Pinkie Pie

Pinkie Pie, full name Pinkamena Diane Pie, is an earth pony from Ponyville and one of the main characters of the series. She is often seen hanging out at Sugarcube Corner, whether assisting Mr. and Mrs. Cake at work, or holding parties for various ponies. She writes and performs many songs, and has a toothless baby alligator pet named Gummy. She represents the element of laughter.

Development
Pinkie Pie is based on the G3 pony of the same name. The G3 pony's coat is pink, with her mane and tail a lighter shade, and her cutie mark is three balloons with curved strings. The current Pinkie Pie's cutie mark matches that of a pegasus pony from G1, Surprise. Lauren Faust had published concept art of Surprise which bears a strong resemblance to Pinkie Pie, only with a white and yellow color scheme and pegasus wings. Pinkie Pie ultimately remained grounded and her wings were given to Fluttershy.

Personality
Pinkie Pie is an outgoing, energetic pony who loves sweets and often speaks and acts in non sequiturs. She has a fondness of parties and a tendency to throw them on a whim. Pinkie Pie plays many instruments and frequently breaks out into song. She also tends to skip rather than walk like most earth ponies. For these reasons, she is seen by the citizens of Ponyville as very eccentric and is often not taken seriously even by her closest friends, who call her out on her (seemingly) illogical behavior in Swarm of the Century, among other instances.

Pinkie teaches the other ponies to laugh at their fears in Friendship is Magic, part 2 through an impromptu musical number, and helps Twilight accept things even if she doesn't understand them in Feeling Pinkie Keen. She plays a series of pranks on the residents of Ponyville with Rainbow Dash in Griffon the Brush Off, claiming "[she] loves to have fun".

Pinkie shows her insecure and somewhat deranged side in Party of One. After her friends give her flimsy excuses for missing Gummy's "after-birthday" party, she breaks into a fit of paranoia that ends with her abandoning her friends for inanimate objects, pretending they are real, and even having an argument with them, complete with weird spasms. When she finds out her friends did not abandon her, she promptly returns to her usual cheerful self.

Pinkie Pie's personality is magically altered by Discord in The Return of Harmony, part 1. Pinkie finds herself in a balloon garden filled with laughing balloons. At first, Pinkie enjoys it, calling it "the greatest balloon garden [she's] ever seen". However, one of the balloons latches on to her leg and lands her in a mud puddle, and the atmosphere changes into a menacing one. A bunch of other balloons surround her and laugh, and afterwards Discord appears and tells her that her friends are laughing at her. The balloons, formerly sporting benign, smiley faces, distort themselves into the familiar faces of the main cast, even developing their voices and colors, and close in on Pinkie Pie, still laughing. Pinkie's eyes swirl in a "hypnosis" effect and her coat and mane become much grayer. She becomes moody and grumpy, and gets angered when anypony laughs or shows signs of pleasure, suspecting it's at her expense. Near the end of the next episode, Twilight restores her previous color and demeanor through a "memory spell". Afterwards, she is seen being carried away in a wheelbarrow, giggling and remarking "I turned grey! Can you believe it?"

Hasbro.com Description
''To say that Pinkie Pie marches to the beat of her own drum is certainly an understatement! Giggly, playful and brimming over with energy, it's not unusual to find this pink pony prancing and skipping joyfully through the streets looking for fun, doing cartwheels, singing a song in a silly voice and making up her own ridiculous lyrics. By far the silliest pony around, nothing makes her happier than evoking a giggle and a smile from her friends. She is the freest of free spirits, always acting on her whims, following her heart, talking your ear off and getting a laugh or two along the way. ''

Hubworld description
''Pinkie Pie is a free spirit who prances to the beat of her own drum. Actually, she prances to the sound of her own singing. She's playful and full of energy. She can talk till the ponies come home. She loves to invent silly songs, giggle, skip, and make her friends laugh.''

Teacher for a Day description
''Pinkie Pie keeps her pony friends laughing and smiling all day. She believes everyday is worth celebrating and loves to throw parties with her pony friends.''

''The only thing Pinkie Pie loves as much as her friends and parties are SWEETS! She loves to visit the Sugarcube Sweet Shop.''

''She is always positive and helps the ponies see the bright side. You can count on Pinkie Pie for Lots and Lots of fun!''

Skills
Pinkie Pie is first introduced as a talented party-thrower with a tendency to burst into song. She runs off to plan a party for Twilight Sparkle immediately after seeing her for the first time, and throws many more parties throughout the series. Her first party was thrown for her family, which is how she got her cutie mark according to her own telling in The Cutie Mark Chronicles. She frequently sings songs of her own writing, but the other ponies' reactions are not always favorable. They react skeptically when she begins singing for the first time in the show, and her audience reacts very negatively in Over a Barrel.

Pinkie Pie has a strange ability to predict the future through various twitches and involuntary motions made by her body, which is shown in Feeling Pinkie Keen. The ability, known as her "Pinkie Pie sense" by her friends in Ponyville, goes largely unquestioned by Pinkie Pie, which annoys the more scientific Twilight Sparkle to no end, making her literally burst into flames with anger. Twilight Sparkle unsuccessfully attempts to explain this ability. The other ponies in Ponyville pay particularly close attention to Pinkie Pie's twitches, especially to what each twitch means; anything her Pinkie Pie sense reacts to could just as easily involve them.

Pinkie Pie works at Sugarcube Corner, a confectionery in Ponyville, which explains her massive appetite for cakes and sweets. She assists Mr. and Mrs. Cake in preparing various baked goods. Her talents in cooking are questionable, as she has been shown creating highly unappetizing batches of cupcakes and muffins, though both were the fault of her temporary assistants: Apple Bloom--who has no experience with baking--and Applejack--who, while an excellent baker, at the time was half deaf from kicking trees, half insane from sleep deprivation, and generally out of her senses. When working on her own in Green Isn't Your Color, Pinkie Pie decorates cupcakes that appear perfectly fine. At Twilight Sparkle's welcoming party she enjoys cupcakes with hot sauce, though the spiciness of the rainbow in Sonic Rainboom overwhelms her.

Pinkie Pie is also an exceptional ice skater, saying that she's been skating since she was "an itty-bitty liddle-widdle twinkie-Pinkie". She shows off to Twilight with spins, jumps, and skating in a variety of poses during Winter Wrap Up, where her skill earns her the task of scoring the ice on frozen lakes to make it easier for the rest of the weather team to break said ice; though coordinating the other ice skaters seems to be difficult for her, as shown later in the episode where the ice chunks have been scored too large.

In Party of One, Pinkie Pie is can evenly match Rainbow Dash's flying speed in her pursuit of the her to Sweet Apple Acres, comically appearing next to her, sometimes being present in her destination even before she reaches it.

History
Pinkie Pie tells the Cutie Mark Crusaders in The Cutie Mark Chronicles that she was raised on a rock farm with her two sisters and her parents. Her family's coats and manes are earth-colored, muted browns and grays. When Rainbow Dash's sonic rainboom clears the clouds and paints a rainbow across the sky, the shock wave frizzles Pinkie Pie's hair, giving it its distinctive curl. Subsequently, Pinkie Pie experiences magnificent joy, and smiles. She then decides to dedicate her life to making people happy and throwing parties. When she invites her family to their first party ever, her mother reveals her full name, Pinkamena Diane Pie. The Cutie Mark Crusaders end up unsure whether Pinkie Pie's story is true or not, especially since she concluded by stating, "...and that's how Equestria was made, maybe someday I'll tell you how I got my cutie mark."

Relationships
Twilight Sparkle – Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle have a mutual friendship. Pinkie Pie was the first pony Twilight Sparkle met in Ponyville, and was thus the first to show interest in becoming Twilight Sparkle's friend. Twilight Sparkle can get exasperated or even frustrated by Pinkie Pie's randomness, but Pinkie Pie takes her occasional outbursts in stride and doesn't get offended.

Rainbow Dash – Both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie are very lively and energetic ponies, as well as being pranksters. Pinkie Pie is really impressed by Rainbow Dash's flying skills, especially after performing the Sonic Rainboom, which inspired her to spend more time with Rainbow Dash and become closer friends, overcoming Rainbow Dash's reluctance to hang out with the energetic pony and forming a deeper bond. Rainbow Dash sometimes gets uncomfortable with Pinkie Pie's enthusiastic persistence, but is also steadfastly loyal and willing to put up with Pinkie Pie even when it looks like Pinkie Pie was trying to replace her with a sack of flour.

Fluttershy – Pinkie views Fluttershy as a sensitive and kind pony, which is why Pinkie puts her off-limits for pranks, though Pinkie treating her as younger (despite Fluttershy being older) can occasionally annoy Fluttershy. Pinkie will not tolerate anyone harassing Fluttershy.

Rarity – Pinkie Pie and Rarity have a friendly and encouraging relationship. They play 35 consecutive games of tic-tac-toe in Dragonshy, all of which Pinkie Pie wins, and trade various quips and compliments throughout the episode.

Mr. and Mrs. Cake – Pinkie Pie's superiors at Sugarcube Corner where she works. She lives in the apartment over their shop. They "love her as a daughter", according to the show's creator.

Grandmother – The only mention of her grandmother was sung about in Friendship is Magic, part 2, when she states that her "Granny Pie" gave her advice on how to deal with scary things in her life.

Reflexivity and "cartooniness"
There are several instances when Pinkie Pie shows awareness to the cinematic and cartoon elements of the show, so-called "breaking the fourth wall" between the stage and the audience. She reacts to fade-outs and iris-wipes, and often looks directly "at the audience". Many scenes in the series are set to directly face the audience, among them the Winter Wrap Up song where most background ponies look at the viewers, and Hush Now Lullaby where Sweetie Belle actually stretches her neck to the screen, but Pinkie Pie seems to perform these actions with more frequency.

She is highly "cartoony", frequently performing cartoon-staple feats such as eye-bulging, wild takes, and unusually angled cuts into the frame. Her merry skips are a lot like Pepé Le Pew's, particularly in Griffon the Brush Off where she pursues Rainbow Dash and comically appears right next to her wherever she goes. Her costume and waddle in Dragonshy are reminiscent of Daffy Duck's four-legged body in Duck Amuck, and the many contraptions she uses to reach Rainbow Dash and Gilda in Griffon The Brush Off are similar to Wile E Coyote's ACME devices that he employs in order to catch the Road Runner.


 * Gallery of Pinkie Pie being cartoony

Songs

 * See also all songs in the series

Songs by Pinkie Pie:
 * Laughter Song (Giggle at the Ghostly / Face Your Fears)
 * Pinkie's Gala Fantasy Song
 * The Ticket Song
 * Hop Skip and Jump song
 * Evil Enchantress song
 * Cupcake Song
 * You Got to Share, You Got to Care
 * Pinkie Pie's Singing Telegram
 * I'm at the Grand Galloping Gala
 * Pony Pokey

Appearances

 * See also character appearances

Pinkie Pie appears in all episodes with exception of episodes eight, seventeen, and eighteen.

Merchandise

 * See also toys, merchandise

Pinkie Pie's likeness is used for several toys and appears on several T-shirts.

Gallery



 * Pinkie Pie image gallery

Trivia

 * Fluttershy says Pinkie Pie is a year younger than her in the episode Griffon the Brush Off. In Party of One, Pinkie Pie's birthday is a day after Gummy's.
 * Pinkie Pie says "Silly" twelve times in episodes 1-19.
 * An animator on the show, John Irving L. Prudenciano, revealed that Pinkie Pie's full name is Pinkamena Diane Pie a few months prior to the airing of The Cutie Mark Chronicles.