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These characters have appeared in multiple episodes and often play important roles in the lives of the Mane Cast and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Most of them live in Ponyville.

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!Ponyville

These are the characters who live in Ponyville and thus tend to show up the most.

[[folder:Derpy]]
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[[caption-width-right:165:[-The face that started it all.-] ]]
->''"I just don't know what went wrong!"''

->'''First Appearance:''' (Background) [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship Is Magic - Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]\\
'''Speaking Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]", ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Issue #9 story ''Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair'', and ''Literature/TwilightSparkleAndTheCrystalHeartSpell''

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain

Derpy is a grey Pegasus with a cluster of bubbles as her cutie mark. Talking about her role in the series in-depth requires an explanation of the production history and fandom that contributed to her rise in popularity. Derpy was "born" when she was drawn making a face in the background of the first episode[[note]](according to a layout artist, she was posed this way on purpose but meant to be hidden behind another pony; a later tweak revealed her face)[[/note]]. Her unusual expression proved phenomenally popular with the [[PeripheryDemographic brony fans]]; they nicknamed her "Derpy Hooves" and she became a prominent EnsembleDarkhorse. The animators took notice of her popularity and started giving her scripted scenes while keeping her eyes permanently like they were. At this time she had no official name in the show yet: there was a reference to a pegasus named "Ditzy Doo" in one episode, and it was intended for that to be her name, while the fandom stuck with Derpy Hooves or Derpy Doo, or just plain "Derpy."

The episode "The Last Roundup" [[SuddenlyVoiced gave her lines]] and referred to her on-screen as "Derpy".[[note]]Writer Amy Keating Rogers has said the original script called her Ditzy, but she was asked to change it to acknowledge the fan name.[[/note]] Unfortunately, MoralGuardians descended with accusations of UnfortunateImplications[[note]]Tabitha St. Germain voiced Derpy based on a neighbor's son, who always sounded like "he had always just woken up." This slow, slightly slurred voice, in tandem with her name, caused Derpy to be perceived as insensitive towards the mentally handicapped.[[/note]]. Re-airings of the episode [[OrwellianRetcon changed her voice and removed mention of her name]], and she was quietly left out Season 3 due to the backlash. She returned in Season 4 and spoke again in Season 5's "Slice of Life", where she had another change of voice and was now referred to in the credits as "Muffins", referring to her TrademarkFavoriteFood the fandom gave her. Meanwhile, merchandise of the character has varied between all three of her names, or just avoided naming her entirely and used a picture of a muffin where her name would go on packaging.

Regardless of her name or [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation how she's depicted by fans]], she's pretty much become the mascot of the brony community.

More analysis on her is available on [[Analysis/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPonies the analysis page]]. Fandom depictions of her should ''not'' be listed here; only what is official canon from authorized materials.

* AllThereInTheManual: Her love of muffins and job as a mailmare are AscendedFanon referenced in official merchandise, but have yet to feature in the show prominently. Likewise, the name "Muffins" was only given in merchandise and the credits for "Slice of Life", and hasn't been said in the show yet.
* AlliterativeName: ''D''itzy ''D''oo.
* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: In "Slice of Life", she has a slight Bronx-ish accent that's noticeable on longer lines.
* AscendedExtra: She was just one of many other background ponies, but her ridiculous popularity catapulted her to recurring extra with a few speaking parts here and there. In a series somewhat infamous for the popularity of its background characters, Muffins is unquestionably the ''most'' popular.
* AssKicksYou: She knocks down one of the Town Hall's support beams and later breaks the Hall's floor, just with her ''butt.'' And let it be known that the latter happened when she merely sat down.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Is easily distracted in "Slice of Life" and seems to have trouble focusing.
* BackForTheFinale: After being OutOfFocus during Season 3, she finally managed to return for the season finale episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]". She even winks at the audience, lampshading the whole situation.
* BadassAdorable: [[WildMassGuessing Implied]] because she was able to break through solid wood just by sitting on it. She's also part of a wing of pegasi trying to take down ''Tirek and Discord'' in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom – Part 1]]".
* BeamMeUpScotty:[[invoked]] Possibly; she's only one of three ponies whose lip flaps match [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usYRXYdBG30 the famous "muffin" line]] in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" (the other two being Sea Swirl and Minuette). It isn't clear which of them are saying the line (or if it's meant to represent all three). And since background ponies generally don't have consistent voices, that can't be used to narrow it down.
* BizarreInstrument: The biggest scene for her human version in ''Rainbow Rocks'' shows her playing the musical saw at the talent contest.
* CastHerd: In Season 1 she's often seen alongside fellow pegasi Parasol/Showers and [[PaletteSwap Raindrops]], both sharing her famous "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]" scene with her. In Season 2 she's usually, if seen with somepony else, with Golden Harvest or Dr. Hooves in various {{Fandom Nod}}s.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Probably the biggest consequence of the "Derpygate" affair is that it scared the showrunners and Hasbro off of giving her a name at all; for a long time merchandise just used a picture of a muffin where her name should be, or just left the field blank.
* ComicallyCrossEyed: The cross-eye was originally an animation mistake, but she became one of the more popular characters in the show because of it. In "Slice of Life" the animation clearly rests on her long enough to show that one of her eyes is lazy and thus her eyes drift into this condition, rather than being fixed this way. She also manages to focus both eyes on the same spot from time to time, but it's brief.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Pale blond eyes and hair.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Her clumsiness wrecked town hall in "The Last Round Up" when she was trying to help arrange the festivities.
* DelayedReaction:
** During a collective {{GASP}} in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]", hers is a bit later than the rest of the crowd's.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]]", Iron Will's odd money-back guarantee initially confuses ponies, but then causes them to laugh. When he gives the crowd a stern glare, most of them immediately stop laughing. Guess who doesn't.
* TheDitz: A walking (or flying) disaster area. First implied from the annoyed look on her supervisor's face when she accidentally pummels Twilight with everything but the kitchen sink in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" and when she accidentally drains the barrel of water and apples in "Luna Eclipsed". Confirmed in "The Last Roundup" as she demolishes Ponyville's city hall while she was helping Rainbow Dash to hang some banners on it. She breaks the floor and drags Rainbow Dash to the hall's basement with her, literally by sitting there and doing nothing as ordered.
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: A subtle example can be found in her appearance in "The Last Roundup". She was strong enough to inadvertently knock over a wooden support beam, drag Rainbow Dash down a hole and break through a solid floor by sitting on it too hard.
* DumbBlonde: She is not only dumb, but also very klutzy and accident-prone. It just makes her all the more charming.
* {{Expy}}: She's been [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7768176/1/Equestria_Songbook compared to]] G1 Applejack, and has also been compared to Minty, G3's resident CuteClumsyGirl who was also voiced by Creator/TabithaStGermain. Appearance-wise, she's a lot like G3 earth pony Bubblecup, which has lead to some fans adopting that as an alternative name for her, and she shares a cutie mark with G1 Bubbles, one of the first six ''My Little Pony'' toys!
* FearlessFool: She has shades of this in a few appearances, notably in the season 4 finale where she's part of the flight of pegasus going head-on against Tirek. And in ''Rainbow Rock'', her human counterpart is seen at one point ready to pick a fight with the massive Bulk Biceps. Fear, this pegasus mare doesn't know.
* FishEyes: Surprisingly enough {{Inverted|Trope}} most of the time (her eyes face inward more often than outward), but played straight for brief moments in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]", and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]".
* ForWantOfANail: The story behind her original appearance is that an animator crossed her eyes for his/her own amusement, then attempted to put another pony in front of her to obscure the abnormality. However, during rendering, the other pony glitched, revealing Derpy to the world. If that pony hadn't failed to render, we wouldn't have one of the most iconic ponies in the fandom.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Her very expression [[http://www.moondancerdreaming.com/images/random/Derpy1.png in the first episode]] and in later episodes following "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]". Spotting her is a Literature/WheresWaldo-esque game for fans.
* IHaveManyNames: Although Derpy (Hooves) is the most common name, she has also been referred to as Ditzy Doo, and Hot Topic's website also offers the name "Bubbles". This is necessary since the most common name, "Derpy", is seen as offensive to some. The most recent name used is "Muffins," but time will tell if it sticks.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Doctor Hooves, who's implied to be centuries old due to time travel experiments.
* TheKlutz: During "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]" she drops several items of furniture from a delivery truck in comical fashion on Twilight Sparkle's head, while during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]" she partially destroys Ponyville's city hall, which later becomes an important part of the plot.
* LarynxDissonance: Her DelayedReaction {{GASP}} in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" is either this or VocalDissonance (it's unknown whether she was voiced by a woman or a man in that episode).
* MeaningfulName: Both of her names (which are also UnfortunateNames).
** Her name "Derpy", as well as being a reference to her googly eyes, deals with being idiotic, since she is canonically a [[TheDitz ditz]].
** Her other name "Ditzy Doo" also references her [[TheDitz ditz]]iness (and by its original definition, [[HaveAGayOldTime unlike the name "Derpy"]]).
* LineOfSightName: The alternate name "Bubbles". Because she has bubbles! The name "Derpy" was coined because of her wonky eyes.
* MindScrew: When Apple Bloom is demonstrating her hoop talent in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]", one of the blank-flanked school background fillies appears to be Derpy Hooves, down to her wings, hair color and style and her crossed eyes of gold. [[WildMassGuessing Your guess is as good as ours]].
* MustMakeAmends: When she screws up, she's very apologetic. "Slice of Life" has her worrying about how to make up with Matilda after getting the date wrong on her wedding invitations.
* MythologyGag: In "Winter Wrap-Up", she goes north to find the southern birds, with less success than Megan et al. in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Baby, It's Cold Outside]]''.
* NiceGirl: She's friendly and likes to help other ponies like Rainbow Dash, [[UnwantedAssistance it's just a shame she's so clumsy]].
* NoodleIncident: Muffins must have a ''very'' interesting life. Among other things, she has her own private suite in the Friendship Express Train's Ice Cream Train Car, she's entered flying competitions, hung out in Fluttershy's chicken coop, is somehow able to freely converse with the Canterlot elite wearing only a pearl necklace and her [[MemeticMutation paper bag wizard]] getup from Nightmare Night, got turned into a filly for a day, and was ''shrunken and imprisoned in a snowglobe owned by someone who just moved into Ponyville as of that episode.''
* NoNameGiven: After the name "Derpy" was used as a FandomNod, it was discovered that it had offensive connotations (it has had use as a slur against the disabled). As a result, for a while she was referred to without a name in merchandise, using workarounds such as descriptions, pictures or leaving the field blank.
* NoodleIncident: How she destroyed the town hall roof. According to a DeletedScene, it was hit by lightning due to a weather control mistake.
* NoSenseOfDirection: In "Winter Wrap Up" it's mentioned that Ditzy Doo tried going ''north'' to fetch the southern birds (after going west the previous year).
* OffModel: What she started out as[[note]]sort of; the animator crossed her eyes intentionally, but they would've been obscured to the audience had a different pony not glitched during rendering[[/note]]. Throughout Season 1 she variably appears with the eyes "derped" or normal, and is now depicted consistently with the crossed eyes. "Slice of Life" implies the discrepancies are due to her having a lazy eye; in one scene they're normal and slide into a crossed position.
* OutOfFocus: In Season 3, she's only seen in the background in four of the thirteen episodes. The controversy must have gotten to Hasbro really, really hard. Thankfully she returned in season 4 in a big way.
* RunningGag: Starting in the second season, she has appeared in some sort of wacky scene or random cameo. In season 3 she only appeared in general crowd scenes until the SeasonFinale "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]". After that she gets a couple appearances by herself as a human in ''Equestria Girls''.
* TheScottishTrope: Her most common name, "Derpy" has ended up as a meta-example thanks to the MoralGuardians; now Hasbro and the showrunners go out of their way to avoid using the name in official context.
* ShockAndAwe: She made lighting from a storm cloud strike town hall by [[PluckyGirl bouncing up and down on it]].
* SimpletonVoice: In the original version, although apparently not intentionally, as her VA thought she was a stallion and does an absolutely atrocious male voice. It was {{Orwellian Retcon}}ed into a generic squeaky female voice after "Derpygate". Her voice in "Slice of Life" strikes a medium between them; a distinctly feminine voice, but with a cute lisp and a slight Bronx accent.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Mighty Fine's online store [=WeLoveFine=] has very rarely misspelled her names in the keywords of their merchandise's pages:
** "Derpy Whooves" (''[[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1627 My Bad BUTTON]]'' [[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1669 shirt and button]], ''[[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1709 Misunderstood]]'' [[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1710 shirt]])
** "Ditsy Doo" (''[[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1723 What Went Wrong]]'' [[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1724 shirt]])
* SuddenlyVoiced: Derpy Hooves has no clear lines until "The Last Roundup" (if her gasp in "Green Isn't Your Color" isn't counted as a line).
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Muffins; prior to "The Last Roundup," one of the few scenes where it seemed she talked was to exclaim "muffins" while looking at said goods. It's since become another part of AscendedFanon the creators have run with.
* UnfortunateNames: Both of her names (which are also {{Meaningful Name}}s).
** Her name "Derpy", as well as being a reference to her googly eyes, deals with being idiotic, silly, or klutzy, since she is canonically a [[TheDitz ditz]]. (Hence why any mention of it was removed from the edited version. This apparently owes to an increasing use of "Derpy" to mean "retarded", which Amy Rogers acknowledged.)
** Her other name "Ditzy Doo" also references her [[TheDitz ditz]]iness (and by its original definition, [[HaveAGayOldTime unlike the name "Derpy"]]).
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Tabitha St. Germain apparently thought Derpy was a ''boy'' on the day she came in to record her lines for the original version of "The Last Roundup", and wasn't told otherwise, though [[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=84605&view=findpost&p=1996720 the voice was probably adjusted a bit in post production to be just a little higher than what was in the original recording]]. This resulted in Derpy sounding androgynous or young-boyish, but still female. (The edited version of the episode gives her a different, much more feminine-sounding voice.)
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In "Slice of Life" she accidentally sends out the invitations to Cranky and Matilda's wedding with the date listed a day too early, which the couple themselves don't realize until that very day, resulting in a mad dash around town to whip up a whole wedding.
* VagueAge: She's been an adult in the past (like other background ponies), and a filly in both the past and present. [[MindScrew Your guess is as good as ours.]]
* ValleyGirl: Sounds like this in the edited version of "The Last Roundup".
* VocalDissonance:
** Her DelayedReaction {{GASP}} in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" is either this or LarynxDissonance (it's unknown whether she was voiced by a woman or a man in that episode).
** In the original version of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]", she sounds ''very'' tomboy-ish, almost like a young boy. According to [[http://derpyhoovesnews.com/tabitha-st-germain-clarifies-a-little-bit-on-derpys-voice/ this]], the voice actress wasn't aware that Derpy was a girl (though according to [[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=84605&view=findpost&p=1996720 this]], the voice was probably adjusted a bit in post-production to be just a little higher than what was in the original recording). Considering Derpy's original googly-eyed expression and resultant popularity came into being due to an accident (while the expression was intentional, she wasn't meant to be visible in that scene), it seems fitting that other aspects of her would come about due to accidents.
* TheVoiceless: Her big reappearance in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E10RainbowFalls Rainbow Falls]]" after a long absence has her not talking at all, most likely to avoid another controversy. She breaks her silence again in "Slice of Life".
* WalkingDisasterArea: She can cause property damage just by ''sitting down''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:[[invoked]]
** Amy Keating Rogers revealed that in the original version of the song "Smile Smile Smile" Pinkie Pie was meant to refer to Derpy as "Derpy Doo". They even were going to sing about Derpy following Pinkie's advice and asking Zecora for a brew to cure her cough.
** An early draft of "The Last Roundup" referred to Derpy as "Ditzy Doo", though the name was changed in order to give a ShoutOut to the fans. Before this, according to Lauren Faust, Ditzy Doo and the gray pegasus were not initially intended to be the same character, though she ''did'' consider having the design used for Ditzy. Alternative names for the pegasus from the season 1 Philippines crew included: "Stoneface", "Bubbles", "Ditzy", and "Bubblehead".
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[[folder:Mayor Mare]]
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->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship Is Magic - Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CathyWeseluck

A beige Earth pony with a wavy gray mane and tail, Mayor [[AllThereInTheScript Mare]] is a somewhat ineffectual leader who doesn't seem to carry as much authority as Twilight, the official representative of Princess Celestia in Ponyville.

* AlliterativeName: If you include her title.
* AllThereInTheScript: [[http://theponyartcollection.tumblr.com/post/26391355776 Her and Time Turner's trading card]], a couple of shirts featuring her, Creator/{{Gameloft}}'s ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' game, and the TieInNovel ''Literature/TwilightSparkleAndTheCrystalHeartSpell'' have made her FanNickname "Mayor Mare" AscendedFanon. It's also used in the fourth issue of IDW's ''Friendship Is Magic'' [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW comic book series]], but without showing her.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: Played with, as while Twilight Sparkle tends to have more "weight" than her, both Celestia and Luna recognize Mayor Mare as an authority figure and treat her with appropriate respect.
* CoolOldLady: [[VagueAge Or at least middle-aged lady]]. She likely wants to be seen as one. Age and gray hair are seen as an Authority/Status symbol for office holders.
* DemotedToExtra: Amazingly, her role actually decreased significantly on the show.
* ADogNamedDog: In a land populated largely by ponies, she's a mare named ''Mare''. Kind of fitting, given that the town she's Mayor of is named ''Pony''ville.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Her name has been used by several different sources, but the show itself has only called her by her title, even in the credits.
* {{Expy}}: She looks like a duller and older version of Flitter Flutter in G3.5 and even shares a job with her. [[spoiler:Plus her mane and tail are [[DyeHard naturally]] pink, similar to Flitter Flutter's pink-and-purple.]]
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Played with:
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy Dragonshy]]", she's nowhere to be seen, and it's Twilight who informs the townsponies about the dragon smoke and Princess Celestia's orders to her to solve the problem.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Winter Wrap Up]]", the only duty of her office that Mayor Mare exercises is to give an inspirational speech that fails to motivate the town to get their job done on time, but after Twilight shows that she has better organizational skills than the rest of the town, Mayor Mare is seen to work just as hard as everypony else through the night.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof A Bird in the Hoof]]", her request to speak with Celestia was enough for the princess to cut the party short.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]", she went to Canterlot for the Grand Galloping Gala (the beginning of it, at least).
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", she's seen relaxing outside (until she notices the commotion).
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]", she's the one behind Nightmare Night's celebrations.
* PowerHair: Her mane seems to be tied into a tight bun in the back.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Starting in Season 4.
* PunnyName: She's the ''mare'' of Ponyville. A StealthPun in the show, since her name is only AllThereInTheScript.
* RepetitiveName: Her title and name are very similar.
* RulingCouple: Implied during the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]" where she's shown next to a stallion of her age with a scroll Cutie Mark that implies an administrative talent. A young mare with a hammer Cutie Mark (implying she's a judge) is with them, hinting she's their daughter.
* StealthPun: Following from her AllThereInTheScript PunnyName, she's the old gray(-maned) ''mare''. If she seems ineffective at her job, it's because [[HurricaneOfPuns she ain't what she used to be]].
* VagueAge: Unlike with the Cakes (whom WordOfGod has specifically stated to be middle-aged), her exact age is difficult to pin down. Her mane and tail are only [[DyeHard dyed]] gray, and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]" shows her with what might be a husband and an adult daughter, though it's possible they may simply be other members of the town council. An issue of the official comics show her going to the same high school as Cheerilee, Shining Armor and Cadance. So she might be in the pony equilavent of her twenties.
* YouALLLookFamiliar: Not usually, but when she's shown from overhead in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]", multiple copies of her appear at once.
* YoungerThanSheLooks: [[spoiler:Her mane and tail are naturally ''pink'', and she dyes them gray; though she may simply be embarrassed by the color. The [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW comic book]] seems to suggest she's the same age as ''Cheerilee''!]]
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[[folder:The Cakes]]
!!Mr.Cake and Mrs.Cake
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianDrummond (Mr. Carrot Cake)[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/BrianDrummondVO/status/294142753875578880 this]] tweet by Creator/BrianDrummond[[/note]] and Creator/TabithaStGermain (Mrs. Cup Cake)[[note]]according to [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2248020657 this]] comment by Creator/LaurenFaust and [[http://imgur.com/egRde this]] email from RED Management[[/note]]

Mr. Carrot Cake and Mrs. Cup Cake are a middle-aged Earth Pony couple. They own Sugarcube Corner, the bakery where Pinkie Pie works, holds her parties, and resides as their live-in helper. Kind and friendly, this older couple has shown saintlike patience for Pinkie Pie's antics... especially after the poisonous muffins fiasco (though that wasn't her fault) and Pinkie's appetite at the beginning of "Swarm of the Century". So far, they're one of the few married couples seen in Ponyville. As of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]", they're now parents to baby twins Pound and Pumpkin Cake.

* AdaptationNameChange: The toyline refers to Mrs. Cup Cake as Mrs. Dazzle Cake.
* AlliterativeName: Both of them, and they alliterate with each other, too.
* AllThereInTheScript: Until Season 2, their first names had only been [[http://comments.deviantart.com/5/37155514/1804064447 revealed]] by WordOfGod and used by the [[http://www.nick.de/shows/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie German]] and [[http://www.nick.ch/shows/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie Swiss]] Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and [[http://www.nickjr.de/shows/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie German]] NickJr websites. They were first referred to by their full names on the show in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]".
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Mrs. Cake's mane is styled exactly like a swirl of pink frosting.
* BenevolentBoss: To Pinkie Pie. They let her use the highest floors of Sugarcube Corner as her home, and [[LikeASonToMe think of her as a daughter]].
* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: Cup Cake is the former, and Carrot Cake is the latter.
* DotingParent: Both of them to their twins. Justified since Pound and Pumpkin are toddlers.
* FamilyBusiness: The two of them run Sugarcube Corner together.
* GingerbreadHouse: The bakery roof is ''literally'' shaped like a gingerbread house with two cupcakes and a slab of rock candy on top.
* HappilyMarried: They've never once been seen fighting. When the Foal Free Press said they were splitting up, they were as shocked as everypony else.
* LikeADaughterToMe: Pinkie may not ''be'' their biological daughter, [[WordOfGod but they still love her like she is]].
* MaltShop: For Ponyville's standards, their place acts like this for kids and couples.
* MasculineLinesFeminineCurves: Mr. Cake is very angular, particularly in his jaw, and Mrs. Cake is quite plump.
* NiceHat: Mr. Cake is just about always seen wearing his short cylindrical hat.
* PanickyExpectantFather: Invoked. Normally, Mr. Cake keeps an impeccable aspect, but when his twins are finally born he looks as if he were returning from war with his messy hair, untied bowtie, and unshaven beard.
* ParentalSubstitute: They serve as this for Pinkie Pie. She lives with them in Sugarcube Corner and Lauren Faust said they see her as a daughter. Furthering the connection, she is a CoolBigSis and the go-to foalsitter for their blood children.
* PermaStubble: Mr. Cake gets an ''awesome'' version of this while he's waiting for the birth of his twins.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Starting in Season 4.
* StandardFiftiesFather: Mr. Cake exhibits a few traits, mainly in his appearance. He's well-dressed even when he's not working and he's devoted to [[HappilyMarried his wife]] [[DotingParent and foals]].
* SupremeChef: The cartoon presented them as this very early on, but their Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin MMMM]] for short) definitely cemented them as Supreme Chefs. Just hearing Pinkie Pie describe it created an uncontrollable urge in nearby ponies to eat it.
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: Pound and Pumpkin Cake, respectively.

!!Pound and Pumpkin Cake
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain (Pound) and Creator/AndreaLibman (Pumpkin)[[note]]both according to [[https://twitter.com/AndreaLibman/status/158608461507215362 these]] [[https://twitter.com/AndreaLibman/status/162973658627833857 two]] tweets by Creator/AndreaLibman[[/note]]

Mr. and Mrs. Cake's twin babies. Pound is a Pegasus colt and Pumpkin is a Unicorn filly, explained by Mr. and Mrs. Cake having Unicorn and Pegasus ancestors respectively. Pinkie adores them as new playmates.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Pumpkin Cake is one of two unicorns shown flying through self-levitation, the other being an insanely powerful villain.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: {{Subverted|Trope}}; the twins are cute and all, but, as Pinkie found out the hard way, they require a ''lot'' of responsibility. Particularly when the [[{{Flight}} Pegasus]] and [[WildMagic Unicorn]] genes kick in.
* BrainyBaby: Both babies are incredibly intelligent for their age.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Even at the age of one month, they're inseparable.
* ChildProdigy: Rainbow Dash guesses (correctly) that Pound will be "all over the place" once he starts using his wings, and Rarity says that baby unicorns get strange magic surges that come and go. Those comments imply that the babies' are getting a temporary boost but only future appearances will tell for sure. It's also suggested for Pound Cake is that the only reasons he flies so well so young is a combination of his SuperStrength and the fact that he still has a body small enough for his wings to carry. Scootaloo and filly!Fluttershy have/had the inverse -- that is, wings too small to carry their bodies.
* ColorCodedWizardry: Pumpkin's magic aura is light blue, just like her eyes.
* {{Expy}}: For [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Pebbles Flintstone (Pumpkin) and Bam-Bam Rubble (Pound)]]. Pumpkin even has Pebbles' hairdo (with a bow instead of a bone). The blue bow looks similar to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Maggie Simpson's]].
* HollywoodGenetics: Mr. Cake's great-great-great-great-grandfather was a Unicorn and Mrs Cake's aunt's-second-cousin-twice-removed was a Pegasus; "that makes sense right?" Creator/LaurenFaust confirmed similar scenarios were possible during Season 1.
* InnocentProdigy: They don't ''mean'' to cause Pinkie Pie such grief but are too busy exploring their abilities to notice until the end, where they douse themselves in flour to make up for it.
* {{Leitmotif}}: They sort of have one, but it's more of an indicator to show the audience that they're about to get into trouble.
* MeaningfulName: Pound Cake. Guess what he likes to do?
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: They have a mild version of this when their antics reduce Pinkie Pie to tears.
* OralFixation: Pumpkin is constantly trying to chew on anything she can get her hooves on.
* ParentalBonus: Mr. Cake's not-entirely-convinced plea: "That makes sense, right?" Made doubly funny [[GeniusBonus if you notice that]] Mrs. Cake's "aunt's-second-cousin-twice-removed" is only related to Pound Cake by marriage, not by blood.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Pound is strong enough to lift and carry an adult pony at high speeds in flight.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: They're magical, baby ponies. How much more ridiculously cute can you get?
* SayMyName:
-->'''Pound:''' Pinkie...\\
'''Pumpkin:''' Pie...
* SilentSnarker: They are snarky [[CuteButCacophonic when they're silent]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Pumpkin is colored exactly like her father, just with slightly lighter yellow fur.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: According to Mr. Cake, a pony of one type can have offspring of another type, depending on the family tree.
* WallCrawl: Pound can achieve this using his flight.
* WildMagic: Pumpkin has impressive magic for being only one month old, levitating herself and passing through solid objects.
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[[folder:Snips and Snails]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LeeTockar (Snips) and Creator/RichardIanCox (Snails)

Two Unicorn colts with a penchant for troublemaking and, in Snails' case, a talent for telekinesis and an almost Zen-like worldview borne out of him not thinking about anything. Ever.

* AccidentalAthlete: Snails became the buckball team's unicorn after displaying a natural talent for the sport when he effortlessly caught a trio of balls heading his way in water buckets he happened to be carrying.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Snips is overweight but in "Boast Busters", he escapes rather handily from the Ursa which he and Snails bring to Ponyville.
* AdaptationNameChange: The toyline refers to Snips and Snails as Snipsy Snap and Snailsquirm. Presumably, either Snips and Snails are respectively short for Snipsy Snap and Snailsquirm or Snipsy Snap and Snailsquirm are respective [[InSeriesNickname In-Series Nicknames]] for Snips and Snails; neither explanation is official.
%%* {{Adorkable}}: Both of them, Snails especially.
* AlliterativeName: [[AdaptationNameChange Snipsy Snap]].
* AnimalMotifs: Snails, in name and cutie mark.
* AttentionWhore: They ''enjoy'' the humiliating Gabby Gums article the CMC wrote about them, and repeat their chewing gum accident for an audience.
* BigEater: Snails can chomp half of a cake with a single bite. [[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_CA/play/details.cfm?guid=E300C93D-5056-900B-1050-A310A192B6BD Applejack's game]] from ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'' also shows them sneaking onto Applejack's farm and eating everything in sight if the player doesn't chase them away.
* BigOlEyebrows: Snips sports a pair of these to ad to his stocky appearance.
* BodyHorror: The first thing Trixie does upon seeing them when she returns is to forcibly merge them, [[VideoGame/EarthwormJim Professor Monkey-for-a-Head]] style.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Snails plays boke to Snips's tsukkomi, first with the AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering moment and then again during their magic show in "Show Stoppers".
* ButtMonkey: Generally is their role in the show.
* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: In "Boast Busters" this is how they find an Ursa Minor.
* TheCameo: First appeared in [[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_CA/play/details.cfm?guid=E300C93D-5056-900B-1050-A310A192B6BD Applejack's game]] from ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'', thus earning a bad reputation among players for their thieving ways.
* CanadaEh: Snails sounds like he comes from the Great White North, eh?
* ClassClown: And funny ones too. This is why they don't mind making fools of themselves.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Snails, often annoying Snips.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Downplayed on the "badass" part, but this still applies because the two aren't very bright.
** "Boast Busters": Snails is one of the few unicorn foals who's been shown using magic (albeit with difficulty) and can buck Snips pretty far in "Ponyville Confidential". They can also run quickly and don't slow down when Spike gets dragged along, adding weight. They also both go into the Everfree Forest at night. Given how ''the Mane Six'' are shown to be scared of that place, day ''or'' night, that's pretty brave. In their case, it's closer to TooDumbToLive considering what happened next.
** In "Buckball Season" it turns out Snails' empty-headedness puts him into a zen-like mentality allowing him to catch balls with ridiculous ease and finesse, netting him a place on Ponyville's buckball team.
* DemotedToExtra: Their roles have decreased slightly in newer seasons; they only speak in one episode in seasons 3 and 4, and they don't speak at all in season 5. In Season 6, however, they get off some good one-liners.
* TheDitz: Snails is inarguably the least intelligent character on the show [[GeniusDitz but strangely enough, he's the only Unicorn in his class shown using magic, even for a basic spell]].
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Trixie, for whom they are consistent fans despite her haughty behavior.
* {{Expy}}: Snails looks like a taller male version of G1's Squirmy.
* FanBoy: They're Trixie's biggest fans in "Boast Busters", and they're shown to be members of the Rainbow Dash Fan Club in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]". [[WildMassGuessing If you look carefully, they are the only members of Rainbow Dash's fan club to have T-shirts with Rainbow Dash's picture in a heart. Combined with their possible crush on Trixie, they might have a thing for blue mares]].
* FantasticLightSource: Snails can use light magic.
* FatAndSkinny: Snips is short and round while Snails is tall and slender.
* FatIdiot: Snips chubby and is dim.
* FearlessFool: They went into the ''Everfree Forest at night'' to try to find an Ursa Major to help Trixie look good for Ponyville.
* FreeRangeChildren: They both go all alone in the middle of night into the ''[[EldritchLocation Everfree Forest]]''.
* GagHaircut: When the duo get their rumps stuck together with bubble gum, the haircut they get to cut the gum out leaves them with bald patches on their butts and tails.
* GeniusDitz: Snails is incredibly empty-headed and easily one of the least intelligent characters in the show. He is also the first unicorn foal shown using even basic magic, and is also able to develop an incredibly peaceful state of mind and to completely avoid performance anxiety... by never thinking about anything he's doing. Ever.
* HiddenDepths: Snails' empty-headedness keeps him in a constantly zen state of mind that allows him to play buckball without worrying about pressure from the spectators, the other team, or his coaches. As a result, he does ''very'' well as the Ponyville team's catcher.
* TheKlutz: The famous gum-chewing incident had them stuck together.
* MeaningfulName:
** "Snips and snails and puppy dog tails -- that's what little boys are made of." In the case of Snails, his cutie mark is a snail.
** The comic likewise shows that Snips is good at cutting with his buck teeth (which also explains the cutie mark).
* NiceGuy: Both of them are rather kindhearted and supportive to their friends.
* PrecociousCrush: The [[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_CA/play/details.cfm?guid=E300C93D-5056-900B-1050-A310A192B6BD standalone version]] of [[ExpandedUniverse Applejack's game]] from ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'' has hearts appear over them when the player runs towards them to chase them away. The hearts are most likely just a replacement for ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'''s Friendship Sparkles but still...
* OffModel: In one of the shots in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E19BuckballSeason Buckball Season]], Snails is missing his horn. In another, his magic aura is yellow (much like his original appearance) rather than purple as seen throughout the episode.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Starting in Season 4.
* ShadowArchetype: To Spike, considering they are all young kids who are fond of older mares (Rarity for Spike, Trixie for Snips and Snails), and also have their bouts of clumsiness at times, but unlike Spike who is usually more helpful than not, Snips and Snails inadvertently cause more trouble than they fix in the long run.
* SimpletonVoice: Snails mostly talks like a fool.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: In ''WesternAnimation/EquestriaGirls'', they appear as Sunset Shimmer's henchmen.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're never apart, have little bearing on the plot, and mostly exist for comic relief.
* VagueAge: They're seemingly older than the CMC. While they're still in school, they aren't in the same class as the Crusaders, they know some magic, and seem to have entered puberty.
* YouthfulFreckles: Snails sports some.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cheerilee]]
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->'''First Appearance (Background):''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]"\\
'''Full Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Call of the Cutie]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NicoleOliver[[note]]according to [[http://madponies.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-17T14_29_06-07_00 these]] [[http://everfreeradio.com/?p=933 two]] interviews with Creator/NicoleOliver and a reply to [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2248020657 this]] comment by Creator/LaurenFaust[[/note]]

The Ponyville Schoolhouse's teacher. An Earth pony, Miss Cheerilee sports a cherry-colored coat with a pink/cherry mane topped with a kind and cheerful attitude. While "Call of the Cutie" implies that Cheerilee was a teenager during the pony fashion equivalent of the RealLife [[TheEighties '80s]], Rarity's flashback in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]" (along with a picture that's part of the toy Ponyville Schoolhouse) shows that Cheerilee is young enough to have gone to school with Rarity.

* TheEighties: Played for laughs when Cheerilee shows to her class a picture of her younger self wearing typical (and gaudy) 80s attire.
* EightiesHair: "Yes I know, but honestly; that's how everypony was wearing their mane back then."
* ADayInTheLimelight: Has a central role in "Hearts and Hooves Day".
* AdultsAreUseless: Despite her being friendly, she doesn't notice or attempt to stop Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon from bullying the Cutie Mark Crusaders (except in the episode "Ponyville Confidental", when she punishes Diamond Tiara). And that's ''not'' the only time...
* AllThereInTheScript: Until Season 2, her name had only come up at all in the toyline and the ExpandedUniverse (specifically, in the toys and the IOSGames ''[[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-little-pony-twilight-sparkle/id465213808?mt=8 Twilight Sparkle: Teacher for a Day]]''). It was first mentioned on the show in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", and she was first addressed by name in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]".
* ArtisticAge:
** Appears as a filly in Rarity's {{flashback}} during "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", implying she's about the same age as Rarity. (Cheerilee isn't identified in the episode, but the ''Ponyville Schoolhouse'' toy has a picture that shows filly Cheerilee wearing the same costume as in the episode, which all but confirms her identity.)
** Her appearance as a filly in Cheese Sandwich's flashback in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E12PinkiePride Pinkie Pride]]" also seems to support this. In that flashback, Cheerilee didn't have her cutie mark yet, while Pinkie Pie already had hers. (Again, Cheerilee isn't explicitly named, but the lyrics of the song imply that it's her; she pops into the frame to offer filly Cheese a cheese sandwich right at the line "[[VisualPun Cheer]] was filling up the place.")
** In the ExpandedUniverse [[ComicBook/MylittleponyFriendshipIsMagicIDW depicted in the IDW comics]], Cheerilee is shown as a teenager in the same high school with Shining Armor, Princess Cadence, and Mayor Mare!
* AscendedExtra: Cheerilee was fairly popular in G3, so Hasbro made her the 8th pony of a Happy Meal toy set from UsefulNotes/McDonalds. She's also included in a later set.
* ChekhovsGunman: After making a few appearances in ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'', she remained a silent background pony who happened to be in the opening. Then at the beginning of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Call of the Cutie]]", she suddenly got a single long scene that gave her an important job and a personality.
* CoolTeacher: The CMC think it is a travesty that such an amazing teacher is not beating off suitors with a stick. The first part of Sweetie Bell's song states that she's "the best teacher we could hope for".
* DemotedToExtra: In Season 3, the only times she ever shows up are in background appearances in "One Bad Apple", "Sleepless in Ponyville", and "Just for Sidekicks". Her schoolhouse is never shown, and she never even gets a single speaking appearance. What's more, in season 4 she's practically the only notable member of the supporting cast not to receive a PromotionToOpeningTitles; especially odd is that Photo Finish ''does'', [[OneEpisodeWonder despite appearing far less]]. However, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls she has at least]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E5FlightToTheFinish received speaking appearances again]].
* EmbarrassingNickname: Creates one without intending to ("Blank Flank") which quickly catches on and is used by the school bullies to humiliate Ponies who lack a Cutie Mark.
* EraSpecificPersonality: G3 Cheerilee is Rarity's adviser and is mature. G3.5 Cheerilee loves to play, read stories to her little sister Scootaloo, and comb her friend's manes in fancy different styles. ''[=FiM=]'' Cheerilee is a young adult with a calm and responsible personality and is in charge of educating Ponyville's fillies and colts.
* {{Expy}}: Of G3 and G3.5 Cheerilee.
* FriendToAllChildren: It goes with the territory, considering she's loved by all her students, but even Spike seems to like her ''before'' she gave him a hat for his birthday.
* FriendToBugs: In the toys at least; the ''[[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=BE3CDE98-5056-900B-1034-466D8F32E7AD Cheerilee]]'' toy is accompanied by a ladybug.
* GenkiGirl: As described by Creator/NicoleOliver, she's much more upbeat than her other role of Princess Celestia.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: She's a good deal smaller than Big Macintosh, which is extremely noticeable when the Cutie Mark Crusaders try to set them up together.
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Could also be considered a [[AffectionateParody self-deprecating call-back]] to the more...[[http://www.kimsites.net/dreamvalley/9th_edition_ponies.html#rockin_beat_ponies ill-advised G1 My Little Ponies]].
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Zigzagged. The exact age of her students are in question because they're a different species. She talks like a kindergarten teacher to them but explains setting concepts (like history and biology) more akin to a middle-school teacher, and on the blackboard she often has [[GeniusBonus advanced planetary physics equations]].
* MsExposition: She often fills this role in the episodes she's in, such as explaining what a cutie mark is to a classroom almost full of students who already have theirs.
* NiceGirl: She was nice enough to give Spike a hat on his birthday.
* NiceHat: She doesn't wear one, but has one in her grocery bag (a white fedora with a red band and feather) and gives it to Spike on his birthday.
* OffModel: Quite a few animation errors have happened with her, the most common one being the top of her normally two-toned mane becoming solid-colored.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She looks quite nice for someone who's implied to be middle-aged.
* OldMaid: She tries to hide her frustration, but it's clear she isn't happy about being one, or at least having attention being brought to it.
* PairTheSpares: A literal case, as the CMC pairs her up with Big Macintosh in the episode "Hearts and Hooves Day" because she didn't have a date and Big Mac was the only "good" stallion they could find available at that moment.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her body and hair qualify for this.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Most of the time she can be counted on to manage her class.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Warm and compassionate type.
* {{Schoolmarm}}: A textbook example of this; the only teacher in a rural community school that consists of one room.
* ShipTease: After the madness dies down, the last scene of "Hearts and Hooves Day" is Cheerilee and Big Macintosh going on a picnic. Whether they're going on an actual date or just teasing the Cutie Mark Crusaders is left open.
** In a latter episode she is seen swooning at Big Mac singing.
* StepfordSmiler:
** She displays a type A during "Hearts and Hooves Day" when the CMC bring up her Old Maid status.
** Her human counterpart displays a borderline type C, given how she actively tries to hide her irritation from a technologically inept Twilight.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: "What the Tartarus am I doing in a pit, on a mattress, with a stallion?" Sleeping off a love poison from well-meaning students.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Her [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulnomad/8459433199/in/set-72157632732632786/ second fully-molded toy]] depicts her as a PaletteSwap of Pinkie Pie; her cutie mark looks different in most stock art and all of the other toys (strangely, the stock art used on most of the toys' packaging has it match the show instead of those toys); her [[http://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/Name/cheerileeFIMmini.html first fully-molded toy]] and her [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:BBCheerileeCard.jpg collector]] [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:BBCheerileeBack.jpg card]] both depict her as a PaletteSwap of Applejack.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zecora]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Brenda Crichlow

A mysterious zebra who lives in the Everfree Forest. Most of the ponies distrust her at first because of her unusual appearance, and [[PoorCommunicationKills her seemingly cryptic warnings don't help her reputation]]. Afterwards, she becomes a helpful ally towards the ponies, using her knowledge of magical herbs and creatures to assist the Six.

* AlliterativeName: Zecora the Zebra.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: WordOfGod is that they wanted Zecora to be speaking authentic Swahili in "Bridle Gossip", but they didn't have the time or resources. Instead, they got the voice actor to make up some African-sounding gibberish. Creator/LaurenFaust said that she likes to imagine Zecora is speaking Zebra in lieu of Swahili.
* BadassNormal: Despite lacking any ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane definite]]) powers, she lives in a place that other ponies consider an EldritchLocation, only in part because it's filled with dangerous plants and animals like cockatrices, Ursa Minors and Majors, Timberwolves and Poison Joke. She isn't bothered in the slightest by her dangerous "neighbors".
** To say nothing of the alternate Zecora who Twilight encounters in "The Cutie Remark". She leads LaResistance against the changelings and even gives Chrysalis a ShutUpHannibal moment before brawling with her.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: While Zecora is clearly female, she has the same squared off muzzle and lack of eyelashes as a male pony. This helps convey her foreign nationality compared to the ponies of Ponyville.
* BlackCloak: Zecora wears an eerie cloak with a [[InTheHood face-concealing hood]] during her debut episode. It can be inferred she wears it for protection, as the road to her hut crosses through a large patch of Poison Joke.
* CharacterTic: She mostly speaks her sentences in rhyme, with a few exceptions. Her debut episode also gave her a habit of digging at the ground sometimes, but this seems to have faded out.
* CreepyGood: There's no doubt of her good character but her sense of style, where she lives and her habit of speaking in rhyme creeped the local ponies out.
* CrossCulturalKerfuffle: Her above-mentioned CharacterTic of digging at the ground is mistaken by the ponies as a threat posture. If one reflects back over the previous episodes, it's strongly implied that pawing at the ground genuinely ''is'' a threat posture amongst ponies (Twilight Sparkle and Nightmare Moon are shown pawing the ground before attacking each other in the second episode). This then leads to FridgeBrilliance as to why the character tic was dropped; upon being able to talk to ponies, Zecora would have learned that pawing the ground means "I am about to attack you" in pony body language, and would stop doing that in order to stop seeming like she's randomly threatening ponies.
* ADogNamedDog: "Zecora" means "zebra".
* FantasticRacism: A victim of it in her initial episode; the Ponyvile ponies boarded themselves up when she came to town because she was "strange" and "different". Luckily for her, her début episode is about proving this attitude wrong.
* FishEyes: Her molded toy from the Miniature Collection's Spa Pony Set has these.
* FourStarBadass: What she would have become had the Changelings prevailed.
* FriendToAllChildren: She leads the foals around on Nightmare Night. [[FridgeBrilliance This makes sense when you consider the fact that Apple Bloom, who's a filly, was the first to befriend her]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Appears to have glowing sinister yellow eyes sometimes when her face is hidden under her cloak, though that could just be the perception of the mane cast seeing her as an "evil enchantress".
* GoodAllAlong: Looked sinister at first, but it all turned out to be a misunderstanding.
* TheHermit: Lives alone in the Everfree Forest, where few other ponies would dare set hoof.
* HeroicSacrifice: In a BadFuture where ponies are at war with the Changelings, she goes one-on-one against Chrysalis herself to give Twilight a chance of fixing things (and knows full well that even if she wins the fight, she'll be erased from time if Twilight succeeds).
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: At the end of her debut episode, her wish for friends comes true when the ponies finally befriend her. By the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]", it would seem that the town has embraced her, as she leads an event on Nightmare Night.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Apple Bloom, the first pony to make friends with her, is still the pony that has the most screentime with her.
* LargeHam: "Beware, BEWARE, you ponyfolk!"
* MagicCauldron: She uses one of this to work in her potions, in keeping with being a herbalist with ambiguous knowledge of magic.
* MagicalNegro: Considering the FantasticRacism she's subjected to in her debut, she fits this. She can brew potions with all manner of fantastic effects, and she also displays a few abilities that seem to indicate that magic isn't necessarily limited to unicorns. However, unlike classical uses of this trope, that doesn't mean she's an automatic problem solver for things the Mane Six can't handle -- she specifically notes she can't do anything to stop a parasprite infestation, for example.
* MasterOfIllusion: In "Luna Eclipsed", Zecora tells the fillies about Nightmare Moon and uses green dust to conjure up illusions of her.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Whether she's a herbalist with a talent for illusions and stagecraft or capable of outright spells is unclear. Given [[TheLostWoods where she lives]], the line can be hard to draw.
* MentorArchetype: WordOfGod is that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen she was meant to be an alternate mentor to Twilight Sparkle]] but the de-emphasis of adventure stories in the first season (because slice-of-life stories were easier to write quickly) caused the idea to fall through. She finally takes this role in "Magic Duel" where she trains Twilight in magic and being a GuileHeroine for her rematch with Trixie.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Though unlike most examples, the townsponies see her every month when she comes into town, but the fact she lives alone in the woods (the Everfree Forest no less) that everypony fears makes everypony unfairly assume she's an evil witch.
* NationalAnimalStereotypes: A zebra portrayed as an African witch doctor.
* OutOfFocus:
** She is mostly absent from Season 1, appearing only in "Bridle Gossip" and "Swarm of the Century".
** Averted in Season 2, as she's had several small roles in several episodes. In Season 3, she plays a major role in "Magic Duel", finally taking her place as Twilight's mentor.
* PoorCommunicationKills: When it came to the Poison Joke, if she'd just told the ponies it was a poisonous plant instead of speaking in cryptic rhyme to an already suspicious and fearful group, then the rest of the episode would have gone a lot differently. It's possibly justified by the fact that she was new in Ponyville, so she was still learning pony language.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Starting in Season 4.
* ProverbialWisdom: She gives her pieces of advice in the form of cryptic, proverb-like [[RhymesOnADime rhymed couplets]].
* RebelLeader: In the BadFuture where Queen Chrysalis took over Equestria in "The Cutie Re-Mark", Zecora takes this role for LaResistance hiding in the Everfree Forest.
* RepetitiveName: Zecora the Zebra also counts for this.
* RhymesOnADime: Particularly impressive in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]", where she sets herself up to make a rhyme with "tooth" before she sees that Apple Bloom chipped her tooth (from Apple Bloom's posture, it was an easy guess). Although there was a gag in the main ''MLP'' comic #9 where she noted (in rhyme, naturally) that she needed a moment to think up a rhyme for her next comment.
* ShownTheirWork: Her digging habit in her first episode? Zebras in the real world do that to find water. As for why she dropped it? As shown below, when it comes to other species of horse, digging at the ground is a sign of impatience and annoyance. She'd be forced to drop this habit if she wanted the townspeople to be more open to her.
* SolitarySorceress: Lives by herself in the Everfree Forest.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Closed captions spell her name as "Zakora".
* StealthHiBye: How she exits at the end of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]".
* ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: "Zecora" means "zebra" in the Oromo language of Ethiopia.
* TranslationConvention: When alone in her hut, she talks to herself in English, even though her first language appears to be the pseudo-Swahili she yells in when pissed.
* WitchDoctor: Fits the mold, considering she's adorable and lives in the Everfree Forest far from civilization and has all manner of magical herbs and exotic decor in her hut. She is knowledgeable in potion-making, strange properties of plants, and odd creatures.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Spa Ponies]]
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[[caption-width-right:230:[-"How can we be of service?"-][[note]]From left to right: [[AllThereInTheScript Lotus Blossom]] and [[AllThereInTheScript Aloe]], the two most frequently appearing spa ponies.[[/note]]]]
->''"Miss Zecora, I would love to get the recipe for this bath. It's simply luxurious!"''[[note]]-- '''[[AllThereInTheScript Lotus Blossom]]''', after Zecora is welcomed to Ponyville in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]"[[/note]]

->'''Lotus Blossom's Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]\\
'''Other Spa Ponies' Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]"\\
'''Speaking Appearance:''' (Lotus Blossom) "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]", (Aloe) "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E3CastleSweetCastle Castle Sweet Castle]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E11ApplejacksDayOff Applejack's "Day" Off"]]\\
'''Voiced By:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain (Lotus Blossom and Aloe)

Four blue-eyed ponies who work at Ponyville's Day Spa. [[AllThereInTheScript Lotus Blossom]], the first one, debuts at the end of "Bridle Gossip" asking Zecora for the bath recipe. She returns in "Green Isn't Your Color", which introduces the other three: [[AllThereInTheScript Aloe]], a PaletteSwap of Lotus Blossom; "[[FanNickname Quake]]", a large masseuse; and "[[FanNickname Roxie]]", who first appears as one of Photo Finish's helpers and isn't seen working at the spa until "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]", which also features Lotus Blossom and Aloe. Lotus Blossom and "Quake" appear again in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]".

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Lotus and Aloe.
%%* Accessory WearingCartoonAnimal:
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Aloe.
* {{Expy}}: Lotus Blossom and Aloe appear to be based on the twins of the G1 [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Surprise_Twins_Pony Surprise Twins Pony]] and/or on the G2 twins [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Rose_and_Lily Rose and Lily]].
* FlowerMotif: Lotus Blossom and Aloe's cutie mark is a white lotus, a flower commonly associated with spas.
* HairDecorations: Lotus Blossom and Aloe's matching hairbands.
* MythologyGag: Lotus Blossom's accent, if she and Aloe are indeed based on one or both of the Europe-exclusive previous-gen pony twins mentioned under {{Expy}} above.
* OCStandIn: Lotus and Aloe are depicted by fans as inseparable twin sisters. A lot of TwinTropes are often used for their fanon characterization.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Considering Lotus Blossom and Aloe ''were'' based on baby pony twins...
* SuddenlyVoiced: Aloe has no clear lines until "Castle, Sweet Castle".
* UnexplainedAccent: The show doesn't really reveal or explain much about why Lotus Blossom has that accent.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Lotus Blossom's accent seems to be an odd mix of Indian and German. [[SensualSlavs Slavic perhaps]]?
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Aloe
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Twist]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Call of the Cutie]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' [[https://twitter.com/TheSagaciousG Alexandra Carter]]

A friend of Apple Bloom'th from thchool, the'th an Earth Pony filly with fridhy red hair and glatheth [[CaptainObvious ath well ath a heavy lithp]]. Like Apple Bloom, [[AllThereInTheScript Peppermint]] Twist starts "Call of the Cutie" without having discovered her mark and gets teased for it. She gets her cutie mark in the same episode (off-screen): a pair of candy canes due to her love of making candy.

* AdaptationNameChange: The toyline refers to her as Twist-a-loo. Presumably, either Twist is short for Twist-a-loo (which would make her full name Peppermint Twist-a-loo) or Twist-a-loo is an InSeriesNickname for Twist; neither explanation is official.
* {{Adorkable}}: The glasses, niceness, the lisp, the SweetTooth....
* AllThereInTheScript: Peppermint, the first part of her name, has only been used by Creator/{{Gameloft}}'s ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' game (which doesn't even use it all of the time).
* CheerfulChild: "I've got thome peppermint thticks. I made them myself! They'll make you ''thmiiile!''"
* {{Expy}}: Of G1 Twist.
** Her appearance has a noticeable resemblance to WesternAnimation/PepperAnn.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Twist gets her Cutie Mark, she brags about it to Apple Bloom, unaware that Apple Bloom got devastated and hurt because she felt that she was the only filly who doesn't have one.
%% * {{Meganekko}}:
* PuppyLove: Surprisingly, the episode "Hearts and Hooves Day" paired her up with "[[FanNickname Truffle Shuffle]]", much to the chagrin of "[[FanNickname Tootsie Flute]]", who was also interested in him.
%%* QuirkyCurls
* RedheadsAreUncool: She shows several stereotypically nerdy traits, such as a curly red mane and tail, pale coat, large, large glasses, and a nasal speech impediment (she has a hard time pronouncing W's and S's). She is the last one in her class to get her cutie mark before the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
* SweetTooth: "Ith it a powdered donut? Becauth that thounds delithouth!"
* SpeechImpediment: For context, see her quote in SweetTooth.
* SupremeChef: Her special talent is making candy.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: It's uncertain if she loves eating peppermint sticks... ahem; "Peppermint Thtickth" as much as she loves making them.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She appeared to be a good friend of Apple Bloom's in "Call of the Cutie", but ever since Apple Bloom hooked up with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, poor Twist has only talked to her once since then. This may be due to voice actor Alexandra Carter's move to Philadelphia rendering her unable to voice the character further.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:DJ [=Pon-3=] / Vinyl Scratch]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[{{Dubstep}} WUB WUB WUB]]]]
->''"[[Music/TheBeatles Baby you can haul my cart! Yes I'm gonna be a star!]] Baby you can haul my cart! And maybe I love you! Beep beep'm beep beep yeah!"''

->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]"\\
'''Speaking Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Issue #9 story ''Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair'' and Issue #10 cover A\\
'''Major Role:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]"

An [[http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/FEFDE7/ off-white]] unicorn with a [[http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/3366CC/ two]]-[[http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/18E7E7/ tone]] electric blue mane, [[http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/BF1D79/ magenta]] eyes, and a pair of eighth notes as her cutie mark. Most of her in-show appearances have her, well, act as a DJ, or otherwise listening to music in her headphones. She's ''very'' popular for a character with less than a minute (in the first season, only a few seconds) of screentime. She shows up a lot in advertisements and official merchandise, and has multiple toys, even being made 2013 Special Edition Pony. [[AllThereInTheManual According to her and Octavia's trading card]], "DJ Pon-3 feels at home behind her turntable, laying down sick beats and wearing her trademark sunglasses."

Vinyl has a human counterpart in the ''Equestria Girls'' universe that plays a significant part in the second movie; go [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls here]] for tropes pertaining to the Human DJ Pon-3.

An analysis on Vinyl "DJ Pon-3" Scratch is available on [[Analysis/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPonies the analysis page]].

* AscendedExtra:
** She's one of the seven brushable toys in the ''Friendship Is Magic Favorite Collection'' from the Toys "R" Us exclusive ''Collector Series'', and she's even [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=526570387357208 apparently]] going to be one of Funrise's plush toys. She and Octavia also share [[http://theponyartcollection.tumblr.com/post/26391355776 a trading card]].
** She appears in the movie ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' and plays a bigger role in the sequel. Also, when the official Hub website held a poll for who would be the 7th pony cut-out, DJ Pon-3 [[WolverinePublicity was the only background pony who you could vote for.]]
* AscendedFanon:[[invoked]]
** Despite never appearing in the same in-show scene[[note]]or even the same ''episode'', until "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]"[[/note]] for the first 4 seasons, it would seem that DJ Pon-3's and Octavia Melody's association with one another in fanon was strong enough to cause them to appear together on [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0wQ3P2KlvG0/UBC0JdFSOxI/AAAAAAAAlQk/rOtEZNzVtPE/s1600/Tavi+and+Scratch.jpg one of Enterplay's trading cards]], using the {{Stage Name|s}} DJ Pon-3 and actually using the name Octavia (quite possibly one of the first official uses of that name, barring the [=WeLoveFine=] shirts). The [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N3U86TvSa2w/UBC2aPBHCLI/AAAAAAAAlQs/kx0-zDtvOBA/s1600/Tavi+and+Scratch+back.jpg info on the back of the card]] also takes many cues from fanon, as it highlights their differences in musical styles and suggests that they ''might'' know each other as either friends or rivals.
** Pay close attention to the [[FunnyBackgroundEvent background, where she and Octavia are]] [[https://derpibooru.org/72684 on this season 2 poster.]] [[VitriolicBestBuds You can see DJ Pon-3 actively messing with Octavia.]]
** The first time within any story thus far where they're in the same place, same time is [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Rarity's micro comic]] where they're both present early on at a party... in which DJ Pon-3 is busy playing music while [[SubvertedTrope Octavia is hanging out with Lyra Heartstrings and Pinkie Pie instead]].
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E4BloomAndGloom Bloom and Gloom]]" marks the first time they've appeared together in the show, as musical judges. [[AllJustADream It turns out to be a dream.]]
** "Slice of Life" has Vinyl and Octavia as roommates.
** Her special foil Series 2 Enterplay card (from the [=MLPFaire=] 2013) calls to Vinyl Scratch being her real name and DJ Pon-3 as her {{Stage Name|s}}, which is how the fandom has usually explained these names. As the cards [[RunningTheAsylum were written with help from the fans]] and Hasbro itself doesn't use that name, Vinyl Scratch is of doubtful canon, at best.
** The same card also lists "wubs" as one of her "Likes".
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Both her {{Stage Name|s}} and her real name.
* CheatedAngle: Her mane isn't symmetrical at all, yet it's always drawn the same way whether she's facing left or right, as otherwise it would cover most of her face half of the time.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: When she's into her music she's in her own little world.
* [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Bro]]: Issues #11 and #12 of the IDW comic (taking place in flashback when Shining Armor and Cadance were in high school) includes a filly Vinyl watching Shining's show [[spoiler:and getting her cutie mark]] atop the back of a white-coated, red-maned (styled similar to Vinyl's) unicorn stallion with a vinyl record-and-note cutie mark; later, he is DJ'ing the school dance under the stage name "33 1/3-LP". Andy Price, the artist, affirmed this was Vinyl's older brother. The fandom has taken the names "Long Play" (what LP expands to) or "Smooth Beat" as his given name, but all agree he's in the same class of cool as Vinyl.
* CoolShades: Purple ones with black rims that obscure her eyes. Have led to {{Fanon}} and various speculations until "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]".
* DependingOnTheArtist: Her eyes outside of the show have gone back and forth between magenta and red. Colorist Heather Breckel gave Vinyl red eyes in her cameo in [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Rarity's Micro comic]] as an intentional FandomNod and [[http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?p=335260#p335260 commented]] that if Vinyl ever has a more significant role (where Breckel is the colorist), she'll give Vinyl her canon eye color.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Assuming that one takes the Interplay cards as canon, then she prefers DJ Pon-3 over Vinyl Scratch to the point that most ponies haven't even heard of the name. Hasbro's official releases don't use that name at all, and Twilight refers to her as DJ Pon-3 in "No Second Prances."
* HeavyMetalUmlaut: Her "Vinyl Scratch" name [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/06/mlp-licensing-expo-2012-images-from.html has been]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS spelled as]] "Vın̈yl Scratch" as part of a ShoutOut to ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''.
* LeetLingo: Her {{Stage Name|s}} "DJ Pon-3".
* LifeOfTheParty: Based on her few appearances, she seems to be just as party-loving as Pinkie is (though not as eccentric and wild as her).
* OCStandIn: She is depicted by fans as a DJ pony with [[TheRockStar rock star-like qualities]] who, aside from being a stage performing DJ, is also [[LargeHamRadio an eccentric radio host]][[note]]Thanks to the ''Fanfic/TheVinylScratchTapes''[[/note]] who is VitriolicBestBuds with Octavia due to their [[OddFriendship differing taste in music and lifestyle]] and their [[RedOniBlueOni contrasting (fanon) personalities]]. Depicting her with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] was also prominent until the Canterlot Wedding 2-parter came along, and even after, many people still prefer that color.
* NiceGirl: She is always partying and having a good time and tries to be helpful to other ponies even if it doesn't always work out. She helped Dr. Hooves and Octavia during Slice of Life and Twilight considered her a good backup friend for Starlight in No Second Prances. She also wasn't mad at Pinkie Pie for ruining her Club Pony Party Palace and was much more interested when Pinkie offered her to play music at the opening of Rarity For You.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: In [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent fan-designed]] licensed [[TheMerch merchandise]], most of which was made before "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]" gave her a canon eye color.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** "DJ Pon-3" has been used by Hasbro ([[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=381668998517210 on]] [[https://twitter.com/MyLittlePony/status/168396065052172289 their]] ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/{{Twitter}}) and by her and Octavia's trading card, while "DJ-[=Pon3=]" has been used by Creator/TheHub (in their commercial ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yodRbQrd4 There's a Pony For That]]''); these two spellings and more have been used by Mighty Fine's [[TheMerch merchandise]] and its various listings.
** "Vinyl Scratch" has been used by Mighty Fine's online store [=WeLoveFine=], while "Vın̈yl Scratch" has been used [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/06/mlp-licensing-expo-2012-images-from.html at the Las Vegas Licensing Expo 2012]] (as part of a ShoutOut to ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'').
* ShoutOut: Her {{Stage Name|s}} "DJ Pon-3" is a reference to how [=DJs=] often use {{Awesome McCoolname}}s and XtremeKoolLetterz as their StageNames. [[note]]And originally to Music/{{deadmau5}} in particular.[[/note]]
* StageNames: Formerly a SuddenNameChange, her two names were eventually officially made a case of this, with "DJ Pon-3" being a stage name and "Vinyl Scratch" being her real name.
* TheVoiceless: Despite having major roles in ''Rainbow Rocks'' and "Slice of Life", she never speaks. In the ''Rainbow Rocks'' novelization, she even communicates with Rainbow Dash via text message, despite the two of them sitting right next to each other. This has led to fan speculation that Vinyl simply can't talk. According to a convention panel with M. A. Larson (summary [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/06/ma-larson-reveals-all-sorts-of-fun.html here]]), she was originally going to have a speaking role in "Slice of Life", but "they told him she doesn't talk", so this seems pretty confirmed.
* WolverinePublicity: She managed to hit that rare sweet spot where she's very popular among the fans for her striking design and cool job, and she's popular enough with Hasbro that she gets to appear in a number of places like merchandise and other promotional material. Her human counterpart from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' even made it into the trailer; not even Derpy can claim that. It doesn't end there. She appears as a UsefulNotes/McDonalds Happy Meal toy, and she appears ''in place of Applejack''.
* WordOfGod:[[invoked]] As described by storyboardist Sabrina "Sibsy" Alberghetti, DJ Pon-3's creation was atypical. The storyboardists would normally pull from a pool of established characters or the otherwise dozen-some background characters if they need to fill a scene. For "Suited for Success", the storyboardist, Mike West, needed to include a DJ of some type which was not yet offered in the pool, and sketched out the preliminary version of DJ Pon-3. The design was cleaned up and made into a character. Alberghetti has stated that she since then has tried to insert the character any chance she gets, including the numerous appearances of her human version in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Equestria Girls]]''.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: And it's one of the coolest manes in the show.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Harry the Bear]]
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->'''First Mention:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]"\\
'''Full Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]"

Harry the brown bear is one of Fluttershy's numerous animal friends, and the one most commonly seen with her after Angel Bunny. He lives in a surprisingly well-equipped burrow in the forest close to Ponyville.

* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: He doesn't speak, but beyond that he's shown to be quite intelligent, like most of Fluttershy's animal friends. He's notably seen taking part in her literature club or playing cards with Pinkie Pie.
* BearHug: Well, yeah, what other kind of hugs do you expect from him? Notably, at the end of "Scare Master", or for the reformed Starlight Glimmer.
* BearsAreBadNews: Subverted. He's usually harmless, and nopony in Ponyville shows any alarm seeing him around. Although if you seriously upset Fluttershy, he can still get into huge, snarling bear mode with no problem.
* ButtMonkey: His appearances frequently involve some kind of mishap happening to him. Like being (apparently) beaten to death by Fluttershy, getting his fish dinner stolen by Scootaloo, scared by Rainbow Dash's prank along Fluttershy, or having a carpet swept from underneath him by an oblivious Rarity.
* EyeAmWatchingYou: In "28 Pranks Later", he makes the gesture toward Rainbow Dash with two claws, showing he hasn't forgotten about her mean prank to Fluttershy.
* FishPeople: In "Scare Master", he's disguised into a cave monster looking closely like the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon.
* GentleGiant: He's the biggest of Fluttershy's friends, but he's a big softie and never hurts anypony or any of the other animals.
* LovableCoward: He shares with Fluttershy the trait of not being very courageous. Seen in "28 Pranks Later" when a mysterious shadow is enough to scare him, or in "Every Little Things She Does", where he cowers from the bugs gathered by Fluttershy.
* MamaBear: Well, he's male, but he can still get quite protective of Fluttershy. Scaring her when he's around isn't a good idea; also, he keeps grudge.
* OddNameOut: Among ponies which have very varied name schemes, and even among Fluttershy's animal friends which have descriptive names like "Mr. Fuzzy Legs", he's just plain old Harry. (Although it's sometimes spelled "Hairy".)
* RealMenWearPink: He's a big burly bear, but he's perfectly happy to partake in rather girly activities with Fluttershy and showing open affection toward her.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He's introduced apparently badly loosing a wrestling match ''against Fluttershy'', including a NeckSnap. In fact, she was giving him a vigorous massage.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pipsqueak]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see him with his costume:]] http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Pipsqueak_pony_4587.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' William Lawrenson ("Luna Eclipsed"), Graham Vecere ("Twilight Time", "Crusaders of the Lost Mark")

A young Earth Pony colt with a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinto_horse pinto coat]] and a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents British accent]], he recently moved from Trottingham. He attends his first Nightmare Night ever by dressing up as a {{pirate}}.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: One of the few cases of aversion. Despite his pinto coat appearing odd, his coloring is [[http://i.imgur.com/GGKg9.jpg entirely possible]] in horses and ponies.
%% * CheerfulChild
* TheCameo: First appeared in the [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=256161614401283 Comic-Con 2011 poster]]/[[http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.262953797055398.84804.118429394841173 desktop background]] ([[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82897&view=findpost&p=1936410 he's the rightmost pony in the Twinkling Balloon]]).
* DownHereShot: He's the subject of this gag in "Crusaders of the Lost Mark", the camera having to tilt down to find him.
* {{Expy}}: He's a small and rather helpless English boy who is frequently called "Pip", as a ShoutOut to the protagonist of ''Literature/GreatExpectations''.
* MeaningfulName: He's one of the smallest ponies in the show.
* NightmareFetishist: He says that Nightmare Night is his favorite night of the year and that having Princess Luna come to Ponyville to frighten them is "scary but fun". He's possibly the first pony in history to say that he likes Luna better than Celestia.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: He's one of the rare few ponies to have a coat based of a realistic horse pattern and color, rather than the usual pastel tones. He's also noticeably smaller than the other foals of his age group, even the fillies.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: He has a British accent at the start of "Luna Eclipsed", but it doesn't hold up that well in other scenes. His [[TheOtherDarrin new voice actor]] in "Twilight Time", on the other hand, maintains it very well.
* {{Pirate}}: He dresses up as one for Nightmare Night.
* SpannerInTheWorks: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E15TwilightTime Twilight Time]]", he accidentally exposes the Cutie Mark Crusader's ruse of becoming more popular through knowing Princess Twilight Sparkle... by telling Twilight exactly that.
* StudentCouncilPresident: Pipsqueak defeats the incumbent [[AlphaBitch Diamond Tiara]] to become the Student Pony President in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Crusaders of the Lost Mark]]". [[spoiler:He really ends up getting AuthorityInNameOnly, since he still has to depend on the newly altruistic Diamond Tiara to fund his agenda.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Featherweight]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]"

->'''Speaking Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E20TheOneWherePinkiePieKnows The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows]]"\\
'''Voiced By:''' Creator/RichardIanCox

An extremely slender Pegasus colt who just earned his cutie mark, which is a feather. He worked as the main photographer and then as editor-in-chief for the school newspaper.

* BenevolentBoss: When he becomes editor of the school newspaper he isn't as nasty as Diamond Tiara.
* CameraFiend: "Document everything" indeed.
* DaEditor: After Diamond Tiara has the position stripped away from her, he takes over.
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: Briefly dresses as a paper boy to deliver a paper that's part of the scavenger hunt in "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows".
* IntrepidReporter: His initial job on the school paper.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Unlike the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Diamond Tiara, he doesn't get called out for his part in the tabloids. Karma catches up for three seasons later when he gets sprayed with ink, just like Diamond Tiara, and then spends the rest of the episode like that until it's finally blown off at the end.
* MeaningfulName: He's thin, light and quick, like a featherweight boxer.
* NoodlePeople: He's very skinny compared to other ponies.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Gained one in "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows".
* TheVoiceless: Didn't have any lines at all until "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cranky Doodle Donkey]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Richard Newman[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/#!/AndreaLibman/status/171324451722506241 this]] tweet by Creator/AndreaLibman[[/note]]

A newcomer to Ponyville, Cranky is an old donkey who just wants peace and quiet after years of wandering around Equestria. Later, he got married to Matilda.

* AlliterativeName: The last two-thirds of his name, anyway.
* BigEater: Shown to be surprisingly good at the pie eating contesting in ''Literature/ApplejackAndTheHonestToGoodnessSwitcheroo'', winning the contest over resident BigEater Pinkie Pie and others.
* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor Cranky is subject to the full force of Pinkie's determination and accidental damage.
* {{Determinator}}: He shows incredible perseverance in the face of Pinkie Pie's onslaught of friendship, and later we find out [[spoiler:he's been wandering Equestria for decades tirelessly searching for Matilda.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' Hmm. "Property of C.D.D." I'm guessing that last 'D' is for "Donkey".\\
'''Cranky:''' Quick as a whip, kid...
* DodgyToupee: His original one matches the tip of hair on his tail, but is revealed to be one in a scene of CringeComedy. The replacement Pinkie gives him, the Rarity-made "dreamboat special," doesn't match at all, though Cranky himself seems to like it and continues to wear it in later episodes.
* DefrostingIceKing: Pinkie eventually befriends him and inspires him to smile.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: "Doodle"
* TheEeyore: And not just because he's a donkey.
* FailedASpotCheck: He could have [[ForWantOfANail avoided so much anguish]] [[spoiler:If he had searched Matilda's dressing room a little more thoroughly.]]
* {{Foil}}: A positive example to Pinkie Pie. Unlike Pinkie, who is idealistic, extroverted, chaotic, and energetic, he's cynical, introverted, orderly, and sedate.
* FurryBaldness: He's treated as bald because of his lack of a mane. This despite the fact that he still has a coat.
* GrumpyOldMan: He's an old donkey that's endless gruff and sarcastic to the energetic youngster that wants to be his friend.
* HappilyMarried: He ends up married to Matilda at the end of "Slice Of Life".
* HiddenHeartOfGold: He kept his cherished memories of Matilda hidden from everyone until Pinkie Pie found out about them.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He and Steven Magnet apparently had great adventures together.
* HumiliationConga: DownplayedTrope as he did nothing to deserve one, and Pinkie Pie caused it totally by accident.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Pinkie Pie, after she reunites him with Matilda.
* IWasQuiteALooker: He was much better looking as a young donkey.
* IWillWaitForYou: He spent his youth searching for Matilda in towns all across Esqueria.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He seemed genuinely pleased when Pinkie found him a new toupee, and while he was irritated with her, he tolerated her until she accidentally destroyed his scrap book.
* LonersAreFreaks: Subverted. At the end, Pinkie recognizes that some people genuinely like solitude.
* MeaningfulName: He's cranky. Subverted when he's reunited with Matilda.
* OddFriendship: He's apparently good friends with ''Steven Magnet'' of all characters.
* OfficialCouple: With Matilda. They get married in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]"
* StubbornMule: Actually a donkey, but they're also known for being stubborn.
* WhenHeSmiles: It makes sense that Pinkie wanted him to be happy, after seeing his reaction to his reunion with Matilda.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Matilda]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Brenda Crichlow[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/sageCMmann/status/521017178372329472 this]] exchange with an anonymous source[[/note]]

Another donkey resident of Ponyville, and a good friend of Pinkie Pie. Ends up married to Cranky Doodle Donkey.

* ChekhovsGunman: You know when a lady donkey is introduced early in an episode about a grumpy male donkey, that you'll see her again by the end.
* HappilyMarried: She ends up married to Cranky Doodle Donkey at the end of "Slice of Life".
* IWasQuiteALooker: She is more attractive in Cranky's flashback.
* IWillWaitForYou: She seems to have stayed single all her life, waiting for Cranky to find her.
* LoveAtFirstSight: And second sight! Aww.
* OddFriendship: The changeling that showed up at the wedding in "Slice Of Life" is her friend, according to WordOfGod.
* OfficialCouple: With Cranky.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Matilda wrote Cranky a note explaining why she left and how to find her. He didn't notice it, resulting in years of heartache and separation for them both.
* WalkingSpoiler: She's more important then she initially seems.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bulk Biceps]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:'''YEAH!!!''']]
->''"'''[[IncomingHam YEAH!!!]]'''"''

->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Jayson Thiessen[[note]]according to [[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/My-Little-Pony-Friendship-is-Magic/Snowflake/ this]][[/note]], Creator/MichaelDobson (in "Rainbow Falls" and "Castle Sweet Castle")

An enthusiastic and overly muscular Pegasus stallion with tiny wings who appears in several episodes starting in season 2, with his most prominent roles in "Wonderbolts Academy" and "Equestria Games". In "Castle Sweet Castle" we learn he works at the Pony Spa as a masseur, at least part time. His cutie mark is a dumbbell.

Before being given an official name, he was one of those ponies who the fanbase never really decided on ''one'' {{Fan Nickname}}; the most popular include Horse Power, Mr. Big [=McLargeHuge=] (from [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E20SpaceMutiny a list of many names for the hero in]] ''Film/SpaceMutiny''), Roid Rage, and most prominently Snowflake, which was what one of the show's staff referred to him as, thus being the closest thing he had to an official name. Katie Cook's MTV parody short at the end of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Issue #12 has him as "[[Music/RickAstley Rein Astley]]". His official name was finally given as Bulk Biceps for the [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/12/snowflake-officially-named-bulk-biceps.html official CCG trading card game]], and subsequently confirmed in the episode "Rainbow Falls".

* {{Acrofatic}}: He's 2-3 times bigger than other ponies and yet he qualified for Wonderbolts flight camp. However, by "Rainbow Falls", his flying skills have atrophied considerably. He does still manage to contort himself enough to pass through a ring barely bigger than him.
* AlliterativeName: '''B'''ulk '''B'''iceps.
* AscendedExtra: Started off as a one-note background character, but became an important character in "Rainbow Falls".
* BigYes: His {{Catchphrase}} is a Big '''YEAH!!!'''
* BreakoutCharacter: He was originally a one-note RunningGag in one episode, but has made a couple of returns in later seasons and is even a RecurringExtra in the comics and the cartoon.
* {{Catchphrase}}: '''YEAH!!!''' In fact, it's the only thing he says individually. At first...
* CreatorCameo: Voiced by the show's supervising director.
* DependingOnTheWriter: While no character [[StrongAsTheyNeedToBe has had consistent power levels in this show,]] and Bulk's fluctuations might not even be the worst, he's especially noticeable because his two big episodes required him to be an at least decent flyer and an absolutely dreadful flyer, in that order, with no explanation for his drastic drop in performance.
* DumbMuscle:
** If thinking that "Rainbow Dash" started with the letter "P", well...
** He never considered the possibility that his cutie mark (A dumbell) does not ''strictly'' narrow his special trait to lifting dumbells and only dumbells. It required the Cutie Mark Crusaders to point that fact out to him.
* FriendToAllChildren: Willing to humor the Cutie Mark Crusaders in a game of Tug of War.
* FullNameBasis: In "Rainbow Falls", he's always referred to as "Bulk Biceps" in its entirety.
* GentleGiant: In "Flight to the Finish", he was terrified of butterflies. He's also quite nice in "Rainbow Falls", remembering to share an Apple Brown Betty with Rainbow Dash and showing concern for her at the hospital.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: His wings are stunted and tiny. It's said that steroids have a similar effect on another part of the male anatomy. Fans had already been comparing pegasus wings with the aforementioned body part since Season 1.
* {{Gonk}}: He's one of a kind.
* HiddenDepths:
** He apparently works in the Ponyville spa, as of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E3CastleSweetCastle Castle Sweet Castle]]".
** His human counterpart in ''Equestria Girls'' plays violin.
* HotBlooded: He's pretty enthusiastic and pumped up to everything he does.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: He's teamed up with Cloudchaser in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy Wonderbolts Academy]]" and [[ShipTease seemingly flirts]] with Fluttershy in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E10RainbowFalls Rainbow Falls]]".
* IncomingHam: '''YEAH!!!'''
* LIsForDyslexia: He mistook a P for an R once.
* MeaningfulName: His big, bulky biceps are a pretty good indicator. All of his fan nicknames count as well; Big [=McLargeHuge=] because he's massive; Roid Rage because fans think he might be on steroids; and [[FluffyTheTerrible Snowflake]] because he's different from everypony else in appearance.
%%* MightyGlacier: As shown in "Wonderbolts Academy", speed is not his specialty. Although getting into the Wonderbolts Academy in the first place means he's certainly no tortoise, though one wonders what happened between that and "Rainbow Falls" that caused his flight abilities to atrophy so much.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Fans have noticed he strikingly resembles (almost assuredly by amazing coincidence) a ponified Creator/RebBrown.
* NoIndoorVoice: To rival even [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}} Mister Torgue High-Five Flexington]]-every line is '''DELIVERED AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS!'''
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Just look at him! He's nothing like any other pony. Storyboardist Sabrina "Sibsy" Alberghetti stated that his design was a combination of input from several of the other storyboardists, and partially influenced by the animation design of Creator/JohnKricfalusi.
* RealMenWearPink: He was really happy to wear that frilly uniform Rarity made for him.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Along with his loud voice and bulk, his intense red eyes make him look dangerous, but he's actually quite nice.
* ShipTease: With Fluttershy in "Rainbow Falls" ''and'' "Equestria Games" (note Fluttershy's pose on his barbells).
* ShrinkingViolet: Even he is not immune to Drill Sergeant Spitfire's dominant personality.
* SuddenlyVoiced: While his previous two appears included his signature "YEAH!" shouts, Bulk's appearance in "Rainbow Falls" includes more (or less) complete sentences.
* TestosteronePoisoning: His bulging muscles are part of his humor.
* ThereWasADoor:
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E3CastleSweetCastle Castle Sweet Castle]]", he enters by bursting through the wall and then exits by going through the wall again instead of using the nearby door or the first hole.
--->'''Aloe:''' Ohh, I hate it when he does that.
** He does it again in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E4OnYourMarks On Your Marks]]", breaking through the Cutie Mark Crusaders' treehouse's floor several times.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Who knew that he's spooked by ''[[PrettyButterflies butterflies]]''? He seems to have gotten over this by "Rainbow Falls", though.
[[/folder]]

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!Canterlot

[[folder:The Canterlot Royal Guard]]
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[[caption-width-right:255:[[labelnote:Click here to see Luna's pegasus guard]][[http://dantondamnark.deviantart.com/art/Luna-s-Guard-265123851 http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luna__s_guard_by_dantondamnark-d4duivf_3413.jpg]]]][[/labelnote]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:[[labelnote:Click here to see a Canterlot Library nighttime unicorn guard]][[http://a01421.deviantart.com/art/Canterlot-library-night-guard-finished-289638655 http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/canterlot_library_night_guard__finished__by_a01421-d4sfym7_5900.png]]]][[/labelnote]]
->'''Normal Pegasus Guards' Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship is Magic – Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]\\
'''Unicorn Guards' Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]"\\
'''Bat-Winged Pegasus Guards' Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]"\\
'''Earth Pony Guards' Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding – Part 1]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Jayson Thiessen (in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof A Bird in the Hoof]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime It's About Time]]")[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/goldenrusset/status/179653969356918784 these]] [[https://twitter.com/goldenrusset/status/179670455756652545 two]] tweets by Jayson Thiessen[[/note]], Peter New (Grey Royal Guard 2 in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E1PrincessTwilightSparklePart1 Princess Twilight Sparkle – Part 1]]") and Creator/AndrewFrancis (in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 The Crystal Empire – Part 1]]")

Canterlot's defenders who serve under Shining Armor. These armored stallions show up wherever Canterlot needs extra security and also serve as the Princesses' personal bodyguards. Pegasus guards are usually seen escorting the princesses or as royal flying carriage pullers. Unicorn guards are generally seen around Canterlot and performing some ceremonial procedures. Earth pony guards are hardly ever seen; only a few have appeared.

For your pleasure, there now also is a fictional ForcesWithFirepower page for the [[JustForFun/PoniesWithPikes Royal Guard]].

* AudibleSharpness: Their wings. The second season gives us evidence that [[RazorWings Pegasus wings can be that sharp]].
* BadassBaritone: In the rare occasions they speak, it's usually a deep voice of authority.
* BladeOnAStick: The only weapon they've been seen wielding, so far.
* BodyguardingABadass: They are often seen serving as personal guards or armed escort for the Princesses, who are extremely powerful physically and magically and easily outclass them.
* BritishRoyalGuards: They act like this at times. In "A Bird in the Hoof" Rainbow Dash tries to get a couple of them to react, making small talk and funny faces. The guards don't respond to her at all, causing Rainbow to admit defeat (and boredom), noting that they're good - ''too'' good. They react instantly, however, when Fluttershy tries to get past them until Twilight Sparkle vouches for her. At the end of the episode, Rainbow Dash convinces Philomena to tickle the guards' noses, finally getting them to laugh.
* ColorCodedWizardry: Yellow-green, light blue, or bright yellow for "normal" unicorn guards, silver gray for the Canterlot Archives unicorn guards.
* CreatorCameo: The Pegasi in "A Bird in the Hoof" and one unicorn in "It's About Time" are voiced by director Jayson Thiessen.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In addition to the bat-winged pegasus guards, the nighttime Canterlot Library guards have darker armor than their gold-armored counterparts.
* EvilCounterpart:
** Luna's royal [[http://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/Flash/Creative/dad2af6e1c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/0f6b55af5056900b1013cd724a8d4018/assets/characters/MLP_CharH_Pegasus.swf guards]] and [[http://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/Flash/Creative/dad2af6e1c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/0f6b55af5056900b1013cd724a8d4018/assets/props/MLP_PropH_Carriage.swf carriage]]. Although they're just evil-''looking'' rather than genuinely evil.
** [[spoiler:The Changelings from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding]]" are genuinely evil counterparts. Some of them are shown wearing armor with the same color scheme as the Lunar Pegasus Guards.]]
* GoodWingsEvilWings: The [[http://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/Flash/Creative/dad2af6e1c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/0f6b55af5056900b1013cd724a8d4018/assets/characters/MLP_CharH_Pegasus.swf pegasi]] that brought Luna into Ponyville have bat wings instead of the usual bird wings.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Whenever they are seen guarding something (be it [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof pets]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime archives]], the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 city of Canterlot]], the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks Crystal Empire palace]], ''the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E1PrincessTwilightSparklePart1 Princesses]]'', an [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E16RarityInvestigates empty hallway]], etc.), one can count on them failing spectacularly at it.
* MildlyMilitary: They can't fight their way out of a soggy paper bag and nicking off for a snack in the middle of guard duty is A-O-K.
* MilitariesAreUseless: Along with the examples under both TheGuardsMustBeCrazy and RedshirtArmy, it's shown in the Season 4 opener that they're completely helpless order-wise without a Princess to point out their tasks. ''They don't even have their own command''.
* PraetorianGuard: They serve as the Princesses' personal bodyguards.
* TheQuietOne: They only talk when necessary, which is rare in the show.
* RedShirtArmy:
** They try to subdue Nightmare Moon in the pilot, but are subdued themselves.
** Again in "The Canterlot Wedding" [[spoiler:where they are quickly slimed into submission by the Changeling Army.]]
** And ''again'', in the Season 4 finale, where [[spoiler:Discord]] even finds the time to tease them beforehand.
* SeriousBusiness: You will almost always see them wearing a serious face whenever they appear. Ceremonial duty is very important you know. Averted by one of the guards in the Canterlot library who catches Twilight sneaking around in "It's About Time"; he cheerfully greets her and opens a door for her before going on his way.
* WingedUnicorn: One of Twilight Sparkle's {{flashback}}s during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding – Part 1]]" shows three guards (two light, one dark) with unicorn horns and Pegasus wings; WordOfGod [[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=86386&view=findpost&p=2053490 says]] [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1453017/2515683692 that]] this was a {{Blooper}}.
* YouALLLookFamiliar: There are different kinds and colors of them, but the differences between most of them stop there. The unicorn guards have two different uniforms.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sapphire Shores]]
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[[caption-width-right:137:SENSATIONAL!!!]]
->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]"\\
'''Full Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E20ForWhomTheSweetieBelleToils For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Rena Anakwe[[note]]according to Rena Anakwe's [[http://www.renaanakwe.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/rena_anakwe_resume.pdf resume]][[/note]]

The Pony of Pop, Sapphire Shores appeared at Carousel Boutique one day, having read about Rarity's fashion designs. She was so impressed with a GemEncrusted outfit on display that she bought it on the spot and ordered five others similar to it. She has since kept Rarity on retainer as her "favorite designer".

* AlliterativeName: '''S'''apphire '''S'''hores.
* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yu4O2XtIh5M/T16NVeOK3xI/AAAAAAAAibg/T6PL_UXq62I/s1600/8.jpg Her molded toy and collector card]] reveal her cutie mark and (in the card's case) the facts that she "loves to collect pretty seashells" and "[[HilariousInHindsight is quietly kind]]."
* ChewingTheScenery: She's been known to overact at times, primarily when she gets excited.
* ControlFreak: She's fair, but she works her crew hard to get the performance just right.
* DolphinsDolphinsEverywhere: Her spirit animal.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She has that effect on ponies.
* {{Expy}}: Averted; a G3 Sapphire Shores exists only in the toyline, but this one looks nothing like her. (Mind you, her unique design means she [[YouDontLookLikeYou looks nothing like]] her ''own'' toy, either.
* InformedAttribute: Despite being known as the Pony of Pop, she doesn't sing so much as a note during either of her appearances.
* NiceGuy: She's very exuberant and a little self-absorbed, but she does seem to be genuinely friendly.
* ThePerfectionist: Wants everything just right for her performance.
* SassyBlackWoman: She seems to be the pony equivalent.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yu4O2XtIh5M/T16NVeOK3xI/AAAAAAAAibg/T6PL_UXq62I/s1600/8.jpg Her molded toy and collector card]] (from the [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/03/tons-of-new-blindbags-actual-lyra.html fifth wave of the Blind Bags]]) both depict her as a differently-colored {{unicorn}} PaletteSwap of Twilight Sparkle. This is particularly odd because [[RaceLift on the show, she's an Earth Pony.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: What self-respecting popstar doesn't have brightly colored hair, (even if this is a universe full of magic pastel ponies)?
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Fancy Pants]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet and Elite]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TrevorDevall[[note]]according to [[http://www.alltasteexplosion.com/?p=2858 this]] interview with Creator/TrevorDevall[[/note]]

An important and influential business unicorn in Canterlot. He befriends Rarity in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet and Elite]]" and introduces her to high society life. He makes a small cameo in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding – Part 2]]", with Rarity, and later appears in Ponyville in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]". His next major speaking role is in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E10PrincessSpike Princess Spike]]", where he's head of the Canterlot delegation for the Grand Equestrian Pony Summit.

* BlueBlood: Rarity refers to him as the top of Canterlot's elite.
* BowtiesAreCool: He wears a rather snazzy one at the party at the end of the episode.
* TheCameo:
** He makes an inexplicable visit to Ponyville in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]".
** He appears again alongside Fleur during the musical number in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E8RarityTakesManehattan Rarity Takes Manehattan]]".
* DashinglyDapperDerby: He wears one of these in "Too Many Pinkie Pies".
* HighClassGlass: It makes him look all the more refined; he adjusts it with his unicorn magic.
* MeaningfulName: "Fancy pants" is a common term to describe members of the upper class.
* NiceGuy: Unlike most high-society ponies, he was quite nice to Rarity the whole time and even complimented the simple dress she made for Twilight. That being said, like any other pony/person, [[BewareTheNiceOnes even he has limits]], like when Spike accidentally causes trouble in "Princess Spike".
* NonIndicativeName: He doesn't even wear pants let alone a fancy pair...
* OnlySaneMan: Gives off this vibe during "Princess Spike" once he learns that "Princess Twilight" had stopped a bunch of public works he had ordered specifically to avoid having a disaster during the Canterlot summit, the same disaster that caused him to get beaten back by a tidal wave that had accumulated in the meeting hall.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: According to Rarity, he has a hedgemony on Canterlot's upper class and most (if not all) of its members look to him for cues. He is the first to acknowledge Rarity's sophistication and this catapults her into the upper class spotlight.
* SharpDressedMan: He always wears a classy suit.
* UnclePennybags: He finds the Mane Six not named Rarity "charmingly rustic", and he's pretty humble otherwise.
* VisualPun: His cutie mark is three crowns, referencing Triple Crown horse racing among other classy things.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sassy Saddles]]
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->''"Buttons and bowties!"''

->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E14CanterlotBoutique Canterlot Boutique]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KellySheridan

A unicorn Rarity hired as manager of her new Canterlot Carousel shop to help everything get ready for its grand opening. She has a multi-point plan to bring the boutique much business and success. Unfortunately, it comes at a price.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Both her name and her [[UnusualEuphemism exclamations]].
* AlliterativeName: ''S''assy ''S''addles.
* ControlFreak: She spends a good part of the episode taking orders, changing dress names, and managing Rarity’s boutique without actually consulting Rarity.
* HeelRealization: Near the end of "Canterlot Boutique," she realizes that her business structure was wrong because it did not bring everypony happiness. She apologizes to Rarity for all the problems she's caused and Rarity, being the Element of Generosity, forgives her and gives her another chance as branch manager of Canterlot Carousel. In "Rarity Investigates!", she and Rarity are getting along much better.
* HiddenDepths: When Rarity announces she's going to shut down Canterlot Carousel, Sassy laments that she can't be part of "another" failed boutique, implying she's seen this happen many times before. This would explain why she's so desperate for success and so risk-averse.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Played with. She does inadvertently push around her employer, but her experience does serve the boutique (mostly) well. And she proves to have input that Rarity can't ignore and displays a showmanship that Rarity is glad to play off at a fashion exhibition.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Slightly, but when she takes in another 100 orders for the princess dress and suggests mass producing it, she let's slip it'll be the success of ''Sassy Saddles'' Boutique. To which at that point, Rarity brings her back to reality, correcting Sassy that it's ''her'' shop.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite overstepping her bounds with her employer in her enthusiasm for the boutique's prosperity, it's clear from the get-go she does want was best for the store and believes that her methods does benefit Rarity. When she's proven wrong, she's humbled and willing to learn from her mistakes.
* NoodleIncident: When Rarity announces she’s closing down shop, she panics over being part of ''another'' failed boutique.
* ObliviouslyEvil: While evil might be stretching it -- "Obliviously Selfish" might work better -- she doesn't seem to realize just how selfish she is and how damaging she can be.
* SeverelySpecializedStore: Turns Canterlot Carousel into this as she has Rarity, a celebrated dressmaker, make copies of the same dress two hundred times and relentlessly markets it while ignoring other designs or variations.
* ShoutOut: Her exclamations are specialized versions of [[Literature/PrinceCaspian Trumpkin's]].
* UnusualEuphemism: She seems to like two-word, alliterative ones related to fashion terms.
* VillainyFreeVillain: Sassy isn't exactly a malicious enemy or a serious villain. She is just a hard-to-work-with employee who gets into conflict with Rarity over creative differences on running the boutique.
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!The Crystal Empire

[[folder:Sunburst]]
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->'''First Appeance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 The Cutie Remark – Part 2]]"\\
'''Full Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E1TheCrystallingPart1 The Crystalling – Part 1]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 & 2]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Ian Hanlin

Starlight Glimmer's childhood friend, who left to study magic in Canterlot when they were foals. In the present day, he lives in the Crystal Empire.

* AdjustingYourGlasses: Sunburst pushes his glasses up quite often, as they keep slipping. Unlike Moondancer, though, he usually does it with his hoof rather than with magic.
* {{Adorkable}}: He is nerdy, kind of shy, has a low opinion on himself, is pretty friendly, loves to study magic and is obviously quite adorable.
* BadassBookworm: Downplayed; despite his thorough knowledge of magic on paper, he is a poor spellcaster. However, his EncyclopaedicKnowledge still winds up saving the day.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Starlight.
* CynicismCatalyst: He's the very reason that Starlight resented Cutie Marks.
* EncyclopaedicKnowledge: Though Sunburst's own magic isn't any greater than the average unicorn's, his ''knowledge'' of magic is superior to that of any of the Princesses. He even recognized at a glance Twilight's reconstruction of the Spell of Relic Reconstitution. More than this though, his talent seems to be applying this knowledge in abstract or theoretical ways (compared to Twilight who is very straightforward when it comes to the use of magic she learns). That is he is able to use his knowledge of how magic works on ancient and powerful objects to realize that no one spell can fix the Crystal Heart, and that various spells must be combined in a certain way.
* {{Hermit}}: It doesn't seem like he gets out much, and he didn't even notice the storm outside his window.
* IneptMage: Downplayed: he certainly felt like one in magic school, but he is still able to use regular unicorn powers at least. Nevertheless, despite his thorough knowledge of magic '''theory''' he is not a powerful spellcaster by any means.
* {{Irony}}: Sunburst was shipped off to Canterlot due to his apparent great magical talent, which caused Starlight's descent into villainy until she was talked out of it by Twilight. When Starlight finally meets up with him again, it turns out his talent is average despite earning a cutie mark from it (albeit this is a misunderstanding, as his real talent is learning about magic rather than actually performing magic spells), further proving her old philosophy wrong (and meaning his cutie mark caused him a fair amount of strife as well).
* MessyHair: Like Moondancer, he seems to have put aside grooming in favor of studying.
* NiceGuy: He's a pretty sweet guy.
* OldShame: [[invoked]] Sunburst couldn't confront Starlight after so long because he didn't want her to know that he really ''wasn't'' all that powerful as she thought he was -- turns out his little show when he gained his Mark was a total fluke.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Starlight, though that doesn't mean ShipTease doesn't occur.
* RedIsHeroic: Has red hair and helps save the Crystal Empire.
* ShoutOut: He has some similarities to [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Rincewind]], being a red-haired magic user with a scruffy beard who knows how magic works, but not how to use it, had a hard time at magic school, and even though he considers himself a failure, still wears the traditional wizard garb.
* TheSmartGuy: Becomes this to the Crystal Empire.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He is very smart and knowledgeable about magic and wears glasses. However, spellcasting is not his forte.
* SpearCounterpart: To Moondancer, as they're both unicorns who have dedicated their lives to magical studies, living in relative isolation despite residing in a big city each, and having a very low opinion of themselves; also, a lot of their current issues come from an old, close friendship falling apart, and, in the end, they get much better once rekindling with their respective old friend.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had he not left Starlight after getting his Cutie Mark, let's just say Equestria wouldn't have gone through seven different apocalypses.
* WalkingSpoiler: To know of his existence is to know of Starlight's FreudianExcuse, hence the unmarked spoilers.
* WeakButSkilled: As an adult, his magical ability is a lot more limited, but he has a lot of magical knowledge through years of research.
* WizardBeard: Downplayed and then subverted; he has a longish goatee, but it turns out he's not a wizard.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Thorax]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E17TheTimesTheyAreAChangeling The Times They Are a Changeling]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Kyle Rideout

A changeling who defected from Queen Chrysalis. Hiding out in the Crystal Empire, all Thorax really wants in life is to make friends.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Thorax considers himself "different" from other changelings, even from when he was first hatched. The attack on Canterlot led him to realise he wanted real friends, not just to feed on love.
* ApologeticAttacker: Being around love and kindness [[MyInstinctsAreShowing causes him to hiss and growl at anyone around him,]] and whenever that happens he immediately begins apologizing.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Thorax has a teal green dorsal carapace to differentiate him from the usual navy blue changelings. Also his magic aura is blue, unlike the usual SicklyGreenGlow of the changelings.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Thorax was a member of Chrysalis's army during her attack on Canterlot, but upon seeing the Mane Six's friendship and desiring it for himself he defected.
* GlamourFailure: Thorax struggles and fails to hold his disguised form of "Crystal Hoof" when so close to the love given off from Flurry Heart and the other ponies.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: Although not a costume, strictly speaking, in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E25ToWhereAndBackAgainPart1 To Where And Back Again]]" Thorax has new wings that shine like crystal, something that both Starlight and Thorax himself notice.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Just like Gilda (and Gabby after him), he's now trying to introduce the concept of friendship to his whole race, which is even harder in this case.
* MookFaceTurn: In his backstory. According to Thorax, he was part of the attack on Canterlot by Chrysalis and her army, but upon seeing the friendship of the Mane Six and desiring it for himself, he decided to change.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: When Spike asks Thorax if anypony had showed him kindness before, the latter responds with a ravenous hiss, saying that "kindness like that sort of brings it out". This comes back to bite him hard when he can't control himself around Flurry Heart. The fact that he's been starving for a long time doesn't help.
* NoInfantileAmnesia: Thorax can remember the day he was hatched with great clarity.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Aside from his uniquely colored carapace, Thorax stands out from other changelings due to having rounder eyes, and differently-shaped ears.
%%* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: In "To Where And Back Again", Thorax seemed terrified of return to the Changeling Kingdom, stating he hoped to never see that place again. (leaving hidden until there's more information when Part 2 airs)
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Thorax tries to do this after Spike betrays him, calling himself an "evil changeling". However, it doesn't last long and he once again saves Spike from falling off a cliff.
* TokenHeroicOrc: Thorax is, as implied by both previous appearances of changelings and his own flashbacks, a very rare genuinely friendly member of the changeling species.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Thorax, as a changeling, is capable of this, even disguising himself as a rock at one point.
[[/folder]]

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!Others

[[folder:Steven Magnet the Sea Serpent]]
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->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony "Friendship Is Magic, Part 2" ("Elements of Harmony")]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LeeTockar

A large purple scaled [[SeaMonster Sea Serpent]] with orange hair, encountered in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Elements of Harmony]]". His thrashing made a river uncrossable, blocking the ponies' progress. He's not a villain, though; he was simply distressed that a "tacky little cloud" had sliced off his perfect mustache. Not about to let such a crime against "fabulosity" go unanswered, Rarity came to his aid and the ponies were graciously allowed to cross. His [[LargeHam drama queen]] antics and [[AmbiguouslyGay metrosexual]] mindset gave him a notoriety among fans who dubbed him "Steven Magnet" after a [[SoBadItsGood hilariously bad]] Website/YouTube auto-caption, and this FanNickname has since become AscendedFanon due to the toyline making it his official AllThereInTheScript name. And finally, in the Season Five episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]", he introduces himself by that name when first meeting Matilda at the Ponyville Spa.

* AdvertisedExtra: Despite only appearing in two episodes so far (the second and the 100th), he's been in 3 different commercials (even saying his "It's so true!" line in the two American ones): the [[TheHub Hub]] commercial seen [[http://see.walmart.com/hasbro/girls-hub/Girls.swf here]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUrDxdlHANI this commercial]], and the British [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm8m-LOqplA Boomerang commercial]] announcing the show's UK premiere.
* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://theponyartcollection.tumblr.com/post/26391734445 His trading card]], the show's script, and [[https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/status/210414549281685507 a tweet by one of the show's writers]] all call him a ''sea'' serpent/monster, even though he's only shown in the river, though [[https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/status/216035777526767616 a later tweet by the same writer]] calls him a river serpent. His trading card also mentions that he has a magnetic personality (referencing his name, which wasn't yet AscendedFanon when the card was made).
* AllThereInTheScript: The [[http://cdn.toyark.com/news/attach/1/9/9/9/My-Little-Pony-Toy-Fair-2013-037_1360451576.jpg Elements of Harmony Friends]] character collection set names him [[AscendedFanon Steven Magnet]].
* AscendedExtra: He gets a molded toy in an [[http://stitchkingdom.tumblr.com/post/42688291715/upcoming-mlpfim-mini-packs-tf13-tfny molded toy]] from an [[http://cdn.toyark.com/news/attach/1/9/9/9/My-Little-Pony-Toy-Fair-2013-037_1360451576.jpg Elements of Harmony Friends]] character collection set.
* AscendedFanon:[[invoked]] His voice actor adopted his fan name as his actual name, saying it just fit.
* AudibleSharpness: His scales do this if you pluck one off.
* {{Camp}}: He's ''absolutely fabulous.''
* CharacterDevelopment: When we first meet Steven he's crying a river because his mustache was chopped in half. Come Cranky's wedding, he willingly cuts his mustache for Cranky to use as a toupee.
* TheDandy: As much as possible for a naked scaled serpent and something only [[TheFashionista Rarity]] understands.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Averted when he only has half a mustache. Played straight after Rarity's assistance but in fairness to him, he technically has a whole mustache after her gift.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Nopony but Rarity takes his dilemma seriously.
* GayBestFriend: Is pretty much this to Cranky. Though subverted in the fact that [[WordOfGod Lauren Faust said on Twitter]] that he's "as straight as they come".
* GentleGiant: He's massive in size compared to a pony (or donkey), but he surely is friendly.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He and Cranky apparently had great adventures together.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: His "mous-STACHE"
* LargeHam: His crying is enough to turn the river into an impassable torrent.
* NoNameGiven: At least in his original episode. (Though one could make an argument this is untrue, given his name comes from Youtube's auto subtitles.)
* NonMammalianHair: He's a reptile; why does he have a mustache in the first place?
* OddFriendship: He's apparently friends with Cranky Doodle Donkey. Close enough to be his best man, erm, sea serpent at the later's wedding.
* RentAZilla: It's a wonder how he fits into that river.
* SeaMonster: He's a classic sea serpent but in a river instead.
* YourSizeMayVary: His [[http://stitchkingdom.tumblr.com/post/42688291715/upcoming-mlpfim-mini-packs-tf13-tfny molded toy]] from the [[http://cdn.toyark.com/news/attach/1/9/9/9/My-Little-Pony-Toy-Fair-2013-037_1360451576.jpg Elements of Harmony Friends]] character collection set is on a much smaller scale than the ponies' equivalent molded toys.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Wonderbolts]]
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->'''First Mention:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship is Magic - Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]\\
'''Full Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]"

The most talented flyers in all of Equestria and Rainbow Dash's idols. The Wonderbolts perform at the Grand Galloping Gala every year and also served as celebrity judges for the Best Young Flyer Competition in Cloudsdale. The organization itself was founded one year after Princess Luna's banishment to the moon. As a result, they have quite a long and storied history.

[[AllThereInTheManual According to the official guidebook]] the team has at least twelve members: Blaze, Fire Streak, Fleetfoot, High Winds, Lightning Streak, Misty Fly, Rapidfire, Silver Lining, Soarin, Spitfire, Surprise and Wave Chill. Only eleven have thus far been seen, though.

!!Tropes which apply to the entire group

* AdaptationNameChange: One of Creator/TheHub's alternate stories of how Rainbow Dash got her cutie mark refers to them as the Blue Thunders.
* BadassAdorable: They're the equivalent of a military group in Equestria who also operate as stunt fliers and a rescue team... and are still adorable ponies underneath those flight suits.
* BadassInDistress:
** Very briefly in "Sonic Rainboom" when Rarity punches them during their attempt to save her from falling to death.
** Again in "Secret to My Excess", though the situation is somewhat less dire.
* BigDamnHeroes: In addition to being performers, they're Equestria's rescue team as seen in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]". Too bad they fail in both situations. They finally get a successful chance in "Party Pooped".
* CoolShades: Their uniforms at the Wonderbolt Academy come with these.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Many of the Wonderbolts have these, often earned for some screwup on their first day as Wonderbolts. Soarin' is "Clipper". Fleetfoot is "Flatfoot". Misty Fly is "Daisy". Surprise is "Slowpoke". High Winds is "Hoof-in-Mouth". Spitfire's nickname is so embarrassing she [[TheUnreveal refuses to say it out loud]].
* TheFaceless: Prior to Season 6, most of the team is always seen in their uniforms which cover their faces and their eyes are always covered by their goggles, leaving only their muzzles visible. Only Spitfire, Soarin, and Fleetfoot were seen out of uniform at that point, but the rest of the team has briefly been seen out of uniform now as well.
* GlassCannon: They are incredibly fast and agile, and at full speed their wings can cut through dragon scales like knife through butter, but a single hit from Rarity was enough to send three of them plummeting to their (almost) death. Makes sense since [[FridgeBrilliance horses kick a lot harder than humans can]] and [[GirlyBruiser Rarity]] [[IKnowKarate Knows Kung Fu]].
* LatexSpaceSuit: What their blue uniforms appear to be.
* MulticoloredHair: Three of them have this.
* MildlyMilitary: More like ambiguously military -- it's somewhat implied they're part of Equestria's military force, but never how. The group is clearly inspired by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Angels Blue Angels]] and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds Thunderbirds]], and one needs to undergoing extensive training to join them. "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E22TestingTesting123 Testing Testing 1, 2, 3]]" reveals that the Wonderbolts were originally formed from members of the E.U.P. Guard, an organization formed after Luna's banishment to protect Celestia, and their past leaders bore military ranks. However, Spitfire doesn't seem to hold such a rank in the present, and they were originally a performance group, rather than a force intended for combat. Whether they've stayed even loosely affiliated in the thousand years since then is unknown. That episode also revealed that entering the Wonderbolts Reserves does '''not''' require entering the E.U.P., Equestria's military. A civilian organization that has some military personnel and ties, like UsefulNotes/{{NASA}}, seems to be the closest real world situation.
* NiceGuy: They are superfamous celebrities, but they keep a humble attitude and are openly friendly towards their fans; in fact, they were the '''only''' nice ponies around during the Grand Galloping Gala. Besides Rarity, they were the only guests who didn't think themselves were too good for Applejack's apple treats.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Wonderbolts are [[https://twitter.com/goldenrusset/status/147573636369354752 likely]] based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Angels US Navy Blue Angels]], resembling them in colour scheme, profession and flying style, while their name recalls the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds Thunderbirds]].
* NoNameGiven: All of them except Soarin, Spitfire, Fleetfoot, Rapidfire, [[AllThereInTheScript Misty Fly]], Blaze and [[AllThereInTheScript Surprise]].
* OCStandIn: It's starting to become a trend on Website/{{Tumblr}} to start blogs for the [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] Wonderbolts. They're on the same level as most background ponies, perhaps even lower since they show up less than, say, Derpy or Lyra. Even their cutie marks are a mystery, but they still receive {{Fanon}}.
* OpaqueLenses: Their goggles.
* RazorWings: Probably a by-product of natural Pegasi abilities; sharp enough to shave a dragon if they feel like it.
* RunningGag: In most episodes where the Wonderbolts have an important role, there had been somepony falling and needing to be saved; in all these cases, Rainbow Dash had been the rescuer, or part of the rescuers if this is done by more than one pegasus.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Whether their name is two words or one. "Wonderbolts" is used in the title of the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy Wonderbolts Academy]]", on Spitfire, Misty Fly & Soarin's [[http://i48.tinypic.com/285h1k.png collector cards]] (as a trademark), in Enterplay's trading cards (in [[http://chimicherrychanga.com/img/tc/22a.jpg the front of the Spitfire and Soarin card]]'s case, as a trademark), in Ruckus Media Group's [[IOSGames iOS app]] ''[[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-little-pony-twilight-sparkle/id465213808?mt=8 Twilight Sparkle: Teacher for a Day]]'', in Creator/{{Gameloft}}'s ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' game, on Hasbro's ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' Website/{{Facebook}} and {{Twitter}} pages and in a [[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/File:%22The_Wonderbolts%22_name_dispute_email_screenshot.png response]] by the company's customer service, on Creator/TheHub's {{Facebook}} [[http://www.facebook.com/hubtvnetwork page]], in Mighty Fine's merchandise and listings of & advertising for said merchandise, in a [[https://twitter.com/Fyre_flye/status/241037025476747265 tweet]] by show creator Creator/LaurenFaust, [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/233652109290131457 as]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/254016274819055616 well]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/254065810614652928 as]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/254274233197264896 in]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/260835935405604864 six]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/261483846204272641 tweets]] by writer Amy Keating Rogers, while "Wonder Bolts" is used on the Miniature Collection toy sets' boxes (as a trademark), in the British [[TieInNovel magazine story]] "The Ticket Master" (a {{Novelization}} of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster the episode of the same name]]), [[http://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony/posts/348953445122099 by]] Hasbro's ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' Website/{{Facebook}} [[http://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony page]], as well as [[https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/status/227059090948493312 by]] writer M.A. Larson "[=WonderBolts=]" has been used in a [[https://twitter.com/MMeghanMcCarthy/status/254072938737856513 tweet]] by writer Meghan [=McCarthy=].
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Possibly.
* VagueAge: Their goggles hide whether or not they have bags under their eyes.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Six Wonderbolts performed an acrobatic stunt before the start of the Best Young Flyer Competition. Three of them sat in the stands and were the only ones who tried to rescue Rarity later in the episode. The other three flew off the top of the screen and weren't seen again.
** Again in the Season 1 finale "Best Night Ever", we don't see what happens to Spitfire and Soarin after Rainbow Dash catches the statue. There's also all the other Wonderbolts who Rainbow Dash might've had better luck hanging out with, though her focusing on Spitfire and Soarin makes sense in hindsight now that we know Spitfire is the captain and Soarin may be second in command.
* TheWorfEffect: For such an elite group, they have an abysmal track record of doing anything useful in dangerous situations.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Soarin and a few others. Additionally a poster seen in "Friendship is Magic - Part 1" shows a stylized depiction of three blue-haired Wonderbolts.

!!Spitfire
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[[caption-width-right:144:Well, ain't she [[JustForPun hot]]?]]
->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]"\\
'''Full Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NicoleOliver (in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]")[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/angelheadhipstr/status/281248563026067456 these]] [[https://twitter.com/goldenrusset/status/281459773394808832 two]] tweets respectively by Kelly Metzger and Jayson Thiessen[[/note]] and Kelly Metzger (in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver all]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy other]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy episodes]])

A yellow {{Pegasus}} mare with a fiery looking mane, Spitfire has a laid back and easy going personality in contrast to her appearance. "Hurricane Fluttershy" revealed that she is the leader of the Wonderbolts (as many fans had assumed beforehand). She's getting a partly-translucent [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5gHDdPXnuFI/UCGjj6-abiI/AAAAAAAAzJg/vzpCI0FQNj4/s1600/3.jpg toy]] in Blind Bag Wave 7.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''Friends Forever'' comic series not only makes her the protagonist of issue 11, but expands her personality and backstory considerably.
* BeneathTheMask: ''Friends Forever 11'' shows what Spitfire's like when she's not busy leading the Wonderbolts, and she has some considerable HiddenDepths.
* BrokenAce: Revealed in ''Friends Forever 11''. Spitfire's only method for leading is to shout and criticize her recruits, and when she can't do that (like say, because it's a pack of kids), she has no idea how to command and completely loses her nerve. Rainbow lampshades "everypony's got a few flaws" when Spitfire expresses her regret at having this problem. She also reveals she initially didn't ''want'' to leader the Wonderbolts, because leadership sounded boring -- she just found out she was good at it via her DrillSergeantNasty routine, and she sticks to that because it's all she knows.
* BrokenPedestal: Briefly becomes one for Rainbow Dash in "Wonderbolts Academy" when she seemingly rewards Lightning Dust for her recklessness by naming her TheLeader. [[RebuiltPedestal It doesn't last long]], as Spitfire chases after her to give the response that Rainbow Dash didn't stick around for.
* TheCameo: At the end of "Twilight's Kingdom Part 2", along with the rest of the ponies who gave the Mane Six their keys.
* TheCaptain: Of the Wonderbolts, as revealed in "Hurricane Fluttershy".
* ChildHater: Played with. She doesn't hate kids, but she can't deal with them because she can't be her usual DrillSergeantNasty self to children. ''Friends Forever 11'' focuses on her and Rainbow teaching a bunch of young pegasi, and Spitfire completely freezes up and has no idea what to do. She eventually ''does'' try that routine with them because it's all she knows, and she makes them burst into tears.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: Her cutie mark is [[http://derpiboo.ru/183403 unusually complex]] compared to those of other characters.
* DrillSergeantNasty: At the Wonderbolt Academy, where she likes to intimidate new recruits. ''Friends Forever 11'' has her tell Rainbow that she acts this way because she knows they can take it, and they know she's only doing it because she wants to make them the best fliers they can be.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Spitfire's known to be a hard-nosed DrillSergeantNasty on the job, but when she's deceived into believing that her mother is ill with pegasitis in "Rarity Investigates!", she doesn't hesitate to travel in search of a medicinal mountain iris in spite of the plant's extreme scarcity during springtime.
* FieryRedhead: Generally {{averted|Trope}}, [[DrillSergeantNasty except when training cadets]].
* FlamingHair: Spitfire's mane and tail resemble blazing flames.
* JerkassFacade: Revealed in ''Friends Forever 11''. She's actually a perfectly nice and pleasant pony in private, but when she's commanding, the only way she knows to motivate and lead the Wonderbolts is to be a DrillSergeantNasty.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is generally a nice pony (at least when she's not training potential recruits) but her view of how one should be the best causes her to act questionably at times, such as initially rewarding the sociopathic Lightning Dust for her performances despite her treating her fellow cadets like fodder to do so, and outright lying about Soarin's condition to try to get Rainbow Dash to join her team. She is, however, also willing to listen to reason, and if somepony (mainly Rainbow Dash) points out that she's crossing the line, then she's quick to see the error of her ways.
* MeaningfulName: She is named after the UsefulNotes/WW2-era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire]] Fighter Plane (perhaps the most iconic plane of the whole war).
* NotSoDifferent: To Rainbow Dash, as it turns out. She's a good pony but can occasionally hold the JerkassBall firmly with both forehooves; comparable to the RD of the first season, who would resort to cheating to win a race or [[NoSympathy harshly chew her friends out for their phobias]]. The present-day Rainbow Dash, who's since [[TookALevelInKindness softened up]], is usually the one to call Spitfire out and get her to drop her less than savory characteristics.
* OnceASeason: She has a supporting role and speaking lines in at least one episode every season.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: ''Friends Forever 11'' has her trying to teach kids how to fly, but she's not used to taking care of kids. Seeing Spitfire of all ponies hiding behind Rainbow Dash and shrinking into corners unable to talk really hammers home how ''terrified'' she is of the situation.
* {{Pride}}: Her biggest vice.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In "Wonderbolt Academy", Rainbow Dash can't argue with her logic in making Lightning Dust the leader and her the wingpony ("You'll be an unstoppable team"), but when Lightning Dust reveals her disregard for the safety of others, she demotes Dust and puts the more levelheaded Dash in her place.
* RedOniBlueOni: Despite her appearance, she's the levelheaded Blue to Soarin's compulsive Red. It's the other way around when she's paired with Rainbow Dash however.
* SameCharacterButDifferent: In her appearances during the first two seasons, she appears fairly laid-back and friendly, especially towards Rainbow Dash ([[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom who saved her life when they first met in person]]). In Season 3 she's a [[FieryRedhead tough-as-nails]] -- [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure though still reasonable]] -- [[DrillSergeantNasty drill instructor who throws insults at new Wonderbolt cadets, Dash being no exception]]. {{Justified|Trope}} since they ''are'' at a boot camp whereas she was more or less off duty in earlier appearances, so it could just be a front she puts up on the job, and Spitfire has no reason to go soft on her savior.
* [[ShesAManInJapan She's a Stallion in Poland]]: Possibly in the Polish dub. She has a male voice in both "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Best Night Ever", but it might just be an extreme case of CrossDressingVoices. In "Hurricane Fluttershy", she is voiced by a woman.
* VocalEvolution: After Kelly Metzger takes up the role, her voice goes from relatively mid-pitched in "The Best Night Ever" to higher pitched and raspy in "Wonderbolts Academy".
* YouDontLookLikeYou: [[http://theponyartcollection.tumblr.com/post/26391528291 Her and Soarin's trading card]] lists her cutie mark as the lightning bolt symbol shown on the female Wonderbolts' flight suits (like how Soarin's cutie mark is the winged lightning bolt symbol shown on the male Wonderbolts' flight suits), but "Wonderbolts Academy" reveals that it's a phoenix-like bunch of flames.

!!Soarin
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[[caption-width-right:200:He loves pies.]]
->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]"\\
'''Full Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MattHill[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/MattHillinspire/status/310059324607176705 this]] tweet by Creator/MattHill[[/note]]

This lovable blue Pegasus stallion despite his goofy personality is one of the best fliers in Equestria. He ''really'' loves pies. He makes a small cameo in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding – Part 2]]", dancing with Rainbow Dash and out of his flight suit to boot, instead wearing a uniform that implies he's second-in-command. He's getting a partly-translucent [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XNB_kWOokEA/UCGjjpOnDLI/AAAAAAAAzJY/tk6KcWSgtyA/s1600/2.jpg toy]] in Blind Bag Wave 7.

* {{Adorkable}}: Seems to have this personality, especially in regards to pies.
* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://theponyartcollection.tumblr.com/post/26391528291 His and Spitfire's trading card]] confirms that pie is his TrademarkFavoriteFood.
* ArtEvolution: A minor bit, but his cutie mark was first shown to just be the same as what's on his Wonderbolts uniform. A later appearance in "Rainbow Falls" updated it to resemble a lightning bolt striking some clouds.
* BigEater: According to his teammate Spitfire, he always gets hungry after a performance. When he finds Applejack's food cart, he goes absolutely nuts for one of her apple pies. This has led to {{Shipping}} between the two.
* BigNo: "MYYYYYYYYYYY PIIIIIIEEEEEE!"
* CrazyConsumption: Soarin ''literally'' eats like a horse.
%%* GreenEyes
* DistractedByTheSexy: Gets into an accident in "Rainbow Falls" due to being distracted by cheerleaders.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Clipper", from the time he clipped his wing on a flagpole on his first day as a Wonderbolt.
* {{Keet}}: He's extremely friendly and really likes pies.
* NiceGuy: Of the Wonderbolts who've been characterized in the series, he's consistently nice and friendly, and fair when he has to take charge. Meanwhile, Spitfire, while most times a friendly enough mare and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, isn't above [[MsViceGirl letting the idea and drives of being the best overtake her]] until called on it. In contrast, Fleetfoot is just plain smug. His nice guy image is tarnished by giving into peer pressure when Rainbow Dash earned her unfortunate nickname "Rainbow Crash.
* NotSoDifferent: From Rainbow Dash. Both have adorkable sides, both are speedy athletes, and both have a tendency to give into peer pressure when it comes to their teammates and friends, both are loyal to their friends, and as of Newbie Dash, are both Wonderbolts. It's this reason that many fans of Rainbow Dash ship her with Soarin.
* NumberTwo: Soarin seems nice and silly in most of his appearance. However, it was shown in "Rarity Investigates!" that he's capable of taking command when needed and does a good job delegating duties and controlling the situation. He's hinted to be the second-in-command of the Wonderbolts, a position that they don't give to just anyone.
* TheOneGuy: Downplayed. While he isn't the only stallion on the team, he's been the only prominent one with a supporting role.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Spitfire is sent on a wild goose chase in "Rarity Investigates!", the normally laid-back Soarin makes it clear that he will have to ban Rainbow Dash from the Wonderbolts if she is found to be responsible, but at the same time is willing to give her the opportunity to prove herself innocent.
* RedOniBlueOni: Despite their mane colors, this is {{inverted|Trope}} as Soarin is the Red Oni to Spitfire's Blue Oni.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name was originally spelled "Soarin'" with an apostrophe, and this spelling has been used by Enterplay's trading card set and Mighty Fine's apparel, but Hasbro's Blind Bags and Creator/{{Gameloft}}'s ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' game have since spelled it "Soarin" without the apostrophe.
* SweetTooth: Soarin has a big one for Applejack's pie, considering how fast he eats it at the Grand Galloping Gala.
* [[TheFriendNobodyLikes The Teammate Nobody Likes]]: When he gets injured, his teammates not only don't visit him in the hospital, but try to replace him even after he gets better. Ouch.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pie.
* {{Tuckerization}}: He was named after Amy Keating Rogers' son Soren. Rogers was the writer for "The Best Night Ever", which featured the Wonderbolts.
* VagueAge: the bags under his eyes make him look middle-aged, but his voice makes it sounds like he's in his early 20's. Given he looks about the same age as Rainbow Dash, he's probably a young adult like her.
* VocalDissonance: He sounds younger than the bags under his eyes imply he is.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: His toy uses the same mold as the female Wonderbolts' toys, only being indicated as male by sporting the male Wonderbolts' winged lightning bolt symbol rather than the female Wonderbolts' plain lightning bolt symbol.

!!Fleetfoot
[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fleetfoot_1706.png]]
[[caption-width-right:200:Not everyone can fly with the winners.]]
->'''First Appearance:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndreaLibman

A blue pegasus with a mostly white mane with a streak of light blue in it, [[AllThereInTheManual green eyes, and a cutie mark of a winged horseshoe.]] She's apparently one of the smaller Wonderbolts, but makes up for it with great speed. She wins the derby in "Sweet and Elite". In the comics, she develops a crush on Big Macintosh after being hit by some fireworks and crashing into him at a festival.

* AllThereInTheManual: Creator/IDWPublishing's ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW Friendship is Magic]]'' comic book issue #9 reveals her eye color and her cutie mark... which gets subsequently {{Jossed}} by the episode "Rainbow Falls". However, even after the show revealed what she looks the comics published after have retained her alternative green-eyed look.
* AscendedExtra: She is only briefly mentioned and could only be identified via a FreezeFrameBonus in "Sweet and Elite", but shows up in "Rainbow Falls" as a major character.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Flatfoot". On her first day as a Wonderbolt she misjudged a landing and came down right on Spitfire's hoof.
* FreezeFrameBonus: How she's identified. In "Sweet and Elite" its announced she's the winner of the race, however it's hard to tell which Wonderbolt is Fleetfoot since they move so fast. Pausing at the right moment reveals she's the blue, white-maned Wonderbolt.
* LoveAtFirstSight: In the IDW comic, instantly falls for Big Mac when she first sees him, though the concussion she got may have helped.
* MsViceGirl: Like Spitfire, she has a real problem with her pride and ego, but not so much that she won't admit if she's screwed up by doing something questionable after being called out on it compared to the regular [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicJerksAndBullies jerks and bullies]] that show up in FIM.
* OCStandIn: Had a rather notable example in the Blog/AskAPony community with [[http://ask-echo-wonderbolt.tumblr.com/ Echo]], the [[HandicappedBadass blind Wonderbolt]]. The blog started a few days before "Sweet and Elite" aired. Echo's was popular in that community despite Fleetfoot being little more than a named background pony.
* OffModel: In a wide shot in "The Best Night Ever", she's missing her tail.
* SmugSuper: She's one of the fastest Wonderbolts and has no problem showing that off. In "Rainbow Falls", both she and Spitfire are adamant about winning the Equestria Games competition, seeing themselves as natural winners and anyone less skilled as a liability to be dropped as quickly as possible, though Fleetfoot is about five times as blunt about it. Even the comic, which instead plays her up as an {{Adorkable}} StalkerWithACrush, still has a bit of this; Fleetfoot has an ImagineSpot of marrying Big Macintosh and resigning from the Wonderbolts which leads them to disband, the imaginary newspaper headline saying, "There's no point without the best flyer ever!"
* SpeechImpediment: Talks with a slight lisp.
* StalkerWithACrush: #10 of the comic portrays her as this to Big Mac.
* YouDontLookLikeYou:
** She's playable in Creator/{{Gameloft}}'s ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' game, though her mane is solid light blue, has blue wings, and a white nose and ears. Preview demos had the white, blonde-maned Wonderbolt incorrectly labeled as Fleetfoot, so her model may have been changed late in development to closer match the show's Fleetfoot.
** The comic and cartoon adaptations notably differ in appearances. In the cartoon she has purple eyes and in the comic they're green. While her cutie mark consists of a horseshoe in both, the cartoon portrays it as a black one diving down and reaching a sonic boom the comic one instead shows it as a yellow one with wings. However, the comics have started portraying her with her TV show look.

!!Rapidfire
Another participant in the "Sweet & Elite" race, Fancy Pants believed he would win, but Fleetfoot beat him and the other Wonderbolts. Unlike Fleetfoot, which one he is isn't entirely clear other than "not Soarin". It [[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=83737&view=findpost&p=1960624 isn't specified]] which one he is but he's most likely the gray one with a white mane who appears at the start of, during and at the finish of the Derby; [[{{Blooper}} at least one other unnamed male Wonderbolt appears in some shots, but not all of them]].

!!Surprise
->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ClaireCorlett

A white Pegasus mare with a yellow mane. She resembles [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2014/3/12/572954__safe_solo_g1_g1+to+g4_surprise_artifact_concept+art_artist-colon-lauren+faust_origins_what+could+have+been.jpeg Surprise]], an [[WhatCouldHaveBeen early design of Pinkie Pie]] (based on G1 Surprise) with a three-purple-balloons cutie mark and purple eyes.

* AllThereInTheScript: Enterplay's CollectibleCardGame eventually [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/de598f2d6c6adc4527f26d841d333d6e/tumblr_mxg2yrhoxG1rpsdt6o1_1280.jpg gave]] her the same name, after ''The Elements of Harmony'' guidebook listed the name as belonging to a then-unspecified Wonderbolt. She's notably the first Wonderbolt to get a toy, though she's [[NoNameGiven unnamed there]].
* AscendedExtra: She's the first Wonderbolt to get a toy. She's even on the banner at [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ubB0FzVcX-Q/T_4q4Fu0QEI/AAAAAAAAv2o/uMA9C9ZVKXo/s1600/1.jpg Comic Con]], among main characters and fan favorites with Spitfire & Soarin nowhere in sight!
* DependingOnTheArtist: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]" (her only Season 2 appearance), she has a noticeably darker mane than in her other appearances (in the show, the ExpandedUniverse, the toy line, and TheMerch).
* {{Expy}}: Surprise was a G1 pony.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Hasbro doesn't have trademark rights to the name "Surprise" anymore, so she can never actually be called that in official products (except the trading card game with some fan input). Notably, in her speaking appearance in "Newbie Dash" she's credited only as "Wonderbolt 1," and when she's seen out of uniform briefly in the episode it's from the top half only due to her sitting up in bed, so her cutie mark is unseen.
* SuddenlyVoiced: After five seasons she has a few speaking lines in the 6th season episode "Newbie Dash."

!!Misty Fly
->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KellySheridan

A light yellow Pegasus mare with a bright electric blue mane. She's the third member of the trio of judges who try to rescue Rarity in "Sonic Rainboom", along with Spitfire and Soarin. She's getting a partly-translucent [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Amo0Df8dGDY/UCGjkGuJr6I/AAAAAAAAzJo/jh_PAdRvSOk/s1600/4.jpg toy]] in Blind Bag Wave 7. She's also been featured on a couple of pieces of TheMerch; [=80sTees=] [[http://www.80stees.com/products/MLPFIM-Wonderbolts-Shirt.asp has]] [[http://www.80stees.com/products/Wonderbolts-Shirt.asp identified]] her as Fleetfoot, but this appears to be a case of CowboyBebopAtHisComputer.

* AscendedExtra: After being absent for two seasons she not only reappears and is named in "Rarity Investigates!" but gets the most amount of lines after Spitfire and Soarin.
* AllThereInTheManual: [[https://derpibooru.org/888270?scope=scpe338720edf72350b2b944b24cfbfa0d39d9624143 This]] page from the UK comics shows what her eyes look like without her goggles on.
* DemotedToExtra: In the season 1 episode "Sonic Rainboom" she joined Spitfire and Soarin as part of the main Wonderbolt trio judging the Best Young Flier Competition. After that, and for the next few seasons, she was only spotted briefly in the background a few times while Fleetfoot took her "trio" spot, appearing with Spitfire and Soarin several times. However, she finally reappears in the fifth season, and as noted above even has a supporting role.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Her collector card depicts her as a PaletteSwap of Spitfire.

!![[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]]

[[spoiler:See [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Friendship Is Magic: Rainbow Dash]].]]
[[/folder]]



[[folder:Cherry Jubilee]]
[[quoteright:152:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cherry_Jubilee_by_KiraKandee_4099.png]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Sylvia Zaradic[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/410580073607987200 this]] tweet by Jim Miller[[/note]]

An enterprising Earth Pony who owns Cherry Hill Ranch, a cherry orchard and processing factory in the town of Dodge Junction. Evidently a fan of rodeos, as this is where she met Applejack.

* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Dixie; just a tad softer than Applejack's Tennessean drawl.
* BeautyMark: Near her left eye.
* BenevolentBoss: Her introduction scene is her bragging on Applejack's behalf of how many ribbons Applejack won. Also, we can assume she wasn't too mad about the mess that the Mane Six caused.
* {{Expy}}: We've heard the name before, with G1 ''Cherries'' Jubilee.
* MeaningfulName: She sells cherries.
* SleepyHead: After pulling an all-nighter to count all the cherries in her latest shipment, she falls asleep as her carriage is headed for a ravine. Luckily Pinkie is there to stop it, though not before throwing water on her face and banging on a pot both fail to wake her up.
* ToylessToylineCharacter: She has yet to recieve a toy release in any form.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Daring Do]]
[[quoteright:227:[[http://fav.me/d4ok56h http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daring_do_3961.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:227:Rainbow Dash's favorite pony besides the Wonderbolts.]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep Read It and Weep]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Chiara Zanni

Daring Do [[AllThereInTheScript Dazzle]] is an archaeologist pegasus with yellow fur and a grayscale mane who is the heroine of the adventurous tale of ''Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone'' as well as many other titles, a series of books anypony can enjoy.

Daring Do is actually a real pony, as shown in "Daring Don't". Her adventures actually happened and she recounts them in her novel series under the pen name (or maybe it's the other way around) "A.K. Yearling".

There's also a highly detailed [[JustForFun fictional]] [[JustForFun/DaringDo Daring Do work page]] if you are interested.

* ActionGirl: "Another day, another dungeon."
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Considering [[Franchise/IndianaJones who]] she's an {{Expy}} of, it comes with the territory.
* AdventurerOutfit: Complete with pith helmet.
* AlliterativeName: Daring Do [[AllThereInTheScript Dazzle]].
* AllThereInTheScript: The last part of her name, Dazzle, has only been used in the toyline; specifically, in the Miniature Collection's Daring Pony Story Set.
* BadassAdorable: This is a given considering she's a PaletteSwap of Rainbow Dash.
* BadassBookworm: An archeologist and author that can battle several big cats at once.
* BroughtDownToBadass: In ''Quest for the Sapphire Stone'', she loses her ability to fly and becomes Indiana Jones. Flying and she would be almost too good to work as an adventurer archaeologist.
* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: How the titles of her books work.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Her adventurous lifestyle had made her much tougher than the average pony; she recovers quite fast from most injuries, and when she can't escape a death trap by skill, she can do it by sheer strength and determination.
* {{Determinator}}: Nothing's going to stop her from getting the Sapphire Relic.
* EscapeArtist: She's extremely good at escaping death traps. Even when Rainbow Dash had to help her escape from one, Daring was already half-way out.
* {{Expy}}: Ponydom's answer to Franchise/IndianaJones mixed with a bit of [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]].
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Bush shirt and pith helmet, but that's it.
* HandicappedBadass: In ''Quest for the Sapphire Stone'', her right wing was injured in a crash, rendering her unable to fly.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Literally. She's the author of an autobiographical series that happens usually separately from the main show.]]
* IWorkAlone: Her attitude to [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]] at first, but she warms up in the end.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Daring comes across as aloof, cynical, and distrusting of others, but at the end, she does warm up a bit to [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]].
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: [[spoiler:About as explicit as they come. Daring Do writes about her own adventures under a pen name and publishes them as a novel series]].
* MeaningfulName: She is a Doer of Daring Things. Also, probably a pun on derring-do, which she is prone to.
* NiceHat: It even helps her to escape Ahuizotl's trap!
* PaletteSwap: Of Rainbow Dash, down to leaving a greyscale rainbow trail behind her when she flies.
* PenName: Either Daring's pen name is [[spoiler:A.K. Yearling]] or Daring is just her alias.
* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:Her adventures are actually autobiographical and not a work of fiction]].
* ShoutOut: A. K. Yearling, author of a popular series of novels, sounds suspiciously like [[Creator/JKRowling the author]] of [[HarryPotter another famous series of novels]]...
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Daring Do" is the trademarked[[note]](in RealLife, not {{In-Universe}})[[/note]] spelling used on [[http://theponyartcollection.tumblr.com/post/26391734445 her and Mare Do Well's trading card]], the ''Another day, another dungeon'' trading card and on the shirt ''[[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1922 Daring Do]]'', but "Daring-Do" is the spelling used on the cover of ''Quest for the Sapphire Stone'' (shown in legible form on her and Mare Do Well's trading card and on the shirt ''[[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=2722 Daring-Do]] [[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=2725 Cover]]'').
* ThematicRoguesGallery: Downplayed, but implied; our encounters with her enemies in the series imply a "South American" motif to her usual opponents -- her nemesis is Ahuizotl (an Aztec river monster), her villainous rival is Dr. Caballeron (a name which at least sounds "Spanish", and Spanish is the primary language in South America), and season 6 has an encounter with the Cipactli (another Aztec water monster) who guards a treasure.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ms. Harshwhinny]]
[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ms_harshwhinny_9552.png]]
->'''First Mention:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E8JustForSidekicks Just for Sidekicks]]"\\
'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E12GamesPoniesPlay Games Ponies Play]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Veena Sood

The Head of the Equestria Games, who also acts as its official inspector and judge.

* {{Adorkable}}: After the CMC performance in the near end, she practically gushes over of how stupendous it really is in the most fangirlish way possible.
* ArtEvolution: At least within "Flight to the Finish", the animators spent extra time to give her more exaggerated mouth movements to accent her proper enunciation and StuffyBrit mannerisms.
* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: Her ''raison d'être''; she makes other ponies who work with her follow the same mindset. [[HypocriticalHumor Thankfully, she's not immune to breaking her own rules]].
* ButtMonkey: In "Games Ponies Play", she gets passed over in favor of a stranger who happens to fit the ''very'' vague description of her. Then she gets splashed by a sidewalk puddle ''twice'', while carrying her heavy luggage.
* TheComicallySerious: She's a serious mare, which makes her funny when surrounded by silliness.
* IronLady: She takes her job very, ''very'' seriously. However, the Mane Six, the CMC, and Spike have managed to draw out her more [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold friendly]] or [[NotSoAboveItAll fun-loving]] side on separate occasions.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's stuffy and no-nonsense most of the time, but is also easily moved by how hospitable the Mane Six were to Ms. Peachbottom, and is considerably less stern to Spike during the closing ceremony of the Equestria Games.
* LastNameBasis: She repeatedly addresses other characters by their last names, if they ''have'' [[OnlyOneName last names]] (e.g., Rainbow Dash is "Miss Dash", Spike the Dragon is "Mister [[SpeciesSurname the Dragon]]").
* MeaningfulName: She's a pony, so when she speaks, she technically whinnies. She's also a very grouchy and surly DeadpanSnarker.
* NotSoAboveItAll: In "Flight to the Finish", she tries to keep Rainbow Dash from geeking out over her role as Equestria Games coach, only to do exactly the same when she first sees the [=CMC's=] flag-carrying routine.
* PowerHair: It is close cut.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being unintentionally humiliated by the Mane Six's antics in "Games Ponies Play", and even ''knowing'' who's responsible, she still takes their kindness towards a complete stranger into consideration in her decision to name the Crystal Empire the host of the Equestria Games.
* StuffyBrit: Speaks with an exaggerated Received Pronunciation accent.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sheriff Silverstar]]
[[quoteright:138:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sheriff_Silverstar_by_AtomicGreymon_646.png]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianDrummond[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/BrianDrummondVO/status/294231742590615552 this]] tweet by Creator/BrianDrummond[[/note]]

An Earth Pony and the Sheriff of the newly founded Appleloosa.

* AlliterativeName: Counting his title, he's ''S''heriff ''S''ilver''s''tar.
* BadassMustache: He sports a rather impressive one.
%% * {{Cowboy}}
* FaceDeathWithDignity: When Chief Thunderhooves is charging and he's all out of pies, he simply takes off his hat and closes his eyes, not even trying to get out of the way.
* NiceHat: He wears a cowboy one and it highlights the above trope.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Serves as the leader of the town of Appleloosa and as the main upholder of the law.
* TheSheriff: He's the chief law enforcer and authority figure for a small, WildWest type frontier town. He's even got the badge.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Coco Pommel]]
[[quoteright:142:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coco_pommel_473655_8903.jpg]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E8RarityTakesManehattan Rarity Takes Manehattan]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CathyWeseluck

A rising star in the Manehattan theatre community and formerly the long-suffering assistant to fashion designer Suri Polomare, Rarity's rival during Fashion Week.

* TwentiesBobHaircut: Manehattan being at least somewhat based on '20s-'40s New York, it's fitting.
* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The below-mentioned hair clip and (unusually for a female character) a collar.
* {{Adorkable}}: With her {{literal minded}}ness, meek nature, and habit of blushing adorably, Coco is arguably one of the most adorkable characters on the show.
* BeleagueredAssistant: To Suri.
* TheCameo:
** At the end of "Twilight's Kingdom – Part 2", along with the rest of the ponies who gave the Mane Six their keys.
** She can also be seen in one shot attending the Equestria Games.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blue eyes and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair a blue mane.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: Being a put-upon and highly competent assistant to another character, she's basically Spike the dragon as a female pony, except with a much meaner boss. They even share a voice actress.
* HairDecorations: Her flower-shaped hair clip, which was given to her by her old mentor Charity Kindheart for her work in community theatre as a filly.
* HeelFaceTurn: Quits working for Suri after seeing the Mane Six's friendship and deciding Suri's "every pony for herself" attitude is wrong. She's rewarded by being given a job working for Rarity's costume designer friend on his next project.
* HeelRealization: She's touched by how generous Rarity and her friends are towards each other, inspiring her to quit her job.
* HypercompetentSidekick: She's actually the one doing all the work Suri got credit for.
* InnocentBlueEyes: They match her mane.
* LiteralMinded: In "Made in Manehattan", when Rarity and Applejack are offering to help her.
-->'''Applejack:''' You bet your boots we will!\\
'''Coco:''' Oh, I don't wear boots. I find they chafe my calves when I walk.\\
'''Applejack:''' It's just an expression.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Well, it probably didn't help.
* NiceHat: Doesn't wear one, but has one of these for her cutie mark.
* NiceGirl: Outgoing, friendly, and very considerate.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her name is a reference to designer UsefulNotes/CocoChanel.
* PuppyDogEyes: During her time as [[MeanBoss Suri's]] assistant, she was often seen with a face that makes her look like a kicked puppy.
* SickEpisode: Although it's not the focus, Coco spends her appearance in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E10TheSaddleRowReview The Saddle Row Review]]" battling a nasty cold.
* SkunkStripe: She has a blue mane with a light-blue stripe in the middle.
* SuddenNameChange: A slight one. In "The Saddle Row Review," Rarity addresses her as Miss Pommel rather than Coco. Jim Miller tweeted that the change was made for [[https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/735328706655342594 "legal reasons"]] -- most likely because of the Coco Chanel take-off noted above.
* TaremeEyes: Just like Fluttershy, they reflect how kind-hearted she can be.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has a blue mane with a light-blue stripe in the middle.
[[/folder]]


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[[folder:Sapphire Shores]]
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[[caption-width-right:137:SENSATIONAL!!!]]
->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]"\\
'''Full Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E20ForWhomTheSweetieBelleToils For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Rena Anakwe[[note]]according to Rena Anakwe's [[http://www.renaanakwe.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/rena_anakwe_resume.pdf resume]][[/note]]

The Pony of Pop, Sapphire Shores appeared at Carousel Boutique one day, having read about Rarity's fashion designs. She was so impressed with a GemEncrusted outfit on display that she bought it on the spot and ordered five others similar to it. She has since kept Rarity on retainer as her "favorite designer".

* AlliterativeName: '''S'''apphire '''S'''hores.
* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yu4O2XtIh5M/T16NVeOK3xI/AAAAAAAAibg/T6PL_UXq62I/s1600/8.jpg Her molded toy and collector card]] reveal her cutie mark and (in the card's case) the facts that she "loves to collect pretty seashells" and "[[HilariousInHindsight is quietly kind]]."
* ChewingTheScenery: She's been known to overact at times, primarily when she gets excited.
* ControlFreak: She's fair, but she works her crew hard to get the performance just right.
* DolphinsDolphinsEverywhere: Her spirit animal.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She has that effect on ponies.
* {{Expy}}: Averted; a G3 Sapphire Shores exists only in the toyline, but this one looks nothing like her. (Mind you, her unique design means she [[YouDontLookLikeYou looks nothing like]] her ''own'' toy, either.
* InformedAttribute: Despite being known as the Pony of Pop, she doesn't sing so much as a note during either of her appearances.
* NiceGuy: She's very exuberant and a little self-absorbed, but she does seem to be genuinely friendly.
* ThePerfectionist: Wants everything just right for her performance.
* SassyBlackWoman: She seems to be the pony equivalent.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yu4O2XtIh5M/T16NVeOK3xI/AAAAAAAAibg/T6PL_UXq62I/s1600/8.jpg Her molded toy and collector card]] (from the [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/03/tons-of-new-blindbags-actual-lyra.html fifth wave of the Blind Bags]]) both depict her as a differently-colored {{unicorn}} PaletteSwap of Twilight Sparkle. This is particularly odd because [[RaceLift on the show, she's an Earth Pony.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: What self-respecting popstar doesn't have brightly colored hair, (even if this is a universe full of magic pastel ponies)?
[[/folder]]

!Others

[[folder:Steven Magnet the Sea Serpent]]
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->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony "Friendship Is Magic, Part 2" ("Elements of Harmony")]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LeeTockar

A large purple scaled [[SeaMonster Sea Serpent]] with orange hair, encountered in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Elements of Harmony]]". His thrashing made a river uncrossable, blocking the ponies' progress. He's not a villain, though; he was simply distressed that a "tacky little cloud" had sliced off his perfect mustache. Not about to let such a crime against "fabulosity" go unanswered, Rarity came to his aid and the ponies were graciously allowed to cross. His [[LargeHam drama queen]] antics and [[AmbiguouslyGay metrosexual]] mindset gave him a notoriety among fans who dubbed him "Steven Magnet" after a [[SoBadItsGood hilariously bad]] Website/YouTube auto-caption, and this FanNickname has since become AscendedFanon due to the toyline making it his official AllThereInTheScript name. And finally, in the Season Five episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]", he introduces himself by that name when first meeting Matilda at the Ponyville Spa.

* AdvertisedExtra: Despite only appearing in two episodes so far (the second and the 100th), he's been in 3 different commercials (even saying his "It's so true!" line in the two American ones): the [[TheHub Hub]] commercial seen [[http://see.walmart.com/hasbro/girls-hub/Girls.swf here]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUrDxdlHANI this commercial]], and the British [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm8m-LOqplA Boomerang commercial]] announcing the show's UK premiere.
* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://theponyartcollection.tumblr.com/post/26391734445 His trading card]], the show's script, and [[https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/status/210414549281685507 a tweet by one of the show's writers]] all call him a ''sea'' serpent/monster, even though he's only shown in the river, though [[https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/status/216035777526767616 a later tweet by the same writer]] calls him a river serpent. His trading card also mentions that he has a magnetic personality (referencing his name, which wasn't yet AscendedFanon when the card was made).
* AllThereInTheScript: The [[http://cdn.toyark.com/news/attach/1/9/9/9/My-Little-Pony-Toy-Fair-2013-037_1360451576.jpg Elements of Harmony Friends]] character collection set names him [[AscendedFanon Steven Magnet]].
* AscendedExtra: He gets a molded toy in an [[http://stitchkingdom.tumblr.com/post/42688291715/upcoming-mlpfim-mini-packs-tf13-tfny molded toy]] from an [[http://cdn.toyark.com/news/attach/1/9/9/9/My-Little-Pony-Toy-Fair-2013-037_1360451576.jpg Elements of Harmony Friends]] character collection set.
* AscendedFanon:[[invoked]] His voice actor adopted his fan name as his actual name, saying it just fit.
* AudibleSharpness: His scales do this if you pluck one off.
* {{Camp}}: He's ''absolutely fabulous.''
* CharacterDevelopment: When we first meet Steven he's crying a river because his mustache was chopped in half. Come Cranky's wedding, he willingly cuts his mustache for Cranky to use as a toupee.
* TheDandy: As much as possible for a naked scaled serpent and something only [[TheFashionista Rarity]] understands.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Averted when he only has half a mustache. Played straight after Rarity's assistance but in fairness to him, he technically has a whole mustache after her gift.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Nopony but Rarity takes his dilemma seriously.
* GayBestFriend: Is pretty much this to Cranky. Though subverted in the fact that [[WordOfGod Lauren Faust said on Twitter]] that he's "as straight as they come".
* GentleGiant: He's massive in size compared to a pony (or donkey), but he surely is friendly.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He and Cranky apparently had great adventures together.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: His "mous-STACHE"
* LargeHam: His crying is enough to turn the river into an impassable torrent.
* NoNameGiven: At least in his original episode. (Though one could make an argument this is untrue, given his name comes from Youtube's auto subtitles.)
* NonMammalianHair: He's a reptile; why does he have a mustache in the first place?
* OddFriendship: He's apparently friends with Cranky Doodle Donkey. Close enough to be his best man, erm, sea serpent at the later's wedding.
* RentAZilla: It's a wonder how he fits into that river.
* SeaMonster: He's a classic sea serpent but in a river instead.
* YourSizeMayVary: His [[http://stitchkingdom.tumblr.com/post/42688291715/upcoming-mlpfim-mini-packs-tf13-tfny molded toy]] from the [[http://cdn.toyark.com/news/attach/1/9/9/9/My-Little-Pony-Toy-Fair-2013-037_1360451576.jpg Elements of Harmony Friends]] character collection set is on a much smaller scale than the ponies' equivalent molded toys.

[[folder:Fancy Pants]]
[[quoteright:133:[[http://misterlolrus.deviantart.com/art/Fancy-Pants-272910828 http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fancy_pants_by_misterlolrus-d4ihfcc_2695.png]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet and Elite]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TrevorDevall[[note]]according to [[http://www.alltasteexplosion.com/?p=2858 this]] interview with Creator/TrevorDevall[[/note]]

An important and influential business unicorn in Canterlot. He befriends Rarity in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet and Elite]]" and introduces her to high society life. He makes a small cameo in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding – Part 2]]", with Rarity, and later appears in Ponyville in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]". His next major speaking role is in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E10PrincessSpike Princess Spike]]", where he's head of the Canterlot delegation for the Grand Equestrian Pony Summit.

* BlueBlood: Rarity refers to him as the top of Canterlot's elite.
* BowtiesAreCool: He wears a rather snazzy one at the party at the end of the episode.
* TheCameo:
** He makes an inexplicable visit to Ponyville in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]".
** He appears again alongside Fleur during the musical number in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E8RarityTakesManehattan Rarity Takes Manehattan]]".
* DashinglyDapperDerby: He wears one of these in "Too Many Pinkie Pies".
* HighClassGlass: It makes him look all the more refined; he adjusts it with his unicorn magic.
* MeaningfulName: "Fancy pants" is a common term to describe members of the upper class.
* NiceGuy: Unlike most high-society ponies, he was quite nice to Rarity the whole time and even complimented the simple dress she made for Twilight. That being said, like any other pony/person, [[BewareTheNiceOnes even he has limits]], like when Spike accidentally causes trouble in "Princess Spike".
* NonIndicativeName: He doesn't even wear pants let alone a fancy pair...
* OnlySaneMan: Gives off this vibe during "Princess Spike" once he learns that "Princess Twilight" had stopped a bunch of public works he had ordered specifically to avoid having a disaster during the Canterlot summit, the same disaster that caused him to get beaten back by a tidal wave that had accumulated in the meeting hall.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: According to Rarity, he has a hedgemony on Canterlot's upper class and most (if not all) of its members look to him for cues. He is the first to acknowledge Rarity's sophistication and this catapults her into the upper class spotlight.
* SharpDressedMan: He always wears a classy suit.
* UnclePennybags: He finds the Mane Six not named Rarity "charmingly rustic", and he's pretty humble otherwise.
* VisualPun: His cutie mark is three crowns, referencing Triple Crown horse racing among other classy things.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sassy Saddles]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/large14.png]]
->''"Buttons and bowties!"''

->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E14CanterlotBoutique Canterlot Boutique]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KellySheridan

A unicorn Rarity hired as manager of her new Canterlot Carousel shop to help everything get ready for its grand opening. She has a multi-point plan to bring the boutique much business and success. Unfortunately, it comes at a price.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Both her name and her [[UnusualEuphemism exclamations]].
* AlliterativeName: ''S''assy ''S''addles.
* ControlFreak: She spends a good part of the episode taking orders, changing dress names, and managing Rarity’s boutique without actually consulting Rarity.
* HeelRealization: Near the end of "Canterlot Boutique," she realizes that her business structure was wrong because it did not bring everypony happiness. She apologizes to Rarity for all the problems she's caused and Rarity, being the Element of Generosity, forgives her and gives her another chance as branch manager of Canterlot Carousel. In "Rarity Investigates!", she and Rarity are getting along much better.
* HiddenDepths: When Rarity announces she's going to shut down Canterlot Carousel, Sassy laments that she can't be part of "another" failed boutique, implying she's seen this happen many times before. This would explain why she's so desperate for success and so risk-averse.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Played with. She does inadvertently push around her employer, but her experience does serve the boutique (mostly) well. And she proves to have input that Rarity can't ignore and displays a showmanship that Rarity is glad to play off at a fashion exhibition.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Slightly, but when she takes in another 100 orders for the princess dress and suggests mass producing it, she let's slip it'll be the success of ''Sassy Saddles'' Boutique. To which at that point, Rarity brings her back to reality, correcting Sassy that it's ''her'' shop.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite overstepping her bounds with her employer in her enthusiasm for the boutique's prosperity, it's clear from the get-go she does want was best for the store and believes that her methods does benefit Rarity. When she's proven wrong, she's humbled and willing to learn from her mistakes.
* NoodleIncident: When Rarity announces she’s closing down shop, she panics over being part of ''another'' failed boutique.
* ObliviouslyEvil: While evil might be stretching it -- "Obliviously Selfish" might work better -- she doesn't seem to realize just how selfish she is and how damaging she can be.
* SeverelySpecializedStore: Turns Canterlot Carousel into this as she has Rarity, a celebrated dressmaker, make copies of the same dress two hundred times and relentlessly markets it while ignoring other designs or variations.
* ShoutOut: Her exclamations are specialized versions of [[Literature/PrinceCaspian Trumpkin's]].
* UnusualEuphemism: She seems to like two-word, alliterative ones related to fashion terms.
* VillainyFreeVillain: Sassy isn't exactly a malicious enemy or a serious villain. She is just a hard-to-work-with employee who gets into conflict with Rarity over creative differences on running the boutique.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sunburst]]
[[quoteright:191:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sunburst.png]]
->'''First Appeance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 The Cutie Remark – Part 2]]"\\
'''Full Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E1TheCrystallingPart1 The Crystalling – Part 1]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 & 2]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Ian Hanlin

Starlight Glimmer's childhood friend, who left to study magic in Canterlot when they were foals. In the present day, he lives in the Crystal Empire.

* AdjustingYourGlasses: Sunburst pushes his glasses up quite often, as they keep slipping. Unlike Moondancer, though, he usually does it with his hoof rather than with magic.
* {{Adorkable}}: He is nerdy, kind of shy, has a low opinion on himself, is pretty friendly, loves to study magic and is obviously quite adorable.
* BadassBookworm: Downplayed; despite his thorough knowledge of magic on paper, he is a poor spellcaster. However, his EncyclopaedicKnowledge still winds up saving the day.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Starlight.
* CynicismCatalyst: He's the very reason that Starlight resented Cutie Marks.
* EncyclopaedicKnowledge: Though Sunburst's own magic isn't any greater than the average unicorn's, his ''knowledge'' of magic is superior to that of any of the Princesses. He even recognized at a glance Twilight's reconstruction of the Spell of Relic Reconstitution. More than this though, his talent seems to be applying this knowledge in abstract or theoretical ways (compared to Twilight who is very straightforward when it comes to the use of magic she learns). That is he is able to use his knowledge of how magic works on ancient and powerful objects to realize that no one spell can fix the Crystal Heart, and that various spells must be combined in a certain way.
* {{Hermit}}: It doesn't seem like he gets out much, and he didn't even notice the storm outside his window.
* IneptMage: Downplayed: he certainly felt like one in magic school, but he is still able to use regular unicorn powers at least. Nevertheless, despite his thorough knowledge of magic '''theory''' he is not a powerful spellcaster by any means.
* {{Irony}}: Sunburst was shipped off to Canterlot due to his apparent great magical talent, which caused Starlight's descent into villainy until she was talked out of it by Twilight. When Starlight finally meets up with him again, it turns out his talent is average despite earning a cutie mark from it (albeit this is a misunderstanding, as his real talent is learning about magic rather than actually performing magic spells), further proving her old philosophy wrong (and meaning his cutie mark caused him a fair amount of strife as well).
* MessyHair: Like Moondancer, he seems to have put aside grooming in favor of studying.
* NiceGuy: He's a pretty sweet guy.
* OldShame: [[invoked]] Sunburst couldn't confront Starlight after so long because he didn't want her to know that he really ''wasn't'' all that powerful as she thought he was -- turns out his little show when he gained his Mark was a total fluke.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Starlight, though that doesn't mean ShipTease doesn't occur.
* RedIsHeroic: Has red hair and helps save the Crystal Empire.
* ShoutOut: He has some similarities to [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Rincewind]], being a red-haired magic user with a scruffy beard who knows how magic works, but not how to use it, had a hard time at magic school, and even though he considers himself a failure, still wears the traditional wizard garb.
* TheSmartGuy: Becomes this to the Crystal Empire.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He is very smart and knowledgeable about magic and wears glasses. However, spellcasting is not his forte.
* SpearCounterpart: To Moondancer, as they're both unicorns who have dedicated their lives to magical studies, living in relative isolation despite residing in a big city each, and having a very low opinion of themselves; also, a lot of their current issues come from an old, close friendship falling apart, and, in the end, they get much better once rekindling with their respective old friend.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had he not left Starlight after getting his Cutie Mark, let's just say Equestria wouldn't have gone through seven different apocalypses.
* WalkingSpoiler: To know of his existence is to know of Starlight's FreudianExcuse, hence the unmarked spoilers.
* WeakButSkilled: As an adult, his magical ability is a lot more limited, but he has a lot of magical knowledge through years of research.
* WizardBeard: Downplayed and then subverted; he has a longish goatee, but it turns out he's not a wizard.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Thorax]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E17TheTimesTheyAreAChangeling The Times They Are a Changeling]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Kyle Rideout

A changeling who defected from Queen Chrysalis. Hiding out in the Crystal Empire, all Thorax really wants in life is to make friends.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Thorax considers himself "different" from other changelings, even from when he was first hatched. The attack on Canterlot led him to realise he wanted real friends, not just to feed on love.
* ApologeticAttacker: Being around love and kindness [[MyInstinctsAreShowing causes him to hiss and growl at anyone around him,]] and whenever that happens he immediately begins apologizing.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Thorax has a teal green dorsal carapace to differentiate him from the usual navy blue changelings. Also his magic aura is blue, unlike the usual SicklyGreenGlow of the changelings.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Thorax was a member of Chrysalis's army during her attack on Canterlot, but upon seeing the Mane Six's friendship and desiring it for himself he defected.
* GlamourFailure: Thorax struggles and fails to hold his disguised form of "Crystal Hoof" when so close to the love given off from Flurry Heart and the other ponies.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: Although not a costume, strictly speaking, in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E25ToWhereAndBackAgainPart1 To Where And Back Again]]" Thorax has new wings that shine like crystal, something that both Starlight and Thorax himself notice.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Just like Gilda (and Gabby after him), he's now trying to introduce the concept of friendship to his whole race, which is even harder in this case.
* MookFaceTurn: In his backstory. According to Thorax, he was part of the attack on Canterlot by Chrysalis and her army, but upon seeing the friendship of the Mane Six and desiring it for himself, he decided to change.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: When Spike asks Thorax if anypony had showed him kindness before, the latter responds with a ravenous hiss, saying that "kindness like that sort of brings it out". This comes back to bite him hard when he can't control himself around Flurry Heart. The fact that he's been starving for a long time doesn't help.
* NoInfantileAmnesia: Thorax can remember the day he was hatched with great clarity.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Aside from his uniquely colored carapace, Thorax stands out from other changelings due to having rounder eyes, and differently-shaped ears.
%%* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: In "To Where And Back Again", Thorax seemed terrified of return to the Changeling Kingdom, stating he hoped to never see that place again. (leaving hidden until there's more information when Part 2 airs)
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Thorax tries to do this after Spike betrays him, calling himself an "evil changeling". However, it doesn't last long and he once again saves Spike from falling off a cliff.
* TokenHeroicOrc: Thorax is, as implied by both previous appearances of changelings and his own flashbacks, a very rare genuinely friendly member of the changeling species.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Thorax, as a changeling, is capable of this, even disguising himself as a rock at one point.
[[/folder]]

* GentleGiant: He's the biggest of Fluttershy's friends, but he's a big softie and never hurt anypony or any of the other animals.

* GoodCostumeSwitch: Although not a costume, strictly speaking, in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E25ToWhereAndBackAgainPart1 To Where And Back Again]] Thorax has new wings the shine like crystal, something that both Starlight and Thorax himself notice.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Mighty Fine's online store [=WeLoveFine=] has very rarely misspelled her names in the keywords of their [[TheMerch merchandise]]'s pages:

** "DJ Pon-3" has been used by Hasbro ([[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=381668998517210 on]] [[https://twitter.com/MyLittlePony/status/168396065052172289 their]] ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/{{Twitter}}) and by her and Octavia's [[TheMerch trading card]], while "DJ-[=Pon3=]" has been used by Creator/TheHub (in their commercial ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yodRbQrd4 There's a Pony For That]]''); these two spellings and more have been used by Mighty Fine's [[TheMerch merchandise]] and its various listings.
** "Vinyl Scratch" has been used by [[TheMerch Mighty Fine]]'s online store [=WeLoveFine=], while "Vın̈yl Scratch" has been used [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/06/mlp-licensing-expo-2012-images-from.html at the Las Vegas Licensing Expo 2012]] (as part of a ShoutOut to ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'').

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Whether their name is two words or one. "Wonderbolts" is used in the title of the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy Wonderbolts Academy]]", on Spitfire, Misty Fly & Soarin's [[http://i48.tinypic.com/285h1k.png collector cards]] (as a trademark), in Enterplay's [[TheMerch trading cards]] (in [[http://chimicherrychanga.com/img/tc/22a.jpg the front of the Spitfire and Soarin card]]'s case, as a trademark), in Ruckus Media Group's [[IOSGames iOS app]] ''[[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-little-pony-twilight-sparkle/id465213808?mt=8 Twilight Sparkle: Teacher for a Day]]'', in Creator/{{Gameloft}}'s ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' game, on Hasbro's ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' Website/{{Facebook}} and {{Twitter}} pages and in a [[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/File:%22The_Wonderbolts%22_name_dispute_email_screenshot.png response]] by the company's customer service, on Creator/TheHub's {{Facebook}} [[http://www.facebook.com/hubtvnetwork page]], in Mighty Fine's [[TheMerch merchandise]] and listings of & advertising for said merchandise, in a [[https://twitter.com/Fyre_flye/status/241037025476747265 tweet]] by show creator Creator/LaurenFaust, [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/233652109290131457 as]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/254016274819055616 well]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/254065810614652928 as]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/254274233197264896 in]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/260835935405604864 six]] [[https://twitter.com/KeatingRogers/status/261483846204272641 tweets]] by writer Amy Keating Rogers, while "Wonder Bolts" is used on the Miniature Collection toy sets' boxes (as a trademark), in the British [[TieInNovel magazine story]] "The Ticket Master" (a {{Novelization}} of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster the episode of the same name]]), [[http://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony/posts/348953445122099 by]] Hasbro's ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' Website/{{Facebook}} [[http://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony page]], as well as [[https://twitter.com/M_A_Larson/status/227059090948493312 by]] writer M.A. Larson "[=WonderBolts=]" has been used in a [[https://twitter.com/MMeghanMcCarthy/status/254072938737856513 tweet]] by writer Meghan [=McCarthy=].

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->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship is Magic - Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]

[[folder:Zecora]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Brenda Crichlow

A mysterious zebra who lives in the Everfree Forest. Most of the ponies distrust her at first because of her unusual appearance, and [[PoorCommunicationKills her seemingly cryptic warnings don't help her reputation]]. Afterwards, she becomes a helpful ally towards the ponies, using her knowledge of magical herbs and creatures to assist the Six.

* AlliterativeName: Zecora the Zebra.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: WordOfGod is that they wanted Zecora to be speaking authentic Swahili in "Bridle Gossip", but they didn't have the time or resources. Instead, they got the voice actor to make up some African-sounding gibberish. Creator/LaurenFaust said that she likes to imagine Zecora is speaking Zebra in lieu of Swahili.
* BadassNormal: Despite lacking any ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane definite]]) powers, she lives in a place that other ponies consider an EldritchLocation, only in part because it's filled with dangerous plants and animals like cockatrices, Ursa Minors and Majors, Timberwolves and Poison Joke. She isn't bothered in the slightest by her dangerous "neighbors".
** To say nothing of the alternate Zecora who Twilight encounters in "The Cutie Remark". She leads LaResistance against the changelings and even gives Chrysalis a ShutUpHannibal moment before brawling with her.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: While Zecora is clearly female, she has the same squared off muzzle and lack of eyelashes as a male pony. This helps convey her foreign nationality compared to the ponies of Ponyville.
* BlackCloak: Zecora wears an eerie cloak with a [[InTheHood face-concealing hood]] during her debut episode. It can be inferred she wears it for protection, as the road to her hut crosses through a large patch of Poison Joke.
* CharacterTic: She mostly speaks her sentences in rhyme, with a few exceptions. Her debut episode also gave her a habit of digging at the ground sometimes, but this seems to have faded out.
* CreepyGood: There's no doubt of her good character but her sense of style, where she lives and her habit of speaking in rhyme creeped the local ponies out.
* CrossCulturalKerfuffle: Her above-mentioned CharacterTic of digging at the ground is mistaken by the ponies as a threat posture. If one reflects back over the previous episodes, it's strongly implied that pawing at the ground genuinely ''is'' a threat posture amongst ponies (Twilight Sparkle and Nightmare Moon are shown pawing the ground before attacking each other in the second episode). This then leads to FridgeBrilliance as to why the character tic was dropped; upon being able to talk to ponies, Zecora would have learned that pawing the ground means "I am about to attack you" in pony body language, and would stop doing that in order to stop seeming like she's randomly threatening ponies.
* ADogNamedDog: "Zecora" means "zebra".
* FantasticRacism: A victim of it in her initial episode; the Ponyvile ponies boarded themselves up when she came to town because she was "strange" and "different". Luckily for her, her début episode is about proving this attitude wrong.
* FishEyes: Her molded toy from the Miniature Collection's Spa Pony Set has these.
* FourStarBadass: What she would have become had the Changelings prevailed.
* FriendToAllChildren: She leads the foals around on Nightmare Night. [[FridgeBrilliance This makes sense when you consider the fact that Apple Bloom, who's a filly, was the first to befriend her]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Appears to have glowing sinister yellow eyes sometimes when her face is hidden under her cloak, though that could just be the perception of the mane cast seeing her as an "evil enchantress".
* GoodAllAlong: Looked sinister at first, but it all turned out to be a misunderstanding.
* TheHermit: Lives alone in the Everfree Forest, where few other ponies would dare set hoof.
* HeroicSacrifice: In a BadFuture where ponies are at war with the Changelings, she goes one-on-one against Chrysalis herself to give Twilight a chance of fixing things (and knows full well that even if she wins the fight, she'll be erased from time if Twilight succeeds).
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: At the end of her debut episode, her wish for friends comes true when the ponies finally befriend her. By the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]", it would seem that the town has embraced her, as she leads an event on Nightmare Night.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Apple Bloom, the first pony to make friends with her, is still the pony that has the most screentime with her.
* LargeHam: "Beware, BEWARE, you ponyfolk!"
* MagicCauldron: She uses one of this to work in her potions, in keeping with being a herbalist with ambiguous knowledge of magic.
* MagicalNegro: Considering the FantasticRacism she's subjected to in her debut, she fits this. She can brew potions with all manner of fantastic effects, and she also displays a few abilities that seem to indicate that magic isn't necessarily limited to unicorns. However, unlike classical uses of this trope, that doesn't mean she's an automatic problem solver for things the Mane Six can't handle -- she specifically notes she can't do anything to stop a parasprite infestation, for example.
* MasterOfIllusion: In "Luna Eclipsed", Zecora tells the fillies about Nightmare Moon and uses green dust to conjure up illusions of her.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Whether she's a herbalist with a talent for illusions and stagecraft or capable of outright spells is unclear. Given [[TheLostWoods where she lives]], the line can be hard to draw.
* MentorArchetype: WordOfGod is that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen she was meant to be an alternate mentor to Twilight Sparkle]] but the de-emphasis of adventure stories in the first season (because slice-of-life stories were easier to write quickly) caused the idea to fall through. She finally takes this role in "Magic Duel" where she trains Twilight in magic and being a GuileHeroine for her rematch with Trixie.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Though unlike most examples, the townsponies see her every month when she comes into town, but the fact she lives alone in the woods (the Everfree Forest no less) that everypony fears makes everypony unfairly assume she's an evil witch.
* NationalAnimalStereotypes: A zebra portrayed as an African witch doctor.
* OutOfFocus:
** She is mostly absent from Season 1, appearing only in "Bridle Gossip" and "Swarm of the Century".
** Averted in Season 2, as she's had several small roles in several episodes. In Season 3, she plays a major role in "Magic Duel", finally taking her place as Twilight's mentor.
* PoorCommunicationKills: When it came to the Poison Joke, if she'd just told the ponies it was a poisonous plant instead of speaking in cryptic rhyme to an already suspicious and fearful group, then the rest of the episode would have gone a lot differently. It's possibly justified by the fact that she was new in Ponyville, so she was still learning pony language.

* ProverbialWisdom: She gives her pieces of advice in the form of cryptic, proverb-like [[RhymesOnADime rhymed couplets]].
* RebelLeader: In the BadFuture where Queen Chrysalis took over Equestria in "The Cutie Re-Mark", Zecora takes this role for LaResistance hiding in the Everfree Forest.
* RepetitiveName: Zecora the Zebra also counts for this.
* RhymesOnADime: Particularly impressive in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]", where she sets herself up to make a rhyme with "tooth" before she sees that Apple Bloom chipped her tooth (from Apple Bloom's posture, it was an easy guess). Although there was a gag in the main ''MLP'' comic #9 where she noted (in rhyme, naturally) that she needed a moment to think up a rhyme for her next comment.
* ShownTheirWork: Her digging habit in her first episode? Zebras in the real world do that to find water. As for why she dropped it? As shown below, when it comes to other species of horse, digging at the ground is a sign of impatience and annoyance. She'd be forced to drop this habit if she wanted the townspeople to be more open to her.
* SolitarySorceress: Lives by herself in the Everfree Forest.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Closed captions spell her name as "Zakora".
* StealthHiBye: How she exits at the end of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]".
* ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: "Zecora" means "zebra" in the Oromo language of Ethiopia.
* TranslationConvention: When alone in her hut, she talks to herself in English, even though her first language appears to be the pseudo-Swahili she yells in when pissed.
* WitchDoctor: Fits the mold, considering she's adorable and lives in the Everfree Forest far from civilization and has all manner of magical herbs and exotic decor in her hut. She is knowledgeable in potion-making, strange properties of plants, and odd creatures.

[[folder:The Cakes]]
!!Mr.Cake and Mrs.Cake
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianDrummond (Mr. Carrot Cake)[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/BrianDrummondVO/status/294142753875578880 this]] tweet by Creator/BrianDrummond[[/note]] and Creator/TabithaStGermain (Mrs. Cup Cake)[[note]]according to [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2248020657 this]] comment by Creator/LaurenFaust and [[http://imgur.com/egRde this]] email from RED Management[[/note]]

Mr. Carrot Cake and Mrs. Cup Cake are a middle-aged Earth Pony couple. They own Sugarcube Corner, the bakery where Pinkie Pie works, holds her parties, and resides as their live-in helper. Kind and friendly, this older couple has shown saintlike patience for Pinkie Pie's antics... especially after the poisonous muffins fiasco (though that wasn't her fault) and Pinkie's appetite at the beginning of "Swarm of the Century". So far, they're one of the few married couples seen in Ponyville. As of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]", they're now parents to baby twins Pound and Pumpkin Cake.

* AdaptationNameChange: The toyline refers to Mrs. Cup Cake as Mrs. Dazzle Cake.
* AlliterativeName: Both of them, and they alliterate with each other, too.
* AllThereInTheScript: Until Season 2, their first names had only been [[http://comments.deviantart.com/5/37155514/1804064447 revealed]] by WordOfGod and used by the [[http://www.nick.de/shows/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie German]] and [[http://www.nick.ch/shows/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie Swiss]] Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and [[http://www.nickjr.de/shows/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie German]] NickJr websites. They were first referred to by their full names on the show in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]".
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Mrs. Cake's mane is styled exactly like a swirl of pink frosting.
* BenevolentBoss: To Pinkie Pie. They let her use the highest floors of Sugarcube Corner as her home, and [[LikeASonToMe think of her as a daughter]].
* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: Cup Cake is the former, and Carrot Cake is the latter.
* DotingParent: Both of them to their twins. Justified since Pound and Pumpkin are toddlers.
* FamilyBusiness: The two of them run Sugarcube Corner together.
* GingerbreadHouse: The bakery roof is ''literally'' shaped like a gingerbread house with two cupcakes and a slab of rock candy on top.
* HappilyMarried: They've never once been seen fighting. When the Foal Free Press said they were splitting up, they were as shocked as everypony else.
* LikeADaughterToMe: Pinkie may not ''be'' their biological daughter, [[WordOfGod but they still love her like she is]].
* MaltShop: For Ponyville's standards, their place acts like this for kids and couples.
* MasculineLinesFeminineCurves: Mr. Cake is very angular, particularly in his jaw, and Mrs. Cake is quite plump.
* NiceHat: Mr. Cake is just about always seen wearing his short cylindrical hat.
* PanickyExpectantFather: Invoked. Normally, Mr. Cake keeps an impeccable aspect, but when his twins are finally born he looks as if he were returning from war with his messy hair, untied bowtie, and unshaven beard.
* ParentalSubstitute: They serve as this for Pinkie Pie. She lives with them in Sugarcube Corner and Lauren Faust said they see her as a daughter. Furthering the connection, she is a CoolBigSis and the go-to foalsitter for their blood children.
* PermaStubble: Mr. Cake gets an ''awesome'' version of this while he's waiting for the birth of his twins.

* StandardFiftiesFather: Mr. Cake exhibits a few traits, mainly in his appearance. He's well-dressed even when he's not working and he's devoted to [[HappilyMarried his wife]] [[DotingParent and foals]].
* SupremeChef: The cartoon presented them as this very early on, but their Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin MMMM]] for short) definitely cemented them as Supreme Chefs. Just hearing Pinkie Pie describe it created an uncontrollable urge in nearby ponies to eat it.
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: Pound and Pumpkin Cake, respectively.

!!Pound and Pumpkin Cake
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes Baby Cakes]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain (Pound) and Creator/AndreaLibman (Pumpkin)[[note]]both according to [[https://twitter.com/AndreaLibman/status/158608461507215362 these]] [[https://twitter.com/AndreaLibman/status/162973658627833857 two]] tweets by Creator/AndreaLibman[[/note]]

Mr. and Mrs. Cake's twin babies. Pound is a Pegasus colt and Pumpkin is a Unicorn filly, explained by Mr. and Mrs. Cake having Unicorn and Pegasus ancestors respectively. Pinkie adores them as new playmates.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Pumpkin Cake is one of two unicorns shown flying through self-levitation, the other being an insanely powerful villain.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: {{Subverted|Trope}}; the twins are cute and all, but, as Pinkie found out the hard way, they require a ''lot'' of responsibility. Particularly when the [[{{Flight}} Pegasus]] and [[WildMagic Unicorn]] genes kick in.
* BrainyBaby: Both babies are incredibly intelligent for their age.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Even at the age of one month, they're inseparable.
* ChildProdigy: Rainbow Dash guesses (correctly) that Pound will be "all over the place" once he starts using his wings, and Rarity says that baby unicorns get strange magic surges that come and go. Those comments imply that the babies' are getting a temporary boost but only future appearances will tell for sure. It's also suggested for Pound Cake is that the only reasons he flies so well so young is a combination of his SuperStrength and the fact that he still has a body small enough for his wings to carry. Scootaloo and filly!Fluttershy have/had the inverse -- that is, wings too small to carry their bodies.
* ColorCodedWizardry: Pumpkin's magic aura is light blue, just like her eyes.
* {{Expy}}: For [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Pebbles Flintstone (Pumpkin) and Bam-Bam Rubble (Pound)]]. Pumpkin even has Pebbles' hairdo (with a bow instead of a bone). The blue bow looks similar to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Maggie Simpson's]].
* HollywoodGenetics: Mr. Cake's great-great-great-great-grandfather was a Unicorn and Mrs Cake's aunt's-second-cousin-twice-removed was a Pegasus; "that makes sense right?" Creator/LaurenFaust confirmed similar scenarios were possible during Season 1.
* InnocentProdigy: They don't ''mean'' to cause Pinkie Pie such grief but are too busy exploring their abilities to notice until the end, where they douse themselves in flour to make up for it.
* {{Leitmotif}}: They sort of have one, but it's more of an indicator to show the audience that they're about to get into trouble.
* MeaningfulName: Pound Cake. Guess what he likes to do?
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: They have a mild version of this when their antics reduce Pinkie Pie to tears.
* OralFixation: Pumpkin is constantly trying to chew on anything she can get her hooves on.
* ParentalBonus: Mr. Cake's not-entirely-convinced plea: "That makes sense, right?" Made doubly funny [[GeniusBonus if you notice that]] Mrs. Cake's "aunt's-second-cousin-twice-removed" is only related to Pound Cake by marriage, not by blood.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Pound is strong enough to lift and carry an adult pony at high speeds in flight.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: They're magical, baby ponies. How much more ridiculously cute can you get?
* SayMyName:
-->'''Pound:''' Pinkie...\\
'''Pumpkin:''' Pie...
* SilentSnarker: They are snarky [[CuteButCacophonic when they're silent]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Pumpkin is colored exactly like her father, just with slightly lighter yellow fur.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: According to Mr. Cake, a pony of one type can have offspring of another type, depending on the family tree.
* WallCrawl: Pound can achieve this using his flight.
* WildMagic: Pumpkin has impressive magic for being only one month old, levitating herself and passing through solid objects.

[[folder:Snips and Snails]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LeeTockar (Snips) and Creator/RichardIanCox (Snails)

Two Unicorn colts with a penchant for troublemaking and, in Snails' case, a talent for telekinesis and an almost Zen-like worldview borne out of him not thinking about anything. Ever.

* AccidentalAthlete: Snails became the buckball team's unicorn after displaying a natural talent for the sport when he effortlessly caught a trio of balls heading his way in water buckets he happened to be carrying.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Snips is overweight but in "Boast Busters", he escapes rather handily from the Ursa which he and Snails bring to Ponyville.
* AdaptationNameChange: The toyline refers to Snips and Snails as Snipsy Snap and Snailsquirm. Presumably, either Snips and Snails are respectively short for Snipsy Snap and Snailsquirm or Snipsy Snap and Snailsquirm are respective [[InSeriesNickname In-Series Nicknames]] for Snips and Snails; neither explanation is official.
%%* {{Adorkable}}: Both of them, Snails especially.
* AlliterativeName: [[AdaptationNameChange Snipsy Snap]].
* AnimalMotifs: Snails, in name and cutie mark.
* AttentionWhore: They ''enjoy'' the humiliating Gabby Gums article the CMC wrote about them, and repeat their chewing gum accident for an audience.
* BigEater: Snails can chomp half of a cake with a single bite. [[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_CA/play/details.cfm?guid=E300C93D-5056-900B-1050-A310A192B6BD Applejack's game]] from ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'' also shows them sneaking onto Applejack's farm and eating everything in sight if the player doesn't chase them away.
* BigOlEyebrows: Snips sports a pair of these to ad to his stocky appearance.
* BodyHorror: The first thing Trixie does upon seeing them when she returns is to forcibly merge them, [[VideoGame/EarthwormJim Professor Monkey-for-a-Head]] style.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Snails plays boke to Snips's tsukkomi, first with the AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering moment and then again during their magic show in "Show Stoppers".
* ButtMonkey: Generally is their role in the show.
* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: In "Boast Busters" this is how they find an Ursa Minor.
* TheCameo: First appeared in [[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_CA/play/details.cfm?guid=E300C93D-5056-900B-1050-A310A192B6BD Applejack's game]] from ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'', thus earning a bad reputation among players for their thieving ways.
* CanadaEh: Snails sounds like he comes from the Great White North, eh?
* ClassClown: And funny ones too. This is why they don't mind making fools of themselves.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Snails, often annoying Snips.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Downplayed on the "badass" part, but this still applies because the two aren't very bright.
** "Boast Busters": Snails is one of the few unicorn foals who's been shown using magic (albeit with difficulty) and can buck Snips pretty far in "Ponyville Confidential". They can also run quickly and don't slow down when Spike gets dragged along, adding weight. They also both go into the Everfree Forest at night. Given how ''the Mane Six'' are shown to be scared of that place, day ''or'' night, that's pretty brave. In their case, it's closer to TooDumbToLive considering what happened next.
** In "Buckball Season" it turns out Snails' empty-headedness puts him into a zen-like mentality allowing him to catch balls with ridiculous ease and finesse, netting him a place on Ponyville's buckball team.
* DemotedToExtra: Their roles have decreased slightly in newer seasons; they only speak in one episode in seasons 3 and 4, and they don't speak at all in season 5. In Season 6, however, they get off some good one-liners.
* TheDitz: Snails is inarguably the least intelligent character on the show [[GeniusDitz but strangely enough, he's the only Unicorn in his class shown using magic, even for a basic spell]].
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Trixie, for whom they are consistent fans despite her haughty behavior.
* {{Expy}}: Snails looks like a taller male version of G1's Squirmy.
* FanBoy: They're Trixie's biggest fans in "Boast Busters", and they're shown to be members of the Rainbow Dash Fan Club in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]". [[WildMassGuessing If you look carefully, they are the only members of Rainbow Dash's fan club to have T-shirts with Rainbow Dash's picture in a heart. Combined with their possible crush on Trixie, they might have a thing for blue mares]].
* FantasticLightSource: Snails can use light magic.
* FatAndSkinny: Snips is short and round while Snails is tall and slender.
* FatIdiot: Snips chubby and is dim.
* FearlessFool: They went into the ''Everfree Forest at night'' to try to find an Ursa Major to help Trixie look good for Ponyville.
* FreeRangeChildren: They both go all alone in the middle of night into the ''[[EldritchLocation Everfree Forest]]''.
* GagHaircut: When the duo get their rumps stuck together with bubble gum, the haircut they get to cut the gum out leaves them with bald patches on their butts and tails.
* GeniusDitz: Snails is incredibly empty-headed and easily one of the least intelligent characters in the show. He is also the first unicorn foal shown using even basic magic, and is also able to develop an incredibly peaceful state of mind and to completely avoid performance anxiety... by never thinking about anything he's doing. Ever.
* HiddenDepths: Snails' empty-headedness keeps him in a constantly zen state of mind that allows him to play buckball without worrying about pressure from the spectators, the other team, or his coaches. As a result, he does ''very'' well as the Ponyville team's catcher.
* TheKlutz: The famous gum-chewing incident had them stuck together.
* MeaningfulName:
** "Snips and snails and puppy dog tails -- that's what little boys are made of." In the case of Snails, his cutie mark is a snail.
** The comic likewise shows that Snips is good at cutting with his buck teeth (which also explains the cutie mark).
* NiceGuy: Both of them are rather kindhearted and supportive to their friends.
* PrecociousCrush: The [[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_CA/play/details.cfm?guid=E300C93D-5056-900B-1050-A310A192B6BD standalone version]] of [[ExpandedUniverse Applejack's game]] from ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'' has hearts appear over them when the player runs towards them to chase them away. The hearts are most likely just a replacement for ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]]'''s Friendship Sparkles but still...
* OffModel: In one of the shots in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E19BuckballSeason Buckball Season]], Snails is missing his horn. In another, his magic aura is yellow (much like his original appearance) rather than purple as seen throughout the episode.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Starting in Season 4.
* ShadowArchetype: To Spike, considering they are all young kids who are fond of older mares (Rarity for Spike, Trixie for Snips and Snails), and also have their bouts of clumsiness at times, but unlike Spike who is usually more helpful than not, Snips and Snails inadvertently cause more trouble than they fix in the long run.
* SimpletonVoice: Snails mostly talks like a fool.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: In ''WesternAnimation/EquestriaGirls'', they appear as Sunset Shimmer's henchmen.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're never apart, have little bearing on the plot, and mostly exist for comic relief.
* VagueAge: They're seemingly older than the CMC. While they're still in school, they aren't in the same class as the Crusaders, they know some magic, and seem to have entered puberty.
* YouthfulFreckles: Snails sports some.

[[folder:The Spa Ponies]]
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[[caption-width-right:230:[-"How can we be of service?"-][[note]]From left to right: [[AllThereInTheScript Lotus Blossom]] and [[AllThereInTheScript Aloe]], the two most frequently appearing spa ponies.[[/note]]]]
->''"Miss Zecora, I would love to get the recipe for this bath. It's simply luxurious!"''[[note]]-- '''[[AllThereInTheScript Lotus Blossom]]''', after Zecora is welcomed to Ponyville in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]"[[/note]]

->'''Lotus Blossom's Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]\\
'''Other Spa Ponies' Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]"\\
'''Speaking Appearance:''' (Lotus Blossom) "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]", (Aloe) "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E3CastleSweetCastle Castle Sweet Castle]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E11ApplejacksDayOff Applejack's "Day" Off"]]\\
'''Voiced By:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain (Lotus Blossom and Aloe)

Four blue-eyed ponies who work at Ponyville's Day Spa. [[AllThereInTheScript Lotus Blossom]], the first one, debuts at the end of "Bridle Gossip" asking Zecora for the bath recipe. She returns in "Green Isn't Your Color", which introduces the other three: [[AllThereInTheScript Aloe]], a PaletteSwap of Lotus Blossom; "[[FanNickname Quake]]", a large masseuse; and "[[FanNickname Roxie]]", who first appears as one of Photo Finish's helpers and isn't seen working at the spa until "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]", which also features Lotus Blossom and Aloe. Lotus Blossom and "Quake" appear again in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]".

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Lotus and Aloe.
%%* Accessory WearingCartoonAnimal:
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Aloe.
* {{Expy}}: Lotus Blossom and Aloe appear to be based on the twins of the G1 [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Surprise_Twins_Pony Surprise Twins Pony]] and/or on the G2 twins [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Rose_and_Lily Rose and Lily]].
* FlowerMotif: Lotus Blossom and Aloe's cutie mark is a white lotus, a flower commonly associated with spas.
* HairDecorations: Lotus Blossom and Aloe's matching hairbands.
* MythologyGag: Lotus Blossom's accent, if she and Aloe are indeed based on one or both of the Europe-exclusive previous-gen pony twins mentioned under {{Expy}} above.
* OCStandIn: Lotus and Aloe are depicted by fans as inseparable twin sisters. A lot of TwinTropes are often used for their fanon characterization.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Considering Lotus Blossom and Aloe ''were'' based on baby pony twins...
* SuddenlyVoiced: Aloe has no clear lines until "Castle, Sweet Castle".
* UnexplainedAccent: The show doesn't really reveal or explain much about why Lotus Blossom has that accent.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Lotus Blossom's accent seems to be an odd mix of Indian and German. [[SensualSlavs Slavic perhaps]]?
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Aloe

'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]"

Harry the brown bear is one of Fluttershy's numerous animal friends, and the one most commonly seen with her after Angel Bunny. He lives in a surprisingly well-equipped lair in the forest close to Ponyville.

[[folder:DJ [=Pon-3=] / Vinyl Scratch]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[{{Dubstep}} WUB WUB WUB]]]]
->''"[[Music/TheBeatles Baby you can haul my cart! Yes I'm gonna be a star!]] Baby you can haul my cart! And maybe I love you! Beep beep'm beep beep yeah!"''

->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]"\\
'''Speaking Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Issue #9 story ''Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair'' and Issue #10 cover A\\
'''Major Role:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]"

An [[http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/FEFDE7/ off-white]] unicorn with a [[http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/3366CC/ two]]-[[http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/18E7E7/ tone]] electric blue mane, [[http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/BF1D79/ magenta]] eyes, and a pair of eighth notes as her cutie mark. Most of her in-show appearances have her, well, act as a DJ, or otherwise listening to music in her headphones. She's ''very'' popular for a character with less than a minute (in the first season, only a few seconds) of screentime. She shows up a lot in advertisements and official merchandise, and has multiple toys, even being made 2013 Special Edition Pony. [[AllThereInTheManual According to her and Octavia's trading card]], "DJ Pon-3 feels at home behind her turntable, laying down sick beats and wearing her trademark sunglasses."

Vinyl has a human counterpart in the ''Equestria Girls'' universe that plays a significant part in the second movie; go [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls here]] for tropes pertaining to the Human DJ Pon-3.

An analysis on Vinyl "DJ Pon-3" Scratch is available on [[Analysis/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPonies the analysis page]].

* AscendedExtra:
** She's one of the seven brushable toys in the ''Friendship Is Magic Favorite Collection'' from the Toys "R" Us exclusive ''Collector Series'', and she's even [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=526570387357208 apparently]] going to be one of Funrise's plush toys. She and Octavia also share [[http://theponyartcollection.tumblr.com/post/26391355776 a trading card]].
** She appears in the movie ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' and plays a bigger role in the sequel. Also, when the official Hub website held a poll for who would be the 7th pony cut-out, DJ Pon-3 [[WolverinePublicity was the only background pony who you could vote for.]]
* AscendedFanon:[[invoked]]
** Despite never appearing in the same in-show scene[[note]]or even the same ''episode'', until "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]"[[/note]] for the first 4 seasons, it would seem that DJ Pon-3's and Octavia Melody's association with one another in fanon was strong enough to cause them to appear together on [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0wQ3P2KlvG0/UBC0JdFSOxI/AAAAAAAAlQk/rOtEZNzVtPE/s1600/Tavi+and+Scratch.jpg one of Enterplay's trading cards]], using the {{Stage Name|s}} DJ Pon-3 and actually using the name Octavia (quite possibly one of the first official uses of that name, barring the [=WeLoveFine=] shirts). The [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N3U86TvSa2w/UBC2aPBHCLI/AAAAAAAAlQs/kx0-zDtvOBA/s1600/Tavi+and+Scratch+back.jpg info on the back of the card]] also takes many cues from fanon, as it highlights their differences in musical styles and suggests that they ''might'' know each other as either friends or rivals.
** Pay close attention to the [[FunnyBackgroundEvent background, where she and Octavia are]] [[https://derpibooru.org/72684 on this season 2 poster.]] [[VitriolicBestBuds You can see DJ Pon-3 actively messing with Octavia.]]
** The first time within any story thus far where they're in the same place, same time is [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Rarity's micro comic]] where they're both present early on at a party... in which DJ Pon-3 is busy playing music while [[SubvertedTrope Octavia is hanging out with Lyra Heartstrings and Pinkie Pie instead]].
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E4BloomAndGloom Bloom and Gloom]]" marks the first time they've appeared together in the show, as musical judges. [[AllJustADream It turns out to be a dream.]]
** "Slice of Life" has Vinyl and Octavia as roommates.
** Her special foil Series 2 Enterplay card (from the [=MLPFaire=] 2013) calls to Vinyl Scratch being her real name and DJ Pon-3 as her {{Stage Name|s}}, which is how the fandom has usually explained these names. As the cards [[RunningTheAsylum were written with help from the fans]] and Hasbro itself doesn't use that name, Vinyl Scratch is of doubtful canon, at best.
** The same card also lists "wubs" as one of her "Likes".
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Both her {{Stage Name|s}} and her real name.
* CheatedAngle: Her mane isn't symmetrical at all, yet it's always drawn the same way whether she's facing left or right, as otherwise it would cover most of her face half of the time.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: When she's into her music she's in her own little world.
* [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Bro]]: Issues #11 and #12 of the IDW comic (taking place in flashback when Shining Armor and Cadance were in high school) includes a filly Vinyl watching Shining's show [[spoiler:and getting her cutie mark]] atop the back of a white-coated, red-maned (styled similar to Vinyl's) unicorn stallion with a vinyl record-and-note cutie mark; later, he is DJ'ing the school dance under the stage name "33 1/3-LP". Andy Price, the artist, affirmed this was Vinyl's older brother. The fandom has taken the names "Long Play" (what LP expands to) or "Smooth Beat" as his given name, but all agree he's in the same class of cool as Vinyl.
* CoolShades: Purple ones with black rims that obscure her eyes. Have led to {{Fanon}} and various speculations until "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]".
* DependingOnTheArtist: Her eyes outside of the show have gone back and forth between magenta and red. Colorist Heather Breckel gave Vinyl red eyes in her cameo in [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Rarity's Micro comic]] as an intentional FandomNod and [[http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?p=335260#p335260 commented]] that if Vinyl ever has a more significant role (where Breckel is the colorist), she'll give Vinyl her canon eye color.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Assuming that one takes the Interplay cards as canon, then she prefers DJ Pon-3 over Vinyl Scratch to the point that most ponies haven't even heard of the name. Hasbro's official releases don't use that name at all, and Twilight refers to her as DJ Pon-3 in "No Second Prances."
* HeavyMetalUmlaut: Her "Vinyl Scratch" name [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/06/mlp-licensing-expo-2012-images-from.html has been]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS spelled as]] "Vın̈yl Scratch" as part of a ShoutOut to ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''.
* LeetLingo: Her {{Stage Name|s}} "DJ Pon-3".
* LifeOfTheParty: Based on her few appearances, she seems to be just as party-loving as Pinkie is (though not as eccentric and wild as her).
* OCStandIn: She is depicted by fans as a DJ pony with [[TheRockStar rock star-like qualities]] who, aside from being a stage performing DJ, is also [[LargeHamRadio an eccentric radio host]][[note]]Thanks to the ''Fanfic/TheVinylScratchTapes''[[/note]] who is VitriolicBestBuds with Octavia due to their [[OddFriendship differing taste in music and lifestyle]] and their [[RedOniBlueOni contrasting (fanon) personalities]]. Depicting her with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] was also prominent until the Canterlot Wedding 2-parter came along, and even after, many people still prefer that color.
* NiceGirl: She is always partying and having a good time and tries to be helpful to other ponies even if it doesn't always work out. She helped Dr. Hooves and Octavia during Slice of Life and Twilight considered her a good backup friend for Starlight in No Second Prances. She also wasn't mad at Pinkie Pie for ruining her Club Pony Party Palace and was much more interested when Pinkie offered her to play music at the opening of Rarity For You.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: In [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent fan-designed]] licensed [[TheMerch merchandise]], most of which was made before "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]" gave her a canon eye color.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** "DJ Pon-3" has been used by Hasbro ([[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=381668998517210 on]] [[https://twitter.com/MyLittlePony/status/168396065052172289 their]] ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/{{Twitter}}) and by her and Octavia's [[TheMerch trading card]], while "DJ-[=Pon3=]" has been used by Creator/TheHub (in their commercial ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yodRbQrd4 There's a Pony For That]]''); these two spellings and more have been used by Mighty Fine's [[TheMerch merchandise]] and its various listings.
** "Vinyl Scratch" has been used by [[TheMerch Mighty Fine]]'s online store [=WeLoveFine=], while "Vın̈yl Scratch" has been used [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/06/mlp-licensing-expo-2012-images-from.html at the Las Vegas Licensing Expo 2012]] (as part of a ShoutOut to ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'').
* ShoutOut: Her {{Stage Name|s}} "DJ Pon-3" is a reference to how [=DJs=] often use {{Awesome McCoolname}}s and XtremeKoolLetterz as their StageNames. [[note]]And originally to Music/{{deadmau5}} in particular.[[/note]]
* StageNames: Formerly a SuddenNameChange, her two names were eventually officially made a case of this, with "DJ Pon-3" being a stage name and "Vinyl Scratch" being her real name.
* TheVoiceless: Despite having major roles in ''Rainbow Rocks'' and "Slice of Life", she never speaks. In the ''Rainbow Rocks'' novelization, she even communicates with Rainbow Dash via text message, despite the two of them sitting right next to each other. This has led to fan speculation that Vinyl simply can't talk. According to a convention panel with M. A. Larson (summary [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/06/ma-larson-reveals-all-sorts-of-fun.html here]]), she was originally going to have a speaking role in "Slice of Life", but "they told him she doesn't talk", so this seems pretty confirmed.
* WolverinePublicity: She managed to hit that rare sweet spot where she's very popular among the fans for her striking design and cool job, and she's popular enough with Hasbro that she gets to appear in a number of places like merchandise and other promotional material. Her human counterpart from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' even made it into the trailer; not even Derpy can claim that. It doesn't end there. She appears as a UsefulNotes/McDonalds Happy Meal toy, and she appears ''in place of Applejack''.
* WordOfGod:[[invoked]] As described by storyboardist Sabrina "Sibsy" Alberghetti, DJ Pon-3's creation was atypical. The storyboardists would normally pull from a pool of established characters or the otherwise dozen-some background characters if they need to fill a scene. For "Suited for Success", the storyboardist, Mike West, needed to include a DJ of some type which was not yet offered in the pool, and sketched out the preliminary version of DJ Pon-3. The design was cleaned up and made into a character. Alberghetti has stated that she since then has tried to insert the character any chance she gets, including the numerous appearances of her human version in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Equestria Girls]]''.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: And it's one of the coolest manes in the show.

[[folder:Derpy]]
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[[caption-width-right:165:[-The face that started it all.-] ]]
->''"I just don't know what went wrong!"''

->'''First Appearance:''' (Background) "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Friendship is Magic, part 1]]\\
'''Speaking Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]", ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Issue #9 story ''Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair'', and ''Literature/TwilightSparkleAndTheCrystalHeartSpell''

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain

Derpy is a grey Pegasus with a cluster of bubbles as her cutie mark. Talking about her role in the series in-depth requires an explanation of the production history and fandom that contributed to her rise in popularity. Derpy was "born" when she was drawn making a face in the background of the first episode[[note]](according to a layout artist, she was posed this way on purpose but meant to be hidden behind another pony; a later tweak revealed her face)[[/note]]. Her unusual expression proved phenomenally popular with the [[PeripheryDemographic brony fans]]; they nicknamed her "Derpy Hooves" and she became a prominent EnsembleDarkhorse. The animators took notice of her popularity and started giving her scripted scenes while keeping her eyes permanently like they were. At this time she had no official name in the show yet: there was a reference to a pegasus named "Ditzy Doo" in one episode, and it was intended for that to be her name, while the fandom stuck with Derpy Hooves or Derpy Doo, or just plain "Derpy."

The episode "The Last Roundup" [[SuddenlyVoiced gave her lines]] and referred to her on-screen as "Derpy".[[note]]Writer Amy Keating Rogers has said the original script called her Ditzy, but she was asked to change it to acknowledge the fan name.[[/note]] Unfortunately, MoralGuardians descended with accusations of UnfortunateImplications[[note]]Tabitha St. Germain voiced Derpy based on a neighbor's son, who always sounded like "he had always just woken up." This slow, slightly slurred voice, in tandem with her name, caused Derpy to be perceived as insensitive towards the mentally handicapped.[[/note]]. Re-airings of the episode [[OrwellianRetcon changed her voice and removed mention of her name]], and she was quietly left out Season 3 due to the backlash. She returned in Season 4 and spoke again in Season 5's "Slice of Life", where she had another change of voice and was now referred to in the credits as "Muffins", referring to her TrademarkFavoriteFood the fandom gave her. Meanwhile, merchandise of the character has varied between all three of her names, or just avoided naming her entirely and used a picture of a muffin where her name would go on packaging.

Regardless of her name or [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation how she's depicted by fans]], she's pretty much become the mascot of the brony community.

More analysis on her is available on [[Analysis/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPonies the analysis page]]. Fandom depictions of her should ''not'' be listed here; only what is official canon from authorized materials.

* AllThereInTheManual: Her love of muffins and job as a mailmare are AscendedFanon referenced in official merchandise, but have yet to feature in the show prominently. Likewise, the name "Muffins" was only given in merchandise and the credits for "Slice of Life", and hasn't been said in the show yet.
* AlliterativeName: ''D''itzy ''D''oo.
* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: In "Slice of Life", she has a slight Bronx-ish accent that's noticeable on longer lines.
* AscendedExtra: She was just one of many other background ponies, but her ridiculous popularity catapulted her to recurring extra with a few speaking parts here and there. In a series somewhat infamous for the popularity of its background characters, Muffins is unquestionably the ''most'' popular.
* AssKicksYou: She knocks down one of the Town Hall's support beams and later breaks the Hall's floor, just with her ''butt.'' And let it be known that the latter happened when she merely sat down.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Is easily distracted in "Slice of Life" and seems to have trouble focusing.
* BackForTheFinale: After being OutOfFocus during Season 3, she finally managed to return for the season finale episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]". She even winks at the audience, lampshading the whole situation.
* BadassAdorable: [[WildMassGuessing Implied]] because she was able to break through solid wood just by sitting on it. She's also part of a wing of pegasi trying to take down ''Tirek and Discord'' in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom – Part 1]]".
* BeamMeUpScotty:[[invoked]] Possibly; she's only one of three ponies whose lip flaps match [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usYRXYdBG30 the famous "muffin" line]] in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" (the other two being Sea Swirl and Minuette). It isn't clear which of them are saying the line (or if it's meant to represent all three). And since background ponies generally don't have consistent voices, that can't be used to narrow it down.
* BizarreInstrument: The biggest scene for her human version in ''Rainbow Rocks'' shows her playing the musical saw at the talent contest.
* CastHerd: In Season 1 she's often seen alongside fellow pegasi Parasol/Showers and [[PaletteSwap Raindrops]], both sharing her famous "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]" scene with her. In Season 2 she's usually, if seen with somepony else, with Golden Harvest or Dr. Hooves in various {{Fandom Nod}}s.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Probably the biggest consequence of the "Derpygate" affair is that it scared the showrunners and Hasbro off of giving her a name at all; for a long time merchandise just used a picture of a muffin where her name should be, or just left the field blank.
* ComicallyCrossEyed: The cross-eye was originally an animation mistake, but she became one of the more popular characters in the show because of it. In "Slice of Life" the animation clearly rests on her long enough to show that one of her eyes is lazy and thus her eyes drift into this condition, rather than being fixed this way. She also manages to focus both eyes on the same spot from time to time, but it's brief.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Pale blond eyes and hair.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Her clumsiness wrecked town hall in "The Last Round Up" when she was trying to help arrange the festivities.
* DelayedReaction:
** During a collective {{GASP}} in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]", hers is a bit later than the rest of the crowd's.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]]", Iron Will's odd money-back guarantee initially confuses ponies, but then causes them to laugh. When he gives the crowd a stern glare, most of them immediately stop laughing. Guess who doesn't.
* TheDitz: A walking (or flying) disaster area. First implied from the annoyed look on her supervisor's face when she accidentally pummels Twilight with everything but the kitchen sink in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" and when she accidentally drains the barrel of water and apples in "Luna Eclipsed". Confirmed in "The Last Roundup" as she demolishes Ponyville's city hall while she was helping Rainbow Dash to hang some banners on it. She breaks the floor and drags Rainbow Dash to the hall's basement with her, literally by sitting there and doing nothing as ordered.
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: A subtle example can be found in her appearance in "The Last Roundup". She was strong enough to inadvertently knock over a wooden support beam, drag Rainbow Dash down a hole and break through a solid floor by sitting on it too hard.
* DumbBlonde: She is not only dumb, but also very klutzy and accident-prone. It just makes her all the more charming.
* {{Expy}}: She's been [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7768176/1/Equestria_Songbook compared to]] G1 Applejack, and has also been compared to Minty, G3's resident CuteClumsyGirl who was also voiced by Creator/TabithaStGermain. Appearance-wise, she's a lot like G3 earth pony Bubblecup, which has lead to some fans adopting that as an alternative name for her, and she shares a cutie mark with G1 Bubbles, one of the first six ''My Little Pony'' toys!
* FearlessFool: She has shades of this in a few appearances, notably in the season 4 finale where she's part of the flight of pegasus going head-on against Tirek. And in ''Rainbow Rock'', her human counterpart is seen at one point ready to pick a fight with the massive Bulk Biceps. Fear, this pegasus mare doesn't know.
* FishEyes: Surprisingly enough {{Inverted|Trope}} most of the time (her eyes face inward more often than outward), but played straight for brief moments in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]", and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]".
* ForWantOfANail: The story behind her original appearance is that an animator crossed her eyes for his/her own amusement, then attempted to put another pony in front of her to obscure the abnormality. However, during rendering, the other pony glitched, revealing Derpy to the world. If that pony hadn't failed to render, we wouldn't have one of the most iconic ponies in the fandom.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Her very expression [[http://www.moondancerdreaming.com/images/random/Derpy1.png in the first episode]] and in later episodes following "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]". Spotting her is a Literature/WheresWaldo-esque game for fans.
* IHaveManyNames: Although Derpy (Hooves) is the most common name, she has also been referred to as Ditzy Doo, and Hot Topic's website also offers the name "Bubbles". This is necessary since the most common name, "Derpy", is seen as offensive to some. The most recent name used is "Muffins," but time will tell if it sticks.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Doctor Hooves, who's implied to be centuries old due to time travel experiments.
* TheKlutz: During "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]" she drops several items of furniture from a delivery truck in comical fashion on Twilight Sparkle's head, while during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]" she partially destroys Ponyville's city hall, which later becomes an important part of the plot.
* LarynxDissonance: Her DelayedReaction {{GASP}} in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" is either this or VocalDissonance (it's unknown whether she was voiced by a woman or a man in that episode).
* MeaningfulName: Both of her names (which are also UnfortunateNames).
** Her name "Derpy", as well as being a reference to her googly eyes, deals with being idiotic, since she is canonically a [[TheDitz ditz]].
** Her other name "Ditzy Doo" also references her [[TheDitz ditz]]iness (and by its original definition, [[HaveAGayOldTime unlike the name "Derpy"]]).
* LineOfSightName: The alternate name "Bubbles". Because she has bubbles! The name "Derpy" was coined because of her wonky eyes.
* MindScrew: When Apple Bloom is demonstrating her hoop talent in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]", one of the blank-flanked school background fillies appears to be Derpy Hooves, down to her wings, hair color and style and her crossed eyes of gold. [[WildMassGuessing Your guess is as good as ours]].
* MustMakeAmends: When she screws up, she's very apologetic. "Slice of Life" has her worrying about how to make up with Matilda after getting the date wrong on her wedding invitations.
* MythologyGag: In "Winter Wrap-Up", she goes north to find the southern birds, with less success than Megan et al. in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Baby, It's Cold Outside]]''.
* NiceGirl: She's friendly and likes to help other ponies like Rainbow Dash, [[UnwantedAssistance it's just a shame she's so clumsy]].
* NoodleIncident: Muffins must have a ''very'' interesting life. Among other things, she has her own private suite in the Friendship Express Train's Ice Cream Train Car, she's entered flying competitions, hung out in Fluttershy's chicken coop, is somehow able to freely converse with the Canterlot elite wearing only a pearl necklace and her [[MemeticMutation paper bag wizard]] getup from Nightmare Night, got turned into a filly for a day, and was ''shrunken and imprisoned in a snowglobe owned by someone who just moved into Ponyville as of that episode.''
* NoNameGiven: After the name "Derpy" was used as a FandomNod, it was discovered that it had offensive connotations (it has had use as a slur against the disabled). As a result, for a while she was referred to without a name in merchandise, using workarounds such as descriptions, pictures or leaving the field blank.
* NoodleIncident: How she destroyed the town hall roof. According to a DeletedScene, it was hit by lightning due to a weather control mistake.
* NoSenseOfDirection: In "Winter Wrap Up" it's mentioned that Ditzy Doo tried going ''north'' to fetch the southern birds (after going west the previous year).
* OffModel: What she started out as[[note]]sort of; the animator crossed her eyes intentionally, but they would've been obscured to the audience had a different pony not glitched during rendering[[/note]]. Throughout Season 1 she variably appears with the eyes "derped" or normal, and is now depicted consistently with the crossed eyes. "Slice of Life" implies the discrepancies are due to her having a lazy eye; in one scene they're normal and slide into a crossed position.
* OutOfFocus: In Season 3, she's only seen in the background in four of the thirteen episodes. The controversy must have gotten to Hasbro really, really hard. Thankfully she returned in season 4 in a big way.
* RunningGag: Starting in the second season, she has appeared in some sort of wacky scene or random cameo. In season 3 she only appeared in general crowd scenes until the SeasonFinale "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]". After that she gets a couple appearances by herself as a human in ''Equestria Girls''.
* TheScottishTrope: Her most common name, "Derpy" has ended up as a meta-example thanks to the MoralGuardians; now Hasbro and the showrunners go out of their way to avoid using the name in official context.
* ShockAndAwe: She made lighting from a storm cloud strike town hall by [[PluckyGirl bouncing up and down on it]].
* SimpletonVoice: In the original version, although apparently not intentionally, as her VA thought she was a stallion and does an absolutely atrocious male voice. It was {{Orwellian Retcon}}ed into a generic squeaky female voice after "Derpygate". Her voice in "Slice of Life" strikes a medium between them; a distinctly feminine voice, but with a cute lisp and a slight Bronx accent.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Mighty Fine's online store [=WeLoveFine=] has very rarely misspelled her names in the keywords of their [[TheMerch merchandise]]'s pages:
** "Derpy Whooves" (''[[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1627 My Bad BUTTON]]'' [[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1669 shirt and button]], ''[[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1709 Misunderstood]]'' [[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1710 shirt]])
** "Ditsy Doo" (''[[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1723 What Went Wrong]]'' [[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1724 shirt]])
* SuddenlyVoiced: Derpy Hooves has no clear lines until "The Last Roundup" (if her gasp in "Green Isn't Your Color" isn't counted as a line).
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Muffins; prior to "The Last Roundup," one of the few scenes where it seemed she talked was to exclaim "muffins" while looking at said goods. It's since become another part of AscendedFanon the creators have run with.
* UnfortunateNames: Both of her names (which are also {{Meaningful Name}}s).
** Her name "Derpy", as well as being a reference to her googly eyes, deals with being idiotic, silly, or klutzy, since she is canonically a [[TheDitz ditz]]. (Hence why any mention of it was removed from the edited version. This apparently owes to an increasing use of "Derpy" to mean "retarded", which Amy Rogers acknowledged.)
** Her other name "Ditzy Doo" also references her [[TheDitz ditz]]iness (and by its original definition, [[HaveAGayOldTime unlike the name "Derpy"]]).
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Tabitha St. Germain apparently thought Derpy was a ''boy'' on the day she came in to record her lines for the original version of "The Last Roundup", and wasn't told otherwise, though [[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=84605&view=findpost&p=1996720 the voice was probably adjusted a bit in post production to be just a little higher than what was in the original recording]]. This resulted in Derpy sounding androgynous or young-boyish, but still female. (The edited version of the episode gives her a different, much more feminine-sounding voice.)
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In "Slice of Life" she accidentally sends out the invitations to Cranky and Matilda's wedding with the date listed a day too early, which the couple themselves don't realize until that very day, resulting in a mad dash around town to whip up a whole wedding.
* VagueAge: She's been an adult in the past (like other background ponies), and a filly in both the past and present. [[MindScrew Your guess is as good as ours.]]
* ValleyGirl: Sounds like this in the edited version of "The Last Roundup".
* VocalDissonance:
** Her DelayedReaction {{GASP}} in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" is either this or LarynxDissonance (it's unknown whether she was voiced by a woman or a man in that episode).
** In the original version of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup The Last Roundup]]", she sounds ''very'' tomboy-ish, almost like a young boy. According to [[http://derpyhoovesnews.com/tabitha-st-germain-clarifies-a-little-bit-on-derpys-voice/ this]], the voice actress wasn't aware that Derpy was a girl (though according to [[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=84605&view=findpost&p=1996720 this]], the voice was probably adjusted a bit in post-production to be just a little higher than what was in the original recording). Considering Derpy's original googly-eyed expression and resultant popularity came into being due to an accident (while the expression was intentional, she wasn't meant to be visible in that scene), it seems fitting that other aspects of her would come about due to accidents.
* TheVoiceless: Her big reappearance in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E10RainbowFalls Rainbow Falls]]" after a long absence has her not talking at all, most likely to avoid another controversy. She breaks her silence again in "Slice of Life".
* WalkingDisasterArea: She can cause property damage just by ''sitting down''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:[[invoked]]
** Amy Keating Rogers revealed that in the original version of the song "Smile Smile Smile" Pinkie Pie was meant to refer to Derpy as "Derpy Doo". They even were going to sing about Derpy following Pinkie's advice and asking Zecora for a brew to cure her cough.
** An early draft of "The Last Roundup" referred to Derpy as "Ditzy Doo", though the name was changed in order to give a ShoutOut to the fans. Before this, according to Lauren Faust, Ditzy Doo and the gray pegasus were not initially intended to be the same character, though she ''did'' consider having the design used for Ditzy. Alternative names for the pegasus from the season 1 Philippines crew included: "Stoneface", "Bubbles", "Ditzy", and "Bubblehead".
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[[folder:The Canterlot Royal Guard]]
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->'''Normal Pegasus Guards' Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship is Magic – Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]\\
'''Unicorn Guards' Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]"\\
'''Bat-Winged Pegasus Guards' Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]"\\
'''Earth Pony Guards' Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding – Part 1]]"

->'''Voiced by:''' Jayson Thiessen (in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof A Bird in the Hoof]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime It's About Time]]")[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/goldenrusset/status/179653969356918784 these]] [[https://twitter.com/goldenrusset/status/179670455756652545 two]] tweets by Jayson Thiessen[[/note]], Peter New (Grey Royal Guard 2 in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E1PrincessTwilightSparklePart1 Princess Twilight Sparkle – Part 1]]") and Creator/AndrewFrancis (in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E1TheCrystalEmpirePart1 The Crystal Empire – Part 1]]")

Canterlot's defenders who serve under Shining Armor. These armored stallions show up wherever Canterlot needs extra security and also serve as the Princesses' personal bodyguards. Pegasus guards are usually seen escorting the princesses or as royal flying carriage pullers. Unicorn guards are generally seen around Canterlot and performing some ceremonial procedures. Earth pony guards are hardly ever seen; only a few have appeared.

For your pleasure, there now also is a fictional ForcesWithFirepower page for the [[JustForFun/PoniesWithPikes Royal Guard]].

* AudibleSharpness: Their wings. The second season gives us evidence that [[RazorWings Pegasus wings can be that sharp]].
* BadassBaritone: In the rare occasions they speak, it's usually a deep voice of authority.
* BladeOnAStick: The only weapon they've been seen wielding, so far.
* BodyguardingABadass: They are often seen serving as personal guards or armed escort for the Princesses, who are extremely powerful physically and magically and easily outclass them.
* BritishRoyalGuards: They act like this at times. In "A Bird in the Hoof" Rainbow Dash tries to get a couple of them to react, making small talk and funny faces. The guards don't respond to her at all, causing Rainbow to admit defeat (and boredom), noting that they're good - ''too'' good. They react instantly, however, when Fluttershy tries to get past them until Twilight Sparkle vouches for her. At the end of the episode, Rainbow Dash convinces Philomena to tickle the guards' noses, finally getting them to laugh.
* ColorCodedWizardry: Yellow-green, light blue, or bright yellow for "normal" unicorn guards, silver gray for the Canterlot Archives unicorn guards.
* CreatorCameo: The Pegasi in "A Bird in the Hoof" and one unicorn in "It's About Time" are voiced by director Jayson Thiessen.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In addition to the bat-winged pegasus guards, the nighttime Canterlot Library guards have darker armor than their gold-armored counterparts.
* EvilCounterpart:
** Luna's royal [[http://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/Flash/Creative/dad2af6e1c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/0f6b55af5056900b1013cd724a8d4018/assets/characters/MLP_CharH_Pegasus.swf guards]] and [[http://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/Flash/Creative/dad2af6e1c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/0f6b55af5056900b1013cd724a8d4018/assets/props/MLP_PropH_Carriage.swf carriage]]. Although they're just evil-''looking'' rather than genuinely evil.
** [[spoiler:The Changelings from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding]]" are genuinely evil counterparts. Some of them are shown wearing armor with the same color scheme as the Lunar Pegasus Guards.]]
* GoodWingsEvilWings: The [[http://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/Flash/Creative/dad2af6e1c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/0f6b55af5056900b1013cd724a8d4018/assets/characters/MLP_CharH_Pegasus.swf pegasi]] that brought Luna into Ponyville have bat wings instead of the usual bird wings.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Whenever they are seen guarding something (be it [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof pets]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime archives]], the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 city of Canterlot]], the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks Crystal Empire palace]], ''the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E1PrincessTwilightSparklePart1 Princesses]]'', an [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E16RarityInvestigates empty hallway]], etc.), one can count on them failing spectacularly at it.
* MildlyMilitary: They can't fight their way out of a soggy paper bag and nicking off for a snack in the middle of guard duty is A-O-K.
* MilitariesAreUseless: Along with the examples under both TheGuardsMustBeCrazy and RedshirtArmy, it's shown in the Season 4 opener that they're completely helpless order-wise without a Princess to point out their tasks. ''They don't even have their own command''.
* PraetorianGuard: They serve as the Princesses' personal bodyguards.
* TheQuietOne: They only talk when necessary, which is rare in the show.
* RedShirtArmy:
** They try to subdue Nightmare Moon in the pilot, but are subdued themselves.
** Again in "The Canterlot Wedding" [[spoiler:where they are quickly slimed into submission by the Changeling Army.]]
** And ''again'', in the Season 4 finale, where [[spoiler:Discord]] even finds the time to tease them beforehand.
* SeriousBusiness: You will almost always see them wearing a serious face whenever they appear. Ceremonial duty is very important you know. Averted by one of the guards in the Canterlot library who catches Twilight sneaking around in "It's About Time"; he cheerfully greets her and opens a door for her before going on his way.
* WingedUnicorn: One of Twilight Sparkle's {{flashback}}s during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding – Part 1]]" shows three guards (two light, one dark) with unicorn horns and Pegasus wings; WordOfGod [[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=86386&view=findpost&p=2053490 says]] [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1453017/2515683692 that]] this was a {{Blooper}}.
* YouALLLookFamiliar: There are different kinds and colors of them, but the differences between most of them stop there. The unicorn guards have two different uniforms.
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]"
->'''Major Role:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E20ForWhomTheSweetieBelleToils For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils]]"

* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: Her ''raison d'être''; she makes other ponies who work with her follow the same mindset. [[HypocriticalHumor Thankfully, she's not immune to breaking her own rules]].

** At the end of "Twilight's Kingdom Part 2", along with the rest of the ponies who gave the Mane Six their keys.

-->'''Applejack:''' You bet your boots we will!
-->'''Coco:''' Oh, I don't wear boots. I find they chafe my calves when I walk.
-->'''Applejack:''' It's just an expression.

* SuddenNameChange: A slight one. In "The Saddle Row Review," Rarity addresses her as Miss Pommel rather than Coco. Jim Miller tweeted that the change was made for [[https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/735328706655342594 "legal reasons"]] - most likely because of the Coco Chanel take-off noted above.

->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 The Cutie Remark – Part 2]]"\\
'''Major Role:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E1TheCrystallingPart1 The Crystalling – Part 1]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 & 2]]"

* NiceGuy: Unlike most high-society ponies, he was quite nice to Rarity the whole time and even complimented the simple dress she made for Twilight. That being said, like any other pony/person, even he has limits, like when Spike accidentally causes trouble in "Princess Spike".

* AdultsAreUseless: Despite her being friendly, she doesn't notice or attempt to stop Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon from bullying the Cutie Mark Crusaders (except in the episode "Ponyville Confidental", when she punishes Diamond Tiara).

->'''First Mention:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]"

->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]"

Harry the brown bear is one of Fluttershy's numerous animal friends, and the one most commonly seen with her after Angel Bunny. He lives in a surprisingly well-equiped lair in the forest close to Ponyville.

* ButtMonkey: His appearances frequently involve some kind of mishap happening to him. Like being (apparently) beaten to death by Fluttershy, having his fish dinner stolen by Scootaloo, scared by Rainbow Dash's prank along Fluttershy, or have a carpet swept from underneath him by an oblivious Rarity.

* OddNameOut: Among ponies which have very varied name schemes, and even among Fluttershy's animal friends which have descriptive names like "Mr. Fuzzy Legs", he's just plain old Harry.

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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: He doesn't speak, but beyond that he's shown to be quite intelligent, like most of Fluttershy's animal friends. He's notably seen taking part of her literature club or playing cards with Pinkie Pie.
* BearHug: Well, yeah, what other kind of hug do you expect from him? Notably, at the end of "Scare Master", or for the reformed Starlight Glimmer.

* ButtMonkey: His appearances frequently involve some kind of mishap happening to him. Like being (apparently) beaten to death by Fluttershy, having his fish dinner stolen by Scootaloo, scared by Rainbow Dash's prank along Fluttershy, or swept around from a carpet by an oblivious Rarity.
* EyeAmWatchingYou: In "28 Pranks Later", he makes the gesture toward Rainbow Dash, showing he hasn't forgotten about her mean prank to Fluttershy.

* GentleGiant: He's the biggest of Fluttershy's friends, but he's big softie and never hurt anypony or any of the other animals.
* LovableCoward: He shares with Fluttershy the trait of not being very courageous, as seen in "28 Pranks Later" when a mysterious shadow is enough to scare him.

* RealMenWearPink: He's a big burly bear, but he's perfectly happy to partake in rather girly activities with FLuttershy and showing open affection toward her.

* GeniusDitz: Snails is incredibly empty-headed and easily one of the least intelligent characters in the show. He was also the first unicorn foal shown using even basic magic, and was also able to develop an incredibly peaceful state of mind and to completely avoid performance anxiety... by never thinking about anything he's doing. Ever.

** EightiesHair: "Yes I know, but honestly; that's how everypony was wearing their mane back then."

* EightiesHair: "Yes I know, but honestly; that's how everypony was wearing their mane back then."

* TheEighties: Played for laughs when Cheerilee shows to her class a picture of her younger self wearing typical (and gaudy) 80s attire.