Betty Michelle Dorothy Seed, known professionally as Babs Seed, in German as Babs-Samen or in Spanish as Semilla de Babs, is a female earth pony featured in the TV show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic who happens to be Apple Bloom's cousin from Manhattan, New York City, New York. She is a former member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders alongside the new member Princess Vivian and her human adaptation appears across the Equestria Girls and Sofia The First film lineup starting from Crystal Prep High Rocks and up.
Portrayers[]
Babs is voiced by Taraji P. Henson.
Depiction In Friendship Is Magic[]
Season 3[]
Babs Seed is introduced in the episode One Bad Apple. She arrives at the Ponyville train station, where Apple Bloom introduces her to the other Cutie Mark Crusaders, who then show her their clubhouse and their giant pumpkin float for the Summer Harvest Parade. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon arrive shortly after and berate Babs for not having a cutie mark, which she seems self-conscious about. Babs often covers her blank flank with her short tail at the mention of a cutie mark. Ultimately, Babs starts to make fun of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, destroys their float and joins both Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. And thus, Diamond Tiara declares her behaviour as big city attitude,
Babs then spends much of her time tormenting the Crusaders, who are scared of being snitches if they tell Applejack. During the song Babs Seed, Babs chases and bullies the Cutie Mark Crusaders who are attempting to avoid her. Eventually, back at Sweet Apple Acres, Babs sleeps in Apple Bloom's bed, forcing her cousin to sleep on a bed of hay with a newspaper blanket. She later kicks the Cutie Mark Crusaders out of their clubhouse, turning it into a hangout for her, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. In order to solve this problem, the Crusaders attempted to get revenge by secretly rebuild the float the night before the Summer Harvest Parade.
Welcome, Babs Seed!
On the day of the parade, Babs is successfully lured onto the booby-trapped float and begins to ride it down the street. The Crusaders are horrified to find out from Applejack that Babs was bullied in Manhattan for not having her cutie mark, resulting in Babs herself turned to bullying to avoid becoming a victim again. After Babs is rescued from the sabotaged float, the four make amends, and Babs joins the Cutie Mark Crusaders, becoming the official fourth member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. At the train station, she tells Applejack that she will talk to Sunflower, her big sister about the bullying when she returns to Manhattan. Babs also promises to start the Manhattan branch of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Before boarding the train, she angers both Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon when they start teasing the Crusaders again and manages to effectively subdue them, which Sweetie Belle says makes her a true bad seed in a proper manner.
Babs returns in the episode Apple Family Reunion in which Apple Bloom is overjoyed that she RSVP'd for the reunion, and the two greet each other warmly upon her arrival, calling each other their "favorite cousin". The two start up a conversation about Babs' new school, but Applejack interrupts by having them compete in an obstacle course of her own design. They try during each leg of the course to talk (during which it's learned that Babs has followed through on her initiative to try and recruit foals for the Manehattan branch of the Crusaders) but the effort to keep up in the activities leaves them unable to get many words in edgewise.
After the race, they try to talk in private only for Applejack to lead them to the hay ride, during which Babs expresses admiration at seeing real fruit bats for the first time. After the barn gets wrecked from the bat fiasco, Babs helps with raising the new one and, like the whole family, takes part in the picture. As the relatives start to depart back home, she and Apple Bloom both express excitement about the next family reunion, though both agree that they ought to meet up way before then, and the two bid each other a warm farewell.
Season 5[]
In Bloom & Gloom, Babs Seed writes a letter to Apple Bloom stating she received her cutie mark - a pair of scissors, her special talent having been foreshadowed at the end of Friends Forever Issue 13.[7] Sweetie Belle says that Babs "was always fussing with her bangs and tail!" As a result of getting her cutie mark, Scootaloo states that Babs is no longer a member of the Crusaders. Babs also appears on the modified photos from the Apple Family Reunion during Apple Bloom's third nightmare.
In Made in Manehattan, Babs makes a brief cameo walking through Manehattan with Aunt Orange.
Season 7[]
In Forever Filly and Marks and Recreation, a photo of Babs appears mounted on the Crusaders' clubhouse wall.
Season 9[]
Babs appears in The Last Crusade during the CMC Appreciation Day party. Her coat and mane colors appear on Auntie Lofty's quilt. The photo of Babs in the CMC Clubhouse appears again in The Last Crusade and Growing Up is Hard to Do.
In The Last Problem, Babs Seed attends Twilight Sparkle's coronation ceremony. She also briefly appears in Applejack's group shot during the song The Magic of Friendship Grows.