Something I have always praised My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic for is it's uncanny ability to create characters with quite a lot of layers of depth, while on the surface maintaining the girliness and obvious product placement the franchise is known for. The character, Pinkie Pie, is one of many characters in this show that are extremely well-written, and while not every episode nails her character perfectly, it is still clear that a lot of thought was put into her character from the start, when you look at her critically.
Primarily, she is generally a fun and happy character that always finds some excuse to throw a party, and is just generally a hyperactive character. The writers, storyboard artists, and animators really like to have fun with her hyperactive nature, essentially exaggerating her actions and using Loony Tunes-esque physics, which they sometimes do for other characters but none more-so than this one. I love this aspect to her character because I generally enjoy that style of animation when done well, and these animators nail it every time.
There are still times where this character isn't as bright and charismatic as she lets on. What's interesting is that she is also shows clear signs of social anxiety, which is not something you see that often with characters like this. There is one episode where she has a party that everyone refuses to go to, because secretly they're throwing one for her. She begins to suspect that they are ignoring her and eventually that they straight up don't want to be friends anymore. This literally drives her insane, as she is also nothing without her friends, and she becomes rather sociopathic, making up her own friends out of inanimate objects. This aspect of her character makes everything on the surface all the more interesting, because it adds an extra layer of depth to the overall nature of her, and makes it all the more hilarious when she does go mental.
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