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Una Rebecca Nancy Castro, sometimes known as Utah (named after the American state of Utah) is a character who first appeared in the game Papa's Freezeria. She is Nevada's little sister who make major appearances in other films and only one film in the My Little Pony: Make Your Mark film series.
However, as of the film Bouncing Around the World, Utah no longer works at Papa's Pastaria and permanently joins the Mane 10 as a backup vocal singer replacing Twilight Sparkle after she dies of leukemia. As a result, Utah gets the title ELEMENT OF INNOCENCE.
Portrayers[]
Utah is played by Patricia Arquette.
Appearance[]
Utah has fair skin and brown shoulder-length hair in pigtails held by yellow bands. However, as of the film Bouncing Around the World, she gains purple eyeshadow.
Depiction in My Little Pony: Make Your Mark[]
Enter the Reckless Female Human Daredevil[]
Utah first appeared in the film Enter the Reckless Female Human Daredevil during the film's climax alongside her big sister Nevada and her bestie Nahwan Nadhirah in which the trio are building a 2019 Scania 770S V8 Cabover Semi-Truck inside Maretime Bay's abandoned Canterlogic factory with the help of other ponies who are in charge. When Nahwan Nafisah showed up in her Black Raven Cadillac Escalade V, the Nahwan sisters reunite with each other again until Nevada and Utah meets Nafisah for the first time, including the G5 ponies and humans (Anthony Donaldson, Edryna Alya Ayunee, Gregory Winter, Hitch Trailblazer, Izzy Moonbow, Pipp Petals, Sunny Starscout and Zipp Storm), Grandma Figgy and the Amber Crew (Princess Amber, Princess Hildegard, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie). When Pipp and Zipp's mom Queen Haven showed up in a Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII, the whole troop started to lose hope after Elliot, Amy and Kurt took over Bridlewood unrightfully until Nafisah started to encourage the whole troop to battle the trio. Nevertheless, the whole cast finishes the Scania 770S V8 cabover truck build.
Throughout the film, Utah and the gang takes down all of Bridlewood castle's unicorn guards and tried to take down Elliot, Amy and Kurt by chasing the trio until the rooftops. After the trio are trapped due to a dead end, Nevada and Utah engages a dance fight until she manages to steal all 3 wands, shrink them to small size, traps the trio in a jar and throws them into the ocean. She also visited the Nahwan sisters at the hospital after the duo suffered a broken right arm, seeing the G5 Mane 8 performing live onstage singing to Chris Martin's song A Sky Full of Stars and towards the end of the film, Utah is among the characters to say goodbye to the G5 ponies and humans, prompting Nevada to drive Nafisah's Escalade V. Her final appearance was after the film's post credits in which she meets Cubby, Izzy, Jake, Jewel, Sofia and their kids for the first time.
Depiction In MLP: TYT x Jake and the Never Land Pirates[]
Allura Strikes Back[]
In the MLP: TYT x Jake and the Never Land Pirates film series starting with the film Allura Strikes Back, Utah is mentioned by Nevada and Pipp Petals to World Organization of Human Protection (WOOHP) agents Alex, Britney, Clover and Samantha as well as stepsibling duo Martin Mystery and Diana Lombard about her spy skills and abilities.
Depiction In MLP: FIM x Jake and the Never Land Pirates[]
Briar Beauty Strikes Back[]
Utah makes her first return in the MLP: FIM x Jake and the Never Land Pirates film series starting with the film Briar Beauty Strikes Back in which she, Nathellie Ballerie and Nevada went to Papa's Freezeria to buy some sundaes. Only to find Jake and Sofia's children Laura and Sean working at the Freezeria replacing Alberto and Penny after the duo quit their job in the previous film, Nathellie flirts around with the siblings and orders 3 sundaes: Berry Blast (Nathellie), Cookie Dough Delight (Nevada) and Utah herself: Creameo Mint Madness. After leaving the Freezeria, Nevada and Utah are confused when Laura and Sean's parents are both a pirate and princess until Nathellie gives Nevada a DVD of the Disney Junior TV series Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Sofia The First to Utah, leaving the two sisters shocked. Nevertheless, the trio watch the two TV shows together.
Throughout the film, Nathellie, Nevada and Utah ended up getting themselves stranded in Equestria until the trio spotted Pound Cake lying dead on the ground, so Utah took out her bottle of water and pours it onto Pound Cake. Only to be aware that Pound is sleeping and not dead, the 4 pals introduce each other and he is on the run to find Flurry Heart after she went missing for 6 months. Given the fact that the trio hasn't heard the name Flurry Heart before, Pound adds that Flurry is his girlfriend who happens to be an ALICORN. However, a confused Nathellie, Nevada and Utah realizes that the words EARTH PONY, UNICORN and PEGASI are the types of ponies that human beings normally hear, but not the word ALICORN since it's unheard in human logic. In addition, Pound and the trio hitches a ride in a Mercedes-AMG E63 S Wagon (S213 T-Modell) ridden by Nahwan Nadhirah and her pals: Amy, Elle, Hope and Steven inside. However, due to the lack of space in the front and rear seats, Pound and the trio decided to sit inside the E63's cargo area, only to find Flurry sitting inside, much to Pound's joy. Afterwards, the whole crew proceeds to Mount Aris. Utah has a sleepover party with Silverstream and Terramar, participate in outdoor activities and she is among the other characters who are sympathetic of Nadhirah attempting to take back the Crystal Empire. During the film's climax, Utah and the whole troop began to take down the evil crystal guards and cheers in joy after Flurry murders Briar due to her bad behaviour. She also attended Pound and Flurry's marriage and coronation and towards the end of the film, she meets Equestria's King Jacob Wilde and her siblings for the first time.
The Rise of Lucinda the Witch[]
Utah returns in the film The Rise of Lucinda the Witch in which she followed the Nahwan sisters (alongside Nevada, Cooper, Prudence and Trishna) decided to stay with the Mane 10 after realizing that Greg, Hacky, Jade, Lucinda, Ruby and Trixie travel to the North Pole. Due to her fear of witches, a terrified Utah screams in horror after Lucinda is mentioned.
Throughout the film, the Mane 8, Cooper, Nadhirah, Nafisah, Nevada, Prudence, Trishna and Utah depart for Vashon Island in order to revisit Nevada and Utah's old house, witnessed a Celestial Silver Metallic 8-Seater Toyota Sequoia Limited on the driveway after returning home by foot from the beach until the Cutie Mark Crusaders (Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Babs Seed, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Vivian and Yippy) showed up inside the house watching the Disney Junior TV series Jake and the Never Land Pirates inside the living room and watches the Disney Junior TV series Jake and the Never Land Pirates together. Afterwards, the Mane 8, Cooper, Nadhirah, Nafisah, Nevada, Prudence, Trishna, Utah and the Cutie Mark Crusaders travels to the Nordic countries and ended up in Grundtjärn, Sweden in order to reunite with Greg, Hacky, Jade, Lucinda, Ruby and Trixie after a long absence until the whole crew ended up meeting Johan Jinton and his wife Jonna for the first time. Towards the end of the film, Utah is among the characters to sing the Daryl Hall and John Oates song Out fo Touch while standing on a cliff.
Bouncing Around the World[]
Utah returns in the film Bouncing Around the World in which she is hired by Starlight Glimmer as a backup vocal singer of the Mane 10 after Twilight Sparkle dies of leukemia. Given the fact that Utah hasn't joined in a rock band before, Nevada adds that Utah recently quit her old job working at Papa's Pastaria prior to joining a rock band. An excited Utah is happy to join the Mane 10 and gets the title ELEMENT OF INNOCENCE after getting a new outfit resembling Nahwan Nadhirah's clothes.
Throughout the film, Utah and her pals crosses the countries of Sudan, Chad, Cameroon and into Nigeria followed by Potion Nova, Photo Finish and the Cutie Mark Crusaders (Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Babs Seed, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Vivian and Yippy). Utah is also among the characters to have a feast with all of the people in Africa and she is last seen leaving Nigeria with the others.
Equestria's Taxi Madness[]
In the film Equestria's Taxi Madness, Utah and her bandmates becomes so heartbroken when Starlight Glimmer is about to leave the Rainbooms prior to missing her husband and her daughter, marking one last farewell. After Starlight left the band, Perri shows up with her Cadillac Lyriq, much to their joy. Applejack mentions that Luster is Starlight's daughter, prompting Perri to join the band.
Throughout the film, Utah gives Perri an electronic musical keyboard and plays the song Empire of Angels by Thomas Bergersen, pays an unexpected visit from her big sister and former member Sebastian Robinson bringing a trio of men from Malaysia such as Muhammad Syamim, Nazz Abdullah and Professor Hasbullah Padzillah, learns to speak Malay for the first time, pays a visit from Cooper, his girlfriend Prudence and her parents Espen and Yuko, shows up at Hope Hollow cheering up Kerfuffle after showing up riding onto Spike dragon's back, rescues Luster and engages a battle to confront the evil magician Boswell.
During the film's climax, Utah and the whole character crew engages a dance fight by singing to Michael Jackson's song They Don't Care About Us until Boswell is shot to death by the police ponies and during the film's mid-credits, she explains the story to Papa's Paleteria worker Liezel. Subsequently followed by Pizzeria workers Joy and her little brother Roy, the duo does not believe them until Luster, Terramar and their parents-in-law shows up with their Toyota GR Corolla, including Professor Hasbullah.
The Abandoned Kingdom of Enchancia[]
Utah makes her return in the film The Abandoned Kingdom of Enchancia in which she and her bandmates are curious when Hacky Zak's co-worker Liezel gets a letter written inside a wine bottle until Greg discovers that Cedric writes the letter, prompting Greg to give Liezel a DVD of the Disney Junior TV series Sofia The First. When Sunset mentions Nazz Abdullah to Liezel, Perri adds that Nazz Abdullah is the guy from Malaysia who taught the Rainbooms to say the words STRATEGY, FIGHT, CONQUER. Nevertheless, Utah joins afterwards.
Throughout the film, Utah, Liezel and the bandmates picks up Lightning Dust, Nathellie Ballerie and Nazz Abdullah at the Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine with Fluttershy's Apex Blue Pearl Acura MDX Type-S Advance and Applejack's Ultra White Lexus LX600 F-Sport AWD, departs for Enchancia, discover the kingdom's abandoned castle mentioned by Liezel, slept inside Princess Amber's old bedroom, finds Amber's old W222 Mercedes-Benz S-Class hibernating under the castle for years, brings it to the workshop, restore it back to its former glory and invites Alvin Bradley, Ardini and Dolly Parkinson to do the restoration work.
In the ensuing scenes, Utah and her pals decided to renovate the old Enchancia castle, but to no avail due to extensive costs and lack of skilled workers until team Flash Drive (Flash Sentry, Brawly Beats, Ringo, Prince James, Prince Zandar, Watermelody and Oona), the Eco-Kids (Captain Planet, Paisley, Sandalwood, Starlight Fitzgerald and Sweet Leaves), Cedric, Cordelia, Calista, Toola Roola and Coconut Cream shows up, prompting the whole colony to continue the work. After finishing the castle, Jake, Sofia, their two kids Laura and Sean, Moondancer, Giselle, Morgan and Robert shows up as well. Only to be aware that the colony's clothes are dirty, Utah and the gang changes for some nice clothes. Utah is also last seen having a feast in Enchancia castle's dining hall with the other characters.
Riding On a Sleeper Train[]
Utah returns in the film Riding On a Sleeper Train in which she and her bandmates mourns Sunset Shimmer after her death in a head-on car crash with Adagio Dazzle, prompting Liezel to take her place as both rhythm guitarist and backing vocal singer while still working at Papa's Paleteria with Hacky Zak.
Utah and her bandmates later reappears at the highway in Vermont following Rarity in her Alpine White BMW X7 xDrive40i (followed by Jake, Marina, Sofia and their two kids Laura and Sean) in Sean's red RAM 1500 TRX pickup truck catching up with Kerfuffle, Richard, the Eco-Kids and the Nahwan sisters inside Amtrak's Empire Builder sleeper train and meets up in the small town of Minot, North Dakota after the train pulls over for a break. She then reappears the following day when Canada's Via Rail Sleeper Train pulls over to a train station in Jasper, Alberta for a break, prompting Utah to take a tour of Jasper, Alberta. In the ensuing scenes, Utah and her bandmates takes a tour of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and buys a complete set of of Last Mountain Berry Farm jams (including Saskatoon Berry Jam) and towards the end of the film, Utah cheers for Kerfuffle, Richard, the Eco-Kids and the Nahwan sisters after the train reaches the Union Station in Toronto, Ontario.
To Malaysia We Go![]
Utah returns in the film To Malaysia We Go in which she gets a phone call from her big sister that the Castro-Robinson family are invited to Malaysia for a convoy vacation, much to her joy. And thus, she informs her bandmates the next morning during breakfast.
Throughout the film, Utah and her bandmates ended up meeting Nevada, Sebastian and their 3 kids at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, New York before departing to Malaysia. After landing in Malaysia's Senai International Airport in the state of Johor, Utah rented a Hyundai Staria 2.2 CRDi Max with 10 seats (since there are 10 of them) and proceeds to Eco Spring where Nazz Abdullah's house lies. She even meets Nazz Abdullah's 3 co-workers Sree Siva, Amer and Zaidi while having dinner at Woodfire Spring Lab and learns the history in Malaysia and ended up climbing up Southeast Asia's highest mountain which is Mount Kinabalu in the state of Sabah. Utah is last seen after the film's post credits where Greg explains the long journey.
The Defender Diaries[]
Utah returns in the film The Defender Diaries in which stepsibling duo Diana Lombard and Martin Mystery (both from the TV show of the titular character) talks about the incredible events happened in the film Allura Strikes Back, fascinating her, her bandmates and the 10 Crusaders. Without wasting time, Utah joins the cross-country roadtrip across the US and Canada as Scootaloo wishes.
Throughout the film, Utah reaches Wauwinet Hotel, a 5-star hotel in the island and town of Nantucket, Massachusetts where she reunites with Flurry Heart, Pound and Pumpkin as well as meeting the WOOHP agents Alex, Blaine, Britney, Clover and Sam for the first time after Nevada and Pipp Petals mentioned her earlier in the film Allura Strikes Back upon arrival with Britney's Fuji White Supercharged V8 Land Rover Defender 130. She makes a video call with Nahwan Nafisah, Toola Roola, Coconut Cream, the Eco-Kids and Nathellie Ballerie in a separate island called Martha's Vineyard, meets the Nahwan sisters, Mandy, Caitlin and Dominique at the house of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, has a BBQ party together, climbs up Idaho's Mount Breitenbach, camps around the campfire and got stuck on top of the mountain until Cooper and the WOOHP agents (including Jerry Lewis and her daughter Zerlina) shows up to rescue them. Utah is last seen leaving Mount Breitenbach as the film ends.
Trivia[]
- Both Nevada and Utah are named after American states. Nevada is born in Carson City while Utah is born in Ogden, north of Salt Lake City where Nahwan Nadhirah and her pals live.