Sweetie Belle

Sweetie Belle is a school-age unicorn who makes her first major appearance in Call of the Cutie. Like Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle doesn't have a cutie mark yet. She is the younger sister of Rarity.

Development
Sweetie Belle is based on the Generation 3 unicorn pony of the same name. In her previous incarnation, she has a white body, a purple and pink mane and tail and her cutie mark is a Sparkling Pink Heart. Mostly in the Core 7 serials, she is described as a expert baker and the youngest of the group, who has a big heart. Her talent in singing is a tribute to the Generation 3 pegasus pony Starsong. Also, the Generation 3 Sweetie Belle's voice was supplied by Andrea Libman, who currently voices Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. Sweetie Belle's singing voice is provided by Michele Creber, the voice actress for Apple Bloom.

Personality
On several occasions, Sweetie Belle has seemed a bit slow on the uptake. Often times, she pauses for a moment before catching on. When the CMC are at Fluttershy's house in the episode Stare Master and Scootaloo and Apple Bloom pretend to be a monster from the Everfree Forest, Sweetie Belle meets their playfulness with a blank stare for a moment before joining in. Several times in The Show Stoppers, she asks her friends to explain to her what's going on, and announces the nonsensical "no meal uncooked" as one of the CMC's goals. While accompanying her sister, she takes the phrase "bitten off more than I can chew" literally, responding with a confused "but you're not eating anything". In Lesson Zero, when Twilight tries to force the Crusaders to take her Smarty-Pants doll, Sweetie Belle can only come up with "I really like her mane" three separate times as a response. Still, Sweetie Belle manages to recognize Apple Bloom's grammatical error in The Return of Harmony Part 1, pointing out to her that "victoryful" is not a word.

Sweetie's spaciness belies the fact that she is also the most even-tempered of the Crusaders. She is the one who ends up playing the peacemaker when Apple Bloom and Scootaloo argue, and it falls to her to veto their more ridiculous ideas. In Stare Master, Sweetie has to keep the other two on track a number of times while they wander through the forest.

Despite taking slightly longer to discover what's happening than her friends, Sweetie Belle always remains excited to participate. She is enthusiastic about helping her older sister Rarity in Stare Master, but Rarity persistently refuses her help. Once she does help, she fumbles and tosses up the entire shop. In The Show Stoppers, Sweetie Belle "borrows" some of Rarity's cloth in order to make The Show Stoppers costumes for the talent show, in hopes of discovering her cutie mark. During Sisterhooves Social, Sweetie wishes to take part in the enponymous event; however, Rarity refuses, calling it "uncouth". This leads to her abandoning Rarity and almost choosing to stay with Applejack instead. They eventually make up after Rarity runs the obstacle course with her, and the sisters send a letter to Celestia about what they have learned.

Despite being a rather clumsy filly whose attempts at helping her sister often don't end well, she greatly wants to please her. This is most prominent during Sisterhooves Social, where she tries making breakfast in bed, putting garnish on a plate, drying clothes on a clothesline, creating a card for her using baby blue sapphires, and cleaning up what appears to her to be a mess. However, all of these go awry for both of them. Although they sometimes argue, particularly about the messes Sweetie Belle is prone to make, Rarity does truly love her sister as much as Sweetie Belle loves her. They both agree at the end of Sisterhooves Social that being sisters takes work, but if you compromise and embrace each others' differences, you can have a lot of fun and be close.

Skills
"Why does everypony think I'm gonna sing?"

- Sweetie Belle

Singing

Sweetie Belle is a talented singer. In The Show Stoppers, her singing voice was described as 'awesome' by both Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. It was heavily hinted by Twilight that singing is Sweetie Belle's special talent, of which she seems to be unaware. Her showmanship and singing skills completely overpower those of Fluttershy in Stare Master, when Sweetie derailed her lullaby and turned it into a lively gospel number. However, she says in Show Stoppers that she dislikes the idea of singing in front of a crowd, which may imply that she has stage fright.

Songwriting

Sweetie Belle is also a skilled songwriter. She came up with the basic lyrics for the Cutie Mark Crusaders theme song, which she is heard singing to herself at the start of The Show Stoppers. Later, when Scootaloo is struggling to come up with additional lyrics, Sweetie comes up with some effortlessly.

Making Clothing

In the episode Stare Master, she gave her fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders matching capes that she made herself. They are not particularly stunning, but do not receive any negative attention besides a frantic Rarity, angry that Sweetie Belle used the last of her special fabric. However, during The Show Stoppers, Sweetie Belle struggles with creating costumes for the trio, and creates a sweater with five legs before Applebloom suggests she uses the dress form.

History
Sweetie Belle appeared in Friendship is Magic, part 1 as a cameo, scared and huddled next to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo when Night Mare Moon was revived and appeared in Princess Celestia's place at the the Summer Sun Celebration.

She later made a full appearance in Call of the Cutie, standing up for Apple Bloom along with Scootaloo when they also didn't have their cutie marks. The two became friends with Apple Bloom, and they later formed the Cutie Mark Crusaders, a club with the purpose of finding their hidden talents and earning their mark.

Appearances

 * See also character appearances

Sweetie Belle made a brief non-speaking appearance in Friendship is Magic, part 1. Her first prominent appearance was in Call of the Cutie. She has also appeared in Stare Master, The Show Stoppers, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Owl's Well That Ends Well, The Return of Harmony Part 1, Lesson Zero, Luna Eclipsed, Sisterhooves Social and The Cutie Pox.

She also now appears constantly in the series' remastered opening, alongside her fellow Crusaders.

Gallery

 * Sweetie Belle image gallery

Trivia

 * Due to an animation error, she also appears briefly in the schoolhouse scene of Call of the Cutie, replacing a green, golden maned filly with the same character model.
 * According to Lauren Faust, Rarity lives on her own, and Sweetie Belle only comes to visit. This is shown during Sisterhooves Social when Rarity's parents leave Sweetie Belle at her house while they're going on vacation.
 * According to one of the developers, Sweetie Belle is yet to learn Basic Magic Abilities. Similar to Scootaloo, who is yet to learn to fly.
 * Sweetie Belle is somewhat similar to Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls, an older animated series which Lauren Faust had also worked on. Sweetie Belle and Bubbles have the highest voices in their groups. They both tend to be slower to grasp concepts than their companions, but are not necessarily less intelligent. Sweetie Belle and Bubbles are also portrayed as the most sensitive members of their group, although this is less so for Sweetie.

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