Sunny Starscout

* Alicorn
* Earth Pony
* 2D

**Sunny Starscout** is the central main character of the *My Little Pony* Generation 5 film *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Journey of Heroes*. She is a female Earth pony resident of Maretime Bay who dreams of making the world a better place and bringing magic and harmony back to Equestria after it disappeared a long time ago.

She is sometimes called **Sunny Starshine** in the film and described as "the new princess of Equestria" in some third-party merchandise.

## Depiction in *Journey of Heroes*

In the film *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Journey of Heroes*, Sunny first appears as a filly, having grown up with stories of Twilight Sparkle and her friends spreading friendship and harmony in ancient Equestria. She dreams of one day meeting and becoming friends with a unicorn and a Pegasus, even though her fellow Earth ponies view the other pony races as enemies.

Years later, after her father Argyle Starshine has passed away, Sunny works as a smoothie seller in Maretime Bay and tries to spread the message of friendship and pony unity to other Earth ponies, though her words are usually ignored. When the unicorn Izzy Moonbow visits Maretime Bay one day and causes a citywide panic, Sunny hides her at her lighthouse home, to the chagrin of her childhood friend and Maretime Bay sheriff Hitch Trailblazer. Upon learning that unicorns do not have any magic, Sunny teams up with Izzy to seek answers in the Pegasus city of Zephyr Heights.

Upon arriving in Zephyr Heights, Sunny and Izzy are imprisoned but soon freed by crown princess Zipp Storm, who reveals Pegasi do not have magic either and believes the reason for this to be the separation of two magical crystals. With Zipp's help, Sunny and Izzy steal the Pegasus Crystal from the crown of Zipp's mother Queen Haven and in the process end up recruiting Zipp's sister Pipp Petals as well as the pursuant Hitch in their quest to bring magic back to Equestria.

In Izzy's hometown of Bridlewood, Sunny and her friends acquire the Unicorn Crystal from Alphabittle, but nothing happens when the two crystals are joined together. Returning to Maretime Bay in despair, Sunny discovers the existence of a third crystal among her father's old belongings, and in her efforts to rejoin her friends, she gets swept up in a destructive plot to wage war against unicorns and Pegasi orchestrated by Hitch's overzealous deputy Sprout.

After the destruction Sprout causes, Sunny urges the separated pony races to come together as friends again. When they do, the crystals activate, causing Sunny to transform into an Alicorn, and magic returns to Equestria.

## *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Perfect Together*

### Chapter 1

In the hour-long special Make Your Mark, taking place months after the events of *Journey of Heroes*, Sunny and her friends live happily in Maretime Bay, with all three pony races living together. However, Sunny is unable to control her Alicorn form, often transforming without meaning to.

When tensions start to build between the three races, Sunny and her friends work to ensure they are all included in the upcoming Maretime Bay Day celebration. When tensions reach their boiling point and magic goes haywire, Sunny finally manages to activate her Alicorn form in order to save Posey Bloom and Windy.

### Chapter 2

In Izzy Does It (the first episode of the *Perfect Together* series), Sunny is gifted a new mane accessory for her birthday by Izzy. She is also secretly given a magic compact by Misty Brightdawn that allows Opaline Arcana to spy on her, but she believes it to be a gift from Pipp. In Growing Pains, she voices her disapproval of Hitch for trying to keep the Earth ponies from using their newfound magic. She is also astounded when the Unity Crystals project a warning from Twilight Sparkle. In Portrait of a Princess, Sunny finds herself having to keep Queen Haven occupied while her daughters seek out a rare flower.

In Ali-Conned, Sunny struggles with getting ponies to believe in her causes. Opaline, using the compact to pretend to be Sunny's "inner self", manipulates her into embracing her Alicorn form to do so, but when Sunny realizes ponies only to listen to her in her Alicorn form, she is heartbroken. Her friends soon cheer her up and reveal that they made her dream of a community garden come true. In The Cutie Mark Mix-Up, Sunny and Hitch disagree over whose responsibilities are more difficult. When their cutie marks and personalities are accidentally switched by Sparky, they decide to take on each others' jobs, with the struggle to do so giving them a new level of respect for each other.

In The Traditional Unicorn Sleep-Over, Sunny attends Izzy's traditional Bridlewood-themed sleepover. She tells her friends of the story of how Twilight Sparkle saved magic from an evil Alicorn by creating the Unity Crystals, only to be contradicted by Misty, who has her own version. When Izzy is saddened by Misty's sudden departure, Sunny, Pipp, and Zipp cheer her up by redecorating their bedroom area to look more like Bridlewood. In Hoof Done It?, Sunny is distraught when her lantern goes missing. She goes to Hitch for help and is on the verge of calling everypony in town to a meeting about it before learning that Pipp has found it. In Have You Seen This Dragon?, Sunny attempts to alert ponies to Sparky's disappearance, but she is inadvertently sabotaged by Izzy's own efforts. She ultimately manages to bring her friends together for a coordinated search effort.

### Chapter 3

In the special Winter Wishday, Sunny and her friends travel Equestria in the newly built Mare Stream aircraft, experiencing the holiday traditions of Earth ponies, unicorns, and Pegasi. During this time, an unusual amount of snow falls, threatening to keep the group from returning home in time for Sunny to show her friends the Wishing Star as it passes over Maretime Bay. After Zipp discovers the cause of the snow to be the unicorns unknowingly casting a weather spell via an old holiday saying, Izzy provides them with a new saying that undoes the freezing weather, and they return home, where Sunny and her friends watch the Wishing Star pass by.

### Chapter 4

In the special Bridlewoodstock, Sunny witnesses the "Lumi-Bloom" in Bridlewood alongside her friends. She also helps Pipp with her idea to put on a music festival by convincing the retired Earth pony band known as the Dreamlands to perform.

In Top Remodel, Sunny asks the citizens of Maretime Bay for ideas on what to do with the shut-down Canterlogic factory. When the myriad of suggestions leaves Sunny wondering how she can possibly satisfy everypony, Izzy calms her down with some words of wisdom. Sunny then decides to remake the building into a multimedia community center called Canterlove Studios. In The Jinxie Games, Sunny travels to Bridlewood with her friends to cheer on Hitch as he participates in Forest Critter Field Day.

In Sunny Side Up, Sunny is convinced by Pipp to film a smoothie-making show alongside Hitch at Canterlove Studios. The show goes badly at first due to Hitch's stage fright, and Pipp's attempts to keep viewers interested by introducing outlandish elements frustrates Sunny, to the point where she makes a heartfelt speech to the ponies watching at home. After finally performing the show the way she was hoping to, Sunny encourages the rest of Maretime Bay to create their own shows. In The Manesquerade Ball, Sunny attends the eponymous ball with her friends and Misty, planning for them to perform a "Unity dance" she created. Despite her friends not having practiced enough, the dance is made a success by the group improvising.

In A Little Horse, Sunny tries to help the sick Pipp by recreating a soup Pipp was given by her mother as a filly. When her attempt fails, she tries to get the recipe from Queen Haven herself. After Haven admits that she bought the soup rather than make it herself, Sunny gets some to bring back to Maretime Bay. In Missing the Mark, Sunny and her friends find that Sparky is missing again, and Misty leads them to Opaline's castle. There, they are captured by Opaline and learn that Misty was serving her the entire time. When the regretful Misty frees them, Sunny manages to access her Alicorn form and faces off with Opaline directly. With the cutie mark magic of her friends providing a boost, Sunny overpowers Opaline and warns the evil Alicorn to stay away from her friends.

### Chapter 5

In Cutie Blossom Bash, Sunny and her friends bring Misty to Zephyr Heights so she can celebrate getting her cutie mark. Along the way, Sunny relates the story of how she got her cutie mark. After Misty admits how uncomfortable she fels about being the center attention, Sunny and the others give her a private ceremony.

In Family Trees Pt. 1, the Mane Five travel with Misty to Bridlewood to try and decipher Misty's odd dreams. Along the way, they encounter the Breezies, to Sunny's amazement. Sunny also tells Zipp to ease off on interrogating Misty about her dreams. In Family Trees Pt. 2, Sunny and the group find a way to the Dragonlands, which helps Sparky recover from having his magic drained by Opaline. After returning to Bridlewood, they witness Misty reuniting with Alphabittle, who turns out to be her father.

In Father of the Bridlewood, Sunny, along with Izzy and Zipp, bring the unicorn Elder Flower to Zephyr Heights, and learn some things about Equestrian history in return. In Mane Smelody, Sunny and Zipp find an old map that belonged to her father. Their search for more clues lead them to the Breezie Night Market, where a Breezie gives Sunny a heart-shaped locket that has supposedly been waiting for a "special" pony.

In Nightmare on Mane Street, Sunny tries to recreate the fun times she had with her father for Nightmare Night. She is initially dismayed to see her guests making a mess of things, but is convinced by her friends to accept some new surprises as well. She is also present when Sparky's fire affects the map she and Zipp found, revealing the way to the Isle of Scaly.

### Chapter 6

In The Isle of Scaly, Sunny and her friends arrives at the dragons' home. They are introduced to the Dragon Lord, who turns out to be Spike (to Sunny's amazement), who relates some of Opaline's past to them. Spike and the dragons agree to work with the ponies to stop Opaline, and they depart for Maretime Bay.

In Roots of All Evil Pt. 1, Sunny's group returns home, only to find that Opaline has corrupted the Together Trees and used them to start stealing ponies' cutie marks. After they decided to split up to defend the pony settlements (with Spike and his dragons heading to Opaline's castle), Sunny watches with horror as Opaline overpowers Hitch and takes his cutie mark.

In Roots of All Evil Pt. 2, Sunny decides to face off against Opaline herself, but is defeated and loses her cutie mark. At that moment, all of ponykind sings in support of her, which causes the locket Sunny received at the Night Market to release a magical rainbow that ensnares Opaline, helping set in motion the return of the cutie marks and Opaline's defeat. Afterwards, Sunny and her friends look upon the fully-grown version of Opaline's Together Tree, which generates a mysterious portal.

In the Secrets of Starlight special, Sunny and her friends travel through the portal, finding themselves in a mysterious snowy area known as Starlight Ridge. There, they meet the Auroricorns, who seem friendly but act suspiciously. Soon, they learn that the Auroricorns are regularly placed under the thrall of Allura, who seeks a special star that would allow her to leave Starlight Ridge. Allura also places Sunny's friends under her control, until Sunny realizes that her spell can be broken by the magical snow of Starlight Ridge. Working together, the ponies are able to repel Allura, and Sunny and her friends return home, joined by the Auroricorn Comet.

## Other depictions

Sunny Starscout is featured in the film's book adaptations, including *My Little Pony: A New Adventure*, *My Little Pony: Ponies Unite*, the My Little Pony Annual 2022, and *My Little Pony: Story of the Movie*. Sunny also features in the picturebook *My Little Pony: Sunny's Day*.

Sunny Starscout appears in the 2D animated YouTube web series *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Wonderful Stories*, which is set after the events of *Journey of Heroes*. Sunny sometimes appears with her horn or wings, but she does retain the rainbow highlights in her mane which magically appeared in the end of the film. Additionally, Sunny will be featured in the upcoming *My Little Pony* comic book series, as published by IDW Publishing, and will be the main playable character in the upcoming video game *A Maretime Bay Adventure*.

## Personality

Sunny is portrayed as a very optimistic and bright-eyed pony. Having grown up with her father Argyle's stories of Twilight Sparkle, she values the idea of friendship between all ponies and holds it in the highest regard, despite what her peers teach and believe. It is this belief of hers that alienates her from the other Earth ponies (aside from Hitch) and causes her to frequently get in trouble around Maretime Bay (mostly due to her not thinking things through). Sunny is also a very curious type, shown to bombard unicorns and Pegasi with questions when she meets them for the first time.

Despite her belief in pony unity, Sunny can't help but think some of the things Earth ponies claim about unicorns and Pegasi are true (such as unicorns being able to read minds). Meeting her new friends quickly dissuades her of these notions.

The *Tell Your Tale* short A Home to Share shows her talking to her picture of her father when she doesn't know what to do.

### Official description

* *Curious*
* *Adventurous*
* *Hopeful*

"*Sunny is an Earth Pony that lives in Maretime Bay. She is determined to make the world a better place and is known for making the best smoothies any pony can find in Maretime Bay. She always stands up for what she believes in and loves roller skating into new adventures. Her dream is to bring magic and harmony back to Equestria, and make sure that it stays!*

## Appearances

### *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life*

#### Movie

* "LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Journey of Heroes"

#### Season 5: Generations

* 192a. "A Student Meets the Mentor"
* 194a. "Something Magical This Way Comes"
* 194b. "Wojira's Roommate"
* 195a. "The Busybody"
* 196b. "A Kite for Luca"
* 198a. "The Portal Scavenger Hunt"
* 198b. "Who's in Charge?" (mentioned)
* 199a. "Bad Hair Day"
* 200a. "The Amulet of Snow"
* 201a. "Food for Thought"
* 202. "DC Super Hero Ponies"
* 203a. "Quake Up Your Mind"
* 204b. "Flurry's Big Move"
* 205a. "Moving Day"
* 205b. "The Magic Jewels"
* 207a. "Revenge is Never the Answer"
* 208. "Maretime Bay Day Ruckus"
* 209a. "The Royal Summit"
* 209b. "Wojira's Ultimate Sacrifice"
* 210a. "Crystal and Gold"
* 210b. "Rediscovering the Magic of Friendship"
* 211. "In Separate Ways"
* 212a. "Leading the Way"
* 212b. "The Alicorn and the Undine"
* 213a. "The First Merlopian Queen"
* 213b. "The Search for the Merlopian Crystal"
* 216b. "Public Enemies Number Twenty"
* 217a. "More Magic, More Trouble"
* 217b. "Heartbreaking Promise"
* 218b. "Fire and Water"
* 220b. "Nya's First Steps"
* 221a. "Out of Retirement"
* 221b. "Breakout in Tartarus"
* 222a. "The Chase"
* 228a. "Magic and Corruption"
* 228b. "The Spell of Retrieval"
* 230. "A Light to a New Dawn"
* 233a. "The Dreamers Quest"
* 233b. "The Dragocorn Guardian"
* 234b. "Flight of the Dragocorns"
* 236a. "The Horoscope of Truth"
* 248. "An Issue of Trust"
* 249. "Dragon Form"
* 250. "Roots"

### *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Wonderful Stories*

#### Season 1

* 1. "Sisters Take Flight"
* 2. "A Home to Share"
* 3. "Zipp Gets Her Wings"
* 4. "Nightmare Roommate"
* 5. "Welcome to Mane Melody"
* 6. "The Unboxing of Izzy"
* 7. "Foal Me Once"
* 8. "Clip Trot"
* 9. "It's T.U.E.S. Day"
* 10. "Sunny-Day Dinners"
* 11. "Maretime Bay Day 2.0"
* 12. "The Game is a Hoof"
* 13. "Dumpster Diving"
* 14. "Alicorn Issues"
* 15. "Making a Foal of Me"
* 16. "Neighfever"
* 17. "Queen for a Day"
* 18. "On Your Cutie Marks"
* 19. "Lost in Translation"
* 21. "My Bananas"
* 22. "Zipp's Yes Day"
* 23. "Another Pony's Trash"
* 24. "Starscout Code"
* 25. "Pony Partay"
* 26. "Puphunt"
* 27. "All That Jazz"
* 28. "Pippsqueaks Forever"
* 29. "Dragon Dad"
* 30. "Nightmare Night Party"
* 31. "Haunted House"
* 32. "Baby Critters Club"
* 33. "Filly Filling"
* 34. "Sneaksy Strikes Again"
* 35. "Making a Meal of It"
* 37. "Snow Pun Intended"
* 38. "Foal Food"
* 39. "Under the Mistytoe"
* 40. "Secret Canter"
* 41. "A Day in the Life"
* 42. "Fireworking Together"
* 45. "Ponykind Parade-emonium"
* 46. "Sparky's Sick"
* 47. "Sunny's Smoothie Moves"
* 49. "Mission Imponable"
* 50. "Opaline Alone"
* 52. "Ponytropico"
* 53. "As the Misty Clears"
* 54. "I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rain(Bows)"
* 55. "Bridlewoodstock"
* 56. "Diva and Conquer"
* 57. "Hot Day, Huh?"
* 58. "Sparkle School"
* 59. "Moon Festival"
* 60. "Scents of Adventure"
* 61. "Attack of the Bunnisus"
* 62. "Lavarynth"
* 63. "Nightmare Nightmarket"
* 64. "Very Bad Hair Day"
* 65. "Misty Moves In"
* 67. "The Rise and Fall"
* 68. "Crystal Ball"
* 69. "Equestria's Got Talent"
* 70. "Snow Business Like Show Business"

#### Season 2

* 71. "Icy Prints"
* 72. "Heavy is the Mane That Wears the Fruit Crown"
* 73. "Cake Dragon"

### *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Perfect Together*

#### Chapter 2

* 2. "Izzy Does It"
* 3. "Growing Pains"
* 4. "Portrait of a Princess"
* 5. "Ali-Conned"
* 6. "The Cutie Mark Mix-Up"
* 7. "The Traditional Unicorn Sleep-Over"
* 8. "Hoof Done It?"
* 9. "Have You Seen This Dragon?"

#### Chapter 4

* 11. "Bridlewoodstock"
* 12. "Top Remodel"
* 13. "The Jinxie Games"
* 14. "Sunny Side Up"
* 15. "The Manesquerade Ball"
* 16. "A Little Horse"
* 17. "Missing the Mark"

#### Chapter 5

* 18. "Cutie Blossom Bash"
* 19. "Family Trees Pt. 1"
* 20. "Family Trees Pt. 2"
* 21. "Father of the Bridlewood"
* 22. "Mane Smelody"
* 23. "Nightmare on Mane Street"

#### Chapter 6

* 24. "The Isle of Scaly"
* 25. "Roots of All Evil Pt. 1"
* 26. "Roots of All Evil Pt. 2"
* 27. "Secrets of Starlight"