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:''Note: this example article is based heavily on the one from the [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Help:Example_character_article TF Wiki]''
 
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<div style="width:90%;background:#FFF3FB;margin:0 auto .5em auto;border:2px dashed #9C427C;padding:.5em;background:#FFF3FB;display:flex"><div style="align-content: center;">'''↑'''&nbsp;</div><div>If the character's exact name is used across generations, put '''G#''' at the beginning of the article's name, e.g. G4 Rainbow Dash.<br>If there are multiple versions of a character within the generation, the descriptor should be placed in parentheses after the character's name, e.g. Twilight (so soft).</div></div>
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<div style="width:90%;background:#FFF3FB;margin:0 auto .5em auto;border:2px dashed #9C427C;padding:.5em;background:#FFF3FB;display:flex"><div style="align-content: center;">'''↑'''&nbsp;</div><div>If the character's exact name is used across generations, put '''G#''' at the beginning of the article's name, e.g. G4 Rainbow Dash.<br>If there are multiple versions of a character within the generation, the descriptor should be placed in parentheses after the character's name, e.g. Twilight (So Soft).</div></div>
 
<div style="width:90%;background:#FFF3FB;margin:auto;border:2px dashed #9C427C;padding:.5em;background:#FFF3FB;display:flex"><div style="align-content: center;">'''↓'''&nbsp;</div><div>If there are multiple instances of the same name, use the [[Template:Disambig-two|<nowiki>{{disambig-two}}</nowiki>]] or [[Template:Disambig-multiple|<nowiki>{{disambig-multiple}}</nowiki>]] templates, whichever is more fitting</div></div>
 
<div style="width:90%;background:#FFF3FB;margin:auto;border:2px dashed #9C427C;padding:.5em;background:#FFF3FB;display:flex"><div style="align-content: center;">'''↓'''&nbsp;</div><div>If there are multiple instances of the same name, use the [[Template:Disambig-two|<nowiki>{{disambig-two}}</nowiki>]] or [[Template:Disambig-multiple|<nowiki>{{disambig-multiple}}</nowiki>]] templates, whichever is more fitting</div></div>
 
{{disambig-two|Generation 3 Island Rainbow|Generation 4 Island Rainbow|G4 Island Rainbow}}
 
{{disambig-two|Generation 3 Island Rainbow|Generation 4 Island Rainbow|G4 Island Rainbow}}

Revision as of 15:57, 26 July 2025

Note: this example article is based heavily on the one from the TF Wiki
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If the character's exact name is used across generations, put G# at the beginning of the article's name, e.g. G4 Rainbow Dash.
If there are multiple versions of a character within the generation, the descriptor should be placed in parentheses after the character's name, e.g. Twilight (So Soft).
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If there are multiple instances of the same name, use the {{disambig-two}} or {{disambig-multiple}} templates, whichever is more fitting
This article is about Generation 3 Island Rainbow. For Generation 4 Island Rainbow, see G4 Island Rainbow
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A few characters may require a note or disclaimer at the beginning of the article, for example an explanation about the character's name, e.g. Cozy Heart, or about the character's gender/pronouns, e.g. Arpeggia.
Note: This is a note about the character
Insert an image that best represents the character. For early generations this image may be a toy, and for later generations this may be animation or media, unless one type of image is more representative than the other.
For characters with only a couple toy and/or merch releases and no media releases, this image may be skipped.
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[Release/set name] [Name] (for toys, e.g. Styling Rainbow Dash)
[Name] in [media name] (for media, e.g. Teddy in My Little Pony Tales)
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The character's name, generation, species and whatever year they were first seen, whether that be in media or in merchandise, whichever was earliest. The species should be linked to, e.g. [[:Category:G3 Pegasus Ponies|pegasus]]. The year name shoudl also be listed and linked to, eg [[Year One (1997)]].

[Name] is a G# [earth pony/dragon/bushwooly/whatever] first introduced in [year].

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A general description, in present tense, of the character's personality and/or toy releases, whatever is most applicable. Multiple paragraphs may be used.
For ponies with several different personalities or general overviews, such as G1 Shady who is different in MLP 'n Friends vs the UK comics, the personality section should be skipped here and gone over in more detail in the Media section.
Keep toy descriptions general, you can go into more detail in the Releases section.
If there is any information that is particularly notable or important and would not fit better in a different section, it may go here.

[Name] is a cheerful but shy toy-exclusive pony who works at the weather factory. They have been released several times in various countries as a So Soft pony, a Twinkle Eyed pony and a Twice as Fancy pony.

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If a character has different names in different languages, they should be noted. If a character's name is exactly the same in all languages, this section can be skipped.
Names
English: [Name]
Italian: [Name]
Portuguese (Brazil): [Name] and [Name 2]
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A gallery of the character's main line brushables or equivalent releases. Should be skipped when a character has fewer than five or more than fifteen releases. Links to set and/or pose can be used, whatever is relevant. Poses can be skipped for G5 ponies for now.
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This section pertains to everything from books to games to commercials to cartoons. If a character has literally no appearances outside of their toys/merch, this section can be skipped.

Media Appearances

If the character's intro section image was from a media appearance and they have no other media appearance designs, no more images are necessary for this section. If a character has multiple appearances/designs, they should be placed here with descriptors explaining where they are from. If there are more than three images here, they should be moved to a gallery (see below). If images are particularly tall, they can be shrunk using the |upright=#| file parameter where the number is between 0.00 and 1.00, representing a percentage of the original size.
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Pipp Petals in My Little Pony: Make Your Mark.
Pipp Petals in My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale.
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Explanations of a character's media colours. Each sections header should describe what kind of media the design is from and the name of the media if applicable. Specifications and multiple sections are only necessary if designs differ enough from each other, otherwise just one section with a general header like Animated Pony Stats or even just Pony Stats will suffice.
The Hoof Colour, Horn Colour and Wing Colour sections should only be used for generations where they are regularly different from the body colour, e.g. G2 and G5, or if otherwise applicable to the pony, e.g. G4 Princess Cadence who has gradient wings or G1 Valentine's friend who has coloured hooves.
Cutie Mark MUST be used for G3+ characters, Symbol can be used for pre-G3 characters.
If a character is not a pony, this section can either be modified to fit their species or skipped entirely in favor of a written description.

Animated Pony Stats - A New Generation/Make Your Mark

  • Body Colour: Pink with pale pink gradient socks
  • Hair Colour: Purple
  • Eye Colour: Green
  • Hoof Colour: Gold
  • Wing Colour: White
  • Cutie Mark: A purple and white music note with a yellow crown

Animated Pony Stats - Tell Your Tale

  • Body Colour: Pink
  • Hair Colour: Dark purple with lighter purple stripes
  • Eye Colour: Green
  • Hoof Colour: Orange
  • Wing Colour: Pale pink
  • Cutie Mark: A purple and white music note with a yellow crown

Comic Pony Stats

  • Body Colour: Neon green
  • Hair Colour: Rainbow with black stripes
  • Eye Colour: Red
  • Hoof Colour: White
  • Horn Colour: Sparkly glowing neon rainbow
  • Wing Colour: Puce
  • Cutie Mark: A skull with flames coming out of it
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Descriptions of a character's media appearances, as applicable. They should be written in past tense and the first time anything with its own page is mentioned, it should be linked to.
For character with many MANY media appearances, such as G4 Twilight Sparkle, this section can be condensed to be more brief, but for character with fewer appearances, every appearance should be described in more detail.

[Name] made their first appearance in the 1923 comic issue Revenge of the Winged Unicorn Pegacorn Unisus Alicorns. They were a friendly but shy pony who struggled with self-esteem and loved making pizza, eventually learning how to use that ability to defeat their foes. They sucessfully saved the world from the evil Queen Dark Evil Heart Star and restored light to the land of Ponyquestria.

In the next issue, Revenge of the Revenge of the Winged Unicorn Pegacorn Unisus Alicorns, Queen Dark Evil Heart Star returns and [Name] uses their newfound confidence to summon an army of pizza-wielding ponies to defeat her much more easily than before.

They made a brief cameo appearance in the 2055 chapter book Bedtime Stories for Unruly Children, watching over the town of Dreamville as they slept to keep them safe from the nightmare monsters.

[Name] was one of the characters featured in the animated commercial for the Easy Bake set of G15 pony toys, where they had black hooves rather than their usual white.

In the Australian-exclusive picture books, [Name] was very different. They worked in a corporate office rather than the weather factory, and were noticably meaner to the other ponies than in other incarnations.

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An optional gallery for if a character has more than three images relevant to the media section.


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This section pertains to toy releases. If a character has no toys, this section can be skipped.

Releases

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Each toy release should be placed under the applicable year heading.

Year Four (2006)

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The name of the set/release. Try to avoid using the pony's name in this heading when possible.

Glitter Celebration Wave I

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For releases with multiple variants, this extra heading can be added. For most releases, it can be skipped.

Italian Minty Variant I

Any relevant images for the release. If there are more than three images, any extras should be placed in a gallery (see below). Images that are not the primary identifying loose image, which should be placed first, should be shrunk using the |upright=.#| file parameter.
If a release has a Backcard Story section (see below) the backcard image can be skipped here and placed there instead.
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Glitter Celebration Minty
Mint in box
Backcard
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A present-tense written description of any important information about the toy, size, poseability, release information, common condition issues, etc. Multiple paragraphs can be used.

Italian Variant I Glitter Celebration Wave 1 Minty is a 24-inch brushable pony released exclusively in Whole Foods stores in Italy[1]. On the backcard her name is Mentina.

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Explanations of a toy's colours and pose.
The Hoof Colour, Horn Colour and Wing Colour sections should only be used for generations where they are regularly different from the body colour, e.g. G2 and G5, or if otherwise applicable to the pony, e.g. G1 Ringlet who has rainbow wings. Pose can be skipped for G5 and Hoof Heart is only required for G3 and G3.5.
Cutie Mark MUST be used for G3+ characters, Symbol can be used for pre-G3 characters.
If a character is not a pony, this section can either be modified to fit their species or skipped entirely in favor of a written description.

Pony Stats

  • Pose: Glory Pose
  • Body: White
  • Hair: Sparkly magenta with light blue stripes
  • Eyes: Blue
  • Hooves: Silver
  • Horn: White
  • Wings: White with purple and blue feathers
  • Cutie Mark: One large green- and pink-striped mint candy and two smaller striped mint candies, one green and one pink
  • Hoof Heart: Purple
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Examples of optional galleries for relevant images. Not every release needs every image. Multiple unrelated images can be placed in one gallery if the gallery caption is removed. These galleries use heights and widths of 200px and have three images per row. Accessories should always go in their own gallery.
  • Features

  • Cutie Mark

  • Eye

  • Hoof heart

  • Stock Images

  • Loose

  • Mint in box

  • Backcard

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An optional note for letting people know if one release had multiple possible accessory colours.

Note: there may be some variation in accessory colours

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Optional accessory gallery. Uses heights and widths of 150px and has four images per row. Accessory pages should be linked to when possible.


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If a release has a relevant story or information on the backcard, this section can be added.

Backcard Story

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Make note of the story's language.

English

Backcard

Minty loves crazy, silly, upside-down days. She's always coming up with new jokes to tell and fun things to do. With MINTY every day is a dizzy delight!

  • Find new socks to collect!
  • Play checkers with Sweetberry
  • Stand on my head for a while


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Another variant heading. Normally it would be followed by the same information as above but it has been left blank to shorten this page.

Swedish Minty Variant II

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For ponies with many releases, relevant navigation boxes can be placed here. Most releases will skip this.
G2 • Pony Toys • Year Three (1999)

♥ Nationwide distribution in the USA ended in 1999, but which ponies were available is still debated. Distribution and sales continued in Europe through 2003 and the brand relaunch of Generation 3. ♥

Secret Surprise Friends

Flash • Hip Holly • Merry Moments • Satin Slipper

Magic Motion Friends

Bright Bramley • Dizzy Lizzy • Petal Blossom

Princess Ponies

Princess Crystal • Princess Ivy • Princess Morning Glory • Princess Silver Swirl • Princess Trixiebelle • Princess Twinkle Star

Royal Lady Ponies

Lady Cupcake • Lady Light Heart • Lady Moonshine • Lady Sky Skimmer

Royal Friends

Mystery Ball with Princess Sweet Berry and Lady Sky Skimmer • Royal Wedding with Princess Morning Glory and Prince Clever Clover

Holiday Ponies

Easter Sky Skimmer

Playsets

Sweet Berry's Magic Kitchen • Enchanted Throne with Queen Sunsparkle • Magic Rainbow Forest with Sunsparkle • Royal Castle Ballroom with Princess Morning Glory



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This section pertains to non-toy merchandise, or to toys like McDonald's figures for characters with lots of toy releases. If a character only has a couple toy releases, figures may be given regular entries in the Releases section. Merch such as clothing, stationary, plushes, puzzles etc should always be placed in this section. Try to organise merch roughly by type (plushes, printed merch, etc.) and by ascending release year. If a character has no misc merch, or if all they have are figures that have been given entries above, this section can be skipped.

Merchandise

  • 2023 12-inch articulated plush by Jemini (Stock image)

  • 2023 12-inch musical light-up plush by Jemini (Stock image)

  • 2023 6-inch plush by Megatoys (Stock image)

  • 2022 Monogram bag clip (Stock image)

  • 2022 Play Together bath toy (Stock image)

  • 2022 PEZ (Stock image)

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If there is information to note that does not fit well in any other section, it can be placed here in a bulleted list. Most articles will skip this section.

Notes

  • Information here
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A section to help direct visitors to other relevant pages. Can be used for characters with similar names, similar designs, from the same set, or characters or articles that are in any way related and may be useful to note. If there are no relevant pages, this section can be skipped.

See Also

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If no sources or linked notes are given in the article, this section can be skipped.

References

  1. ↑ This is where my source for that information would go, if I had one.
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Relevant navigation boxes can be placed at the end of the page if they haven't been placed in a specific release's section above.
Friendship is Magic
Mane 6

Twilight Sparkle • Rainbow Dash • Applejack • Pinkie Pie • Rarity • Fluttershy

Secondary Characters

Spike • Apple Bloom • Sweetie Belle • Scootaloo • Cheerilee • Zecora • Big McIntosh • Granny Smith

Princesses

Princess Celestia • Princess Luna • Princess Cadance

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Relevant categories are added at the very end of the page. Characters should be added to any Category they fit into. Normally these are not visible but have been made so for this example article.

[[Category: Generation 2]] [[Category: G2 Adult Ponies]] [[Category: G2 Earth Ponies]] [[Category: G2 White Ponies]]


Copyable Code (Full)

This is a template using all the above example article. Don't forget to alter and remove sections as is needed. 

{{disambig-two|1|1|2}}
:''Note: This is a note about the character''
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|[Release/set name] [Name] (for toys, e.g. Styling Rainbow Dash)<br>[Name] in [media name] (for media, e.g. Teddy in [[:Category:My Little Pony Tales|My Little Pony Tales)]]]]

[Name] is a [[G#]] [earth pony/dragon/bushwooly/whatever] first introduced in [year].

[Name] is a cheerful but shy toy-exclusive pony who works at the weather factory. They have been released several times in various countries as a [[:Category:G1 So Soft Ponies|So Soft pony]], a [[:Category:Twinkle Eyed Ponies|Twinkle Eyed pony]] and a [[:Category:Twice As Fancy Ponies|Twice as Fancy pony]].

;Names
:''English'': [Name]
:''Italian'':  [Name]
:''Portuguese'' (Brazil): [Name] and [Name 2]

<gallery caption="[Name] Releases" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="5">
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[[:Category:X|[Release Name]]] [Name] ([year]), [[X|[Pose Name]]]
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[[:Category:X|[Release Name]]] [Name] ([year]), [[X|[Pose Name]]]
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[[:Category:X|[Release Name]]] [Name] ([year]), [[X|[Pose Name]]]
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[[:Category:X|[Release Name]]] [Name] ([year]), [[X|[Pose Name]]]
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[[:Category:X|[Release Name]]] [Name] ([year]), [[X|[Pose Name]]]
</gallery>

=Media Appearances=
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|[Name] in [[[media name]]]

'''[Animated] Pony Stats[ - [Series name], only use if there are multiple sections for multiple different designs]]'''
*'''Body Colour:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hair Colour:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Eye Colour:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hoof Colour:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Wing Colour:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Cutie Mark/Symbol:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hoof Heart:''' Lorem ipsum

[Name] made their first appearance in Lorem ipsum.

<gallery caption="[Name] Media Gallery" widths=200 heights=200>
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[Name] in [media name]
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.png|[Name] in [media name]
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.png|[Name] in [media name]
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|An image of [Name] and [Other Pony] in [media name]
</gallery>

{{clear}}

=Releases=

==[[:Category: Year X (XXXX)|Year X (XXXX)]]==

===[[Release/Set Name]]===

====[Release/Set Name] Variant I====
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|[[Release/Set Name]] [Name]]]
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|Mint in box]]
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|Backcard]]

[Variant Number] [Release/Set Name] [Name] is a 24-inch brushable pony released exclusively in Whole Foods stores in Italy<ref>Source</ref>. On the backcard her name is Lorem ipsum.

'''Pony Stats'''
*'''Pose:''' [[X|Lorem ipsum]]
*'''Body:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hair:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Eyes:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hooves:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Horn:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Wings:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Cutie Mark/Symbol:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hoof Heart:''' Lorem ipsum

<gallery caption="Features" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|Cutie Mark
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|Eye
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|Hoof heart
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Stock Images" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|Loose
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|Mint in box
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|Backcard
</gallery>

''Note: there may be some variation in accessory colours''

<gallery caption="Accessories" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4"> 
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[[G# X|Lorem ipsum]]
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[[G# X|Lorem ipsum]]
</gallery>

{{clear}}

'''Backcard Story'''

'''English'''
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|Backcard]]

Lorem ipsum.

{{clear}}

{{Template:Year Three (1999) collapsed}}

{{clear}}

=[[G# Merchandise|Merchandise]]=
<gallery>
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[Year] [item]
</gallery>

=Notes=
*Lorem ipsum

=See Also=
*[[Lorem ipsum]]

=References=
<references />

{{Template:Friendship is Magic}}

[[Category: Generation #]]
[[Category: G# [Species]]]
[[Category: G# [Colour] Ponies]]

Copyable Code (Brief)

This is a bare-bones template using only the basic sections most articles will use. Don't forget to alter and remove sections as is needed. 

{{disambig-two|1|1|2}}
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|[Release/set name] [Name] (for toys, e.g. Styling Rainbow Dash)<br>[Name] in [media name] (for media, e.g. Teddy in [[:Category:My Little Pony Tales|My Little Pony Tales)]]]]

[Name] is a [[G#]] [species] first introduced in [year].

[Name] is a Lorem ipsum.

;Names
:''English'': [Name]
:''Language'':  [Name]

=Media Appearances=
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|[Name] in [[[media name]]]

'''Animated Pony Stats'''
*'''Body Colour:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hair Colour:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Eye Colour:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hoof Colour:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Wing Colour:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Cutie Mark/Symbol:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hoof Heart:''' Lorem ipsum

[Name] made their first appearance in Lorem ipsum.

{{clear}}

=Releases=

==[[:Category: Year X (XXXX)|Year X (XXXX)]]==

===[[Release/Set Name]]===
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|[[Release/Set Name]] [Name]]]
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|Mint in box]]
[[File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|Backcard]]

[Release/Set Name] [Name] is a Lorem ipsum.

'''Pony Stats'''
*'''Pose:''' [[X|Lorem ipsum]]
*'''Body:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hair:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Eyes:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hooves:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Horn:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Wings:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Cutie Mark/Symbol:''' Lorem ipsum
*'''Hoof Heart:''' Lorem ipsum

<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Accessories" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4"> 
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[[G# X|Lorem ipsum]]
</gallery>

{{clear}}

=[[G# Merchandise|Merchandise]]=
<gallery>
File:Photo_Needed_Placeholder.jpg|[Year] [item]
</gallery>

=See Also=
*[[Lorem ipsum]]

[[Category: Generation #]]
[[Category: G# [Species]]]
[[Category: G# [Colour] Ponies]]
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