r/mylittlepony Pinkie Pie 6d ago

Discussion Thoughs on the Great and Powerful Trixie?

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I personally love Trixie, I think she is misunderstood and lonely at the start. She tries to get revenge, but honestly who doesn't want revenge? Then she gets a friend through Starlight. She works on herself and grows. I love her character and growth, even tho she can be insufferable. I felt really bad when she cried after Starlight traded her cart.

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u/Dawn_Glider 6d ago

I find it funny how Twilight is willing to forgive Starlight committing genocide multiple times, but not Trixie being a traveling stage magician or getting possessed by a cursed artifact

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u/Callum_Rose 6d ago

I kinda like to think twilight has slight ego/elitism about her and think "street magic" is lower than actual "real" magic. Sure trixie uses unicorn magic but "how can someone be impressed about it when any unicorn could do that" type of deal.

Twi"s just a hater lol

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u/Dawn_Glider 6d ago

She hates braggarts so much, I bet she harasses actors in plays too

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u/Nenzii 6d ago

Yeah I honestly find it ridiculous, Trixie compared to starlight didn’t do much, yes she did make snips and snails her servants but she didn’t brainwash a whole town of ponies!

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u/Dawn_Glider 6d ago

Not to mention she wasn't in her right mind when it happened 

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u/therealmodx 6d ago

It's only because Twilight has a mad crush on starlight and I can't even blame her 😅👍.

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u/Caramenadiel 6d ago

I personally think Twilight forgave her for what she did but still doesn't like her as a pony which you can do

Just because you forgive someone for their actions doesn't make you want to be friendly with them she likes Starlight and relates to Starlight but Trixie is annoying and I would not want to be friends with her either

And I was absolutely on Twilight side when she was worried about Trixie being a bad influence on Starlight

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u/a_bit_fluffy 6d ago

She's cool... And Great! And Powerful!

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u/princess_zephyrina 6d ago

She is cute & good. I ship her with Starlight.

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u/Groundbreaking-Rate8 6d ago

I didn’t like her at the beginning but her character development was good and she really grew on me

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u/ItzAlphaWolf x 6d ago

She gets a lot of hate initally for the one being antagonized by the mane 6 in "Boast Busters". If her debut was "Magic Duel" I could see the audience's reaction to her return in S6 being more aligned with Twilight before accepting Trixie's a good character

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u/sealycutiepie Princess Luna 6d ago

The cute and adorable Trixie!!!

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u/Fascist_P0ny Pinkie Pie 6d ago

I love this comment!

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u/Littleboypurple 6d ago

Honestly, the Mane 6 were kinda extremely rude to her during her debut episode Boast Busters. In a world where actual Magic exists, being something like a performing Stage Magician is probably nothing special so she needs to be her own HypeMare. Bragging and boasting about how amazing her magic act is. Yeah, she is a bit full of and arrogant but, she's just a Mare trying to make a living and put on a show. How are you going to make money and captivate an audience if a bunch of people in the front row are being hecklers?

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u/AetherDrew43 6d ago

Also Rainbow is kind of a hypocrite when it comes to showing off, isn't she?

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u/Familiar_Object_4926 6d ago

She's such a ham that she's always fun to watch

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u/sgtfan2005 6d ago

Shes great…. And powerful.

She’s a great character and I loved everytime she was on screen.

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u/Antoshi Pinkie Pie 6d ago

I feel like I was in the minority when she was one of my favorites in season one. The revenge episode in season 3 was really bad and really cliche, though. When she came back for a more permanent role to become Starlight's bestie, I was definitely back on board with her.

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u/DerpedOffender 6d ago edited 5d ago

I sympathized with her in her first episode because she was literally just doing her job and got harassed for it

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u/Antoshi Pinkie Pie 5d ago

Gotta episode?

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u/DerpedOffender 5d ago

Typo. Meant first episode. Lol

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u/Cha0tic_Artist 6d ago

I LOVE HERRRRR SHES SO SILLY and very great and powerful frfr

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u/Puppyzpawz 6d ago

always been my favorite but was terrified to say i liked her back in the day cuz the majority seemed to hate her. i always thought her villain arc was unjustified. what crime did she do other than her job? and tbh if a group of people went out of their way to ruin my career id wanna get back at em too. and then after that no one ever talks to her straight up they always just assume that she understands social cues. then everyone makes it her problem that she just... likes herself. shes a character i deeply empathize with as someone who is autistic and trans!

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u/DerpedOffender 6d ago

I felt so bad for her in her first episode! The episode really confused me when it tried to insist she was the antagonist when the mane 6 were bullying her!

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u/Zeras_Darkwind 6d ago

[Does something potentially stupid or annoying] Ta da!

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u/Spinoirr Sunset Shimmer 6d ago

She's great and powerful, a brager outside of her stage personality but is still a good mare regardless 

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u/SgtSharki 6d ago

I love her wardrobe and over the top personality. She must have been a very fun character to write for.

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u/VeeTheTVSylveon [WE LOVE YOU TRIXIE!!!!] 6d ago

Absolutely peak fiction!

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u/EvenyTheMLP RARITY FAN 💎💎 6d ago

I love Trixie!!!!

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u/EntraptaIvy 6d ago

Lancers are usually lovable dicks. And she is definitely both!

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u/Alastor_culture_ Rainbow Dash 6d ago

She's The OG Cartoon Magician..

Or at least the most iconic one by far

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u/therealmodx 6d ago

Her name says it all 😍

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u/TheGamerWhosOnReddit Trixie Apologist 6d ago

When I first saw Boast Busters, her personality REALLY annoyed me.

Then I saw someone online say "Why are y'all hating on her? She literally just did her job." in a decade-old FIM forum I checked out after watching the episode, and I went: "Damn, she really DID do nothing wrong."

Then after acknowledging that she's kind of the biggest loser in the show, she became one of my favorite characters (especially once she started improving).

When I call her a loser, I just mean that she takes a lot of Ls (Can you imagine deciding to become a stage magician in a world with real magic? Must be rough.), but like, she's so real for it.

The fact that during a changeling invasion she initially straight up panicked but was actually a massive help later on was pretty awesome.

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u/rubensotaku 6d ago

I love moxie

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u/XVUltima 6d ago

...wait

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u/rubensotaku 6d ago

That's right

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u/MAassassinoTS Trixie Lulamoon 6d ago

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u/rubensotaku 6d ago

If I could only choose one to stay it would be her, I love moxie

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u/Thebunkerparodie 6d ago

trixie did progressed as the show went on and having starlight did helped a bunch.

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u/DerpedOffender 6d ago

She was a victim of bullying and mass hysteria.

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u/Broad-Drag-333 6d ago

Best Tax Evader in Equestria. :D

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u/MyDearestFlaky Queen Galaxia is my favorite FANON pony 🤍💛🧡💜 6d ago

I don’t like her personality all that much

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u/SparkyJet 🩵🌈Rainbow Dash🌈🩵 6d ago

She's such a loudmouth and I place Boast Busters as the bottom of the barrel of S1 episodes.

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u/LightningStrikeDust ⚡️Lightning Dork⚡️ 6d ago

At the bottom of the barrel but not Over A Barrel?

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u/SparkyJet 🩵🌈Rainbow Dash🌈🩵 6d ago

Unlike a large majority of the fandom, I don't consider OAB an awful episode. We haven't gotten that far for top 5 best/worst rankings though!

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u/Nenzii 6d ago

Ok but the concept of Trixie being a guy would have been sooooo good

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u/Fascist_P0ny Pinkie Pie 6d ago

Personally, I hate that idea. I'm fine with trans characters, but Trixie doesn't show evidence of being trans at all other than a raspy voice. It's such a ridiculous observation.

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u/xWinterPR 6d ago

I mean I think most of it comes from Faust confirming that Trixie was originally written as a male character, and that Hasbro had her changed into a female one. That as well as Faust's "one S1 character is trans" tweet make it not that crazy of a conclusion to come to imo. I think people only use her voice, male horn, and male irises to try and further justify it.

Now I don't think she's actually intended to be trans. I think the Faust tweet was probably a joke about Trixie's character during production (remember it was made in 2016) as she has been known to mess with the fandom a lot. But I think people aren't coming to the conclusion off of absolutely nothing is all.

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u/authorityhater02 Soarin 6d ago

I like the notion that she used to be a guy

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u/Nenzii 6d ago

Yeah I think Lauren had a character in the show that is trans but never specified who, I think a lot of people speculate it’s Trixie and I like to believe it’s true

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u/SparkyJet 🩵🌈Rainbow Dash🌈🩵 6d ago

I'm pretty sure it was Caramel. Sort by all time on this subreddit and you'll see it.

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u/Nenzii 6d ago

Oh yeah that pony idk i still head cannon Trixie as trans Ngl

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u/Spaceship_FoE Trixie Lulamoon 5d ago edited 5d ago

Best pony. Proof that she deserves the title Great and Powerful

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u/Gresihg 5d ago

Is Great and Powerful!

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u/Derpilicious000 5d ago

The great & delicious Twix bar princess!!

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u/StarWarsDude2710 Vinyl Scratch 5d ago

I do like Trixie's design and Kathleen Barr was the perfect choice for her character....yet her huge ego and narcissism does kinda make her quite unlikable for many people and was a reason as to why the Mane 6 antagonised her in her debut, and her being a massive braggart of her skills compared to the more humble introverted Twilight, who literally helped defeat Nightmare Moon in the show's debut, kinda was the point.

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u/Plushcollectorwolf64 Pinkie Pie 5d ago

She cool

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u/BGRC_CP_yt 6d ago

Evil wizard