Golden Harvest
Kind	Earth
Sex	Female

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Eyes	Moderate chartreuse green
Mane	Brilliant orange amber Moderate lime in Boast Busters
Coat	Pale, light grayish olive
Nicknames	Carrot Top
Cutie mark
Voice	Cathy Weseluck (English, S1E10)[1] Ikumi Nakagami (Japanese, S1E6)

Golden Harvest is an Earth pony with a pale goldenrod coat, carrot orange mane and tail, dark olive green eyes, and a cutie mark of three carrots with greens. She is identical to Caramel Apple apart from her cutie mark, shares her design with Daisy, and shares her tail style with Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine. Her name is not mentioned on the show, but it appears on the pamphlet of a mystery pack toy released in January 2012, on a trading card released in mid-2012 which additionally lists the fan-given name Carrot Top as her nickname, and on the pamphlet of another mystery pack toy. She has speaking roles in Boast Busters, Swarm of the Century, Green Isn't Your Color, and A Friend in Deed.

Contents 1 Depiction in the series 1.1 Color swaps 1.2 Appearances 2 Other depictions 2.1 Comic book 2.2 Merchandise 2.3 Crew 3 Quotes 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 7 Comments

Depiction in the seriesEdit

Golden Harvest appears in many episodes as a background pony and has minor speaking roles in some. In party scenes such as in Green Isn't Your Color and The Best Night Ever, she wears a cyan saddle with a purple skirt underneath and a purple flower in her hair. Some running sequences, specifically in Fall Weather Friends, depict her with Lemon Hearts's running model, including blue eyes, more eyelashes, and even Lemon Hearts's cutie mark.

She appears in the crowd that cheers for Twilight Sparkle in The Ticket Master, so Pinkie Pie can get her spare ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala. After actually learning that Twilight has an extra ticket, she tries to do favors for Twilight along with the rest of the ponies, and then gives chase to Twilight when she runs; she is toppled out of the running mob and later points out where Twilight is running off to.

She also appears in Boast Busters with her orange mane at the beginning, then is later seen in the background with a moss-green mane after Trixie makes Rarity's mane slime-green. When Rarity cries out how awful green is, Golden Harvest, insulted, snorts "Well, I never!". In Swarm of the Century, she puts up a banner with another pony for the upcoming arrival of Princess Celestia. Twilight asks her why the name on the banner is shortened to "Welcome Princess Celest," and she tells Twilight they ran out of space. She is then told to take it down and rewrite the name.

Golden Harvest also participates in the Running of the Leaves in Fall Weather Friends, at first wearing the number 00, then later the number 10. For most of her running scenes during the race, her mane style changes to look like that of Lemon Hearts's or Twinkleshine's. Golden Harvest also has Rarity's eye style, eye shadow, and eye color in those scenes.

In Over a Barrel, she appears in Appleloosa wearing a light green, white-banded, dome-crowned cowboy hat. She jumps out of the second story of a building, lands on a buffalo, and rides him rodeo-style with a big grin on her face during the showdown.

She makes an appearance in Green Isn't Your Color, where she reads a magazine before spotting Fluttershy and sprinting after her.

In Lesson Zero, she falls under the spell that Twilight casts on her doll, Smarty Pants, wanting it for herself. She later fights against Minuette for its possession. In the episode Luna Eclipsed, she dresses as a devil and briefly bobs for apples along with Derpy.

She partakes in the Sisterhooves Social with an unnamed filly as her partner. During the event they both wear large green bows. She appears with the same filly during the market scene in Putting Your Hoof Down.

In The Last Roundup, she is seen with "Written Script" and a unicorn filly. The camera focuses on them as they look gently at her. Later, Golden Harvest talks to "Written Script" at the train station when Applejack leaves for Canterlot. She then sits near the unicorn filly while inside the train. In Canterlot, she cleans aisles at a rodeo stadium and shakes her head when Twilight interrogates her about the location of Applejack.

In The Crystal Empire - Part 1, she struts through Canterlot with Jet Set during The Failure Song.

In Magic Duel she is in the crowd glaring angrily at Trixie's return.  When Trixie takes over Ponyville she is seen running through town with Lemon Daze.  After Twilight beats Trixie in a rematch duel she is in the crowd cheering happily.

She briefly appears at the titular reunion in Apple Family Reunion, listening to Applejack and some of her relatives play Raise This Barn (and then is never seen again).

In the episodes Just for Sidekicks and Games Ponies Play, Golden Harvest is seen nuzzling "Written Script" at the Crystal Empire train station.

Color swapsEdit

Eight full color swaps of Golden Harvest have appeared in the show so far.

• "Berry Icicle"
• "Maroon Carrot"
• "Romana"
• "Serena"
• "Wysteria"
• S01E11 Unnamed Earth Mare #4
• S01E11 Unnamed Earth Mare #5
• S02E26 Unnamed Earth Mare #4

AppearancesEdit

The following charts detail Golden Harvest's appearances. Times are approximate and taken from videos available online.

Season one
	Seen walking in the background during the theme song.
1	6:47 – standing with Sweetie Drops and watching Twilight’s chariot land, 6:51 – in a closer view, 18:40 – heading to the town hall, 18:46 – on a balcony in the town hall, 18:48 – on the floor, 19:11 – back on the balcony, 19:14 – back on the floor, 19:28, 19:30, 19:35 – smiles widely in anticipation of Princess Celestia’s appearance, 19:46 – staring at Celestia’s empty spot, 19:52, 20:01, 20:08, 20:14, 20:17 – in the crowd surveyed by Nightmare Moon, 20:20 – staring at Nightmare Moon, 20:53 – lower body only, 20:58 – gasps at the mention of Nightmare Moon’s name, 21:06 – looking at Twilight, 21:23 – staring in horror at Nightmare Moon. Duplicates: 19:11 – on the lower right balcony, 19:52 – behind Shoeshine, 20:18 – duplicates throughout the right side of the audience.
2	None.
3	3:47 – in the audience witnessing Rainbow Dash in Rainbow’s fantasy, 4:23 – in the foreground as the Wonderbolts fly by, 8:09 ~ 8:20 – standing at the wedding in Rarity’s fantasy, 16:45 – tossing Twilight up and down in reality, 16:55, 16:59 – backs off while wearing a cyan saddle, 17:09, 17:16 – starts asking Twilight favors (purple skirt added underneath her saddle), 17:25 – (skirt and saddle are gone), 17:31 – chases Twilight, 17:42 – tumbling from the mob, 17:51 – points out Twilight. Duplicates: 17:11 – a duplicate shows up to hear that “Twilight has an extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala”.
4	2:12 – pulling in her mat from the cow stampede, 2:36 – watching the stampede nearing Ponyville, 3:57 – standing around, 4:04, 4:13, 14:19 – setting up the party, 4:53 ~ 5:30 – in the audience at the party for Applejack, 15:08 – sick on the floor, 18:09 – runs from the bunny stampede, 18:11 – pulling in her mat again, 18:19 – hiding in a house with Cherry Berry and Shoeshine.
5	1:28 ~ 1:34 – walking from the veggie stand and past Pinkie Pie, 12:20 – standing with Rainbowshine and Lyra Heartstrings near some market tents, 14:28 – arriving at Gilda’s party with Minuette, 17:05 – laughing at the relighting birthday candles prank, 19:02.
6	1:24 – walking past Twilight and Spike, 2:31 – barely seen in the crowd for Trixie’s show between Lyra Heartstrings and “Cloud Kicker”, 2:48 – behind Rarity’s tail, 3:12 – behind Rainbowshine and “Coconut”, 3:27, 6:13 – cheering for Applejack’s performance, 6:38, 7:19 – cheering for Rainbow Dash’s performance, 7:52, 8:44, 8:51 – staring agape at Rarity, 9:12 – watching Rarity run away, 9:15 – “Well, I never!”, 9:23 – near Twilight (with orange hair again), 9:35 – staring fearfully at Trixie and Twilight, 9:58 – staring astonished at Trixie, 10:04 – walking away, 16:36 – staring at Twilight as she faces the Ursa, 17:44 – looking out in awe, 17:48 – looking at Twilight, 18:04 ~ 18:10 – in the crowd congratulating Twilight, 19:08 – looks at Trixie. Duplicates: 2:32 – between Lyra Heartstrings and “Doctor Hooves”, 4:15 – duplicate in the crowd, 6:13, 6:38, 7:19, 8:44, 9:23, 9:58.
7	1:49 – on the bridge in the park talking to Sweetie Drops, 2:36 – smiling with “Twinkle”, 2:43 – shouts “What?!” and looks at the smoke in the sky, 2:46 – listening to Twilight, 20:11 – standing with Shoeshine and watching the pegasi clear the smoke.
8	0:15 – walking in the background during the clean-up.
9	None.
10	2:40 – hoisting the banner in the park, 2:49 – “We couldn’t fit it all in”, 13:57 – looking at the falling parasprites, 17:31 – running as parasprites try to eat her skirt.
11	2:08 – trotting toward the gathering while wearing a plant team vest, 2:19 – at the gathering, 2:22 – wearing an animal team vest, 2:31 – back to a plant team vest, 2:45 – with the animal team, 2:48 – walking to the plant team, 4:10 – plowing the snowy fields, 4:14 – singing from the bottom of the screen, 4:42 – popping out from snow in a cart with Daisy, 4:57 – standing with the plant team, 5:02 – sings with Applejack and Cherry Berry, 5:48 – singing with the plant team, 5:52 – singing with the animal team (with an animal team vest), 17:30 – looking at the mayor (with a plant team vest), 17:41 – arguing, 17:43 – turning at the bird call, 17:51, 18:00, 19:42 – carrying seed bags at night, 20:24 ~ 21:00 – in the crowd looking at the mayor and Twilight. Duplicates: 2:31 – one duplicate in the crowd, 20:59.
12	4:57 – talking to Sweetie Drops with a pink bag strapped across her back, 5:06 – looks oddly at Apple Bloom and then at Shoeshine (without her bag),15:22 – arriving at Diamond Tiara’s cute-ceañera alongside “Cyan Skies”, 15:32 ~ 15:38 – at the party with a cyan saddle with a pink skirt underneath and a purple flower in her hair, 15:54 – arriving at the cute-ceañera alongside “Cyan Skies” again (without her saddle and flower), 18:04 – pausing at the stopping of the phonograph (with her saddle and flower), 18:46.
13	5:29 – watching the Iron Pony competition from the fence, 5:35 – carrying Applejack in celebration, 6:03 – in the crowd, 6:09 – watching while being stood on by Lemon Hearts, 6:14, 6:24 – watching Applejack leap, 6:31 – watching Rainbow Dash leap, 6:40 ~ 7:25 – in the audience, 7:17 – looking up at Applejack (legs shown only), 8:51 – at the Running of the Leaves, 9:08, 9:11 – takes her place at the starting line (contestant #00), 9:13 – warming up, 9:30 – next to Amethyst Star (no tags), 11:18 – looking at Twilight (with tags), 11:27 – looking at Sweetie Drops, 11:36 – starts running (eyes are blue and her tag reads 10), 11:39 – in first place (eyes are green), 11:54 – running (eyes are blue again), 13:20 – passing Applejack, 16:41 – eyes are green again, 17:15 – eyes are blue, 17:42 – passing Rainbow Dash, 17:56 – being passed by Rainbow (contestant #01), 18:19, 18:51 – standing and watching Applejack and Rainbow approach (eyes are green and tags are gone), 19:23 ~ 20:04 – in the crowd watching Applejack and Rainbow tussle, 20:33 – bowing before Princess Celestia. Duplicates: 6:03 – one Golden Harvest at the opposite bleachers, 6:04 – another duplicate, 9:11 – one duplicate in the audience, 9:15, 11:37 – entire pony posse intermittently duplicated for effect, 12:04 – two Golden Harvests running, 13:21, 13:45 – three Golden Harvests, 18:19 – two Golden Harvests, 18:51 – one duplicate behind “Raindrops”, 19:23 – many Golden Harvests scroll by.
14	13:04 – walking up to Rarity’s fashion show, 13:51 – in the crowd as the show starts. Duplicates: 13:51 – two duplicates in the crowd.
15	None.
16	None.
17	None.
18	2:06 – walking on a street, 2:07, 2:10 – looks at Scootaloo overhead with a gasp, 2:11 – smiling at Scootaloo’s trick, 5:36 – walking up to Carousel Boutique, 16:36 – staring at the Cutie Mark Crusaders during the talent show, 18:40 – starts laughing, 18:46, 19:14, 20:02 – applauding. Duplicates: 16:38 – two duplicates in the crowd, 18:40 – one duplicate, 20:02 – at least five duplicates.
19	None.
20	10:06 – standing in Fluttershy’s first fashion show, 10:45 – standing and reading at a periodical stand, 10:53 – chasing Fluttershy, 11:15 – looking through the windows of Carousel Boutique (with a camera), 15:07 – walking in the background, 15:46, 17:19 – sees Fluttershy trip at her latest fashion show, 17:22 – watching Fluttershy act weird, 17:33 – watching Fluttershy float upside down, 17:54 – shouts “Get her off the stage!” while wearing a cyan saddle with a lavender skirt underneath. Duplicates: 15:51 – a duplicate joins the crowd around Fluttershy.
21	7:39 – participating in wild west dances in Appleloosa (wearing a light green cowpony hat), 14:02 ~ 14:41 – in the crowd listening to Pinkie Pie’s song, 17:10 – in the crowd watching Appleloosa’s flag being raised, 18:22 – standing ready behind a barricade, 19:02 – runs from the buffaloes, 19:20 – appears from a windowsill and leaps onto a buffalo, 20:13 – places her hat over her chest in honor of the fallen Chief Thunderhooves, 20:34 – looking at the risen Chief Thunderhooves, 20:39 – standing in the path of falling trees. Duplicates: 14:21 – one duplicate in the crowd, 17:10 – six duplicates.
22	3:22 – at the party for Princess Celestia alongside “Serena” (wearing a purple flower and her cyan saddle), 4:47 – watching Pinkie Pie bounce around alongside Cherry Berry (without her flower and saddle), 6:41 – listening to Celestia’s announcement, 6:50 – bows as Celestia leaves.
23	11:18 ~ 11:29 – standing in the audience for the performance in Rarity’s flashback, 11:56 – facing Shoeshine in front of a corn stand in Twilight Sparkle’s flashback, 12:04 ~ 12:21 – in the crowd for the sun-raising ceremony. Duplicates: 12:19 – two duplicates in the crowd.
24	3:53 – standing in the background to watch the meteor shower.
25	None.
26	3:48 – standing outside of Canterlot with Amethyst Star (wearing her cyan saddle), 4:44 – looking at Applejack’s stand from the foreground in Applejack’s fantasy (without the saddle), 5:28 – seemingly in the crowd crossing the drawbridge, 6:44 – singing after Twilight Sparkle’s part (with her cyan saddle, purple skirt, and purple flower), 7:38 – talking with Amethyst Star inside Canterlot Castle, 9:31 – sees Rainbow Dash catch Soarin’s pie, 9:59 – standing at a table in the VIP section with “Diamond Mint”, 10:29 – looks worriedly at Pinkie Pie’s antics, 10:39 – staring wide-eyed at Pinkie (without her saddle, skirt and flower), 14:11 – talking with “Star Gazer” (with her flower, saddle and skirt), 14:14, 14:21 – sees Rainbow Dash catch a falling “Caesar”, 14:30 – talking with “Star Gazer” again, 15:16 – gaping at Pinkie Pie’s announcement (without her flower), 18:16 – gets tossed into the air by Pinkie, 18:29 – watching Pinkie’s stage dive (with her flower), 19:00 – staring at the falling statue.

Season two
1	None
2	At the end ceremony, in the crowd on the right side from the entrance
3	In the throng to get Smarty Pants
4	Dressed as a devil, dunking for apples with Derpy
5	In the competition with Noi
6	Seen cheering at 01:41, Admiring then scared of the cutie pox
7	None
8	In the crowd cheering for RD
9	Wearing a pink dress at the Canterlot garden party
10	None
11	01:57 Walking in the middle of the isle, helping out with the props, 20:05 Cheering, 20:50 Seen in the change room
12	Seen in the line for the zap apple jam
13	None
14	2:42ff - in the crowd cheering for Applejack; 04:15 - at the Ponyville train station; 04:41 - in the train; 07:49f cleaning the Canterlot rodeo arena with Cherry Berry
15	In Flim and Flam's song, saying no to Flim and Flam
16	None
17	0:02 in Ponyville square, 03:00 walking around Ponyville, 3:31 in Ponyville square (twice), 4:11 in Ponyville square, 4:16 sitting across from a stallion (possibly, or it's Caramel Apple), 13:34 looking dejected in Apple Bloom's imagination
18	In Pinkie Pie's song, with Noi when Pinkie Pie asks something
19	Running away from Fluttershy
20	4:01-4:18 listening to Twilight, 6:21 surprised by Cerberus, 6:30 running away in a panic
21	None.
22	None
23	Seen getting the paper, seen reading the paper
24	0:36 watching Big Mac carry the cake, 10:53 looking adoringly at "Con Mane" in Pinkie's imagination, 11:30 throwing herself at "Con Mane"'s feet
25	None.
26	Seen being cornered alongside Time Turner and a filly by a changeling

Season three
1	With Jet Set in Canterlot during The Failure Song
2
3	Yes
4	15:46 - on the left
5	11:09 - Running and waiting for Lemon Daze to catch up
6	00:04 - in the background; 00:10 - Jumping out of Scootaloo´s way
7	No
8	18:06 in the crowd at the beginning of Raise This Barn
9	None
10	None
11	15:26 - sitting on a bench in the train; 17:13 - nuzzling Written Script; 17:42 - Still nuzzling Written Script
12	Yes
13	00:23 - in the background with Tornado Bolt; 00:31 - in the background; 01:25 - behind Rarity; 06:17 arguing with Cherry Berry during I've Got to Find a Way song; 12:50 - Singing on a rooftop during A True, True Friend song; 20:17 - in the crowd

Other depictionsEdit

Comic bookEdit

Golden Harvest appears in comic book issue #1 on page 3, holding a handbag using her mouth.^[2]

MerchandiseEdit

A female Earth pony mini-figure toy featuring Golden Harvest's color scheme and cutie mark while using the Pinkie Pie mold was released as part of the third wave of mystery packs in January 2012. The toy's cutie mark bears two carrots instead of three, much like other Hasbro toys bearing alternate cutie mark designs, namely Cheerilee and Princess Luna. Her name comes from the collector card accompanying the toy. According to the European mystery pack collector card, Golden Harvest "loves sharing treats." The U.S. mystery pack collector card has a longer description and reads, "GOLDEN HARVEST loves sharing treats from the garden!" Another Golden Harvest mini-figure toy and collector card pair, again both using the Pinkie Pie mold and bearing the alternate cutie mark design, is part of the eighth wave of mystery packs;^[3][4] the toy was displayed at the 2013 New York Toy Fair.^[5] The collector card uses the same description as the previous U.S. collector card.

Golden Harvest, along with a host of characters from the show, is featured on the Comic Con 2011 promotional poster. She is behind Minuette, smiling with her mouth wide open. She adorns a collectible trading card along with Lyra Heartstrings,^[6] with the description "There's two in every crowd! Lyra Heartstrings is an excitable pony often seen bouncing and grinning at the back of the herd or lolling in the park sharing bonbons with Golden Harvest, her PFF. Golden Harvest earned the nickname Carrot Top because carrots are always on her mind. These two ponies can be found all over Equestria, enjoying various activities like jumping across rooftops, running from buffalo, and joining in musical numbers!" 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".^[7]

CrewEdit

An animator working on the show noted that, coincidentally, he had given the pony the same name as some of the fans, "Carrot Top",^[8] prior to the trading card's adoption of it as a nickname.

QuotesEdit

Boast Busters

Rarity: No! Green hair! Not green hair! Such an awful, awful color!

Golden Harvest: Well, I never!

Swarm of the Century

Twilight Sparkle: What happened to the rest of her name?

Golden Harvest: We couldn't fit it all in.

Twilight Sparkle: You can't hang a banner that says "Welcome Princess Celest". Take it down and try again.

"Get her off the stage!"

— Green Isn't Your Color

"Huh?"

— A Friend in Deed

GalleryEdit

Golden Harvest image gallery

See alsoEdit

• List of ponies
• Carrot Top on the Fan Wiki

ReferencesEdit

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