•HITCH TRAILBLAZER (NSFW🔞🔞🔞)•

Development and design

Hitch Trailblazer was designed by character artist Celia Kaspar.[1] During the film's concept phase, Hitch was known as simply "The Protector".[2]

Depiction in a new generation

In the film My Little Pony: A New Generation, Hitch first appears as a young colt and friend to Sunny Starscout and Sprout. Like most other Earth ponies, Hitch has been taught to view unicorns and Pegasi as dangerous enemies, though he is willing to play along with Sunny's games where all the pony races are friends, and attempts to mediate Sunny and Sprout's wildly differing views on the subject. Years later, Hitch is the peacekeeping sheriff of his hometown of Maretime Bay, with Sprout as his deputy. He frequently bails Sunny out whenever she gets into trouble while spreading her message of friendship and unity with other pony races, such as when she sneaks into the Canterlogic factory and interrupts their annual presentation. When the unicorn Izzy Moonbow comes to Maretime Bay and causes a panic, Sunny foils Hitch's attempts to apprehend her and runs away with her. Hitch decides to go after Sunny so he can place her under arrest. Hitch follows Sunny and Izzy to the Pegasus city of Zephyr Heights, where he infiltrates a royal celebration while disguised as a Pegasus in order to capture Sunny, almost preventing them from claiming the Pegasus Crystal along the way. In the process, however, he becomes an unwitting participant in Sunny's quest to bring magic back to Equestria. Though he initially helps out just to make sure Sunny faces the consequences of her actions, he later comes to view Izzy as well as the royal Pegasus sisters Zipp Storm and Pipp Petals as friends. Hitch and his friends acquire the Unicorn Crystal in Bridlewood, but nothing happens when the two crystals are joined together. With their quest seemingly ended in failure, Sunny and Hitch return to Maretime Bay and soon get swept up in Sprout's destructive plot to wage war against unicorns and Pegasi. After Sunny succeeds in bringing the three pony races together, Hitch and his new friends happily welcome a new age of friendship and magic.

Depiction of make your mark

In the hour-long special My Little Pony: Make Your Mark, Hitch struggles to keep the peace when Earth pony resentment toward Pegasi and unicorns starts to build. He also finds an egg on the beach and elects to take care of it, and he helps his friends with preparations for the Maretime Bay Day festival in hopes of reuniting the tribes. When the tensions start to boil over and make magic go haywire, Hitch finds his hooves magically stuck to the ground. After the crisis is revolved and magic is stabilized, Hitch finds that he is now able to communicate with his animal friends. The egg he was caring for also hatches, revealing a baby dragon, whom Hitch adopts as his own. In Izzy Does It, Hitch saves Izzy from falling when the "tower of friendship" she constructs collapses. In Growing Pains, he becomes increasingly uncomfortable with the Earth ponies' new magic. He attempts to ban the Earth ponies from using it, then when the unused magic starts building up and releasing involuntarily, try to remove the Earth pony crystal from the Unity Crystals. He decides against the course of action at the last minute, and witness a message from Twilight Sparkle from the Crystals. In Ali-Conned, Hitch lets Pipp look after Sparky, unaware that she is hoping to imitate his popularity on social media. He and the others also cheer Sunny up by making a community garden. In The Cutie Mark Mix-Up, Hitch and Sunny get into an argument over whose duties are more demanding. When Sparky accidentally switches their cutie marks and personalities, they decide to switch jobs too, only to struggle with them. The two of them gain new respect for one another, and their cutie marks switch back. Hitch briefly appears in The Traditional Unicorn Sleep-Over, playing with Sparky before taking him home. In Hoof Done It?, Hitch is asked by Sunny to form a town meeting over the disappearance of her lantern. Hitch declines, pointing out that it may not be such a good idea. In Have You Seen This Dragon?,

Other depictions

Hitch is featured in the film's book adaptations, including My Little Pony: A New Adventure, My Little Pony: Ponies Unite, the My Little Pony Annual 2022, and My Little Pony: Story of the Movie. Hitch also appears in the 2D animated YouTube web series My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale, which is set after the events of A New Generation. He appears in My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure in a non-playable role.

Merch

Toys of Hitch Trailblazer include the articulated 3-inch Crystal Adventure Hitch Trailblazer and 6-inch Rockin' Ranger Hitch Trailblazer, each of which come with various accessories, 3-inch Hitch figures that are part of the Movie Friends and Best Movie Friends toylines and included in the 2021 Unicorn Party Celebration set, and a 6-inch Hitch figure included in the Shining Adventures Collection set.

Personality

Hitch is portrayed as responsible, dutiful, and law-abiding in his role as sheriff. As a result, he is very popular and respected among the Earth ponies of Maretime Bay. He takes his responsibilities seriously, sometimes to the point of arrogance and overconfidence. He is shown to care deeply about Sunny Starscout and does not want to lose her as a friend, but his dedication to his sheriff duties can get in the way of their relationship, and he has no qualms about arresting her if she causes trouble. Hitch has an unexplained magnetism that draws animals and critters to follow him everywhere, and he is shown to like music, sometimes bobbing his head or shaking his flank to whatever music is playing around him. He is also a highly skilled tracker, managing to pursue Sunny and Izzy all the way to Zephyr Heights. In the Tell Your Tale episode Nightmare Roommate, Hitch is shown to believe in treating others kindly, even giving Rufus a drink and a biscuit while Rufus is in his holding cell. In Foal Me Once, Hitch is shown to like high-citrus smoothies, sunglasses, and art. In Sunny-Day Dinners, he goes into a wild panic when he learns Sunny and Izzy have gone missing. In The Game is a Hoof, he is scared by a horror movie he and his friends are watching. Both Clip Trot and Pony Partay depict Hitch as being a good dancer. As an officer of the law, Hitch is dedicated to learning and enforcing every rule there is, not just for his job, but for any contests he happens to be in or witnessing (as seen in On Your Cutie Marks). His dedication to the law is so absolute that when he believes himself guilty of crimes in Foal Me Once, he locks himself up. Hitch embraces his role of being a "dragon dad" to Sparky, being very attentive to the baby dragon's needs (if somewhat overprotective at times), often to the point of exhaustion. He also falls into a panic when Sparky goes missing in Have You Seen This Dragon?. A Day in the Life shows that this has helped make him more receptive