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** It's also been shown in several episodes like "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" and "Hurricane Fluttershy" that she's ''very'' self-conscious about her flying ability, especially around other pegasi, who [[KidsAreCruel used to bully her]] about her apparant lack of flying talent.
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* GeniusBonus: Fluttershy is scared of her own shadow, but latter in the same episode is shown to be perfectly badass when she needs to me. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucephalus Bucephalus, The most famous real warhorse of antiquity, was scared of its own shadow.]]
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* GeniusBonus: Fluttershy is scared of her own shadow, but latter in the same episode is shown to be perfectly badass when she needs to me. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucephalus Bucephalus, The most famous real warhorse of antiquity, was scared of its own shadow.]]
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A Pegasus also from Cloudsdale who is just as shy as her name suggests. Gentle and kind, she has a natural way with animals but has trouble dealing with other ponies due to her ShrinkingViolet nature. Still, don't even ''think'' about [[BerserkButton hurting her friends]].
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A Pegasus also from Cloudsdale who is just as shy as her name suggests. Gentle and kind, she has a natural way with animals but has trouble dealing with other ponies due to her ShrinkingViolet nature. Still, don't even ''think'' about [[BerserkButton hurting her friends]].
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* [[BullyingADragon Bullying A Pony]]: When she gets pushed too far the results can be downright terrifying. Also, after she recieved trainging from Iron Will, she made sure no one would ever take advantage of her again (though, she didn't like what she became, and went back to being nice Fluttershy).
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* NotSoAboveItAll: While she is arguably the most incorruptably nice pony of the lot, she can't be perfect and does have [[JerkassBall occasional moments of weakness]] that are neither from pressure or enforced acts against character (she shares the other ponies' initial hostility to Zekora for example, and also [[spoiler:is one of the culprits in eating the Cakes entry for the National Dessert Competition]]). In most cases she is apologetic afterwards however.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: While she is arguably the most incorruptably nice pony of the lot, she can't be perfect and does have [[JerkassBall occasional moments of weakness]] that are neither from pressure or enforced acts against character (she shares the other ponies' initial hostility to Zekora Zecora for example, and also [[spoiler:is one of the culprits in eating the Cakes entry for the National Dessert Competition]]). In most cases she is apologetic afterwards however.
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** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony Part 2]]", the idea of Discord emerging triumphant is enough incentive for Fluttershy to stop crying and push herself to her physical limits while the ponies are [[spoiler: chasing Rainbow Dash]].
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** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony Part 2]]", the idea of Discord emerging triumphant is enough incentive for Fluttershy to stop crying and push herself to her physical limits while the ponies are [[spoiler: chasing [[spoiler:chasing Rainbow Dash]].Dash.]]
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** The "admirable strength" part of that description was played with hilariously in "Lesson Zero". Twilight tries to see if Fluttershy is having one of her CowardlyLion moments only to find her ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome beating the living crap out of a bear three times her size, then killing it by snapping its neck]].'' [[spoiler:She was really just giving the bear a chiropractic session.]] Twilight and the audience no doubt shared a moment of shock.
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** The "admirable strength" part of that description was played with hilariously in "Lesson Zero". Twilight tries to see if Fluttershy is having one of her CowardlyLion moments only to find her ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome beating the living crap out of a bear three times her size, then killing it by snapping its neck]].'' neck]]''. [[spoiler:She was really just giving the bear a chiropractic session.]] Twilight and the audience no doubt shared a moment of shock.
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** FriendToBugs: Yes; even them. Perhaps especially them; she referred to a Parasprite as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI99doQiClE "the cutest thing ever."]] During "May the Best Pet Win!," she suggested several bugs as potential pets, including a cricket, a ladybug, a monarch butterfly and a ''wasp''.
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A Pegasus also from Cloudsdale who is just as shy as her name suggests. Gentle and kind, she has a natural way with animals but has trouble dealing with other ponies due to her ShrinkingViolet nature. Still, don't even ''think'' about [[BerserkButton hurting her friends]].
* [[AcrophobicBird Acrophobic Pegasus]]: Fluttershy is afraid of almost everything including heights.
** Spike [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in "Party of One".
** It may be a holdover from the earlier designs, where she (Or rather, Posey) was an Earth Pony, and Pinkie Pie (Surprise) was a Pegasus.
* ActorExistenceLimbo: Sometimes - see The Voiceless below. It's possibly because she and Pinkie have the same voice actress and it's hard to sound soft and meek after an hour's worth of being loud and exciteable.
* {{Adorkable}}: All you have to do is merely express interest in wanting a pet and she's all over you with a menagerie of animals to offer up as potentials.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: It's well-established that Fluttershy was bullied while growing up in Cloudsdale. The only pegasus that ever stood up for her, much less was a friend, was Rainbow Dash. This likely led to her PerformanceAnxiety; she's far more comfortable amongst her animal friends, and usually can only show off her true skills before other ponies when danger is imminent.
* ApologizesALot: Almost like she was brought up in a culture where apologizing is the social grease for ''everything you ever do''.
-->'''Rarity:''' [''exasperated''] Oh, ''what now?!''\\
'''Fluttershy:''' [''completely sincere''] Oh, sorry. I thought the "Open" sign meant you were open, but I must have been mistaken.
* {{Badass}}: The thing involving a dragon that Rainbow Dash did to earn her {{Badass}} cred?, Fluttershy topped that in the same episode.
** BadassAdorable: '''THE''' ultimate cute pony. Second to none and the definition of the trope for this series.
** BadassPacifist: Don't let her timid demeanor fool you: If you upset her enough to spur her into action, she will kick your ass and she ''[[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath won't even have to resort to violence to do it]]''.
*** She stares and talks down a dragon and a cockatrice that was in the process of petrifying her to protect her friends from harm.
** She also manages to calm down ''Cerberus'' when it invades Ponyville by giving it a belly rub. That's right, ''the guardian of the underworld'' is still no match for Fluttershy.
*** In the second part of "A Canterlot Wedding", she joins the other Mane Cast in fighting off an army of foes, despite her visible trepidation in doing so. Yet she manages to hold her own, faking out the enemy and using her shyness to cause one to trip up.
* [[TheBeastmaster The Beastmistress]]: No, she doesn't use it for combat; mostly organization. She has however commanded a dragon and a cockatrice to concede when her friends are in danger, and pacified Cerberus by giving him a belly rub.
* BerserkButton: Animals running from her and not wanting to be her friend will send her off the deep end.
** Threatening her friends isn't a good idea. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Do. Not. Hurt. Her. Friends.]]
** Threatening children in front of her [[MamaBear is an even worse idea]].
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony Part 2]]", the idea of Discord emerging triumphant is enough incentive for Fluttershy to stop crying and push herself to her physical limits while the ponies are [[spoiler: chasing Rainbow Dash]].
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' If you can't catch her, Discord wins!\\
'''Fluttershy:''' That. Big. ''Dumb. '''MEANIE!'''''
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She hardly ever gets angry but when she does...
** In "Dragonshy", despite being terrified of a facing a full-grown dragon, she suddenly develops the wherewithal to make said dragon back down completely (and even whimper) after seeing what it's done to her friends.
** From Fluttershy's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHW10Iwgyus character video]]: "But don't be fooled. Although she is timid, she is a determined pony with admirable strength. She always defends those who are treated unfairly."
** The "admirable strength" part of that description was played with hilariously in "Lesson Zero". Twilight tries to see if Fluttershy is having one of her CowardlyLion moments only to find her ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome beating the living crap out of a bear three times her size, then killing it by snapping its neck]].'' [[spoiler:She was really just giving the bear a chiropractic session.]] Twilight and the audience no doubt shared a moment of shock.
** Completely pushed to its logical extreme at the Grand Galloping Gala. Like Pinkie, she doesn't take rejection well.
** Brought up once again in ''Putting Your Hoof Down'', where it becomes downright terrifying.
* BeyondTheImpossible: She manages to ''outstare'' a cockatrice, i.e. a creature that [[TakenForGranite turns others to stone]] ''by staring at them''. [[MamaBear All while protecting three young fillies.]]
* BrutalHonesty: In "The Ticket Master" and "Suited for Success", [[InnocentlyInsensitive if somewhat obliviously]].
** She gives an [[KickTheMoralityPet incredibly scathing]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speech]] to Pinkie Pie and Rarity in ''Putting Your Hoof Down'' in regards to their chosen careers.
* [[BullyingADragon Bullying A Pony]]: Her snappiness can becomes downright terrifying, especially when she gets constantly disrespected. The citizens of Ponyville even dare to push her around again, even after she gets her assertiveness from Iron Will.
* CharacterDevelopment: A subtle one but post-Discord corruption and throughout season 2, she seems to have become more assertive and willing to actually get physical. Of note, [[LimitBreak she did a Limit Break]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 while dragging a hot-air balloon]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero the bear wrestling sequence]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed shouting loudly and engaged in an off-screen tussle with Twilight]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin actually dragging Rainbow Dash off to her house]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff and becoming a valid target for]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite RD's cake prank, as well as participating in its retaliation.]]
** She also seems more confident and cheerful in socializing (compared to her EstablishingCharacterMoment in the pilot where she can barely form a sentence to a stranger) her meekness now coming more often from [[ExtremeDoormat her dislike of conflicting with others]].
* ChewingTheScenery: Even she has her moments of this. "You're...going to '''''LOVE ME'''''!!!!!"
* ChildhoodFriends: With Rainbow Dash.
** Something of a variation. Most of their closeness as adults comes from being pegasi and Cloudsdale natives, but as children, it's unclear whether they even knew each other's names.
* ChildrenInTow: There are scenes in both "Griffon the Brush-Off" and "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" where she is seen helping a mother duck lead its ducklings.
* ColorCodedCharacters / ColorMotif: She's timid and gets afraid very easily, so naturally, she's yellow.
* [[CowardlyLion Cowardly Lioness]]: She's usually a pushover and terrified of danger, and happily admits to being "weak and helpless", but get her protectively angry and her willpower multiplies by a factor of about a million.
* CowardlySidekick: She's terrified of nearly everything, even her own shadow.
* CuteAndPsycho: Normally a sweet and gentle pony, but when she gets pushed to her limits, as seen in "Best Night Ever", she's ''scary''.
-->''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis You're. going. to]]'' '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis LOVE ME!]]'''''"
** She also has severe anxiety issues due to being bullied as a foal, as can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJWRu7QF2Hw here.]]
* CutenessProximity: Noticing Spike helps draw her out of her shell when she first meets Twilight. In a flashback, landing on the ground for the first time and seeing all the cuddly animals is enough to make her burst into song.
* TheCutie: Most fans believe not loving Fluttershy borders on some sort of criminal act.
** Justified further by "Hurricane Fluttershy", a by-the-book BreakTheCutie Fluttershy episode.
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* DeathGlare: Yeah; you read that right.
** She uses some strange melange of a DeathGlare and a CareBearStare really.
** This is taken UpToEleven in the episode "Best Night Ever" when she chases a herd of animals into the palace while trying to befriend them.
** There may actually be power behind this beyond just her stare and choice of words: in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason "Applebuck Season"]] she apparently harvests all the apples from one tree just by staring at it.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: How she stops the manticore's rampage. And when her talking down the dragon causes it to burst into tears, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlSzvOtZp0 she immediately tries to calm it like a mother with a frightened and upset child.]]''
* {{Determinator}}: When it comes to helping others whom she cares for, she'll do whatever it takes to make them happy.
** This is also proven in the episode "Best Night Ever". She WILL make all of the animals love her, one way or another.
** She will not let "That...big...dumb...MEANIE!!", a.k.a. Discord, win [[spoiler:, even if it means having to outfly Rainbow Dash (who from what we've seen so far is the fastest flyer in the country) while towing two other ponies in a hot-air balloon]].
** She stares down a cockatrice that is using its [[TakenForGranite gaze attack]] to turn her to stone. And it works!
* EraSpecificPersonality: G4 Fluttershy is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin very shy]]. G3 Fluttershy was an earth pony and a [[{{Pun}} shutterfly]], basically making her an earlier Photo Finish. Let that simmer for a moment.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Much to her dismay in "Green Isn't Your Color".
* {{Expy}}: Of G1's Posey, sharing her coloring, mane style and elements of her personality.
** She's also a lot like G3's Wisteria, who is also very shy and has an affinity for nature.
* ExtremeDoormat: Given her shy personality, she is naturally rather passive and unassertive a lot of the time.
** Lampshaded, parodied and called by name in ''Putting Your Hoof Down''. The whole episode is about Fluttershy becoming more assertive.
* TheFace: But only for non-ponies. Otherwise she's a ShrinkingViolet. For example, in ''Dragonshy'' Twilight's {{plan}} for dealing with a dragon boils down to: 1.) Escort Fluttershy to the dragon's cave and 2.) have her talk with it.
* FeatherFingers: Briefly displayed that pegasi can use their wings as hands, at least when it comes to opening saddlebags.
* FlatJoy: Her cheering in "Sonic Rainboom" ''is'' spirited and heartfelt, but done so softly it's hard to tell. At least until Rainbow Dash [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome actually pulls off the stunt]].
-->'''Fluttershy:''' ''[breathes in heavily]'' [--Yayyy.--]
* FluffyTamer: Forget Fluffy[[hottip:*:The giant three-headed dog from ''HarryPotter'']], Fluttershy had the ''original Cerberus'' rolling over to have his tummy rubbed in seconds. Only applies with some monsters, though, and not others. If there's a rule, it might be that she likes and can tame mammalian monsters but not reptilian.
* ForgotICouldFly: Fluttershy is shown walking on the ground far more than other pegasai in the show, Particularly compared to Rainbow Dash.
** Specific example: Fluttershy is so terrified in "Dragonshy" that she initially forgets that she can fly instead of climb...and then after an ill-timed snore from the dragon, is scared to the point that her wings totally lock up, rendering her completely unable to fly.
** It happens again in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" when she and the others are being chased by the Hydra.
** In "Putting Your Hoof Down", she ends up kicking over a pair of carts being driven by some rude ponies because they were blocking her way. Many fans were quick to point out how she could have just flown over them.
*** Because flying over them would've negated the point of her being assertive.
** It's also been shown in several episodes like "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" and "Hurricane Fluttershy" that she's ''very'' self-conscious about her flying ability, especially around other pegasi, who [[KidsAreCruel used to bully her]] about her apparant lack of flying talent.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic: introverted, compassionate and docile.
* FragileFlower: She is, however, growing out of it, as explained in CharacterDevelopment.
* FriendlessBackground: Let's face it. Since young, her life in Cloudsdale wasn't particularly a happy one. The only friend she had alongside her is Rainbow Dash, until the day when she meets the animals.
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Inverted during "Green Is Not Your Color" as Fluttershy accepts becoming a famous model (which turns her life into a living hell) because she thinks that Rarity will feel sad if she refuses to do so.
* FriendToAllChildren: Proven when she takes care of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: More comfortable around animals who aren't ponies. Or grown dragons.
** Fluttershy takes this trope very literally; she loves the ugly or mean creatures just as much as the nice cute little critters.
** FriendToBugs: Yes; even them. Perhaps especially them; she referred to a Parasprite as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI99doQiClE "the cutest thing ever."]] During "May the Best Pet Win!," she suggested several bugs as potential pets, including a cricket, a ladybug, a monarch butterfly and a ''wasp''.
*** Her cutie mark is ''butterflies'', which is about as close to having "friend to bugs" ''literally'' written all over her as a pony can get.
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: In ''Putting Your Hoof Down'', Fluttershy referring to 'Old' Fluttershy and 'New' Fluttershy has very strong echoes of this.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Iron Will's assertiveness training seminar was unfortunately a little ''too'' effective on Fluttershy. She gets better though.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Her love and connection to animals (along with the Sonic Rainboom) are what help her find her Cutie Mark. This also gives her the desire to help and protect her friends no matter what.
** Her connection to animals also applies to ''mythical'' animals, effectively making her the one who [[FluffyTamer calms down the giant rampaging beast kicking the rest of the mane cast's flanks.]]
* HiddenDepths: Fluttershy has quite the eye for sewing and fashion trends, which she demonstrates in "Suited for Success" to [[JawDrop Rarity's shock]].
** Spends most of Season 1 having her flying capabilities made out to be of poor standard compared to most other Pegasus Ponies. Then in the second part of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony]], we find out [[spoiler:she's able to come close to matching Rainbow Dash in speed when she has to. And that was while she was towing a hot air balloon...imagine her speed '''unladen'''.]]
*** [[spoiler:In Rainbow Dash's defense, Fluttershy was towing an in-flight air balloon while Rainbow Dash was towing Pinkie Pie and Rarity as dead weight.]]
** Oh, and she [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero knows Chiropractic]].
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: [[spoiler:She is the only one who doesn't fall to Discord's HannibalLecture. A frustrated Discord finally has to resort to "brute force" {{Brainwashing}}.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Similar to Pinkie, Fluttershy almost never means harm, but some of her polite remarks can come out rather cynical or belittling in a particular light, especially due to her occasionally poor social skills.
** Her everyone-will-be-watching speech to Rainbow Dash in "Sonic Rainboom" was partially what drove Rainbow Dash into a panic attack complete with TroubledFetalPosition.
* IronicFear: She's afraid of… a lot of things, but since she's a Pegasus, the one that fits here is her fear of heights.
* KarmicProtection: Like Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy's shyness tends to excuse her from her more Jerkass moments, although it doesn't always apply.
* KindheartedCatLover: It comes with the territory considering that she's a FriendToAllLivingThings. Rarity's cat Opal would have to agree.
** Lampshaded by Rarity, to whom Opal has not taken a liking.
-->"Well, you should have a picture of Opal as a cutie mark instead of those butterflies."
* LargeHam: Not very much when she's in character, but after she [[TookALevelInJerkass took multiple levels of jerkassery]] in "Putting Your Hoof Down"... "''Nopony pushes New Fluttershy around! '''Nopony!'''''"
* LetsGetDangerous: Prone to these moments quite a bit. See: her confrontation with the dragon in "Dragonshy", her talking down the cockatrice in "The Stare Master" and the change from "I just can't go any faster ''(tears)''" to "I won't let that big meanie win! ''(zoom)''" in "The Return of Harmony Part 2".
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Being sweet, kind, and caring, (most of the time) Fluttershy represents the "light" half of this in comparison to Rarity.
* TheLoad: Seen as this in "Dragonshy". Awesomely subverts it by ultimately being the one to get the dragon to go away.
** And to a minor extent in "Swarm of the Century" when she decides to keep one of the Parasprites after the ponies get rid of the first batch which starts the vicious cycle all over again.
** Discord certainly tries to paint her this way in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 of Harmony"]]. She frustrates him by [[ComicallyMissingThePoint politely agreeing]].
* [[LongHairIsFeminine Long Manes Are Feminine]]: Pretty, pink, and long enough to hide behind. From certain angles her locks even appear to frame her face in a heart.
* LovableCoward: She can [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]] when the time calls for it, most of the time however she is scared of her own shadow, and downright adorable because of it.
* MamaBear: She defeats a cockatrice to protect the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
** Also towards her friends. She's even willing to stand up to a full grown dragon (which [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes she has justified fear of]]) when it hurt her friends.
* TheMatchmaker: Of a not-romantic type. One of the few things that will elicit an enthusiastic and energetic response from her is suggesting you might be interested in getting a pet. When Rainbow Dash suggested she ''might eventually'' want a pet, Fluttershy proceeded to ''drag'' Dash off to her cottage so she could introduce her around to the various and sundry animals she's caring for at the moment.
* MeaningfulName: She flutters and she's shy.
** Also she has a particular place in her heart for butterflies. They're her cutie mark after all.
* TheMedic: She usually is shown healing injured animals.
* TheMessiah: When you're the Element of Kindness, it comes with the package.
* MoralityPet: Ironically for her own ''pet'' Angel Bunny.
** [[spoiler: This is completely subverted]] in "Putting Your Hoof Down".
** Seems to be acting as one for Rainbow Dash in Season Two.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Her reaction to making [[spoiler: Rarity and Pinkie Pie cry after she takes her assertiveness training too far.]]
* {{Nature Hero}}ine: Being in tune with nature has saved the lives of her and her friends and the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
* NiceGirl: While still not ''completely'' immune to JerkassBall moments, she is the most consistently sweet natured of the mane cast.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: In "Cutie Mark Chronicles", we see Fluttershy as a filly and she's noticeably taller and ganglier than her peers. Either she was older than the other foals we saw in her flashback (which has some support with her [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh2qaoGuHkI canonically being older]] than Pinkie Pie) or she hit pony-puberty a bit early.
** Her thinner legs and overall shape mimic the body style of the first generation's Flutter Ponies which had butterfly-style wings. MythologyGag maybe?
** Adult Fluttershy shows as well two subtle design differences compared with her friends. One, she is the only character who flaps her wings while she's running and two, she might be the only left-handed character seen in the cartoon (she's seen opening her bag with her left wing).
* [[NotGoodWithPeople Not Good With Ponies]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: While she is arguably the most incorruptably nice pony of the lot, she can't be perfect and does have [[JerkassBall occasional moments of weakness]] that are neither from pressure or enforced acts against character (she shares the other ponies' initial hostility to Zekora for example, and also [[spoiler: is one of the culprits in eating the Cakes entry for the National Dessert Competition]]). In most cases she is apologetic afterwards however.
* NotSoWeak: Fluttershy is an adorable, cute little Pegasus who is ''literally'' afraid of her shadow. However, despite what Discord and ''herself'' think, Fluttershy is a ''lot'' tougher than she looks, especially if you hurt her friends.
* OlderThanTheyLook: In the fifth episode, she reveals that she is a year older than Pinkie Pie but her sweet and innocent nature makes her appear a lot younger than most other ponies. See NonstandardCharacterDesign above for her filly appearance that coincides with this.
* OutOfFocus: Mostly in the first half of the second season.
* PeekABangs
* PerformanceAnxiety: Spelled out in full in "Hurricane Fluttershy" - She can show great flying if it's an emergency, but put her in front of an audience, and she can barely fly. It likely has to do with her being bullied as a filly.
* PersonalityPowers: She bears the Element of Kindness, and she has a kind, gentle personality, to the point of [[ExtremeDoormat detriment]].
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her mane and tail.
* PluckyGirl: She has her moments of this.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: When she's alone and confronted by Gilda the Griffon, she's unable to defend herself and bullied into running away in tears but when her friends are in danger, she won't hesitate to risk herself to protect them.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Has a habit of doing this the few times she gets genuinely ticked off. This is normally a sign [[ThisMeansWar bad things are in store for the target.]]
** "How DARE you!"
** "You're... going to LOVE ME!"
** "THAT...BIG...DUMB...''MEANIE!!!''"
** "I....SAID...NO!!!"
* [[RapunzelHair Rapunzel Mane]]: Besides maybe Pinkie, she has the longest hair out of the main characters.
** Her tail is the only one out of the mane six that trails on the ground.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To the Cutie Mark Crusaders when she takes care of them.
* RedOniBlueOni: Fluttershy's quiet, timid personality makes her 100% Blue Oni.
* [[RoseHairedGirl Rose-Maned Mare]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Again, [[CharacterDevelopment growing out of it]].
* SilkHidingSteel: Definitely fits the character type (humble, loyal, wise, nurturing, etc. but with a clear touch of iron).
* TheSoCalledCoward: She seems like a major scaredy pony right up until someone threatens her friends, at which point, she will become absolutely terrifying.
* {{Socially Awkward Hero}}ine: VERY [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], yet still bold in standing up to creatures several times her size.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Her special talent is communicating with (non-equine) animals on a different level than most ponies.
* {{Squee}}: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Done adorably]] in "The Stare Master"
* StaringDownCthulhu: A dragon, and a ''cockatrice''. You know, those things that turn you into stone via ''looking''? There's a reason why she's the page picture.
* [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath Talking The Monster Into Submission]]: She's done this on multiple occasions.
* TaremeEyes: Very noticeable when compared to the others.
* TeamMom: Mainly towards animals. Also has a MamaBear moment in "The Stare Master".
* ThisMeansWar: When she actually gets mad ''at'' someone, you know they've crossed the line and [[BewareTheNiceOnes are in trouble now]].
** Taken UpToEleven in ''Putting Your Hoof Down'', when she starts to make a vendetta out of the smallest things, such as the mailman accidentally mixing up her mail with someone else's.
* ThreeFacesOfEve: Fluttershy is the Mother.
* TranquilFury: She's displayed this from time to time.
* TwitchyEye: Seen when she becomes increasingly unhinged in "The Best Night Ever".
* TheVoiceless: A small handful of episodes (so far, "Ponyville Confidential" and "A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2" have her appear prominently, but act even quieter than usual (which is saying a ''lot''). There are even spots where you can tell she was ''supposed'' to have lines, but where she says nothing - the Pinkie voice must put a serious strain on Andrea.
* UnstoppableRage: She began to throw temper tantrums when the animals refuse to talk to her in "The Best Night Ever", then came the stampede in the palace as the animals ran away from her. She then screams out that they're going to love her.
** In "Putting Your Hoof Down". Considering how her neighbors had been unfair to her, some would rate this as Fluttershy's finest moment.
* WhoDares: Right before her BadassAdorable TalkingTheMonsterToDeath moment: "How DARE you!"
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Dragons?]]: She isn't scared of young dragons like Spike, but is terrified of adult dragons.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: All but one of her fully-molded toys and all of her collector cards depict her as a PaletteSwap of Rainbow Dash.
* YourAnswerToEverything: "Uh... panic?"
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-->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship Is Magic, Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]
-->Voiced by AndreaLibman
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A Pegasus also from Cloudsdale who is just as shy as her name suggests. Gentle and kind, she has a natural way with animals but has trouble dealing with other ponies due to her ShrinkingViolet nature. Still, don't even ''think'' about [[BerserkButton hurting her friends]].
* [[AcrophobicBird Acrophobic Pegasus]]: Fluttershy is afraid of almost everything including heights.
** Spike [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in "Party of One".
** It may be a holdover from the earlier designs, where she (Or rather, Posey) was an Earth Pony, and Pinkie Pie (Surprise) was a Pegasus.
* ActorExistenceLimbo: Sometimes - see The Voiceless below. It's possibly because she and Pinkie have the same voice actress and it's hard to sound soft and meek after an hour's worth of being loud and exciteable.
* {{Adorkable}}: All you have to do is merely express interest in wanting a pet and she's all over you with a menagerie of animals to offer up as potentials.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: It's well-established that Fluttershy was bullied while growing up in Cloudsdale. The only pegasus that ever stood up for her, much less was a friend, was Rainbow Dash. This likely led to her PerformanceAnxiety; she's far more comfortable amongst her animal friends, and usually can only show off her true skills before other ponies when danger is imminent.
* ApologizesALot: Almost like she was brought up in a culture where apologizing is the social grease for ''everything you ever do''.
-->'''Rarity:''' [''exasperated''] Oh, ''what now?!''\\
'''Fluttershy:''' [''completely sincere''] Oh, sorry. I thought the "Open" sign meant you were open, but I must have been mistaken.
* {{Badass}}: The thing involving a dragon that Rainbow Dash did to earn her {{Badass}} cred?, Fluttershy topped that in the same episode.
** BadassAdorable: '''THE''' ultimate cute pony. Second to none and the definition of the trope for this series.
** BadassPacifist: Don't let her timid demeanor fool you: If you upset her enough to spur her into action, she will kick your ass and she ''[[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath won't even have to resort to violence to do it]]''.
*** She stares and talks down a dragon and a cockatrice that was in the process of petrifying her to protect her friends from harm.
** She also manages to calm down ''Cerberus'' when it invades Ponyville by giving it a belly rub. That's right, ''the guardian of the underworld'' is still no match for Fluttershy.
*** In the second part of "A Canterlot Wedding", she joins the other Mane Cast in fighting off an army of foes, despite her visible trepidation in doing so. Yet she manages to hold her own, faking out the enemy and using her shyness to cause one to trip up.
* [[TheBeastmaster The Beastmistress]]: No, she doesn't use it for combat; mostly organization. She has however commanded a dragon and a cockatrice to concede when her friends are in danger, and pacified Cerberus by giving him a belly rub.
* BerserkButton: Animals running from her and not wanting to be her friend will send her off the deep end.
** Threatening her friends isn't a good idea. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Do. Not. Hurt. Her. Friends.]]
** Threatening children in front of her [[MamaBear is an even worse idea]].
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony Part 2]]", the idea of Discord emerging triumphant is enough incentive for Fluttershy to stop crying and push herself to her physical limits while the ponies are [[spoiler: chasing Rainbow Dash]].
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' If you can't catch her, Discord wins!\\
'''Fluttershy:''' That. Big. ''Dumb. '''MEANIE!'''''
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She hardly ever gets angry but when she does...
** In "Dragonshy", despite being terrified of a facing a full-grown dragon, she suddenly develops the wherewithal to make said dragon back down completely (and even whimper) after seeing what it's done to her friends.
** From Fluttershy's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHW10Iwgyus character video]]: "But don't be fooled. Although she is timid, she is a determined pony with admirable strength. She always defends those who are treated unfairly."
** The "admirable strength" part of that description was played with hilariously in "Lesson Zero". Twilight tries to see if Fluttershy is having one of her CowardlyLion moments only to find her ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome beating the living crap out of a bear three times her size, then killing it by snapping its neck]].'' [[spoiler:She was really just giving the bear a chiropractic session.]] Twilight and the audience no doubt shared a moment of shock.
** Completely pushed to its logical extreme at the Grand Galloping Gala. Like Pinkie, she doesn't take rejection well.
** Brought up once again in ''Putting Your Hoof Down'', where it becomes downright terrifying.
* BeyondTheImpossible: She manages to ''outstare'' a cockatrice, i.e. a creature that [[TakenForGranite turns others to stone]] ''by staring at them''. [[MamaBear All while protecting three young fillies.]]
* BrutalHonesty: In "The Ticket Master" and "Suited for Success", [[InnocentlyInsensitive if somewhat obliviously]].
** She gives an [[KickTheMoralityPet incredibly scathing]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speech]] to Pinkie Pie and Rarity in ''Putting Your Hoof Down'' in regards to their chosen careers.
* [[BullyingADragon Bullying A Pony]]: Her snappiness can becomes downright terrifying, especially when she gets constantly disrespected. The citizens of Ponyville even dare to push her around again, even after she gets her assertiveness from Iron Will.
* CharacterDevelopment: A subtle one but post-Discord corruption and throughout season 2, she seems to have become more assertive and willing to actually get physical. Of note, [[LimitBreak she did a Limit Break]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 while dragging a hot-air balloon]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero the bear wrestling sequence]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed shouting loudly and engaged in an off-screen tussle with Twilight]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin actually dragging Rainbow Dash off to her house]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff and becoming a valid target for]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite RD's cake prank, as well as participating in its retaliation.]]
** She also seems more confident and cheerful in socializing (compared to her EstablishingCharacterMoment in the pilot where she can barely form a sentence to a stranger) her meekness now coming more often from [[ExtremeDoormat her dislike of conflicting with others]].
* ChewingTheScenery: Even she has her moments of this. "You're...going to '''''LOVE ME'''''!!!!!"
* ChildhoodFriends: With Rainbow Dash.
** Something of a variation. Most of their closeness as adults comes from being pegasi and Cloudsdale natives, but as children, it's unclear whether they even knew each other's names.
* ChildrenInTow: There are scenes in both "Griffon the Brush-Off" and "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" where she is seen helping a mother duck lead its ducklings.
* ColorCodedCharacters / ColorMotif: She's timid and gets afraid very easily, so naturally, she's yellow.
* [[CowardlyLion Cowardly Lioness]]: She's usually a pushover and terrified of danger, and happily admits to being "weak and helpless", but get her protectively angry and her willpower multiplies by a factor of about a million.
* CowardlySidekick: She's terrified of nearly everything, even her own shadow.
* CuteAndPsycho: Normally a sweet and gentle pony, but when she gets pushed to her limits, as seen in "Best Night Ever", she's ''scary''.
-->''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis You're. going. to]]'' '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis LOVE ME!]]'''''"
** She also has severe anxiety issues due to being bullied as a foal, as can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJWRu7QF2Hw here.]]
* CutenessProximity: Noticing Spike helps draw her out of her shell when she first meets Twilight. In a flashback, landing on the ground for the first time and seeing all the cuddly animals is enough to make her burst into song.
* TheCutie: Most fans believe not loving Fluttershy borders on some sort of criminal act.
** Justified further by "Hurricane Fluttershy", a by-the-book BreakTheCutie Fluttershy episode.
%% Deadpan Snarker does not apply to Fluttershy, as she is rarely sarcastic, and even the line given (one line counts as a sample, not evidence) seems to be more along the lines of a plain counterargument than sarcasm. If you disagree take it to the following thread: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1331473451059167100&page=7#173
* DeathGlare: Yeah; you read that right.
** She uses some strange melange of a DeathGlare and a CareBearStare really.
** This is taken UpToEleven in the episode "Best Night Ever" when she chases a herd of animals into the palace while trying to befriend them.
** There may actually be power behind this beyond just her stare and choice of words: in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason "Applebuck Season"]] she apparently harvests all the apples from one tree just by staring at it.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: How she stops the manticore's rampage. And when her talking down the dragon causes it to burst into tears, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlSzvOtZp0 she immediately tries to calm it like a mother with a frightened and upset child.]]''
* {{Determinator}}: When it comes to helping others whom she cares for, she'll do whatever it takes to make them happy.
** This is also proven in the episode "Best Night Ever". She WILL make all of the animals love her, one way or another.
** She will not let "That...big...dumb...MEANIE!!", a.k.a. Discord, win [[spoiler:, even if it means having to outfly Rainbow Dash (who from what we've seen so far is the fastest flyer in the country) while towing two other ponies in a hot-air balloon]].
** She stares down a cockatrice that is using its [[TakenForGranite gaze attack]] to turn her to stone. And it works!
* EraSpecificPersonality: G4 Fluttershy is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin very shy]]. G3 Fluttershy was an earth pony and a [[{{Pun}} shutterfly]], basically making her an earlier Photo Finish. Let that simmer for a moment.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Much to her dismay in "Green Isn't Your Color".
* {{Expy}}: Of G1's Posey, sharing her coloring, mane style and elements of her personality.
** She's also a lot like G3's Wisteria, who is also very shy and has an affinity for nature.
* ExtremeDoormat: Given her shy personality, she is naturally rather passive and unassertive a lot of the time.
** Lampshaded, parodied and called by name in ''Putting Your Hoof Down''. The whole episode is about Fluttershy becoming more assertive.
* TheFace: But only for non-ponies. Otherwise she's a ShrinkingViolet. For example, in ''Dragonshy'' Twilight's {{plan}} for dealing with a dragon boils down to: 1.) Escort Fluttershy to the dragon's cave and 2.) have her talk with it.
* FeatherFingers: Briefly displayed that pegasi can use their wings as hands, at least when it comes to opening saddlebags.
* FlatJoy: Her cheering in "Sonic Rainboom" ''is'' spirited and heartfelt, but done so softly it's hard to tell. At least until Rainbow Dash [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome actually pulls off the stunt]].
-->'''Fluttershy:''' ''[breathes in heavily]'' [--Yayyy.--]
* FluffyTamer: Forget Fluffy[[hottip:*:The giant three-headed dog from ''HarryPotter'']], Fluttershy had the ''original Cerberus'' rolling over to have his tummy rubbed in seconds. Only applies with some monsters, though, and not others. If there's a rule, it might be that she likes and can tame mammalian monsters but not reptilian.
* ForgotICouldFly: Fluttershy is shown walking on the ground far more than other pegasai in the show, Particularly compared to Rainbow Dash.
** Specific example: Fluttershy is so terrified in "Dragonshy" that she initially forgets that she can fly instead of climb...and then after an ill-timed snore from the dragon, is scared to the point that her wings totally lock up, rendering her completely unable to fly.
** It happens again in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" when she and the others are being chased by the Hydra.
** In "Putting Your Hoof Down", she ends up kicking over a pair of carts being driven by some rude ponies because they were blocking her way. Many fans were quick to point out how she could have just flown over them.
*** Because flying over them would've negated the point of her being assertive.
** It's also been shown in several episodes like "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" and "Hurricane Fluttershy" that she's ''very'' self-conscious about her flying ability, especially around other pegasi, who [[KidsAreCruel used to bully her]] about her apparant lack of flying talent.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic: introverted, compassionate and docile.
* FragileFlower: She is, however, growing out of it, as explained in CharacterDevelopment.
* FriendlessBackground: Let's face it. Since young, her life in Cloudsdale wasn't particularly a happy one. The only friend she had alongside her is Rainbow Dash, until the day when she meets the animals.
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Inverted during "Green Is Not Your Color" as Fluttershy accepts becoming a famous model (which turns her life into a living hell) because she thinks that Rarity will feel sad if she refuses to do so.
* FriendToAllChildren: Proven when she takes care of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: More comfortable around animals who aren't ponies. Or grown dragons.
** Fluttershy takes this trope very literally; she loves the ugly or mean creatures just as much as the nice cute little critters.
** FriendToBugs: Yes; even them. Perhaps especially them; she referred to a Parasprite as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI99doQiClE "the cutest thing ever."]] During "May the Best Pet Win!," she suggested several bugs as potential pets, including a cricket, a ladybug, a monarch butterfly and a ''wasp''.
*** Her cutie mark is ''butterflies'', which is about as close to having "friend to bugs" ''literally'' written all over her as a pony can get.
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: In ''Putting Your Hoof Down'', Fluttershy referring to 'Old' Fluttershy and 'New' Fluttershy has very strong echoes of this.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Iron Will's assertiveness training seminar was unfortunately a little ''too'' effective on Fluttershy. She gets better though.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Her love and connection to animals (along with the Sonic Rainboom) are what help her find her Cutie Mark. This also gives her the desire to help and protect her friends no matter what.
** Her connection to animals also applies to ''mythical'' animals, effectively making her the one who [[FluffyTamer calms down the giant rampaging beast kicking the rest of the mane cast's flanks.]]
* HiddenDepths: Fluttershy has quite the eye for sewing and fashion trends, which she demonstrates in "Suited for Success" to [[JawDrop Rarity's shock]].
** Spends most of Season 1 having her flying capabilities made out to be of poor standard compared to most other Pegasus Ponies. Then in the second part of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony]], we find out [[spoiler:she's able to come close to matching Rainbow Dash in speed when she has to. And that was while she was towing a hot air balloon...imagine her speed '''unladen'''.]]
*** [[spoiler:In Rainbow Dash's defense, Fluttershy was towing an in-flight air balloon while Rainbow Dash was towing Pinkie Pie and Rarity as dead weight.]]
** Oh, and she [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero knows Chiropractic]].
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: [[spoiler:She is the only one who doesn't fall to Discord's HannibalLecture. A frustrated Discord finally has to resort to "brute force" {{Brainwashing}}.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Similar to Pinkie, Fluttershy almost never means harm, but some of her polite remarks can come out rather cynical or belittling in a particular light, especially due to her occasionally poor social skills.
** Her everyone-will-be-watching speech to Rainbow Dash in "Sonic Rainboom" was partially what drove Rainbow Dash into a panic attack complete with TroubledFetalPosition.
* IronicFear: She's afraid of… a lot of things, but since she's a Pegasus, the one that fits here is her fear of heights.
* KarmicProtection: Like Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy's shyness tends to excuse her from her more Jerkass moments, although it doesn't always apply.
* KindheartedCatLover: It comes with the territory considering that she's a FriendToAllLivingThings. Rarity's cat Opal would have to agree.
** Lampshaded by Rarity, to whom Opal has not taken a liking.
-->"Well, you should have a picture of Opal as a cutie mark instead of those butterflies."
* LargeHam: Not very much when she's in character, but after she [[TookALevelInJerkass took multiple levels of jerkassery]] in "Putting Your Hoof Down"... "''Nopony pushes New Fluttershy around! '''Nopony!'''''"
* LetsGetDangerous: Prone to these moments quite a bit. See: her confrontation with the dragon in "Dragonshy", her talking down the cockatrice in "The Stare Master" and the change from "I just can't go any faster ''(tears)''" to "I won't let that big meanie win! ''(zoom)''" in "The Return of Harmony Part 2".
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Being sweet, kind, and caring, (most of the time) Fluttershy represents the "light" half of this in comparison to Rarity.
* TheLoad: Seen as this in "Dragonshy". Awesomely subverts it by ultimately being the one to get the dragon to go away.
** And to a minor extent in "Swarm of the Century" when she decides to keep one of the Parasprites after the ponies get rid of the first batch which starts the vicious cycle all over again.
** Discord certainly tries to paint her this way in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 of Harmony"]]. She frustrates him by [[ComicallyMissingThePoint politely agreeing]].
* [[LongHairIsFeminine Long Manes Are Feminine]]: Pretty, pink, and long enough to hide behind. From certain angles her locks even appear to frame her face in a heart.
* LovableCoward: She can [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]] when the time calls for it, most of the time however she is scared of her own shadow, and downright adorable because of it.
* MamaBear: She defeats a cockatrice to protect the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
** Also towards her friends. She's even willing to stand up to a full grown dragon (which [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes she has justified fear of]]) when it hurt her friends.
* TheMatchmaker: Of a not-romantic type. One of the few things that will elicit an enthusiastic and energetic response from her is suggesting you might be interested in getting a pet. When Rainbow Dash suggested she ''might eventually'' want a pet, Fluttershy proceeded to ''drag'' Dash off to her cottage so she could introduce her around to the various and sundry animals she's caring for at the moment.
* MeaningfulName: She flutters and she's shy.
** Also she has a particular place in her heart for butterflies. They're her cutie mark after all.
* TheMedic: She usually is shown healing injured animals.
* TheMessiah: When you're the Element of Kindness, it comes with the package.
* MoralityPet: Ironically for her own ''pet'' Angel Bunny.
** [[spoiler: This is completely subverted]] in "Putting Your Hoof Down".
** Seems to be acting as one for Rainbow Dash in Season Two.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Her reaction to making [[spoiler: Rarity and Pinkie Pie cry after she takes her assertiveness training too far.]]
* {{Nature Hero}}ine: Being in tune with nature has saved the lives of her and her friends and the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
* NiceGirl: While still not ''completely'' immune to JerkassBall moments, she is the most consistently sweet natured of the mane cast.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: In "Cutie Mark Chronicles", we see Fluttershy as a filly and she's noticeably taller and ganglier than her peers. Either she was older than the other foals we saw in her flashback (which has some support with her [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh2qaoGuHkI canonically being older]] than Pinkie Pie) or she hit pony-puberty a bit early.
** Her thinner legs and overall shape mimic the body style of the first generation's Flutter Ponies which had butterfly-style wings. MythologyGag maybe?
** Adult Fluttershy shows as well two subtle design differences compared with her friends. One, she is the only character who flaps her wings while she's running and two, she might be the only left-handed character seen in the cartoon (she's seen opening her bag with her left wing).
* [[NotGoodWithPeople Not Good With Ponies]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: While she is arguably the most incorruptably nice pony of the lot, she can't be perfect and does have [[JerkassBall occasional moments of weakness]] that are neither from pressure or enforced acts against character (she shares the other ponies' initial hostility to Zekora for example, and also [[spoiler: is one of the culprits in eating the Cakes entry for the National Dessert Competition]]). In most cases she is apologetic afterwards however.
* NotSoWeak: Fluttershy is an adorable, cute little Pegasus who is ''literally'' afraid of her shadow. However, despite what Discord and ''herself'' think, Fluttershy is a ''lot'' tougher than she looks, especially if you hurt her friends.
* OlderThanTheyLook: In the fifth episode, she reveals that she is a year older than Pinkie Pie but her sweet and innocent nature makes her appear a lot younger than most other ponies. See NonstandardCharacterDesign above for her filly appearance that coincides with this.
* OutOfFocus: Mostly in the first half of the second season.
* PeekABangs
* PerformanceAnxiety: Spelled out in full in "Hurricane Fluttershy" - She can show great flying if it's an emergency, but put her in front of an audience, and she can barely fly. It likely has to do with her being bullied as a filly.
* PersonalityPowers: She bears the Element of Kindness, and she has a kind, gentle personality, to the point of [[ExtremeDoormat detriment]].
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her mane and tail.
* PluckyGirl: She has her moments of this.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: When she's alone and confronted by Gilda the Griffon, she's unable to defend herself and bullied into running away in tears but when her friends are in danger, she won't hesitate to risk herself to protect them.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Has a habit of doing this the few times she gets genuinely ticked off. This is normally a sign [[ThisMeansWar bad things are in store for the target.]]
** "How DARE you!"
** "You're... going to LOVE ME!"
** "THAT...BIG...DUMB...''MEANIE!!!''"
** "I....SAID...NO!!!"
* [[RapunzelHair Rapunzel Mane]]: Besides maybe Pinkie, she has the longest hair out of the main characters.
** Her tail is the only one out of the mane six that trails on the ground.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To the Cutie Mark Crusaders when she takes care of them.
* RedOniBlueOni: Fluttershy's quiet, timid personality makes her 100% Blue Oni.
* [[RoseHairedGirl Rose-Maned Mare]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Again, [[CharacterDevelopment growing out of it]].
* SilkHidingSteel: Definitely fits the character type (humble, loyal, wise, nurturing, etc. but with a clear touch of iron).
* TheSoCalledCoward: She seems like a major scaredy pony right up until someone threatens her friends, at which point, she will become absolutely terrifying.
* {{Socially Awkward Hero}}ine: VERY [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], yet still bold in standing up to creatures several times her size.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Her special talent is communicating with (non-equine) animals on a different level than most ponies.
* {{Squee}}: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Done adorably]] in "The Stare Master"
* StaringDownCthulhu: A dragon, and a ''cockatrice''. You know, those things that turn you into stone via ''looking''? There's a reason why she's the page picture.
* [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath Talking The Monster Into Submission]]: She's done this on multiple occasions.
* TaremeEyes: Very noticeable when compared to the others.
* TeamMom: Mainly towards animals. Also has a MamaBear moment in "The Stare Master".
* ThisMeansWar: When she actually gets mad ''at'' someone, you know they've crossed the line and [[BewareTheNiceOnes are in trouble now]].
** Taken UpToEleven in ''Putting Your Hoof Down'', when she starts to make a vendetta out of the smallest things, such as the mailman accidentally mixing up her mail with someone else's.
* ThreeFacesOfEve: Fluttershy is the Mother.
* TranquilFury: She's displayed this from time to time.
* TwitchyEye: Seen when she becomes increasingly unhinged in "The Best Night Ever".
* TheVoiceless: A small handful of episodes (so far, "Ponyville Confidential" and "A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2" have her appear prominently, but act even quieter than usual (which is saying a ''lot''). There are even spots where you can tell she was ''supposed'' to have lines, but where she says nothing - the Pinkie voice must put a serious strain on Andrea.
* UnstoppableRage: She began to throw temper tantrums when the animals refuse to talk to her in "The Best Night Ever", then came the stampede in the palace as the animals ran away from her. She then screams out that they're going to love her.
** In "Putting Your Hoof Down". Considering how her neighbors had been unfair to her, some would rate this as Fluttershy's finest moment.
* WhoDares: Right before her BadassAdorable TalkingTheMonsterToDeath moment: "How DARE you!"
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Dragons?]]: She isn't scared of young dragons like Spike, but is terrified of adult dragons.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: All but one of her fully-molded toys and all of her collector cards depict her as a PaletteSwap of Rainbow Dash.
* YourAnswerToEverything: "Uh... panic?"
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