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Just because the Mane Six are [[True Companions]] doesn't mean they don't have family that love them dearly. Quite a few direct family members have appeared in supporting roles or cameos. For Rainbow Dash's parents<ref>who have only made brief appearances in [[The Hub]]'s non-canon alternate stories of how Dash got her cutie mark</ref>, see the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Characters/Canon Foreigners|Canon Foreigners page]].
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Big Macintosh is Applejack's older brother, a red earth pony with an orange mane and freckles. While most of the Apple clan live scattered around Equestria, he stays at Sweet Apple Acres with his sisters and Granny Smith.
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* [[Beware the Quiet Ones]]: {{spoiler|Gives a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to the Cutie Mark Crusaders after finding out they were Gabby Gums. Not only does he sound angry for the first time ever, he also orders the CMC to get the ''hell out of his sight.'' Pretty harsh.}}
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Ee-yup" and "Nope."
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: He didn't become [[The Quiet One]] until after "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: All that farm work over the years has made him into one of the strongest characters within the show. While his sister Applejack (also known by her strength) needs to kick a tree with both legs to make it drop it's apples, Big Macintosh only needs to tap it. With ''one'' leg.
** He's also able to shake off a [[
** He also managed to pull a cart full of anvils ''and'' the two oxen towing it while skipping without even noticing. It took being tethered to ''a full sized, two-story house'' to make him pause for a second... and then he ripped the house out of it's foundations, dragging it with him as he continued frolicking around, lost on his own thoughts.
* [[Common Sense]]: Has a healthy dose of this or at least enough to tell right off the bat that Applejack's promise of harvesting a whole farm's worth of apples by herself was going to end in tears.
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* [[Cool Big Sis|Cool Big Bro]]: To Applejack and Apple Bloom.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Depending on the Artist]]: During some scenes in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: [[Subverted Trope|Well, he]] ''[[Subverted Trope|does]]'' as we can see him clearly using just a fraction of his strength to buck apples from a tree, but [[Mind Control|certain things]] can make him forget.
* [[Expy]]: A very weird case. First, he's based on the Big Brother ponies in G1 and as his general design, it strongly resembles G3 Applejack, down to his coat color and the huge apple cutie mark, minus the checkered blanket.
* [[Fast Tunnelling]]: While he's corrupted during Discord's reign in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Flanderization]]: In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Applejack even gets frustrated with his "fancy mathematics" and he knows the therapeutic pressure points for Granny Smith's muscle spasms. To top it off, when "discorded", he became incredibly stupid, acting more like a dog than a pony. Notice that for the Mane Six, the same effect reversed ''their core personality trait'', aka their very Element.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Big Macintosh is not only one of the tallest members of the main cast, he's also noticeably bulkier and ''way'' stronger than the other male ponies seen so far. Still, he's very nice, calm and gentle, as [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wpXhyR_1dZ0/TrMYHn_hy_I/AAAAAAAARto/5gSxw56z7IY/s1600/3.jpg his collector card] states.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: He's noticeably taller than Cherilee when the Cutie Mark Crusaders try to pair them up.
* [[Hunk]]: Appears to be the pony equivalent of one, and it's how he [http://e621.net/data/09/d3/09d3b92ac924c0de4e60d3e00b4150aa.jpg?1312303842 tends to be portrayed] in "humanized pony" fanart.
* [[Iconic Item]]: In the show, he is never, ever seen without his horse collar.
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* [[Large and In Charge]]: Implied by Applejack during "Bridle Gossip" when she threatened Apple Bloom with telling Big Macintosh on her after the filly defied Applejack's authority.
* [[Manly Tears]]: When Applejack's farewell letter is read aloud in ''The Last Roundup''.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: It's never explained when or how he was injured in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: If he's speaking in complete sentences, things are not well.
* [[The One Guy]]: Was promoted to this slot (which he shares with Spike, the two of them usually trading off) in season 2.
* [[Pair the Spares]]: He gets paired up with Cheerilee in the episode "Hearts and Hooves Day"
** [[Ship Tease]]: After the madness dies down, the last scene of the episode is {{spoiler|Cheerilee and Big Macintosh going on a picnic. Whether they're going on an actual date or just teasing the Cutie Mark Crusaders is left open}}.
* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: As of the second opening (introduced in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[The Quiet One]]: Big Macintosh rarely talks and when he does, he only says the bare minimum. He almost never raises his voice, not even when he's noticeably upset--a rare exception is when he yelled at the Cutie Mark Crusaders when it was discovered that they were the ones publishing embarrassing stories about others in the school newspaper.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: He didn't even ''need'' Twilight's "Want It Need It" spell to want her old childhood doll.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Despite his red coat, this is inverted as he's the blue oni to Applejack's red.
* [[Rule of Funny]]: He can drag houses with ease or send dozens of ponies flying over the horizon, but he can barely lift up Applejack's backpack or a cake. Whatever's funnier.
** [[Continuity Nod]]/[[Fridge Brilliance]]: As far as Applejack's backpack goes, he was still bandaged and injured from the [[Noodle Incident]] referred to in the start of "Applebuck Season", and as for the cake, it wasn't that he couldn't lift it as much as he was afraid of dropping it, which required the other ponies to come and help steady it.
* [[She's a Man In Japan]]: Apparently some of the foreign language translations on [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wpXhyR_1dZ0/TrMYHn_hy_I/AAAAAAAARto/5gSxw56z7IY/s1600/3.jpg his collector card] call him female. But seeing as the other stallions' cards apparently do the same thing, it almost certainly wasn't intentional, and most likely isn't indicative of those languages' dubs of the show.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Applebloom mentions that he's too shy to ask someone out, which is probably why he spends all his time working on the farm.
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* [[The Silent Bob]]: Particularly in the second season, where Big Macintosh is usually voiceless except for saying "Eyep" and "Ehnope". His expressions speak volumes, though, and he did explicitly refuse [[Meaningful Name|The Flim-Flam Brothers]]'s bad Apple Cider deal.
* [[Smarter Than You Look]]: [[The Smart Guy]] of the Apple family as well as [[The Big Guy]]. Applejack even gets exasperated with his "fancy mathematics."
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: "Big Macintosh" seems to be the official spelling; it's been used in multiple synopses of "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[The Stoic]]
** {{spoiler|[[Not So Stoic]]: When he found out that the Cutie Mark Crusaders were actually Gabby Gums and posting fake stories of Applejack and him, he gives them a piece of his mind, and it really isn't pretty.}}
* [[Super Strength]]: And ''how!''
* [[Theme Naming]]: He is named after a type of apple named "McIntosh Red" with red and green skin, the same colors as Big Macintosh's coat and Cutie Mark.
* [[Writing Around Trademarks]]:
** Originally he was going to referred to as [[McDonald's|Big Mac]] in casual conversation but that would have caused too much trouble with trademarks. In some episodes he ''is'' referred to as "Big Mac", most notably, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** He was also going to be called "Big Apple" and he would be the current boss of Sweet Apple Acres which itself would be "Big Apple Orchard." However trademarked or not, it didn't pass the legal department so both were changed to their current names.
* [[Working Class People Are Morons]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]], as the cartoon constantly implies that he's smarter than his sisters. Also [[Word of God|according to]] [[What Could Have Been|the original series' bible]], Big Macintosh owns and runs Sweet Apple Acres while Applejack manages the day-to-day affairs.
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Applejack's, Apple Bloom's and Big Macintosh's grandmother. Age has done a number on this green Earth Pony and while she's not completely crippled or senile, she's getting there. Despite this, she still manages to continue her role as the matriarch of the Apple family.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents|Amazingly Embarrassing Grandparent]]: To Apple Bloom in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Ascended Extra]]: As of Season 2, she's gotten a sharp increase in screen-time and spoken lines.
* [[Blind Mistake]]: Her poor eyesight causes her to mistake Gilda's tail for a rattlesnake.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Her methods for preparing the Zap Apples to be harvested sometimes take this to a quite literal level.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]
* [[Crack! Oh, My Back!]]: According to her granddaughter Applejack, Granny has a "saggy ol' hip" that needs to be replaced. Her joints creak audibly whenever she walks and in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** Though while she's corrupted during Discord's reign in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Her higher mobility in the second season implies that she got her hip replaced in between seasons, but it isn't mentioned in show, so take that as you will.
* [[Curse of the Ancients]]:
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* [[Depending on the Artist]]: She's wrinklier than usual in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Expressive Ears]]: She's old and weak, so her ears are floppy.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Apple Bloom seems to have gotten her eye color from Granny.
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* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]
* [[New Technology Is Evil]]: Played for laughs at Granny's expense as she can't figure out how to use a simple tin megaphone. She tries talking by the wrong side, slaps it around and somehow manages to poke her eye with it.
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* [[Non
* [[Nobody Calls Me Chicken|Nopony Calls Me Chicken]]: In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Odd Name Out]]: Theme naming or not, she has the most mundane and human-sounding name ''in the whole show'', only being rivaled by Trixie and Pony Joe.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: For her grandchildren.
* [[Retired Badass]]: For the most part, she was played as an old senile pony for laughs, {{spoiler|And then she was revealed to ''have been responsible for the founding of Ponyville'', instantly gaining the respect of school bully Silver Spoon.}}
* [[Running on the Spot]]: Played straight during "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Senior Sleep Cycle]]: Seen through the series but especially played when Granny is chaperoning some kids during Nightmare Night.
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* [[Supreme Chef]]: Her Zap Apple jam is ''legendary''. People travels from miles away to buy it and it ''literally'' put Ponyville in the map.
** Not to mention that she was the reason that Diamond Tiara can live in luxury.
* [[Theme Naming]]: She is named after Granny Smith apples. These apples are green colored (the same color of Granny's coat) and are favored to use in baking apple tarts (Granny's cutie mark).
* [[The Unintelligible]]: "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Vague Age]]: OK, she's old. But exactly, ''how old?'' She claims to have been one of the founders of Ponyville, which according to the episode "Winter Wrap Up" is a town several ''centuries'' old.
* [[When Elders Attack]]: Granny Smith is old, frail and senile, but she still can deliver a considerable wallop.
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A cousin of Applejack who lives in the newly-settled Apple-loosa. Is quite proud of the new settlement but is also willing to listen to both sides of the conflict between the Apple-loosians and the resident herd of Buffalo.
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== Aunt and Uncle Orange ==
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Applejack's aunt and uncle who live in [[Big Applesauce|Manehattan]]. Unlike the rest of the family, the Oranges live a high class lifestyle. Whether they actually do grow oranges or not isn't clear. According to the Blind Bags, Uncle Orange is named Mosely Orange.
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** While it might be coincidental, there's another layer to it when you consider that they live in a counterpart of New York City...a territory once owned by the Dutch who are associated with the color orange.
*** Not to mention New York is also nicknamed the Big Apple.
* [[
* [[You Don't Look Like You]]: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c9TB8hhXf54/TtBFZewKP9I/AAAAAAAAVfY/1tTI_bI3J0Y/s1600/20.jpg Mosely Orange's molded toy and collector card] (from the [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/11/blindbags-set-3-namessummariesimages.html fourth wave of the Blind Bags]) both depict him as a [[Palette Swap]] of Big Macintosh.
== The Smith Family ==
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* [[No Name Given]]
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== Other Apples ==
The Apples of Ponyville have a LOT of relatives, but so far we mostly only know their appearances and/or names. In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[All There in the Manual]]:
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* [[All There in the Script]]: Two of them ''might'' be Crimson Gala and Peachy Sweet, if [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f8H4iomB6Uw/TtBFUzsGTQI/AAAAAAAAVdY/mgVRVUbAvbM/s1600/4.jpg these] and [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lbaWWJ375eE/TtBFYG_XzxI/AAAAAAAAVe4/8fWxKuzXM3w/s1600/16.jpg these] are indeed glitter versions of their toys and cards.
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Apple Brown Betty.
* [[Gender Flip]]: Golden Delicious is a stallion in the show and [[The Merch|WeLoveFine]]'s ''[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1903 All Of Apple Acres]''{{Dead link}} art print, but a mare in the Blind Bags. G3 Golden Delicious was also a mare.
* [[Massive
* [[Nakama]]: The family remains very close-knit. [[Failure Is the Only Option|Have fun trying your schemes in the future, Flim and Flam]].
* [[Nice Hat]]: Uncle Apple Strudel as well as any of them when in Appleloosa or Dodge Junction.
* [[No Name Given]]: With the exception of those listed above.
* [[Non
* [[Odd Name Out]]: Along with the Oranges, [[All There in the Script|Peachy Sweet]] is among the few members of the family whose names aren't related to apples.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Applejack, Applebloom, and Big Macintosh's parents are never shown nor even mentioned in the show. [[Lauren Faust]] and crew [http://fav.me/d4kf3yc never did figured out what to do with them].
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A white unicorn stallion with a blue mane and a shield cutie mark. He's Captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard, but more importantly he's Twilight Sparkle's older brother. They were very close when they were younger, but started to grow apart when she moved to Ponyville, thus why we don't see him until the Season 2 finale.
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* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: He was showcased and promoted as an upcoming toy long before the episode aired, or even the info about him being Twilight's brother.
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: Captain of the Royal Guard, and he's most likely named after this trope, and his cutie mark matches it.
* [[Leitmotif]]: Heard at various points in "A Canterlot Wedding". In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Meta-example; he and Cadence were showcased months before their respective relations to Twilight Sparkle and Celestia were revealed.
* [[Magic Knight]]: Seeing as he's Captain of the Royal Guard and a unicorn.
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== Twilight Sparkle's Parents ==
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A white and blue unicorn couple living in Canterlot and the parents of the show's main character Twilight Sparkle. Not much is known about them other than that they helped their daughter get enrolled into Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns after she expressed an interest in magic. They cameo in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]] / [[Absurdly Youthful Father]]: They haven't aged a bit since we last saw them in Twilight Sparkle's filly flashback. They practically look the same except for the subtle eye bags they now sport.<ref>Then again these are ponies, so their aging process are probably different from ours.</ref>
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Twilight Velvet's [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-704LWXU1M/TtBFZyWJ6RI/AAAAAAAAVfo/KMANKW6-r00/s1600/22.jpg collector card] reveals that she "loves writing stories!"
* [[All There in the Script]]: Twilight Sparkle's mom ''might'' be named Twilight Velvet if [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-704LWXU1M/TtBFZyWJ6RI/AAAAAAAAVfo/KMANKW6-r00/s1600/22.jpg these] are indeed glitter versions of her toy and card. They match her cutie mark and color scheme (blue eyes, greyish white coat)<ref>all the "sparkly pony" toys and cards have [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/11/blindbags-set-3-namessummariesimages.html solid colors so we won't be able to tell if her mane color matches</ref> and pony mold <ref>pretty close for the toy line that is since they only use a limited number of pony molds</ref>.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: They briefly get turned into potted plants by their daughter in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Color-Coded Wizardry]]: "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Expy]]: Twilight Sparkle's mom is very clearly based on [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OXQcDqb1joM/TaqCQUwBF8I/AAAAAAAAA1A/0qW8qfaqwyo/s1600/twilight+mom.jpg the original G1 Twilight] down to the cutie mark and hair colors. Twilight Sparkle's father resembles a G1 German pony named Nachtlicht. Translated? [[Fridge Brilliance|Nightlight]].
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Twilight Sparkle's mom.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Twilight Sparkle's dad.
* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Twilight Sparkle's mom.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Twilight Sparkle's mom is a near-[[Palette Swap]] of her daughter, having the same tail shape, and a near-identical mane shape.
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There was once a family of Earth Ponies who owned a rock farm outside of Ponyville where there was no talking and no smiling. That is until the pinkest of their daughters suddenly threw a party and brought laughter and sunshine into their lives. That is [[Unreliable Narrator|if you believe Pinkie's story]] in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Artistic Age]]: Pinkie Pie's parents...mostly because of their dull color schemes and strict expressions.
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* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: They appear to be Amish.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Pinkie's father
* [[No Name Given|No Names Given]]: All of them except for Granny Pie but judging by her and Pinkie's names, it's possible that the family name is "Pie" (supported by [[The Merch|WeLoveFine]]'s ''Pie Family Rock Farms'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20111228094008/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1067 shirt] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111029021728/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1070 &] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120203151733/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1342 bag]).
* [[OC Stand
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]: Not a full blown one but Inkie's bangs are long enough to cover 1/4 of her face.
* [[The Stoic]]: The entire family<ref>whether Granny Pie is the same or not is unclear but Pinkie's song seems to indicate that she's somehow different</ref> until Pinkie introduces them to their first party. It's unclear whether they've completely moved away from this state of mind or have reverted back ever since.
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* [[Unnamed Parent|Unnamed Parents]]: See [[No Name Given|No Names Given]] above.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: It is as of yet unclear whether they are really real or was just made up by Pinkie Pie seeing how she ended her [[Origin Story]]:
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'''Scootaloo:''' Wha...huh?
'''Apple Bloom:''' Look! We're here!
'''Pinkie Pie:''' Maybe on the way home I can tell you the story of how I got my cutie mark. It's a gem! }}
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A pink female unicorn and a white male pony<ref>his hat makes it hard to tell if he's a unicorn or earth pony</ref> couple. [[Word of God]] says that Sweetie Belle actually lives with them instead of Rarity; in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Their house hasn't appeared in the show, but it has appeared in the German [[Comic Book Adaptation|magazine comic]] ''Einfach rufus''.
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* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Rarity's dad.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: They both have these.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Similarly to how "Steven Magnet" (the river serpent from the second episode) got his name, certain members of the fandom have taken to calling Rarity/Sweetie Belle's father "Dr. Fantastic". Some others are calling him "Magnum" due to his [https://web.archive.org/web/20120429121534/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/81271 resemblance to Tom Selleck].
* [[Iron Stomach]]: They truly enjoyed Sweetie Belle's horrible food, which included a glass of cinder (burnt ''juice'') and a bowl of bubbling ooze (it was '''''toast''''').
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Given the mother's comments about teaching Sweetie Belle to cook, either she was being fantastically polite about Sweetie Belle's [[Epic Fail]] of a breakfast or is just as bad at it.
* [[Lovable Jock]]: Rarity's jolly father is a tall, bulky and manly stallion with three American footballs as his Cutie Mark. That or he could be a football coach.
** Either way this trope still applies.
* [[Nice Hat]]: The father.
* [[Non
* [[Unnamed Parent|Unnamed Parents]]
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