For a list of all ponies appearing or mentioned in the show, see list of ponies.

This page lists reoccurring and notable characters from the show and serves as an index for all character-based articles.

Contents
Main characters Cutie Mark Crusaders • Royalty Apple family • The Cakes • School-age ponies Antagonists • Celebrities • The Wonderbolts Other pony characters • Other non-pony characters Inanimate characters • Animal companions • Creatures and animals Background ponies • See also • Comments

Main characters

Twilight Sparkle	Applejack	Fluttershy
Rarity	Pinkie Pie	Rainbow Dash

Spike

Supporting characters

Apple Bloom	Scootaloo
Sweetie Belle	Babs Seed
Cutie Mark Crusaders

Princess Celestia

Princess Luna

Princess Cadance

Shining Armor	Prince Blueblood
Royalty

Granny Smith	Big McIntosh	Braeburn
The Apple family

Mr. and Mrs. Cake	Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake
The Cakes

Diamond Tiara

Silver Spoon

Twist

Snips	Snails	Pipsqueak	Featherweight
School-age ponies

Nightmare Moon	Gilda	Trixie
Diamond Dogs	Discord	Flim and Flam
Garble	Queen Chrysalis	King Sombra
Antagonists

Hoity Toity	Photo Finish	Sapphire Shores	Fancy Pants
Celebrities

Spitfire	Soarin
The Wonderbolts

Royal guards	Mayor Mare	Nurse Redheart	Cheerilee
Spa ponies		Jet Set and Upper Crust
Filthy Rich	Joe	Cloudchaser	Flitter
Thunderlane	Lightning Dust	Ms. Harshwhinny	Ms. Peachbottom
Other pony characters

Zecora	Little Strongheart	Chief Thunderhooves	Cranky Doodle Donkey
Matilda	Iron Will	Gustave le Grand	Mulia Mild
Non-pony characters

Inanimate and in-verse fictional characters

Bloomberg	Pinkie Pie's imaginary friends	Tom
Smarty Pants	Daring Do	Ahuizotl

Animal companions

Angel	Winona	Opalescence	Gummy
Philomena	Owlowiscious	Tank	Peewee

Creatures

Cerberus	Changeling	Cockatrice	Dragon	Fruit bat
Hydra	Manticore	Parasprite	Phoenix
Quarray eel	Sea serpent	Timberwolf	Ursa	Windigo

Other animals

Background ponies

Names marked with an asterisk in the gallery below are placeholder names and have not been used on the show, by Hasbro, or stated to be official by the show's crew.

This gallery serves as an index.

Amethyst Star Apple Fritter Berry Pinch* Berry Punch Caramel Cherry Berry Cloud Kicker* Cotton Cloudy* Daisy Derpy Dinky Doo* Dizzy Twister* DJ Pon-3 Golden Harvest Goldengrape Mr. Greenhooves Half Note* Lemon Hearts Lightning Bolt* Lily Valley Lucky Clover Lyra Heartstrings Meadow Song Medley* Merry May Minuette Noi* Noteworthy Octavia Melody Parasol* Piña Colada* Princess Erroria* Rainbowshine Raindrops* Rose Royal Ribbon* Sassaflash Sea Swirl Shoeshine Snowflake* Sweetie Drops Time Turner Tootsie Flute* Tornado Bolt* Twinkleshine Wild Fire

See also

• List of ponies
• Character appearances tables
• Characters on the Fan Wiki for a list of pages which describe characters' portrayals in fan works