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| 14 | !![[center: [- [[Characters/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Main Index]] -]]][[center: [- '''[[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheManeCast The Main Cast:]]''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRarity Rarity]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicApplejack Applejack]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow Dash]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPinkiePie Pinkie Pie]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSpike Spike]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicStarlightGlimmer Starlight Glimmer]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheCutieMarkCrusaders the Cutie Mark Crusaders]]-]]] [[center: [- '''Supporting Cast:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicThePrincesses The Princesses]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessCelestia Princess Celestia]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessLuna Princess Luna]]), '''Mane Family Members''', [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSchoolOfFriendship the School of Friendship]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastPonyville Ponyville]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastOtherLocations Other Locations]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicAnimalCompanions Animal Companions]]-]]] [[center: [-'''Antagonists:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMajorVillains Major Villains]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicQueenChrysalis Queen Chrysalis]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicKingSombra King Sombra]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicLordTirek Lord Tirek]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicCozyGlow Cozy Glow]]), [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDangerousCreatures Dangerous Creatures]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRedeemed Redeemed Antagonists]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDiscord Discord]])-]]] [[center: [- '''World of Equestria:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRaces Races]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicHistoricalFigures Historical Figures]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 The 2017 Movie]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] ([[Characters/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW IDW Series]]), [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicToylineExclusive Toyline Exclusive]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMiscellaneous Miscellaneous]]-]]] [[center: [-'''Minor Characters:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicOneShots One-Shots]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicOthers Other Characters]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPonies Background Ponies]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesCommonPonies Common Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesSpecialPonies Special Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesOthers Other Background Ponies]])-]]] [[center: [- '''Equestria Girls:''' [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsHeroines Heroines]] ([[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSunsetShimmer Sunset Shimmer]]), [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsVillains Villains]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSupportingCast Supporting Cast]] -] ]] |
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| 17 | Just because the Mane Six are TrueCompanions doesn't mean they don't have family who love them dearly. Quite a few direct family members have appeared in supporting roles or cameos. |
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| 20 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | !!The Apple Family |
| 23 | |
| 24 | The clan which Applejack belongs to, a huge herd that works several apple farms all across Equestria. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | See [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheCutieMarkCrusaders The Cutie Mark Crusaders]] for Apple Bloom, Applejack and Big Macintosh's younger sister. |
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| 28 | [[folder:Shared Family Tropes]] |
| 29 | * BadassFamily: Applejack is a multi-time savior of Equestria, and Big Mac and Apple Bloom have both played a hand in some of Applejack's heroics. Both Big Mac and Apple Bloom helped fight off the Tantabus, Big Mac is capable of immense feats of strength, and Apple Bloom has faced the likes of a chimera. |
| 30 | * TheClan: Applejack's family is ''HUGE''. All of them work in apple farms and they work together to maintain their family business. On special occasions they gather together in one of these farms to assist the local Apple family prepare for a celebration. In the first episode's case: The Summer Sun Celebration. In Season 3, it's a family reunion, which takes place once every hundred moons. And then it is revealed that through their mother Applejack and her siblings are related to another family that is likely just as large. |
| 31 | * EdibleThemeNaming: Almost all of their names are somehow related to apples or foods made from apples. |
| 32 | * FeudingFamilies: In the past, the Apple Clan was embroiled in a very big and very vicious feud with the Pear Clan. Their respective orchards and fruit-selling businesses were in constant competition, and they were always trying to one-up and outdo each other in the farming business. It is unknown if the feud is still going, though, following Bright Macintosh and Pear Butter's marriage and the Pears moving to Vanhoover. |
| 33 | * GoodOldWays: They prefer to make cider using simpler machines as opposed to the Flim-Flams' more powerful cider maker. |
| 34 | * IAmSong: Or We Are Song: The episode "Pinkie Apple Pie" features "Apples to the Core", where Applejack and her family sings about what a tightly knit unit they are, no matter what may come around to tear them apart. |
| 35 | * SiblingTeam: Applejack and her siblings often do the farm's chores in pairs, or all together as a team for harder, more exhausting stuff. |
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| 38 | !!!Immediate Family |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[folder:Big Macintosh]] |
| 41 | [[quoteright:204:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/big_mac_vector_8957.png]] |
| 42 | [[caption-width-right:204:"[[Administrivia/BrevityIsWit Eeyup]]."]] |
| 43 | ->''"But still only one pony, and one pony plus hundreds of apple trees just doesn't add up."'' |
| 44 | |
| 45 | ->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship is Magic, part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PeterNew[[labelnote:Foreign [=VA=]s]]Héctor Moreno (Latin American Spanish); Creator/HiroshiShirokuma (Japanese)[[/labelnote]] |
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| 49 | Big Macintosh is Applejack's older brother, a red earth pony with an orange mane and freckles. While most of the Apple clan live scattered around Equestria, he stays at Sweet Apple Acres with his sisters and Granny Smith. |
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| 51 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E18BrotherhoovesSocial Brotherhooves Social]]" shows that he's chafing at his little sister being a world-famous Element of Harmony while he's still just working on the farm, though he doesn't have any resentment towards her over it. |
| 52 | * AscendedExtra: Although he was a named recurring character from the very beginning, he never did much. Season 2 saw a large increase in his screentime to the point where he even got an episode centered around him (and Cheerilee). And he ''spoke''. Starting with "Brotherhooves Social" in Season 5, Big Mac having an episode devoted to him each season became pretty common, which resulted in him talking more, and in Season 7, he became one of the few [[OfficialCouple Official Couples]] in the series with Sugar Belle. |
| 53 | * AudienceSurrogate: At the end of "Lesson Zero", he gladly ran off with the Smartypants doll despite not being hypnotized. [[PeripheryDemographic An adult male happily owning a toy intended for little girls. Sound familiar?]] |
| 54 | * BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: He and Sugar Belle have an unnamed son in "The Last Problem".]] |
| 55 | * BaritoneOfStrength: He's one of the strongest stallions in the series, and to match his physical prowess, he has a very deep voice with a thick, cowboy-esque southern accent. He also knows how to use it as the Ponytones' bass. |
| 56 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: |
| 57 | ** He gives a ''mighty'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the Cutie Mark Crusaders after finding out they were Gabby Gums. You can ''feel'' both the anger and disappointment in his voice when he's giving them their chewing out. Made even more relevant by the fact he's usually TheQuietOne, so his scolding is ''significant'' in showing how far the CMC had screwed up.[[note]]In a role reversal, it's ''Applejack'' who gives a one word retort to the Crusaders.[[/note]] |
| 58 | --->'''Big Mac:''' You should be ashamed of yourself, humiliatin' your sister and me like that. We don't wanna talk to any of y'all right now, so take your little gossip column and your embarrassing photographs and just ''go away!'' |
| 59 | ** In general, Big Mac rarely gets angry, but when he does he gets ''pissed''. A flashback episode, "Where the Apple Lies", shows he used to be a lot more short-tempered and snippy as a teen; he spent that entire episode being pissed off at Applejack for getting them in trouble with Filthy Rich. |
| 60 | * BigBrotherBully: The young Big Mac acts like a blustering know-it-all to his younger sister Applejack, a stark contrast to the soft-spoken BigBrotherMentor he is now. Of course, Applejack wasn't exactly any better. It took Big Mac having a HeelRealization to see how bad he was acting. |
| 61 | * BigBrotherInstinct: As Big Mac grew up, he took his role as the big brother of the Apple siblings very seriously, and in the present day he's a pretty nice, dependable stallion who shows concern about his sisters overworking themselves or having their dreams crushed. |
| 62 | * BigEater: Revealed to be one in the 2021 Annual issue where he pigs out on golden apples. |
| 63 | * TheBigGuy: The biggest and strongest pony in the Apple Family, as well as the only stallion in the household. |
| 64 | * BishieSparkle: His apple-half cutie mark is surrounded by four stars. [[DependingOnTheArtist Sometimes.]] |
| 65 | * BluntNo: He simply says "nope" in response to something he doesn't like or agree with. |
| 66 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: We see how tenderhearted he is almost as much as we see how strong and tough he is. "Brotherhooves Social" shows good examples of both: smashing through obstacles like crates and fences without slowing down... while wearing a dress to help Apple Bloom get a blue ribbon she wants, and being moved when she states that she'll always have room for her big brother in her life. In "Hard To Say Anything" and "The Breakup Break Down", Big Mac turns into an affectionate, lovesick sap whenever he's with his love, Sugar Belle. |
| 67 | * BrutalHonesty: Generally expressed with a [[BluntYes blunt "eeyup"]]. |
| 68 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Eeyup" and "Nope." |
| 69 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: He didn't become TheQuietOne until after "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]". Conversely, he has become more talkative in later seasons. |
| 70 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: All that farm work over the years has made him into one of the physically strongest characters on the show. He can buck a tree with a tap of one hoof and provides most of the muscle when raising a barn. Exaggerated when he's under the influence of Love Potion (actually Love Poison): while Cheerilee is powered up enough to effortlessly smash through doors, Big Mac is strong enough to ''rip a two-story house out of its foundations'' without missing a step. [[RuleOfFunny But for some reason]] he has trouble merely ''walking'' with a large cake on his back -- although that may be more a matter of balance than strength... |
| 71 | * ChickMagnet: Dialogue in "Hearts and Hooves Day" suggests that he's one of the most eligible bachelors in Ponyville, and across the series he had ShipTease with Cheerilee, Marble Pie, and Fluttershy, before he became an OfficialCouple with Sugar Belle. In the tie-in comics he draws attention from numerous mares, Fleetfoot and Tealove get {{Imagine Spot}}s about marrying him, and he even gets a kiss on the cheek from [[DivineDate Princess Luna]]. |
| 72 | * ADayInTheLimelight: |
| 73 | ** "Hearts and Hooves Day", "Pinkie Apple Pie", "Filli Vanilli", "Brotherhooves Social", "Dungeons & Discords", "Where the Apple Lies", "Hard to Say Anything", "The Perfect Pear", "The Break Up Break Down" and "The Big Mac Question" respectively flesh out his character. |
| 74 | ** He is front and center in issues 9 and 10 of the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW comic book series]]. |
| 75 | * DeadGuyJunior: He has the same surname as his father Bright Macintosh. |
| 76 | * DeadpanSnarker: It's hard NOT to be this when most of your dialogue consists of "Eeyup." |
| 77 | -->'''Applejack:''' I'll take a bite out of this job by day's end!\ |
| 78 | '''Big Macintosh:''' Biting off more than you can chew is just what I'm afraid of.\ |
| 79 | '''Applejack:''' Are you saying my mouth is making promises my legs can't keep?\ |
| 80 | '''Big Macintosh:''' [[BluntYes Eeyup]]. |
| 81 | * DependingOnTheArtist: Occasionally his Cutie Mark includes four stars; it's normally sparkle-free, and a [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=538891506128291 development image]] for the ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' mobile game from Creator/{{Gameloft}} specifically states that "Stars are not part of Big Macintosh's cutie mark design." |
| 82 | * DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Normally he does, as he clearly uses just a fraction of his strength to buck apples from a tree, but [[MindManipulation certain things can cause him to forget]]. |
| 83 | * {{Expy}}: A very weird case. First, he's based on the Big Brother ponies in G1, and his general design strongly resembles G3 Applejack, down to his coat color but minus the green mane and tail and checkered blanket. |
| 84 | * FastTunnelling: While he's corrupted during Discord's reign in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony - Part 2]]". It's unknown if he's normally capable of it. |
| 85 | * FirstPersonSmartass: The IDW comics that focus on him give him this trait. He's got a few surprisingly snarky moments in his narration, even if he never voices it out loud. |
| 86 | * {{Flanderization}}: Zig-zagged: |
| 87 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]", his first speaking role, his dialogue was normal. Ever since, nearly every word out of his mouth has been either "Ee-yup" or "Nope", though he does get the occasional short line. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts and Hooves Day]]", a love potion causes him to say a fair amount of unbearably sappy dialogue. The same episode also [[HandWave sorta kinda justifies]] his usual silence by Apple Bloom saying he's shy. He eventually got some more dialogue in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]", where he [[WhatTheHellHero chews out the CMC]]. |
| 88 | ** This aspect of his character seems to have mostly been smoothed out in later seasons; while "eeyup/nope" is still his default mode of communication, he can monologue as well as anyone when an appearance calls for it. His female alter ego "Orchard Blossom" speaks in nothing but SesquipedalianLoquaciousness, and he gets a stirring speech at the end of the same episode ("Brotherhooves Social") to top it off. Big Mac also tends to talk more in the episodes devoted to his relationship with Sugar Belle ("Hard To Say Anything", "The Break-Up, Break Down", "The Big Mac Question"), so he can try to express how he feels about her. |
| 89 | * GeniusBruiser: Applejack gets frustrated with his "fancy mathematics", and he knows the therapeutic pressure points for Granny Smith's muscle spasms. To top it off, when "discorded", he becomes incredibly stupid, acting more like a dog than a pony. Notice that for the Mane Six, the same effect reversed ''their core personality trait'', a.k.a. their very Element. |
| 90 | * GentleGiant: Big Macintosh is not only one of the tallest members of the main cast, he's also noticeably bulkier and ''way'' stronger than the other male ponies seen so far (with the exception of Appleoosa earth ponies, Canterlot unicorns, and Bulk Biceps). Still, he's very nice, calm and gentle, as [[http://www.toyreviewdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120713-222956-e1342233989137.jpg his collector card]] states. He's also probably one of the more even-tempered members of the cast; his ranting at the Cutie Mark Crusaders in "Ponyville Confidential" is a ''serious'' OOCIsSeriousBusiness moment given how rarely he does so. |
| 91 | * GracefulLoser: In "A Horse Shoe-In", he maturely accepts that he isn't qualified to be vice-headmare after his quiet nature makes him unable to communicate at a parent-teacher conference. So he gracefully bows out of the running after admitting as much to Starlight Glimmer. |
| 92 | * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Sugar Belle, as of "The Big Mac Question".]] |
| 93 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 94 | ** Sure he's super strong and usually [[TheStoic quiet]], but who knew he can sing? |
| 95 | ** In the IDW comics it's shown that despite him being a Stallion of few words, he actually has very much going on in his mind (much of the narration is him thinking about what to do). |
| 96 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: He's noticeably taller than Cherilee when the Cutie Mark Crusaders try to pair them up. Ditto with Sugar Belle, who's about the same size. |
| 97 | * {{Hunk}}: Appears to be the pony equivalent of one, given his size and strength and it's how he tends to be portrayed in "humanized pony" fanart. Fleetfoot's ImagineSpot and Sweetcream Scoops' affections in the IDW Comics 9 and 10 take this to extremes. |
| 98 | * IconicItem: In the show, he is almost never seen without his horse collar. |
| 99 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: The ending of "Brotherhooves Social" has Mac confessing to Apple Bloom that he's still wanting to be the "hero" to his little sister, when all he really does is work on the farm and do chores. In the dream sequence of "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep" he dreams himself first as a unicorn then as an alicorn princess, and in "Dungeons & Discords" his tabletop gaming character is a unicorn. |
| 100 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: He sometimes likes to play ''Ogres & Oubliettes'' with Spike and Discord, the former of which is still a kid and the latter is several thousands of years older than him. |
| 101 | * InSeriesNickname: "Big Mac". Used not-at-all in Season 1, twice in "The Cutie Pox", extensively in "Hearts and Hooves Day", and from Season 4 onward used frequently by everypony. |
| 102 | * TheJuggernaut: When sufficiently motivated to get somewhere, nothing short of Celestia herself is going to stop him. In "Hearts and Hooves Day" he pulls a cart full of anvils ''and'' the two oxen towing it while skipping without noticing. It takes being tethered to ''a full-sized, two-story house'' to make him pause for a second... and then he rips the house out of its foundations and drags it with him as he continues frolicking around. |
| 103 | * LargeAndInCharge: Implied by Applejack during "Bridle Gossip" when she threatens Apple Bloom with telling Big Macintosh on her after the filly defies Applejack's authority. |
| 104 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: |
| 105 | ** It's not brought up a lot, but he's quite close with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, and even says he loves them in Issue 9 of the ''Friendship is Magic'' comics, albeit only in a thought balloon. |
| 106 | ** He sort of has this relationship with Twilight as well. Out of the Apple siblings, Twilight seems to interact with Mac the least, but they're very good friends regardless, and Twilight has said that she considered the Apple Family to be like family to her in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]". And whenever they do interact, they usually have a good time. |
| 107 | * ManlyTears: When Applejack's farewell letter is read aloud in "The Last Roundup". He has them again in "Crusaders of the Lost Mark", when Apple Bloom [[spoiler:gets her cutie mark]]. |
| 108 | * MotorMouth: In "Where the Apple Lies", it's revealed that he was a lot more talkative when he was younger. He got out of the habit after Applejack nearly lost the farm (and Big Mac was nearly amputated by their granny) over a SnowballLie, and he blamed himself for not listening to her. |
| 109 | * NiceGuy: One of the nicest, which is why the CMC thought he'd be perfect for Cheerilee's special somepony. |
| 110 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 111 | ** It's never explained when or how he was injured in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]". One fan theory postulates that it may have something to do with the conversation heard in the opening to "The Ticket Master". Applejack states she has a bet with Macintosh and if she won, "he's gonna walk down Stirrup Street in one of Granny's girdles." It's also been suggested that he injured himself trying to work the "saggy old plow". |
| 112 | ** Why he wears that collar and how he got his cutie mark are stories we hear the tail end of in "Where the Apple Lies", but very little is provided in the way of actual information. |
| 113 | * NotSoStoic: |
| 114 | ** When he found out that the Cutie Mark Crusaders were Gabby Gums and posting fake stories of Applejack and him, he gives them a piece of his mind, and it isn't pretty. |
| 115 | ** The plot of "Brotherhooves Social" revolves around him fearing that he no longer has a place in Apple Bloom's life after being outshone by Applejack's heroism. |
| 116 | ** When Big Mac mistakenly thought Sugar Belle was going to leave him in "The Break-Up, Break-Down", he became positively hysterical with heartbreak for a good while. |
| 117 | * OfficialCouple: With Sugar Belle, as of Season 7. [[spoiler:And then they get married late in season 9 during "The Big Mac Question".]] |
| 118 | * TheOneGuy: He was promoted to this slot (which he shares with Spike, the two of them usually trading off) in Season 2. As noted under TheBigGuy, since the death of his parents, Big Mac is now the only stallion living on the Apple farm in a family of mares (which is particularly noticeable in "Pinkie Apple Pie"). In "Dungeons & Discords", Spike and Big Mac are shown to amuse themselves by holding a fun 'guy's night' every time the Mane Six leave town (though a throwaway line from "The Cutie Map" implies this tradition started as early as Season 5). |
| 119 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: If he's speaking in complete sentences, things are not well. Or, more often lately, he trusts the pony enough to open up to them about his concerns. |
| 120 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: "Brotherhooves Social" reveals that he's secretly jealous of the fact that Applejack is a hero and is constantly going on adventures and saving the day, and all he can do are chores and farmwork. |
| 121 | * PairTheSpares: Invoked: he gets paired up with Cheerilee in "Hearts and Hooves Day" by the Cutie Mark Crusaders because he's the only stallion around who is both suitable and unattached. Averted when he gets into a proper relationship with Sugar Belle. |
| 122 | * PatchworkKids: Has his mother's orange hair and his father's freckles, green eyes, and build. His hooves are also the same color as his father's coat. |
| 123 | * PoorCommunicationKills: In "A Horse Shoe-In", his extremely taciturn demeanor tanks his application for vice-headpony of the School of Friendship when he needs to communicate at parent-teacher conferences. |
| 124 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: As of the second opening (introduced in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]"). |
| 125 | * PromotionToParent: Often acts as a father figure to his sisters, especially in Apple Bloom's case; whenever an older Apple sibling has to give the youngest one a very stern lecture, Big Macintosh is usually the one in charge. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]", when Apple Bloom won't listen to her about staying away from Zecora, Applejack threatens to "tell Big Macintosh on [her]!" Plus, [[WordOfGod in the]][[invoked]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original pitch bible]], he was the farm's legal owner, only allowing Applejack to handle most of the administration since she has more social skills and he's more comfortable at doing most of the hardest physical chores. |
| 126 | * TheQuietOne: He rarely talks and, when he does, he only says the bare minimum -- often, he limits himself to simply saying "eyup" and "nope". He almost never raises his voice, not even when he's noticeably upset. A few exceptions, however, exist: |
| 127 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E23PonyvilleConfidential Ponyville Confidential]]", after the Cutie Mark Crusaders's identity as Gabby Gums comes to light, he and Applejack switch places in a sense -- Applejack more or less snubs the Crusaders and only answers them in terse "eyups" and "nopes", while Big Mac articulately chews them out. |
| 128 | ** In the flashback in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E23WhereTheAppleLies Where The Apple Lies]]", it turns out that when he and Applejack were young, he ''never shut up''. The fact that his constant talking and never listening was in part responsible for the misadventures of the episode is what convinced him to start talking less and listening more in the first place. |
| 129 | --->'''Young Big Mac:''' I hate to say I told you so, Applejack, but--\ |
| 130 | '''Young Applejack:''' You an' I both know you don't ''hate'' to say anythin'.\ |
| 131 | '''Young Big Mac:''' Well, ''I've'' always thought that the most important thing a pony can do is say exactly what's on his mind to anypony who'll listen, so everypony everywhere always knows everythin' they're thinkin'. |
| 132 | ** After opening up to Apple Bloom in "Brotherhooves Social" from Season 5, this trope is PlayedWith. Around strangers or large crowds he tends to limit himself to "eeyup" and "nope". With family and close friends, however, he's starting to become a good bit more vocal. |
| 133 | * RealMenWearPink: He didn't ''need'' Twilight's "Want It Need It" spell to want her old childhood doll. |
| 134 | * RedOniBlueOni: Despite his red coat, he's the blue oni to Applejack's red, being generally calm and rational, even while upset, while Applejack is more... dynamic. |
| 135 | * RuleOfFunny: He can drag houses with ease or send dozens of ponies flying over the horizon, but he can barely lift up Applejack's backpack or a cake. Whatever's funnier. |
| 136 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: |
| 137 | ** Most notably in IDW Comics 9 and 10 when faced with either lovestruck Fleetfoot or flirty Sweetcream Scoops (his reaction to the latter at a kissing booth is simply "nope nope nope nope nope..."), but really any time when he's ''really'' out of his comfort zone fits. |
| 138 | ** When Starlight uses magic to make him open up, he's articulate but terrified that he can't stop speaking and runs off screaming. |
| 139 | * ShesAManInJapan: Apparently, some of the foreign language translations on [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wpXhyR_1dZ0/TrMYHn_hy_I/AAAAAAAARto/5gSxw56z7IY/s1600/3.jpg his collector card]] call him female. Seeing as the other stallions' cards apparently do the same thing, it almost certainly wasn't intentional, and most likely isn't indicative of those languages' dubs of the show. |
| 140 | * ShipTease: With numerous mares; see ChickMagnet. He eventually became an OfficialCouple with Sugar Belle in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E8HardToSayAnything Hard To Say Anything]]". |
| 141 | * ShrinkingViolet: Apple Bloom mentions that he's too shy to ask somepony out, which is why he spends all his time working on the farm. Even when he ''does'' start speaking more, it's only in small groups or around trusted ponies ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg ...or Discord]]). |
| 142 | * SiblingRivalry: When they were younger he had this with Applejack over who would take over Sweet Apple Acres. It centered on his plow-pulling strength versus her ideas for innovation (the latter of which didn't pan out). |
| 143 | * SiblingYinYang: While they have a lot in common, he's noticeably calmer and more patient than his stubborn little sister. It's also hinted that he's smarter. |
| 144 | * TheSilentBob: Particularly in the second season, where Big Macintosh is usually voiceless except for saying "Eeyup" and "Nope". His expressions speak volumes, though, and he did explicitly refuse [[MeaningfulName the Flim-Flam Brothers]]'s bad Apple Cider deal. Occasionally, he will be about to say something and then suddenly someone will interrupt him as a gag. |
| 145 | * SmarterThanYouLook: TheSmartGuy of the Apple family as well as TheBigGuy. Applejack gets exasperated with his "fancy mathematics". Also, in the ''Zen and the art of Gazebo Repair'' story arc in the comics, Big Mac is given thought bubbles in pretty much every scene. He's shown to have a rather articulate mind and is quite logical. |
| 146 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: There's been much debate and confusion over whether the second part of his name is spelled ''[=McIntosh=]'' (which is primarily used by the toyline, comic books, series guidebook, and would fit the [[ThemeNaming apple name pun]] better) or ''Macintosh'' (which the sometimes-typo-y Season 3 credits use). Both have been listed as trademarks, the former by the toyline and the latter by the trading cards. |
| 147 | * TheStoic: He's very calm and rarely fazed by anything. |
| 148 | * SuperStrength: Even among earth ponies, who have greater physical strength than others, he is in a class of his own. Notably, Pulling a ''house'' while ''hopping'', or shaking off a DogPileOfDoom so hard he threw some of the participants ''over the horizon''. |
| 149 | * ThemeNaming: His name is a reference to the "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_(apple) McIntosh Red]]" apple with red and green skin (the same colors as Big Macintosh's coat and Cutie Mark). |
| 150 | * TookALevelInKindness: Big Macintosh, as opposed to the calm, quiet, and above all ''nice'' pony that he is in the show proper, was a fairly stuck-up BigBrotherBully back in his youth. He had a HeelRealization after how much trouble it got the rest of his family in. |
| 151 | * TragicKeepsake: A {{Flashback}} in "Going to Seed" reveals that Big Mac's yoke was passed down from his father, Bright Mac. |
| 152 | * UnmanlySecret: In "Lesson Zero", Twilight enchants the whole town to crave her beaten-up, old Smarty Pants doll, and every pony starts fighting over it. When the spell is broken, Big Mac waits until everypony else is gone before he gleefully picks up the doll and runs off with it. |
| 153 | * UsedToBeMoreSocial: He was ''incredibly'' talkative when he was younger, as shown in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E23WhereTheAppleLies Where The Apple Lies]]". His resulting tendency to talk over others and ignore what they had to say was what led in part to the misadventures of the episode, which led him to resolve to become TheQuietOne. In "The Break-Up, Break-Down", Big Mac confirmed that he stopped talking as much as he used to, because he believed it only ever got him into trouble. In the present, he still finds it a bit difficult to find a balance between being a good listener and saying his part, avoiding bottling up his feelings. |
| 154 | * WhatDidIDoLastNight: What Am I Doing in a Pit, on a Mattress, with a Mare? The Love Poison cooked up by the CMC led to such an awkward situation. |
| 155 | * WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons: |
| 156 | ** {{Averted|Trope}}, as the cartoon constantly implies that he's smarter than his sisters. Also, [[WordOfGod in the]][[invoked]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original pitch bible]], Big Macintosh owned and ran Sweet Apple Acres while Applejack managed the day-to-day affairs. |
| 157 | ** He can be quite articulate when he does speak. "Brotherhooves Social" has him make one of the shows more passionate, heartfelt speeches about how he just wants to be viewed as Apple Bloom's hero again. The same episode also has him disguised as Orange Blossom, who can pull out SesquipedalianLoquaciousness at the drop of a hat with very little prior knowledge that he'd need to use it. |
| 158 | * WritingAroundTrademarks: |
| 159 | ** Originally, he was going to referred to as [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Big Mac]] in casual conversation, but it seems the showrunners were skittish about getting into too much trouble with trademarks, thus he is refereed to almost exclusively by his full name in early seasons. Starting in season 2, he ''is'' referred to as "Big Mac", but only after already being called "Big Macintosh" in the same scene. Somewhere around season 4, this nickname aversion gets dropped completely, and he becomes "Big Mac" in conversation and ''even in the credits'' of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E21LeapOfFaith Leap of Faith]]" and later episodes. |
| 160 | ** He was also going to be called "Big Apple" and he would be the current boss of Sweet Apple Acres, which itself would have been "Big Apple Orchard". However, trademarked or not, it didn't pass in the legal department, so both were changed to their current names. |
| 161 | [[/folder]] |
| 162 | |
| 163 | [[folder:Granny Smith]] |
| 164 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/granny_smith.png]] |
| 165 | ->''"Now wait you fellers, hold it! / You went and you oversold it! / I guarantee that what you have there won't compare / For the very most important ingredient can't be added or done expedient / And that's quality, friends, Apple Acres' quality and care!"'' |
| 166 | |
| 167 | ->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Friendship is Magic, part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain[[labelnote:Foreign [=VA=]s]]Diana Alonso, Karina Altamirano [young] (Latin American Spanish); Asami Yoshida [Seasons 1-2], Akemi Sawazaki [Season 3-onwards] (Japanese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 170 | |
| 171 | Applejack's, Apple Bloom's, and Big Macintosh's paternal grandmother. Age has done a number on this green earth pony, and while she's not crippled or senile, she's getting there. Despite this, she still manages to continue her role as the matriarch of the Apple family. |
| 172 | ---- |
| 173 | * AerithAndBob: "Smith" in a family of Apple Bloom, Applejack and Big Macintosh. The Apple family also features names like Red Gala, Red Delicious and Golden Delicious. Of course, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_Smith Granny Smith]] is a type of apple, so the FamilyThemeNaming is not broken -- it just happens to sound much more like a regular English name. On the matter,[[invoked]] WordOfGod [[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=81471&st=560&p=1998529&#entry1998529 said]] that ponies don't have surnames like humans do. |
| 174 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: To Apple Bloom in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E11FamilyAppreciationDay Family Appreciation Day]]". At the end of the episode she gains the respect of all the fillies and colts in Apple Bloom's class. |
| 175 | * AscendedExtra: Since Season 2, she's gotten a sharp increase in screen-time and spoken lines. |
| 176 | * BlindMistake: Her poor eyesight causes her to mistake Gilda's tail for a rattlesnake. |
| 177 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Her methods for preparing the Zap Apples to be harvested sometimes take this to a literal level; hopping in a bunny suit while singing to water. |
| 178 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Move your caboose!" |
| 179 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Granny Smith was ''very'' weak, slow, frail, and definitely senile during her debut in the pilot. She got a significant increase in mobility and lucid moments during Season 2, but her senility was still there. By Season 3, her mind is sharp as a knife and she has the vitality of a young mare, with her senility toned down into more harmless eccentricity. |
| 180 | %%* ChildrenAreInnocent: She wrongly believes this, and patronizes Apple Bloom, Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon. |
| 181 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Definitely comes off as this at times, especially during Season 2. It turns out that there is method to her madness. |
| 182 | * CoolOldLady: In many of her appearances but for a specific example we have "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E6SleeplessInPonyville Sleepless in Ponyvile]]". She is the only pony not affected by Scootaloo dashing by; in fact, she dodges in a way to allow one of Scootaloo's trick stunts. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers Looks like she's learned from experience]]. |
| 183 | * CrackOhMyBack: According to her granddaughter Applejack, Granny has a "saggy ol' hip" that needs to be replaced. Her joints creak audibly whenever she walks, and in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]" and Applejack's ImagineSpot in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]", she's seen using an adult walker to move around. [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=452693121414797 Her]] [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulnomad/8460534876/in/set-72157632732632786/ toys]] also give her a walker.\ |
| 184 | While she's corrupted during Discord's reign in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony - Part 2]]", she tap-dances on her hind legs. It's unknown whether she is more mobile than she usually appears, if Discord [[PetTheDog fixed her hip]] as part of his reality warping [[FridgeHorror or didn't, but made her dance nonetheless.]] Her higher mobility in the second season implies that she got her hip replaced in-between seasons, but it isn't mentioned in show, so take that as you will. The "more mobile than she appears" is given more credibility in "Leap of Faith", when the "cure-all" placebo hints that she is still a lot more limber than she believes she is. At least as far as swimming and moving in the water is concerned. |
| 185 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In the IDW comic, when Ponyville [[MisfitMobilizationMoment stands up to the Nightmare Forces]], Granny Smith reveals she actually is a decent fighter. |
| 186 | * CurseOfTheAncients: |
| 187 | -->'''Granny Smith:''' Confangled modern doohickeys. |
| 188 | * DeadlyDistantFinale: [[spoiler:In "The Last Problem", Applejack is seen wearing Granny's shawl, implying that she died at some point before.]] |
| 189 | * DependingOnTheArtist: She's wrinklier than usual in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]" and Applejack's ImagineSpot in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]". |
| 190 | * DirtyOldWoman: In "Hearthbreakers", when she learns that Pinkie Pie's parents married each other because a "Choosing Stone" told them to, she asks if she can have the stone fix her up with an apple-farming hunk. |
| 191 | * EccentricMentor: Often supplies the Apple family valid wisdom and teachings in running the business, even if there's a kooky peppering to most of it. |
| 192 | * EveryoneHasStandards: In her youth, she hated the Pears and strongly disapproved of her son Bright Mac marrying Pear Butter. But even she was horrified by Grand Pear disowning Pear Butter, and accepted her into the family afterwards. |
| 193 | * ExpressiveEars: She's old and weak, so her ears are floppy. |
| 194 | * TheFogOfAges: Because of her old age, her memory is fragile and she tends to forget things all the time. However, it's been shown she's got a memory like a steel trap when it comes to important family events. |
| 195 | * GoodOldWays: She prefers the family to make cider without the use of more powerful machines. |
| 196 | * GrannyClassic: A textbook version of this -- the sleep cycle, the achey back, the long stories, etc. |
| 197 | * HandbagOfHurt: With Rainbow Dash on the receiving end. |
| 198 | * HiddenDepths: She's literally responsible for the creation of Ponyville. Those wacky habits of hers? [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows They're necessary]] to make her legendary Zap Apple jam the best it can be. |
| 199 | * InsultOfEndearment: After reconciling, Granny calls Grand Pear "Prickly Pear", and he in turn calls her "Crabapple", but it's all good-natured. |
| 200 | * IWasQuiteALooker: When she was young, she looked like a cross between her granddaughters. She says this trope by name in [[https://derpibooru.org/719117?scope=scpefd60bb37a064566a53aec8a9ea8f61a9b6b7e373 one panel of the comic]]. |
| 201 | * LongLived: ''How'' old isn't known, but she predates ''Ponyville itself'', which is stated to be a few hundred years old (assuming that part wasn't {{retcon}}ned). |
| 202 | * MeaningfulName: Granny Smith is an elderly pony with a green coat; the Granny Smith apple variety is known for its distinct green color. |
| 203 | * NewTechnologyIsEvil: Played for laughs at Granny's expense as she can't figure out how to use a simple tin megaphone. She tries talking by the wrong end, then slaps it around trying to figure how to use it, and finally ends up poking her eye with it. |
| 204 | -->'''Granny Smith:''' Is this thing on?\ |
| 205 | (''to Big Macintosh'') I don't think this thing is on.\ |
| 206 | (''to the megaphone'') Hello! What is the... e...\ |
| 207 | (''Big Macintosh whispers to her'')\ |
| 208 | (''Granny slaps the megaphone into the correct position'') You have to say so. Confangled modern doohickeys. |
| 209 | * NeverMessWithGranny: She's a fierce old mare. For instance, in "Where the Apple Lies", she lays down the law to Filthy Rich regarding Apple Cider with such intensity that even years later he's scared of crossing her. |
| 210 | * NobodyCallsMeChicken: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]", with a camera angle ripped straight out of ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', no less. |
| 211 | * OddNameOut: Theme-naming or not, she has the most mundane and human-sounding name ''in the whole show'', only being rivaled by Trixie and Pony Joe. |
| 212 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Heavily implied to have outlived her son Bright Mac. |
| 213 | * ParentalSubstitute: For her grandchildren, because the parents are never seen. |
| 214 | * PassingTheTorch: She appears to be passing her role of matriarch of the Apple family onto Applejack as evidenced in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]" when she gave her the responsibility to organize the event. |
| 215 | * PetTheDog: Despite her all-consuming rivalry with the Pears, she ultimately accepted her son's marriage and took in Pear Butter after her father disowned her. |
| 216 | * PluckyGirl: When she was a kid. She was brave enough to go into the Everfree Forest on her own. |
| 217 | * RetiredBadass: She was initially played as an old senile pony for laughs, and then she was revealed to have been responsible for the founding of Ponyville because she braved the Everfree Forest on her own, thus instantly gaining the respect of Apple Bloom's class, even school-bully Silver Spoon. In the IDW comic, she shows some of the Nightmare Forces that she's a ''lot'' tougher than she looks. |
| 218 | * TheRival: In her youth, she had a ''vicious'' rivalry with Grand Pear and his clan. |
| 219 | -->'''Goldie Delicious:''' All the Apples and the Pears were rivals to the core. |
| 220 | * RunningOnTheSpot: Played straight during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon the Brush Off]]" and then immediately subverted as Granny "runs" away at a snail's pace. |
| 221 | * ScatterbrainedSenior: Played straight at first; in the first season, she was initially portrayed as being very senile, while in season 2 she's more lucid but still shows some forgetfulness due to her age. This was [[CharacterizationMarchesOn eventually phased out of her character]] from Season 3 onward, as from that point on she's quite sharp and doesn't have nearly as many problems with her memory. |
| 222 | * ScratchyVoicedSenior: Her voice is very high and croaky. |
| 223 | * SeniorSleepCycle: Seen through the series, but especially played when Granny is chaperoning some kids during Nightmare Night. |
| 224 | -->'''Granny Smith:''' I should have been asleep five hours ago! |
| 225 | * SpitefulSpit: In flashback, she does this to express her contempt for the Pears after seeing her son Bright Mac with Pear Butter. |
| 226 | -->'''Granny Smith:''' What in tarnation are you doing, Bright Mac!? We do not fraternize with Pears! ''(spits on the ground)'' |
| 227 | * SupremeChef: Her Zap Apple jam is ''legendary''. Ponies travel from miles away to buy it and it ''literally'' put Ponyville on the map. The reason that Diamond Tiara can live in luxury is because it was the first thing her great-grandfather, Stinkin' Rich, ever sold. |
| 228 | * ThemeNaming: She is named after Granny Smith apples. These apples are green colored (the same color of Granny's coat) and are favored to use in baking apple pies and tarts (Granny's cutie mark). |
| 229 | * TookALevelInKindness: She was deeply against her son's relationship with Pear Butter, until she heard her refer to the Apples as her family following her and Bright Macintosh's secret wedding. Granny Smith was visibly touched by this, and even comforted Pear Butter after her father [[IHaveNoSon disowned her for it]], showing that she had accepted her new daughter-in-law. |
| 230 | * TheUnintelligible: "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon the Brush Off]]" contains her only dialogue that didn't consist of senile muttering ([[IntelligibleUnintelligible to us if not to the rest of the Apple Clan]]) in the entire first season. [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Season 2 onwards makes her far more coherent and talkative]]. |
| 231 | * VagueAge: OK, she's old, but exactly ''how old?'' She claims to have been one of the founders of Ponyville, which according to the episode "Winter Wrap Up" is a town several ''centuries'' old. |
| 232 | * VisualPun: She's often seen in a rocking chair, which of course makes her a rocking horse. |
| 233 | * WhenEldersAttack: Granny Smith is old, frail and senile, but she still can deliver a considerable wallop. |
| 234 | * WhenIWasYourAge: In the comics. |
| 235 | -->'''Granny Smith:''' I remember back in ''my'' day we didn't have squeaky boards n' our out buildin's. Things were built bettr'. 'Course, eve'thing was ''new'' on account of we had to build it all with our own four hooves. And we didn't have fancy things like hammers... we had to pound in nails with out teeth! [[MetaPhorgotten Uphill! Both ways!]] |
| 236 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: [[https://scontent-b-mxp.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1394443_732591553424951_1414111662_n.png A stock vector]] commonly used on the Facebook page and on her blindbag trading card shows a younger-looking Granny Smith wearing glasses. |
| 237 | [[/folder]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:Grand Pear]] |
| 240 | [[quoteright:199:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thumb_71.png]] |
| 241 | ->''"Pears are nature's candy. Apples are sour. Like the expression on your face right now."'' |
| 242 | |
| 243 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear The Perfect Pear]]" |
| 244 | |
| 245 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WilliamShatner |
| 246 | |
| 247 | Applejack and her siblings' grandfather on their mother's side, and patriarch of the Pear family. He and Granny Smith were bitter rivals in their heyday, but he has since mellowed considerably with age. |
| 248 | ---- |
| 249 | * AffectionateNickname: After the Apple siblings reconcile with him, Apple Bloom asks if she can call him "Grand-père Pear", to which he replies in the positive. |
| 250 | * TheAtoner: When he returns to Ponyville as an old stallion, he does it in the hope of reconciling with the rest of the Apple family for their long and senseless feud, knowing full well he has forever lost that chance with his daughter. |
| 251 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Like Granny Smith, he did some odd things while taking care of his trees, like having special blankets made for them so they wouldn't get cold at night. |
| 252 | * TheCameo: |
| 253 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E20ItIsntTheManeThingAboutYou It Isn't the Mane Thing About You]]", he is seen selling pear-based baked goods alongside Granny Smith in the marketplace during the ColdOpen. |
| 254 | ** He appears at the beginning and end of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyBestGiftEver'' special, celebrating Hearth's Warming Eve with the Apple family. |
| 255 | * CoolOldGuy: His personality in the present is a calm and friendly old stallion who still makes the best pear jam. [[{{Jerkass}} Not so much when he was younger]]. |
| 256 | * IHaveNoSon: He disowned his daughter rather than accept her marriage with a member of the Apple family. [[OldShame He deeply regrets this in the present day.]] |
| 257 | * InkSuitActor: Much like nearly every other SpecialGuest character, Grand Pear's designs as an old, middle-aged, and young stallion all reflect how Creator/WilliamShatner himself looked in each of those stages of his life -- though Shatner has entered old age so gracefully that the middle-aged version is closer to his real appearance and voice than the elderly version is. |
| 258 | * InsultOfEndearment: After reconciling, Granny calls Grand Pear "Prickly Pear", and he in turn calls her "Crabapple", but it's all good-natured. |
| 259 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though he buried it deep in his anger towards the Apples, he loved Pear Butter with all his heart and was heartbroken when she refused to move away with him. By the time we see him in the present, the "jerk" part has completely withered away. |
| 260 | * LukeIAmYourFather: The Apple siblings are shocked to find out that this kind old pear merchant Apple Bloom met is actually their grandfather. |
| 261 | * MeaningfulName: Like his counterpart Granny Smith, his name proves rather prophetic to the fact that he becomes a grandparent. In fact, [[PunnyName it literally means "grandfather"]] in French. |
| 262 | * MustMakeAmends: Grand Pear's choice to return to Ponyville years after Pear Butter left the family is so he can bury the hatchet with her surviving relatives. |
| 263 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The way he acts and speaks in the present about his actions makes it clear he's long since had this reaction to disowning his daughter. |
| 264 | -->'''Grand Pear:''' I can't believe I let a silly feud keep me from my family. |
| 265 | * NeverGotToSayGoodbye: After Pear Butter's (''heavily implied'') death, he regretted the way things went between them. He intends to make up for it with the current generation of Apples. |
| 266 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Heavily implied to be the case with his daughter Pear Butter. Since their last meeting beforehand involved him disowning her, it's an even more tragic example. |
| 267 | * PartingWordsRegret: When he learned his daughter married an Apple stallion and had no intention of leaving him, [[IHaveNoSon he disowned her on the spot]]. This being the last time they ever saw each other, he has come to regret this considerably in his old age. |
| 268 | * PropheticName: His name is a homophone of the French word "grand-père" (grandfather). He eventually becomes a grandfather to three half-Apple, half-Pear children. |
| 269 | * TheRival: In his youth, he had a ''vicious'' rivalry with Granny Smith and her clan, to the point where it ultimately destroyed his own relationship with his daughter. |
| 270 | * StealthPun: His relationship with his daughter fell apart after he couldn't accept her marriage to an Apple stallion. In other words, it went "pear-shaped". |
| 271 | * TookALevelInKindness: He has gone from refusing to be even five feet away from members of the Apple clan to happily giving Apple Bloom, his Apple granddaughter, a free sample of pear jam. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Bright Macintosh and Buttercup (née Pear Butter)]] |
| 275 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bright_mac_teasing_pear_butter_s7e13.png]] |
| 276 | [[caption-width-right:350:Buttercup to the left, Bright Macintosh to the right]] |
| 277 | ->'''Bright Mac:''' I don't want to be apart from you. Ever. I'm not sure what we'll do, but I'm sure of us. So sure that I'd marry you today.!\ |
| 278 | '''Pear Butter:''' I would, too! |
| 279 | |
| 280 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear The Perfect Pear]]" |
| 281 | |
| 282 | ->'''Bright Mac voiced by:''' Bill Newton\ |
| 283 | '''Pear Butter voiced by:''' Creator/FeliciaDay |
| 284 | |
| 285 | The parents of Applejack, Big Macintosh, and Apple Bloom. The two were members of the feuding Apple and Pear families that nonetheless fell in love. |
| 286 | ---- |
| 287 | !!Both |
| 288 | * AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Bright Mac's father and Pear Butter's mother are never seen. |
| 289 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: They fell in love the moment they could speak coherently as toddlers, and it only grew with age. |
| 290 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Both are heavily implied to have died, and are consistently seen and spoken of only in the best of ways, with their family and friends being shown to miss them very much. |
| 291 | * DisappearedDad: Bright Mac's father was never seen nor mentioned. |
| 292 | * FeudingFamilies: Their families were in the middle of a huge farming feud that lasted decades, but it didn't prevent the two of them from falling in love. |
| 293 | * TheGhost: For the majority of the series, they were never shown onscreen and barely even talked about, save a brief allusion according to[[invoked]] WordOfGod in season 3's "Apple Family Reunion", and finally a direct mention in season 5's "Crusaders of the Lost Mark". This was finally {{subverted|Trope}} in season 7, where viewers were given a fleeting glimpse of them in "A Royal Problem" before their full names, faces, and personalities were unveiled in "The Perfect Pear". |
| 294 | * HappilyMarried: Goldie Delicious describes their relationship as being a "beyond the rainbow" kind of love potent enough to make those nearby feel happier. Since she's the Apple clan's historian, she knows what she's talking about, both before and after the marriage ceremony. |
| 295 | * MissingMom: It's unknown who Pear Butter's mom is and she was never seen. |
| 296 | * LikeParentLikeChild: Each of the Apple siblings inherited one of their personality traits or skills from them. Bright Mac's penchant for honesty and humility, romantic gestures were passed down to Applejack and Big Mac, respectively, while Pear Butter had a knack for figuring out other ponies' talents like Apple Bloom. Pear Butter was also a good singer, guitarist and song writer, and the three siblings had shown musical talent more than once. Big Mac and Apple Bloom also both got Bright Mac's carpentry skills, while Apple Bloom alone inherited his clumsiness. Applejack also inherited the habit of wearing a hat at all times from her father. |
| 297 | * NeverSayDie: The writers ''really'' don't seem to want to use the dreaded "D" word, even though it's made quite obvious in other ways such as their family and friends getting emotional when reminiscing about them, and their kids have to ask the family historian and their best friends to learn about their romance, instead of their parents themselves. Only after the series ended did they [[https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/1183435273591349248 confirm they were deceased]]. |
| 298 | * ParentalAbandonment: Though the details are hazy as to the cause, it's all but stated outright that both of them are dead in the present day. They're spoken of exclusively in the past tense, several characters tear up when talking about them in "The Perfect Pear", and Apple Bloom has made comments about things to "remember them by." |
| 299 | * PosthumousCharacter: It's subtly suggested through dialogue and visuals that the two of them are deceased at present, though the details are unclear. |
| 300 | * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Both parents, but particularly Bright Mac, as Pear Butter's eyes are turquoise. |
| 301 | * SingleTargetSexuality: Neither Pear Butter nor Bright Mac are ever shown to be attracted to any other pony but each other. |
| 302 | * StarCrossedLovers: Both of their families were shown to be bitter business rivals. Of course, their romance was successful since they eventually married and had three children, which helped bridge the gap between their families. Bright Mac and Pear Butter's union was even symbolized when they exchanged apple and pear seeds instead of rings, which were planted and grown into intertwining trees. It wasn't without its sacrifices, however: Pear Butter burned bridges with her father when he refused to accept their love, and he never had the chance to mend things with her. |
| 303 | * SweetieGraffiti: As teenagers, one of the things they did was carve both of their cutie marks into a rock on the Apple farm. Bright Mac would later propose to Pear Butter in front of this same rock. |
| 304 | * TokenGoodTeammate: To their respective families. While the majority of the Apples and Pears hate each other, Bright Mac and Pear Butter don't care about the feud at all, instead finding it a barrier to their love. |
| 305 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Both are portrayed as the only ones in their respective families to not care about the feud, and their friends remember them very fondly as kind and honest ponies. They are also the only characters in the series to be pretty much confirmed as deceased. |
| 306 | * UnseenNoMore: For the majority of the series, they were unnamed, unmentioned, and absent. Season 7 finally revealed their names and personalities in full, along with their love story. |
| 307 | * VocalDissonance: They had adult voices as toddlers. |
| 308 | * YouthfulFreckles: Both parents, which their kids all inherited. |
| 309 | |
| 310 | !!Bright Mac |
| 311 | * GentleGiant: He was very large, but very sweet. Like father, like son. |
| 312 | * GrandRomanticGesture: When he heard that the Pears were moving to Vanhoover, Bright Mac wasn't about to lose Pear Butter that easily. What did he do? He set up an entire wedding reception on the Apple farm, got Burnt Oak and Chiffon Swirl to witness the marriage, asked Mayor Mare to marry them, and proposed to Pear Butter in front of the rock they carved their cutie marks into. |
| 313 | -->'''Bright Mac:''' I don't wanna be apart from you, ever. I don't know what we'll do, but I'm sure of ''us.'' So sure that I'd marry you today. |
| 314 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: He was best friends with Burnt Oak. |
| 315 | * SmallParentHugeChild: He was around the same size as his son Big Macintosh would be as an adult. As a result, he dwarfed Granny, just like Big Mac. |
| 316 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: To all three of his children. He has Big Mac's frame and Apple Bloom's mane and coat colors, and Applejack’s mane is the color of his coat. |
| 317 | * SuperStrength: Being an earth pony, he could run super fast while pulling a heavy plow. |
| 318 | * TooFastToStop: One time, he was having a race with Burnt Oak to see who could plow the fields faster. Bright Mac was outrunning him, but [[DistractedByTheSexy got distracted when he saw Pear Butter]] and plowed right into the Pears' silo. |
| 319 | * TragicKeepsake: It is visually implied that Applejack's signature cowboy hat was once her father's or that, at the very least, he was the one who inspired her to wear one all the time as he did. |
| 320 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: He was always honest, just like Applejack. When he and Pear Butter were young, Bright Mac accidentally destroyed the Pears' water silo, and Grand Pear blamed it on Pear Butter. Bright Mac was hiding in a nearby bush and could have gotten away with it, but came out and told the truth to save her from being punished. |
| 321 | -->'''Burnt Oak:''' Grand Pear never would have known it was your father's fault. But there was no way he'd let your mother take the blame for something he did. |
| 322 | |
| 323 | !!Pear Butter / Buttercup |
| 324 | * AffectionateNickname: Bright Mac took to calling Pear Butter "Buttercup" after she successfully used such a flower to make her chin glow during their first meeting. After her father disowned her, Pear Butter seemed to [[MeaningfulRename take on the name permanently]], since her own children were surprised to learn of her birth name. |
| 325 | * BreakTheCutie: She's clearly heartbroken when her father disowns her after she marries Bright Mac. |
| 326 | * DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: She inadvertently confesses her love for Bright Mac during a song she sings to him. Bright Mac is surprised at first, but then reveals that he was planning to confess his love for her on that very same day. |
| 327 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: She was best friends with Chiffon Swirl / Mrs. Cake. Pear Butter helped her discover her cutie mark and talent for baking, and helped test all of her recipes. |
| 328 | * FarmersDaughter: Pear Butter was the daughter of a pear-farming family who were rivals to the Apples. |
| 329 | * FlowersOfRomance: Bright Mac puts a flower (a buttercup, appropriately) in Pear Butter's mane during the picnic where they admit their love to each other. We see that she keeps wearing it, up to the day of their wedding. |
| 330 | * MeaningfulRename: After being disowned from the Pear family, Buttercup stopped calling herself Pear Butter. Not even her children knew she was a Pear. |
| 331 | * StealthPun: Her relationship with her father fell apart after he couldn't accept her marriage to an Apple stallion. In other words, it went "pear-shaped". |
| 332 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Her mane is very similar to the color of Applejack’s coat, and is the same color as Big Mac's mane. |
| 333 | * QuirkyCurls: She had a very thick, curly orange mane and tail, although she's only "quirky" when particularly lovesick. |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | !!!Other Relatives |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder:Braeburn]] |
| 339 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/braeburn_pony_2527.png]] |
| 340 | ->''Cousin Applejack, mind yer manners, you have yet ta introduce me to your compadres! Shame on you!'' |
| 341 | |
| 342 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]" |
| 343 | |
| 344 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDaingerfield[[note]] Creator/AndrewFrancis did audition for Braeburn, mentioned in [[https://twitter.com/#!/DrewFrancis604/status/147131239051177984 this]] tweet and [[http://trevordevall.com/?p=81 this]] interview, but [[http://derpiboo.ru/210680 it did not survive the final cut]].[[/note]] (in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]")[[labelnote:Foreign [=VA=]s]]Creator/BenjaminRivera [Season 1], Carlos Siller [Season 5] (Latin American Spanish); Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (Japanese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 345 | \ |
| 346 | Applejack's cousin who lives in the newly-settled Appleoosa. Is quite proud of the new settlement, but is also willing to listen to both sides of the conflict between the Appleoosians and the resident herd of Buffalo. |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | * ButtMonkey: Poor Braeburn in "Appleoosa's Most Wanted"... first he breaks his hoof, then he tries taking care of the CMC only to fall asleep soon after night falls, and he's subject to multiple of Troubleshoes Clyde's moments of clumsiness throughout the episode. |
| 349 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "AAAAAAPPLE-''LOOSA!''" (''whinny'') |
| 350 | * {{Cowboy}}: He has many traits of a typical movie cowboy, such as his attire (including a cowboy hat) and that his living in a Wild West-style frontier town. |
| 351 | * DeterminedHomesteader: Although he's more sensitive to the buffaloes' plight than most of the townsfolk. |
| 352 | * FurryReminder: Neighs a lot, especially when mentioning AAAAAAAPPLE-''LOOSA''! |
| 353 | * {{Keet}}: Young, cheerful, highly enthusiastic and adorable. |
| 354 | * MotorMouth: He's extremely eager to show the ponies just how amazing "AAAAAPPLE-LOOSA!" is. |
| 355 | * NiceGuy: While being kind does seem to run in the apple family, Braeburn seems to be the only resident of "AAAAAPPLE-LOOSA!" who actually seems to be interested in hearing BOTH sides of the conflict that's happening in his town. |
| 356 | * NoodleIncident: It's not exactly clear ''how'' he broke his hoof prior to "Appleoosa's Most Wanted". |
| 357 | * OnlySaneMan: ''Twice''. |
| 358 | ** First, he's one of the few Appleoosans who's entirely willing to hear things out with the buffalo and try to talk things through. |
| 359 | ** Then, he's rightfully cautious (mostly because his younger cousin and her equally young friends are now involved) but isn't as overly excitable as the rest of the town over the Troubleshoes Clyde incident. |
| 360 | * ThePioneer: He ventured into the wide open plains to start the settlement of "AAAAAPPLE-LOOSA!" |
| 361 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's implied to be high-status in Appleoosa. He's not official authority, but he is the most direct representative to the buffalo, and is rightfully cautious about the CMC's coming around the time of a hunt for a "criminal" though not as excitable and superstitious as the rest of the townsfolk. |
| 362 | * ThemeNaming: As with most of the other Apple family members, Braeburn is named after a variety of apple. In fact, it's a hybrid derived from the Granny Smith. |
| 363 | * VocalDissonance: His "Uh-huh" in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]". |
| 364 | [[/folder]] |
| 365 | |
| 366 | [[folder:Aunt and Uncle Orange]] |
| 367 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aunt_orange_and_uncle_orange_at_the_door_s1e23.png]] |
| 368 | %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]" |
| 371 | |
| 372 | ->'''Uncle [[AllThereInTheScript Mosely]] Orange voiced by:''' Creator/BrianDrummond[[note]] according to [[https://twitter.com/BrianDrummondVO/status/294496688343756800 this]] tweet by Creator/BrianDrummond[[/note]]\ |
| 373 | '''Aunt Orange voiced by:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain |
| 374 | |
| 375 | Applejack's aunt and uncle who live in [[BigApplesauce Manehattan]]. Unlike the rest of the family, the Oranges live a high class, posh lifestyle. Whether they grow oranges or not isn't clear. According to the Blind Bags, Uncle Orange is named Mosely Orange. |
| 376 | ---- |
| 377 | * AllThereInTheManual: Uncle Mosely Orange's [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:W4_Mosely_Orange_Card.jpg collector]] [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4QhOlEWRMrw/UHTPtnuSsNI/AAAAAAAA78Y/tsr_iXkB6PA/s1600/11+(Mosely+Orange).jpg cards]] reveal that he "loves to have fancy parties!" |
| 378 | * AllThereInTheScript: Uncle Orange's name, Mosely Orange, has only been used in the toyline; specifically, in the fourth and sixth waves of Blind Bags. |
| 379 | %% * CityMouse |
| 380 | * OddNameOut: Along with Hayseed Turnip Truck and [[AllThereInTheScript Peachy Sweet]], they're among the few members of the family whose names aren't related to apples. |
| 381 | * ThemeNaming: |
| 382 | ** To drive the difference in lifestyle home, we are comparing apples and oranges. |
| 383 | ** While it might be coincidental, there's another layer to it when you consider that they live in a counterpart of New York City... a territory once owned by the Dutch who are associated with the color orange. New York is also nicknamed the Big Apple. |
| 384 | * SheCleansUpNicely: Applejack's flashback states they wanted her to clean up from farm girl to socialite. |
| 385 | * UpperClassTwit: Not as extreme an example as Prince Blueblood, but they place great importance on high fashion and proper upper-class etiquette and parties. |
| 386 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: Uncle Mosely Orange's molded toys and collector cards all depict him as a PaletteSwap of Big Macintosh. |
| 387 | [[/folder]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | [[folder:Hayseed Turnip Truck]] |
| 390 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HayseedTurnipTruck_8302.png]] |
| 391 | ->''"It's me, Hayseed Turnip Truck! We met at the big hoedown in Ponyville last month?"'' |
| 392 | |
| 393 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet and Elite]]" |
| 394 | |
| 395 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Matt Hill |
| 396 | |
| 397 | An earth pony with buck teeth who wears a trucker cap with a turnip on it and a dirty white T-shirt. His cutie mark is three turnips. Hayseed works as a window washer in Canterlot in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet and Elite]]" and appears in Ponyville in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E6SleeplessInPonyville Sleepless in Ponyville]]". "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]" sees him attending said reunion and even being included in the family photo, revealing him to be part of the Apple Family. While not the brightest, he appears to be nice, greeting and complimenting Rarity when he sees her. In the ExpandedUniverse, a short feature in Creator/IDWPublishing's ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' Issue #3 shows that he started working in Ponyville, fell in love with Rarity, and moved to Canterlot to start his own business to become rich and successful in the hopes that Rarity would love him back. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Does a cross between a hair-tousle and a noogie to Rarity's ''hat'' while proudly talking up what a big-deal dressmaker she is in Ponyville. |
| 400 | * AlliterativeName: Only 2/3 of his name. |
| 401 | * ButtMonkey: A non-comedic example. The poor guy falls in love with Rarity but ends up embarrassing himself every time he runs into her. He spends years working and becoming rich so that he can be good enough for her, and finds Rarity to finally ask her out, only for Spike to lie to him that Rarity is engaged, leaving him heartbroken. |
| 402 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: His eyes and mane are both brown. |
| 403 | * {{Determinator}}: He moved to Canterlot, started his own company, and made a fortune to try and win Rarity’s affection. |
| 404 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: He fell in love with Rarity and became a rich businessman so that she would date him, only to give up on her when Spike lied to him that Rarity has a fiancé. |
| 405 | * DoggedNiceGuy: He is still trying to get [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Rarity's]] attention after a long time. |
| 406 | * GoodOlBoy: A positive version of this as, from what we see, he is a sweet country boy. |
| 407 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: After Jet Set and Upper Crust insult Rarity's fashion and walk off with their noses in the air, Hayseed waves goodbye to them, saying to Rarity, "Well, they seemed real nice!" |
| 408 | * {{Keet}}: His dialogue with Rarity is both energetic and endearing. |
| 409 | * MeaningfulName: Hayseed Turnip Truck is a stereotypical country bumpkin (a "hayseed") who seems rather slow and oblivious (as if he "just fell off the turnip truck"). |
| 410 | * NiceGuy: He’s very friendly to Rarity and doesn't hold a grudge against Jet Set and Upper Crust for looking down on him. |
| 411 | * OddNameOut: Along with the Oranges and [[AllThereInTheScript Peachy Sweet]], he's among the few members of the family whose names aren't related to apples. |
| 412 | * SelfMadeMan: While working in Canterlot, he started his own company and became rich. |
| 413 | * SignatureHeadgear: His trucker cap. He stops wearing it when he starts his company, though. |
| 414 | * UptownGirl: He's a lowly handyman with a crush on a fairly well-off fashion designer. |
| 415 | [[/folder]] |
| 416 | |
| 417 | [[folder:The Smith Family]] |
| 418 | [[quoteright:994:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_102505.png]] |
| 419 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E11FamilyAppreciationDay Family Appreciation Day]]" |
| 420 | |
| 421 | Granny Smith's parents and brothers, which by extension makes them the Apple Siblings' great-grandparents and granduncles. Only seen during flashbacks in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E11FamilyAppreciationDay Family Appreciation Day]]" and during flashbacks and in old photos in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]". |
| 422 | ---- |
| 423 | * AnachronismStew: Despite sewing machines being new-ish technology in "Apple Family Reunion", Granny's mother's cutie mark is a sewing machine something like a hundred years previous in the "Family Appreciation Day" flashback. |
| 424 | * NoNameGiven: Granny Smith never refers to these members of her family by name (the closest she comes is calling her father "Pa"). |
| 425 | * PosthumousCharacter: Because they're not seen at the reunions, it's safe to assume that they're long dead. |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:Babs Seed]] |
| 429 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/babs_seed_vector_by_marelynmanson-d5lryqw_5998.png]] |
| 430 | [[caption-width-right:200:She's one [[PunnyName bad seed]].]] |
| 431 | ->''"Looks like somepony's pumpkin just got squashed!"''\ |
| 432 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]]"\ |
| 433 | '''Voiced by:''' Brynna Drummond[[labelnote:Foreign [=VA=]s]]Nycolle González (Latin American Spanish); Kanako Ikegaya (Japanese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 434 | \ |
| 435 | A young filly from Manehattan who visits Ponyville and her cousins Applejack and Apple Bloom to escape being teased as a blank flank. Instead of befriending her cousin and fellow blank flank Apple Bloom, she starts causing problems for her and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Eventually she sorts things out with the Crusaders, and joins them as the group's fourth member. As of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E4BloomAndGloom Bloom and Gloom]]", she finally gained a Cutie Mark: A pair of scissors with the handles resembling an apple. |
| 436 | ---- |
| 437 | * AbsenteeClubMember: The Cutie Mark Crusaders accepted Babs Seed into their club in "One Bad Apple", but she never attended any of their meetings due to living far away, and she left the club after getting her cutie mark in "Bloom and Gloom". |
| 438 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Babs is athletic despite being drawn chunkier than the average filly. She chases the Crusaders in "One Bad Apple" and keeps up with Apple Bloom in "Apple Family Reunion". On the cover of a ''Friends Forever'' appearance, she can roller skate faster than Rarity. |
| 439 | * AerithAndBob: Her first name is part of a PunnyName, but it's also a shortened form of Barbara. |
| 440 | * BigBrotherBully: Of the cousin variety towards Apple Bloom. She gets better. |
| 441 | * BigSisterInstinct: Of the cousin variety. After she is reformed, she protects Apple Bloom from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. |
| 442 | * BoomerangBigot: She bullies the Crusaders for not having their cutie marks to avoid being bullied for the same reason. |
| 443 | * BullyTurnedBuddy: Babs Seed starts off as a bully to the Crusaders, latching onto Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon and joining in their torment. By the end of her episode, however, she reconciles with them after they learn she was bullied at her old school for not having a Cutie Mark either. |
| 444 | * CharacterTics: Blowing her mane out of her eyes, and flicking her tail over her flank whenever her lack of a cutie mark is brought up. |
| 445 | * CountryCousin: {{Inverted|Trope}}; she visits the rural Ponyville from the suburban Manehattan. |
| 446 | * EasilyForgiven: The CMC instantly forgive her bullying and grant her full membership in the CMC, though the comics reveal she still feels she has to fight every day to prove she's truly reformed, and she forms a kinship with Trixie over it. |
| 447 | * EvilCounterpart: To the Cutie Mark Crusaders; she hates being called a blank flank by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, but instead of standing up to them, she joins them in picking on the Cutie Mark Crusaders. In the end, Babs reverses her attitude and becomes a Crusader herself, even standing up to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. |
| 448 | * EvilRedhead: Or at least, she starts out this way. |
| 449 | * FatBastard: She bullied the CMC in "One Bad Apple". She got over it, though. |
| 450 | * FaceOfAThug: She has a deep voice, a face built for smirking, a tomboyish demeanor and rather masculine interests, but actually shows herself to be quite shy, gentle and sweet (though she can certainly play a thug when it suits her). |
| 451 | * FreudianExcuse: Babs was bullied in Manehattan for not having a Cutie Mark, and only joins Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon to avoid suffering the same heartache in Ponyville. |
| 452 | * GirlPosse: Forms one with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. |
| 453 | * HeelFaceTurn: After learning not to be a bully. Notably the first antagonist in the series to make one ''completely'' willingly. |
| 454 | * HeelRealization: When she finds out the Cutie Mark Crusaders protected her despite how awful she'd been to them. Hits harder when [[CycleOfRevenge she realizes her bullying almost made them bullies too]]. |
| 455 | * HiddenDepths: Her special talent rather unexpectedly turns out to be mane styling, with a scissors cutie mark; rarely for the show at this point this was consistent with her earlier ''Comicbook/MyLittlePonyFriendsForever'' story, with Babs fangirling over the punk haircuts of the Roller Derby ponies |
| 456 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: This is the reason she joins Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon when she first comes to Ponyville in order to avoid being bullied. Later, she leaves them and becomes friends with the CMC instead. |
| 457 | * KidsAreCruel: She's relentless in hunting the Cutie Mark Crusaders around Ponyville. However, she got better. |
| 458 | * LittleMissBadass: Bullying the CMC and taking their float isn't what gets her this description, but realizing the error of her ways and standing up to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon to defend the CMC definitely is. |
| 459 | * PeerPressuredBully: She gets bullied a lot in Manehattan for being a blank flank, so when Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon start picking on her, she decides to become a bully. |
| 460 | * PunnyName: |
| 461 | ** {{Lampshaded}} in the CMC's [[TheVillainSucksSong song]] about her. |
| 462 | --->"She's just a bad, bad seed." |
| 463 | ** Even after gaining her cutie mark (a pair of scissors), Babs's full name (Barbara) is similar to "Barber" (someone who cuts hair). |
| 464 | * PutOnABus: Last seen in "Apple Family Reunion" which was in the third season. Hasn't shown up in the show since, though has made more appearances in the comic book. |
| 465 | * TheQuietOne: She's pretty meek and doesn't talk much when she first meets her cousin. She gets ''much'' more talkative once she turns to the "dark side". |
| 466 | * SixthRanger: By the end of her debut episode, she becomes the fourth member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. As she gets ready to go home to Manehattan, she promises to start up a branch of the club there. By the time of "Apple Family Reunion", she has already found two prospective new members at her school. By "Bloom and Gloom" however, she receives her cutie mark and is no longer a Crusader. |
| 467 | * SmugSmiler: When she joins Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's bullying, she sports one of these to show her "in crowd"-ness. |
| 468 | * StealthPun: When her name was first revealed, fans wondered why her name simply wasn't "Bad Seed", as the pun is too obvious. She isn't a bad seed, she just looks like one. |
| 469 | * TemporarilyAVillain: In her first appearance, she bullies the CMC with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. After Babs makes amends with the CMC, she protects them from Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. |
| 470 | * ThemeNaming: |
| 471 | ** The [[PunnyName bad seed]] of the family. |
| 472 | ** The Babs Seed Catalog, a famous gardening catalog that covers a wide variety of seeds, including apples. |
| 473 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: {{Tomboy}} to Apple Bloom's GirlyGirl because of her bronx attitude and Apple Bloom's hairbow. Despite this, she managed to find her calling in something that's typically viewed as feminine (hair styling). |
| 474 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Until she was constantly bullied for being a blank flank and becomes a bully to avoid being bullied herself. She gets better. |
| 475 | * TheVillainSucksSong: The Crusaders give her one in "One Bad Apple". It's later {{Deconstructed|Trope}} after her reason for bullying the Crusaders is revealed. |
| 476 | * VocalDissonance: She looks to be about the Cutie Mark Crusaders' age, but her voice sounds significantly deeper than even Scootaloo's. |
| 477 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She bullies the CMC so that she won't have to suffer from the pain of being bullied again. |
| 478 | * YouthfulFreckles: She's the CMC's age. |
| 479 | [[/folder]] |
| 480 | |
| 481 | [[folder:Auntie Applesauce and Apple Rose]] |
| 482 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ASAR_205.jpg]] |
| 483 | [[caption-width-right:250:Auntie Applesauce (left) and Apple Rose (right)]] |
| 484 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]" |
| 485 | |
| 486 | ->'''Auntie Applesauce voiced by:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain ([=S3E8=]), Marcy Goldberg ([=S8E5=])\ |
| 487 | '''Apple Rose voiced by:''' Creator/AshleighBall ([=S3E8=]), Shirley Milner ([[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E5GranniesGoneWild S8E5]], [=S9E5=]) |
| 488 | |
| 489 | Granny Smith's aunt and favorite cousin, respectively. They seem to be around as old as her, and are members of the Gold Horseshoe Gals alongside Granny Smith and Goldie Delicious. Auntie Applesauce is also a possible link between the Apple and Pie families, being -- maybe -- a fourth cousin twice removed to the Pies. |
| 490 | ---- |
| 491 | * TheBusCameBack: After their first appearance early in Season 3, Applesauce and Apple Rose reappear in major roles in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E5GranniesGoneWild Grannies Gone Wild]]", five seasons later. |
| 492 | * DirtyOldWoman: In "Grannies Gone Wild", Applesauce aggressively flirts with the bellhop while the mares are checking into their hotel room, to the bellhop's intense discomfort. |
| 493 | -->'''Granny Smith:''' You sure your name isn't Apple''saucy''? |
| 494 | * EarTrumpet: Apple Rose occasionally makes use of one to listen to other ponies, although it still doesn't always let her hear properly. |
| 495 | * EmbarrassingNickname: "Applesauce" isn't her real name, it just refers to when she lost her dentures in a vat of apple jam. |
| 496 | * FalseTeethTomfoolery: Applesauce's dentures just [[RunningGag won't stay put]]. |
| 497 | * GoodOldWays: They prefer sewing by hoof to a sewing machine. |
| 498 | * GrandeDame: Applesauce is this, sometimes making her the butt of [[CoolOldLady Apple Rose and Granny's]] jokes. |
| 499 | * GrannyClassic: Like Granny Smith; see her entry. |
| 500 | * IWasQuiteALooker: Also like Granny Smith, they were much better-looking in their youth. |
| 501 | * LongLived: Since Aunt Applesauce is Granny Smith's aunt, this may make her ''even older then Granny Smith''. Unless there was a large gap between Granny's mother and Aunt Applesauce's ages... |
| 502 | * LuddWasRight: They prefer sewing by hoof over using them new-fangled sewing machines Applejack sets them up with. |
| 503 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Applesauce. According to Granny Smith, "Applesauce" is a nickname referring to an incident where she lost her dentures in a vat of the stuff. Her actual birth name isn't known. |
| 504 | * ParasolOfPrettiness: Applesauce mentions hers got ruined by Apple Rose and Granny using it to bust open a pinata. |
| 505 | * RegalRinglets: Apple Rose's mane and tail are styled into old fashioned barrel curls. |
| 506 | * SouthernBelle: Aunt Applesauce is an elderly version of this trope; the accent and the quilt and the genteel decorum, etc. |
| 507 | * TextileWorkIsFeminine: They have been working on the family quilt for years. |
| 508 | [[/folder]] |
| 509 | |
| 510 | [[folder:Goldie Delicious]] |
| 511 | [[quoteright:184:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/large_55.png]] |
| 512 | ->''"Y'all sure you don't want to take any of these Apple family heirlooms home with you?"'' |
| 513 | |
| 514 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E9PinkieApplePie Pinkie Apple Pie]]" |
| 515 | |
| 516 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Peter New |
| 517 | |
| 518 | A cousin of the Apple family, whose house is practically a museum of old Apple family relics and heirlooms. She's also the Apples' go-to pony for their family records. She's also a member of the Gold Horseshoe Gals, alongside Granny Smith, Aunt Applesauce and Apple Rose. |
| 519 | ---- |
| 520 | * AncientKeeper: She's one of the oldest Apples around and keeps a complete record of the family history. |
| 521 | * TheCameo: She briefly reappears during the animal adoption fair in "Filli Vanilli", obtaining more cats. |
| 522 | * CrazyCatLady: She owns dozens of cats, including a ''cheetah''. |
| 523 | * CrossDressingVoice: She is voiced by Peter New, who also voices Applejack's brother, Big Macintosh. |
| 524 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: When she was younger, she had a green mane to complement her green eyes. |
| 525 | * DeadlyDistantFinale: Apple Bloom is seen wearing her shawl in the epilogue, implying she passed away. |
| 526 | * HammerspaceHair: In "The Perfect Pear", a white cat emerges from Goldie's hair at one point (another trait she shares with Pinkie Pie). |
| 527 | * IWasQuiteALooker: She was looking very cute when [[https://derpibooru.org/1634469 younger]]. |
| 528 | * MadLibsCatchphrase: She oftens says "Now ''that's'' how ya--" (run an errand, make an entrance, etc.). |
| 529 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: Implied; though it's [[TheUnreveal unrevealed]] whether or not Pinkie Pie is related to the Apple family, Goldie's shared traits with Pinkie -- namely her curly mane, [[SweetTooth gingerbread house meal]], and act of pulling a book from the bottom of a stack without toppling it (which Pinkie did earlier in the episode) -- suggest that she is. |
| 530 | * SweetTooth: She ate a gingerbread house for lunch. |
| 531 | * TrashOfTheTitans: Her cabin is so cluttered with junk that it takes her a great deal of effort just to squeeze through the front door. In "The Perfect Pear", the amount of trash is such that it explodes through the door. |
| 532 | [[/folder]] |
| 533 | |
| 534 | [[folder:Other Apples]] |
| 535 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_102643.png]] |
| 536 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AshleighBall (Apple Dumpling), Creator/AndreaLibman (Apple Leaves), Peter New (Half Baked Apple) and Terry Klassen (Apple Split)[[note]] according to [[https://twitter.com/SamVincent71/status/299382429632843778 this]] tweet by Creator/SamuelVincent[[/note]] |
| 537 | |
| 538 | The Apples of Ponyville have a LOT of relatives, but so far we mostly only know their appearances and/or names. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Friendship is Magic, part 1]]", Applejack names off Apple Fritter, Apple Bumpkin, Red Gala, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Caramel Apple[[note]]not to be confused with the Caramel who keeps losing grass seeds[[/note]], (Uncle) Apple Strudel[[note]]who first appears in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E11FamilyAppreciationDay Family Appreciation Day]]"[[/note]], Apple Tart[[note]]a baby colt who apparently has seven siblings[[/note]], Baked Apples, Apple Brioche and Apple Cinnamon Crisp, in addition to her immediate family. Later, in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]", she mentions "Apple Brown Betty! Uh, the dessert. Not my auntie." Later still, Apple Dumpling, Apple Leaves, and Half Baked Apple appear in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]". And in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E17SomeponyToWatchOverMe Somepony to Watch Over Me]]", Granny Smith goes to visit Great Aunt [[PunnyName Pine Apple]]. According to the Blind Bags, one member is named Apple Honey, one apparent member is named Peachy Sweet, and another apparent member is named Lavender Fritter, according to Enterplay's CollectibleCardGame and Creator/{{Gameloft}}'s ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' game, one member is named Apple Cobbler, and also according to Enterplay's CollectibleCardGame, one member is named Gala Appleby. The Blind Bags also give Red Gala and Apple Bumpkin the respective names Crimson Gala and Apple Dazzle. There is also evidence that Pinkie's family also has distant ties to the Apple clan, but it remains inconclusive for now. For Applejack's great uncle Honeycrisp, see the [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe page]]. |
| 539 | ---- |
| 540 | * AdaptationNameChange: |
| 541 | ** The Blind Bags refer to Red Gala as Crimson Gala and Apple Bumpkin as Apple Dazzle. |
| 542 | ** The "Meet the Apple Family!" [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/06/pony-trading-cards-sneak-peek-day-7.html trading]] [[http://chimicherrychanga.com/img/tc/59b.jpg card]] refers to Caramel Apple as Caramel Apples. |
| 543 | * AlliterativeName: Apple Brown Betty. |
| 544 | * AllThereInTheManual: |
| 545 | ** Apple Bumpkin's [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:W3_Apple_Dazzle_Card.jpg collector]] [[http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/dragonballzcentral_2221_91988226 card]] reveals that she "is so loyal to her friends!" |
| 546 | ** Red Gala's [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:W4_Crimson_Gala_Card.jpg collector]] [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aiJ9Pnc7Kyo/UHTPwGruLGI/AAAAAAAA79A/vNANSw5ij30/s1600/16+(Crimson+Gala)+%5BRed+Gala%5D.jpg cards]] reveal that she "gives everyone treats when she visits!" |
| 547 | ** Golden Delicious's [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6-cGhhQddDg/T16NRQJQpoI/AAAAAAAAiZ0/uGvwPL88C5w/s1600/17.jpg collector card]] reveals that he or she "loves acting like a movie star!" |
| 548 | ** Peachy Sweet's [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:W4_Peachy_Sweet_Card.jpg collector]] [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ic5SFPFHUSI/UHTPz6YWudI/AAAAAAAA79w/DwUL9M401F8/s1600/22+(Peachy+Sweet).jpg cards]] reveal that she "is always smiling wherever she goes!" |
| 549 | ** Apple Fritter's collector card reveals that she "loves to give homemade gifts to her friends!" |
| 550 | ** Caramel Apple's [[http://www.hasbro.com/common/productimages/en_CA/627353535056900b105dff72ac6a9b16/4A63208150569047F5039ECF0C866FB7.jpg collector card]] reveals that she "loves to watch movies with her friends!" |
| 551 | * AllThereInTheScript: |
| 552 | ** Apple Dumpling, Apple Leaves, and Half Baked Apple's names have only been used in the credits of the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]", which don't even specify who's who. |
| 553 | ** Wensley, Candy Apples, Peachy Sweet, Apple Honey, and Lavender Fritter's names have only been used in the toyline; specifically, Peachy Sweet's in the fourth, sixth, and ninth waves of Blind Bags, Apple Honey and Lavender Fritter's also in the ninth wave of Blind Bags, and Wensley and Candy Apples' in Wave 11. |
| 554 | ** Apple Cobbler's name has only been used in Creator/{{Gameloft}}'s ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' LicensedGame and in Enterplay's CollectibleCardGame. |
| 555 | ** Gala Appleby's name has only been used in Enterplay's CollectibleCardGame. |
| 556 | * DependingOnTheArtist: In different manners on several occasions, the most major examples being a few of them sometimes appearing as unicorns: Red Gala with a different mane/tail style near the end of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]", and a couple of the unnamed fillies at the end of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]". |
| 557 | * GenderFlip: Golden Delicious is a stallion in the show and [[TheMerch WeLoveFine]]'s ''[[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1903 All Of Apple Acres]]'' art print, but a mare in the Blind Bags. G3 Golden Delicious was also a mare. |
| 558 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: Look at this list. These are all Applejack's relatives. |
| 559 | * NoNameGiven: With the exception of those listed above. |
| 560 | * OddNameOut: Along with the Oranges and Hayseed Turnip Truck, [[AllThereInTheScript Peachy Sweet]] is among the few members of the family whose names aren't related to apples. |
| 561 | * TrueCompanions: The family remains very close-knit. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Have fun trying your schemes in the future, Flim and Flam]]. |
| 562 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[AllThereInTheScript Peachy Sweet]] and some of the unnamed Apple Family members who attend the reunion in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Friendship is Magic, part 1]]" aren't included in the family photo at the end of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]", even though she and one of them do attend the reunion in the latter episode. |
| 563 | * YodelLand: Uncle Apple Strudel, an elderly stallion with an impressive white beard and handlebar mustache, green lederhosen and a feathered Tyrolean hat, seems to come from whatever the pony equivalent of this is. |
| 564 | * YouALLLookFamiliar: |
| 565 | ** The Apple Family Reunion in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Friendship is Magic, part 1]]" includes some of them more than once but since they're all related, they could just be identical relatives. A couple of pairs of them do have different mane colors. |
| 566 | ** Cutie marks aside, Caramel Apple, Red Delicious and Golden Delicious respectively look exactly the same as background ponies Golden Harvest ([[InSeriesNickname Carrot Top]]), Goldengrape and Cherry Fizzy, though Cherry Fizzy [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes]] also has a different eye color. |
| 567 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: |
| 568 | ** Red Gala's molded toys and collector cards all depict her as a PaletteSwap of Pinkie Pie. |
| 569 | ** Peachy Sweet's molded toys and collector cards all depict her as a PaletteSwap of Pinkie Pie with a different-looking cutie mark. |
| 570 | ** Apple Bumpkin's [[http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/dragonballzcentral_2221_91988226 molded toy]] and [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:W3_Apple_Dazzle_Card.jpg collector card]] (from the [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/11/complete-wave-2-blindbag-set.html third wave of the Blind Bags]]) both depict her as a PaletteSwap of Applejack with a different eye color. |
| 571 | ** Golden Delicious's [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6-cGhhQddDg/T16NRQJQpoI/AAAAAAAAiZ0/uGvwPL88C5w/s1600/17.jpg molded toy and collector card]] (from the [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/03/tons-of-new-blindbags-actual-lyra.html fifth wave of the Blind Bags]]) both depict him as a differently-colored unicorn mare PaletteSwap of Rarity with a different cutie mark, based on G3 Golden Delicious. |
| 572 | ** Apple Fritter's [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LhDRGwp7FTw/UCKy2wjyccI/AAAAAAAAzRI/6wIDNuG2L0M/s1600/9.jpg molded]] [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aG433N1flxw/UCKyr_kDHHI/AAAAAAAAzPE/4kPGMoBL8Wo/s1600/1.jpg toy]] and collector card both depict her as a PaletteSwap of Applejack. |
| 573 | ** Caramel Apple's [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XrC8xPKZZrg/UD02X4KXTWI/AAAAAAAA1no/Uw6OZ2pbeQs/s1600/1.jpg molded toy]] and collector card both depict her as a PaletteSwap of Pinkie Pie. |
| 574 | ** [[AllThereInTheScript Apple Honey]]'s molded toy depicts her as a PaletteSwap of Pinkie Pie. |
| 575 | ** [[AllThereInTheScript Lavender Fritter]]'s molded toy depicts her as a PaletteSwap of Applejack. |
| 576 | [[/folder]] |
| 577 | |
| 578 | ---- |
| 579 | !!The Sparkle Family |
| 580 | |
| 581 | See [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicThePrincesses The Princesses]] for Princess Cadance, Shining Armor's wife and thus Twilight Sparkle's sister-in-law. See the same link for Princess Flurry Heart; Shining Armor and Cadance's daughter, Twilight Sparkle's niece, and Twilight Velvet and Night Light's granddaughter. See also [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSpike Spike]] for Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor's adopted little brother. |
| 582 | |
| 583 | [[folder:Shared Family Tropes]] |
| 584 | * BadassFamily: Twilight Sparkle and her friends have defeated two {{Big Bad}}s. Shining Armor is the captain of the Royal Guard whose magic is strong enough to create a barrier around an entire city with only minor difficulty, and with the help of his wife, Cadance, and ThePowerOfLove, defeated a third BigBad. Cadance's magic alone was able to shield the entire Crystal Empire from King Sombra, and ThePowerOfLove as wielded by Shining Armor and Cadance is superior to even [[BigGood Celestia]], who is Cadance's aunt, which adds her and Luna to the BadassFamily as well. Meanwhile, Flurry Heart is a ChildProdigy, as well as being the first alicorn confirmed as having been born as one, while [[HappilyAdopted Spike]] was instrumental in defeating King Sombra, saved the Equestria Games and was Dragon Lord for a short time. |
| 585 | * BlueBlood: The social status of their parents is unknown, but Twilight Sparkle and her family are surely among the supreme elite of Equestria, with Twilight being the personal protégé of Princess Celestia (not to mention being promoted to a princess herself) and her brother being at once Captain of the Guard, Husband to Princess Cadance, and Prince of the Crystal Empire. |
| 586 | * ColorCodedWizardry: In the show, the family magic aura so far seems to be violet-purple. In the comics Night Light has a blue aura.[[note]]The comics did give Sunset Shimmer a different aura color, so DependingOnTheArtist may happen if Night Light is ever given a different aura in the show[[/note]] |
| 587 | * FamilyThemeNaming: There appears to be some sort of light theme going on. ''Twilight Sparkle'', ''Shining'' Armor, ''Twilight'' Velvet, and Night ''Light''. |
| 588 | [[/folder]] |
| 589 | |
| 590 | [[folder:Prince Shining Armor]] |
| 591 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shining_armor_vector_6724.png]] |
| 592 | [[caption-width-right:200: Twilight's B.B.B.F.F.[[note]]That's Big Brother Best Friend Forever]][[/note]] |
| 593 | ->''"You've gotta stop saving my rump like this. It's starting to get embarrassing."'' |
| 594 | |
| 595 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1]]" |
| 596 | |
| 597 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndrewFrancis[[labelnote:Foreign [=VA=]s]]Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin American Spanish); Creator/MamoruMiyano [Season 2, ''Friendship Games''], Nobuyuki Doi [Seasons 3-5], Ryota Aoki [Season 6] (Japanese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 598 | \ |
| 599 | Prince Shining Armor is Captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard and a prince of Equestria through marriage to Princess Cadance, but more importantly, he's Twilight Sparkle's older brother. They were very close when they were younger, but started to grow apart when she moved to Ponyville. He presides over the Crystal Empire alongside his wife. |
| 600 | |
| 601 | He has a human counterpart in the ''[[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSupportingCast Equestria Girls]]'' movies, first appearing in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames Friendship Games]]'' as a Crystal Prep alumnus. |
| 602 | ---- |
| 603 | * AffectionateNickname: He calls his little sister Twilight Sparkle "Twily" for short. |
| 604 | * AllThereInTheManual: His and Cadance's [[http://theponyartcollection.tumblr.com/post/26391355776 trading cards]] list [[ThePowerOfLove Love]] as their Element of Harmony (which [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/07/official-card-binder-prototype-and.html#IDComment395406981 isn't]] part of the cards' OfficialFanSubmittedContent). In the initial release, said Element of Love is also listed as his pet, due to a [[{{Blooper}} misprint]]. Maybe he has a pair of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebird lovebirds]]. |
| 605 | * AloofBigBrother: Subverted. In his first appearance in Twilight's song, he looks very stern for a few seconds, then he smiles, proving that he and Twilight were very close. |
| 606 | * AscendedFanboy: He greatly admired the Canterlot Royal Guard in his youth. He eventually became their leader. |
| 607 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Shining Armor is the Captain of the Royal Guard, and is one of the more powerful ponies in the show, outside of the four Princesses, seen when he covered all of Canterlot in a magical barrier and maintained it for several days. |
| 608 | * BadassInDistress: Twilight has to help him out of trouble in both "A Canterlot Wedding" ''and'' "The Crystal Empire". {{Lampshaded}} at the end of the latter: |
| 609 | -->'''Shining Armor:''' You've gotta stop saving my rump like this. It's starting to get embarrassing.. |
| 610 | ** [[spoiler: Unfortunately, in "To Where and Back Again", Shining Armor finds himself in trouble again when he is kidnapped alongside his wife, daughter, little sister and her friends, and the Royal Sisters by a vengeful Queen Chrysalis wanting revenge for her past defeat at his wedding and to clear the way for a full-scale invasion of Equestria without him to command the Royal Guards in its defense.]] |
| 611 | * BarrierWarrior: His special talent is defensive magic (as such, his Cutie mark is a shield emblazoned with a magical starburst). Specifically, he can conjure a force field that can encase ''all of Canterlot''. His ability with that spell is such that not even Twilight Sparkle can match him, though maintaining it for a long time causes him to suffer migraines.[[note]]It's not clear from the episode whether it was maintaining the spell, or whether that was an excuse and the headaches were from some combination of being under MindControl and an all-you-can-eat buffet for Chrysalis.[[/note]] |
| 612 | * BattleCouple: With Cadance. In "A Canterlot Wedding", they use ThePowerOfLove to save Canterlot from Queen Chrysalis and her Changeling army; in "The Crystal Empire", he [[FastballSpecial throws her]] like a javelin at a critical moment; in the ''Best Gift Ever'' special, he and Cadance battle against an [[ItMakesSenseInContext out-of-control pudding]]. |
| 613 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: According to the tie-in comics, it was his rock performance to woo Cadance that got Vinyl Scratch her cutie mark when she was fascinated by the music. |
| 614 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: He yells at Twilight for disrespecting Cadance, [[spoiler:who was actually a disguised Queen Chrysalis]]. He is a generally nice guy but honestly, for the love of Celestia, '''''DON'T''''' even think about hurting his family and friends. Seriously, just don't. |
| 615 | * BigBrotherInstinct: While very ([[VileVillainSaccharineShow justifiably]]) afraid of [[EvilOverlord Sombra]], he doesn't hesitate to take him on head-to-head to buy time for Twilight and her friends to escape. |
| 616 | * BookDumb: The Flashback to Twilight and Shining Armor's youth in "Sparkle's Seven" shows that he wasn't a very good student (contrasting his sister). But in the present, he puts together a nigh-impenetrable set of defenses, and anticipates every aspect of Twilight's plan. |
| 617 | * BrainwashedBride: A gender-flipped version occurs in "A Canterlot Wedding". The Changeling queen, Chrysalis, shapeshifts into the bride, Cadance, and brainwashes him to keep him from figuring out. |
| 618 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Muscular, badass, broad-chested, former Captain of Celestia's royal guard (and current captain of his wife's), prince... bawls his freaking eyes out at weddings and his little sister's coronation. |
| 619 | * ButtMonkey: Has begun to adopt this role since Season 6 and the birth of Flurry Heart; many of his appearances show him haggard and tired from trying to take care of a foal, and in "Once Upon a Zeppelin" he spends most of the episode fighting airsickness. |
| 620 | * TheCaptain: He's captain of the Royal Guard. |
| 621 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Twily!" |
| 622 | * CoolBigBro: Twilight describes him as her "Big Brother Best Friend Forever" (before she moved to Ponyville). He's also this to Spike, describing him as "the little brother [they've] always had". |
| 623 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Both are blue. |
| 624 | * CustomUniform: He gets special purple armor that's of a different design than the other guards. |
| 625 | * DeathGlare: Shoots one to Queen Chrysalis before he and Cadance kick her flank. |
| 626 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Alongside Princess Cadance, he casts a spell fueled by ThePowerOfLove to defeat Queen Chrysalis and her army, even after Chrysalis had defeated Celestia. The only reason Chrysalis stood a chance against Celestia at all was because the love for Cadance she'd absorbed from Shining Armor was stronger than Celestia's magic. |
| 627 | * DorkKnight: |
| 628 | ** The comics show him to be this in his teenage years given the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' analog he played while a trainee (and Cadance suggests he's still this to some degree). |
| 629 | ** The Season 5 episode "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows" reveals more of this aspect of his personality. When he was young he had an ant farm, collected comic books and like his sister, had his own doll called Brutus. Given his reaction to being shown all that stuff in the episode, Cadance is absolutely right when saying that he still is one. |
| 630 | * DrillSergeantNasty: In "Games Ponies Play" where he's the trainer for the Crystal Empire athletes. |
| 631 | * EarlyPersonalitySigns: Even as a young colt, he wanted to be a member of the Royal Guard, visually shown by him standing underneath a balcony of them and mimicking their hoof-salute. |
| 632 | * EtTuBrute: How disappointed he must have felt when his sister, whom he chooses for the Best Mare post, straight out accuses Cadance of being evil. Turns out Twilight was right all along, even if it never occurred to her that this "Cadance" was an imposter. |
| 633 | * FourStarBadass: He's the Captain of the royal guard, which seems to be the closest thing that Equestria has to a Military. |
| 634 | * GeniusBruiser: He has a tall, sturdy build and his special talent is defensive magic, but like his sister he has a lot of nerdy interests. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RWBlYtqc8ew/Ui8GSXRId-I/AAAAAAABhf4/s6-_wzjLq84/s1600/2.png The cover for one of the comics]] shows his high school yearbook, and his photo lists LARP club, Math club, Chess club, and Cross Country. Expanded upon in issues 11 and 12 of the comics, where he is part of a gamer group playing games like ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Oubliettes & Ogres]]'', and ''[[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Hocus Pocus: The-Get-Together]]'' in high school, and is apparently a talented musician, playing the Flugalhorn and the Keytar. |
| 635 | * HappilyMarried: With Cadance. His love for his fiancée/wife empowered Chrysalis to god-like levels. |
| 636 | * HiddenDepths: The comics have revealed that he was part of the cross country team, LARP club, chess club, gaming club, math club, and an avid flugelhorn player. He also plays Equestria's version of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. |
| 637 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Princess Cadance seems trustworthy enough, even if she ain't in her best behavior. As it turns out, that's not how Cadance acts. It was Queen Chrysalis disguised as Cadance. Justified, as Chrysalis was brainwashing him. |
| 638 | %%* {{Hunk}} |
| 639 | * JerkassBall: He carries it for most of "Sparkle's Seven" when settling an old SiblingRivalry with Twilight. He smugly brags for most of the episode about his defenses to the castle, how Twilight won't be able to get pass them, and predicting her entire plan. He also apparently took their old Sibling Supreme crown with him when he moved out of the house after he won it last time, essentially stealing it and preventing Twilight from having a chance to win it back. He finally drops it at the end of the episode when [[spoiler:Spike ends up winning the contest by outsmarting both him and Twilight and getting the crown himself]]. |
| 640 | * KnightInShiningArmor: He's Captain of the Royal Guard, and he's named after this trope. His cutie mark even matches it. |
| 641 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Heard at various points in "A Canterlot Wedding". In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Part 1]], it can be heard when he's first shown in the present day, when Twilight first comes to his house, and when he's explaining things after Twilight bumps into him. In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Part 2]], it can be heard when he's first shown in the PreviouslyOn segment and when Twilight straightens his badge. |
| 642 | * LukeIAmYourFather: Meta-example; he was showcased as an upcoming toy months before his relationship to Twilight Sparkle was revealed. |
| 643 | * MagicKnight: Seeing as he's Captain of the Royal Guard and a unicorn. Usually earth ponies tend to be strong but magically inept while unicorns tend towards [[SquishyWizard squishy wizardry]], but Shining Armor is strong both physically and magically. |
| 644 | * MeaningfulName: He's a [[KnightInShiningArmor knight in]]... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin yes]], but the Shining part makes his name share a light [[ThemeNaming theme]] with Twilight ''Sparkle'', while Armor refers to both his duty of defending Canterlot and his force field spell. |
| 645 | * NamesToTrustImmediately: He's named after the phrase "Knight in shining armor" and ''absolutely'' lives up to it. |
| 646 | * NiceGuy: One of the nicest, and Twilight will prove it to anyone who says otherwise. |
| 647 | * OfficialCouple: With Princess Cadance. Their wedding was the focus of Season 2's finale, and the two have since had a daughter together. |
| 648 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler:In the Season 9 premiere, Shining Armor learns that King Sombra is back, trying to reclaim the Crystal Empire, and realizes to his horror that Flurry Heart is not with either him or Cadance, finding her being held hostage by the evil king himself.]] |
| 649 | * TheOneGuy: Not in general, but he is the only male pony to be released in the main brushable toy line or the Fashion Style brushable toy line. |
| 650 | * PanickyExpectantFather: He's in complete disarray just after his daughter is born. When the Mane Six meet him at the train station of the Crystal Empire, he's barely coherent from a lack of sleep. |
| 651 | * PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Is this for Flurry Heart and Cadance in "The Times They Are A Changeling" when he learns that a spy for Queen Chrysalis may be in the Crystal Empire, leading the guards to search for the Changeling and spending the whole episode in his old armor.]] |
| 652 | ** [[spoiler:Then in the Season 9 premiere, when King Sombra returns to reclaim the Crystal Empire, and both him and Cadance realize Flurry Heart is not with either of them, arriving to find her in the sinister grip of King Sombra himself as a hostage.]] |
| 653 | * PinkGirlBlueBoy: The blue to Cadance's pink. |
| 654 | * ProjectileSpell: He can fire these from his horn. |
| 655 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: He finally appears in the opening during season 8, receiving the letter from Twilight along with the rest of the Royal Family. |
| 656 | * PunnyName: He is a knight in shining armor... |
| 657 | * PurpleIsPowerful: His Royal Guard armor is purple and his magenta magic aura -- equivalent to Twilight Sparkle's. |
| 658 | * RememberTheNewGuy: He was very, very close to Twilight Sparkle and her only friend growing up. The first time we hear of him in-series is about 51 episodes in. Her Ponyville friends just congratulate her on hearing upon hearing that he's getting married, not questioning why Twilight never mentioned him like the audience is. |
| 659 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Is now ''Prince'' Shining Armor, having married ''Princess'' Cadance. He also coaches the Crystal Empire's team for the Equestria Games and handles announcing duties during the big event. |
| 660 | ** In the Season 6 premiere, Shining Armor becomes a father to a very hyperactive alicorn daughter. [[spoiler: When her untapped Alicorn magic destroys the Crystal Heart, he takes it upon himself to evacuate the Crystal Empire from the approaching winter storm before being told of his daughter's Crystalling ceremony being what's needed to restore the Crystal Heart and save the Empire. Once the Empire is safe again, he's more than happy to present his daughter to her new grandparents.]] |
| 661 | ** [[spoiler: Later, in "The Times They Are A Changeling," when he learns that a possible spy for Queen Chrysalis is in the Crystal Empire, he puts the Crystal Pony Royal Guards on high alert, and even dons his own Captain's armor to take command of finding the Changeling and bring him to justice, [[ItsPersonal mostly out of vengeance against them for nearly wrecking his wedding to Cadance]].]] |
| 662 | * SandInMyEyes: When Twilight becomes an alicorn and is crowned princess, Shining Armor maintains that he's not crying. They're not tears, it's "liquid pride". Totally different thing. |
| 663 | * SatelliteCharacter: Most of his personality is centered around his relationships with Twilight and Cadance, and in the seven episodes he's appeared in, he hasn't had a whole lot of development or displayed any particularly notable character flaws. However, he's had much more personality shown off in the official comic books, which portray him as a socially awkward dork. |
| 664 | * SiblingRivalry: In "Sparkle's Seven", it's revealed that he and Twilight were very competitive when they were younger, fighting for the Sibling Supreme Crown by earning gold stars from doing good deeds. He brags about holding the crown for many years in the episode, driving its plot. |
| 665 | * SiblingYinYang: In comparison to his sister, Twilight is the one who enjoys being a librarian while he himself is a Captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard. |
| 666 | * SoProudOfYou: Of Twilight when she becomes an Alicorn and a Princess. |
| 667 | * SuperStrength: Is strong enough to lift up Cadance ( who, as an Alicorn, weighs much more than a normal pony) and quickly launch her into the sky like a speeding dart/missile.. |
| 668 | * UnreliableNarrator: He relates the story of how he and Cadance got together in the comics. He [[BlatantLies embellishes for the sake of storytelling]]. |
| 669 | * WeaksauceWeakness: He has terrible motion sickness, succumbing to queasiness mere seconds after he boards the ship in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E21OnceUponAZeppelin Once Upon a Zeppelin]]". |
| 670 | * WhiteStallion: He checks all the status symbols; leader, knight, ''and'' prince. |
| 671 | * TheWorfEffect: Despite being physically in his prime, exceptionally gifted in magic, and the only major character with military training, he tends to fare poorly against villains. It's more of a case of WorfHadTheFlu against Queen Chrysalis, since she deliberately targeted him beforehand, and he and Cadance are the ones who kick her flank. [[spoiler: In "To Where and Back Again" when he is kidnapped alongside his wife, daughter, little sister and her friends, and the Royal Sisters by Queen Chrysalis for said flank kicking.]] |
| 672 | * YouShallNotPass: In the Season 3 premiere, he stays behind to slow down Sombra so his sister and the others can escape to the Crystal Empire. He survives, but Sombra manages to implant dark crystals into his horn, blocking him from casting any spells for the rest of the two-parter. |
| 673 | [[/folder]] |
| 674 | |
| 675 | [[folder:Night Light and Twilight Velvet]] |
| 676 | [[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nightvelvet.png]] |
| 677 | ->'''Twilight Velvet:''' Oh, you know my Shiny? We're going to his flugelhorn recital tonight. He's just so talented!\ |
| 678 | '''Night Light:''' He's going to make some young pony very happy one day! |
| 679 | |
| 680 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]"\ |
| 681 | '''First Major Role:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E21OnceUponAZeppelin Once Upon a Zeppelin]]" |
| 682 | |
| 683 | ->'''Night Light voiced by:''' Creator/AndrewFrancis ([[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 S6E2]]), Charlie Demers ([[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E21OnceUponAZeppelin S7E21]])\ |
| 684 | '''Twilight Velvet voiced by:''' Creator/TaraStrong ([[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 S6E2]]), Patricia Drake ([[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E21OnceUponAZeppelin S7E21]]) |
| 685 | |
| 686 | The parents of Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor. |
| 687 | ---- |
| 688 | * AllThereInTheManual: Twilight Velvet's [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:W4_Twilight_Velvet_Card.jpg collector]] [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9TkefXw45nQ/UHTPtJ4oCnI/AAAAAAAA78Q/uY1vcKknI5o/s1600/10+(Twilight+Velvet).jpg cards]] and Creator/{{Gameloft}} ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' LicensedGame description reveal that she "loves writing stories about adventures!" [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW The comic book]] even shows a [[https://derpibooru.org/434693 "Daring Do" award]], which led many to believe Twilight Velvet was the author of ''Daring Do''. This was later disproven with the introduction of A.K. Yearling in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E4DaringDont Daring Don't]]", while[[invoked]] WordOfGod [[ShrugOfGod shrugs]] that the "Daring Do" award is just [[https://twitter.com/AndyPriceArt/status/410057262028570624 a name for a prestigious writing award]]. |
| 689 | * AllThereInTheScript: The mother's name, Twilight Velvet, has only been used in the fourth and sixth waves of Blind Bags, in Creator/{{Gameloft}}'s ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' LicensedGame, and in the CollectibleCardGame, which later confirmed her husband's name as Night Light. Issue #40 of the main IDW comic calls the two out by these names. |
| 690 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: To Shining Armor when he was younger. Calling him "Shiny" and using baby talk at him in front of Cadance. |
| 691 | * {{Expy}}: Twilight Velvet is very clearly based on [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OXQcDqb1joM/TaqCQUwBF8I/AAAAAAAAA1A/0qW8qfaqwyo/s1600/twilight+mom.jpg the original G1 Twilight]] down to the cutie mark and hair colors. The father resembles a G1 German pony named Nachtlicht. Translated? [[FridgeBrilliance Nightlight]]. |
| 692 | * ForcedTransformation: They briefly get turned into potted plants by their daughter in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]". |
| 693 | * FurryReminder: Night Light whinnies when encouraging his daughter to accept Celestia's offer of becoming her personal student. |
| 694 | * GoodParents: They are very supportive of Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor. |
| 695 | * HiddenDepths: "Once Upon a Zeppelin" explores their individual interests. Night Light is shown to be an avid lover of [[TabletopGame/{{Bingo}} bingo]], with Twilight even overseeing a game. Twilight Velvet is quite the adrenaline junkie, going over Neighagra Falls in a barrel and racing her son in a tiny boat while shouting at the top of her lungs, with Night Light also alluding to Velvet going bungee jumping. |
| 696 | %% Don't add Hime Cut. Neither Twilight Sparkle nor her mother qualify. Discussed in here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1313881982028334000&page=5#118 |
| 697 | * MumLooksLikeASister: They haven't aged a bit since we last saw them in Twilight Sparkle's filly flashback. They practically look the same age as their grown-up children, except for subtle bags under their eyes. |
| 698 | * NiceGuy: They are quite a friendly bunch who are very supportive of their kids and affable to everypony they meet. |
| 699 | * OppositesAttract: Night Light has a love of neatness and organization, while Twilight Velvet is a ThrillSeeker who loves going on the most exciting activities around. Despite this, they are very HappilyMarried, as shown when Night Light lovingly kisses his wife on the cheek after her trip down a waterfall inside a barrel. |
| 700 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Twilight Velvet is a near-PaletteSwap of her daughter, having the same tail shape, and a near-identical mane shape. |
| 701 | * SuddenlyVoiced: After five seasons, they finally get speaking lines in the second part of the sixth season premiere. They are [[ActingForTwo voiced by the same talents as their kids]]. |
| 702 | * TearsOfJoy: Twilight Velvet twice, first at her son's wedding and then at her daughter's princess coronation. |
| 703 | * ThrillSeeker: "Once Upon a Zeppelin" shows Twilight Velvet to be quite an adrenaline junkie. Her favorite activity on the cruise is going over a waterfall in a barrel. |
| 704 | * UnnamedParent: Both parents are unnamed on the show, but given names in the merchandise: Twilight Velvet's name was given first in the toyline (as a mini-figure), then in Gameloft's mobile game, and later the [=TCG=]. However, Gameloft passed up the chance to give Night Light an official name, listing him only as "Twilight's Dad" (he doesn't even have a DummiedOut name), though the place he and Twilight Velvet live in the game is called the Night Light Book Binding House. The TCG expansion ''The Crystal Games'' later [[AscendedFanon confirmed his name]]. The comics have also used both names for the characters, though they've yet to be officially named in the show. Though initially credited as Mr. and Mrs. Sparkle, they were properly named in "Once Upon a Zeppelin". |
| 705 | [[/folder]] |
| 706 | |
| 707 | ---- |
| 708 | !!The Pie Family |
| 709 | |
| 710 | [[folder:Shared Family Tropes]] |
| 711 | [[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pp_family_photo_1621.png]] |
| 712 | [[caption-width-right:227:The family photo from "Pinkie Pride" showing all three of her sisters.[[note]]Clockwise from top: Marble Pie, Igneous Rock, Maud Pie, Cloudy Quartz, Limestone Pie. Pinkie's in the middle of course.[[/note]]]] |
| 713 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]" |
| 714 | |
| 715 | A family of earth ponies who own a rock farm outside of Ponyville. On this farm, there was no talking and no smiling... until the pinkest of the family's daughters suddenly threw a party and brought laughter and sunshine into their lives. They first appeared in flashbacks in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]", but four of them play a major role in the ExpandedUniverse TieInNovel ''Literature/PinkiePieAndTheRockinPonypaloozaParty'', which [[NamedByTheAdaptation reveals]] their [[AllThereInTheScript names]]: the mother Cloudy Quartz, the father Igneous Rock, the gray sister Marble Pie, and the bluish sister Limestone Pie. Enterplay's CollectibleCardGame has affirmed Igneous Rock's name, listing it with a trademark symbol. It's said in ''Pinkie Apple Pie'' that they have distant ties to the Apple clan, but it remains inconclusive as both genealogy records were smudged. |
| 716 | |
| 717 | Three other members of Pinkie's family have been mentioned on various occasions in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Friendship Is Magic, part 2]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]", and ''Literature/PinkiePieAndTheRockinPonypaloozaParty'': Granny Pie, Nana Pinkie, and a ([[NoNameGiven then unnamed]]) older sister, Maud Pie. |
| 718 | ---- |
| 719 | * AllThereInTheScript: All of their names except for Granny Pie, Nana Pinkie, and Maud Pie. At least until "Hearthbreakers", which confirms the names of Pinkie's parents and other sisters. |
| 720 | * AllThereInTheManual: |
| 721 | ** WordOfGod[[invoked]] [[https://twitter.com/gmberrow/status/352541687517679618 confirms]] the individual identities of Marble Pie and Limestone Pie, which ''Literature/PinkiePieAndTheRockinPonypaloozaParty'' itself hints at but doesn't explicitly state. |
| 722 | ** Berrow [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/08/bronycon-coverage-interview-with-gm.html#more was the one that gave Marble and Limestone]] their names, such that "Marble", "Limestone", and "Pinkie" would spell out MLP. |
| 723 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: "Pinkie Apple Pie" suggests Applejack was Pinkie Pie's fourth cousin, twice removed, which would mean they are related to the Apple family. While the records that could prove it were smudged beyond recognition, they're still treated as honorary family. |
| 724 | * ArtisticAge: Pinkie Pie's parents... mostly because of their dull color schemes and strict expressions. |
| 725 | * EatDirtCheap: The family as a whole seems to enjoy eating rocks. |
| 726 | * ExtremeOmnivore: Their Hearth's Warming Eve dinner consists of rock soup, [[EatDirtCheap made from actual rocks]]. Which they then eat. Judging from Maud eating a rock in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E18MaudPie Maud Pie]]", this is not a once-a-year thing. |
| 727 | * FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Pie family is given a distinctly "Amish" motif with their strict lifestyle, "old-fashioned" appearance, low-tech labor-intensive farming occupation, and emotional reservedness. Cemented when they appear in "Hearthbreakers", where they are given very "old-timey" speech patterns, conservative attitudes and the devotion to tradition further stereotyped of the UsefulNotes/{{Amish}}. |
| 728 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Each Pie sister fits one of the temperaments. Pinkie Pie, naturally, is the Sanguine. |
| 729 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E3TheGiftOfTheMaudPie The Gift of the Maud Pie]]", Pinkie Pie says this of some of her unusual abilities, including OffscreenTeleportation and PsychicPowers. |
| 730 | * MissedHimByThatMuch: The rest of the family entered the house ''just'' as the Sonic Rainboom appeared before Pinkie and completely redefined her personality and way of life. |
| 731 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: They received official names from the TieInNovel ''Literature/PinkiePieAndTheRockinPonypaloozaParty'', most likely due to trademark reasons. |
| 732 | * NiceMeanAndInBetween: Pinkie's three sisters; Marble the nice and shy one, Limestone the mean and rough one, and the drab but comedic Maud is the in-between. |
| 733 | * NotSoStoic: The moment when they saw Pinkie Pie's first party. The edges of their mouths were shivering and shaking so much as if they have not smiled in a very long time (if ever). |
| 734 | * PerpetualFrowner: All of them but Pinkie have thoroughly joyless personalities, only making the odd subtle display of happiness. |
| 735 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Pie sisters. From most red to most blue: Pinkie, Limestone, Maud, Marble. |
| 736 | * RockThemeNaming: With the exception of Pinkie, family members are all named after kinds of earthen materials -- Igneous Rock, Cloudy Quartz, Limestone and Marble. Even Maud fits, because with some English accents, "Maud" is pronounced close to "Mud". Fitting, since they're rock farmers. |
| 737 | * TheStoic: The entire family is non-expressive until Pinkie introduces them to their first party. The whole bunch smiles for the first time. |
| 738 | * VagueAge: It's never stated in the show if Maud Pie is older or younger than Limestone. |
| 739 | [[/folder]] |
| 740 | |
| 741 | [[folder:Igneous Rock and Cloudy Quartz]] |
| 742 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pinkie_pie_family_wonders_s01e23.png]] |
| 743 | [[caption-width-right:350: Left, Igneous Rock. Right, Cloudy Quartz.]] |
| 744 | ->'''Igneous Rock:''' We better harvest the rocks from the south field.\ |
| 745 | '''Cloudy Quartz:''' Pinkamena Diane Pie! Is that you? |
| 746 | |
| 747 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]"\ |
| 748 | '''Major Role:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E21Hearthbreakers Hearthbreakers]]" |
| 749 | |
| 750 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Terry Klassen (Igneous Rock Pie in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]"),[[note]]according to [[https://twitter.com/SamVincent71/status/295373575295213569 this]] tweet by Creator/SamuelVincent[[/note]] Peter New (Igneous Rock Pie in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E21Hearthbreakers Hearthbreakers]]"), Creator/AndreaLibman (Cloudy Quartz Pie) |
| 751 | |
| 752 | Pinkie Pie's highly traditional parents and owners of the Pie family rock farm, her father Igneous Rock Pie and mother Cloudy Quartz Pie. |
| 753 | ---- |
| 754 | * DubNameChange: In the Italian dub, Igneous Rock is renamed Rocco (a common male name that sounds like the word for rock) and Cloudy Quartz is Quarzina (a feminine diminutive of "Quartz"). |
| 755 | * IAmXSonOfY: Igneous Rock introduces himself as "Igneous Rock Pie, son of Feldspar Granite Pie." |
| 756 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Beneath their cold, serious, strict and authoritative demeanor, they truly love all of their daughters equally and care for them a lot, even Pinkie Pie herself. |
| 757 | * {{Leitmotif}}: When they are speaking in "Hearthbreakers", it is accompanied by solemn organ music. |
| 758 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 759 | ** Igneous rocks are rocks formed from cooled lava or magma, very often dark in color. |
| 760 | ** Cloudy (or milky) quartz is quartz with tiny fluid-filled pockets within it. It looks pretty much like the stones in her cutie mark. |
| 761 | * NotSoStoic: Both of them blush playfully and smile when Granny Smith asks if the choosing stone that told them to get married might find her a strong, apple-farming man. |
| 762 | * PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Igneous Rock and Cloudy Quartz married [[ItMakesSenseInContext because a rock told them to.]] They seem quite happy with the arrangement. |
| 763 | * PrimAndProperBun: Cloudy Quartz, as part of the Amish look. |
| 764 | * RetCon: The season 1 episode "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" and the book ''Pinkie Pie and the Rockin' Ponypalooza Party'' had them speaking normal english. "Hearthbreakers" reveals they actually speak in archaic english. |
| 765 | * SignatureHeadgear: Igneous Rock has a wide-brimmed black hat, fitting his Amish appearance. |
| 766 | * SleepingSingle: Unsurprisingly, given their rather prim, proper, and conservative appearances, Ma and Pa Pie sleep in separate beds. |
| 767 | * StoicSpectacles: Cloudy Quartz wears the old-fashioned kind with a chain running behind the wearer's head. |
| 768 | * ToughLove: Pinkie Pie's parents were strict and intent on training their children in the ways of rock farming by giving them hooves-on experience, like manually moving ''an entire field'' of rocks from one location to another on a regular basis. The way they treated them were no better. As Pinkie puts it: "There was no talking. There was no smiling. There were only rocks." |
| 769 | * UnnamedParent: Igneous Rock and Cloudy Quartz were both unnamed on the show up until "Hearthbreakers". |
| 770 | * YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: They speak with archaic English terms. |
| 771 | [[/folder]] |
| 772 | |
| 773 | [[folder:Maud Pie]] |
| 774 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maud_pie_vector_5245.png]] |
| 775 | ->''"I don't know if you've noticed, but I don't show my enthusiasm for things quite in the same way my sister does."'' |
| 776 | |
| 777 | ->'''First Mention:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E12PinkiePride Pinkie Pride]]"\ |
| 778 | '''Full Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E18MaudPie Maud Pie]]" |
| 779 | |
| 780 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Ingrid Nilson |
| 781 | |
| 782 | Pinkie's older sister, who has a thing for rocks. Unlike her sisters, Maud is very stoic and hardly expresses any emotion at all. She and Pinkie have been close friends for years, and share a tradition of trading rock candy necklaces. Her full name is Maudalina Daisy Pie. |
| 783 | ---- |
| 784 | * AerithAndBob: She has a normal human name instead of a name that's usual for ponies. |
| 785 | * AloofBigSister: Subverted. Despite her stoic personality, she and Pinkie are actually very close; she just doesn't express herself as exuberantly as Pinkie does. |
| 786 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: In "Rock Solid Friendship", Maud uses her astounding knowledge of geology to find a weak spot in a cave roof and break through (with a little help from Boulder). |
| 787 | * BadassBookworm: Beneath her cold exterior, she's not only getting a "rocktorate" (a scientific degree of some sort) and writing her own poetry, but can also [[SuperStrength reduce rocks to rubble with her bare hooves]]. |
| 788 | * BarefootCartoonAnimal: A rare regular example for this show -- she wears a full outfit most of the time, but never shoes. |
| 789 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: She may give off an emotionless, deadpan demeanor, but when Pinkie Pie is in danger, she demonstrates the lengths and strength she would go for her family. Not only is her SuperStrength an impressive ability on its own, her CreepyMonotone and OffscreenTeleportation make her scarily effective at interrogation when she's angered. |
| 790 | * BigSisterInstinct: She will ''literally'' [[SuperStrength move mountains]] if Pinkie is in danger. |
| 791 | * TheBore: The Mane Six minus Pinkie have a hard time connecting with her just because she's so boring to them. |
| 792 | * BreakoutCharacter: Following her initial appearance in "Maud Pie", she's made an appearance in at least one episode per season, getting the most screentime out of all Pinkie's sisters. |
| 793 | * BrutalHonesty: She doesn't make much effort to mask what she thinks of something if asked, something that makes her seem insensitive on occasion, such as in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E4RockSolidFriendship Rock Solid Friendship]]", when she bluntly mentions that the gems Rarity is mining are really common, driving Rarity to near tears. However, it appears that she is aware of this since she surprisingly ''averts'' it when it comes to Pinkie Pie. Maud would rather [[spoiler:leave town]] than confront Pinkie about her well-meaning, but overbearing attempts. |
| 794 | * BusmansVocabulary: Maud's obsession with rocks has a big influence on her choices of words and expressions too. |
| 795 | -->'''Maud Pie:''' And you melt my heart more easily than sodium-rich plagioclase feldspar. |
| 796 | * CanonImmigrant: She's first mentioned (though not by name) in the ''Pinkie Pie and the Rockin' Ponypalooza Party!'' chapter book. |
| 797 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Definitely, but in a different way from Pinkie; she's obsessed with rocks and often randomly says what's on her mind. She also appears to be completely oblivious to the fact that others think that this is strange. |
| 798 | * TheComicallySerious: Her deadpan, serious expression of her incredible feats and odd quirks are comedy gold. |
| 799 | ** In "The Gift of the Maud Pie", she borrows some of Pinkie's vocabulary. Imagine the most deadpan voice you can think of using words like "five-ever". |
| 800 | ** She claims to be into stand-up comedy in "Rock Solid Friendship", which in fact she does in "The Maud Couple". |
| 801 | * CommonalityConnection: |
| 802 | ** She bonds with Starlight Glimmer due to the fact that they are both lifelong outcasts with a dislike for openly expressing their feelings, and have interests that most other ponies don't enjoy. |
| 803 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E24UncommonBond Uncommon Bond]]", she quickly connects with Sunburst after he displays a similarly extensive knowledge of geology. |
| 804 | * CompanionCube: Her pet rock, Boulder. Which may or may not be alive. |
| 805 | * CoolBigSis: To Pinkie Pie. The two are easiest seen as the closest and Pinkie Pie utterly adores her. While Maud does not emote much, she clearly shows that she is very close to Pinkie. |
| 806 | * CreepyMonotone: How she always speaks. Even when she's concerned about Pinkie, her voice barely raises. |
| 807 | * DeadpanSnarker: Given how her entire dialog is deadpan, any of her quips is bound to be this. |
| 808 | * DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Invokes NoYou on RealityWarper Discord. |
| 809 | -->'''Discord:''' This is the most basic of jokes!\ |
| 810 | '''Maud:''' ''You're'' the most basic of jokes. |
| 811 | * DidYouThinkICantFeel: On several occasions, it's been shown that just because she can't ''express'' her emotions that well, doesn't mean she doesn't ''have'' them. In her ''Friends Forever'' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendsForeverIssue29 issue with Rarity]], Rarity discovers this upon being allowed to read her diary after spending the issue frustrated with Maud's apparent lack of motivation or emotion. |
| 812 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: She doesn't like rock candy, so she keeps her candy necklaces instead of eating them. |
| 813 | * DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: She has blasé half-mast eyes to emphasize her dry, unexcitable demeanor, contrasting with her enthusiastic younger sister Pinkie Pie. |
| 814 | * DullSurprise: Her expression is so bland and unengaged, only Pinkie can tell whether she's excited or not. |
| 815 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Makes an appearance as a filly in the photo of Pinkie's first party in "Pinkie Pride", before her official debut. |
| 816 | * EatDirtCheap: When meeting Pinkie's friends for the first time, she eats a rock that fell off of Rarity's hat and comments, "It's crunchy." |
| 817 | * EmotionlessGirl: She rarely ever expresses emotion, almost never fully opens her eyes, and always speaks in a deadpan monotone. |
| 818 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: When she is first introduced, Maud sniffs at a pebble on the ground in front of the Mane Six, immediately classifying it as a sedimentary rock in her emotionless, deadpan voice. |
| 819 | * FamilyThemeNaming: In "Rock Solid Friendship", it's revealed that, like her sister Pinkie, Maud's full first name (Maudalina) ends in "ina", and her middle name (Daisy) starts with the letter "D". |
| 820 | * FlatJoy: She isn't any more expressive about happiness than she is about any other emotion. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Maud herself. |
| 821 | -->'''Maud Pie:''' I don't know if you've noticed, but I don't show my enthusiasm for things quite in the same way my sister does. |
| 822 | * {{Foil}}: She's a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} like Pinkie, but expresses it in a far more stoic fashion compared to Pinkie's hyperactivity. |
| 823 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: She is the responsible and calm one to her foolish and hyperactive sister Pinkie. |
| 824 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Phlegmatic: quiet, withdrawn, but friendly and caring in her own ways. |
| 825 | * FreezeFrameBonus: Her cutie mark is only visible for a couple frames when she is in the middle of rescuing Pinkie. It's a rock, though one in the shape of a classic diamond gem. |
| 826 | * FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: One of the few ponies with clothing covering their chest and flank. Her cutie mark is always obscured except for the FreezeFrameBonus in "Maud Pie" when she drills the rocks with her hooves. |
| 827 | * FutureBadass: In the Crystal War timeline, she's on the front lines with Pinkie, and they are FireForgedFriends with Rainbow Dash. |
| 828 | * GeniusBruiser: Is ''incredibly'' strong, even by earth pony standards, but also incredibly intelligent when it comes to rocks. She even earned the equivalent of a [=PhD=] quite quickly. |
| 829 | * HeavySleeper: When Pinkie Pie wakes up everypony for Hearthswarming Day in "Hearthbreakers", Maud's the only one who remains asleep. |
| 830 | * TheHecateSisters: The mother in Pinkie's trio of sisters. |
| 831 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pinkie Pie. They even like to share rock candy necklaces! That said, Maud isn't that fond of ''eating'' them, but has kept every single one Pinkie has made her. |
| 832 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 833 | ** Surprisingly graceful when ice skating, apparently another skill she shares with Pinkie despite their noticeable differences. |
| 834 | ** In "Rock Solid Friendship", she states she likes stand-up comedy. And unless she was just being sarcastic, she also plays guitar. Her love of stand-up also adds a further layer to her close relationship with Pinkie. |
| 835 | * LiteralMinded: Doesn't grasp Rarity's metaphor when she asks what her clothes are saying. |
| 836 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 837 | ** "Maud" is short for "maudlin", which means "weakly emotional". On its own, it's an Old Germanic name that means "might" or "strength", which also references her [[SuperStrength physical power]]. Her full name, Maud Pie, sounds like "mud pie", which is apropos to her personality towards the Mane Six (i.e., as boring as mud). May also be an allusion to her mane color, which is opera mauve. |
| 838 | ** Also, "Mud Pies" are fake pastries small children like to make when they play in mud. This symbolizes the fact that she's the emotionally closest of her family to the perpetually childish Pinkie. |
| 839 | * NiceGirl: Despite being TheBore and TheStoic, Maud is usually caring, friendly, and soft-spoken. |
| 840 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: She has rather thick eyelids and, unusually for a mare, no lashes. |
| 841 | * NothingIsScarier: She has a penchant for (unintentionally) intimidating ponies with her utter stoicism and deadpan monotone. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E3TheGiftOfTheMaudPie The Gift of the Maud Pie]]", Rarity leverages this to scare a shifty Manehattanite into returning Pinkie's party cannon. |
| 842 | -->'''Maud:''' ''[completely deadpan]'' I'd like to return this pouch for my sister's party cannon, please.\ |
| 843 | '''Rarity:''' Oooh, I've never seen her like this! Look at the ''fire'' in her eyes! ''[cuts back to Maud, still completely expressionless]'' You better do what she says!\ |
| 844 | '''Manehattanite:''' ''[uneasy]'' Fire in her eyes?\ |
| 845 | '''Rarity:''' ''[gasp]'' Did she just clench her jaw?! I think she clenched her jaw!\ |
| 846 | '''Maud:''' ''[still deadpan]'' I'd like to return this pouch.\ |
| 847 | '''Manehattanite:''' ''[panicking]'' Awaagh! HERE! Take it! ''Take it!'' PLEASE! Just relax that jaw, and turn down that fire in your eyes! |
| 848 | * NotSoStoic: The only time she shows emotion is when Pinkie is in danger. She also only smiles around ponies she's close to, like Pinkie, Starlight, and Mud Briar. |
| 849 | * NoYou: Her second appearance gave us this gem: |
| 850 | -->'''Discord:''' Knock, knock! \ |
| 851 | '''[[AudienceParticipationFailure Audience]]:''' ...\ |
| 852 | '''Discord:''' You're supposed to say "Who's there?!" This is the most basic of jokes!!\ |
| 853 | ''[he smashes a watermelon, spreading some pulp on the audience, including Maud who doesn't react]''\ |
| 854 | '''Maud:''' ''You're'' the most basic of jokes.\ |
| 855 | ''[laughs]''\ |
| 856 | '''Pinkie:''' Good one, Maud! |
| 857 | * OddFriendship: Her friendship with pretty much everypony counts, given how utterly devoid of emotion she appears to be at a glance. Special mention goes to how she bonds with Apple Bloom over their experience with ForcedTransformation dreams. |
| 858 | * OfficialCouple: "The Maud Couple" reveals that she has a boyfriend named Mud Briar, [[BirdsOfAFeather who's as much into sticks as she is into rocks]]. |
| 859 | * OffscreenTeleportation: A skill she shares with Pinkie Pie. |
| 860 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: To show the effects of the Sombra-controlled timeline of "The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1", she is shown with a grizzled, determined look throughout, just like the normally cheerful Pinkie. |
| 861 | * PerpetualFrowner: She's only ever shown smiling in a handful of scenes. "Rock Solid Friendship" is the only time so far in which she's been seen smiling ''more than once in an episode''. |
| 862 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Ponies in general seem to be stronger than they look, but Maud takes it to an extreme. |
| 863 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: Maud is added in the intro beginning with Season 8. |
| 864 | * RapidFireFisticuffs: Is able to break down solid rock using her forehooves as a jackhammer. |
| 865 | * RedOniBlueOni: TheStoic Blue to Pinkie Pie's [[GenkiGirl energetic]] Red. |
| 866 | * RememberTheNewGuy: The mention of Pinkie having a third, older sister came as a surprise in the novel since the rest of her family is clearly seen in a flashback. In "Pinkie Pride", she's in a photograph of Pinkie's first party even though she wasn't present in Pinkie's flashback in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles". |
| 867 | * ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma: Rainbow Dash refers to her as a "Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Igneous". |
| 868 | -->'''Rarity:''' [[LampshadeHanging Don't you mean "inside an enigma"?]]\ |
| 869 | '''Rainbow Dash:''' Nope. I mean "igneous". It's a kind of rock. [[DeadpanSnarker Ask me how I know]] ''[[DeadpanSnarker that.]]'' |
| 870 | * SherlockScan: She's able to tell Applejack went sledding recently by the rock residue on her hooves. |
| 871 | * SiblingYinYang: Her stoic personality contrasts to her sister's hyperactive GenkiGirl personality. |
| 872 | * SincerityMode: Despite her deadpan, cold-sounding speech pattern, she only has a few isolated snarky moments. Otherwise, it's implied she is genuinely just being nice or matter-of-fact. |
| 873 | * TheSmartGirl: Is an expert on rocks. The reason she's visiting in "Maud Pie" is because she wants to hang out with Pinkie before she goes to get her "rocktorate" (presumably, a doctorate focusing on rocks). |
| 874 | * SpiderSense: She uses a "Maud Sense" to track down the stallion Pinkie traded her party cannon to in "Gift of the Maud Pie". According to Pinkie, ItRunsInTheFamily. |
| 875 | * TheStoic: Rarely shows any kind of emotion. She even admits she's not as expressive as her sister. |
| 876 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: She's so distant from the Mane Six, it's tough for them to believe she and Pinkie ever get along. However, her love for her sister and ability to literally move mountains for her well-being shine through. |
| 877 | * SuperStrength: Throws a large rock so hard that it disappears over the horizon and lands with an impact not unlike ''a nuclear bomb going off'', and later drills into another with her bare hooves to save Pinkie from being crushed. And more subtly, she has no problem wearing Rainbow Dash's giant rock candy necklace, which even Rainbow herself had to drag along the ground. In "Rock Solid Friendship" she breaks through the ceiling of an underground cave simply by throwing Boulder at just the right spot. |
| 878 | * SweetTooth: Subverted. She and Pinkie like to share rock candy necklaces, but Maud doesn't really like candy. Instead of eating the necklaces like Pinkie, she saves them in a box. |
| 879 | * ThemeNaming: Kind of follows the mineral theme naming the rest of the family follows ("Maud" sounds similar to "Mud"). |
| 880 | * TranquilFury: She expresses anger in the same deadpan manner she does anything else, which can actually make her fury even ''more'' unsettling. |
| 881 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As revealed in "Rock Solid Friendship", Maud was the one who told Starlight Glimmer where to find a rock capable of holding an entire town's cutie marks, inadvertently sparking the whole conflict of the fifth season premiere and finale. |
| 882 | * WhenSheSmiles: |
| 883 | ** She smiles at the end of "Maud Pie" when she admits that she doesn't like rock candy that much, but she does love her sister Pinkie. |
| 884 | ** Gives a small but visible smile to Apple Bloom in "Hearthbreakers" after she feeds Boulder. |
| 885 | ** She smiles again in "The Gift of the Maud Pie" when she assures Pinkie that she'll always love her gifts. She even throws in a "five-ever" callback as she does so. |
| 886 | ** In "Rock Solid Friendship", Maud is so happy to make a new friend in Starlight Glimmer she actually smiles twice in the same episode. |
| 887 | ** Almost every time she talks to her boyfriend, Mud Briar, in "The Maud Couple" is done with a smile. |
| 888 | [[/folder]] |
| 889 | |
| 890 | [[folder:Limestone Pie]] |
| 891 | [[quoteright:203:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/limestone.png]] |
| 892 | ->''"Gaze into the eyes of Limestone Pie. Ma and Pa may own this rock farm, but ''I'' keep it running."''\ |
| 893 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]"\ |
| 894 | '''Major Role:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E21Hearthbreakers Hearthbreakers]]"\ |
| 895 | '''Voiced by:''' Ingrid Nilson |
| 896 | |
| 897 | Pinkie's other older (and possibly oldest) sister, a no-nonsense mare with a very gruff and bad-tempered attitude. She is fiercely protective of the rock farm and its traditions, especially its important landmark: Holder's Boulder and the Pie Family's quarry. |
| 898 | ---- |
| 899 | * BerserkButton: She does ''not'' like ponies messing with Holder's Boulder, an important landmark on the rock farm. |
| 900 | * BigBrotherBully: Her demeanor is very reminiscent of one, even if she isn't quite as actively nasty, just bossy and anti-social. |
| 901 | * ComicalOverreacting: From her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr3Av8DaAJA threatening]] introduction to taking sadistic pleasure in the Apples attempting to eat rock soup, it's clear Limestone is just as "off" as the rest of her sisters, just in a different way. |
| 902 | * CoolBigSis: Steps up to the plate when Pinkie has a breakdown dealing with Maud's boyfriend. |
| 903 | * TheCynic: She generally doesn't have a high opinion of most things. In the ''Best Gift Ever'' special, she scoffed at the idea of somepony calling themselves "the best at gift-giving", calling it "ridiculous". |
| 904 | * DeathGlare: She is almost always glaring even when she's not as angry. |
| 905 | * DubNameChange: She's named Calcarea Pie ("Calcarous Pie") in the Italian dub. |
| 906 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Choleric: hard-working, passionate, and loud. |
| 907 | * HairTriggerTemper: Almost anything can set her off, especially any threats to Holder's Boulder. |
| 908 | * TheHecateSisters: The crone in Pinkie's trio of sisters. |
| 909 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Yes, Limestone may be very sour, salty and gruff, but she is still a good pony who cares for her sisters at heart, as seen when she helps Pinkie get over her issues with Maud's boyfriend. |
| 910 | * MeaningfulName: Limestone is a very rough stone made of calcium carbonate (a type of salt). In other words, she has a rough and salty personality. Extra points for her cutie mark, which is a lime half and two rocks that look like salt (sour and salty). |
| 911 | * PerpetualFrowner: So much that her eyebrows are drawn sharply on her face. |
| 912 | * SourOutsideSadInside: It's implied in the "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E3TheMaudCouple The Maud Couple]]" that beneath her abrasive personality, she's actually pretty lonely and sad. The moment that Pinkie reveals that Maud is in a relationship, she instantly tries to deny being jealous. It's pretty clear that she wishes she could find a special somepony who can click with her in the same way. |
| 913 | * SiblingYinYang: Her rough bad-tempered attitude places her firmly against the rest of her sisters. |
| 914 | * SlasherSmile: Not intentionally, but with her PerpetualFrowner looks, every genuine smile of hers ends up looking quite sinister. |
| 915 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Pinkie reveals that Maud has a boyfriend in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E3TheMaudCouple The Maud Couple]]", Limestone says apropos of nothing that she's not jealous. |
| 916 | * TsurimeEyes: Complimenting her gruff personality. |
| 917 | * WhenSheSmiles: Zig-zagged. Even when she is happy, she never loses her cross eyes, which can make it appear more like a PsychoticSmirk at best. That said, she does give Apple Bloom a gentle and friendly smile while serving her sweet buns. |
| 918 | [[/folder]] |
| 919 | |
| 920 | [[folder:Marble Pie]] |
| 921 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marble.png]] |
| 922 | ->''"Mm-hmm."'' |
| 923 | |
| 924 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]"\ |
| 925 | '''Major Role:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E21Hearthbreakers Hearthbreakers]]" |
| 926 | |
| 927 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Ingrid Nilson |
| 928 | |
| 929 | The youngest of the Pie sisters, born a few minutes after Pinkie herself. She is very quiet and shy, in contrast to Maud's stoicism, Limestone's gruffness and Pinkie's exuberance. |
| 930 | ---- |
| 931 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Subverted, she's revealed to be Pinkie Pie's twin sister, but has a completely different appearance (though when Pinkie's mane is down, they do look a bit more similar.) |
| 932 | * BerserkButton: {{Downplayed}} as far as her reaction is concerned, but the one thing that snaps her out of her usual ShrinkingViolet personality appears to be rudeness or insensitivity, at least toward family (or perhaps Pinkie Pie in particular). On "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E3TheMaudCouple The Maud Couple]]", she glares at Limestone when the latter interrupts a downtrodden Pinkie's explanation as to why she returned to the rock farm. |
| 933 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Mm-hmm". |
| 934 | * CuteMute: Doesn't actually talk on screen beyond saying "Mm-hmm" due to extreme shyness. |
| 935 | * ADayInTheLimelight: [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue86 Issue #86]] of the comics revolves around her throwing a party to make new friends, but needing help after accidentally inviting 200 guests. [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue99 Issue #99]] also featured Marble being accepted into college with Pinkie struggling to accept that her little sister is going away. |
| 936 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Melancholic: Shy, quiet, moody, and not good at socializing. |
| 937 | * TheHecateSisters: The maiden in Pinkie's trio of sisters. |
| 938 | * MeaningfulName: Her cutie mark consists of three marbles. |
| 939 | * OneWordVocabulary: All we ever hear from her is "Mm-hmm." She ''does'' try to say something at one point in "Best Gift Ever", but Pinkie interrupts her. |
| 940 | * PolarOppositeTwins: She's Pinkie's twin sister, but while Pinkie is brightly colored and outgoing, Marble is dull-colored and reserved. |
| 941 | * TheQuietOne: Every bit as laconic as Big Macintosh, if not more. |
| 942 | * ShipSinking: "Hearthbreakers" gave her some ShipTease with Big Macintosh. Unfortunately, Big Macintosh has been dating Sugar Belle since "Hard to Say Anything". When Marble sees them together during the ''Best Gift Ever'' special, she is visibly heartbroken. |
| 943 | * ShrinkingViolet: She's very bashful and shy, in contrast to her exuberant twin sister. |
| 944 | * SiblingYinYang: Her shy and quiet demeanor is firmly against her other three sisters' personalities, especially Pinkie Pie, considering they're twins. |
| 945 | * SuddenlyVoiced: In Issues [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue86 #86]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue99 #99]] of the comics. She is ''far'' more vocal than she ever was in the show. |
| 946 | * TaremeEyes: Appropriate for her ShrinkingViolet demeanor. |
| 947 | [[/folder]] |
| 948 | |
| 949 | [[folder:Granny Pie]] |
| 950 | One of Pinkie's grandmothers, she was a big figure in young Pinkie's life. Given her name, it's implied she was married to Feldspar Granite Pie and thus Igneous' mother and Pinkie's paternal grandmother. |
| 951 | ---- |
| 952 | * CoolOldLady: Granny Pie, according to Pinkie. |
| 953 | * TheGhost: Though we've never seen her, she was clearly important to Pinkie's childhood. |
| 954 | [[/folder]] |
| 955 | |
| 956 | [[folder:Nana Pinkie]] |
| 957 | Implied to be Pinkie's other grandmother, she is not mentioned as often, but was still important to Pinkie's development. She was the one who told Pinkie stories such as the Mirror pool. If she is Pinkie's other grandmother, then by process of elimination, she is most likely Pinkie's maternal grandmother (and thus Cloudy Quartz's mother). Pinkie Pie herself may have been named after her. |
| 958 | ---- |
| 959 | %%* CoolOldLady: Much like Granny Pie.%%ZCE |
| 960 | * TheGhost: Pinkie Pie has mentioned her, albeit less frequently than Granny Pie, but she has never appeared on-screen or on-page. |
| 961 | [[/folder]] |
| 962 | |
| 963 | [[folder:Holder Cobblestone]] |
| 964 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E21Hearthbreakers Hearthbreakers]]" |
| 965 | The ancestor of the Pie family, he found Holder's Boulder in a dragon's nest and founded the Pie family rock farm. He's mentioned by Granny Smith. |
| 966 | ---- |
| 967 | * OurFounder: He founded the Pie family rock farm and the current Pie family itself. |
| 968 | [[/folder]] |
| 969 | |
| 970 | [[folder:Li'l Cheese (spoilers)]] |
| 971 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lil_cheese_id_s9e261.png]] |
| 972 | |
| 973 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E26TheLastProblem The Last Problem]]" |
| 974 | |
| 975 | Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich's son in the future. |
| 976 | ---- |
| 977 | * AmbiguousGender: He is said to be male in the script, but has the implicit design of a filly, given the visible eyelashes and rounded muzzle of the mares. It's not helped that Li'l Cheese is never referred to with gender-related pronouns and has no speaking lines. |
| 978 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: His debut is in the show's GrandFinale. |
| 979 | * MommasBoy: Is shown to be very close to Pinkie |
| 980 | * PatchworkKids: Has his mother's pink mane and tail, and his father's yellow coat and green eyes. His cutie mark is also [[StealthPun a slice of cheese pie.]] |
| 981 | * QuirkyCurls: He has a curly mane and tail that's he's clearly inherited from both of his fun-loving parents, who have curly hairstyles themselves. |
| 982 | * StealthPun: A good, long look at Li'l Cheese's cutie mark will show that it is a slice of ''cheese pie''. Fitting considering his parents. |
| 983 | * TheVoiceless: Li'l Cheese has no dialogue when he is shown. |
| 984 | * WalkingSpoiler: He can't be mentioned without revealing Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich had become an OfficialCouple or the decades(s) long TimeSkip in the finale. |
| 985 | [[/folder]] |
| 986 | |
| 987 | ---- |
| 988 | !!Rarity's Family |
| 989 | |
| 990 | See [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheCutieMarkCrusaders The Cutie Mark Crusaders]] for Sweetie Belle, Rarity's younger sister. |
| 991 | |
| 992 | [[folder:Hondo Flanks and Cookie Crumbles]] |
| 993 | [[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rariparents_6395.jpg]] |
| 994 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial Sisterhooves Social]]" |
| 995 | |
| 996 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain (Cookie Crumbles) and Peter New (Hondo Flanks)[[note]] both according to [[http://imgur.com/egRde this]] email from RED Management[[/note]] |
| 997 | |
| 998 | Rarity's parents, a pink unicorn mare and a white unicorn stallion[[note]]As shown in the "Elements of Harmony" guidebook[[/note]] couple. Sweetie Belle lives with them; in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial Sisterhooves Social]]" they leave her in Rarity's care before going on vacation, and in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]]" their house (including Sweetie's room) is shown, with her father making a brief cameo fishing outside the house (wearing the same shirt and hat). They also make an appearance alongside Sweetie Belle at the beginning of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]" and in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E8AHearthsWarmingTail A Hearth's Warming Tail]]" with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. |
| 999 | ---- |
| 1000 | * AllThereInTheManual: |
| 1001 | ** Their house appeared in the German [[ComicBookAdaptation magazine comic]] ''Einfach rufus'' before appearing in the show. |
| 1002 | ** [[https://derpibooru.org/340934 Artwork in the "Elements of Harmony" show guidebook]] show that the father is a unicorn with a rather dashing hair/mane, and that the mother's cutie mark is a trio of chocolate chip cookies (with one having a bite taken out of it). Unfortunately, they're only identified as Rarity's and Sweetie's parents and given no other names. These visual elements are both affirmed in the episode "Inspiration Manifestation" when they are seen briefly with Sweetie Belle. |
| 1003 | ** The "Canterlot Nights" expansion of the Enterplay CCG gives the father and mother's names as "Hondo Flanks" and "Cookie Crumbles", respectively. Since this contradicts Gameloft's name "Magnum", this may be an example of an OrwellianRetcon. |
| 1004 | * AllThereInTheScript: The Creator/{{Gameloft}} ''VideoGame/MyLittlePony'' app gives the father the name [[AscendedFanon Magnum]], which was a FanNickname. |
| 1005 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: They have no class and love gaudy clothes, such as Hondo's battered straw hat. They don't even cringe ''at all'' at Sweetie Belle's cooking (on top of that, Cookie was the one who gave her the cooking lessons). |
| 1006 | * BeehiveHairdo: Cookie Crumbles; it's one more reason her lady-like daughter is embarrassed by her. |
| 1007 | * BigOlEyebrows: Hondo Flanks; again embarrassment. |
| 1008 | * TheCameo: Hondo is seen fishing in the background of the episode "One Bad Apple", and both are seen at the Ponyville Foal and Filly Fair (minus their vacation clothes and thus actually showing Hondo's horn) in "Inspiration Manifestation". They are also seen giving the Cutie Mark Crusaders a wagon ride in "A Hearth's Warming Tail". They make one last appearance in "The Ending of the End - Part 2" hiding along with the other unicorns in Canterlot. |
| 1009 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: They largely fade from the show after Season 4, only making one last background appearance in "A Hearth's Warming Tail". Their primary role in the show -- to serve as Sweetie Belle's primary caretakers -- is after that entirely taken over by Rarity, as Sweetie Belle is most appearances shown living in Rarity's house rather than their parents', thus negating their primary narrative role. |
| 1010 | * GoodParents: Despite being embarrassing, they are shown to be very loving parents towards Sweetie Belle and Rarity, and they do raise them right. |
| 1011 | * IronStomach: They truly enjoyed Sweetie Belle's horrible food, which included a glass of cinder (burnt ''juice'') and a bowl of bubbling ooze (it was '''''toast'''''). |
| 1012 | * LovableJock: Jolly Hondo is a tall, bulky and manly stallion with three American footballs as his cutie mark, so he's either this or a football coach. Either way this trope still applies. |
| 1013 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Cookie's coat is pink. |
| 1014 | * StoutStrength: Both are able to pull a cart with the Cutie Mark Crusaders on it in "A Hearth's Warming Tail". |
| 1015 | * SupremeChef: Given Cookie's comments about teaching Sweetie Belle to cook, she was either being fantastically polite about Sweetie Belle's EpicFail of a breakfast or is just as bad at it. Considering her cutie mark, it is more likely the former or is simply quite patient with Sweetie. |
| 1016 | * UnnamedParent: Both parents are unnamed on the show itself. |
| 1017 | * WackyParentSeriousChild: They're both the wacky parents to Rarity's serious child considering how often they delegate responsibility over Sweetie Belle to her, and the gaudiness. |
| 1018 | [[/folder]] |
| 1019 | |
| 1020 | ---- |
| 1021 | !!Rainbow Dash's Family |
| 1022 | |
| 1023 | [[folder:Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles]] |
| 1024 | [[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rdash_parents.png]] |
| 1025 | [[caption-width-right:285: Bow (left) and Windy (right)]] |
| 1026 | ->'''Windy Whistles:''' First of all, great job yelling at us, sweetie. No one [sniffs] can make their parents feel more worthless than you!\ |
| 1027 | '''Bow Hothoof:''' ''[through tears]'' Your words were direct, clear, and... so painful! Is there nothing you can't do?! |
| 1028 | |
| 1029 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E7ParentalGlideance Parental Glideance]]" |
| 1030 | |
| 1031 | ->'''Voiced By:''' Sarah Edmondson (Windy Whistles), Jason Deline (Bow Hothoof) |
| 1032 | |
| 1033 | Rainbow Dash's parents, who love their daughter very much, and are not afraid of letting everyone around them know it. |
| 1034 | ---- |
| 1035 | * EightiesHair: In flashbacks, Windy Whistles has a puffier head of hair with large bangs. |
| 1036 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: They still keep old trinkets of Rainbow Dash's, enthusiastically cheer her on for everything, and cause Rainbow Dash no end of embarrassment after they find out she's a Wonderbolt. |
| 1037 | * TheCameo: They appear at the end of "The Washouts", as members of the Scootaloo fan club. |
| 1038 | * ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: Inverted. Bow is clearly heftier than Windy. |
| 1039 | * DotingParent: Bow and Windy did everything they could to encourage Rainbow Dash, even when she originally came in last in flying competitions, which helped to make Rainbow Dash strive to be the best as she grew up. |
| 1040 | * FeatherFingers: They use their wings as earplugs when Scootaloo fangirl squeals at them. |
| 1041 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Bow is noticeably taller than Windy. |
| 1042 | * HypocriticalHumor: They both cheer for Rainbow Dash as loud as they can no matter what it is she's doing and often put on a huge display when doing it, but they can't handle Scootaloo's shrieks when she first meets them (though it appears to be more shock than anything else) and later say that Rainbow Dash's apology performance to them was a little over the top (though it's likley they were just lightly teasing Rainbow there). |
| 1043 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: They cheer for their daughter at everything she does. They do this to support her, but don't realize that it also embarrasses her when they enthusiastically cheer her on in public, no matter how mundane it is she's doing. A flashback also shows them cheering for their daughter after she wins a competition, but embarrass her so much the other competitors ignore her and fly away. |
| 1044 | * LargeHam: Restraint, thy name is neither Windy nor Bow. |
| 1045 | * ManChild: Also WomanChild. Both of them tend to act immature for their ages, causing Rainbow Dash to be embarrassed by them. |
| 1046 | * MumLooksLikeASister: Windy doesn't look much older than Rainbow. |
| 1047 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: They treat everything Rainbow does as this. They made trophies out of the lamp she broke when she learned how to fly and the apple she bit when she got her first tooth. They also cheer for Rainbow no matter what she does, even if it's just hanging up a towel. |
| 1048 | * NoIndoorVoice: When it comes to cheering for Rainbow Dash (and eventually Scootaloo as well), they have no volume setting other than "as loud as possible." |
| 1049 | * ParentalSubstitute: Much like how Rainbow is her surrogate big sister, they become Scootaloo's surrogate parents by going to her school and cheering her on when she gives a report. All three of them are as enthusiastic as possible. |
| 1050 | * PermaStubble: Bow is depicted with persistent stubble in his first appearance. |
| 1051 | * RainbowMotif: Both of them have cutie marks with rainbows on them, further compounding their resemblance to Rainbow Dash. |
| 1052 | * SoProudOfYou: As parents who have been rooting for their baby filly since the day she was born, this is their natural response when they find out she has finally achieved her life's goal. |
| 1053 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Rainbow Dash's hair is the same rainbow-shade as Bow's, and her coat is almost the same color as Windy's. Rainbow Dash and Windy also have the same cerise eyes. |
| 1054 | * TearsOfJoy: In his debut, Bow cries because of how proud he is of Rainbow Dash becoming a Wonder-Bolt. He then cries again when Fleetfoot tells him Rainbow Dash is a great flier. |
| 1055 | * UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Rainbow Dash says their constant cheering for her got worse when she finally started winning competitions. They cheered for their daughter, saying things along the lines of "you show ‘em!", embarrassing Rainbow Dash and not at all helping her popularity with the other colts and fillies... |
| 1056 | * WackyParentSeriousChild: They're like this compared to Rainbow Dash, at least post-CharacterDevelopment Rainbow Dash. |
| 1057 | [[/folder]] |
| 1058 | |
| 1059 | [[folder:Rainbow Blaze]] |
| 1060 | [[quoteright:234:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RainbowDad_5844.jpg]] |
| 1061 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E12GamesPoniesPlay Games Ponies Play]]" |
| 1062 | |
| 1063 | An older male relative of Rainbow Dash's who appears briefly in a flashback and in the last scene of the third Hearth's Warming Eve special. He is a lavender stallion with a rainbow mane. |
| 1064 | ---- |
| 1065 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: His presence with younger Rainbow Dash and near-identical appearance led everyone to assume he was her father, but official material never specified the nature of their relationship beyond "mentor". Once Rainbow Dash's actual father Bow Hothoof was revealed, WordOfGod[[invoked]] stated Rainbow Blaze's relation was merely "heavily implied", but his exactly identical colors to Bow means he's still presumed to be a biological relation. |
| 1066 | * AllThereInTheScript: Named Rainbow Blaze in the "Canterlot Nights" expansion for the Enterplay CCG. |
| 1067 | * RainbowMotif: His name and his mane and tail, much like Rainbow Dash and her dad. |
| 1068 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Rainbow Dash is essentially a younger, lighter-coated female version of him, looks-wise. He also looks virtually identical to Bow Hothoof, having the same coat and eye color and the iconic rainbow-colored mane. However, Bow has visible fetlocks and a different cutie mark from Rainbow Blaze. The near-identical appearance indicates that Blaze is probably related to Rainbow Dash through Bow Hothoof. |
| 1069 | [[/folder]] |
| 1070 | |
| 1071 | ---- |
| 1072 | !!The Shy Family |
| 1073 | |
| 1074 | [[folder:Fluttershy's Parents]] |
| 1075 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_mrs_shy.png]] |
| 1076 | ->'''Mr. Shy:''' I have my clouds, your mom has her flowers, you've got your animals, and your brother...\ |
| 1077 | '''Mrs. Shy:''' Zephyr Breeze has his... interests. ''[nervous laugh]'' |
| 1078 | |
| 1079 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E12FlutterBrutter Flutter Brutter]]" |
| 1080 | |
| 1081 | ->'''Voiced by:''' David Godfrey (Mr. Shy), Colleen Winton (Mrs. Shy) |
| 1082 | |
| 1083 | Fluttershy and Zephyr Breeze's forgiving, unaggressive parents, who have recently settled down to enjoy the peace of retired life, with Mrs. Shy tending to her garden and Mr. Shy to his cloud collection. |
| 1084 | ---- |
| 1085 | * CollectorOfTheStrange: Mr. Shy collects cloud pieces made in the Weather Factory, where he used to work before retiring. |
| 1086 | * ExtremeDoormat: They make ''Fluttershy'' look aggressive by comparison. Judging from Mr. Shy's comments, they even consider Fluttershy to be the "bold" one of the family. |
| 1087 | * HappilyMarried: They're clearly very happy together, and they're both looking forward to their retirement. |
| 1088 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: |
| 1089 | ** Like Fluttershy, Mr. Shy is shown to be very easily forgiving, as seen when he lets the loss of one of his cloud pieces slide despite the fact that it clearly upsets him. |
| 1090 | ** Mrs. Shy's love of gardening draws parallels to Fluttershy's talent in animal care, both being skills you wouldn't normally associate with the cloud-borne Pegasi. |
| 1091 | * PushoverParents: Mr. and Mrs. Shy are even less assertive than Fluttershy is, letting Zephyr Breeze walk all over them. |
| 1092 | * ShipperOnDeck: They share their son's impression that Rainbow's been pining for Zephyr for years, something they don't seem to mind. |
| 1093 | * ShrinkingViolet: Implied. Rainbow Dash addresses them as "Mr. and Mrs. Shy", which makes it likely that the word "shy" is part of one or both of their names. While they've only been shown interacting with their children and Rainbow Dash, they're [[PushoverParents not very assertive]] when it comes to dealing with Zephyr Breeze, and Fluttershy clearly inherited her timidity and soft, quiet voice from both of them. |
| 1094 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: |
| 1095 | ** Mr. Shy at least has roughly the same manestyle as his daughter, though it's a lighter shade of pink than hers. |
| 1096 | ** Zephyr is very similar to his father in coat color; he also has his mother's eyes, and his mane is the same color as her coat. Similarly, Fluttershy has Mr. Shy's eyes, and a lighter version of Mrs. Shy's coat. |
| 1097 | * UnnamedParent: So far, they're just called "Mr. and Mrs. Shy". |
| 1098 | [[/folder]] |
| 1099 | |
| 1100 | [[folder:Zephyr Breeze]] |
| 1101 | [[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zephyr_5.png]] |
| 1102 | ->''"Sorry, sis, but when something's not the right fit, this pony's gotta fly!"'' |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E12FlutterBrutter Flutter Brutter]]" |
| 1105 | |
| 1106 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Ryan Beil |
| 1107 | |
| 1108 | Fluttershy's irresponsible younger brother, Zephyr Breeze is a slacker who refuses to put his all into anything he does out of fear of failure, while at the same time considering himself the most talented pony to grace Equestria with his presence. As a result, he's unable to hold onto any job for long, instead mooching off of his parents' and sister's hospitality. |
| 1109 | ---- |
| 1110 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: To Rainbow Dash, complete with NoSenseOfPersonalSpace. Adding to this is the unfounded belief Rainbow has a crush on him. |
| 1111 | * AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Zephyr tussles the top of Fluttershy's mane several times, putting it in disarray over her eyes. She's clearly annoyed by this, but doesn't comment on it. |
| 1112 | * AffectionateNickname: He calls Fluttershy "Flutter Butter" and Rainbow Dash "Rainbows." |
| 1113 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Zephyr has a fairly obvious crush on Rainbow. She is annoyed by his very presence. |
| 1114 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: The only pony so far who can actually annoy Fluttershy. |
| 1115 | * BasementDweller: His first appearance has him moving back in with his and Fluttershy's parents while expecting them to do everything for him. Judging from Fluttershy and her parents' conversation, he's apparently done this before. |
| 1116 | * BigLittleBrother: He's taller than Fluttershy and both their parents, but he's the younger sibling. |
| 1117 | * BigSisterWorship: Deconstructed. He loves Fluttershy dearly, but his own failures mixed with her being a hero leads him to worry that he'll never be good at anything. |
| 1118 | * BlackSheep: Practically the complete opposite of his family members. He's flamboyant where they're shy, loud where they're quiet, and insecure where they're content. Even as far as interests, Zephyr focuses on artistic pursuits like mane styling and sculpting while Fluttershy and her parents have more traditionally outdoor interests (animals, flowers, and clouds). |
| 1119 | * BrilliantButLazy: Zephyr apparently ''does'' have some legitimate talent with mane therapy, but is too afraid of failure to try. |
| 1120 | * CampStraight: He acts quite flamboyant and effeminate, but constantly flirts with Rainbow Dash. |
| 1121 | * CasanovaWannabe: He seems to think of himself as quite the ladykiller, especially where Rainbow's concerned. RD herself is less than impressed at his efforts. |
| 1122 | * CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of "Flutter Brutter", with some encouragement from Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy he's able to finally ''stick'' to mane therapy training and graduate it. While he doesn't ''completely'' lose his mooching mindset since he still needs to move back in with his parents until he can get his own place again, he's definitely far better than he was at the start of the episode. |
| 1123 | * CrazyHomelessPeople: Temporarily, Zephyr becomes this while living out in the woods to the point that he talks to a mannequin as if it can understand him. |
| 1124 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: His mooching and disregard for his parents' property makes him the Foolish Sibling to Fluttershy's Responsible Sibling. |
| 1125 | * GoMadFromTheIsolation: Zephyr quickly devolves into a very emotional breakdown/temper tantrum when his attempts at outdoor living fail, despite only having been in the woods for a few hours. |
| 1126 | * HiddenDepths: It's implied that one of the reasons he's so insecure is because his sister has saved Equestria multiple times, so he feels like he's stuck in her shadow. |
| 1127 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Zephyr enjoys bragging about himself and going on about how nothing is his fault despite the fact that he is actually rather insecure about himself and his abilities. |
| 1128 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: He ''thinks'' that Fluttershy's ability to talk to animals runs in the family, so he tries to get local animals to do his job. [[SubvertedTrope It doesn't work]]. |
| 1129 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's obnoxious, full of himself, kind of lazy and not too sharp, but he really loves his sister and parents. It's eventually revealed that Zephyr was only acting like a narcissistic jerk because he wanted to hide his insecurities. |
| 1130 | * LeanAndMean: He's very lanky and he's lazy and arrogant and takes advantage of others. Later he becomes more indpendent however. |
| 1131 | * ManipulativeBastard: He's implied to have talked his parents into letting him stay with them countless times. When Fluttershy gets him a job cleaning windows at Twilight's castle, he tricks Spike (who was supposed to be supervising him) into [[FencePainting doing all the work under the pretense of showing him the proper technique]]. |
| 1132 | * {{Narcissist}}: Carries photos of himself everywhere. |
| 1133 | * {{NEET}}: When he's introduced, he has no job and it's implied that he recently flunked out of mane therapy school. |
| 1134 | * NeverMyFault: In "Sparkle's Seven". After being fired from his brief role as a royal guard, he states that it's not his fault, because he wasn't told exactly what he was supposed to be guarding. |
| 1135 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Zephyr is ''very'' physically affectionate and have little respect for boundaries. He frequently gives Fluttershy an AffectionateGestureToTheHead, hugs both his parents without prompting, and even tries to get touchy-feely with Rainbow Dash, who couldn't care less for his advances and frequently has to push him away. |
| 1136 | * PatchworkKids: He has his father's hairstyle, green coat, and build, along with his mother's eyes and his mane being the same color as her coat. |
| 1137 | * PermaStubble: Sports an impressive five o'clock shadow, which gets somewhat longer and scruffier during his ill-fated outdoor stay. |
| 1138 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Unlike Shining Armor and Maud Pie, the Mane Six act like they've heard of and even met Zephyr before, with Rainbow Dash definitely familiar with him. It's likely that they've met and heard of him in their off time, especially since Rainbow Dash appears to go over to the Shy house for lunch on a fairly regular basis, and with her and Fluttershy having known each other since flight camp it's likely that Rainbow knows him fairly well. {{Justified|Trope}} as he's stated to be absent from home for extended periods of time (by trying -- and failing -- to find something he's good at), and that some of the Mane Six, Rainbow Dash in particular, don't like him, so Zephyr often isn't a conversation topic. |
| 1139 | * SanitySlippage: Zephyr quickly (as in, [[ParodiedTrope in a matter of hours]]) loses it in the woods, talking to a mannequin head like it was real. |
| 1140 | * TheSlacker: He tries to get out of any job he does or take disastrous shortcuts. |
| 1141 | * SmallParentHugeChild: In addition to [[BigLittleBrother being taller than his older sister Fluttershy]], Zephyr towers right over both his parents. |
| 1142 | * SolidCartoonFacialStubble: Zephyr has a minty-gray line running along his jawline and arching over his mouth. |
| 1143 | * TakeThat: With his "man bun" and sense of entitlement, Zephyr seems to be a take on stereotypical Millennials. |
| 1144 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: He still lives with his and Fluttershy's parents. It's up to Fluttershy to get him to leave and step out on his own. |
| 1145 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The end of "Sparkle's Seven" reveals that Princess Luna arranged for him to be hired as a royal guard, knowing full well that he'd mess it up.]] |
| 1146 | * VagueAge: Similar to Fluttershy, it's very hard to determine his age since unlike the other younger siblings of the Mane Six, the age difference between him and Fluttershy is ''very'' little, unlike Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, who are school fillies while their older sisters are adults. The only thing that the audience knows about his age is that he ''is'' old enough to work as an adult and that he is younger than Fluttershy (who's a year older than Pinkie Pie and tallness as a filly implies she's the oldest of the Mane 6). |
| 1147 | * VillainyFreeVillain: Zephyr serves as the antagonist of "Flutter Brutter", but at worst he's lazy, entitled and narcissistic -- hardly full-on villain material. |
| 1148 | [[/folder]] |
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