My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Characters/The Princesses: Difference between revisions

Celestia also has a niece with the title of "Princess" named Mi Amore Cadenza, [[Some Call Me Tim|who prefers to be called Cadance]]. Her special talent is inducing romantic love between ponies, though she is quite young and doesn't seem to be as powerful as the ruling sisters.

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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Compared to Celestia, Luna shows off her powers a lot more, and from what we see they appear to be impressive even outside of her [[Super Powered Evil Side|Nightmare Moon]] incarnation. Control of weather with lightning galore seems to be one of her favorite tricks, but she also displays various other powers, such as turning toy spiders into actual huge spiders. However, it appears that Celestia is not one to be underestimated either: she is able to instantly revert all the effects caused by Twilight Sparkle's burst of wild magic and to dispel the Want It Need It spell from the entire population of Ponyville and facing off against Queen Chrysalis, not even getting into allegedly wielding the Elements of Harmony against Nightmare Moon on her own.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]]: Celestia and Luna defeated Discord in ancient times with the Elements of Harmony, despite him being ''much'' stronger than them even then.

* [[Everythings Better With Princesses]]: [[Justified]] since they rule together and you cannot have two queens; also [[Enforced]] by the Hasbro execs, who wanted the rulers to be princesses since many young girls (the target demographic) still equate [[God Save Us From the Queen|queens with evil]].

* [[God Emperor|God Empresses]]

* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: Contrary to what was popular belief before "Luna Eclipsed," Luna is the Red while Celestia's the Blue.

* [[Sibling Yin Yang]]: [[Solar and Lunar|Celestia represents the sun while Luna represents the moon.]] Also Celestia is rather more laid back, friendly and even-tempered than Luna though that might be a result of Luna's outdated ideas of royal protocol (although she's pretty hammy without them).

{{quote| '''First Mention:''' [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|"Friendship Is Magic, Part 1" ("Mare in the Moon")]]<br />

'''Full Debut:''' [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|"Friendship Is Magic, Part 2" ("Elements of Harmony")]] }}

* [[The Chessmaster]]: [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|The]] [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|pilot]], the [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E26 The Best Night Ever|first season finale]] and the [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E1 The Return of Harmony Part 1|two-part]] [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E2 The Return of Harmony Part 2|season 2 opening]] though a rather benevolent version.

* [[Color Coded Wizardry]]: As of Season 2, her horn and objects affected by her magic have a bright yellow glow.

* [[For Happiness]]: And Friendship. And Magic. [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|And cakes]].

* [[Good Is Not Soft]]: She's a genuinely good pony who cares about her subjects and sister with all her heart. That said, she shows no mercy to a truly evil villain like Discord ({{spoiler|twice}}) and was willing to [[Sealed Evil in A Can|seal her own sister away]] when she turned into [[Super Powered Evil Side|Nightmare Moon]].

* [[Its 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.

* [[No Nonsense Nemesis]]: {{spoiler|Her reaction to Discord's escape is pretty much this. She calls the Mane Cast in and outright tells them to use the Elements Of Harmony to ''take Discord out ASAP''. Unfortunately Discord is ''more'' [[Genre Savvy]] but she earns points for trying. Justified as she was there the ''last time'' he'd been free and knows just how dangerous he really is.}}

* [[One Hour Work Week]]: Averted hard. In all her appearances, she is shown to be at work, giving work, going to work or being called almost immediately to work either directly to the government or trying to keep the very realm happy and safe.

* [[Peek a Bangs]]

* [[Rose Haired Girl|Rose-Haired Pony]]: The show's [[Storybook Opening]] depicts her as this.

{{quote| '''Debut:''' [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|"Friendship Is Magic, Part 2" ("Elements of Harmony")]] (separate from Nightmare Moon)}}

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 (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|Friendship is Magic, part 2]]", "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E4 Luna Eclipsed|Luna Eclipsed]]" (her only major role), "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1|A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1]]", and "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]".

* [[Zero Percent 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 (Animation)/Recap/S1 E24 Owls Well That Ends Well|Owl's Well and Ends Well]]" is a testament that ponies still ''do'' enjoy her night.

* [[Adaptation Name Change]]: The single-volume [[Novelization|storybook adaptation]] of the [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|pilot]] [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|episodes]] refers to her as Selena; [[Word of God]] [http://comments.deviantart.com/5/35510074/1714597033 says] "[[What Could Have Been|Her name was Selena for a short time, but there were legal problems with it. Guess the book writer didn't get the info.]]"

* [[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 (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|the second episode]] had her with a shorter, light-blue mane that looked quite normal, as well as matching hooves. Her current design as of "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E4 Luna Eclipsed|Luna Eclipsed]]", seen above, has a flowing mane and tail like her big sister with the texture of Nightmare Moon's smoke, as well as a slightly darker coat and silver colored hooves. Her old design is still used in many promotional materials, however.

* [[Full Name Basis]]: She always calls Twilight Sparkle by her full name.

* [[Nightmare Fuel Stationattendant]]: Luna in her current form is trying to be friendly; unfortunately, she has somewhat macabre tastes, is gothic and sinister in presence and perpetually speaks in a booming echo of a voice. Nearly every pony is reduced to a trembling wreck before her.

** 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 Stationattendant|right.]]

* [[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]].

* [[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 (Animation)/Recap/S2 E25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1|A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1]]" and "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]", which finally explain why she hardly ever shows up (she's apparently active at night and asleep during the day).

* [[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 Stationattendant|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.

* [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds]]: 1000 years ago, the ponies kept sleeping through her nights and enjoying her sister's days. We don't know how long this went on for, but it's clear by her words in "Luna Eclipsed" it convinced her they didn't love her like they did her sister. Her jealousy, as well as some dark magic, transformed her into [[Super Powered Evil Side|Nightmare Moon]] and she tried to take over the world. Thankfully, she's gotten better.

* [[Color Coded Wizardry]]: Her magic aura is a bright cyan, the same color as the heart in her cutie mark.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]]: {{spoiler|Returns the favor to Queen Chrysalis for doing this to her aunt when she and Shining Armor's [[The Power of Love|love is used to power a combined spell]] that defeats Chrysalis.}}

* [[Everythings Better With Princesses]]

* [[In Series Nickname]]: Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is known throughout the kingdom as Cadance. It's such an established nickname that even Twilight didn't know it wasn't her real name. Justified, as it seems she personally prefers to be called Cadance over her full name.

* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: Meta-example; she was showcased months before her relationship to Celestia was revealed, however, it's only mentioned in an episode synopsis and not the show itself.

* [[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 (Animation)/Recap/S2 E25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1|"A Canterlot Wedding Part 1"]].

* [[Pink Girl Blue Boy]]: The pink to Shining Armor's blue.

* [[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 [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 (Animation)/Recap/S2 E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|"A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2"]] and how it tends to be spelled by the show's crew; [[Word of God|Jayson Thiessen]] [http://twitter.com/#!/goldenrusset/status/194445077274304512 has said] "I personally use 'Cadence' but it may be debatable." Based on the evidence, it seems that the official spelling was changed from "Cadence" to "Cadance" late in the game. Looking at the two spellings, it's hard to tell because "Cadence" as a proper word would fit the show's pattern of [[Meaningful Name|meaningful]] and/or [[Punny Name|punny]] names much better ''and'' be a more obvious derivative of "Cadenza" (which is basically just Italian for, yet again, "cadence"), yet on the other hoof "Cadance" apparently does exist as a proper if uncommon female first name in real life. The jury may still be out.

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