Shady Daze

Shady Daze is the placeholder name of an Earth pony colt who first appears in the season two episode The Cutie Pox. He has a light blue coat, two-tone dark blue mane and tail, and blue eyes.

Design and development
Shady Daze shares his design with Button Mash, "Caramel Coffee", "Green Daze", and "Strike", and depending on the angle, he shares his mane style with Scootaloo and Archer.

Depiction in the series
Shady Daze first appears outside the Ponyville Schoolhouse receving lessons on loopty-hooping from Apple Bloom in The Cutie Pox. He later appears playing a peasant among other Earth ponies in the pageant in Hearth's Warming Eve. In The Last Roundup, Shady Daze briefly appears between Shoeshine and Lucky Clover at the Dodge Junction train station.

In Ponyville Confidential, Shady Daze makes his first speaking appearance. He operates the printing press for the Foal Free Press, and at the end of the episode, he is promoted to staff photographer. He appears again as a photographer in One Bad Apple.

In Filli Vanilli, Shady Daze attends Zipporwhill's cute-ceañera and watches the Pony Tones perform. In Twilight Time, he becomes a big fan of Twilight Sparkle among other foals.

Appearances
Times are approximate and taken from videos with no prolonged transition for commercial breaks.

Quotes
"Yes, ma'am!"

- Ponyville Confidential

"Uh... they haven't started yet."

- Ponyville Confidential

"Here ya go! I've been promoted to staff photographer!"

- Ponyville Confidential