Night Light

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**Night Light**, also called **Mr. Sparkle**, is a male unicorn. He is Twilight Velvet's wife, Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor's father, and Flurry Heart's grandfather. He first appeared in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", and has made very few appearances in the show since. He is named varyingly in credits, merchandise, and other depictions.

## Depiction in the Series

Night Light appears alongside Twilight Velvet in all of his series appearances.

### Season One

His first appearance is in Twilight Sparkle's flashback in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles". He shows a filly Twilight her enrollment letter into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, and he is also present at his entrance exam into the school. When Twilight loses control of her magic as a result of the sonic rainboom, he is briefly transformed into a cactus. When Princess Celestia calms Twilight down, she returns to normal. He is then seen urging his daughter to accept Celestia's offer to be her personal student.

### Season Two

Night Light appears again in "A Canterlot Wedding", attending the wedding between his son Shining Armor and Princess Cadance.

### Season Three

He makes another appearance in "Magical Mystery Cure" at Twilight Sparkle's princess coronation.

### Season Six

He next appears in "The Crystalling" visiting Flurry Heart. In this appearance, he has spoken dialogue.

### Season Seven

Night Light appears in "Once Upon a Zeppelin", where he wins a free zeppelin cruise with his family from a contest he didn't enter. The family soon discovers that the cruise is actually a themed experience hosted by Iron Will where ponies pay to spend time with Twilight Sparkle and Cadance. It is shown that Night Light has a passion for bingo, while Twilight Velvet enjoys more thrilling activities, such as bungee jumping and barrel riding.

### Season Nine

In "Sparkle's Seven", he appears in flashback, tallying the scores for Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor's competitions.

In "The Point of No Return", he appears in Twilight's macaroni art family portrait.

In "Common Ground", Night Light briefly appears exploring the Buckball Hall of Fame in Appleloosa.

In "The Ending of the End", he briefly appears in the Canterlot Castle courtyard during the preparations for Twilight's ruler coronation. In Part 2, he takes shelter with other unicorns inside the School for Gifted Unicorns as Canterlot closes itself off from the other pony races. Later, he takes part in the final battle against Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, and Cozy Glow.

In "The Last Problem", he attends Twilight's coronation ceremony. He also briefly appears in Twilight's group shot during "The Magic of Friendship Grows".

## Other Depictions

### IDW Comics

Night Light appears in the fourth story arc ("Neigh Anything") of the IDW comics' main comic series with spoken lines. He leaves a filly Twilight Sparkle in the care of her foal-sitter Cadance while he and Twilight Velvet attend Shining Armor's flugelhorn recital.

On *Friends Forever* Issue #3 cover A, a list for Twilight's birthday party includes what appears to be the names of Night Light and Velvet.

He appears in *Friendship is Magic* Issue #40, visiting Twilight at school and meeting Spike.

On *Deviations* page 1, he and Velvet are turned into plants during Twilight's school entrance exam, similarly to in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", but this time retaining their manes and faces.

### Software

Night Light is available as a playable character in Gameloft's mobile game. He was added to the game as part of the Canterlot Wedding update on April 15, 2013. He was referred to simply as "Twilight's Dad" before being changed to "Night Light" in update 4.2. His house in-game is named "Night Light Book Binding House".

#### Mobile Game Description

"Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor's dad has a crescent moon for a cutie mark. He is married to Twilight Velvet."

## Merchandise

Card #51 C of the game's expansion set The Crystal Games names Night Light and lists the quote "I helped Twilight study for her entrance exam into Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. I love her to bits, but I hope I never, EVER, see another flash card as long as I live."

Night Light is shown on Acidfree's first art print.

## Appearances

See also: Character appearances

 N | No appearance and no mention by name or title

Season three

## References

1. ↑ My Little Pony by Amy Mebberson. Acidfree Gallery (2014-07-03). Retrieved on July 6, 2014.

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