Occupations

A glossary of relevant occupations in My Little Pony. Similar concepts are also counted here.

Actor
An actor, or actress is a female, is a profession in which an individual pretends to be another person for the sake of a play, television show, film or other piece of media. An actor is similar to a comedian, and sometimes the fields may intersect, but they are distinctly different careers. Likewise, clowns, at least in classical plays, often doubled as actors. An actor who does voice over is a voice actor.


 * Tales: 's sister and brother-in-law, Meadowlark and Cheval were two play actors who invited her to play the role of a "Send in the Clown".
 * Friendship is Magic: While performance theater dated back over a thousand years, the history of acting itself was fairly obscure. always wanted to be an actor.
 * Equestria Girls: The Equestria Girls performed in a play.

Adventurer
Adventurers refers to individuals who frequently go on adventures. Some adventurers may do this to make their living, doing tasks such as exploring ruins or ancient locales to discover or recover treasures and artifacts, whereas others instead may go on adventures for the thrill of it. Some adventures are morally driven, and may go on adventures to save, protect, or procure someone or something, or perhaps, to destroy or control as well.

Archaeologists
An archeologist is an individual who researches the physical remains of the past, such as ruins or artifacts from long-ago civilizations or species.

Artist
An artist is an individual prolific in one or multiple forms of art.

Illustrator


An illustrator is an artistic profession and hobby in which the individual illustrates images, typically in books such as picture books or comic books. Though largely a commercial activity, illustration has had more important roles throughout history, such as when Watermelody used her skills as an illustrator to help repair a dock at Camp Everfree.


 * Notable illustrators: Sunset Shimmer, Watermelody, Leadwing

Musician


A musician is a broad term applied to any individual who creates music, commercially or recreationally. Musicians can generally be broken down into three categories, an instrumentalist who plays instruments, a vocalists who primarily sings or raps, and technology-based musicians such a DJs or musicians whose work comes from computers rather than physical instruments.
 * Notable musicians: Sonic Rainbooms members, Flash Drive members, [Knight Shade & The Shadowettes members, PostCrush members, etc.

Babysitter
A babysitter, or foalsitter in pony communities, is someone who watches over children while their guardians are away. Babysitters are usually teenagers or young adults looking for extra or primary income, and is typically associated with women.

worked as a foalsitter in her youth, which is how she met and grew closer to the Sparkle family as a whole.

and both also worked as babysitters, and looked after Lily Pad.
 * Notable babysitters: ,