Apple Bloom is a school-age Earth pony. She is the younger sister of Big McIntosh and Applejack and is the granddaughter of Granny Smith. She is a member of the Apple family in Ponyville. She is a supporting character who takes a lead role in several episodes. Apple Bloom is one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, along with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, and she was the only named school-age pony until Boast Busters and the only filly with a speaking role until Call of the Cutie. Like the other two Cutie Mark Crusaders, she doesn't have her cutie mark yet. She is skilled at renovation and construction, such as restoring Applejack's old clubhouse for the purposes of the Cutie Mark Crusaders in The Show Stoppers.
Apple Bloom is a yellow earth pony with a red mane and tail and a large pink bow atop her head. She has a strong Southern American accent like Applejack, but it tends to fade when she talks to someone she does not like, or whose approval she seeks.