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Sunset Shimmer

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Sunset Shimmer was the one-time main antagonist of the first Equestria Girls movie, later becoming the deuteragonist of Rainbow Rocks and Legend of Everfree, and the main protagonist of Friendship Games, and the rest of the Equestria Girls series. She is a good friend of Pooh, Ash, Tino, Team Robot and Thomas. She represents the Element of Empathy and the leader of the Equestria Girls. Sunset Shimmer was once adopted stepdaughter of Bower Koopa before she disappeared after abandon her studies at Canterlot.

She is voiced by Rebecca Shoichet, who also does the singing voice of Twilight Sparkle in the same franchise.

Physical appearance[edit | edit source]

Sunset Shimmer was a former student of Princess Celestia, who began her studies not long before Twilight Sparkle did. She was a unicorn, but now remains a human being at Canterlot High. She has light amber skin. And she once wore a black jacket, a purple vest and an orange skirt with a purple streak on it. And she once wore black boots too.

Starting with My Past is Not Today, she wears a black leather jacket with two orange upside down V-shaped stripes on the sleeves, a neon blue translucent-sleeved strapless dress with a yellow skirt, and blue jeans underneath it, and black heeled boots that match her jacket.

Personality[edit | edit source]

Throughout the first film, Sunset Shimmer is shown to be self-absorbed, sadistic, merciless, unsympathetic, condescending, manipulative, dishonest, and mostly sociopathic. She frequently insults and belittles others and thinks little of it. According to human Fluttershy, Sunset makes life miserable for "anyone who stands in her way." As a result, most of the Canterlot High School student body is afraid of her. She is also not above making threats and blackmail in order to realize her goals.

When Sunset puts on the element of magic, she transforms into a demonic visage of herself. While in this form, she becomes more ruthless, going so far as attempting to dispose of Twilight. After she is defeated, Sunset Shimmer becomes immediately repentant and apologizes for her actions, appearing to renounce her prior dishonest and unkind ways.

In the second film, Sunset Shimmer has completely discarded her old self and starts believing in friendship, being kind toward others and befriending former enemies. With an exception of Rainbooms, the rest of the students still bearing resentment towards her and mercilessly willing to not forgive her for what she had done to everyone she hurts. She is also deeply repentant for her actions in the first film, referring to her transformed self as a "raging she-demon". However, she suffers from a lack of confidence, keeping silent in situations she feels it isn't her place to speak up and falling prey to the Dazzlings' taunting. During the final battle, she finally overcomes her insecurities and joins the Rainbooms in defeating the Dazzlings, gaining a half-pony form in the process. By the end of Rainbow Rocks, Sunset starts writing friendship reports to Princess Twilight using the book she once used to communicate with Princess Celestia.

By the third film, while Sunset has managed to fully integrate herself into the group and take mentions of what she did in the past with good humor, she also harbors a fear of losing her school's newly gained trust, and she becomes deeply depressed when she believes she has let them down, despite their assurances. She also becomes increasingly irritated and stressed by her struggles to understand how magic works in the human world, briefly snapping at her friends at one point. When the human Twilight Sparkle endangers her friends, Sunset's anger explodes as she berates Twilight for meddling with forces she doesn't understand, taking her own frustrations and self-doubt out on her. However, she immediately regrets her harsh words and reaches out to Twilight in friendship by the end of the film.

In the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Holiday Special comic, Sunset Shimmer displays a forgiving and compassionate side when she forgives the Cutie Mark Crusaders for framing her as the rumormonger "Anon-a-Miss".

In Sunset Shimmer's Time to Shine, Sunset displays a considerable level of intelligence, being ahead of her friends and classmates in school and smart enough to develop various computer applications. Her affinity for science and research is also seen in The Science of Magic, where she explains she prefers a hands-on approach to studying magic over "studying ancient books".

In The Art of Friendship, Sunset has a fondness for sunflowers that she expresses through her painting in art class. Her artistic side is further shown in Display of Affection and Super Squad Goals.

Backstory[edit | edit source]

Sunset's backstory is explored deeper in the comics. Here, it is shown she had a very troubled relationship with her mentor Princess Celestia, which explains her descent into evil (though she was already extremely arrogant, self-centered, and antisocial, thus her mentor's short patience with her). Sunset had previously appeared in the form of a toy and as a NPC in the MLP Gameloft game. In both versions, she was merely a neutral character and not a truly evil one.

Relationships[edit | edit source]

Sunset Shimmer/Relationships

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