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MaresThe most common and popular Recurring Extras in the show. They make up the majority of the population in a crowd scene more than colts, fillies and stallions and are often pulled into gag scenes and other background character roles. You will often see them jumping from one scene to the next as if they are teleporting or two (or more) of the same pony in the same scene sometimes appearing with slight variations in design such as being of a different race or a different cutie mark that they usually possess. Earth Pony Mares
AKA the Overly Protective Parent Pony. An Earth Pony note also appears as a Pegasus in "Winter Wrap Up", "Fall Weather Friends", "Suited For Success", "The Best Night Ever", and "A Friend in Deed" famous for her scene in " Call of the Cutie" as the pony who drank directly from the punch bowl and for whisking a unicorn filly (who is presumed to be her daughter named " Ruby Pinch") into her house as Zecora wanders around Ponyville in " Bridle Gossip". She's a popular pick for gag scenes and Funny Background Events for the show's crew...especially storyboard artist Sabrina "Sibsy" Alberghetti , who's responsible for her " Call of the Cutie" scene. Before the show aired, and thus years before Enterplay's trading cards gave Berry Punch her All There in the Script name (an Ascended Fanon Fan Nickname), Lauren Faust called her Pinot Noir. An analysis on Berry Punch is available on the analysis page. "Showpony business is tough..." A pink Earth pony with a yellow mane, purple eyes, and a cutie mark of a pair of cherries. She's apparently in charge of the renting out the Twinkling Balloon. In "Apple Family Reunion", she appears in one shot at the hoedown, but isn't included in the family photo. According to her brushable toy's box and her collector card, she "thinks that breakfast, lunch and dinner should always be served with a cherry on top!" and "is so cheerful all the time!" "We couldn't fit it all in..." An Earth Pony note Fluttershy's flashback during "Hurricane Fluttershy" additionally shows her as a Pegasus with (usually) an orange mane and carrot * three carrots in the show; two carrots in the Blind Bags cutie mark. Fans may recognize her from several pieces of fan art featuring her as Derpy's roommate/best friend, usually with her fridge being emptied. While the two have been seen alongside each other in the show a few times, it's unknown if they really are friends or emptied fridges are involved. In "Apple Family Reunion", she appears in one shot at the hoedown, but isn't included in the family photo. An analysis on Golden "Carrot Top" Harvest is available on the analysis page.  Lyra Heartstrings's right-hoof-mare. "Go ahead, try one of your jokes out on me. I laugh at everything." An earth pony with a cream coat, mixed purple/pink mane and tail with three bows as her cutie mark. Has become a bit infamous for her several speaking appearances and as with other background ponies, her voice does not stay the same in any of these appearances. Is often seen alongside Lyra Heartstrings. In "Apple Family Reunion", she appears in one shot at the hoedown, but isn't included in the family photo. - Adaptation Name Change: The toyline makes her most official name Sweetie Drops, despite multiple lesser sources calling her Bon Bon (most prominently Gameloft's My Little Pony game, which does so both in text and voiced dialogue). Both names have been listed with trademark symbols, respectively in blind bag wave 7 and trading card series 2.
- Alliterative Name: Bon Bon—the same words, in fact.
- All There in the Manual:
- Her collector card reveals that she "knows sharing treats makes them taste sweeter!"
- Gameloft's My Little Pony game specifies that the trio of objects depicted by her cutie mark are bows.
- Ascended Fanon: Bon Bon and Lyra Heartstrings have often been portrayed as roommates in fanon in addition to being good friends. Bon Bon's card in series 2 of Enterplay's trading cards canonized this.
- Cast Herd: With Lyra Heartstrings, in the show as well as in IDW's Friendship is Magic comic book series and in The Merch.
- Expy: Her design resembles G1 Bon Bon from My Little Pony Tales. Naturally fans nicknamed her just that, and it became Ascended Fanon in the Gameloft game, closed captions for "Call of the Cutie", and Enterplay's trading cards.
- Jerkass: Vaguely implied in her first spoken scene. Apple Bloom dumps some apples into her bag in an attempt to sell them. As an apology for Apple Bloom's rudeness, Applejack is forced to satisfy the one customer by giving her the baskets full of apples on and under the cart, free of charge. Sweetie Drops leaves with what may be a smug look or a nervous smile due to the uncomfortable situation.
- Also implied in her second spoken appearance. She comes into Rarity's store right after the then-famous Fluttershy busts in and bluntly tells Rarity she's never heard of her in a rather smug voice. What drives this home even more is that she must know of Rarity, so she's just being pretentious.
- "Putting Your Hoof Down" shows her jerkass nature again. Granted, everyone was being one in that episode, though, she might have been one of the ponies who threw Fluttershy from the front row all the way to the back.
- Kick the Son of a Bitch: A victim of this in "Putting Your Hoof Down". Who didn't cheer on when Fluttershy bucks the trash of carts over her and Cherry Berry?
- Large Ham: Her five voices so far have been over the top in cartoonishness: French, Valley Girl and Jewish Mother, among others.
- Non-Indicative Name: Her cutie mark is of bows, but can be seen as being of wrapped candies. Guess which one she's named after?
- OC Stand In: She is depicted by fans as either a candy maker or a voice actress who is best friends or in a relationship with Lyra Heartstrings.
- Those Two Girls: Almost always seen alongside Lyra.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: In "Over a Barrel", she wears a masculine top hat while Lyra Heartstrings (as a cerise-eyed earth pony) wears a feminine bonnet (also seen briefly in "Luna Eclipsed"). However in "Green Isn't Your Color", Sweetie Drops is the one that becomes a fangirl of a fashion model.
- Vocal Dissonance: Her voice is surprisingly deep in "Call of the Cutie" but it's a lot higher (and sounds more like a Valley Girl) in "Green Isn't Your Color". It changes once again in "Lesson Zero", this time sounding kinda like Olive Oyl. As of "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", it's even deeper than her first appearance. "Putting Your Hoof Down" goes back to her Valley Girl voice from "Green Isn't Your Color".
- Her series 2 trading card suggests she tries a lot of different voices to help break a rotten string of bad luck.
- What Could Have Been: A production image◊ displayed as a promotional image showed that she was still named "Bon Bon" during the production of her toy. But the name was changed to "Sweetie Drops", presumably because Hasbro couldn't trademark the former name for the toyline.
 A blue Earth pony with a periwinkle mane, magenta eyes, and a cutie mark of a pair of horseshoes. In "Apple Family Reunion", she appears in one shot at the hoedown, but isn't included in the family photo. According to her collector cards, she "is understanding and listens to her friends!" Before the toy line gave Shoeshine her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Linky.
A daisy themed Earth pony. In the toyline she "has a beautiful garden. She grows flowers in every color of the rainbow!" and that she and Blossomforth "have a tea party for two!". She is most notable as one of the flower trio. To see tropes about her group, the Flower Trio, go to the Special Background Ponies page. - Adaptation Name Change: The toy line refers to Daisy as Flower Wishes; the show has only referred to her as Daisy once while the toys have continued to refer to her as Flower Wishes, and Flower Wishes is also the name of a G3 pony, so it's very possible that Daisy's correct name is Flower Wishes.
- All There in the Manual: Her collector◊ cards◊ reveal that she "has a beautiful garden. She grows flowers in every color of the rainbow!" The Friendship Celebration Collection's box◊ reveals that she and Blossomforth "have a tea party for two!"
- Ascended Extra: She's one of the seven brushable toys in the Friendship Is Magic Favorite Collection from the Toys "R" Us exclusive Collector Series.
- Cast Herd: One of the more common ones in the show. Daisy also shows up alongside male earth pony Goldengrape ala Lyra Heartstrings & Sweetie Drops. They even go to the Grand Galloping Gala together!
- Expy: Daisy's toy name, Flower Wishes, was also the name of a G3 pony.
A flower themed Earth pony who is always seen wearing a white lily flower on her mane. She is notable as one of the flower trio, her "The horror! The horror!" scene and the starving pony with a dunce cap. To see tropes about her group, the Flower Trio, go to the Special Background Ponies page.
A rose themed Earth pony. In the toyline she "loves to pick pretty flowers and wear them in her hair!". She is most notable as one of the flower trio. To see tropes about her group, the Flower Trio, go to the Special Background Ponies page. Pegasus Pony Mares DerpyThe face that started it all. Derpy Hooves is a grey Pegasus with a cluster of bubbles as her cutie mark. She is, quite simply, the ultimate darkhorse pony in a series overflowing with them. Derpy was "born" when she was drawn making a face in the background of the first episode * (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) . Her unusual expression proved phenomenally popular with the brony fans who nicknamed her "Derpy Hooves" and quickly turned her into a meme. The animators started giving her own scripted scenes in Season 2, and the episode "The Last Roundup" gave her lines and ( in the original version) referred to her on-screen as "Derpy." She's also known as "Ditzy Doo" by a lot of fans (and, very rarely, by Mighty Fine's online store WeLoveFine), after a character mentioned in "Winter Wrap Up", who Lauren Faust had considered using Derpy's design for. In fact, according to Amy Keating Rogers, the first draft of "The Last Roundup" did in fact use the name "Ditzy Doo" until she was asked to change it to "Derpy" as a Fandom Nod. The character is also known as "Bubbles" as well, though this name is much less official than either of her other names. Regardless of her name or how she's depicted by fans, for better or worse she's become the mascot of the brony community. More analysis on Derpy is available on the analysis page. - All There in the Manual: Two Ascended Fanon things about Derpy Hooves/Ditzy Doo:
- Her toy's box and several pieces of licensed merchandise have both referenced muffins being her Trademark Favorite Food. In the show, she's merely one of several ponies who gathered at the free muffin sample spectacular during "Applebuck Season" (others of whom were licking their lips or even drooling) and may or may not have said "muffin" while at said gathering (see Beam Me Up, Scotty! below). However, in the second opening and "Hearth's Warming Eve" she appears riding in the Friendship Express Train's Ice Cream Train Car (which in the show looks more a cupcake or a muffin), and she wore a saddlebag with a muffin-shaped clip during "Putting Your Hoof Down". In the first issue of the IDW comic, she is seen being lured into a trap by a trail of muffins.
- Licensed merchandise has also referenced her being a mailmare. In "Feeling Pinkie Keen" she's part of a team of pegasi unloading packages from a truck, but neither she nor the other members of the team are wearing any of the mailpony uniforms that would later be shown in "Family Appreciation Day", "The Last Roundup", "Putting Your Hoof Down", "Wonderbolts Academy", and "Magical Mystery Cure", and Word Of God has called the team a moving company.
- Alliterative Name: Ditzy Doo.
- Ascended Extra: Went from being just another background pony to getting her own scripted scenes and having her Fan Nickname become Ascended Fanon (in the original version of "The Last Roundup"). She's also included in the Castle Creator game on Hasbro and The Hub's websites, and was included in the Christmas version of the Card Creator game on Hasbro's website (but was Dummied Out along with the game's other Christmas assets once the game was switched to the Valentine version). She even has a Fashion Style size toy as the 2012 special edition pony, making her the only background pony to receive that size of toy (the only others are the Mane Six, the three Princesses, and Shining Armor) as well as the first and so far only special edition pony to be part of G4 (the special editions had previously stuck to being G3 ponies).
- Ascended Fanon: The episode "The Last Roundup" sealed the deal by making her fan-made shape and behavior and (in the original version) part of her Fan Nickname fully canon. The fandom definitely rejoiced. (So naturally, when the edited version of the episode removed any mention of her name and re-recorded her voice, there was much backlash to be had. It's calmed down for the most part, thankfully, though there are still a handful that refuse to let bygones be bygones.) She's had more Ascended Fanon in the licensed merchandise.
- The IDW comic officially made her a mailmare and even gave her a uniform to seal the deal.
- Ass Kicks You: 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. Clearly Derpy has a plot of steel. note The fandom's word for "butt," which originated from an image poking fun at people who watch it for the plot.
- Back for the Finale: After being Out of Focus during Season 03, Derpy finally managed to return for the season finale episode "Magical Mystery Cure". She even winks at the audience, lampshading the whole situation.
- Badass Adorable: Implied because she was able to break through solid wood just by sitting on it.
- Beam Me Up, Scotty!: Possibly; she's only one of three ponies whose lip flaps match the famous "muffin" line in "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.
- Cast Herd: In Season 1 she's often seen alongside fellow pegasi Parasol/Showers and Raindrops, both sharing her famous "Feeling Pinkie Keen" scene with her. In Season 2 she's usually, if seen with somepony else, with Golden Harvest or Time Turner in various Fandom Nods.
- Curtains Match the Window:
- Cute Clumsy Girl: Her clumsiness wrecked townhall in "The Last Round Up"
- Delayed Reaction:
- During a collective GASP! in "Green Isn't Your Color", hers is a bit later than the rest of the crowd's.
- In 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.
- Demoted Back To Extra: Derpy's appearances have been "scared off" by the controversy surrounding her one speaking role in the show, and she only appears in a handful of non-speaking background cameos in season 3. She is also in an awkward position where she is known as "Derpy" by the fanbase, the studio staff and Hasbro, but are unable to really be called that on the show itself for fear of Moral Guardians coming down on them (and calling her by any other name, such as Ditzy, would just end up reigniting the controversy anyway, because bronies get really angry when the pegasus isn't called by their chosen name). Later merchandise and the Expanded Universe have avoided referring to her by any name.
- The Ditz: 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.
- Does Not Know Her Own Strength: 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.
- Dumb Blonde: Sometimes. Apparently confirmed by "The Last Roundup".
- Expy: Derpy has been compared to G1 Applejack, and has also been compared to Minty, G3's resident Cute Clumsy Girl who was also voiced by Tabitha St. Germain. Appearance-wise, Derpy'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!
- Fandom Nod: Derpy is this trope ponified.
- Fish Eyes: Surprisingly enough Inverted most of the time (her eyes face inward more often than outward), but played straight for brief moments in "The Show Stoppers", "Green Isn't Your Color", and "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000".
- Funny Background Event: Her very expression in the first episode◊ and in later episodes following "Feeling Pinkie Keen". Spotting her is a Where's Waldo?-esque game for fans.
- Heroine of Another Story/Noodle Incident: Derpy 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 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.
- I Have Many Names: Although Derpy 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 Klutz: During "Feeling Pinkie Keen" she drops several items of furniture from a delivery truck in comical fashion on Twilight Sparkle's head, while during "The Last Roundup" she partially destroys Ponyville's city hall, which later becomes an important part of the plot.
- Larynx Dissonance: Her Delayed Reaction GASP! in "Green Isn't Your Color" is either this or Vocal Dissonance (it's unknown whether she was voiced by a woman or a man in that episode).
- Meaningful Name: Both of her names (which are also Unfortunate Names).
- Her name "Derpy", as well as being a reference to her googly eyes, deals with being idiotic, since she is canonically a ditz.
- Her other name "Ditzy Doo" also references her ditziness (and by its original definition, unlike the name "Derpy").
- Line-of-Sight Name: The alternate name "Bubbles." Because she has bubbles! The name "Derpy" was coined because of her wonky eyes.
- Mind Screw: When Apple Bloom is demonstrating her hoop talent in "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. Your guess is as good as ours.
- Noodle Incident: How she destroyed the town hall roof. According to a Deleted Scene, it was hit by lightning due to a weather control mistake.
- No Sense of Direction: In "Winter Wrap Up" it's mentioned that Ditzy Doo tried going north to fetch the southern birds (after going west the previous year).
- OC Stand In: She is depicted by fans as a ditzy, muffin loving mail mare with an uncanny ability to ignore physics and/or do impossible things (often for laughs). She is best friends with Golden Harvest/Carrot Top who she often goes to to eat her home baked muffins which often ends up emptying the entire contents of her fridge. She also has two daughters (Dinky and Amethyst Star) and is a frequent companion of the time lord pony, Time Turner/Dr. Hooves, who may or may not be the father of her daughters.
- Off Model: What she started out as*
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 . Now the animators draw her with her eyes facing the wrong directions intentionally. - Out of Focus: 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.
- Running Gag/Once per Episode: Starting in the second season, Derpy has appeared in some sort of wacky scene or random cameo.
- The Scottish Trope: Her most common name, "Derpy" has ended up as a meta-example.
- Shock and Awe: She made lighting from a storm cloud strike town hall by bouncing up and down on it.
- Simpleton Voice: In the original version, although apparently not intentionally.
- Spell My Name with an S: Mighty Fine's online store WeLoveFine has very rarely misspelled her names in the keywords of their merchandise's pages:
- Stop Helping Me!: Except that she continues breaking things even after she stops helping out and sits perfectly still.
- Suddenly Voiced: 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).
- Trademark Favorite Food: Muffins. Mostly All There in the Manual, but during "Putting Your Hoof Down", she is seen with a muffin-shaped clasp on her saddlebag—most ponies have clasps shaped like their own cutie marks. The box of her 2012 special edition toy seals the deal by including numerous muffins, including replacing the "0" in the "2012" with a muffin.
- The Expanded Universe gets in on the act too: in "Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell", Derpy stops by a pastry stand Mr. Cake has set up and asks for some muffins.
- The IDW comic also runs with this idea and dedicated her a full page where a couple of Changelings lure her into a trap using a trail of muffins. Some comic covers also put her and her favorite food together.
- Unfortunate Names: Both of her names (which are also Meaningful Names).
- 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 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 ditziness (and by its original definition, unlike the name "Derpy").
- Unsettling Gender Reveal: 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 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.)
- Vague Age: She's been an adult in the past (like other background ponies) and a filly in the present. Your guess is as good as ours.
- Valley Girl: Sounds like this in the edited version.
- Vocal Dissonance:
- Her Delayed Reaction GASP! in "Green Isn't Your Color" is either this or Larynx Dissonance (it's unknown whether she was voiced by a woman or a man in that episode).
- In the original version of "The Last Roundup", she sounds very tomboy-ish, almost like a young boy. According to this, the voice actress wasn't aware that Derpy was a girl (though according to 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.
- Walking Disaster Area: She can cause property damage just by sitting down.
- What Could Have Been: 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 Shout Out 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".
A white Pegasus with a blue mane, blue eyes, and a cutie mark of a dark cloud with a lightning bolt.
A lavender Pegasus with a blonde mane, pink eyes, and a cutie mark of a sun with a white cloud.
Derpy's most common Palette Swap. A yellow pegasus with green hair and a raindrops cutie mark, she's known for sharing quite a few scenes with Derpy in Season 1, including the famous " Feeling Pinkie Keen" scene. She also has a memorable viking costume in " Luna Eclipsed" and becomes a cadet at the Wonderbolt Academy in " Wonderbolts Academy" (like some other common Pegasi), serving as Thunderlane's wingpony. - Badass Adorable: She doesn't necessarily do anything badass in "Luna Eclipsed", but of all the things she could have dressed up for on Nightmare Night, she chose a viking. Awesome. Also, in "Wonderbolts Academy" she clears clouds with kung fu kicks.
- Cast Herd: In Season 1, she's often seen flying alongside Derpy, though Season 2 seems to have separated them a little bit.
- Curtains Match the Window: The same shade of cyan.
- The Klutz: The scene in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" never showed who exactly dropped all that stuff on Twilight Sparkle, and it's implied to be both her fault and and Derpy's.
- She's also responsible for the first tornado failing in "Hurricane Fluttershy". Or at least the first to falter. And collide with another pony in the process.
- OC Stand In: She is depicted in fan work as Derpy's co-worker and friend in the delivery business. She also likes bread, specificially a baguette, with varying degrees love for it from a simple liking to Lyra-tier levels of obsession. Her cutie mark have also inspired fan depictions of her of having some sort of connection to the rain.
- You Gotta Have a Green Mane
 "Ditzy Doo accidentally went north to get the southern birds!" A purple Pegasus with a pink mane, pink eyes, and a cutie mark of a three-colored rainbow. She's best known as the pony who gave us the name Ditzy Doo (Derpy's alternate name). According to her collector card, she "loves to leap into the sky!" Before the toy line gave Rainbowshine her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Rainbow Day. "His girlfriend sure thinks so."— Scootaloo, in response to Sweetie Belle pointing out that Caramel "seems alright" during their search for a special somepony for Cheerilee in "Hearts and Hooves Day" A turquoise Pegasus with a cream-colored mane, orange eyes, and a cutie mark of a pair of lightning bolts. According to her collector cards, she "loves watching clouds blow across the sky!" Before the toy line gave Sassaflash her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Wind Whistler (after the similar-looking G1 pony).
A yellow Pegasus with a pink mane, orange eyes, and a cutie mark of a trio of umbrellas. "They're fighting over that doll!" A yellow Pegasus with a pink mane, rose-colored eyes, and a cutie mark of a trio of tornadoes.
A greenish-blue Pegasus with a teal mane, blue eyes, and a cutie mark of a white cloud with rain. She is Fan Nicknamed after a G1 pony of the same name due to their similarities in color scheme and race. note On a somewhat unrelated note, show creator Lauren Faust drew a colored sketch◊ of said G1 pony in G4 style and posted it on her deviantART account.
A green Pegasus with a pink mane, pink eyes, and a cutie mark of a trio of suns. According to her collector cards, she "loves all flowers, especially spring daisies!" Before the toy line gave Merry May her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Flora. Unicorn Pony Mares "I'll give you two bits for that cherry." A yellow unicorn with a blue mane, raspberry-colored eyes, and a cutie mark of three hearts. She's notably the very first background pony to appear in the series (outside of the opening). According to her collector cards, she "is loving and kind! She always takes time to show her friends how much she cares." According to the Friendship Celebration Collection's box, she and Pepperdance "play together in a band!" "Moondancer is having a little get-together in the west castle courtyard. You wanna come?" An off-white unicorn with a pink mane, blue eyes, and a cutie mark of three five-pointed stars. She's notably the first background pony to speak in the series, inviting Twilight to a get-together in the pilot episode. According to her brushable toy's box and her collector card, she "dreams about being a famous movie star. Drama. Comedy. Action. She loves it all!" and "loves playing games!" Before the toy line and Gameloft's My Little Pony Licensed Game gave Twinkleshine her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Twinkle. BRUSH YOUR TEETH A blue unicorn note also appears as an Earth pony in "Friendship is Magic, part 1", "Boast Busters", "Winter Wrap Up", "Fall Weather Friends", "Suited For Success", and "Green Isn't Your Color"; Twilight Sparkle's flashback during "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" additionally shows her as an Earth pony with a half-gray/half-dark blue mane and an hourglass cutie mark. She was part of the trio of ponies that invited Twilight to a party in the pilot, making her one of the first background ponies to appear in the series and the Ensemble Darkhorse of that little group. While she didn't speak then, she eventually got a few lines in the Season 2 finale. According to her collector cards, she "is always on time with the help of some magic!" Before the toy line gave Minuette her official All There in the Script name, she was given multiple Fan Nicknames, including Colgate (due to her mane's resemblance to striped toothpaste) and Romana (due to her cutie mark sparking speculation that she might be a Time Lord like Time Turner or possibly one of his companions note Romana was a companion to the Fourth Doctor as well as a Time Lord herself).  She's excited to see so many tropes! A mint-green unicorn note also appears as an Earth pony in "Friendship is Magic, part 1", "Applebuck Season", "Boast Busters", "Suited For Success", "The Show Stoppers", "Green Isn't Your Color" "Over a Barrel", "Luna Eclipsed", "The Mysterious Mare Do Well", and "Hearth's Warming Eve", and also appears as a Pegasus with a different hairstyle in "Sonic Rainboom"; Twilight Sparkle's flashback during "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" additionally shows her as an Earth pony, and Fluttershy's flashback during "Hurricane Fluttershy" additionally shows her as a Pegasus with a lyre cutie mark, and arguably the second most famous background mare, next to Derpy. She seems to have been made with Funny Background Events in mind. She's been spotted happily waving hi to Twilight early in the pilot episode, jumping up and down excitedly, mugging for the camera, and sitting on a bench like a human being among other things. Is often seen alongside Sweetie Drops/Bon Bon. An analysis on Lyra Heartstrings is available on the analysis page. - Adaptation Name Change: At one point, the two parts of her All There in the Script name seemed to be separate names, as the toy line only referred to her as Heartstrings while WeLoveFine only referred to her by her Fan Nickname Lyra. Hasbro rectified this by having subsequent toy releases refer to her as Lyra Heartstrings, which carried over to her and Golden Harvest's trading card.
- All There in the Manual: Her brushable toy's box and her◊ collector◊ cards◊ reveal that she "loves to play! She finds a way to have fun no matter where she goes" and "sings and plays all day!"
- She's apparently best friends with Golden Harvest.
- Anthropomorphic Zig Zag: Used for a couple of Funny Background Events in the show. The most famous incident is when she was sitting on a bench like a person and she was also seen holding a fast food drink cup with her hoof when she could have been using her unicorn magic to levitate it. Other than those two times she's usually on all fours or jumping like all the other ponies. "The Mysterious Mare Do Well" shows her, her Palette Swap Amethyst Star, and Minuette standing up on their hind legs to cheer for Mare Do Well (and since the shot Minuette appears in shows her as a Lyra Heartstrings/Amethyst Star Palette Swap, it's likely that the pose was designed for one or both of them).
- Ascended Extra: The Pony Wedding line includes a brushable toy of her, and she and Golden Harvest share a trading card.
- Ascended Fanon: After her Wave 3 Blind Bag All There in the Script name was revealed to be "Heartstrings", most fans opted to compromise by making "Heartstrings" her surname, i.e. "Lyra Heartstrings". This was incorporated into her brushable Wave 5 Blind Bag versions. This is also one of the first times Hasbro has used a Fan Nickname for an official pony toy.
- Cast Herd: With Sweetie Drops; in the show as well as on the Comic-Con 2011 poster/desktop background and the There's A Pony For That shirt and art print.
- Color-Coded Wizardry: In the play in "Hearth's Warming Eve", her magic aura is shown to be gold.
- Exorcist Head: At the beginning of Rainbow Dash's Imagine Spot during "The Ticket Master", one Lyra Heartstrings in the back turns to face the camera for a split second then immediately turns her head back the other way, and it keeps spinning as an error box indicating the animation error flashes on and off.
- Depending on the Animator: A Pegasus mare sporting Cloud Kicker and Merry May's design and Lyra's color scheme appeared in "Sonic Rainboom". Months after the episode was aired, fans became fully aware of her and dubbed her as "Skyra".
- Felony Misdemeanor: She starts crying when a parasprite eats her pie while Sweetie Drops just looks surprised.
- Flower in Her Hair: Very briefly in "The Ticket Master", with grayish indigo eyes.
- Funny Background Event: Even more than Derpy. The most common gag is an animation that has her jumping up and down grinning at the camera, usually from behind a group of other ponies. This is probably why she cameos in the otherwise Pegasus-only city of Cloudsdale in "Sonic Rainboom" as it makes for a good cheering animation.
- Genki Girl: Judging by her tendency to jump up and down and the manic grin she often has while doing so as well as by her All There in the Manual descriptions.
- Harp of Femininity: Her cutie mark is a golden lyre which implies that she is good at playing one. How feminine she is debatable.
- Hero of Another Story: It hasn't escaped many fans' notice that she shows up almost everywhere Twilight goes even when Twilight's nowhere near Ponyville. Her very first appearance is in Canterlot with Twilight's classmates and she even shows up in Cloudsdale in "Sonic Rainboom", making her the only non-pegasus outside the main cast to appear in that episode (not counting the Earth Ponies-turned-Pegasi like Time Turner and Caramel). The two exceptions so far are "The Last Roundup" where she didn't appear in Dodge Junction but was back in Ponyville before Twilight and friends set off and (like nearly every other Equestrian BG pony) she didn't visit the Crystal Empire in the Season 3 premiere.
- Informed Ability: Her cutie mark would suggest she's a musician but she has yet to be seen playing a musical instrument in show (though the harp player in Octavia's band has the same cutie mark). Her collector cards say she "sings and plays all day" (and she does indeed sing in the show) but mention nothing about playing a lyre or harp! (The "plays all day" part likely doesn't refer to playing an instrument, judging by her other All There in the Manual descriptions.)
- OC Stand In: She is depicted by fans as having a fascination with the human race, a dream of someday having a pair of hands on her hooves, is best friends or in a relationship with Sweetie Drops/Bon Bon, a lyre player and a rival of Octavia.
- Off Model: She occasionally appears without her horn and/or with cerise eyes.
- Skunk Stripe: Has a white streak through her mane & tail
- Suddenly Voiced: Lyra Heartstrings has no clear lines until "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1" (except in the Italian and Polish dubs, which respectively give her clear lines in "Friendship is Magic, part 1" and "Call of the Cutie").
- Those Two Girls: Almost always seen alongside Sweetie Drops/Bon Bon.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: In "Over a Barrel", she (as a cerise-eyed earth pony) wears a feminine bonnet (also seen briefly in "Luna Eclipsed") while Sweetie Drops/Bon Bon wears a masculine top hat. However, in "Green Isn't Your Color", Sweetie Drops is the one that becomes a fangirl of a fashion model.
- Trademark Favorite Food: A few of her Funny Background Events (in "Fall Weather Friends", "Putting Your Hoof Down", and "Magic Duel") have featured her with a hay smoothie.
- True Companions: With Golden Harvest, according to their trading card.
 "Aren't you milking this a bit?" A purple unicorn with a tri-diamond cutie mark, she made her first appearance alongside Lyra Heartstrings in the pilot episode. She had a notable appearance as captain of the animal team in "Winter Wrap Up" but other than that fans didn't really notice her much until "Sisterhooves Social" which showed her as the sister of popular background unicorn filly Dinky. (This means several fans consider her Derpy Hooves' other daughter, often adopted to explain their apparent narrow age difference). She even gets her own scene in " The Mysterious Mare Do Well" in which she has a picnic with background unicorn filly Tootsie Flute and Rainbow Dash attempts to help her open a peanut butter jar but ends up needing her assistance to open it. According to her collector cards, she "loves to dance when she hears music!" Before the toy line gave Amethyst Star her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Sparkler (after the similar-looking G1 pony who was the basis for an early design◊ of Rarity).  "Cool! A bowling cutie mark!" A pale pink unicorn with a blue mane, rose-colored eyes, and a cutie mark of a pair of dolphins. According to her collector card, she "loves to go swimming in the ocean!" Before the toy line gave Sea Swirl her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Seafoam.
StallionsBeing a show catering to young girls, a larger population of female characters is to be expected. However, unlike previous incarnation of My Little Pony, there is a much larger stable of stallions in the show compared to previous cartoons. They function the same way as the mares, colts and fillies, filling crowd scenes and playing background character roles. They are often used in more masculine roles such as cart pullers, sports, and construction workers among other things. The second season saw an increase in the number of stallions. Earth / Pegasus / Unicorn Pony Stallions "If I buy some apples, will you leave me alone?!?" A brown earth pony with an hourglass cutie mark and one of the few recurring male background ponies to appear as early as the first season. He helped out at Sweet Apple Acres during Winter Wrap Up, bought an apple from Apple Bloom in " Call of the Cutie" (then promptly ran away in fear), may or may not have a Pegasus relative note he appears as a Pegasus in "Sonic Rainboom"]], though there's a similarly looking pegasus named Crescent Moon with a different cutie mark and a lighter version of his color scheme, and may or may not play the banjo and/or the violin note the below mentioned country band and fancy band, respectively in "Luna Eclipsed" and "Sweet and Elite", includes ponies playing these instruments who share his color scheme but not his cutie mark. However fans swear up and down he is in fact the Doctor regenerated as a pony, leading to countless crossover fan works. In truth, he's Mayor Mare's official timekeeper, but that doesn't stop fans. An analysis on Dr. "Time Turner" Hooves is available on the analysis page. 
A blue, white-maned unicorn with varying attributes: his eyes have been gold, amber, and blue; his cutie mark has been a safety pin and an hourglass; and his horn has been normal-sized and unusually long and sharp. His most memorable appearances have been in " Call of the Cutie" (where he happily pokes out a set of balloons Apple Bloom was hiding behind) and " Sweet and Elite" (where he wears a red jacket that gives him a resemblance to the Third Doctor, which coupled with his hourglass cutie mark has led some to believe he too is a Time Lord). Named for his 3-second balloon popping scene in " Call of the Cutie", which was the first time he had a visible cutie mark and the first time he was shown with his unusually long and sharp horn. Just chilling, because soda is better when it's chilled. A light tan earth pony with a black mane, green or blue eyes and a cherry cutie mark. In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", he delivers Spike's egg to Twilight Sparkle during her exam, and talks to Twilight in the following present-day scene. Can be seen in several other episodes in crowd scenes. Also appears in "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2", alongside Caramel, Noteworthy and Meadow Song. He was released as a toy in the seventh wave of blind bags.
A yellow Earth pony with a blue mane and grapes cutie mark. He's mostly known for appearing several times with Daisy whenever she's not hanging out with the other flower ponies, sort of like a hetero version of Lyra Heartstrings & Sweetie Drops, though their relationship isn't entirely clear it's assumed they're a couple. While he doesn't have any speaking lines, he does growl at Twilight Sparkle during " Over a Barrel". According to his collector card, he "loves telling and hearing jokes." Before the toy line gave Goldengrape his official All There in the Script name, he was given a couple of Fan Nicknames, Sir Colton Vines III and Green Grapes. This is what he normally looks like. This is what he's infamous for.A blue Earth pony note also appears as a Pegasus in "Sonic Rainboom" with a navy blue mane and music notes * two beamed notes (♫); three eighth notes (♪) in the Blind Bags for a cutie mark. He appears in a few scenes such as clearing the snow during " Winter Wrap Up", and has a somewhat noteworthy animation glitch in " The Best Night Ever" that gave rise to the "Donny Cyclops" meme. According to his collector card, he "is very helpful and remembers everything!" Before the toy line gave Noteworthy his official All There in the Script name, he was given the Fan Nickname Blues.
A gray Earth pony with a black mane and clover cutie mark. Like Caramel he's apparently a neighbor of Rarity and helped pull the carriage in "The Best Night Ever". He also shares a scene with Wild Fire in one of Twilight Sparkle's flashbacks in " A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1". In "Apple Family Reunion", he appears in one shot at the hoedown, but isn't included in the family photo. "I'm not gay."note This is Caramel as he appears (minus the saddle bags) in his debut in the episode "Winter Wrap Up" "Oh good gravy, Caramel lost the grass seeds again didn't he?" A tan Earth Pony note also appears as a Pegasus in "Sonic Rainboom", and also appears as a unicorn with a different cutie mark in "Read It and Weep" with (usually) a trio of horseshoes cutie mark and one of the few to have a name that isn't just All There in the Script. In " Winter Wrap Up" he loses the grass seeds (according to Applejack, this is a regular occurrence) and looks quite embarrassed by this. " The Best Night Ever" reveals he's a neighbor of Rarity's and he helps pull the girls' carriage to Canterlot. One of the more amusing things about him is that his color scheme and (usually) cutie mark have been used for at least four different ponies which has lead to a lot of jokes and speculation. The Blind Bags give him the name Chance-A-Lot. According to his collector cards, he "is always cheerful and trying new things!" For the unicorn pony doctor version of Caramel see the One Shots page. An analysis on Caramel and the various versions of him is available in the analysis page. - Adaptation Name Change: The Blind Bags refer to him as Chance-A-Lot; given that he has a caramel apple cutie mark instead of a horseshoe cutie mark at the beginning of the show's scene in which he's referred to as Caramel, that appearance may have been intended to be a different character, though Gameloft's My Little Pony game has since referred to the usual horseshoe-cutie-marked version as Caramel.
- All There in the Manual: His collector◊ cards◊ reveal that he "is always cheerful and trying new things!"
- Depending on the Animator: One of the most prolific examples in the show.
- His coat and mane colors and cutie mark are used for a Big McIntosh Palette Swap who first appears in the first opening and later appears in the show proper during "Green Isn't Your Color", "Lesson Zero" and "Putting Your Hoof Down".
- In "Winter Wrap Up", he has a caramel apple cutie mark at the beginning of the scene where he's referred to by name, but later in the scene it's replaced with his usual mark. Due in part to this and in part to his Adaptation Name Change to Chance-A-Lot in the Blind Bags, it wasn't until Gameloft's My Little Pony game that he was officially identified as Caramel.
- In "Sonic Rainboom", he and other Earth pony stallions appear as Pegasi.
- His color scheme and cutie mark are used for an Earth pony mare who appears during "Over a Barrel".
- In "The Best Night Ever", he temporarily switches to having Coconut's eye color, tail, and cutie mark when he's first shown pulling the carriage.
- His design and color scheme are used for the doctor unicorn from "Read It and Weep".
- OC Stand In: He is depicted by fans as a bisexual pony who has an extended family tree of Generation Xerox relatives.
- Official Couple: With Sassaflash in "Hearts and Hooves Day", though a later shot shows him with Golden Harvest instead (however, the shot after that shows Golden Harvest with Strawberry Cream).
- The Pollyanna: According to his collector cards at least.
- Spell My Name with an S: "CHANCE-A-LOT" has only been written in all caps like that, so it isn't clear if it's capitalized "Chance-A-Lot" (matching that of the Design-A-Pony toys' title), "Chance-a-Lot" (matching that of Pick-a-Lily's name), or "Chance-a-lot" (similar to that of Sir Lintsalot's name).
- Vocal Dissonance: From both ends of the spectrum! In "Winter Wrap Up" he manages to make a soft squeak similar to the one Fluttershy makes in Friendship is Magic, part 1 and A Bird in the Hoof, while in The Best Night Ever he says "EXCUSE me?" in a very deep voice. After that, in The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, he sounds very similar to the Scout.
A blue Earth pony with a blonde mane and (usually) hourglass cutie mark. One of the recurring high society ponies and thus appears in most episodes featuring Canterlot or high society events. Was a judge in " MMMystery on the Friendship Express" for the dessert competition with a cupcake cutie mark for a brief moment. Like every other pony with an hourglass cutie mark, fans usually tie him to Doctor Who, seeing him as either yet another incarnation of the Doctor or the Master note The Doctor's rival. To avoid confusion on this page, we're gonna go with the latter since this pony doesn't have any other widely used Fan Nicknames or an official name. - Bowties Are Cool: Is always sporting a red one, even in The Merch.
- Curtains Match the Window: Blonde hair rarely translates to eye colors, but this pony is the exception.
- OC Stand In: He is depicted by fans as the Master, regenerated as a pony, who has resumed his old rivalry with the Doctor who is now also a pony.
A light blue stallion with dark gray hair, blue eyes, and ( usually) a cutie mark of three five-pointed stars. While his only appearance in the first season was as an Earth pony (" Bruce Mane"), the second season introduced at least two unicorn versions of him, one of whom (" Neon Lights") is a common background pony. In the fandom, " Bruce Mane" is best remembered for his vague resemblance to Bruce Wayne and " Neon Lights" is best remembered for his "high society" Canterlot outfit that he wore in " Sweet and Elite". - Cool Shades: Part of the "high society" outfit that "Neon Lights" wears in Canterlot during Sweet and Elite.
- Depending on the Animator: He has at least three different versions:
- "Bruce Mane," an Earth pony with a darker mane color and a lighter tail color who appears in "The Best Night Ever", "Sweet and Elite", "MMMystery on the Friendship Express" (sometimes with a different cutie mark), "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2", "The Crystal Empire - Part 1", and "Magical Mystery Cure", as well as in the Web Game DJ Pinkie Pie, on three of The Hub's wallpapers and one of their promotional sites, and on the licensed shirt Rarity Prefers Diamonds.
- "Neon Lights," a unicorn with a lighter mane and tail color who appears in "The Mysterious Mare Do Well", "Sweet and Elite", "Hearth's Warming Eve", "The Last Roundup", "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", "A Friend in Deed", "It's About Time", "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2", "One Bad Apple", "Magic Duel", and "Magical Mystery Cure", as well as on one of The Hub's wallpapers.
- A unicorn with a darker mane and tail color who appears in "Sweet and Elite".
A white stallion with light blue mane/tail and eye colors and a dark blue cutie mark of the Orion constellation. He first appears as an Earth pony in "The Best Night Ever", and is larger than usual for one scene where he gives Twilight Sparkle a very strong hoofshake. He makes a second appearance in "Sweet and Elite", which is also the first appearance of two unicorn versions of him: one with the same neat mane style as the original Earth pony version, and one with a spiky mane style matching every version's tail style. Both of these unicorns, in turn, make their second appearances in "Hearth's Warming Eve", and the spiky-maned one makes a third appearance in "The Last Roundup". The neat-maned Earth pony version makes third and fourth appearances in "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1" and "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2", the latter of which is also the third appearance of the neat-maned unicorn version. One of the two neat-maned versions makes an appearance in "The Crystal Empire - Part 1", the spiky-maned unicorn version makes a fourth appearance in "One Bad Apple", and the neat-maned Earth pony version makes another appearance in " Magical Mystery Cure".
A dark blue stallion with light blue mane/tail and eye colors and a white cutie mark of the Orion constellation. He first cameos in "Hearts and Hooves Day" standing next to fellow Pegasus stallion Papermoon, but isn't shown clearly until "Hurricane Fluttershy", in which he impresses Rainbow Dash with his 11.0 wingpower. He appears as an Earth pony at the wedding reception in "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2", but he's back to being a Pegasus in "Wonderbolts Academy" and "Games Ponies Play". He returns in "Magical Mystery Cure".
Colts and FilliesThere are also children (or "colts" and "fillies" in this case) within the background pony crowd. Almost all of them are fillies; background colts weren't introduced until Season 2, and are nowhere near as common as background fillies. Generally, they (the fillies, at least) don't have set cutie marks—most of their appearances are as blank flanks, and when they do have marks (mostly in " Call of the Cutie") they're often inconsistent. They usually appear in classrooms or any school related scenes, Cutie Mark Crusader episodes or any episode that focuses on one or two of its members. In any other scenes they are almost always seen being accompanied by an adult pony. They usually fulfill younger background roles along with being crowd fillers like their older counterparts. Earth / Pegasus / Unicorn Pony Colts and Fillies "But Namby-Pamby was a great editor!" Also known by other Fan Nicknames, including Overly Protected Little Filly (OPLF), Berry Blast, Beery Pinch, and Cherry Daiquiri. A pink unicorn note also appears as a Pegasus in "Friendship is Magic, part 2", "The Cutie Pox", and (with a different eye color) "Ponyville Confidential", and also appears as an Earth pony with a different eye color in "Call of the Cutie" or a different hairstyle in "Ponyville Confidential"; Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash's flashbacks during "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" and "Hurricane Fluttershy" additionally show her as a Pegasus and (in the former episode) as an Earth pony and the supposed daughter of Berry Punch. Similar to Dinky * in that a lot of her popularity comes from her "mother" (only they've been seen together in the show). Yet another Dinky Palette Swap. A teal unicorn filly with a purple mane. She's the only background pony who's been present in Cheerilee's classroom every time that we've seen it, and always has a flower cutie mark on these occasions. Notable scenes include calling Rainbow Dash lame in " The Mysterious Mare Do Well" and finding out her crush likes somepony else in " Hearts and Hooves Day". Cheerful little filly, ain't she?
A purple unicorn with blonde hair, little Dinky * Doo or Hooves depending on your flavor of Derpy made her debut in " Winter Wrap Up" cheerfully hopping along during the song. She appears again in " Call of the Cutie" as one of Apple Bloom's classmates who attended the party. Some speculation and a short fanfic later she was dubbed the daughter of Derpy Hooves due to their similar color schemes and since then she's become almost as popular as the Cutie Mark Crusaders. While she and Derpy have never been seen together, she's shown to be the sister of unicorn Amethyst Star in " Sisterhooves Social".
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