Category:Earth Ponies

Earth ponies are one of the three main types of Ponies.

Characteristics
Earth ponies lack both wings and horns, but like all ponies, they can hold and handle objects with their hooves despite lacking fingers or grasping digits. It is implied that, with the return of Magic, Earth ponies possess at least one as-of-yet unidentified magical ability in their hooves. Otherwise, it was said that Earth Ponies were physically the strongest of the pony tribes and could passivly channel their magic into the land, allowing them to grow flourishing and plentiful crops as well as care for and bond with animals.

Pre-G5
In Generation 1, Earth ponies were the dominant type of pony, and were the original type introduced. The ratio of Earth ponies to other types is roughly 2:1. As such, they had the widest variety of poses. Many Earth ponies were described on backcards to have magical powers which usually manifested by blinking or wiggling an ear. In Generation 2, Earth ponies were overwhelmingly the dominant type of pony. About 95% of all ponies in this generation were Earth ponies. In Generation 3 and Generation 3.5, Earth ponies remained the dominant type of pony, with about 90% of all G3 ponies being Earth ponies. In Generation 3.5, one Pegasus pony and one unicorn were kept and treated as main characters. In Generation 4 and Generation 4.5, Earth ponies are about as equally distributed as the other types of ponies, if a bit skewed in favor of Earth ponies. These ponies were shown to have a connection to nature and had a very agriculture-based society. Both Generations have two-sixths of their mane casts as Earth ponies.