Applejack

**Applejack** is a female Earth pony and one of the main characters of *My Little Pony Friendship is Magic*. She lives and works at Sweet Apple Acres with her grandmother Granny Smith, her older brother Big McIntosh, her younger sister Apple Bloom, and her dog Winona. She represents the element of honesty.

## Appearance

Applejack is an orange earth pony, who runs the farm of Sweet Apple Acres. She has a long tail and she has a cutie mark with three apples on it. Applejack also wears a cowboy hat on her head.

## Personality

Applejack is a brave, reliable, strong, mature, and hard-working pony, although headstrong about doing things on her own. In the episode Applebuck Season, she insists on tackling the annual apple harvest all by herself while her brother Big McIntosh recovers from an injury. Big McIntosh doubts her ability to complete the seemingly insurmountable task (harvesting apples from each and every tree in the orchard, to which there are hundreds), but Applejack is determined. After she diverts a cattle stampede that was headed toward Ponyville, the townsfolk hold a ceremony in her honor, where her close friends champion her helpfulness. She receives her trophy without much fanfare and goes back to her applebucking. She becomes exhausted but continues to buck trees and repeatedly refuses Twilight Sparkle's many offers of assistance. She eventually faints at the sight of the scores of apple trees she still has to harvest, and finally looks past her pride and accepts help from her friends. She shows in The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 that she truly learned this lesson, as she was touched by her friends' offers to help as "honorary family members" and immediately accepts.

In Apple Family Reunion, when Granny Smith gives the job of hosting the reunion to Applejack, she is determined to host as many activities as she can so they can create many good memories. However, despite her good intentions, Applejack becomes too caught up in her planning to realize that the most important thing about the reunion is to bond with your family. Eventually, she learns her lesson, and brings the family back together to rebuild the demolished barn.

Applejack is occasionally very stubborn and inflexible, causing her to be hostile toward others or incapable of seeing alternate solutions to a problem.

In Look Before You Sleep, she lets her feud with Rarity ruin Twilight Sparkle's sleepover; and in Fall Weather Friends, she allows herself to become just as underhanded as Rainbow Dash in her attempt to win. In both of these situations, she eventually lets go of her pride and is the first to apologize. She is quick to argue with Rainbow Dash in Over a Barrel, worsening the tension between the residents of Appleloosa and the buffalo.

In Applebuck Season, she shows great resilience when being offered help, working herself past exhaustion in the midst of trying to harvest the entire apple orchard on her own. Her fatigue has shown through considerably by the time she finally accepts assistance from her friends.

In Bats!, Applejack clashes with Fluttershy over how to deal with a swarm of vampire fruit bats. When her methods lead to Fluttershy becoming a bat herself, Applejack soon relents, giving a portion of the orchard to the bats. She also demonstrates a difficulty of changing her habits and routines in Applejack's "Day" Off.

But however, Applejack is honest, helpful and shows great respect for everyone and she is always determined to show everyone how honest, strong and brave she is.

## Quotes

"*Well, howdy-doo, Miss Twilight, a pleasure makin' your acquaintance. I'm Applejack. We here at Sweet Apple Acres sure do like making new friends!*"
— Friendship is Magic, part 1
"*Soup's on, everypony!*"
— Friendship is Magic, part 1
"*What I'm telling you is the honest truth. Let go, and you'll be safe.*"
— To Twilight Sparkle, Friendship is Magic, part 2
"*Why of all the... This is your sister Applejack, remember? The loyalest of friends and the most dependable of ponies?*"
— Applebuck Season
"*You're a mighty good athlete. I'm just better.*"
— To Rainbow Dash, Fall Weather Friends
"*Uh, beg pardon, Rarity, but uh, we don't normally wear clothes.*"
— The Best Night Ever
"*I was talking to... uh... nopony! Nopony whatsoever!*"
— The Return of Harmony, part 1
"*I saw a vision of us feudin' and fightin'. I couldn't face the truth, so I started tellin' lies. Can you ever forgive me?*"
— The Return of Harmony, part 2
"*My sister's speakin' in fancy!*"
— The Cutie Pox
"*Dear Princess Celestia, It's a tad easier to be proud when you come in first than it is when you finish further back. But there's no reason to hide when you don't do as well as you'd hoped. You can't run away from your problems. Better to run to your friends and family.*"
— The Last Roundup
"*I didn't learn anything! I was right all along!*"
— The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
"*Sorry, Twi. We should have listened to you.*"
— A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2
"*Y'all come back here and clean up after yourselves this instant!*"
— To Pinkie Pie clones, Too Many Pinkie Pies
"*Forget it, Trixie! I ain't doin' nothin' 'til you let Twilight come home!*"
— Magic Duel
"*The Summer Sun Celebration may have brought us together, but it's something much bigger that'll always keep us connected. Exhibit A: The six of us are united by the Elements of Harmony. No amount of royal duties is gonna change that.*"
— Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1
"*Listen here, you rabid rhododendrons! You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us!*"
— To Plunderseeds, Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2
"*Yeah, you were pretty rotten.*"
— To Rarity, Rarity Takes Manehattan
"*Believin' in somethin' can help you do amazin' things. But if that belief is based on a lie, eventually it's gonna lead to real trouble.*"
— Leap of Faith
"*Made me sit up proud like a corn stalk in August.*"
— Equestria Games
"*Yee-haw! Finally I can buck like a five-bit snake herder in an Appleloosa ranch house again!*"
— The Cutie Map - Part 2
"*Oh, sugarcube, if Mom and Dad were here, they'd be so proud of ya.*"
— To Apple Bloom, Crusaders of the Lost Mark
"*Now, now, don't go gettin' yourself into a tizzy there, Rara. Svengallop turned you into Countess Coloratura and acted like your friend so he could enjoy the perks that came with bein' a star. But the* real *perk of friendship is gettin' to see your friend bein' true to their self. And Rara, when you're simply yourself, you're the brightest star I've ever seen shine.*"
— The Mane Attraction
"*Thanks, y'all. I guess I just got so used to doin' everythin' a certain way, I didn't realize there were any problems.*"
— Applejack's "Day" Off
"*Wait an apple-pickin' minute!*"
— The Perfect Pear
"*These Kirin are quieter than an apple blossom on snowfall.*"
— Sounds of Silence
"*Puttin' those two in their places makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.*"
— Referring to Flim and Flam, *My Little Pony Best Gift Ever*