Scootaloo

Scootaloo is a school-age Pegasus pony, and one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Her first major appearance is in Call of the Cutie. Like Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, her fellow Crusaders, Scootaloo does not have a cutie mark yet. She idolizes Rainbow Dash, another Pegasus pony.

Development
Scootaloo is based on the Generation 3 Earth pony of the same name but with the color scheme based on Sparkleworks, a Generation 3 Earth pony. Unlike her recent counterpart, she had a purple and pink mane and tail (occasionally ponytails in the Core 7 serials) and a butterfly cutie mark. Scootaloo is also the younger sister of Cheerilee in Generation 3. She was voiced by Tabitha St. Germain, who voices Rarity, Princess Luna, Granny Smith, and Derpy in Generation 4.

Reuse of model
In Adventures in Ponyville, the player's friend in Rainbow Dash's Cloud Bump looks a great deal like Scootaloo as a grown pony.

Skills
Scootaloo has yet to completely figure out flying, however, she uses her wings for propulsion on her scooter very skillfully. She performs various skating tricks in The Show Stoppers, such as jumping off a ramp over an awe-struck crowd, doing a 360 and a tailwhip, and passing her scooter underneath a branch while she jumps over the branch and back onto her scooter. In The Show Stoppers and The Cutie Mark Chronicles, she uses her wings to pull loaded wagons with little trouble. She appears to be a graceful dancer and a great scooter rider, and it is hinted dancing and scooter-riding, or rhythm and balance in general, may be her special talents. However, she has yet to realize this. Instead, she believes her strong point to be singing, preferring to sing a "wicked rock ballad" over doing choreography in The Show Stoppers.

History
Scootaloo makes her debut for a brief cameo in Friendship is Magic, part 1, huddled up with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle when Night Mare Moon makes her entrance at the Summer Sun Celebration. Also of note is that since the voice credits are fixed for every episode, she and Sweetie Belle were credited long before their first voiced appearances in Call of the Cutie.

Her first major appearance is in Call of the Cutie, where she stands up for the "blank flank" Apple Bloom along with Sweetie Belle at the cute-ceañera. The three become friends and form the Cutie Mark Crusaders, a club with the purpose of finding their hidden talents and earning their cutie marks. In The Show Stoppers, Scootaloo and her friends refurbish an old clubhouse given to them by Applejack to serve as their main hangout for their Crusader meetings. In their subsequent entry into the talent show at school in that same episode, Scootaloo displays her excellent dancing and scooter-riding skills, but instead opts to sing a rock song at the talent show. Their act was ultimately a mess, but won Scootaloo and her friends the award for best "comedy act." At the end of the episode, Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash wait for the Cutie Mark Crusaders backstage. While Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle are Applejack and Rarity's little sisters, respectively, Scootaloo is not related to Rainbow Dash, as confirmed by Lauren Faust. Rainbow Dash serves more as a pony for Scootaloo to look up to and idolize.

In Stare Master, Scootaloo and her group all stay at Fluttershy's home for a sleepover, hoping to find their special talents once again. They prove extremely hyperactive and after Fluttershy falls asleep after tucking them in, Scootaloo and her group ran into the Everfree Forest to retrieve one of Fluttershy's escaped chickens. During this, she had an argument with Apple Bloom over how to call a chicken, which soon turned into an argument over whether their special talent was arguing. The three of them ran into a fearsome cockatrice during their search and almost got turned to stone. Fluttershy saved them just in time and the three finally calmed down enough to obey Fluttershy.

There is a running gag throughout the series that the other members of the Cutie Mark Crusaders tend to tease Scootaloo by referring her name to a type of flightless bird: a chicken in Stare Master, and a dodo in The Return of Harmony Part 1.

In The Cutie Mark Chronicles, she and the girls try to find Rainbow Dash in hopes of learning how to get a cutie mark from her. They hear Applejack's and the others' stories along the way. While Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle listen intently, Scootaloo dismisses them because she wants to earn it the "cool way." She has somewhat of a tomboyish attitude and likes action. As shown in this episode, she doesn't care about finding out who she really is, and gets exasperated over "singing" and "sweet" stories. These acts show she hates the traditional "girly" attitude.

"Ewww, give me a break!"

- Scootaloo's reaction to the strong relationship of the main cast

Scootaloo joins the main ponies and her friends to watch the centennial meteor shower in Owl's Well That Ends Well. She is seen eagerly catering to Rainbow Dash's needs and when the latter shows admiration for Spike's work as Twilight's personal assistant, Scootaloo tries to impress her idol in the same fashion.

In The Mysterious Mare Do Well, she appears as the leader of the official Rainbow Dash Fan Club, sporting a rainbow-colored wig, and, along with Snips, attempts to find a fitting word to describe Rainbow Dash. Later in the episode, her attitude towards Dash changes, apparently trading her admiration for Dash to the Mare Do Well character.

In Secret of My Excess, Scootaloo, as well as the rest of the CMCs, is seen with the growing dragon Spike, as he tries to steal her scooter.

In Hearth's Warming Eve, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Apple Bloom are seen exiting the train in Canterlot. After that, she is seen with her tongue stuck on a large candy cane. Later on, she is seen at the play, and singing the The Heart Carol song.

In Family Appreciation Day, her and Sweetie Belle try to make Apple Bloom stop Granny Smith from coming to school.

In Hearts and Hooves Day, she helps out Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle as they try to make Cheerilee and Big Macintosh fall in love.

Quotes
"We were making a table?"

- Stare Master

"That's so funny I forgot to laugh."

- Stare Master

"These namby-pamby stories aren't getting us any closer to our cutie marks"

- The Cutie Mark Chronicles

"Eww."

- The Cutie Mark Chronicles

"Don't call me things I don't know the meaning of!"

- The Return of Harmony, part 1

"You're not getting my scooter!"

- Secret of My Excess

Appearances

 * See also character appearances.

During season 1, Scootaloo appears briefly in Friendship is Magic, part 1. After this, she appears prominently in Call of the Cutie, Stare Master, The Show Stoppers, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Owl's Well That Ends Well. In season 2, she appears in The Return of Harmony Part 1, Lesson Zero, Luna Eclipsed, The Cutie Pox, The Mysterious Mare Do Well, Secret of My Excess, Hearth's Warming Eve, Family Appreciation Day, and Hearts and Hooves Day.

In season 2, she also appears in the remastered opening.

Scootaloo sandwich
McDonald's of Germany held a contest in early 2012, titled "Mein Burger 2012", asking customers to create and name their own sandwich. One of the sandwiches that made the finals is called "Scootaloo", a chicken sandwich, named by its creator after the character from the series. The sandwich received significantly more votes than any other in the competition.

Gallery

 * Scootaloo image gallery