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A character doesn't need a complex background to "exist." Look at Super Mario,. (iIgnoring the cartoon/movie canons he actually doesn't have an official backstory, heck his creator his creator Miyamoto doesn't even consider him a "plumber") he's just an everyman from nowhere who comes to save the Mushroom Kingdom from King Koopa.
Spike can exist even if we never find out about his parents, and perhaps, that's not very important to his character.
If that was the case then why did some episodes like "Owl's Well" focus on him? And honestly, speaking as a brony whom was around when the first season was airing, bronies weren't that into Spike back then, so I doubt they influenced his character that much.
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If they were, then he wouldn't of been able to live with Twilight, or be her "little brother/assistant," and such.
Big is Beau-tiful
A character doesn't need a complex background to "exist." Look at Super Mario
Spike can exist even if we never find out about his parents, and perhaps, that's not very important to his character.
If that was the case then why did some episodes like "Owl's Well" focus on him? And honestly, speaking as a brony whom was around when the first season was airing, bronies weren't that into Spike back then, so I doubt they influenced his character that much.
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If they were, then he wouldn't of been able to live with Twilight, or be her "little brother/assistant," and such.