Big McIntosh

Big McIntosh is the eldest of the Apple Siblings and is Fluttershy's love interest and future husband as shown in the Cavern of Destiny.

## Appearance

He has red fur with orange mane and tail and has strong muscles and his Cutie Mark is a Green Apple.

## Personality

Big McIntosh has a rather calm and easy-going demeanor in contrast with that of his sister, Applejack.

He is a pony of few words and, like the rest of his family, he speaks with a Missouri Ozarks-like accent.

He tends to answer questions or reaffirm things with a taciturn "eeeyup" or "nnope".

He is hard to agitate, although he scolds the Cutie Mark Crusaders for publishing harmful gossip about Applejack and him in Ponyville Confidential, is quick to agree with Cheerilee's disciplining the scheming Crusaders in Hearts and Hooves Day, and becomes annoyed with Applejack's constant questions in Pinkie Apple Pie.

He has a practical sort of wisdom; for example, he advises Applejack against single-handedly harvesting all the apples in Applebuck Season.

Big Mac has a close bond with his sisters and cherishes his relationships with them.

In The Last Roundup, he tears up when he learns that Applejack has decided not to return to Ponyville.

In Brotherhooves Social, he goes to great lengths to win Apple Bloom a blue ribbon at the Sisterhooves Social, and it is stated that the two were considerably close when they were younger.

In the same episode, he is shown to harbor feelings of inferiority and neglect whenever Apple Bloom praises Applejack for her heroics, and becomes envious when Apple Bloom begins spending more time with her for this reason.

In Crusaders of the Lost Mark, he sheds tears of joy and pride after Apple Bloom earns her cutie mark.

He is humorously involved in the "want it, need it" spell fiasco in Lesson Zero, becoming infatuated with and refusing to relinquish Twilight's enchanted raggedy Smarty Pants doll.

Many other Ponyville citizens also fall prey to the spell and dog-pile Big Mac, but he throws them off in a cartoonish explosion.

Once the spell is lifted from the doll, he still runs off with it.

The episode Ponyville Confidential references his affection for the doll; one edition of the newspaper titled "Big McIntosh: What's he hiding?" features a photo of him playing with the doll by himself.

Though he typically speaks few words as mentioned above, Big Mac demonstrates an articulate vocabulary while in disguise in Brotherhooves Social, speaking far more eloquently than normal.

He is also portrayed as very talkative and snarky as a teenage colt in Where the Apple Lies, though not a very good listener.

By the end of the episode, he learns to "talk less and listen more", one of the qualities that makes Fluttershy love him.

## Skills & Abilities

Big McIntosh displays unusual physical strength in Hearts and Hooves Day when he drags two oxen and a cart of anvils and then a house, all without much signs of exertion, with the intent of seeing his magic-poison-induced sweetheart, Cheerilee.

His stamina is also pushed to its limit when he spends an entire hour running non-stop on a treadmill to power the Apple Family's cider press in The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000.

Big McIntosh apparently applebucks with only one hoof in Hearts and Hooves Day, however, he does not manage to remove every apple from the tree; whereas Applejack makes every apple fall off in a single, two-hooved buck.

## Family

* Pear Butter (Mother, Unknown)
* Bright Mac (Father, Unknown)
* Granny Smith (Grandmother)
* Grand Pear (Grandfather)
* Apple Bloom (Younger Sister)
* Applejack (Younger Sister)
* Fluttershy (Future Wife, shown in the Cavern of Destiny.)