Hasbro! Way to expose her secret identity! :-/

@Dylanius  
How can it be witchcraft if there is no magic? I’d say voodoo

Smarty Pants, a doll, standing upright without assistance via magic or threads?  

@The Twelfth Doctor Whoof
 
Your logic means you should start calling Apple Bloom a different name because it’s too similar to Applejack.

Late to the thread, I know, but just needed to add my two cents in…
 
I don’t care what the “canon” says, I’m not calling Bon-Bon “Sweetie Drops”, ever, and no amount of MLPWikifags waving around officialness in my face will make me change tack.
 
My reasoning is that “Sweetie Drops” sounds way too similar to Sweetie Belle, to the point that one could mix the names up if one isn’t careful. “Bon-Bon” is much more distinct, plus it’s a nice shout-out to an actual Little Pony from G1 who had a similar cutie mark.
 
An outright rejection is unusual for me, as I’m usually fine with official names (never liked “Colgate”, much prefer “Minuette”).

I like Minuette way better than ‘Colgate’. If anyone looks like toothpaste it’s Lyra.

@Background Pony  
Cloudchaser Stormwalker is best Jedi!

@Background Pony
 
Not quite. That pony that was called “Cloudchaser” in the show is called “Stormwalker” in the studio files. But Stormwalker was cut from the episode and Cloudchaser needed a design they gave her Stormwalker’s.

Bon Bon = Sweetie Drops? I hope a Hasbro representative gives an explanation.

@Ferrotter  
Twins?  
Twins.

@Mr. Horrible  
There are scenes where two Bon Bons are visible at the same time in the same crowd. That means show canon, which trumps all, does support that Bon Bon and Sweetie Drops can be two different ponies.

@Garth01  
“Vinyl Scratch” and “Dr. Whooves” were officially adopted as well.  
Vinyl Scratch was used at Hasbro’s booth at the Las Vegas Licensing Expo 2012.  
Dr. Whooves was used at Funko’s licensed figurine, and The Hub’s Twitter.

Eh, I prefer Bon Bon and will continue to call her that the same as Vinyl Scratch (official DJ-Pon3) and Dr. Whooves (official Time Turner).
 
At most I will compromise and say her nickname is Bon Bon Sweetie “Bon Bon” Drops.

@WatermelonRat  
Um, a lot of the reason for names existing in the first place is so you can refer to specific characters/people by their names. If you want to call Colgate “Ham Sandwich Bluebird,” sure, you can if you want, but nobody’s going to understand you.

@Rainbow Dude
 
I have to agree with all of that,but only to an extent.
 
When people start crying and whining about how their headcanons are ruined,the line of stupidity had been crossed.

@Background Pony  
Isn’t it better to create a way to reconcile headcanon with canon, rather than just go “Oh no! They’re ruining everything!”?  
Being creative is a nice thing, isn’t it?

@Background Pony
 
In the end, you can’t deny denial. It’s undeniable. And if you try, you just end up with denialception. ^_ ^
 
…Either that, or you’re directed to a river in Africa. I dunno. >_>

@Rainbow Dude
 
More like “it suits my headcanon so it’s ok” than positivity,but oh well…
 
So much denial in this thread.

@LanceOmikron  
That’s the way I like it. Positivity.

@MeshGearFox  
@Rainbow Dude
 
Both of those interpretations are perfectly acceptable. And hey, at least the cards confirm that “Bon Bon” is Lyra’s roommate. ^_ ^

The new villian from season 4: Denial!

@MeshGearFox  
Or Bon Bon is Sweetie Drops’ nickname.

@LanceOmikron
 
Bon Bon and Sweetie Drops are two different ponies that happen to look nearly identical.
 

While I do prefer Bon Bon as her name, my main source of aggravation from the whole Bon Bon/Sweetie Drops thing is simply that Hasbro just can’t seem to make up their mind about it:
 
The Gameloft game calls her Bon Bon, then the toys call her Sweetie Drops, then the cards call her Bon Bon, and now this book calls her Sweetie Drops!
 
Consistency is all I ask for. >_<

@Vree  
Alright then, care to give me some more creative words to use next time? Use your imagination. :>