Braiden Rockwell Bühler, commonly known as Brawly Beats or just Brawly, is a placeholder name for a male human who is a background character in the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls franchise. He is a rocker student at Canterlot High School and the drummer of Flash Sentry's band Flash Drive.
He then later reappears as a supporting character across the MLP: EG x Jake and the Never Land Pirates film series and some films in the MLP: FIM x Jake and the Never Land Pirates franchise.
Portrayers[]
Brawly is played by Ryan Gosling.
Appearance[]
Brawly is a tall, slender man with light skin and short turquoise hair. He wears an orange T-shirt, a pair of brown shoes and his fingerless gloves and pants are blue.
Depiction In Equestria Girls[]
Equestria Girls (2013)[]
Brawly first appeared in the first Equestria Girls film in which he is seen sitting with Ringo in the Canterlot High School cafeteria. They later appear there again with other rocker students during the Cafeteria Song n which he and the other members of Flash Drive briefly play along. During the song Time to Come Together, he and his bandmates appears getting ready on the gymnasium stage. He later performs with his bandmates during the Fall Formal. After Sunset Shimmer is defeated, he has a speaking role, asking in surprise if Spike, a dog just talked.
Rainbow Rocks[]
Brawly returns in the film Rainbow Rocks in which he is seen sitting with other rocker students in the CHS cafeteria. He and his bandmates later appear at the party for the bands in the CHS Musical Showcase. During the song Battle of the Bands, he appears in the audience for Snips and Snails' and the Rainbooms' first performances. He later appears with his bandmates when Flash Sentry bumps into Twilight Sparkle in the hallway, shrugging dismissively. During the song Under Our Spell, Flash Drive defeats the Eco-Kids' band, but is defeated in the semi-finals by the Dazzlings.
Friendship Games[]
In the film Friendship Games, Brawly Beats appears in the audience for the CHS Rally Song and later appears in a photograph from the rally during the film credits.
Depiction In MLP: EG x Jake and the Never Land Pirates[]
Lemon Zest Rules[]
Brawly makes his first appearance in any of the MLP: EG x Jake and the Never Land Pirates film series starting with the film Lemon Zest Rules in which he and his bandmates watches the Disney Junior TV series Jake and the Never Land Pirates with the Mane 10. He is also last seen watching the show Jake and the Never Land Pirates in Flash Sentry's Marina Bay Blue BMW M5 F90 while on the way home.
A Swashbuckling Vacation[]
Brawly returns in the film A Swashbuckling Vacation in which he joins a group of contestants a long roadtrip to Washington DC, the US capital until he and his bandmates meet Jake, Izzy and Cubby for the first time. Subsequently followed by Pauly Sentry, the Eco-Kids, Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Amber Jewel and Princess Sofia, ha and the other travellers are brought by Strawberry Shortcake and her husband Hugo.
Throughout the film, Brawly shrugs to Strawberry at the nearest motel due to Paisley and Sandalwood buying the wrong items at the supermarket, prompting the convoy not to have dinners with bubblegum and cinnamon rolls. In addition, he is completely dismayed when Hugo and Strawberry sings the song Bad Boys by Jamaican reggae band The Inner Circle Band, so they sing the Indonesian song Jomblo Happy instead. In the ensuing scenes, Brawly is seen attending the funfair where he, Flash and Ringo buys sticks of deep fried butter, rides the Alien Abduction carousel with Fizzlepop, Jewel, Jake, Izzy, Cubby and Sofia with Abacus Cinch chasing after them, dismayed when Cubby wins the pig, disgusted when Sofia is seen peeing in bottles due to drinking too much lemonade, dismayed when Hugo bans them not to touch the minibar, shocked to see Cubby treating the pig nicely the next morning and experiences road trip on the way to Washington DC due to Hugo getting distracted behind the wheel dealing a phone call with his big brother Axel.
Apart from that, Brawly and his bandmates experiences fallen luggage until Abacus Cinch steals all of their luggage (including Principal Cadance's memory book), attacked by seagulls due to Pauly's attempt in feeding the seagulls with her tortilla chips, experiences cinnamon roll explosion due to the cinnamon rolls placed near the air vents blowing hot air, gets covered in mud due to Hugo's attempt in getting the van unstuck, retrieves Principal Cadance's memory book and sings the song Bad Boys together until the van broke down upon arrival due to overheating. He also ended up meeting the Callisto family along with Potion Nova who manages to rescue their luggage earlier.
However, despite all the chaos that Brawly experiences during the film, he manages to celebrate Flurry Heart's birthday on time.
Malaysia's Most Wanted[]
In the film Malaysia's Most Wanted, Brawly and his bandmates are doing yoga exercises in Akron, Ohio, followed by the Dazzlings (Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, Darby Shortcake, Lemon Meringue, Orange Blossom, Raspberry Torte and Sonata Dusk) as well as Nathellie Ballerie. Noticing that the Mane 10 are having a holiday in Malaysia at the moment, a heartbroken Nathellie wishes to meet Jake, Izzy and Cubby so bad, prompting the Dazzlings, Brawly and his bandmates to cheer her up.
Brawly and his bandmates later reappear at the Suria KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital followed by the Dazzlings (Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, Darby Shortcake, Lemon Meringue, Orange Blossom, Raspberry Torte and Sonata Dusk), Sunburst, Luster Dawn and Nathellie Ballerie as well as Swiss composer Adrian von Ziegler where the 3rd EvoClub Cars of Malaysia Closing Ceremony is held. Towards the end of the film, Brawly has a chat with the locals in Malaysia and he is last seen leaving Malaysia in an airplane.
Princess Ella Sofie[]
Brawly returns in the film Princess Ella Sofie in which he and his bandmates gets another female member in the band Flash drive, who happens to be none other than a mermaid with blonde hair named Oona! Also, James adds that Oona is another old pal to Sofia, prompting Watermelody to let Oona join the band. Whilst helping Oona in finding Princess Sofia using her Genesis GV80, Watermelody explains to Oona that Crystal Prep Academy has an apparent dress code in which all students wear reddish-purple blazers or vests, dark-blue ties or bow ties, black shoes, dark-blue slacks for the male students and reddish-purple tartan skirts for the female students.
Throughout the film, Brawly meets up with the Shadowbolts at the recreational park in Newton, Massachusetts for a picnic spot and meets up with Malaysia's male storyteller who happens to be Muhammad Syamim, prompting him and his band members to speak Malay. Afterwards, Brawly proceeds to the Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park located in Canada's province of Manitoba where the Eco-Kids in the 1996 Mercedes-Benz S420 and the Amber Crew in the Mercedes-Benz GLS shows up as well, prompting the whole convoy to sleep for the night.
Depiction In MLP: FIM x Jake and the Never Land Pirates[]
Bouncing Around the World[]
Brawly returns in the MLP: FIM x Jake and the Never Land Pirates film series staring with the film Bouncing Around the World in which Ringo picks up Alvin Bradley out of nowhere and he joins the roadtrip to Nigeria and help dozens of poor people dealing with pollution problems, subsequently followed by Lightning Dust, Nahwan Nafisah and Perri.
Throughout the film, Brawly and his bandmates experiences the midnight sun in Greenland and proceeds to Sweden to seek help from Jonna and Johan Jinton. After crossing the countries of France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Türkiye, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Cameroon and into Nigeria, Brawly is dismayed to see the polluted condition of Nigeria, prompting him, Nafisah and his bandmates to clean up and modernize the whole country. Towards the end of the film, he joins a dinner feast and Brawly is also last seen leaving Nigeria with the convoy.
The Abandoned Kingdom of Enchancia[]
Brawly returns in the film The Abandoned Kingdom of Enchancia in which he is seen following his bandmates (including Oona) in Zandar's white Range Rover P400 7-seater SUV. Subsequently followed by the Eco-kids in Starlight Fitzgerald's Titanium Silver Metallic BMW E38 750iL V12 and both Toola Roola, Coconut Cream, Cedric, Cordelia and Calista in the Nero Noctis Lamborghini Urus, Brawly reaches Enchancia and finds the Mane 10 (Applejack, Fluttershy, Greg, Hacky, Perri, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Sunset Shimmer and Utah), Liezel, Lightning Dust, Nazz Abdullah and Nathellie Ballerie doing all the work to restore Enchancia and bring back its beauty, prompting Brawly to join.
After doing all the work restoring Enchancia, a RAM TRX pickup truck and a Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle minivan shows up, only to find Jake, Sofia, their two kids, Giselle, Robert Philip, Morgan and Moondancer Brawly is also last seen having a feast with the others towards the end of the film.