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The land of Equestria is not ruled by a king or queen, but by a pair of beautiful [[Princesses Rule]]. Celestia, the elder, is responsible for raising the Sun at dawn, and the younger Luna is responsible for bringing out the night at dusk. Together, they rule the land in harmony for all the different types of ponies.
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** [[Badass Princess|Badass Princesses]]
** [[Bodyguarding a Badass]]: They both have their own guards despite possibly being the most powerful beings in the world. They seem to be there partly because it's traditional, and partly to handle to small stuff (they appear to be practically useless against real threats).
** [[Retired Badass]]: Both of them. Back when they could use the Elements of Harmony, they saved Equestria together at least once and then Celestia had to save it ''from'' Luna/Nightmare Moon. Celestia is still pretty [[Badass]] but she lets Twilight and the rest of the Mane Cast do the world saving now. At least unless {{spoiler|a threat to Equestria [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
** [[Badass Family]]: Luna and Celestia are both badasses, and their niece Cadance reveals herself to be [[Badass Princess]] in her own right. [[Barrier Warrior|Shining Armor]] and [[Badass Bookworm|Twilight Sparkle]] became a part of the [[Badass Family]] thanks to Shining Armor's marriage to Cadence.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Both princesses give off a sparkle at all times.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: While Luna was Nightmare Moon anyway.
* [[Cool Car|Cool Carriage]]/[[Flying Car|Flying Carriage]]: It isn't as if they ''need'' them but Celestia and Luna use their own Pegasus-drawn carriages almost always when they need to fly to certain parts of Equestria. While Celestia's royal carriage is very beautiful and graceful, [http://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/Flash/Creative/dad2af6e1c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/0f6b55af5056900b1013cd724a8d4018/assets/props/MLP_PropH_Carriage.swf Luna's carriage] looks like a ''funeral carriage'', full of spikes, chains and pulled by two really sinister-looking [http://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/Flash/Creative/dad2af6e1c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/0f6b55af5056900b1013cd724a8d4018/assets/characters/MLP_CharH_Pegasus.swf Pegasi].
** Luna's sinister carriage must have been designed that way [[Just for Pun]] since another name for a funeral carriage is "Hearse", which means that Luna (A winged unicorn) is a Flying Horse on a Flying Hearse.
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* [[Too Important to Walk|Too Important To Fly]]: See [[Cool Car|Cool Carriage]]/[[Flying Car|Flying Carriage]] above.
* [[Winged Unicorn|Winged Unicorns]]: The sisters and their niece Cadance are notably the only [[Winged Unicorn|Winged Unicorns]] to appear in the flesh on the show ([[Blooper|animation errors]] aside). What being a [[Winged Unicorn]] actually ''means'' in this setting is somewhat of a mystery, which coupled with their extreme rarity fuels a lot of speculation for fans.
** What they're technically called is something of a debate. The show's storybook opening calls the sisters unicorns and a post on the official [[Facebook]] page called Luna a [http://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony/posts/150716964996445 "Pegasus unicorn"], however most fans, some of the show's staff, and [[The Merch|WeLoveFine.com]] use the term "alicorn"<ref>note that technically "Alicorn" is actually the material that makes up a unicorn's horn. Why it's used by most fans is probably because it [[Rule of Cool|sounds cooler]]. Also the term alicorn is often used because they're not just a cross between Pegasus and a Unicorn but a mix of all three races.</ref>. A German term for them is "fliegendes Einhorn" (in one case misspelled as "fleiegendes Einhorn"), which the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131020151238/http://www.nick.de/shows/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie German] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130824162938/http://www.nick.ch/shows/1008-my-little-pony-freundschaft-ist-magie Swiss] [[Nickelodeon]] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120105000756/http://www.nickjr.de/show_details/330-my-little-pony#wer-ist-wer German] [[Nick Jr.]] websites called Luna. Just know if you see "alicorn" or "Pegasus unicorn" floating around in [[My Little Pony]] discussions, they're talking about [[Winged Unicorn|Winged Unicorns]].
* [[You Don't Look Like You]]: In the toys, Celestia is extremely pink (in earlier toys, at least), while Luna is closer to Twilight Sparkle's shade of purple and has [[Multicolored Hair]].
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▲'''Full Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|"Friendship Is Magic, Part 2" ("Elements of Harmony")]] }}
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Oh, indeed.
* [[Big Eater]]: "Ponyville Confidential" caught her indulging herself on ''mountains'' of cake. Possibly justified in that she is over twice the size of most of her subjects.
* [[Big Fancy Castle]]: An expy of [[The Lord of the Rings|Minas Tirith]].
* [[Big Good]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "That's quite alright."
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* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Season 2 has been showing a more serious and strict side of Celestia, contrasting with her ever calm and relaxed personality from Season 1.
** Now we get to see that yes, it IS possible to see Celestia being fallible, vulnerable and overwhelmed. She can also get scared, upset or even angry. Ohh boy, you ''don't'' want to see Celestia getting angry.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Color-Coded Wizardry]]: As of Season 2, her horn and objects affected by her magic have a bright yellow glow.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To Twilight and her friends, to a certain degree. Being their goddess, they're in awe of her.
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* [[The High Queen]]: Most everypony around her treats her like this but it's implied she'd prefer a more relaxed approach.
* [[Hot Goddess]]: She is drawn more aesthetically...more clean, shiny, "beautiful" and pretty...compared to the rest of the cast. It's implied that she is (or at least fits) the ideal for equine beauty in Equestria; for example, the beauty parlor in Ponyville has a picture of a pony with her tall and slender proportions.
* [[
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]
* [[It's Personal]]: While we don't learn exactly what he did, it's clear from how she reacts to Discord that she hates him with a passion.
* [[Light Is Good]]
* [[Lonely
* [[Mama Bear]]: {{spoiler|The Changeling Queen ''almost'' learns this the hard way when she reveals her plans to ruin the wedding.}}
* [[Modest Royalty]]: Fits the personality associated at least. She is very social and prefers livelier more personal get-togethers over extravagant soirees. It turns out this is one of the major reasons she invites Twilight and her friends to the Grand Galloping Gala. She hates how dull the event usually is since she spends effectively the whole Gala welcoming guests and doesn't get to enjoy it and she's hoping the girls will liven things up a bit. [[Hilarity Ensues|They do]].
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* [[Sweet Tooth]]: "Ponyville Confidential" and "MMMystery on the Friendship Express" both imply she has a weakness for pastries.
* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: "Lesson Zero" revealed that Celestia can teleport at will...possibly over a far greater distance than Twilight can. She implicitly came directly from her castle, a distance Twilight is shown to match only under extreme emergency, and that only once so far. This can explain why she literally appeared out from nowhere during season 1 to deliver her advice to Twilight and friends.
* [[This Means War]]: The actions of Discord upon his return ''angered her''. Until that moment, nobody even knew she could ''get'' angry. Her explanation of what happened over 1000 years ago and what we see Discord do in the present imply she has ''very'' good reason to hate him.
* [[Trickster Mentor]]: She occasionally manipulates Twilight Sparkle in order to teach her a valuable lesson or encourage her to do something exceptional. Usually. See below for when it's for personal reasons.
* [[Troll]]: Mostly according to [[Fanon]], but "A Bird in the Hoof" and "The Best Night Ever" do show her engaging in a bit of lighthearted mischief at her subjects' expense.
* [[Unmoving
* [[Woman in White]]: Emphasizing how [[Light Is Good]].
* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask|The Mare Wearing the Princess-ly Mask]]: A far more benign example but Celestia shows a great desire to be in a closer and more personal relationship with her subjects instead of the adoration, noble politeness, praise and nervousness she causes wherever she goes and she holds extremely dear her informal relationship with her star student.
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{{quote|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
{{quote|Voiced by [[Tabitha St. Germain|Tabitha St Germain]]}}
Princess Celestia's younger sister. She co-rules Equestria alongside her older sister. According to the [[Creation Myth]], she used to govern nighttime, but grew jealous of her sister and wound up [[Sealed Evil in a Can|sealed away for a thousand years]] as the Mare in the Moon. After being defeated by the reformed Elements of Harmony, she [[Heel Face Turn|Heel Face Turns]] and becomes Princess Luna again, resuming her nighttime duties. Her only appearances in the show so far are "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
For her "corrupted" form, Nightmare Moon, see [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Characters/Antagonists|here]]
* [[0% Approval Rating]]: Princess Luna's bitterness turned her into Nightmare Moon because she ''thought'' that absolutely nobody liked her. Ironically her actions as Nightmare Moon made sure that [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|nobody liked her for real]].
** Her night wasn't totally lost though. The meteor shower scene in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** [[Word of God]] states that Luna's transformation into Nightmare Moon was because of evil magic and may not have been entirely her fault or even choice. It doesn't really help that she seems to have a bit of a temper.
** Quite a few ponies are still scared of her in the present day...mostly due to a thousand years of rumors that built up around Nightmare Moon's [[You Mean "Xmas"|"Nightmare Night"]]. She's working on her reputation.
** Interestingly she ''agrees'' her Nightmare Moon self should be feared and hated.
* [[Adaptation Name Change]]: The single-volume [[Novelization|storybook adaptation]] of the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* [[Adorkable]]: When she starts moving out of her old princess mode, Luna is macabre yet cute and a bit nerdy much like a character escaped from a Tim Burton movie.
** She's even [[Adorkable]] ''in'' her old princess mode.
** Looking closely at the wedding reception near the end of A Canterlot Wedding Part 2 shows her rocking out to the music in the background.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Her [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T_7bo4Lblwk/T16NVKFbBGI/AAAAAAAAibY/kifKb64EQ1U/s1600/7.jpg collector card] reveals that she "stays up late!" (It's unknown if this is referring to her guarding the night or if it means she stays up late into the morning.)
* [[Art Evolution]]: Her [http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/File:Canterlot_Castle_Luna.png old design] in her brief de-corrupted appearance at the end of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
** [[Lauren Faust]] says that it represents her regaining her powers that she lost when she was defeated as Nightmare Moon, explaining that it took her time for her "good" powers...represented by her magic mane...to come back. She also admits that she just made that up on the spot and doesn't know how the new show runners would explain it. They don't [[Word of Dante|so it's as good an explanation as any]].
** It might be accidental or not, but this explanation is actually supported in the show. [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111022175028/mlp/images/f/f5/Luna_Eyes_3_S2E4.png Several] [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111022181661/mlp/images/2/21/Luna_Happy_2_S2E4.png shots] of her show that a few locks of the mane retain the season 1 light-blue coloration
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** Justified by the fact that [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fun the word "fun" is only about 300 years old in real life], meaning that the word could literally have not existed before she was banished.
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Pretty much everything she does in "Luna Eclipsed". She appears to be touting her old hammy evil routine but she's really just out of touch with modern etiquette. Her [[Big Entrance]] is of particular note. Pinkie Pie isn't helping matters of course.
* [[OC Stand
** On the other hoof, a few of those fics actually managed to [[Fish Out of Temporal Water|get]] [[The Atoner|a few]] [[Adorkable|details]] [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant|right.]]
* [[Perky Goth]]: Luna is now devoid of malice, but her personal tastes still look like something escaped from a horror movie starting with her macabre [http://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/Flash/Creative/dad2af6e1c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/0f6b55af5056900b1013cd724a8d4018/assets/props/MLP_PropH_Carriage.swf royal chariot], her demonic-looking [http://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/Flash/Creative/dad2af6e1c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/0f6b55af5056900b1013cd724a8d4018/assets/characters/MLP_CharH_Pegasus.swf royal guards] and the idea that animating a group of giant, hairy spiders would be "fun" for everyone else.
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* [[Power Echoes]]: Whenever she's using her [[No Indoor Voice|loud]] voice.
* [[Power Incontinence]]: She exhibits a touch of this when she gets worked up, given the [[Dramatic Thunder]] and gathering stormclouds that kick in every [[Large Ham|so]] [[Hair-Trigger Temper|often]].
* [[Power Makes Your Hair Grow]]: In her "grown" form from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Royal We]]: Her manner of speech because it's dictated by protocol. See [[No Indoor Voice]].
* [[Shock and Awe]] / [[Lightning Can Do Anything]]: De-corrupted, her magical beams take the form of lightning.
* [[The Sacred Darkness]]: While Nightmare Moon is an example of the "corrupted" type of darkness, Luna is the "pure" type.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Tsundere]]: Those mood swings certainly paint her as such, especially when only the audience (and then Twilight) gets to see how hurt she really feels.
* [[Vague Age]]: Even though she's an immortal moon goddess and only slightly younger than her adult sister, her true form's biological age is pretty ambiguous. Made even more confusing as of ''Luna Eclipsed'', where Luna's colors are slightly different and her mane flows like Celestia's, though [[Word of God]] has given an (on-the-spot) explanation as to how it could have happened.
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* [[Voice of the Legion]]: Her "royal voice".
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: She can assume {{spoiler|her Nightmare Moon form}} at will though whether it's a true transformation or just an illusion remains to be seen. Interestingly despite these magical special effects, she still has to wear fake pointy teeth to replicate the appearance shown in Zecora's illusions.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: After powering down and being forgiven by her sister, the younger princess is embraced by Ponyville at large and taken back to the castle to live with Celestia. She doesn't show up again until the season 2 episode "Luna Eclipsed", and after that only gets short appearances in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Woman in Black]]: Dark fur to contrast [[Woman in White|her sister.]] Again, [[Dark Is Not Evil]].
* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]]: Of a different variety then her sis. She seems to think behaving in a [[Large Ham|grandiose]], [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant|intimidating]] demeanor is how royalty is supposed to act when she's actually a pretty sensitive and empathic pony. Might have been so back in her day.
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* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Luna in a nutshell. Fortunately she gets ''reasonably'' better near the end of her debut episode.
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]: [[Shown Their Work|Averted]]. She uses "thou", "thee", and "thy" only when addressing single ponies and "you" and "your" when speaking to multiple ponies. Also when speaking to single ponies, she attaches the "-est" suffix only to verbs where the listener is the subject.
** She does slip up at least once in the episode of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[You Were Trying Too Hard]]: She ends up coming off as far more forceful and intimidating than she realizes at first partly due to this. Once Twilight helps calm her down and make everyone more relaxed around Luna, things go much better.
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[[File:princess_cadance_by_90sigma-d4w3sjo2_8536.png|frame|[[Magical Nanny|The greatest foalsitter]] [[Cool Big Sis|in all the history of foalsitters!]]]]
{{quote|'''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
{{quote|Voiced by Britt McKillip<ref>according to [https://twitter.com/#!/goldenrusset/status/194118341235965952 this] tweet by Jayson Thiessen, [https://twitter.com/#!/dannyimusic/status/193865521224089602 this] tweet by Daniel Ingram, and [http://everfreeradio.com/?p=4102 this] interview with [[Hey Ocean!|Ashleigh Ball]]</ref>}}
Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, better known as Princess Cadance, is a [[
* [[All There in the Manual]]:
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** Not quite. 'My Love' in Italian would be 'il mio amore' or possibly 'amore mio'. 'Mi Amore' gets the point across, though.
* [[Modest Royalty]]: Doesn't even think being a member of the royal family is a big deal.
* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Interestingly, it's pretty much the same colors as that of [[God-Created Canon Foreigner|toy-exclusive]] Earth pony [http://www.ponibooru.org/post/view/57952 Cupcake/Sugarcup]{{Dead link}}, another pink mare.
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: Besides being a [[Winged Unicorn]], she has gradient wings.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]/[[Some Call Me... Tim]]: Her full name is Mi Amore Cadenza, but she's known as Cadance; it must be easier to remember. Twilight, who has known her from childhood, never knew her real name until Shining Armor told her in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: The pink to Shining Armor's blue.
* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: She's one [[
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: {{spoiler|She and Shining Armor saved Canterlot from Queen Chrysalis [[The Power of Love|with a love-powered magic spell!]]}}
** When she was a teenager, she babysat Twilight even before Twilight became Princess Celestia's student.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Both "Cadance" and "Cadence" have been used multiple times by multiple sources. "Cadance" tends to be used in newer promotional media ([[The Hub]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20140112142439/http://www.hubworld.com/ homepage], back when it listed the name, used "Cadence" at first but later switched to "Cadance"), while "Cadence" is how it's spelled by the script of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: implied to be this. Even though Cadance is a princess, she still foal-sat Twilight Sparkle and thoroughly enjoyed doing it. And Twilight has very fond memories of her, which is why her cold, superior attitude upon meeting her again immediately sets off some alarm bells in her head. {{spoiler|She's right - that Cadance is not the real one, but a [[Doppelganger|Changeling]] imposter.}}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Her full name is Italian, and since Pegasus unicorns are sometimes called alicorns, this would make her an Italicorn.
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* [[Tuckerization]]: [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/inside-my-little-pony-royal-wedding.html Named] [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/inside-my-little-pony-royal-wedding.html#IDComment339833120 after] [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1Jd5jD3-3hk/T4tJ40kHrlI/AAAAAAAAmFA/nEGbHwb-Q3U/s1600/1.JPG Cadince], the daughter of a Hasbro Studios executive.
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: {{spoiler|Despite being locked and dirtied in a cave for Celestia-knows<ref>Not really; she didn't even know her own niece had been replaced by an impostor.</ref> how long, she still quite the stunner when she is found.}}
* [[Unmoving
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: Despite being a royal Alicorn, Cadance's magic is very weak and limited (Twilight's magic is more powerful and versatile than hers) plus her special "love" talent cannot ''create'' love, only rekindle and amplify the one already present between couples. This trope is subverted at the end, as Cadance's love power is what allows Shining Armor to perform once again his barrier spell, this time supercharged with Cadance's own power.
** [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]
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** Cadence was originally going to be a regular unwinged unicorn, but it was changed somewhere along the line.
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