This article details the family and relatives of characters in the show.

In early April 2013, Meghan McCarthy was asked, "Will we get to see any more members of the mane 6's families?" She then answered "Yes".^[1]

Contents 1 Applejack 2 Cockatrice 3 Mr. and Mrs. Cake 3.1 Children 3.2 Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake 4 Princess Celestia and Princess Luna 5 Diamond Tiara 6 Discord 7 Flim and Flam 8 Hoops 9 Pinkie Pie 10 Princess Platinum 11 Rainbow Dash 11.1 Parents 11.2 Grandmother 12 Rarity 12.1 Sister Sweetie Belle 12.2 Parents 13 Silver Spoon 14 Snails 15 Snips 16 Chief Thunderhooves 17 Thunderlane 17.1 Brother Rumble 18 Twilight Sparkle 18.1 Brother Shining Armor 18.1.1 Season 2 18.1.2 Season 3 18.2 Princess Cadance 18.2.1 Season 2 18.2.2 Season 3 18.3 Parents 18.3.1 Season 1 18.3.2 Season 2 18.3.3 Season 3 18.3.4 Merchandise 18.4 Uncle 19 Twist 20 Sisterhooves Social 20.1 Competing pairs 21 References 22 Comments

ApplejackEdit

Main article: Apple family

See also Apple Bloom, Big McIntosh, Granny Smith

Applejack has relatives in Appleloosa, at least one of whom, Braeburn, is her cousin. She also has relatives in Manehatten, the Orange couple. The Oranges are high-society ponies who try to introduce Applejack to their friends in a flashback in The Cutie Mark Chronicles. Babs Seed, being a cousin of Apple Bloom, is another one of Applejack's cousins. She has a unnamed sister, who is presumabley also Applejack and Apple Bloom's cousin.

Uncle Orange appears with the name Mosely Orange in the fourth, sixth, and eighth waves of mystery pack toys;^[2][3] according to the mystery pack collector cards, Mosely Orange "loves to have fancy parties!"

In issue three of the comic book, Applejack says her Great Uncle Honeycrisp was a lumberjack.

CockatriceEdit

Fluttershy refers to the cockatrice's mother in Stare Master.

Mr. and Mrs. CakeEdit

Carrot Cake and Cup Cake are husband and wife, respectively.

ChildrenEdit

Pound Cake and Pumpkin CakeEdit

Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake are introduced in the episode Baby Cakes. The main six are shocked to learn that Pound Cake is a Pegasus, while Pumpkin Cake is a unicorn, though Mr. Cake explains it away as due to distant familial relations in both his and Mrs. Cake's lineages. They appear again in A Friend in Deed, where Pinkie fails to make them laugh with her routine, until the very end, when she sits on some jacks. Their third appearance comes in Ponyville Confidential, where they throw a tantrum, and are featured for it in one of Gabby Gums' articles. Pumpkin Cake appears briefly without her brother in Magic Duel.

Princess Celestia and Princess LunaEdit

Four of the mentioned members of the royal family are Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Prince Blueblood, and Princess Cadance. Multiple episodes state that Luna is Celestia's younger sister; The Ticket Master states that Blueblood is Celestia's nephew, though his trading card lists his family link to Luna and Celestia as being "far removed"; various promotional materials state that Cadance is Celestia's niece, and the chapter book My Little Pony: Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell specifies that Celestia adopted her as a niece.

On My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic book issue #5 page 16, after Luna says that something she had hoped would never come to pass is happening, Pinkie Pie attempts to guess what it is, with one guess being "Realize your mom was right about everything?!"; Luna responds to each guess with "No." The picture book My Little Pony: Under the Sparkling Sea shows a sea lion called King Leo, who rules the underwater city of Aquastria; the book's dust jacket states that King Leo "sits on the Cosmic Council alongside his cousin, Princess Celestia."^[4] One of the illustrated stories in the official My Little Pony magazine in France shows Celestia having a four-year-old cousin called Léon, an Alicorn who shares Blueblood's color scheme and cutie mark and Rainbow Dash's base character model. The magazine story's narrative does not fit into the animated series.^{​[​citation needed​]​}Lauren Faust, the show's creator, stated that Celestia does not have parents that outrank her,^[5] that Luna and Celestia have no siblings and no children, and that Blueblood is "the great great great great great great great great great great great (and probably even more greats) nephew on Celestia's and Luna's mother's side, about 52 times removed, roughly speaking."^[6]

Diamond TiaraEdit

Diamond Tiara's father, Filthy Rich, and her great-grandfather, Stinkin' Rich, are featured in Family Appreciation Day. Filthy Rich gives a presentation to Diamond Tiara's class about his business, Rich's Barnyard Bargains, and tells them it was one of the first stores in Ponyville when it was founded which is later featured in Granny Smith's flashback, where Stinkin' Rich opens a zap apple stand. Babs Seed refers to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's mothers in One Bad Apple.

DiscordEdit

In April 2013, The Hub jokingly referred to Discord and the Predaking from Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters as "long-lost twins?" on Twitter^[7] and Facebook.^[8]

Flim and FlamEdit

As their names imply, Flim and Flam are brothers. They make their first and so far only appearance in The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, with the intention of driving the Apple Family out of business.

HoopsEdit

In Fluttershy's flashback in The Cutie Mark Chronicles, colt Hoops taunts filly Fluttershy by saying that his baby brother can fly better than her.

Pinkie PieEdit

According to Pinkie Pie's recollection in The Cutie Mark Chronicles, she was raised on a rock farm with her parents and two sisters. She says there was no talking or smiling. They spent each day harvesting rocks, until Pinkie threw their first party a short while after Rainbow Dash's first sonic rainboom. In Magic Duel, Trixie claims to have had to take a job on a rock farm to earn a living, and shows Pinkie's father pointing out a group of large rocks. Pinkie Pie's family resembles the Amish. In contrast to her mostly grey and brown family, Pinkie Pie is pink.

In Pinkie Pie's Laughter Song, she mentions having been taught by "Granny Pie" to laugh at things that scared her, and in Too Many Pinkie Pies, she mentions that her "Nana Pinkie" told her of the Mirror Pool.

Lauren Faust said that Pinkie's sisters weren't named as far as she knew, but they considered naming them "Mince Meat Pie" and "Chicken Pot Pie".^[9]

A "Pie Family Rock Farms" merchandise design is available through WeLoveFine.com as a T-shirt and formerly as bags. Pinkie Pie and her sisters appear together as fillies in a picture on Micro-Series comic book issue #5 cover RI. Pinkie Pie and her family are featured in the chapter book My Little Pony: Pinkie Pie and the Rockin' Ponypalooza Party! A description of the chapter book states that "Pinkie Pie has always been a bit different from her very serious family. When she plans a Ponyville 'rock' concert to support the family business, Pinkie's family doesn't like the idea. They just want her to be serious, for once."

Princess PlatinumEdit

In the episode Hearth's Warming Eve, Spike states that Princess Platinum is the unicorn king's daughter.

Rainbow DashEdit

ParentsEdit

To promote The Cutie Mark Chronicles, The Hub's website gave users three potential stories for how Rainbow Dash got her cutie mark. Rainbow Dash's parents are mentioned in one of the alternate stories as "loving, supportive parents" who tried to help Rainbow Dash find her mark.^[10][11]

In Games Ponies Play, during her flashback as a filly, Rainbow Dash is shown standing on the back of an adult Pegasus stallion with a similarly rainbow-colored mane and tail. Her relationship to the stallion is not explicitly referred to. Next to the stallion is Rainbowshine, an adult Pegasus mare with exactly the same eye color as Rainbow Dash but no similar coat or mane colors.

GrandmotherEdit

In the My Little Pony Live Show's version of the Laughter Song, Rainbow Dash, along with Applejack, mentions having been taught by "Granny" to laugh at things that scare you, although this relative never makes an appearance or is spoken of again. The mention of "Granny" is vague, and the show's narrative does not fit into the animated series.

RarityEdit

Sister Sweetie BelleEdit

Sweetie Belle is introduced as Rarity's little sister in Stare Master. In both Stare Master and in Sisterhooves Social, Rarity gets frustrated with Sweetie Belle's attempts to help her.

ParentsEdit

Rarity and Sweetie Belle's mother and father are introduced in Sisterhooves Social, but their names are not mentioned in the show. While Rarity's mother is a unicorn, Rarity's father wears a hat that obscures his horn or lack thereof. They sport Upper Midwest American/Canadian accents, and a questionable fashion sense. The mother has the same body design as Mrs. Cake, and her cutie mark is obscured by her pants. Rarity's mother strongly resembles the G3 unicorn Garden Wishes. Her looks are also similar to a G1 unicorn named Buttons and a toy named Ribbon Wishes, but has a different eye color than the latter. Rarity's father is enthusiastic enough about Sweetie Belle's burnt cooking that he asks for Rarity's untouched plate. He later makes a background appearance in One Bad Apple, sitting on a jetty and fishing. His cutie mark is a set of three American footballs and he is voiced by Peter New; their mother is voiced by Tabitha St. Germain who also voices Rarity.^[12] Rarity's father is one of the available playable characters in Gameloft's mobile game, which gives him the name Magnum.^[13]

Silver SpoonEdit

Babs Seed refers to Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara's mothers in One Bad Apple.

SnailsEdit

After the Foal Free Press prints a Gabby Gums column about Snips and Snails in Ponyville Confidential, Snips mentions that his and Snails' mothers always told them they'd end up in the papers someday.

SnipsEdit

After the Foal Free Press prints a Gabby Gums column about Snips and Snails in Ponyville Confidential, Snips mentions that his and Snails' mothers always told them they'd end up in the papers someday.

Chief ThunderhoovesEdit

In Over a Barrel, Chief Thunderhooves mentions his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, and great-great-great-grandfather.

ThunderlaneEdit

Brother RumbleEdit

Both Thunderlane and Rumble are introduced in Hurricane Fluttershy, when both are seen standing together during tornado duty training. During the final event, Thunderlane doesn't show up and Rainbow Dash asks Rumble "Where is your lazy brother?" Rumble tells Twilight and Rainbow Dash that Thunderlane has fallen sick with the Feather Flu.

Twilight SparkleEdit

Brother Shining ArmorEdit

Season 2Edit

Shining Armor is introduced as Twilight's older brother in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1. Before his debut, he was announced as a part of a then-upcoming toy set "Pony Princess Wedding Castle" which comes with him and his bride Princess Cadance.

Shining Armor also appears in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2.

Season 3Edit

He later appearences in both parts of The Crystal Empire, Games Ponies Play, and in Magical Mystery Cure.

Princess CadanceEdit

Season 2Edit

Twilight recounts in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 that Princess Cadance was her beloved foal-sitter when she was a filly. By the end of A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, they become sisters-in-law by Cadance's marriage to Shining Armor.

Season 3Edit

She later appearances in both parts of The Crystal Empire, Games Ponies Play, and in Magical Mystery Cure.

ParentsEdit

Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor's parents are briefly seen in a flashback in The Cutie Mark Chronicles, during the wedding ceremonies in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, and during the princess coronation in Magical Mystery Cure. In the first episode, they enroll their daughter in Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns much to her delight, and they accompany her at her entrance exam. When Twilight Sparkle's powers go out of control, they are briefly transformed into an agave and a cactus. In the second season, they attend their son's wedding. In the third season, they attend their daughter's coronation.

Neither of the parents is named in the show nor has a speaking role, though they whinny in confusion in Twilight's cutie mark flashback. The mother strongly resembles Lauren Faust's original concept art that was based on G1 Twilight, and she appears with the name Twilight Velvet in the fourth and sixth waves of mystery pack toys; according to the mystery pack collector cards, Twilight Velvet "loves writing stories about adventures!" The father shares Noteworthy's color scheme, and appears to be visually based on the G1 German release Rainbow Pony Nachtlicht. Twilight's mother also appears to have the same magic glow as Twilight when she gets a tissue for her husband in the episode Canterlot Wedding Part 2.^[14]

Season 1Edit

Season 2Edit

Season 3Edit

MerchandiseEdit

UncleEdit

Shining Armor mentioned he had a "favorite uncle" in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1, and wore this same uncle's badge at his wedding.

TwistEdit

The Smile Song in A Friend in Deed was to have introduced Twist's mother, who would have been named Shimmy Shake. Writer Amy Keating Rogers "thought that since The Twist is a dance, it would be cute if Twist's mom had a dance name too!"^[15] The scene was ultimately cut from the final version.

Sisterhooves SocialEdit

"You an' Rarity can compete against other sister teams in all these neat events!"

— Apple Bloom in Sisterhooves Social

The Sisterhooves Social is a series of contests and races that two sisters can compete in to win prizes.

Competing pairsEdit

• Berry Punch and "Piña Colada" (white shirts with light blue trim) - winners
• Amethyst Star and "Dinky Doo" (blue neckerchiefs)
• "Cloud Kicker" and "Princess Erroria" (pink/purple baseball caps, purple cloth tied around one foreleg)
• Golden Harvest and "Noi" (green headbands)

Golden Harvest and "Noi" are seen together again at the beginning of the market scene of Putting Your Hoof Down.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Twitter / MMeghanMcCarthy: “@CStheBreaded: ... (2013-04-10). Retrieved on 2013 April 11.
2. ↑ Look what I found.. :P. Aquatic Neon (2013-03-03). Retrieved on 2013 March 4.
3. ↑ My Little Pony Crystal Blindbags. Tesco direct. Retrieved on 2013 March 4.
4. ↑ My Little Pony: Under the Sparkling Sea. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2012 November 30.
5. ↑ Lauren Faust discussing Princess Celestia's title (2010-12-21). Retrieved on 2012 October 28.
6. ↑ Lauren Faust discussing Prince Bluebood's genealogy (2011-03-30). Retrieved on 2012 October 28.
7. ↑ HubTVNetwork: Discord and the Predaking: .... Twitter (2013-04-11). Retrieved on 2013 April 11.
8. ↑ Timeline Photos. Facebook (2013-04-11). Retrieved on 2013 April 11.
9. ↑ Lauren Faust via Twitter. Retrieved on 2013 March 15.
10. ↑ "The Cutie Cliffhanger... the Quest for the Cutie Mark" (2011-04-06).
11. ↑ Video of the Promotion, hosted on Facebook (2011-04-12).
12. ↑ Email mentioning Rarity's parents' voice actors. Retrieved on 2012 March 29.
13. ↑ My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic - Universal - HD Gameplay Trailer (2012-11-07). Retrieved on 2012 November 8.
14. ↑ mlpland.com. Retrieved on 2012 October 21.
15. ↑ Smile Song Lyrics by Amy Keating Rogers (2012-07-05). Retrieved on 2012 July 6.