Sandbar

Sandbar is a male Earth pony who appears in My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship and as one of the Young Six in season eight of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic.

Development and design
Sandbar was previewed in a 2018 "MY LITTLE PONY SERIES" image within Hasbro 2017 Investor Day webcast presentations from August 3, 2017.

Sandbar resembles Star Tracker and young Burnt Oak.

Depiction in the series
Sandbar is introduced in School Daze, the eighth season premiere, being brought to Twilight's newly opened School of Friendship alongside other ponies to learn about friendship. However, when Twilight renders the classes boring due to EEA rules, Sandbar ends up skipping classes with his new classmates and friends in Ocellus, Gallus, Silverstream, Smolder, and Yona. When they return later, they end up ruining Friends and Family Day and damaging the school, angering EEA Chancellor Neighsay, who disrespects the guardians of Sandbar's friends with his comments, causing the angered guardians to pull them out of the school before Neighsay closes it personally.

However, not wanting to leave his new friends, he runs away with them to hide in the Castle of the Two Sisters, going back to Ponyville to gather all the food and supplies they will need to survive, only to be discovered by the Mane Six and making them suspicious of his motives. Despite enjoying their new life, the students are soon attacked by puckwedgies, only to be saved by the Mane Six. Sandbar and the others soon learn of the situation with Celestia and the guardians, and return to the school to reunite with them and resume their studies on friendship after Twilight tells off a furious Neighsay that her school will be run by her own rules, which Sandbar and the other students support. Sandbar is happy to return to school with his friends to learn about friendship together.

Depiction in Equestria Girls
Sandbar makes a brief non-speaking cameo in Forgotten Friendship during the first establishing shot of Canterlot.

Personality
Sandbar acts as the "straight man" of the new students.

Quotes
"Whoa. Sorry about that. I'm Sandbar. Are you a student here, too?"

- To Gallus, School Daze - Part 1

"Listen. 'These ponies' saved all of us from the Storm King."

- To Smolder, School Daze - Part 1

"I guess I'll tag along, too. Make sure you don't get into... trouble"

- School Daze - Part 1

"No! I'm just, uh... really... hungry?"

- To Pinkie Pie, School Daze - Part 2

"Thanks for the assist, Gallus."

- School Daze - Part 2

"Wait. What's happening?"

- School Daze - Part2