Taka

Equestria (formerly)

Lord Tirex

Trixie (formerly)

Changelings

Princess Celestia (Big Sister)

Princess Luna (Little Sister)

Princess Cadence (Adoptive Niece)

Thorax

Tai Lung (formerly)

Lord Shen (formerly)

Kai (formerly)

Tiger Claw (formerly)

Rahzar (formerly)

Pinkie Pie

Rainbow Dash

Rarity

Fluttershy

Princess Celestia

Princess Luna

Shining Armor

Princess Cadence

The Earth Ponies

The Unicorns

The Pegasis

The Griffons

The Dragons

## Media info

### Films

My Little Pony: The Ruler of EquestriaMy Lillte Pony: The Ruler of Equestria 2 Twilight's Pride

My Little Pony: The Ruler of Equestria 3 Hakuna Matata

### Actor

Jeremy Irons

**Prince Taka** (known simply as **Taka**) is the main antagonist of the awesome universe's first combined film My Little Pony: The Ruler of Equestria. As the younger brother of Celestia, older brother of Luna and second-born prince of Equestria, Taka was next in line to assume the throne as king. However, his chances were lost at the birth of Celestia's faithful student, Twilight Sparkle. This embittered Taka with jealousy and a sense of entitlement, prompting him to develop a regicidal plot to take over the kingdom, with the aid of his Chinese animals henchmen.

## Biography

### **In My Little Pony: The Ruler of Equestria**

On the day of Twilight Sparkle's presentation, Taka remains in his cave, where he laments the loss of the throne. He suddenly receives a visit from his little sister Luna, who reprimands Taka for his failure to attend Twilight's presentation. Taka wickedly attempts to killd Luna out of irritation, but their big sister Celestia intervenes and questions Taka's absence, but Taka shows no remorse and merely expresses disdain for the young  foal before leaving Canterlot, dejected, much to the chagrin of Celestia.

As some time passed, Taka rapidly became jealous of his adopted niece Twilight's position as the next Princess of Canterlot and started plotting to kill her in order to take out the competition for the throne. He started to recruit the Chinese animals—primarily Tai Lung, Lord Shen, and Kai—to build an army. He used bribes of food to get them on his side. In the first attempt, Taka lured Twilight to the the Chinese animals' domain at the Elephant Graveyard, where Tai Lung, Shen, and Kai were to kill Twilight and her big brother Shining Armor. When Celestia foiled that plan, Taka saw the whole scene with great fury. Later that night, Taka admonishes the Chinese animals for failing to kill Twilight, but rewards them with food nonetheless. Knowing Twilight will always be safe so long as Celestia is around, Taka proposes they kill both Twilight and Celestia.

To motivate and mobilize the Chinese animals, Taka promises that under his rule, the Chinese animals will never go hungry again, a promise which he clearly cannot (and ultimately fails to) keep. With their help, he engineers a wildebeest stampede meant to kill both Twilight and Celestia, tricking Twilight into waiting in a gorge under the notion that Celestia has a 'marvelous surprise' for her. Taka alerts Celestia, who rushes to Twilight's aid. Celestia manages to save her faithful student and ends up clinging to a cliff where she spots Taka and pleads with her brother to help her. However, Taka instead pierces Celestia's hoofs with his hoofs and, grinning wickedly, throws his sister off the cliff to her death with the taunting words, "Long live the king". Taka discovers Twilight still alive and places the blame of Celestia's death on his niece. Twilight asks him what she should do and he orders Twilight to run away and never return as punishment. Taka takes Celestia's crown and then sends Tai Lung, Tigerclaw and Razhar to kill Twilight, but they fail this task as Twilight escapes into the desert after going through a bed of thorn bushes much too dense for them to follow her through. Believing Twilight is as good as dead out in the wasteland, the Chinese animals let the foal go (but warn that they'll kill her if she ever comes back), and lie to Taka about it.

With feigned grief, Taka announces that Celestia and Twilight were killed in the stampede, and takes over Equestria, using the Chinese animals as muscle to ensure his reign goes undisputed. As king, Taka enacts a law that forbids the mention of Celestia's name in his presence. He also grants the Chinese animals unrestricted hunting rights, resulting in a shortage of food due to the  wolves and the Crocodilles' overeating. Additionally, a drought deprives the kingdom of water, driving away the Griffons, the Dragons, the other creatures and the most of the ponys. After receiving complaints, Taka summons Princess Cadence and questions her as to why she and the rest of the ponys are not hunting for food, to which Cadence explains the state of the kingdom. She suggests they leave Canterlot and Equestria to survive, but Taka stubbornly rejects the idea. Pushed beyond composure, Cadence openly compares Taka to elestia in a condescending manner, angering Taka to the point of ruthlessly striking her. Just as this occurs, an Future Twilight, alive and well, returns and confronts the anxious Taka, who initially mistakes Twilight for Celestia. However, after learning it is his niece, Taka sarcastically expresses "joy" at seeing her alive and gives a dirty look at the Chinese animals, realizing they had in fact failed at their task and lied to him.

Twilight orders Taka to resign as king or engage in battle for the throne. Taka initiates a trial against Twilight, blaming her for Celestia's death in an attempt to turn the ponys against her. Twilight, still thinking she was responsible for her princess's death, admits her "crime" and tries to explain she was not a murderer, but Taka backs her up until she is left dangling over the edge of the porch of canterlot. As a lightning bolt strikes below the porch and causes a wildfire due to the dry grass, Taka quietly admits to killing Celestia, enraging Twilight who, in a burst of adrenaline, furiously tackles Taka and forces him to confess his murder. This leads to a ferocious battle in which the pony guardiens, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Luna, Shining Armor, Cadence and Zecora work together to defeat the Chinese animals. Taka tries to escape in the chaos, but is cornered by Twilight at the top of the tallest tower in Canterlot. With nowhere to run and fly, Taka begs Twilight for mercy and even attempts to blame his crimes on the Chinese animals (oblivious that Tai Lung, Tigerclaw and Razhar are listening nearby); Twilight refuses to believe him, but chooses to exile Taka rather than kill him. Taka appears to concede, but viciously attacks Twilight, and they engage in a fierce fight.

Taka eventually gains the upper hand by bashing Twilight across the face and knocking her onto her back. However, as Taka leaps to deliver the deathblow, Twilight uses her hind legs to hurl Taka over the edge of the tower, sending him falls to the bottom of the castle, just like her uncle had done to her princess. Taka survives the fall, and as he slowly gets to his feet, the wolfs, Tai Lung, Lord Shen and Kai arrive. Taka is initially relieved to see his "friends", but they reveal that they overheard Taka selling them out by calling them "the enemy". Shen Shen starts by throwing feather knives to force Taka against a deer. Kai throws his jade links to prevent Taka from flying. Tai Lung and the wolfs begin to surround their fallen master with wide vicious grins. Realizing his mistake too late, Taka begs for mercy and attempts to justify what he said, but the Chinese animals, giving into their hunger and rage and finally fed up with his broken promises and abuse, ignore his life plea, leap upon him, and violently maul him to death as flames surround them. With Taka overthrown and deceased, Twilight ascends Canterlot and reclaims Equestria as the new ruler and the kingdom is restored to its former glory.

### **In My Little Pony: The Ruler of Equestria 2**

Despite his ultimate demise, Taka maintained the loyalty of the Changelings, a love eating creatures led by their queen (and Taka's possible love intrest and wife) Queen Chrysalis, who were banished to the Outlands by Twilight Sparkle. Chrysalis was fanatically loyal to Taka and intended to install her adopted daughter Trixie as ruler of Canterlot, as she was chosen by Taka personally to be his heir and successor. They would continue to create trouble for Twilight and her friends in the following years.

Taka also appeared in Twilight's dream. Celestia clings to the high cliff above the stampede and an Future Twilight tries to save her princess. However, Taka grabs Twilight's hoof, stopping from reaching her. As Celestia falls off the cliff into the stampede, Taka morphs into Trixie and throws Twilight into the stampede too. In addition, Taka was also mentioned by Twilight when she explains to Trixie the true history of the fight between Taka and her. She also implies during this time that, in addition to the Chinese animals exacting revenge on Taka, Taka also ended up burned alive by the wildfire.

Taka makes another brief appearance when Trixie is exiled from Equestria by Twilight, she stops by a lake where she sees Taka's reflection instead of her own as Celestia did to Twilight.

In the end, Taka's dying wish would be fulfilled (Trixie becoming the ruler of Equestria) since Twilight would choose Trixie to become the princes consort of her faithful student Starlight Glimmer, Taka's great-niece. However, unlike Taka's plan, Trixie would rule for the sake of his subjects under the concept of the friendship magic rather than his own sake.

### **In My Little Pony: The Ruler of Equestria 3**

In the direct-to-video "parallel film" My Little Pony: The Ruler of Equestria 3, Taka makes a few brief, non-speaking appearances in the scenes for which he was present in the original My Little Pony: The Ruler of Equestria film.

Taka's song, "Be Prepared" is heard briefly as Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy tour Taka's lair as a possible new home, commenting on how it is quiet, secluded and with no uninvited visitors. The shadows of the goose-stepping Chinese animals army are then seen marching in front of them, though they haven't started singing yet. This convinces Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy to look elsewhere.

He is also mentioned by Shining Armor when tells Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy that Twilight needs their help in order to defeat Taka. Later, he is shown making Twilight fall over Canterlot's Balcony and fleeing from Twilight after admitting he murdered Celestia, where the Chinese animals were protecting him. Finally, after Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Granny Smith and Big McIntosh defeat the Chinese animals, Twilight kicks Taka over the side of the top of the tallest tower, into the hole the Chinese animals fell into, and to his death by his minions' jaws.