Dr. Hooves
From the episode Call of the Cutie
Kind	Earth
Sex	Male
Occupation	Ponyville timekeeper

More info
Eyes	Pale, light grayish azure
Mane	Dark amber
Coat	Grayish amber
Cutie mark
Voice	Brian Drummond (English, S1E12)[1] Tabitha St. Germain (English, S1E16, as a pegasus)[2] Leszek Zduń (Polish) Arturo Cataño (Latin American Spanish)

Dr. Hooves, also known as Dr. Whooves or Time Turner, is a background Earth pony with an hourglass cutie mark. The character was given the name Doctor Whooves by fans (as a reference to the sci-fi drama Doctor Who, created by the BBC), which was adopted by the show's crew,^[3] and only later was the character explicitly given the name "Time Turner", chosen by Enterplay consultant Wendy E.,^[4] in Enterplay's 2012 set of trading cards and with different punctuation on a 2012 IDW comic book cover; Gameloft's 2012 mobile game initially also gave him the name "Time Turner", but a 2013 update changed his in-game name to "Dr. Hooves", a name that has also been given to him in Mighty Fine's merchandise^[5] following the 2012 rejection of the original name "Doctor Whooves".^[6] Hasbro acknowledged the character's popularity in the Comic Con 2011 promotional poster, where he is explicitly posed in a way that his cutie mark is clearly visible.^[7] Dr. Hooves shares his design with Meadow Song and Lucky Clover.

Contents 1 Depiction in the series 1.1 Re-use of design and color 2 Depiction in comics 3 Depiction in merchandise 4 Other depictions 4.1 My Little Pony mobile game description 5 Appearances 6 Gallery 7 See also 8 References

Depiction in the seriesEdit

Dr. Hooves appears in the background of multiple episodes. His only speaking role as an Earth pony is when he rejects Apple Bloom's offer of buying apples in Call of the Cutie, and gets pressured into buying one in return for getting her to leave him alone. He was placed in the scene by storyboard artist Sabrina Alberghetti for his colors and design.^[8]

"If I buy some apples, will you please leave me alone?"

— Dr. Hooves to Apple Bloom

He makes a somewhat prominent appearance in Green Isn't Your Color, carrying Photo Finish's palanquin together with Twilight Sky. In The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, he makes another somewhat prominent appearance where he is in charge of spinning the hourglass that starts the competition between the Flim and Flam and the Apple family. During this scene he wears a green tie. He was intentionally placed into the scene by the storyboarding supervisor for the episode.^[9] Dr. Hooves later appears a few times in Hearts and Hooves Day. He is seen running past Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle while accidentally splashing mud on them in the musical sequence. He reappears in Apple Bloom's imagination while running around in a panic, as well as in three village shots, once standing next to an unknown stallion and twice standing next to Derpy on the bridge. He also appears in It's About Time, laughing at Twilight Sparkle's idea of time travel. In A Canterlot Wedding Part 2, he is seen cornered in an alley with Golden Harvest and "Tornado Bolt", as well as running across the street from a changeling.

In One Bad Apple, he is one of the two ponies nearly run down as the Cutie Mark Crusaders chase after Babs Seed using Pinkie Pie's parade float. In this appearance, he wears a polka-dotted bow tie, and is dressed as a pear. He also appears during the song Babs Seed, sitting in a movie theater with Cloud Kicker.

Re-use of design and colorEdit

Dr. Hooves' character design and color scheme is sometimes used for other pony kinds. A Pegasus pony sharing his character model with a lighter version of his color scheme appears in Sonic Rainboom, Green Isn't Your Color, Hearth's Warming Eve, Hearts and Hooves Day, Hurricane Fluttershy, and Wonderbolts Academy, and as an Earth pony in Magical Mystery Cure. Another Pegasus pony sharing his character model, color scheme, and cutie mark is featured in Sonic Rainboom. Rainbow Dash switches numbers with him when she tries to delay her performance in the Best Young Flyer competition. The character is voiced by Tabitha St. Germain as a pegasus. At the end of the second episode of season one, when Twilight Sparkle talks to Princess Celestia, there are several ponies with Dr. Hooves' color scheme and design in the background.

Depiction in comicsEdit

Dr. Hooves appears in comic book issue #1 on page 3.^[10] He is featured on the issue's Detroit comic book stores exclusive Cover RE. On the issue's Lone Star Comics exclusive variant Cover RE, he is featured on the cover of a magazine titled Hoof Beat, showing him with a caption beginning "Time-Turner answers YOUR questio..." and a speech balloon containing the word "spoilers". On the Hot Topic variant of the issue, it features Derpy Hooves and Dr. Hooves in a Doctor Who themed cover, featuring the Doctor's TARDIS, and the Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver.^[11] He is also featured on issue #2's Midtown Comics exclusive Cover RE where the reference to Doctor Who is made more explicit with him wearing a long orange and brown scarf which the fourth incarnation of the Doctor (played by Tom Baker) was famous for wearing. The cover also includes a nod to the Doctor's TARDIS in the shape and color of the street lamp, as well as a pony version of memorable Doctor Who villain, a Weeping Angel.^[12]

Depiction in merchandiseEdit

Dr. Hooves was first given the trademarked name Time Turner on the My Little Pony trading cards unveiled in BronyCon 2012. He appears on a card together with Mayor Mare, and his description bills him as her official town timekeeper, "the pony responsible for keeping Ponyville's clocks in sync, setting the hourglass for cider competitions, and pretty much all things timey-wimey." The cards were designed specifically with the brony demographic of older fans in mind, and the writer-consultant for the set has said the consultants submitted "at least a dozen direct fandom nods".^[13] Dr. Hooves appears in the 2011 Comic Con poster along with many other ponies from the cast.

Following the trading cards' July 2012 retail store release, the character has appeared as Time Turner on an August 2012 Mighty Fine T-shirt. Despite this, he still appears on multiple other Mighty Fine products as "Dr. Hooves" and as "Doctor Whooves". In August 2012, "Doctor Whooves" t-shirts and a "seat belt belt" became available for sale at Hot Topic.

Other depictionsEdit

My Little Pony mobile game descriptionEdit

Time Turner was his initial name in the mobile game, but as of version 1.2.2 his name has been changed to Dr. Hooves.^[14] Prior to the first version's release, Dr[sic] Whooves was his name in a presentation of the game at My Little Pony Project 2012 New York.^[15]

Dr. Hooves keeps Ponyville's clocks in sync, sets the hourglass for cider competitions, and takes care of all things timey-wimey.

AppearancesEdit

Times are approximate and taken from videos with no prolonged transition for commercial breaks.

Season one
1	19:57 when Pinkie Pie moves her head down then seen various times in the multiple ponies at 20:16.
2	20:22 then seen multiple times in the background.
3	2:28 in the line of ponies.
4	4:49.
5	none.
6	2:24 he is seen for the rest of Trixie's boasting, 20:06.
7	none.
8	none.
9	none.
10	none.
11	1:45 in the group of ponies, 2:49 and also 3:31, 4:40 and 4:49, 12:55 and appears most through the scene, 15:10 pushing a plow closest to the screen, two Time Turners at 19:31 and appears twice again in the next scene then again in 20:24.
12	5:22-5:45, making his famous scene.
13	6:41, 9:12.
14	13:19, there are multiple copies of them throughout Rarity's show.
15	none.
16	Pegasus at 14:22.
17	none.
18	14:42
19	None.
20	In place of "Papermoon" with his color scheme at 6:51, normal color scheme at the far left at 16:42, 17:18 and when Fluttershy gets thrown around by Twilight's magic, and again in the stage shot at 18:12.
21	13:39 through the rest of Pinkie Pie's song in the background, 15:51, 15:55 with the same mane style as Goldengrape, 17:06, 17:59, 18:03 in the doorway, 18:18, 18:57 for a second, 20:04, 20:30, 20:34.
22	None.
23	12:06, 12:21.
24	None.
25	None.
26

Season two
1	None
2	None
3	None
4	None
5	None
6	None
7	None
8	3:16, at the back of the crowd, off to the side, cheering for Rainbow Dash after she saved the baby, 4: 51 at the back of the crowd on the left with Derpy as Rainbow is being cheered
9	None
10	None
11	Part of the play
12	At the market
13	None
14	Loading the cart when they're showing pictures of Applejack around to find her.
15	Spinning the hourglass 10.56, 11.14, 12.49- Standing next to Derpy in the crowd. At the end of the Flim-Flam brothers's song he's in the crowd twice, guess he wanted more cider after he got there the first time.
16	None
17	0:02+3:31 in Ponyville square next to Derpy, 3:55 splashing Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom with mud, 13:36 running around in a panic in Apple Bloom's imagination
18	5:34-5:39 watching the Pinkie Pie parade
19	In the crowd watching Iron Will.
20	4:01-4:18 listening to Twilight (laughing with the crowd for when Twilight said that she met her future self), 4:54-5:03 taking orders from Twilight
21	None
22	None
23
24	None
25	None
26	14:08 cornered by changelings in an alley, 15:04 Chased by a changeling

Season three
1	None
2	None
3	Yes
4	08:12 sitting in the theatre with Cloud Kicker, 15:10 on a cucumber float, dressed as a pear and wearing a polka-dot bowtie, 16:03 watching the parade, 16:41 getting run down by the lettuce float
5	In the crowd at the magic show after Trixie is defeated.
6	None
7	None
8	None
9
10	None
11
12	None
13	20:23 standing next to "Dinky Doo".

GalleryEdit

Dr. Hooves image gallery

See alsoEdit

• List of ponies
• Doctor Whooves on the Fan Wiki

ReferencesEdit

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