He was modeled after John Cleese!

Now this gives me a headcanon that Fancy Pants is a jack-of-all trades in all things silly, being village idiot in a small burgh outside of Canterlot, teaches self-defense against fresh fruit, is a brain specialist who acts like a lobotomy patient to better understand what his patients are going through, works for the "contradiction" department of an argument clinic, is an architect of abbetoirs, and is a civil servant in the ministry of silly walks. All who work for him are given silly and humilitating job interviews, and this has made him a very busy, very rich, and strangely, very respectable individual in Equestria's peculiar culture.

Yes! He just moved up many ranks on my cool ponies list.

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teaches self-defense against fresh fruit

What if they've got a pointy stick?

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What!? Fresh fruit not good enough for yuh, eh??

4981362 I knew that, and I knew his VA was told to do his best John Cleese impersonation for the role. Surprised there's not more Monty Python stuff featuring him.

4981362 What if Fancy Pants isn't a noble or politician like what the popular fanon makes him, but a very renowned comedy actor? Now I'm also imagining him as Mr Fawlty.

Now I started imagining Fancy Pants singing Eric the Half-A-Bee.

Blimey! What's your source?