Fancy Pants

Fancypants is a Canterlot high society unicorn who is introduced in the episode Sweet and Elite. Rarity describes him as the most important pony in Canterlot. His entourage frequently change their opinions to agree with his own.

Development and design
Fancypants shares the same body design as the unicorns from The Gala Song, with a white coat, protruding bust, and an exceptionally large horn. His name comes from an informal term that means overly elaborate, swanky or pretentious. His voice actor, Trevor Devall, recalls being instructed to make Fancypants sound like John Cleese.

Depiction in the series
Fancypants first appears in Sweet and Elite, when Rarity bumps into him and a white-coat pink-mane unicorn mare while walking through the streets of Canterlot. She instantly recognizes him as "the most important pony in Canterlot" and apologizes for running into him. He takes an interest in her when she mentions she is staying at Canterlot Castle by an invitation from Princess Celestia and invites her to his private box at the upcoming Wonderbolts Derby. He becomes more interested in Rarity after she correctly predicts the winner of the derby, and insists that she must be extremely important after she lies about knowing the trainer of The Wonderbolts, Rainbow Dash.

He features in Rarity's song montage, as well as in many of the social events. He also appears in a flying yacht, wearing a captain's uniform.

Later on, Fancypants greets Rarity at a garden party next to the room where Twilight Sparkle's birthday party is taking place. Rarity's friends crash the event when Twilight "realizes" that Rarity wants to attend it, and subsequently offend many of the upper class ponies with their raucous partying. While Twilight is dancing to music, Fancypants stops her to ask about the dress she is wearing, which Rarity had made but never finished. Twilight proclaims Rarity as the designer, and Fancypants is again favorably impressed with her, and gives it as his opinion that "every mare in Canterlot will be wanting one". This shows the influence he has when other ponies begin comment on how they would like a similar dress.

Fancypants is seen with Rarity at the end of A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2.

Personality
Fancypants doesn't take much interest in Rarity until he learns she is staying at Princess Celestia's castle. He then invites her to the Wonderbolts derby and declares Rarity his new favorite party guest after she correctly predicts the winner and tells him she knows the Wonderbolts' trainer. He also expresses an interest in Rarity's simple, half-finished dress that Twilight was wearing for her party, even before he knew that Rarity had made it. He finds Rarity's friends "charmingly rustic" even though Jet Set and Upper Crust initially dismiss them.

Other appearances
Fancypants appears in one of the promotional computer wallpapers for the My Little Pony Royal Wedding, in the same shot that was used for the episode.

Quotes
"You are obviously somepony worth bumping into."

- Sweet and Elite

"Three cheers for Rarity, my new favorite party guest!"

- Sweet and Elite

"I say, what is that scent you're wearing? It smells like.... Is that cake frosting?"

- Sweet and Elite

"In a moment, my dear. This lovely filly from Ponyville was just about to tell me who made her charming dress."

- Sweet and Elite

"I, for one, find them charmfully rustic."

- Sweet and Elite

"And I think the dress you made for your friend is lovely. Mmhm, I dare say every mare in Canterlot will be wanting one."

- Sweet and Elite

Gallery

 * Fancypants image gallery