Amanda Jane Kimberly McIntosh, known professionally as Apple Bloom or in German as Apfelblüte, is a female school-age Earth pony and a member of the Apple family in the TV show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Apple Bloom is one of the founding members of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, a society devoted to helping ponies earn their cutie marks, along with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.
Portrayers[]
Apple Bloom is originally played by Michelle Creber, but now played by Aubrey Anderson-Emmons from Crystal Prep High Rocks and above.
Depiction In Friendship Is Magic[]
Apple Bloom's first appearance is in Friendship Is Magic - Part 1, where she makes a brief appearance at the Apple family reunion. She first balances a three layered chocolate cake with green icing and an apple on top on her back while being introduced by Applejack. After Twilight Sparkle announces she can't stay for brunch, Apple Bloom pleads for her to stay with puppy-eyes. Near the end of the episode when Nightmare Moon appears, she is seen again. She huddles together with the ponies who would later be her friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, though this was an oversight on the part of the scene's layout artist.
Bravery and Independence[]
Apple Bloom makes her first prominent appearance in Bridle Gossip. At first she huddles in Sugarcube Corner with the other ponies who are hiding from Zecora, a zebra and an alleged evil enchantress. Apple Bloom assumes that she isn't actually afraid of Zecora, she's not a baby and does not require Applejack's protection.
When Twilight Sparkle tries to reason everyone into talking to Zecora instead of hiding from her, Apple Bloom is the only pony who listens to and agrees with everything Twilight says. To prove that she isn't as immature and timid as Applejack thinks she is, Apple Bloom follows Zecora into the Everfree Forest. Later, when the ponies come to Zecora demanding answers, they find that Apple Bloom has already befriended Zecora and volunteered to help her brew a remedy for poison joke.
In The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, Apple Bloom is among the few ponies to challenge Flim and Flam's claims that they can produce more, better cider than her family. In Somepony To Watch Over Me, she asserts her independence when Applejack becomes overprotective of her and tries to make a dangerous pie delivery by herself.
Cutie Mark Pursuits[]
Apple Bloom starts her enthusiastic pursuit of a cutie mark in Call of the Cutie, along with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. This theme continues in early episodes such as Stare Master, The Show Stoppers, The Cutie Mark Chronicles and The Cutie Pox. She is very adamant about finding her cutie mark in Call of the Cutie and manages to persuade Twilight Sparkle to try to magically make her cutie mark appear, even though Twilight tells her it's no use. She's very aggressive with her salesmanship in the episode and even tries to pressure Sweetie Drops and Berryshine into buying some apples.