Cranky Doodle Donkey

Cranky Doodle Donkey is a character who first appeared in the episode A Friend in Deed.

Depiction in the series
Cranky Doodle Donkey shows up in the episode A Friend in Deed right after the Smile, Smile, Smile song by Pinkie Pie. A stark contrast to the rest of the happy, singing crowd, Cranky Doodle Donkey only manages to maintain a frown.

Cranky is initially easily angered and upset, and maintains this frown even after Pinkie Pie tries to cheer him up, and tries to become his friend, through various methods such as a party cart and greeting song, and obtaining a new wig for him.

It is revealed, in the time that Pinkie Pie spends trying to cheer him up, that he has arrived in Ponyville to settle down and live in. Once he and Pinkie Pie arrive at his new, secluded residence, he reveals that he has travelled far and wide across Equestria, to places such as Fillydelphia and Manehattan, to search for a special friend of his.

Cranky shows his anger when he becomes very mad at Pinkie Pie once she accidentally destroys a photo album endeared to him, containing the only memories of his special friend. He does his best to keep Pinkie Pie at bay, going as far as to chain and board up his door.

Once Pinkie Pie shows up at his door with Cranky's special friend, who turns out to be Matilda from earlier on in the episode, whom Cranky immediately notices the voice of, he becomes extremely joyful and shows genuine thanks to Pinkie Pie and offers her his friendship. Once he gets a kiss from Matilda, he finally feels it in him to smile, revealing his friendly inside character.

Gallery

 * Cranky Doodle Donkey image gallery

Trivia

 * Cranky bears many resemblances to Eeyore from Disney's Winnie the Pooh, from their melancholic and despondent demeanor to mannerisms to their ways of speaking.