Talk:Sweetie Drops/@comment-25410106-20150614142504/@comment-5614349-20150614144314

We don't go by credits, but the credits are an additional factor. This really should be in the style guide:

Names are preferred in the following order:
 * spoken on the show
 * appear in the credits
 * appear in production material (scripts, storyboards)
 * appear consistently in Hasbro merchandise
 * appear consistently in licensed merchandise
 * appear in reliable sources

The show is obviously the best source of information about the show; the credits are sometimes flubbed (there was a discussion about this in the forums, I'll look it up later); production material is a good source but it doesn't always reflect the final product (Queen Selene who is Princess Celestia); Hasbro and licensed merchandise have a bad track record for keeping names consistent so they should not be used unless there's no other source of info; and reliable sources if there's no other alternative.

So in this case we have both names used on the show (like Twilight and Twilight Sparkle and Princess Twilight Sparkle) so we use the credits as a "tie breaker", or as an additional reference for the character's name.