History Characters / MyLittlePonyAndFriends

* BreakoutVillain: Next to Tirek, Grogar is one of the most popular and well-known G1 villains out there. Many fans put him in G4 fan works, and in season 9 he became the show's final villain.

An EvilSorcerer ram who rules as an unmitigated tyrant over the Theatre/{{Brigadoon}} city of Tambelon. For tropes about his G4 counterpart, see Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMajorVillains.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He resembles a cartoony European dragon with minuscule wings, a long neck and a shock of curly hair.

* NotSoStoic: Seen in "Crunch the Rockdog", where she's implied to feel some bitterness about having a harder time fitting in with the rest of her friends.

[[folder:Crunch the Rock Dog]]
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A monstrous canine earth elemental that despises anything "soft", he goes on a rampage seeking to petrify the entirety of Dream Valley.

* HeelFaceTurn: He ultimately turns good. Justified, as he ''literally'' didn't have a heart until the heroes got a piece of the Mountain King's heart to give him one.
* LackOfEmpathy: Was created without a heart, and thus has no sense of compassion or empathy. He gets better when given a piece of the Heart Stone to complete him.

* TakenForGranite: Everything and everyone he touches turns to stone.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: One by one the DwindlingParty is turned to stone before a giant dog-thing that seeks to destroy them just because it hates anything it considers 'soft,' which basically means 'not as evil as itself.'

[[folder:Lavan]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I have become the most powerful being on Ponyland!"]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JamesEarlJones

* BadBoss: He treats his minions terribly, and ''relishes'' his power over them.
* BigNo: Let's one out when he sees the Princess Ponies return his attack to sender.
* TheDreaded: The Princess Ponies know who he is, and despite their confidence in their power, their reaction to him showing up is to ''run''. Moochick is also aware of him, and implies he sees him as a gigantic threat as well. At one point ''[[NervesOfSteel Megan]]'' admits he has them dead to rights unless they manage to get to the VillainBeatingArtifact.
* EvilOverlord: The man ''relishes'' in being a tyrannical dictator, and treats his Lava Demon subjects horribly for no other reason than he ''can''.
* GodhoodSeeker: His goal is to steal the Princess Ponies' wands' power and become an all powerful crystal being. He succeeds, and the level of power he obtains proves he wasn't exaggerating and he only really loses due to still learning how to use his new power at the time.
* HandBlast: Can fire beams of heat from his hands. After his transformation, he trades up to powerful rainbow colored energy beams.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Princess Ponies use their recharged wands to reflect his own attack back at him, killing him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: His plan will cause a magical cataclysm that will destroy Ponyland? He doesn't care so long as he gets the power he wants.
* TheJuggernaut: While not to Grogar's degree, next to nothing the heroes throw at Lavan once he goes OneWingedAngel does more than slow him down. He only dies when his own attack is reflected back at him.
* KilledOffForReal: Was blown to bits.
* LargeHam: Oh yes, and an enormous one at that. James Earl Jones clearly had a blast with this character, with special mention going towards his VillainSong, "Here's to Power", which he sings right after (temporarily) succeeding in gaining the power he wanted from the Ponies' wands. Practically every single line of it consists of him utterly ''devouring'' the scenery.
* LightIsNotGood: His crystal form is white colored and has rainbow colored magic, and all in all much nicer looking than his original form. He's one of the single most vile beings in the entire series.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Upon transforming into his crystal form, he becomes so immensely powerful he risks destroying all of Ponyland by ''existing.''
* PowerIncontinence: It's stated that Lavan was still learning to control his stolen power, and still hadn't mastered it fully by the time he was defeated.
* OhCrap: His reaction when his own attack is reflected back at him.
* OneWingedAngel: He transforms from a lava demon to a crystal being. The change in appearance is only a bonus, however, as what he ''really'' wanted was the gigantic boost in power it came with.
* TheUnfettered: Absolutely nothing will stand between Lavan and the power he wants. Killing innocent people? No problem. His plan will destroy Ponyland? He doesn't care.
* VillainSong: "Here's to Power".

[[folder:Somnambula]]
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[[caption-width-right:310:Yes, she was a human in G1]]

An old sorceress who drains the life-force of living beings through their dreams to retain her youth and power.

* AntagonistTitle: Is the Somnambula of her focus two-parter's title.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Flat out tortures her song bird to make the poor thing comply.
* BigNo: When Slugger breaks her crystal and returns her stolen youth and magic to her victims.
* CircusOfFear: Uses one to lure in her victims.
* EvilOldFolks: Her true form is an elderly woman, and she's a black hearted witch who'd suck the life out of every pony in Ponyland for youth and power.
* HotWitch: Her young form is very beautiful.
* MasterOfIllusion: Her powers are initially this, but as her power increases she eventually upgrades to a degree of being a low level RealityWarper.
* OrcusOnHerThrone: Somnambula largely remains in her lair until the climax. Justified, as her power until then isn't suitable for combat (her only means of keeping the Big Brother Ponies out of her CircusOfFear being a scary looking locked door) and gradually increases as time goes on due to her draining her victims, meaning until then she wasn't strong enough to do much by brute force. Even at her strongest, she's not much of a fighter, largely relying on manifested monsters and chains to defend herself, so it being a last resort is justified.
* RapidAging: Victims of her draining age rapidly while Somnambula herself grows younger
* RealityWarper: At her strongest she's a low level one.
* VainSorceress: While she's also after a power up, she's very keen on regaining her youth and beauty. Any time she's in her old, ugly form she keeps her face covered and when her spell is broken reverting her to normal, she runs away covering her face in shame.
* VampiricDraining: She retains her youth by sucking the life out of others, as well as turning unicorns into a LivingBattery to enhance her own power.
* WickedWitch: She's a witch who drains the life out of others to power her magic and keep her young.

[[folder:The Duchess]]
* FinalBoss: She's the final threat faced in the series.
* TheUsurper: She had Prince Phillip imprisoned so she could take over, as she's actually just the palace cook.
* WouldHurtAChild: Has the Newborns kidnapped and used as toys or pets.

!Others
[[folder:Spike]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials Rescue at Midnight Castle]]''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlieAdler

An infant dragon who was originally a prisoner of Tirek. Even after Megan defeated the monster and his friend Scorpan returned to his own kingdom, he chose to stay with the ponies in Dream Land.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: A noticeable example. In the toys and comics he has bucked teeth and more pronounced ears.
* AdaptationDyeJob: He's purple in the toys, but pink in the original cartoon. Some cartoons have him as purple though.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times, particularly in "The Magic Coins."
* EraSpecificPersonality: He's considerably more snarkish in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. In G3 he's stuffy, British, and generally very unlike his other versions.
* {{Expy}}: Spike would go on to become a recurring character in the various incarnations of ''My Little Pony'', and his character in G1 would have a significant impact in the development of his G3 and G4 versions.
* TheOneGuy: Up until Danny came along, he was the only named male character in the central cast.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In this case, they're small, cute and friendly -- traits mostly due to Spike being still an infant -- can breathe fire, and are the classic fully reptilian, crocodile-bellied sort of older Western visual media.

[[folder:Mr. Moochick]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials Rescue at Midnight Castle]]''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TonyRandall

A knowledgeable but scatterminded hermit who lives in the Mushromp. Megan and the ponies frequently seek him out for his magical knowledge, which often proves crucial in dealing with the threat ''du jour''.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: The Moochick is wise and very knowledgeable, but also chronically absent-minded and disorganized, and prone to forgetting where he put whatever it is that's needed at the moment.
* GeniusDitz: He always knows exactly what the ponies need to do to fix whatever apocalypse they're in the middle of now, but he has a terrible memory and a tendency to misplace ''very'' important items and tools.
* WizardClassic: He hits a fair share of the trope's points -- he's got the flowing white beard, the cane, the huge hat, the knowledge of obscure and plot-important lore and magic, and the secluded house in the middle of the wilderness.

[[folder:Habbit]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials Rescue at Midnight Castle]]''

The Moochick's long-suffering rabbit assistant.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: He tempers his boss' absent-mindedness and holds onto crucial items he'd inevitably misplace.
* PartiallyCivilizedAnimal: He's clearly more of an assistant than a pet for the Moochick, wears clothes, can operate simple machines and is in many ways more responsible and focused than his boss, but he cannot talk and seems to be a regular rabbit otherwise.
* TheSilentBob: He never speaks out loud, and communicates purely through body languages, pointing, tapping the Moochick's shoulder and a variety of exasperated facial expressions.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: His appearance in the first special is notably different from how he's depicted in the movie and the rest of the series. There, he has straight ears rather than his later floppy ones, wears clothing, is brown instead of white, is much shorter than the Moochick, and generally looks younger.

[[folder:The Bushwoolies]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right, Whisful, Chumster and Hugster]]
->'''Debut:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials Escape from Catrina]]''
->'''Voiced by:''' Alice Payten, Sheryl Bernstein, Nancy Cartwright, Russi Taylor, Charlie Adler and Frank Welker

Round fluffy creatures who roam the valley in large packs . Friendly by nature, they agree with anything anybody says and are among the ponies' recurring allies.
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* CartoonCreature: They're not based on any specific creature, instead resembling walking piles of colorful fuzz or generic plush toys come to life.
%%* NoSenseOfDirection
%%* SmallAnnoyingCreature
* YesMan: Their thing is that they'll compulsively agree with the latest thing anyone said in their earshot, leading them to emphatically support both sides of an argument and eagerly supporting each side until the other one says something.

[[folder:The Furbobs]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE2TheEndOfFlutterValley2 The End of Flutter Valley, Part 2]]"

Cousins of the Bushwoolies. Unlike their relatives, they never agree on anything or with anyone.

* CartoonCreature: They're more specifically mammal-like than bushwoolies are, but otherwise resemble colorful, generic plushies more so than any actual creature.
* {{Gonk}}: They're not ''ugly'', but they're decidedly less cute than the Bushwoolies.
* NoSenseOfDirection: As a result of both having been constantly relocating their home for an unspecified amount of time and of never agreeing with each other. Even if they can remember where their home is this time, they'll still give wildly contrary directions as a matter of course.
%%* ToylessToylineCharacter

[[folder:The Stonebacks]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE2TheEndOfFlutterValley2 The End of Flutter Valley, Part 2]]"

Armored, armadillo-like creatures with a history of antagonizing the furbobs.

* CycleOfRevenge: They had something like this going on with the furbobs. They can't speak and only express themselves with grunts and snorts, making the furbobs to think they were trying to attack them, causing the latters to antagonize the stonebacks and to drive them to actually attack. This has led to the current situation at the show's start, where the two groups have been locked in a cycle of aggression where the stonebacks seek out the furbobs, are insulted, get mad and destroy the furbobs' current home, making the latters fear them more and starting the cycle again.
* FastTunnelling: Zig-zagged. Sometimes, they swiftly push their way through the earth, quickly creating large holes with nothing more than a lightly raised rim to show for the displaced dirt. Sometimes, as when the heroes are trying to get past Ahgg in "The End of Flutter Valley", they dig at a much more realistic slow pace.
* GoodAllAlong: As it turns out, they just wanted to befriend the furbobs all along -- they just couldn't say this because they can't speak.
* TunnelKing: They're prolific diggers and have tunnels stretching beneath much of Dream Valley, and can quickly dig out new ones on demand.
* TheUnintelligible: They cannot speak -- they just make animalistic grunts and noises -- making it very difficult for others to understand them.

[[folder:Sting]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE1TheEndOfFlutterValley1 The End of Flutter Valley, Part 1]]"

Queen Bumble's original chief warrior and defender, he objected to her conquest of Flutter Valley and eventually turned against her, defecting to join the ponies.

* AcrophobicBird: A variant; he used to fly and wasn't good at it, so he stopped entirely until Morning Glory convinced him to try again.
%%* BeePeople
* BefriendingTheEnemy: Morning Glory tries to befriend him in order to get him to free her from the cage she's held in. It doesn't work -- he remains loyal to Queen Bumble in the end -- but it sets the seeds for his actual redemption once he realizes that Bumble doesn't care about him.
* TheDragon: He was Queen Bumble's primary second and enforcer before his HeelFaceTurn.
%%* EyepatchOfPower
* HeelFaceTurn: Although it takes a bit to kick in, Morning Glory is able to convince him to turn against Queen Bumble. The latter's constant mistreatment of him also helps to push him to this.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He cements his Heel-Face Turn when Queen Bumble leaves him behind in the burning Bumbleland.

[[folder:Pluma]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE11TheGhostOfParadiseEstate1 The Ghost of Paradise Estate, Part 1]]"

A shapeshifting bird sent by Squirk to Paradise Estate to retrieve the half of the Flash Stone buried beneath it. She doesn't wish to work for him, but is forced to do so by his holding her grandfather hostage.

* ApologeticAttacker: She apologizes profusely for her actions, even as she traps the main characters and destroys their house, as she regrets what she's doing but sees no way to avoid it.
* ButNowIMustGo: After helping the heroes defeat Squirk, she and Ruff announce that they must depart for their own homeland and leave Dream Valley behind.
* FeatherFingers: She uses the ends of her wings as humanlike hands, although her shapeshifting makes it unclear if it's just a cartoon shortcut or if she's actually turning her wings into hands.
* MrExposition: In "The Ghost of Paradise Estate, Part 2", she helpfully exposits at some length -- around a third of the episode's runtime -- about the history of ancient Dream Valley, Squirk's rule, the pennas' arrival, and their history with the monster.
* VerbalTic: When explaining things, she tends to stammer, back up, and generally abort a sentence and try to start a new one several times until someone helps her out.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Like all pennas, she can change her shape at will. Over her episode, she takes on the forms of a ghost, a monstrous bat, a GiantSpider, a living mirror and a living prism.

[[folder:Grandpa Ruff]]
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[[caption-width-right:280:In his old age]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE11TheGhostOfParadiseEstate1 The Ghost of Paradise Estate, Part 1]]"

Pluma's grandfather. He led the pennas when they settled in ancient Dream Valley and fought Squirk, breaking his magic flash stone. He has now grown old, however, and has been captured by his old foe.

* ButNowIMustGo: After helping the heroes defeat Squirk, he and Pluma announce that they must depart for their own homeland and leave Dream Valley behind.
* DistressedDude: When he's introduced in person, he's trapped in a cage in Squirk's lair and held hostage to force his granddaughter to serve the villain, and needs to be rescued by her and the heroes.
* FeatherFingers: He uses the ends of her wings as humanlike hands, although his shapeshifting makes it unclear if it's just a cartoon shortcut or if he's actually turning his wings into hands.

[[folder:Dinah]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE20PonyPuppy Pony Puppy]]"

A huge dog that the baby ponies find in the woods and decide to adopt.

* BigFriendlyDog: She's ''very'' large and cheerfully friendly, although her size and accompanying appetite still cause trouble.
* CanisMajor: She is, at the minimum, the size of a rhinoceros, and she's still only a puppy.
* PetBabyWildAnimal: Outside of having the appearance of a domestic dog, she's a fairly straight example. The ponies find her wandering the woods after being separated from her pack, and the episode ends with her being returned to the wild to be with her kind.
* YourSizeMayVary: Even before her growth spurt, she alters between "just" the size of a rhino to much taller than trees.

[[folder: Mayor Camembert]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE21BrightLights1 Bright Lights, Part 1]]"

The mayor of Muensterville, a town of humanoid mice whom Arabus, Zeb and Knight Shade have already passed through. He has the heroes trapped in a giant mousetrap when he mistakes them for accomplices of the bad guys, but releases them once he realizes what's going on and joins them in their quest.

* NiceMice: He's well-meaning and concerned for his people, only attacking the heroes when he mistakes them for accomplices of those who harmed his town's children and willingly joining them and putting himself in danger to stop Arabus and Zeb.
* PunnyName: Much like his entire town, he's simply named after a type of cheese, referencing mice's stereotypical eating habits.

[[folder:The Sheriff of Muensterville]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:His appearance when introduced. Don't get used to it.]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE21BrightLights1 Bright Lights, Part 1]]"

Muensterville's chief policemouse, who joins his mayor in aiding the heroes. His most notable trait is the very noticeable inconsistency of his model, which changes wildly in appearance and outfit between scenes.

* NoNameGiven: He's never referred to by name or by title in the episode.
* TheSpeechless: He never speaks a world -- he only makes a sound once, when crying.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: He very noticeably swaps models several times in the episode, going between tall and stout, tall and thin and short and stout and swapping a British policeman uniform for two different sets of lederhosen.

[[folder:Niblik]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE32TheMagicCoins2 The Magic Coins, Part 2]]"

A surly and greedy troll whose help the heroes seek out to undo some dangerous wishes, as these were made with coins from his treasure and only he can reverse them.

* {{Greed}}: He's fundamentally driven by selfish greed, caring for little beyond treasure, keeping hold of the wealth he already has, and obtaining more.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: As it turns out, Niblik is actually very lonely, more than he cares to admit, and what he really needed was a friend.
* JerkAss: He's surly, selfish and unpleasant, apparently a common trait for trolls, and makes no attempt to mask his rudeness or his contempt for the heroes.
* OurTrollsAreDifferent: He's an ugly, deformed humanoid a little shorter than Megan, with long arms, a large mouth and heavy brows. He also wields magical powers, and is the only one who can undo wishes made with coins from his treasure.
* PlotAllergy: Niblik is terribly allergic to roses, which very inconveniently for the heroes nixes any value their first treasure, a magic rose, might have for him.
* TrashOfTheTitans: He's too apathetic to clean after himself and his house is repulsively messy, with dust, cobwebs and piles of cans and food scraps lying around everywhere. Megan's wish for him to have a friend consequently creates a neat freak who promptly starts whipping his house into shape, which Niblik admits was a pretty necessary thing.

[[folder:Dell Dwellers]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE35MishMashMelee Mish Mash Melee]]"

Monkey-like creatures who live underground and create and maintain nature.

* HatOfAuthority: The leader of the dell dwellers is distinguished from the others by the tall top hat he wears.
* ManiacMonkeys: Once the frazzits reverse their personalities, they start to enthusiastically smash and sabotage everything they encounter, having become far more interested in causing havoc for havoc's sake than doing anything productive.
* PaintingTheFrostOnWindows: They're responsible for shaping and maintaining every part of the natural world, from carving and smoothing rounded river rocks to germinating acorns.
* PersonalitySwap: When the frazzits are released, they invert the dell dwellers' personalities and cause them to start messing around with the machinery they tended, gleefully smashing rocks and plants apart where before they carefully molded them into shape.

[[folder:Woebegone]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE36WoeIsMe1 Woe Is Me, Part 1]]"

A sad little hobo with terrible luck following him everywhere. His wanderings lead him to Dream Valley, where the ponies refuse to send him off despite his insistence that he'll only bring them bad luck.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: Woebegone's foot is injured when the giant alligatorsaur steps on it, and it remains hurt and bandaged for the rest of the episode.
* BornUnlucky: ''Made'' unlucky, in his case, but the trope otherwise applies as normal -- he's cursed with terrible luck, and everything he tries to do inevitably ends in disaster.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Woebegone's curse is ultimately fueled by his belief in it. As long as he's convinced that he's unlucky, unlucky he shall be.
* {{Curse}}: His bad luck was given to him through a curse, levied by a witch he antagonized as a child.
* CurseEscapeClause: His curse is tied to his feelings of pessimism. If he rejects his belief that he's a no-good jinx and looks at his prospects with genuine optimism, it will fade away.
* FourLeafClover: He found a four-lead clover shortly after he was cursed, and kept it to counteract its effects. It didn't do much good, although he still carries the limp plant in his hat as a sad counterpoint to his sorry lot.
* HurtFootHop: He performs a brief foot-holding dance when the alligatorsaur steps on his foot.
* PersonalRaincloud: The most immediately obvious sign of his curse is a black raincloud always hovering over his head, periodically raining down on him or shooting down bolts of lightning.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: He was goaded into bullying the witch by some friends of his. He didn't really want to, since she'd never done anything to them, but was peer pressured into doing it anyway. Much good it did to him.
* WalkingDisasterArea: His bad luck manifests in a very outward and destructive manner, with everything he interacts with somehow breaking. Trees he touches fall over or catch on fire, bridges he walks on break, roofs he sleeps under collapse, floods and woe gather if he stays in one place too long, and even the ground crumbles under his feet if he tries to stay put.

[[folder:The Witch]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE36WoeIsMe1 Woe Is Me, Part 1]]"

An old witch who lives near Woebegone's old village. She was the one who first cursed him with bad luck when he and some friends snuck into her garden and knocked her into her own pot.

* BullyingADragon: The mess Woebegone finds himself in started when he and two other kids decided to have fun by bullying a known witch and antagonizing her for no reason. This endeavor, unsurprisingly, turned out very badly for them.
* WickedWitch: Played with, but ultimately subverted. She certainly looks the part of the wicked old hag, and Woebegone is at first treated as a hero for spoiling whatever she was doing. However, she's never shown engaging in anything particularly nefarious besides cursing her own attackers, Woebegone himself points out that she never actually did him or his friends any harm, and when Woebegone breaks her curse she arrives to congratulate him and uses her magic to fix the harm the curse did.
* WorldHealingWave: When Woebegone breaks his curse, she appears, congratulates him for learning his lesson, and uses her magic to undo all the harm it caused.

[[folder:The Alligatorsaur]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE36WoeIsMe1 Woe Is Me, Part 1]]"

A giant reptile whose village was ruined by Woebegone's bad luck, the alligatorsaur chases him into Ponyland in a rage and right into the ponies' garden.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In practice, it resembles a bipedal, wingless Western dragon more so than any actual crocodile or dinosaur.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: A cross between two traditionally unpleasant reptiles, resulting in an angry and brutish beast.
* {{Whateversaurus}}: Its name is a simple addition of the -saurus suffix to a random other animal, and it's depicted as a monstrous tail-dragging pseudo-theropod.

[[folder:The Crabnasties]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE38FugitiveFlowers1 Fugitive Flowers, Part 1]]"
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PeterCullen (Crabnasty captain)

A group of giant crustacean policemen on the hunt for the flories. The ponies initially mistake them for villains and imprison them, but come back for their help when they realize how dangerous their targets are.

* AchillesHeel: They're vulnerable to being turned on their backs, as they can't move or right themselves when in this position.
* GiantEnemyCrab: They're crabs the size of trucks, and the ponies initially mistake them for cruel monsters.
* NoNameGiven: They're never identified by name.

[[folder:Squire Alonzo]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE40WouldBeDragonslayer Would-Be Dragonslayer]]"

A wandering squire who wants to be a knight. His attempts at heroics, sadly, tend to be sabotaged by his general ineptitude.

* TheDragonslayer: He first appears trying to slay Spike, reasoning that dragons are wicked being and that laying one low must be a sure path to knighthood. Since Spike is still a baby and a good friend of the ponies', this attempt doesn't go over too well. Spike remains mildly resentful of the whole business for the rest of the episode.
* EasilyForgiven: The ponies forgive him and decide to help in his quest very quickly, considering his recent attempt to behead one of their friends. Spike himself holds a grudge for longer, but he also drops it before the end of the episode.
* IWantSong: "All I Want Is to Be a Knight", where he sings about his dreams of knighthood and the many miserable failures he's encountered in his quest.
* TheSquire: Alonzo is a roving squire and yearns to be a knight, but must first perform a heroic deed.
* SapientSteed: His camel, Panzo, can talk and is as intelligent as his rider.

[[folder:Prince Edgar]]
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE41BabyItsColdOutside1 Baby, It's Cold Outside, Part 1]]"

King Charlatan's son and heir, Edgar is much kinder and more level-headed than his father, but his limited power and his dad's overbearing personality mean he can't really do anything about it.

* AntagonisticOffspring: In a heroic variant, he's vocally opposed to his villainous father's plans.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: A penguin wearing nothing but a crown.
* HumanPopsicle: He catches the brunt of his father's icy powers, which turn him into a chunk of ice.
* TheWisePrince: He's kind, compassionate and very morally-minded, and eager to cooperate with other creatures towards good ends. He'd probably be a very just ruler, if it weren't for his villainous and megalomaniacal father.

[[folder:Sunny]]
[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sunny_the_duck.png]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE41BabyItsColdOutside1 Baby, It's Cold Outside, Part 1]]"

Prince Edgar's duck friend, Sunny comes with him to ask for King Charlatan to undo his ice age and gets turned to ice for his troubles.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: A duck wearing nothing but a very large hat.
* HumanPopsicle: He finds himself on the wrong end of King Charlatan's EyeBeams, which turn him into an ice statue for the rest of the episode.

[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grandpa_ruff_old.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:In his old age]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:In his youth.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grandpa_ruff_young.png[[/labelnote]]]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mlp_dinah.png]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mayor_camembert.png]]

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Arabus' zebra minion.

[[folder:Troggles]]

Grogar's trollish minions.

* BoomStick: They're armed with lances that shoot weaker versions of Grogar's capture beams from their tips.
* HornsOfVillainy: They all wear horned helmets.
* {{Mooks}}: Grogar's army of nameless flunkies, much weaker than he is but useful for enforcing his rule in a widespread way.
* SlaveRace: They were conquered by Grogar long ago, and have been forced to serve him ever since.
* SlaveLiberation: They've been scheming against Grogar ever since he enslaved them, and [[spoiler:in the end join the heroes in rising up against him]].

[[folder:The Flories]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px_flores.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Their cute forms.]]
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monstrous_flores.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:220:Their true forms]]

A band of malevolent plant entities who escape from their subterranean prison during the episode "The Fugitive Flowers". In their dormant state, they look like cute, pretty flowers, but they can suck the life out of the ground, killing everything else planted there to grow into hulking monsters. They manipulate Posey and the other ponies into protecting them against their captors, the Crabnasties, and then devour Posey's garden to go on a rampage. Finally, they get imprisoned again.

* CuteIsEvil: Yeah, see how sweet and pretty these little flower-people are? They're basically [[GreenAesop invasive weeds on magical acid]].
* OneWingedAngel: They start out small, cute, and very weak, but once they regain their strength they transform into huge, much more monstrous forms.
%%* PlantPerson
* WalkingWasteland: A more subtle variety; when they feed, they destroy ''everything'' around them, killing huge swathes of plantlife to feed themselves.
* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: They exploit this, playing on how they look cute and innocent whilst in dormant state, in contrast to the uglier (and more intimidatingly named) Crabnasties, to portray themselves as the "good guys". Not that the Crabnasties [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't help them out by accident]].

[[folder:King Charlatan]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/king_charlatan_3.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:]]

A penguin who has the magical ability to launch freezing EyeBeams. Disdaining any being who cannot survive the cold like his penguins can, he attempts to freeze the entire valley to drive away or exterminate anyone who cannot withstand the EndlessWinter, granting his people superiority over all.

%%* HeelFaceTurn
* TheOneGuy: Up until Danny came along.
%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent

Muensterville's policemouse, who joins his mayor in aiding the heroes.

[[folder:The Flories]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px_flores.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Their cute forms.]]
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monstrous_flores.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:220:Their true forms]]

A band of malevolent plant entities who escape from their subterranean prison during the episode "The Fugitive Flowers". In their dormant state, they look like cute, pretty flowers, but they can suck the life out of the ground, killing everything else planted there to grow into hulking monsters. They manipulate Posey and the other ponies into protecting them against their captors, the Crabnasties, and then devour Posey's garden to go on a rampage. Finally, they get imprisoned again.

* CuteIsEvil: Yeah, see how sweet and pretty these little flower-people are? They're basically [[GreenAesop invasive weeds on magical acid]].
* OneWingedAngel: They start out small, cute, and very weak, but once they regain their strength they transform into huge, much more monstrous forms.
%%* PlantPerson
* WalkingWasteland: A more subtle variety; when they feed, they destroy ''everything'' around them, killing huge swathes of plantlife to feed themselves.
* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: They exploit this, playing on how they look cute and innocent whilst in dormant state, in contrast to the uglier (and more intimidatingly named) Crabnasties, to portray themselves as the "good guys". Not that the Crabnasties [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't help them out by accident]].

[[folder:Grogar]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grogar_id.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Today, Dream Valley. Tomorrow, all of Ponyland"]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelBell

An EvilSorcerer ram who rules as an unmitigated tyrant over the Theatre/{{Brigadoon}} city of Tambelon. For tropes about his G4 counterpart, see Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMajorVillains.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: His minions are actually pretty competent, and the ponies are completely helpless against his power for most of the serial.
* BreakoutVillain: Next to Tirek, Grogar is one of the most popular and well-known G1 villains out there. Many fans put him in G4 fan works, and in season 9 he became the show's final villain [[spoiler: except not]].
* ControlFreak: Implied. He controls his minions so closely that he makes not taking part in his victory celebration punishable by being banished to another dimension.
* DimensionLord: Of the Realm of Darkness.
* EvilOverlord: Of Tambelon. He aims to conquer the entire world.
* GruesomeGoat: An evil sorcerer ram.
* HeroKiller: Grogar spends most of his serial dishing out {{Curbstomp Battle}}s to ''everyone''.
* KryptoniteFactor: The bell in Tambelon, when run, will destroy his bell and thus his power, and is about the ''only'' way he can lose.
* OhCrap: When he hears the bell that is his KryptoniteFactor being rung.
* SealedEvilInACan: Was imprisoned in the Realm of Darkness along with Tambelon five hundred years ago before he manages to return. He's sent back into his prison at the end.
* TakeOverTheWorld: His ultimate goal is to conquer the world. He nearly succeeds.
* VillainousBreakdown: When the heroes escape at the end, he goes berserk and starts firing ''lightning'' at the heroes with intent to kill instead of his capture beams.

[[folder:Knight-Shade]]
[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/knight_shade_my_little_pony_346.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Unknown

* BeingEvilSucks: [[spoiler:Knight Shade is shown to have serious self-loathing issues due to what he's been forced to help Arabus do and turns on him the moment the heroes give him a way to escape.]]
* EvilDiva: Only at first.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Made one with Arabus to be a star, only to find out too late what the ''price'' was. By then, it was too late and he had become Arabus's slave.]]
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Turns out that he's basically Arabus's slave.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:He's guilt-ridden over helping Arabus, and hates himself for it, but until the heroes help him he had no way of actually doing anything about it.]]
* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: But his mother does.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is variably spelled Night Shade or [[PunnyName Knight Shade.]]
* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler:After being captured by the heroes, he starts crying these as he admits only helped Arabus because he
* TrappedInVillainy: [[spoiler:He never intended to help Arabus, just get help becoming a musician, and almost instantly tried to quit when he realized Arabus was using him...but Arabus threatened to steal his shadow and leave him with no chance to ever save his home town unless he worked with him. Until the heroes decided to help him, he was pretty much Arabus's slave.]]

[[folder:Arabus & Zeb]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (Arabus) & Roger C. Carmel (Zeb)
[[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arabus_and_zeb.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:215:"There's Nothing Quite Like Shadows!"]]

A shadow-eating cloud demon and his zebra minion.

* AchillesHeel: Arabus is extremely powerful and the heroes largely spend the first encounter with him running away...but actively using his powers rapidly burns through his energy and he needs a constant stream of shadows to sustain it. Megan's plan to beat him exploits this by preventing him from recharging, forcing him to exert himself, and then getting the fast and hard hitting Flutter Ponies to outmanuever him and then Utter Flutter the shadows out of him.
* CastFromStamina: All of Arabus's powers are this and the only means he has of recharging is to steal more shadows. Thus while really powerful, prolonged battles aren't his strong suit.
* ElementalEmbodiment: Arabus is the elemental embodiment of smoke and shadows.
* LargeHam: Both of them, especially in their VillainSong.
* NightmareFetishist: Implied with Zeb. In addition to his alliance with Arabus, he also walks like a human, a PrimalFear for zebras.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Arabus leaves most of his grunt work to Zeb and Knight-Shade while staying at his lair. Justified as Arabus burns through his power very quickly and thus can't afford to do too much himself.
* PhlebotinumDependence: Arabus is powered up by feeding on shadows, but his power is finite. He needs to constantly feed on shadows or he grows weak.
* VictoryByEndurance: The ponies escape their first confrontation with him by exploiting this trope. Arabus is ''very'' powerful, but burns through his energy quickly and ''needs'' shadows to maintain it. Megan's plan to ultimately defeat him is to keep him fighting without recharging long enough for him to exhaust himself, something the extremely fast and hard hitting Flutterponies prove very good at.
* YourSoulIsMine: It's implied their victims' shadows disappearing is merely an outward symptom of Arabus taking something else, implied to be part of their ''soul'' that allows them to feel positive emotions.

[[folder:King Charlatan]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:]]

A penguin who has the magical ability to launch freezing EyeBeams. Disdaining any being who cannot survive the cold like his penguins can, he attempts to freeze the entire valley to drive away or exterminate anyone who cannot withstand the EndlessWinter, granting his people superiority over all.

* FantasticRacism: He hates anyone that ''aren't'' penguins.
* FeatheredFiend: He's a penguin, but he's evil.
* HeelRealization: When he accidentally freezes his own son, he at first tries to excuse himself by claiming it was Edgar's own fault and he was weak, but then he realizes he loves his son and cries over his son's frozen form...which thaws him out.
* AnIcePerson: He fires cold beams [[EyeBeams from his eyes]]. With the help of a device that amplifies his power, he can unleash an EndlessWinter.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: While it takes a talking to, he ultimately has this reaction to accidentally freezing his own son.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: He claims penguins are the MasterRace, and any creatures who cannot survive the cold are weak and unworthy.
%%* SocialDarwinist
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: He attempted genocide against all other races.

[[folder:Crunch the Rock Dog]]
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[[caption-width-right:298:]]

A monstrous canine earth elemental that despises anything "soft", he goes on a rampage seeking to petrify the entirety of Dream Valley.

* GuardianEntity: The Mountain King created him to be this for his Heart Stone. Unfortunately, he forgot to give him a heart, resulting in him being a cold rampaging beast.
* HeelFaceTurn: He ultimately turns good. Justified, as he ''literally'' didn't have a heart until the heroes got a piece of the Mountain King's heart to give him one.
* LackOfEmpathy: Was created without a heart, and thus has no sense of compassion or empathy. He gets better when given a piece of the Heart Stone to complete him.
* RockMonster: He's a giant dog made out of rock.
* TakenForGranite: Everything and everyone he touches turns to stone.
* TheSociopath: Crunch is ''literally'' lacking a heart, and thus incapable of feeling empathy, compassion, or any other type of positive emotion. He gets better when he's completed with a piece of the Heart Stone.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: One by one the DwindlingParty is turned to stone before a giant dog-thing that seeks to destroy them just because it hates anything it considers 'soft,' which basically means 'not as evil as itself.'

[[folder:Lavan]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lavan_0.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"I have become the most powerful being on Ponyland!"]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JamesEarlJones

* BadBoss: He treats his minions terribly, and ''relishes'' his power over them.
* BigNo: Let's one out when he sees the Princess Ponies return his attack to sender.
* TheDreaded: The Princess Ponies know who he is, and despite their confidence in their power, their reaction to him showing up is to ''run''. Moochick is also aware of him, and implies he sees him as a gigantic threat as well. At one point ''[[NervesOfSteel Megan]]'' admits he has them dead to rights unless they manage to get to the VillainBeatingArtifact.
* EvilOverlord: The man ''relishes'' in being a tyrannical dictator, and treats his Lava Demon subjects horribly for no other reason than he ''can''.
* GodhoodSeeker: His goal is to steal the Princess Ponies' wands' power and become an all powerful crystal being. He succeeds, and the level of power he obtains proves he wasn't exaggerating and he only really loses due to still learning how to use his new power at the time.
* HandBlast: Can fire beams of heat from his hands. After his transformation, he trades up to powerful rainbow colored energy beams.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Princess Ponies use their recharged wands to reflect his own attack back at him, killing him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: His plan will cause a magical cataclysm that will destroy Ponyland? He doesn't care so long as he gets the power he wants.
* TheJuggernaut: While not to Grogar's degree, next to nothing the heroes throw at Lavan once he goes OneWingedAngel does more than slow him down. He only dies when his own attack is reflected back at him.
* KilledOffForReal: Was blown to bits.
* LargeHam: Oh yes, and an enormous one at that. James Earl Jones clearly had a blast with this character, with special mention going towards his VillainSong, "Here's to Power", which he sings right after (temporarily) succeeding in gaining the power he wanted from the Ponies' wands. Practically every single line of it consists of him utterly ''devouring'' the scenery.
* LightIsNotGood: His crystal form is white colored and has rainbow colored magic, and all in all much nicer looking than his original form. He's one of the single most vile beings in the entire series.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Upon transforming into his crystal form, he becomes so immensely powerful he risks destroying all of Ponyland by ''existing.''
* PowerIncontinence: It's stated that Lavan was still learning to control his stolen power, and still hadn't mastered it fully by the time he was defeated.
* OhCrap: His reaction when his own attack is reflected back at him.
* OneWingedAngel: He transforms from a lava demon to a crystal being. The change in appearance is only a bonus, however, as what he ''really'' wanted was the gigantic boost in power it came with.
* TheUnfettered: Absolutely nothing will stand between Lavan and the power he wants. Killing innocent people? No problem. His plan will destroy Ponyland? He doesn't care.
* VillainSong: "Here's to Power".

[[folder:Somnambula]]
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[[caption-width-right:310:Yes, she was a human in G1]]

An old sorceress who drains the life-force of living beings through their dreams to retain her youth and power.

* AntagonistTitle: Is the Somnambula of her focus two-parter's title.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Flat out tortures her song bird to make the poor thing comply.
* BigNo: When Slugger breaks her crystal and returns her stolen youth and magic to her victims.
* CircusOfFear: Uses one to lure in her victims.
* EvilOldFolks: Her true form is an elderly woman, and she's a black hearted witch who'd suck the life out of every pony in Ponyland for youth and power.
* HotWitch: Her young form is very beautiful.
* MasterOfIllusion: Her powers are initially this, but as her power increases she eventually upgrades to a degree of being a low level RealityWarper.
* OrcusOnHerThrone: Somnambula largely remains in her lair until the climax. Justified, as her power until then isn't suitable for combat (her only means of keeping the Big Brother Ponies out of her CircusOfFear being a scary looking locked door) and gradually increases as time goes on due to her draining her victims, meaning until then she wasn't strong enough to do much by brute force. Even at her strongest, she's not much of a fighter, largely relying on manifested monsters and chains to defend herself, so it being a last resort is justified.
* RapidAging: Victims of her draining age rapidly while Somnambula herself grows younger
* RealityWarper: At her strongest she's a low level one.
* VainSorceress: While she's also after a power up, she's very keen on regaining her youth and beauty. Any time she's in her old, ugly form she keeps her face covered and when her spell is broken reverting her to normal, she runs away covering her face in shame.
* VampiricDraining: She retains her youth by sucking the life out of others, as well as turning unicorns into a LivingBattery to enhance her own power.
* WickedWitch: She's a witch who drains the life out of others to power her magic and keep her young.

[[folder:The Duchess]]
* FinalBoss: She's the final threat faced in the series.
* TheUsurper: She had Prince Phillip imprisoned so she could take over, as she's actually just the palace cook.
* WouldHurtAChild: Has the Newborns kidnapped and used as toys or pets.
[[/folder]]

!Others
[[folder:Spike]]
->'''Debut:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials Rescue at Midnight Castle]]''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlieAdler

An infant dragon who was originally a prisoner of Tirek. Even after Megan defeated the monster and his friend Scorpan returned to his own kingdom, he chose to stay with the ponies in Dream Land.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: A noticeable example. In the toys and comics he has bucked teeth and more pronounced ears.
* AdaptationDyeJob: He's purple in the toys, but pink in the original cartoon. Some cartoons have him as purple though.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times, particularly in "The Magic Coins."
* EraSpecificPersonality: He's considerably more snarkish in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. In G3 he's stuffy, British, and generally very unlike his other versions.
* {{Expy}}: Spike would go on to become a recurring character in the various incarnations of ''My Little Pony'', and his character in G1 would have a significant impact in the development of his G3 and G4 versions.
%%* HeelFaceTurn
* TheOneGuy: Up until Danny came along.
%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent

[[folder:The Bushwoolies]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bushwoolies_1.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right, Whisful, Chumster and Hugster]]
->'''Debut:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials Escape from Catrina]]''
->'''Voiced by:''' Alice Payten, Sheryl Bernstein, Nancy Cartwright, Russi Taylor, Charlie Adler and Frank Welker

Round fluffy creatures who roam the valley in large packs . Friendly by nature, they agree with anything anybody says and are among the ponies' recurring allies.

* CartoonCreature: They're not based on any specific creature, instead resembling walking piles of colorful fuzz or generic plush toys come to life.
%%* NoSenseOfDirection
%%* SmallAnnoyingCreature
* YesMan: Their thing is that they'll compulsively agree with the latest thing anyone said in their earshot, leading them to emphatically support both sides of an argument and eagerly supporting each side until the other one says something.

[[folder:The Furbobs]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE2TheEndOfFlutterValley2 The End of Flutter Valley, Part 2]]"

Cousins of the Bushwoolies. Unlike their relatives, they never agree on anything or with anyone.
----
* CartoonCreature: They're more specifically mammal-like than bushwoolies are, but otherwise resemble colorful, generic plushies more so than any actual creature.
* {{Gonk}}: They're not ''ugly'', but they're decidedly less cute than the Bushwoolies.
* NoSenseOfDirection: As a result of both having been constantly relocating their home for an unspecified amount of time and of never agreeing with each other. Even if they can remember where their home is this time, they'll still give wildly contrary directions as a matter of course.
%%* ToylessToylineCharacter

[[folder:The Stonebacks]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mlp_stonebacks.png]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE2TheEndOfFlutterValley2 The End of Flutter Valley, Part 2]]"

Armored, armadillo-like creatures with a history of antagonizing the furbobs.

* CycleOfRevenge: They had something like this going on with the furbobs. They can't speak and only express themselves with grunts and snorts, making the furbobs to think they were trying to attack them, causing the latters to antagonize the stonebacks and to drive them to actually attack. This has led to the current situation at the show's start, where the two groups have been locked in a cycle of aggression where the stonebacks seek out the furbobs, are insulted, get mad and destroy the furbobs' current home, making the latters fear them more and starting the cycle again.
* FastTunnelling: Zig-zagged. Sometimes, they swiftly push their way through the earth, quickly creating large holes with nothing more than a lightly raised rim to show for the displaced dirt. Sometimes, as when the heroes are trying to get past Ahgg in "The End of Flutter Valley", they dig at a much more realistic slow pace.
* GoodAllAlong: As it turns out, they just wanted to befriend the furbobs all along -- they just couldn't say this because they can't speak.
* TunnelKing: They're prolific diggers and have tunnels stretching beneath much of Dream Valley, and can quickly dig out new ones on demand.
* TheUnintelligible: They cannot speak -- they just make animalistic grunts and noises -- making it very difficult for others to understand them.

[[folder:Sting]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mlp_g1_sting.png]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE1TheEndOfFlutterValley1 The End of Flutter Valley, Part 1]]"

Queen Bumble's original chief warrior and defender, he objected to her conquest of Flutter Valley and eventually turned against her, defecting to join the ponies.

* AcrophobicBird: A variant; he used to fly and wasn't good at it, so he stopped entirely until Morning Glory convinced him to try again.
%%* BeePeople
* BefriendingTheEnemy: Morning Glory tries to befriend him in order to get him to free her from the cage she's held in. It doesn't work -- he remains loyal to Queen Bumble in the end -- but it sets the seeds for his actual redemption once he realizes that Bumble doesn't care about him.
* TheDragon: He was Queen Bumble's primary second and enforcer before his HeelFaceTurn.
%%* EyepatchOfPower
* HeelFaceTurn: Although it takes a bit to kick in, Morning Glory is able to convince him to turn against Queen Bumble. The latter's constant mistreatment of him also helps to push him to this.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He cements his Heel-Face Turn when Queen Bumble leaves him behind in the burning Bumbleland.

[[folder:Pluma]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pluma_mlp.png]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE11TheGhostOfParadiseEstate1 The Ghost of Paradise Estate, Part 1]]"

A shapeshifting bird sent by Squirk to Paradise Estate to retrieve the half of the Flash Stone buried beneath it. She doesn't wish to work for him, but is forced to do so by his holding her grandfather hostage.

* ApologeticAttacker: She apologizes profusely for her actions, even as she traps the main characters and destroys their house, as she regrets what she's doing but sees no way to avoid it.
* ButNowIMustGo: After helping the heroes defeat Squirk, she and Ruff announce that they must depart for their own homeland and leave Dream Valley behind.
* FeatherFingers: She uses the ends of her wings as humanlike hands, although her shapeshifting makes it unclear if it's just a cartoon shortcut or if she's actually turning her wings into hands.
* MrExposition: In "The Ghost of Paradise Estate, Part 2", she helpfully exposits at some length -- around a third of the episode's runtime -- about the history of ancient Dream Valley, Squirk's rule, the pennas' arrival, and their history with the monster.
* VerbalTic: When explaining things, she tends to stammer, back up, and generally abort a sentence and try to start a new one several times until someone helps her out.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Like all pennas, she can change her shape at will. Over her episode, she takes on the forms of a ghost, a monstrous bat, a GiantSpider, a living mirror and a living prism.

[[folder:Grandpa Ruff]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grandpa_ruff_old.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:In his old age]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:In his youth.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grandpa_ruff_young.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE11TheGhostOfParadiseEstate1 The Ghost of Paradise Estate, Part 1]]"

Pluma's grandfather. He led the pennas when they settled in ancient Dream Valley and fought Squirk, breaking his magic flash stone. He has now grown old, however, and has been captured by his old foe.

* ButNowIMustGo: After helping the heroes defeat Squirk, he and Pluma announce that they must depart for their own homeland and leave Dream Valley behind.
* DistressedDude: When he's introduced in person, he's trapped in a cage in Squirk's lair and held hostage to force his granddaughter to serve the villain, and needs to be rescued by her and the heroes.
* FeatherFingers: He uses the ends of her wings as humanlike hands, although his shapeshifting makes it unclear if it's just a cartoon shortcut or if he's actually turning his wings into hands.

[[folder:Others]]
%%* BigFriendlyDog: Dina%%ZCE
* LamarckWasRight: Mimic's illness is a result of being the direct descendant of the Golden Horseshoes' original owner.
%%* LittlestCancerPatient: Mimic%%ZCE
%%* MotorMouth: Whizzer%%ZCE
* SouthernBelle: Truly speaks with a southern belle accent, complete with "I do declare".
%%* SuperSpeed: Whizzer, again.%%ZCE
* VerbalTic: Truly often says "really truly", a trait that passed on to ''My Little Pony Tales''[='=] [[NiceGirl Sweetheart]].

[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1231720_part_1.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:"First I'm going to turn you all into glass, then I'm going to shatter you one by one."]]

* AdiposeRex: Well, what would you expect of a pig princess in an 80s show?

* BroughtDownToNormal: Her cloak ends up torn in half, removing her powers.
* CastFromHitPoints: Implied when turning all of Ponyland and its creatures into glass makes her instantly sleepy.
* HeelFaceTurn: She isn't really evil so much as foolish, shortsighted and self-absorbed. She grows out of it by the story's end.
* HeelRealization: She ultimately can't bring herself to turn the heroes to glass when they're face to face instead of in her mirror.

* VainSorceress: She’s quite obsessed with her own personal image.
* VillainSong: "Look at Me!" A song she shares with the Raptorians.

* AndIMustScream: Their ultimate fate is getting hit by the magic from Porcina’s cloak when it rips, turning them into glass.

* VillainSong: "Look at Me!" A song they sang along with Porcina.

* TheEeyore: Rarely has anything positive to say about a situation or herself.

[[folder:Princess Porcina]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/porcina.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Look at me!"]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille

A vain and somewhat scatterbrained porcine sorceress. She inadvertently threatens Dream Valley when she uses her magic cloak to begin transforming ''everything'' into glass so that she can have more mirrored surfaces to admire herself in. Porcina repents when she realizes she's actually hurting people and changes everything back.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Like all pennas, she can change her shape at will. Over her episode, she takes on the forms of a ghost, a monstrous bat, a GiantSpider and a living mirror.

[[folder:Princess Porcina]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/porcina.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Look at me!"]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille

A vain and somewhat scatterbrained porcine sorceress. She inadvertently threatens Dream Valley when she uses her magic cloak to begin transforming ''everything'' into glass so that she can have more mirrored surfaces to admire herself in. Porcina repents when she realizes she's actually hurting people and changes everything back.

* AdiposeRex: Well, what would you expect of a pig princess in an 80s show?
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: Her magic is all in the cloak she wears around her neck, and she captures the ponies to reweave it.
* AntiVillain: She's extremely naive and unaware of the full magnitude of what she was actually doing, while being manipulated by her genuinely evil minions.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Her cloak ends up torn in half, removing her powers.
* CastFromHitPoints: Implied when turning all of Ponyland and its creatures into glass makes her instantly sleepy.
* HeelFaceTurn: She isn't really evil so much as foolish, shortsighted and self-absorbed. She grows out of it by the story's end.
* HeelRealization: She ultimately can't bring herself to turn the heroes to glass when they're face to face instead of in her mirror.
* PigMan: An anthropomorphic pig.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Her cloak makes her capable of turning all of Ponyland and everyone in it into glass with relative ease.
* VainSorceress: She’s quite obsessed with her own personal image.
* VillainSong: "Look at Me!" A song she shares with the Raptorians.

[[folder:The Raptorians]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1231720_part_1.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:"First I'm going to turn you all into glass, then I'm going to shatter you one by one."]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CamClarke, Creator/CharlieAdler and Townsend Coleman

Porcina's birdlike lackeys, the Raptorians prove to be much smarter than their boss, with much more dangerous schemes.

* AndIMustScream: Their ultimate fate is getting hit by the magic from Porcina’s cloak when it rips, turning them into glass.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Don't be fooled by their comedic antics, these guys are ''nasty'' pieces of work.
* CoDragons: All three of them serve under Porcina as equals.
* DragonInChief: They do all the heavy lifting and plan to overthrow Porcina, ruling Ponyland themselves.
* EvilerThanThou: They only obey Porcina because they're using her and intend to overthrow her when she's no longer of any use. They're ''much'' worse than she is.
* MixAndMatchCritters: They're birds with the heads of dogs.
* TheStarscream: When Porcina refuses to turn the ponies to glass, they betray her and steal her cloak to use themselves.
* VillainSong: "Look at Me!" A song they sang along with Porcina.
* WouldHurtAChild: They threaten to turn Megan and her group into glass and shatter them all one by one, once they have all interfered too much in their plans.

[[folder:The Flories]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Their cute forms.]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:Their true forms]]

A band of malevolent plant entities who escape from their subterranean prison during the episode "The Fugitive Flowers". In their dormant state, they look like cute, pretty flowers, but they can suck the life out of the ground, killing everything else planted there to grow into hulking monsters. They manipulate Posey and the other ponies into protecting them against their captors, the Crabnasties, and then devour Posey's garden to go on a rampage. Finally, they get imprisoned again.

* CuteIsEvil: Yeah, see how sweet and pretty these little flower-people are? They're basically [[GreenAesop invasive weeds on magical acid]].
* OneWingedAngel: They start out small, cute, and very weak, but once they regain their strength they transform into huge, much more monstrous forms.
%%* PlantPerson
* WalkingWasteland: A more subtle variety; when they feed, they destroy ''everything'' around them, killing huge swathes of plantlife to feed themselves.
* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: They exploit this, playing on how they look cute and innocent whilst in dormant state, in contrast to the uglier (and more intimidatingly named) Crabnasties, to portray themselves as the "good guys". Not that the Crabnasties [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't help them out by accident]].

[[folder:Grogar]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Today, Dream Valley. Tomorrow, all of Ponyland"]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelBell

An EvilSorcerer ram who rules as an unmitigated tyrant over the Theatre/{{Brigadoon}} city of Tambelon. For tropes about his G4 counterpart, see Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMajorVillains.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: His minions are actually pretty competent, and the ponies are completely helpless against his power for most of the serial.
* BreakoutVillain: Next to Tirek, Grogar is one of the most popular and well-known G1 villains out there. Many fans put him in G4 fan works, and in season 9 he became the show's final villain [[spoiler: except not]].
* ControlFreak: Implied. He controls his minions so closely that he makes not taking part in his victory celebration punishable by being banished to another dimension.
* DimensionLord: Of the Realm of Darkness.
* EvilOverlord: Of Tambelon. He aims to conquer the entire world.
* GruesomeGoat: An evil sorcerer ram.
* HeroKiller: Grogar spends most of his serial dishing out {{Curbstomp Battle}}s to ''everyone''.
* KryptoniteFactor: The bell in Tambelon, when run, will destroy his bell and thus his power, and is about the ''only'' way he can lose.
* OhCrap: When he hears the bell that is his KryptoniteFactor being rung.
* SealedEvilInACan: Was imprisoned in the Realm of Darkness along with Tambelon five hundred years ago before he manages to return. He's sent back into his prison at the end.
* TakeOverTheWorld: His ultimate goal is to conquer the world. He nearly succeeds.
* VillainousBreakdown: When the heroes escape at the end, he goes berserk and starts firing ''lightning'' at the heroes with intent to kill instead of his capture beams.

[[folder:Knight-Shade]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Unknown

* BeingEvilSucks: [[spoiler:Knight Shade is shown to have serious self-loathing issues due to what he's been forced to help Arabus do and turns on him the moment the heroes give him a way to escape.]]
* EvilDiva: Only at first.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Made one with Arabus to be a star, only to find out too late what the ''price'' was. By then, it was too late and he had become Arabus's slave.]]
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Turns out that he's basically Arabus's slave.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:He's guilt-ridden over helping Arabus, and hates himself for it, but until the heroes help him he had no way of actually doing anything about it.]]
* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: But his mother does.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is variably spelled Night Shade or [[PunnyName Knight Shade.]]
* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler:After being captured by the heroes, he starts crying these as he admits only helped Arabus because he
* TrappedInVillainy: [[spoiler:He never intended to help Arabus, just get help becoming a musician, and almost instantly tried to quit when he realized Arabus was using him...but Arabus threatened to steal his shadow and leave him with no chance to ever save his home town unless he worked with him. Until the heroes decided to help him, he was pretty much Arabus's slave.]]

[[folder:Arabus & Zeb]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (Arabus) & Roger C. Carmel (Zeb)
[[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arabus_and_zeb.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:215:"There's Nothing Quite Like Shadows!"]]

A shadow-eating cloud demon and his zebra minion.

* AchillesHeel: Arabus is extremely powerful and the heroes largely spend the first encounter with him running away...but actively using his powers rapidly burns through his energy and he needs a constant stream of shadows to sustain it. Megan's plan to beat him exploits this by preventing him from recharging, forcing him to exert himself, and then getting the fast and hard hitting Flutter Ponies to outmanuever him and then Utter Flutter the shadows out of him.
* CastFromStamina: All of Arabus's powers are this and the only means he has of recharging is to steal more shadows. Thus while really powerful, prolonged battles aren't his strong suit.
* ElementalEmbodiment: Arabus is the elemental embodiment of smoke and shadows.
* LargeHam: Both of them, especially in their VillainSong.
* NightmareFetishist: Implied with Zeb. In addition to his alliance with Arabus, he also walks like a human, a PrimalFear for zebras.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Arabus leaves most of his grunt work to Zeb and Knight-Shade while staying at his lair. Justified as Arabus burns through his power very quickly and thus can't afford to do too much himself.
* PhlebotinumDependence: Arabus is powered up by feeding on shadows, but his power is finite. He needs to constantly feed on shadows or he grows weak.
* VictoryByEndurance: The ponies escape their first confrontation with him by exploiting this trope. Arabus is ''very'' powerful, but burns through his energy quickly and ''needs'' shadows to maintain it. Megan's plan to ultimately defeat him is to keep him fighting without recharging long enough for him to exhaust himself, something the extremely fast and hard hitting Flutterponies prove very good at.
* YourSoulIsMine: It's implied their victims' shadows disappearing is merely an outward symptom of Arabus taking something else, implied to be part of their ''soul'' that allows them to feel positive emotions.

[[folder:King Charlatan]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:]]

A penguin who has the magical ability to launch freezing EyeBeams. Disdaining any being who cannot survive the cold like his penguins can, he attempts to freeze the entire valley to drive away or exterminate anyone who cannot withstand the EndlessWinter, granting his people superiority over all.

* FantasticRacism: He hates anyone that ''aren't'' penguins.
* FeatheredFiend: He's a penguin, but he's evil.
* HeelRealization: When he accidentally freezes his own son, he at first tries to excuse himself by claiming it was Edgar's own fault and he was weak, but then he realizes he loves his son and cries over his son's frozen form...which thaws him out.
* AnIcePerson: He fires cold beams [[EyeBeams from his eyes]]. With the help of a device that amplifies his power, he can unleash an EndlessWinter.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: While it takes a talking to, he ultimately has this reaction to accidentally freezing his own son.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: He claims penguins are the MasterRace, and any creatures who cannot survive the cold are weak and unworthy.
%%* SocialDarwinist
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: He attempted genocide against all other races.

[[folder:Crunch the Rock Dog]]
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[[caption-width-right:298:]]

A monstrous canine earth elemental that despises anything "soft", he goes on a rampage seeking to petrify the entirety of Dream Valley.

* GuardianEntity: The Mountain King created him to be this for his Heart Stone. Unfortunately, he forgot to give him a heart, resulting in him being a cold rampaging beast.
* HeelFaceTurn: He ultimately turns good. Justified, as he ''literally'' didn't have a heart until the heroes got a piece of the Mountain King's heart to give him one.
* LackOfEmpathy: Was created without a heart, and thus has no sense of compassion or empathy. He gets better when given a piece of the Heart Stone to complete him.
* RockMonster: He's a giant dog made out of rock.
* TakenForGranite: Everything and everyone he touches turns to stone.
* TheSociopath: Crunch is ''literally'' lacking a heart, and thus incapable of feeling empathy, compassion, or any other type of positive emotion. He gets better when he's completed with a piece of the Heart Stone.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: One by one the DwindlingParty is turned to stone before a giant dog-thing that seeks to destroy them just because it hates anything it considers 'soft,' which basically means 'not as evil as itself.'

[[folder:Lavan]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lavan_0.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"I have become the most powerful being on Ponyland!"]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JamesEarlJones

* BadBoss: He treats his minions terribly, and ''relishes'' his power over them.
* BigNo: Let's one out when he sees the Princess Ponies return his attack to sender.
* TheDreaded: The Princess Ponies know who he is, and despite their confidence in their power, their reaction to him showing up is to ''run''. Moochick is also aware of him, and implies he sees him as a gigantic threat as well. At one point ''[[NervesOfSteel Megan]]'' admits he has them dead to rights unless they manage to get to the VillainBeatingArtifact.
* EvilOverlord: The man ''relishes'' in being a tyrannical dictator, and treats his Lava Demon subjects horribly for no other reason than he ''can''.
* GodhoodSeeker: His goal is to steal the Princess Ponies' wands' power and become an all powerful crystal being. He succeeds, and the level of power he obtains proves he wasn't exaggerating and he only really loses due to still learning how to use his new power at the time.
* HandBlast: Can fire beams of heat from his hands. After his transformation, he trades up to powerful rainbow colored energy beams.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Princess Ponies use their recharged wands to reflect his own attack back at him, killing him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: His plan will cause a magical cataclysm that will destroy Ponyland? He doesn't care so long as he gets the power he wants.
* TheJuggernaut: While not to Grogar's degree, next to nothing the heroes throw at Lavan once he goes OneWingedAngel does more than slow him down. He only dies when his own attack is reflected back at him.
* KilledOffForReal: Was blown to bits.
* LargeHam: Oh yes, and an enormous one at that. James Earl Jones clearly had a blast with this character, with special mention going towards his VillainSong, "Here's to Power", which he sings right after (temporarily) succeeding in gaining the power he wanted from the Ponies' wands. Practically every single line of it consists of him utterly ''devouring'' the scenery.
* LightIsNotGood: His crystal form is white colored and has rainbow colored magic, and all in all much nicer looking than his original form. He's one of the single most vile beings in the entire series.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Upon transforming into his crystal form, he becomes so immensely powerful he risks destroying all of Ponyland by ''existing.''
* PowerIncontinence: It's stated that Lavan was still learning to control his stolen power, and still hadn't mastered it fully by the time he was defeated.
* OhCrap: His reaction when his own attack is reflected back at him.
* OneWingedAngel: He transforms from a lava demon to a crystal being. The change in appearance is only a bonus, however, as what he ''really'' wanted was the gigantic boost in power it came with.
* TheUnfettered: Absolutely nothing will stand between Lavan and the power he wants. Killing innocent people? No problem. His plan will destroy Ponyland? He doesn't care.
* VillainSong: "Here's to Power".

[[folder:Somnambula]]
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[[caption-width-right:310:Yes, she was a human in G1]]

An old sorceress who drains the life-force of living beings through their dreams to retain her youth and power.

* AntagonistTitle: Is the Somnambula of her focus two-parter's title.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Flat out tortures her song bird to make the poor thing comply.
* BigNo: When Slugger breaks her crystal and returns her stolen youth and magic to her victims.
* CircusOfFear: Uses one to lure in her victims.
* EvilOldFolks: Her true form is an elderly woman, and she's a black hearted witch who'd suck the life out of every pony in Ponyland for youth and power.
* HotWitch: Her young form is very beautiful.
* MasterOfIllusion: Her powers are initially this, but as her power increases she eventually upgrades to a degree of being a low level RealityWarper.
* OrcusOnHerThrone: Somnambula largely remains in her lair until the climax. Justified, as her power until then isn't suitable for combat (her only means of keeping the Big Brother Ponies out of her CircusOfFear being a scary looking locked door) and gradually increases as time goes on due to her draining her victims, meaning until then she wasn't strong enough to do much by brute force. Even at her strongest, she's not much of a fighter, largely relying on manifested monsters and chains to defend herself, so it being a last resort is justified.
* RapidAging: Victims of her draining age rapidly while Somnambula herself grows younger
* RealityWarper: At her strongest she's a low level one.
* VainSorceress: While she's also after a power up, she's very keen on regaining her youth and beauty. Any time she's in her old, ugly form she keeps her face covered and when her spell is broken reverting her to normal, she runs away covering her face in shame.
* VampiricDraining: She retains her youth by sucking the life out of others, as well as turning unicorns into a LivingBattery to enhance her own power.
* WickedWitch: She's a witch who drains the life out of others to power her magic and keep her young.

[[folder:The Duchess]]
* FinalBoss: She's the final threat faced in the series.
* TheUsurper: She had Prince Phillip imprisoned so she could take over, as she's actually just the palace cook.
* WouldHurtAChild: Has the Newborns kidnapped and used as toys or pets.
[[/folder]]

!Others
[[folder:Spike]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlieAdler

An infant dragon who was originally a prisoner of Tirek. Even after Megan defeated the monster and his friend Scorpan returned to his own kingdom, he chose to stay with the ponies in Dream Land.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: A noticeable example. In the toys and comics he has bucked teeth and more pronounced ears.
* AdaptationDyeJob: He's purple in the toys, but pink in the original cartoon. Some cartoons have him as purple though.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times, particularly in "The Magic Coins."
* EraSpecificPersonality: He's considerably more snarkish in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. In G3 he's stuffy, British, and generally very unlike his other versions.
* {{Expy}}: Spike would go on to become a recurring character in the various incarnations of ''My Little Pony'', and his character in G1 would have a significant impact in the development of his G3 and G4 versions.
%%* HeelFaceTurn
* TheOneGuy: Up until Danny came along.
%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent

[[folder:The Bushwoolies]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right, Whisful, Chumster and Hugster]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Alice Payten, Sheryl Bernstein, Nancy Cartwright, Russi Taylor, Charlie Adler and Frank Welker

Round fluffy creatures who roam the valley in large packs . Friendly by nature, they agree with anything anybody says and are among the ponies' recurring allies.

* CartoonCreature: They're not based on any specific creature, instead resembling walking piles of colorful fuzz or generic plush toys come to life.
%%* NoSenseOfDirection
%%* SmallAnnoyingCreature
* YesMan: Their thing is that they'll compulsively agree with the latest thing anyone said in their earshot, leading them to emphatically support both sides of an argument and eagerly supporting each side until the other one says something.

[[folder:The Furbobs]]
Cousins of the Bushwoolies. Unlike their relatives, they never agree on anything or with anyone.
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* CartoonCreature: They're more specifically mammal-like than bushwoolies are, but otherwise resemble colorful, generic plushies more so than any actual creature.
* {{Gonk}}: They're not ''ugly'', but they're decidedly less cute than the Bushwoolies.
* NoSenseOfDirection: As a result of both having been constantly relocating their home for an unspecified amount of time and of never agreeing with each other. Even if they can remember where their home is this time, they'll still give wildly contrary directions as a matter of course.
%%* ToylessToylineCharacter

[[folder:The Stonebacks]]
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Armored, armadillo-like creatures with a history of antagonizing the furbobs.

* CycleOfRevenge: They had something like this going on with the furbobs. They can't speak and only express themselves with grunts and snorts, making the furbobs to think they were trying to attack them, causing the latters to antagonize the stonebacks and to drive them to actually attack. This has led to the current situation at the show's start, where the two groups have been locked in a cycle of aggression where the stonebacks seek out the furbobs, are insulted, get mad and destroy the furbobs' current home, making the latters fear them more and starting the cycle again.
* FastTunnelling: Zig-zagged. Sometimes, they swiftly push their way through the earth, quickly creating large holes with nothing more than a lightly raised rim to show for the displaced dirt. Sometimes, as when the heroes are trying to get past Ahgg in "The End of Flutter Valley", they dig at a much more realistic slow pace.
* GoodAllAlong: As it turns out, they just wanted to befriend the furbobs all along -- they just couldn't say this because they can't speak.
* TunnelKing: They're prolific diggers and have tunnels stretching beneath much of Dream Valley, and can quickly dig out new ones on demand.
* TheUnintelligible: They cannot speak -- they just make animalistic grunts and noises -- making it very difficult for others to understand them.

[[folder:Sting]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mlp_g1_sting.png]]

Queen Bumble's original chief warrior and defender, he objected to her conquest of Flutter Valley and eventually turned against her, defecting to join the ponies.

* AcrophobicBird: A variant; he used to fly and wasn't good at it, so he stopped entirely until Morning Glory convinced him to try again.
%%* BeePeople
* BefriendingTheEnemy: Morning Glory tries to befriend him in order to get him to free her from the cage she's held in. It doesn't work -- he remains loyal to Queen Bumble in the end -- but it sets the seeds for his actual redemption once he realizes that Bumble doesn't care about him.
* TheDragon: He was Queen Bumble's primary second and enforcer before his HeelFaceTurn.
%%* EyepatchOfPower
* HeelFaceTurn: Although it takes a bit to kick in, Morning Glory is able to convince him to turn against Queen Bumble. The latter's constant mistreatment of him also helps to push him to this.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He cements his Heel-Face Turn when Queen Bumble leaves him behind in the burning Bumbleland.

[[folder:Others]]
%%* BigFriendlyDog: Dina%%ZCE
* LamarckWasRight: Mimic's illness is a result of being the direct descendant of the Golden Horseshoes' original owner.
%%* LittlestCancerPatient: Mimic%%ZCE
%%* MotorMouth: Whizzer%%ZCE
* SouthernBelle: Truly speaks with a southern belle accent, complete with "I do declare".
%%* SuperSpeed: Whizzer, again.%%ZCE
* VerbalTic: Truly often says "really truly", a trait that passed on to ''My Little Pony Tales''[='=] [[NiceGirl Sweetheart]].

!!Ponies

!!Ponies]]

* {{Gonk}}: Not ''ugly'', but decidedly less cute than the Bushwoolies.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In "The End of Flutter Valley", as a byproduct of their view that BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad, Hydia punishes her daughters' first failure by forcing them to eat donuts.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In "The End of Flutter Valley", as a byproduct of their view that BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad, Hydia punishes her daughters' first failure by forcing them to eat donuts.

A family of three evil witches who dwell in a nearby volcano. The matriarch, Hydia, hates the ponies and wants to drive them from the valley. Howeber, to her exasperation, the only help she has are her less-than-competent daughters, Reeka and Draggle. First appearing in TheMovie, they attempt to drown the valley in a grotesque BlobMonster called the Smooze, and afterwards try to take revenge on the Flutter Ponies with assistance from the bees of Bumbleland.

%%* MulticolouredHair
* PlayingWithFire: In the UK comics she preferred fireworks over bubbles.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Wind Whistler. The dynamic was likely the reason why they tended to be grouped together.

A Unicorn.

* DependingOnTheWriter: In American canon she's a JerkAss; however, in the British comics she's rather sweet and gentle, even being a nurse and a guardian to the Baby Ponies.

* TheIngenue: Morning Glory.
* ProperLady: Peach Blossom has these characteristics.
* PutOnABus: They make no appearances after ''The Return Of Tambelon''.
* RedOniBlueOni: Honeysuckle and Morning Glory.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Honeysuckle and Morning Glory.

A family of three evil Witches who dwell in a nearby volcano. The matriarch, Hydia, hates the ponies and wants to drive them from the valley. But to her exasperation, the only help she has are her less-than-competent daughters, Reeka and Draggle. First appearing in TheMovie, they attempt to drown the valley in a grotesque BlobMonster called the Smooze, and afterwards try to take revenge on the Flutter Ponies with assistance from the bees of Bumbleland.

* BigThinShortTrio: Reeka is big (though it's more fat than big), Draggle is thin, and Hydia is short.

* ExtremeOmnivore: All of them, but Reeka especially.
* FatAndSkinny: Fat, short Reeka and tall, thing, gangly Draggle.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Draggle; Reeka is surprisingly competent.

[[folder:Queen Bumble]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Unknown

A bloated, arrogant, narcissistic bee queen whose greed leads her to conquer the homeland of the Flutter Ponies in the first story arc, with the aid of the Witches of the Volcano of Gloom.

%%* BadBoss
* BeePeople: She's a queen bee.
* BigBad: Shares this with Hydia in The End of Flutter Valley.

%%* HeelFaceTurn

* VillainousGlutton: She eats the bees' entire supply of flowers.

%%----

%%* HeroicWannabe: Green Furbob.
%%* NoSenseOfDirection

[[folder:Sting]]
Queen Bumble's original chief warrior and defender, he objected to her conquest of Flutter Valley and eventually turned against her, defecting to join the ponies.

* AcrophobicBird: A variant; he used to fly and wasn't good at it, so he stopped entirely until Morning Glory convinced him to try again.
%%* BeePeople
* TheDragon: He was this to Queen Bumble before his HeelFaceTurn.
%%* EyepatchOfPower
* HeelFaceTurn: Though it takes a bit to kick in.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Cements his Heel-Face Turn when Queen Bumble leaves him behind in the burning Bumbleland.

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Susan Blu (series), Sheryl Bernstein (movie)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Sherry Lynn

-->'''Voiced by:''' Jeannie Elias

-->'''Voiced by:''' Susan Blu