Zeb

Zeb
My Little Pony character
Biographical information
Species	Pony  • Zebra
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Occupation	Manager
Relationships
Affiliation	Knightshade and the Shadowettes
Real world
First "Bright Lights" Last —

Zeb was a zebra who worked under Erebus as the manager for Knightshade and the Shadowettes. He lured and manipulated Baby Ponies into coming into Knightshdow's trailer in order for their shadows to be sucked out of them.

Behind the scenes

Zeb is a rather loaded character. Despite being a single, one-off villain, and a secondary one at that, he's one of the most interesting characters in the entire franchise, admittedly not because of deep characterization, but by his status and the implications of his character.

First of all, Zeb was one of the two only Zebra characters to ever appear in Generation 1, the other being Zig Zag, who only appeared in merchandise, though it's unclear who came first as both the toyline featuring Zig Zag, Pony Friends, and the episode Zeb appeared in, both came out around the same time. Notably, there wouldn't be another zebra character until 2010 with the introduction of Zecora, and not a single look into Zebra culture until 2020 with Friendship is Magic: Season 10.

Secondly, Zeb's, Knightshade's, and Erebus’ nature is far darker then most villains in the franchise. Yes, while their ultimate goals are inline with the whimsically dark nature of the series, it doesn't take much to realize the real-world parallels between them and the very real crime of the trafficking of children. Zeb and Erebus are, at the core of their actions, using a marketable and popular icon in the form of Knightshade in order to manipulate the innocence of little kids to lure them away from their guardians and abuse them.

Voice acting rumor

Main article: Myths and rumors of My Little Pony § Tony Rosato portrayed Zeb

It's often asserted that Zeb was portrayed by Italian-Canadian actor Tony Rosato. There appears to be no credible evidence to support this rumor and the originator appears to be an anonymous Wikipedia editor.

References

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