My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Synopsis[]

"Get your muzzle out of those books and make some friends!" That's what Princess Celestia tells Twilight Sparkle. She may be the smartest unicorn in Equestria, but Twilight Sparkle gets an "incomplete" in friendship. There's more to life than learning magic, after all -- so she goes to Ponyville on a mission to make friends. There she meets five special ponies who take her on exciting adventures and teach her the most powerful magic of all ... the magic of friendship!

Overview[]

In each episode, the Mane Six ponies (or in other cases, other characters) go on adventures in Equestria and learn lessons in friendship. Each season starts off with a two-part story (comprising of two episodes), with most focusing on Twilight Sparkle. Originally in Season 1, Twilight writes all the letters to Princess Celestia about friendship. In Seasons 2-3, her pony friends (and Spike) write the letters to her. From the Season 3 finale onwards, Twilight graduates from being a student of Princess Celestia and becomes an Alicorn princess, then by the end of the show's first era (2010-2014) in the Season 4 finale, acquires her own castle, the Castle of Friendship.

The second generation of this show, which starts off with Season 5, introduces Starlight Glimmer, who learns lessons in friendship of her own throughout Season 6, then begins having adventures with her new friends in Season 7. To educate various ponies and creatures in Equestria, the School of Friendship is introduced for Season 8. Finally, Twilight and her friends defeat evil for good in Season 9, and many years later, Twilight becomes the new ruler of Equestria.

Cast[]

Character's name	Voice actor	Singing voice actor	Sonic/Kirby counterpart
Twilight Sparkle	Tara Strong	Rebecca Shoichet	Amy Rose
Pinkie Pie	Andrea Libman	Shannon Chan-Kent	Sonic
Rainbow Dash	Ashleigh Ball	Ashleigh Ball	Sally Acorn
Applejack	Ashleigh Ball	Ashleigh Ball	Bunnie
Fluttershy	Andrea Libman	Andrea Libman	Tails
Rarity	Tabitha Germain	Kazumi Evans	Rouge
Spike	Cathy Weseluck		Cream
Apple Bloom	Michelle Creber		Charmy
Sweetie Belle	Claire Corloett		Marine
Scootaloo	Madeleine Peters		Sticks
Big McIntosh	Peter New		Knuckles
Cheese Sandwich	Weird "Al" Yankovic
Maud Pie	Ingrid Nilson
Zephyr Breeze	Ryan Beil
Starlight Glimmer	Kelly Sheridan		Blaze
Trixie	Kathleen Barr		Shadow
Discord	John de Lancie		King Dedede
Princess Celestia	Nicole Oliver		Vanilla
Princess Luna	Tabitha Germai		Lady Like
Princess Cadance	Britt McKillip		Commander Vee
Shining Armor	Andrew Francis		Meta Knight

Production timeline[]

Production Phases for Episodes/Films
Phase 1	Premise	The fundamental concept that drives the plot of the episode.
Phase 2	Outline	An extended telling of the episode. If the premise is approved, the episode moves on to this stage.
Phase 3	1st Draft	The first full script for the episode.
Phase 4	2nd Draft	The first revisions made to the script.
Phase 5	Polish	A much more improved version of the script.
Phase 6	Locked Polish	Last minute changes before the script is finalized.
Phase 7	Voice Recording	All the voices to be used in the episode are recorded.
Phase 8	Animatic	A full storyboard for the whole episode.
Phase 9	Post-Production	Rough cuts of the final animation are delivered.
Phase 10	Final Cut	Production officially concludes.
Production Phases for Songs
Phase 1	First Lyrics	New lyrics are written for a song.
Phase 2	First Demo	The first composition of a song.
Phase 3	Unmixed Demo	The final vocals are first composed, but the song itself is not yet finalized.
Phase 4	Final Mix	The song is officially finalized.

Date	Event
December 17, 2008	Lauren Faust wrote the first full script for an early version of "The Ticket Master".
May 19, 2009	The Mane Six was originally going to be the Mane Nine -- Twilight Twinkle, Applejack, Cherilee, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle.
May 27, 2009	Lauren Faust, the first of only two available writers for the show back then, wrote the script for unreleased Animation Test titled "My Little Pony Adventures" (codenamed "MLPTST"). This Animation Test was to feature Twilight Twinkle, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie.
June 9, 2009	The full animatic for the Animation Test was completed. Tara Strong performed all the voice talents for all three characters.
July 9, 2009	The rough cut for the Animation Test was completed. Twilight's final design was first used here.
July 10, 2009	The Animation Test finished production. However, it wasn't unveiled online until the show ended 10 years later.
August 5, 2009	Lauren Faust wrote a second draft for The Ticket Master.
September 10, 2009	A "My Little Pony Adventures" show bible existed. This bible included premises for what were initially to be the first nine episodes of the show: The Ticket Master, Griffon the Brush Off, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Applebonk Season, Bring on the Thunder, Dragonshy, A Dawg and Pony Show, Fancy Meeting You Deer, and Nothing More to Sea.
October 21, 2009	Season 1 officially began pre-production with the first outline for one of the nine episodes listed above, along with the script for a new pilot episode.
February 18, 2010	The My Little Pony theme song was first composed and performed, not long before the very first full animatic.
July 9, 2010	Season 2 started development, in which what were supposed to be the last two Season 1 episodes ("Seeds of Chaos") moved to this season.
March 29, 2011	Season 1 officially wrapped up production.
April 25, 2011	Season 3 started development.
March 23, 2012	Season 2 officially wrapped up production.
April 10, 2012	Season 4 started development.
January 10, 2013	Season 3 officially wrapped up production.
October 8, 2013	Season 5 started development.
April 4, 2014	Season 4 officially wrapped up production.
October 10, 2014	Season 6 started development, as so did a motion picture film.
November 9, 2015	Season 5 officially wrapped up production.
December 2, 2015	Season 7 started development, in which initially, it was going to be a reboot, but that concept was rejected.
May 13, 2016	A recolored version of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic logo was first revealed. This logo went into permanent effect starting with Season 7.
August 8, 2016	Season 8 started development.
August 22, 2016	Season 6 officially wrapped up production.
August 8, 2017	Season 9, the final season, started development.
August 29, 2017	Season 7 officially wrapped up production.
March 21, 2018	The last new writer for the show, Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim, wrote the premise for "A Horse Shoe-in".
April 12, 2018	The final episode order was finalized, with the announcement of The Last Problem.
May 31, 2018	Season 8 officially wrapped up production.
September 2018	The last voice recordings were done.
February 16, 2019	Season 9 was confirmed to be the final season, resulting in a total of 221 episodes for the entire series (222 if you count "Best Gift Ever").
June 21, 2019	The show officially wrapped up production, with the final episodes of Season 9.

In Other Languages[]

Language	Title	Release date
Français	My Little Pony : Les amies, c'est magique	August 27, 2011
Italiano	My Little Pony: L'amicizia è magica	August 29, 2011
Nederlands	My Little Pony: Vriendschap is betoverend	September 2011
Español	My Little Pony: La magia de la amistad	September 12, 2011
Deutsch	My Little Pony: Freundschaft ist Magie	September 19, 2011
Dansk	My Little Pony: Venskab er ren magi	September 26, 2011
Norsk	My Little Pony: Vennskap er ren magi	September 26, 2011
Suomi	My Little Pony: Ystävyyden taikaa	September 1, 2012
Svenska	My Little Pony: Vänskap är magiskt	September 26, 2011
Türkçe	My Little Pony: Arkadaşlık Sihirlidir	October 1, 2011
Arabic	مهرتي الصغيرة: الصداقة رائعة	October 6, 2011
Polski	My Little Pony: Przyjaźń to magia	October 15, 2011
Español (Latinoamérica)	My Little Pony: La Magia de la Amistad	November 21, 2011
Português (Brasil)	My Little Pony: A Amizade é Mágica	November 21, 2011
Magyar	My Little Pony: Varázslatos barátság	December 11, 2011
Čeština	My Little Pony: Přátelství je magické	December 16, 2011
Română	My Little Pony: Prietenia este magică	December 16, 2011
Português	My Little Pony: A Amizade é Mágica	March 5, 2012
Slovenčina	My Little Pony: Priateľstvo je magické	December 2012
Ελληνικά	Μικρό μου Πόνυ: Η φιλία είναι μαγική	2013
Japanese	マイリトルポニー：トモダチは魔法	April 2, 2013
Chinese (中文)	彩虹小馬：友情就是魔法	May 5, 2012
Chinese (普通话)	小马宝莉：友谊的魔力	September 2, 2013
Korean	마이 리틀 포니: 우정은 마법	April 30, 2014
Hebrew	הפוני הקטן שלי: חברות היא קסם	December 12, 2014
Bahasa Indonesia	January 1, 2015	My Little Pony: Keajaiban Persahabatan
Chinese (粵語)	小馬寶莉	February 1, 2015
Thai	มายลิตเติ้ลโพนี่ มิตรภาพอันแสนวิเศษ	2015 or earlier

The show was never dubbed in Canadian French or Icelandic; instead, Québec imported the standard French dub, and Iceland imported the Danish and Norwegian dubs.

After Season 2, the Slovak dub was discontinued, and the Czech dub was used in Slovakia starting with Season 3.

List of episodes[]

Main article: List of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episodes

Broadcast history[]

All My Little Pony media was broadcast on the Hub Network since its launch on October 10, 2010, on different air times:

Broadcast dates	Broadcast times	Notes
October 15 – November 7, 2010	Mondays and Fridays at 2:00 p.m. Weekends at 8:00 a.m.
November 8, 2010 – February 11, 2011	Mondays and Fridays at 1:30 p.m. Weekends at 8:00 a.m.
February 12 – May 29, 2011	Mondays and Fridays at 1:30 p.m. Weekends at 9:30 a.m.
May 31 – September 5, 2011	Tuesdays–Fridays at 8:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturdays and Mondays at 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
September 6 – October 14, 2011	Weekdays at 8:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Saturdays at 9:00 and 9:30 a.m. Sundays at 8:00 and 8:30 a.m.
October 15, 2011 – March 2, 2012	Weekdays at 8:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Saturdays at 10:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sundays at 8:00 and 8:30 a.m.
2012–2021	TBA
April 12 – December 23, 2021	Weekdays from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. (Season 8 only) Sundays at 12:00 or 12:30 p.m.	Total weekly broadcast time of My Little Pony was 18½ hours.
January 1 – April 1, 2022	Weekdays from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. (Season 8 only) Sundays from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.	Total weekly broadcast time of My Little Pony increased to 19½ hours.
April 2 – May 31, 2022	Weekdays from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Not airing on Sundays	First major schedule change since the end of Pony Life. Total weekly broadcast time of My Little Pony increased to 20½ hours.
June 1 – July 1, 2022	Weekdays from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Not airing on Saturdays	Total weekly broadcast time of My Little Pony increased to 22 hours.
July 2–31, 2022	Weekdays from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Weekends at 11:00 a.m.	Total weekly broadcast time of My Little Pony increased to 23½ hours.
August 1, 2022 – February 12, 2023	Weekdays from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (Season 1) and 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Weekends at 11:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.	Children's programming on Discovery Family was reduced from 12 hours to 10 hours; however, the My Little Pony franchise's weekly broadcast time peaked at 25 hours.
February 18 – April 30, 2023	Weekdays from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (Season 1) and 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Weekends at 12:00 p.m. (Season 9 only)	S.M.A.S.H! premiered on this date. Total weekly broadcast time of My Little Pony decreased to 24 hours.
May 1 – June 30, 2023	Weekdays from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (Season 1) and 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Weekends at 12:30 p.m. (Season 9; unless a movie airs)	Baby Looney Tunes and The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries premiered on this date. Total weekly broadcast time of My Little Pony decreased to 23 hours.
July 1, 2023 – February 29, 2024	Weekdays from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (Seasons 2-4) and 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Weekends at 12:30 p.m. (Season 9; unless a movie airs)	The rest of the whole series unexpectedly returned to Discovery Family. Total weekly broadcast time of My Little Pony decreased to 20½ hours on October 1.
March 1, 2024 – present	Weekdays from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (Season 5) and 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Weekends at 12:30 p.m. (Season 9)	To guarantee Season 9 reruns every Saturday and Sunday, How Do Animals Do That? (another show on Discovery Family) is removed from weekend afternoon reruns. Total weekly broadcast time of My Little Pony increased to 22½ hours.

For an expanded timeline of the channel's broadcast history, see also:

Main article: Television broadcast timeline for My Little Pony

Home video timeline[]

Main article: List of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic DVDs

Weblinks[]

My Little Pony G4 Official Website (Version 1)

http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony (September 28, 2010–December 10, 2011)

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Official Website (Version 2)

http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony (December 10, 2011–January 6, 2013)

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Official Website (Version 3)

http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony (January 11, 2013–March 31, 2014)

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Official Website (Version 4)

http://www.hasbro.com/mylittlepony (April 4, 2014–July 2015)
http://mylittlepony.hasbro.com (July 2015–February 25, 2017)

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Official Website (Version 5)

http://mylittlepony.hasbro.com (February 26, 2017–2019)

Other sites

http://mlp.wikia.com (launched on December 12, 2010‎)
http://www.equestriadaily.com (launched on January 19, 2011)

Gallery[]

Production[]

The Show[]

Characters[]

Main characters
Twilight Sparkle	Pinkie Pie		Fluttershy		Rainbow Dash
Rarity		Applejack		Spike
Season 1 characters
Cutie Mark Crusaders (Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo)	Princess Celestia		Princess Luna		Granny Smith
Big McIntosh	Trixie		Cheerilee		Spitfire and Soarin
Season 2 characters
Discord	Princess Cadance		Shining Armor		Daring Do
Season 4 characters
Cheese Sandwich		Maud Pie		Flash Sentry
Season 5 characters
Starlight Glimmer
Season 6 characters
Flurry Heart			Zephyr Breeze
Background characters

Videos[]

My_Little_Pony_Friendship_is_Magic — My Little Pony Friendship is Magic

The first commercial from 2010.

Celebrate_the_New_Year_with_the_Mane_6! — Celebrate the New Year with the Mane 6!

One of the last commercials, seen on Discovery Family since January 2020. It was recently spotted on an April 5, 2021 rerun of a Season 2 episode.

See also[]

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Characters	Main	Twilight Sparkle • Applejack • Fluttershy • Pinkie Pie • Rainbow Dash • Rarity • Spike
	Secondary	Princess Celestia • Princess Luna • Apple Bloom • Scootaloo • Sweetie Belle • Starlight Glimmer • Big McIntosh • Discord • Princess Cadance • Shining Armor • Sunset Shimmer
	Guest	Cheese Sandwich • Maud Pie • Zephyr Breeze
Episodes		Season 1 (2010-2011) • Season 2 (2011-2012) • Season 3 (2012-2013) • Season 4 (2013-2014) • Season 5 (2015) • Season 6 (2016) • Season 7 (2017) • Season 8 (2018) • Best Gift Ever (2018) • Pre-Season 9 Animated Shorts (2018-2019) • Season 9 (2019) • Rainbow Roadtrip (2019)
Home media	Volume DVDs	The Friendship Express (2012) • Royal Pony Wedding (2012) • Adventures in the Crystal Empire (2012) • Pinkie Pie Party (2013) • Princess Twilight Sparkle (2013) • A Pony for Every Season (2013) • A Dash of Awesome (2014) • The Keys of Friendship (2014) • Spooktacular Pony Tales (2014) • Adventures of the Cutie Mark Crusaders (2015) • Cutie Mark Quests (2015) • Games Ponies Play (2015) • Winter Vacation Double Feature (2015) • Friends Across Equestria (2016) • Friends and Family (2016) • Soarin' Over Equestria (2016) • Everypony's Favorite Frights (2016) • Exploring the Crystal Empire (2017) • Twilight and Starlight (2017) • Fluttershy (2017) • Holiday Hearts (2017) • Spring into Friendship (2018) • Applejack (2018) • Rarity (2018) • Pony Trick or Treat (2018) • Hearts and Hooves (2019)
Home media	Season boxset DVDs	Season 1 (2012) • Season 2 (2013) • Season 3 (2014) • Season 4 (2014) • Season 5 (2016) • Season 6 (2017) • Season 7 (2018)
Equestria Girls		My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013) • Rainbow Rocks (2014) • Friendship Games (2015) • Legend of Everfree (2016) • Magical Movie Night (2017) • Equestria Girls (2017-2019) • Forgotten Friendship (2018) • Rollercoaster of Friendship (2018) • Spring Breakdown (2019) • Sunset's Backstage Pass (2019) • Holidays Unwrapped (2019)
Movies		My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
Albums		Friendship is Magic: Songs of Friendship and Magic (2013) • Songs of Ponyville (2014) • Songs of Harmony (2015) • It's a Pony Kind of Christmas (2015/2016) • Pinkie Pie's Party Playlist (2016) • My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) • My Little Pony: The Movie (score) (2018) Equestria Girls: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2014) • Rainbow Rocks (2014) • Friendship Games (2015) • Legend of Everfree (2016)
Books	Chapter books	Main series: Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell (2013) • Pinkie Pie and the Rockin' Ponypalooza Party! (2013) • Rainbow Dash and the Daring Do Double Dare (2014) • Rarity and the Curious Case of Charity (2014) • Applejack and the Honest-to-Goodness Switcheroo (2014) • Fluttershy and the Fine Furry Friends Fair (2015) • Discord and the Ponyville Players Dramarama (2015) • Lyra and Bon Bon and the Mares from S.M.I.L.E. (2016) • Starlight Glimmer and the Secret Suite (2016) • Trixie and the Razzle-Dazzle Ruse (2017) Princess Collection: Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves (2015) • Princess Luna and the Festival of the Winter Moon (2015) • Princess Cadance and the Spring Hearts Garden (2016) • Princess Twilight Sparkle and the Forgotten Books of Autumn (2016) Equestria Girls: Through the Mirror (2013) • Rainbow Rocks (2014) • The Mane Event (2014) • Sunset Shimmer's Time to Shine (2015) • Friendship Games (2015) • Twilight's Sparkly Sleepover Surprise (2016) • Legend of Everfree (2016) • Magic, Magic Everywhere! (2017) • A Friendship to Remember (2017)
Books	Other	The Elements of Harmony: My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: The Official Guidebook: Vol. 1 (2013) • Vol. 2 (2017)
Apps		My Little Pony: The Video Game

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