Chancellor Neighsay

Chancellor Neighsay is a supporting character in .
He is a male unicorn pony who is the head of Equestria Education Association (also known as EEA), a board of scholars who oversee all schools in Equestria. However, he came at odds with Twilight, who wished to teach friendship to the other races, who he believed would use it against Equestria. Later on, during the magic shortage crisis, he attempted to take control of Twilight's School of Friendship, only to be quickly usurped by the evil filly, Cozy Glow and then saved the Young Six, making him understand the true nature of friendship.
He is voiced by , who also voices The Brain in and voiced Dr. Nitrus Brio in .
==Biography==
Chancellor Neighsay first appears when Twilight Sparkle and Spike meet with him and his association in order to get the School of Friendship approved. The chancellor approves the school with the conditions that they strictly follow the EEA's guidelines and not leave the school unattended to go off on their friendship adventures. In addition, he approves it under the assumption that it will be a school for ponies only, and will teach its students how to protect themselves from other creatures. 
Neighsay later pays a visit to the school to check on Twilight's progress, just as the new students decide to cut class for the afternoon. Twilight, Starlight Glimmer, and Rainbow Dash distract him by giving him a tour of the school and summarizing the main points of its curriculum. The students return in time for Friends and Family Day, but changeling student Ocellus appears in the form of a giant insect-like creature, causing chaos at the event. Upon seeing that non-ponies are enrolled at the school, Neighsay reveals his prejudice toward other creatures and insinuates that they would use the school's lessons against Equestria. Neighsay's sentiments are such an insult to Prince Rutherford, Ember, Thorax, Grampa Gruff, and Seaspray that they pull their students out of the school. Determining that Twilight failed to uphold the guidelines and standards of the EEA, Chancellor Neighsay closes the School of Friendship and locks its doors with a magical seal.
In School Daze - Part 2, Neighsay returns when Twilight breaks his magic seal in an attempt to reopen the school without the EEA's influence. Twilight stands up to Neighsay, telling him classes will begin, not as an EEA school, as a friendship school. He declares that the school's non-pony element would be dangerous and unpredictable, but his views are opposed not only by Twilight but also Princess Celestia, who also points out that Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns didn’t live in the same place either once.. The chancellor eventually relents and leaves, foolishly proclaiming that Twilight's school could potentially destroy Equestria. 
Chancellor Neighsay appears again in Friendship University, where he approves of and accredits Flim and Flam's Friendship University, favoring it over Twilight's school due to its pony-only environment. However, he made a mistake in trusting the Flim and Flam, as the two are exposed as con artists taking advantage of the students to get money out of them, causing their school to be closed down.
In School Raze - Part 1, Neighsay appears at the School of Friendship again. Fed up with Twilight constantly leaving the school insufficiently attended, especially during the crisis of magic disappearing across Equestria, he assumes control of the school and declares it to be for ponies only, now that Twilight isn’t around to stop him. He also ties up the Young Six for suspicion of being the ones responsible for the disappearing magic, intending to summon their guardians to take most of them home. But Sandbar fools Neighsay into pretending that he hates his non-pony classmates, so Neighsay can untie him and get help from the Cutie Mark Crusaders, when eventually find out Cozy is the real mastermind behind the magic disappearing and had Starlight Glimmer trapped so she can’t tell anyone after she found out.
In School Raze - Part 2, Neighsay's new position as the school's headstallion is usurped when Cozy Glow orchestrates a school uprising, reminding the students how much of a jerk he was to Twilight, making Neighsay nervous and she and the students tie him up in chains. After the Young Six help him escape, he uses his EEA medallion to travel to Canterlot and warn the princesses about Cozy's plans. In the end, the magic is restored and they all surround Cozy, defeat her and finally arrest her. Neighsay realized he was wrong about having prejudices against non-pony creatures and apologises to everyone for being so foolish and how friendship will take a long time to learn and welcomes Twilight back as headmare even when he had no power to remove her from her position in the first place.
In The Ending of the End - Part 2, Chancellor Neighsay takes shelter with other unicorns inside the School for Gifted Unicorns as Canterlot closes itself off from the other pony races. Later, he rallies the unicorns in the final battle against Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, and Cozy Glow.
==Personality==
Initially, Chancellor Neighsay was portrayed as very strict and conservative, insistent that all schools under the EEA's authority follow its guidelines to the letter. His delusional tendencies and stubbornness causes himself to abuse his power from time to time. 
His most defining trait, however, was his extreme prejudice toward non-pony creatures, openly describing them as dangerous and foolishly feared that they are going to destroy Equestria, and even going as far as to disrespect them even while in their presence, which they are offended. Whenever he did something hurtful to them, he even never showed no remorse over his actions as well as never apologized to those whom he hurts, refusing to acknowledge how his actions affected them. 
He also showed great disdain towards Twilight and her institutions for allowing all non-pony creatures to enroll at the School of Friendship and ignoring the EEA rules. He never took failure seriously as he despises it when others stand up to him, demonstrating a slightly tyrannical point of view and a huge disrespect towards others, even the royalty ones.
Despite his rough personality, however, he does appear to care for the quality of education and the safety of pony students, hypocritically justifying his actions and beliefs as being for the greater good of Equestria. However, his prejudice actions led himself being betrayed by Cozy Glow by having pony students turned back on him, causing him to become remorseful over his actions. 
After the Young Six save him and stop Cozy Glow from draining the magic from all of Equestria, Chancellor realizes how wrong he was about non-pony creatures incapable of learning the magic of friendship and cause use it as a weapon against ponies, even accepting Twilight's institution and apologizing to the Young Six for his foolish actions against them.
==Skills and Abilities==
As the head of the Equestria Education Association and supreme authority on all school-related matters within the EEA's jurisdiction, Chancellor Neighsay demonstrates impressive power and abilities throughout his debut in School Daze - Part 1 and Part 2. He can open and sustain magic portals through space, create chains and seals that presumably only a unicorn on Twilight's level can break, and generate small earthquakes with his hooves (though it appears his medallion provides a boost to his magic so he can accomplish these deeds - most notably, the seal around the School of Friendship).
==Quotes==
==Appearances==
===My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic===
====Season 8====
*School Daze
*Friendship University
*School Raze
====Season 9====
*The Ending of the End (non-speaking role)
==Trivia==
*He is inspired by Doctor Strange (who was voiced by Maurice LaMarche in The Incredible Hulk: The Animated Series) and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
*It is unknown why he hated the non-pony creatures in the first place, but it is likely that he was simply raised to do so by his parents. However, he had at least legitimate reasons to mistrust Changelings, Dragons, Griffons and Yaks, given these four species' hostile behaviors in previous episodes, especially by the Changelings.
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