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I Don't Have a Favorite Pony

2012-08-10 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Pop culture · comedy performance

Hank answers fans' repeated question about his favorite My Little Pony with a comic song insisting he has none, while praising each pony and ending on Spike; he then promotes the Kickstarter for an Evil Baby Orphanage card game with a Nerdfighter expansion.

What is said

00:00:00 — Why the song exists (people kept asking a question); first verse about the pony craze online and the chorus 'I don't have a favorite pony'

  • ★★ Hank says he wrote the song after the tour because people kept asking him a question he had no answer to; the song is his answer. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ The description links acoustic and studio versions of the song on iTunes. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ In the song Hank says something is happening on the internet that he doesn't get, with thousands of fans making Tumblrs, fanfics and bulletin boards, and that all that excitement is great. (playful) — 00:00:06 · Tumblr
  • ★★★ The chorus claims Hank has no favorite pony because he has never seen the show, is 31 and a self-respecting dude, and finally because he just can't choose. (joke) — 00:00:37

00:01:08 — Second verse praising each pony; bridge about spending six hours on a cartoon instead of changing the world; ending 'I like Spike'

  • ★★ The second verse contradicts the chorus by praising each pony: Rainbow Dash's hair, Applejack's strength, Fluttershy, Rarity's beauty, Pinkie Pie's excitement and Twilight's nerdiness. (playful) — 00:01:08
  • ★★ Hank sings that his goal is to make the planet better, but it is equally probable he spent six hours watching a cartoon made for little girls instead; real-world battles are complex, Equestria simpler. (playful) (hedged) — 00:01:38

00:02:10 — Thanks for effects and green-screen ponies; Hank at LeakyCon; Evil Baby Orphanage card game Kickstarter: origin of the idea, game mechanics, $50,000 Nerdfighter expansion, $40 pledge, later sale

  • ★ Hank thanks Michael Aranda for the effects and the people who made green-screen ponies. — 00:02:10 · Michael Aranda
  • ★ Hank says he is at LeakyCon as the video goes up, having filmed it earlier, and that John is at LeakyCon too. — 00:02:20 · LeakyCon
  • ★★ Hank says he is an unashamed tabletop card game kind of guy; his original Nerdfighter song was about Magic: The Gathering. — 00:02:32
  • ★★ Hank recalls the Evil Baby Orphanage as an idea he and John conceived to escape the dilemma of killing baby Hitler: you could instead abduct him to an evil baby orphanage. — 00:02:40 · Evil Baby Orphanage, Adolf Hitler
  • ★★ Hank says the people at Weird Games took up the idea; when he saw their Kickstarter he asked to help and they showed him the whole game. — 00:02:57
  • ★★ Hank describes the game: players are time nannies collecting babies for mischief points, with high-scoring babies passed from time nanny to time nanny. — 00:03:05
  • ★★★ Hank says at $50,000 the Kickstarter adds a Nerdfighter expansion in which players can play John and Hank as time nannies. — 00:03:17 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank reminds viewers that the expansion and other perks come only with pledges of more than $40. — 00:03:24
  • ★★ Hank says the Kickstarter ends in two or three days, but the game will be sold at local game stores and probably at DFTBA.com. (hedged) — 00:03:31 · DFTBA Records

Humor (significant)

  • After 'never seen that show', '31 years old' and 'self-respecting dude', the last reason in the chorus — 00:00:54 > «And I don't have a favorite pony 'cuz I... I just can't... choooooose!»
  • His goal is to make the planet better, but it is equally probable that instead of changing the world — 00:01:43 > «I spent the last 6 hours watching a cartoon made for little girls.»
  • Having insisted he has no favorite pony, the song's last line — 00:02:06 > «I like Spike!»
  • Seeing the Evil Baby Orphanage game on Kickstarter, Hank begged its makers — 00:03:01 > «Guys. Guys. Guys, can I? Can I help? Can I help? Guys, can I help?»

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