Pinkie Pie

Pinkie Pie is a pink-coated, pink-maned Earth pony and one of the main characters of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, in which she represents the element of laughter. Her cutie mark is of two blue balloons and one yellow balloon.

In fan labor, she is often used for comic relief, a unique perspective on things, and as a way to get around plot holes without eliciting cries of deus ex machina. She is a versatile tool, but one that must be used carefully. Because of her off-the-wall personality and behavior in the show, she is commonly seen as the hardest member of the Mane 6 to write.

Depictions in fan labor
As mentioned above, Pinkie Pie's most frequent role in fan labor is as comic relief, injecting a dose of comedy into situations that may or may not call for it. Occasionally, fan labor will delve more deeply into Pinkie Pie's character and psyche, giving her character more layers than is typically shown in the cartoon.

Breaking the fourth wall
Pinkie has a tendency to ignore the laws of physics in the show, but it's taken much further in fan works. Numerous pictures and comics exist wherein Pinkie breaks the fourth wall or interacts with the comic panels, camera, and even the tools used to draw her. In fiction, she can often be heard to rant about being followed by an invisible camera or pause to make sure the reader is well aware of what the current conversation is implying, always to the confusion of the other characters. The more comedic and random the fiction, the more likely Pinkie is to overtly break the fourth wall.

Other examples

 * In My Little Pony: Guardian Mares, she is the Guardian Mare form of human girl Diane Finkle.
 * Occasionally, fan labor will involve her clones from Too Many Pinkie Pies.
 * The murderous Pinkamena persona mentioned below is common in fan labor, popularized by the infamous Cupcakes and also included on the Ask Homicidal Pinkamena blog.

Pinkamena Diane Pie
The infamous fan fiction Cupcakes introduced the possibility of Pinkie becoming a murdering psychopath. Her behavior in Party of One after convincing herself that her friends had abandoned her gave this psycho-Pie a freaky, straight-haired exterior to match the interior. Pictures of murderous Pinkie are far more likely to include the straightened mane and tail and insane grin than the curly-maned look. She is also known in the Crooked Trees blogs as "Pinkamina" or "Pinky". Her psychotic persona has also been christened "Worst Pony" by a number of fans, likely for being so grossly out-of-character.

Outside of grimdark and sticking closer to canon, the straight hair and dulled colors is used to indicate depression in the normally cheerful party pony. Extreme turns for the worse, temporary abandonment, or even seeing others in distress can deflate Pinkie Pie's mane.

Some fan fictions debate whether or not "Pinkamena" is Pinkie Pie in a depressed mental state or if Pinkamena is a complete second personality. Some believe Pinkamena is an alter-ego of Pinkie Pie or a whole separate being that can take control of Pinkie's body. There is further debate over if "Pinkamena" as a separate being is aware of normal Pinkie Pie and vice versa.

"And that's how Equestria was made!"
Derived from Pinkie Pie's cutie mark story in The Cutie Mark Chronicles, some fan labor toys with the concept that Pinkie Pie somehow played a role in the creation/foundation of Equestria. Others joke that Pinkie would end a story of how Equestria was created with "...and that's how I got my cutie mark!"

Party cannon
"I never leave home without my party cannon!"

- Pinkie Pie in Sweet and Elite

In the episode Sweet and Elite, Pinkie Pie introduces her "party cannon", a cannon that shoots confetti and other party props. It appears again in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, Games Ponies Play, and Pinkie Pride.

Since its introduction, the party cannon quickly garnered popularity within the fandom, resulting in numerous pieces of fan art and exploitables. Some fan art depict it as being functional as a weapon (as it is used in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2) or alter its design to more closely resemble an actual weapon. Variations of the party cannon include the Pinkie Pie Launcher and Vinyl Scratch's bass cannon.

Pinkie Pool
"Chimicherry? Cherrychanga?"

- Pinkie Pie in The Last Roundup

"CHIMICHANGA!!"

- Deadpool's favorite word

Pinkie Pie is also featured in some fan art alongside (or crossed over with) Deadpool of Marvel Comics, due to their similarities: both are motor mouths, wild cards, and have a tendency to break the fourth wall.

Relationships
Among the rest of the Mane 6, Pinkie Pie is most commonly shipped with Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, or Twilight Sparkle. These pairings are typically referred to as "PinkieDash", "PinkieShy" (or "FlutterPie"), and "TwiPie" respectively. As of the episode Pinkie Apple Pie, Pinkie Pie and Applejack -- "ApplePie" -- has also become a popular ship.

Those who prefer heterosexual pairings typically pair Pinkie Pie with Pokey Pierce,  Ponet, Braeburn, or Big Macintosh. She is also commonly paired with her male counterpart Bubble Berry. As of the episode Pinkie Pride, she is also shipped with fellow party pony Cheese Sandwich.

Pinkie Pie has also been known to be shipped with Doctor Whooves and even Discord.

Other media
A contestant in two Google Chrome security vulnerability contests used the alias "Pinkie Pie" in order to hide his participation in the contest from his employer, and won a total of $120,000 in the contests. At a contest in March 2012 he exposed three yet-undisclosed ("zero-day") security vulnerabilities in Google's web browser, earning him $60,000 as a bounty from Google. At a second contest in October 2012, "Pinkie Pie" won $60,000 again for exposing another such security vulnerability.

Fan art examples


Fan fiction examples
