Why the heck do you bronies care so much about ponies or act like its more mature than other shows? Its carebears. It is 100% the same premise and nature as carebears.

Carebears have a "care alarm" for when there's a care problem. The ponies have a Friendship map for friendship problems. The six main characters are basically doing the exact same thing as the care bears did and do.
The carebears lived in a fluffy cloud place that was glurge of rainbows and hearts. Look at My little ponies. The world is filled with giant clouds spilling rainbows and decorated with hearts-- virtually every house and train has hearts plastered over it, just look at that "friendship express" (Hah) train, its nothing but pink and hearts.
The carebears have belly marks that they obsess over and are giant glowing stickers for sales purposes. The ponies have "cutie marks" which are the exact damn same thing.

And for all bronies talk about its "Action" or "darkness" The ponies fight exactly like the carebears, shooting a rainbow at the badguys which makes them inexplicably become good or go away. There's no real violence or fighting here, its just shooting rainbow lasers at people to make them feel better.