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[[File:Earth banner S2E11.png|thumb|The Earth pony tribe banner, from [[Hearth's Warming Eve]].]] The Earth ponies' connection to the land and animals manifests in various ways. Chiefly, it's expressed in [[Hearth's Warming Eve]] where it's stated in the titular holiday's pageant that food can only be grown by the Earth ponies. This suggests that the race possesses a passive, botanically focused magic unique to them. The pageant describes the Earth pony tribe's role in the founding of [[Equestria]].
 
[[File:Earth banner S2E11.png|thumb|The Earth pony tribe banner, from [[Hearth's Warming Eve]].]] The Earth ponies' connection to the land and animals manifests in various ways. Chiefly, it's expressed in [[Hearth's Warming Eve]] where it's stated in the titular holiday's pageant that food can only be grown by the Earth ponies. This suggests that the race possesses a passive, botanically focused magic unique to them. The pageant describes the Earth pony tribe's role in the founding of [[Equestria]].
   
Both Earth ponies from the [[Characters|main cast]] are connected to farming: [[Pinkie Pie|Pinkie]] tells the [[Cutie Mark Crusaders]] she used to be a rock farmer along with the rest of her immediate [[Pie family|family]] in [[The Cutie Mark Chronicles]], and [[Applejack]] lives and works on [[Sweet Apple Acres|a farm]]. The [[Apple family]] maintains apple orchards in [[Ponyville]] and [[locations#Appleloosa|Appleloosa]], and many Earth ponies work to plow and sow the fields in [[Winter Wrap Up]]. Earth ponies also do most of the manual labor, such as scoring ice and clearing snow. In other episodes, Earth ponies are shown pulling [[List of transportation forms#Drawn|rickshaws, carriages, and even trains]], suggesting natural physical ability. In more extreme cases, Earth pony characters are shown accomplishing remarkable physical feats such as pulling entire houses across the landscape or easily breaking through barricades, both of which are shown in [[Hearts and Hooves Day]]. Their talent for animal care is less prominently featured, though Applejack drives [[Animals#Cattle|cattle]] in [[Applebuck Season]], and keeps [[Animals#Pig|pigs]] in her barn. [[Fluttershy]], a [[Pegasi|Pegasus]] pony, is a notable exception, as she has her own special bond to the Earth, and she spends most of her time taking care of animals. Fluttershy was originally conceived by Lauren Faust as an Earth pony, which could explain this exception.
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Both Earth ponies from the [[Characters|main cast]] are connected to farming: [[Pinkie Pie|Pinkie]] tells the [[Cutie Mark Crusaders]] she used to be a rock farmer along with the rest of her immediate [[Pie family|family]] in [[The Cutie Mark Chronicles]], and [[Applejack]] lives and works on [[Sweet Apple Acres|a farm]]. The [[Apple family]] maintains apple orchards in [[Ponyville]] and [[locations#Appleloosa|Appleloosa]], and many Earth ponies work to plow and sow the fields in [[Winter Wrap Up]]. Earth ponies also do most of the manual labor, such as scoring ice and clearing snow. In other episodes, Earth ponies are shown pulling [[List of transportation forms#Drawn|rickshaws, carriages, and even trains]], suggesting natural physical ability. In more extreme cases, Earth pony characters are shown accomplishing remarkable physical feats such as pulling entire houses across the landscape or easily breaking through barricades, both of which are shown in [[Hearts and Hooves Day]]. Their talent for animal care is less prominently featured, though Applejack drives [[Animals#Cattle|cattle]] in [[Applebuck Season]], and keeps [[Animals#Pig|pigs]] in her barn. [[Fluttershy]], a [[Pegasi|Pegasus]] pony, is a notable exception, as she has her own special bond to the Earth, and she spends most of her time taking care of animals. Fluttershy was originally conceived by Lauren Faust as an Earth pony, which could explain this exception.
   
 
[[File:Smart Cookie and Chancellor Puddinghead S02E11.png|thumb|left|[[Applejack]] and [[Pinkie Pie|Pinkie]], representing the Earth ponies during the reenactment of Hearth's Warming Eve.]] However, not all Earth ponies are farmers. Earth ponies work in a variety of professions, including many prestigious or influential ones: Pinkie and the [[Mr. and Mrs. Cake|Cakes]] are pastry chefs, [[Hoity Toity]] is a fashion mogul, [[Photo Finish]] is a celebrity and photographer, [[Sapphire Shores]] is a pop singer, [[Filthy Rich]] is a successful businessman, [[Octavia Melody]] is a cellist who has played for at least two formal parties, [[Cheerilee]] is a school teacher, [[Nurse Redheart]] is a nurse, and the [[spa ponies]] work at a classy spa.{{clr}}
 
[[File:Smart Cookie and Chancellor Puddinghead S02E11.png|thumb|left|[[Applejack]] and [[Pinkie Pie|Pinkie]], representing the Earth ponies during the reenactment of Hearth's Warming Eve.]] However, not all Earth ponies are farmers. Earth ponies work in a variety of professions, including many prestigious or influential ones: Pinkie and the [[Mr. and Mrs. Cake|Cakes]] are pastry chefs, [[Hoity Toity]] is a fashion mogul, [[Photo Finish]] is a celebrity and photographer, [[Sapphire Shores]] is a pop singer, [[Filthy Rich]] is a successful businessman, [[Octavia Melody]] is a cellist who has played for at least two formal parties, [[Cheerilee]] is a school teacher, [[Nurse Redheart]] is a nurse, and the [[spa ponies]] work at a classy spa.{{clr}}
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In addition, several Earth ponies have been seen displaying an excellent sense of balance, stacking and coordinating several objects on top of one another without difficulty.
 
In addition, several Earth ponies have been seen displaying an excellent sense of balance, stacking and coordinating several objects on top of one another without difficulty.
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===Plant creation===
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Near the end of the [[My Little Pony: Make Your Mark (special)|''My Little Pony: Make Your Mark'']] special, the Earth ponies gain the magical ability to create and grow plants by placing their hooves on the ground. Their hooves glow a bright green when they invoke this magic.
   
 
===Crystal Ponies===
 
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===Residence===
 
===Residence===
 
Earth ponies are seen all over Equestria. According to Twilight Sparkle in [[Winter Wrap Up]], they are the founders of Ponyville. This is reaffirmed in [[Family Appreciation Day]], when [[Granny Smith]] shares the story with [[Apple Bloom]]'s class of how she and her family established the first agricultural settlement on land that what would ultimately become Ponyville. Earth ponies make up a majority of the residents of Ponyville, along with [[Appleloosa]], where settler Earth ponies live, and in [[Manehattan]], where high society Earth ponies, such as Applejack's [[Aunt and Uncle Orange]], reside. However, because of Earth ponies' as well as unicorns' lack of the ability to fly or walk on clouds, [[Cloudsdale]] does not regularly host them on most occasions besides one exception in [[Sonic Rainboom]] when Twilight employs a spell to grant them with such abilities.
 
Earth ponies are seen all over Equestria. According to Twilight Sparkle in [[Winter Wrap Up]], they are the founders of Ponyville. This is reaffirmed in [[Family Appreciation Day]], when [[Granny Smith]] shares the story with [[Apple Bloom]]'s class of how she and her family established the first agricultural settlement on land that what would ultimately become Ponyville. Earth ponies make up a majority of the residents of Ponyville, along with [[Appleloosa]], where settler Earth ponies live, and in [[Manehattan]], where high society Earth ponies, such as Applejack's [[Aunt and Uncle Orange]], reside. However, because of Earth ponies' as well as unicorns' lack of the ability to fly or walk on clouds, [[Cloudsdale]] does not regularly host them on most occasions besides one exception in [[Sonic Rainboom]] when Twilight employs a spell to grant them with such abilities.
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By the time of ''[[My Little Pony: A New Generation]]'', the Earth ponies all reside in a seaside town known as [[Locations#Maretime Bay|Maretime Bay]].
   
 
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Apple Cobbler ID S1E22

Apple Cobbler, an Earth pony.

Earth ponies are one of several kinds of ponies in the series, along with unicorns and Pegasi.

Development

Earth ponies were the original ponies to be featured in the My Little Pony toy line. According to Lauren Faust, Earth ponies have a special connection to nature, animals, and plants. Though they lack the ability to consciously cast spells like unicorns or to fly and walk on clouds like Pegasi, their connection to nature makes them "just as necessary" as and "perhaps more important" than the other ponies.[1]

In the chapter book Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell, it is written that Twilight Sparkle, from the moment she becomes an Alicorn in the episode Magical Mystery Cure, "was now able to harness the magical powers of the Unicorns, the flight abilities of the Pegasi, and the strength of a good, true heart of an Earth Pony."

Depiction in the series

Earth banner S2E11

The Earth pony tribe banner, from Hearth's Warming Eve.

The Earth ponies' connection to the land and animals manifests in various ways. Chiefly, it's expressed in Hearth's Warming Eve where it's stated in the titular holiday's pageant that food can only be grown by the Earth ponies. This suggests that the race possesses a passive, botanically focused magic unique to them. The pageant describes the Earth pony tribe's role in the founding of Equestria.

Both Earth ponies from the main cast are connected to farming: Pinkie tells the Cutie Mark Crusaders she used to be a rock farmer along with the rest of her immediate family in The Cutie Mark Chronicles, and Applejack lives and works on a farm. The Apple family maintains apple orchards in Ponyville and Appleloosa, and many Earth ponies work to plow and sow the fields in Winter Wrap Up. Earth ponies also do most of the manual labor, such as scoring ice and clearing snow. In other episodes, Earth ponies are shown pulling rickshaws, carriages, and even trains, suggesting natural physical ability. In more extreme cases, Earth pony characters are shown accomplishing remarkable physical feats such as pulling entire houses across the landscape or easily breaking through barricades, both of which are shown in Hearts and Hooves Day. Their talent for animal care is less prominently featured, though Applejack drives cattle in Applebuck Season, and keeps pigs in her barn. Fluttershy, a Pegasus pony, is a notable exception, as she has her own special bond to the Earth, and she spends most of her time taking care of animals. Fluttershy was originally conceived by Lauren Faust as an Earth pony, which could explain this exception.

Smart Cookie and Chancellor Puddinghead S02E11

Applejack and Pinkie, representing the Earth ponies during the reenactment of Hearth's Warming Eve.

However, not all Earth ponies are farmers. Earth ponies work in a variety of professions, including many prestigious or influential ones: Pinkie and the Cakes are pastry chefs, Hoity Toity is a fashion mogul, Photo Finish is a celebrity and photographer, Sapphire Shores is a pop singer, Filthy Rich is a successful businessman, Octavia Melody is a cellist who has played for at least two formal parties, Cheerilee is a school teacher, Nurse Redheart is a nurse, and the spa ponies work at a classy spa.

Physical capabilities

Earth ponies posses a diverse range of talents and capabilities, as previously mentioned. One recurring trait, however, is their physical prowess. Physically very powerful, some Earth ponies are capable of performing incredible feats of strength with little or no visible strain and enjoying long-lasting stamina as well. Rainbow Dash, a noted Pegasus athlete, has been shown to be able to keep up with Applejack when racing on the ground but incapable of overtaking Ms. Peachbottom at all even when flying at low altitude. Other notable examples of Earth pony strength include:

Applejack and Pinkie Pie have both been seen using their tails as if they were prehensile fifth limbs. This ability, also demonstrated by Fluttershy, allows them to engage in fine manipulation such as controlling a lasso or operating a camera. Pinkie has demonstrated other tail-based special abilities, but these appear to be unique to her alone.

In addition, several Earth ponies have been seen displaying an excellent sense of balance, stacking and coordinating several objects on top of one another without difficulty.

Plant creation

Near the end of the My Little Pony: Make Your Mark special, the Earth ponies gain the magical ability to create and grow plants by placing their hooves on the ground. Their hooves glow a bright green when they invoke this magic.

Crystal Ponies

Main article: Crystal Ponies

The two-part season three premiere introduces Crystal Ponies, who live in the Crystal Empire. Many of them resemble Earth ponies but have gradient manes and tails; at the end of the premiere, they become slightly translucent.

Residence

Earth ponies are seen all over Equestria. According to Twilight Sparkle in Winter Wrap Up, they are the founders of Ponyville. This is reaffirmed in Family Appreciation Day, when Granny Smith shares the story with Apple Bloom's class of how she and her family established the first agricultural settlement on land that what would ultimately become Ponyville. Earth ponies make up a majority of the residents of Ponyville, along with Appleloosa, where settler Earth ponies live, and in Manehattan, where high society Earth ponies, such as Applejack's Aunt and Uncle Orange, reside. However, because of Earth ponies' as well as unicorns' lack of the ability to fly or walk on clouds, Cloudsdale does not regularly host them on most occasions besides one exception in Sonic Rainboom when Twilight employs a spell to grant them with such abilities.

By the time of My Little Pony: A New Generation, the Earth ponies all reside in a seaside town known as Maretime Bay.

See also

References

  1. Lauren Faust discussing Earth ponies. DeviantArt (2011-03-03). Retrieved on 2011 September 1.