My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Analysis: Difference between revisions

The rarest and most mysterious of the pony races, they are often called alicorns by fans and some of the show's staff, though they have only been referred to as unicorns in the show itself. [[Word of God]] claims that they actually are a [[All Your Powers Combined|combination of all three races]], even though the earth pony traits aren't obvious. Only three have appeared in the flesh so far in the show[[hottip:*:<ref>[[Blooper|animation errors aside]]</ref>, Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance; an unnamed princess appears in a book in "Hearts and Hooves Day". Besides these canonical Pegasus unicorns, others have appeared as [[Canon Foreigner|Canon Foreigners]]: Celestia's four-year-old cousin Léon who appears in an illustrated French magazine story, several characters created using [[Virtual Paper Doll]] [[Web Games]], and some characters from [[The Merch]]. Celestia & Luna are extremely powerful, able to raise the sun and moon daily, though it seems that this level of magical power is exclusive to just the two of them. Cadance, as of the end of the second season, has not displayed above average abilities for any of the three standard pony tribes, though her special spell can be extremely useful in the right circumstances.