Shoeshine (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Shoeshine in The Cutie Pox

Shoeshine is a character in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. She is an Earth Pony with a light blue coat, periwinkle eyes, fandango eyes, and a cutie mark of two interlocking horseshoes (one gold and one silver).

## Appearances

**Season one**

Shoeshine is commonly featured as a background pony. Her first appearance is in Friendship is Magic, part 1 as one of the first background ponies seen in Ponyville upon Twilight Sparkle's arrival, and she usually appears with Golden Harvest or Cherry Berry. She is associated with carrots twice: she offers Twilight some in The Ticket Master in order to obtain her extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala, and she munches on a carrot with the greens sticking out of her mouth in Winter Wrap Up.

She appears in Ponyville's marketplace in Griffon the Brush Off and Call of the Cutie. In the former, she stands in front of the stall that Gilda swipes an apple from, and in the latter, she wears two shopping bags over her back; one brown and one pink.

In the episode Winter Wrap Up, she is part of the plant team. Unlike the other plant team members, she frequently appears with yellow bands around the openings of her vest, and the leaf symbol on her vest is replaced with a yellow star. In the instance where she is seen eating a carrot, she even wears the same armband that Applejack wears that signifies that she leads the plant team. Also during this episode, a version of Shoeshine with a pink coat appears in a corner of the screen twice during the song.

She participates in the Running of the Leaves in Fall Weather Friends. She apparently has one of her number tags upside-down; one reads "18" while the one on her other side reads "81". After the race starts, her number changes to 6.

She reads a paper at a periodical stand in Green Isn't Your Color. When she glances off to the side, she spots Fluttershyand exclaims this, resulting in a chase and the eventual surrounding of Fluttershy by the paparazzi ponies.

She appears in both of the old-western towns in Over a Barrel and The Last Roundup, each time wearing a pink, white-banded cowboy hat. In the former episode, she draws horse-drawn carriages and helps in barricading Appleloosa later on; in the latter, she waits at Dodge Junction's train platform.

**Season Two**

In Hearth's Warming Eve, there are crowds in which one of multiple Shoeshines wears a blue baseball cap; in A Friend in Deed, the same occurs with a unicorn sharing her coat and mane colors.

In Putting Your Hoof Down, she rudely cuts in line at Sugarcube Corner and is forced to the back of the line by an assertive Fluttershy; after this altercation, a mere glance from Fluttershy is enough to send all the other ponies in the line out of the shop, clearing the way entirely for herself.

In It's About Time, she is among the crowd of ponies who laugh at Twilight's story of being visited by her future self.

**Season Three**

In The Crystal Empire - Part 1, Shoeshine appears during The Failure Song sitting at a café table in Canterlot. "Sir Pony Moore" brings her tea, which Twilight then pours.

Shoeshine watches the Summer Harvest Parade in One Bad Apple, and in one shot participates in the parade itself playing cymbals and has a different cutie mark.

In Magic Duel, she is almost crushed by a cart that Trixie sends flying in the first duel, but she is saved by Twilight Sparkle. She is also in the crowd watching the second duel between Twilight and Trixie, cheering when Twilight wins the rematch. She could then be seen in the crowd watching Twilight perform her magic for the delegates from Saddle Arabia.

In Sleepless in Ponyville, she is seen in the beginning talking to Cherry Berry.  When Scootaloo rides by they both get dizzy and get their manes tied together.

**Season Four**

In season four, Shoeshine appears in Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1, where she is among the ponies preparing for the Summer Sun Celebration in Canterlot as well as among the ponies of Ponyville running from the invading vines, before watching Princess Celestia raise the sun in Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2.

In Flight to the Finish, Power Ponies, and Rarity Takes Manehattan, she is among the ponies in the streets of Ponyville, Maretropolis, and Manehattan respectively. In Rainbow Falls, she is among the ponies concerned for Rainbow Dash who fakes injuries. In Pinkie Pride, she is among the ponies singing about Pinkie Pie in Pinkie the Party Planner, welcoming Cheese Sandwich to Ponyville during The Super Duper Party Pony, is one of the victims of Pinkie Pie's antics during Pinkie's Lament, watches the Goof Off, appears in the flashback in Cheese Confesses and attends Rainbow Dash's birthiversary in Make a Wish.

In Simple Ways, she is among the crowd of ponies outside Town Hall for the announcement of the Ponyville Day's Pony of Ceremonies, among the ponies at the train station, and is later seen talking to Sweetie Drops and Cherry Fizzyoutside Town Hall. In Filli Vanilli, she is among the crowd cheering for the Pony Tones at the pet center's fundraiser, and the crowd watching the breezies in It Ain't Easy Being Breezies, watches the play in For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils, among the ailed ponies Leap of Faith, and among the ponies welcoming Twilight Sparkle to the Exchange and later seen throughout said Exchange in Trade Ya!.

In Inspiration Manifestation she attends the Foal and Filly fair, is among the spectators in Equestria Games during the opening ceremony and when Spike sings the Cloudsdale Anthem wrong, and in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1, she is sapped of her magic on two separate occasions in the Manehattan theater and in Appleloosa.

**Season Five**

In season five, Shoeshine appears in The Cutie Map - Part 1 talking to Goldengrape in front of the Castle of Friendship, in Bloom & Gloom during Apple Bloom's first nightmare, in Tanks for the Memories taking part in the Running of the Leaves, in Appleoosa's Most Wanted as a rodeo spectator, in Slice of Life at Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda's wedding, in Princess Spike at the Grand Equestria Pony Summit, in Amending Fences at the Canterlot library, in Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep? floating in Ponyville's shared dream, and at the Sisterhooves Social in Brotherhooves Social. She also appears in the final group shot during Friends Are Always There For You in The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2.

**Season Six**

In On Your Marks, Shoeshine appears at the performance hushing Apple Bloom as she enters. In No Second Prances, she whispers with Caramel and Sunshower Raindrops about Trixie, and then appears at the show. In A Hearth's Warming Tale, she sings Hearth's Warming Eve Is Here Once Again as well as the reprise. In Applejack's "Day" Off, she appears in the Ponyville Day Spa. In The Cart Before the Ponies, she watches the Applewood Derby. She also appears in The Fault in Our Cutie Marks attending the baseball game and Gabby's cute-ceañera.

**Season Seven**

In season seven, Shoeshine is one of the many ponies at the medal ceremony in Celestial Advice, appears at Spearhead's art show in A Flurry of Emotions, in the stands of the Wonderbolts arena and watching the ribbon-cutting ceremony in Parental Glideance, as part of the angry mob outside Carousel Boutique in Fame and Misfortune, and in the crowd at Davenport's auction and in Mr. Breezy's shop admiring the giant fan in It Isn't the Mane Thing About You. In Secrets and Pies, she appears twice receiving a pie intended for Rainbow Dash, and she has a speaking role, the second time being offscreen.

## Trivia

* Throughout the show's history, Shoeshine gets along with Cherry Berry, Golden Harvest, Berryshine, Caramel, Cherry Fizzy, and Daisy more often.
* Shoeshine is one of the six ponies to have Rainbow Dash's coat and eye colors, and also one of the five earth ponies to do so.
* She is the second earth pony background pony mare to receive a speaking role, the first was Daisy.
* She is the worst background pony in Season 7 to receive a speaking role. She is also one of the worst background ponies in Season 2 to receive speaking roles, alongside Orange Swirl, Cherry Berry, Lemon Hearts, and Golden Harvest.
* She is currently in love with Caramel.
* In Lesson Zero, she ends up fighting with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle.
* Shoeshine is one of the background ponies that never attended Nightmare Night at all, therefore she does not appear in either Luna Eclipsed or Stare Master.
* Although Shoeshine had never been seen with a cutie mark consisting of Carrots, she is one of the ponies who likes Carrots, as shown in The Ticket Master and Winter Wrap Up, as mentioned above.
* Despite being a recolor of Sweetie Drops, she differs from her when wearing formal attire clothes because they both have different mane and tail styles.
* She is also one of the regular background ponies who to dress like a high society pony, alongside Sweetie Drops (as mentioned above), Golden Harvest, Sea Swirl, and Ponet.
* Shoeshine is one of very few female ponies to have a male voice actor.
* Shoeshine is responsible as the first pony to do the Wilhelm scream.
* Shoeshine is the first pony to enter the train in Games Ponies Play.