Cutie Mark Crusaders

The Cutie Mark Crusaders is a club consisting of Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, which they form in Call of the Cutie.

The three fillies meet at Diamond Tiara's cute-ceñera and form a bond, as all three don't have their cutie marks yet. Sweetie Belle suggests they form a "secret society", although it's not very secret, as they later come to sing about it at a talent contest. The club's purpose is to "work together to find out who we are and what we're supposed to be", and the Crusaders are often seen engaging in activities in pursuit of their cutie marks.

The Crusaders are actively trying out everything they can think of to discover their special talents, as shown in Stare Master. They also receive matching capes during the episode, made by Sweetie Belle, although they have not been seen since.

In The Show Stoppers, Applejack passes on her old tree house to the Crusaders, and it becomes a Cutie Mark Crusaders clubhouse of sorts. The special talents of Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo have been implied, but the three ponies are oblivious to what they are best at.

Although most adult ponies, with the exception of Rainbow Dash, say the best thing to do is to wait for your special talent to show up, the three are always busy trying to find their cutie mark. They try everything they can, even if it results in misfortune. They move from cutie mark endeavor to cutie mark endeavor very quickly; if they do not get cutie marks almost immediately after starting, they go on to something else.

As of the episode The Show Stoppers, the Cutie Mark Crusaders have their own theme song. They have appeared so far in episodes twelve, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-three, twenty-four, and the season two premiere's cold open where the crusaders are on a field trip. On said field trip, they unexplainably argue over what the "Statue" of Discord represented. Apple Bloom claimed it represented Confusion, Sweetie Belle claimed it represented Evil and Scootaloo claimed it represented Chaos. After a brief scrap between the Crusaders, Cheerilee assigned them to each write an essay explaining "Discord".

Trivia

 * Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle appear together in Friendship is Magic, part 1 when Nightmare Moon appears, hiding under a table. This was an accident in the production process.
 * Starting at 3:21 in Friendship is Magic, part 1, when Twilight and Spike are looking for their copy of Predictions and Prophecies, Twilight pulls out a book with the club's emblem on it.
 * Lauren Faust stated that Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo are not relatives.
 * It is implied the Crusaders' fight at the beginning of The Return of Harmony, part 1 is what causes Discord to break out of his stone prison.