

At one point, Sonata Dusk strums the strings of his guitar. He is later seen in the cafeteria during the Dazzlings' song. In the second film, Flash Sentry compliments the Rainbooms on their playing and asks them if Twilight will return for the school's musical showcase. Twilight asks her how she knows about it and Pinkie replies that it was just a hunch.įlash, under the Dazzlings' spell, taking a negative attitude towards Twilight. He helps her up and tells her that they should stop bumping into each other, When Twilight's friends tease her because she have a crush on the new guy she denies it but blushes, Pinkie Pie then (correctly) assumes that Pony Flash reminds her of the human Flash Sentry that she had met in the Human World. When Twilight returns to Equestria she bumps into Flash's pony counterpart in the Crystal Empire. Flash Sentry finally asks Twilight for their dance, and he imitates her odd dancing style on the dance floor, previously seen in Sweet and Elite. Twilight and her friends defeat Sunset Shimmer, turning everyone back to normal.

The Formal is disrupted when Sunset Shimmer rises to power and hypnotizes the students, including Flash Sentry. When the Formal goes on as originally scheduled, Twilight clears up the misunderstanding with Flash Sentry and agrees to have one dance with him. He asks Twilight out to the Formal, but he mistakes her panicked "no's" as her response. Twilight is so thrilled that she hugs Flash Sentry. When Sunset Shimmer frames Twilight for ruining the Fall Formal decorations using photographic proof, Flash Sentry proves that the photos are fake and Vice Principal Luna allows Twilight Sparkle to continue running for Fall Formal princess. Rarity reveals to Twilight that he is Sunset Shimmer's ex-boyfriend. You okay?" Later, Twilight accidentally spills a beverage on him at the Sweet Shoppe, and he jokes they need to stop bumping into each other. When Twilight Sparkle runs into him in the school hallway, he helps her up and asks, "Whoa. In My Little Pony Equestria Girls, Flash Sentry appears as a student of Canterlot High School. He lashes out at Twilight when she takes part in the Battle of the Bands, believing that she is trying to take victory away from him and he publicly ridicules Sunset Shimmer, calling her "the bad girl we love to hate." He becomes his regular self after the Dazzlings where defeated. While under the effect of the Dazzlings' magic, Flash becomes arrogant, cold, and spiteful. In the first two films, he also shows signs of social awkwardness and clumsiness, such as walking into a door while escorting Twilight to the Fall Formal dance and backing into a wall while exiting the band room. He returns Twilight's feelings of affection towards him. In terms of homosexual shipping, he has also been shipped with Shining Armor in a few instances.Ī handful of stories have portrayed Flash as Scootaloo's older brother.Flash Sentry is portrayed as kind and gentlemanly, as evidenced by his helping Twilight when she falls over. He is also sometimes shipped with Sunset Shimmer, his ex-girlfriend. Shipping-wise, Flash is most commonly shipped with Twilight due to the fact the she has a crush on his human counterpart. Flash Sentry's reappearance in Three's A Crowd provoked a somewhat significant outburst of negativity. This led to the creation of a meme labeling Flash as a "Waifu Stealer" in several humor oriented fan works suggesting that the dislike for Flash was based more on jealousy than impartial criticism. When initially introduced, Flash was not widely accepted by the majority of the brony fanbase who viewed him as a generic love interest character without any remarkable personality traits of his own. In the human world, he plays the guitar and is in a band, while in Equestria he is a royal guard. Before his official name was revealed, he was given the nickname "Brad".

Flash is most commonly portrayed as a potential love interest for Twilight Sparkle.
