The Wonderbolts are heroes an organization appares in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
They are an organization of Pegasus ponies who perform aerial acrobatics and demonstrations, leave long trails of thunderclouds when flying. Situated in Cloudsdale.
Rainbow Dash is a great fan of Wonderbolts and she becomes one of them in season 6, in episode “Newbie Dash”.
Following the exile of Princess Luna, who became NightmareMoon, on the moon, the E.U.P. (Earth, Unicorn, Pegasus), the Guard was formed to protect Princess Celestia and keep the peace. At the celebration of the first heavenly year of peace, an elite team of aerial artists were selected to trade the occasion. For Twilight, the performance was so full of energy that magical lightning flooded the crowd below and General Firefly called them "Wonderbolts".
Costumes[]
All of them always wear an azure blue uniform with golden yellow lightning symbols and sport the uniform on the hips. the icon varies according to the sex of the member. For males, the sign is a winged lightning bolt, while for females it is a long trail of lightning.
Another important detail are the glasses with black lens frames and a black gold rubber strap.
Rainbow Dash has immaginate in “The Ticket Master”, when she imagines herself as a Wonderbolt, her own cutie mark appears on the suit in place of the emblem. She fantasizes herself as a Wonderbolt again in “The Best Night Ever”, on the other hand, she sports the long bolt emblem usually found on any other female members' flanks. In reality, the Wonderbolts' uniforms are notably brighter than in Rainbow Dash's fantasies.
Development[]
Jayson Thiessen asked if the Wonderbolts were inspired by the "blue angles" and answered" In mid-December 2011, and they were." In the book "The Art of Equestria", it is mentioned that the Wonderbolts were initially conceived as "the Blue Thunders".
The Wonderbolts are representative as States Navy flight demonstration team, like Blue Angels, this resemblance in seen during the flight suits. To add to this, the background of their name is vaguely similar to that of the Thunderbirds.
Their uniforms are drawed by Craig McCracken.
In series[]
Season 3[]
At Wonderbolts Academy is introduce the Academy: a training center for potential new members. Spitfire serves as a drill sergeant for the newest cadets. Also shown are guards and training staff, who assist Spitfire in handling the cadets. Rainbow Dash is accepted into Wonderbolt Academy along with several other Ponyville residents and the cocky Lightning Dust, though Dust is sent off after she puts other ponies in danger out of recklessness.
Season 5[]
In Party Pooped, according to Pinkie Pie, the Wonderbolts save the out of control cherry cart from falling into a ravine in the desert, and they fly the cart to Manehattan. Her flashback shows three Wonderbolt Academy cadets saving the cart, and a photograph shows a proper Wonderbolt and one of the three cadets leaving the cart in Manehattan. Two others proper Wonderbolts appear at the welcoming party later in the episode, hosting their own booth. In an alternate timeline in The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1, the Wonderbolts fight alongside Rainbow Dash in the war against King Sombra and his Crystal Pony warriors.
