Auntie Applesauce first appears in the season three episode Apple Family Reunion. Granny Smith first mentions her at the beginning of the episode when she shows Applejack and Apple Bloom a photo album of past reunions. According to Granny, Applesauce "used to go by another name, but everypony started calling her Applesauce after half her teeth fell out when she was making apple jam." In one flashback, she laughs at a young Granny when she tries to take up quilting. In another, she and "Candy Twirl" compete together in a seven-legged race.