Mr. Greenhooves

Mr. Greenhooves is a background Earth pony designed by My Little Pony Friendship is Magic art director Ridd Sorensen.

Development
Mr. Greenhooves has one of the more distinctive designs among the various characters. His name is not spoken on-screen until Putting Your Hoof Down; Sorensen refers to him as "Hayseed Pony" and simply "Hayseed" in a May 2011 post on deviantART. He is usually seen holding a stalk of wheat grass in his mouth, which was originally intended to be a corncob pipe that produces popcorn, with Spike eating the popcorn as a gag for the show; the pipe was nixed by Standards and Practices. His hat is a nod to Craig McCracken's Wander Over Yonder, and is one of the available hat designs in the game PonyMaker.

Appearances
His mane and beard are dark grey, and his coat is a faded brown. In any of his appearances, he appears to have no cutie mark.

He first appears in Boast Busters, pulling a wagon filled with bales of hay. He can be seen with his wagon in tow on three other occasions: briefly in establishing shots in Bridle Gossip and The Return of Harmony Part 1; and in Feeling Pinkie Keen, splashing mud on Twilight Sparkle as he trots past.

In The Best Night Ever, Fluttershy follows what she believes to be bird song, only to find out it's Mr. Greenhooves whistling while he tends to the gated gardens of Canterlot. Both the tune he whistles and the line "whistle while I work" are references to Disney's Snow White. He later sets off the trap Fluttershy constructed to catch some animals.

He also appears in Putting Your Hoof Down, watering some of Fluttershy's flowers. Fluttershy addresses him as "Mr. Greenhooves" and soaks him in water when he disagrees with her that he over-watered her petunias again.

Gallery

 * Mr. Greenhooves gallery