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** "Party Of One" features a less pleasant variety when Pinkie's friends seem to be making excuses for why they aren't coming to her latest party. She puts on a "disguise" to spy on them and then Dash—who can tell it's Pinkie but not that she's trying to disguise herself—says "Hi, Pinkie Pie." Then ItGetsWorse; Pinkie chases Dash very aggressively and angrily, loudly asking what the real reason Dash doesn't want to come to the party is. When Dash hides in Applejack's barn, Pinkie full-on ''interrogates'' Applejack about why she's in there.
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** "Party Of One" features a less pleasant variety when Pinkie's friends seem to be making excuses for why they aren't coming to her latest party. She puts on a "disguise" to spy on them and then Dash—who can tell it's Pinkie but not that she's trying to disguise herself—says "Hi, Pinkie Pie." Then ItGetsWorse; Then, Pinkie chases Dash very aggressively and angrily, loudly asking what the real reason Dash doesn't want to come to the party is. When Dash hides in Applejack's barn, Pinkie full-on ''interrogates'' Applejack about why she's in there.
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: In "Bridle Gossip," [[ItMakesSenseInContext when she starts poking through Rarity's mane]], she asks if Pinkie's ever heard of personal space, to which Pinkie bluntly answers "nope." Also, for some reason, she tends to get touchy-feely with Rainbow Dash more often than anyone else.NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
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'''Pinkie Pie:''' Too old for ''free candy?!'' ''(glares at Twilight)'' '''''Never!'''''
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** A running gag is that whenever Pinkie launches into a musical number, ''no one else joins her''. They usually just stand aghast at the insanity. Pinkie of course couldn't care less.
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** A particular example happens in "Too Many Pinkie Pies", where she uses a rope swing to launch into the air and plummets toward a swimming hole... Only to stop just above the water and slowly sink in because she didn't want to bother Rainbow Dash, who was looking to relax by the water.
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** A particular example happens in "Too Many Pinkie Pies", where she uses a rope swing to launch into the air and plummets toward a swimming hole... Only to stop just above the water and slowly sink in because she didn't want to bother Rainbow Dash, who was looking to relax by the water.
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** In "Too Many Pinkie Pies," Pinkie is calm and down-to-earth compared to her reflections. [[spoiler: She even suggests that plan that Twilight uses to weed out the clones.]]
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* {{Flanderization}}: Parodied and deconstructed in "Too Many Pinkie Pies." [[spoiler: All of Pinkie's clones are essentially a flanderized version of her. It was the original Pinkie Pie's HiddenDepths that allowed her friends to figure out which was the real one.]]
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* {{Flanderization}}: Parodied and deconstructed in "Too Many Pinkie Pies." [[spoiler: All Each of Pinkie's clones are essentially a flanderized version of her. It was the original Pinkie Pie's HiddenDepths that allowed her friends to figure out which was the real one.]]
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* [[spoiler: LossOfIdentity: In "Too Many Pinkie Pies," Pinkie's clones drive her to so much distress that she doesn't even know whether she is the real Pinkie or not. The fact that she is the only clone to even question herself may have contributed greatly to her passing the test.]]
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* {{Flanderization}}: Parodied and deconstructed in "Too Many Pinkie Pies." [[spoiler: All of Pinkie's clones are essentially a flanderized version of her. It was the original Pinkie Pie's HiddenDepths that allowed her friends to figure out which was the real Pinkie.one.]]
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** Broken by herself (or at least her reflections/clones) in "Too Many Pinkie Pies." The clones cause her so much distress that she begins to [[LossOfIdentity question whether or not she is in fact the real Pinkie Pie]].
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** Highlighted in "Too Many Pinkie Pies." Pinkie's clones are essentially [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] versions of her. It was the original Pinkie's ability to focus on something other than fun that allowed her friends to distinguish her. She also shows that has a firm grasp on when she has gone too far and even comes up with the idea that allows Twilight to find the real Pinkie.
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** Highlighted in "Too Many Pinkie Pies." [[spoiler: Pinkie's clones are essentially [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] versions of her. It was the original Pinkie's ability to focus on something other than fun that allowed her friends to distinguish her. She also shows that has a firm grasp on when she has gone too far and even comes up with the idea that allows Twilight to find the real Pinkie.]]
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** Highlighted in "Too Many Pinkie Pies." Pinkie's clones are essentially [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] versions of her. It was the original Pinkie's ability to focus on something other than fun that allowed her friends to distinguish her. She also shows that has a firm grasp on when she has gone too far and even comes up with the idea that allows Twilight to find the real Pinkie.
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** A particular example happens in "Too Many Pinkie Pies", where she uses a rope swing to launch into the air and plummets toward a swimming hole... Only to stop just above the water and slowly sink in because she didn't want to bother Rainbow Dash, who was looking to relax by the water.
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* GenkiGirl: An UpToEleven {{Exaggerated|Trope}} {{Parod|iedTrope}}y for the majority of her onscreen appearance. Her genki-ness was however also {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed, {{Subverted|Trope}}, and DoubleSubverted in ''Party of One''.
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* GenkiGirl: An UpToEleven {{Exaggerated|Trope}} {{Parod|iedTrope}}y for the majority of her onscreen appearance. Her genki-ness was however also {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed, {{Subverted|Trope}}, and DoubleSubverted in ''Party of One''. Also starts to simmer down over the course of the series, with her gradually becoming calmer.
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** Lampshaded a bit, and taken UpToEleven in TooManyPinkiePies. That one fic where she was a Looney Tunes character is making more and more sense...
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** Lampshaded a bit, and taken UpToEleven in TooManyPinkiePies.[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies "Too Many Pinkie Pies"]]. That one fic where she was a Looney Tunes character is making more and more sense...
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Pinkie's behaviour is so odd and bizarre at times even for herself that she shows many signs of various mental disorders, such as Asperger's, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, OCD, etc
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** Lampshaded a bit, and taken UpToEleven in TooManyPinkiePies. That one fic where she was a Looney Tunes character is making more and more sense...
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** Some episodes show that Pinkie ''can'' concentrate when she wants to; In fact, in "Too Many Pinkie Pies", she's concentrating so hard on Twilight's "test" that she doesn't even notice when all her clones have disappeared and she's the only one left standing until the others directly address her.
** Some episodes show that Pinkie ''can'' concentrate when she wants to; In fact, in "Too Many Pinkie Pies", she's concentrating so hard on Twilight's "test" that she doesn't even notice when all her clones have disappeared and she's the only one left standing until the others directly address her.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Proving herself to be a lot more capable than she first appears as the series progresses.
** Notably, in "Too Many Pinkie Pies", she actually manages to ''slow down mid-fall and land in the water quietly''. When Rainbow Dash lampshades this, Pinkie cheerfully explains she was just trying to be considerate to Dash, who was napping by the lake.
** Notably, in "Too Many Pinkie Pies", she actually manages to ''slow down mid-fall and land in the water quietly''. When Rainbow Dash lampshades this, Pinkie cheerfully explains she was just trying to be considerate to Dash, who was napping by the lake.
** Shown up again in "Swarm of the Century."
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pinkie is never mean, her goal in life being to make others laugh and be happy, but she has a tendency to assume that ''her'' idea of fun is everyone's idea of fun. Fluttershy is an exception: Pinkie refuses to prank her (or let others do so) because she's well aware of how sensitive Fluttershy is and that she may get the wrong idea from any pranks. It's not certain if Fluttershy herself appreciates Pinkie's protective behavior, though... .
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pinkie is never mean, her goal in life being to make others laugh and be happy, but she has a tendency to assume that ''her'' idea of fun is everyone's idea of fun. Fluttershy is an exception: Pinkie refuses to prank her (or let others do so) because she's well aware of how sensitive Fluttershy is and that she may get the wrong idea from any pranks. It's not certain if Fluttershy herself appreciates Pinkie's protective behavior, though... .
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* KarmicProtection: Pinkie's [[CloudCuckooLander behavior]] and [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitiveness]] seldom gets reprisal, most notably [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed with poor Cranky.]] Those who tried to discredit Pinkie would at least get [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen a rather painful Humiliation Conga.]] That said, sometimes this KarmicProtection gets stripped off, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes resulting in a very battered babysitter.]]
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* KarmicProtection: Shares this with Fluttershy. Pinkie's [[CloudCuckooLander behavior]] and [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitiveness]] seldom gets reprisal, most notably [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed with poor Cranky.]] Those who tried to discredit Pinkie would at least get [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen a rather painful Humiliation Conga.]] That said, sometimes this KarmicProtection gets stripped off, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes resulting in a very battered babysitter.]]
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** In "Too Many Pinkie Pies", she easily finds the magic pond from a rhyme that Granny Pie apparently taught her when she was just a filly, whereas Twilight had never even heard of it before.
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* [[{{IAmSong}}]]: Her [[http://vimeo.com/37035123 "Smile Song"]] from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed "A Friend in Deed"]].
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* IAmSong: Her [[http://vimeo.com/37035123 "Smile Song"]] from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed "A Friend in Deed"]].
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It was a bale of hay, not a haystack. SRS BSNS. =D
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* WeirdnessCoupon: Perhaps best demonstrated in "Party of One", when Rainbow Dash's freakout at meeting her has absolutely nothing to do with the fact Pinkie Pie's dressed like a haystack in Groucho Marx glasses.
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* WeirdnessCoupon: Perhaps best demonstrated in "Party of One", when Rainbow Dash's freakout at meeting her has absolutely nothing to do with the fact Pinkie Pie's dressed like a haystack hay bale in Groucho Marx glasses.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Not stated explicitly, but occasionally implied (like with her flying machine in ''Griffon The Brush-Off'' and her party cannon from ''Sweet And Elite''). What makes this more amusing is that [[AndreaLibman her voice actress]] has a degree in engineering.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Not stated explicitly, but occasionally implied (like with her flying machine in ''Griffon The Brush-Off'' "Griffon the Brush Off" and her party cannon from ''Sweet And Elite''). Party Cannon introduced in "Sweet and Elite"). What makes this more amusing is that [[AndreaLibman [[Creator/AndreaLibman her voice actress]] has a degree in engineering.
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[[caption-width-right:204:Fill my heart up with sunshine, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNrXMOSkBas SUNSHINE]]![[hottip:*:I SUNSHINE]]![[hottip:*: I can still see you!]]]]
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* BadassNormal: She doesn't have the powers of a unicorn or the flight of a Pegasus but she still manages to accomplish a lot of things her powered friends can't and is smarter than she looks. For instance, she manages to solve the problem of the Parasprites by herself while none of her friends can. She is also able to outrun Rainbow Dash.[[hottip:*:Or at least mysteriously already be at Rainbow Dash's various destinations before Rainbow even gets there.]]
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** Poor Pinkie Pie seems to be going through quite a bit of this in season 2- first, along with Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy, she is broken [[CircleOfShame pretty viciously]] by Discord in "Return of Harmony Part 1" and becomes convinced everypony is laughing at her. She's driven to the brink of tears by the Cake twins' antics in 'Baby Cakes', in 'A Friend In Deed' she is clearly upset when Cranky Doodle Donkey repeatedly rejects her friendship (although he does accept it by the end of the episode), and 'Putting Your Hoof Down' has Fluttershy reducing both her and Rarity to tears.
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** Poor Pinkie Pie seems to be going through quite a bit of this in season Season 2- first, along with Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy, she is broken [[CircleOfShame pretty viciously]] by Discord in "Return of Harmony Part 1" and becomes convinced everypony is laughing at her. She's driven to the brink of tears by the Cake twins' antics in 'Baby Cakes', in 'A Friend In Deed' she is clearly upset when Cranky Doodle Donkey repeatedly rejects her friendship (although he does accept it by the end of the episode), and 'Putting Your Hoof Down' has Fluttershy reducing both her and Rarity to tears.
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* EdibleAmmunition: She throws cakes [[spoiler: to fend off Spike after he transforms into a huge rampaging monster in the episode "Secret Of My Excess".]]
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* InexplicablyAwesome: Pinkie Pie regularly stares at, leans on or ignores the fourth wall, defies the laws of physics whenever plot- or humour-convenient and launches into musicals when nopony else does. She's popped out of locations too small for her to fit into, appeared ''inside'' a mirror[[hottip:*:Although it may be just in Twilight's head after being nagged over and over to not tell any secrets]] and even fought the [[IrisOut closing iris]] at the end of an episode. While this in itself isn't unusual for a cartoon, she's the only pony in ''this'' show who behaves like that. Everypony else is well aware that Pinkie Pie doesn't really work with the same rules as anypony else and they just do their best to ignore the weirdness. Her strange actions drive the plot in several episodes.
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* InexplicablyAwesome: Pinkie Pie regularly stares at, leans on or ignores the fourth wall, defies the laws of physics whenever plot- or humour-convenient and launches into musicals when nopony else does. She's popped out of locations too small for her to fit into, appeared ''inside'' a mirror[[hottip:*:Although mirror[[hottip:*: Although it may be just in Twilight's head after being nagged over and over to not tell any secrets]] and even fought the [[IrisOut closing iris]] at the end of an episode. While this in itself isn't unusual for a cartoon, she's the only pony in ''this'' show who behaves like that. Everypony else is well aware that Pinkie Pie doesn't really work with the same rules as anypony else and they just do their best to ignore the weirdness. Her strange actions drive the plot in several episodes.
* InnocentBlueEyes
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: In "Bridle Gossip," [[ItMakesSenseInContext when she starts poking through Rarity's mane]], she asks if Pinkie's ever heard of personal space, to which Pinkie bluntly answers "nope." Also, for some reason, she tends to get touchy-feely with Rainbow Dash more often than anyone else.
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: In "Bridle Gossip," [[ItMakesSenseInContext when she starts poking through Rarity's mane]], she asks if Pinkie's ever heard of personal space, to which Pinkie bluntly answers "nope." Also, for some reason, she tends to get touchy-feely with Rainbow Dash more often than anyone else.
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* RealityWarper: [[RuleOfFunny Any time it aids the joke]], she's shown with this ability. She's appeared in two places in a single animation frame several times and spends about half of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" popping out of places she can't possibly fit in just to remind Twilight that secret-keeping is a big deal, to the point of appearing ''inside a mirror''[[hottip:*:Although that might be Twilight's imagination at the last part]].
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* RealityWarper: [[RuleOfFunny Any time it aids the joke]], she's shown with this ability. She's appeared in two places in a single animation frame several times and spends about half of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" popping out of places she can't possibly fit in just to remind Twilight that secret-keeping is a big deal, to the point of appearing ''inside a mirror''[[hottip:*:Although mirror''[[hottip:*: Although that might be Twilight's imagination at the last part]].
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->''"♪ This is your singing telegram; I hope it finds you well,\\
You're invited to a PARTY 'cause we think you're really swell! ♪"''
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[[caption-width-right:204:Fill my heart up with sunshine, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNrXMOSkBas SUNSHINE]]![[hottip:*:I can still see you!]]]]
-->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship Is Magic, Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]
-->Voiced by AndreaLibman
-->Singing by Shannon Chan-Kent
A hyperactive earth pony who prances to the beat of her own percussion section. The sheer force of her cheerful personality can be overwhelming at first but anyone who shows a little patience with her eccentricities is rewarded with a truly unique and wonderful friend who fills every day with laughter. And musical numbers. And PARTIES! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykGvsUJqqE4 Try to imagine a pink rocket made of happiness]]. That's Pinkie Pie.
* ActorAllusion: AndreaLibman playing a pink-maned pony with an affinity for baking...G3 Sweetie Belle, you're back!
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: It's almost a VerbalTic.
* {{Adorkable}}: She's so hyperly awkward that it's adorable.
* AerithAndBob: In a world with characters with names like Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash, her full name is ([[UnreliableNarrator we assume]]) Pinkamena '''Diane''' Pie.
* AlliterativeName
* AsideGlance: She does this on a number of occasions.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She has an eidetic memory for what makes people happy.
** She was also quick to figure out the mystery in "[=MMMystery=] on the Friendship Express", once she has a more clear understanding of the "crimescene".
* BadassNormal: She doesn't have the powers of a unicorn or the flight of a Pegasus but she still manages to accomplish a lot of things her powered friends can't and is smarter than she looks. For instance, she manages to solve the problem of the Parasprites by herself while none of her friends can. She is also able to outrun Rainbow Dash.[[hottip:*:Or at least mysteriously already be at Rainbow Dash's various destinations before Rainbow even gets there.]]
** BadassAdorable: She's the most energetic and happy go lucky character in the show, of course she's cute and is pretty much Fluttershy's equal in the area. But if she sees her friends in trouble, she's just unstoppable.
* BecomingTheMask: She goes to insane lengths to stay in character of a Nightmare Night costume.
** Including "pecking" at candy lying on the ground and somehow ''laying an egg'' when frightened by Princess Luna.
** BecomingTheCostume[=/=]EnforcedMethodActing: When dressed as something, she tends to behave that way.
* BerserkButton: Whatever you do, '''NEVER, EVER''' break a Pinkie Promise.
** She reacts understandably poorly to the idea of Fluttershy being bullied.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She takes neglect very hard.
* BewareTheSillyOnes
* BigEater: Can slurp up an entire cake (larger than her head) with ''[[OverlyLongTongue her tongue]]''. What's more, she can swallow foodstuffs of an equal or even greater size to herself in a single gulp.
* BlueEyes: Used to reflect her innocent and perky nature.
** InnocentBlueEyes
* [[{{Tomboy}} Blue Tomboy]], [[BlueBoyPinkGirl Pink Girl]]: The Pink Girl to Prankster Partner Rainbow Dash.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Done occasionally, either with an AsideGlance or a closing iris gag.
* BreakTheCutie: The episode "Party Of One" covers this completely.
** The episode "Baby Cakes" does this too, [[spoiler:until she is literally bawling her eyes out at the end because she can't handle it anymore.]]
** Poor Pinkie Pie seems to be going through quite a bit of this in season 2- first, along with Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy, she is broken [[CircleOfShame pretty viciously]] by Discord in "Return of Harmony Part 1" and becomes convinced everypony is laughing at her. She's driven to the brink of tears by the Cake twins' antics in 'Baby Cakes', in 'A Friend In Deed' she is clearly upset when Cranky Doodle Donkey repeatedly rejects her friendship (although he does accept it by the end of the episode), and 'Putting Your Hoof Down' has Fluttershy reducing both her and Rarity to tears.
** In general: Pinkie Pie is ''extremely'' optimistic and upbeat, and she can usually shrug off insults and sadness. However, she is easily broken if she is convinced that she is useless or that her friends don't care about her.
* BrokenBird: During "Party of One".
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite appearing completely insane to outsiders, Pinkie Pie is regularly entrusted with important tasks by [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure local authority figures]] who have known her long enough to be aware there's a method behind her apparent madness.
** Highlighted in "Swarm of the Century" where nopony takes her seriously until her music drives the parasprites out of Ponyville, demonstrating that she was right all along.
* TheCameo: Her face shows up in a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo during the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aODTj_xwxsc "Wingin' It"]] musical number on TheAquabatsSuperShow episode "Cowboy Android!"
* TheCatCameBack: One of her stranger abilities.
* CatchPhrase: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxsuR6hSIQE "Okey dokey lokey."]]
* [[ChocolateBaby Chocolate Foal]]: Her mother is silver and her father is brown, but she came out pink.
* CloudCuckoolander: Especially in episode 13, "Fall Weather Friends", where she doubles as a CuckoolanderCommentator:
-->'''Spike:''' You know, Pinkie; these two ponies have a bit of a grudge match they're trying to settle, trying to prove who's the most athletic.\\
'''Pinkie:''' ''Yes!'' And "grudge" rhymes with "fudge"!\\
'''Spike:''' Yes, it... does? What?\\
'''Pinkie:''' And I like fudge. But if I eat too much fudge, I get a pudge and then I can't budge.\\
({{Beat}})\\
'''Spike:''' So... no fudge?\\
'''Pinkie:''' Aw, no thanks. I had a big breakfast.
** And remember: this is Pinkie Pie when she's ''sane''.
* ColorCodedCharacters / ColorMotif: Her name's Pinkie so naturally she's pink.
* CoolBigSis: To the Cakes' twin babies. Even after her first disastrous babysitting experience.
** Pinkie seems to be this to many younger characters, including the CMC.
*** In one episode, she claims to be this for Fluttershy, who objects she's a year older than Pinkie.
* CoolCar: Her RC Car from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTY3zJaA2Dc this]] toy commercial and the toys.
* CrazyPrepared: How does she set up parties so quickly? Simple. She has a ''party cannon''!!!
** She also keeps marshmallows on her person in case somepony [[FireBreathingDiner eats something too spicy]], and keeps rubber balls and eyepatches stashed all around Ponyville in case of emergencies.
* CuckoolanderCommentator: In "Fall Weather Friends"
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In "Swarm of the Century". and again in "Feeling Pinkie Keen".
* CuteButCacophonic: She has a tendency to screech if she's frustrated, like in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon the Brush Off]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]", and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]".
** in "Luna Eclipsed", Twilight Sparkle defined it as shrieking and made her promise to ''stop'' doing it as she was trying to get ponies to accept Princess Luna as a friend rather than the fearsome former Nightmare Moon.
* CuteAndPsycho: Dear lord, do not break a pinkie promise or ignore her.
* TheCutie
* DeathGlare: In "Party of One", poor Applejack has to endure about ten or twelve different variants from her in a row when standing at the barn door to keep her from entering.
* {{Determinator}}: Proven in "Party of One". When she wants to find out something, she will.
* TheDitz: Some of the time. [[GeniusDitz Other times...]]
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm:
** Referring to [[ItMakesSenseInContext a tree called Bloomberg]] they are transporting on a train, this exchange takes place between Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie:
--->'''Rainbow Dash:''' When we get to Appleloosa, do you think we're going to need to carry that heavy tree all the way from the train to the orchard?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' What tree? You mean Bloomberg?\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' [[DeadpanSnarker No. Fluttershy.]]\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Fluttershy's not a tree, silly.\\
'''Twilight:''' What's going on?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Rainbow Dash thinks Fluttershy's a tree!
** After a frog falls on Twilight's face...
--->'''Pinkie Pie:''' Uh...Twilight? You got a little something on your face there.\\
'''Twilight:''' Oh really? Did your "Pinkie sense" tell you that too?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' No; I could just see it.
* DreadfulMusician: Not the most blatant example of this trope, but she loves to sing and takes the same [[GenkiGirl scattershot]], [[CloudCuckooLander stream-of-consciousness]] approach to music as she does to everything else. She is specifically called out as this in ''Over A Barrel'', [[NiceJobBreakingItHero where her song is actively harmful to the peace talks]].
--> '''Chief Thunderhooves:''' It seems that Sheriff Silver Star and I have come to an agreement.\\
'''Sheriff Silver Star:''' [[HopeSpot Indeed we have.]]\\
''*Beat*''\\
'''Chief Thunderhooves:''' That was the worst performance we've ever seen.
** It happens again (kinda) in "Baby Cakes" when she tries to entertain Pound and Pumpkin by singing her "Oink oink oink" song. The reception is [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/what_the_shit_3602.png less than positive.]]
** On the other hand, she can sing well when the writers want her to. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed Smile, Smile, Smile]] has the whole town doing a big dance number.
* EdibleAmmunition: She throws cakes [[spoiler: to fend off Spike after he transforms into a huge rampaging monster in the episode "Secret Of My Excess".]]
* EraSpecificPersonality: G3 Pinkie Pie was the leader of the Core 7 late into the generation (beginning around 2007) and wasn't nearly as hyperactive.
* [[EveryoneHasStandards Even Pranksters Have Standards]]: Pinkie Pie may love pranks, but she knows better than to prank Fluttershy, who is extremely sensitive.
* [[ExpressiveHair Expressive Mane]]: In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", Pinkie Pie's mane is flat when she's young and goes to being a poofy mess when she sees the Sonic Rainboom. In "Party of One", her mane goes flat again after she thinks her friends don't like her anymore and gets depressed. As soon as she cheers up, it poofs up again.
** And it's more than just an [[ExpressiveHair Expressive Mane]] in "Party of One". In addition to her hairstyle changing, her entire body darkens a bit. Not just her coat, all of her.
** Played with in "The Best Night Ever" where Pinkie tries to tame her mane for the Gala only to have it poof back up again because she's so excited.
** Strangely this trope is avoided in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return of Harmony, Part 1]]". [[spoiler:Despite Discord's hypnosis turning her completely serious, her mane stays the same]]
*** Could possibly be explained by the fact that she's not depressed, just dead-serious and angry. Or it could just be because [[spoiler:Discord hypnotized her into being serious and angry rather than Pinkie herself actually feeling that way of her own accord.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Surprise, a G1 pegasus who [[MemeticMutation loved fun things]] as well as G3 and G3.5 Pinkie Pie who also loved parties.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Not so much as Spike, but she's willing to eat cupcakes with hot sauce and totally burned cupcakes. In one instance, she's capable of devouring a big cake in one gulp.
* FieryRedhead: During the rare times when she gets angry.
* ForHappiness: Her motivation for just about everything.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine: fun-loving, loud, and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne driven to seek others' attention]].
* FriendToAllChildren: She loves playing with little kids, and chaperons some of them during Nightmare Night.
** She also loves the Cake Twins dearly, like they were her own little siblings.
* FullNameUltimatum: Pinkamena Diane Pie, as revealed by her mother in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles".
* [[FunPersonified Fun Ponified]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Not stated explicitly, but occasionally implied (like with her flying machine in ''Griffon The Brush-Off'' and her party cannon from ''Sweet And Elite''). What makes this more amusing is that [[AndreaLibman her voice actress]] has a degree in engineering.
* {{Gasp}}: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Her introduction]].
** Does it again after Spike reveals to her that he has a crush on Rarity.
* GeniusBruiser: She's pretty athletic and also fairly intelligent.
* GeniusDitz: Despite being a bit scatterbrained and crazy, she's very good at baking and arranging parties, and gets handed the SmartBall fairly often.
** In "Dragonshy", she beat Rarity at tic-tac-toe thirty-five times in a row.
** She also remembers everything about everypony, because she loves to see people smile
** Not to mention, she's the only one in Ponyville who actually knows a parasprite when she sees it, and just how disastrous they can be.
* GenkiGirl: An UpToEleven {{Exaggerated|Trope}} {{Parod|iedTrope}}y for the majority of her onscreen appearance. Her genki-ness was however also {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed, {{Subverted|Trope}}, and DoubleSubverted in ''Party of One''.
* GenreSavvy: Pinkie's perceived "randomness" tends to actually be her way of resolving issues she sees long before the other ponies. A good example of this is in "Swarm of the Century": Not only does she realize what the Parasprites are going to do but she instantly figures out exactly what ridiculous method she's going to have to use to stop them. For the rest of the episode, she ignores all cries for help and accidentally sabotages all of her friends' efforts because she knows getting a ton of musical instruments is going to be WAY more important.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: In "Party Of One", you can see she has a large teddy bear in her bedroom. However, she apparently doesn't love it quite enough to invite it to her crazy party (the guests at said party include a bag of flour, a pile of rocks, and a ball of lint). Additionally the ''[[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A_Xj7mp28XY/Tobgfn4wGqI/AAAAAAAANC0/1d-0jnfK74E/DAGJh.jpg Ponygeist]]'' billboard shows her with a doll of Spike.
* GoodFeelsGood: Pinkie genuinely feels her happiest when she makes other ponies happy, whether it be from a joke or from one of her many parties. Her IAmSong [[http://vimeo.com/37035123 "Smile Song"]] establishes this beyond the shadow of a doubt.
* GoodIsNotDumb: Comes up most notably in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff "Griffon the Brush-Off"]] where Gilda insists that the party pranks were all part of Pinkie's secret plan to humiliate her.
* HatesBeingAlone: Being alone for too long [[SanitySlippage tends to do bad things to her mental state]], as seen in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]".
* HiddenDepths: "Party Of One" shows that if she ever feels betrayed and alone, she will perform an emotional 180 and become a recluse.
** "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" implies that this is actually her original pre-Sonic-Rainboom personality; care of a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Fantasy Counterpart Puritan]] upbringing on a '''Rock Farm'''.
** "A Friend In Deed" shows that Pinkie has a rather large memory of personal details (like birthdays) for every resident of Ponyville.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: According to her, she grew up on a '''Rock Farm'''. Although not intentionally abusive, it falls under the "seriously bizarre methods of parenting" heading.
* HyperAwareness: Played with. Despite her [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny often non-existant attention span]], Pinkie usually spots the obvious before [[FailedASpotCheck anyone else clues in]].
* [[HystericalWoman Hysterical Mare]]
* IAmSong: Her [[http://vimeo.com/37035123 "Smile Song"]] from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed "A Friend in Deed"]].
* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Pony]]: Is able to follow a rapidly fleeing Rainbow Dash during "Griffon the Brush-Off" and even get ahead of her, despite the fact that Rainbow flies at top speed while Pinkie skips ahead without a care. Repeats the feat during "Party of One", although she doesn't bother with the skipping.
** Taken UpToEleven in "A Friend In Deed."
* ImprovisedWeapon: Her fighting style seems to consist of using these. She's been shown to weaponize cakes, her party cannon, and ''[[EquippableAlly Twilight]]''.
* InexplicablyAwesome: Pinkie Pie regularly stares at, leans on or ignores the fourth wall, defies the laws of physics whenever plot- or humour-convenient and launches into musicals when nopony else does. She's popped out of locations too small for her to fit into, appeared ''inside'' a mirror[[hottip:*:Although it may be just in Twilight's head after being nagged over and over to not tell any secrets]] and even fought the [[IrisOut closing iris]] at the end of an episode. While this in itself isn't unusual for a cartoon, she's the only pony in ''this'' show who behaves like that. Everypony else is well aware that Pinkie Pie doesn't really work with the same rules as anypony else and they just do their best to ignore the weirdness. Her strange actions drive the plot in several episodes.
** To drive the point home, this is a setting with magic-using ponies, [[UpToEleven and Pinkie is strange even to them]]. [[BeyondTheImpossible She is explicitly stated to be simply too weird for magic to explain.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pinkie is never mean, her goal in life being to make others laugh and be happy, but she has a tendency to assume that ''her'' idea of fun is everyone's idea of fun. Fluttershy is an exception: Pinkie refuses to prank her (or let others do so) because she's well aware of how sensitive Fluttershy is and that she may get the wrong idea from any pranks. It's not certain if Fluttershy herself appreciates Pinkie's protective behavior, though... .
** After a poorly executed stunt lands Rainbow Dash in the hospital, the first question Pinkie Pie asks the doctor is, "Is her face going to stay that way?"
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Cranky Doodle Donkey.
* JabbaTableManners: Her favorite method of eating often seems to involve plunging her face into food. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof Of note, her table manners horrified Mr. and Mr. Cake during Princess Celestia's visit,]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite as well as Canterlot's elites when she crashed their garden party.]]
* JekyllAndHyde: Pinkie/Pinkamena.
* KarmicProtection: Pinkie's [[CloudCuckooLander behavior]] and [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitiveness]] seldom gets reprisal, most notably [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed with poor Cranky.]] Those who tried to discredit Pinkie would at least get [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen a rather painful Humiliation Conga.]] That said, sometimes this KarmicProtection gets stripped off, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes resulting in a very battered babysitter.]]
* KubrickStare: Delivers one to the mane cast after being dragged to her surprise party in "Party Of One".
* LargeHam
* LifeOfTheParty
* LiteralMinded
-->'''[[FeatheredFiend Gilda]]:''' I'll be watching you...like a hawk.\\
'''Pinkie:''' Why? Can't you watch me like a griffon?
* {{Magnetic Hero}}ine: There is literally ''no pony'' in Ponyville that ''isn't'' her friend. It seems the only characters she ''can't'' befriend are the antagonists, and that's probably only because they don't stick around long enough or are too fundementally screwed up. This led to some trouble when [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed she met someone who didn't want to be her friend]]. [[spoiler:And she ''still'' managed to befriend him by the end of the episode.]]
* MeaningfulName: She's pink and she loves sweet things.
* TheMessiah: This is the real reason why Pinkie got her cutie mark (the party thing is merely her bread and butter), exemplified by her IAmSong in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed "A Friend in Deed"]].
* MotorMouth
** This becomes ''weaponized'' in The Last Roundup.
* TheMusicMeister: Pinkie Pie, so far, has started/led most on the songs in the show, and seems also capable of causing others around her to participate, as seen in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed "A Friend in Deed"]].
* NiceGirl: She's a good example of this [[BewareTheNiceOnes unless you push her]] BerserkButton.
* NiceHat: Wears one while playing Chancellor Puddinghead in "Hearth's Warming Eve".
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: In "Bridle Gossip," [[ItMakesSenseInContext when she starts poking through Rarity's mane]], she asks if Pinkie's ever heard of personal space, to which Pinkie bluntly answers "nope." Also, for some reason, she tends to get touchy-feely with Rainbow Dash more often than anyone else.
* NotGoodWithRejection: See "Party of One". She becomes reduced to talking with inanimate objects and sporting a SlasherSmile when she thinks her friends are rejecting her. She gets better, but still.
* OddNameOut: Her full name is Pinkamena '''Diane''' Pie, which means she's one of the few characters so far to have a middle name.
* OffscreenTeleportation
* OneOfTheKids: VagueAge aside, Pinkie Pie clearly has shades of this as demonstrated by her trick-or-treating in ''Luna Eclipsed'' and getting asked if she's too old for this.
-->'''Pinkie:''' Too old for ''free candy''? [[BigNever Never!]]
** The second season episodes ''Baby Cakes'' and ''A Friend In Deed'' [[DeconstructedTrope serve to demonstrate the more problematic aspects of this trope]]. In the former, Pinkie lacks an understanding of the responsibilities attendant to childcare, initially seeing the newly born Cake Twins as little more than new playmates and taking a full episode learning about what it means to actually be responsible for them. In the latter, she shows a strong lack of understanding about the importance of privacy and property, rooting through Cranky's possessions and forcing her way into his home, frequently ignoring pleas to stop.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her full name is Pinkamena Diane Pie, but is known to everypony as Pinkie
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Pony]]: While she is known to be the [[CloudCuckoolander craziest]] pony in the cast, she takes over this role in "Swarm Of The Century", where she is the only pony to have any knowledge of the parasprites, and nopony else (not even Twilight) will listen to her when she knows of a way to get rid of them.
** She is also the one to find a book on the Elements of Harmony. "It was under 'E'."
* OverlyLongTongue: As seen in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]".
* PersonalityPowers: She bears the Element of Laughter and her special talent is either throwing parties or making others happy. In line with that, she is perpetually cheerful and energetic 99% of the time.
* PhotographicMemory: Pinkie can remember every detail she's ever seen or heard about her friends, no matter how small or obscure.
* PhraseCatcher: "Pinkie Pie, you are so random" and "She's just being Pinkie" tend to get thrown her way a fair bit.
* PluckyComicRelief
* ThePollyanna: She has such a bright outlook on life that she can literally laugh away her fears. [[DrivenToMadness Most of the time]]. She also seems to believe that anyone is capable of being a friend if you're nice enough to them, no matter how hostile they've been in the past.
* PoorCommunicationKills: If Pinkie Pie had just told her friends in the beginning how dangerous the parasprites were and that music would lure them away, a lot of trouble could have been saved.
* [[ThePowerOfRock The Power Of Oompah]]: ''Swarm of the Century''
* ThePrankster: Though it's made clear that her pranks are all in good fun and she refuses to prank Fluttershy for fear that her friend would take it too seriously.
* [[{{Seers}} Precognition]]: "Pinkie Sense." She also has the uncanny ability to [[TheCatCameBack predict where other ponies are going to be and what they're going to do]].
* PromotionToParent: The Cakes literally promote her to regular babysitter of their twin children at the end of the episode "Baby Cakes".
* QuirkyCurls: Oddly, her hair seems to be naturally straight. It poofs up when she witnesses the Sonic Rainboom and experiences joy for the first time. And it's basically stayed that way ever since, only straightening again when she's depressed (i.e. almost never).
* QuiveringEyes
* RealityWarper: [[RuleOfFunny Any time it aids the joke]], she's shown with this ability. She's appeared in two places in a single animation frame several times and spends about half of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" popping out of places she can't possibly fit in just to remind Twilight that secret-keeping is a big deal, to the point of appearing ''inside a mirror''[[hottip:*:Although that might be Twilight's imagination at the last part]].
** [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6QdiP5LYdeE/Tt73-BBZkYI/AAAAAAAAB58/M73rLzHlG6k/s1600/PP.png This]] little piece says it all...
** If you want a great full episode example, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend In Deed]] pretty much takes this UpToEleven.
* RedOniBlueOni: Pinkie's loud, hyper personality makes her 100% Red Oni.
* RhymesOnADime: Not as frequently as Zecora, but Pinkie still likes to rhyme a lot... especially when she's singing.
* [[RoseHairedGirl Rose-Maned Mare]]
* RoundBushyHair
* RuleOfFunny: See InexplicablyAwesome, above, and SuperSpeed below.
* SadClown: Pinkie Pie is the Element Of Laughter, and near perpetually bubbly and cheerful. Take that happiness away from her however and the reaction is rather depressing.
* SeriousBusiness: Never ever attack Sugarcube Corner, or break a Pinkie promise. YouHaveBeenWarned.
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: ''Constantly''. "Sticking to you like caramel on a candy apple"? She'll reminisce about candy apples. "Watching you like a hawk"? She'll ask why you can't watch her like your own species. "Hit the books"? She'll question why you're hitting them instead of reading them. "Holding a grudge"? She'll notice 'grudge' rhymes with fudge and proceed to chat about how she loves fudge.
* [[SillyWalk Silly Trot]]: All the other ponies will trot or gallop. Pinkie will bounce, complete with unique sound effect.
* SimpleMindedWisdom: When Pinkie gets the SmartBall, it often comes in this form.
** When Twilight can't find any information in her library about the Elements of Harmony:
--->'''Pinkie Pie:''' The Elements of Harmony: A reference guide.\\
'''Twilight:''' How did you find that?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:'''(singsong) It was under EEEEE!
* SkipOfInnocence
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Once in a great while, her name will be spelled as "Pinky Pie."
* SpiderSense: Her Pinkie Sense essentially is this.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Multiple times in a series.
** "Griffon The Brush-Off" has Pinkie Pie following Rainbow Dash around quite a bit but in a fairly cheerful way. Dash finds this slightly annoying at worst but also amusing.
** "Party Of One" features a less pleasant variety when Pinkie's friends seem to be making excuses for why they aren't coming to her latest party. She puts on a "disguise" to spy on them and then Dash—who can tell it's Pinkie but not that she's trying to disguise herself—says "Hi, Pinkie Pie." Then ItGetsWorse; Pinkie chases Dash very aggressively and angrily, loudly asking what the real reason Dash doesn't want to come to the party is. When Dash hides in Applejack's barn, Pinkie full-on ''interrogates'' Applejack about why she's in there.
* StealthHiBye: She's so skilled with this that she can keep pace with Rainbow Dash using this ability.
* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: At the beginning of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]", she claims to understand a frog's ribbit as "'nice catch' in Frog."
* SuperSpeed: She can run on land ''faster'' than Rainbow Dash can fly! Whenever it serves a [[RuleOfFunny sight gag]], that is.
* SupremeChef: She works as a baker[=/=]candy maker at the Sugarcube Corner and is very much adept at it ([[LethalChef unless assisted by an exhausted or overenthusiastic pony]]) even if Gummy taking a bath in the punch is her "special ingredient".
* SweetTooth
-->''(Pinkie is participating in the Equestrian equivalent of trick-or-treating with several foals much younger than her)''\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Enough chit-chat! Time is candy!\\
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Pinkie Pie, aren't you a little old for this?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Too old for ''free candy?!'' ''(glares at Twilight)'' '''''Never!'''''
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: {{Lampshaded}} the first time she launches into one:
-->'''Twilight:''' [[OhCrap Tell me she's not...]]\\
'''Rarity:''' She is.
** A running gag is that whenever Pinkie launches into a musical number, ''no one else joins her''. They usually just stand aghast at the insanity. Pinkie of course couldn't care less.
** The one she sings in "Over a Barrel" is so awful that it drives the Buffalo and the Apple-loosians into an all-out showdown.
** Pinkie Pie's actually aware of it, too. In "A Friend in Deed" she includes "Sing a random song out of nowhere" as part of her checklist.
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: Pinkie Pie's super power. She can [[RealityWarper warp reality]] because [[RuleOfFunny it's funny.]]
* ThreeFacesOfEve: Pinkie Pie is the Child.
* ToonPhysics: Often uses this.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chocolate Cake, as explained in "The Mysterious Mare Do Well".
** Chocolate in general is probably more accurate; in "Return of Harmony", she repeatedly interrupts whatever she's doing to get a drink from chocolate rainclouds.
* TwitchyEye: During "Party of One" when she thinks she's throwing her party of crazy.
* VocalDissonance: Though still feminine, her voice gets a ''lot'' deeper when she starts crying.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: PlayedForLaughs, she chews out Applejack in one after [[BerserkButton she breaks a Pinkie Promise]] in The Last Roundup.
* WeirdnessCoupon: Perhaps best demonstrated in "Party of One", when Rainbow Dash's freakout at meeting her has absolutely nothing to do with the fact Pinkie Pie's dressed like a haystack in Groucho Marx glasses.
** Works against her in "Swarm of the Century", when her search for instruments is dismissed as her just being Pinkie.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Her solution to a large number of problems seems to be "throw a party."
* WhenSheSmiles: This is actually a plot point considering the fact that when she was a filly, she was pretty dreary considering her upbringing. Once she saw the Sonic Rainboom and learned how to smile, she found her love of parties and earned her cutie mark.
* WingdingEyes: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]" as part of her song, and in [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=199794913371287 this]] piece of stock art.
* WolverinePublicity: If Twilight is the main character, than Pinkie is the show's ambassador. She's in most of the promotional material, most likely because she's [[PinkProductPloy pink]] and ''was'' the main character for a while in G3.
* TheWonka
* WrongGenreSavvy: Her ImagineSpot in ''The Ticket Master'' makes it clear that she thinks she's in an earlier generation of the show.
** [[FridgeBrilliance And then you realize that Generation 3 of My Little Pony also had a character named Pinkie Pie...]]
* YourAnswerToEverything: When there is a problem, Pinkie Pie will either throw a party or sing a song. In her defense, these things work most of the time.
** Except when [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess a dragon attacks.]] Then she assaults it with cake.
----
You're invited to a PARTY 'cause we think you're really swell! ♪"''
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[[caption-width-right:204:Fill my heart up with sunshine, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNrXMOSkBas SUNSHINE]]![[hottip:*:I can still see you!]]]]
-->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship Is Magic, Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]
-->Voiced by AndreaLibman
-->Singing by Shannon Chan-Kent
A hyperactive earth pony who prances to the beat of her own percussion section. The sheer force of her cheerful personality can be overwhelming at first but anyone who shows a little patience with her eccentricities is rewarded with a truly unique and wonderful friend who fills every day with laughter. And musical numbers. And PARTIES! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykGvsUJqqE4 Try to imagine a pink rocket made of happiness]]. That's Pinkie Pie.
* ActorAllusion: AndreaLibman playing a pink-maned pony with an affinity for baking...G3 Sweetie Belle, you're back!
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: It's almost a VerbalTic.
* {{Adorkable}}: She's so hyperly awkward that it's adorable.
* AerithAndBob: In a world with characters with names like Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash, her full name is ([[UnreliableNarrator we assume]]) Pinkamena '''Diane''' Pie.
* AlliterativeName
* AsideGlance: She does this on a number of occasions.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She has an eidetic memory for what makes people happy.
** She was also quick to figure out the mystery in "[=MMMystery=] on the Friendship Express", once she has a more clear understanding of the "crimescene".
* BadassNormal: She doesn't have the powers of a unicorn or the flight of a Pegasus but she still manages to accomplish a lot of things her powered friends can't and is smarter than she looks. For instance, she manages to solve the problem of the Parasprites by herself while none of her friends can. She is also able to outrun Rainbow Dash.[[hottip:*:Or at least mysteriously already be at Rainbow Dash's various destinations before Rainbow even gets there.]]
** BadassAdorable: She's the most energetic and happy go lucky character in the show, of course she's cute and is pretty much Fluttershy's equal in the area. But if she sees her friends in trouble, she's just unstoppable.
* BecomingTheMask: She goes to insane lengths to stay in character of a Nightmare Night costume.
** Including "pecking" at candy lying on the ground and somehow ''laying an egg'' when frightened by Princess Luna.
** BecomingTheCostume[=/=]EnforcedMethodActing: When dressed as something, she tends to behave that way.
* BerserkButton: Whatever you do, '''NEVER, EVER''' break a Pinkie Promise.
** She reacts understandably poorly to the idea of Fluttershy being bullied.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She takes neglect very hard.
* BewareTheSillyOnes
* BigEater: Can slurp up an entire cake (larger than her head) with ''[[OverlyLongTongue her tongue]]''. What's more, she can swallow foodstuffs of an equal or even greater size to herself in a single gulp.
* BlueEyes: Used to reflect her innocent and perky nature.
** InnocentBlueEyes
* [[{{Tomboy}} Blue Tomboy]], [[BlueBoyPinkGirl Pink Girl]]: The Pink Girl to Prankster Partner Rainbow Dash.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Done occasionally, either with an AsideGlance or a closing iris gag.
* BreakTheCutie: The episode "Party Of One" covers this completely.
** The episode "Baby Cakes" does this too, [[spoiler:until she is literally bawling her eyes out at the end because she can't handle it anymore.]]
** Poor Pinkie Pie seems to be going through quite a bit of this in season 2- first, along with Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy, she is broken [[CircleOfShame pretty viciously]] by Discord in "Return of Harmony Part 1" and becomes convinced everypony is laughing at her. She's driven to the brink of tears by the Cake twins' antics in 'Baby Cakes', in 'A Friend In Deed' she is clearly upset when Cranky Doodle Donkey repeatedly rejects her friendship (although he does accept it by the end of the episode), and 'Putting Your Hoof Down' has Fluttershy reducing both her and Rarity to tears.
** In general: Pinkie Pie is ''extremely'' optimistic and upbeat, and she can usually shrug off insults and sadness. However, she is easily broken if she is convinced that she is useless or that her friends don't care about her.
* BrokenBird: During "Party of One".
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite appearing completely insane to outsiders, Pinkie Pie is regularly entrusted with important tasks by [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure local authority figures]] who have known her long enough to be aware there's a method behind her apparent madness.
** Highlighted in "Swarm of the Century" where nopony takes her seriously until her music drives the parasprites out of Ponyville, demonstrating that she was right all along.
* TheCameo: Her face shows up in a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo during the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aODTj_xwxsc "Wingin' It"]] musical number on TheAquabatsSuperShow episode "Cowboy Android!"
* TheCatCameBack: One of her stranger abilities.
* CatchPhrase: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxsuR6hSIQE "Okey dokey lokey."]]
* [[ChocolateBaby Chocolate Foal]]: Her mother is silver and her father is brown, but she came out pink.
* CloudCuckoolander: Especially in episode 13, "Fall Weather Friends", where she doubles as a CuckoolanderCommentator:
-->'''Spike:''' You know, Pinkie; these two ponies have a bit of a grudge match they're trying to settle, trying to prove who's the most athletic.\\
'''Pinkie:''' ''Yes!'' And "grudge" rhymes with "fudge"!\\
'''Spike:''' Yes, it... does? What?\\
'''Pinkie:''' And I like fudge. But if I eat too much fudge, I get a pudge and then I can't budge.\\
({{Beat}})\\
'''Spike:''' So... no fudge?\\
'''Pinkie:''' Aw, no thanks. I had a big breakfast.
** And remember: this is Pinkie Pie when she's ''sane''.
* ColorCodedCharacters / ColorMotif: Her name's Pinkie so naturally she's pink.
* CoolBigSis: To the Cakes' twin babies. Even after her first disastrous babysitting experience.
** Pinkie seems to be this to many younger characters, including the CMC.
*** In one episode, she claims to be this for Fluttershy, who objects she's a year older than Pinkie.
* CoolCar: Her RC Car from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTY3zJaA2Dc this]] toy commercial and the toys.
* CrazyPrepared: How does she set up parties so quickly? Simple. She has a ''party cannon''!!!
** She also keeps marshmallows on her person in case somepony [[FireBreathingDiner eats something too spicy]], and keeps rubber balls and eyepatches stashed all around Ponyville in case of emergencies.
* CuckoolanderCommentator: In "Fall Weather Friends"
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In "Swarm of the Century". and again in "Feeling Pinkie Keen".
* CuteButCacophonic: She has a tendency to screech if she's frustrated, like in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon the Brush Off]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]", and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]".
** in "Luna Eclipsed", Twilight Sparkle defined it as shrieking and made her promise to ''stop'' doing it as she was trying to get ponies to accept Princess Luna as a friend rather than the fearsome former Nightmare Moon.
* CuteAndPsycho: Dear lord, do not break a pinkie promise or ignore her.
* TheCutie
* DeathGlare: In "Party of One", poor Applejack has to endure about ten or twelve different variants from her in a row when standing at the barn door to keep her from entering.
* {{Determinator}}: Proven in "Party of One". When she wants to find out something, she will.
* TheDitz: Some of the time. [[GeniusDitz Other times...]]
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm:
** Referring to [[ItMakesSenseInContext a tree called Bloomberg]] they are transporting on a train, this exchange takes place between Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie:
--->'''Rainbow Dash:''' When we get to Appleloosa, do you think we're going to need to carry that heavy tree all the way from the train to the orchard?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' What tree? You mean Bloomberg?\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' [[DeadpanSnarker No. Fluttershy.]]\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Fluttershy's not a tree, silly.\\
'''Twilight:''' What's going on?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Rainbow Dash thinks Fluttershy's a tree!
** After a frog falls on Twilight's face...
--->'''Pinkie Pie:''' Uh...Twilight? You got a little something on your face there.\\
'''Twilight:''' Oh really? Did your "Pinkie sense" tell you that too?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' No; I could just see it.
* DreadfulMusician: Not the most blatant example of this trope, but she loves to sing and takes the same [[GenkiGirl scattershot]], [[CloudCuckooLander stream-of-consciousness]] approach to music as she does to everything else. She is specifically called out as this in ''Over A Barrel'', [[NiceJobBreakingItHero where her song is actively harmful to the peace talks]].
--> '''Chief Thunderhooves:''' It seems that Sheriff Silver Star and I have come to an agreement.\\
'''Sheriff Silver Star:''' [[HopeSpot Indeed we have.]]\\
''*Beat*''\\
'''Chief Thunderhooves:''' That was the worst performance we've ever seen.
** It happens again (kinda) in "Baby Cakes" when she tries to entertain Pound and Pumpkin by singing her "Oink oink oink" song. The reception is [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/what_the_shit_3602.png less than positive.]]
** On the other hand, she can sing well when the writers want her to. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed Smile, Smile, Smile]] has the whole town doing a big dance number.
* EdibleAmmunition: She throws cakes [[spoiler: to fend off Spike after he transforms into a huge rampaging monster in the episode "Secret Of My Excess".]]
* EraSpecificPersonality: G3 Pinkie Pie was the leader of the Core 7 late into the generation (beginning around 2007) and wasn't nearly as hyperactive.
* [[EveryoneHasStandards Even Pranksters Have Standards]]: Pinkie Pie may love pranks, but she knows better than to prank Fluttershy, who is extremely sensitive.
* [[ExpressiveHair Expressive Mane]]: In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", Pinkie Pie's mane is flat when she's young and goes to being a poofy mess when she sees the Sonic Rainboom. In "Party of One", her mane goes flat again after she thinks her friends don't like her anymore and gets depressed. As soon as she cheers up, it poofs up again.
** And it's more than just an [[ExpressiveHair Expressive Mane]] in "Party of One". In addition to her hairstyle changing, her entire body darkens a bit. Not just her coat, all of her.
** Played with in "The Best Night Ever" where Pinkie tries to tame her mane for the Gala only to have it poof back up again because she's so excited.
** Strangely this trope is avoided in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return of Harmony, Part 1]]". [[spoiler:Despite Discord's hypnosis turning her completely serious, her mane stays the same]]
*** Could possibly be explained by the fact that she's not depressed, just dead-serious and angry. Or it could just be because [[spoiler:Discord hypnotized her into being serious and angry rather than Pinkie herself actually feeling that way of her own accord.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Surprise, a G1 pegasus who [[MemeticMutation loved fun things]] as well as G3 and G3.5 Pinkie Pie who also loved parties.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Not so much as Spike, but she's willing to eat cupcakes with hot sauce and totally burned cupcakes. In one instance, she's capable of devouring a big cake in one gulp.
* FieryRedhead: During the rare times when she gets angry.
* ForHappiness: Her motivation for just about everything.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine: fun-loving, loud, and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne driven to seek others' attention]].
* FriendToAllChildren: She loves playing with little kids, and chaperons some of them during Nightmare Night.
** She also loves the Cake Twins dearly, like they were her own little siblings.
* FullNameUltimatum: Pinkamena Diane Pie, as revealed by her mother in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles".
* [[FunPersonified Fun Ponified]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Not stated explicitly, but occasionally implied (like with her flying machine in ''Griffon The Brush-Off'' and her party cannon from ''Sweet And Elite''). What makes this more amusing is that [[AndreaLibman her voice actress]] has a degree in engineering.
* {{Gasp}}: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Her introduction]].
** Does it again after Spike reveals to her that he has a crush on Rarity.
* GeniusBruiser: She's pretty athletic and also fairly intelligent.
* GeniusDitz: Despite being a bit scatterbrained and crazy, she's very good at baking and arranging parties, and gets handed the SmartBall fairly often.
** In "Dragonshy", she beat Rarity at tic-tac-toe thirty-five times in a row.
** She also remembers everything about everypony, because she loves to see people smile
** Not to mention, she's the only one in Ponyville who actually knows a parasprite when she sees it, and just how disastrous they can be.
* GenkiGirl: An UpToEleven {{Exaggerated|Trope}} {{Parod|iedTrope}}y for the majority of her onscreen appearance. Her genki-ness was however also {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed, {{Subverted|Trope}}, and DoubleSubverted in ''Party of One''.
* GenreSavvy: Pinkie's perceived "randomness" tends to actually be her way of resolving issues she sees long before the other ponies. A good example of this is in "Swarm of the Century": Not only does she realize what the Parasprites are going to do but she instantly figures out exactly what ridiculous method she's going to have to use to stop them. For the rest of the episode, she ignores all cries for help and accidentally sabotages all of her friends' efforts because she knows getting a ton of musical instruments is going to be WAY more important.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: In "Party Of One", you can see she has a large teddy bear in her bedroom. However, she apparently doesn't love it quite enough to invite it to her crazy party (the guests at said party include a bag of flour, a pile of rocks, and a ball of lint). Additionally the ''[[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A_Xj7mp28XY/Tobgfn4wGqI/AAAAAAAANC0/1d-0jnfK74E/DAGJh.jpg Ponygeist]]'' billboard shows her with a doll of Spike.
* GoodFeelsGood: Pinkie genuinely feels her happiest when she makes other ponies happy, whether it be from a joke or from one of her many parties. Her IAmSong [[http://vimeo.com/37035123 "Smile Song"]] establishes this beyond the shadow of a doubt.
* GoodIsNotDumb: Comes up most notably in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff "Griffon the Brush-Off"]] where Gilda insists that the party pranks were all part of Pinkie's secret plan to humiliate her.
* HatesBeingAlone: Being alone for too long [[SanitySlippage tends to do bad things to her mental state]], as seen in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]".
* HiddenDepths: "Party Of One" shows that if she ever feels betrayed and alone, she will perform an emotional 180 and become a recluse.
** "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" implies that this is actually her original pre-Sonic-Rainboom personality; care of a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Fantasy Counterpart Puritan]] upbringing on a '''Rock Farm'''.
** "A Friend In Deed" shows that Pinkie has a rather large memory of personal details (like birthdays) for every resident of Ponyville.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: According to her, she grew up on a '''Rock Farm'''. Although not intentionally abusive, it falls under the "seriously bizarre methods of parenting" heading.
* HyperAwareness: Played with. Despite her [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny often non-existant attention span]], Pinkie usually spots the obvious before [[FailedASpotCheck anyone else clues in]].
* [[HystericalWoman Hysterical Mare]]
* IAmSong: Her [[http://vimeo.com/37035123 "Smile Song"]] from [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed "A Friend in Deed"]].
* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Pony]]: Is able to follow a rapidly fleeing Rainbow Dash during "Griffon the Brush-Off" and even get ahead of her, despite the fact that Rainbow flies at top speed while Pinkie skips ahead without a care. Repeats the feat during "Party of One", although she doesn't bother with the skipping.
** Taken UpToEleven in "A Friend In Deed."
* ImprovisedWeapon: Her fighting style seems to consist of using these. She's been shown to weaponize cakes, her party cannon, and ''[[EquippableAlly Twilight]]''.
* InexplicablyAwesome: Pinkie Pie regularly stares at, leans on or ignores the fourth wall, defies the laws of physics whenever plot- or humour-convenient and launches into musicals when nopony else does. She's popped out of locations too small for her to fit into, appeared ''inside'' a mirror[[hottip:*:Although it may be just in Twilight's head after being nagged over and over to not tell any secrets]] and even fought the [[IrisOut closing iris]] at the end of an episode. While this in itself isn't unusual for a cartoon, she's the only pony in ''this'' show who behaves like that. Everypony else is well aware that Pinkie Pie doesn't really work with the same rules as anypony else and they just do their best to ignore the weirdness. Her strange actions drive the plot in several episodes.
** To drive the point home, this is a setting with magic-using ponies, [[UpToEleven and Pinkie is strange even to them]]. [[BeyondTheImpossible She is explicitly stated to be simply too weird for magic to explain.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pinkie is never mean, her goal in life being to make others laugh and be happy, but she has a tendency to assume that ''her'' idea of fun is everyone's idea of fun. Fluttershy is an exception: Pinkie refuses to prank her (or let others do so) because she's well aware of how sensitive Fluttershy is and that she may get the wrong idea from any pranks. It's not certain if Fluttershy herself appreciates Pinkie's protective behavior, though... .
** After a poorly executed stunt lands Rainbow Dash in the hospital, the first question Pinkie Pie asks the doctor is, "Is her face going to stay that way?"
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Cranky Doodle Donkey.
* JabbaTableManners: Her favorite method of eating often seems to involve plunging her face into food. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E22ABirdInTheHoof Of note, her table manners horrified Mr. and Mr. Cake during Princess Celestia's visit,]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite as well as Canterlot's elites when she crashed their garden party.]]
* JekyllAndHyde: Pinkie/Pinkamena.
* KarmicProtection: Pinkie's [[CloudCuckooLander behavior]] and [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitiveness]] seldom gets reprisal, most notably [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed with poor Cranky.]] Those who tried to discredit Pinkie would at least get [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen a rather painful Humiliation Conga.]] That said, sometimes this KarmicProtection gets stripped off, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E12BabyCakes resulting in a very battered babysitter.]]
* KubrickStare: Delivers one to the mane cast after being dragged to her surprise party in "Party Of One".
* LargeHam
* LifeOfTheParty
* LiteralMinded
-->'''[[FeatheredFiend Gilda]]:''' I'll be watching you...like a hawk.\\
'''Pinkie:''' Why? Can't you watch me like a griffon?
* {{Magnetic Hero}}ine: There is literally ''no pony'' in Ponyville that ''isn't'' her friend. It seems the only characters she ''can't'' befriend are the antagonists, and that's probably only because they don't stick around long enough or are too fundementally screwed up. This led to some trouble when [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed she met someone who didn't want to be her friend]]. [[spoiler:And she ''still'' managed to befriend him by the end of the episode.]]
* MeaningfulName: She's pink and she loves sweet things.
* TheMessiah: This is the real reason why Pinkie got her cutie mark (the party thing is merely her bread and butter), exemplified by her IAmSong in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed "A Friend in Deed"]].
* MotorMouth
** This becomes ''weaponized'' in The Last Roundup.
* TheMusicMeister: Pinkie Pie, so far, has started/led most on the songs in the show, and seems also capable of causing others around her to participate, as seen in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed "A Friend in Deed"]].
* NiceGirl: She's a good example of this [[BewareTheNiceOnes unless you push her]] BerserkButton.
* NiceHat: Wears one while playing Chancellor Puddinghead in "Hearth's Warming Eve".
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: In "Bridle Gossip," [[ItMakesSenseInContext when she starts poking through Rarity's mane]], she asks if Pinkie's ever heard of personal space, to which Pinkie bluntly answers "nope." Also, for some reason, she tends to get touchy-feely with Rainbow Dash more often than anyone else.
* NotGoodWithRejection: See "Party of One". She becomes reduced to talking with inanimate objects and sporting a SlasherSmile when she thinks her friends are rejecting her. She gets better, but still.
* OddNameOut: Her full name is Pinkamena '''Diane''' Pie, which means she's one of the few characters so far to have a middle name.
* OffscreenTeleportation
* OneOfTheKids: VagueAge aside, Pinkie Pie clearly has shades of this as demonstrated by her trick-or-treating in ''Luna Eclipsed'' and getting asked if she's too old for this.
-->'''Pinkie:''' Too old for ''free candy''? [[BigNever Never!]]
** The second season episodes ''Baby Cakes'' and ''A Friend In Deed'' [[DeconstructedTrope serve to demonstrate the more problematic aspects of this trope]]. In the former, Pinkie lacks an understanding of the responsibilities attendant to childcare, initially seeing the newly born Cake Twins as little more than new playmates and taking a full episode learning about what it means to actually be responsible for them. In the latter, she shows a strong lack of understanding about the importance of privacy and property, rooting through Cranky's possessions and forcing her way into his home, frequently ignoring pleas to stop.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her full name is Pinkamena Diane Pie, but is known to everypony as Pinkie
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Pony]]: While she is known to be the [[CloudCuckoolander craziest]] pony in the cast, she takes over this role in "Swarm Of The Century", where she is the only pony to have any knowledge of the parasprites, and nopony else (not even Twilight) will listen to her when she knows of a way to get rid of them.
** She is also the one to find a book on the Elements of Harmony. "It was under 'E'."
* OverlyLongTongue: As seen in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]".
* PersonalityPowers: She bears the Element of Laughter and her special talent is either throwing parties or making others happy. In line with that, she is perpetually cheerful and energetic 99% of the time.
* PhotographicMemory: Pinkie can remember every detail she's ever seen or heard about her friends, no matter how small or obscure.
* PhraseCatcher: "Pinkie Pie, you are so random" and "She's just being Pinkie" tend to get thrown her way a fair bit.
* PluckyComicRelief
* ThePollyanna: She has such a bright outlook on life that she can literally laugh away her fears. [[DrivenToMadness Most of the time]]. She also seems to believe that anyone is capable of being a friend if you're nice enough to them, no matter how hostile they've been in the past.
* PoorCommunicationKills: If Pinkie Pie had just told her friends in the beginning how dangerous the parasprites were and that music would lure them away, a lot of trouble could have been saved.
* [[ThePowerOfRock The Power Of Oompah]]: ''Swarm of the Century''
* ThePrankster: Though it's made clear that her pranks are all in good fun and she refuses to prank Fluttershy for fear that her friend would take it too seriously.
* [[{{Seers}} Precognition]]: "Pinkie Sense." She also has the uncanny ability to [[TheCatCameBack predict where other ponies are going to be and what they're going to do]].
* PromotionToParent: The Cakes literally promote her to regular babysitter of their twin children at the end of the episode "Baby Cakes".
* QuirkyCurls: Oddly, her hair seems to be naturally straight. It poofs up when she witnesses the Sonic Rainboom and experiences joy for the first time. And it's basically stayed that way ever since, only straightening again when she's depressed (i.e. almost never).
* QuiveringEyes
* RealityWarper: [[RuleOfFunny Any time it aids the joke]], she's shown with this ability. She's appeared in two places in a single animation frame several times and spends about half of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" popping out of places she can't possibly fit in just to remind Twilight that secret-keeping is a big deal, to the point of appearing ''inside a mirror''[[hottip:*:Although that might be Twilight's imagination at the last part]].
** [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6QdiP5LYdeE/Tt73-BBZkYI/AAAAAAAAB58/M73rLzHlG6k/s1600/PP.png This]] little piece says it all...
** If you want a great full episode example, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend In Deed]] pretty much takes this UpToEleven.
* RedOniBlueOni: Pinkie's loud, hyper personality makes her 100% Red Oni.
* RhymesOnADime: Not as frequently as Zecora, but Pinkie still likes to rhyme a lot... especially when she's singing.
* [[RoseHairedGirl Rose-Maned Mare]]
* RoundBushyHair
* RuleOfFunny: See InexplicablyAwesome, above, and SuperSpeed below.
* SadClown: Pinkie Pie is the Element Of Laughter, and near perpetually bubbly and cheerful. Take that happiness away from her however and the reaction is rather depressing.
* SeriousBusiness: Never ever attack Sugarcube Corner, or break a Pinkie promise. YouHaveBeenWarned.
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: ''Constantly''. "Sticking to you like caramel on a candy apple"? She'll reminisce about candy apples. "Watching you like a hawk"? She'll ask why you can't watch her like your own species. "Hit the books"? She'll question why you're hitting them instead of reading them. "Holding a grudge"? She'll notice 'grudge' rhymes with fudge and proceed to chat about how she loves fudge.
* [[SillyWalk Silly Trot]]: All the other ponies will trot or gallop. Pinkie will bounce, complete with unique sound effect.
* SimpleMindedWisdom: When Pinkie gets the SmartBall, it often comes in this form.
** When Twilight can't find any information in her library about the Elements of Harmony:
--->'''Pinkie Pie:''' The Elements of Harmony: A reference guide.\\
'''Twilight:''' How did you find that?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:'''(singsong) It was under EEEEE!
* SkipOfInnocence
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Once in a great while, her name will be spelled as "Pinky Pie."
* SpiderSense: Her Pinkie Sense essentially is this.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Multiple times in a series.
** "Griffon The Brush-Off" has Pinkie Pie following Rainbow Dash around quite a bit but in a fairly cheerful way. Dash finds this slightly annoying at worst but also amusing.
** "Party Of One" features a less pleasant variety when Pinkie's friends seem to be making excuses for why they aren't coming to her latest party. She puts on a "disguise" to spy on them and then Dash—who can tell it's Pinkie but not that she's trying to disguise herself—says "Hi, Pinkie Pie." Then ItGetsWorse; Pinkie chases Dash very aggressively and angrily, loudly asking what the real reason Dash doesn't want to come to the party is. When Dash hides in Applejack's barn, Pinkie full-on ''interrogates'' Applejack about why she's in there.
* StealthHiBye: She's so skilled with this that she can keep pace with Rainbow Dash using this ability.
* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: At the beginning of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]", she claims to understand a frog's ribbit as "'nice catch' in Frog."
* SuperSpeed: She can run on land ''faster'' than Rainbow Dash can fly! Whenever it serves a [[RuleOfFunny sight gag]], that is.
* SupremeChef: She works as a baker[=/=]candy maker at the Sugarcube Corner and is very much adept at it ([[LethalChef unless assisted by an exhausted or overenthusiastic pony]]) even if Gummy taking a bath in the punch is her "special ingredient".
* SweetTooth
-->''(Pinkie is participating in the Equestrian equivalent of trick-or-treating with several foals much younger than her)''\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Enough chit-chat! Time is candy!\\
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Pinkie Pie, aren't you a little old for this?\\
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Too old for ''free candy?!'' ''(glares at Twilight)'' '''''Never!'''''
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: {{Lampshaded}} the first time she launches into one:
-->'''Twilight:''' [[OhCrap Tell me she's not...]]\\
'''Rarity:''' She is.
** A running gag is that whenever Pinkie launches into a musical number, ''no one else joins her''. They usually just stand aghast at the insanity. Pinkie of course couldn't care less.
** The one she sings in "Over a Barrel" is so awful that it drives the Buffalo and the Apple-loosians into an all-out showdown.
** Pinkie Pie's actually aware of it, too. In "A Friend in Deed" she includes "Sing a random song out of nowhere" as part of her checklist.
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: Pinkie Pie's super power. She can [[RealityWarper warp reality]] because [[RuleOfFunny it's funny.]]
* ThreeFacesOfEve: Pinkie Pie is the Child.
* ToonPhysics: Often uses this.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chocolate Cake, as explained in "The Mysterious Mare Do Well".
** Chocolate in general is probably more accurate; in "Return of Harmony", she repeatedly interrupts whatever she's doing to get a drink from chocolate rainclouds.
* TwitchyEye: During "Party of One" when she thinks she's throwing her party of crazy.
* VocalDissonance: Though still feminine, her voice gets a ''lot'' deeper when she starts crying.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: PlayedForLaughs, she chews out Applejack in one after [[BerserkButton she breaks a Pinkie Promise]] in The Last Roundup.
* WeirdnessCoupon: Perhaps best demonstrated in "Party of One", when Rainbow Dash's freakout at meeting her has absolutely nothing to do with the fact Pinkie Pie's dressed like a haystack in Groucho Marx glasses.
** Works against her in "Swarm of the Century", when her search for instruments is dismissed as her just being Pinkie.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Her solution to a large number of problems seems to be "throw a party."
* WhenSheSmiles: This is actually a plot point considering the fact that when she was a filly, she was pretty dreary considering her upbringing. Once she saw the Sonic Rainboom and learned how to smile, she found her love of parties and earned her cutie mark.
* WingdingEyes: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]" as part of her song, and in [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=199794913371287 this]] piece of stock art.
* WolverinePublicity: If Twilight is the main character, than Pinkie is the show's ambassador. She's in most of the promotional material, most likely because she's [[PinkProductPloy pink]] and ''was'' the main character for a while in G3.
* TheWonka
* WrongGenreSavvy: Her ImagineSpot in ''The Ticket Master'' makes it clear that she thinks she's in an earlier generation of the show.
** [[FridgeBrilliance And then you realize that Generation 3 of My Little Pony also had a character named Pinkie Pie...]]
* YourAnswerToEverything: When there is a problem, Pinkie Pie will either throw a party or sing a song. In her defense, these things work most of the time.
** Except when [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess a dragon attacks.]] Then she assaults it with cake.
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