Applebloom (My Little Pony)

Applebloom is a character from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic franchise.

Applebloom is a female school-age Earth pony and a member of the Apple family. She is the younger sister of Applejack and Big McIntosh and granddaughter of Granny Smith. Apple Bloom is one of the founding members of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, a club/"secret" society devoted to helping ponies earn their cutie marks, along with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.

Appearance
She is a yellow earth pony with a red mane and tail and a large pink bow on her head.

Personality
She has a thick Southern American accent like Applejack, but it tends to fade when she talks to someone she does not like or wants to prove herself to. Together with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, she forms the Cutie Mark Crusaders so they can find their place in the world. Apple Bloom knows martial arts and is skilled at design and carpentry, as shown by the speed with which she renovates Applejack's old treehouse for the Crusaders' use.

Trivia

 * She's called Apple Blossom in the  Sparkle World  story  The Hero of Ponyville!  and at one point in the "The Cutie Mark Chronicles"-based storybook  Cutie Mark Quest . Lauren Faust has saidshe originally intended that to be her name, but got hit with an Executive Veto late in pre-production, probably due to trademark concerns. Those two stories were among the first ever written.
 * It's also implied that her talent is Art, Carpentry, and Design — much like the G3/3.5 Toola-Roola (one of only two main characters from that generation to not have a major role in G4).
 * Her red hair, pink bow, and status as leader of a group of three girls makes her very similar to Blossom from The Powerpuff Girls. It helps that Lauren Faust worked on both of these shows.