While there are elements of the characters' personalities and experiences viewers can relate to, even many fans of the show dismiss it as being an unrealistic fairy tale.
Elements of the characters' personalities and the show's settings were based on her own childhood imagination of the ponies' adventures, in part inspired by the animated shows that her brothers would watch while growing up, such as Transformers and G.I. Joe; she considered that she was making Friendship Is Magic "for me as an eight-year-old".
In coming months, visitors to the Uncle Ben's Web site will be able to discover new elements of the character, Mr. Howell said, like full-body digital versions of Uncle Ben and voice mail messages.
But other rebel actions spoke to different elements of the character of opposition fighting units in the mountains — including the mix of enthusiasm, inexperience and initiative that has in turns both endangered the rebels and at times made them safe.
James Gandolfini was, as he has been from the start, astonishingly good at balancing the vile and sympathetic elements of the character, but the show's huge popularity was starting to deliver a mob boss who was too cuddly for a hard-edged series.
Paramount has responded by denying malice, citing their first amendment rights and admitting that some elements of the character – namely his hair – are derived from Greene, but that the descriptions of the wig as "a piece of shit hairpiece" are factually accurate, so can't be used in the claim.
Few elements of the character's history have remained constant.
Certain elements of the character are drawn from the real Colbert's personal life.
As a character introduced in Soul Edge, Li Long's weapon, a pair of nunchaku with mounted blades, were selected before other elements of the character.
The tragic and human elements of the character's story, coupled with his barbaric crimes as the Joker, portray the character as more of a three-dimensional human being.
As a character introduced in Soulcalibur, Ivy's weapon, a "snake sword" designed to be unique amongst the other weapons in the game, was selected before other elements of the character.
