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The [[Fan Nickname|Mane Six]]. These are our heroines. From trying to get along at a slumber party to [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|defeating]] [[Physical God|Physical Gods]] of darkness and chaos, these girls overcome just about any obstacle with the [[Power of Friendship|Magic of their Friendship]]. They're cute. They're awesome. They're the embodiment of the Elements of Harmony and they're here to Love & Tolerate the crap out of you.
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** Rainbow Dash is this in [[Hero Worshipper|Scootaloo's]] eyes although this is also averted by [[Word of God]] who says that she probably wouldn't be the best big sister in the world.
*** She does get moments of this towards Fluttershy in later episodes however.
* [[Cool Pet]]: All of the main characters have one. [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Characters/Animal Companions|See here for info on them]].
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: They all have their moments of this with Twilight Sparkle being the most prominent.
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*** Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle
** During an episode:
*** Applejack and Twilight Sparkle ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
*** Applejack and Rarity ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
*** Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
*** Pinkie Pie and Spike ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
*** Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
*** Pinkie Pie and Applejack ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
*** Rainbow Dash and Applejack ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
*** Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
*** Rarity and Fluttershy ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
*** Rarity and Twilight Sparkle ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
*** Spike and Rarity ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
*** Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Romance Genre Heroines]]: According to [[Word of God|Lauren Faust]], the main girls are based around these:
** [[The Hero|Twilight]] [[The Smart Guy|Sparkle]] is The Librarian
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** [[The Lancer]]: Rainbow Dash
** [[The Big Guy|The Big Girl]]: Applejack
** [[The Chick]]: Rarity and Pinkie Pie
** [[The Heart]]: Fluttershy
* [[Town Girls]]: The six form this type of trio x2. Rainbow Dash and Applejack are the tomboys, Rarity and Fluttershy are the girly girls. Pinkie and Twilight are the in betweens.
* [[True Companions]]: Despite their differences, it's clear they have a strong bond between them with it growing stronger throughout the series.
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{{quote|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
{{quote|Voiced by [[Tara Strong]]
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* [[Badass Family]]: She is a certified [[Badass Bookworm]]/[[Magic Knight]], her brother is the captain of the Royal Guard. As if that wasn't enough, he marries Princess Cadence, a [[Badass Princess]] {{spoiler|who he saves the world with}} and Princess Celestia's niece, making her now part of Celestia and Luna's family too. And if the theory about her mother being the G1 Twilight is correct, she probably counts too.
* [[Barrier Warrior]]: She can create [[Anti-Magic]] force-fields that she can move as seen in "Return Of Harmony Part 2" and "Ponyville Confidential".
** As of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: In the episode "The Return of Harmony Part 2", Twilight Sparkle quite literally beat up Gray Pinkie Pie and Applejack after they stole her book.
* [[Big Brother Worship]]: As a filly, she thought of Shining Armor as her best and only friend (at least until she hatched Spike). When she came to Ponyville and made new friends, however, they started to drift apart. {{spoiler|It's also what makes it hard to get others to side with her when she claims that Cadance is evil, since she has been coming off as possessive of her brother for much of "A Canterlot Wedding".}}
* [[Break the Haughty]]: A [[Lighter and Softer]] version; starts as an [[Ineffectual Loner]] who believes she simply doesn't have ''time'' for friendship and is smugly convinced that Celestia will ''naturally'' listen to her concerns. Then Celestia seemingly blows her off, sends her off to run some mundane errands and expects her to actually try and make friends in a town where she thinks she's the [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Pony]]...
* [[Burning with Anger]]: Rarely does it such as in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Shares this role with Spike.
** [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: But as shown in "Feeling Pinkie Keen", she can take a lot of damage and still keep on going.
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* [[Cute Witch]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Perhaps more frequently than any other character in the show. She's voiced by [[Tara Strong]], it's practically a requirement.
{{quote|'''Twilight:''' Now tell me; what exactly have you actually ''seen'' [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold|Zecora]] do?
'''Rainbow Dash:''' Well...once a month she comes into Ponyville.
'''Twilight:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Ooh.]]
'''Rarity:''' Then, she ''lurks'' by the ''stores''.
'''Twilight:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Oh my.]]
'''Fluttershy:''' And then...she digs at the ground...
'''Twilight:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Good]] ''[[Rule of Three|gracious.]]'' }}
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: During the pilot towards her friends.
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* [[Expy]]: Of G1 Twilight. The cartoon even ([[Mythology Gag|jokingly]]) implies that Twilight Sparkle is the daughter of the original Twilight. Her coloring also resembles that of Twilight Twinkle from G3.
* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: Doesn't believe in many of the weird things that happen in Ponyville despite the fact that she uses magic (which she claims is different from other "Mumbo Jumbo") and is the personal student of a [[Physical Goddess]].
* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: She fails to use her teleportation for most of the first season, starting after "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Melancholic: introverted, organized and [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Friendless Background]]: In the first episode, it's shown that "she's more interested in books than friends." Some hints later on show it might not have been quite that simple. In "Look before You Sleep", she reveals she's "always" wanted to have a slumber party. In any case, as seen in the first episode, her studies were certainly getting in the way of having a social life, even if she might have wished for one when not occupied with something else interesting as in that episode.
* [[Funny Afro]]: Twilight temporarily has one after Rainbow Dash messes up her mane in the first episode.
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** And has an even more ''psychotic'' one over the course of "Lesson Zero".
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Despite her history of not socializing by choice, she reveals in "Look Before You Sleep" that she's dreamed about throwing the perfect slumber party and is innocently enthusiastic about getting the chance to try her very first one. This being Twilight, she even has a guide to ensure she does everything by the book.
* [[Humble Hero|Humble Heroine]]: Wants nothing to do with being associated with the greatness of her deeds. Rather she wants to be viewed as an ordinary unicorn unlike her [[Shadow Archetype]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Characters/Antagonists|Trixie]].
** This also makes her a great [[Foil]] to Rainbow Dash.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: In the first two episodes, Twilight eventually brings peace to the ponies representing night and day. Twilight is the time when night and day briefly intersect. Additionally the book on the Elements of Harmony talk about a "spark" needed to ignite their power; this ends up being Twilight '''Spark'''le.
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: And a particularly strong telekinetic too. She can simultaneously levitate a humongous bear ''and'' a huge water tower.
* [[
** [[Symbol Motif Clothing]]: Her dress for Grand Galloping Gala has many stars on it.
* [[Mr. Vice Guy|Ms. Vice Gal]]: Normally even-tempered but Twilight does sometimes have problems with being grouchy and dismissive when something's bugging her. She also has an insensitive streak.
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** This most likely doesn't actually mean anything though as the characters didn't all have the same names in early development (for example, Pinkie Pie was originally a white Pegasus named "Surprise").
** The names of the rest of the Mane Six were trademarks left over from the G3 series and their names may have intentionally been chosen to have three syllables to make the G3 theme song easier to write ''("Rainbow Dash always dresses in style/Sweetie Belle's magic brings a great big smile....")'' The only ponies in G3's core 7 not to have three-syllable names were Toola Roola and Starsong.
* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Pony]]: Generally the voice of reason compared to her friends. Most obvious in the pilot where her first impression of Ponyville comes from [[GASP|Pinkie Pie]]. Made even more obvious in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
** [[Inverted Trope]] during "Look Before You Sleep" where she's so intent on throwing a perfect slumber party that she ''insists'' on consulting a guidebook for everything. [[Justified]] in that she's never experienced one before and is completely unfamiliar with all of the classic trappings. She doesn't even know what a pillow fight is! She also wonders if a tree falling through her window is part of the procedures but we'll just blame that on the probable concussion.
** [[Exaggerated Trope]] when all the other ponies were [[Brainwashed]] by Discord.
** [[Deconstructed]] in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
*** Like every other character with so much as a speck of sanity over the others, the show seems ''very'' fond of displaying her own flaws and making her [[Not So Above It All|do something odd or indignifying]] whenever she gets too high a pedestal.
* [[Out of Focus]]: In Season 2, at least compared to her role in Season 1. So far she's only had two focus episodes, has been in more of a supporting role in most episodes, and has been missing entirely from three. Quite odd, considering that she's supposed to be the lead protagonist of the mane cast. The writers clearly reveled a bit in not needing to shoehorn her into every story after "Lesson Zero."
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* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Unlike previous ''[[My Little Pony]]'' series, she is the only unicorn with the ability to teleport that we've seen so far. Strangely when she teleports Spike with her, he comes out slightly singed. She says she did it by accident in that instance.
** Since "Secret of My Excess," it has been shown that Twilight is capable of teleporting ''others'' to her and with her. She apparently teleports long-distance in "Dragon Quest", and it also establishes her teleportation is not a [[Story-Breaker Power]] because long-distance teleportation takes too much energy to do regularly.
** Rarity dressed Twilight in her [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Twilight seems to have an unfortunate habit of asking whether things could possibly get worse. They almost always do.
* [[Tsurime Eyes]]: More prominent on her toy.
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* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|"Well Done, Student" Girl]]: Her relationship with Princess Celestia has some definite shades of this. Twilight obviously idolizes Celestia and desperately seeks her approval though Celestia's approval is not nearly as conditional as Twilight thinks it is.
* [[When She Smiles]]: Double Subverted, as Twilight ''does'' smile a decent amount, but when she's genuinely happy it really stands out.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: If ''Winter Wrap-up'' is anything to go by, she is terrified of snakes.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Well...she's a young adult but she has been shown to be much more effective at leading than the elderly mayor of Ponyville.
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{{quote|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
{{quote|Voiced by [[Cathy Weseluck]]}}
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* [[Aborted Arc]]: Attempts to give Spike a [[Catch Phrase]] ("Holy Guacamole!") in "Feeling Pinkie Keen" [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again|have mysteriously vanished]].
* [[Adaptational Heroism]]: While he has plenty of heroic roles and traits in the cartoon itself, the comics tend to play up Spike's kinder, gentler and braver aspects. He's lead a surprising number of charges against evil, and even fought in some major battles side-by-side his friends.
** Zigzagged however. Generally speaking, if a comic doesn't play up his more heroic attributes, they tend to play up his rude/vain/selfish/cowardly side a lot more. In some cases, he's still a heroic-in-nature person but basically useless when anything actually happens, like in the ''My Little Pirate: Friendship Ahoy!'' storyline.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: He has a major crush on Rarity who seems to either not notice this or not care. She never shows any indication she could imagine getting together with him nor of being bothered by the notion and wanting to reject it. Unless she's being really blind to his obvious feelings, it probably has something to do with how the only reason they are even remotely the same ''size'' is because he's still a child or the fact that [[Precocious Crush|he's still a child]].
** 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, she was deeply moved.}}
* [[All There in the Manual]]: According to [[Word of God|Lauren Faust]] it was Princess Celestia who raised Spike and taught him how to magically send messages. Apparently Ponies know very little about dragons and have never seen a baby one before which is why Celestia decided to take the challenge of raising one herself.
** Possibly [[Subverted]] though, as [[Word of God|Lauren]] had said that this was just a concept that was never actually added to the show yet. So the writers may change his backstory.
** This was more or less retconned in ''Friendship is Magic'' #40, where it showed that while Celestia did raise Spike, it was only for a few months and Twilight pretty much did the rest.
* [[Always Someone Better]]: His initial view on Owloysius.
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: Sometimes ends up getting pulled into the girls' adventures against his will and then ends up enjoying it all in spite of himself. [[Periphery Demographic|Clearly some of us are meant to relate.]]
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Never come between him and Twilight or disrespect Rarity while he's around.
* [[Big Eater]]: Spike will eat almost anything and everything. He's got a ''lot'' of growing to do after all.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Surprisingly, Spike has done this ''in spades''.
** Spike personally lead the charge against the Diamond Dogs in order to save Rarity, eve though it was revealed she didn't need saving, it was still heroic of him.
** During the ''Nightmare Rarity'' arc, {{spoiler|even after being thrown across the horizon to a distant part of the moon, Spike didn't hesitate to march all the way up to Nightmare's castle to save Rarity and his friends.}}
** Spike has personally helped save the Crystal Empire on two major occasions, leading the kingdom to consider him a celebrity and deemed him "Great and Honorable Spike the Brave and Glorious". {{spoiler|He was even willing to throw away his status as a hero in order to protect his friend, Thorax.}}
** During the time when he teamed up with Princess Luna to discover who was causing fires in Fillydephia, {{spoiler|he tracked down the actual culprit (an innocent "fire snail"), managed to save the dragons of Dragon Town from segregation and organized a team of dragons to save countless ponies from the fires.}}
** When he and Zeocra teamed up to save Ponyville from a mysterious disease, he managed to {{spoiler|track down what was causing it and organized a team of Canterlot doctors to save everyone.}}
** At the end of the comic story ''Guardians of Harmony'', {{spoiler|Spike managed to convince Twilight to let him drink a magic potion that let him grow to the size of an adult dragon and ''effortlessly defeat Queen Chrysalis and the entire Changeling army'' by himself. Even cooler when you realize he previously couldn't control his "giant form" at all.}}
** During ''Wings over Yakyakistan'', {{spoiler|Spike's insight and critical thinking skills managed to stop a war between Dragons and Yaks (and possibly Ponies) and allowed the two races to grow closer.}}
* [[Big No]]: He does this after his plan backfires in "A Dog and Pony Show".
* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Normally understated but [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Dragons are amongst the most powerful creatures in Equestria. A power gained by losing control of your materialism and becoming [[Tragic Villain|a mindless beast]].
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Spike is helpful and obedient to Twilight. However, he can be incredibly obnoxious and childish at times, not to mention has [[Deadpan Snarker|a very dry wit]].
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: He does this in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
{{quote|"Uh...I got nothing. 'Twilight Sparkle?' I mean seriously; I can't even ''work'' with that."}}
** And again in "Lesson Zero", ending Twilight's imagine spots.
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* [[Character Development]]: In episode 3 he didn't want to be seen at a "Girly Gala Gunk". 45 episodes later he's seen wearing pink apron out in the open, not being embarrassed to be seen in it (until Rainbow Dash started teasing him).
** Few episodes later Spike is seen enjoying spa with the other girls. Even ''Rainbow Dash'' wouldn't be caught dead getting a manicure! Although in Spike's case the right sort of a manicure might qualify under "proper maintenance of natural weapons for maximum effectiveness".
* [[Compressed Hair]]: See [[Nice Hat]] below. The question of where his spikes go when his head is covered is never addressed. It's especially notable because unlike hair (or manes, whatever) they're ''rigid'', though they do briefly go floppy when he gets drenched with water in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]: [[Depending on the Writer]]. Spike can be either (with thanks to [[Monty Python]]) [[Leeroy Jenkins|suicidally brave]] or [[Lovable Coward|hilariously cowardly]] depending on [[Rule of Funny|which is funnier at the time]].
* [[Crazy Consumption]]: Spike loves to eat ''gemstones.'' Not only can he chew them with ease but he can also suck on one and melt it as if it were a large piece of hard candy.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: for particularly scaly definitions of "curtains"
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Not quite as much so as Twilight Sparkle but still noticeably so. (Perhaps it's a result of being raised by Twilight?)
{{quote|'''Spike:''' That nest needs to be condemned!
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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [[Shrek|A dragon falls in love with an equine immediately after they meet. This sure seems familiar.]]
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: To Rarity.
** {{spoiler|After the events of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Goes through some cases of this, especially since he does '''A LOT''' of work for the girls, with not too many thanks from them (this is [[Subverted]] only in Owl's Well That Ends Well), and is even mysteriously absent at many of their parties, or adventures. As proven a few times though, Twilight is very grateful to have him around, [[Innocently Insensitive|even if she doesn't always make it apparent]]. It's been shown a few times that the other girls do love and respect Spike to, in their own way.
* [[Eat Dirt Cheap]]: His favorite food is gemstones.
* [[Era Specific Personality]]: G1 Spike was less sarcastic (and in the original pilot was an antagonist before receiving a [[Heel Face Turn]]) while G3 Spike was a 1000 year old [[Stuffy Brit]].
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* [[For Halloween I Am Going as Myself]]: What costume does he wear on Nightmare Night? A dragon costume. [[Sarcasm Mode|Real original]].
* [[Fun Size]]: 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.
** In the comic story ''Guardians of Harmony'', {{spoiler|Spike used a potion to briefly became an adult and was absolutely massive, though still much smaller than most adult dragons.}}
{{quote|'''Pinkie Pie:''' Little Spikey-wikey! Who knew that big ferocious dragons started out so cutesy-wootsey?}}
* [[Genre Savvy]]: He immediately recognizes that Twilight Sparkle's [[Freak-Out]] in "Lesson Zero" will end badly and tries to take steps before it gets too out of hand.
* [[Good Parents]]: Sort of. In a comic story where Spike had to raise an entire species by himself, he didn't do a very good job at it but tried his best and instilled them with good morals, causing the chaotic species to grow compassionate and caring of others.
* [[Greater Need Than Mine]]: He gives Rarity his Fire Ruby that he's been saving for month for his birthday dinner all so she can be happy.
* [[Greed]]: Dragons have an innate predisposition to this fault. Spike doesn't normally show it but excessive gifts can trigger this in him.
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** Oddly in the very first episode, a brief scene gives Spike a less-than-average understanding of spelling basic words. Thankfully averted in the series since.
** [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: As good as he is at his job, Spike can also frequently be [[Innocent Prodigy|hindered by his childishness]] and can be a bit of an obnoxious goofball. Twilight has to keep him in line just as often as vice versa.
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Temporarily in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Innocent Prodigy]]: Arguably even more so than Twilight since he actually is a kid.
* [[Innocently Insensitive]]: Sometimes. "Hurricane Fluttershy" is a particularly gruesome example, when his statements made in practicality on Fluttershy's poor flying ability break her spirit.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Spikey-Wikey," used by Pinkie Pie in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Hopes for one with Rarity.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Spike can seem awfully rude at times like when making fun of his friends' afflictions in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Large Ham]]: Sometimes he becomes this.
* [[Large Ham Announcer]]:
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* [[The Load]]: When things get gritty at least. 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. He does get sparse moments however.
* [[Love At First Sight]]: Automatically falls in love with Rarity after he first meets her.
* [[Magikarp Power]]: So far we've seen that Dragons are ''obscenely'' powerful beings almost without equal but since Spike's a baby, he's relatively easy to thwart. This becomes all the more apparent when he [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Magitek]]/[[Mundane Utility]]: He uses his magic fire to send and receive letters which makes him a living fax machine.
** He's also incredibly useful to the rest of the cast because he's the only main character with usable hands.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: [[Captain Obvious|He's called Spike because he has spikes.]]
* [[Meta Guy]]: He seems to be the only character thus far to [[Canon|canonically]] be aware of the audience (and possibly even the creators of the show) despite [[Fanon]] about Pinkie Pie.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Spike is generally a kind-hearted, sweet, gentle and caring guy. In ''Equestria Girls'', Spike was quick to jump to Human!Fluttershy's aid when she was being bullied by Sunset Shimmer and has gone through great lengths to make sure Twilight, Rarity and his other friends are happy.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Spike seems to have a thing for sweet headgear. Apparently the Animators like putting stuff on his head [[Rule of Funny|because it's funny]].
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Takes this role in "Bridle Gossip" when he comes up with clever nicknames for the girls after they've been affected by the poison joke.
* [[Non-Human Sidekick|Non-Pony Sidekick]]: To Twilight Sparkle.
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: One of only two wingless dragons shown in the series. He's also the smallest seen so far.
* [[The Not-Secret]]: In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** As [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Believe it or not with ''Twilight''; the two of them really don't have that much in common yet they stick together. The argument can be made that they're more like family than friends though.
** 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. To be fair, she is a [[Friend to All Children]], and Spike is used to dealing with Twilight's [[Sanity Slippage|less coherent moments]].
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* [[Out of Focus]]: He has considerably less screen time in season 2 than in season 1, even having the ponies that learn [[An Aesop]] just say it in a narrative voice instead of having him directly write the letter most of the time, causing some fans to joke that [[Memetic Mutation|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.
* [[Overly Long Tongue]]: As seen in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Pals with Jesus]]: 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.
** [[Word of God]] states that Celestia raised him after Twilight caused his egg to hatch. Jesus is his ''mommy''.
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* [[Precocious Crush]]:
** He has a big crush on Rarity.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44OUB98t8zw#t=127s One] of [[The Hub]]'s [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Purple Is Powerful]]: See [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]].
* [[Raised by Humans|Raised By Ponies]]: Comes up in "Dragon Quest."
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* [[You Need a Breath Mint]]: According to Twilight, Spike's breath always stinks.
** Brimstone, or sulfur, a common ingredient of dragon fire, smells like rotten eggs.
== Applejack ==
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{{quote|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
{{quote|Voiced by [[Hey Ocean!|Ashleigh Ball]]}}
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** Even in the toys, she still manages to be badass. [http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=7561874E-5056-900B-1087-EAA0290AA2EF The description] of her [[Cool Car|Farm Truck]] states that "[[Bold Inflation|APPLEJACK]] drives her truck to bring fresh apples to the market. Between deliveries, she likes to practice jumping over fences!" While the wording is a little vague, this could be taken to mean that she ''does [[Ramp Jump|Ramp Jumps]] in her spare time''. (It may also be a [[Mythology Gag]] referencing G1 Applejack who used to crash and break fences all the time.)
* [[Big Eater]]: Applejack's heavy farm chores make her burn a lot of energy so she is used to eating a lot of food. This is made explicit when she moves with her Orange relatives and is baffled at the minuscule food servings they're used to eating there.
* [[Book Dumb]]: In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
{{quote|'''Applejack:''' This is your sister Applejack, remember? The loyalest of friends and most dependable of ponies?
'''Big Macintosh:''' But still only ''one'' pony and one pony plus ''hundreds'' of apple trees just doesn't add up to...
'''Applejack:''' Don't you use your fancy mathematics to muddy the issue! }}
** She describes most things which aren't the stuff of salt-of-the-earth ordinary farm life as "fancy." For example, in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Broken Ace]]: Often plays this in her spotlight episodes. She's incredibly gifted and relied on frequently by the rest of Ponyville, because of this however she cannot take failing someone even in the most understandable of circumstances and works herself ragged trying to please everyone above her capabilities. Similar to Rainbow Dash her arrogance can perk up and hinder things at times as well.
* [[Bruiser with a Soft Center]]: True to her "cowgirl" demeanor, Applejack is a rowdy and assertive [[Cute Bruiser]], but ultimately friendly and rational minded.
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* [[Competition Freak]]: Not ''quite'' as bad as Rainbow Dash, but her brashness does provoke this hard at times, especially against the former.
* [[Companion Cube]]: Treats one of her apple trees, Bloomberg, as one of her own children.
* [[Conflict Ball]]: Despite often acting as the voice of reason, she arguably has the largest number of [[Feud Episode|Feud Episodes]] with another pony, most often with [[Commander Contrarian|Rainbow Dash]]. Perhaps what leads Twilight to so quickly assume that the two are fighting [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Often plays this role to Apple Bloom. She seems to play this with a few other ponies as well, most recurringly Twilight.
* [[Cool Car|Cool Truck]]: Her Farm Truck from the toys (the [[Periphery Demographic]] may not think so, but it wasn't meant to appeal to them).
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** Naturally the internet has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84PZbL_-jjU made the most of this].
** Like every other pony, [[Slapstick Knows No Gender|Applejack isn't immune to clumsiness or slapstick]]. Her athleticism doesn't stop her continuing the role of [[Iron Butt Monkey]] it seems.
* [[Everybody Hates Mathematics|Everypony Hates Mathematics]]: "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** Averted in the episodes "Fall Weather Friends" (instantly adding 17 seconds and a 5 second penalty to get 22 seconds as her time for the Barrel Weave) and "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" (she instantly realizes that losing the money from selling cider will cause the farm to go under financially.)
* [[The Everyman|The Everymare]]: She's really the most normal of her group of friends, albeit still [[Stubborn Mule|by]] [[The Ladette|comparison]] [[The Workaholic|only]].
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* [[Family Business]]: Growing and selling apples along with all the myriad methods of preparing them. Applejack takes this ''very'' seriously; her primary interest in the Grand Galloping Gala is setting up a stand there.
** A common fandom joke is that she sells [[King of the Hill|apples and apple accessories]].
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Choleric: extroverted, confident and [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[From a Certain Point of View]]: She's the element of honesty, but that doesn't mean she has to tell the ''whole'' truth.
* [[Genre Motif]]: Country/bluegrass played on banjos or acoustic guitars. She sometimes gets a motif reminiscient of western movie "riding" themes when she gets into action.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Her being named after [[wikipedia:Applejack (beverage)|an alcoholic beverage]] may or [[wikipedia:Apple Jacks|may not]] be intentional but [[wikipedia:Appletini|the nickname Spike chooses for her]] when she shrinks in "Bridle Gossip" certainly is.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: She wears red scrunchies on her mane and her tail.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** In "The Last Roundup," she's so ashamed at her failure to win any rodeo events that she decides to start a new life in another town and refuses to return to Ponyville until she earns enough to replace the prize money she failed to win.
* [[How Do You Like Them Apples?]]
** Just to drive the point home, she says it word for word in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
*** [[Ironic Echo|Which is then turned around on her less than five seconds later.]]
* [[I Call It Vera]]: She calls her back legs ''Bucky McGillicuddy'' (her left one) and ''Kicks McGee'' (her right one).
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* [[The Ladette]]: Applejack cringes at the thought of wearing feminine clothing, regularly lapses into crude and aggressive behavior and won't hesitate to charge into action when needed.
* [[Married to the Job]]
* [[Massive
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Apple" is obvious. "Jack" may refer to a jack-of-all-trades; i.e. someone who can do a lot of different things but isn't a specialist.
** Applejack or apple-brandy is a high-proof beverage distilled from cider. It has something of a [[Kick Chick|kick]] to it (FiM) and also tends to result in [[The Klutz|less-than-optimal coordination and judgement]] (G1).
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{{quote|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
{{quote|Voiced by [[Andrea Libman]]
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A hyperactive earth pony who prances to the beat of her own percussion section. The sheer force of her cheerful personality can be overwhelming at first but anyone who shows a little patience with her eccentricities is rewarded with a truly unique and wonderful friend who fills every day with laughter. And musical numbers. And PARTIES! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0mMSzEveY Try to imagine a pink rocket made of happiness]. That's Pinkie Pie.
* [[
* [[Adult Child]]: [[Vague Age]] aside, Pinkie Pie clearly has shades of this as demonstrated by her trick-or-treating in ''Luna Eclipsed'' and getting asked if she's too old for this.
{{quote|'''Pinkie:''' Too old for ''free candy''? [[Big "Never!"|Never!]]}}
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* [[The Cat Came Back]]: One of her stranger abilities.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxsuR6hSIQE "Okey dokey lokey."]
* [[Chocolate Baby|Chocolate Foal]]: Her mother is silver and her father is brown, but she came out pink.▼
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Especially in episode 13, "Fall Weather Friends", where she doubles as a [[Cuckoolander Commentator]]:
{{quote|'''Spike:''' You know, Pinkie; these two ponies have a bit of a grudge match they're trying to settle, trying to prove who's the most athletic.
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* [[Cuckoolander Commentator]]: In "Fall Weather Friends"
* [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]: In "Swarm of the Century". and again in "Feeling Pinkie Keen".
* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: She has a tendency to screech if she's frustrated, like in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** in "Luna Eclipsed", Twilight Sparkle defined it as shrieking and made her promise to ''stop'' doing it as she was trying to get ponies to accept Princess Luna as a friend rather than the fearsome former Nightmare Moon.
* [[Death Glare]]: In "Party of One", poor Applejack has to endure about ten or twelve different variants from her in a row when standing at the barn door to keep her from entering.
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** And it's more than just an [[Expressive Hair|Expressive Mane]] in "Party of One". In addition to her hairstyle changing, her entire body darkens a bit. Not just her coat, all of her.
** Played with in "The Best Night Ever" where Pinkie tries to tame her mane for the Gala only to have it poof back up again because she's so excited.
** Strangely this trope is avoided in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
*** Could possibly be explained by the fact that she's not depressed, just dead-serious and angry. Or it could just be because {{spoiler|Discord hypnotized her into being serious and angry rather than Pinkie herself actually feeling that way of her own accord.}}
* [[Expy]]: Of Surprise, a G1 pegasus who [[Memetic Mutation|loved fun things]] as well as G3 and G3.5 Pinkie Pie who also loved parties.
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* [[Fiery Redhead]]: During the rare times when she gets mad.
* [[For Happiness]]: Her motivation for just about everything.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Sanguine: fun-loving, loud, and [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Friend to All Children]]: She loves playing with little kids, and chaperons some of them during Nightmare Night.
** She also loves the Cake Twins dearly, like they were her own little siblings.
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* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: In "Party Of One", you can see she has a large teddy bear in her bedroom. However, she apparently doesn't love it quite enough to invite it to her crazy party (the guests at said party include a bag of flour, a pile of rocks, and a ball of lint). Additionally the ''[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A_Xj7mp28XY/Tobgfn4wGqI/AAAAAAAANC0/1d-0jnfK74E/DAGJh.jpg Ponygeist]'' billboard shows her with a doll of Spike.
* [[Good Feels Good]]: Pinkie genuinely feels her happiest when she makes other ponies happy, whether it be from a joke or from one of her many parties. Her [["I Am" Song]] [http://vimeo.com/37035123 "Smile Song"] establishes this beyond the shadow of a doubt.
* [[Good Is Not Dumb]]: Comes up most notably in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
▲* [[
* [[Hidden Depths]]: "Party Of One" shows that if she ever feels betrayed and alone, she will perform an emotional 180 and become a recluse. Quite impressive seeing as how until this point, she was probably the flattest character in the mane cast.
** "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" implies that this is actually her original pre-Sonic-Rainboom personality; care of a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Fantasy Counterpart Puritan]] upbringing on a '''Rock Farm'''.
** "A Friend In Need" shows that Pinkie has a rather large memory of personal details (like birthdays) for every resident of Ponyville.
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: According to her, she grew up on a '''Rock Farm'''. Although not intentionally abusive, it falls under the "seriously bizarre methods of parenting" heading.
* [["I Am" Song]]: Her [http://vimeo.com/37035123 "Smile Song"] from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Implacable Man|Implacable Pony]]: Is able to follow a rapidly fleeing Rainbow Dash during "Griffon the Brush-Off" and even get ahead of her, despite the fact that Rainbow flies at top speed while Pinkie skips ahead without a care. Repeats the feat during "Party of One", although she doesn't bother with the skipping.
* [[Inexplicably Awesome]]: Pinkie Pie regularly stares at, leans on or ignores the fourth wall, defies the laws of physics whenever plot- or humour-convenient and launches into musicals when nopony else does. She's popped out of locations too small for her to fit into, appeared ''inside'' a mirror<ref>Although it may be just in Twilight's head after being nagged over and over to not tell any secrets</ref> and even fought the [[Iris Out|closing iris]] at the end of an episode. While this in itself isn't unusual for a cartoon, she's the only pony in ''this'' show who behaves like that. Everypony else is well aware that Pinkie Pie doesn't really work with the same rules as anypony else and they just do their best to ignore the weirdness. Her strange actions drive the plot in several episodes.
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** After a poorly executed stunt lands Rainbow Dash in the hospital, the first question Pinkie Pie asks the doctor is, "Is her face going to stay that way?"
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Cranky Doodle Donkey.
* [[Jabba Table Manners]]: Her favorite method of eating often seems to involve plunging her face into food. [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Pinkie/Pinkamena.
* [[Karmic Protection]]: Pinkie's [[Cloudcuckoolander|behavior]] and [[Innocently Insensitive|insensitiveness]] seldom gets reprisal, most notably [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Considering that the ''whole show'' was intended this way, Pinkie stands out even more. "A Friend In Deed" pretty much hammers this home and out the other side.
* [[Kubrick Stare]]: Delivers one to the mane cast after being dragged to her surprise party in "Party Of One".
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Life of the Party]]
* [[Literal
{{quote|'''[[Feathered Fiend|Gilda]]:''' I'll be watching you...like a hawk.<br />
'''Pinkie:''' Why? Can't you watch me like a griffon? }}
* [[Magnetic Hero|Magnetic Heroine]]: There is literally ''no pony'' in Ponyville that ''isn't'' her friend. It seems the only characters she ''can't'' befriend are the antagonists, and that's probably only because they don't stick around long enough or are too fundementally screwed up. This led to some trouble when [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Meaningful Name]]: She's pink and she loves sweet things.
* [[The Messiah]]: This is the real reason why Pinkie got her cutie mark (the party thing is merely her bread and butter), exemplified by her [["I Am" Song]] in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Motor Mouth]]
** This becomes ''weaponized'' in The Last Roundup.
* [[The Music Meister]]: Pinkie Pie, so far, has started/led most on the songs in the show, and seems also capable of causing others around her to participate, as seen in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Nice Girl]]: She's a good example of this [[Beware the Nice Ones|unless you push her]] [[Berserk Button]].
* [[Nice Hat]]: Wears one while playing Chancellor Puddinghead in "Hearth's Warming Eve".
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* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Pony]]: While she is known to be the [[Cloudcuckoolander|craziest]] pony in the cast, she takes over this role in "Swarm Of The Century", where she is the only pony to have any knowledge of the parasprites, and nopony else (not even Twilight) will listen to her when she knows of a way to get rid of them.
** She is also the one to find a book on the Elements of Harmony. "It was under 'E'."
* [[Overly Long Tongue]]: As seen in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Photographic Memory]]: Pinkie can remember every detail she's ever seen or heard about her friends, no matter how small or obscure.
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "Pinkie Pie, you are so random" and "She's just being Pinkie" tend to get thrown her way a fair bit.
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* [[Quirky Curls]]: Oddly, her hair seems to be naturally straight. It poofs up when she witnesses the Sonic Rainboom and experiences joy for the first time. And it's basically stayed that way ever since, only straightening again when she's depressed (i.e. almost never).
* [[Quivering Eyes]]
* [[Reality Warper]]: [[Rule of Funny|Any time it aids the joke]], she's shown with this ability. She's appeared in two places in a single animation frame several times and spends about half of "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6QdiP5LYdeE/Tt73-BBZkYI/AAAAAAAAB58/M73rLzHlG6k/s1600/PP.png This] little piece says it all...
** If you want a great full episode example, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: She's the only member of the mane six who's never been a Blue Oni to any of her friends.
* [[Rhymes on a Dime]]: Not as frequently as Zecora, but Pinkie still likes to rhyme a lot... especially when she's singing.
* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]
* [[Rule of Funny]]: See [[Inexplicably Awesome]], above, and [[Super Speed]] below.
* [[Sad Clown]]: Pinkie Pie is the Element Of Laughter, and near perpetually bubbly and cheerful. Take that happiness away from her however and the reaction is rather depressing.
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** "Party Of One" features a less pleasant variety when Pinkie's friends seem to be making excuses for why they aren't coming to her latest party. She puts on a "disguise" to spy on them and then Dash—who can tell it's Pinkie but not that she's trying to disguise herself—says "Hi, Pinkie Pie." Then [[It Gets Worse]]; Pinkie chases Dash very aggressively and angrily, loudly asking what the real reason Dash doesn't want to come to the party is. When Dash hides in Applejack's barn, Pinkie full-on ''interrogates'' Applejack about why she's in there.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: She's so skilled with this that she can keep pace with Rainbow Dash using this ability.
* [[Suddenly Fluent in Gibberish]]: At the beginning of "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Super Speed]]: She can run on land ''faster'' than Rainbow Dash can fly! Whenever it serves a [[Rule of Funny|sight gag]], that is.
* [[Supreme Chef]]: She works as a baker/candy maker at the Sugarcube Corner and is very much adept at it ([[Lethal Chef|unless assisted by an exhausted or overenthusiastic pony]]) even if Gummy taking a bath in the punch is her "special ingredient".
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* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Her solution to a large number of problems seems to be "throw a party."
* [[When She Smiles]]: This is actually a plot point considering the fact that when she was a filly, she was pretty dreary considering her upbringing. Once she saw the Sonic Rainboom and learned how to smile, she found her love of parties and earned her cutie mark.
* [[Wingding Eyes]]: In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: If Twilight is the main character, than Pinkie is the show's ambassador. She's in most of the promotional material, most likely because she's [[Pink Product Ploy|pink]] and ''was'' the main character for a while in G3.
* [[The Wonka]]: Not yet but if she ever takes over the bakery she will be.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Her [[Imagine Spot]] in ''The Ticket Master'' makes it clear that she thinks she's in an earlier generation of the show.
* [[Your Answer to Everything]]: When there is a problem, Pinkie Pie will either throw a party or sing a song. In her defense, these things work most of the time.
** Except when [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: She's very competent but tends to slack off every so often. This is said to be the reason she was kicked out of flight school though she protests that assertion.
* [[Broken Ace]]: Rainbow Dash is apparently a renowned heroine in Ponyville and her skills are genuinely amazing. She has quite an ego because of it however, and often seems [[Attention Whore|quite needy for attention]]. She is also shown to be very insecure about losing, and reached the brink of a nervous breakdown at the thought of publically making a fool of herself.
* [[Bruiser with a Soft Center]]: For as tough and action-y as she is, she'll still shed a few tears at heartwarming moments. ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: She can be very blunt at times.
{{quote|'''Rarity:''' I'm nothing but a laughingstock!
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** She also stood up for Spike when he was being hassled by the teenage dragons in "Dragon Quest".
* [[Burning Rubber]]: When flying close to the ground, she can leave a trail of flames. Naturally the flames are rainbow-colored.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Slowly becoming [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Captain Crash]]: Sort of. Dash is a superb flyer; her landings however are sometimes far from graceful as Twilight's library can attest. Taken [[Up to Eleven]] when she's afflicted by Poison Joke which inverts her wings, leaving her crashing into things every few seconds, thrust-vectoring into the floor and other such mishaps.
** A lot of crashing is indicated to come from constantly attempting impossibly difficult stunts in an effort to impress the Wonderbolts. She also has a tendency to lose concentration or get distracted at critical moments (if she starts talking to someone while flying, it's a safe bet she's going to hit something in the next few seconds).
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** Something of a variation. Most of their closeness as adults comes from being pegasi and Cloudsdale natives, but as children, it's unclear whether they even knew each other's names.
* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Especially in the episode "The Mysterious Mare Do Well".
* [[Closet Geek]]: Of ''[[
* [[Color-Coded Characters]] / [[Color Motif]]: She spends a lot of time flying in the sky so naturally she's blue.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: During the fight with the changelings, Rainbow Dash protects Fluttershy by pretending to be a changeling so she could blindside them before they could attack. She also shows hints of this in "Over a Barrel".
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* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Despite her arrogance, she is shown looking out for her team mates a lot of the time, most notably Fluttershy. She also stands up for Pinkie and Spike against bullies on separate occasions. [[Hero Worshipper|Scootaloo]] pretty much sees her as this in full form.
* [[Cool Helmet]]: Wears one while playing Commander Hurricane in "Hearth's Warming Eve".
* [[Cool Shades]]: Wears a pair in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
** She wears more in [[The Merch]]. The ''[http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=A2D0156A-5056-900B-10A8-F4951DB17628 Fashion Style Rainbow Dash]'' toy and the ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111219005146/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=960 About To] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111209111934/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=962 Get Magical]'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111221014704/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=976 Rainbow] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111214011758/http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=977 Juice]'', ''[http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1502 Mane Six]''{{Dead
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Not as much so as Twilight Sparkle but still noticeable.
{{quote|''(When they were preparing to climb a tall mountain and Rarity took out her scarf...)''
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** She's also an expy of the G3 and G3.5 Rainbow Dash (who by the way was a plain and girly Earth Pony).
** Rainbow Dash is also the Mane Character with the most obvious parallel among the [[Powerpuff Girls]] (her fellow tomboy [[Cute Bruiser|Buttercup]]).
* [[Face Palm|Facehoof]]: Has over time become a signature move of Rainbow Dash. Mostly directed at Fluttershy or Rarity.
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: No matter what impossible feats of aerial speed or agility she accomplishes, no matter how many members she meets and befriends and no matter how many times she helps save the world, Rainbow Dash will never achieve her stated ultimate goal of joining the Wonderbolts...at least not in any meaningful fashion as doing so would preclude her from being able to adventure around with the other Mane Cast members on a regular basis.
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Lovable Jock]]
* [[Made of Iron]]: There is barely an episode without her flying face-first into something. Still she never seems to suffer any lasting injury (except when it's a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Making a Splash]]: She can do this when she makes clouds produce rain.
* [[Manly Tears|Marely Tears]]: Sheds some over Fluttershy's 'hole in our hearts' statement from "The Last Roundup". She snaps out of it though in an effort to save face.
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* [[Vocal Dissonance]]: In the Brazilian dub, her voice sounds male (she's still referred to as female though). Mind you, she's still voiced by a woman in this version, albeit one with a rather low-pitched voice. Probably they cast this way to make Dash sound more tomboyish. Her original voice isn't the most recognisably female one around, either.
* [[Weather Control Machine|Weather Control Pony]]: Her occupation is controlling Ponyville's weather.
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: Not only has she inherited Firefly's personality but she seems to have inherited this trope as well. She shows up on almost [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105055744/http://www.welovefine.com/nby.php?c=2#/instantSearch=1&id_lang=1&q=124&c=2,3,5=n&p=1 every single official t-shirt] and was the focus of hyping up "Cutie Mark Chronicles", a popular episode expanding on the mane cast's backstory.
** [http://bronies.memebase.com/2011/11/04/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-brony-the-wall-street-journal-front-page-news/arent-one-dimensional/ The Wall Street Journal agrees.]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have A Rainbow Mane]]
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* [[Color-Coded Wizardry]]: Objects affected by her magic have a pale blue glow.
* [[Cool Car|Cool Carriage]]: Her [[Gem-Encrusted]] Royal Gem Carriage from the toys.
* [[Cool Crown]]: Briefly wears one during "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: She's pretty and she's a talented designer but her voice when she's whining is the most grating thing you'll hear in all of Ponyville and she ''knows'' it. She uses it to invoke [[Pity the Kidnapper|Pity The Kidnappers]] in "A Dog and Pony Show" after which her abductors let her go with crates full of jewels.
** Ironically her singing is often praised by fans.
* [[Cute Witch]]
* [[Determinator]]: When she wants to finish a dress, nothing's going to stop her.
** Except [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Dowsing Device]]: Her horn is used this way in order to locate gems.
* [[Drama Queen]]: Although self-aware about it. Still, the girl brings a portable ''fainting couch'' on picnics.
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* [[The Fashionista]]: Played with in that Rarity is never seen gushing about shopping or poring over fashion magazines. Instead she's written as a (somewhat haughty) artist whose medium happens to be clothes. And when she's making clothing, her demeanor changes entirely: She's overjoyed to be in her element and won't stop or cut corners until the customer has ''exactly'' what they want no matter how hard she has to work.
** This was a specific intention by [[Word of God]] to satisfy Hasbro's desire to have clothes to accessorize the toys while still providing a completely counter character to the stereotype: "[http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/24/my-little-non-homophobic-non-racist-non-smart-shaming-pony-a-rebuttal/ We portray her not as a shopaholic but as an artist.]"
** The [[Expanded Universe]], having [[Depending on the Writer|different writers]], does occasionally give her an interest in shopping. In [[The Hub]]'s game ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131027194050/http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville Adventures in Ponyville]'', one of the problems she needs help with is that she was overloaded with sweets while shopping at Sugarcube Corner and forgot to pay for some that she had already eaten. And in the ''Sparkle World'' [[Tie-in Novel|story]] ''Rain, Rain Go Away!'', she goes shopping with Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie and even says "I love shopping!"
* [[Femme Fatale]]
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Melancholic: work-focused and obsessed with detail.
* [[A Friend in Need]]: While she might stray every now and then ("Sonic Rainboom"), nothing will stop her from helping her friends when they are in need.
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** It also derails her efforts to charm away the dragon in "Dragonshy".
** In contrast however, her kindness ends up subduing Spike's own Greed in "Secret Of My Excess" (if somewhat obliviously).
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: In "A Dog and Pony Show", she states that a lady is never jealous. However she spends most of "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Guile Hero|Guile Heroine]]: Rarity can be pretty crafty when she wants to be.
* [[Happily Ever After]]: As her [[Imagine Spot|fantasy]] during "The Ticket Master" shows, she dreams of meeting her [[Prince Charming]] and experiencing her very own. Subverted HARD after learning the Prince Charming is [[Prince Charmless|anything but]] due to his personality.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: She suffers a breakdown of epic proportions after being chewed out by [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Her [[Establishing Character Moment]] sets her up as very concerned about fashion and personal appearance; then in Everfree Forest, she knowingly subverts [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]] by lopping off her own tail and giving it to a very depressed sea serpent to cheer him up. Promptly [[Lampshaded]] by Twilight's stunned reaction at having her first impression shaken so suddenly.
** She's also quite capable of bucking a manticore in the face during the second episode, shows off the pony equivalent of Martial Arts in ''Return of Harmony II'' and displays [[
*** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: She has to mine her own gems most of the time. While they aren't too rare in Equestria, she still has to dig them up and she needs lots of them.
** She also values generosity to a high degree, both when giving and receiving. [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: Played with. Three times she's gotten herself into severe trouble but it's never done by ego or pride; instead it's either her generosity getting the best of her or her work being so good that it has unforeseen consequences.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Rarity is a common source of this: she'll promote a reasonable response to a situation only to explode once something offends her personally, or call someone a "drama queen" from atop her fainting couch. She is, however, self-aware enough to [[Hypocrisy Nod|acknowledge the fact]] most of the time.
* [["I Am" Song]]/[["I Want" Song]]: [http://vimeo.com/37040981 "Becoming Popular (The Pony Everypony Should Know)"] from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: More like "[[Inverted Trope|Heart of Gold with occasional Jerk tendencies]]." She's primarily nice...but she let her greed derail an attempt to speak with a dragon, nearly ruined Twilight's slumber party <ref>Applejack helped in that regard too however</ref> and stole the spotlight from Rainbow Dash during the Best Young Flyers competition.
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: Her cat's name is Opalescence or Opal for short. She loves her dearly even if the feeling is [[Cats Are Mean|not exactly reciprocated]].
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* [[Large Ham]]: She tends to get pretty hammy when she goes into histrionics.
** This is taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the episode "Sonic Rainboom".
{{quote|'''Rarity:''' Look upon me, Equestria for [[
** And in "Lesson Zero"...
{{quote|'''Rarity:''' Of all the worst things that could happen, this is The. [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|WORST!]] [[Running Gag|POSSIBLE!!]] [[Memetic Mutation|THING!!!]]}}
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{{quote|'''Rarity''': '''ALRIGHT I ADMIT IT! I WEAR FALSE EYELASHES!!''' {{spoiler|.... oh and I also took a bite of the cake.}}}}
* [[Light Feminine and Dark Feminine]]: Being vain (though not quite as much so as she seems), Rarity represents the "dark" half in comparison to Fluttershy.
* [[Master of Illusion]]: Of a mundane sort. She creates some fairly impressive special effects for her second fashion show in "Suited for Success".
* [[Married to the Job]]
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* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: She comes off as a bit of a prissy snob most of the time but she represents the element of generosity for a reason.
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Not necessarily a bad thing but she does receive the most focus episodes and [[Character Development]] of the six main characters.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Not usually but in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** This is also how she repeatedly stops herself from losing her temper at Sweetie Belle in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Super OCD]]: Oh so much.
** Demonstrated in "Look Before You Sleep" where she shows an almost obsessive attention to detail, bordering on the compulsive. However by the end of the episode, it's explained as her being attentive to small details in contrast with Applejack's attention to big details with both being necessary and neither alone sufficient for all-around sensible action.
** She also spends half a day trying to fix [[Epic Fail|Twilight's bird nest]] in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** And again in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** If you look closely during her first freak out in "Lesson Zero" she straightens out a rug.
** Proved beyond a shadow of a doubt in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
*** Including, ironically, when her little sister "helpfully" ''tidies up'' the carefully-cultivated disorder of her "inspiration room."
* [[Talking the Monster to Death|Talking The Monster Into Submission]]: This is how she escapes the Diamond Dogs.
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* [[Tsurime Eyes]]: Highlighted by her blue eyeshadow.
* [[Twitchy Eye]]: Whenever she gets stressed.
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: Rarity is one of the cleanest and prettiest ponies around but she [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/80740 also manages to look great while dripping wet.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Has a wide assortment of pretty dresses, hats and accessories, all self-designed.
* [[Vain Sorceress]]: Rarity's pride and obsession with her appearance combined with her magical abilities sometimes borders on this description.
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{{quote|''"Sometimes we all just need to be shown a little kindness."''}}
{{quote|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
{{quote|Voiced by [[Andrea Libman]]}}
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** Threatening her friends isn't a good idea. [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|You. Do. Not. Hurt. Her. Friends.]]
** Threatening children in front of her [[Mama Bear|is an even worse idea]].
** In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
{{quote|'''Twilight Sparkle:''' If you can't catch her, Discord wins!
'''Fluttershy:''' That. Big. ''Dumb. '''MEANIE!''''' }}
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* [[Brutal Honesty]]: In "The Ticket Master" and "Suited for Success".
** She gives an incredibly scathing [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|speech]] to Pinkie Pie and Rarity in ''Putting Your Hoof Down'' in regards to their chosen careers.
* [[Character Development]]: A subtle one but post-Discord corruption and throughout season 2, she seems to have become more assertive and willing to actually get physical. Of note, [[Limit Break|she did a Limit Break]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC3ebNzPTIw Rainbow Dash found out the hard way] that when Fluttershy says "No," she '''means''' "NO!"
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Even she has her moments of this. "You're...going to '''''LOVE ME'''''!!!!!"
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** She uses some strange melange of a [[Death Glare]] and a [[Care Bear Stare]] really.
** This is taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the episode "Best Night Ever" when she chases a herd of animals into the palace while trying to befriend them.
** There may actually be power behind this beyond just her stare and choice of words: in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: How she stops the manticore's rampage. And when her talking down the dragon causes it to burst into tears, ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlSzvOtZp0 she immediately tries to calm it like a mother with a frightened and upset child.]''
* [[Determinator]]: When it comes to helping others whom she cares for, she'll do whatever it takes to make them happy.
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** She will not let "That...big...dumb...MEANIE!!", a.k.a. Discord, win {{spoiler|, even if it means having to outfly Rainbow Dash (who from what we've seen so far is the fastest flyer in the country) while towing two other ponies in a hot-air balloon}}.
** She stares down a cockatrice that is using its [[Taken for Granite|gaze attack]] to turn her to stone. [[Beyond the Impossible|And it works!]]
* [[Era Specific Personality]]: G4 Fluttershy is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|very shy]]. G3 Fluttershy was an earth pony and a [[
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Much to her dismay in "Green Isn't Your Color".
* [[Expy]]: Of G1's Posey, sharing her coloring, mane style and elements of her personality.
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** Her connection to animals also applies to ''mythical'' animals, effectively making her the one who [[Fluffy Tamer|calms down the giant rampaging beast kicking the rest of the mane cast's flanks.]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Fluttershy has quite the eye for sewing and fashion trends, which she demonstrates in "Suited for Success" to [[Jaw Drop|Rarity's shock]].
** Spends most of Season 1 having her flying capabilities made out to be of poor standard compared to most other Pegasus Ponies. Then in the second part of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
*** In ''Hurricane Fluttershy'' we finally get a chance to. Though it is greately hindered by the worst case of performance anxiety ever, once she overcomes it she makes up for ''eight'' pegasi.
*** {{spoiler|In Rainbow Dash's defense, Fluttershy was towing an in-flight air balloon while Rainbow Dash was towing Pinkie Pie and Rarity as dead weight.}}
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* [[The Load]]: Seen as this in "Dragonshy". Awesomely subverts it by ultimately being the one to get the dragon to go away.
** And to a minor extent in "Swarm of the Century" when she decides to keep one of the Parasprites after the ponies get rid of the first batch which starts the vicious cycle all over again.
** Discord certainly tries to paint her this way in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Long Hair Is Feminine|Long Manes Are Feminine]]: Pretty, pink and long enough to hide behind. From certain angles her locks even appear to frame her face in a heart.
* [[Lovable Coward]]: She can [[Let's Get Dangerous|get dangerous]] when the time calls for it, most of the time however she is scared of her own shadow, and downright adorable because of it.
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* [[Your Answer to Everything]]: "Uh... panic?"
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