Sunset Shimmer

Sunset Shimmer is one of the seven titular main protagonists of the Equestria Girls franchise.

She is a female unicorn-turned-human student of Canterlot High School, who was a former student of Princess Celestia, a rhythm guitarist for the Rainbooms, the leader of the titular team, and Sci-Twi and Pinkie Pie's best friend.

FULL NAME Sunset Shimmer ALIAS(ES) Sunset Daydream Shimmer (angelic form) SunShim SNZT SHMR Flanksy Sunset Reginald Shimmer Demon Sunset Shimmer ORIGIN Equestria Girls OCCUPATION Leader of the Equestria Girls Student at Canterlot High School Rainbooms' rhythm guitarist Sushi chef Graffito Princess Twilight Sparkle's student (prior to Forgotten Friendship) Princess Celestia's student (formerly)

As a human: Leadership Charisma Magic powers Empathy Genius-level Intelligence Compassion Wisdom Kindness Manipulation (formerly) Knowledge of Equestria Mind-reading Immense fighting skills Hand-to-hand combat skills Proficient guitarist Speed Proficient painter Durability Athletics Reflexes Strength As a pony:Telekinesis Teleportation As Daydream Shimmer:

Magic element Magical blast Flight Laser

Bullying people who stands in her way (formerly). Gaming. Hanging out with Sci-Twi and Pinkie Pie. Spending time with her other friends. Writing to Twilight (in Equestria).

Convince Princess Celestia to let her become a princess and give her the Elements of Magic crown (failed). Rule Canterlot High School with an iron fist and making everyone there miserable (formerly/abandoned). Seek revenge on Twilight to confiscate the Elements of Magic crown and take over Equestria (first film; formerly/abandoned)

Make amends with other students, Join the Rainbooms, and defeat the Dazzlings (2nd film; succeeded) Defeat the Shadowbolts in the Friendship Games and defeat Midnight Sparkle (3rd film; succeeded) Assist Twilight in her missions. Save Camp Everfree from Gaea Everfree (4th film; succeeded)

Family:Ray (pet leopard gecko) Friends / Allies:Princess Twilight Sparkle Spike the Dragon Humane Seven:

Sci-Twi (best friend and partner) Applejack Fluttershy Pinkie Pie (second best friend and sidekick) Rainbow Dash Rarity Spike the Dog Micro Chips Sandalwood Flash Sentry (love interest) Snips and Snails (close friends and former henchmen) Cutie Mark Crusaders

Apple Bloom Sweetie Belle Scootaloo Dean Cadance Shadowbolts:

Sour Sweet Sunny Flare Lemon Zest Sugarcoat Indigo Zap Gloriosa Daisy Timber Spruce Principal Celestia Vice Principal Luna Starlight Glimmer Juniper Montage Trixie Lulamoon Princess Celestia Princess Luna Vignette Valencia Wallflower Blush K-Lo and Su-Z

ENEMIES The Dazzlings: Adagio Dazzle (archenemy) Sonata Dusk Aria Blaze Principal Cinch Midnight Sparkle (Sci-Twi's evil alter-ego) Gaea Everfree

Redeemed Harmonizer

Sunset Shimmer has a light amber coat in her pony form and wears a black leather sweatshirt, orange skirt, and knee-high boots in the first two movies. In "My Past is Not Today," she switches to a black leather jacket and blue translucent-sleeved dress. In "Legend of Everfree," she opts for a white and magenta summer camp shirt, shorts, and boots. In "Equestria Girls: Better Together," she dons a black leather vest, off-the-shoulder shirt, skirt, and new boots. When swimming, she wears a black leather bikini with a sarong and sandals. In Spring Breakdown, she wears a magenta sparkling, short-sleeve, boat-neckline, fringe-hem midi dress with her cutie mark printed on her chest and other matching accessories.

In All the World's Off Stage, she has an earpiece and wears a black t-shirt and black pants. Her boots remain the same but with only gray studs.

When in her Crystal Guardian formation, her hair is tied back by a gold sunburst hairclip, and she wears a red sleeveless, sparkly dress with blue-jeweled gold shoulder pads and a fiery slash running diagonally across the chest, orange wrist guards edged in yellow and bright pink, black tights, gold boots with blue gems to match her shoulder pads, fiery trim continuing down to the edge of her skirt, and a gold chain running over each hip and connected to the belt buckle.

When in her Friendship Power formation, she has a black headband with silver spikes on her hair and wears a red sleeveless dress with a light red flaming stripe for a turtleneck with small dark red, orange, and white dots, black arm-length handless gloves, a neon pink translucent skirt, pale red leggings, and yellow knee-high boots with black fire dashes and soles.

During the first film, Sunset Shimmer is shown to be self-absorbed, condescending, manipulative, and dishonest. She frequently insults and belittles others and thinks little of it. According to human Fluttershy, Sunset makes life miserable for "anyone who stands in her way." As a result, most of the Canterlot High School student body is afraid of her. She is also not above making threats and blackmail to realize her goals.

When Sunset puts on the element of magic, she transforms into a demonic visage of herself. While in this form, she becomes more ruthless, going so far as attempting to dispose of Twilight. After she is defeated, Sunset Shimmer becomes immediately repentant and apologizes for her actions, appearing to renounce her prior dishonest and unkind ways. In the second film, Sunset Shimmer has completely discarded her old self and starts believing in friendship, being kind toward others, and befriending former enemies. Except for Rainbooms, the rest of the students still bear resentment towards her and are mercilessly willing to forgive her for what she had done to everyone she hurt. She is also deeply repentant for her actions in the first film, referring to her transformed self as a "raging she-demon". However, she suffers from a lack of confidence, keeping silent in situations she feels it isn't her place to speak up and falling prey to the Dazzlings' taunting. During the final battle, she finally overcomes her insecurities and joins the Rainbooms in defeating the Dazzlings, gaining a half-pony form in the process. By the end of Rainbow Rocks, Sunset starts writing friendship reports to Princess Twilight using the book she once used to communicate with Princess Celestia.

By the third film, while Sunset has managed to fully integrate herself into the group and mentions what she did in the past with good humor, she also harbors a fear of losing her school's newly gained trust, and she becomes deeply depressed when she believes she has let them down, despite their assurances. She also becomes increasingly irritated and stressed by her struggles to understand how magic works in the human world, briefly snapping at her friends at one point. When the human Twilight Sparkle endangers her friends, Sunset's anger explodes as she berates Twilight for meddling with forces she doesn't understand, taking her frustrations and self-doubt out on her, which makes her cry. However, she immediately regrets her harsh words and reaches out to Twilight in friendship by the end of the film. In the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Holiday Special comic, Sunset Shimmer displays a forgiving and compassionate side when she forgives the Cutie Mark Crusaders for framing her as the rumormonger "Anon-a-Miss".

In Sunset Shimmer's Time to Shine, Sunset displays a considerable level of intelligence, being ahead of her friends and classmates in school and smart enough to develop various computer applications. Her affinity for science and research is also seen in The Science of Magic, where she explains she prefers a hands-on approach to studying magic over "studying ancient books".

In The Art of Friendship, Sunset has a fondness for sunflowers that she expresses through her painting in art class. Her artistic side is further shown in Display of Affection and Super Squad Goals.

A Fine Line shows that she likes to play video games, and she is excited to get the new game Tirek's Revenge.

Sunset is shown to be serious, selfless, and has a no-nonsense attitude, but she is also shown to have some anger issues at times, especially when she is stressed out; she is also very competitive and hates losing.

Throughout most of the film, Sunset is in human form and devoid of magic, relying on trickery and bullying to get her way.

Her abilities as a unicorn are never demonstrated, but since she was Princess Celestia's student, it can be assumed they would be approximately on the same level as Twilight Sparkle's (before the latter became a Princess). Because of her Cutie Mark and her color scheme, it can be theorized she has an affinity for fire magic.

When Sunset Shimmer uses the Element of Magic, she turns into a powerful, winged demonic entity with a fiery look. In this form, she has immense magical powers, despite being in a non-magical world. She is extremely proficient with both Dark and Fire spells. She can effortlessly destroy walls through the movement of objects, turn her associates into demons, brainwash large groups of people at once, and conjure powerful fireballs. Her only weakness in this form is that the Element is not "loyal" to her since she does not grasp the magic of Friendship. When she tries to destroy Twilight and her best friends rush to her rescue, the magic of the Element refuses to harm them, instead imbuing the friends with power despite Sunset Shimmer still wearing the crown.

Leadership: Having most experience in magic, everyone puts their trust in Sunset to know what to do when Princess Twilight isn't available. Despite self-doubt and feelings of guilt, she has managed to resolve multiple conflicts using her natural charisma. She knows how to offer moral support and rein in others if they step out of line, reminding them of what's important. despite this, she is able to respect others' decisions when they want to let things be for now.

Genius level Intelligence: Sunset possessed a brilliant mind that rivaled that of even Twilight. She has been shown to be excellent at topics like math and chemistry, commenting that it is similar to spell-work. She's a good enough academic to face Twilight Sparkle in a math-off. Though Twilight manages to beat her, it is just barely.

Strength: Sunset was shown to wield notable physical strength. Able to carry a sledgehammer and compete in many athletic activities. She is also able to carry Pinkie Pie under one arm.

Mind-reading: Sunset see the mind, memories and thoughts of others by touching them. This allows her to get answers about somethings.

Friends Humane Seven – Friends and Team Members Sci-Twi – Best Friend, Partner and Teammate Applejack – Friend and Minion Fluttershy – Friend and Minion Pinkie Pie – Best Friend, Minion, Protégé and Sidekick Rainbow Dash – Friend and Minion Rarity – Friend and Minion Spike the Dog – Friend, Mascot and Honorary Pet Dog