Main Index The Main Cast: Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, the Cutie Mark Crusaders Supporting Cast: The Princesses (Princess Celestia, Princess Luna), Mane Family Members, the School of Friendship, Ponyville, Other Locations, Animal Companions Antagonists: Major Villains (Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow), Dangerous Creatures, Jerks and Bullies, Redeemed Antagonists (Discord) World of Equestria: Races, Historical Figures, the 2017 Movie, Expanded Universe, Toyline Exclusive, Miscellaneous Minor Characters: One-Shots, Other Characters, Background Ponies (Common Background Ponies, Special Background Ponies, Other Background Ponies) Equestria Girls: Heroines (Sunset Shimmer), Villains, Supporting Cast
Determining a Common Background Pony:
- Their character design have many Palette Swapped and/or Race Swapped versions.
- You can often see many clones of themselves occupying the same scene.
- Their characterization is not very consistent.
Mares
The most common and popular Recurring Extras in the show. They make up the majority of the population in a crowd scene more than colts, fillies and stallions and are often pulled into gag scenes and other background character roles. You will often see them jumping from one scene to the next as if they are teleporting or two (or more) of the same pony in the same scene sometimes appearing with slight variations in design such as being of a different race or a different cutie mark that they usually possess.Berryshine / Berry Punch
See Friendship Is Magic: Supporting Cast – PonyvilleCandy Mane
A tan earth pony with a pink mane and pink eyes and a Sisterhooves Social cutie mark, sometimes.
- Cool Big Sis: While it's left to be seen if she has an actual sister in "Filli Vanilli" and "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows" her cutie mark was the Sisterhooves Social logo.
- Curtains Match the Window: Pink eyes pink mane.
- Depending on the Artist: The first three seasons she was a blank flank. It wasn't until Filli Vanilli she finally shown to a "Sister" cutie mark. but in "Leap of Faith" her cutie mark was fruit.
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Fandom Nod: In "Filli Vanilli", she is shown with candy in her mane.
Cherry Berry
Speaking Appearance: "Luna Eclipsed", "The Mysterious Mare Do Well", "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", "Putting Your Hoof Down", and "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2"
A pink earth pony with a yellow mane, purple eyes, and a cutie mark of a pair of cherries. She's apparently in charge of the renting out the Twinkling Balloon. In "Apple Family Reunion", she appears in one shot at the hoedown, but isn't included in the family photo. According to her brushable toy's box and her collector card, she "thinks that breakfast, lunch and dinner should always be served with a cherry on top!" and "is so cheerful all the time!"
- Adventurer Outfit: Wears aviator goggles while using the Twinkling Balloon during "The Mysterious Mare Do Well", "Spike at Your Service", and "Magical Mystery Cure", as well as on the Comic-Con 2011 poster
/desktop background. - All There in the Manual: Her brushable toy's box and her◊ collector card reveal that she "thinks that breakfast, lunch and dinner should always be served with a cherry on top!" and "is so cheerful all the time!"
- Ascended Extra: The Pony Wedding line includes a brushable toy of her, with art that almost completely matches her in-show appearance!
- Depending on the Artist: In "Over a Barrel", her colors and cutie mark are used on an Applejack palette swap.
- Shown Their Work: In "Grannies Gone Wild", Cherry Berry is seen walking all around her hot-air balloon and thoroughly inspecting it. Clearly, there are storyboard artists, layout artists, and/or animators who recognize Cherry's apparent love of flight, and G.M. Berrow took notice of this when writing this episode.
- Suddenly Voiced: Cherry Berry has no clear lines until "Luna Eclipsed".
- Valley Girl: Her voice in "Putting Your Hoof Down".
Golden Harvest
Speaking Appearance: "Boast Busters", "Swarm of the Century", "Green Isn't Your Color", and "A Friend in Deed"
An earth ponynote with (usually) an orange mane and carrotnote cutie mark. Fans may recognize her from several pieces of fan-art featuring her as Derpy's roommate/best friend, usually with her fridge being emptied. While the two have been seen alongside each other in the show a few times, it's unknown if they really are friends or emptied fridges are involved. In "Apple Family Reunion", she appears in one shot at the hoedown, but isn't included in the family photo.
An analysis on Golden Harvest/Carrot Top is available on the analysis page.
- Action Girl: In "Over a Barrel" she jumps out of the second story of a building, lands on a buffalo and rides him rodeo style all with a big grin on her face!
- Ascended Extra: She and Lyra Heartstrings share a trading card.
- All There in the Manual:
- Her◊ collector◊ card reveals that she "loves sharing treats from the garden!"
- Apparently she's best friends with Lyra. The trading cards also ascend her
Fan Nickname "Carrot Top" as her In-Series Nickname.
- Her
- Cool Big Sis: She's shown to be sisters with Noi in "Sisterhooves Social" and they enter the competition together. They're shown together again in "Putting Your Hoof Down".
- Dye Hard: Her hair is briefly green in "Boast Busters" as part of a gag and goes back to orange right afterwards.Rarity: No! Green hair? Not green hair! Such an awful color!
Golden Harvest: ...Well ...I never! - Fandom Nod: She's together with Derpy Hooves for a gag scene in "Luna Eclipsed" which could be a reference to fan depiction of them being Heterosexual Life-Partners (especially since an early storyboard had a unicornnote dressed as a vampire in the place of Golden Harvest). Adding to this, her annoyed expression implies that she's used to Derpy's quirks.
- Inexplicably Identical Individuals: The Apple family member Caramel Apple is identical to her except for having a different cutie mark.
- In-Series Nickname: According to her and Lyra Heartstrings's trading card, she earned the nickname "Carrot Top" because carrots are always on her mind.
- Ship Tease: Heavily implied to be with Strawberry Cream in "Hearts and Hooves Day", though the shot before that shows her with Caramel instead (however, an even earlier shot shows Caramel with Sassaflash). She's also seen numerous times with Written Script.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Her cutie mark is carrots, and according to her and Lyra Heartstrings's trading card, carrots are always on her mind, to the point of earning her the In-Series Nickname Carrot Top.
- True Companions: With Lyra Heartstrings, according to their trading card.
Shoeshine
Speaking Appearance: "The Ticket Master", "Green Isn't Your Color", "Hearth's Warming Eve", and "Putting Your Hoof Down"
A blue earth pony with a periwinkle mane, magenta eyes, and a cutie mark of a pair of horseshoes. In "Apple Family Reunion", she appears in one shot at the hoedown, but isn't included in the family photo. According to her collector cards, she "is understanding and listens to her friends!" Before the toy line gave Shoeshine her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Linky.
- All There in the Manual: Her collector◊ cards◊ reveal that she "is understanding and listens to her friends!"
- The Blank: At the end of "Magic Duel".
- Depending on the Artist:
- In "Read It and Weep", "Just for Sidekicks", and "Games Ponies Play", there was a mental patient with a screw cutie mark that shared the same color scheme as hers called Screwy.
- Shoeshine's mane and tail are sometimes a different color than usual in "The Best Night Ever", "Sweet and Elite" and "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2", usually when she's wearing a certain outfit. (In the latter two episodes, she also appears with her usual mane and tail color while wearing a different outfit, and in the last episode both versions appear alongside each other.)
- Eye Take: In My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games, it's very quick and rather small, but in one of the portals leading to Equestria, Shoeshine has a wide-eyed reaction straight toward the audience upon seeing an opening in the fabric of reality.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Seems to have a thing for carrots — in "The Ticket Master" she offers Twilight a few and claims to have a cartload of extra ones, and in "Winter Wrap Up" she's seen munching on one.
Sweetie Drops / Bon Bon
See Friendship Is Magic: Supporting Cast – Ponyville
Daisy / Flower Wishes
Speaking Appearance: (solo roles) "The Ticket Master" (one of Twilight's ticket stalkers), "The Mysterious Mare Do Well" (bystander admiring Mare Do Well's heroism), and "Family Appreciation Day" (saucepan merchant)
A daisy-themed earth pony. In the toyline she "has a beautiful garden. She grows flowers in every color of the rainbow!" and that she and Blossomforth "have a tea party for two!". She is most notable as one of the flower trio.
To see tropes about her group, the Flower Trio, go to the Special Background Ponies page.
- Adaptation Name Change: The toy line refers to Daisy as Flower Wishes; the show has only referred to her as Daisy once while the toys have continued to refer to her as Flower Wishes, and Flower Wishes is also the name of a G3 pony, so it's very possible that Daisy's correct name is Flower Wishes.
- All There in the Manual: Her collector◊ cards◊ reveal that she "has a beautiful garden. She grows flowers in every color of the rainbow!" The Friendship Celebration Collection's box◊ reveals that she and Blossomforth "have a tea party for two!"
- Ascended Extra: She's one of the seven brushable toys in the Friendship Is Magic Favorite Collection from the Toys "R" Us exclusive Collector Series.
- Cast Herd: One of the more common ones in the show. Daisy also shows up alongside male earth pony Goldengrape ala Lyra Heartstrings & Sweetie Drops. They even go to the Grand Galloping Gala together!
- Expy: Daisy's toy name, Flower Wishes, was also the name of a G3 pony.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Kind, though dramatic pony in most appearances, but a Rich Bitch Smug Smiler in Fame and Misfortune.
- You Don't Look Like You: Her Cutie Mark Magic brushable toy is a pegasus, despite the package art using her normal earth pony design.
Lily Valley
A flower-themed earth pony who is always seen wearing a white lily flower on her mane. She is notable as one of the flower trio, her "The horror! The horror!" scene and the starving pony with a dunce cap.
To see tropes about her group, the Flower Trio, go to the Special Background Ponies page.
- All There in the Manual: Her collector card reveals that she "loves to be in the center of the action!"
- Ambidextrous Sprite: Her ear flower always switches from left to right ear and is always facing the camera.
- Curtains Match the Window: Yellow eyes, yellow hair.
- Dunce Cap: She wears one in Apple Bloom's Imagine Spot in the episode "Hearts and Hooves Day" to show how under-educated Ponyville would become if Cheerilee and Big Macintosh's love poison-induced romance is allowed to continue.
- Nothing but Skin and Bones: One of the consequences that Apple Bloom imagined would be due to Big Mac's and Cheerilee's love poison-induced inability to do their jobs, along with under-education, is starvation; this is depicted in her Imagine Spot by showing an emaciated Lily◊.
- You Don't Look Like You: Her Wave 9 blind bag figure is a pegasus.
Rose / Roseluck
White Lightning
A white pegasus with a blue mane, blue eyes, and a cutie mark of a dark cloud with a lightning bolt. Nicknamed Lightning Bolt before the Crystal Games expansion set to the Enterplay Collectible Card Game assigned her an All There in the Script name.
- All There in the Manual: As described on her collector's card◊, "White Lightning's dad was a unicorn. Between him and her two sisters, Lightning had plenty of practice getting along with unicorns while growing up!"
- Curtains Match the Window: Her eyes are a lighter shade of blue than her mane, but it's close enough.
- Official Couple: Heavily implied to be with Ponet in "Hearts and Hooves Day".
- Trademark Favorite Food: In "Applebuck Season", she and Cloud Kicker are shown drooling at the sight of the free muffins.
Cloud Kicker
A lavender pegasus with a blonde mane, pink eyes, and a cutie mark of a sun with a white cloud. As of Blind Bags Wave 17, her Fan Nickname is All There in the Script Ascended Fanon.
- Cool Big Sis: To Alula, with whom she participates in the Sisterhooves Social.
- Fish Eyes: For brief moments in "Griffon the Brush Off" and "Hurricane Fluttershy", she's visible in the background with a severe case of wall eyes making each of her eyes point in a different direction from the other.
- Trademark Favorite Food: In "Applebuck Season", she and White Lightning are shown drooling at the sight of the free muffins.
Sunshower Raindrops
Derpy's most common Palette Swap. A yellow pegasus with green hair and a raindrops cutie mark, she's known for sharing quite a few scenes with Derpy in Season 1, including the famous "Feeling Pinkie Keen" scene. She also has a memorable viking costume in "Luna Eclipsed" and becomes a cadet at the Wonderbolt Academy in "Wonderbolts Academy" (like some other common Pegasi), serving as Thunderlane's wingpony. Not to be confused with the weather pegasus Sunshower from "Tanks for the Memories".
- Badass Adorable: She doesn't necessarily do anything badass in "Luna Eclipsed", but of all the things she could have dressed up for on Nightmare Night, she chose a viking. Awesome. Also, in "Wonderbolts Academy" she clears clouds with kung fu kicks.
- Cast Herd: In Season 1, she's often seen flying alongside Derpy, though after Season 2 they largely separate from each other.
- Curtains Match the Window: The same shade of cyan.
- The Klutz:
- The scene in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" never showed who exactly dropped all that stuff on Twilight Sparkle, and it's implied to be both her fault and Derpy's.
- She's also responsible for the first tornado failing in "Hurricane Fluttershy". Or at least the first to falter, and collide with another pony in the process.
Rainbowshine
Speaking Appearance: "Winter Wrap Up, "Sonic Rainboom" and "Rainbow Falls"
A purple pegasus with a pink mane, pink eyes, and a cutie mark of a three-colored rainbow. She's best known as the pony who gave us the name Ditzy Doo (Derpy's alternate name). According to her collector card, she "loves to leap into the sky!" Before the toy line gave Rainbowshine her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Rainbow Day.
- All There in the Manual: Her collector◊ card reveals that she "loves to leap into the sky!"
- Curtains Match the Window: The darker pink portions, at least.
- Rainbow Lite: Her cutie mark contains a three-colored rainbow, its three colors being blue (purple in the Blind Bags), orange, and yellow.
- Ship Tease: Is seen with Lucky Clover on a date in "The Break-Up Break Down!"
Sassaflash / Emerald Gem
A turquoise pegasus with a cream-colored mane, orange eyes, and a cutie mark of a pair of lightning bolts. According to her collector cards, she "loves watching clouds blow across the sky!" Before the toy line and Gameloft's My Little Pony Licensed Game respectively gave Sassaflash/Emerald Gem her official All There in the Script names, she was given the Fan Nickname Wind Whistler (after the similar-looking G1 pony).
- All There in the Manual: Her collector◊ cards◊ reveal that she "loves watching clouds blow across the sky!"
- Cast Herd: She's often seen in background shots hanging out with Sea Swirl.
- Official Couple: With Caramel in "Hearts and Hooves Day", though a later shot shows him with Golden Harvest instead (however, the shot after that shows Golden Harvest with Strawberry Cream).
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Parasol/Showers
A yellow pegasus with a pink mane, orange eyes, and a cutie mark of a trio of umbrellas. While she's a very common background pony in early seasons, she appears increasingly rarely as the show goes on and is largely reduced to sporadic cameos in later seasons.
- Cast Herd: She's often seen alongside fellow pegasi Derpy Hooves and Raindrops, sharing their famous "Feeling Pinkie Keen" scene with them.
- Expy: Her cutie mark is similar to that of G1 Parasol.
- Official Couple: Heavily implied to be with Silver Script in "Hearts and Hooves Day".
Orange Swirl
A yellow pegasus with a pink mane, rose-colored eyes, and a cutie mark of a trio of tornadoes. Was nicknamed Dizzy Twister before the Collectible Card Game officially named her
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- Curtains Match the Window: Magenta eyes and magenta hair.
- Suddenly Voiced: She has no clear lines until "Lesson Zero".
Sprinkle Medley
Speaking Appearance: "Rainbow Falls" and "It Isn't the Mane Thing About You"
A greenish-blue pegasus with a teal mane, blue eyes, and a cutie mark of a white cloud with rain. She is named after the G1 pony Medley due to their similarities in color scheme and race.note
- Suddenly Voiced: She has no clear lines until "Rainbow Falls", where she gets a line of dialogue (speaking simultaneously alongside Rainbowshine). However, she does also have a clear speaking line in the German dub of "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000".
Merry May
A green pegasus with a pink mane, pink eyes, and a cutie mark of a trio of suns. Before the toy line gave Merry May her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Flora. She's a regular fixture of crowd shots in early seasons, but begins to appear less and less as the show goes on before disappearing entirely in Season 8.
- All There in the Manual: Her collector◊ cards◊ reveal that she "loves all flowers, especially spring daisies!"
- Alliterative Name: Merry May.
- Curtains Match the Window: Purple eyes, purple mane.
- Innocently Insensitive: In "It Isn't the Mane Thing About You", even though she's part of the crowd singing Rarity's praises, she cuts in front of her at the flower stand after Rarity's confidence loss from her ruined mane has turned her into a barely noticeable wallflower and joins in the collective horrified gasp at the sight of Rarity's half-bald scalp.
- Out of Focus: She appears increasingly rarely in the show's later seasons, becoming relegated to sporadic appearances by Season 6 and vanishing entirely in Season 8 — her last appearance is in "Fake It 'Til You Make It", and there only in a crowd shot copied exactly from Season 1.
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Lemon Hearts
See Friendship Is Magic: Supporting Cast – Other Locations
Twinkleshine
See Friendship Is Magic: Supporting Cast – Other Locations
Lyra Heartstrings
See Friendship Is Magic: Supporting Cast – Ponyville
Minuette
See Friendship Is Magic: Supporting Cast – Other Locations
Amethyst Star
Speaking Appearance: "The Mysterious Mare Do Well", "Slice of Life"
A purple unicorn with a tri-diamond cutie mark, she made her first appearance alongside Lyra Heartstrings in the pilot episode. She had a notable appearance as captain of the animal team in "Winter Wrap Up" but other than that fans didn't really notice her much until "Sisterhooves Social" which showed her as the sister of popular background unicorn filly Dinky Hooves. (This means several fans consider her Derpy Hooves' other daughter, often adopted to explain their apparent narrow age difference). She even gets her own scene in "The Mysterious Mare Do Well" in which she has a picnic with background unicorn filly Liza Doolots and Rainbow Dash attempts to help her open a peanut butter jar but ends up needing her assistance to open it. According to her collector cards, she "loves to dance when she hears music!" Before the toy line gave Amethyst Star her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Sparkler (after the similar-looking G1 pony who was the basis for an early design
◊ of Rarity).
- All There in the Manual: Her collector◊ cards◊ reveal that she "loves to dance when she hears music!"
- Color-Coded Wizardry: Her magic aura is shown as red-violet in "The Mysterious Mare Do Well" and as pink in "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2".
- Cool Big Sis: To Dinky; they win a pie-eating contest together at the Sisterhooves Social.
- Curtains Match the Window: The lighter parts of her mane, at least.
- Deadpan Snarker: When dealing with Rainbow Dash at least.
- Depending Onthe Artist: She appears as an earth pony during the song "At the Gala" in "The Best Night Ever".
- Friend to All Living Things: Implied in "Winter Wrap Up". It is she and not Fluttershy who is captain of the animal team.
- Hidden Depths: According to the episode "Slice of Life", she was the best organizer in town before Twilight came along.
- Lampshade Hanging: In "Slice of Life", Amethyst Star looks especially baffled when Matilda addresses her, and that she would ask her to organize anything, as she's more used to stay in the background, unnoticed.
- Official Couple: She's strongly suggested to be with Royal Riff in "The Break Up Break Down": they're seen together in an early scene at the beginning of the Hearts and Hooves Day celebrations, where he gives her a heart-shaped balloon, and again together in the evening of the same day at the end of the episode, smiling at each other while Amethyst is still holding onto the balloon.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: She was the best organizer in Ponyville until Twilight moved in, though she doesn't seem partially bitter about it.
- Red Herring: Her purple magic glow seen during the peanut butter scene in "The Mysterious Mare Do Well" was put there to mislead people into believing she may have been Mare Do Well, who also had a purple magic glow. She wasn't. It was Twilight Sparkle, whose magic color was also previously displayed as purple.
- Stellar Name: While not extremely prominent, her name, like those of many other unicorns, references celestial bodies — in her case, the stars in general.
- Suddenly Voiced: Amethyst Star has no clear lines until "The Mysterious Mare Do Well".
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Sea Swirl
A pale pink unicorn with a blue mane, rose-colored eyes, and a cutie mark of a pair of dolphins. According to her collector card, she "loves to go swimming in the ocean!" Before the toy line gave Sea Swirl her official All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Seafoam.
- All There in the Manual: Her collector◊ card reveals that she "loves to go swimming in the ocean!"
- Alliterative Name: Both words start with S.
- Cast Herd: Is often seen together with Sassaflash.
- Color-Coded Wizardry: In the play in "Hearth's Warming Eve", her magic aura is shown first as red-violet and then as pink; "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2" also shows it as pink.
- Suddenly Voiced: Sea Swirl has no clear lines until "The Cutie Pox".
Diamond Mint
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: She usually wears a fancy saddle with a frilly edge and a flower behind her ear.
- Cast Herd: Especially in the early seasons, she's a regular member of the mob of galloping ponies seen when there's a rush to get to or away from somewhere, typically appearing together with Berryshine, Shoeshine, Lyra, Amethyst Star, Lemon Hearts, Daisy and Minuette. Secondarily, she also tends to be part of the background crowd in society scenes such as the Grand Galloping Gala and the Princess Dress craze and in parties and celebrations in general.
- Curtains Match the Window: Her eyes are the same violet-blue as her mane's primary color.
- Punny Name: Her alternative canon name, Mint Jewelup, is a pun on mint juleps and the gems in her cutie mark.
Lemony Gem
In the comic books, she appears in the "Neigh Anything" arc as one of Cadance's old friends.
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: She typically wears a fancy saddle with a frilly edge and a flower behind her ear.
- Ascended Extra: In the "Neigh Anything" story arc of the comics (where her name is spelled "Lemony Gems"), she gets a supporting role as one of Princess Cadance's high school buddies who ended up marrying former Jerk Jock Buck Withers.
- Cast Herd: She's part of the "society" crowd usually seen in scenes involving parties, social occasions and Canterlot high society.
- Curtains Match the Window: Her eyes are the same sea-green color as her mane's primary shade.
- Official Couple: In "Neigh Anything", she ends up getting hitched to Buck Withers.
Stallions
Being a show catering to young girls, a larger population of female characters is to be expected. However, unlike previous incarnations of My Little Pony, there is a much larger stable of stallions in the show compared to previous cartoons. They function the same way as the mares, colts and fillies, filling crowd scenes and playing background character roles. They are often used in more masculine roles such as cart pullers, sports, and construction workers among other things. The second season saw an increase in the number of stallions.Dr. Hooves / Time Turner
See Friendship Is Magic: Supporting Cast – Ponyville
Pinprick/Royal Pin
A blue, white-maned unicorn with varying attributes: his eyes have been gold, amber, and blue; his cutie mark has been a safety pin and an hourglass; and his horn has been normal-sized and unusually long and sharp. His most memorable appearances have been in "Call of the Cutie" (where he happily pokes out a set of balloons Apple Bloom was hiding behind) and "Sweet and Elite" (where he wears a red jacket that gives him a resemblance to the Third Doctor, which coupled with his hourglass cutie mark has led some to believe he too is a Time Lord). Before Enterplay's Collectible Card Game gave Pinprick his official Ascended Fanon All There in the Script name, he was given the Fan Nicknames Pokey Pierce (for his 3-second balloon popping scene, which was the first time he had a visible cutie mark and the first time he was shown with his unusually long and sharp horn) and Perry Pierce. His name was changed to Royal Pin in Blind Bag Wave 11.
- Depending on the Artist:
- Pinprick has a safety pin cutie mark in "Call of the Cutie" and an hourglass cutie mark in "Sweet and Elite". Both versions appear at different points in "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000".
- Pinprick has a longer and sharper horn than usual during his balloon popping scene in "Call of the Cutie" and at one point during "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" as well as in the Comic-Con 2011 poster/desktop background.
- What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: His safety pin cutie mark (when he has it) together with his balloon-popping scene in "Call of the Cutie" imply that his special talent is popping balloons with an appendage the other unicorns use to do magic. And he still seems happy about it.
Meadow Song
A brown-coated earth pony who usually appears in large crowd scenes or alongside the Apple family. A pegasus version of him first appears in "Sonic Rainboom".
- All There in the Manual: According to his collector card◊, he "is so musical and friendly!"
- Official Couple: He and Carrot Top appear throughout "The Break Up Break Down" during the Hearts and Hooves Day celebrations, walking together and rubbing noses.
- Overly-Nervous Flop Sweat: He breaks out into a nervous sweat after being confronted by Iron Will in "Putting Your Hoof Down".
- Suddenly Voiced: He has no clear lines until "Putting Your Hoof Down" if his pegasus version, who has a clear line in "Sonic Rainboom", is considered a separate character.
Cherry Fizzy
A light tan earth pony with a black mane, green or blue eyes and a cherry cutie mark. In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", he delivers Spike's egg to Twilight Sparkle during her exam, and talks to Twilight in the following present-day scene. Can be seen in several other episodes in crowd scenes. Also appears in "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2", alongside Caramel, Noteworthy and Meadow Song. He was released as a toy in the seventh wave of blind bags.
- All There in the Manual: His collector card states that he "loves to tell jokes and riddles to his friends!"
- Ascended Extra: One of the few stallions to be released in the toyline.
- Cast Herd: He's in the middle of an often reused crowd◊ animation.
- Inexplicably Identical Individuals: The Apple family member Golden Delicious is identical to him except for having a different cutie mark, though Cherry Fizzy sometimes also has a different eye color.
- Suddenly Voiced: Ein komischer Vogel, an adaptation of "A Bird in the Hoof" in Panini's German My Little Pony magazine, adds dialogue to his scene from that episode, giving him the line "Nein, noch nie gesehen!" In the show he's only gotten one clear line, during the following episode "The Cutie Mark Chronicles".
- Vague Age: A particularly funny example: In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", he was the one who delivered Spike's egg to Twilight Sparkle during the Flashback of her exam when she was a filly. After her Flashback is over, he interacts with Twilight Sparkle in the present, looking exactly the same.
Goldengrape
A yellow earth pony with a blue mane and grapes cutie mark. He's mostly known for appearing several times with Daisy whenever she's not hanging out with the other flower ponies, sort of like a hetero version of Lyra Heartstrings & Sweetie Drops; though their relationship isn't entirely clear it's assumed they're a couple. While he doesn't have any speaking lines, he does growl at Twilight Sparkle during "Over a Barrel". According to his collector card, he "loves telling and hearing jokes." Before the toy line gave Goldengrape his official All There in the Script name, he was given a couple of Fan Nicknames, Sir Colton Vines III and Green Grapes.
- All There in the Manual: His collector◊ card reveals that he "loves telling and hearing jokes."
- Cast Herd: With Daisy. They even go to the Grand Galloping Gala together!
- Curtains Match the Window: In the show.
- Inexplicably Identical Individuals: The Apple family member Red Delicious is identical to him except for having a different cutie mark.
Noteworthy
A blue earth ponynote with a navy blue mane and music notesnote for a cutie mark. He appears in a few scenes such as clearing the snow during "Winter Wrap Up", and has a somewhat noteworthy animation glitch in "The Best Night Ever" that gave rise to the "Donny Cyclops" meme. According to his collector card, he "is very helpful and remembers everything!" Before the toy line gave Noteworthy his official All There in the Script name, he was given the Fan Nickname Blues.
- All There in the Manual: His collector◊ card◊ reveals that he "is very helpful and remembers everything!"
- Curtains Match the Window: In the Blind Bags.
- Cyclops: In "The Best Night Ever" his side-view facing head model briefly fused with his front-view facing head model creating a hideously misshapen one-eyed face◊. This version of him been nicknamed Psy Clops or Donny Swineclop.
- Determinator: His demo card seems to indicate this.
- Real Men Wear Pink: In "For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils", he eagerly gushes over Rarity's costume designs.
Lucky Clover
Speaking Appearance: "The Best Night Ever" and "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1"
A gray earth pony with a black mane and clover cutie mark. Like Caramel he's apparently a neighbor of Rarity and helped pull the carriage in "The Best Night Ever". He also shares a scene with Wild Fire in one of Twilight Sparkle's flashbacks in "A Canterlot Wedding — Part 1". In "Apple Family Reunion", he appears in one shot at the hoedown, but isn't included in the family photo.
- All There in the Manual: His collector card reveals that he "knows working together makes any job easier!"
- Ascended Extra: One of the few stallions to be released in the toyline.
- Official Couple: With Wild Fire.
- Considering that Lucky was seen on a date with Rainbowshine in "The Break Up Break Down!", it can be assumed that his relationship with the previous-mentioned mare didn't last.
- Suddenly Voiced: He has no clear lines until "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1" (if his bluish-coated version, who has a clear line in "The Best Night Ever", is considered a separate character).
Caramel / Chance-A-Lot
Speaking Appearance: "The Best Night Ever, "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", and "Applejack's 'Day' Off"; (Human Counterpart) Equestria Girls: Through the Mirror novelization of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
A tan earth ponynote with (usually) a trio of horseshoes cutie mark and one of the few to have a name that isn't just All There in the Script. In "Winter Wrap Up" he loses the grass seeds (according to Applejack, this is a regular occurrence) and looks quite embarrassed by this. "The Best Night Ever" reveals he's a neighbor of Rarity's and he helps pull the girls' carriage to Canterlot. One of the more amusing things about him is that his color scheme and (usually) cutie mark have been used for at least four different ponies which has lead to a lot of jokes and speculation. The Blind Bags give him the name Chance-A-Lot. According to his collector cards, he "is always cheerful and trying new things!"
An analysis of Caramel and the various versions of him is available in the analysis page.
- Adaptation Name Change: The Blind Bags refer to him as Chance-A-Lot; given that he has a caramel apple cutie mark instead of a horseshoe cutie mark at the beginning of the show's scene in which he's referred to as Caramel, that appearance may have been intended to be a different character, though Gameloft's My Little Pony game has since referred to the usual horseshoe-cutie-marked version as Caramel.
- All There in the Manual: His collector◊ cards◊ reveal that he "is always cheerful and trying new things!"
- Depending on the Artist: One of the most prolific examples in the show.
- His coat and mane colors and cutie mark are used for a Big Macintosh Palette Swap who first appears in the first opening and later appears in the show proper during "Green Isn't Your Color", "Lesson Zero" and "Putting Your Hoof Down".
- In "Winter Wrap Up", he has a caramel apple cutie mark at the beginning of the scene where he's referred to by name, but later in the scene it's replaced with his usual mark. Due in part to this and in part to his Adaptation Name Change to Chance-A-Lot in the Blind Bags, it wasn't until Gameloft's My Little Pony game that he was officially identified as Caramel.
- In "Sonic Rainboom", he and other earth pony stallions appear as Pegasi.
- His color scheme and cutie mark are used for an earth pony mare who appears during "Over a Barrel".
- In "The Best Night Ever", he temporarily switches to having Coco Crusoe's eye color, tail, and cutie mark when he's first shown pulling the carriage.
- His design and color scheme are used for the doctor unicorn from "Read It and Weep".
- Official Couple: With Sassaflash in "Hearts and Hooves Day", though a later shot shows him with Golden Harvest instead (however, the shot after that shows Golden Harvest with Strawberry Cream).
- The Pollyanna: According to his collector cards at least.
- Spell My Name With An S: "CHANCE-A-LOT" has only been written in all caps like that, so it isn't clear if it's capitalized "Chance-A-Lot" (matching that of the Design-A-Pony toys' title), "Chance-a-Lot" (matching that of Pick-a-Lily's name), or "Chance-a-lot" (similar to that of Sir Lintsalot's name).
- Vocal Dissonance: From both ends of the spectrum! In "Winter Wrap Up" he manages to make a soft squeak similar to the one Fluttershy makes in "Friendship Is Magic - Part 1" and "A Bird in the Hoof", while in "The Best Night Ever" he says "EXCUSE me?" in a very deep voice. After that, in "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", he sounds very similar to the Scout.
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Perfect Pace, Time Master
A blue earth pony with a blonde mane and (usually) a hourglass cutie mark. One of the recurring high society ponies and thus appears in most episodes featuring Canterlot or high society events. He's a judge in "MMMystery on the Friendship Express" for the dessert competition with a cupcake cutie mark for a brief moment. Like every other pony with an hourglass cutie mark, fans originally tied him to Doctor Who, seeing him as either yet another incarnation of the Doctor (usually Peter Davison/the 5th Doctor) or the Doctor's rival the Master. Eventually, Enterplay's pony card game gave him the official name of "Perfect Pace" and used the card's description and flavor text to make very clear that he is indeed, The Master.
- Alliterative Name: Perfect Pace.
- Curtains Match the Window: Blonde hair rarely translates to eye colors, but this pony is the exception.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: The card game gave him a pocket watch, which he obsessively checks every four minutes. Since he's an expy of John Simm's Master, this means his memories, life energy and infinite evilness are contained there.
Bruce Mane / Neon Lights / Rising Star
A light blue stallion with dark gray hair, blue eyes, and (usually) a cutie mark of three five-pointed stars. While his only appearance in the first season was as an earth pony ("Bruce Mane"), the second season introduced at least two unicorn versions of him, one of whom, Neon Lights, is a common background pony. In the fandom, "Bruce Mane" is best remembered for his vague resemblance to Bruce Wayne and Neon Lights is best remembered for his "high society" Canterlot outfit that he wore in "Sweet and Elite".
He has a human counterpart in the Equestria Girls movies, first appearing in Friendship Games as a Crystal Prep student.
- Adaptation Name Change: Rising Star is his name in the Collectible Card Game.
- Cool Shades: Part of the "high society" outfit that Neon Lights wears in Canterlot during "Sweet and Elite".
- Depending on the Artist: He has at least three different versions:
- "Bruce Mane", an earth pony with a darker mane color and a lighter tail color who appears in "The Best Night Ever", "Sweet and Elite", "MMMystery on the Friendship Express" (sometimes with a different cutie mark), "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2", "The Crystal Empire - Part 1", and "Magical Mystery Cure", as well as in the Web Game DJ Pinkie Pie, on three of The Hub's wallpapers and one of their promotional sites, and on the licensed shirt Rarity Prefers Diamonds.
- Neon Lights, a unicorn with a lighter mane and tail color who appears in "The Mysterious Mare Do Well", "Sweet and Elite", "Hearth's Warming Eve", "The Last Roundup", "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", "A Friend in Deed", "It's About Time", "A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2", "One Bad Apple, "Magic Duel", and "Magical Mystery Cure", as well as on one of The Hub's wallpapers.
- A unicorn with a darker mane and tail color who appears in "Sweet and Elite".
- An animation error depicts him with pegasus wings (but still keeping the unicorn horm) in "Rarity Takes Manehattan". He's the first stallion to accidentally appear as an alicorn.
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- Winged Unicorn: In "Rarity Takes Manhattan", he appears as an alicorn in one scene due to an animation error — wings were added to his model in a standard case of a background pony's tribe being changed for an appearance, but the animators evidently forgot to remove his horn. This is particular notable for being the show's first case of such an accidental "background alicorn" being accidentally included in a scene.
Orion
A white stallion with light blue mane, tail and eyes and a dark blue cutie mark of the Orion constellation. He first appears as an earth pony in "The Best Night Ever", and is larger than usual for one scene where he gives Twilight Sparkle a very strong hoofshake. He reappears in "Sweet and Elite", which is also the first appearance of two unicorn versions of him: one with the same neat mane style as the original earth pony version, and one with a spiky mane style matching every version's tail style. All of these versions reappear intermittently throughout the show's run.
- Color-Coded Wizardry: In the play in "Hearth's Warming Eve", the spiky-maned unicorn version's magic aura is shown to be blue.
- Curtains Match the Window: All three versions have manes and tails that match their eye color.
- Stellar Name: His fan name, which references the Orion constellation of his cutie mark.
Royal Riff
A silvery-gray earth pony stallion with a brushed white mane and a double treble clef cutie mark.
- Alliterative Name: Royal Riff.
- All There in the Manual: His collector◊ cards◊ says that he "makes up songs to sing together with friends".
- Official Couple: He's strongly suggested to be with Amethyst Star in "The Break Up Break Down": they're seen together in an early scene at the beginning of the Hearts and Hooves Day celebrations, where he gives her a heart-shaped balloon, and again together in the evening of the same day at the end of the episode, smiling at each other while Amethyst is still holding onto the balloon.
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Star Hunter / Solar Wind
A dark blue stallion with light blue mane/tail and eye colors and a white cutie mark of the Orion constellation. He first cameos in "Hearts and Hooves Day", but isn't shown clearly until "Hurricane Fluttershy", in which he impresses Rainbow Dash with his 11.0 wingpower. He appears as an earth pony at the wedding reception in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2", and this earth pony version reappears a few more times in the third and fourth seasons. Before the Collectible Card Game gave Star Hunter/Solar Wind his official All There in the Script names (the first of which is Ascended Fanon), he was given the Fan Nickname Jack Harkness.
- Curtains Match the Window: Both versions have mane-and-tail-matching light blue eyes.
- Stellar Name: Both of his names reference astronomy in some form, either the phenomenon of solar wind or the practice of stargazing.
Fillies and Colts
There are also children (or "fillies" and "colts" in this case) within the background pony crowd. Almost all of them are fillies; background colts weren't introduced until Season 2, and are nowhere near as common as background fillies. Generally, they (the fillies, at least) don't have set cutie marks — most of their appearances are as blank flanks, and when they do have marks (mostly in "Call of the Cutie") they're often inconsistent. They usually appear in classrooms or any school related scenes, Cutie Mark Crusader episodes or any episode that focuses on one or two of its members. In any other scenes they are almost always seen being accompanied by an adult pony. They usually fulfill younger background roles along with being crowd fillers like their older counterparts.Piña Colada
A light pink filly with slightly darker pink hair and has blueish teal eyes. She's paired with Berry Punch in both instances of the Sisterhood Social.
- Ambiguously Related: She competes alongside Berry Punch in the Sisterhood Socials, but since honorary sibling are allowed and they're rarely seen together otherwise...
- Fish Eyes: In "Luna Eclipsed", when Luna is scaring the trick-or-treating foals and filled (and Pinkie) while pretending to be Nightmare Moon, she's visible in the crowd of screaming foals with her eyes pointing in wildly different directions.
Aura
A lavender filly with teal eyes and hair. Before the closed captions on the DVD Season Two Disc 2 gave Aura her official Ascended Fanon All There in the Script name, she was given the Fan Nickname Half Note.
- Curtains Match the Windows: Her eyes are the same shade of light blue-green as her mane and tail.
- Suddenly Voiced: She has no clear lines until "The Mysterious Mare Do Well".
Noi
A wheat-yellow filly with very light strawberry blonde hair and violet eyes. Her Fan Nickname is short for "No Identity" based on her being shown with a lot of cutie marks, which is common for background fillies in general. She's paired with Golden Harvest in the Sisterhood Social.
- Ambiguously Related: She competes alongside Golden Harvest in the Sisterhood Socials, but since honorary sibling are allowed and they're rarely seen together otherwise...
- Suddenly Voiced: She has no clear lines until "Luna Eclipsed".
Sunny Daze and Peachy Pie
A pair of earth pony fillies who always appear together.
- Alliterative Name: Peachy Pie.
- All There in the Script:
- Sunny Daze's So Soft toy's box◊ reveals that as a newborn, she "love[d] to laugh and play all day!"
- Peachy Pie's collector card◊ reveals that she "loves baking sweet treats for her friends! She's always testing out new recipes for them to try."
- Sunny Daze's So Soft toy's box
- Ascended Extra: Despite (at the time) only appearing for two scenes in one episode and having no lines aside from small gasps, they each have a toy version of some sort (with radically different appearances, but still): Sunny Daze has a So Soft Newborn toy while Peachy Pie has a molded toy (which is a Palette Swap of Pinkie Pie) and a collector card. They are two of the few background ponies to have in-show names and share them with G3 ponies, so that might have helped.
- Mythology Gag: Their names were originally those of a pair of G3 ponies.
- Palette Swap: In some of her appearances in the merchandise, Peachy Pie is aged up and depicted as a recolor of Pinkie pie.
- Spell My Name With An S:
- Closed captions spell Sunny Daze's name as "Sunny Days".
- An Italian sticker activity booklet spells Peachy Pie's name as "Peachie Pie".
Button Mash
This colt has a brown coat with orange hair and eyes, and wears a propeller beanie hat. He lacks a cutie mark, and was first shown playing an arcade machine.
- Curtains Match the Window: Orange hair and orange eyes.
Cotton Cloudy
A bluish-white filly with very light cyan hair and lavender eyes.
- Suddenly Voiced: She has no clear lines until "Ponyville Confidential".
Alula / Pluto / Princess Erroria
A cream-colored filly with light purple hair and bright blue eyes. In fanon, she became the Alicorn princess of errors after a scene where she was mistakenly shown as an alicorn, with a cutie mark and a pet Slowpoke, and this is why she is now Fan Nicknamed "Princess Erroria". She has appeared as a member of all three pony tribes (in addition to an alicorn), but is most usually depicted as a pegasus.
- Ambiguously Related: She competes alongside Cloud Kicker in the Sisterhood Socials, but since honorary sibling are allowed and they're rarely seen together otherwise...
- Funny Background Event: In "Hearts and Hooves Day", she's seen handing a card to Diamond Tiara of all ponies. And Silver Spoon seems to be encouraging her. Despite apparently being a Blank Flank (at least in that shot).
- Winged Unicorn: She appears in Twilight's Imagine Spot of Magic Kindergarten during "Lesson Zero" with a horn added on but wings left on by mistake. Fans dubbed the Alicorn version Pluto and Princess Erroria.
Ruby Pinch (and variations)
Also known by other Fan Nicknames, including Overly Protected Little Filly (OPLF), Berry Blast, Beery Pinch, and Cherry Daiquiri. A pink unicornnote and the supposed daughter of Berryshine. Similar to Dinkynote in that a lot of her popularity comes from her "mother" (only they've been seen together in the show).
- Ambiguously Related: Berry Punch whisking her into her house as Zecora wanders around Ponyville in "Bridle Gossip", and they do look somewhat similar to each other, leaving plenty of room to speculate a relation.
- Suddenly Voiced: Ruby Pinch has no clear lines until "Ponyville Confidential" (if her orange-eyed earth pony version, who has a clear line in "Call of the Cutie", is considered a separate character).
- Tongue on the Flagpole: She becomes the unfortunate victim of this alongside Scootaloo in "Hearth's Warming Eve", where they can both be seen in an early scene struggling to detach their tongues from a giant candy cane.
Liza Doolots
Yet another Dinky Palette Swap in the form of a teal unicorn filly with a purple mane. She's the only background pony who's been present in Cheerilee's classroom every time that we've seen it, and always has a flower cutie mark on these occasions. Notable scenes include calling Rainbow Dash’s “heroic deeds” lame in "The Mysterious Mare Do Well" and finding out her crush likes somepony else in "Hearts and Hooves Day". Nicknamed Tootsie Flute prior to receiving a canonical name in the Collectible Card Game.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Seems to be her reaction to Truffle Shuffle giving Twist a big hug in "Hearts and Hooves Day".
- Curtains Match the Window: She has purple eyes and hair.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: She and her Palette Swap Dinky should get special mention for their scene in "Winter Wrap Up" where they both sing and dance with little bunnies during the musical segment.
- Suddenly Voiced: Liza has no clear lines until "The Mysterious Mare Do Well".
Dinky Hooves / Doo
A purple unicorn with blonde hair, little Dinky made her debut in "Winter Wrap Up" cheerfully hopping along during the song. She appears again in "Call of the Cutie" as one of Apple Bloom's classmates who attended the party. Some speculation and a short fanfic later she was dubbed the daughter of Derpy Hooves due to their similar color schemes and since then she's become almost as popular as the Cutie Mark Crusaders. While she and Derpy were seen together once in "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows", their relationship ambiguous, she's shown to be the sister of unicorn Amethyst Star in "Sisterhooves Social". Called Fire Chief, after the costume it depicts her wearing, in Gameloft's My Little Pony Licensed Game, but Fan Nicknamed Dinkynote .
- Ambiguously Related: She and Derpy were seen together once in "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows" as a possible Fandom Nod to their mother-daughter relationship, but it's never confirmed if they are related. On the other hoof, Amethyst Star is Dinky's sister, as shown in "Sisterhooves Social", but since the event also allows sister figures like Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo to participate, it's still ambiguous if Amethyst and Dinky are blood-related or not.
- Curtains Match the Window: The image here doesn't show, but her eyes are only a slightly darker yellow shade as her mane.
- Little Miss Badass: In "Call of the Cutie", her cutie mark most of the time is a bow and arrow, which would imply her special talent is archery. Though other times, it's a picture of a pillow.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: She and her Palette Swap Liza Doolots should get special mention for their scene in "Winter Wrap Up" where they both sing and dance with little bunnies during the musical segment.
