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Driving In Italy
We are going to Italy in September and want to drive from Sorrento to Foggia. Can anyone tell me about the road conditions? We have driven in Scotland, Germany, France, and haven't had any problems, but we've never driven in Italy.
We are going to Italy in September and want to drive from Sorrento to Foggia. Can anyone tell me about the road conditions? We have driven in Scotland, Germany, France, and haven't had any problems, but we've never driven in Italy.
Italy's relatively easy to drive around in. The roads are not that heavily traveled outside the big cities @ $9.50 per gallon for gas. If you've been to other countries by car, it's no harder to get around; especially if you've driven in Scotland. You just want to make sure you're well insured, which is required by most rental companies.
I had good experience with AutoEurope.com.
Thank youn so much for your quick reply, it was very helpful. Have you ever drive the road to Foggia?
In southern Italy traffic rules are interpreted in a manner more "elastic" than Germany or France, so you do not be surprised of some personal interpretations of road signs.
Honestly, I don't suggest to drive in Italy. Forget about your experience in other parts of Europe. All Italy and in particular in southern part, driving have no rules, people sitting on cars are very rude, aggressive and can be dangerous if you are not used to. Can be a very tiring and frustrating experience. Added to this, road signs are bad, confused amongst thousands of abusive billboards. Trains or buses is cheaper and much safer option.
Thanks to you both, Claudio and Sergio. I had heard that driving in Southern Italy was a bit more challenging than Northern Italy. I will definitely reconsider my options.
I thought it was great fun to drive in Italy, but I'd never try it (again) without a GPS. The signage both in town and on the autostradas makes it near impossible to get where you want to go with just a map or enough Italian to ask for, and understand, directions often. There are different "interpretations" for what signs mean. If there is rarely traffic at a particular stoplight, expect people to run red lights with barely a look around as they pass through. People tend to drive aggressively and expect you to do the same. Indecision will get you honked at.
We are just in the early stages of planning this trip. We will spend some time in Rome, of course, then take the train down to Salerno. We will use Salerno for a base for a few days, seeing the Amalfi Coast and Pompei. Then we were planning on driving over to Foggia because there are some things my husband wants to see in that area. After that, we are planning on driving up to Tuscany. When we travel, we always take the "roads less traveled", trying to avoid as much city traffic as possible. I know there is so much to see between Foggia and Firenze, but does anyone has any really good suggestions?
Read my next post and tell me what you think.
It's almost all freeway driving and you have nothing to worry about.
Remember that in Europe the left lane is for passing only (no cruising). So stay on the right lane and use the left lane only for the time necessary to overtake a car (watch out for cars coming from behind at very high speed, they may appear far on the rearview mirror, but they'll be behind you quickly). Never pass a car on the right side by going around their right side on the slow lanes. Passing on the freeway is exclusively done from the left side. The only challenge in southern Italy is inside cities. They tend to be a little more impatient and aggressive (lots of honking if you don't hurry up) and they interpret stop lights a little different (green light=go, red light=honk first and go, red light about to become green=start honking to car in front). However most of Italy has replaced street lights with roundabouts and therefore accidents at intersections have gone down a lot. I assume you know the rule for roundabout driving: cars inside the roundabout already have the right of way, so you have to yield to them before entering the roundabout yourself. Just go with the flow. Also Foggia is not as bad as Naples. Overall if you feel comfortable driving in Manhattan you will be ok driving inside any Italian city.
Thanks so much for that report. We'll try to do as little city driving as possible. Thanks for the traffic light lesson as well..
I drove in southern Italy a few times (Puglia,Calabria, Sicily etc). While it can be a bit more hectic in the cities overall it's not too bad and you'll find the autostrada is generally less crowded down south. Definitly ditto the GPS suggestion though.
Thanks so much Ron


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List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a Canadian–American animated television series based on the My Little Pony toyline created by American toy and game manufacturer Hasbro. It features characters and settings developed by Lauren Faust, who sought to create more in-depth characters than the stereotypical "girly" icons previously used in the franchise.[1] The series began airing on the United States Hub Network cable channel on October 10, 2010.
- 1 Overview
- 2 Main characters
- 3 Secondary characters
- 4 Recurring characters
- 4.1 Main characters' families
- 4.2 Ponyville characters
- 4.3 Cloudsdale characters
- 4.4 Historical characters
- 4.5 Other characters
- 5 Antagonists
- 6 Equestria Girls characters
- 7 References
- 8 Further reading
The show follows a studious pony named Twilight Sparkle learning about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight becomes close friends with five other ponies: Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Each represents a different facet of friendship and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the Elements of Harmony. The six ponies share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships. Several episodes focus on the exploits of a much younger trio of pony characters who call themselves the "Cutie Mark Crusaders" and share their own adventures trying to discover their talents in life and receive their "cutie marks", a central theme of the show.
Character conception[edit]
The characters have been well received by critics,[2][3][4][5] and are cited as one of the reasons the series' older fans became attracted to the show.[6] Several background characters have been popularized by fans as well, and are further incorporated as in-jokes and references within the show.[7] The series later spawned numerous spin-off media, including a comic book, children's book series expanding some of the characters' roles and three films, Equestria Girls, Rainbow Rocks, and Friendship Games.
Main characters[edit]
Twilight Sparkle[edit]
- Voiced by: Tara Strong
- Singing Voice: Rebecca Shoichet
Twilight Sparkle is a lavender alicorn pony (originally a unicorn)[8] with a dark indigo mane and tail with a purple and bright pink streak. Her cutie mark is a 6-pointed bright pink star with a white one behind it and 5 smaller ones surrounding it. She is the main protagonist of the series. She is the younger sister of Shining Armor and sister-in-law to her former foalsitter, Princess Cadance. She is the protégée of Princess Celestia and often writes letters to her. Twilight studies extensively and has magical powers obtained from her horn. She tries her best to impress Celestia but has a tendency to over-analyze and become excessively worried over situations which she assumes will lead her to be seen as having failed. As the "Princess of Friendship", she represents the Element of Magic and her goal is to spread the magic of friendship all over Equestria. Because she considered studying to be more important than friendship, Princess Celestia sends her to the town of Ponyville to learn the importance of friendship accompanied by her assistant, Spike.[9] After staying in Ponyville she decides to stay there and study friendship. She later gains a pet horned owl named Owlowiscious.[10]
In the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls she transforms into a teenage girl upon entering the human world, though later her element of magic causes her and her counterpart friends to gain some pony-like features.[11] In the sequel Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, Twilight is the temporary lead singer of her rock band, the Rainbooms.[12]
- Voiced by: Ashleigh Ball
Applejack is a light orange earth pony with a blonde mane and tail, and almost always can be seen wearing a cowboy hat. She speaks with a Southern American accent. Her cutie mark consists of 3 red apples. Applejack is helpful and reliable, but tends to act stubbornly and lets her pride and her sense of tradition get the better of her. Applejack comes from a large family spread all over Equestria, who oversee apple orchards and run a group of businesses that sell apples and products made from them. She works in her farm called Sweet Apple Acres, where she lives with her younger sister Apple Bloom, her older brother Big McIntosh and her grandmother Granny Smith. Applejack is very hard-working and has demonstrated her strength and dexterity on many occasions, and she is also very skilled with a lasso. She represents the Element of Honesty. She has a pet Border Collie named Winona.[13] When she was younger, she wanted to be more like her sophisticated aunt and uncle, and left Sweet Apple Acres to live with them in the city of Manehattan. However, she soon became unhappy and homesick; when she realized where she was meant to be, she eagerly returned home and earned her cutie mark.[14]
- Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain
- Singing Voice: Kazumi Evans
Rarity is a silvery-white unicorn pony with a violet mane and tail. Her cutie mark made of three light blue diamonds. She affects a Mid-Atlantic accent. She is a professional fashion designer and seamstress at her own dressmaking shop, the Carousel Boutique. She is stylish, takes great interest in fashion and clothing design as an artist and small business owner, and often tries to make herself the center of attention. She considers herself a proper lady, often acting in a sophisticated manner. Rarity is Sweetie Belle's older sister and often takes care of her. She represents the Element of Generosity and has a Persian cat named Opalescence.[15] Despite her being a talented dressmaker, her special talent is finding gems using her horn, for which she earned her cutie mark, as revealed in the episode "The Cutie Mark Chronicles".
Pinkie Pie[edit]
- Voiced by: Andrea Libman
- Singing Voice: Shannon Chan-Kent; Andrea Libman (occasionally)
Pinkie Pie is a pink earth pony with a puffy, bright pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark of three balloons. She is a baker, connoisseur, and confectioner at the Sugarcube Corner, with the behavior of eating sweets, and a professional party planner. Pinkie represents the Element of Laughter. She is hyperactive, random, a bit sensitive (and occasionally insensitive) and quite silly, but also friendly and very kind. She enjoys singing. She is a prankster, sometimes with Rainbow Dash's help. She has been known to break the fourth wall and possesses the "Pinkie Sense", an ability to predict events in the immediate future through twitches of various body parts. Alone among the main characters, she obeys "cartoon physics"; she can hold herself suspended in mid-air for short periods, appear ahead of fast-moving characters despite never exceeding walking pace, and employ numerous "hammerspace" items. This ability, on top of more mundane talents like an eidetic memory, usually goes unremarked by the other characters, though Twilight Sparkle attempted to research it until she conceded it was impossible to explain[16] and later even used it to her advantage in her second magic duel with Trixie.[17] When she becomes depressed, her mane and tail change from curly to straight and her pink coloration loses its brightness.[18] In addition, any breach of a "Pinkie Promise" will send her into a furious rage. She has a toothless pet baby alligator named Gummy. When Pinkie was young, she was raised on a rock farm and she learned to feel happiness and smile after seeing Rainbow Dash's Sonic Rainboom and earns her cutie mark.[14]
Rainbow Dash[edit]
- Voiced by: Ashleigh Ball
Rainbow Dash is a sky-blue pegasus pony with a rainbow-striped mane and tail. Her cutie mark is a cloud with a red, blue and yellow striped lightning bolt. She represents the Element of Loyalty and is brave, bold and tomboyish, but has several hidden fears in herself that she can't handle. Though she often appears lightheaded, she still has a kind heart and is there for her friends when they need her. She originally considered reading to be for 'eggheads' until Twilight Sparkle introduced her to the "Daring Do" novel series. This sparked a keen literary interest.[19] She works with the other pegasi to control the weather. Her lifelong dream is to join the Wonderbolts, Equestria's aerobatic flight team and was accepted into their training academy and selected as cadet team leader,[20] and later a member of the reserves. Rainbow Dash's signature move is the Sonic Rainboom, in which she flies fast enough to break the sound barrier, creating a sonic boom with a rainbow-hued shock wave. "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" reveals that she earned her cutie mark by successfully performing the sonic rainboom for the first time in a race for Fluttershy's honor. Later in the same episode her Sonic Rainboom sets in motion a chain of events that allowed the other five main characters to earn their cutie marks as well.[14] She has a pet tortoise named Tank. Rainbow Dash is admired by a filly named Scootaloo and develops a closer, sister-like relationship to her throughout the series.
- Voiced by: Andrea Libman
- Poison Joke male voice: Blu Mankuma (Bridle Gossip), Alvin Sanders (speaking, Filli Vanilli), Marcus Mosley (singing, Filli Vanilli)
Fluttershy is a light yellow pegasus pony with a light pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark is three butterflies. She speaks in a quiet, soft voice. She is sweet, gentle and kind, and is often very shy and timid around others. However, she can become forceful and assertive if her friends are placed in danger. Fluttershy loves and cares for all animals and is willing to help them at any cost, but is very fearful of many things. Although she is a pegasus, she prefers to stay close to the ground, living in a cottage near the Everfree Forest. She has a pet bunny named Angel. She possesses a special ability known as "The Stare", which allows her to intimidate the fiercest animals to the point of complete and total obedience. Sometimes she is shown to have a good knowledge of sewing and fashion and has a beautiful singing voice, but she suffers from stage fright. As a filly she was weak and when she fell from Cloudsdale she was saved by a group of butterflies. She then learned that she could communicate with animals, earning her cutie mark.[14] Fluttershy represents the Element of Kindness.
- Voiced by: Cathy Weseluck
Spike, a small purple baby dragon with green spikes, is Twilight's assistant and roommate.[21] Spike is highly fond of Twilight Sparkle, whom he has assisted and lived with his whole life. Spike also handles communications between Twilight and Princess Celestia, burning Twilight's written messages with his fiery breath as a way to transport the letters to send them and then belches up the scrolls Celestia sends back. He can always be counted on to help Twilight and her friends when they need him. Spike has a crush on Rarity. which he admits in the Season 2 episode "Secret of my Excess".[22] Twilight hatched Spike from an egg as part of an admission exam for a school of magic run by Celestia, gaining her cutie mark and a chance to study under Celestia's direct guidance.[14] In "Dragon Quest", after an incident with mature dragons, he adopts a baby phoenix as a pet and names it Peewee whom he eventually returns to its parents.[23] Spike is slightly self-centered, and can become jealous on occasion. Nevertheless, he's genuinely concerned about his friends' well-being.
In the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, Spike turns into a dog when he follows Twilight into the human world and assists her. When Pinkie's counterpart guessed that Twilight was a princess from Equestria, he begins to talk rather than barking, shocking her friends.
Secondary characters[edit]
Royal family[edit]
Princess Celestia[edit]
- Voiced by: Nicole Oliver
Princess Celestia is the ruler of Equestria alongside her younger sister Princess Luna. Princess Celestia is a white alicorn who controls the rising and setting of the sun alongside Luna who helps her to rise and set the moon. For a millennium, she also controlled the moon while her sister was banished. Princess Celestia is usually very kind, patient and understanding. She wishes for her subjects to relax and be themselves around her, despite her status. She is also sometimes somewhat mischievous, such as inviting certain guests to formal events she considers boring such as the Grand Galloping Gala, knowing they will likely disrupt it. She has a pet phoenix named Philomena, appearing in "A Bird in the Hoof". Celestia is taller than all other ponies in the show.[24] Celestia often refers to Twilight Sparkle as her "most faithful student".
In the spin-off movies, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks, her human counterpart is known as Principal Celestia, and is the head of Canterlot High.
Princess Luna[edit]
- Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain
- Singing Voice: Kazumi Evans
Princess Luna is the co-ruler of Equestria alongside her older sister Princess Celestia. Princess Luna is a dark navy-blue alicorn with a large cutie mark showing a white moon in a black background. She speaks with a mild English accent. As the Princess of the Night, she possesses the ability to enter ponies' dreams and help them face their fears. She raised and lowered the moon each night, but she became jealous of Celestia because the ponies slept through the night and thus did not appreciate her work. This jealousy eventually transformed Luna into Nightmare Moon. Celestia banished Nightmare Moon to the moon after she tried to bring eternal night to the world. When Nightmare Moon escaped her imprisonment on the moon she returned to Equestria where the Mane Six use the Elements of Harmony to transform her back into Luna whereupon she resumed her place at Celestia's side. In addition, Luna has strove to rebuild her public image and has succeeded in part due to her new role as guardian of her subjects' dreams, allowing her to assist her subjects when they are having nightmares. She has a pet opossum named Tiberius, appearing in several of the official comics.
In the spin-off movies, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks, she is known as Vice-Principal Luna, and helps her sister, Principal Celestia, run Canterlot High.
Princess Cadance[edit]
- Voiced by: Britt McKillip
Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is the "Princess of Love" and ruler of the Crystal Empire. She is a light pink alicorn pony who is the adopted niece of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna and wife to Twilight's older brother Shining Armor. She was Twilight's foalsitter when she was younger and remembers that time fondly. Cadance is depicted as adventurous, graceful, kind spirit with selfless nature and a born leader. She has the ability to spread love among ponies through her magic. After helping to save the Crystal Empire, Cadance takes her place as "The Crystal Princess".[25] In the novel Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell, her backstory is revealed; she was originally a pegasus orphan who saved an Earth Pony village from a villain named "Prismia" wielding a magical necklace. After doing this, she meets Princess Celestia who adopts Cadance as her niece and makes her an alicorn.
Shining Armor[edit]
- Voiced by: Andrew Francis
Shining Armor, a unicorn pony, is Princess Twilight's older brother. He was the Captain of the Royal Guards in Canterlot, and later became Prince of the Crystal Empire and co-ruler alongside his wife Princess Cadance. Shining Armor is shown to be a mild-mannered and affectionate pony who deeply cares for Cadance and has a very close relationship to his younger sister, Twilight, whom he nicknames "Twiley" while Twilight refers to him as her B.B.B.F.F (Big Brother Best Friend Forever). They lost touch with each other when Twilight Sparkle moved to Ponyville. He is sent north to the Crystal Empire when it returns after 1,000 years and assists the Mane Six and Princess Cadance in keeping it safe from its former ruler, King Sombra.
Cutie Mark Crusaders[edit]
The Cutie Mark Crusaders are a group of three fillies (Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo) who have yet to earn their cutie marks. Because of the bullying they receive for not yet having cutie marks, such as being referred to as "Blank Flanks", they band together to help each other earn their cutie marks. This usually leads to well-meaning but unsuccessful misadventures. They once manage to convince Apple Bloom's cousin Babs Seed to start up a branch of the club in her hometown of Manehattan.[26] In addition, they have also become protégées of Twilight Sparkle who tutors them weekly on top of their regular schoolwork.[27] In the Season 5 episode "Bloom & Gloom", Princess Luna appears in the dream and shows Apple Bloom that Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo have also been having similar dreams about their cutie marks, teaching the Crusaders not to fear who they are or what others think of them. The three affirm that they will always remain friends even after getting their cutie marks.[28] The core members of the Cutie Mark Crusaders - Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo - all appear as humans in the spin-off movies, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks.
Apple Bloom[edit]
- Voiced by: Michelle Creber
Apple Bloom is the younger sister of Applejack and Big McIntosh. She is a light yellow earth pony with a light crimson mane and tail, and she wears a large bright pink bow in her mane. Like Applejack, she speaks with a strong Southern American accent. Due to her strong personality, she is sometimes presented as the leader of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. In "The Show Stoppers", Apple Bloom appears to be skilled at design and carpentry, as she quickly renovates Applejack's old treehouse for the Crusaders' use. She is the most level-headed of the group, making her the voice of reason.[29]
Sweetie Belle[edit]
- Voiced by: Claire Corlett
- Singing Voice: Michelle Creber (Seasons 1–3),[30] Claire Corlett (Season 4 onwards)
Sweetie Belle is Rarity's younger sister. She is a silvery-white unicorn pony with a light pink and dusty lavender mane and tail. Though she wants to be a designer like Rarity, her inexperience and clumsiness prove to be a hindrance when she tries to assist in the shop or design set pieces for a talent show. She has a talent for singing and songwriting but prefers not to sing in public.[29][31]
- Voiced by: Madeleine Peters
Scootaloo is a light orange pegasus pony with a magenta mane and tail. Scootaloo is a tomboy and is adventurous, brave and highly opinionated just like Rainbow Dash. She idolizes Rainbow Dash, looks up to her like an older sister and is the president of "The Rainbow Dash Fan Club". Though she cannot fly, she uses her wings to give her extra propulsion when riding a scooter and to help her perform stunts with considerable speed and skill. She can also hover for short periods. In "The Show Stoppers", she demonstrates a talent for activities that require agility, such as stunt driving, dancing and choreography.[29]
Babs Seed[edit]
- Voiced by: Brynna Drummond
Babs Seed is a cousin of the Apple siblings who lives in Manehattan. She is an orange-brown earth pony with a two-tone deep pink mane and tail, and she speaks with a strong New York accent. During her visit to Ponyville in "One Bad Apple", the Crusaders invite her to join their club. In fear of getting bullied for not having a cutie mark, she instead joins the bullies Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. However, she eventually comes to realize her error in judgement and works to repair her damaged relationship with the Crusaders. They forgive Babs and initiate her as a member, and she promises to start up a branch in Manehattan and stands up for them in the face of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's insults.[26] Babs visits Ponyville again in "Apple Family Reunion", and she and Apple Bloom refer to each other as "my favorite cousin."[32] Both Babs and her older sister Sunflower have appeared in several of the official comics. In the Season 5 episode "Bloom & Gloom", it is mentioned that she has received a pair of scissors as a cutie mark and is no longer a member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
Recurring characters[edit]
Main characters' families[edit]
Apple family[edit]
Big McIntosh
- Voiced by: Peter New
Big McIntosh (nicknamed Big Mac) is the older brother of Applejack and Apple Bloom and a member of the Apple Family. He has a light crimson coat with a light orange mane and tail, and is of large stature compared to the other inhabitants of Ponyville. His cutie mark is half of an apple. He wears a harness and often chews on a stalk of wheat. He lives in Sweet Apple Acres, a farm on the outskirts of Ponyville, with Applejack, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith. He is soft-spoken, shy and has a calm and easy-going demeanor. His eyes are generally half closed. He usually limits his responses in conversation to "Eeyup" and "Nope", but is more articulate when emotionally excited. He is kind, and gentle so he vary scarcely gets upset. He is extremely strong and is capable of dragging even a house along behind him.[33] His human counterpart makes short appearances in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks.
Granny Smith
- Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain
Granny Smith is the oldest member of the Apple family living in Ponyville. She is the grandmother of Applejack, Big McIntosh and Apple Bloom. Due to her age, she seems disoriented and sometimes uses a walking frame. Like Applejack, Apple Bloom and Big McIntosh, she also lives in Sweet Apple Acres. As a younger pony, she and her family played a key role in the founding of Ponyville; she discovered and cultivated the unique zap apple. The revenue from the zap apple allowed her farm to grow into a small community, then eventually into Ponyville.[34]
Granny Smith appears as the lunch lady of Canterlot High in the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls.
Cake family[edit]
- Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain (Cup Cake, Pound Cake), Brian Drummond (Carrot Cake), Andrea Libman (Pumpkin Cake)
Mr. Carrot Cake and Mrs. Cup Cake are the owners of Sugarcube Corner, a bakery and candy shop in Ponyville, and employ Pinkie Pie as a live-in assistant. They frequently prepare confectionary for special occasions. The Cakes show patience and understanding for their employee, Pinkie Pie, and sometimes allow her to take on difficult tasks such as running Sugarcube Corner when they are away. Mr. and Mrs. Cake are the parents of twins, Pound (a pegasus colt) and Pumpkin (a unicorn filly).[35]
Pie family[edit]
- Voiced by: Ingrid Nilson (Maud Pie), Terry Klassen (Igneous Rock), Cathy Weseluck (Cloudy Quartz)
Maud Pie is Pinkie Pie's older sister. Her personality is diametrically opposite that of Pinkie Pie's, being extremely boring and uninterested in fun or winning. Her only interest is in rocks with which she is capable of impressive feats of strength. She has a "pet rock" named Boulder, appearing in "Maud Pie". Regardless of this contrast, the sisters are very close and Pinkie's Ponyville friends are eventually able to relate to her sister . She first appeared in the episode of the same name (Season 4, Episode 18)[36] In the episode, Maud visits Pinkie Pie in Ponyville, which Pinkie Pie prepares for by making rock candy necklaces for her, as they have done for each other since Pinkie Pie came to Ponyville.[37]
Her human counterpart appears in Rainbow Rocks during the Rainbooms' slumber party.
Ponyville characters[edit]
- Voiced by: Nicole Oliver
Cheerilee is a dark magenta earth pony with a two-tone light pink mane and tail, who is the teacher in the Ponyville Schoolhouse. She takes a special interest in the Cutie Mark Crusaders, focusing on helping them discover their true talents. In addition, she serves as advisor to the Foal Free Press, the student-run newspaper.[38] She has a brief romance with Big McIntosh, though this is due to the influence of a love potion the two were tricked into drinking by the Cutie Mark Crusaders.[33]
Cheerilee appears as one of the teachers of Canterlot High in the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls.
Mayor Mare[edit]
- Voiced by: Cathy Weseluck
Mayor Mare, a tan earth pony, is the mayor of Ponyville. In the show, she is usually addressed as "Mayor" and sometimes as "Miss Mayor" or "Madame Mayor". Mayor Mare's mane is gray, but it is revealed that she only dyes her mane and tail that color; it is originally bright magenta-pink.[38]
Snips and Snails[edit]
- Voiced by: Lee Tockar (Snips) and Richard Ian Cox (Snails)
Snips and Snails are a pair of young male unicorn ponies who are students at the Ponyville schoolhouse. They are usually seen together. Snips is a short round pony with scissors as a cutie mark who is very excitable and Snails is taller and thinner with a snail as a cutie mark, and is portrayed as slower to react. The pair often find ways to cause trouble and usually wind up assisting the antagonist.
In the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, they are Sunset Shimmer's helpers. In the sequel, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks, they compete in the CHS Musical Showcase as rappers.
Octavia and DJ Pon-3[edit]
Female pony artists who are roommates and musical enthusiasts.
Octavia Melody
- Voiced by: Kazumi Evans
Octavia Melody is a gray Earth pony with dark gray mane and tail. Her cutie mark is a violet treble clef. She is a classically trained cellist musician who speaks with an upper-class British accent and wears a pink bow-tie with a white collar. She first appeared in the season one episode "The Best Night Ever", in the season two episode "Sweet and Elite", in the season four episodes "Inspiration Manifestation", "Bloom & Gloom", and "Equestria Games", in the film My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, and in the IDW comics. Octavia has her first in-show speaking role in "Slice of Life". In the episode, Octavia is revealed to be DJ Pon-3's housemate, and the two compose an "electric cello dubstep" musical piece for Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda's wedding.
The origin of the name "Octavia" is attributed to both Alex McG in a comment on May 7, 2011, and a Blogger commenter going by the nickname "Octavia."[39] This fan-given name was officially adopted in Enterplay's cards and in Gameloft's mobile game each in 2012 and used in one of Little, Brown's chapter books, being expanded to "Octavia Melody" in Hasbro's toy line and in Funko's vinyl figure line each in 2013. The name "Octavia" likely refers to the musical concept of octaves, whereas "Melody" refers to the term of the same name.
DJ Pon-3
- unvoiced
DJ Pon-3 (pseudonym of Vinyl Scratch) is a white, blue-maned female unicorn disc jockey with a musical note as a cutie mark, who is rarely seen without her headphones or sunglasses. She is most often present at Pinkie's parties, running a turntable and DJ stand. Though not named in show, nor given any speaking lines, official merchandise has used the names DJ Pon-3 and Vinyl Scratch, both names created by the show's fan base.[40][41][42]
In the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, she makes a few appearances, including manning a DJ table at the dance. DJ Pon-3 is also seen in five Rainbow Rocks shorts that were released on Hasbro's YouTube channel and plays a supporting role in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, where she helps the Rainbooms defeat the Dazzlings by providing a large sound system for their performance.
- Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain
Derpy is a bluish-gray pegasus pony with a blonde mane and tail who first appeared as a background character in the pilot episode. She is cross-eyed, a characteristic originally due to an animation error. She received a speaking role in the Season 2 episode "The Last Roundup", where Rainbow Dash refers to her as "Derpy"; the episode was re-released later, with Rainbow Dash's use of "Derpy" removed from the episode.[43] She continues to appear as a background character. In recent appearances, Derpy is clumsy, cheerful and always willing to help, but usually gets in the way. She receives a much larger speaking part, credited as "Muffins", in the Season 5 "Slice of Life" episode, where an error by her cut-rate printing service sets off the episode's events. Derpy was named "Derpy Hooves" by the building fandom on 4chan after they witnessed the animation error and has since become a kind of a fandom mascot.[44][45]
Derpy makes a cameo appearance as a human at the end of the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls. In Rainbow Rocks, she competes in the musical showcase playing the saw.
Bulk Biceps[edit]
- Voiced by: Jayson Thiessen (S2E22, S3E7 and S4E24) and Michael Dobson (S4E10 and S5E3)
Bulk Biceps is a male pegasus pony who first appears in the episode "Hurricane Fluttershy". He has a white coat and a blond mane. He has a unique, very muscular Kricfalusi-style character model disproportionate to his "stub-like" wings. Unlike other background Pegasi introduced in Hurricane Fluttershy, Bulk Biceps was not officially named in the episode's script and was intended as "more of a visual gag." [46] In the script, what would become his lines were only attributed to "pony walla",[47] and the storyboard artists and animators made the decision to turn "pony walla" into a boisterous, large Pegasus. The name "Bulk Biceps" was first listed in Michael Dobson's online resume in October 2013 as a My Little Pony role voiced by Michael Dobson,[48] and was later listed in Enterplay's collectible card game. He was eventually named in Rainbow Falls.
In My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, the human version of Bulk Biceps is seen in the gym when Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna are on stage. He participates in contest by playing the violin.
Cloudsdale characters[edit]
The Wonderbolts[edit]
- Voiced by: Kelly Metzger (Spitfire; excluding S1E16), Nicole Oliver (Spitfire; S1E16 only), Matt Hill (Soarin), Andrea Libman (Fleetfoot)
The Wonderbolts are the most talented flight group in Equestria. They often perform in great events. They have an academy for Wonderbolts-in-training.
Spitfire is the captain of the Wonderbolts. Her first major appearance is in the episode Sonic Rainboom and has been shown in many other episodes. As the captain of the Wonderbolts she is a strong-willed and extremely capable flier. In her public appearances, Spitfire is shown to be kind and courteous. However, in her professional life she takes on a demeanor similar to that of a drill sergeant, as she is commander of the Wonderbolts academy.[20] Soarin is a stallion, generally shown to have a more easygoing nature than the others.[49] Fleetfoot is a mare characterized as being ignorant and somewhat cruel. Fleetfoot is not as tall as the others but makes up for this lost size in speed. She often wears sunglasses and speaks with a slight lisp.[20]
Historical characters[edit]
Star Swirl the Bearded[edit]
Star Swirl the Bearded is a historical figure of Equestria's past. While the character has not physically appeared in the series, he is described as being a unicorn.[8] He sported a long curled beard and a traditional wizard's hat and cloak.[50] Star Swirl is seen as an important figure in the early years of Equestria, being a mentor of Clover the Clever, one of the nation's founders, and invented over two hundred spells; including the amniomorphic spell, a time travel spell and an unfinished spell which altered the destinies and cutie marks of Twilight's friends before it was completed by the latter, resulting in her creating new magic before becoming an alicorn.[50] There is a wing in the archives of Canterlot Castle named in his honor, which contains a number of these powerful spells kept in scrolls.[51] There is also a travelling exhibition dedicated to him, containing artifacts relating to and used by him.[52]
Founders of Equestria[edit]
- Princess Platinum: Daughter of the Unicorn King and assistant leader of the Unicorns. Played by Rarity in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant.
- Clover the Clever: Star Swirl the Bearded's protegee and assistant to Princess Platinum. Played by Twilight Sparkle in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant.
- Chancellor Puddinghead: Leader of the Earth ponies despite doing silly things. Played by Pinkie Pie in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant.
- Smart Cookie: Secretary to Chancellor Puddinghead. Played by Applejack in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant.
- Commander Hurricane: Leader of the Pegasi. Played by Rainbow Dash in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant.
- Private Pansy: Subordinate of Commander Hurricane. Played by Fluttershy in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant.
Other characters[edit]
- Voiced by: Brenda Crichlow
Zecora is a zebra who lives in a hut in the middle of the Everfree Forest. She speaks with an African accent and always speaks in rhyme. At first, the residents of Ponyville are scared of her unique appearance and believe she is a witch who can inflict curses. However, Twilight and her friends learn that Zecora is very friendly and is also a highly skilled herbalist, and persuade the rest of the town to get to know her better.[53] She is a wise-woman figure, and is considered a welcome presence and also serves as a healer. Although she is not a pony, she still has a gray swirled sun as a cutie mark.
Daring Do[edit]
- Voiced by: Chiara Zanni
Daring Do is the alias of the treasure-hunting pegasus pony and titular character of the Daring Do serialized novels. In "Daring Don't", it is revealed that Daring Do's reclusive author, A.K. Yearling, is the pseudonym of a real pegasus who writes novels based on her adventures. She is depicted as incredibly fierce, intelligent, cunning, antisocial and determined explorer, using her wits to solve puzzles, pull off disguises and escape many of Ahuizotl's death traps. She developed a bond with Rainbow Dash to the point where she writes about her in her latest book. She is similar in both appearance and personality to Rainbow Dash. She evidently hides that she is a pegasus by disguising her appearance with a purple shawl, a gray cloche, and heavy red-framed spectacles as the author. Daring Do's name is a play on the phrase derring-do, meaning "brave and adventurous, often reckless actions". 'A.K. Yearling' is a nod to J. K. Rowling.[54]
Cheese Sandwich[edit]
- Voiced by: "Weird Al" Yankovic
Cheese Sandwich is a male earth pony stallion and self-described "super-duper party pony" who journeys throughout Equestria to throw parties wherever needed. In the episode "Pinkie Pride", his travels bring him to Ponyville, where Pinkie Pie is planning a birthday celebration for Rainbow Dash. A rivalry quickly develops between the two, but Cheese eventually reveals that Pinkie was the one who inspired him to become a party planner. They reconcile and pool their talents to make Rainbow's party a huge success. Similar to Pinkie's "Pinkie Sense", he has a "Cheesy Sense" that directs him to the site of his next party. He travels with a rubber chicken named Boneless. His personality and appearance are largely based on his American voice actor, comedian and musician "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Recurring antagonists[edit]
Nightmare Moon[edit]
- Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain
Nightmare Moon or the Mare in the Moon is the corrupted form of Princess Luna and the main antagonist of the two-part series premiere "Friendship is Magic". She appears as a very dark violet alicorn with a dark blue mane that ripples and moves like smoke, being similar in stature to Celestia and is dressed in silvery blue armor. As Nightmare Moon her goal was to bring eternal night due to the envy she held over her sister for controlling the day which all the ponies seemed to enjoy more. Upon Luna's transformation into Nightmare Moon she was banished to the moon for a thousand years by her sister. The events of the premiere revolve around Twilight Sparkle and her new friends' attempt to defeat Nightmare Moon by finding and using the Elements of Harmony, while Nightmare Moon tries to stop them in various ways. At the end of the premiere, Twilight and her friends confront Nightmare Moon and transform her back into Princess Luna, and she emotionally accepts Princess Celestia's offer to rule by her side again.
- Voiced by: Maryke Hendrikse
Gilda is a griffon and an old friend of Rainbow Dash, who she first met at the Junior Speedsters flight camp. She first appears in "Griffon the Brush-Off", visiting Rainbow Dash in Ponyville. She is very rude and aggressive towards the other ponies, claiming that she and Dash are too "cool" to be around them. When Pinkie Pie tries to cheer her up by throwing her a welcome party, she ends up being the coincidental victim of several pranks set by Rainbow Dash. Gilda renounces her friendship with Dash and leaves. She later meets Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie again in "The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone", when they are sent to find a lost idol to help the kingdom of the griffons. At first Rainbow Dash and Gilda remain angry at each other, despite Pinkie's efforts to mend their friendship, but when they all end up in danger while searching for the idol, Gilda lets go of her grudge and saves the ponies' lives. The three make amends, and Gilda promises to help the other griffons discover the value of friendship as well.
Trixie Lulamoon[edit]
- Voiced by: Kathleen Barr
Trixie Lulamoon is a bright blue unicorn pony with a two-tone pale blue mane and tail. She is a magician who appears as the main antagonist of the episodes "Boast Busters" and "Magic Duel". Billing herself as "The Great and Powerful Trixie", she habitually refers to herself in the third person. She challenges the residents to test their skills against hers, then uses her magic and trickery to embarrass anyone who tries to stand up to her. However, her over-confidence tends to get her into situations that she can't get out of on her own resulting in a need for other ponies to step in and resolve the situation leading to much embarrassment on her part.[55] In "Magic Duel", seeking revenge on Twilight, obtains an artifact known as the "Alicorn Amulet", a powerful necklace that can greatly enhance one's magic power, but greatly corrupts the user's mind, making them cruel and ruthless. She uses it to beat Twilight in the titular magic duel and banishes jer from Ponyville. In a rematch, Twilight tricks Trixie into taking off the Amulet. With the its negative influence no longer in her head, Trixie meekly apologizes for her cruelty and asks Twilight for forgiveness, who obliges.[56]
Trixie makes some cameo appearances in the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls. In Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, she plays a bigger role as a guitarist of her own rock band, Trixie and the Illusions, competing against other bands, including the Rainbooms.
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon[edit]
- Voiced by: Chantal Strand (Diamond Tiara) and Shannon Chan-Kent (Silver Spoon)
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon are two earth pony fillies who go to the same school as the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and are frequently seen together teasing foals that haven't got their cutie marks, like the Cutie Mark Crusaders, calling them as "Blank Flanks!".
Diamond Tiara is a light magenta earth pony with a lilac mane and tail with a white streak. She has a superior manner and thinks she is better than the other ponies, and even insults Granny Smith.[34] She wears a tiara in her hair that is identical to her cutie mark. Silver Spoon is a gray earth pony with a two-tone silver mane and tail. She is Diamond Tiara's friend and shares her snobbish attitude, especially toward the Crusaders. However, she isn't as mean as Diamond Tiara in most episodes. Silver Spoon's cutie mark is a silver spoon and her name makes reference to the English-language expression regarding wealth.
- Voiced by: John de Lancie
Discord is a recurring character first appearing as the main antagonist of the two-part Season 2 premiere "The Return of Harmony". Described as the spirit of chaos and disharmony. He is an eccentric ancient draconequus,[57] a serpentine, chimeral creature with "the head of a pony and a body made up of all sorts of things".[58] Prior to his debut, Discord is turned to stone by the Elements of Harmony wielded by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna as punishment for tormenting ponies with his reality-bending powers. In the Epsiode "Keep Calm and Flutter on", Fluttershy reforms Discord. He makes several appearances afterward as an reluctant ally of the six, occasionally assisting them while still finding ways to cause mischief.
Discord briefly returns to his villainous ways in "Twilight's Kingdom", being manipulated by Lord Tirek, but later fully reforms, vowing to be a better friend to Twilight and the others.[59][60]
The character's personality is based on Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation, another character played by de Lancie.[61]
The Flim Flam Brothers[edit]
- Voiced by: Samuel Vincent (Flim) and Scott McNeil (Flam)
The Flim Flam Brothers (separately called Flim and Flam) are a pair of traveling twin unicorn salesponies/scam artists. They are the antagonists of the episode, "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", in which they attempt to ruin the Apple Family's business with their machine that produces apple cider at a faster pace than Apple Family's manually pressed cider. They have attempted to overrun other towns' apple businesses but are always chased out of town, including Ponyville. They reappear in the Season 4 episode "Leap of Faith", trying to sell fake curative tonic made out of apple juice and beet leaves.
The Flim and Flam brothers make an appearance in the Rainbow Rocks short "A Case for the Bass", running a pawn shop.
- Voiced by: Brian Drummond
Ahuizotl is Daring Do's archenemy. He appears as a blue dog-monkey hybrid. Ahuizotl has a tuxedo style coat, having dark blue fur over most of his body. He is shown wearing golden jewelry and has several big cats as his henchmen. He is stylized as the fictional antagonist of the Daring Do books, but in the Season 4 episode "Daring Don't", it is revealed that Ahuizotl is in fact just as real like Daring Do and that she had based her books off of her real adventures and escapades from him.[19]
Non-recurring antagonists[edit]
Queen Chrysalis[edit]
- Voiced by: Kathleen Barr, Britt McKillip (while disguised as Princess Cadance)
Queen Chrysalis is the main antagonist of the two-part Season 2 finale "A Canterlot Wedding". She is the malicious, power-hungry Queen of the Changelings, a fairy-race of insectoid beings which take on the appearance of a pony, feeding off of and gaining power from the love directed towards them. She resembles an alicorn, has a black carapace body, green-blue mane, sharp fangs and holes all over her legs and wings. She and the other Changelings have the power to draw energy from any source of love in the vicinity, not just from other ponies. By impersonating Princess Cadance, she feeds off Shining Armor's love to become even more powerful than Celestia, whom she defeats in battle, but she is defeated and blasted out of Equestria by Shining Armor and the real Cadance with the power of their love.
King Sombra[edit]
- Voiced by: "Big" Jim Miller
King Sombra is the main antagonist of the two-part Season 3 premiere "The Crystal Empire". He is a unicorn king who took over the Crystal Empire and enslaved the native Crystal Ponies, before being overthrown by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, banishing him to imprisonment in the Arctic North, but not before he placed a curse on the Crystal Empire, causing it to disappear for a thousand years. When the empire finally returned, so did the king. He hid the Empire's Crystal Heart with several obstacles and traps back when he first took over the Empire. When Twilight Sparkle and Spike retrieved the Heart, and it was activated by the Crystal Ponies, he was defeated by the Crystal Heart, shattering to pieces.
His voice actor, Jim Miller, also served as one of the show's main storyboard artists. King Sombra is said by Lauren Faust that he is mainly based on The Lord of the Rings main antagonist and title character Sauron, since both are dark entities that were once tyrants who craved war and destruction, and both are mainly associated with dark power.
Lord Tirek[edit]
- Voiced by: Mark Acheson
Lord Tirek is the main antagonist of the two-part Season 4 finale "Twilight's Kingdom". He is based on the antagonist of the same name from Rescue at Midnight Castle, the premiere episode of My Little Pony. In the series, Tirek is an evil centaurian tyrant formerly imprisoned in Tartarus who steals magic from the ponies of Equestria, growing progressively larger and more powerful with each attack. Princess Celestia tasks Discord with hunting down and defeating Tirek, but Tirek manages to manipulate Discord into helping him steal magic all ponies before betraying him and absorbing his powers. He is later defeated by Twilight and her friends with their new Rainbow Power and imprisoned back in Tartarus.
Starlight Glimmer[edit]
- Voiced by: Kelly Sheridan
Starlight Glimmer is the main antagonist of the two-part Season 5 premiere "The Cutie Map". In the series, she is a unicorn leader of a town. She uses her magic to remove other ponies' cutie marks and replace them with an equal sign, claiming that any distinctions between ponies make true friendship impossible. However, she has kept her own cutie mark, painting over it to hide her duplicity. After this is exposed, the residents of the town retrieve their cutie marks, and Starlight disappears.
Equestria Girls characters[edit]
Equestrian Girls main characters[edit]
Sunset Shimmer[edit]
- Voiced by: Rebecca Shoichet
Sunset Shimmer is a light amber unicorn pony with a yellow-and-crimson mane and tail. She's a main character exclusive to the Equestria Girls film series. She is a former student of Celestia who went rogue after not getting what she desired as quickly as she wanted, causing her to abandon her studies and go her own path in the human world.
Sunset is the main antagonist in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls. She is depicted as egocentric, shallow, temperamental and having a snobbish attitude. Students are fearful of her and dare not oppose her. In the film, she is responsible for sabotaging the friendships of the main characters prior to Twilight's own entry. She has her two assistants, Snips and Snails do the dirty work should anyone dare to do something to her. Sunset reappears in Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, where she has reformed but still considered a troublemaker by the student body save Twilight's friends. She is able to summon Twilight back to Canterlot High using a magic journal. Throughout the film, Sunset tries to support her friends as they slowly fall apart due to the turmoil in their rock band, the "Sonic Rainbooms", while the evil Dazzlings prey on their negative emotions. She eventually rallies the band back together and helps defeat the Dazzlings, earning herself a spot in the band as rhythm guitarist and vocalist.
In the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, Applejack's counterpart is initially in conflict with Rainbow Dash because Rainbow's softball team never appeared at her bake sale as promised. However, the two make amends later.[11] In the sequel Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, Applejack is the bass guitarist of the Rainbooms.[12]
In the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, Rarity and Pinkie's counterparts are initially at odds due to volunteer issues with school function decorations, though they eventually make up later.[11] In the sequel Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, Rarity is the keytarist of the Rainbooms.[12]
Pinkie Pie[edit]
In the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, Pinkie's counterpart is at odds with Fluttershy for ruining a silent auction. However, their friendship is restored later.[11] In the sequel Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, Pinkie is the drummer of the Rainbooms.[12]
Rainbow Dash[edit]
In the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, Rainbow's counterpart is the captain of every sports team in Canterlot High. At first, she is in disagreement with Applejack for failing to show up to volunteer at a bake sale, but the conflict is later resolved.[11] In the sequel Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, Rainbow is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Rainbooms.[12]
In the spin-off movie My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, Fluttershy's counterpart volunteers for the animal shelter and is shown to be on bad terms with Pinkie Pie due to her ruining a silent auction on the shelter's behalf, but their friendship is amended later.[11] In the sequel Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, Fluttershy is the tambourine player of the Rainbooms.[12]
Equestrian Girls recurring characters[edit]
Flash Sentry[edit]
- Voiced by: Vincent Tong
Flash Sentry is a character in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls. He becomes a love interest to Twilight Sparkle and is also a guitarist. He is also Sunset Shimmer's ex-boyfriend. He vindicates Twilight when she is framed for wrecking the Fall Formal decorations and becomes her date to it. At the formal, he becomes zombified as the rest of the school faculty when Sunset harnesses the magic from Twilight's crown but is the first to be released.
In the sequel, he, like the rest of the school faculty falls prey to the Dazzlings' spell, causing him to be at the other students' throats when the showcase is turned into a Battle of the Bands. He also chews out Twilight when she returns to the human world, accusing her of trying to steal victory from him during the Battle of the Bands, when she has joined the Rainbooms. When the Dazzlings' spell is lifted, he hugs her, having been freed from the Dazzlings' spell.
The pony version of Flash Sentry appears in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls as a new member of the royal guard, and makes two cameos in the fourth season. He is a light amber pegasus pony with a spiky, two-tone sapphire blue mane and tail.
The Dazzlings[edit]
- Voiced by: Kazumi Evans (Adagio Dazzle), Diana Kaarina (Aria Blaze) and Maryke Hendrikse (Sonata Dusk)
- Singing Voice: Shylo Sharity (Aria Blaze) and Madeline Merlo (Sonata Dusk)
The Dazzlings are the main antagonists of the sequel, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks. They are a singing trio consisting of the leader Adagio Dazzle, the slightly less competent Aria Blaze and the airhead Sonata Dusk. They persuade much of the Canterlot High student body to turn an upcoming school musical showcase into a Battle of the Bands. They are Sirens – hippocampi-like creatures exiled from Equestria by Star Swirl the Bearded – and must feed on hatred and discord they create by their singing and the magic jewels they possess to sustain themselves. During the Battle of the Bands, Twilight and the Rainbooms defeat them and shatter the jewel pendants they wear; without these, the Dazzlings lose their ability to sing and they are booed off the stage.
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"We'll put it to bed, publicly," Theo Epstein, the Cubs' president of baseball operations, told reporters at the meetings. "Jeff is our Opening Day starter unless something changes."
This free-agent group, which consists of Ervin Santana, Matt Garza and Ubaldo Jimenez, has generated very little buzz this winter. That's because most executives view them as middle-of-the rotation types who have a chance to be significant overpays. Jimenez was terrific in Cleveland in 2013, but he'll need to do it again to convince some teams that he's a good bet on a three- or four-year contract. Garza has had injury concerns, and Santana has a history of being good one year and a drag on his team's ambitions the next.
That inconsistency hasn't prevented Santana from seeking a nine-figure contract. His closest career comparables on Baseball-Reference.com are Vicente Padilla and Alex Fernandez. But it hasn't stopped agent Bean Stringfellow and Santana's representatives at Proformance from distributing a binder to clubs comparing the pitcher to Zack Greinke, who signed a six-year, $147 million deal with the Dodgers last winter.
"The book is very impressive," said a general manager. "If you took an analyst who didn't watch baseball and he went through it, he would think, 'This guy is pretty good.' It was almost like an arbitration case. You looked at it and at the end you're like, 'This guy might be better than I thought.'"
Bronson Arroyo, Jason Hammel and Paul Maholm are among the notable pitchers in this category, and their expectations have been raised by some unexpectedly lucrative payouts for pitchers who travel in a similar realm.
Ricky Nolasco (four years and $49 million from Minnesota), Scott Feldman (three years and $30 million from Houston), Phil Hughes (three years and $24 million from the Twins) and Scott Kazmir (two years and $22 million from Oakland) all hit the mother lode, and Arroyo, Hammel & Co. are hoping to benefit from the "rising tide lifts all boats" theory. They'll discover soon enough whether price inflation applies across the board.
This group includes Johan Santana, who is trying to come back after missing the entire 2013 season with a shoulder injury, and A.J. Burnett, who is still debating whether he wants to pitch in 2014.
One baseball source said Burnett is still "wrestling" over the decision to retire or return for one more go-round at age 37. The Pirates signed Edinson Volquez to a one-year, $5 million deal Wednesday, and it remains to be seen whether that spells the end of Burnett's tenure in Pittsburgh.
The Yankees, Indians, Diamondbacks and Orioles are among multiple teams still on the lookout for starting pitching upgrades. Here are four other clubs that merit watching in the coming weeks:
• The Angels upgraded their rotation Tuesday when they acquired Tyler Skaggs and Hector Santiago in a three-team trade with Arizona and the White Sox. Anaheim still wants an established starter to slot in behind Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson, and Garza looks like a nice fit because the Angels' farm system is barren and he won't require them to surrender a draft pick. The same cannot be said for Ervin Santana or Ubaldo Jimenez.