as decoration on the box and
serve as the "0" in 2012.[34] Derpy's head is
featured inside of Princess Celestia's cutie mark
on the cover of one edition of the My Little Pony
Giant Coloring and Activity Book[35] and poking
her head out of a house in the background on
another.[36] A special Derpy tin containing
trading cards including a Derpy promo card
became available at Hot Topic in April 2013.[37]
The promo card does not feature Derpy's name.
A brushable Derpy toy, part of the Favorites
Collectible toy series, was displayed at New York
Toy Fair 2013. On the back of the packaging, she
is not named but the packaging features a
mu!n.

A Pony Poem image posted by the o!cial

Facebook page of Gameloft's mobile game on
July 2, 2014 refers to her as "Derpy Hooves" in a
poem attributed to "Scott H."; the accompanying
text of the post itself initially used the name
"Derpy" but within two hours was edited to
instead simply use the term "her".[38]

Series 2 of Enterplay's trading cards includes a

card featuring Derpy, #40. The card does not
refer to her by any name and the back of the
card includes the description "Dispersing pesky
thunderclouds isn't the only job this mare has
tried her hoof at. Everypony knows that whether
the obstacle is snow or rain, heat of day of
gloom of night - or even an army of changelings
- she'll make sure your package is delivered on
time! Relaxing while o" the clock, this pegasus
enjoys spending time with Golden Harvest and
her other friends. Pretty much the rest of her
time is dedicated to mu!ns; mmmm, mu!ns..."
The initials of each sentence form "DERP",
alluding to the origin of her name. The card lists
her likes as "Nightmare Night; Spectating;
Mu!ns, of course" and groups her with
Berryshine, Sweetie Drops and Lyra
Heartstrings. Other cards list her as Bubbly
Mare, Equestrian Mailmare, Backup Racer, and
Weather Mare.

Ditzy Doo

On December 2012, Hot Topic listed a hoodie of

Derpy under the name Ditzy Doo while alluding
to the Derpy controversy in its description.[39]
Gaia Online lists her name as "Ditzy Doo" and her
description is "Accidentally went north to get the
southern birds!",[40] which is a reference to the
mention of that name in Winter Wrap Up. Artist
milkbun, an o!cial sta" member of Gaia Online,
stated Ditzy Doo was the o!cial name given to
them by Hasbro.[41]

Mu!ns

By late 2014, Derpy merchandise started

featuring the name Mu!ns. Hasbro has licensed
"Mu!ns' blueberry mu!n flavored lip balm"[42]
and a blonde Mu!ns wig.[43] An image for the
two-year anniversary of Gameloft's mobile
game in late 2014 refers to her as Mu!ns.[44][45]
[46] Hasbro's My Little Pony Facebook page
referred to her as Mu!ns in a post on May 24,
2015.[47] In August 2015, Build-A-Bear
Workshop released the My Little Pony Furry
Friend "Mu!ns" as a webstore exclusive in the
United States at least.[48] The name "Mu!ns" is
o!cially trademarked.

Depiction in the series

See also: character appearances

As a background pony

Mmm! Mu!ns!

Derpy first appears in the first episode of the

series in the background of several scenes and,
as noted above, makes her googly-eyed
appearance at Twilight Sparkle's welcoming
party.
She is mentioned by Rainbowshine and
Rainbow Dash during Winter Wrap Up, using the
name "Ditzy Doo", for flying the wrong direction
for the second year running, trying to fetch the
migrating birds back to Ponyville.

Derpy can be seen throughout the season

trotting through a park, helping with storm
preparations, participating in the Running of the
Leaves, visiting Ponyville's market and more.
She is one of the ponies in the crowd who
admires Pinkie Pie's "baked bads" in Applebuck
Season. The shot pans over the crowd and
Derpy, Minuette, and Sea Swirl all mouth the
line "Mmm, mu!ns..." at approximately the same
time. Derpy appears with intentionally crossed
eyes in Feeling Pinkie Keen; when Twilight spies
on Pinkie Pie, a series of objects falls on her
head: a flower pot, an anvil, a cart of hay and
finally a piano. A camera pan reveals that the
items were dropped by Derpy and Sunshower
Raindrops, who are hovering next to a movers'
truck. In Green Isn't Your Color, she is heard
gasping in shock at Fluttershy's catwalk antics.

In Where the Apple Lies, Derpy appears as a filly

—proportioned similarly to Plaid Stripes, "Pearly
Whites", "Thunderstruck", filly Fluttershy, later
filly Pear Butter, later filly Applejack, and Crystal
Hoof—in flashback at the Ponyville Hospital
with bandages wrapped around her eyes. Her
body design here is older-looking than in other
filly appearances, such as Pinkie Pride and The
Cart Before the Ponies, during each of which
she was notably already googly-eyed.

In Parental Glideance, Derpy appears as a filly

with normal eyes as the pony in first place at the
senior competitive circuit. However, the next
time she participates she is seen with worse
eyes, and has gone down a rank. She continues
to drop ranks every subsequent competition as
her eyes get worse and worse, and by the time
Rainbow Dash is in first place, Derpy is only one
step above a participation sticker.

Variations

There is a character that is identical to Derpy

with exception of her hair color in Friendship is
Magic, part 1, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, and
Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2, three more in
Winter Wrap Up, and two more in Green Isn't
Your Color. The first appears alongside Derpy in
crowd shots and has orange hair, while the
middle three appear in the musical sequences
and have either red, pale blue, or light purple
hair. Background ponies often appear
throughout episodes with slight color variations,
particularly in crowd shots, and some ponies
share the same character design with di"erent
color schemes.

As a scripted character