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Smeel
Part of a series on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. [View Related Entries]
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About
Smeel is an exploitable image series featuring illustrated depictions of characters from the Hasbro franchise My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (MLP: FiM) wearing a large grin on their face. Variations are frequently used as reaction images in a similar vein to Twiface.
Origin
On January 15th, 2012, an illustration of the character Rainbow Dash by MLP: FiM storyboard artist Sabrina Alberghetti[1] was uploaded to the MLP fanart site Deeriboo.ru[2] (shown below, left). On February 11th, DeviantArtist PikachuX1000[3] uploaded a colored and vectored image of Rainbow Dash based on a cropped portion of Alberghetti's illustration (shown below, right).
![original sketch](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/996/546/838.jpg)
![original vector](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/996/550/aea.png)
Spread
That same day, PikachuX1000 uploaded several other edited versions featuring other MLP: FiM characters. The next day, a version featuring Princess Celestia was also created.[5] On November 6th, PikachuX1000 replied to a comment on the Rainbow Dash illustration, explaining that the word "smeel" is an alternate pronunciation of the word "smile".[3] On May 19th, 2012, a DeviantArt[8] group dedicated to the smeel exploitable was created, which gained over 90 members in the next three years.
![twilight smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/996/557/1d2.jpg)
![applejack smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/996/559/f5f.jpg)
![pinkie smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/996/560/61f.jpg)
![rarity smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/996/562/625.jpg)
![fluttershy smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/996/563/8a6.jpg)
![celestia smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/996/564/d89.jpg)
Various Examples
As of July 2015, the keyword "smeel" yields more than 920 results on DeviantArt[6] and upwards of 50 results on Derpibooru.[7]
![Applebloom smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/537/522/1ad.png)
![Big Mac Smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/565/783/3b5.png)
![Truffle Smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/508/053/a7c.png)
![Snips smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/604/354/fd9.png)
![Surprise smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/537/016/f86.png)
![Snowdrop smeel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/519/623/745.png)
Search Interest
External References
[3] DeviantArt – Rainbow Dash SMEEL
[4] DeviantArt – Twilight Sparkle SMEEL
[5] DeviantArt – Celestia SMEEL
[8] DeviantArt – Smeel-Collection
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Top Comments
Alfie The Annihilator
Jul 25, 2015 at 10:51AM EDT
Beatrice Santello
Jul 25, 2015 at 08:43AM EDT