| Rainbow Dash | |
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| My Little Pony character | |
Rainbow Dash, as seen in Friendship is Magic |
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| First appearance | A Charming Birthday (2003) |
| Voiced by | Venus Terzo (Generation 3) Anna Cummer (Core 7) Ashleigh Ball (Friendship is Magic) |
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| Species | Pegasus |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Kite Shop Owner (Generation 3) Fashionista (Core 7) Weather Patrol (Generation 4) Athlete (Generation 4) |
Rainbow Dash is a fictional character from the My Little Pony line of toys from Hasbro. First appearing in the direct-to-video special A Charming Birthday in 2003, she is currently a character in the recent television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. She is voiced by Venus Terzo in her G3 version, Anna Cummer in her Core 7 counterpart and Ashleigh Ball for her Friendship is Magic incarnation.
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Rainbow Dash was first released in 2003 and was released more than five times. Her first two releases were facing left and right, respectively. The next release was Tea Time with Rainbow Dash, a Pretty Pony Fashion. The fourth release was an accessory set: Ponyville Picnic with Rainbow Dash. Her fifth release was in the year 2007, when she was rereleased in the Favorite Friends set, along with Pinkie Pie, Sunny Daze, and Wysteria. This time, she has a color gradient on her left hind leg. She also has been released many times in the new uniform pose as part of the Core 7.
Personality wise, Rainbow Dash is very mature and motherly. She is also very glitzy, loves to adventure, and obsesses with anything rainbows. Her trademark quote is "Darling" and "Rainbows Darling, Rainbows", and she has a Mid-Atlantic accent in all pre-Core 7 movies.
Rainbow Dash's character was given a complete overhaul for the Core 7. Starting in 2008, her accent was removed and she was given a trademark North American accent. In lieu of "darlings", she now quips her new catch phrase, "dashing". Instead of being the adventurous rainbow-rider she used to be, she is now only a glamour girl and fashion expert. She still remains obsessed with rainbows and pretty colors, true to the original Rainbow Dash.
In Friendship is Magic, Rainbow Dash is a Tomboy pegasus pony who is very brave and bold, but also mischievous and proud, as well as sometimes being insensitive. She has great speed and works with the other pegasus ponies to move clouds around the sky and adjust the weather. Her lifelong dream is to join the Wonderbolts, Equestria's aerobatic flight team. Rainbow Dash's signature move is the Sonic Rainboom, in which she flies fast enough to break the sound barrier, creating a sonic boom and a rainbow-hued shock wave at the same time. It is revealed that when she did this move for the first time, she earned her cutie mark and set in motion a chain of events that allowed the other five main characters to earn theirs as well.
Rainbow Dash has been criticized by some for being portrayed as a negative stereotype of feminists.[1] Later, Lauren Faust issued a rebuttal, saying that there was nothing to suggest within the show that Rainbow Dash was a negative stereotype of feminists.[2]
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