Sweetie Belle

Sweetie Belle is a school-age unicorn filly who makes her first major appearance in Call of the Cutie. She is a member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Like Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle doesn't have a cutie mark yet. She is the younger sister of Rarity and is shown to be a talented singer.

Development
Sweetie Belle is a bubbly young unicorn first introduced in Call of the Cutie. Although she is seen as a filly in the show, Sweetie Belle used to be a character during Generation 3 of MLP. In her previous incarnation, she has a white body, a purple and pink mane and tail and her cutie mark is a sparkling pink heart. Mostly in the Core 7 serials, she is described as an expert baker and the youngest of the group, who has a big heart. Her talent in singing is a tribute to the Generation 3 Pegasus pony Starsong. Also, the 3rd Generation Sweetie Belle's voice was supplied by Andrea Libman, who currently voices Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. Sweetie Belle's singing voice is provided by Michelle Creber, the voice actress for Apple Bloom.

Personality
On several occasions Sweetie Belle has seemed a bit slow on the uptake, often times pausing for a moment before catching on. When the CMC are at Fluttershy's house in the episode Stare Master, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom pretend to be a monster from the Everfree Forest. Sweetie Belle meets their playfulness with a blank stare for a moment before joining in. Several times in The Show Stoppers, she asks her friends to explain to her what's going on and announces the nonsensical "no meal uncooked" as one of the CMC's goals. While accompanying her sister, she takes the phrase "bitten off more than I can chew" literally, responding with a confused "but you're not eating anything." In Lesson Zero, when Twilight tries to force the Cutie Mark Crusaders to take her Smarty Pants doll, Sweetie Belle can only come up with "I really like her mane" three separate times as a response. Still, Sweetie Belle manages to recognize Apple Bloom's grammatical error in The Return of Harmony Part 1, pointing out to her that "victoryful" is not a word.

Sweetie's spaciness belies the fact that she is also the most even-tempered of the Crusaders. She is the one who ends up playing the peacemaker when Apple Bloom and Scootaloo argue and it falls to her to veto their more ridiculous ideas. In Stare Master, Sweetie has to keep the other two on track a number of times while they wander through the forest. Despite not coming up with the original idea, it is Sweetie who calms Scootaloo's initial anxiousness of working under Diamond Tiara in Ponyville Confidential.

Despite taking slightly longer to discover what's happening than her friends, Sweetie Belle always remains excited to participate. She is enthusiastic about helping her older sister Rarity in Stare Master, but Rarity persistently refuses her help. Once she does help, she fumbles and tosses up the entire shop. In The Show Stoppers, Sweetie Belle "borrows" some of Rarity's cloth in order to make costumes for the talent show in hopes of discovering her cutie mark. During Sisterhooves Social, Sweetie wishes to take part in the Sisterhooves Social event; however, Rarity refuses, calling it "uncouth". This leads to her abandoning Rarity and almost choosing to stay with Applejack instead. They eventually make up after Rarity runs the obstacle course with her, and the sisters send a letter to Celestia about what they have learned.

Despite being a rather clumsy filly whose attempts at helping her sister often don't end well, she greatly wants to please Rarity. This is most prominent during Sisterhooves Social where she tries making breakfast in bed, putting garnish on a plate, drying clothes on a clothesline, creating a card for her using baby blue sapphires, and cleaning up what appears to her to be a mess. However, all of these go awry for both of them. Although they sometimes argue, particularly about the messes Sweetie Belle is prone to make, Rarity does truly love her sister as much as Sweetie Belle loves her. They both agree at the end of Sisterhooves Social that being sisters takes work, but if you compromise and embrace each other's differences, you can have a lot of fun and be close.

During the events of Ponyville Confidential, Sweetie Belle shows a leadership ability, taking charge of the Crusaders' foray into journalism by keeping the other two fillies focused, giving them ideas and pep talks, but also displays her moral position, being the first to voice her concerns over their gossip column, despite justifying it with wanting her cutie mark.

Skills
"Why does everypony think I'm gonna sing?"

- Sweetie Belle

Singing
Sweetie Belle is a talented singer. In The Show Stoppers her singing voice was described as 'awesome' by both Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. It was heavily hinted by Twilight Sparkle that singing is Sweetie Belle's special talent, of which she seems to be unaware. Her showmanship and singing skills completely overpower those of Fluttershy in Stare Master when Sweetie derailed her lullaby and turned it into a lively gospel number. However, she says in The Show Stoppers that she dislikes the idea of singing in front of a crowd. In Hearts and Hooves Day, she shows her singing abilities again by singing The Perfect Stallion along with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.

Songwriting
Sweetie Belle is a skilled songwriter. She came up with the basic lyrics for the Cutie Mark Crusaders theme song, which she is heard singing to herself at the start of The Show Stoppers. Later, when Scootaloo is struggling to come up with additional lyrics, Sweetie comes up with some effortlessly.

Making clothing
In the episode Stare Master she gave her fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders matching capes that she made herself. They are not particularly stunning, but do not receive any negative attention besides a frantic Rarity, angry that Sweetie Belle used the last of her special fabric. However, during The Show Stoppers, Sweetie Belle struggles with creating costumes for the trio and creates a sweater with five legs before Apple Bloom suggests she uses the dress form.

Cooking
In Sisterhooves Social, Sweetie Belle cooks at the beginning of the episode with her mother teaching her as she goes along. She incinerates all the food she prepared including juice and liquefied toast. Her mother and father don't seem to notice this. After Rarity remakes the breakfast, Sweetie Belle is allowed to add the garnish to a plate of eggs. She doesn't damage the food but manages to break a table in half while doing this. Later Rarity walks into the kitchen to see that it is a mess again. Sweetie Belle comes out presenting a pie.



History
Sweetie Belle appeared in Friendship is Magic, part 1 as a cameo, scared and huddled next to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo when Night Mare Moon was revived and appeared in Princess Celestia's place at the Summer Sun Celebration.

She made her first speaking appearance in Call of the Cutie, when she and Scootaloo stood up for Apple Bloom while she was being ridiculed at Diamond Tiara's cute-ceañera, and revealed that they also did not have their cutie marks. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo become friends with Apple Bloom, and they later form the Cutie Mark Crusaders, a club with the purpose of finding their hidden talents and earning their cutie marks. Sweetie Belle is not revealed to be Rarity's sister until her next appearance in Stare Master.

Lauren Faust said she does not live with Rarity at Carousel Boutique, and this is shown when her parents drop her off with Rarity when they go off for vacation in Sisterhooves Social. It is assumed that she and her parents live in another house in Ponyville.

Appearances

 * See also: Character appearances

Beginning in the episode Lesson Zero, she was added to the remastered intro at the end of the train along with Scootaloo and Apple Bloom.

Gallery

 * Sweetie Belle image gallery