Talk:Applejack/@comment-19831901-20150118235805/@comment-26943476-20150123003819

As far as I know, the "background pony" name for Applejack was coined because of her not having much of an interesting/developed character at all during Season 1.

See this for information and thought into the idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsfJaIaRyUk