Series synopsis
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a Canadian animation comedy sci-fi & fantasy kids television series that premiered on Hub Network on October 10, 2010. It ended on October 12, 2019. It was created by Lauren Faust. It stars Tara Strong, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman and Tabitha St. Germain.
Journey to the enchanted land of Equestria, where unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her pals have adventures and learn valuable lessons about friendship.
Premise
Journey to the enchanted land of Equestria, where unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her pals have adventures and learn valuable lessons about friendship.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle (voice)
- Ashleigh Ball as Applejack / Rainbow Dash (voice)
- Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie / Fluttershy (voice)
- Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity (voice)
- Cathy Weseluck as Spike (voice)
- Nicole Oliver as Princess Celestia (voice)
- Michelle Creber as Apple Bloom (voice)
- Claire Margaret Corlett as Sweetie Belle (voice)
Supporting cast
- Madeleine Peters as Scootaloo (voice)
- Britt McKillip as Princess Cadance (voice)
- Chantal Strand as Diamond Tiara (voice)
- John de Lancie as Discord (voice)
- Andrew Francis as Shining Armor (voice)
Guest cast
- Brenda Crichlow as Zecora (voice)
- Brian Drummond as Mr. Cake (voice)
- Peter New as Big McIntosh (voice)
- Kazumi Evans as Rarity (singing)
- Rebecca Shoichet as Twilight Sparkle (singing)
- Shannon Chan-Kent as Silver Spoon (voice) / Pinkie Pie (singing)
- Maryke Hendrikse as Gilda (voice)
- Travis Turner as Tender Taps (voice)
- Rebecca Husain as Minuette (voice)
- William Shatner as Grand Pear (voice)
- Bill Mondy as Burnt Oak (voice)
- Maurice LaMarche as Chancellor Neighsay (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 10 seasons with 276 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 55 | May 28, 2011 | May 29, 2020 |
| Season 1 | 26 | October 10, 2010 | May 6, 2011 |
| Season 2 | 26 | September 17, 2011 | April 21, 2012 |
| Season 3 | 13 | November 10, 2012 | February 16, 2013 |
| Season 4 | 26 | November 23, 2013 | May 10, 2014 |
| Season 5 | 26 | April 4, 2015 | November 28, 2015 |
| Season 6 | 26 | March 26, 2016 | October 22, 2016 |
| Season 7 | 26 | April 15, 2017 | October 28, 2017 |
| Season 8 | 26 | March 24, 2018 | October 13, 2018 |
| Season 9 | 26 | April 6, 2019 | October 12, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Equestria Girls Official promo spot for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. |
May 28, 2011 |
| 2 |
Equestria Girls Extended Extended official promo spot for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. |
May 28, 2011 |
| 3 |
There's a Pony For That iPhone parody for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. |
July 8, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Friendship is Magic (1) Twilight Sparkle, a reclusive student of Princess Celestia, is tasked with supervising a special event in Ponyville and to make five new friends in the process. |
October 10, 2010 |
| 2 |
Friendship is Magic (2) The evil Nightmare Moon is free from her imprisonment, vowing to shroud the world in eternal night, and Princess Celestia has gone missing. Twilight and the her friends must find six magic stones called the Elements of Harmony, hidden in the mysterious Everfree Forest. |
October 22, 2010 |
| 3 |
The Ticket Master Twilight receives two tickets from Princess Celestia to the Grand Galloping Gala. All five of her best friends want to go, but she can only choose one. |
October 29, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Return of Harmony (1) The peace of Equestria is threatened when Discord, a mischievous spirit of disharmony, escapes from his imprisonment in stone. Twilight and her friends must defeat him using the Elements of Harmony. If only they can find them! |
September 17, 2011 |
| 2 |
The Return of Harmony (2) Twilight's friends have been corrupted by Discord, and all of Equestria is about to fall into total chaos. Twilight remembers about the riddle of finding the stolen Elements of Harmony. However, even after obtaining them, can she and her friends defeat their most powerful foe yet with almost all hope lost? |
September 24, 2011 |
| 3 |
Lesson Zero Hyper-organized Twilight panics when she can’t find a lesson about friendship for her weekly letter to Princess Celestia. |
October 15, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Crystal Empire (1) Northern Equestria's Crystal Empire has reappeared after being afflicted with a curse that made it vanish for 1,000 years. Princess Celestia asks Twilight Sparkle and her friends to protect the empire from disappearing again. |
November 10, 2012 |
| 2 |
The Crystal Empire (2) After Princess Celestia commissions her to keep Crystal Empire from vanishing again, Twilight realizes that she must find the missing Crystal Heart in order to restore the empire's reputation and strength before it disappears again. |
November 10, 2012 |
| 3 |
Too Many Pinkie Pies Overwhelmed with having to choose just one friend to spend time with, Pinkie Pie uses a magic mirror to clone herself. |
November 17, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Princess Twilight Sparkle (1) Now that she is a Princess, Twilight Sparkle has an important new role to play in the Summer Sun Celebration. But her plans are put on hold when Princess Luna and Princess Celestia go missing. |
November 23, 2013 |
| 2 |
Princess Twilight Sparkle (2) The Everfree Forest is threatening to take over all of Equestria. In order to stop it, Princess Twilight and her friends must bring their Elements to the Tree of Harmony. |
November 23, 2013 |
| 3 |
Castle Mane-ia When the ponies all end up in Luna and Celestia's old castle, they become convinced that it is haunted by the Pony of Shadows. |
November 30, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Cutie Map (1) The Mane 6 are summoned to solve a friendship problem only to find a utopian village where everyone has given up their Cutie Marks. |
April 4, 2015 |
| 2 |
The Cutie Map (2) The Mane 6 have had their Cutie Marks taken and must find a way to get them back. When a deep dark secret is revealed about the pony who took them, they think they may have the answer. |
April 4, 2015 |
| 3 |
Castle Sweet Castle When her friends find out that Princess Twilight has been avoiding her new castle, they offer to make it feel more like home. |
April 11, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Crystalling (1) The Mane Six attend the Crystalling of Cadence and Shining Armor's new baby at the Crystal Empire; Twilight gets the chance to present Starlight with her first friendship lesson. |
March 26, 2016 |
| 2 |
The Crystalling (2) The Mane Six scramble to save the Crystal Empire from an eternal winter; Starlight struggles after the failed reunion with her old friend. |
March 26, 2016 |
| 3 |
The Gift of the Maud Pie Rarity and Pinkie Pie are in Manehattan looking for an ideal location for Rarity's new store and searching for the perfect gift for Pinkie Pie's sister. |
April 2, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Celestial Advice When Twilight Sparkle agonizes over Starlight Glimmer's future, she gets some advice from her very own mentor - Princess Celestia. |
April 15, 2017 |
| 2 |
All Bottled Up While the Mane 6 are on a friendship retreat, Starlight Glimmer and Trixie lose Twilight's friendship map. Afraid her anger might get out of control, Starlight does a spell to contain it while they search for it. |
April 15, 2017 |
| 3 |
A Flurry of Emotions After planning a jam- packed day, Twilight Sparkle also says yes to babysitting her niece, Flurry Heart. But with Flurry along for the ride, Twilight struggles to maintain her rep as "The Best Aunt Ever" while keeping Flurry out of trouble! |
April 22, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
School Daze (1) When the Friendship Map grows bigger to reflect the world beyond Equestria, the Mane Six realize they'll need a way to spread the message of friendship far and wide. Luckily, Twilight knows just what to do - open a School of Friendship. |
March 24, 2018 |
| 2 |
School Daze (2) Twilight must reunite her students to stand up for what's right when the Friendship School gets closed by the EEA. |
March 24, 2018 |
| 3 |
The Maud Couple Pinkie Pie's super-best-friend-sister bond is challenged when Maud gets a boyfriend that Pinkie can't stand. |
March 31, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Beginning of the End (1) Princess Celestia and Princess Luna decide to retire and hand off the ruling of Equestria to Twilight Sparkle and her friends, which sends Twilight into a tailspin of self-doubt. Meanwhile, an ancient villain bands together a legion of nefarious characters to conquer all of Equestria, challenging Twilight Sparkle and the rest of the Mane 6 to step in and save the day. |
April 6, 2019 |
| 2 |
The Beginning of the End (2) As Twilight and the rest of the Mane six struggle to come to terms with the destruction of the Tree and Elements of Harmony, King Sombra sets his sights on conquering all of Equestria. |
April 6, 2019 |
| 3 |
Uprooted The Young Six respond to a magical summons from the Tree of Harmony, only to learn it has been destroyed. |
April 13, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Hub Network |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 10, 2010 |
| Last aired | October 12, 2019 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 11:30:00 |