Steven Magnet is a minor character in My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. He is a male sea serpent who first appears in the episode Friendship is Magic, part 2. He was first named in merchandise, and later named in the season five episode Slice of Life, in which he is credited as "Stephen Magnet".
In the season one episode Friendship is Magic, part 2, Steven Magnet is one of the obstacles that the Mane Six face in their quest for the Elements of Harmony. Nightmare Moon has cut off half of his mustache, sending him into a tantrum that renders an Everfree Forest river impassable. Rarity soothes his tantrum by sacrificing her tail to make up the rest of his cut mustache with her unicorn magic. In thanks, Steven Magnet offers his body as a bridge across the river.
Steven Magnet tells Matilda in the season five episode Slice of Life that he is Cranky Doodle Donkey's "best beast" and that they have shared many adventures together. Matilda is stunned by this revelation, having not known that Cranky's best friend is a sea serpent. Steven tells her in his flamboyant style that Cranky had only her in mind in all of their adventures. During the wedding ceremony, Steven snips off a piece of his mustache with one of his scales to create a makeshift wig for Cranky, and cries as the couple say their vows.
Steven Magnet is also mentioned indirectly by Applejack in the season seven episode It Isn't the Mane Thing About You.
Steven Magnet's first appearance in Friendship is Magic, part 2 gets reused in A-Dressing Memories.
Depiction in Equestria Girls[]
In the Better Together short The Salty Sails, Steven Magnet is depicted on a map Twilight uses to navigate the sea.
Other depictions[]
Animated shorts[]
In Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook, Steven Magnet appears in a photograph in All About Alicorns, and in a photograph in The Magic of Friendship.
In Fundamentals of Magic, he appears in episode 2, "Magical Creatures".
IDW comics[]
In My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #70, Steven Magnet appears on page 16. In
Issue #89, Steven appears on page 15 saving Cranky Doodle Donkey's ship from Diamond Dog sea pirates.
Quotes[]
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[sobbing] What a world, what a world!
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~ Friendship is Magic, part 2
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I was just sitting here, minding my own business, when this tacky little cloud of purple smoke just whisked past me and tore half of my beloved mustache clean off, and now I look simply horrid.
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~ Friendship is Magic, part 2
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[gasps] It's so true!
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~ Friendship is Magic, part 2
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It's true, I'm hideous!
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~ Friendship is Magic, part 2
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Oh-hohohoho! My mustache! How wonderful!
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~ Friendship is Magic, part 2
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I'm Stephen Magnet, Cranky's best beast!
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~ Slice of Life
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All these ponies traveling to Ponyville, putting on uncomfortable clothes, sitting through a long ceremony, you think any of them care about the marriage? [laughing] Honey, the wedding is everything.
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~ Slice of Life
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What a world! What a world, where I can’t have a Cutie Mark to go with my magnificent mustache!
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~ My Little Pony
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