friends as beautiful on the
outside as she knows they
are on the inside. Though
she may seem entitled
and prissy, Rarity has a
heart as pure as gold.
“It’s
really easy
to label [Rarity] as
emotional, superficial, and
materialistic, but she’s one of
the more complex characters on
the show…. She’ll pine for the
attention of a prince, but
drop everything to help
out a friend in need.”
—Brian Lenard,
Hasbro Studios
Character concept art
by Lauren Faust
APPLEJACK is Ponyville’s resident farm gal! She
lives just outside town at Sweet Apple Acres with
her family. Applejack has come to be known as the
most down-to-earth, resourceful, and dependable
pony around. A talented arboriculturist, Applejack
is the kind of pony who ain’t afraid to get her
hooves dirty. This hardworking Earth Pony is
family-oriented and always ready to help Granny
Smith or her little sister, Apple Bloom. Incredibly
honest, Applejack would never stoop to telling
a lie. However, her honesty and practicality keeps her from being as
sensitive to others’ feelings as she could be, despite her best intentions.
Although Applejack can be a bit set in her ways, her friends know they
can always count on this trustworthy pony to come through for them
when they need her most.
“My favorite [friendship] lesson is from
[the episode] ‘The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy
6000,’ when Applejack writes to Celestia to tell her
she didn’t learn anything! Not exactly a ‘true’ lesson,
but one of the funnier ones!”
—Jim Miller, storyboard supervisor
Character concept art
by Lauren Faust
FLUTTERSHY is a natural beauty with
gentle, serene ways. Despite her shy and
unassuming nature, Fluttershy has a unique
gift with animals. Her sweetness and
sincerity can charm every animal, from
tiny woodland creatures to the most
powerful of mythical beasts, making
her a valuable asset to her friends in
all their adventures. Although she’s
afraid of heights (very embarrassing for
a Pegasus) and shies away at the slightest
sound, Fluttershy has no problem
confronting grumpy manticores or
scolding greedy dragons. While she
lacks confidence, she has an inner
strength that comes out when others
are in trouble. Fluttershy has a lot of fears to overcome, but one day
her strength of character and enormous heart will make her a force to
be reckoned with.
“I think Fluttershy has shown a
lot of growth. She is constantly struggling
against her shy nature. And she’s really making
strides. She’s confronted dragons, she’s stood up to
ponies who try to step all over her, and she’s braved
making a tornado. This is quite a lot for a pony who
would rather just be having a picnic with woodland
creatures.”
—Amy Keating Rogers, writer
Character concept art
by Lauren Faust
PRINCESS CELESTIA is the wise and kind ruler of
Equestria. Governing her subjects from her castle
in Canterlot, she emanates a commanding presence
with both a Unicorn’s horn and magnificent
Pegasus wings. Princess Celestia is
profoundly magical, and some say she is
more than one thousand years old. With
the help of her sister,
Princess Luna, she
makes sure the sun
and moon rise and
set each day.
Canterlot development art by Dave
Dunnet and Martin Ansolabehere
Princess Celestia’s younger sister, PRINCESS LUNA, has a history of
difficulty living in her older sister’s shadow. So difficult, in fact, her
jealousy turned her into the villain Nightmare Moon! Fortunately,
Luna was reformed and her heart softened by the ancient and
powerful Elements of Harmony. Luna and Celestia have forgiven each
other and are loving sisters
once again, but Luna still
has trouble adjusting to
modern Equestrian life
after her thousand-year-
long banishment in the
moon. Still speaking with
ancient formality and finding
it hard to move beyond her once
fearsome image, she may struggle,
but her intentions are pure and she is
certain to find the happiness she seeks
one day soon.
Development art by
Lynne Naylor. Note that Luna’s
original name was Selena.
PRINCESS CADANCE is the ruler of the Crystal
Empire. She is the former apprentice of Princess
Celestia, who practically adopted her
as a niece. Her love has a magical
quality that combines with the
magic of her husband, Shining
Armor, to make them nearly
unstoppable. She was the
foal-sitter of a very young
Twilight Sparkle, and the
two remain great friends. They
even have a secret hoof-shake. Her wedding day was nearly
ruined by an evil imposter, but the love between Cadance and Shining
Armor conquered all. Cadance is now happy to grace the Crystal
Empire with her kind spirit, potent magic, and unselfish nature. Her
full name is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza.
Featured in “A Canterlot Wedding, Parts 1 & 2,” “The
Crystal Empire, Parts 1 & 2,” “Games Ponies Play.”
SHINING ARMOR is the Unicorn captain
of the Canterlot Royal Guard as well as the
coleader of the Crystal Empire alongside his
wife, Princess Cadance. He’s also Twilight
Sparkle’s protective older brother, whom
she affectionately calls her “BBBFF” (Big
Brother Best Friend Forever).
Featured in “A Canterlot Wedding, Parts 1 & 2,”
“The Crystal Empire, Parts 1 & 2,” “Magical
Mystery Cure.”
Ponyville Ponies
GRANNY SMITH is the wise matriarch of the Apple
family and loves to tell a tale or two about the days of
yore. Her memory may be fuzzy, but Granny’s wit is
as sharp as a tack. She was even one of the founders
of Ponyville!
BIG MCINTOSH, also known as Big Mac, is
the protective older brother of both Applejack
and Apple Bloom. The soft-spoken colt
generally doesn’t have much to say, but he’s
always keeping an eye
on his family.
If you’re visiting Appleloosa, you’re likely to be
welcomed by BRAEBURN.
Featured in “Over a Barrel,” “Apple Family Reunion.”
The extended APPLE FAMILY TREE also
includes Aunt and Uncle Orange, Apple
Bumpkin, Apple Cider, Apple Cobbler, Apple Fritter, Apple Pie, Apple
Strudel, Apple Tart, Buttercream, Caramel Apple, Golden Delicious,
and many others!
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See Apple Bloom and Babs Seed.
THE CAKE FAMILY are the
proud owners of Sugarcube
Corner, Ponyville’s most
delicious bakery. The
store is run by the kindly
MR. CARROT CAKE and his wife, MRS. CUP CAKE, who make
the tastiest sweets for every occasion. Pinkie Pie loves working
in the bakery and often watches over the Cakes’ twin foals,
POUND CAKE and PUMPKIN CAKE.
As the mayor of Ponyville, MAYOR MARE is
always prepared to do whatever it takes to
help her people.
Featured in “Applebuck Season,” “Winter Wrap Up,” “The
Mysterious Mare Do Well,” “The Last Roundup,” “Magic Duel.”
CHEERILEE loves being a teacher at the
Ponyville Schoolhouse.
Featured in “The Show Stoppers,” “Call of the Cutie,”
“Hearts and Hooves Day,” “Ponyville Confidential,”
“Family Appreciation Day.”
Foal concept art
by Lauren Faust
FILTHY RICH and his wealthy family date back to the
very founding of Ponyville. His daughter is Diamond Tiara.
Featured in “Family Appreciation Day.”
DR. HOOVES
ACE
DAISY,
LILY VALLEY,
and ROSE
NURSE REDHEART
and DOCTOR
LOTUS
BLOSSOM
LYRA
HEARTSTRINGS
SWEETIE
DROPS
BLOSSOMFORTH
SMARTY PANTS
GOLDEN
HARVEST
MINUETTE
MADAME LEFLOUR,
ROCKY, and
SIR LINTSALOT
MARKET
SALESPONY
BOWLER
PONIES
Canterlot Ponies
As Canterlot’s resident fashion guru, HOITY TOITY’s
been known to harshly critique the works of others,
especially Rarity, who longs for his approval.
Featured in “Suited for Success,” “Green Isn’t Your Color,”
“Sweet and Elite.”
PHOTO FINISH catches all the hot looks as
Equestria’s top fashion photographer. This
trendsetter keeps an army of impressionable
attendants with her at all times.
Featured in “Green Isn’t Your Color,”
“Sweet and Elite.”
SAPPHIRE SHORES is known for her music
throughout Equestria as the Pony of Pop. The
fashion-forward celebrity has a taste for Rarity’s
jeweled creations.
Featured in “A Dog and Pony Show,” “Sweet and Elite.”
FANCYPANTS is a high-society Unicorn who
is fascinated with lower-class ponies, who he treats as
novelties, though he claims no ill will toward them.
Featured in “Sweet and Elite,” “A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2”
“Too Many Pinkie Pies.”
JET SET and his wife, UPPER CRUST, are
Equestria’s trendiest married couple. They
have a taste for the extravagant and can be
unapologetically snobbish about it.
Featured in “Sweet and Elite.”
When a party needs the hottest music in Equestria,
there’s only one pony to call: DJ PON-3!
Featured in “Suited for Success,” “A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2.”
PRINCE BLUEBLOOD may
be of a noble background, but
he’s also quite vain, which is
no doubt why Rarity once had a crush on him.
Featured in “The Ticket Master,” “The Best Night Ever,”
“Sweet and Elite.”
OCTAVIA
Canterlot
preproduction art
Cloudsdale Ponies
THE WONDERBOLTS are an elite squad of
Pegasus ponies who perform amazing aerial
feats of derring-do at competitions across
the lands of Equestria. SPITFIRE is team
captain and a spirited competitor. SOARIN
loves blazing a trail through the clouds—but
only when he’s not chowing down on one
of Applejack’s pies. Other team members
include Blaze, Fire Streak, Fleetfoot, High
Winds, Lightning Streak, Misty Fly, Rapidfire,
Silver Lining, Surprise, and Wave Chill.
Featured in “Sonic Rainboom,” “The Best Night Ever,”
“Wonderbolt Academy.”
FLITTER, STORMWALKER, THUNDERLANE, and LIGHTNING DUST
Featured in “Hurricane Fluttershy.”
MUSCLE PONY
BOY BULLIES
Cloudsdale
preproduction art
“My cutie mark would
be a typewriter as, hopefully,
it is clear that my special talent
is writing. I’d go for a typewriter
instead of the laptop I really use to do
my writing since it is more fitting for the
not-quite-as-technologically-advanced
world of Equestria.”
— Meghan McCarthy,
story editor
“Someone
designed a cutie
mark for me a while
back. It’s a piano
keyboard with a large red
musical note in front of
it. I quite like it!”
—Daniel Ingram,
song composer
Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle
hoped that by trying a bunch of different
things together, they’d get their cutie marks
lickety-split! So the three friends formed a
secret club called the Cutie Mark Crusaders,
whose members were dedicated to trying
as many things as possible. Although the
fillies have tried many diverse activities,
like baking and magic, their cutie
marks have yet to reveal themselves.
Unfortunately, some intolerant ponies
have mocked the young trio for not being
able to find their proper vocations yet. Thankfully, wise ponies such as
Princess Celestia have encouraged the girls to not lose hope and to keep
experiencing as many things as possible.
SWEETIE BELLE is a sweet-natured and sometimes
spacey Cutie Mark Crusader with big dreams. Her quest
for her cutie mark is not her only goal in life: Sweetie
Belle longs for the praise and acceptance of her older sister,
Rarity. Sweetie Belle has a blossoming talent for singing.
APPLE BLOOM is Applejack’s little filly sister, and like
her name suggests, she is full of potential but has a lot
of growing to do. Although she is the leader of the Cutie
Mark Crusaders, Apple Bloom truly has no idea what she
is meant to do or who she is meant to be. As the “head
crusader,” she comes up with most of their (unsuccessful)
cutie mark missions and spearheads their many (failed)
efforts.
“My favorite story [in ‘The Cutie Mark
Chronicles’] is Pinkie Pie’s. Playing against type is
always fun, so having the most ebullient pony grow up on a dour,
gray rock farm seemed like the right choice. It also provides a nice
subtext to who Pinkie is. She has a soft spot in her heart for the ol’ rock
farm and loves her family, but at her core (or, at her cutie mark),
she is totally different from this upbringing.”
—Mitch Larson, writer
In addition to earning her cutie mark,
SCOOTALOO is determined to learn how to fly.
In fact, Scootaloo has fashioned herself a special
pony scooter, and she uses her Pegasus wings not to fly but to propel
her wheeled contraption through the streets of Ponyville! Scootaloo
idolizes the adventurous Rainbow Dash and often tries to imitate her
“too cool” attitude as well as her athletic skill.
BABS SEED is a tough-talkin’ Apple
cousin from Manehattan and
the newest member of the
Cutie Mark Crusaders.
Featured in “One Bad
Apple,” “Apple Family
Reunion.”
“We wanted to create a
character who could bully the
Crusaders but whose behavior was the result
of an insecurity that the Crusaders could relate to
and ultimately help her to overcome. We’ve got our
three Crusaders in Ponyville and didn’t want to add a
permanent fourth, and we really liked the idea that
Babs would come from out of town and be able to
start up her own club with other ponies who
hadn’t yet gotten their cutie marks.”
— Meghan McCarthy, story editor
Other Young Ponies
DIAMOND TIARA and SILVER SPOON
believe that money and expensive baubles
can buy happiness. Together, the pretentious
pair enjoy teasing young ponies who haven’t
gotten their cutie marks.
Featured in “Call of the Cutie,” “The Show Stoppers,”
“The Cutie Pox,” “Family Appreciation Day,” “Ponyville Confidential,” “One Bad Apple.”
TWIST was picked on because of her blank flank until
she discovered that her true talent was making sweet
treats when two peppermint candy canes appeared on her
hindquarters—her cutie mark!
Featured in “Call of the Cutie,” “The Cutie Pox,” “Hearts and Hooves Day.”
SNIPS and SNAILS are two young Unicorns who are
the best of friends. Snips is known for his enthusiasm,
while Snails is known to be slightly more relaxed.
Featured in “Boast Busters,” “The Show Stoppers,” “Ponyville
Confidential,” The Mysterious Mare Do Well,” “Magic Duel.”
PIP SQUEAK, or “Pip” to his friends, is an Earth Pony
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