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'''My Little Pony Physics Presentation''' is a YouTube video of a high school student giving a physics presentation on My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. The video became a viral sensation several days after it was uploaded and was featured on several news outlets, including the Huffington Post<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/28/stephen-magnet-analyzes-the-phyiscal_n_867805.html|title=
Teen Stephen Magnet Analyzes The Physical Impossibilities In My Little Pony|date=2011-07-28|work=Huffington Post}}</ref> and the Tosh.0 blog. The Huffington Post article erroneously refers to him as "Stephen Magnet", a pseudonym and reference to the fan name for the sea serpent from the show's pilot.

The assignment was to find three physical impossibilities in a movie or TV show and prove them incorrect or correct using physics. The three scenes that were analyzed in the video were from [[w:c:mlp:Sonic Rainboom|Sonic Rainboom]] (the acceleration of Rainbow Dash rescuing Rarity), [[w:c:mlp:Applebuck Season|Applebuck Season]] (Applejack launching Rainbow Dash into the air), and [[w:c:mlp:The Cutie Mark Chronicles|The Cutie Mark Chronicles]] (Fluttershy falling from Cloudsdale onto a group of butterflies). [[File:"Stephen Magnet" having the time of his life.png|thumb|left|190px|Having the time of his life.]]Stephen Magnet received an initial score of 100% on the assignment, but later had extra points added, making it 107%.{{cn}} As a result of the video's popularity, Hasbro sent "Stephen Magnet" a box of pony merchandise.<br /><br />

This video is the origin of the "Dark matter ponies" meme.

==References==
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==External link==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MKkzEMARjQ Interview with "Stephen Magnet", 2012-07-05]
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