User:McClaw/Hayseed

A page dedicated to a recognizable background character who isn't quite ready for his own page yet.

Hayseed (to be the article title)

Hayseed (nicknamed "Gramps" by fans) is a background pony, designed by series art director Ridd Sorensen, that has appeared in several episodes and has one of the more distictive designs among the various characters.

He's usually seen holding a stalk of wheatgrass in his mouth. Originally, he was intended to carry a corncob pipe (with popcorn instead of smoke coming off the cob, leading to a gag of Spike eating the popcorn), but the pipe was nixed by Standards and Practices. His hat is a nod to Craig McCraken's "Wander over Yonder" sketchbook.

His first appearance was in the background, pulling a wagon filled with bales of hay during Boast Busters. In Feeling Pinkie Keen, his wagon splashed mud on Twilight Sparkle. He first spoke in The Best Night Ever, where he was found by Fluttershy working as a groundskeeper in the gated gardens of Canterlot.