Babs Seed (Friendship is Magic)
| Friendship is Magic • Equestria Girls |
| Babs Seed | |||
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| Biographical information | |||
| Species | Pony • Earth Pony | ||
| Gender | Female | ||
| Age | Child | ||
| Nationality | Equestrian | ||
| Residence | Manehattan | ||
| Relationships | |||
| Family | Seed family Apple family | ||
| Real world | |||
| Voice | Brynna Drummond | ||
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Babs Seed was a young Earth Pony filly from Manehattan, Equestria. She was the founder of the Manehattan Cutie Mark Crusaders and was the cousin of Apple Bloom, Applejack and Big McIntosh.
History
Riddled with insecurities, Babs sided with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon when she first came to Ponyville, bullying the Crusaders for being blank flanks to cover up her own insecurities. She eventually realized the error of her ways when she saw how mucht he Crusaders still cared about her and joined their club.[1]
When she was still a bully, the Crusaders were so scared of her that they once imagined her being in a movie that came to live just to bully them. Likewise, they also feared her entering whatever place they joined just to torment them further.[1]
In other media
IDW comics
Babs' background was expanded in her appearances in the comics, namely the Manehattan Mysteries arc and Friends Forever #13. In the comics, he address was revealed to be 0526, Farrier Hill and it was revealed she had a sister. The comics expanded on Babs' personal life too, by revealing her to be a fan of rollerderby, particularly the Manehattan Manglers. Her only two major storylines involved her befriending other characters from the main series, such as Rarity and Trixie Lulamoon.
Equestria Girls
Babs in Equestria Girls appeared in "Equestria Girls" and made a cameo in "Happy Holidays" in a MyStable shot. Her name was shortened to just be "Babs" here and she was rewritten to be the older cousin to Applejack rather than a cousin of roughly equal age to Apple Bloom. Like in the cartoon, Babs was initially antagonistic in here, but she lacked any redemption arc - she did appear to care for her friends however and judging by the fact she was one of Pinkie Pie's friends on MyStable implied she did come around.
Behind the scenes
Etymology
"Babs" is a somewhat rare shorthand version of the names, Barbara and Barbie. When paired with "seed", the name becomes a pun on the term "bad seed", a term used to describe mean-spirited or "bad" individuals of otherwise good groups.
Trivia
The villain character, Bad Apple, has a name pun origin similar Babs Seed, being literally named "Bad Apple", a common variation of "Bad Seed".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "One Bad Apple"
