Talk:Applejack/@comment-26973802-20140421013110/@comment-5015799-20140423190924

Technically, she could still be jokingly called a background pony.

Absence =/= background appearences. Ergo Fluttershy isn't a background character because of a lack of appearences.

Also, if my memory serves correct, the "background pony" jokes was ment to poke fun at her lack of lead roles in Season 2. Of which, Fluttershy didn't lack in.