The Real Toola Roola by SammyJ-Studios on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

If you recall in my trivia of G3 ponies, Toola Roola was redesigned in 2008. In her original design, she had several distinctly Irish references. While she never had any media appearances in this state to know for sure, I imagine that if she did, she would be much more obviously Irish and maybe even have an Irish accent similarly to how Fiesta Flair was Mexican/Latina. Although she would have probably faced similar complaints of being a "stereotype", which may even be why she was scrapped.

It's unfortunate in my opinion. During my Irish-obsessed phase, which was very close to when G3 was the current generation, she would have quickly become one of my favorite ponies if they had done this. I even mentioned in my How I would have written G5 journal, I would have brought her back the way she was always meant to be.

So, I decided to pay homage to this lost opportunity, and make a festive image for the next upcoming holiday: St. Patrick's Day. Toola Roola could have been such a unique character. As much as I love G3, there's a lot I don't agree with in their choices for Core 7 and G3.5. Especially how they changed characters we already knew and loved.