More designs were later made available on WeLoveFine and at Hot Topic retail stores. Officially licensed apparel sporting Derpy was first made available on August 2011 at the online store WeLoveFine, though the store carries fan-designs which refer to various characters by various fan-given names. The 2012 convention exclusive, in its box The character was explicitly called Derpy Hooves by the auctioneer. In addition to sketches drawn in 2008, she drew a new sketch of Derpy which sold for 2,151 USD. Lauren Faust participated in a charity auction for the 2011 Japan relief effort by donating several of her My Little Pony Friendship is Magic production sketches.
Amy Keating Rogers sang her original rendition of the song "Smile, Smile, Smile" at Bronycon 2012, in which Pinkie Pie speaks to Derpy and calls her Derpy Doo.Īccording to IDW comics editor Bobby Curnow on June 21, 2014, "Derpy isn't the official name, there is no official name". Thiessen later relayed that the Canadian crew has adopted the name Derpy.
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."Įven though background ponies typically have no official 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. 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. The character is called "Derpy" on-screen in The Last Roundup, detailed below. Faust later stated that "it sounds like finally landed on 'Derpy Hooves'". 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.
First officially licensed Derpy merchandise, from įaust has acknowledged the fan following of Derpy early on.
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