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All the princesses are Pegasus unicorns, [[You Keep Using That Word|also known as alicorns]], which are rare among ponies and denotes their regal status (the only other ponies seen are Pegasi (winged ponies), unicorns (can wield magic), or plain Earth ponies).
 
For Prince Blueblood (the sisters' nephew) and Princess Platinum (one of the founders of Equestria), see the [[Main/My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Celebronies/Characters/Celebronies|Celebronies page]], and for Léon (a [[Canon Foreigner]] cousin of Celestia's and presumably Luna's) see the [[Main/My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Characters/Canon Foreigners/Characters|Canon Foreigners page]].
 
 
Return to the character index [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Characters|here]].
 
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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Celestia and Luna defeated Discord in ancient times with the Elements of Harmony, despite him being ''much'' stronger than them even then.
* [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu]]: It's hard to do most of the time but do ''not'' get them mad. They're both extremely powerful [[Physical Goddess|Physical Goddesses]] and are not to be taken lightly (except for Discord but he's [[Reality Warper|on a higher plane than both of them]] and {{spoiler|[[Out-Gambitted|paid for it in the end regardless]]}}). This is clearer with Princess Luna, who is ''far'' less reserved in showing off her power.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses]]: [[Justified]] since they rule together and you cannot have two queens; also [[Enforced]] by the Hasbro execs, who wanted the rulers to be princesses since many young girls (the target demographic) still equate [[God Save Us From the Queen|queens with evil]].
* [[Fish Eyes]]: In the toys, they both tend to suffer from this.
* [[Fleur-de-Lis]]: The ornament on their hooves.
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* [[Too Important to Walk|Too Important To Fly]]: See [[Cool Car|Cool Carriage]]/[[Flying Car|Flying Carriage]] above.
* [[Winged Unicorn|Winged Unicorns]]: The sisters and their niece Cadance are notably the only [[Winged Unicorn|Winged Unicorns]] to appear in the flesh on the show ([[Blooper|animation errors]] aside). What being a [[Winged Unicorn]] actually ''means'' in this setting is somewhat of a mystery, which coupled with their extreme rarity fuels a lot of speculation for fans.
** What they're technically called is something of a debate. The show's storybook opening calls the sisters unicorns and a post on the official [[Face BookFacebook]] page called Luna a [http://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony/posts/150716964996445 "Pegasus unicorn"], however most fans, some of the show's staff, and [[The Merch|WeLoveFine.com]] use the term "alicorn"<ref>note that technically "Alicorn" is actually the material that makes up a unicorn's horn. Why it's used by most fans is probably because it [[Rule of Cool|sounds cooler]]. Also the term alicorn is often used because they're not just a cross between Pegasus and a Unicorn but a mix of all three races.</ref>. A German term for them is "fliegendes Einhorn" (in one case misspelled as "fleiegendes Einhorn"), which the [http://www.nick.de/shows/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie German] and [http://www.nick.ch/shows/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie Swiss] [[Nickelodeon]] and [http://www.nickjr.de/show_details/330-my-little-pony#wer-ist-wer German] [[Nick Jr.]] websites called Luna. Just know if you see "alicorn" or "Pegasus unicorn" floating around in [[My Little Pony]] discussions, they're talking about [[Winged Unicorn|Winged Unicorns]].
* [[You Don't Look Like You]]: In the toys, Celestia is extremely pink (in earlier toys, at least), while Luna is closer to Twilight Sparkle's shade of purple and has [[Multicolored Hair]].
 
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{{quote| '''First Mention:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|"Friendship Is Magic, Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]<br />
'''Full Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|"Friendship Is Magic, Part 2" ("Elements of Harmony")]] }}
 
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* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Season 2 has been showing a more serious and strict side of Celestia, contrasting with her ever calm and relaxed personality from Season 1.
** Now we get to see that yes, it IS possible to see Celestia being fallible, vulnerable and overwhelmed. She can also get scared, upset or even angry. Ohh boy, you ''don't'' want to see Celestia getting angry.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|The]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|pilot]], the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E26 The Best Night Ever|first season finale]] and the [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E1 The Return of Harmony Part 1|two-part]] [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E2 The Return of Harmony Part 2|season 2 opening]] though a rather benevolent version.
* [[Color-Coded Wizardry]]: As of Season 2, her horn and objects affected by her magic have a bright yellow glow.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To Twilight and her friends, to a certain degree. Being their goddess, they're in awe of her.
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* [[God of Good]]: While her overt role is being the goddess of the sun, she fills most other qualities.
* [[Gold Makes Everything Shiny]]: Notable in that all of her accessories are gold.
* [[Good Is Not Soft]]: She's a genuinely good pony who cares about her subjects and sister with all her heart. That said, she shows no mercy to a truly evil villain like Discord ({{spoiler|twice}}) and was willing to [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|seal her own sister away]] when she turned into [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Nightmare Moon]].
* [[Guile Hero]]: Despite being a hero, she's more than willing to resort to [[The Plan|sneaky plans]] to lead the heroes to victory. And then there's {{spoiler|masterminding Discord's defeat by simply sending Twilight Sparkle all of the friendship letters she'd sent the entire first season.}}
* [[Hidden Depths]]: She comes across mostly as a formal and regal [[The High Queen|High Queen]] and it probably comes across stronger to her subjects. Now observe her mischievous side.
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{{quote| '''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|"Friendship Is Magic, Part 2" ("Elements of Harmony")]] (separate from Nightmare Moon)}}
 
{{quote| Voiced by [[Tabitha St. Germain (Creator)|Tabitha St Germain]]}}
 
Princess Celestia's younger sister. She co-rules Equestria alongside her older sister. According to the [[Creation Myth]], she used to govern nighttime, but grew jealous of her sister and wound up [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|sealed away for a thousand years]] as the Mare in the Moon. After being defeated by the reformed Elements of Harmony, she [[Heel Face Turn|Heel Face Turns]] and becomes Princess Luna again, resuming her nighttime duties. Her only appearances in the show so far are "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|Friendship is Magic, part 2]]", "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E4 Luna Eclipsed|Luna Eclipsed]]" (her only major role), "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1|A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1]]", and "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]".
 
For her "corrupted" form, Nightmare Moon, see [[Main/My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Antagonists/Characters/Antagonists|here]]
 
* [[Zero-Percent Approval Rating]]: Princess Luna's bitterness turned her into Nightmare Moon because she ''thought'' that absolutely nobody liked her. Ironically her actions as Nightmare Moon made sure that [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|nobody liked her for real]].
** Her night wasn't totally lost though. The meteor shower scene in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E24 Owls Well That Ends Well|Owl's Well and Ends Well]]" is a testament that ponies still ''do'' enjoy her night.
** [[Word of God]] states that Luna's transformation into Nightmare Moon was because of evil magic and may not have been entirely her fault or even choice. It doesn't really help that she seems to have a bit of a temper.
** Quite a few ponies are still scared of her in the present day...mostly due to a thousand years of rumors that built up around Nightmare Moon's [[You Mean "Xmas"|"Nightmare Night"]]. She's working on her reputation.
** Interestingly she ''agrees'' her Nightmare Moon self should be feared and hated.
* [[Adaptation Name Change]]: The single-volume [[Novelization|storybook adaptation]] of the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|pilot]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|episodes]] refers to her as Selena; [[Word of God]] [http://comments.deviantart.com/5/35510074/1714597033 says] "[[What Could Have Been|Her name was Selena for a short time, but there were legal problems with it. Guess the book writer didn't get the info.]]"
* [[Adorkable]]: When she starts moving out of her old princess mode, Luna is macabre yet cute and a bit nerdy much like a character escaped from a Tim Burton movie.
** She's even [[Adorkable]] ''in'' her old princess mode.
** Looking closely at the wedding reception near the end of A Canterlot Wedding Part 2 shows her rocking out to the music in the background.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Her [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T_7bo4Lblwk/T16NVKFbBGI/AAAAAAAAibY/kifKb64EQ1U/s1600/7.jpg collector card] reveals that she "stays up late!" (It's unknown if this is referring to her guarding the night or if it means she stays up late into the morning.)
* [[Art Evolution]]: Her [http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/File:Canterlot_Castle_Luna.png old design] in her brief de-corrupted appearance at the end of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|the second episode]] had her with a shorter, light-blue mane that looked quite normal, as well as matching hooves. Her current design as of "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E4 Luna Eclipsed|Luna Eclipsed]]", seen above, has a flowing mane and tail like her big sister with the texture of Nightmare Moon's smoke, as well as a slightly darker coat and silver colored hooves. Her old design is still used in many promotional materials, however.
** [[Lauren Faust]] says that it represents her regaining her powers that she lost when she was defeated as Nightmare Moon, explaining that it took her time for her "good" powers...represented by her magic mane...to come back. She also admits that she just made that up on the spot and doesn't know how the new show runners would explain it. They don't [[Word of Dante|so it's as good an explanation as any]].
** It might be accidental or not, but this explanation is actually supported in the show. [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111022175028/mlp/images/f/f5/Luna_Eyes_3_S2E4.png Several] [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111022181661/mlp/images/2/21/Luna_Happy_2_S2E4.png shots] of her show that a few locks of the mane retain the season 1 light-blue coloration
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*** This would also explain how she doesn't know anything about modern customs in "Luna Eclipsed."
*** Well, in Luna Eclipsed she very blatantly appears in a flash of light, and flies down from the moon. It seems she lives on the moon, despite her banishment to it.
* [[Hero Withwith an F In Good]]: Luna ''really'' wants to be liked and redeem her image in the eyes of the common-folk but she comes off as incredibly intimidating without even trying. One thousand years of scary stories about her being a [[Chaotic Evil]] harbinger of doom, and ''then'' of being a cannibal predator that must be fooled with disguises and placated with tribute, most likely did not help things.
* [[Historical Villain Upgrade]]: In actual events, she was turned into Nightmare Moon due at least in part to some outside influence and simply wanted to bring everlasting night. In legends, she simply turned evil out of resentment and ate ponies.
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: She just really wants to be accepted but she comes off as rather intimidating.
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* [[Vague Age]]: Even though she's an immortal moon goddess and only slightly younger than her adult sister, her true form's biological age is pretty ambiguous. Made even more confusing as of ''Luna Eclipsed'', where Luna's colors are slightly different and her mane flows like Celestia's, though [[Word of God]] has given an (on-the-spot) explanation as to how it could have happened.
** [[Word of God]] [http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/1919104364 says] that "Luna is not yet full grown."
* [[Villain Decay]]: [[In -Universe]]. Nightmare Moon is a [[Mad God]] who tried twice to plunge the world into [[The Night That Never Ends|eternal night]] and presumably almost succeeded both times. ''Luna Eclipsed'' showed that the public perception of Nightmare Moon is that she's a [[I'm a Humanitarian|cannibal]] who young ponies can placate with their candy.
* [[Voice of the Legion]]: Her "royal voice".
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: She can assume {{spoiler|her Nightmare Moon form}} at will though whether it's a true transformation or just an illusion remains to be seen. Interestingly despite these magical special effects, she still has to wear fake pointy teeth to replicate the appearance shown in Zecora's illusions.
* [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: After powering down and being forgiven by her sister, the younger princess is embraced by Ponyville at large and taken back to the castle to live with Celestia. She doesn't show up again until the season 2 episode "Luna Eclipsed", and after that only gets short appearances in "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1|A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1]]" and "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]", which finally explain why she hardly ever shows up (she's apparently active at night and asleep during the day).
* [[Woman in Black]]: Dark fur to contrast [[Woman in White|her sister.]] Again, [[Dark Is Not Evil]].
* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]]: Of a different variety then her sis. She seems to think behaving in a [[Large Ham|grandiose]], [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant|intimidating]] demeanor is how royalty is supposed to act when she's actually a pretty sensitive and empathic pony. Might have been so back in her day.
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{{quote| '''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1|"A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1"]]}}
 
{{quote| Voiced by Britt McKillip<ref>according to [https://twitter.com/#!/goldenrusset/status/194118341235965952 this] tweet by Jayson Thiessen, [https://twitter.com/#!/dannyimusic/status/193865521224089602 this] tweet by Daniel Ingram, and [http://everfreeradio.com/?p=4102 this] interview with [[Hey Ocean (Music)!|Ashleigh Ball]]</ref>}}
 
Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, better known as Princess Cadance, is a [[Added Alliterative Appeal|pretty pearl pink princess pony]] and niece of Princess Celestia (and probably Luna's). She had been acquainted with Twilight Sparkle as she was her foal-sitter when she was really small. It was also back then that she met the colt who would eventually become her husband, Shining Armor. Her main talent appears to be bringing love to others. However, she had not been acting as herself in the days coming up to her wedding...
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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: {{spoiler|Returns the favor to Queen Chrysalis for doing this to her aunt when she and Shining Armor's [[The Power of Love|love is used to power a combined spell]] that defeats Chrysalis.}}
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: She and Shining Armor were advertised well before their debut.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses]]
* [[Foil]]: To Chrysalis. It is probably most apparent in their duet, "This Day Aria"
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is known throughout the kingdom as Cadance. It's such an established nickname that even Twilight didn't know it wasn't her real name. Justified, as it seems she personally prefers to be called Cadance over her full name.
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* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Interestingly, it's pretty much the same colors as that of [[God-Created Canon Foreigner|toy-exclusive]] Earth pony [http://www.ponibooru.org/post/view/57952 Cupcake/Sugarcup], another pink mare.
* [[Non Standard Character Design]]: Besides being a [[Winged Unicorn]], she has gradient wings.
* [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]/[[Some Call Me... Tim]]: Her full name is Mi Amore Cadenza, but she's known as Cadance; it must be easier to remember. Twilight, who has known her from childhood, never knew her real name until Shining Armor told her in [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1|"A Canterlot Wedding Part 1"]].
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: The pink to Shining Armor's blue.
* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: She's one [[Added Alliterative Appeal|positively pink pony princess]]. Her toys are just as pink as Pinklestia, if not moreso.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: {{spoiler|She and Shining Armor saved Canterlot from Queen Chrysalis [[The Power of Love|with a love-powered magic spell!]]}}
** When she was a teenager, she babysat Twilight even before Twilight became Princess Celestia's student.
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Both "Cadance" and "Cadence" have been used multiple times by multiple sources. "Cadance" tends to be used in newer promotional media ([[The Hub]]'s [http://www.hubworld.com/ homepage], back when it listed the name, used "Cadence" at first but later switched to "Cadance"), while "Cadence" is how it's spelled by the script of [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|"A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2"]] and how it tends to be spelled by the show's crew; [[Word of God|Jayson Thiessen]] [http://twitter.com/#!/goldenrusset/status/194445077274304512 has said] "I personally use 'Cadence' but it may be debatable." Based on the evidence, it seems that the official spelling was changed from "Cadence" to "Cadance" late in the game. Looking at the two spellings, it's hard to tell because "Cadence" as a proper word would fit the show's pattern of [[Meaningful Name|meaningful]] and/or [[Punny Name|punny]] names much better ''and'' be a more obvious derivative of "Cadenza" (which is basically just Italian for, yet again, "cadence"), yet on the other hoof "Cadance" apparently does exist as a proper if uncommon female first name in real life. The jury may still be out.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: implied to be this. Even though Cadance is a princess, she still foal-sat Twilight Sparkle and thoroughly enjoyed doing it. And Twilight has very fond memories of her, which is why her cold, superior attitude upon meeting her again immediately sets off some alarm bells in her head. {{spoiler|She's right - that Cadance is not the real one, but a [[Doppelganger|Changeling]] imposter.}}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Her full name is Italian, and since Pegasus unicorns are sometimes called alicorns, this would make her an Italicorn.
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