Twilight Sparkle

Overview

Originally a unicorn, Twilight Sparkle is a young purple pony with a navy blue mane and a pink streak. She hails from Canterlot, the capital of Equestria. At the start of the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Twilight's mentor, Princess Celestia, instructs Twilight to move to Ponyville, hoping for her to expand her magical abilities and learn more about friendship. After moving in as the town's resident librarian alongside her apprentice Spike, Twilight quickly encounters five ponies who become her closest friends in the town of Ponyville. Her home is a rather large tree in the middle of town that also functions as a library.

In the show's Season 3 finale, "Magical Mystery Cure", Princess Celestia determines that Twilight has successfully accomplished her training. Due to this, Celestia declares Twilight a princess, turning her into an alicorn (a type of pony bearing a horn and wings.) As part of her new position, Twilight continues her residence in Ponyville from the Castle of Friendship, eventually becoming a tutor to Starlight Glimmer.

In her first game appearance, My Little Pony: Twilight Sparkle, Teacher for a Day, she takes on the role of narrator. The game is more of a story book where Twilight reads the story to the player, each story telling about Equestria and give life lessons at the end.

Personality

Twilight Sparkle is a very well educated pony and is the one with the most formal education of the mane cast. She takes things seriously, almost to a fault, but does all that she can to look out for her friends. She has an intense need and thirst for knowledge, primarily when it comes to magic and learning her limits. Because of Twilight Sparkle's need to succeed and vast intelligence, she is also insanely organized. She values Princess Celestia very highly and only accepts perfection in an effort to please the princess. This can be an issue for Twilight Sparkle, as it can make her seem very selfish and bring out her more negative traits. Twilight Sparkle is known to freak out and have anxiety attacks that affect everyone around her when she knows that the princess will be stopping by. Her nervousness can take a hard grip on her and amplify her almost non-existent social skills. When this happens, she tries to solve her problems with magic and things she's read instead of relying on her friends, making any issues she had formerly grow exponentially.

Trivia

• Twilight Sparkle is a completely new pony, seeing as her name, appearance, and personality bear no resemblance to ponies from previous My Little Pony generations.
• In the first season of the show, Twilight Sparkle was light purple and had a long tail, however her coat darkens and her tail shrinks throughout the show.
• Twilight Sparkle's mother resembles the original first generation pony Twilight.
• Unlike most unicorns who specialize in one specific type of magic, Twilight Sparkle excels in a vast variety and knows multiple spells.
• She is voiced by Tara Strong.