In the episode Applebuck Season, she insists on tackling the annual apple harvest all by herself while her brother Big McIntosh recovers from an injury. Diligence ' This is your sister Applejack - remember? The loyalest of friends and the most dependable of ponies?!' - Applejack, talking to her brotherĪpplejack is a brave, reliable, strong, mature, and hard-working pony, although headstrong about doing things on her own. In Applebuck Season, Twilight calls her 'A.J.,' a nickname that is used again by Spike in Boast Busters, Big McIntosh in Winter Wrap Up, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash in The Last Roundup, and Pinkie Pie in MM Mystery on the Friendship Express. Applejack is the first pony to have her name abbreviated in the show.

Spikecalls her 'Apple Teeny,' pronounced the same as appletini, an apple-flavored alcoholic cocktail. In the episode Bridle Gossip, poison joke causes Applejack to shrink.

She shares some personality traits with the G1 pony named Starlight.Īpplejack is also the name of a strong alcoholic beverage produced from apples. Voice actress Ashleigh Ball has cited country singers Miley Cyrus, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire as inspiration for Applejack's voice and dialect. Faust used the character's G1 color scheme, abandoning the dark red color from the G3 toy line. Faust intended to use more characters from the first My Little Pony series, but Hasbro did not maintain the trademarks to nearly all of the original character names and most names had to be replaced. Lauren Faust, the show's developer, was inspired to create Applejack by her childhood toy G1 pony Applejack. Concept of Applejack back in 2008 by Lauren Faust.Īpplejack is one of the only two members of the main cast who were part of the original My Little Pony cast in the 1980s animated series, the other member being Spike.

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