Royal Pin

Royal Pin, or Pinprick, is a male unicorn with a blue coat and a light blue and white mane and tail. His eye color varies between gold, amber, and blue. His cutie mark varies between a safety pin, an hourglass, and a horseshoe, and his horn size varies. He is unnamed in the show, but he is named "Royal Pin" sometimes with a trademark symbol and "Pinprick" in different merchandise and other media.

Development and design
Royal Pin shares his mane and tail style or sometimes design with "Ponet", "Poppycock", and S02E26 Unnamed Unicorn Stallion #4, shares his tail style and coat and sometimes eye color and/or cutie mark with Perfect Pace, shares his mane and tail style and sometimes eye color and/or cutie mark with "The Tenth Doctor / Doctor Whooves #3", shares his mane and tail style and sometimes eye color with Starry Eyes, shares his mane and tail style with Compass Star and "Sightseer", shares his tail style and coat color with "Madden", shares his tail style and sometimes eye color and/or cutie mark with "Raggedy Doctor" and "Infinity", shares his tail style and sometimes eye color with "Star Gazer", "Emerald Beacon", and S04E19 Unnamed Earth Stallion #1, shares his tail style with S04E17 Unnamed Earth Stallion #4, sometimes shares his mane and tail style or design and/or eye color with "Star Bright", and sometimes shares his mane and/or tail style and colors and/or eye color with "Earl Grey".

In late April 2011, DHX Media/Vancouver layout artist "FlashinthePan" stated that the team didn't "think very much of" Royal Pin "at all" and that he "would really have only shown up to whoever worked on the scene, and (for us) as a silly gag."

Season one
Royal Pin first appears in Friendship is Magic, part 1 at the Summer Sun Celebration when Nightmare Moon appears. He is also seen at Princess Luna's welcoming party in part 2, in Rainbow Dash's fantasy in The Ticket Master, and at Trixie's magic show in Boast Busters.

In Call of the Cutie, he attends Diamond Tiara's cute-ceañera and is seen happily popping balloons with his horn. He watches the Running of the Leaves in Fall Weather Friends, the Cutie Mark Crusaders' talent show performance in The Show Stoppers, and the Summer Sun Celebration in Twilight Sparkle's flashback in The Cutie Mark Chronicles.

Season two
In Sweet and Elite, Royal Pin appears multiple times, sometimes in formal attire and with orange eyes. He is seen at the pageant in Hearth's Warming Eve and in Granny Smith's flashback in Family Appreciation Day. He briefly appears with blue eyes in The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000.

Season three
Royal Pin watches the Summer Harvest Parade in One Bad Apple, is seen during Trixie's return in Magic Duel, and attends Twilight's princess coronation in Magical Mystery Cure.

Season four
Royal Pin appears in Canterlot in Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1 and Part 2. He appears at Manehattan's Fashion Week in Rarity Takes Manehattan, during Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich's goof-off in Pinkie Pride, at the Cutie Mark Crusaders' play in For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils, and multiple times at the Rainbow Falls Traders Exchange in Trade Ya! In Equestria Games, he appears as a spectator of the Games and he is one of the competitors during the ice archery event. He appears in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1 and its recap at the beginning of Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2.

Season five
In Make New Friends but Keep Discord, Royal Pin appears, with an hourglass cutie mark, as a guest of the Grand Galloping Gala. In Slice of Life, he appears varyingly with a safety pin cutie mark and hourglass cutie mark. He also appears with an hourglass cutie mark in Princess Spike. In Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?, he appears in Ponyville's shared dream. In Canterlot Boutique, he appears during Rules of Rarity with a different cutie mark. In Rarity Investigates!, watching the Wonderbolts practice from the VIP box. In Brotherhooves Social, he swings a jumping rope for Apple Bloom and "Orchard Blossom" during the social. He also appears in the final group shot during Friends Are Always There For You in The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2.

Appearances
Times are approximate.

Depiction in Friendship Games
Royal Pin's human counterpart appears in My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games as a student of Crystal Prep Academy.

My Little Pony (mobile game)
Royal Pin is a character in Gameloft's mobile game. His in-game icon, adapted from fanart of him marrying Pinkie Pie, shows him with his gold eye color and with his larger horn size.

Merchandise
A mini-figure toy of Royal Pin has been displayed at the 2014 American International Toy Fair. The toy and its accompanying collector card were released as part of the eleventh wave of mystery packs and named with a trademark symbol. According to the card, Royal Pin "loves to make clothes for his friends!" The toy and card depict him with his safety pin cutie mark, the toy depicts him with his gold eye color and with Shining Armor's design, and the card depicts him with his amber eye color.

Royal Pin appears on the Comic Con 2011 poster/"MLP Season One Allover" WeLoveFine.com T-shirt/"MLP Season 1 iPhone Case" WeLoveFine.com iPhone case. He also appears on the "Smile!" WeLoveFine.com art print. The poster and T-shirt depict him with his larger horn size, and the T-shirt, iPhone case, and art print depict him with his safety pin cutie mark.

In Enterplay's collectible card game, Royal Pin is named "Pinprick" on his own cards α #47 R and α #ƒ20, which attribute to Lemony Gem the quote "Hey, watch the horn! Popping balloons is one thing, but you could hurt somepony!" The cards depict him with his larger horn size and with his safety pin cutie mark.