Metallix
[10] Knight
Pinkie is not the only character influenced by a previous generation. There are other characters as well. As I was told by Pouncer here, in Lauren Faust's DA there are many more concept sketches of the mane six and others. It is obvious the many references of characters. But the character of Twilight Sparkle even had to be explained to me (by Pouncer artist/MLP collector) as a "Proto-Pegaister". I think that she (just like myself and Pouncer for example) grew up watching the series and collecting the toys from each generation. Why you see much of G3/G3.5 Pinkie and G1 Surprise in the current G4 Pinkie.