It appears “My Little Pony,” the kid-friendly animated franchise that dates back to the '80s, has gone woke in new Netflix movie.

In “My Little Pony: The Next Generation,” directed by Robert Cullen and José L. Ucha, earth ponies are anti-magic (read: anti-science) and prone to fear mongering.

My Little Pony was first introduced by Hasbro in 1983 and reintroduced again in 2003. The mini-horse figurines come in more than a thousand varieties, all with elongated tails and manes, made to ...