Royal Ribbon

Royal Ribbon is a female unicorn pony who commonly appears among high society ponies in Canterlot and Manehattan. She has a hot pink coat, blue mane, light purple eyes, and a cutie mark of a scroll. She is unnamed in the show, but she is named in merchandise and other media. She has speaking roles in Green Isn't Your Color and Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1.__TOC__
==Development and design==
Royal Ribbon shares her design with S02E26 Unnamed Unicorn Mare #10, S02E26 Unnamed Unicorn Mare #11, "Strawberry Lime", "Sweet Dreams", shares her mane style with S04E22 Unnamed Earth Mare #16, shares her tail style with Amethyst Star, Lyra Heartstrings, Rose, Diamond Mint, Lemony Gem, and Silverspeed, and bears a resemblance to Starbeam Twinkle and Ribbon Wishes.
Royal Ribbon has the same name as a G3 Earth pony mare with a similar color scheme.
==Depiction in the series==
Royal Ribbon appears primarily as a background pony in the show, with three speaking lines.
===Season one===
 Royal Ribbon first appears in The Ticket Master during Rarity's fantasy of marrying Prince Blueblood. She later appears in Green Isn't Your Color, watching Photo Finish's fashion shows. Along with the other ponies, she is at first annoyed when Fluttershy 'ruins' a show, but eventually laughs, and delivers her second line. She also appears in Applejack's flashback in The Cutie Mark Chronicles, walking along a street in Manehattan and later attending the Oranges' dinner.
In The Best Night Ever, Royal Ribbon appears numerous times in and around the castle. During At the Gala, she is part of Rarity's, Rainbow Dash's, and Pinkie Pie's choirs. She is forced into a hug by Pinkie at the end of I'm at the Grand Galloping Gala. Her cutie mark is partly visible as she walks past Applejack's booth. She is present when Pinkie gets the ensemble to play the Pony Pokey. A pony with the same design, but different colored mane, also appears in the episode.
===Season two===
In Sweet and Elite, Royal Ribbon appears at the beginning of the episode and drinks from a teacup she levitates, makes various appearances during Becoming Popular (The Pony Everypony Should Know) such as in a crowd of ponies trying to buy a vase, and attends the garden party at the episode's end. She appears at the beginning of Hearth's Warming Eve. She appears in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, when she attends the wedding, then the resulting party, and is seen dancing.
===Season three===
In season three, Royal Ribbon only makes one appearance, being in Magical Mystery Cure.
===Season four===
 Royal Ribbon appears with another speaking role in Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1. She also appears in Power Ponies, Rarity Takes Manehattan, Simple Ways, and Equestria Games.
===Season five===
In Make New Friends but Keep Discord, Royal Ribbon appears at the Grand Galloping Gala. In Princess Spike, she briefly appears at a Canterlot cafe. In Amending Fences, she briefly appears outside the Canterlot library. In Canterlot Boutique, she appears during Rules of Rarity in a Princess Dress.
===Season six===
In The Cart Before the Ponies, Royal Ribbon appears shopping at Carousel Boutique.
===Appearances===
Times are approximate.
Season one	Season one
1 	None
2 	None
3 	07:28 - watching Rarity; 07:41 ~ 08:29 - at Rarity's fantasy wedding
4 	None
5 	None
6 	None
7 	None
8 	None
9 	None
10 	None
11 	None
12 	None
13 	None
14 	None
15 	None
16 	None
17 	None
18 	None
19 	None
20 	09:46 ~ 10:12 - at Fluttershy's fashion shoot, gleefully comments on it. 17:02 ~ 18:40 - at Fluttershy's second shoot, complains after it's 'ruined', and then points out Rarity, and laughs along with the other ponies. 2 speaking lines.
21 	None
22 	None
23 	03:13 ~ 03:16 - walking through Manehattan. 03:51 ~ 04:20 - at the Orange's dinner party.
24 	None
25 	None
26 	05:09 ~ 05:13 - watching Rarity, in her fantasy. 06:00 ~ 06:25 - singing, in Pinkie Pie's choir. 07:47 ~ 08:12 -at the gala, with a large number of duplicates. 08:53 - near Applejack's stall. 09:19 - sitting with a Wonderbolt. 10:13 ~ 10:47 - in the music hall, hugged by Pinkie, one duplicate. 12:09 ~ 12:30 - duplicates entering the gala. 12:38 - passes AJ's stall. 12:47 - in the music hall. 18:11 ~ 18:19 - in the music hall, hugged by Pinkie again. 18:29 ~ 19:42 - watching as the gala is ruined, in a group of ponies almost crushed by a statue.
Season two	Season two
1 	None
2 	None
3 	None
4 	None
5 	None
6 	None
7 	None
8 	None
9 	1:42 - walking through Canterlot; 1:44 - sipping tea at a cafe table; 1:51 - walking through Canterlot; 2:42 - sitting at a café table; 9:31, 9:37 - at an auction during Becoming Popular (The Pony Everypony Should Know); 10:01 - at an opera during Becoming Popular; 10:06 - in a checkboard shot of ponies; 10:09 - in a crowd shot; 14:44 ~ 20:09 - at the Canterlot Garden Party
10 	None
11 	0:42, 1:08 - walking through Canterlot
12 	None
13 	None
14 	None
15 	None
16 	None
17 	None
18 	None
19 	None
20 	None
21 	None
22 	None
23 	None
24 	None
25 	None
26 	5:54, 5:58 - at the wedding during This Day Aria, Part 1 (with several duplicates); 6:17 ~ 9:27 - at the first wedding ceremony; 18:28 - at the second wedding; 18:59 - in the large crowd; 19:44 ~ 20:21 - at the wedding reception; 20:41 - watching Princess Cadance and Shining Armor leave
Season three	Season three
1 	None
2 	None
3 	None
4 	None
5 	None
6 	None
7 	None
8 	None
9 	None
10 	None
11 	None
12 	None
13 	0:32, 0:35 - at a café table with Count Caesar; 20:01 - at Twilight Sparkle's princess coronation
Season four	Season four
1 	8:02 - pointing toward Twilight Sparkle (speaking role)
2 	None
3 	None
4 	None
5 	None
6 	5:23 - appearing in Maretropolis
7 	None
8 	14:28 ~ 15:15 - in the Fashion Week crowd
9 	None
10 	None
11 	None
12 	None
13 	21:24 - watching the Ponyville Days fashion show
14 	None
15 	None
16 	None
17 	None
18 	None
19 	None
20 	None
21 	None
22 	None
23 	None
24 	4:40, 6:49 - in the Equestria Games crowd
25 	None
26 	None
Season five	Season five
1 	None
2 	None
3 	None
4 	None
5 	None
6 	None
7 	8:29 - at the Grand Galloping Gala; 17:01 - in the Smooze-filled ballroom
8 	None
9 	None
10 	11:45 - at a cafe in Canterlot
11 	None
12 	8:46 - walking past the Canterlot library; 14:28 - walking through Canterlot
13 	None
14 	13:01 - on a Canterlot balcony wearing the Princess Dress
15 	0:01 - standing in front of a building nearby Canterlot Carousel
16 	None
17 	None
18 	None
19 	None
20 	None
21 	None
22 	None
23 	None
24 	None
25 	3:01 - attending Twilight's lecture
26 	None
Season six	Season six
1 	None
2 	None
3 	None
4 	None
5 	None
6 	None
7 	None
8 	None
9 	None
10 	None
11 	None
12 	None
13 	None
14 	6:20 - shopping at Carousel Boutique
15 	None
16 	None
17 	None
18 	None
19 	None
20 	None
21 	None
22 	None
23 	None
24 	None
25 	None
26 	None
Season eight	Season eight
1 	None
2 	None
3 	None
4 	16:19 - in the audience for the fashion show (shot reused from Green Isn't Your Color)
5 	None
6 	None
7 	None
8 	None
9 	None
10 	None
11 	None
12 	None
13 	None
14 	None
15 	None
16 	None
17 	None
18 	None
19 	None
20 	None
21 	None
22 	None
23 	None
24 	None
25 	None
26 	None
==Other depictions==
===IDW comics===
Royal Ribbon appears in Pinkie Pie's nightmare on page 8 and in Ponyville for Songbird Serenade's concert on page 15.
===Software===
Royal Ribbon is a playable character in Gameloft's mobile game. Her in-game description states, "As a self-professed stylist, Royal Ribbon likes to think of herself as a fashion connoisseur! When it comes to trends, she lives by her motto: 'If it ain't got a ribbon, you sure won't be winnin'!'"
Two simultaneous instances of Royal Ribbon appear in the footer background of a former Hub web page on Promotions.com for Castle Creator.
==Merchandise==
 A Fashion Style doll of Royal Ribbon is included in the second wave of the Explore Equestria line of toys. A mini-figure toy of Royal Ribbon has been leaked.
Royal Ribbon is included in Enterplay trading card puzzle B, appearing on the backs of the foil cards Royal Wedding Applejack and Royal Wedding Twilight Sparkle in parts of a shot from A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2.
==Quotes==
==Gallery==
==See also==
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*Ponies with a similar name: Royal Pin, Royal Riff, Ribbon Wishes, Blue Ribbon, and Ribbonheart
*List of ponies
==References==
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