List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters

A 2011 Comic-Con poster depicting many characters from the first season.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is an animated television series based on the My Little Pony toyline, created by American toy and game manufacturer Hasbro. It features characters and settings developed by Lauren Faust, who sought to create more in-depth characters than the stereotypical "girly" icons used in previous iterations of the franchise. The series began airing on October 10, 2010 in the United States on the Hub Network cable channel, which was re-branded as Discovery Family in October 2014.

The show follows a studious unicorn pony named Twilight Sparkle as her mentor Princess Celestia guides her to learn about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight becomes best friends with five other ponies: earth ponies Applejack and Pinkie Pie, pegasus ponies Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, and unicorn Rarity. Each represents a different facet of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the Elements of Harmony. The six ponies—collectively known as the "Mane Six"—share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships, eventually leading to Twilight's ascension as a winged unicorn known as an alicorn.

Several episodes focus on the exploits of Spike, Twilight's baby dragon assistant, and a younger trio of pony characters (Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle) who call themselves the "Cutie Mark Crusaders" and share their own adventures trying to discover their talents in life and receive their "cutie marks"—a central theme of the show—until the season five episode "Crusaders of the Lost Mark".

The characters have been well received by critics, and are cited as one of the reasons the series' older fans, called "bronies", became attracted to the show. Several background characters have been popularized by fans as well, and are further incorporated as in-jokes within the show. The series later spawned numerous spin-off media, including a comic book and children's book series expanding some of the characters' roles, and a film series titled My Little Pony: Equestria Girls where several characters are re-envisioned as humans in a high school setting.

Creation and conception

Faust was initially hired by Hasbro to create a pitch bible for the show, allowing her to get additional help with conceptualization.[1] Faust said she was "extremely skeptical" about taking the job at first because she had always found shows based on girls' toys to be boring and unrelatable.[2] My Little Pony was one of her favorite childhood toys,[3] but she was disappointed that her imagination at the time was nothing like the animated shows, in which the characters, according to Faust, had "endless tea parties, giggled over nothing and defeated villains by either sharing with them or crying". With the chance to work on My Little Pony, she hoped to prove that "cartoons for girls don't have to be a puddle of smooshy, cutesy-wootsy, goody-two-shoeness."[2] To do this, she incorporated into the design of the characters and the show many elements that contradicted idealized stereotypes of girls, such as diverse personalities, the message that friends can be different and can get into arguments but still be friends, and the idea that girls should not be limited by what others say they can or can not do.[2] Elements of the characters' personalities and the show's settings were based on her own childhood imagination of the ponies' adventures, in part inspired by the animated shows that her brothers would watch while growing up, such as Transformers and G.I. Joe.[4] Faust still aimed for the characters to be "relatable" characters, using stereotypical "icons of girliness" (such as the waif or the bookworm), as to broaden the appeal of the characters for the young female audience.[5]

Main characters

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic focuses on six core characters, also identified as the "Mane Six",[6] a group of friends who are brought together by the Elements of Harmony, a set of six mystical jewels and an "unstoppable force of good"[7] that are used to defend Equestria against powerful threats. Each character was designed to represent a different element and positive aspect of friendship—honesty (Applejack), kindness (Fluttershy), laughter (Pinkie Pie), generosity (Rarity), and loyalty (Rainbow Dash)—which come together to form the sixth element of "magic" (Twilight Sparkle).[8]

Twilight Sparkle

Twilight Sparkle is the central character of the series, based on the "G1" unicorn toy Twilight.[9] She is depicted in the show's first three seasons as a purple unicorn with a pink-streaked indigo mane; she becomes a winged unicorn called an "alicorn" in later seasons. She takes charge of the Mane Six during their adventures and helps resolve her friends' differences. She is an intelligent, dutiful, and accomplished scholar with an avid love of learning and studied prowess in unicorn magic such as levitation, teleportation, and the creation of force fields. Director Jayson Thiessen describes her as "kind of a neurotic perfectionist" who has "a touch OCD,"[10] prone to suffering from nervous breakdowns when confronted with a problem that goes against her understanding.

Twilight begins the story as the protégée of Princess Celestia, who tasks her with studying the magical properties of friendship in Ponyville and reporting her findings. Twilight resents her assignment in the opening episodes, owing her reclusiveness to her obsession with books, but she comes to form strong friendships with the rest of the Mane Six, which she realizes is key to harnessing the Elements of Harmony. She resides with her assistant Spike and pet owl Owlowiscious in Ponyville's Golden Oak Library, where she also serves as town librarian.[11] Her apprenticeship to Celestia ends in the season three finale "Magical Mystery Cure" when, by creating new magic based on her studies of friendship, Twilight transforms into an alicorn and is crowned a princess of Equestria. Assuming the title of "Princess of Friendship", Twilight becomes responsible for spreading her teachings to propagate friendships across Equestria from the Castle of Friendship,[12] a mystical castle that replaces the library after its destruction in the season four finale "Twilight's Kingdom".

Rainbow Dash

Rainbow Dash is a sky blue[13] pegasus with a rainbow-colored mane and tail who is based on Faust's "G1" Firefly toy,[14] and shares her name with the "G3" earth pony. She is an "act first and ask questions later" pegasus obsessed with speed and adventure.[13] Her series-long goal is to join her heroes, the elite Wonderbolts flight team,[15] where she is granted reserve membership in the season four episode "Testing Testing 1, 2, 3". Apart from helping other pegasi manage the weather around Ponyville, she spends her time practicing flight maneuvers such as the "Sonic Rainboom", a rainbow-hued sonic boom; it is shown in the episode "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" that Rainbow Dash's first Sonic Rainboom as a child produced not only her own cutie mark, but also the rest of the Mane Six's marks. She lives with a propeller-fitted pet tortoise named Tank in a floating condominium of clouds called the Cloudominium,[16] which is sparingly seen in the show because she "doesn't sit still for very long," according to director Jim Miller.[13] Faust struggled to find a suitable aspect for Rainbow Dash's Element of Harmony, seeing the character as "self-absorbed and rather irresponsible." She eventually settled on "loyalty" because it "brought out [Rainbow Dash's] positive traits."[8]

Pinkie Pie

Pinkie Pie (fully named Pinkamena Diane Pie) is a pink earth pony based on the "G3" toy of the same name. Her character, summarized by Thiessen as "a frenetic sugar rush",[17] was inspired by the "G1" pegasus toy Surprise.[18] She works as a live-in party planner at Sugarcube Corner, a bakery and confectionery store in Ponyville that resembles a gingerbread house,[19] where she keeps a toothless baby alligator named Gummy. A comedic character raised on a "dreary rock farm", Pinkie is cheerful, energetic, and talkative. She is defined by her desire to entertain her friends by throwing parties at random times and acting as outlandish as possible;[20] however, she demonstrates a lack of confidence and a fear of being rejected by others,[21] which is occasionally expressed by her balloon-like mane deflating. Pinkie is a source of much of the series' humor,[20] and several of the show's "wacky gags" are kept exclusive to her.[21][22] Her running gags include breaking the fourth wall and "appearing suddenly in unexpected places",[23] as well as an ability to predict future events through various body reactions, which she calls the "Pinkie Sense". In early episodes, Faust worked to depict Pinkie as a "free spirit" to address concerns of the character being seen as too "hyper" and "ditzy". As the creative team grew more comfortable with Pinkie's character and humor, she became "really over-the-top strange and bordering on crazy, with a wacky cartoonish magic all her own."[23]

Rarity

Rarity is a white-coated unicorn with purple, curled hair who is based on the "G1" ponies Glory and Sparkler,[24] and named after the "G3" pony. She is a ladylike fashionista who speaks with a Mid-Atlantic accent and runs a haute couture salon in Ponyville called Carousel Boutique. Despite her vain and melodramatic tendencies, she has a generous spirit and strives to create dresses that capture their wearers' inner beauty.[25][26] She owns a pet persian cat named Opalescence, commonly nicknamed Opal. Faust's original idea for Rarity's Element of Harmony was "inspiration", but it was changed to "generosity" after the production team deemed the former "too much of a thinker, especially for kids." Faust was pleased with the change, saying it "really helped pull [Rarity] away from the stereotypical, unlikable debutante."[8] She cites Audrey Hepburn as her biggest influence for Rarity,[27] and also says that Tabitha St. Germain's performance "added a humor to Rarity that was unexpected and wonderful."[22]

Applejack

Applejack is an orange, blonde-haired earth pony based on the "G1" toy of the same name.[28] She is characterized as a "farm gal" who sports a cowboy hat and lasso, and speaks with a Southern accent.[29] She works as an apple farmer at the Sweet Apple Acres orchard in Ponyville, using her great physical strength to "buck" apples out of trees. She lives with her grandmother Granny Smith, older brother Big McIntosh, younger sister Apple Bloom, and pet collie Winona; according to Faust, Applejack's parents are deceased.[30] Applejack is honest, reliable, and the most "down-to-earth" of the Mane Six.[29] She also has a stubborn streak, with several episodes focusing on her taking up some sort of "herculean task".[31] Author Begin says that her apple-themed cutie mark "not only represents her name, but also is a symbol of the down-home simplicity found in a classic and common fruit."[32]

Fluttershy

Fluttershy is a yellow pegasus with a long, pink mane, based on the "G1" earth pony Posey.[33] True to her name, she is "defined by her shy sweetness; soft, whispery voice; and tender, nurturing nature," as described by author Begin.[34] She possesses a unique affinity for animals that allows her to understand and communicate with them. She lives in a secluded meadow cottage in Ponyville, where she cares for multiple woodland creatures such as her "conniving and willful" pet rabbit Angel Bunny.[35][36] In many episodes, Fluttershy exhibits a more authoritative personality that emerges whenever a friend or animal is harmed in some way, in contrast to her normally fearful and submissive self.[37] Her most prominent ability is known as "the Stare", where any creature that meets her gaze becomes "powerless and moved to meekness" while it is in effect.[38] Faust enjoyed writing for Fluttershy the most out of the show's characters due to her "relatable" struggles with fear, which Faust says brings potential "not just for great storytelling but [also for] great filmmaking."[23]

Secondary characters

Spike

Spike the Dragon[39] is a purple baby dragon with green spines, based on the "G1" and "G3" character of the same name. Hatched from an egg by a young Twilight Sparkle as part of her entrance exam for Celestia's academy, he fulfills the role of Twilight's "number one assistant", named so for his loyalty and skill at helping Twilight solve problems and learn lessons.[39][40] He is also described as having "an incurable crush on Rarity, an insatiable appetite for sparkly gems, and the uniquely comical ability to messenger letters via his fiery dragon breath."[39] Author Begin calls Spike a foil to the Mane Six in terms of personality, size, and shape, which "provides plenty of opportunity for exploring this difference in story lines."[40] He adopts a newborn phoenix named Peewee as a pet in the second season episode "Dragon Quest", later returning Peewee to his family in season three's "Just for Sidekicks". Faust envisioned the character as "the sensitive little boy who has a lot of sisters and just seems to get along better with girls."[41] On Spike's role as a dragon outsider living among ponies, Meghan McCarthy says, "He's trying to figure out who he is. What beyond being Twilight's assistant is his role in this world? I think he really reflects how everybody feels at some point in their life."[39]

Princess Celestia

Princess Celestia, based on the "G1" unicorn Majesty,[42] is a regal white alicorn depicted as the benevolent ruler of Equestria. Her design is larger, more mature, and more horse-like than the standard pony character, and she has a flowing, multicolored mane and tail resembling a celestial body.[43] As detailed in The Journal of the Two Sisters, Celestia has ruled Equestria for over one thousand years due to her kind's slowed aging, and her status as an alicorn is seen as a symbol of harmony between unicorns, pegasi and earth ponies.[44] She is responsible for magically raising the sun each day in the show's setting from her castle in Canterlot. She also acts as a mentor and, as described by Faust, "a bit of a surrogate parent" to Twilight Sparkle,[2] guiding her throughout the series' first three seasons to her eventual destiny as a princess of Equestria. She owns a mischievous pet phoenix named Philomena, who appears to be a "squaking old bird" before bursting into flames and renewing herself.[45] Faust's original concept for Celestia was a queen rather than a princess, reflecting her status as the "highest authority" in the series' setting. The change was made at Hasbro's statement that "girls assume that Queens are evil [...] and Princesses are good," and that "the perceived youth of a Princess is preferable to consumers."[46]

Princess Luna

Princess Luna, also named "Selena" in earlier drafts, is dark-blue alicorn and Princess Celestia's younger sister, designed and developed by Lynne Naylor.[47] She serves as co-ruler of Equestria alongside Celestia, using her magic to maintain the moon and safeguard her subjects' dreams during nighttime. Luna is introduced as the opening episodes' antagonist Nightmare Moon, transformed into a malevolent, black-coated mare by bitterness and jealousy towards her more beloved sister; as expounded in the comic series, her alter ego is a creation of the Nightmare Forces, a dark lunar miasma that preys on others' insecurities to convince them to become their host.[48] Banished to the moon by the reluctant Celestia in the series' past, Nightmare Moon returns from a millennial exile to evoke eternal nighttime. The Mane Six use the Elements of Harmony to purify and reform Luna, who reconciles with her sister and resumes her royal duties in a weakened state. She sports a different design in later episodes with a darker coloration and starry mane, which represent her dominion over the night.[49] Several episodes depict Luna's "difficulty living in her older sister's shadow", such as adapting to modern Equestrian customs and repairing her public image.[47] Outside the television series, Luna owns a pet opossum named Tiberius that appears in several comics and chapter books.

Cutie Mark Crusaders

The Cutie Mark Crusaders are a group of fillies who are bonded by their desire to earn their "cutie marks", symbols that adorn a pony's flank once they discover their special talents in life.[50] They are each depicted as younger sibling figures to the main cast.[51] Several episodes of the series focus on the Crusaders' misadventures in trying to earn their marks in "the most unorthodox and sometimes less-than-productive ways."[51] This goal is achieved in the season five episode "Crusaders of the Lost Mark", where the core members gain similarly-themed cutie marks when they recognize their true purpose in life is helping other ponies discover or interpret their own cutie marks. The Crusaders featured in the series are:

Discord

Actor John de Lancie (pictured at BronyCon, 2012) voices Discord, a character based on his television role as Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Discord is a spirit of chaos who first appeared as the antagonist of the season two premiere "The Return of Harmony". Primarily characterized as a nonsensical trickster,[54] he is a Greek mythology-inspired creature called a "draconequus" (from the Greek words meaning "dragon horse"), a serpentine being with a pony's head and numerous different animal parts, symbolizing his inharmonious nature.[55][56] It is shown in the series' distant past that he was opposed by Princesses Celestia and Luna for tormenting ponies with his reality-bending powers, and he similarly faces the Mane Six during the premiere; both times, the ponies use the Elements of Harmony to turn him to stone. In the season three episode "Keep Calm and Flutter On", Discord is released under Celestia's decree to reform himself, which he does after Fluttershy treats him like a friend. He appears in later episodes as a reluctant ally of the Mane Six, occasionally causing mischief while struggling to become a better friend to them.[55]

Faust based Discord's character on Q, an omnipotent trickster played by John de Lancie on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The production team considered casting a soundalike of de Lancie to voice the character, and were surprised to learn that de Lancie himself was available.[57] The creative team developed Discord as "the one character who could break all of the rules of the show" by including more modern or contemporary references than usual in the series' "fantasy storybook" setting.[58][59] He was not intended to have a recurring role;[58] according to McCarthy, "'reforming' him allows us to tell new stories with his character. He gets to be the not-always-reliable ally instead of the known enemy."[55] Author Begin commented on the "chaotic" settings that accompany the character, such as his home dimension called Chaosville, likening them to "dream-inspired Salvador Dalí paintings."[60]

Princess Cadance and Shining Armor

Princess Cadance (fully named Princess Mi Amore Cadenza) and Shining Armor are Twilight Sparkle's older sister-in-law and brother, respectively, who both debuted in the season two finale "A Canterlot Wedding". Cadance, a kindhearted alicorn princess, is Princess Celestia's adopted niece and Twilight's childhood "foal-sitter" (babysitter);[61] according to her backstory presented in Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell, Cadance is a former pegasus who turned into an alicorn after reversing an evil sorceress's love-stealing spell.[62] She marries the unicorn Shining Armor, who is the captain of Canterlot's royal guard and has a close relationship with his sister, for which he is nicknamed her "Big Brother Best Friend Forever" (B.B.B.F.F.).[61] In the third season premiere, Celestia appoints Shining Armor and Cadance to rule the Crystal Empire, an "ancient city" that Cadance protects using the power of love so that their subjects, the shimmering coated "crystal ponies", may magically project their feelings of hope and love across Equestria.[63] In the season six premiere "The Crystalling", Cadance gives birth to an alicorn filly named Flurry Heart (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain).[64]

Starlight Glimmer

Starlight Glimmer is a unicorn who debuted as the antagonist of the season five premiere "The Cutie Map". Initially appearing as a "perfectly pleasant-looking unicorn", Starlight proves to be a sinister figure who wishes to build a "perfectly equal society" by using her magic to remove other ponies' cutie marks; she cites her reasons as believing that differing degrees of ability cause disharmony between friends,[65] stemming from her childhood friend Sunburst becoming estranged after earning his cutie mark before her. She later appears in the season finale "The Cutie Re-Mark" to take revenge against the Mane Six by traveling to the past and preventing their friendship before it starts. After realizing the catastrophic changes this causes in the present, Starlight is convinced to change her ways and make new friends. She appears in season six as Twilight's pupil who studies friendship alongside the Mane Six in Ponyville. According to Miller, Starlight's similar body color to Twilight was chosen to parallel her role as a "proto-Twilight character".[65] Her original name during production was "Aurora Glimmer", which was changed due to the Walt Disney Company's trademark of the character name "Aurora".[66]

Other characters

Ponyville characters

Ponyville is the primary setting of the television series and home of the show's main characters. The town's unique locales were designed to reflect their characters, while the overall style of the town was largely influenced by Pennsylvania Dutch design, steampunk artwork, and European and Bavarian folklore.[67] The town also incorporates pony design elements such as horseshoes, hay bales, and troughs.[68]

Canterlot characters

Canterlot is the mountainside capital of Equestria, named after the castle Camelot of Arthurian legend. The city is home to the country's upper-class elite, including Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, who reside in the local castle. Canterlot was designed to give the sense of its residents' royalty and nobility.[73]

Cloudsdale characters

Cloudsdale is the home and birthplace of several pegasus characters such as Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. It is depicted as a floating city of clouds where pegasi produce Equestria's clouds, weather and rainbows inside a specialized "weather factory".[78] The city's design was influenced by Greek and Roman architecture, which author Begin states "harks back to the original Olympic Games, [...] a fitting reference for Rainbow Dash."[79]

Major antagonists

Other supporting characters

Background characters

The show features an extensive cast of over 200 minor characters, also designated "background ponies",[101] that are used to fill out crowd scenes and serve as visual gags in episodes.[3] Several background ponies have been well received by the show's brony fanbase, who have assigned names and more detailed personalities to them.[3] As a response to fan interest, the series' creative team have given these characters expanded roles in later episodes and media,[101] such as the show's one-hundredth episode "Slice of Life".[102]

Equestria Girls characters

The following characters made their debut in the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls spin-off film series, which is primarily set in a fictional human world parallel to the main series' fantasy setting, accessible via a magic mirror. The series additionally features alternate human versions of pony characters in roles similar to the television series, such as the Mane Six as high school students and the princesses as school principals, while the dragon Spike is portrayed as a dog; non-human characters such as Princess Twilight appear in similar forms in the human setting.

Reception

The characters of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic have received praise, and are cited as one of the reasons the series' older fans, called "bronies", became attracted to the show.[114] In his review of the show, Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club complimented the characters' stylized appearance and defined personalities, while favorably noting that "the show uses them well to come up with fun stories and bounce solid jokes off of each other."[50] Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media, an organization focusing on the parenting aspect of children's media, felt the characters posed a positive influence on children with themes tolerance and respect for one another, and that they "don't let their diverse personalities keep them from forging relationships". However, she advised parents to be wary of the "influence the characters might have on their kids' desires, since it's rooted in a well-known product line of books, toys, and just about everything in between."[115] Los Angeles Times critic Robert Lloyd praised the show's diverse female characterization, but noted the smaller male cast by comparison, calling them "largely beside the point."[116]

Kathleen Richter of Ms. was dismissive of the characters in her critique of the show in comparison to other girls' shows, which she considered "so sexist and racist and heteronormative." For example, she suggested that the character of Rainbow Dash was used to promote the stereotype that "all feminists are angry, tomboyish lesbians." She also considered that the only darker-colored ponies shown to date were in positions of servitude towards the "white pony overlord".[117] Lauren Faust responded to these claims by stating that while Rainbow Dash was a tomboy, "nowhere in the show is her sexual orientation ever referenced" and "assuming [tomboys] are lesbians is extremely unfair to both straight and lesbian tomboys", and further stating that "Color has never, ever been depicted as a race indicator for the ponies."[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Libman provides Pinkie Pie's singing voice for some songs.

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