Fancy Pants

Fancy Pants, or Fancypants, is a male unicorn of Canterlot high society who is introduced in the episode Sweet and Elite. Rarity describes him as the most important pony in Canterlot. His entourage frequently change their opinions to agree with his own.

Development and design
Fancy Pants has a similar body design to Shining Armor, Prince Blueblood, Blue Moon, "Chocolate Sun", "South Pole", and "Star Dream / Sky Dream", with a white coat, protruding chest, and an exceptionally large horn. Ironically, Fancy Pants doesn't wear any pants; his name comes from an informal term that means overly elaborate, swanky or pretentious. His voice actor, Trevor Devall, recalls being instructed to make Fancy Pants sound like John Cleese.

Season two
Fancy Pants first appears in Sweet and Elite when Rarity bumps into him and Fleur Dis Lee while walking through the streets of Canterlot. She instantly recognizes him as "the most important pony in Canterlot" and apologizes for running into him. He takes an interest in her when she mentions she is staying at Canterlot Castle by an invitation from Princess Celestia and invites her to his private box at the upcoming Wonderbolts Derby. He becomes more interested in Rarity after she correctly predicts the winner of the derby, and insists that she must be extremely important after she lies about knowing the trainer of the Wonderbolts, which she claims is Rainbow Dash.

He is featured in Rarity's song montage, as well as in many of the social events. He also appears in a flying yacht, wearing a captain's uniform.

Later on, Fancy Pants greets Rarity at a garden party next to the room where Twilight Sparkle's birthday party is taking place. Rarity's friends crash the event when Twilight "realizes" that Rarity wants to attend it, and subsequently offend many of the upper class ponies with their raucous partying. While Twilight is dancing to music, Fancy Pants stops her to ask about the dress she is wearing, which Rarity had made but never finished. Twilight announces that Rarity is the designer, and Fancy Pants is again impressed with her. He comments that "every mare in Canterlot will be wanting one," showing his influence when other ponies accordingly begin to say that they would like similar dresses.

He is seen with Rarity at the end of A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2.

Season three
Fancy Pants makes a cameo appearance in Too Many Pinkie Pies with two Pinkie Pie clones appearing out of his hat.

Season four
Fancy Pants makes a cameo appearance on a boat in Rarity Takes Manehattan during the song Generosity and later on at the fashion show. Both times, he is with Fleur Dis Lee. He is seen sitting between Fleur Dis Lee and Mayor Mare in the stadium of the Equestria Games in the episode of the same name.

Season five
Fancy Pants appears as a host representative of Canterlot for the Grand Equestria Pony Summit in the episode Princess Spike. He attempts to get special privileges for the event from Twilight Sparkle, but Spike—acting on Twilight's behalf—declines his request. When Spike's decisions cause a chain reaction of disasters around Canterlot, Fancy Pants leads a mob of ponies to confront Twilight over her apparent mistakes. After Spike claims responsibility for the mess and apologizes for his actions, Fancy Pants and the other delegates forgive him by helping him reassemble a gemstone statue representing each city from Equestria. He also makes a background appearance with Fleur Dis Lee in Amending Fences.

Fancy Pants appears in Ponyville during Crusaders of the Lost Mark, walking with Fleur Dis Lee while Spoiled Rich waves at them.

In The Mane Attraction, an orchestra conductor in silhouette bears a strong resemblance to Fancy Pants.

Other depictions
Fancy Pants appears in a Signature My Little Pony magazine issue 41 comic with a speaking role.

Fancy Pants appears in the European magazine comic Trixie N'abandonne Jamais! with a speaking role during the story about young Trixie.

IDW comics
Fancy Pants, usually with his coat colored light gray instead of white, appears throughout Micro-Series Issue #4, accompanying Praiser Pan, Rarity, Golden Gavel, Upper Crust, Fleur Dis Lee, and Sea Swirl to Princess Celestia's Extreme Art Contest. He appears as part of Praiser Pan's entourage again on page 14.

At the end of Friendship is Magic Issue #12, he appears in PTV.

He appears again in Micro-Series Issue #10 at a Canterlot tea party. He engages Princess Luna in a game of chess, using real ponies as the chess pieces.

On page 13 of Friends Forever Issue #1, Summer van der Hoof says that Fancy Pants "says black apple-root mushrooms are the rarest and most exclusive food there is!"

My Little Pony mobile game description
According to Rarity, Fancypants is THE most important pony in Canterlot, and he can often be found with a readily agreeable entourage.

Promotional material
Fancy Pants appears in one of the promotional computer wallpapers for the My Little Pony Royal Wedding, in the same shot that was used for the episode.

The Elements of Harmony guidebook
FANCYPANTS is a high-society Unicorn who is fascinated with lower-class ponies, who he treats as novelties, though he claims no ill will toward them.

Merchandise
Fancy Pants appears on the Season 2 poster.

Series 2 of Enterplay's trading cards includes a Fancy Pants card, #15.

Personality
Fancy Pants is typically cool and well-composed. When Rarity meets him by accidentally slamming into him, he plays off the encounter with a joke. His interest is piqued by her association with Princess Celestia and good taste. At the Wonderbolts Derby, he is impressed with Rarity's charm, skill, and connections when she correctly predicts the winner and claims to personally know the Wonderbolts' trainer, declaring her his new favorite party guest.

Fancy Pants also expresses an interest in Rarity's simple, half-finished, but well-executed dress that Twilight wears to the Canterlot Garden Party, even before learning that Rarity made it. In addition, he finds the rest of Rarity's friends to be "charmingly rustic," even though Jet Set and Upper Crust initially dismiss them.

In Princess Spike, he displays a pride in Canterlot and magnanimity when his request for special privileges during the Grand Equestria Pony Summit is refused. When it appears that Twilight made a series of terrible summit decisions, Fancy Pants becomes angry out of a desire to maintain Canterlot's reputation.

In the Enterplay collectible card game's expansion set The Crystal Games, cards #63 C and #ƒ26 of Fancy Pants mention that he is "a kind, caring friend who helps to encourage ponies to be the best they can be."

In the magazine comic Trixie N'abandonne Jamais!, during the story of how Trixie got her cutie mark, Fancy Pants ridicules filly Trixie.

Quotes
"You are obviously somepony worth bumping into."

- Sweet and Elite

"Three cheers for Rarity, my new favorite party guest!"

- Sweet and Elite

"I say, what is that scent you're wearing? It smells like.... Is that cake frosting?"

- Sweet and Elite

"In a moment, my dear. This lovely filly from Ponyville was just about to tell me who made her charming dress."

- Sweet and Elite

"I, for one, find them charmingly rustic."

- Sweet and Elite

"And I think the dress you made for your friend is lovely. Mmhm, I dare say every mare in Canterlot will be wanting one."

- Sweet and Elite

"Well, as host city, the Canterlot delegation feels it's only right that we should get passes to every meeting and party, yes?"

- Princess Spike

"Quite. Just like how all our cities make up the beautiful land of Equestria!"

- Princess Spike


 * Princess Luna: My rook at A1 takes your knight at A6! A foolish move to leave it so open, nicely coiffed citizen!
 * Fancy Pants: Ah! But now my rook may take yours, Princess! A8 to A6!

"Wonderful to see you Twilight Sparkle! And you Spook."

- Signature My Little Pony magazine issue 41 comic

"Vous croyez avoir été bonne? Quel amateurisme, quelle petite joueuse!"

- Trixie N'abandonne Jamais! page 6

"C'est une scène pour les artistes!"

- Trixie N'abandonne Jamais! page 6