Snips

Snips is a male school-age unicorn pony from Ponyville who is usually seen in the company of his friend Snails. His human counterpart, along with Snails, is a secondary antagonist in My Little Pony Equestria Girls. He is called Snipsy Snap in somemerchandise.

Development and design Edit
Snips is an excitable and goofy pony, often entering a fit of eager jumping at the slightest inclination. He is an unusually short and round pony, much like Truffle Shuffle, and is possibly the smallest unicorn in all Ponyville,[2][3]other than babies such as Pumpkin Cake. He is characterized by his small eyes, buck teeth, high and scratchy voice, short light brown mane and tail, and large brown eyebrows. These features grant him a unique appearance in comparison to the other residents of Ponyville. His irises are usually not visible, similarly to those of Snails, but they are visible in the IDW comics' Friendship is Magic Issue #8 story, being brown.

His cutie mark, a pair of scissors, is explained by him in the IDW comics' Friendship is Magic Issue #10 story Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair - Part Deux "If You Only Have a Hammer, You See Every Problem as a Nail" as meaning that he is "excellent at cutting all things".

Both Snips, as well as partner-in-crime Snails, are named after the traditional nursery rhyme What Are Little Boys Made Of. A version of the verse goes:
 * What are little boys made of?
 * Snips and snails and puppy dogs' tails.
 * That's what little boys are made of.