| Rarity | |
|---|---|
| File:Rarity.jpg | |
| Species | Unicorn |
| Eyes | Azure |
| Mane | Indigo |
| Coat | Azureish gray |
| Cutie mark | Diamonds |
| Voice Actress | Tabitha St. Germain |
Rarity is a unicorn living in Ponyville. She works as a fashion designer and is one of the main characters of the series. She holds the element of Generosity.
Personality
Rarity has a passion for design and considers herself an artist, with other ponies' looks as her medium. Her dream is to design for Princess Celestia one day. She has a tendency to give her friends spontanious makeovers and clothing tips if their appearence does not meet her impeccable standards (Twilight is a frequent victim of this.) However, this does not mean that she is shallow or superficial; she truly cares about each one of her clients and tries her best to create designs which will bring out the inner beauty of her friends.
Rarity is perhaps the most well-spoken of the main six ponies; her vocabulary tends to be on the more elegant side, and she is prone to user bigger words and more sophisitcated, refined phrasing than the others. She also has a tendancy to call others "darling," and place emphasis on unexpected words when she speaks.
Rarity appears to suffer from a medium-to-strong case of OCD. While this does not impair her work or her relationships with others, her tremendous attention to detail can sometimes go too far, resulting in her refusing to budge until she has completed a task perfectly. In Look Before You Sleep, she had difficulty tearing herself away from fixing a messy bookcase despite the presense of a much bigger problem (a tree that crashed into Twilight's home) and in Winter Wrap-Up, she became so preoccupied with fixing Twilight's messy bird's nest that she spent nearly the entire day on it, when she was supposed to be making hundreds of nests. Her more compulsive side can sometimes cause friction between her and her friends (particularly Applejack) but she always puts those she cares about before her need to keep things in order. Rarity may be nitpicky, but she has her priorities straight.
History
Rarity was responsible for the decor during the Summer Sun celebration. When she saw what Rainbow Dash accidently had done to Twilight's hair she was compelled to give Twilight a makeover. She also developed a fascination with Twilight when she heard she was from Canterlot. Twilight fled in fear of Rarity dying her coat a new color.
In episode 2, during the search for the elements of harmony they encountered a sea-serpent. When they discovered the sea-serpent was just crying over the loss of half of his moustache, Rarity selflessly cut of her own tail and used it to replace the sea-serpent's lost moustache. This action earned her the element of Generosity.
Appearances
S1E1: Friendship is Magic (Part 1)
S1E2: Friendship is Magic (Part 2)
S1E3: The Ticket Master
S1E4: Applebuck Season
S1E5: Griffon the Brush-off
S1E6: Boast Busters
S1E7: Dragonshy
S1E8: Look Before You Sleep
S1E9: Bridle Gossip
S1E10: Swarm of the Century
S1E11: Winter Wrap Up
Trivia
- Rarity is one of only three characters (along with Twilight Sparkle and Applejack) who has appeared in every episode.
- Rarity's design evolved from that of Sparkler, a pony from the original (or G1) line of My Little Pony characters. When Hasbro lost the rights to nearly all the original ponies names, Faust combined Sparkler's color scheme with the name of a G3 pony, creating Friendship is Magic's Rarity.
- Rarity's fashion obsession may be because of Hasbro's request for a fashion element in the show. The creators resolved to fulfill this request in a positive way, making Rarity an artistic and talented fashion designer rather than an airheaded shopaholic.