History Characters / FriendshipIsMagicSpike

* BadassMustache: He wears droopy, black fake mustaches on several occasions to look older and tougher.

** He hangs out and plays O&O with the spirit of chaos Discord.

** He hangs out and plays O&O with the spirit of chaos Discord.

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* OppositesAttract: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]: 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 NotSoDifferent: Greed is one of Rarity's major vices (and contrasts her Element) while Spike is very giving and supporting of his friends (he even gave his own present to himself on his birthday to Rarity). Furthermore, both are hard-working individuals in what they do and have purple as a color-motif.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: InUniverse. In Ponyville, Spike is treated with affection but entirely without respect. In the Crystal Empire, he's a national hero who everyone fawns over.

%%* TalkingAnimal: A talking dragon.

* ChickMagnet: This is zig-zagged with him. He has ShipTease moments with multiple female characters, but there is never any definitive conclusions that any of them have feelings for him beyond friendship.
** Spike has had a crush on Rarity [[LoveAtFirstSight since first seeing her]]. As time went on, she has come to appreciate all the help he gives her and often teases him and has occasionally kissed him on the cheek.
** Spike has shown a bit of interest in Ember. Thanks to his influence on her, he helped open the dragon race to the concept of friendship, and he always hugs her whenever they meet. Though she was a little uncomfortable with his hugs at first and had a BlushSticker when he first gave her one, she still always allowed it and always [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead pats his head in response]].
** After Smolder arrives at the School of Friendship she has shown to become friends with him. She explains several dragon customs to him and is protective of him, helping him when she realizes Sludge is lying and taking advantage of him, and even standing up to her brother Garble and his group when she realizes they are bullying him. Though this could also just as easily be interpreted as her taking on a CoolBigSister role for him.
** He and Gabby are shown to have become close friends as of "Dragon Dropped". They share [[CommonalityConnection a lot in common]] due to being kind-hearted members of races that were originally known as being aggressive and not so friendly, and Spike claims that they hang out a lot due to her coming to town a lot more often. When Gabby temporarily breaks off their friendship due to a misunderstanding caused by Rarity, Spike is so depressed he can't even enjoy spending time with Rarity anymore.

* ChickMagnet: This is zig-zagged with him. He has ShipTease moment with multiple female characters, but there is never any definitive conclusion that any of them have feelings for him beyond friendship.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Don't let his size fool you; he's a lot stronger than he looks. The Diamond Dogs learn this the hard way. He's also usually shown carrying many times his own size and weight in luggage. In "Spike at Your Service", he builds a gigantic rock tower, and some of those rocks are ''bigger'' than he is! When he gained his wings, his ability to breathe fire strengthened as well, allowing him to blast a Roc in the face like a flamethrower and was powerful enough to reduce a massive piece of ice the size of an outdoor arena to steam.

* TalkingAnimal: A talking dragon.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Don't let his size fool you; he's a lot stronger than he looks. The Diamond Dogs learn this the hard way. He's also usually shown carrying many times his own size and weight in luggage. In "Spike at Your Service", he builds a gigantic rock tower, and some of those rocks are ''bigger'' than he is!

!![[center: [- [[Characters/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Main Index]] -]]][[center: [- '''[[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheManeCast The Main Cast:]]''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRarity Rarity]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicApplejack Applejack]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow Dash]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPinkiePie Pinkie Pie]], '''Spike''', [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicStarlightGlimmer Starlight Glimmer]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheCutieMarkCrusaders the Cutie Mark Crusaders]]-]]] [[center: [- '''Supporting Cast:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicThePrincesses The Princesses]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessCelestia Princess Celestia]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessLuna Princess Luna]]), [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicManeFamilyMembers Mane Family Members]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSchoolOfFriendship the School of Friendship]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastPonyville Supporting Cast, Ponyville]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastOtherLocations Supporting Cast, Other Locations]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicAnimalCompanions Animal Companions]]-]]] [[center: [-'''Antagonists:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMajorVillains Major Villains]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicQueenChrysalis Queen Chrysalis]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicKingSombra King Sombra]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicLordTirek Lord Tirek]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicCozyGlow Cozy Glow]]), [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDangerousCreatures Dangerous Creatures]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRedeemed Redeemed Antagonists]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDiscord Discord]])-]]] [[center: [- '''World of Equestria:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRaces Races]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicHistoricalFigures Historical Figures]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 The 2017 Movie]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicToylineExclusive Toyline Exclusive]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMiscellaneous Miscellaneous]]-]]] [[center: [-'''Minor Characters:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicOneShots One-Shots]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicOthers Other Characters]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPonies Background Ponies]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesCommonPonies Common Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesSpecialPonies Special Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesOthers Other Background Ponies]])-]]] [[center: [- '''Equestria Girls''' [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsHeroines Equestria Girls: Heroines]] ([[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSunsetShimmer Sunset Shimmer]]), [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsVillains Villains]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSupportingCast Supporting Cast]] -] ]]

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** "Secret of My Excess" and "Just for Sidekicks" are more plot-based examples, though he wasn't in complete control of himself in the former.

[[center: [- '''[[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheManeCast The Mane Cast]]''' ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRarity Rarity]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicApplejack Applejack]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow Dash]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPinkiePie Pinkie Pie]], Spike, [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicStarlightGlimmer Starlight Glimmer]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheCutieMarkCrusaders The Cutie Mark Crusaders]]) | '''Supporting Cast''' ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicThePrincesses The Princesses]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicManeFamilyMembers Mane Family Members]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSchoolOfFriendship School of Friendship]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastPonyville Supporting Cast, Ponyville]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastOtherLocations Supporting Cast, Other Locations]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicAnimalCompanions Animal Companions]]) | '''Antagonists''' ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMajorVillains Major Villains]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicQueenChrysalis Queen Chrysalis]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicKingSombra King Sombra]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicLordTirek Lord Tirek]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicCozyGlow Cozy Glow]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDangerousCreatures Dangerous Creatures]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRedeemed Redeemed Antagonists]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDiscord Discord]]) | '''World of Equestria''' ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRaces Races]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicHistoricalFigures Historical Figures]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 The 2017 Movie]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicToylineExclusive Toyline Exclusive]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMiscellaneous Miscellaneous]]) | '''Minor Characters''' ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicOneShots One-Shots]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicOthers Other Characters]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPonies Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesCommonPonies Common Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesSpecialPonies Special Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesOthers Other Background Ponies]]) | '''Equestria Girls''' ([[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsHeroines Equestria Girls: Heroines]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSunsetShimmer Sunset Shimmer]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsVillains Villains]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]) -] ]]

[[center: [- '''[[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheManeCast The Mane Six]]''' ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRarity Rarity]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicApplejack Applejack]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow Dash]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPinkiePie Pinkie Pie]], Spike, [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicStarlightGlimmer Starlight Glimmer]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheCutieMarkCrusaders The Cutie Mark Crusaders]]) | '''Supporting Cast''' ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicThePrincesses The Princesses]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicManeFamilyMembers Mane Family Members]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSchoolOfFriendship School of Friendship]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastPonyville Supporting Cast, Ponyville]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastOtherLocations Supporting Cast, Other Locations]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicAnimalCompanions Animal Companions]]) | '''Antagonists''' ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMajorVillains Major Villains]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDangerousCreatures Dangerous Creatures]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRedeemed Redeemed Antagonists]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDiscord Discord]]) | '''World of Equestria''' ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRaces Races]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicHistoricalFigures Historical Figures]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 The 2017 Movie]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicToylineExclusive Toyline Exclusive]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMiscellaneous Miscellaneous]]) | '''Minor Characters''' ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicOneShots One-Shots]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicOthers Other Characters]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPonies Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesCommonPonies Common Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesSpecialPonies Special Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesOthers Other Background Ponies]]) | '''Equestria Girls''' ([[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsHeroines Equestria Girls: Heroines]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSunsetShimmer Sunset Shimmer]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsVillains Villains]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]) -] ]]

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* AdaptationalBadass:

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: In "Secret Of My Excess", he would run at every single object he sees that doesn't belong to him. Plus, his vision shows everything to be sparkly.
* BerserkButton:
** Never come between him and Twilight.

* BigEater: Again, baby dragon. He's still growing.

* BrutalHonesty: Unless he's worried about hurting Rarity's feelings, he's prone to saying exactly what he thinks without any regard to tact. Some of this can be attributed to being a child and the other due to being raised by someone like Twilight.

* CatLikeDragons: Averted. His ''Equestria Girls'' counterpart is a dog.
* CharacterDevelopment:

* DesperatelyNeedsOrders: Downplayed in "Spike at Your Service"; When a huge study session means that Twilight doesn't need Spike's assistance for a long time, Spike, after going through an AmusinglyShortList of things he's always wanted to do, is left unsure of what to do with himself. Later in the same episode, he pledges to assist Applejack after she [[IOweYouMyLife saves his life]]. After his attempts to help backfire, Applejack tries to act like she has nothing for him to do. This causes Spike to panic, since not helping Applejack means he's not living up to his pledge.

* {{Expy}}: Of G1 (prototype) Spike, G1 (TV series) Spike and G3 (DVD only) Spike.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Sometimes.

* LikesOlderWomen: Rarity is undoubtedly older than Spike, though it's unknown by how much. [[LittleBoySeeksBigGirl She's also, naturally, bigger than him.]]

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Considers himself to fall under this trope after "Dragon Quest" when he encounters teenage dragon jerks. In the BroadStrokes of the comic, he gets over it when he goes to Fillydelphia and meets several perfectly normal, nice dragons, one of which points out that disowning his whole species based on a couple of teenage jerks isn't fair to anyone. In the show itself, his encounter with Ember serves to show him that not all dragons are as bad as those he first met (even if their friendship did get off to a rocky start).

* NiceGuy: He helps Twilight, Rarity, and others when asked. Usually, he doesn't ask for anything in reply

* StraightMan: His most consistent role is reacting to Twilight's anxiety or that of the other Mane Cast.

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* BadassMustache: He wears droopy, black fake mustaches on several occasions to look older and tougher.
* CompressedHair: The question of where his spikes, which when uncovered stick out around twice as high as any hat he happens to be wearing, go when his head is covered is never addressed.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: For particularly scaly definitions of "curtains", but his eyes and his scales on the top of his head are both green.
* CuteLittleFangs: Don't be fooled by their tiny size, since they can chomp through ''diamonds'' as if they were cookies.
* DependingOnTheArtist: In [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW the comic books from IDW]], the inside of his mouth is green.
* DisembodiedEyebrows: Unlike with ponies, under certain angles his eyebrows can be seen moving past his head.
* FormerlyFat: [[spoiler:In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E26TheLastProblem The Last Problem]]", Spike grows up to be muscular.]]
* FourFingeredHands: His claws are drawn with four fingers.
* FunSize:
** 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.
--->'''Pinkie Pie:''' Little Spikey-wikey! Who knew that big ferocious dragons started out so cutesy-wootsey?
** In "Gauntlet of Fire", Spike is only about half as tall as Ember, who is implied to be a teenager, and he's so small compared to Dragon Lord Torch that one of the elder dragon's teeth is bigger than he is.
* GrowingWings: [[spoiler:In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E11MoltDown Molt Down]]", he acquires wings after going through the molt, an uncomfortable magical process that serves as essentially dragon puberty. It culminates in him growing a rocky cocoon and emerging from it with a new pair of wings.]]
* IGotBigger: [[spoiler:He grows up to be ''huge'' in the series finale, complete with a LanternJawOfJustice.]]
* NiceHat: Spike has a thing for sweet headgear. Apparently the Animators like putting stuff on his head [[RuleOfFunny because it's funny]].
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Aside from the growth spurt induced by greed in "Secret of My Excess", Spike stays a baby for most of the series... until season 8's "Molt Down", when he undergoes "the molt", which is basically dragon puberty.
* OverlyLongTongue: As seen in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]". He can wrap it almost all the way around himself to lick food covering him.
* RiseOfZitboy: The first sign of Spike's impending molt in "Molt Down" is a red stone scale on his cheek. The next morning, his face is covered with stone scales, and later that day they're all over his body. At one point, he even tries to pop a stone scale as a teen would pop a zit. Rarity initially downplays it as just "the odd blemish", and Twilight compares it to stress-related breakouts she used to get in Magic School; turns out Spike's going through dragon puberty.
* ShoulderSizedDragon: He is this until he grows up, of course. He is often seen riding on the backs of ponies and sometimes on the head of Twilight.
* SignificantBirthDate: Twilight hatched his egg on the same day that she and the other members of the Mane Six got their Cutie Marks.
* TopHeavyGuy: [[spoiler:After the TimeSkip, he's got a huge, muscular upper-body with comparatively small legs. It's not as exaggerated as "Knight Spike"'s extreme HeroicBuild from his fantasies, but he's still ripped.]]
* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs: [[spoiler:Following "the molt", he now has wings.]]
* YourSizeMayVary: Not in the show, but in merchandise. The Spike vectors, unless he's sitting on Twilight's back, often make him appear smaller proportionally to the ponies than he does in the show.
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* BadassAdorable: He can fight back pretty well if a friend is in danger.
* BewareMyStingerTail: The end of his tail can function as a jackhammer. It's mostly used for digging, but he's used it as an effective weapon as well.
* BigEater: Spike will eat anything. He's got a ''lot'' of growing to do after all.
* BlessedWithSuck: Dragons are amongst the most powerful creatures in Equestria, but that power comes with the risk of losing control of their materialism and becoming [[TragicVillain a mindless beast]], as seen in "Secret of My Excess".
* BreathWeapon:
** Like all dragons, he can breathe fire, though he rarely uses it as a weapon. Due to his young age, however, his fire is still very weak compared to the adult members of his species. Indeed, an accidental blast only gave Twilight a new hairstyle. However, his fire power seems to vary greatly depending on the situation. In one episode, he was able to completely melt an iron lock in a couple of seconds, something that would normally take several hours with regular fire, which suggests that he might simply know how to regulate the intensity of his fire to avoid hurting ponies around him by accident.
** His fire breath also has the unusual ability to serve as a post system of sorts -- if he burns a scroll, he can cause the smoke to fly off to a desired location and reform into the original scroll. Replies can be sent back the same way -- it's not shown how this process is triggered, but on the receiving end Spike burps up a small plume of fire, whose smoke solidifies into the reply letter.
** By Season 4, his fire power has increased notably. This is best seen in "Equestria Games", where he [[spoiler:saves everypony at the Crystal Empire's stadium by quickly melting a huge ice block (pretty much a falling iceberg) with a massive flame attack, disproportionally huge for his tiny body]].
** And after his molt in Season 8, his fire breath is enough to finally make the Roc back down after a direct burst to the face. Up to this point, the giant bird was quite the SuperPersistentPredator.
** In "The Ending of the End - Part 2", [[spoiler:he even gets into a BeamOWar with his breath weapon against a powered-up Chrysalis's magic blast, and fight her to a standstill with Rarity's help]].
* EquippableAlly:
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]", Applejack lights the woodfires beneath a row of cooking pots by grabbing Spike and flicking his mouth open and closed like a Zippo lighter, complete with sparks, making him shoot out a gout of flame and lighting the fires all at once.
** At one point during the battle for Canterlot in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the 2017 movie]], Capper grabs Spike and uses his fire breath as a makeshift flamethrower against the Storm King's soldiers.
* ExploitedImmunity: As stated by Spike, dragons are fireproof. Whenever Spike or other dragons have been exposed to fire, they just end up covered in soot, but aren't burned and feel no pain whatsoever. This immunity seems to extend to extreme heat in general. As shown in "Dragon Quest", dragons can swim in boiling lava as easily as they do in water.
* {{Flight}}: [[spoiler:Starting with Season 8's "Molt Down", he acquires wings through a molting process, and immediately tries them out. After a bit of a rocky start, he's proving to be quite a fast flyer, on par with Twilight. This notably makes him the ''first'' version of Spike to be able to fly.]]
* FlyingFirepower: [[spoiler:As of season 8's "Molt Down". Combining his breath weapon with his brand-new flying ability makes him significantly more efficient than before, enough to scare off a giant flying predator like a Roc. Notably, this makes him the first Spike to be capable of flight.]]
* HandyFeet: His feet aren't particularly hand-like, but he's able to lay back and hold a comic up between his legs with his toes in "Power Ponies", implying he can use them as such when he wants to.
* HowDoIShotWeb: In "Molt Down", [[spoiler:after growing his wings, Spike struggles for a while to figure out how to fly, crashing into a tree and flying upside-down. Even when he starts getting the hang of it, at first he overshoots the target, and then he tumbles in the air while bragging about his new wings. Compared to how Twilight fared, however, he learns quite fast, hinting that flying is probably instinctual for dragons.]]
* HulkingOut: Suffered this in "Secret of My Excess", thanks to his greed on presents during his birthday. He gets better at the end. Later identified as "Greed-Induced Bigness", an affliction separate from the normal maturing process of a dragon.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: 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. [[spoiler:If his fulfillment of this trope wasn't apparent before, it comes out in full force in the second part of "The Crystal Empire".]]\\\
Oddly, in the very first episode, a brief scene gives Spike a less-than-average understanding of certain words. This has been {{averted|Trope}} in the series since. Inverted in "Spike at Your Service", where many of his attempts to help Applejack only make things worse. Even then he remains dedicated to his job and is undeterred by laborious work.
* JekyllAndHyde: Will turn into a [[HulkingOut hulked-out]] evil dragon if given too many things as presents.
* MagikarpPower: So far we've seen that Dragons are ''obscenely'' powerful beings but since Spike's a baby, he's still relatively easy to thwart. This becomes all the more apparent when he [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess temporarily stops being a baby]] and becomes a tremendous threat to everyone nearby, to the point where even the best Wonderbolt Squad are nothing but pests for him.
* {{Metamorphosis}}: In "Molt Down", the final molt stage involves Spike being covered in a rocky chrysalis, before emerging with [[spoiler:his new wings grown and ready to carry him in flight. Downplayed appearance-wise, though, as the wings are pretty much all that's changed about him.]].
* MundaneUtility:
** He uses his magic fire to send and receive letters which makes him a living fax machine.
** He's also used as an impromptu lighter to start cooking fires in "Over a Barrel" and "A Bird in the Hoof".
** At the end of "Molt Down", [[spoiler:Rarity takes advantage of Spike's new wings by having him model one of her dresses, using his newfound {{Flight}} to keep it aloft while she makes adjustments to it. And in the short "Rarity's Biggest Fan", she has him constantly flap his wings near her, creating a gust that makes it seem like her mane is always flowing (like Princess Celestia's mane).]]
* NaturalWeapon:
** Firebreath. Due to still being a baby dragon, his fire is normally shown as small and usually harmless bursts. However, on a few occasions, he is able to unleash an incredibly large and powerful fireblast, implying a great untapped potential despite his young age.
** His fangs count for this as well. Despite their tiny size, Spike is capable of biting through even diamonds like candy. Dragons have a terrifying biting power if even their infants can do this.
** His thick hide, on a more defensive note. Being covered in dragon scales has proven several times to make him immune (or at least extremely resistant) to situations that would send ponies directly to the ER.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Don't let his size fool you; he's a lot stronger than he looks. The Diamond Dogs learn this the hard way. He's also usually shown carrying many times his own size and weight in luggage. In "Spike at Your Service", he builds a gigantic rock tower, and some of those rocks are ''bigger'' than he is!
* PlayingWithFire: He breathes a "magic fire" to send messages to Princess Celestia but is also capable of producing plain old regular fire too. "Owl's Well That Ends Well" suggests that he can even produce fire from his claws. He's also accidentally sneezed green fire, resulting in random items being sent to Princess Celestia.
* PrehensileTail: He has been shown carrying objects with his tail, usually hooking the tip through a convenient handle. This is more prominent during his greed-induced growth spurt when he keeps hold of Rarity by coiling his tail around her midsection and carries her around that way while pillaging Ponyville.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: He states that "dragons are fireproof", which they have to be, dealing with fire inside their bodies a lot.
* StrongerWithAge: The page image of this trope is a dragon. Spike's a dragon. Do the math. Notably, all of the older dragons are huge and basically living, fire-breathing tanks that can fly. When Spike is unnaturally aged getting too many gifts and starts getting greedy he temporarily goes FromNobodyToNightmare.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: In "Secret of My Excess", it's revealed if he is given too many gifts he will experience rapid growth into an evil dragon.
* SuperToughness: Being covered in dragon scales means there's little that can do more than knock the breath out of him. One of the comics' main arcs has him [[spoiler:endure tremendous amounts of physical damage (that would arguably be fatal for a pony) without any serious repercussions afterward]].
* SupremeChef: He's often shown cooking and is generally shown to be quite good at it. An unusual exception occurred in "Spike at Your Service", where he [[LethalChef botches]] a pie.
* TechnicolorFire: His fire breath is a bright green color. Given that other individual dragons consistently breathe colored flames -- one background dragon is seen breathing blue fire in "Dragon Quest", while Ember breathes fuchsia flames -- this is likely natural for him. However, in an episode of Season 4, he breathes a large blast of the more traditional red/orange flames.
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[[folder:Relationships]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has a major crush on Rarity who seems to either not notice this or not care. She never shows any indication that she could imagine getting together with him but isn't really bothered by the notion. 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, but she was also deeply moved.]]
* AlwaysSecondBest: Initially had this thought about Owlowiscious, because the owl kept one-upping him.
* BeleagueredAssistant: He is front and center for Twilight's SuperOCD and tries to keep her on track when she has a meltdown.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Twilight, as her right-hoof assistant. Whenever Twilight is distracted, behind schedule, and especially when she's stressed, it falls to Spike to ground her and set her straight.
* CommonalityConnection: This is the basis for his friendship with Gabby the griffon in "Dragon Dropped". They are both in the "mail delivering business", and both come from species that don't have the friendliest of reputations.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Rarity, who he never stops trying to woo despite his lack of progress. [[spoiler:After the events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]", it's shown that she does know about his crush, but sees him as the sweet little kid he is. Although one must wonder who made that Rarity shirt from "Green Isn't Your Color" in the first place.]]
* {{Familiar}}: Spike seems to be this for Twilight, though [[AnimalCompanion Owlowiscious]] may be a better fit.
* EveryonesBabyBrother: The Mane Six tend to jump to take action the ''instant'' they find out Spike is threatened.
* HappilyAdopted: 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 big sister (probably NOT mother given what he says when Twilight wakes him up in "Winter Wrap-Up"), which makes sense, since she was responsible for hatching him.
** "Dragon Quest" confirms that he always saw Twilight as family, and overtime saw the Mane Six as a part of his family too.
** The IDW comics #40 shows that Celestia has asked Twilight to care of Spike.
** "Father Knows Beast" finally confirms on three different occasions that Spike was raised by Twilight.
** "Sparkle's Seven" shows him growing up with Twilight and Shining Armor, specifically stating he wanted to be their little brother - which both later confirm he is.
* InterspeciesRomance: He wants to pursue this with Rarity, a unicorn.
* LadyAndKnight: In "A Dog And Pony Show", he literally views Rarity and himself as this complete with himself in plate mail and her in a princess dress.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Twilight. They're extremely close and treat each other largely as equals, often balancing out each other's bad traits. This is reinforced in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E21OnceUponAZeppelin Once Upon a Zeppelin]]": when Spike insists for Twilight to go on a family vacation her parents won and let him worry about her royal duties, so that she can have a chance at a relaxing vacation, she argues he's as much a part of her family as anyone else and has the right to come too. "Father Knows Beast" shifts this relationship slightly more towards parent-child one. Twilight has been shown as the one responsible for his upbringing and gets heartbroken when Spike suggests she doesn't like him having a "''real'' parent now". He confirms he was raised by her and later declares her his real family. Still, they remain a family of equals most of the time.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: His life revolves around Twilight, although this is justified due to his youth.
** In "Owls Well That Ends Well" fear that he would lose his status as her Number 1 Assistant temporarily made him a villain.
** In "The Crystal Empire - Part 2" his greatest fear is revealed to be [[spoiler: her revoking this status and casting him out of Ponyvile because she doesn't need him anymore]].
** In "Spike At Your Service" Twilight gave him the weekend off and he couldn't think of anything better to do than smell his feet.
* TheLoad:
** When things get gritty. 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.
** [[spoiler:This is averted in "The Crystal Empire - Part 2". He's ultimately the one who saves the day (alongside Cadance), if still in a rather blundering fashion.]]
** [[spoiler: Lampshaded and Deconstructed in "Power Ponies". Thanks to the [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Mane-iac's decision on what to do to him]], he indirectly saved the day, despite his awareness of being physically weak.]]
** This is downplayed in later seasons in which his fire breath is shown to have become stronger and he later gains the ability to fly, allowing him to partake in more action sequences.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: He's on the receiving end of this both in-universe and out. Not being a pony and not bearing an Element of Harmony means that, when a crisis hits, Spike is liable to be left on the sidelines. The comics take this to the point of a RunningGag; often when a character expresses gratitude that "the six" heroes are there to help, Spike has to chime in to correct "seven!" A similar RunningGag occurs in "School Raze".
* NonHumanSidekick: The "number 1 assistant" to Twilight Sparkle.
* OddFriendship:
** Believe it or not with ''Twilight'' herself. We rarely see much focus on their relationship and it seems to be based on more familial based attachments than anything else. Regardless, they have grown closer as friends and completely trust one another.
** 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.
** Since Season 6, [[spoiler: with Starlight Glimmer. They work well together and seem to really like each other. One notes that unlike the rest of their group of friends, she treats him more as in equal or even as a ''superior'' (or ''senpai'' rather) while the others treat him as a younger brother. Presumably, because Starlight sees Twilight as her teacher and with Spike being Twilight's assistant, just as deserving of respect]].
* TheOneGuy: The only regularly recurring male character in the main cast, and for a long time the only confirmed male in the toy line.
* OppositesAttract: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]: 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 NotSoDifferent: Greed is one of Rarity's major vices (and contrasts her Element) while Spike is very giving and supporting of his friends (he even gave his own present to himself on his birthday to Rarity). Furthermore, both are hard-working individuals in what they do and have purple as a color-motif.
* PalsWithJesus:
** Like Twilight, he has a direct line to Princess Celestia (mostly because he ''is'' the direct line to Princess Celestia) though oddly he's far more laid back around her than any of her other subjects are.
** His close relationship with Twilight Sparkle, Twilight being Celestia's personal student and the Element of Magic plus her becoming an Alicorn Princess at the end of Season 3 means that he's pals with two Jesuses.
* ParentalAbandonment: Literally nothing is known about his real parents or how Celestia acquired his egg.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Twilight. They're LikeBrotherAndSister.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: A mild version towards Applejack in "Spike At Your Service", as he won't leave her alone due to his personal "Dragon Code" requiring him to pledge lifelong servitude to her after she saves his life.
* TagalongKid: He's portrayed as being younger than the rest of the Mane Cast, and he isn't a bearer of one of the Elements of Harmony, but he is still a much-loved and helpful member of their group.
* TranslatorBuddy: He often serves as this to and for Twilight, translating her highly technical spiels into terms other characters can understand.
-->'''Cloudchaser:''' What exactly does this machine do?\\
'''Twilight:''' This is an anemometer. It measures your accelerative velocity and translates it into wing power, thus gauging your cumulative [=H2O=] anti-gravitational potential. Any other questions?\\
'''Flitter:''' Yeah. [to Spike] What exactly does this machine do?\\
'''Spike:''' It tells you how fast you're flying and how strong your wings are.
* UncattyResemblance: Although their relationship is more younger sibling/assistant than pet, Spike does share several traits with Twilight. On the physical side, they are a near-identical shade of purple. On the mental side, while not as passionate about books as Twilight, Spike is still quite nerdy like her, and also a workaholic. Come season 8, [[spoiler:they even share the trait of both having grown wings later in life despite not being born with them.]]
* UnknownRival: To Owlowiscious at first, because he considered the owl a threat to his position as Twilight's Number 1 Assistant.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Often with Twilight during their more playful bouts. Also seems to have become one to Owlowiscious.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: When Twilight switches off from Straight Mare mode such as in "Lesson Zero" and "It's About Time", she becomes the wacky parent to Spike's serious child.
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[[folder:Other]]
* {{Acrofatic}}: Downplayed. Spike is pudgy for a dragon his size, but he's also strong and athletic when the situation calls for it.
* AudienceSurrogate: He's sometimes pulled into the girls' adventures against his will and then ends up enjoying it all in spite of himself. [[PeripheryDemographic Clearly some of us are meant to relate]]. "I don't want any of that girly, frilly, frou-frou nonsense," he says and then walks out giggling after receiving his ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala. [[ShoutOut To drive the point home]], [[PeripheryDemographic he plays with the miniatures of Shining Armor and Cadance in the Season 2 finale]].
-->'''Applejack:''' Spike! That goes on the cake.\\
'''Spike:''' ''[stops playing nervously}]'' I... uh... ha ha ha.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In "Lesson Zero" he ends Twilight's imagine spots by physically moving them out of frame.
* ButtMonkey: Shares this role with Twilight Sparkle; like her he faces a lot of comedic trouble.
* CreditsGag: While listed as just "Spike" in all episode and movie credits, the credits of ''Friendship Games'' list him as "Spike the Dog", because only his dog counterpart is present.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Zigzagged. He does '''A LOT''' of work for the girls, with not too many thanks from them and is mysteriously absent at many of their parties or adventures. In other episodes, ("Owl's Well That Ends Well", "Secret of My Excess") he gets [[SoProudOfYou love and praise from Twilight]], [[SmoochOfVictory a cheek kiss from Rarity]] and otherwise recognition for his accomplishments. As of Season 3, he shows both extremes. [[spoiler: He gets a stained glass window in Canterlot's palace all to himself because he delivered the Crystal Heart to Cadance and thereby saved the Crystal Empire from King Sombra, but he was explicitly not invited to welcome the inspector for the Equestria Games nor is he mentioned by Cadance herself.]] Strangely enough, "Just for Sidekicks" has an inversion; Twilight is positive that Spike is doing a "terrific" job watching their pets when the episode had demonstrated that he was doing a horrible job.
** In a somewhat unique case of DramaticIrony, "Games Ponies Play" evidently shows [[spoiler:Cadance's reasons for not inviting Spike to help welcome the inspector for the Equestria Games to be more understandable, even if Cadance didn't even bring him up]].
** The trope is often justified given Twilight's character, who is generally kind and well-meaning, but [[InnocentlyInsensitive occasionally inconsiderate]] and prone to [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny attention span issues]] [[SuperOCD when distracted]]. As such Twilight can often obliviously ignore Spike's troubles from helping her, when her head is out of the clouds, however, expect an evident JerkassRealization and doting affection.
** This is eventually subverted in "Equestria Games", which shows that he's a national hero in the Crystal Empire, and in "Twilight's Kingdom", where [[spoiler:he gets his own throne next to the Mane Six's in Twilight's new castle]].
* EverybodyKnewAlready:
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]", Spike "reveals" to Twilight and Pinkie Pie that he has a crush on Rarity. Twilight of course already knows (and suggests it's already widely known) but [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Pinkie Pie]] is surprised and forces Twilight into keeping it secret.
** As "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]" shows, [[spoiler:even Rarity herself is aware of his crush]].
* FoodAsBribe: Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy have each offered him gems to eat in exchange for a favor.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: InUniverse. In Ponyville, Spike is treated with affection but entirely without respect. In the Crystal Empire, he's a national hero who everyone fawns over.
* TheGoodChancellor: In the series finale, [[spoiler:he takes up a post as Twilight's Royal Adviser]].
* HumanPackMule: He ends up doing this for Rarity's LotsOfLuggage a few times, like in "The Crystal Empire - Part 1" or "Rarity Takes Manehattan", and also in the comics. Of course, even when shaking under the weight, he'll pretend he doesn't mind since it's for Rarity.
* InSeriesNickname: "Spikey-Wikey", used by Pinkie Pie in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E24OwlsWellThatEndsWell Owl's Well That Ends Well]]" and by Rarity in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]", "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E21DragonQuest Dragon Quest]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E2TheCrystalEmpirePart2 The Crystal Empire - Part 2]]".
* IronButtMonkey: The cartoon explains his resilience 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 [[UpToEleven even by dragons' standards]]. From the size difference between adult and baby dragons, it could be theorized that his toughness is an evolutionary necessity. Were baby dragons not so extraordinarily tough, the chance of their parent accidentally killing them could be uncomfortably large. As well as the chance of adult dragons ''purposefully'' killing them.
* TheKlutz: If he's being a bit over-eager to help, it can lead to this.
* LargeHamAnnouncer:
** In "Fall Weather Friends", he enjoys announcing the Iron Pony Competition so much that Pinkie Pie makes him [[StraightMan co-announcer]] for the Running of the Leaves.
** In "Suited for Success", he gives a [[LargeHam ridiculously pretentious intro]] for Rarity's first fashion show...which is par for the course as far as fashion shows go.
** He also takes on this role as the narrator of the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant.
** In the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW comic book series]], he provides ToBeContinued and PreviouslyOn exposition while wearing a carnival barker's outfit.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon the Brush Off]]" he can be heard humming the show's theme song.
* MeaningfulName: He's called Spike because he has spikes.
* MetaGuy: He seems to be the only character thus far to {{canon}}ically be aware of the audience (and possibly even the creators of the show) despite {{Fanon}} about Pinkie Pie.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're living E-mail clients.
* OutOfFocus: He has considerably less screen time in Season 2 than in Season 1, even having the ponies that learn AnAesop say it in a narrative voice instead of having him directly write the letter. This has led some fans to joke that [[MemeticMutation 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. On the whole, Season 3 averted this, with Spike being present in most group scenes and having at least as much presence as the ponies. Plus he got ''two'' spotlight episodes when Rarity didn't even get ''one''! It's three episodes if you count "The Crystal Empire -- Part 2".
* PaperThinDisguise: When he tries to hide his identity, he wears an outfit consisting of a large fedora, trench coat, and sunglasses. It doesn't fool anyone in-universe; everypony recognizes him instantly.
* PhraseCatcher: "Spike, take a letter."
* ThePowerOfLove: It turns out that Spike's love for Rarity [[spoiler:is what reverts him back to his normal self when he turned into a rampaging monster.]]
* RuleOfCute: A lot of things that he does, or jokes surrounding them happen for this sake.
* ShoutOut: Spike's magic green fire may very well be this to the Floo Network fireplaces in ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
* SingingVoiceDissonance: Not in the show, but the [[https://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 Music/SnoopDogg).
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: While it is shown as early as "Dragonshy" that there are other dragons in Equestria, "Dragon Quest" shows that Spike is the only dragon known to live among ponies. He is so unique that, in "Equestria Games", Ms. Harshwhinny addresses him as "Mr. the Dragon".
* ThrowTheDogABone: Occasionally, maybe coupled with CharacterDevelopment and ADayInTheLimelight. And, when it happens, it's big time!
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: In the Crystal Empire he's known as Great and Honorable Spike the Brave and Glorious, with every crystal pony saying the whole thing whenever they talk to him.
* VagueAge: This applies to most of the cast but Spike is probably the one who sticks out the most because he is younger than the mane cast but seems to be ''older'' than the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Dragon biology[[note]]He grew to full size in one episode, and then went back to his normal form after Rarity talked him down[[/note]] and society[[note]]doesn't seem to exist in any formalized manner[[/note]] offers much in the way of questions but little in the way of answers, so figuring out his relative age comes down to looking at how he acts and how the rest of the cast treats him. Judge how his behavior compares to the Mane Six for yourself.
** 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 freaking out.
** On the low side, he's run away from home out of jealousy, he tends to get talked down to, and his advice is often ignored. He also has terrible tact (then again, he was raised by Twilight, who can also suffer from this).
** To note, he was hatched around the time Twilight was entering school, so he does seem older than the Crusaders at the least, who could be seen as middle-schoolers by Season 7.
* VocalEvolution: Spike's voice has been getting slightly deeper since his first appearance. He's still growing so it makes sense. In "Secret of My Excess", his voice gets progressively deeper until even modulating his actress' voice digitally didn't cut it anymore and they just start using animal grunts, growls and roars instead.
* WouldHurtAChild: In "The Ending of the End - Part 1", [[spoiler:Spike has no problem using his fire breath to try and incinerate Cozy Glow (granted, she was an Alicorn at the time, but still)]].
* YouNeedABreathMint: According to Twilight, Spike's breath always stinks (to some degree that is, it's certainly not enough to normally bother others). Brimstone, or sulfur, a common ingredient of dragon fire, smells like rotten eggs.
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* AudienceSurrogate: He's sometimes pulled into the girls' adventures against his will and then ends up enjoying it all in spite of himself. [[PeripheryDemographic Clearly some of us are meant to relate]].
-->"I don't want any of that girly, frilly, frou-frou nonsense," he says and then walks out giggling after receiving his ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala.
** [[ShoutOut To drive the point home]], [[PeripheryDemographic he plays with the miniatures of Shining Armor and Cadance in the Season 2 finale]].
--> '''Applejack:''' Spike! That goes on the cake.\\
'''Spike:''' *stops playing nervously* I... uh... ha ha ha.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Zigzagged. He does '''A LOT''' of work for the girls, with not too many thanks from them and is mysteriously absent at many of their parties or adventures. In other episodes, ("Owl's Well That Ends Well", "Secret of My Excess") he gets [[SoProudOfYou love and praise from Twilight]], [[SmoochOfVictory a cheek kiss from Rarity]] and otherwise recognition for his accomplishments. As of Season 3, he shows both extremes. [[spoiler: He gets a stained glass window in Canterlot's palace all to himself because he delivered the Crystal Heart to Cadance and thereby saved the Crystal Empire from King Sombra, but he was explicitly not invited to welcome the inspector for the Equestria Games nor is he mentioned by Cadance herself.]] Strangely enough, "Just for Sidekicks" has an inversion; Twilight is positive that Spike is doing a 'terrific' job watching their pets when the episode had demonstrated that he was doing a horrible job.

* ShooOutTheClowns: He tends to be completely absent from episodes that are more serious and foreboding, examples would be part 2 of "The Cutie Map" and the infamous "The Mean 6".

* ShooOutTheClowns: He tends to be completely absent from episodes that are more serious and foreboding, examples would be part 2 of "The Cutie Map" and the infamous "The Mean 6".

* {{Adorkable}}: Not as much as Twilight, but he has his moments, such as his awkward attempts to hit on Rarity.