Talk:Spike/@comment-15629929-20140403164628/@comment-26973802-20140608201013

For all the "background pony" jokes of Applejack, she appeared in the most episodes of any of the Mane 6, and, alone of her, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity, was paired together with the other 4 non-Twilight Mane 5 as a main character at least once in an episode. (Rarity in Look Before You Sleep, Rainbow Dash in Fall Weather Friends, Fluttershy in Bats!, and Pinkie Pie in Pinkie Apple Pie)

If any Mane 6 was ever in danger of becoming a background pony it's Rarity, and to Tartarus with the products that exclude her they come from Hasbro while the writers are in charge of the show now