Power Ponies (characters)

The Power Ponies are a team of comic book superheroes who defend the fictional city of Maretropolis. They are mentioned in the season four episodes Power Ponies and Trade Ya!, and they physically appear in IDW Publishing's My Little Pony Annual 2014. Their archenemy is the Mane-iac.

Depiction in the series
The Power Ponies' comic serves as the focus of the episode of the same name. Spike is fascinated by the team's fictional adventures and exploits, staying up late to read the comic. While reading the comic in the Castle of the Two Sisters, Spike reads a footnote on the inner back cover of the comic, causing a magic spell to suck him and the Mane Six inside its pages. The seven of them are transported to Maretropolis, the comic's main setting, and they assume the roles of the comic's titular heroes.

In the episode Trade Ya!, Spike goes with his friends to the Rainbow Falls Traders Exchange to trade a mint condition Power Ponies comic book for another mint condition comic.

Depiction in the comics
On page 4, Spike mentions his and his friends' journey into a comic book.

In My Little Pony Annual 2014, the original Power Ponies protect Maretropolis from evil and super-villainy. Though they appear as a united team in public, they are shown to dislike one another and frequently argue in private. As a result, when the Mane-iac forms an alliance with other Maretropolis super-villains, their teamwork allows them to defeat the Power Ponies easily and strip them of their superpowers. It is only through Hum Drum's guidance on the teachings of friendship (which he learned from a television show) that the Power Ponies are able to become friends and a more cohesive unit. By working together, they outsmart and defeat the Mane-iac's league of evil and regain their superpowers.

Other depictions
Hub Network's online game Power Ponies Go features the Mane Six and Spike as the Power Ponies and playable characters. The player controls Twilight Sparkle/Masked Matterhorn in level 1, Rainbow Dash/Zapp in level 2, Rarity/Radiance in level 3, Applejack/Mistress Mare-velous in level 4, and Spike/Hum Drum (with Pinkie Pie/Fili-Second and Fluttershy/Saddle Rager as assist powers) in level 5.

Merchandise
The Mane Six as the Power Ponies are featured on the WeLoveFine T-shirt "Power Ponies", and Fluttershy as Saddle Rager is featured on the formerly available T-shirt "Fluttershy Smash!"

Members
Each member of the Power Ponies, with the exception of Hum Drum, has a superpower or supernatural ability.

Masked Matter-Horn
The Masked Matter-Horn is the leader of the Power Ponies. She can generate a variety of energy beams from her horn, such as energy blasts and freeze rays. Twilight Sparkle assumes her role in the comic book.

Fili-Second
Fili-Second is, according to Spike, the fastest pony in all of Maretropolis and can run a distance of miles in mere seconds. Pinkie Pie assumes her role in the comic book.

Zapp
Zapp can control the forces of nature, such as thunderstorms and tornadoes, through her lightning bolt necklace. Rainbow Dash assumes her role in the comic book.

Radiance
Radiance can create energy constructs, from tea sets to an umbrella to ice skates to virtually anything else, with her jewelry. Rarity assumes her role in the comic book.

Mistress Mare-velous
Mistress Mare-velous has a lasso that she can psychically control. She also makes use of restraining horseshoes called "hoofarangs". Applejack assumes her role in the comic book.

Saddle Rager
Saddle Rager can turn into a hulking monster with tremendous strength when she loses her temper. Fluttershy assumes her role in the comic book.

Hum Drum
Hum Drum is the Power Ponies' "bumbling sidekick"; he is the only member of the team who has no superpowers and is "just there for comic relief". Spike assumes his role in the comic book.

In My Little Pony Annual 2014, Hum Drum is a pony and not a dragon.

Quotes
"Okay, Power Ponies—let's go!"

- Masked Matter-Horn, My Little Pony Annual 2014

"Your mummies are old hat, Pharaoh! We've got them all wrapped up!"

- Mistress Mare-velous, My Little Pony Annual 2014

"Um... You minions better s-stay back! I-I might get angry!"

- Saddle Rager, My Little Pony Annual 2014

"Taste the fury of the storm, thou desiccated deviants!"

- Zapp, My Little Pony Annual 2014

"You want some'a this, ya mooks?"

- Fili-Second, My Little Pony Annual 2014

"Uh... Did I screw up again?"

- Hum Drum, My Little Pony Annual 2014