delete_ (remove)'s status on Sunday, 15-May-11 19:52:34 UTC
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@droplet Well, the mane cast means Twilight, AJ, Pinkie, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Rarity to me. Then there's other major characters like Spike, CMC, Cheerilee, and Celestia who show up multiple times with speaking roles and usually have an amount of influence on other major characters that we'll see in an episode at least. And then there's minor characters that we only see once or twice with very little influence on the other major characters. Cheerilee just barely avoids this since she's the catalyst for events both in Call of the Cutie and The Show Stoppers. Zecora just barely falls into this, because while she appeared both in Bridle Gossip and Swarm of the Century, her role in SotC was almost throwaway-gag level. This is mostly taken with characters like Snips, Snails, Photo Finish, the Great and Powerful Trixie, Braeburn, Delicious Owl, Hoity Toity, and Sapphire Shores. And then there's background characters like Derpy, Lyra, Bon-Bon, and similar who have very little influence.
