Sunburst (My Little Pony)

Sunburst is a character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He is the childhood friend of Starlight Glimmer, and royal crystaller to Flurry Heart. After saving Starlight from some falling books and recieved his cutiemark, he left for Canterlot to become Princess Celestia's student. Years later, he resides in the Crystal Empire, and eventually rekindles his friendship with Starlight with the help of Twilight Sparkle and Spike.

He is voiced by Ian Hanlin.

Season 5
In The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2, Starlight Glimmer takes Twilight Sparkle and Spike back in time to her youth. They witness young Sunburst and young Starlight playing a book-stacking game, but young Starlight's move almost makes the books topple over her. Sunburst saves her by using telekinesis to put all of the books back on the shelf. It is this moment that earns him his cutie mark. After which, Starlight loses touch with Sunburst and, because he earned his cutie mark before her, she starts believing that cutie marks tear all friendships apart.

Season 6
In The Crystalling - Part 1, Starlight says that Sunburst "knew everything there was to know about magic" when they were foals (contradicted in the flashbacks by Starlight being better at spells than him) and would occasionally help her along in her magic development. When Starlight later approaches him in the Crystal Empire to reconnect with him, he acts mainly awkward around her, purporting to be an important wizard.

However, it is later revealed in The Crystalling - Part 2 that, although Sunburst is very knowledgeable about magic, he is untalented at casting it. He uses this knowledge of magic to help Starlight and her friends restore the Crystal Heart and complete the newborn baby Flurry Heart's Crystalling ceremony. Following this, Sunburst is appointed as Flurry Heart's "crystaller" and magic advisor, and he and Starlight promise to stay in touch.

Sunburst also appears in The Times They Are A Changeling, staying close to Flurry Heart during a suspected changeling incursion. In To Where and Back Again - Part 1, when Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart are captured by the changelings, Sunburst dispatches Thorax to help save Equestria.