We found the first confirmed planet outside our solar system in 1992. Since then, we've found almost 600. Why'd it take us so long to find exoplanets? And once we'd started, why'd we find so many? Caution: presentation contains gratuitous references to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. (To fully follow along with this presentation, please grab the presentation script from http://granades.com/2011/09/12/talking-science-at-dragoncon-2011/ )