Why Wub Woo / Dashface
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About
"Why Wub Woo" is a catchphrase often associated with an exploitable image of Rainbow Dash from "My Little Pony:Friendship is Magic". The "Why Wub Woo" image macro frequently appears as a reaction face, and Rainbow Dash's face is often photoshopped on to various other characters.
Origin
The image was taken from the Season 1, Episode 4 titled "Applebuck Season" that aired on November 5th, 2010.[1] It features the character Rainbow Dash making an excited facial expression while proclaiming eagerness to train with Applejack, and can be seen in the video below:
Spread
Soon after the episode aired, a templates of Rainbow Dash at the podium and Rainbow Dash's face with transparent backgrounds were posted to 4chan's /co/ board inspiring the creation of photoshopped images.
On January 22nd, 2011, a 1920×1080 wallpaper was posted to Deviantart[2] by user ShelltoonTV. A "Why Wub Ponies" Tumblr[3] page was made on May 31st, 2011. On June 12th, a thread was posted to Ponychan[4] referencing the images.
The face has been represented by this emoticon: /)^3^(\
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External References
[1] Friendship is Magic Wiki – Applebuck Season
[2] Deviantart – SO… AWESOME…
[3] Tumblr – Why Wub Ponies
[4] Ponychan – How is everypony? Why Wub Woo edition!
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