Discord

### Occupation

Vice headmare of the School of Friendship (briefly)Ruler of Equestria (formerly)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

John de Lancie (Friendship is Magic)Peter New (Pony Life)

### Appears in

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (TV Series)

### Debut

The Return of Harmony Part 1 (MLP)

**Discord** is a male draconequus and former antagonist introduced in the season two premiere. Princess Celestia explains that Discord is the spirit of chaos and disharmony who once ruled over Equestria in a state of unrest and unhappiness, until she and Princess Luna used the Elements of Harmony to imprison him in stone. However, after the sisters lost their connection to the Elements, the spell was broken and Discord broke free. Later in the series, Princess Celestia decides that Discord should be reformed so his magic can be used for good.

## Appearance

Discord is a draconequus. He has the head of a pony and a body of many other things. The word "draconequus" is composed of the Latin "draco" or Greek "drakon", meaning "dragon", and the Latin "equus", meaning "horse". His head is horse-like, much different from other ponies' head styles, though Cheerilee describes it as a "head of a pony". He has a deer antler on the right, a blue goat horn on the left, one long fang, yellow eyes, red different-sized pupils, a snake tongue, a goat beard, and white bushy eyebrows. He has the right arm of a lion, the left claw of an eagle, the right leg of a lizard, and the left leg of a goat. In addition, he has a bat's right wing, a Pegasus' left wing, a horse's mane, and a dragon-like snake's tail with a white tail tuft. The shape of his body resembles that of a snake. Discord bears a resemblance to a Chinese dragon, a creature often depicted with a serpentine body, facial hair, feline claws, and antlers.

## Personality

Discord has the traits of a typical on-and-off hero.

As the incarnation of chaos and disharmony, Discord professes great inclination to these two subjects. Every movement he performs is related someway with this. He possesses an outrageous sense of humor, often grazing the madness, which is strengthened by his powers of reality-bending.

He is a mischievous, sneaky, wacky trickster who effortlessly pulls pranks on his targets through the use of his powerful magic, illusions, and hypnotism; however, he has learned to consider his victims' feelings more.

He has a huge sense of showmanship and drama, preferring to be playful towards his victims before getting down to business. He specifically enjoys dressing up with different outfits from time to time. Discord has a fondness of making idioms and expressions literal, such as "my ears were burning" or "when pigs fly." He amuses himself with his magical mischief, hardly at the cost of others. Fortunately, after having had his fun, he will switch it back to normal. He will also gladly spread fun chaos to anypony he can to create happiness and cheer in Ponyville.

As an omnipotent entity, Discord considers himself above all of the rest, diminish magnitude to every setback presented before him, including those which suppose a threat to him. It could be said that Discord suffers from a superiority complex, something that has to lead him to find himself trapped in a rocky prison twice. However, after every defeat, he learned from his mistakes. After his first escape, he did exaggerate the Elements' power and tried to get rid of them. However, his overconfidence implied his failure once more when after corrupting the Mane Six, he thought they were not a menace anymore.

He has absolutely no sense of vengeance as he had no desire to seek revenge on Princess Celestia for imprisoning him. After the Mane Six petrify and later revive him from his stone form, he had no interest in taking revenge on them for beating him once again. In "Keep Calm and Flutter On," upon Celestia's request, Discord was released from his stone form by the Mane Six to give him a chance to behave himself. He has begun to mellow out after meeting Fluttershy and admitting he has never had a real friend before, preferring to remain best friends with the ponies instead of thriving in total mischief and will aid them from time to time.

However, despite this, come "Make New Friends but Keep Discord," Discord still apparently struggles with understanding the concept of friendship and still shows his mischievous, problematic, and self-centered traits, feeling he was replaced by Fluttershy's new friend Tree Hugger and that Fluttershy no longer cared for him just because she had chosen to bring Tree Hugger over him. As well, he brings the Smooze as his friend to the Gala, knowing about the Smooze's benevolent, but rather obstreperous, troublesome, disruptive, and dangerous nature, intentionally trying to cause mischief just to make his point to Fluttershy.

He is known to be more "playful", intent on playing and tricking his victims rather than destroying them as was seen in "The Cutie Re-Mark," Celestia and Luna are at his mercy, being forced to act in a mock circus and he does not seem to have any intent on destroying them.

After being betrayed and depowered by the Legion of Doom in "The Ending of the End," Discord was forced to warn the Mane Six and the Royal Sisters of the incoming threat and admit he brought them back for his plan to help boost Twilight's confidence. Though they are all immensely disappointed with his poor planning and putting every pony in Equestria in mortal peril, he constantly tries to justify his actions through his good intentions. It was not until he was imprisoned with the heroes that he fully realized his mistake and vowed to make up for it, which he ultimately did by risking his life to trick Tirek into releasing the prisoners and staying behind to keep the legion occupied while the Mane 5 and Spike escape. Even after getting his powers back, he showed a new sense of humility as he bowed before Twilight for proving her worth as the new ruler of Equestria. However, he was vengeful towards the Legion for betraying him, as he was the one who suggested that turning them all into stone would be the ultimate punishment for them since it meant spending all of eternity together, and helped Celestia and Luna in doing so.

While ultimately a thoughtful, goodhearted friend, he can sometimes be a braggart, selfish, stubborn, and a bit of a liar. Despite enjoying chaos and mischief, he can become easily annoyed if things do not go his way.

Discord naturally and instinctively causes mischief, so he thrives on the unexpected and unpredictable; he finds order to be boring and turgid and is horrified of the idea of something being "tidy and mundane, living life as expected" and does not like clichés. Therefore, Discord has made it his personal goal to cause as much chaos, mischief, and unpredictable madness as possible; he does it all for fun, with a slapstick sense of humor. Being a symbol of chaos, he dislikes order, cleanliness, and predictability. However, he has taken orders before, as well as cleaning up (i.e. taking a shower) and has been somewhat predictable at times. In "Discordant Harmony," Fluttershy states she is pretty sure Discord hates gravity; however, this is inaccurate as he is aware of the necessity of gravity and likes it (as long as he can cause mischief). Overall, he will indulge in these things, despite his chaotic persona. Discord is above Good and Evil, which he finds equally boring, though he does seem to lean towards good as he intends no malice in his tricks, only to make them exciting and unpredictable. He wanders from place to place (even moving through dimensions) to "make things more lively" (i.e. wreaking chaos) wherever he deems the situation to be boring. He dislikes routines (especially repeated), clichéd situations, and everything boring, but acts out of a love for pranks rather than actual malice. As a trickster, Discord is very mischievous, cunning, and deceptively intelligent.

Ironically, he has a habit of telling bad or unfunny jokes, often in stand-up comedy. This is demonstrated in his comedy act in "Make New Friends but Keep Discord," in which he makes a fool of himself on stage telling jokes that nobody laughs at. In "To Where and Back Again - Part 2," he uses a stand-up comedy act to distract the changeling's guards.

He also despises being given the nickname "Dipcord," taking it very personally. This could stem from a troubled past.

He uses fewer contractions in his vocabulary oftentimes, giving him a somewhat sophisticated, charismatic, archaic tone to his status as a "chaos god".

So even though Discord still plays tricks, he really does have a soft spot in him.

## Quotes

"*Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?*"
— The Return of Harmony Part 1
"*To retrieve your missing Elements, just make sense of this change of events. Twists and turns are my master plan. Then find the Elements back where you began.*"
— The Return of Harmony Part 1
"*I'm not playing fair? Perhaps we haven't met. I'm Discord, spirit of chaos and disharmony. Hello?*"
— The Return of Harmony Part 2
"*Being turned to stone doesn't keep me from hearing every word Celestia says. Although I admit it makes rolling my eyes a challenge.*"
— Keep Calm and Flutter On
"*I liked it better my way, but... I guess when you're friends, you can't always have things exactly your way all the time, eh?*"
— Keep Calm and Flutter On
"*I'm going to need more popcorn...*"
— Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2
"*And rob you of a valuable lesson about being princess? What kind of friend do you think I am?*"
— To Twilight Sparkle, Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2
"*Why the angry eyes? You love passing tests.*"
— To Twilight Sparkle, Three's A Crowd
"*Seems I possess a magic that gives me quite an important role in Equestria. Maybe they should make* me *an Alicorn princess.*"
— Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1
"*You're the pony who taught me that friendship is magic. I had magic* and *friendship, and now I don't have either.*"
— To Fluttershy, Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2
"*Tirek tricked me into believing that he could offer me something more valuable than friendship. But there is nothing worth more. I see that now. He lied when he said that this medallion was given as a sign of gratitude and loyalty. But when* I *say that it is a sign of our true friendship, I am telling the truth.*"
— To Twilight Sparkle, Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2
"*Well, friends! I think I may actually grow to like this multiple-friend thing.*"
— Make New Friends but Keep Discord
"*Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?*Orange *you glad I've changed?*"
— What About Discord?
"*Farewell, Garbunkle the magician and brave Sir McBiggun. May providence smile upon thee in thy quest to rid Spiketopia of the dreaded Squizard... [sighs] When I say it that way, the game doesn't sound half bad.*"
— Dungeons & Discords
"*You know, whenever ponies talk about powerful magic, they always leave me out. If I weren't so evolved, I might decide to take it personally.*"
— To Where and Back Again - Part 1
"*Hello, changelings and changelettes! Believe me, I was just as surprised as you are that I'm here! When I heard that I'd be playing for a bunch of changelings, I was beside myself! Then I realized, it was just one of you. [nervous laugh] But, seriously, this isn't the toughest crowd I've ever been in front of. But it's definitely the easiest to bug! "To bug"? Is this thing on? Well, if you think that you can do any better, be my guest!*"
— To Where and Back Again - Part 2
"*Darn it. I was hoping you'd send her to my realm. We could've been roomies. Way to not pick up what I was putting down.*"
— Referring to Starlight Glimmer, Celestial Advice
"*Well, of course we're friends! She gets me, and you obviously do not!*"
— To "Jasmine Leaf", referring to Fluttershy, Discordant Harmony
"*I was trying to make the tea party different and special like me. But all I did was make it chaotic and weird... like me.*"
— Discordant Harmony
"*But I* do *like tea! Every tea! All the teas! Chamomile, Earl Grey, green, white, yellow, mate, lemon, ginger, chai, spearmint, peppermint, hibiscus... [inhale] ...cinnamon, pumpkin spice.*"
— The Break Up Break Down
"*Mmmm, my, my, my. You do seem like you're in over your head. Won't Twilight be so disappointed with how you're ruining—I mean,* running *her school?*"
— To Starlight Glimmer, A Matter of Principals
"*Uh, a bit reindeer ex machina, but... two thumbs way up! Whoo!*"
— *My Little Pony Best Gift Ever*
"*Breaking news! The royal princesses retiring! I have so many questions! Who'll take over? Who'll run Equestria? Will it be someone tall, dark and handsome? Or will it be the Lord of Chaos? [beat] Oh, fine. Go with the obvious choice.*"
— The Beginning of the End - Part 1
"*[weakly] Listen to me. You don't need me. You don't need the princesses, and you certainly don't need the Elements. [coughs] Fluttershy, you will always be kind. Applejack, you will always be honest. Rarity, you'll always be generous. [ragged breath] And Rainbow Dash will be loyal as can be. Pinkie will always bring laughter wherever she goes. And Twilight... [coughs] you are and always will be the embodiment of magic. You lost sight of what's in front of you. You're here, together, willing to give everything you've got for Equestria. Nothing and nopony can ever take that away from you, because that's who you are.*"
— The Beginning of the End - Part 2
"*You'll be happy to know that I've been watching myself all night, and I have yet to do one "Discord-y" thing.*"
— The Summer Sun Setback
"*[sighs] It really is a curse having infinite powers. Everypony is always asking you to move a couch or help with a proposal.*"
— The Big Mac Question
"*I'm so sorry. It made so much sense in my head. Twilight defeats her worst enemies and is filled with confidence. I truly did have the best intentions. I swear I'll make it up to you.*"
— The Ending of the End - Part 2
"*Together forever. I can't think of anything that they would want less!*"
— Referring to Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, and Cozy Glow being turned to stone, The Ending of the End - Part 2