Manticore (My Little Pony)

The manticore is a wild beast from the Everfree Forest that serves as the first creature to appear in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic series.

Appearance
The manticore has the appearance of a lion with a red mane, dragon wings and a scorpion tail.

Biography
The manticore first appears when the Mane Six continue on their way through the Everfree Forest to defeat Nightmare Moon, she appears and begins to roar loudly, attacking Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash who tried to stop her, but Fluttershy used her kindness to remove a thorn. he had on his paw and lets her go.

The manticore appears in a flashback in No Second Prances, as Trixie's trick was to catapult herself into her mouth and appear in her box for her own magic trick.