Applejack

* Earth
* Filly

**Applejack** is a female Earth pony and one of the seven main characters of My Little Pony: Nine Elements.

She is a farmer at Sweet Apple Acres and the Element of Honesty.

## Personality

### Diligence

Applejack is a brave, reliable, strong, mature, and hard-working pony, although headstrong about doing things on her own. In the chapter Applebuck Season, she insists on tackling the annual apple harvest all by herself while her brother Big McIntosh recovers from an injury (Granny Smith is too old to help directly and Apple Bloom isn't old enough). 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.

### Mannerisms

Applejack speaks with a Southern American accent, a thick southern drawl, similar to the accent of the southwestern Missouri and Oklahoma Ozarks, where there is a great number of apple orchards. In numerous episodes, she refers to members of her friends and family as "sugarcube" as a sign of affection.

She has no reservations about getting dirty or messy or having any proper eating etiquette, much to Rarity's dismay during a sleepover in Look Before You Sleep. A rare exception is seen in A Bird in the Hoof, when she is reluctant to begin eating at Princess Celestia's brunch because she does not know which dish is "proper" to eat first.

Applejack dislikes things that are "girly" and "fancy," like the froufrou dresses in Suited For Success. Applejack describes in a flashback in The Cutie Mark Chronicles how she tried being a pony of elegance for a short time as a young filly by moving to Manehattan to live with her Aunt and Uncle Orange, but, she ultimately decided to return to the farm after she realized that she was homesick and found it hard to fit in.

She almost always wears a light brown stetson hat, which she usually removes before sleeping. She is the only one of the six main pony characters to keep her mane and tail tied back in a "ponytail." Applejack takes great pride in her hat and seldom goes anywhere without it. In Look Before You Sleep, she reacted aggressively when Rarity tried removing her hat, revealing that her father gave it to her on his deathbed.

### Stubbornness and giving in

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, causing problems for the entire town (one of which being making Spike feel like a monster, which she felt terrible over). Her fatigue has shown through considerably by the time she finally accepts assistance from her friends.

### Empathy and care

Applejack is often shown to be one of the more empathetic members of the main cast, putting the needs and feelings of others before her own.

In The Ticket Master, Applejack states that her reason for wanting to attend the Grand Galloping Gala is so she can sell enough treats to buy a replacement hip for Granny Smith (though, as Spike pointed out, this wouldn't work since the Gala already provided food for free).

Applejack pulls back Rainbow Dash by her tail when the latter is about to do something rash, as seen in the first two chapters.

On occasion, Applejack gets carried away with her empathy, especially with Apple Bloom. In Bridle Gossip, Applejack becomes overprotective of Apple Bloom when Zecora comes into Ponyville, something she was called out for.

### Honesty

Applejack represents the element of honesty. Twilight Sparkle deduces this in The Elements of Harmony, explaining that Applejack demonstrated her honesty when they faced their challenges against Nightmare Moon. Applejack finds it difficult to go against her natural honesty in Party of One when she has to lie about why she cannot attend Gummy's after-birthday party. She sweats, gags, and grins nervously under Pinkie Pie's scrutiny despite having the most credible excuse: needing to buck apples.

In The Return of Harmony Part 1, Applejack is the first pony to be hypnotized and brainwashed by Discord, causing her and her hat to turn into a greyer shade. Applejack becomes a compulsive liar, throwing hurtful and sarcastic jabs at her friends, the lies making her increasingly nauseous. Initially, her lies are not particularly convincing or malicious, but, they grow more ridiculous and harmful as the corruption intensifies. In one of her lies when, she tells Rarity that Twilight told her to split Tom and Rarity starts doing martial arts on her. Twilight also has Spike hug Applejack to free her right after Applejack told lies about the battle. She is also the first pony to have her corruption cured by Spike and one of the first things she does is apologize.

### Appetite

Applejack possesses a huge appetite as shown in various chapters. In Applebuck Season, her stomach gives a deep, loud rumble due to her not eating enough. In A Bird in the Hoof, her desire to not look like a pig in front of Princess Celestia kept her from satiating her empty belly. In Hearts and Hooves Day, it's made apparent that simply thinking about apple-related foods is enough to make her hungry as shortly after stating her plans to bake apple pies with Caramel, her belly gave a deep, loud growl.

## Gifts & Abilities

* **Earth Pony Physiology**: As an Earth pony, Applejack is much more physically gifted than unicorns and pegasi.
	+ **Enhanced Durability**: Earth ponies are very durable because of their special muscles.
* **Super Strength**: Applejack has strength that surpasses all other earth ponies.
* **Lasso Proficiency**: Applejack is skilled at using a lasso.
* **Mystic Eyes of Truth**: Applejack was born with the Mystic Eyes of Truth. This allows her to tell when someone is lying when she raises her left eyebrow. However, it doesn't work if that someone doesn't know they're telling a lie.
* **Baking**: Applejack is a skilled baker, making various types of apple-based treats.
* **Farming**: As she runs a farm, Applejack is a skilled farmer.

## Trivia

* Her Cutie Mark represents her connection to her family and skill for apple bucking.
* She has a habit of naming things.
	+ She named her hind hooves "Bucky McGilacuddy" and "Kicks McGee".
	+ She named her hat "Talula".