| Smolder | |
|---|---|
 Smolder in School Daze - Part 1 | |
| Kind | Dragon |
| Sex | Female |
| Residence | School of Friendship, Ponyville (as of S8E2) Dragon Lands (formerly) |
| Occupation | Student at the School of Friendship |
| Other links | |
| More info | |
|---|---|
| Eyes | Moderate cyan |
| Spines | Moderate orchid |
| Scales | ¤ Brilliant gamboge with light gold underbelly, wing membrane, and ear fronds |
| Relatives | Garble (older brother) |
| Voice | Shannon Chan-Kent (English) Myy Lohi (Finnish, except S8E1-S8E2) Hanna Mönkäre (Finnish, S8E1-S8E2) Elisabeth Guinand (European French) Marie Hinze (German) Marta Kurzak (Polish) Olga Shorokhova (Russian) |
Smolder is a female dragon and one of the Young Six[1][2][3] who first appears in season eight of the show as a student at Twilight Sparkle's School of Friendship.
Development
Smolder has a similar color scheme to G3.5 Whimsey Weatherbe.
On March 25, 2018, Jim Miller was asked "What relations does Smolder have with Ember?" and answered "Just a member of the dragon community. No familial relationship."[4]
Depiction in the series
Season eight
Smolder forced by Ember to enroll at the School of Friendship.
When Smolder later cuts class with Gallus, Sandbar, Yona, Ocellus, and Silverstream, the six hang out together and end up becoming good friends. When they return to school for Friends and Family Day, they accidentally ruin the event and cause damage to the school. Chancellor Neighsay of the EEA perceives their fun and games as an attack orchestrated by non-pony creatures, and the offended tribe leaders pull their representative students out of school, including Smolder.
Smolder feeling more like herself at the school.
In Grannies Gone Wild, Smolder, Yona, and Sandbar reluctantly listen to Rainbow Dash gush about the Wild Blue Yonder rollercoaster in Las Pegasus. In Horse Play, she takes part in Twilight's play about Princess Celestia.
In Non-Compete Clause, Smolder and her fellow students are taken on a teamwork field trip by Applejack and Rainbow Dash. The teachers spend most of the trip arguing amongst themselves, confusing some of the students and annoying the others (such as Smolder). When this behavior leads to Applejack and Rainbow Dash becoming trapped over a ravine, Smolder and her friends work together to rescue them. After returning to the school, Smolder and the other students tell Twilight that Applejack and Rainbow Dash's arguing taught them how not to work together, believing it was all part of the field trip.
Smolder explains the dragon molt to Spike.
In Marks for Effort, Smolder appears in Applejack's class playing buckball with her fellow students and later leaving the school with her friends after a test.
In A Matter of Principals, Smolder and her classmates are shown various magical artifacts by Twilight, just before she is summoned by the Cutie Map. When Discord appoints a Dragon Sneeze tree as a substitute teacher, Smolder starts sneezing uncontrollably, spraying fire everywhere. She and her friends are later forced to run laps by Discord, who conjures up a bugbear to chase them. During the "spell-venger hunt", Smolder is paired up with Ocellus, and together they find one of the artefacts. However, both are then chased by a suit of armor that was animated by Discord. She and her friends are present when Starlight Glimmer apologizes to Discord for not including him, and offers him the job of "vice headmare".
Smolder not getting into the holiday spirit.
In Friendship University, when Smolder and her classmates hear about Flim and Flam's Friendship University, she points out that it is a university, not just a school. In The End in Friend, Smolder and her classmates observe Rainbow Dash and Rarity as part of Twilight's lesson on compromising in friendship. In A Rockhoof and a Hard Place, Smolder is among the students who attend Rockhoof's class and become interested in his stories. She later becomes upset when he disrupts a fire-breathing contest between her and Spike.
In What Lies Beneath, Smolder and her friends start to question whether friendship is in their nature due to comments made by Cozy Glow. They later discover a mysterious cavern beneath the school and encounter a manifestation of the Tree of Harmony. To test their friendship, each student is forced to confront their worst fears, with Smolder's being admitting that she likes cute things. She later helps Ocellus overcome her own fears, and the two reunite with the rest of their friends.
Smolder teaching Spike to fly like a dragon.
In the season eight finale School Raze, Smolder and her friends go on a field trip to Cloudsdale just before a crisis in Equestria causes magic to start disappearing. After Twilight and her friends leave for Tartarus to investigate, Smolder grows suspicious of Cozy Glow when she claims that Starlight (whom Twilight had made headmare in her absence) suddenly left, leaving Cozy in charge. She and her friends discover Chancellor Neighsay taking over the school, and Neighsay captures them under suspicion of stealing Equestria's magic themselves.
After Sandbar and the Cutie Mark Crusaders help them escape and reveal Cozy Glow's true sinister nature, they try to free a magically-trapped Starlight Glimmer, but Cozy catches them and convinces the students to turn on them. Smolder and the others get trapped with Starlight and are nearly sucked into another realm with all of Equestria's magic, but they are saved by the Tree of Harmony, and they succeed in foiling Cozy Glow's plans.
Best Gift Ever
In the holiday special My Little Pony Best Gift Ever, Smolder and the rest of the Young Six appear at the beginning boarding the Friendship Express.
Season nine
In Uprooted, Smolder and her friends are contacted by the Tree of Harmony in their dreams. When they return to the school, they learn from Twilight and Spike that the tree was destroyed by King Sombra. After getting permission from their kingdoms to return to Ponyville early, the Young Six each work on their own individual ways of honoring the tree's memory, with Smolder carving a memorial statue for it out of rock. In the end, they agree to form a clubhouse out of the tree's remains. The tree, responding to their friendship, grows anew, forming an even bigger house that grows through the ruins of the Castle of the Two Sisters. After being thanked by the spirit of the tree, Smolder and her friends are joined by Twilight and Spike in exploring the new structure.
Smolder makes a background appearance with Gallus and Silversteam in The Point of No Return.
In She's All Yak, Smolder nonchalantly invites Gallus to join her for the school's upcoming Amity Ball. During the event itself, she and her friends tease Sandbar over Yona going "full pony" to impress him, and show disdain over her new look. They also try to help Yona when she trips while dancing, accidentally wrecking the dance. She and the others later cheer when Sandbar and Yona win the "best pony pals" award, and join Yona in dancing the Yakyakistan Stomp.
In Sweet and Smoky, Smolder requests to take some time off school to visit her brother. Twilight grants her this, and she is joined by Spike and Fluttershy. Smolder believes Spike will get along with her brother quite well, saying they are both "sensitive". Her brother turns out to be Spike's old nemesis Garble, who picks on Spike whenever she isn't looking. Later, Smolder listens to Garble recite poetry, and Fluttershy finds them, leading to Smolder finding out what her brother's been doing, and she agrees with Fluttershy when she points out that Spike has the strength to be himself, unlike Garble. When Garble openly recites his poetry, making the other dragons laugh enough to heat up and hatch their eggs, Smolder commends him for also finding the strength to be himself.
Smolder briefly appears in Student Counsel as Starlight explains to her that she shouldn't breathe fire wherever she wants. She also appears during CMC Appreciation Day in The Last Crusade.
Other depictions
Friendship is Magic shorts
In Mystery Voice, Smolder is seen with her friends, attending Rarity's class on how to make traditional Hearth's Warming dolls. In Teacher of the Month, Smolder is seen with her friends in flashbacks showing how Fluttershy earned the eponymous award, and in the present, attending Applejack and Rainbow Dash's "student appreciation day" party. In Starlight the Hypnotist, Smolder appears eating at the school with Gallus and Twilight Sparkle. Smolder and Gallus both get their meals spilt on them when Twilght gets scared by a ladybug.
IDW comics
Smolder appears in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #71 celebrating Nightmare Night with her friends. In Issue #74, she appears with Gallus on page 1.
Storybooks
Smolder appears on the cover of the adaptation Meet the New Class.[5][6]
Commercials
Smolder appears in the promotional music video Saved by My Friends.
Software
Smolder is one of six playable characters in Budge Studios' mobile game Pocket Ponies.
My Little Pony (mobile game)
Smolder is a character in Gameloft's mobile game. She first appears in the Molt Down event, and also has a role in the School of Friendship event. Her in-game description states, "The School of Friendship's first dragon student, Smolder MAY have been ordered to attend by Ember--but a few friendships later, she feels right at home!"
Appearances
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Starting with The Maud Couple, Smolder also appears in the theme song.
Personality
In Uprooted, Smolder is shown to be skilled at sculpture, fashioning a memorial statue for the Tree of Harmony out of a large stone using nothing but her claws, feet, and fire breath.
Merchandise
Cutie Mark Crew toy.[7][specify]
Enterplay collectible card game Friends Forever[8] #2 U, #20 C, #59 R, and #72 U.[specify]
Smolder is featured on a magazine[specify] card.
Quotes
- "The dragons are better than this. Why am I here?"
- — School Daze - Part 1
- "Ugh. These ponies are the heroes of Equestria?"
- — School Daze - Part 1
- "No claws, no wings, no fire. What is it exactly you're proud of?"
- — To Yona, School Daze - Part 1
- "Maybe dragons and griffons are just too tough for friendship."
- — School Daze - Part 1
- "Yaks are actually good at jokes. How about that?"
- — School Daze - Part 1
- "That was pretty amazing. Even by dragon standards."
- — School Daze - Part 2
- "Yeah... This isn't awkward at all..."
- — Non-Compete Clause
- "I love my brother and all, but one whiff, and I was all "See ya!""
- — Molt Down
- "Dragons like hearing about weak, kind creatures getting defeated."
- — The Hearth's Warming Club
- "I like cute, silly stuff! But ever since school started, I've realized that sometimes I kinda don't mind cute stuff."
- — What Lies Beneath
- "Dragons are rude and rebellious, but they aren't lazy lumps who take advantage of their kids."
- — Father Knows Beast
- "I don't trust her. What's she up to behind those big eyes and bouncy curls?"
- — Referring to Cozy Glow, School Raze - Part 1
- "Garble saved our eggs because he was strong enough to be who he is, whether you liked it or not. I grew up thinking it was okay to make fun of differences. But my friends have taught me to celebrate them."
- — Sweet and Smoky
Gallery
See also
- Smolder, Culture Shock on the Collectible Card Game Wiki
- Smolder, Student of Friendship on the Collectible Card Game Wiki
- Gallus & Smolder, Hot Headed on the Collectible Card Game Wiki
- Smolder & Sandbar, Pillow Fight! on the Collectible Card Game Wiki
- Smolder on the My Little Pony Gameloft Wiki
- This article's speculation page.
References
- ↑ My Little Pony (mobile game)
- ↑ My Little Pony Game on Instagram: “New friends are on their way!😍 Which Young Six character is your favorite?🤩 Comment below! . . . . . . #MyLittlePonyGame #MLP #Mylittlepony…”. Instagram (2018-11-28). Retrieved on 2018 November 28.
- ↑ Uprooted summary "The Young Six respond to a magical summons"
- ↑ Jim Miller (2018-03-25). Big Jim on Twitter: "Just a member of the dragon community. No familial relationship.… ". Twitter. Retrieved on 2018 March 29.
- ↑ My Little Pony: Meet the New Class (Passport to Reading Level 1). Amazon.com. Amazon. Retrieved on 2018 April 14.
- ↑ My Little Pony: Meet the New Class (Passport to Reading Level 1). Amazon.com. Amazon. Retrieved on 2018 April 14.
- ↑ My Little Pony Toy Cutie Mark Crew Series 4 Surprise Pack: Snow Day Collectible 5-Pack with 2 Mystery Figures, Kids Ages 4 and Up. Amazon.com. Amazon (2019-01-16). Retrieved on 2019 January 17.
- ↑ GTS (2018-09-27). My Little Pony CCG: Friends Forever. Go GTS. GTS Distribution. Retrieved on 2018 November 1. “https://gogts.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/MLP_CCG_FriendsForever_mock.jpg”
