Cutie Mark Crusaders

Apple Bloom
Bloom is the original Crusader, having an entire episode devoted to her efforts to fidn her special talent before she (officially) met Sweetie and Scootaloo. She's the most impatient and focused member of the group; whereas Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo can look back at their shenanigans as simply a fun time, Apple Bloom tends to focus more on the failure to get the coveted mark.

Her talent is considered to be related to woodwork or repairs.

Sweetie Belle
Being the younger sister of Rarity has given Sweetie some measure of propriety when compared to her friends, but she's still a rambunctious filly. She's arguably the smartest Crusader, despite taking longer to catch on to things, and certainly the most cautious, always being the one to question the safety of certain tasks like zip-lining.

Her talent is in music, especially singing.

Scootaloo
Rainbow Dash in minature, which makes sense because she idolizes the older pegasus. She's usually the one to suggest more extreme ideas for cutie mark acquisition and tends to act before thinking. Scootaloo is the transportation for the Crusaders, often hauling the other two around in a wagon hitched to her trademark scooter. In fanon, her being called a chicken and dodo as well as her fan-filly devotion to Rainbow Dash, are commonly used tropes.

Her talent is either dancing or extreme sports.

Expanding the Club
While the CMC usually consists only of its canon three members, fan-fictions occasionally have the fillies bring in other blank-flanks such as Dinky Doo and Pipsqueak. Sometimes Twist is also made an honorary Crusader despite already having her mark.

Fics and comics set in the future, after the CMC have all earned their cutie marks, have had the older and wiser ponies take the idea behind Cutie Mark Crusading and turning it into a more organized club or mentorship program, serving the double purpose of helping younger ponies discover their talents in a firendly environment and giving the original members a way to keep in touch as their lives take different paths.


 * We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
 * On a quest to find out who we are
 * And we will never stop the journey
 * Not until we have our cutie marks - CMC Theme Song


 * Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo are three young fillies who aren't content to simply wait for inspiration to strike and guide them to their cutie marks. Instead, they run around town trying everything they can think of, from zip-lining to candy making to finding lost chickens.  They sometiems get into trouble, but their antics are generally viewed with amusement and some nostalgia by their elders.


 * Fan works involving the CMC usually focus on either the messes they get themselves in while crusading, the moments of truth where they discover their special talents, or what happens to them after they grow up.