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Octavia Melody
Octavia Melody, or simply Octavia, is a background Earth pony who appears in the season one episode The Best Night Ever, in the season two episode Sweet and Elite, in the season four episodes Inspiration Manifestation and Equestria Games, in the film My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, in season five, and in the IDW comics. She is unnamed in the series, but she is named in merchandise. She has a dark gray mane and tail, a light gray coat and light purple eyes, and she wears a pink bow-tie with a white collar. She shares her eye design with Rarity, the spa ponies, and several background ponies, except for the iris. Her cutie mark is a violet treble clef, though the cello is most often notated with a bass clef. The cello is also normally played sitting down, although she plays standing, like a double bass. If it were a double bass, her cutie mark would still be conflicting because double bass is also usually written for in bass clef.
The origin of the name “Octavia” is attributed to both Alex McG in a comment on May 7, 2011, and a Blogger commenter going by the nickname “Octavia.” This fan-given name was officially adopted in Enterplay’s cards and in Gameloft’s mobile game each in 2012 and used in one of Little, Brown’s chapter books, being expanded to “Octavia Melody” in Hasbro’s toy line and in Funko’s vinyl figure line each in 2013. The name “Octavia” likely refers to the musical concept of octaves, whereas “Melody” refers to the term of the same name.
While the show does not specifically identify Octavia Melody’s instrument, cards state that it is a cello. William Anderson, the show’s composer, has relayed to Equestria Daily that the music playing at the garden party in Sweet and Elite features a harp, two violins, and a cello, which pegs Octavia as a cellist. The show’s director, Jayson Thiessen, figures the instrument is a cello as it’s “more sophisticated and appropriate for the gala.” Meghan McCarthy has indirectly referred to Octavia’s role in Inspiration Manifestation as “cello playing.”

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