General topic for character tag categorization

@Background Pony #00D4
The reason Surprise is so often drawn as a Pinkie Pie recolour is because in the early development of G4, Pinkie was supposed to be Surprise. They share the same design. For whatever it’s worth, I consider this the G1 character, not the Wonderbolt despite the G4 aesthetic.

@wownamesarehard
But Hasbro lost the trademark for Surprise because she wasn’t used between Rescue at Midnight Castle and G4. Note that her CCG card lacks any trademark symbols.

Hasbro finally revealed Misty’s full name guys :

The tag Misty Brightdawn now needs to be aliased with Misty tag, the similar to what we did to Sprout.

Hey there’s Misty’s cutie mark! Beautiful 🦋

I think “Misty” tag should stay, while “Misty Brightdawn” would be reserved for her new version (with different mane and cutie mark), implying “Misty”. Sumilar to “Tempest Shadow” and “Fizzlepop Berrytwist”.

Is there a reason some notable background characters have two name tags that imply each other instead of being merged?

doctor whooves <=> time turner

vinyl scratch <=> dj pon-3

bon bon <=> sweetie drops

carrot top <=> golden harvest

I’m sure there are more but these are the ones I’m aware of.

Thanks for your time.

@wownamesarehard
The first three seem to be sort of special. Both are used at once because how could you really pick a primary? Other fan names get phased out, like Marble Pie and Limestone Pie used to be named Inkie and Blinkie by fans. But for the ones you pointed out, not so much. If anything, one should imply the other.

@wownamesarehard
@Toastypk
With Vinyl Scratch it’s real name and stage name. For the other three the left was the fandom name (and Bonbon was a G1 pony) but was changed due to legal issues.

@Wiimeiser
I thought it might be because some of the above names were considered fan names, but that doesn’t seem to be a problem for the character whom this site is named after. Besides, it was my understanding at least a few of these names came from merch like trading cards and blind bags.

Assuming names used in the show take priority, DJ Pon-3 is used in No Second Prances, and Doctor Hooves (according to the subtitles) is used in A Horse Show-In. Both Bon Bon and Sweetie Drops are used in Slice of Life, of course. But given her background, it’s unlikely either of these are her real name.

@wownamesarehard
Yeah, as far as Vinyl goes, it was a trading card that confirmed that Vinyl Scratch is her given name, and DJ Pon-3 is her stage name.

And as far as Bon Bon, I agree with keeping the status quo and using both that and Sweetie Drops.

Don’t really have an opinion on the other two.

I think it’s clunky to have two tags that have the same exact function. IMO the number of character tags should correspond the number of (named) characters in the image, so I’d be in favor of aliasing.

Some characters got their names decided in the BP Naming Thread but their tags haven’t been blue’d, those being Soul Power, Rhythm Mirror, Smooth Fruit, and Joy Jump

wavedancer (US name) <=> wavebreaker (UK name)

surfdancer <=> surf dancer

Thanks for your time.

I found another!
There is a possum in MLP generations named
Trench.

Jetstream and Airheart are the same character.

Jetstream has more images.

mrs. bloom <=> clover’s mother

The only named Tales parent; she’s named in the episode “Sister of the Bride.”

Thanks for your time.

Why does Bill Neigh alias into Covalent Bond? Bill Neigh is his official name, at minimum both names should be tags if not outright changing the Covalent Bond tag into Bill Neigh right?

@Background Pony #976A
I agree!

pipp petals <=> princess pipp

Cherenkov Blue and Dax Cobalt are the same person

G3 pony desert blossom

Do we really nead both a Count Caesar tag and a Caesar tag? We could just keep Count Caesar and have Caesar turn into Count Caesar

Why we still have Roid Rage tag? Just alias it to Bulk Biceps.

I’m also confused why we have the Some Blue Guy tag, he has a name now; Curly Winds

I have long been an advocate on cutting down on the amount of double-character tags we have but it’s not exactly something I should do unilaterally.

I’ll try bringing it up with other staff again.