Matilda is a female donkey who lives in Ponyville. In "A Friend In Deed" (season 2) Pinkie Pie discovered that Matilda is Cranky Doodle Donkey's "special friend". It is revealed that they met during the Grand Galloping Gala. When Matilda had to leave in the morning, she left a note for Cranky, but he unfortunately never recieved it, and began to travel Equestria searching for her, before deciding to settle down in Ponyville. Matilda had also gone to live in Ponyville, and the two donkey's finally reunited there, and later married.

She wears blue, round earrings in her ears, and a white, frilly shawl around her neck, held together with a broach.