Pony Megathread

[Kreekakon]

Let me guess, Surprise is another of those "Respected 'Original Characters'"(So much sarcasm that it needs quotations IN quotations) on DeviantArt, that's really nothing more than a re-skinned copy.

Actually Surprise is what Lauren Faust originally envisioned the role of Pinkie Pie to be, based off of the white Pegasus of the same name from G1

Quote from MLP wiki:

Pinkie Pie is based on the G3 ponyof the same name. The G3 pony's coat is pink, with her mane and tail a lighter shade, and her cutie mark is three balloons with curved strings. The current Pinkie Pie's cutie mark matches that of a Pegasus pony from G1, Surprise. Lauren Faust had published concept art of Surprise which bears a strong resemblance to Pinkie Pie, only with a white and yellow color scheme and Pegasus wings, and Hasbro published a recolor of the image in their "Style Guide for Pinkie Pie", complete with Pegasus wings. Pinkie Pie ultimately remained grounded and her wings were given to Fluttershy, who was back then called Posey.

If anything fanart of Surprise is more, or less fans poking fun at the original concept of Pinkie in behind-the-scenes dev stages