About
Beaker Pony, otherwise known as Erlenmeyer Flask Pony or Flaskhead Hearts, is a background character who is briefly shown with her head stuck in an erlenmeyer flask in an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Her bizarre predicament and triangle-shaped head have been the source of a multitude of edited images, such as in conjunction with descriptive noises or references to the Illuminati.
Origin
Canonically named Lemon Hearts, her appearance as Beaker Pony can be found in Episode 12 of Season 5, “Amending Fences,”[3] where she is seen in a flashback as a filly running around a young Twilight Sparkle and Moondancer with other foals.
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Researching
The first image[1] (shown below, left) with the tag “Flaskhead Hearts” on Derpibooru was uploaded on July 4, 2015, receiving 330 upvotes as of October 2015. Since then, there have been over 65 images[2] of her uploaded to Derpibooru. The highest-rated example (shown below, right) features her in a poster format with the word “Science” at the bottom.[5]
Flaskhead Hearts was featured prominently in Equestria Daily’s follow-up article of Amending Fences, published on July 5th, 2015.[4]
Notable Examples
External References
[1]Derpibooru – First Uploaded Image
[2]Derpibooru – Flaskhead Hearts
[3]MLP Wiki – Amending Fences
[4]Equestria Daily – Amending Fences: Episode Followup
[5]Derpibooru – Highest Rated Image