Lucky Clover

Lucky Clover is a male background Earth pony with a light gray coat, dark gray mane, and light blue eyes. His cutie mark, three four-leaf clovers, resembles that of a female G1 pony named Clover. He first appears in Winter Wrap Up, and has speaking roles in The Best Night Ever and A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1. The show does not name him, but he receives his name from merchandise, other media, and promotional material. Lucky Clover also shares his design with Dr. Hooves and Meadow Song, and shares his mane and tail style with Crescent Moon and Buddy.

Depiction in the series
Lucky Clover has background appearances in many episodes, as well as two speaking roles.

Season one
Lucky Clover appears as a background pony several times in Winter Wrap Up as one of the ponies clearing snow. He appears a couple of times carrying snow away in a carriage in Ponyville. He also appears several times manning a snowplow at Sweet Apple Acres. He later appears as a resident of Appleloosa in Over a Barrel.

In The Best Night Ever, a version of Lucky Clover appears with a light blue coat. He and Caramel are flattered by Rarity and convinced into pulling their carriage to the Grand Galloping Gala. Later on, when Spike tries to get them to walk faster, Lucky Clover angrily says to Spike, "If you weren't friends with our neighbor Rarity..." while shaking his hoof.

Season two
Lucky Clover appears twice as a judge in Sisterhooves Social, awarding a ribbon to Amethyst Star and Dinky Doo in the pie-eating contest and awarding a ribbon to Berryshine and Piña Colada in the final race. During The Wonderbolts Derby in Sweet and Elite, Lucky Clover serves as the flagpony, waving the checkered flag to both start the race and mark its end.

In A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 during a flashback to Twilight Sparkle's childhood, Lucky Clover is seen in Canterlot arguing with Wild Fire. After Princess Cadance casts a love spell on them, they instantly stop arguing. Later in the same episode, he appears in the Canterlot Castle kitchen assisting Applejack.

Season three
In The Crystal Empire - Part 1, Lucky Clover is among the ponies at the Crystal Faire when Rainbow Dash flies back to the Crystal Empire palace with the flag. He also appears in Apple Family Reunion among the crowd of ponies taking part in the raising of the Apple family barn.

Season four
Lucky Clover appears in Flight to the Finish in the crowd at the Crystal Empire Stadium. He also appears in Rainbow Falls as a pegasus. In Pinkie Pride, he is among the ponies partying in Appleloosa, the ponies singing about Pinkie Pie in during Pinkie the Party Planner, the ponies wecloming Cheese Sandwich in The Super Duper Party Pony, and the ponies watching the Goof Off.

In Simple Ways, he is among the ponies outside Town Hall when the Ponyville Day's Pony of Ceremonies. In Filli Vanilli, he is among the ponies listening to The Pony Tones at Mayor Mares ribbon-cutting ceremony, and at Sugarcube Corner when Fluttershy is revealed to have been singing behind the curtain. In It Ain't Easy Being Breezies, he is among the ponies outside Town Hall watching the breezies pass through Ponyville. In For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils, he is in the lobby following the Cutie Mark Crusaders' play. In Leap of Faith, he is among the audience of ailed ponies singing during Flim Flam Miracle Curative Tonic, and at the pool. In Trade Ya!, he is seen walking around the Exchange and is present at the trial at the end of the Exchange. In Inspiration Manifestation, he attends the Foal and Filly Fair.

In Equestria Games, he is part of the Ponyville delegation in the titular Games, and does pull-ups on a pair of still rings on the train on the way to the Crystal Empire. Later, he is seen both on the field during the opening ceremony as well as among the Games' spectators.

Season five
In Tanks for the Memories, Lucky Clover helps prepare Ponyville for winter, appearing as both a pegasus and an earth pony, briefly appearing with a different mane style when he is covered in snow from clouds that Rainbow Dash attempts to squeeze into a tree cavity. In Appleoosa's Most Wanted, he watches the Appleloosa Rodeo. In Party Pooped, he appears in Dodge Junction. In Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?, he appears in Ponyville's shared dream.

In Brotherhooves Social he swings a jumping rope with Royal Pin for Apple Bloom and "Orchard Blossom" during the social. In Crusaders of the Lost Mark he is seen speaking with Shoeshine during The Pony I Want to Be and witnesses Diamond Tiara knock over Goldengrape's cart of apples during Light of Your Cutie Mark. In Scare Master, he is among the ponies decorating Ponyville for Nightmare Night, pulling a cart full of pumpkins.

Variants
Some background pony variants using Lucky Clover's basic design exist. These include Lucky Clover's appearance in The Best Night Ever, when he is seen with a blue coat. A Pegasus version of Lucky Clover appears in Sonic Rainboom as a contestant in Best Young Flyer competition, in Rainbow Falls near the train station, and in Tanks for the Memories moving clouds below Cloudsdale. Additionally, this also includes his presence in Hearth's Warming Eve, when he, along with several other ponies, is seen in the play with a lighter coat and with makeup around his eyes. Finally, he sometimes has a different design in Equestria Games and Tanks for the Memories.

There are several pony variants that use Lucky Clover's basic design. In Over a Barrel and The Last Roundup, a mustached pony ("Shamrock") who bears a striking resemblance to Lucky Clover appears in Appleloosa and Dodge Junction. In Putting Your Hoof Down, a pony (Felix) with the same color scheme and cutie mark is shown walking in the background, but with a different mane style and different eye color. In The Mysterious Mare Do Well, another mustached pony ("Pine Breeze") seen staring at Rainbow Dash appears with the same color scheme, but with a different cutie mark and different mane style.

Appearances
The following charts detail Lucky Clover's appearances. Times are approximate and taken from videos available online.

Depiction in Rainbow Rocks
Lucky Clover is one of many ponies seen in the establishing shot of Ponyville in My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks.

Other depictions
Lucky Clover appears on IDW's page 17, being carried in the air by Wild Fire. He also appears on pages 12 and 17.

Lucky Clover is an available playable character in Gameloft's mobile game, with the description "The luckiest pony you know. He has a cutie mark of a four-leaf clover." He was added to the iOS version of the game on March 12, 2013 and to the Android version of the game on March 28, 2013.

On March 17, 2013, Hasbro's My Little Pony Facebook page posted an image of Lucky Clover and wrote "Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the luckiest pony out there, Lucky Clover!"

Merchandise
A partially translucent mini-figure toy of Lucky Clover was leaked in early August 2012, and its corresponding collector card was leaked in late November 2012; the toy and card were released as part of the seventh wave of mystery packs in January 2013. The figure uses the Big McIntosh mold but features the color scheme and cutie mark of the show character. According to the card, "LUCKY CLOVER knows working together makes any job easier!" His name comes both from the card and from the packaging of the wave, which each list the name as a trademark. A mystery pack wave 7 image formerly displayed by a mystery pack listing on the website of the Greek company KAPSIS depicts Lucky Clover, referred to as "Lucky/Shamrock", with the same design as in the show.

Quotes
The Best Night Ever
 * Spike: Then let's get moving! Hyah!
 * Caramel: Excuse me!?
 * Spike: Um... I...
 * Lucky Clover: If you weren't friends with our neighbor Rarity... Hmph!

A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1
 * Wild Fire: I am going for a hooficure and that is that!
 * Lucky Clover: You are not going-
 * Wild Fire: I am!
 * Lucky Clover: I've already paid for three this month!
 * Wild Fire: My girlfriends are all getting their hooves done! And you said that onl--
 * Lucky Clover and Wild Fire: [arguing] [suddenly stop arguing]