

Like other zebras, such as the group in the book The Journal of the Two Sisters, Zecora (notably the only zebra to appear in the show) has a cutie mark-hers is a gray stylized spiral sun. Zecora has a more masculine appearance than other female characters: her muzzle is squared off and she has no eyelashes, which corresponds to the general male pony character design in the show. Her name is spelled as "Zakora" instead of Zecora in the closed captions on The Hub and on Netflix. The word "zecora" was, but is no longer, the word used for zebra by the Oromo people of east Africa. The Hub requested for Zecora to be more special, so Amy Keating Rogers decided to write for her in rhymes. She was originally called "Shaman", but the name was not approved by the show's legal department.

She speaks with a strong African-esque accent, forming rhyming couplets with all her sentences.Īccording to Lauren Faust, Zecora was designed to be a sage and mentor to whom the ponies could go for information about their quests, but the part didn't come up in the series' stories. Initially believed to be an evil enchantress by the terrified populace of Ponyville, she later befriends the ponies and frequently helps them out with her knowledge of magical ailments. Zecora is a female zebra who resides in a hut in the Everfree Forest and first appears in Bridle Gossip. Natalya Polishchuk ( Ukrainian, season 7) Olena Blinnikova ( Ukrainian, seasons 1-3) Gabriela Guzmán ( Latin American Spanish, season 2 and season 4) Rebeca Manríquez ( Latin American Spanish, season 1 and 3) Olga Shorokhova ( Russian, seasons 4-5 and 7) Sunshine Flanks, Ze ( The Periodic Table of My Little Pony), Stripesįrance Bastoen ( French, except season 5)Īdriana Pissardini ( Brazilian Portuguese, season 2) ¤ Light heliotropeish gray and dark bluish gray stripes ¤ Light gray and dark persian bluish gray
