Twilight Sparkle (Equestria Girls)

Twilight Sparkle's human counterpart, also known as Sci-Twi, is one of the seven titular main protagonists of the franchise.
She was a student of Crystal Prep Academy, until she was transferred to Canterlot High School. She is also the second-in-command of the titular team, the Rainbooms' lead vocalist, Spike's owner and best friend, Sunset Shimmer and Pinkie Pie's best friend, and Timber Spruce's girlfriend. 
Like her pony counterpart, she is voiced by (who also voices Melody in , Timmy Turner and Poof in the franchise, Dil Pickles in the franchise, Unikitty in the , and Angel in the franchise), and her singing voice was provided by (who also voices Sunset Shimmer in the same franchise).
==Personality==
Like her pony counterpart, human Twilight is shy, well-spoken and highly intelligent. She holds a great interest in knowledge and science, being able to assemble intricate scientific devices and solve complex mathematical equations, and her intellect rivals that of Sunset Shimmer. Unlike pony Twilight, however, human Twilight is socially similar to how she appears in the first episode. She is a bit of a wallflower, acting very awkward and timid around others, especially the standoffish students of Crystal Prep.
Despite her problems in socializing, Twilight is eager to connect with people on a personal level, demonstrated in her interactions with Fluttershy, when the two share their love for their pets, Applejack, whom she hugged for helping her in the Tri Event Relay, and Pinkie Pie, at the Crystal Prep welcoming party. Twilight is shown increasingly distressed by the apparent harm caused by her magic-sensing and storage device to the point where Sunset's eventual accusations leave her distraught.
Twilight lacks self-confidence when under extreme external (especially social) pressures. During the archery competition in the Tri-Event Relay in the Friendship Games, she is so affected by performance anxiety and Sour Sweet's anger at her poor aim that she begins to cry and her legs threaten to collapse under her.
When transformed into Midnight Sparkle, Twilight becomes selfish and malicious, consumed with desire to learn everything about magic even at the cost of her entire world. However, when Spike calls out to her, sad to see what she had become, her love for him briefly brings back her sanity. When brought back to normal, she retains her normal personality and regrets what she did, but feels better when Sunset reassures that she'll be forgiven.
In Legend of Everfree, Twilight is depicted as more self-assured than in Friendship Games, interacting with friends and classmates more openly after transferring schools. However, she is still somewhat socially awkward, and she exhibits an intense fear of her Midnight Sparkle alter ego. Her fears do not seem to be completely unfounded, as Midnight Sparkle does appear to attempt to control her when she attempts to embrace her magic.
==Physical Appearance==
Human Twilight's design differs slightly from her pony counterpart in that she has thick black glasses, her hair is tied up into a bun, and the pink highlight in her hair is wider than the pink highlight in pony Twilight's mane. From Legend of Everfree onward, her hair is now in a ponytail, and she wears a purple necklace with a neon purple geode pendant and her pony counterpart's cutie mark around her neck.
From Dance Magic to the EG Summertime Shorts, she previously wore a blue blouse with short sleeves, a dark pink vest with a matching bow tie, a purple belt with a white buckle, a purple skirt with slightly lighter purple stars, her pony counterpart's cutie mark and a lighter purple frill at the hem, sky-blue knee-high socks, and purple Mary Jane shoes with a belt and a decorative badge.
In Equestria Girls: Better Together, she currently wears a sky-blue polo shirt with purple stripes, a white collar, a pink bow, a purple pocket skirt with her pony counterpart's cutie mark, white sparkles, short sky-blue socks, and indigo leather heeled shoes with pink laces.
In Legend of Everfree, she wears a sky-blue short-sleeved summer camp polo-shirt with dark blue trim on the sleeves and a collar, purple shorts with white stars, a slightly light purple belt with her pony counterpart's cutie mark for a belt buckle and gold studs, white knee-high socks with bright pink stripes, and warm purple high-top sneakers with french rose, six pointed star on the sides near the heel.
In Summertime Shorts and Forgotten Friendship when swimming, she wears a one-piece swimsuit with a magenta star on the center, with the top being sky blue striped like her shirt, the bottom being indigo with six magenta dots, and magenta sandals.
In Spring Breakdown, she wears a medium navy-blue short-sleeved midi dress with a magenta bold vertical stripe down the middle and star patterned design printed on the sleeves and on the skirt, a pink belt sash, and purple rain closed-toe, gladiator sandals with bright blue muffin-thick bottom and chunky heels.
In Sunset's Backstage Pass, she wears…
In Holidays Unwrapped, she wears…
When in her Crystal Guardian formation, she has light-blue crystalline wings, her hair is held back by a band, shaped from pink wire and wears three-layer dress with magenta/white edging down the front, glittery blue/green over glittery blue over blue-violet; dark blue tights; lighter blue wrist guards and boots, both set with her trademark pink six-pointed star. Her glasses have been replaced by a transparent, pale violet eye shield similar to a pair of safety glasses, and her hands are covered by long violet gloves that run under the wrist guards.
When in her Friendship Power formation, she has a light blue regalia with pink stars, and wears a sky-blue tank shirt with matching brims and the same cutie mark on the chest, a pink belt with translucent blue frills, a purple skirt, dark pink wrist guards with pink stripes and a white star on them, magenta leggings, and darker blue high-heeled knee-high boots with gray-blue stars.
In her form of Midnight Sparkle…
Her sleepwear is a sky-blue short-sleeved shirt with white spots and matching cuffs on the sleeves and collar with purple buttons, and indigo lounge pants with a white lace on the top, a purple waistband and cuffs on the bottom pant legs and colorful six-pointed stars on it. Unlike her friends, who wear slippers, she goes barefoot.
==Description in Films and Specials==
===Equestria Girls===
Twilight is first mentioned by Pinkie Pie, when she brings up the notion of pony Twilight having a "twin sister who lives in the city and having a dog just like Spike".
===Equestria Girls 2: Rainbow Rocks===
Twilight Sparkle appears after the ending credits, piecing together some strange events that occurred at Canterlot High School. She talks to her dog Spike.
===Equestria Girls 3: Friendship Games===
Twilight's human counterpart is revealed to be attending Crystal Prep Academy and is a member of the Wondercolts' rival team, the Shadowbolts. This version of Twilight is portrayed as being rather awkward and curious and treated as an outcast by many of her classmates.
Throughout the film, Twilight attempts to track and measure strange energy readings at Canterlot High, recording all of her findings on a tack board in a secret room at Crystal Prep. She gathers this research in hopes of being accepted into an independent study program, and she only competes with the Shadowbolts to conduct further observations on the weird energy.
Twilight carries a pendant-shaped device intended to detect the strange readings. However, it also drains magic away, causing each of Sunset's friends to lose their ability to pony up. In addition, it causes dimensional rifts to appear throughout the Games. When Principal Cinch discovers this, she pressures Twilight to release the magic from her device to win the Games. Once she does, the magic engulfs her, and she transforms into a monstrous creature obsessed with magic. After her transformation, Twilight uses her powers to open additional rifts to Equestria. Using Twilight's device, Sunset channels the released magic to transform herself. Following an explosive battle, Sunset offers Twilight her hand in friendship, and Twilight accepts. Twilight apologizes for all the trouble she caused, and Sunset and her friends forgive her.
Later, Twilight decides to forego her independent study application and transfer to Canterlot High to learn about the magic of friendship. At the end, Princess Twilight Sparkle from Equestria appears out of the portal, stunned to see her human friends joined by a girl who looks like her. Human Twilight only nervously waves "hello" to her pony counterpart while it makes that the second strangest.
===Equestria Girls 4: Legend of Everfree===
thumb|Twilight Sparkle gains the ability of telekinesis.
Suffering from anxieties and recurring nightmares, Twilight fears her evil Midnight Sparkle alter ego will one day return and take over her body, her friends serve as steady moral support.
In Legend of Everfree, Twilight goes with her Canterlot High friends to Camp Everfree, where she is paired up with Sunset Shimmer in the Sapphire Tent and develops a crush on camp co-director Timber Spruce. While at the camp, Twilight's magic undergoes a transformation, and develops the ability to levitate and telekinetically move objects.
Throughout the film, Twilight struggles to confront the dark magic inside her, and she believes she is responsible for several magic disturbances around camp. However, these are later revealed to be Timber's older sister Gloriosa Daisy's doing. With the help of her friends, Twilight overcomes her fears and proves to be the key in defeating Gloriosa. She also helps organize the fundraiser to save Camp Everfree from closing and becomes considerably close to Timber Spruce, accepting a date from him in the end.
===Rollercoaster of Friendship===
Twilight and her friends go to the Equestria Land theme park, where Rarity gets a job as the fashion designer for Vignette Valencia's grand opening light parade, and her and her friends' band are booked as the parade's headlining act. While exploring the park, Twilight and Sunset play the Flim Flam Brothers' rigged ring toss game overconfidently trying to win, to no avail. As with most of her other friends, Twilight gets transported into an empty white room at the park by Vignette's enchanted smartphone, but Applejack and Rarity help them escape. Twilight and her friends eventually defeat Vignette by destroying her phone, and they take their place as the parade's headliner.
===Spring Breakdown===
Twilight organizes a cruise trip for herself and her friends to celebrate spring break, but the trip is soured by Rainbow Dash's obsession with fighting Equestrian magic. When Twilight, Sunset, and Rainbow discover a second portal to Equestria on an island in the middle of the ocean, she goes through, transforms into a glasses-wearing unicorn, and meets her Equestrian princess counterpart again. The three borrow the Staff of Sacanas from the princess and use it to dispel a magical thunderstorm born from the Storm King's magic. Twilight finally accepts her and her friends' new roles as superheroes, and they use their powers to save the ship's passengers when it starts to sink.
== Trivia ==
* Unlike her pony counterpart, she wears glasses and is not the leader.
* When Sci-Twi ponies up, she has alicorn wings just like her pony counterpart, but when visiting Equestria in Spring Breakdown, Sci-Twi's a unicorn and has no wings.
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