Fluttershy

Mrs. Shy (mother)

**Fluttershy** is a female Pegasus pony and one of the main characters of *My Little Pony Friendship is Magic*. She lives in a small cottage near the Everfree Forest and takes care of animals, the most prominent of her charges being Angel the bunny. She represents the element of kindness.

## Appearance

Fluttershy has a light yellow body and a pink mane and tail. She also has teal eyes. And she has two wings, and a cutie mark with three pink butterflies on it.

## Personality

When Fluttershy is first introduced in the series, she is mostly soft-spoken. She barely manages to tell Twilight Sparkle her own name on account of her timidity, whispering so quietly that Twilight cannot hear her, and hiding her face behind her mane. However, she immediately becomes enthusiastic when she sees Spike, imploring the baby dragon to hold a conversation with her, which he ends up doing, and follows him and Twilight all the way to the library. Her shy nature contrasts with Rainbow Dash's abrasiveness, most notably in Dragonshy, and to a lesser extent in Sonic Rainboom. In season one, Fluttershy's inability to speak up often annoys Rainbow Dash, and Rainbow expresses her aggravation more than once. One instance is when Fluttershy cheers as loudly as she can for Rainbow Dash at the beginning of Sonic Rainboom, yet much to the latter's exasperation, can't manage more than a whisper. Season two shows them having grown closer to each other as friends despite their differences.

Fluttershy states in Dragonshy that dragons scare her, though she explains the exception of Spike on account of him not being grown-up. Because of this, she hesitates to continue forward when she and the others embark on an expedition to deal with a sleeping dragon in the aforementioned episode, relying heavily on her friends' encouragement. In the end, Fluttershy finds the courage to speak to the dragon when it begins harassing her friends, going so far as to raise her voice in anger and stand on its nose to look it in the eye as she lectures it. In Stare Master, she tames a wild cockatrice in a similar manner, becoming angry with it when it scares the Cutie Mark Crusaders; however, in this instance, the Stare is employed.

Gilda reduces Fluttershy to tears in Griffon the Brush Off when the griffon roars in her face. Afraid to be in the same room as Gilda during Pinkie Pie's party, Fluttershy attempts to voice her discomfort to Pinkie, who obliviously waves off her distress.

Fluttershy has also shown a more aggressive side on rare occasions. Most of the time, Fluttershy can withstand almost anything that will make other ponies explode in anger. However, even a shy Pegasus like Fluttershy has her own limits.

In The Best Night Ever, Fluttershy slowly becomes frustrated when the animals living in the Canterlot castle gardens avoid her. Instead of continuing her kind and calm ways to earn the animal's trust, she decides to *make* them love her by setting animal traps, hoping to trap them in a cage. Eventually, the shy Pegasus explodes, yelling and screaming, wanting the animals to love her.

Fluttershy becomes angry when reminded that Discord will win if she is not able to catch Rainbow Dash in The Return of Harmony Part 2 (referring to Discord as a "big dumb meanie"). This is one instance where Fluttershy doesn't explode in anger but expresses her anger in words.

In Putting Your Hoof Down, Fluttershy is too much of a "doormat", where a pony can easily take advantage of the situation to their own benefit. For example, if a pony purposely cuts Fluttershy in line, she apologizes, saying that the pony can go first. Pinkie Pie and Rarity say that Fluttershy should stand up for herself so that she isn't pushed around. After receiving motivational advice from Iron Will, a manly minotaur that helps ponies like Fluttershy, she becomes progressively more violent and aggressive, to the point of reducing Pinkie Pie and Rarity to tears with her insults. However, she changes her ways by the end of the episode.

Fluttershy gives Twilight a threatening warning if anything happens to her animal friends during a magic trick in Magic Duel. In Keep Calm and Flutter On, she angrily renounces her friendship with Discord when he abuses it.

When all of the main cast gets sucked into Spike's comic book in Power Ponies, Fluttershy takes the role of Saddle Rager, who is part of a group of superheroes called the Power Ponies. Her power is based around anger, which didn't manifest until the climax of the episode, when she loses her temper after witnessing a firefly being smacked away by the Mane-iac, causing her to take the form of a huge muscular monster.

In It Ain't Easy Being Breezies, she becomes angry at the bees for trying to hurt Seabreeze after her attempts at kindness don't work on them.

In Dungeons & Discords, when Discord turns the world "opposite", Fluttershy becomes affected, yelling at Discord, calling him "Sassafras", and saying that she's "*sick of being nice and quiet all the time!*" Discord immediately changes the world back, and Fluttershy blushes with embarrassment.

In Buckball Season, Fluttershy gets angry at Applejack and Rainbow Dash for putting so much pressure on her and Pinkie Pie for the upcoming Buckball game against Appleloosa.

She gets angry at Applejack several times in Sounds of Silence, as a result of Applejack not listening to her when she has something important to say.

In She Talks to Angel, Fluttershy is pushed to her limit by Angel's behavior, leading to a fierce argument between them.

But however, Fluttershy is gentle, kind-hearted and she's always willing to cheer those up if they need a hoof to cry on.

## Quotes

"*Um, excuse me, sir. I mean no offense, but your rhythm is just a teeny tiny bit off.*"
— Friendship is Magic, part 1
"*A baby dragon! Oh, I've never seen a baby dragon before. He's so cute.*"
— Friendship is Magic, part 1
"*Oh no, I'm doing this because you're my very best friend. Right Angel? Oh, yes, we* are *just doing this for the ticket.*"
— The Ticket Master
"*I'm a year older than you.*"
— To Pinkie Pie, Griffon the Brush Off
"*How dare you? How dare you! Listen here, mister. Just because you're big doesn't mean you get to be a bully. You may have huge teeth, and sharp scales, and snore smoke, and breathe fire. But you do not—I repeat—You do not! Hurt! My! Friends! You got that?*"
— Dragonshy
"*[inhales] Yay.*"
— Sonic Rainboom
"*Oh no! I wouldn't. I couldn't. I-I don't really have any control when it happens. It just happens. Really. I'm just good with animals. It's my special gift, you know.*"
— Stare Master
"*Now that we've gotten that out of the way, how about a game?*"
— Stare Master
"*Oh, Fluttershy. You're such a loudmouth.*"
— The Best Night Ever
"*I'll catch you yet, my pretties. Oh yes, as soon as one of you little birds or monkeys or bears touches this net, you'll be mine! MINE! HahahaHAHAHA!* "
— The Best Night Ever
"*You're... going to* LOVE ME!'**"**
— The Best Night Ever
"*Hey Twilight, what's soaking wet and clueless? [...] Your face!*"
— The Return of Harmony Part 2
"*That... big... dumb... meanie!*"
— Referring to Discord, The Return of Harmony Part 2
"*Nopony pushes new Fluttershy around!* Nopony!'**"**
— Putting Your Hoof Down
"*I can't believe that the two most frivolous ponies in Ponyville are trying to tell new Fluttershy how to live her life, when they are throwing their own lives away on pointless pursuits that nopony else gives a flying feather about!*"
— Putting Your Hoof Down
"*I'm the monster.*"
— Putting Your Hoof Down
"*There is nothing fun about dragons. Scary: yes. Fun: NO!*"
— Dragon Quest
"*I will get my confidence up and show everypony that I am a good flyer! A great flyer!*"
— Hurricane Fluttershy
"*Dear Princess Celestia, sometimes you can feel like what you have to offer is too little to make a difference, but today, I learned that everypony's contribution is important, no matter how small. If you just keep your head high, do your best, and believe in yourself, anything can happen!*"
— Hurricane Fluttershy
"*[gasp] Th-That's one of the things, isn't it?*"
— The Crystal Empire - Part 1
"*We knew for sure you would prevail.*"
— During The Success Song, The Crystal Empire - Part 2
"*[gasp] Mr. Beaverton Beaverteeth! Such language!*"
— Keep Calm and Flutter On
"*He can be a real sweetheart once you get to know him.*"
— Referring to Discord, Keep Calm and Flutter On
"*AAANGEEEEEL!!!*"
— Castle Mane-ia
"*Sometimes, being afraid can stop you from doing something that you love, but hiding behind these fears means you're only hiding from your true self. It's much better to face those fears so you can shine and be the best pony you can possibly be.*"
— Filli Vanilli
"*You really are the nicest ponies I've ever met.*"
— The Cutie Map - Part 2
"*Mmm, it's so nice to be the pet for once.*"
— Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?
"*I don't know why I doubted myself for a second. Now this is what I call a perfect Nightmare Night.*"
— Scare Master
"*Um, if you could not maybe yell so much, or maybe stop saying words all together.*"
— The Hooffields and McColts
"*And I was worried that I'd fail every time! Sometimes you have to do things, even though you might fail.*"
— To Zephyr Breeze, Flutter Brutter
"*Well, guess what, Sassafras?! I'm Opposite Fluttershy, and I'm sick of being nice and quiet all the time!*"
— To Opposite Discord, Dungeons & Discords
"*My dream is to build a real animal sanctuary. A beautiful habitat where every animal – whether sick or scared or even just lonely, feathered or furry, scaly or slimy – every critter would be welcome. My sanctuary can be the one place in Equestria they call home 'til they feel ready to take on the world.*"
— Fluttershy Leans In
"*Listen up! I* am *more assertive! And yes, it took me a while to get there. But can you honestly say that you could learn something one time and completely change who you are? [beat] I didn't think so.*"
— Fame and Misfortune
"*I really, really like... everything!*"
— *My Little Pony Best Gift Ever*
"*It was actually kind of nice to be the pony who saved the day for once.*"
— *My Little Pony Best Gift Ever*
"*Baby... dragon... hatching season?! [gasps] All those cute little snouts poking out of those adorable little shells?! Teeny, tiny, twitchy tails?! Can I go too?!*"
— Sweet and Smoky
"*Just you wait, Garble. You're dealing with Fluttershy now, and she's packin' a whole lifetime of kindness!*"
— Sweet and Smoky