Sprout Cloverleaf (My Little Pony - A New Generation)

Description

Sprout is a male Earth pony and supporting character in My Little Pony Generation 5, first appearing as the antagonist of the film My Little Pony: A New Generation. Voiced by Ken Jeong, He is the former deputy sheriff of Maretime Bay and son of Phyllis Cloverleaf. Sprout is portrayed as conceited, spoiled, lazy, cowardly, and overly ambitious. From his introduction, he uses his position as deputy sheriff to order other ponies around, particularly Sunny Starscout. Despite this, though, he shows little interest in actually doing his job, making up excuses or even inconveniencing himself to get out of sheriff work. He is also shown to be very jealous of Hitch Trailblazer, not only for being his superior but also for being more popular than him among the Earth ponies. As a result of his mother Phyllis' upbringing, Sprout is very prejudiced toward unicorns and Pegasi, using said bigotry to stoke the fears of Earth ponies and unite them against the perceived threat of the other pony races. His ambitions even drive him to declare himself "emperor" of Maretime Bay. He is also considerably spoiled and immature due to his mother's coddling, calling her "Mommy" and constantly seeking her approval