Linda Mary Patricia Stanton, known professionally as Kerfuffle, is a fashion designer who lives in Hope Hollow, featured in the 2019 TV special My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip. Her human form appears in the film Sherlock Brianna Motte with just one leg.
However, starting from Superheroes Unite onwards, she and Richard Stanton becomes the new rulers of Equestria.
Portrayers[]
Racquel Belmonte previously played Kerfuffle in Rainbow Roadtrip, but in the film Sherlock Brianna Motte, she is voiced by Kate Winslet.
Appearance[]
Pegasus Form[]
Kerfuffle is a blue-haired pegasus. Her mane is two shades of pink, there is a pin cushion on the mane and her tail is fastened with two rubber bands. The mare has purple eyes and is wearing a woolen vest. Kerfuffle has a prosthesis instead of the rear left leg. Her cutie mark is 3 balls of yarn and knitting needles.
Human Form[]
Her human form uses a one-legged version (inspired by Captain Ahab from Herman Melville's book Moby Dick and its 1930, 1956, 1978 and 2010 film adaptations similar to her pony form) while still retaining her woolen vest, but now gets a skirt.
Depiction In Friendship Is Magic[]
Rainbow Roadtrip[]
Kerfuffle first appeared in the 2019 TV special My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip working as a fashion designer and clothing shop owner in Hope Hollow. She is visited by Rarity and both express admiration for each other's fashion work, with Kerfuffle mentioning that she uses Rarity's works as inspirations for her own designs. Impressed by Kerfuffle's fashions and keen eye for color, Rarity offers her to be her assistant designer for the Rainbow Festival and Kerfuffle eagerly accepts.
Later, Kerfuffle and Rarity come to the town square with a cart of clothes and color-matched accessories Kerfuffle designed herself, including an orange scarf for Applejack, red leggings for Fluttershy, a pink flower lei for Pinkie Pie, blue goggles for Rainbow Dash, a pair of rainbow wing covers for Twilight Sparkle and red goggles for Barley and Pickle Barrel.
When color starts to return to Hope Hollow, Kerfuffle's cart also regains color and attracts customers, who regain their color as well. She regains her own color when the Rainbow Festival begins. Kerfuffle then celebrates the return of the town's color with the Mane 6 and the rest of Hope Hollow during the song Living in Color and she watches as the Mane 6 leave in their repaired hot air balloon.
Depiction In Equestria Girls[]
Sherlock Brianna Motte[]
Kerfuffle returns in the film Sherlock Brianna Motte as she got out of the portal located behind York Middle School (YMS) in York, Maine in which she turns herself into a human being for the very first time. A horrified Kerfuffle screams in horror for turning into human, but lefts afterwards by walking on two legs. After leaving YMS, she is picked up by Princess Amber in her 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLS580 4Matic who offers her a lift. Much to her delight, Kerfuffle enters the GLS and the duo went back to her house.
Upon arriving at Amber's house, Kerfuffle ended up meeting the rest of the Amber Crew such as Lyra Heartstrings, Sweetie Drops, Derpy Hooves and Emelina Grace. When she wonders about a mysterious pirate kid with a wooden sword, Emelina claims that the person she is talking about happens to be Jake. Given the fact that Kerfuffle hasn't met Jake before, Derpy gives her a DVD of the old Disney Junior TV series Jake and the Never Land Pirates, much to her joy. Afterwards, the 5 of them watch the show down the basement.
Throughout the film, Kerfuffle is greeted by Princess Hildegard, Blueberry Muffin, Huckleberry Pie and Sweeten Sour after watching the show Jake and the Never Land Pirates all day, enters Sweeten's Mercedes-AMG E53 by the back seats, jams up to Sofia Carson's song Glowin' Up (from the film My Little Pony: A New Generation), camps with the Amber Crew at the Babine Mountains Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada mentioning Nahwan Nafisah, joining the war in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park to defeat the evil enchantress Mamanu and she also meets both Lani and Sofia for the very first time after rescuing the trio along with Sci-Twi. Towards the end of the film, she even visits Hakalo and after the post credits, Kerfuffle shows King Jacob a stain glass window image of the war that occurred in Hawaii. Jaidyn Lynzee mentions Nahwan Nafisah to Jacob, leaving him confused.
Depiction In MLP: FIM x Jake and the Never Land Pirates[]
The Secret of Equestria's Landmarks[]
Kerfuffle's 3rd return was across the MLP: FIM x Jake and the Never Land Pirates film series starting with The Secret of Equestria's Landmarks in which she is mentioned by Nahwan Nafisah to Flipline Studios characters Alberto, Cooper, Greg, Penny and Prudence as well as Sean Edwards and his little sister Laura in becoming a fashion designer in Hope Hollow. She then appears alongside the residents of Hope Hollow welcoming Nafisah to the town itself as her Black Raven Cadillac Escalade V approaches. Subsequently followed by Alberto, Cooper, Greg, Laura, Luster, Penny, Prudence, Sean and the Young 6 (Gallus, Ocellus, Sandbar, Silverstream, Smolder and Yona), Hope Hollow's ponies becomes curious about Nafisah's Escalade V until Kerfuffle brags them that cars are typical modern-day human being transportation and often carry humans to work, taking children to school or go on long road trips.
Throughout the film, Kerfuffle joins the war fighting Boswell dealing with his guards and towards the end of the film, she joins the coronation in Canterlot Castle. In addition, Kerfuffle is mentioned by Prudence Campbell when she meets her favorite idol for the very first time. She finally appears during the first half of the film's post credits in which Laura and Sean are hired by Papa Louie as the workers of Papa's Freezeria replacing Alberto and Penny after the two quit their old job behind.
Equestria's Taxi Madness[]
Kerfuffle returns in the film Equestria's Taxi Madness in which she is first mentioned by Nahwan Nafisah to cab driver Richard Stanton about who she really is, why she has a prosthesis and how the duo (including Sunburst and Starlight Glimmer) met in the first film. She then appears with the rest of Hope Hollow's ponies where they meet Richard Stanton, the cab driver.
Throughout the film, Kerfuffle is practicing her martial arts skills by using a mannequin of Boswell until she and Richard clashes each other for not thinking straight, ended up meeting a trio of Malaysia's men such as Muhammad Syamim, Nazz Abdullah and Professor Hasbullah, attack Boswell and engages a dance fight while singing to Michael Jackson's song They Don't Care About Us until Boswell is shot to death. Kerfuffle is last seen leaving the house ruins and after the post credits, she and Richard kiss each other in the bed.
Riding On a Sleeper Train[]
Kerfuffle returns in the film Riding On a Sleeper Train in which she is excited when Richard decided to have a day off by going on a sleeper train across the USA from New York City to Seattle, cross the border to Canada and ride another sleeper train from Vancouver to Toronto. After arriving at the Grand Central Station in New York City, Kerfuffle is greeted by the Nahwan sisters and the Eco-Kids (Captain Planet, Paisley, Sandalwood, Starlight Fitzgerald and Sweet Leaves) who wants to join as well. Nevertheless, Kerfuffle boards Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited sleeper train from New York City to Chicago.
Throughout the film, Kerfuffle eats Amtrak's signature flat iron steak for dinner, stops at the Union Station in Chicago, Illinois, snap a picture of the Nahwan sisters having lunch at Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, boards Amtrak's Empire Builder double-decker sleeper train from Chicago to Seattle, ended up meeting the Mane 10 (Applejack, Fluttershy, Greg, Hacky, Liezel, Perri, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Utah), the Cutie Mark Crusaders (Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Babs Seed, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Vivian and Yippy), Jake, Marina, Sofia and their kids Laura and Sean, Didar, Simone, Stormy and Trishna after pulling over to Rugby, North Dakota, boards the bus to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, checking into Vancouver's Pan Pacific Hotel for 2 days, riding the Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish and eat chili cheese fries for lunch.
After 2 days in Vancouver, Kerfuffle takes the Via Rail sleeper train from Vancouver to Toronto. In the ensuing scenes, she eats a plate of croissant and drinks a cup of cappuccino while taking a look at the snowy mountains. After passing the towns of Jasper in the Alberta province, Saskatoon in Saskatchewan and Capreol, Kerfuffle successfully reaches the city of Toronto, Ontario where she is greeted by the whole cast, including Queen Emmaline. She is also last seen leaving Toronto as the film ends.
Superheroes Unite![]
In the film Superheroes Unite, Kerfuffle is seen meeting Daniel, Cooper and Prudence's son after he enters her boutique seeking for help. When Sugar Stamp shows up with a black Bentley Mulsanne, Kerfuffle is instructed to look after Hope Hollow's ponies. She is also seen shooting Princess Yui to death.
Towards the end of the film, she and Richard are crowned as Equestria's rightful rulers and knighted Daniel, Fizzlepop, Kate, Pamela, Sugar Stamp and Terramar for combating poverty. Kerfuffle is last seen watching Daniel, Kate and Pamela leaving Equestria with Daniel's Curva Red Acura TLX and after the post credits set to 30 years later, Kerfuffle and King Richard greets Sugar Stamp and the duo mentions Nahwan Nafisah after the pegasus postwoman gets overconcerned about Equestria's biggest sensation about the old Disney Junior TV series Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
The Secret Life of Brian Jenkins[]
Kerfuffle returns in the film The Secret Life of Brian Jenkins in which she and Richard gave birth to their newborn alicorn daughter Holly Stanton. After Holly is teleported from Equestria into Fairbanks, Alaska at the age of 4, she is mentioned by Holly to Brian Jenkins about who she really is.
Throughout the film, Kerfuffle is mentioned by her daughter to Brian Jenkins about her and Richard having Holly as her daughter, ended up meeting Lightning Dust who is also committed to find Holly, reaches Hope Hollow and sees [[Princess Holly Stanton|her daughter] performing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Salerno Sabrina Salerno]'s 1987 song Summertime Love onstage with the swan sisters and Brian Jenkins. Upon reunion, Kerfuffle meets the swan sisters and Brian Jenkins for the first time.
The Edge of Glory[]
In the film The Edge of Glory, Kerfuffle and Richard gives birth to their newborn alicorn son Prince Isaac Stanton. Fast forward to 20 years later when Isaac turned 18 and he's about to depart for Fairbanks, Alaska in an attempt to get a job at the McDonald's restaurant, she is shocked when Holly purchased her new 2025 Cadillac Escalade V earlier in the previous film.