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The [[Fan Nickname|Mane Six]]. These are our heroines. From trying to get along at a slumber party to [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|defeating]] [[Physical God|Physical Gods]] of darkness and chaos, these girls overcome just about any obstacle with the [[Power of Friendship|Magic of their Friendship]]. They're cute. They're awesome. They're the embodiment of the Elements of Harmony and they're here to Love & Tolerate the crap out of you.▼
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▲The [[Fan Nickname|Mane Six]]. These are our heroines. From trying to get along at a slumber party to [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu|defeating]] [[Physical God|Physical Gods]] of darkness and chaos, these girls overcome just about any obstacle with the [[Power of Friendship|Magic of their Friendship]]. They're cute. They're awesome. They're the embodiment of the Elements of Harmony and they're here to Love & Tolerate the crap out of you.
Oh [[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Spike]] is here too.
Return to the character index [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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* [[Badass Adorable]]: Each of the main characters qualify but in different ways.
** Twilight Sparkle is a [[Badass Bookworm]].
** Spike is a [[Pint
** Applejack is a [[Badass Normal]].
** Pinkie Pie is a [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]].
** Rainbow Dash is straight-up [[Badass]].
** Rarity is a [[Badass Damsel]].
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* [[Character Exaggeration]]: Most of the characters have underwent this to some slight extent in later episodes, due to higher individual focus compared to the intitial episodes (which focused more on the whole cast and their bonds), with most of their defining flaws made more overblown and detrimental to their actions. Their other personality traits are still given focus however, along with some feasable [[Character Development]], preventing it from leaning into [[Flanderization]].
* [[Circle of Friendship]]: When they activate the power of the Elements of Harmony, they form this.
* [[Color
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Most of them are this. Applejack and Rarity have little sisters who both look up to them and think they're the coolest ponies in town.
** Twilight is a surrogate one to Spike.
** Pinkie Pie acts this way towards Apple Bloom and Spike. She helps AB make cupcakes when she's upset and invites Spike to be her co-announcer when she sees that he wants to but is afraid to ask. Fluttershy is a little less amused when Pinkie tries this on her.
*** She also hangs out and chaperones the other kids in town on "Nightmare Night."
*** Then there's the Cake twins.
** Fluttershy herself gets the admiration of the Cutie Mark Crusaders after [[Mama Bear|saving them from a cockatrice]].
** Rainbow Dash is this in [[Hero Worshipper|Scootaloo's]] eyes although this is also averted by [[Word of God]] who says that she probably wouldn't be the best big sister in the world.
*** She does get moments of this towards Fluttershy in later episodes however.
* [[Cool Pet]]: All of the main characters have one. [[
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: They all have their moments of this with Twilight Sparkle being the most prominent.
* [[Depending
* [[Determinator]]: These are some stubborn ponies. See below for more detail.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: They have defeated two [[Physical God|Physical Gods]], both incredibly powerful threats to Equestria.
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: The Mane Cast has saved the world twice, got publicly honored and knighted by Celestia the second time and they've done some pretty impressive stuff individually. And yet with a few exceptions, no one seems to remember this. Though truth be told, they themselves don't seem prone to broadcasting that fact nor do they actively ''seek'' recognition for it.
* [[Fire
* [[Friend to Bugs]]: Every main character except Pinkie (though especially Fluttershy) finds Parasprites endearing until realizing the harm they cause and even then, still consider them cute as far as appearance goes.
** Reinforced in the toy-line. Two Rarity toys and one Fluttershy toy are accompanied by butterflies, one Rainbow Dash toy is accompanied by a dragonfly and one Applejack toy is accompanied by a ladybug.
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** Twilight Sparkle and Applejack: They turn to each other first for advice and comfort.
** Interestingly, they all seem to alternate these positions recently. In particular, Rainbow Dash has been shown with Fluttershy quite often, Pinkie Pie with Twilight, and Applejack with Rarity.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: One of the greatest things about this cast is the fact that they [[Rounded Character|all have different dimensions to their personalities.]]
* [[Master Character Heroines]]:
** Twilight Sparkle is an ''Athena the Father's Daughter''.
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* [[Large Ham]]: Some are more apparent than others (eg. Rarity and Rainbow Dash rarely ''aren't''), but all of them like [[Chewing the Scenery]] when the time fits.
* [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]: Only they can wield the Elements of Harmony now. Celestia and Luna, while they once did, can't anymore.
* [[Pint
* [[Humans Are Flawed|Ponies are Flawed]]: A good part of their appeal is that while they are sweet ponies at heart, each has one or more cardinal flaws that she needs to learn to work on [[Once Per Episode]]. {{spoiler|Unfortunately for them, Discord knows every one of them.}}
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: They're a graduate student taught by a [[Physical God|Physical Goddess]], a stubborn apple farmer, a hyperactive baker, a brash sound barrier-breaking flyer, a prim and proper fashion designer, and an overly shy animal caretaker. Not only have these [[True Companions]] defeated two gods with their [[Only the Chosen May Wield|Elements of Harmony]], but Celestia seems content with letting them take care of a stubborn dragon whose smoke threatens Equestria.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red (p)Oni, Blue (p)Oni]]: Such pairings exist between all members of the mane cast. From most red to most blue, the cast would be as follows: {{color|#ff0000|
** In general:
*** Spike and Twilight Sparkle
*** Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle
** During an episode:
*** Applejack and Twilight Sparkle ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Applejack and Rarity ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Pinkie Pie and Spike ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Pinkie Pie and Applejack ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Rainbow Dash and Applejack ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Rarity and Fluttershy ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Rarity and Twilight Sparkle ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Spike and Rarity ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Romance Genre Heroines]]: According to [[Word of God|Lauren Faust]], the main girls are based around these:
** [[The Hero|Twilight]] [[The Smart Guy|Sparkle]] is The Librarian
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** And on the [[Romance Genre Heroes]] side, [[Nice Guy|Spike]] fits nicely as The Best Friend
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: All of the ponies have had at least one moment when they act contradictory to their personalities, whether out of physical and/or emotional stress.
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: They all looked wonderful in their dresses at the Grand Galloping Gala.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero|The Heroine]]/[[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]]: Twilight Sparkle
** [[The Lancer]]: Rainbow Dash
** [[The Big Guy|The Big Girl]]: Applejack
** [[The Chick]]: Rarity and Pinkie Pie
** [[The Heart]]: Fluttershy
* [[Town Girls]]: The six form this type of trio x2. Rainbow Dash and Applejack are the tomboys, Rarity and Fluttershy are the girly girls. Pinkie and Twilight are the in betweens.
* [[True Companions]]: Despite their differences, it's clear they have a strong bond between them with it growing stronger throughout the series.
* [[Vague Age]]: All of them are old enough to live alone (Applejack's case is justified by the fact she works on a family farm), have jobs, and hold major roles in Ponyville community activities like Winter Wrap-Up, yet emotionally they are [[Word of God|officially]] "young adults with a maturity level of anywhere from 12-18," which explains such things as Twilight's appreciation of slumber parties, Rarity's [[Thinks Like a Romance Novel|thinking like a fairy tale]], etc. Yes, that's as close as we [http://comments.deviantart.com/5/35510074/1770555388 are gonna get].
** And one episode reveals Fluttershy is a year older than Pinkie Pie.
== Twilight Sparkle ==
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[[File:Twilight02_7377.png|frame|Our Heroine, in all her [[Adorkable|Adorkableness]]]]
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Singing by [[Rebecca Shoichet]] }}
The protagonist of the series, a unicorn from Canterlot who serves as Princess Celestia's apprentice. She's less than thrilled at first about the suggestion that she should try making friends but naturally winds up [[Fire
* [[Aborted Arc]]: Her role as student of Princess Celestia appears to have been dropped entirely as of "Lesson Zero".
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** Her role as a student resembles that of a graduate student with a ''very'' lax advisor. She is expected to do her own research into friendship and occasionally update the Princess with status reports, occasionally completing side projects as well.
* [[Adorkable]]: Whenever genuinely excited about something such as what can safely be assumed is her first slumber party ever, her awkwardness comes into focus. And it is adorable. Dialed [[Up to Eleven]] during her flashback in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" and then again immediately afterward.
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** And in ''Sweet and Elite'', she dances like such a total nerd it's adorable. Possibly in a [[Shout
* [[Agent Scully]]: Tends toward this despite being a purple unicorn who can do magic.
** She justifies this in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" by explaining that true magic as can be done by all unicorns is essentially nothing more than [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic]].
* [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]]: At the end of most episodes, she writes a letter to Princess Celestia describing the [[Aesop]] she learned this week. {{spoiler|Becomes a [[Chekhov's Gun]] when after her losing faith thanks to Discord in the season 2 premiere, Celestia sends them all back to break her out of her [[Heroic BSOD]] and motivate her to reunite her friends.}}
** As of ''Lesson Zero'', she has been given permission to pass this duty on to pretty much anyone around her that learns [[An Aesop]].
* [[Anti
* [[Anti
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: Twilight places fifth<ref>out of an unclear but large number of racers (one competitor's number is 82 which suggests that there were at least 82 entrants)</ref> in the annual Running of the Leaves race despite knowing about racing only from having read books about it.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]/[[Magic Knight]]: Not only talented at magic but perfectly capable and willing to lead a charge to the point where she's willing to run right at Nightmare Moon though this is actually a feint to teleport past her. She also places 5th in a marathon despite it being her first, using mostly her book-smarts.
* [[Badass Bureaucrat]]: She manages to take the mess that is the Winter Wrap-Up and make it a smooth and efficient process by administrative expertise and organization.
* [[Badass in Distress]]: In some episodes like ''Stare Master'' she has to be rescued by one of her friends.
* [[Badass Family]]: She is a certified [[Badass Bookworm]]/[[Magic Knight]], her brother is the captain of the Royal Guard. As if that wasn't enough, he marries Princess Cadence, a [[Badass Princess]] {{spoiler|who he saves the world with}} and Princess Celestia's niece, making her now part of Celestia and Luna's family too. And if the theory about her mother being the G1 Twilight is correct, she probably counts too.
* [[Barrier Warrior]]: She can create [[Anti
** As of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: In the episode "The Return of Harmony Part 2", Twilight Sparkle quite literally beat up Gray Pinkie Pie and Applejack after they stole her book.
* [[Big Brother Worship]]: As a filly, she thought of Shining Armor as her best and only friend (at least until she hatched Spike). When she came to Ponyville and made new friends, however, they started to drift apart. {{spoiler|It's also what makes it hard to get others to side with her when she claims that Cadance is evil, since she has been coming off as possessive of her brother for much of "A Canterlot Wedding".}}
* [[Break the Haughty]]: A [[Lighter and Softer]] version; starts as an [[Ineffectual Loner]] who believes she simply doesn't have ''time'' for friendship and is smugly convinced that Celestia will ''naturally'' listen to her concerns. Then Celestia seemingly blows her off, sends her off to run some mundane errands and expects her to actually try and make friends in a town where she thinks she's the [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Pony]]...
* [[Burning
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Shares this role with Spike.
** [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: But as shown in "Feeling Pinkie Keen", she can take a lot of damage and still keep on going.
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* [[Child Prodigy]]: Even as a filly, Twilight was unusually adept at learning new spells. In the [[Power Incontinence]] scene referenced below, Princess Celestia - ''a [[Physical God|physical goddess]]'' - says she has never seen so much raw talent for magic in a pony before.
* [[City Mouse]]: The pilot and a few Season One episodes revolve around Twilight getting acquainted with Ponyville and its traditions, with varied success.
* [[The City vs. the Country]]: Her initial plot arc is a [[Lighter and Softer]] version of this. She's sent from Canterlot to Ponyville in part to prepare for a celebration held there but is also told to make friends while there. She resents having to do this and focuses on work instead but by the end of the pilot, she's warmed up to her newfound friends and wishes to stay with them.<ref>Of course it did take the resurrection of an ancient [[Sealed Evil in
* [[
* [[Color
* [[Color
* [[The Comically Serious]]: Big time. Anytime she attempts to look dignified and intellectual, expect it to be ruined by some other ponies' antics or her own hidden goofiness.
* [[Control Freak]]: Though not overbearing per se, her over attention to detail and occasional irritance with her friends leads her to be insistant on her own direction of things. She can also be quite a nagger, something Spike knows all too well.
* [[Cool Car]]: An upcoming ''Pony Wedding'' [http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulnomad/6859938787/in/photostream/ toy package] will give her one that appears to be a [[Palette Swap]] of Pinkie Pie's RC Car.
* [[Cool Crown]]: Unlike the other five Elements of Harmony (which are necklaces), her Element of Magic is a "[[Buffy
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]
* [[Cute Bookworm]]
* [[Hot Librarian|Cute Librarian]]: She takes up management of the Golden Oak Library in addition to living inside of it. She fits the personality type of [[Hot Librarian]], but is more cute than hot.
* [[Cute Witch]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Perhaps more frequently than any other character in the show. She's voiced by [[
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'''Rainbow Dash:''' Well...once a month she comes into Ponyville.
'''Twilight:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Ooh.]]
'''Rarity:''' Then, she ''lurks'' by the ''stores''.
'''Twilight:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Oh my.]]
'''Fluttershy:''' And then...she digs at the ground...
'''Twilight:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Good]] ''[[Rule of Three|gracious.]]'' }}
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: During the pilot towards her friends.
* [[Determinator]]: When she wants to do something, she'll keep trying no matter what. For better or worse.
* [[Ditzy Genius]]
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Not weaponized but she can make a [[Blow You Away|strong gust of wind]] and [[Playing
* [[Expy]]: Of G1 Twilight. The cartoon even ([[Mythology Gag|jokingly]]) implies that Twilight Sparkle is the daughter of the original Twilight. Her coloring also resembles that of Twilight Twinkle from G3.
* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: Doesn't believe in many of the weird things that happen in Ponyville despite the fact that she uses magic (which she claims is different from other "Mumbo Jumbo") and is the personal student of a [[Physical Goddess]].
* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: She fails to use her teleportation for most of the first season, starting after "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Four
* [[Friendless Background]]: In the first episode, it's shown that "she's more interested in books than friends." Some hints later on show it might not have been quite that simple. In "Look before You Sleep", she reveals she's "always" wanted to have a slumber party. In any case, as seen in the first episode, her studies were certainly getting in the way of having a social life, even if she might have wished for one when not occupied with something else interesting as in that episode.
* [[Funny Afro]]: Twilight temporarily has one after Rainbow Dash messes up her mane in the first episode.
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** And has an even more ''psychotic'' one over the course of "Lesson Zero".
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Despite her history of not socializing by choice, she reveals in "Look Before You Sleep" that she's dreamed about throwing the perfect slumber party and is innocently enthusiastic about getting the chance to try her very first one. This being Twilight, she even has a guide to ensure she does everything by the book.
* [[Humble Hero|Humble Heroine]]: Wants nothing to do with being associated with the greatness of her deeds. Rather she wants to be viewed as an ordinary unicorn unlike her [[Shadow Archetype]] [[
▲* [[Humble Hero|Humble Heroine]]: Wants nothing to do with being associated with the greatness of her deeds. Rather she wants to be viewed as an ordinary unicorn unlike her [[Shadow Archetype]] [[Main/Friendship Is Magic/Antagonists/Characters|Trixie]].
** This also makes her a great [[Foil]] to Rainbow Dash.
*** Granted, as much as she tries to keep her ego under check, she [[Acquired Situational Narcissism|sometimes can't resist acting haughty]] due to her role as Celestia's apprentice and very often considering herself the [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Mare]]. See [[Pride]] below.
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* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: [[Defied Trope|Defied]] at first; she doesn't want friends when she first comes to Ponyville and it isn't until they help her defeat Nightmare Moon that she realizes how much she really needs them.
* [[Image Song]]: The [[Theme Tune Extended]] (included as a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo sing-along] on the DVD ''The Friendship Express'', and partially included elsewhere) can be seen as one for Twilight.
* [[Incredibly Lame Fun]]: A bookworm through and through, Twilight considers re-shelving library books or "a crazy weekend of studying" the height of entertainment.
** Her favorite toy growing up was "Smarty Pants", an ugly pony doll with accessories so you can pretend she is ''studying''. Not only does she think this was a great toy, she thinks it was ''so'' great that offering it to some young fillies will naturally cause them to fight over it.
* [[Ineffectual Loner]]: Other ponies make clear efforts to reach out to her before the plot kicks off but she blows them off.
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* [[Innocently Insensitive]]: Justified because Twilight doesn't have a lot of experience with dealing with ponies yet. But she doesn't realize her feelings are necesarily feelings anypony else will share, and she doesn't realize her point-blank bluntness hurts feelings.
** When she was [[Sanity Slippage|losing her grip]] in "Lesson Zero", it didn't even occur to her that anypony else would think that her Smartypants doll, that comes with accessories for ''doing homework'', wasn't a great toy.
** In "Secret of My Excess", Twilight is embarrassed to realize that the books she's given Spike for his birthday every year were [[Gift Giving Gaffe|not really appreciated as birthday presents by]] the little dragon.
** In the episode "Baby Cakes", she offers to help Pinkie Pie babysit the Cake Twins because she states Pinkie can't handle the job alone, and offends Pinkie in the process.
** Also in the episode "The Last Roundup", when the mail pony shows up at Applejack's surprise party and thinks that the party was for him because it was his birthday, [[Crosses the Line Twice|Twilight rudely takes Applejack's message from him and slams the door in his face without a second thought.]] {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Lucky for the mail pony, Pinkie gives him a slice of cake for his birthday.]]}}
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Light example. She is the most intelligent of the main cast and ([[Not So Above It All|often]]) shows a lot more common sense. Her neurotics can be irritating the others however and she can be a bit smug and prideful if over aware of her logic. Not to mention being an apt [[Deadpan Snarker]].
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: In the first two episodes, Twilight eventually brings peace to the ponies representing night and day. Twilight is the time when night and day briefly intersect. Additionally the book on the Elements of Harmony talk about a "spark" needed to ignite their power; this ends up being Twilight '''Spark'''le.
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: And a particularly strong telekinetic too. She can simultaneously levitate a humongous bear ''and'' a huge water tower.
* [[
** [[Symbol Motif Clothing]]: Her dress for Grand Galloping Gala has many stars on it.
* [[Mr. Vice Guy|Ms. Vice Gal]]: Normally even-tempered but Twilight does sometimes have problems with being grouchy and dismissive when something's bugging her. She also has an insensitive streak.
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* [[Nerds Love Tough Schoolwork]]
* [[Nervous Wreck]]: When her neurotics reach their worst.
* [[New Powers
* [[Nice Girl]]: Whenever she's not in [[Grumpy Bear]] mode.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]:
** Her attempt to use magic to stop the Parasprites from eating all the food in town just causes them to start eating the ''town'' instead.
** When she tries to use magic to clear a field during the Winter Wrap-Up, it results in the plow going out of control and causing the part of the field already plowed to be covered up again.
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** This most likely doesn't actually mean anything though as the characters didn't all have the same names in early development (for example, Pinkie Pie was originally a white Pegasus named "Surprise").
** The names of the rest of the Mane Six were trademarks left over from the G3 series and their names may have intentionally been chosen to have three syllables to make the G3 theme song easier to write ''("Rainbow Dash always dresses in style/Sweetie Belle's magic brings a great big smile....")'' The only ponies in G3's core 7 not to have three-syllable names were Toola Roola and Starsong.
* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Pony]]: Generally the voice of reason compared to her friends. Most obvious in the pilot where her first impression of Ponyville comes from [[GASP|Pinkie Pie]]. Made even more obvious in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [[Inverted Trope]] during "Look Before You Sleep" where she's so intent on throwing a perfect slumber party that she ''insists'' on consulting a guidebook for everything. [[Justified]] in that she's never experienced one before and is completely unfamiliar with all of the classic trappings. She doesn't even know what a pillow fight is! She also wonders if a tree falling through her window is part of the procedures but we'll just blame that on the probable concussion.
** [[Exaggerated Trope]] when all the other ponies were [[Brainwashed]] by Discord.
** [[Deconstructed]] in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Like every other character with so much as a speck of sanity over the others, the show seems ''very'' fond of displaying her own flaws and making her [[Not So Above It All|do something odd or indignifying]] whenever she gets too high a pedestal.
* [[Out of Focus]]: In Season 2, at least compared to her role in Season 1. So far she's only had two focus episodes, has been in more of a supporting role in most episodes, and has been missing entirely from three. Quite odd, considering that she's supposed to be the lead protagonist of the mane cast. The writers clearly reveled a bit in not needing to shoehorn her into every story after "Lesson Zero."
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Can be seen as a mother or sister figure to Spike...especially knowing that she hatched him as part of passing the entrance exam at her school and also following the events in "Owl's Well That Ends Well".
** [[Platonic Life Partners]]/[[Promotion to Parent]]: With Spike because of the above.
** The parental skills are further supported by her remarks to Pinkie in "Baby Cakes". She seems to know well what babies need.
* [[Pint
** [[Waif Fu]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]: At times.
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* [[Properly Paranoid]]: {{spoiler|The only one who thinks the behavior of "Princess Cadence" is suspicious.}}
* [[Purple Eyes]]: Used to reflect her [[Purple Is Powerful|powerful]] [[Supernatural Is Purple|magic skills]].
* [[Purple Is Powerful]]: She's a purple unicorn who's one of the most powerful magic users in the show.
* [[Psychic Powers]]: Has [[Mind Over Matter|telekinesis]] like all unicorns, and also has limited [[Telepathy]], as seen in "Swarm of the Century" and "The Return of Harmony".
* [[The Red Mage]]: Twilight's special talent is the ability to learn any magic.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: She's the Blue Oni to all of her friends, expect Fluttershy.
* [[Renowned Selective Mentor]]: She was just trying to get into the royal academy. One magic overload later, she's studying directly from Princess Celestia.
* [[Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training]]: Twilight's magical skill is off the chart but she's a social misfit and painfully incompetent at basic manual labor.
** Downplayed later on. In the first episode of Season 2, she lifted a huge rock ("Tom") and in the last episode she pushed a mine cart by herself.
* [[Schedule Fanatic]]
* [[Serious Business]]: Since her teacher is Celestia, aka the ruler of all Equestria herself, Twilight takes her studies very, ''very'' seriously. As seen in "Lesson Zero", the mere idea of failing an assignment and disappointing her teacher (which would surely be cause to send her back to... [[What Do You Mean
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Not to an excess, but she has a more advanced vocabulary and more correct grammar than her friends. This makes her a [[Foil]] to Rainbow Dash and Applejack, both of whom tend towards [[Buffy
** She does play it completely straight in "Hurricane Fluttershy", complete with Spike providing a [[
* [[Skunk Stripe]]: The pink and lighter-purple shades of her mane.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Gets one in "Lesson Zero" when she goes completely off the deep end.
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* [[Socially Awkward Hero|Socially Awkward Heroine]]: And how! Even within the first episode, she runs away from the "lots and lots of friends" Pinkie Pie introduces her to, but not from Nightmare Moon who has been imprisoned in the moon for centuries and just escaped.
** Partly attributable to seeing it as part of her duty to confront Nightmare Moon, but not to make friends.
* [[
** When she tries to stop [[The Swarm|Parasprites]] from eating all the food in Ponyville, the spell just makes them eat the buildings instead.
** In another instance, enchanting a plow to clean up snow on its own made the plow go out of control, making the mess worse when it ends up causing an avalanche that ruins everyone else's work.
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* [[The Spock]]: When not being [[The Kirk]], she takes a very logical and scientific view on the world. She refuses to believe in anything that doesn't seem to make sense.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: "Winter Wrap Up" openly displays her being much weaker than an average Earth Pony and rather klutzy with her hooves (unable to ice skate well or construct a bird's nest without the help of magic). Applejack and Rainbow Dash also state she is physically unfit for the race in "Fall Weather Friends". She gets the last laugh by coming in fifth while they tie for last. She seems to have averted this by season 2, however, as she can carry a boulder twice as large as herself, push a minecart, and holds her own against {{spoiler|an army of Changelings.}}
* [[Strong
* [[Supernatural Is Purple]]
* [[Super OCD]]: On and off; often [[Rule of Funny|whatever happens to be funnier]]. Alternately leaves her library in an unholy strewn mess and then applies neurotic meticulousness rivaling Rarity's in cleaning it.
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** She makes checklists for ''everything'' including checklists, to ensure she has everything she needs, to make checklists.
** In "It's About Time", she's shown staying up all night worrying about not having left time in this month's schedule to make a schedule for ''next'' month.
** Season 2 appears to make it consistently 'on', now that she no longer has to be the star.
* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Short of [[Physical God|Celestia]] and others like her, Twilight is the single strongest unicorn in the series. For bonus points, she isn't even limited by a specialized discipline, instead having magic itself as her skill. She also seems to be able to use other unicorns' talent-related magic at higher levels than the original user.
** Though the [[Power Incontinence]] mentioned earlier fortunately balances it out, so that she doesn't completely overshadow the rest of the Mane-rs in capability.
* [[Swiss Army Superpower]]: Her magic. Sure, spells have some vague rules, but she specializes in every kind of magic and has an enormous amount of raw power. The only story-wise limit for her magic might be that she can't do an outright [[Deus Ex Machina]].
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* [[Teleport Spam]]: Twilight has a tendency to warp around quickly when flustered like in "Lesson Zero" when fretting about not submitting a friendship report to Celestia on time.
** Exaggerated in "Applebuck Season" while dealing with a sleep-deprived Applejack; if AJ takes more than four steps away from her, she'll instantly teleport over rather than simply walk the three feet separating them. To be fair, Twilight was getting increasingly annoyed at the time and likely wasn't thinking straight, though not nearly as much as the above example.
* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Unlike previous ''[[My Little Pony]]'' series, she is the only unicorn with the ability to teleport that we've seen so far. Strangely when she teleports Spike with her, he comes out slightly singed. She says she did it by accident in that instance.
** Since "Secret of My Excess," it has been shown that Twilight is capable of teleporting ''others'' to her and with her. She apparently teleports long-distance in "Dragon Quest", and it also establishes her teleportation is not a [[Story
** Rarity dressed Twilight in her [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Twilight seems to have an unfortunate habit of asking whether things could possibly get worse. They almost always do.
* [[Tsurime Eyes]]: More prominent on her toy.
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** In "Lesson Zero", worried about letting Celestia down by being late with her Friendship Report, she gets this, twitchy ears, a teeth-grinding slasher smile, ''and'' a mussed up mane due to [[Madness Makeover|really, really losing it]].
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Princess Celestia, considering she's "her most loyal and faithful student".
* [[Unfortunate Names]]: ''[[Twilight (
** [http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/2216411631 Given Ms. Faust's comments on the matter], ''may'' have been intentional.
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* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: Actually she's the most magically powerful unicorn in the whole show as is repeatedly pointed out. The "Unskilled" comes from the fact she often only practices a new spell until she can pull it off right in practice '''once''' and then moves on to the next, more difficult spell. This practice severely limits the practical and effective use of her stronger spells in helping her with her day-to-day problems which sometimes comes back to bite her in the [[Unusual Euphemism|plot]] when the obstacles she faces require high-level magic and the magic backfires or falters on the field. The 'strong' portion of this trope refers to her magical abilities; she is the physically weakest of the six but can often use her intelligence (or magic) to help in situations where strength isn't an option.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|"Well Done, Student" Girl]]: Her relationship with Princess Celestia has some definite shades of this. Twilight obviously idolizes Celestia and desperately seeks her approval though Celestia's approval is not nearly as conditional as Twilight thinks it is.
* [[When She Smiles]]: Double Subverted, as Twilight ''does'' smile a decent amount, but when she's genuinely happy it really stands out.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: If ''Winter Wrap-up'' is anything to go by, she is terrified of snakes.▼
▲* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes]]: If ''Winter Wrap-up'' is anything to go by, she is terrified of snakes.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Well...she's a young adult but she has been shown to be much more effective at leading than the elderly mayor of Ponyville.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Perks]]: Like all unicorns, she uses magic for just about everything (where appropriate). And she gets even more perks than most unicorns because she can use any type of magic.
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== Spike ==
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[[File:Spike_7363.png|frame|Admit it, bronies, you wish [[Audience Surrogate|you were him]].]]
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A baby dragon who hangs around Twilight as her "#1 Assistant" and seems to be the closest thing she had to a friend before traveling to Ponyville. He can transport messages to Celestia by burning them with his green flames; this communication goes both ways as she can then send messages that he burps out. Messages he sends to Celestia arrive in a much more dignified manner.
* [[Aborted Arc]]: Attempts to give Spike a [[Catch Phrase]] ("Holy Guacamole!") in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again|have mysteriously vanished]].
* [[Adaptational Heroism]]: While he has plenty of heroic roles and traits in the cartoon itself, the comics tend to play up Spike's kinder, gentler and braver aspects. He's lead a surprising number of charges against evil, and even fought in some major battles side-by-side his friends.
** Zigzagged however. Generally speaking, if a comic doesn't play up his more heroic attributes, they tend to play up his rude/vain/selfish/cowardly side a lot more. In some cases, he's still a heroic-in-nature person but basically useless when anything actually happens, like in the ''My Little Pirate: Friendship Ahoy!'' storyline.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: He has a major crush on Rarity who seems to either not notice this or not care. She never shows any indication she could imagine getting together with him nor of being bothered by the notion and wanting to reject it. Unless she's being really blind to his obvious feelings, it probably has something to do with how the only reason they are even remotely the same ''size'' is because he's still a child or the fact that [[Precocious Crush|he's still a child]].
** This status quo is demolished at the climax of "Secret of My Excess" when Spike finally confesses his feelings to Rarity. {{spoiler|Not only did she know all along, she was deeply moved.}}
* [[All There in the Manual]]: According to [[Word of God|Lauren Faust]] it was Princess Celestia who raised Spike and taught him how to magically send messages. Apparently Ponies know very little about dragons and have never seen a baby one before which is why Celestia decided to take the challenge of raising one herself.
** Possibly [[Subverted]] though, as [[Word of God|Lauren]] had said that this was just a concept that was never actually added to the show yet. So the writers may change his backstory.
** This was more or less retconned in ''Friendship is Magic'' #40, where it showed that while Celestia did raise Spike, it was only for a few months and Twilight pretty much did the rest.
* [[Always Someone Better]]: His initial view on Owloysius.
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: Sometimes ends up getting pulled into the girls' adventures against his will and then ends up enjoying it all in spite of himself. [[Periphery Demographic|Clearly some of us are meant to relate.]]
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** [[Shout
* [[Badass Adorable]]: It's not seen a whole lot (see [[The Load]]) but when pushed enough he can fight back pretty well if a friend is in danger.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: He wears one in the episode "The Mysterious Mare Do Well".
* [[Badass Mustache]]: Wears one on several occasions.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Never come between him and Twilight or disrespect Rarity while he's around.
* [[Big Eater]]: Spike will eat almost anything and everything. He's got a ''lot'' of growing to do after all.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Surprisingly, Spike has done this ''in spades''.
** Spike personally lead the charge against the Diamond Dogs in order to save Rarity, eve though it was revealed she didn't need saving, it was still heroic of him.
** During the ''Nightmare Rarity'' arc, {{spoiler|even after being thrown across the horizon to a distant part of the moon, Spike didn't hesitate to march all the way up to Nightmare's castle to save Rarity and his friends.}}
** Spike has personally helped save the Crystal Empire on two major occasions, leading the kingdom to consider him a celebrity and deemed him "Great and Honorable Spike the Brave and Glorious". {{spoiler|He was even willing to throw away his status as a hero in order to protect his friend, Thorax.}}
** During the time when he teamed up with Princess Luna to discover who was causing fires in Fillydephia, {{spoiler|he tracked down the actual culprit (an innocent "fire snail"), managed to save the dragons of Dragon Town from segregation and organized a team of dragons to save countless ponies from the fires.}}
** When he and Zeocra teamed up to save Ponyville from a mysterious disease, he managed to {{spoiler|track down what was causing it and organized a team of Canterlot doctors to save everyone.}}
** At the end of the comic story ''Guardians of Harmony'', {{spoiler|Spike managed to convince Twilight to let him drink a magic potion that let him grow to the size of an adult dragon and ''effortlessly defeat Queen Chrysalis and the entire Changeling army'' by himself. Even cooler when you realize he previously couldn't control his "giant form" at all.}}
** During ''Wings over Yakyakistan'', {{spoiler|Spike's insight and critical thinking skills managed to stop a war between Dragons and Yaks (and possibly Ponies) and allowed the two races to grow closer.}}
* [[Big No]]: He does this after his plan backfires in "A Dog and Pony Show".
* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Normally understated but [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Blessed
* [[Bratty Half
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: He does this in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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** And again in "Lesson Zero", ending Twilight's imagine spots.
* [[Breath Weapon]]: Like all dragons, he can breathe fire, though he hasn't yet been shown to use it as a weapon even in a serious fight. Indeed, even though he is known to use his fire for cooking and popping popcorn, even a full on (albeit accidental) blast only gives Twilight a new hairstyle.
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** [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: The cartoon even lampshades this by explaining that (unlike Twilight) Spike's natural body armor allows him to shrug off a lot of damage. He says this while being used as a literal pincushion for Rarity, and later shown to be exceptionally sturdy [[Up to Eleven|even by dragons' standards]].
* [[Character Development]]: In episode 3 he didn't want to be seen at a "Girly Gala Gunk". 45 episodes later he's seen wearing pink apron out in the open, not being embarrassed to be seen in it (until Rainbow Dash started teasing him).
** Few episodes later Spike is seen enjoying spa with the other girls. Even ''Rainbow Dash'' wouldn't be caught dead getting a manicure! Although in Spike's case the right sort of a manicure might qualify under "proper maintenance of natural weapons for maximum effectiveness".
* [[Compressed Hair]]: See [[Nice Hat]] below. The question of where his spikes go when his head is covered is never addressed. It's especially notable because unlike hair (or manes, whatever) they're ''rigid'', though they do briefly go floppy when he gets drenched with water in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]: [[Depending
* [[Crazy Consumption]]: Spike loves to eat ''gemstones.'' Not only can he chew them with ease but he can also suck on one and melt it as if it were a large piece of hard candy.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: for particularly scaly definitions of "curtains"
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]
* [[A Day in
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Not quite as much so as Twilight Sparkle but still noticeably so. (Perhaps it's a result of being raised by Twilight?)
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'''Rarity:''' Spike, it's not ''that'' bad; perhaps the birds can use it as...
'''Spike:''' ...an outhouse? }}
* [[Determinator]]: He is determined to win Rarity's heart and won't give up no matter what.
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* [[Does Not Like Spam]]: If [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFQJ8QAPm34 this] [[The Hub|Hub]] commercial is to be believed, he thinks green beans are nasty.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [[Shrek|A dragon falls in love with an equine immediately after they meet. This sure seems familiar.]]
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: To Rarity.
** {{spoiler|After the events of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Goes through some cases of this, especially since he does '''A LOT''' of work for the girls, with not too many thanks from them (this is [[Subverted]] only in Owl's Well That Ends Well), and is even mysteriously absent at many of their parties, or adventures. As proven a few times though, Twilight is very grateful to have him around, [[Innocently Insensitive|even if she doesn't always make it apparent]]. It's been shown a few times that the other girls do love and respect Spike to, in their own way.
* [[Eat Dirt Cheap]]: His favorite food is gemstones.
* [[Era Specific Personality]]: G1 Spike was less sarcastic (and in the original pilot was an antagonist before receiving a [[Heel Face Turn]]) while G3 Spike was a 1000 year old [[Stuffy Brit]].
* [[Expy]]: Of G1 (prototype) Spike, G1 (TV series) Spike and G3 (DVD only) Spike.
* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: He'll eat grass, fruit, gemstones (his favorite), [[Lethal Chef|worm-filled muffins he scooped from the trash]]...
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** He eats ice cream ''off the floor'' in "It's About Time", which also says something about [[Visual Pun|the cleanliness of Canterlot's floors.]]
* [[Familiar]]: Spike seems to be this for Twilight, though [[Animal Companion|Owloysius]] may be a better fit.
* [[Food
* [[For Halloween I Am Going
* [[Fun Size]]: He's TINY compared to an adult dragon. He could fit in its palm and bring several friends. "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", "Secret of My Excess", and "Dragon Quest" all VERY strongly indicate that Spike will eventually grow to a massive size.
** In the comic story ''Guardians of Harmony'', {{spoiler|Spike used a potion to briefly became an adult and was absolutely massive, though still much smaller than most adult dragons.}}
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: He immediately recognizes that Twilight Sparkle's [[Freak
* [[Good Parents]]: Sort of. In a comic story where Spike had to raise an entire species by himself, he didn't do a very good job at it but tried his best and instilled them with good morals, causing the chaotic species to grow compassionate and caring of others.
* [[Greater Need Than Mine]]: He gives Rarity his Fire Ruby that he's been saving for month for his birthday dinner all so she can be happy.
* [[Greed]]: Dragons have an innate predisposition to this fault. Spike doesn't normally show it but excessive gifts can trigger this in him.
* [[Happily Adopted]]: As of "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", it looks like he was raised by Twilight and it's obvious in "Owl's Well That Ends Well" that he sees her as a surrogate mother or big sister, which makes sense, since she was responsible for hatching him.
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: Justified, since he is a ''baby'' dragon and needs his sleep.
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Spike is very skilled at cleaning, cooking, categorizing, taking notes, sending and receiving messages, etc. He can also fight, quickly spots mistakes in Twilight's plans, takes care of diplomatic business on his own and has connections with important people such as the famous Hoity Toity. On top of that, he absolutely ''loves'' his job.
** Oddly in the very first episode, a brief scene gives Spike a less-than-average understanding of spelling basic words. Thankfully averted in the series since.
** [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: As good as he is at his job, Spike can also frequently be [[Innocent Prodigy|hindered by his childishness]] and can be a bit of an obnoxious goofball. Twilight has to keep him in line just as often as vice versa.
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Temporarily in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Innocent Prodigy]]: Arguably even more so than Twilight since he actually is a kid.
* [[Innocently Insensitive]]: Sometimes. "Hurricane Fluttershy" is a particularly gruesome example, when his statements made in practicality on Fluttershy's poor flying ability break her spirit.
* [[In
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Hopes for one with Rarity.
* [[Jerk
* [[Large Ham]]: Sometimes he becomes this.
* [[Large Ham Announcer]]:
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** In "Suited for Success", he gives a [[Large Ham|ridiculously pretentious intro]] for Rarity's first fashion show...which is par for the course as far as fashion shows go.
* [[Likes Older Women]]: Rarity being the example.
** As [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gEqrG66LfOw/ThpHwPG8MgI/AAAAAAAAHkM/bGtgd0CRIX4/s1600/33198+-+artist+sarcatsic+C4tspajamas+old+older+rarity+spike.png.jpg some fan art has pointed out], this would lead to a weird [[Mayfly
* [[The Load]]: When things get gritty at least. Spike is a highly competent assistant to Twilight and proves useful outside the action, but in terms of actual physical involvement, he's mostly useless, either staying on the sidelines or needing the ponies to protect him. He does get sparse moments however.
* [[Love At First Sight]]: Automatically falls in love with Rarity after he first meets her.
* [[Magikarp Power]]: So far we've seen that Dragons are ''obscenely'' powerful beings almost without equal but since Spike's a baby, he's relatively easy to thwart. This becomes all the more apparent when he [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Magitek]]/[[Mundane Utility]]: He uses his magic fire to send and receive letters which makes him a living fax machine.
** He's also incredibly useful to the rest of the cast because he's the only main character with usable hands.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: [[Captain Obvious|He's called Spike because he has spikes.]]
* [[Meta Guy]]: He seems to be the only character thus far to [[Canon|canonically]] be aware of the audience (and possibly even the creators of the show) despite [[Fanon]] about Pinkie Pie.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Spike is generally a kind-hearted, sweet, gentle and caring guy. In ''Equestria Girls'', Spike was quick to jump to Human!Fluttershy's aid when she was being bullied by Sunset Shimmer and has gone through great lengths to make sure Twilight, Rarity and his other friends are happy.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Spike seems to have a thing for sweet headgear. Apparently the Animators like putting stuff on his head [[Rule of Funny|because it's funny]].
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Takes this role in "Bridle Gossip" when he comes up with clever nicknames for the girls after they've been affected by the poison joke.
* [[Non
* [[Non
* [[The Not
** As [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Believe it or not with ''Twilight''; the two of them really don't have that much in common yet they stick together. The argument can be made that they're more like family than friends though.
** He also seems fond of Pinkie Pie, despite his rational, cynical personality. He acts as befuddled as everypony else at her stranger excesses, but they often end up sharing scenes and supporting each other. To be fair, she is a [[Friend to All Children]], and Spike is used to dealing with Twilight's [[Sanity Slippage|less coherent moments]].
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* [[Opposites Attract]]: Spike is a dragon (which are greedy by nature) with a crush on Rarity (the bearer of the element of Generosity).
** Scratch the surface and it starts looking like [[Not So Different]]: greed is a major vice of Rarity's while Spike's willing to put Rarity's happiness above his own.
** [[Playing
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: And apparently used as living E-mail clients.
** He even appears to be a separate ''species'' from the grown dragons that live in the Everfree forest; he's flightless for one thing and capable of sending letters with his flame although [[Word of God]] says that the latter is a learned skill.
* [[Out of Focus]]: He has considerably less screen time in season 2 than in season 1, even having the ponies that learn [[An Aesop]] just say it in a narrative voice instead of having him directly write the letter most of the time, causing some fans to joke that [[Memetic Mutation|Spike is now unemployed.]]
** It's especially funny because in the first half of the season Spike was featured in almost every episode (even ones where Twilight never appeared) "Spike is the new main character" became a meme.
* [[Overly Long Tongue]]: As seen in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Pals
** [[Word of God]] states that Celestia raised him after Twilight caused his egg to hatch. Jesus is his ''mommy''.
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "Spike, take a letter."
* [[Pint
** [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: His offense might not be much to write home about, but being covered in dragon scales means there's not much that can do more than knock the breath out of him.
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Twilight; see [[Odd Friendship]].
* [[Playing
** [[Up to Eleven|Or even produce fire by accident.]] He's also accidentally sneezed green fire, resulting in random items being sent to Princess Celestia.
** Becomes amazingly literal {{spoiler|when he hatches [[Cool Pet|Peewee the phoenix]] at the end of [[Dragon Quest]]}}.
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* [[Precocious Crush]]:
** He has a big crush on Rarity.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44OUB98t8zw#t=127s One] of [[The Hub]]'s [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Purple Is Powerful]]: See [[Pint
* [[Raised
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: He at first thinks the Grand Galloping Gala is too girly for him, but later is enthusiastic about going. He's also willing to serve a as a model for Rarity's designs.
** He also wears a pink apron and has tea and biscuits picnic complete with china set in ""Dragon Quest".
* [[Shoulder
* [[Shout
* [[Significant Birth Date]]: Twilight hatched his egg on the same day that she got her Cutie Mark.
* [[Singing Voice Dissonance]]: While he hasn't yet sung in the show itself (outside of [[Crowd Song|Crowd Songs]] in which his individual voice can't be made out), the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPqjKk_xCo "Equestria Girls" video] implies that the song's male backup is Spike despite not sounding like him (i.e., sounding like [[Snoop Dogg]]).
* [[Spike of All Trades]]
* [[Straight Man]]: His most consistent role.
* [[Super
* [[Tagalong Kid]]/[[The Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Technicolor Fire]]: His fire breath is a neon green color.
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** On the high side, he has a full time job as Twilight's assistant/valet, he has been left in charge of the library and Fluttershy's pets when the others go away, and takes care of business in Canterlot on his own. He's also the voice of reason when Twilight starts freak out.
** On the low side, he's ran away from home out of jealousy, he tends to get talked down to, and his advice is often ignored. He also has terrible tact.
* [[Vocal Evolution]]: Spike's voice has been getting slightly deeper since his first appearance. He's still growing so it makes sense.
** It actually might just be Weseluck getting into the role. In an interview, she said that she thought he was a toddler at first.
** In "Secret of My Excess", his voice gets progressively deeper until even modulating his actress' voice digitally doesn't cut it anymore and they just start using animal grunts, growls and roars instead.
* [[You Need a Breath Mint]]: According to Twilight, Spike's breath always stinks.
** Brimstone, or sulfur, a common ingredient of dragon fire, smells like rotten eggs.
== Applejack ==
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[[File:Applejack_4019.png|frame|Old school ''and'' country!]]
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An earth pony from the ''huge'' Apple family, a herd that runs multiple apple farms across Equestria. Applejack helps run Sweet Apple Acres, the ancestral farm of the family. Sensible and down to earth, she's admired for her honesty and integrity. However she also has a bit of a stubborn streak at times.
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** Even in the toys, she still manages to be badass. [http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=7561874E-5056-900B-1087-EAA0290AA2EF The description] of her [[Cool Car|Farm Truck]] states that "[[Bold Inflation|APPLEJACK]] drives her truck to bring fresh apples to the market. Between deliveries, she likes to practice jumping over fences!" While the wording is a little vague, this could be taken to mean that she ''does [[Ramp Jump|Ramp Jumps]] in her spare time''. (It may also be a [[Mythology Gag]] referencing G1 Applejack who used to crash and break fences all the time.)
* [[Big Eater]]: Applejack's heavy farm chores make her burn a lot of energy so she is used to eating a lot of food. This is made explicit when she moves with her Orange relatives and is baffled at the minuscule food servings they're used to eating there.
* [[Book Dumb]]: In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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'''Big Macintosh:''' But still only ''one'' pony and one pony plus ''hundreds'' of apple trees just doesn't add up to...
'''Applejack:''' Don't you use your fancy mathematics to muddy the issue! }}
** She describes most things which aren't the stuff of salt-of-the-earth ordinary farm life as "fancy." For example, in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Broken Ace]]: Often plays this in her spotlight episodes. She's incredibly gifted and relied on frequently by the rest of Ponyville, because of this however she cannot take failing someone even in the most understandable of circumstances and works herself ragged trying to please everyone above her capabilities. Similar to Rainbow Dash her arrogance can perk up and hinder things at times as well.
* [[Bruiser
* [[Call to Agriculture]]: Turned down the fancy life in Manehattan to settle on her old farm and hasn't regretted it even once.
** As far as we know. She may be the embodiment of honesty, but that doesn't mean she can't stretch the truth.
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* [[Competition Freak]]: Not ''quite'' as bad as Rainbow Dash, but her brashness does provoke this hard at times, especially against the former.
* [[Companion Cube]]: Treats one of her apple trees, Bloomberg, as one of her own children.
* [[Conflict Ball]]: Despite often acting as the voice of reason, she arguably has the largest number of [[Feud Episode|Feud Episodes]] with another pony, most often with [[Commander Contrarian|Rainbow Dash]]. Perhaps what leads Twilight to so quickly assume that the two are fighting [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Often plays this role to Apple Bloom. She seems to play this with a few other ponies as well, most recurringly Twilight.
* [[Cool Car|Cool Truck]]: Her Farm Truck from the toys (the [[Periphery Demographic]] may not think so, but it wasn't meant to appeal to them).
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** This is taken [[Up to Eleven]] when she plays Smart Cookie in the Hearth's Warming Eve play.
* [[Determinator]]: She becomes this especially if/when her stubbornness gets the better of her...particularly in "Applebuck Season".
* [[Edible Ammunition]]: She planned to kick some of her apples at the dragon in the episode "Dragonshy".
* [[Era Specific Personality]]: ''Friendship is Magic'''s Applejack is one of Ponyville's best athletes. Her First Gen counterpart is...uh...[[The Klutz|not]].
** To put it more clearly, G1 Applejack was a Disaster Girl type of character, constantly getting herself in trouble for doing things she was NOT supposed to do, or simply causing (unintended) mayhem around her, thanks to her clumsiness, HUGE appetite for apples and her lack of "Horse Sense".
** On a UK story tape, G1 Applejack got a special song dedicated to her clumsiness, titled "Who's a Silly Pony?" Some sample lyrics:
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Are you coming? Are you going? Why don't you use your horse sense?
Who's a silly pony? You're a silly pony! Who is? You is! Applejack!
Bumping into gates and knocking over fences! Who is? You is! Applejack! }}
*** This was a bit of an [[Informed Flaw]], though, since in the [[My Little Pony TV Specials]] the one big accident she was involved in was thanks to Firefly's recklessness. She did fall off a bridge later, but that would have happened regardless of which pony walked across last.
** Naturally the internet has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84PZbL_-jjU made the most of this].
** Like every other pony, [[Slapstick Knows No Gender|Applejack isn't immune to clumsiness or slapstick]]. Her athleticism doesn't stop her continuing the role of [[Iron Butt Monkey]] it seems.
* [[Everybody Hates Mathematics|Everypony Hates Mathematics]]: "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Averted in the episodes "Fall Weather Friends" (instantly adding 17 seconds and a 5 second penalty to get 22 seconds as her time for the Barrel Weave) and "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" (she instantly realizes that losing the money from selling cider will cause the farm to go under financially.)
* [[The Everyman|The Everymare]]: She's really the most normal of her group of friends, albeit still [[Stubborn Mule|by]] [[The Ladette|comparison]] [[The Workaholic|only]].
* [[Expy]]: For the original Applejack.
** It probably wasn't intentional but she's also an expy of [[Token Human|Megan]] from [[My Little Pony|G1]]. They're both highly competent [[Action Girl]] [[Team Mom|team moms]] that work on farms. Megan was more maternal than Applejack is generally portrayed as but she was also almost always the designated adult.
* [[The Face]]: Appears to be the most prominent member of the Apple family in Ponyville, mostly due to Big Macintosh's quiet demeanor and Granny Smith's age.
* [[Family Business]]: Growing and selling apples along with all the myriad methods of preparing them. Applejack takes this ''very'' seriously; her primary interest in the Grand Galloping Gala is setting up a stand there.
** A common fandom joke is that she sells [[King of the Hill|apples and apple accessories]].
* [[Four
* [[From a Certain Point of View]]: She's the element of honesty, but that doesn't mean she has to tell the ''whole'' truth.
* [[Genre Motif]]: Country/bluegrass played on banjos or acoustic guitars. She sometimes gets a motif reminiscient of western movie "riding" themes when she gets into action.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Her being named after [[
* [[Hair Decorations]]: She wears red scrunchies on her mane and her tail.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** In "The Last Roundup," she's so ashamed at her failure to win any rodeo events that she decides to start a new life in another town and refuses to return to Ponyville until she earns enough to replace the prize money she failed to win.
* [[How Do You Like Them Apples?]]
** Just to drive the point home, she says it word for word in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** [[Ironic Echo|Which is then turned around on her less than five seconds later.]]
* [[I Call It Vera]]: She calls her back legs ''Bucky McGillicuddy'' (her left one) and ''Kicks McGee'' (her right one).
* [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]]: Utilized with her work overzeal. When given a difficult task, Applejack can be rather pig headed and arrogant, refusing help from others. Ultimately however, she is only insecure about her strengths and reliability, and takes letting someone down ''very hard'' (even when the person in question is far less upset about it). Also plays into her [[Team Mom]] role, while she is usually kind and understanding to others' shortcomings, she has great difficulty accepting her own.
* [[Ink Suit Actor|Ink Suit Actress]]
* [[In
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: In the toys, she apparently has one with [[God
* [[I Work Alone]]: She's not a loner in general, but hates being told she needs help, and when driven to complete a task on her own, there's rarely any reasoning with her.
* [[Jack of All Trades]]: In ''The Last Roundup'' she competed in a national rodeo and, according to Cherry Jubilee, scored in the top four of ''every'' event.
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* [[Knight Templar Big Brother|Knight Templar Big Sister]]: She is shown to be very overprotective and strict in protecting Apple Bloom in "Bridle Gossip" and acts extremely paranoid and hostile to Zecora at the thought of her harming her. [[Characterization Marches On|This trait is toned down in most later episodes]], where she is more of a [[Cool Big Sis]].
* [[The Ladette]]: Applejack cringes at the thought of wearing feminine clothing, regularly lapses into crude and aggressive behavior and won't hesitate to charge into action when needed.
* [[Married to
* [[Massive
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Apple" is obvious. "Jack" may refer to a jack-of-all-trades; i.e. someone who can do a lot of different things but isn't a specialist.
** Applejack or apple-brandy is a high-proof beverage distilled from cider. It has something of a [[Kick Chick|kick]] to it (FiM) and also tends to result in [[The Klutz|less-than-optimal coordination and judgement]] (G1).
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* [[Number Two]]: In episodes where the entire Mane Six is facing a common problem, Applejack often falls into the role of a second-in-command to Twilight.
* [[Out of Focus]]: Compared to the rest of the main six she gets the least episodes as the main character. Though on the other hand if she's a primary supporting character she gets that honor in spades, due to her maturity and being something of a [[Team Mom]] to the others. She also gets the lion's share of episodes shared between two characters (often due to her [[Conflict Ball]] moments).
* [[Pint
** [[Waif Fu]]
* [[Power Blonde]]: She's the sole blonde and the physically strongest of the six.
* [[Pride]]: Has a stubborn streak miles wide and hates backing down from any challenge.
* [[The Rival]]: Had an occasional ([[Competition Freak|usually]]) [[Friendly Rivalry|friendly]] competitive streak with Rainbow Dash early on.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Applejack is actually both depending on the situation. She's Red Oni to Rarity and Blue Oni to Rainbow Dash.
** She's also the Red Oni to her brother, [[The Stoic|Big Mac]].
* [[The Reliable One]]
* [[Second Place Is for Losers]]: She thinks this way, especially in "The Last Roundup".
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Her dinner with her rich relatives in Manehattan proves this.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spirited Competitor]]
* [[Stealth Pun]]: She has her mane tied up in a ribbon to make her hair into a ponytail. Her ''actual'' pony tail is styled the same way.
** She's the Element of Honesty and the tough one of the lot, making her the embodiment of [[Brutal Honesty]].
* [[
** On the other hand, she has noticably more minor roles in most season two episodes, [[Overshadowed
* [[Straight Man|Straight Mare]]: Generally being one of the more sensible, level-headed members of the group, she often falls into this role. Like every other pony though, she gets her turn to be [[Not So Above It All|less than rational]], see below.
* [[Stubborn Mule]]: Once she has decided something, her mind is completely locked on the matter and there's no way possible to make her reconsiderate, especially when her [[Honor Before Reason]] trait gets combined with it.
** To drive the point home, right after having a frustrating conversation with Applejack, Twilight strikes up a short conversation with a mule who unlike Applejack, happens to be very polite and understanding.
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Explicitly stated but so far we haven't seen it. [[Lethal Chef|We get to see her cooking while tired and overworked.]]
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== Pinkie Pie ==
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You're invited to a PARTY 'cause we think you're really swell! ♪"'' }}
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Singing by Shannon Chan-Kent }}
A hyperactive earth pony who prances to the beat of her own percussion section. The sheer force of her cheerful personality can be overwhelming at first but anyone who shows a little patience with her eccentricities is rewarded with a truly unique and wonderful friend who fills every day with laughter. And musical numbers. And PARTIES! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0mMSzEveY Try to imagine a pink rocket made of happiness]. That's Pinkie Pie.
* [[
* [[Adult Child]]: [[Vague Age]] aside, Pinkie Pie clearly has shades of this as demonstrated by her trick-or-treating in ''Luna Eclipsed'' and getting asked if she's too old for this.
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** The second season episodes ''Baby Cakes'' and ''A Friend In Deed'' [[Deconstructed Trope|serve to demonstrate the more problematic aspects of this trope]]. In the former, Pinkie lacks an understanding of the responsibilities attendant to childcare, initially seeing the newly born Cake Twins as little more than new playmates and taking a full episode learning about what it means to actually be responsible for them. In the latter, she shows a strong lack of understanding about the importance of privacy and property, rooting through Cranky's possessions and forcing her way into his home, frequently ignoring pleas to stop.
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: In a world with characters with names like Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash, her full name is ([[Unreliable Narrator|we assume]]) Pinkamena '''Diane''' Pie.
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* [[The Cat Came Back]]: One of her stranger abilities.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxsuR6hSIQE "Okey dokey lokey."]
* [[Chocolate Baby|Chocolate Foal]]: Her mother is silver and her father is brown, but she came out pink.▼
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Especially in episode 13, "Fall Weather Friends", where she doubles as a [[Cuckoolander Commentator]]:
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'''Pinkie:''' ''Yes!'' And "grudge" rhymes with "fudge"!
'''Spike:''' Yes it...does? What?
'''Pinkie:''' And I like fudge. But if I eat too much fudge, I get a pudge and then I can't budge.
([[Beat]])
'''Spike:''' So...no fudge?
'''Pinkie:''' Aw, no thanks. I had a big breakfast. }}
** And remember: this is Pinkie Pie when she's ''sane''.
* [[Color
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To the Cakes' twin babies. Even after her first disastrous babysitting experience.
* [[Cool Car]]: Her RC Car from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTY3zJaA2Dc this] toy commercial and the toys, though it's hard to tell how cool it really is since the only other car we've seen so far is [[Dan Vs.|Dan]]'s [[The Alleged Car|car]] (in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C0DukozIYs this] [[The Hub|Hub]] [[Crossover]] commercial).
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: How does she set up parties so quickly? Simple. She has a ''party cannon''!!!
** She also keeps marshmallows on her person in case somepony [[Fire
* [[Cuckoolander Commentator]]: In "Fall Weather Friends"
* [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]: In "Swarm of the Century". and again in "Feeling Pinkie Keen".
* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: She has a tendency to screech if she's frustrated, like in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** in "Luna Eclipsed", Twilight Sparkle defined it as shrieking and made her promise to ''stop'' doing it as she was trying to get ponies to accept Princess Luna as a friend rather than the fearsome former Nightmare Moon.
* [[Death Glare]]: In "Party of One", poor Applejack has to endure about ten or twelve different variants from her in a row when standing at the barn door to keep her from entering.
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* [[Does Not Understand Sarcasm]]:
** Referring to [[It Makes Sense in Context|a tree called Bloomberg]] they are transporting on a train, this exchange takes place between Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie:
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'''Pinkie Pie:''' What tree? You mean Bloomberg?
'''Rainbow Dash:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|No. Fluttershy.]]<br />
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Fluttershy's not a tree, silly.<br />
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'''Pinkie Pie:''' Rainbow Dash thinks Fluttershy's a tree! }}
** After a frog falls on Twilight's face...
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'''Twilight:''' Oh really? Did your "Pinkie sense" tell you that too?
'''Pinkie Pie:''' No; I could just see it. }}
* [[Dreadful Musician]]: Not the most blatant example of this trope, but she loves to sing and takes the same [[Genki Girl|scattershot]], [[Cloudcuckoolander|stream-of-consciousness]] approach to music as she does to everything else. She is specifically called out as this in ''Over A Barrel'', [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|where her song is actively harmful to the peace talks]].
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'''Sheriff Silver Star:''' [[Hope Spot|Indeed we have.]]<br />
''*Beat*''<br />
'''Chief Thunderhooves:''' That was the worst performance we've ever seen. }}
** It happens again (kinda) in "Baby Cakes" when she tries to entertain Pound and Pumpkin by singing her "Oink oink oink" song. The reception is
* [[Edible Ammunition]]: She throws cakes {{spoiler|to fend off Spike after he transforms into a huge rampaging monster in the episode "Secret Of My Excess".}}
* [[Era Specific Personality]]: G3 Pinkie Pie was the leader of the Core 7 late into the generation (beginning around 2007) and wasn't nearly as hyperactive.
* [[Everyone Has Standards|Even Pranksters Have Standards]]: Pinkie Pie may love pranks but she knows better than to prank Fluttershy who is extremely sensitive.
* [[Expressive Hair|Expressive Mane]]: In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", Pinkie Pie's mane is flat when she's young and goes to being a poofy mess when she sees the Sonic Rainboom. In "Party of One", her mane goes flat again after she thinks her friends don't like her anymore and gets depressed. As soon as she cheers up, it poofs up again.
** And it's more than just an [[Expressive Hair|Expressive Mane]] in "Party of One". In addition to her hairstyle changing, her entire body darkens a bit. Not just her coat, all of her.
** Played with in "The Best Night Ever" where Pinkie tries to tame her mane for the Gala only to have it poof back up again because she's so excited.
** Strangely this trope is avoided in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Could possibly be explained by the fact that she's not depressed, just dead-serious and angry. Or it could just be because {{spoiler|Discord hypnotized her into being serious and angry rather than Pinkie herself actually feeling that way of her own accord.}}
* [[Expy]]: Of Surprise, a G1 pegasus who [[Memetic Mutation|loved fun things]] as well as G3 and G3.5 Pinkie Pie who also loved parties.
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* [[Fiery Redhead]]: During the rare times when she gets mad.
* [[For Happiness]]: Her motivation for just about everything.
* [[Four
* [[Friend to All Children]]: She loves playing with little kids, and chaperons some of them during Nightmare Night.
** She also loves the Cake Twins dearly, like they were her own little siblings.
* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: Pinkamena Diane Pie, as revealed by her mother in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles".
* [[Fun Personified|Fun Ponified]]
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: Pinkie's perceived "randomness" tends to actually be her way of resolving issues she sees long before the other ponies. A good example of this is in "Swarm of the Century": Not only does she realize what the Parasprites are going to do but she instantly figures out exactly what ridiculous method she's going to have to use to stop them. For the rest of the episode, she ignores all cries for help and accidentally sabotages all of her friends' efforts because she knows getting a ton of musical instruments is going to be WAY more important.
* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: In "Party Of One", you can see she has a large teddy bear in her bedroom. However, she apparently doesn't love it quite enough to invite it to her crazy party (the guests at said party include a bag of flour, a pile of rocks, and a ball of lint). Additionally the ''[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A_Xj7mp28XY/Tobgfn4wGqI/AAAAAAAANC0/1d-0jnfK74E/DAGJh.jpg Ponygeist]'' billboard shows her with a doll of Spike.
* [[Good Feels Good]]: Pinkie genuinely feels her happiest when she makes other ponies happy, whether it be from a joke or from one of her many parties. Her [["I Am" Song]] [http://vimeo.com/37035123 "Smile Song"] establishes this beyond the shadow of a doubt.
* [[Good Is Not Dumb]]: Comes up most notably in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
▲* [[
* [[Hidden Depths]]: "Party Of One" shows that if she ever feels betrayed and alone, she will perform an emotional 180 and become a recluse. Quite impressive seeing as how until this point, she was probably the flattest character in the mane cast.
** "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" implies that this is actually her original pre-Sonic-Rainboom personality; care of a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Fantasy Counterpart Puritan]] upbringing on a '''Rock Farm'''.
** "A Friend In Need" shows that Pinkie has a rather large memory of personal details (like birthdays) for every resident of Ponyville.
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: According to her, she grew up on a '''Rock Farm'''. Although not intentionally abusive, it falls under the "seriously bizarre methods of parenting" heading.
* [["I Am" Song]]: Her [http://vimeo.com/37035123 "Smile Song"] from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Implacable Man|Implacable Pony]]: Is able to follow a rapidly fleeing Rainbow Dash during "Griffon the Brush-Off" and even get ahead of her, despite the fact that Rainbow flies at top speed while Pinkie skips ahead without a care. Repeats the feat during "Party of One", although she doesn't bother with the skipping.
* [[Inexplicably Awesome]]: Pinkie Pie regularly stares at, leans on or ignores the fourth wall, defies the laws of physics whenever plot- or humour-convenient and launches into musicals when nopony else does. She's popped out of locations too small for her to fit into, appeared ''inside'' a mirror<ref>Although it may be just in Twilight's head after being nagged over and over to not tell any secrets</ref> and even fought the [[Iris Out|closing iris]] at the end of an episode. While this in itself isn't unusual for a cartoon, she's the only pony in ''this'' show who behaves like that. Everypony else is well aware that Pinkie Pie doesn't really work with the same rules as anypony else and they just do their best to ignore the weirdness. Her strange actions drive the plot in several episodes.
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* [[Innocently Insensitive]]: Pinkie is never mean, her goal in life being to make others laugh and be happy, but she has a tendency to assume that ''her'' idea of fun is everyone's idea of fun. Fluttershy is an exception: Pinkie refuses to prank her (or let others do so) because she's well aware of how sensitive Fluttershy is and that she may get the wrong idea from any pranks. It's not certain if Fluttershy herself appreciates Pinkie's protective behavior, though... .
** After a poorly executed stunt lands Rainbow Dash in the hospital, the first question Pinkie Pie asks the doctor is, "Is her face going to stay that way?"
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Cranky Doodle Donkey.
* [[Jabba Table Manners]]: Her favorite method of eating often seems to involve plunging her face into food. [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Pinkie/Pinkamena.
* [[Karmic Protection]]: Pinkie's [[Cloudcuckoolander|behavior]] and [[Innocently Insensitive|insensitiveness]] seldom gets reprisal, most notably [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Considering that the ''whole show'' was intended this way, Pinkie stands out even more. "A Friend In Deed" pretty much hammers this home and out the other side.
* [[Kubrick Stare]]: Delivers one to the mane cast after being dragged to her surprise party in "Party Of One".
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Life of the Party]]
* [[Literal
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'''Pinkie:''' Why? Can't you watch me like a griffon? }}
* [[Magnetic Hero|Magnetic Heroine]]: There is literally ''no pony'' in Ponyville that ''isn't'' her friend. It seems the only characters she ''can't'' befriend are the antagonists, and that's probably only because they don't stick around long enough or are too fundementally screwed up. This led to some trouble when [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Meaningful Name]]: She's pink and she loves sweet things.
* [[The Messiah]]: This is the real reason why Pinkie got her cutie mark (the party thing is merely her bread and butter), exemplified by her [["I Am" Song]] in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Motor Mouth]]
** This becomes ''weaponized'' in The Last Roundup.
* [[The Music Meister]]: Pinkie Pie, so far, has started/led most on the songs in the show, and seems also capable of causing others around her to participate, as seen in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Nice Girl]]: She's a good example of this [[Beware the Nice Ones|unless you push her]] [[Berserk Button]].
* [[Nice Hat]]: Wears one while playing Chancellor Puddinghead in "Hearth's Warming Eve".
* [[Odd Name Out]]: Her full name is Pinkamena '''Diane''' Pie, which means she's one of the few characters so far to have a middle name.
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]
* [[Only Known
* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Pony]]: While she is known to be the [[Cloudcuckoolander|craziest]] pony in the cast, she takes over this role in "Swarm Of The Century", where she is the only pony to have any knowledge of the parasprites, and nopony else (not even Twilight) will listen to her when she knows of a way to get rid of them.
** She is also the one to find a book on the Elements of Harmony. "It was under 'E'."
* [[Overly Long Tongue]]: As seen in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Photographic Memory]]: Pinkie can remember every detail she's ever seen or heard about her friends, no matter how small or obscure.
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "Pinkie Pie, you are so random" and "She's just being Pinkie" tend to get thrown her way a fair bit.
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* [[Quirky Curls]]: Oddly, her hair seems to be naturally straight. It poofs up when she witnesses the Sonic Rainboom and experiences joy for the first time. And it's basically stayed that way ever since, only straightening again when she's depressed (i.e. almost never).
* [[Quivering Eyes]]
* [[Reality Warper]]: [[Rule of Funny|Any time it aids the joke]], she's shown with this ability. She's appeared in two places in a single animation frame several times and spends about half of "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6QdiP5LYdeE/Tt73-BBZkYI/AAAAAAAAB58/M73rLzHlG6k/s1600/PP.png This] little piece says it all...
** If you want a great full episode example, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: She's the only member of the mane six who's never been a Blue Oni to any of her friends.
* [[Rhymes
* [[Rose
* [[Rule of Funny]]: See [[Inexplicably Awesome]], above, and [[Super Speed]] below.
* [[Sad Clown]]: Pinkie Pie is the Element Of Laughter, and near perpetually bubbly and cheerful. Take that happiness away from her however and the reaction is rather depressing.
* [[Serious Business]]: Never ever attack Sugarcube Corner, or break a Pinkie promise. You have been warned.
* [[Sidetracked
* [[Silly Walk|Silly Trot]]: All the other ponies will trot or gallop. Pinkie will bounce... complete with unique sound effect.
* [[Simpleminded Wisdom]]: When Pinkie gets the [[Smart Ball]], it often comes in this form.
** When Twilight can't find any information in her library about the Elements of Harmony:
{{quote|
'''Twilight:''' How did you find that?
'''Pinkie Pie:'''(singsong) It was under E! }}
* [[Skip of Innocence]]
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spider Sense]]: Her Pinkie Sense essentially is this.
* [[Stalker Without a Crush]]: Multiple times in a series but given that she's stalking her friends, it's [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|similar in theme]] to stalkers [[Stalker
** "Griffon The Brush-Off" has Pinkie Pie following Rainbow Dash around quite a bit but in a fairly cheerful way. Dash finds this slightly annoying at worst but also amusing.
** "Party Of One" features a less pleasant variety when Pinkie's friends seem to be making excuses for why they aren't coming to her latest party. She puts on a "disguise" to spy on them and then Dash—who can tell it's Pinkie but not that she's trying to disguise herself—says "Hi, Pinkie Pie." Then [[It Gets Worse]]; Pinkie chases Dash very aggressively and angrily, loudly asking what the real reason Dash doesn't want to come to the party is. When Dash hides in Applejack's barn, Pinkie full-on ''interrogates'' Applejack about why she's in there.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: She's so skilled with this that she can keep pace with Rainbow Dash using this ability.
* [[Suddenly Fluent in Gibberish]]: At the beginning of "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Super Speed]]: She can run on land ''faster'' than Rainbow Dash can fly! Whenever it serves a [[Rule of Funny|sight gag]], that is.
* [[Supreme Chef]]: She works as a baker/candy maker at the Sugarcube Corner and is very much adept at it ([[Lethal Chef|unless assisted by an exhausted or overenthusiastic pony]]) even if Gummy taking a bath in the punch is her "special ingredient".
* [[Sweet Tooth]]
{{quote|
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Enough chit-chat! Time is candy!
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Pinkie Pie, aren't you a little old for this?
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Too old for ''free candy?!'' ''(glares at Twilight)'' '''''Never!''''' }}
* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: [[Lampshaded]] the first time she launches into one:
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'''Rarity:''' She is. }}
** A running gag is that whenever Pinkie launches into a musical number, ''no one else joins her''. They usually just stand aghast at the insanity. Pinkie of course couldn't care less.
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* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Her solution to a large number of problems seems to be "throw a party."
* [[When She Smiles]]: This is actually a plot point considering the fact that when she was a filly, she was pretty dreary considering her upbringing. Once she saw the Sonic Rainboom and learned how to smile, she found her love of parties and earned her cutie mark.
* [[Wingding Eyes]]: In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: If Twilight is the main character, than Pinkie is the show's ambassador. She's in most of the promotional material, most likely because she's [[Pink Product Ploy|pink]] and ''was'' the main character for a while in G3.
* [[The Wonka]]: Not yet but if she ever takes over the bakery she will be.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Her [[Imagine Spot]] in ''The Ticket Master'' makes it clear that she thinks she's in an earlier generation of the show.
* [[Your Answer to Everything]]: When there is a problem, Pinkie Pie will either throw a party or sing a song. In her defense, these things work most of the time.
** Except when [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
== Rainbow Dash ==
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[[File:Rainbow_Dash_2_51.png|frame|Always flies in style.]]
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A speedy pegasus hailing from Cloudsdale who loves to race and compete whenever she can convince someone to go against her. Though a [[Pride|Prideful]] braggart, she's also loyal to her friends despite a somewhat self-centered attitude.
* [[Ace Pilot]]
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* [[Always Someone Better]]: Her initial view on Mare-Do-Well.
* [[Anime Hair|Anime Mane]]
* [[Anti
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]
* [[Badass]]: Inarguably the biggest one of the six. ''She kicked a fully-grown dragon in the face and made it flinch'' and she's the only pony ever to break the sound barrier.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Never threaten or hurt her friends if you know what's good for you.
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: Her ability to perform the Sonic Rainboom.
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* [[Big Ego, Hidden Depths]]: Most of her spotlight episodes look into her prideful nature, showing her insecurities and drives to be the best.
* [[Blow You Away]]: Actually an ability shared by all Pegasi, going hand in hand with their cloud-controlling abilities.
* [[Tomboy|Blue Tomboy]], [[Blue Boy Pink Girl|Pink Girl]]: The Blue Tomboy to Prankster Partner Pinkie Pie.
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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: She's very competent but tends to slack off every so often. This is said to be the reason she was kicked out of flight school though she protests that assertion.
* [[Broken Ace]]: Rainbow Dash is apparently a renowned heroine in Ponyville and her skills are genuinely amazing. She has quite an ego because of it however, and often seems [[Attention Whore|quite needy for attention]]. She is also shown to be very insecure about losing, and reached the brink of a nervous breakdown at the thought of publically making a fool of herself.
* [[Bruiser
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: She can be very blunt at times.
{{quote|
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' You're not a laughingstock, Rarity...
'''Rainbow Dash:''' She kind of is! }}
* [[Bully Hunter]]: She stood up for a young Fluttershy who was being bullied back in ''Cutie-Mark Chronicles''.
** She also stood up for Spike when he was being hassled by the teenage dragons in "Dragon Quest".
* [[Burning Rubber]]: When flying close to the ground, she can leave a trail of flames. Naturally the flames are rainbow-colored.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Slowly becoming [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Captain Crash]]: Sort of. Dash is a superb flyer; her landings however are sometimes far from graceful as Twilight's library can attest. Taken [[Up to Eleven]] when she's afflicted by Poison Joke which inverts her wings, leaving her crashing into things every few seconds, thrust-vectoring into the floor and other such mishaps.
** A lot of crashing is indicated to come from constantly attempting impossibly difficult stunts in an effort to impress the Wonderbolts. She also has a tendency to lose concentration or get distracted at critical moments (if she starts talking to someone while flying, it's a safe bet she's going to hit something in the next few seconds).
* [[Catch Phrase]]: [[
* [[Character Development]]: Regarding her friendship with Fluttershy. In early episodes, Rainbow Dash had little patience for Fluttershy's meekness. Starting with Season Two however, she is shown devoting more time to her and acting more gentle and encouraging, somewhat taking the role of an abrasive [[Cool Big Sis]].
* [[Childhood Friends]]: With Fluttershy.
** Something of a variation. Most of their closeness as adults comes from being pegasi and Cloudsdale natives, but as children, it's unclear whether they even knew each other's names.
* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Especially in the episode "The Mysterious Mare Do Well".
* [[Closet Geek]]: Of ''[[
* [[Color
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: During the fight with the changelings, Rainbow Dash protects Fluttershy by pretending to be a changeling so she could blindside them before they could attack. She also shows hints of this in "Over a Barrel".
* [[Commander Contrarian]]: Due to aforementioned reasons, Rainbow sometimes ends up as this, prefering a "fight first, ask questions later" tactic in a team of peaceful and tactizing characters. She sometimes picks up the [[Smart Ball]] however.
* [[Competition Freak]]: Rainbow Dash ''hates'' losing.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Despite her arrogance, she is shown looking out for her team mates a lot of the time, most notably Fluttershy. She also stands up for Pinkie and Spike against bullies on separate occasions. [[Hero Worshipper|Scootaloo]] pretty much sees her as this in full form.
* [[Cool Helmet]]: Wears one while playing Commander Hurricane in "Hearth's Warming Eve".
* [[Cool Shades]]: Wears a pair in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** She wears more in [[The Merch]]. The ''[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=A2D0156A-5056-900B-10A8-F4951DB17628 Fashion Style Rainbow Dash]'' toy and the ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111219005146/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=960 About To] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111209111934/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=962 Get Magical]'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111221014704/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=976 Rainbow] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111214011758/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=977 Juice]'', ''[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1502 Mane Six]''{{Dead
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Not as much so as Twilight Sparkle but still noticeable.
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* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: She can have a very dominating voice as seen in the beginning of "Sonic Rainboom" and "May the Best Pet Win!"
* [[Era Specific Personality]]: Put her together with her previous incarnation and you get [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]].
* [[Everything Makes a Mushroom]]: Apparently her Rainboom can make one if used to demolish something.
* [[
* [[
* [[Expy]]: [[Word of God]] confirms Dash is meant to be the Firefly of the cast.
** She's also an expy of the G3 and G3.5 Rainbow Dash (who by the way was a plain and girly Earth Pony).
** Rainbow Dash is also the Mane Character with the most obvious parallel among the [[Powerpuff Girls]] (her fellow tomboy [[Cute Bruiser|Buttercup]]).
* [[Face Palm|Facehoof]]: Has over time become a signature move of Rainbow Dash. Mostly directed at Fluttershy or Rarity.
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: No matter what impossible feats of aerial speed or agility she accomplishes, no matter how many members she meets and befriends and no matter how many times she helps save the world, Rainbow Dash will never achieve her stated ultimate goal of joining the Wonderbolts...at least not in any meaningful fashion as doing so would preclude her from being able to adventure around with the other Mane Cast members on a regular basis.
* [[Fantastic Nuke]]: Applejack asks her to destroy her old barn. Rainbow Dash happily obliges. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYyBNEOP-Bk HOLY SHIT ensues].
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: [[Playing
* [[For Want of a Nail]]: Turns out her first Sonic Rainboom actually indirectly caused all the rest of the Mane Six to get their own cutie marks as well as [[Unreliable Narrator|helping Pinkie Pie "create Equestria"]].
* [[Four
* [[Friend to All Children]]: To the point where she has her own fan club run by [[Hero Worshipper|Scootaloo.]]
* [[Genre Motif]]: Rock. Her appearance is often accompanied by an electric guitar in musical numbers that don't use the instrument anywhere else such as Rarity's second fashion show and "At the Gala".
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Despite not representing the Element of Honesty, Rainbow Dash seems to clue in the quickest when somepony is being deceitful.
** Possibly because she's got some experience in deceit/sneakiness from the other side of things.
* [[Guilty Pleasure]]: [[What Do You Mean
* [[Hates Being Touched]]: A mild example. In "Ponyville Confidential" she first refuses to have a hooficure because it's too girly for her, then she nearly agrees to have one only to admit she hates other ponies touching her hooves.
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]
* [[Hot
* [[Improbable Piloting Skills|Improbable Flying Skills]]: Despite her tendency to crash when attempting a fast landing or something especially difficult, Rainbow Dash can achieve phenomenal speed and agility in the air. She can literally break the sound barrier and has been able to perfectly dodge falling rocks and debris in two separate instances.
* [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]]: Underneath all her boasting, she's extremely insecure about losing as seen in "Fall Weather Friends" and "Sonic Rainboom" in which she is terrified into near catatonia at the thought of failing in front of the others (in particular, her idols, The Wonderbolts).
** Also crops up in "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well" where she has a breakdown once it becomes clear that the Mare Do-Well is better than her.
* [[Jerk
* [[
* [[The Ladette]]: She's as close as you can get to this trope in a G-rated work.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Laser
* [[Lazy Bum]]: Oddly enough. She's [[Brilliant but Lazy|insanely fast and athletic but also terribly lazy]]. It's implied that this is what got her kicked out of flight school.
** Also hinted at by Spike in one [[Cold Open]].
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* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Her first instinct is to fight whatever threat may happen to pop up, be it a manticore, a dragon or Nightmare Moon. She is stopped from doing so with Nightmare Moon and the dragon incident backfires on her.
** Lampshaded in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" when Twilight Sparkle is facing a ''giant Hydra'' to buy time for her friend's escape.
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** Inverted in "Over A Barrel". Rainbow Dash actually attempts to use stealth and caution to track down the buffalo and save Spike. Pinkie Pie showing up out of nowhere quickly undermines her efforts.
* [[Let Me At Him]]: Applejack usually restrains her during her Leeroy moments.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Lovable Jock]]
* [[Made of Iron]]: There is barely an episode without her flying face-first into something. Still she never seems to suffer any lasting injury (except when it's a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Making a Splash]]: She can do this when she makes clouds produce rain.
* [[Manly Tears|Marely Tears]]: Sheds some over Fluttershy's 'hole in our hearts' statement from "The Last Roundup". She snaps out of it though in an effort to save face.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: She loves to dash and every time she does, she creates a rainbow. And then there's her Sonic Rainboom, the epitome of technicolored velocity.
** She even says it herself in ''Boast Busters''.
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* [[Morality Pet]]: To Gilda.
* [[Mr. Vice Guy|Ms. Vice Gal]]: She has a huge ego and can sometimes be a jerk, but her heart's in the right place and she can always be counted on to do the right thing in the end.
* [[Multicolored Hair]]: All the colors of the rainbow in fact.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: A minor example but it is Rainbow Dash who tells Apple Bloom to keep trying various things in rapid succession in the hopes that she finds her cutie mark. This carries on into the Cutie Mark Crusaders' modus operandi.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: We know Rainbow Dash was kicked out of flight school but the reasons are unclear.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: How she sees her relationship with Pinkie Pie after warming up to her.
* [[One
* [[Opposites Attract]]: In a non-romantic way with her pet tortoise Tank, considering that she's one of the fastest ponies ever and he's a slow tortoise.
* [[Paralysis
* [[Passionate Sports Girl]]
* [[Personality Powers]]: Free-spirited and impulsive, the only kind of personality for the fastest pony alive.
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* [[Pride]]: She ''knows'' she's talented.
* [[Rebel Relaxation]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: She's the Red Oni to all of her friends, except Pinkie Pie.
* [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?]]: Her [[Signature Move|Sonic Rainboom]] is one of the few if not only acomplishments that gets brought up more than once.
* [[The Rival]]: To Applejack in some early episodes. She's mostly a [[Friendly Rival]]...[[Competition Freak|mostly]].
* [[Screw Destiny]]: Unlike everypony else, she firmly believes it's possible to ''make'' your Cutie Mark appear. After all it seemed to have worked for her.
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* [[Squee]]:
** Upon winning the Best Young Flyers Competition and getting to meet the Wonderbolts.
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** Also when invited to "hang out" with the Wonderbolts in the final episode of Season 1.
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* [[Spirited Competitor]]
* [[Super Speed]]: In flight. Her sprinting speed is simply that of a well-trained pony.
* [[The Team Wannabe]]: Wants to join the Wonderbolts.
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* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: While considerably more tomboyish than Pinkie, she gets along with her fairly well.
** Also plays this role (perhaps even more so) in relation to Fluttershy.
* [[Too Fast to Stop]]: Quite often. Only Pinkie Pie's shown to catch up to her, much to Rainbow's confusion. Inverted by the Sonic Rainboom which seems to allow her to turn on a dime at over Mach 1.
** Mach ''10'', if [[Death Battle]] is to be believed.
* [[
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: Towards Celestia, her friends and her homes, Ponyville and Cloudsdale.
** Rather than {{spoiler|inverting her emotions}}, Discord merely plays on this: {{spoiler|[[Sadistic Choice|he forces her to make a choice between saving Cloudsdale (when it wasn't even in danger in the first place) or sticking with her friends and "wandering this maze forever".]]}}
* [[Up, Up, and Away]]: Frequently flies like this.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 2 with Applejack.
** And again with Fluttershy. They are the definition of [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]], but they are often very devoted to each other, with later episodes playing them as a team more and more.
* [[Vocal Dissonance]]: In the Brazilian dub, her voice sounds male (she's still referred to as female though). Mind you, she's still voiced by a woman in this version, albeit one with a rather low-pitched voice. Probably they cast this way to make Dash sound more tomboyish. Her original voice isn't the most recognisably female one around, either.
* [[Weather Control Machine|Weather Control Pony]]: Her occupation is controlling Ponyville's weather.
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: Not only has she inherited Firefly's personality but she seems to have inherited this trope as well. She shows up on almost [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105055744/http://www.welovefine.com/nby.php?c=2#/instantSearch=1&id_lang=1&q=124&c=2,3,5=n&p=1 every single official t-shirt] and was the focus of hyping up "Cutie Mark Chronicles", a popular episode expanding on the mane cast's backstory.
** [http://bronies.memebase.com/2011/11/04/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-brony-the-wall-street-journal-front-page-news/arent-one-dimensional/ The Wall Street Journal agrees.]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have A Rainbow Mane]]
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== Rarity ==
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[[File:Rarity_3_1499.png|frame|Not just another Jane Doe.]]
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Singing by Kazumi Evans }}
A unicorn with an eye for fashion and a generous spirit, Rarity is [[A Worldwide Punomenon|a beautiful clotheshorse]]. A huge fan of [[Fairy Tale]]-style romances and [[Happily Ever After|Happily Ever Afters]]. While there's nothing new about a girl's cartoon having a fashion-focused character, Rarity breaks from this stereotype in that instead of following trends, she ''creates'' them as the owner and lead designer of Ponyville's premier dress shop: the Carousel Boutique.
* [[Action Fashionista]]: For a prim & proper dress maker she sure isn't afraid to get in a fight.
* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Spikey-wikey for Spike, after he gave Rarity his cherished fire ruby just to make her happy. The nickname stays for the rest of Season 2.
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Rarity's parents are kind and carefree but they look and behave like a couple of middle-class hicks. Among other things, they dress in gaudy clothes, enjoy eating disgusting food and don't have even a sliver of Rarity's (or even Sweetie Belle's) class.
** Rarity's mom looks like Peg from [[Married...
*** Several fans have noticed a comparison between Rarity's dad and Tom Selleck's character of Thomas Magnum from [[Magnum,
** Rarity's lifestyle purposely appears to be [[I Am Not My Father|completely counter to her parents' behavior]].
* [[American Accents|American Accent]]/[[British Accent]]: Her accent is a blend of both called a "Mid-Atlantic<ref>Tidewater</ref> Accent" (which by the way doesn't occur naturally; she had to purposefully cultivate it).
** It has been repeatedly indicated (most notably by her family) that her accent is an affectation.
* [[Anti
* [[Berserk Button]]: After Rarity states that she's above challenging Trixie…
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'''Rarity:''' Oh; it is ON! }}
* [[Big Brother Instinct|Big Sister Instinct:]] {{spoiler|She threatens to rip the teenage dragons apart if they hurt Spike, who she cares for very much. She also goes out of her comfort zone to play with Sweetie Belle. }}
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* [[Break the Haughty]]: Her encounter with Trixie leads to this. It isn't pretty, literally or figuratively.
** And her [[Just for Pun|"fall from grace"]] when her temporary wings melt high in the sky right before Rainbow Dash saves her life.
** [[I Am the Trope|Rarity is the pony incarnate of this trope.]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: [[This Means War|"It-Is-ON!"]]
** [[Grand Hotel|"I vant to be alone!"]]
** "Eye-'''dee'''-ah!"
** "Darling" when she talks to people she likes and "Ruffians!" when she talks to people she doesn't. Sometimes she mixes them for sarcastic purposes.
* [[Color
* [[Cool Car|Cool Carriage]]: Her [[Gem
* [[Cool Crown]]: Briefly wears one during "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: She's pretty and she's a talented designer but her voice when she's whining is the most grating thing you'll hear in all of Ponyville and she ''knows'' it. She uses it to invoke [[Pity the Kidnapper|Pity The Kidnappers]] in "A Dog and Pony Show" after which her abductors let her go with crates full of jewels.
** Ironically her singing is often praised by fans.
* [[Cute Witch]]
* [[Determinator]]: When she wants to finish a dress, nothing's going to stop her.
** Except [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Dowsing Device]]: Her horn is used this way in order to locate gems.
* [[Drama Queen]]: Although self-aware about it. Still, the girl brings a portable ''fainting couch'' on picnics.
* [[The Empath]]: She is the holder of the Element of Generosity for a reason. Not only can she perfectly read the rest of the cast most of the time but she is ready to throw everything away to help them or a stranger in an instant.
** In particular, she was the only pony to notice Rainbow Dash's stage fright in "Sonic Rainboom" and seemed concerned about Twilight early on in "Lesson Zero."
** She even was perfectly happy to help ''find'' gems for the Diamond Dogs (despite the fact that they ''kidnapped her and dragged her underground'') but started getting extremely irritated very fast when they wanted her to dig them up, lug them around in an extremely heavy cart with a rusty and tight harness and generally were abusive slavedrivers towards her.
* [[Era Specific Personality]]: ''FiM'' Rarity is a young adult with refined tastes, great talent, a generous heart, a strong sense of responsibility and the maturity and sensibility to run a successful business. Her G3 counterpart is a filly who only wants to have fun, needs constant adult supervision and whose irresponsibility causes a nationwide disaster. Curiously enough in both incarnations, Rarity befriends a baby dragon named Spike.
** If you put her together with her previous incarnation, you also get [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]].
* [[Etiquette Nazi]]: A more benign one; while she can get exasperated by ponies being "rude", she can move from this and maintain civility and friendship with relative ease and she honestly believes it is for their own good.
* [[
* [[Expy]]: Strongly resembles Glory, sharing many of the same physical characteristics (white unicorn with dark purple hair and blue eyes).
** Despite resembling Glory, she's based off Sparkler. Rarity also resembles G3's Rainbow Dash in personality and they both have an accent (though Rainbow's is a [[British Accent]]) and say "darling" quite a bit.
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* [[The Fashionista]]: Played with in that Rarity is never seen gushing about shopping or poring over fashion magazines. Instead she's written as a (somewhat haughty) artist whose medium happens to be clothes. And when she's making clothing, her demeanor changes entirely: She's overjoyed to be in her element and won't stop or cut corners until the customer has ''exactly'' what they want no matter how hard she has to work.
** This was a specific intention by [[Word of God]] to satisfy Hasbro's desire to have clothes to accessorize the toys while still providing a completely counter character to the stereotype: "[http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/24/my-little-non-homophobic-non-racist-non-smart-shaming-pony-a-rebuttal/ We portray her not as a shopaholic but as an artist.]"
** The [[Expanded Universe]], having [[Depending
* [[Femme Fatale]]
* [[Four
* [[A Friend in Need]]: While she might stray every now and then ("Sonic Rainboom"), nothing will stop her from helping her friends when they are in need.
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: Nine times out of ten, she will choose friends. She's not perfect after all.
* [[Friendship Moment]]: She is made out of this.
* [[Gem
* [[Girly Bruiser]]: Was the first to attack the manticore, and was more than prepared to lay down a whooping to protect Spike in Dragon Quest.
* [[Good Feels Good]]: Even though she's [[The Fashionista|a Fashionista]] who can be stuck-up sometimes, she is really, truly ''happy'' when she helps other people. This is exemplified when she goes to extreme lengths to design dresses for her friends to their exact specifications even though they are incredibly tacky by the final revision.
* [[Graceful Ladies Like Purple]]: Her mane and tail and several of her outfits. Her white body color even has a slight lavender tint to it. In "Griffon the Brush Off", when it's time to play Pin the Tail on the Pony (which she states is her favorite game), she asks for the purple tail.
* [[Greater Need Than Mine]]: It's the element she bears.
* [[Greed]]: Her love of [[Gem
** It also derails her efforts to charm away the dragon in "Dragonshy".
** In contrast however, her kindness ends up subduing Spike's own Greed in "Secret Of My Excess" (if somewhat obliviously).
* [[Green
* [[Guile Hero|Guile Heroine]]: Rarity can be pretty crafty when she wants to be.
* [[Happily Ever After]]: As her [[Imagine Spot|fantasy]] during "The Ticket Master" shows, she dreams of meeting her [[Prince Charming]] and experiencing her very own. Subverted HARD after learning the Prince Charming is [[Prince Charmless|anything but]] due to his personality.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: She suffers a breakdown of epic proportions after being chewed out by [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Her [[Establishing Character Moment]] sets her up as very concerned about fashion and personal appearance; then in Everfree Forest, she knowingly subverts [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]] by lopping off her own tail and giving it to a very depressed sea serpent to cheer him up. Promptly [[Lampshaded]] by Twilight's stunned reaction at having her first impression shaken so suddenly.
** She's also quite capable of bucking a manticore in the face during the second episode, shows off the pony equivalent of Martial Arts in ''Return of Harmony II'' and displays [[
*** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: She has to mine her own gems most of the time. While they aren't too rare in Equestria, she still has to dig them up and she needs lots of them.
** She also values generosity to a high degree, both when giving and receiving. [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: Played with. Three times she's gotten herself into severe trouble but it's never done by ego or pride; instead it's either her generosity getting the best of her or her work being so good that it has unforeseen consequences.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Rarity is a common source of this: she'll promote a reasonable response to a situation only to explode once something offends her personally, or call someone a "drama queen" from atop her fainting couch. She is, however, self-aware enough to [[Hypocrisy Nod|acknowledge the fact]] most of the time.
* [["I Am" Song]]/[["I Want" Song]]: [http://vimeo.com/37040981 "Becoming Popular (The Pony Everypony Should Know)"] from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Jerk
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: Her cat's name is Opalescence or Opal for short. She loves her dearly even if the feeling is [[Cats Are Mean|not exactly reciprocated]].
* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Large Ham]]: She tends to get pretty hammy when she goes into histrionics.
** This is taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the episode "Sonic Rainboom".
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** And in "Lesson Zero"...
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*** What? She really means it this time.
** In "Sisterhooves Social", she gets pretty darned hammy. For example when Sweetie Belle tells Rarity that she's ruining her life, Rarity [[GASP|gasps]]...[[Up to Eleven|twice]].
** She is so adept at hamming it up that as seen in "Sweet and Elite", she is able to act hammy while magically writing a letter.
** "Ponyville Confidential" when excerpts from her private diary are printed in the paper:
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** "MMMystery on the Friendship Express", a mystery about who took a bite out of the cake:
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* [[Light Feminine and Dark Feminine]]: Being vain (though not quite as much so as she seems), Rarity represents the "dark" half in comparison to Fluttershy.
* [[Master of Illusion]]: Of a mundane sort. She creates some fairly impressive special effects for her second fashion show in "Suited for Success".
* [[Married to
* [[Meganekko]]: She wears glasses while she's designing clothes.
* [[Morality Pet]]: {{spoiler|For Spike, when he rampages through Ponyville in the episode "Secret Of My Excess".}}
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* [[Motor Mouth]]: This is how she escapes the Diamond Dogs.
* [[Neat Freak]]
* [[Nerves of Steel]]: Played with. Rarity goes into [[Large Ham|amusingly over-the-top histrionics]] over [[Drama Queen|the most minor of things]], and she's as vulnerable to [[Heroic BSOD]] as any other mane cast member. However in the face of ''actual'' danger, she's often completely unflappable.
** Also shows up in her interactions with [[Prince Charmless|Prince Blueblood]] and Sweetie Belle. Despite the abuse both have put her through (though Sweetie Belle is well meaning), she manages to put up with most of it. It's only after a near constant onslaught of it that she snaps and even then she just gets mad instead of suffering [[Sanity Slippage]] like some of the others have.
** The best illustration of this is when she gets captured by a rampaging dragon. While she's concerned about the safety of her friends, and [[What Do You Mean
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Most of the time she has a pretty good grasp on this but when she's excited or agitated, she can get rather close to the person she's talking to. This is seen best with her behavior around Twilight in very early episodes but it crops up again when she's grilling Fluttershy about how to improve her dress.
* [[
** It's more of a giddy sort of "Wha ha haaa!" She just was so impressed by how pretty her wings looked. It's only a little off from an [[Evil Laugh]] which just shows how much she's lost it.
* [[Non
** She is the only pony so far with a shaded mane. This is likely because her mane is so intricately coiffed that without the shading, it would look like a mess. [[And That's Terrible|The fashionista would be appalled.]]
** Rarity is also one of the few ponies to have eyelashes in groups of four (though they aren't real). Nearly all the other ponies have eyelashes in groups of three if they have them at all.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Between her and Applejack. She has also been seen with Rainbow Dash on occasion.
* [[Oh Crap]]: She gets one at the end of "Suited For Success" after Hoity Toity asks her to make a dozen of each dress she just showed to him before next Tuesday. That makes 72 hand-made dresses right after she was pushed beyond her limits to make "only" 11.
** Again at the start of "Dog and Pony Show": after Rarity spends all her gem supplies on one dress, Sapphire Shores orders 5 more dresses of the same type.
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** She also lacks a majority of her accent as a filly though it has been said you don't have a set accent until puberty.
** Probably justified; her parents as seen in "Sisterhooves Social" don't have an accent anywhere ''close'' to hers so she probably cultivated it in an attempt to seem classier.
* [[Pimped
** Designs a whole horde in "Suited for Success" with some turning out better than others....Mind you; that's what her friends have demanded of her and she's too nice to point out the flaws while making them.
** She also wears one in the episode "Sonic Rainboom" when she enters the Young Fliers competition.
* [[Pint
* [[Pride]]: In her appearance, making it an easy target for anyone looking to [[Break the Haughty|bring her down a peg.]]
** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in "Sonic Rainboom" after receiving a temporary enchantment of gossamer wings. Of course, [[Pride Before a Fall|Pride goeth before a (literal) fall...]]
* [[Princess Curls]]
* [[Proper Lady]]: Elegant, poised, able to conduct herself in society and she never gets her hooves dirty.
* [[Punctuated!
** "Look upon me, Equestria for I! AM! '''RARITY!'''"
** Of all the worst things that could happen, this is THE WORST! ''POSSIBLE!'' '''THING!'''
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: When she confronts Sweetie Belle about being Gabby Gums in "Ponyville Confidential," despite her earlier initial fury about the article about herself, she gives Sweetie Belle a deserved scolding, uses [[Hypocrisy Nod|her own rifling through Sweetie Belle's stuff]] to make a point, and wraps it up by asking if she really wants writing hurtful gossip stories to be her destiny, which prompts the Cutie Mark Crusaders to try and stop being Gabby Gums and write their letter of apology at the end. Everypony else either shunned them outright or was so angry that they sent the CMC away to avoid saying something they'd regret.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Like Applejack, she fulfills both roles, acting as a Blue Oni to Applejack and a Red Oni to Fluttershy.
* [[Smooch of Victory]]: She gives Spike one after she succeeds in receiving his Fire Ruby, {{spoiler|and also when he comes to his senses after he nearly destroys Ponyville in his adult form.}}
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: She comes off as a bit of a prissy snob most of the time but she represents the element of generosity for a reason.
* [[
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Not usually but in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** This is also how she repeatedly stops herself from losing her temper at Sweetie Belle in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Super OCD]]: Oh so much.
** Demonstrated in "Look Before You Sleep" where she shows an almost obsessive attention to detail, bordering on the compulsive. However by the end of the episode, it's explained as her being attentive to small details in contrast with Applejack's attention to big details with both being necessary and neither alone sufficient for all-around sensible action.
** She also spends half a day trying to fix [[Epic Fail|Twilight's bird nest]] in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** And again in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** If you look closely during her first freak out in "Lesson Zero" she straightens out a rug.
** Proved beyond a shadow of a doubt in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** Including, ironically, when her little sister "helpfully" ''tidies up'' the carefully-cultivated disorder of her "inspiration room."
* [[Talking the Monster
* [[Thinks Like a Romance Novel]]: More like "Thinks Like a Fairy Tale". She imagines meeting Celestia's nephew to play out like a fairy tale. It doesn't of course.
* [[Third Person Person]]: Slips into this when she's in the zone.
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* [[Tsurime Eyes]]: Highlighted by her blue eyeshadow.
* [[Twitchy Eye]]: Whenever she gets stressed.
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: Rarity is one of the cleanest and prettiest ponies around but she [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/80740 also manages to look great while dripping wet.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Has a wide assortment of pretty dresses, hats and accessories, all self-designed.
* [[Vain Sorceress]]: Rarity's pride and obsession with her appearance combined with her magical abilities sometimes borders on this description.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 2 with Applejack but they grow out of it (mostly).
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Perks]]: She mostly uses her magical abilities for fashion.
* [[Woman in White]]: Her white coat color, emphasizing her refined nature as well as her cleanliness.
* [[The Workaholic]]
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== Fluttershy ==
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[[File:fluttershy_4183.png|frame|Don't stare too long, you may die from cuteness.]]
A Pegasus also from Cloudsdale who is just as shy as her name suggests. Gentle and kind, she has a natural way with animals but has trouble dealing with other ponies due to her [[Shrinking Violet]] nature. Still, don't even ''think'' about [[Berserk Button|hurting her friends]].
* [[Acrophobic Bird|Acrophobic Pegasus]]: Fluttershy is afraid of almost everything including heights.
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* [[Adorkable]]: All you have to do is merely express interest in wanting a pet and she's all over you with a menagerie of animals to offer up as potentials.
* [[Apologises a Lot]]: Almost like she was brought up in a culture where apologizing is the social grease for ''everything you ever do''.
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'''Fluttershy:''' [''completely sincere''] Oh; sorry. I thought the "Open" sign meant you were open but I must have been mistaken. }}
* [[Badass]]: The thing involving a dragon that Rainbow Dash did to earn her [[Badass]] cred?, Fluttershy topped that in the same episode.
** [[Badass Pacifist]]: Don't let her timid demeanor fool you: If you upset her enough to spur her into action, she will kick your ass and she ''[[Talking the Monster
*** She stares and talks down a dragon and a cockatrice <ref>Which was in the process of petrifying her no less</ref> to protect her friends from harm.
** She also manages to calm down ''Cerberus'' when it invades Ponyville by giving it a belly rub. That's right, ''the guardian of the underworld'' is still no match for Fluttershy.
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* [[The Beast Master|The Beastmistress]]: No, she doesn't use it for combat; mostly organization. She has however commanded a dragon and a cockatrice to concede when her friends are in danger, and pacified Cerberus by giving him a belly rub.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Animals running from her and not wanting to be her friend will send her off the deep end.
** Threatening her friends isn't a good idea. [[Punctuated!
** Threatening children in front of her [[Mama Bear|is an even worse idea]].
** In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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'''Fluttershy:''' That. Big. ''Dumb. '''MEANIE!''''' }}
** A milder example, but she does ''not'' like to be treated like a child (See Deadpan Snarker below).
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: She hardly ever gets angry but when she does...
** In "Dragonshy", despite being terrified of a facing a full-grown dragon, she suddenly develops the wherewithal to make said dragon back down completely (and even whimper) after seeing what it's done to her friends.
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* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: She manages to ''outstare'' a cockatrice, i.e. a creature that [[Taken for Granite|turns others to stone]] ''by staring at them''. [[Mama Bear|All while protecting three young fillies.]]
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: In "The Ticket Master" and "Suited for Success".
** She gives an incredibly scathing [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|speech]] to Pinkie Pie and Rarity in ''Putting Your Hoof Down'' in regards to their chosen careers.
* [[Character Development]]: A subtle one but post-Discord corruption and throughout season 2, she seems to have become more assertive and willing to actually get physical. Of note, [[Limit Break|she did a Limit Break]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC3ebNzPTIw Rainbow Dash found out the hard way] that when Fluttershy says "No," she '''means''' "NO!"
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Even she has her moments of this. "You're...going to '''''LOVE ME'''''!!!!!"
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** Something of a variation. Most of their closeness as adults comes from being pegasi and Cloudsdale natives, but as children, it's unclear whether they even knew each other's names.
* [[Children in Tow]]: There are scenes in both "Griffon the Brush-Off" and "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" where she is seen helping a mother duck lead its ducklings.
* [[Color
* [[Cowardly Lion|Cowardly Lioness]]: She's usually a pushover and terrified of danger, and happily admits to being "weak and helpless", but get her protectively angry and her willpower multiplies by a factor of about a million.
* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]: She is terrified of nearly everything...even her own shadow.
* [[Cute and Psycho]]: Normally a sweet and gentle pony…but when she gets pushed to her limits, as seen in "Best Night Ever", she's ''scary''.
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** She also has severe anxiety issues due to being constantly bullied as a foal, as can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJWRu7QF2Hw here.]
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Noticing Spike helps draw her out of her shell when she first meets Twilight. In a flashback, landing on the ground for the first time and seeing all the cuddly animals is enough to make her burst into song.
* [[The Cutie]]: Provides the trope image. Most fans believe not loving Fluttershy borders on some sort of criminal act.
** Justified further by "Hurricane Fluttershy", a by-the-book [[Break the Cutie]] Fluttershy episode.
* [[Dandere]]: She's cripplingly shy but sometimes she forgets that.
** In the first episode, she's so nervous when she meets Twilight that she can barely even say her own name out loud. [[Cuteness Proximity|And then she notices Spike]].
** In "May the Best Pet Win", she's extremely apologetic when they realize they haven't invited Rainbow Dash to their pet playdate, and then practically [[Squee|Squees]] when Rainbow expresses an interest in a pet, dragging her to home to sing a song about pet selection.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Occasionally.
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'''Fluttershy:''' *annoyed* I'm a year ''older'' than you. }}
* [[Death Glare]]: Yeah; you read that right.
** She uses some strange melange of a [[Death Glare]] and a [[Care Bear Stare]] really.
** This is taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the episode "Best Night Ever" when she chases a herd of animals into the palace while trying to befriend them.
** There may actually be power behind this beyond just her stare and choice of words: in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: How she stops the manticore's rampage. And when her talking down the dragon causes it to burst into tears, ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlSzvOtZp0 she immediately tries to calm it like a mother with a frightened and upset child.]''
* [[Determinator]]: When it comes to helping others whom she cares for, she'll do whatever it takes to make them happy.
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** She will not let "That...big...dumb...MEANIE!!", a.k.a. Discord, win {{spoiler|, even if it means having to outfly Rainbow Dash (who from what we've seen so far is the fastest flyer in the country) while towing two other ponies in a hot-air balloon}}.
** She stares down a cockatrice that is using its [[Taken for Granite|gaze attack]] to turn her to stone. [[Beyond the Impossible|And it works!]]
* [[Era Specific Personality]]: G4 Fluttershy is [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Much to her dismay in "Green Isn't Your Color".
* [[Expy]]: Of G1's Posey, sharing her coloring, mane style and elements of her personality.
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* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Given her shy personality, she is naturally rather passive and unassertive a lot of the time.
** Lampshaded, parodied and called by name in ''Putting Your Hoof Down''. The whole episode is about Fluttershy becoming more assertive.
* [[The Face]]: But only for non-ponies. Otherwise she's a [[Shrinking Violet]]. For example, in ''Dragonshy'' Twilight's [[Plan]] for dealing with a dragon boils down to: 1.) Escort Fluttershy to the dragon's cave and 2.) have her talk with it.
* [[Feather Fingers]]: Briefly displayed that pegasi can use their wings as hands, at least when it comes to opening saddlebags.
* [[Flat Joy]]: Her cheering in "Sonic Rainboom" is spirited and heartfelt but done so softly it's hard to tell. At least until Rainbow Dash [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|actually pulls off the stunt]].
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* [[Fluffy Tamer]]: The clearest example seen so far is the encounter with the manticore with [[Baby Talk]] and everything but there's no reason to assume she only has a thing for manticores; Twilight automatically assumes she'd be of help dealing with a dragon too. Of course this doesn't mean she doesn't usually deal with critters others would agree to be cute too.
** Another example is her giving ''Cerberus'' a belly rub in "It's About Time."
* [[Forgot I Could Fly]]: Fluttershy is shown walking on the ground far more than other pegasai in the show, Particularly compared to Rainbow Dash.
** Specific example: Fluttershy is so terrified in "Dragonshy" that she initially forgets that she can fly instead of climb...and then after an ill-timed snore from the dragon, is scared to the point that her wings totally lock up, rendering her completely unable to fly.
** It happens again in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" when she and the others are being chased by the Hydra.
** In "Putting Your Hoof Down", she ends up kicking over a pair of carts being driven by some rude ponies because they were blocking her way. Many fans were quick to point out how she could have just flown over them.
** It's also been shown in several episodes like "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" and "Hurricane Fluttershy" that she's ''very'' self-conscious about her flying ability, especially around other pegasi, who [[Kids Are Cruel|used to bully her constantly]] about her apparant lack of flying talent.
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* [[Fragile Flower]]: She is, however, growing out of it, as explained in [[Character Development]].
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: Inverted during "Green Is Not Your Color" as Fluttershy accepts becoming a famous model (which turns her life into a living hell) because she thinks that Rarity will feel sad if she refuses to do so.
* [[Friend to All Children]]: Proven when she takes care of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: More comfortable around animals who aren't ponies. Or grown dragons.
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** Her connection to animals also applies to ''mythical'' animals, effectively making her the one who [[Fluffy Tamer|calms down the giant rampaging beast kicking the rest of the mane cast's flanks.]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Fluttershy has quite the eye for sewing and fashion trends, which she demonstrates in "Suited for Success" to [[Jaw Drop|Rarity's shock]].
** Spends most of Season 1 having her flying capabilities made out to be of poor standard compared to most other Pegasus Ponies. Then in the second part of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
*** In ''Hurricane Fluttershy'' we finally get a chance to. Though it is greately hindered by the worst case of performance anxiety ever, once she overcomes it she makes up for ''eight'' pegasi.
*** {{spoiler|In Rainbow Dash's defense, Fluttershy was towing an in-flight air balloon while Rainbow Dash was towing Pinkie Pie and Rarity as dead weight.}}
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: {{spoiler|She is the only one who doesn't fall to Discord's [[Hannibal Lecture]]. A frustrated Discord finally has to resort to "brute force" [[Brainwashing]].}}
* [[Ironic Fear]]: She's afraid of… a lot of things, but since she's a Pegasus, the one that fits here is her fear of heights.
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: It comes with the territory considering that she's a [[Friend to All Living Things]]. Rarity's cat Opal would have to agree.
** Lampshaded by Rarity, to whom Opal has not taken a liking.
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* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Prone to these moments quite a bit. See: her confrontation with the dragon in "Dragonshy", her talking down the cockatrice in "The Stare Master" and the change from "I just can't go any faster ''(tears)''" to "I won't let that big meanie win! ''(zoom)''" in "The Return of Harmony Part 2".
* [[Light Feminine and Dark Feminine]]: Being sweet, kind, and caring, (most of the time) Fluttershy represents the "light" half of this in comparison to Rarity.
* [[The Load]]: Seen as this in "Dragonshy". Awesomely subverts it by ultimately being the one to get the dragon to go away.
** And to a minor extent in "Swarm of the Century" when she decides to keep one of the Parasprites after the ponies get rid of the first batch which starts the vicious cycle all over again.
** Discord certainly tries to paint her this way in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Long Hair Is Feminine|Long Manes Are Feminine]]: Pretty, pink and long enough to hide behind. From certain angles her locks even appear to frame her face in a heart.
* [[Lovable Coward]]: She can [[Let's Get Dangerous|get dangerous]] when the time calls for it, most of the time however she is scared of her own shadow, and downright adorable because of it.
* [[Mama Bear]]: She defeats a cockatrice to protect the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
** Also towards her friends. She's even willing to stand up to a full grown dragon (which [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|she has justified fear of]]) when it hurt her friends.
* [[The Matchmaker]]: Of a not-romantic type. One of the few things that will elicit an enthusiastic and energetic response from her is suggesting you might be interested in getting a pet. When Rainbow Dash suggested she ''might eventually'' want a pet, Fluttershy proceeded to ''drag'' Dash off to her cottage so she could introduce her around to the various and sundry animals she's caring for at the moment.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: She flutters and she's shy.
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** {{spoiler|This is completely subverted in "Putting Your Hoof Down".}}
** Seems to be acting as one for Rainbow Dash in Season Two. While still very benevolent, it's rare to see the usually aggressive braggart have many gentle and nurturing moments to another pony.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|Her reaction to making Rarity and Pinkie Pie cry after she takes her assertiveness training too far.}}
* [[Nature Hero|Nature Heroine]]: Being in tune with nature has saved the lives of her and her friends and the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
* [[Nice Girl]]: [[Beware the Nice Ones|MOST of the time.]]
* [[Non
** Her thinner legs and overall shape mimic the body style of the first generation's Flutter Ponies which had butterfly-style wings. [[Mythology Gag]] maybe?
** Adult Fluttershy shows as well two subtle design differences compared with her friends. One, she is the only character who flaps her wings while she's running and two, she might be the only left-handed character seen in the cartoon (she's seen opening her bag with her left wing).
* [[Not Good
* [[Not So Weak]]: Fluttershy is an adorable, cute little Pegasus who is ''literally'' afraid of her shadow. However, despite what Discord and ''herself'' think, Fluttershy is a ''lot'' tougher than she looks, especially if you hurt her friends.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: In the fifth episode, she reveals that she is a year older than Pinkie Pie but her sweet and innocent nature makes her appear a lot younger than most other ponies. See [[Non
* [[Out of Focus]]: Mostly in the first half of the second season.
* [[Peek
* [[Performance Anxiety]]: Spelled out in full in "Hurricane Fluttershy" - She can show great flying if it's an emergency, but put her in front of an audience, and she can barely fly.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: She has her moments of this.
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: When she's alone and confronted by Gilda the Griffon, she's unable to defend herself and bullied into running away in tears but when her friends are in danger, she won't hesitate to risk herself to protect them.
* [[Punctuated!
** "How DARE you!"
** "You're... going to LOVE ME!"
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** Her tail is the only one out of the mane six that trails on the ground.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: To the Cutie Mark Crusaders when she takes care of them.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: She's the only member of the mane six who's never been a Red Oni to any of her friends.
* [[Rose
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Again, [[Character Development|growing out of it]].
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Definitely fits the character type (humble, loyal, wise, nurturing, etc. but with a clear touch of iron).
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** She's the page picture for a reason.
** And now, she's also stared down ''a monster''...[[Running Gag|I mean, minotaur]].
* [[Talking the Monster
* [[Tareme Eyes]]: Very noticeable when compared to the others.
* [[Team Mom]]: Mainly towards animals. Also has a [[Mama Bear]] moment in "The Stare Master".
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* [[Twitchy Eye]]: Seen when she becomes increasingly unhinged in "The Best Night Ever".
* [[The Voiceless]]: A small hooffull of episodes (so far, "Ponyville Confidential" and "A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2" have her appear prominently, but act even quieter than usual (which is saying a ''lot''). There are even spots where you can tell she was ''supposed'' to have lines, but where she says nothing - the Pinkie voice must put a serious strain on Andrea.
* [[Who Dares?]]: Right before her [[Badass Adorable]] [[Talking the Monster
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Dragons?]]: She isn't scared of young dragons like Spike, but is terrified of adult dragons.
* [[You Don't Look Like You]]: Her fully-molded toys and collector cards all depict her as a [[Palette Swap]] of Rainbow Dash.
* [[Your Answer to Everything]]: "Uh... panic?"
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