Minuette

Minuette is a female unicorn pony with a Maya blue coat, periwinkle mane and tail with a pigment blue streak and steel blue eyes. She has an hourglass cutie mark, the same as Dr. Hooves's. Her name has not been used on the show, but she is named in merchandise. She shares her design with Sea Swirl. She has a speaking role in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1, speaks in unison with Twinkleshine and Lyra Heartstrings in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, mouths the word "muffins" along with other ponies in Applebuck Season, and has another speaking role in the IDW comics' story The Fall of Sunset Shimmer. Her name is the feminine form of "minuet", a 17th-century French dance.

Depiction in the series
Minuette is a recurring background character in the series. She first appears in Friendship is Magic, part 1 as one of the trio of ponies heading to Moondancer's get-together, appearing in front of Twilight Sparkle near the beginning of the episode. Despite the scene being situated in Canterlot, Minuette also appears all over Ponyville.

In the episode Winter Wrap Up, she is first seen as a member of the plant team, hornless. She later appears as part of the animal team with her horn included, and during the ice-carving scene she participates as a member of the weather team. In the moment that she is part of the plant team, she is touching heads with Berryshine while singing. In Secret of my Excess, she accidentally collides with Cherry Berry while running away from Spike.

In A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 and A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, she is one of Queen Chrysalis's first bridesmaids, along with Lyra Heartstrings and Twinkleshine. She has a speaking role in Part 1 and speaks in unison with the other two bridesmaids in Part 2.

Minuette appears in Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2 and Flight to the Finish.

Appearances
Times stated below are approximate and taken from videos available online.

Mobile game description
''Minuette has an hourglass for a cutie mark. She has a lot of hobbies and likes to sing.''

Merchandise
A glitter mystery pack toy with Minuette's likeness was released in May 2012. The toy uses the Twilight Sparkle mold but features Minuette's color scheme and cutie mark. Her name comes from the card that accompanies the toy. According to the European toy package, Minuette "is always on time". The U.S. mystery pack description reads, "MINUETTE is always on time with the help of some magic!" A non-glitter toy of Minuette was leaked in June 2012.

Minuette, along with a host of characters from the show, appears on the Comic Con 2011 promotional poster. She is right above Rainbow Dash, with a broad smile on her face.

Series 2 of Enterplay's trading cards includes a card featuring Minuette, with the description "Minuette is always on schedule thanks to her magic, and ponies say she's good enough to lord over time itself! Either way, her magic gives her plenty of spare time for her bright, shining smile to be seen all across Equestria. Her action packed life has included making friends in Canterlot and Ponyville, helping all three teams during Winter Wrap Up, and even serving as one of Princess Cadance's bridesmaids! This is one pony you can't just brush aside." Her card is the #39 of its series.

Quotes
"Me too!"

- A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1

"You're not going anywhere."

- In unison with Lyra Heartstrings and Twinkleshine, A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2

"I want it!"

- In unison with Lyra Heartstrings and Twinkleshine, A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2

"Sunset Shimmer! That vine you made was ''amazing!'"

- The Fall of Sunset Shimmer

"Her loss, I'm awesome."

- The Fall of Sunset Shimmer