My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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Genre
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Created by
| Lauren Faust
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Based on
| My Little Pony
by
Bonnie Zacherle
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Directed by
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- Jayson Thiessen
(seasons 1?5)
- James Wootton
(seasons 1?3)
- Jim Miller (seasons 4?5)
- Denny Lu (seasons 5?9)
- Tim Stuby (seasons 6?7)
- Mike Myhre (seasons 7?9)
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Voices of
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Theme music composer
| Daniel Ingram
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Opening theme
| Friendship Is Magic
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Ending theme
| Friendship Is Magic (reprise)
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Composers
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Country of origin
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 9
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No.
of episodes
| 221
(
list of episodes
)
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Executive producers
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- Lauren Faust (season 1, "
The Return of Harmony
")
- Beth Stevenson (season 1)
- Stephen Davis
- Kirsten Newlands
- Blair Peters (seasons 1?2)
- Chris Bartleman (seasons 1?3)
- Meghan McCarthy
(seasons 3?5, 8)
- Jayson Thiessen (seasons 4?5)
- Sarah Wall (seasons 5?9)
- Asaph Fipke
(seasons 6?7)
- Nicole Dubuc
(seasons 8?9)
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Producers
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- Devon Cody (seasons 3?9)
- Sarah Wall (seasons 1?4)
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Running time
| 22 minutes
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Production companies
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Network
| USA
UK
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Release
| October 10, 2010
(
2010-10-10
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?
October 12, 2019
(
2019-10-12
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My Little Pony: Pony Life
(2020?present)
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
is a
Canadian
-
American
cartoon that was shown on
The Hub
/
Discovery Family
. It was made by
Lauren Faust
,
[d]
who also worked on other cartoon shows which are
The Powerpuff Girls
and
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
. It was put on TV on October 10, 2010. The show's idea comes from the
My Little Pony
toys, which are made by the big toy company
Hasbro
.
- Twilight Sparkle
(voiced by
Tara Strong
, singing voice by
Rebecca Shoichet
) ? A
violet
unicorn
pony
with an
indigo
,
purple
, and
pink
mane. She has a six-
pointed
star
surrounded by 5 smaller stars as her cutie mark on her flank. She represents the Element of
Magic
. She became an alicorn
princess
in the third season finale, when she finished writing a
spell
that was started by Star Swirl the
Bearded
.
- Applejack
(voiced by
Ashleigh Ball
) ? An
orange
earth pony with a
lemon yellow
mane. She has three red
apples
as her cutie Mark. She represents the Element of Honesty. She lives on Sweet Apple Acres with the rest of the Apple family.
- Rainbow Dash
(voiced by Ashleigh Ball) ? A
sky blue
pegasus
pony with a
rainbow
mane. She has a rainbow-colored
lightning
bolt for her cutie mark. She represents the Element of Loyalty. She loves to fly fast, and is a newer member of the Wonderbolts.
- Pinkie Pie
(voiced by
Andrea Libman
, singing voice by
Shannon Chan-Kent
) ? A
pink
pony with a
magenta
mane and tail. She has yellow and blue
balloons
as her cutie mark. She represents the Element of Laughter. She is very energetic and loves to throw parties.
- Fluttershy
(voiced by Andrea Libman) ? A
lemon yellow
pegasus pony with a
pink
mane and tail. She has
three butterflies
for her cutie mark. She represents the Element of Kindness. She loves spending time with animals and is very quiet.
- Rarity
(voiced by
Tabitha St. Germain
, singing voice by Kazumi Evans) ? A
white
unicorn pony with a
purple
mane and tail. She has
three
blue
diamonds
as a cutie mark. She represents the Element of Generousity. She
loves
making dresses at her shop, the carousel boutique.
- Spike
(voiced by
Cathy Weseluck
) ? A male
purple
and
green
baby dragon and Twilight Sparkle's best friend and number one assistant. He has been with Twilight since the very beginning.
- Sweetie Belle
(voiced by
Claire Corlett
, singing voice by Michelle Creber only from seasons 1-3) - A
white
unicorn pony with a grayish
raspberry
mane and tail and a member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She is Rarity's younger sister.
- Apple Bloom
(voiced by
Michelle Creber
) ? A
pale yellow
earth pony with a brilliant
amaranth
mane and tail and is the leader of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She is Applejack's younger sister.
- Scootaloo
(voiced by
Madeleine Peters
) ? A light brilliant
amber
Pegasus pony with moderate
cerise
mane and tail and one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She also looks up to Rainbow Dash.
- Princess Celestia
(voiced by
Nicole Oliver
) - A
white
alicorn pony, a co-ruler of Equestria alongside her sister Princess Luna, and the adoptive aunt of Princess Cadence. She is also been a teacher/mentor of Twilight Sparkle at different periods of time.
- Discord
(voiced by
John de Lancie
) - A draconequus (a
dragon
-like animal with body parts from different animals) and one of Fluttershy's best friends. He represents the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony. He has been close friends with Fluttershy since she helped him learn to behave himself.
- Zecora
(voiced by
Brenda Crichlow
) - A light gray and dark gray blue-eyed zebra with a white and gray mane.
- Mr. and Mrs. Cake
(voiced by
Brian Drummond
and
Tabitha St. Germain
) - Yellow and blue green-eyed and pink-eyed earth ponies with orange and pink manes.
- Maud Pie
(voiced by
Ingrid Nelson
) - Pinkie Pie's gray turquoise-eyed sister with a purple mane.
- Little Strongheart
(voiced by
Erin Mathews
) - An orange buffalo with light orange curly hair, she is an Indian.
Though the show was only going to be for young girls,
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
has become popular on the Internet with many fans of the show being males aged 15 to 35.
The My Little Pony fans from the Internet are from the cartoon and
animation
fans on the Internet board
4chan
.
In October 2010, shortly after the show started, Web blog
Cartoon Brew
wrote a blog called "The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation", which had attacked the show for being supported by a big brand name, saying that "today networks clearly prefer established properties over original ideas, and dislike dealing with individual artists who have a clear creative vision".
[4]
That means that the writer did not like that the people who put TV shows on TV would put shows on that had a brand name and told older boring stories instead of TV shows that had new or original stories. The people in "/co/", the place in 4chan for cartoons and animations, who hadn't seen the show yet, were interested by the
alarmist
words in the blog and began watching the show, and liked the show for the story, characters, and animation style. Their reaction soon spread to the general board, "/b/", of 4chan. The reaction from 4chan created many My Little Pony
recurring jokes
and memes on the site.
Fans of the shows call themselves a "brony", a combination of the words "bro" and "pony". At first it was only meant to be used by male fans but the word is now used to describe any older fan of the show without it describing only one gender. A parody of
Katy Perry
's "
California Gurls
" called Equestria Girls was used for an ad by
The Hub
for the show, which has
lyrics
that also say the word "brony". Its title was later made into
a movie
which has human versions of the ponies in the show. Websites like "Equestria Daily" and "Ponychan" have been created to share stories,
artwork
, and news about the show. The websites get more than 100,000 visits a day. A video made by a high school student named Stephen who was using science to study some of the physical impossibilities on My Little Pony as part of a class presentation appeared on many news stations and also appeared on Tosh.0. During a phone interview on
NPR
's comedy radio show
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
in June 2011, past President
Bill Clinton
correctly answered three questions about the show which led one journalist to jokingly refer to him as a brony.
The creator and executive producer for the show,
Lauren Faust
, has shown that she likes the older fans of the show through her
DeviantArt
page. In the first episode, a
pegasus
pony in the background at one time had crossed eyes, which was a mistake by an animator. The boards on 4chan called the character "Derpy Hooves". Faust listened to the fans, having wanted the character to be named "Ditzy", but let the pony's name stay as Derpy, and the people working on the show have kept the Derpy character with the cross-eyed look, putting her in episodes as a silly background character.
To help people who were in the
2011 T?hoku earthquake
, Faust sold some original drawings from the show along with a new picture of Derpy Hooves. The Derpy Hooves picture sold for more than $2000 on
eBay
.
[5]
At the end of Season 1, one of the show's animators said that Derpy would say some lines in Season 2. In the episode "The Last Roundup", which shows Applejack competing for the Equestria
Rodeo
, Derpy Hooves talked a few times. Rainbow Dash says Derpy's name and Derpy speaks with a young boy's voice. At first, people thought that her voice was done by
Brian Drummond
, but it was
Tabitha St. Germain
, who didn't know at first that Derpy was female. Parent groups complained that this was insensitive to people with
disabilities
, and Hasbro changed the episode by making the pony's voice more girly and making Rainbow Dash not say her name. Another pony character with
neon
colors in her hair, wearing
sunglasses
and using a DJ set in one episode, was given the stage name of "DJ P0N-3" in a poll with the other choices being "DJ Clip Clop", "Scratch", "Deadhor5" and "DJ Raverider".
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DJ P0N-3 was later in the Equestria Girls ad and has been a background character in some other episodes. Derpy and DJ-PON 3 eventually starred in the show's 100th episode, Slice of Life, which focused on the show's background characters as a tribute to the fans.
All episodes are 22 minutes long and the season comprises of 26 episodes, with the exception of the third season, which contains 13 episodes.
The first season and overall series has premiered on October 4, 2010 and last aired on May 2, 2011 on the Hub/Hub Network/Treehouse TV. It's also the first season of the series to air on the Hub/Hub Network/Treehouse TV.
- Friendship is Magic (Part 1)
- Friendship is Magic (Part 2)
- The Ticket Master
- Applebuck Season
- Griffon the Brush-off
- Boast Busters
- Dragonshy
- Look Before You Sleep
- Bridle Gossip
- Swarm of the Century
- Winter Wrap Up
- Call of the Cutie
- Fall Weather Friends
- Suited for Success
- Feeling Pinkie Keen
- Sonic Rainboom
- Stare Master
- Show Stoppers
- A Dog and Pony Show
- Green Isn't Your Color
/"Green Isn't Your Colour" (outside the USA)
- Over a Barrel
- A Bird in the Hoof
- The Cutie Mark Chronicles
- Owl's Well That Ends Well
- Party of One
- The Best Night Ever
The second season has premiered on September 12, 2011 and last aired on April 16, 2012 on the Hub/Hub Network/Treehouse TV.
- The Return of Harmony (Part 1)
- The Return of Harmony (Part 2)
- Lesson Zero
- Luna Eclipsed
- Sisterhooves Social
- The Cutie Pox
- May the Best Pet Win!
- The Mysterious Mare Do Well
- Sweet and Elite
- Secret of My Excess
- Hearth's Warming Eve
- Family Appreciation Day
- Baby Cakes
- The Last Roundup
- The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
- Read It and Weep
- Hearts and Hooves Day
- A Friend in Deed
- Putting Your Hoof Down
- It's About Time
- Dragon Quest
- Hurricane Fluttershy
- Ponyville Confidential
- MMMystery on the Friendship Express
- A Canterlot Wedding (Part 1)
- A Canterlot Wedding (Part 2)
The third season has premiered on November 5, 2012 and last aired on February 11, 2013 on the Hub/Hub Network/Treehouse TV.
- The Crystal Empire (Part 1)
- The Crystal Empire (Part 2)
- Too Many Pinkie Pies
- One Bad Apple
- Magic Duel
- Sleepless in Ponyville
- Wonderbolts Academy
- Apple Family Reunion
- Spike at Your Service
- Keep Calm and Flutter On
- Just for Sidekicks
- Games Ponies Play
- Magical Mystery Cure
The fourth season has premiered on November 18, 2013 and last aired on May 5, 2014 on the Hub/Hub Network/Treehouse TV. It's also the last season of the series to air on the Hub/Hub Network.
- Princess Twilight Sparkle (Part 1)
- Princess Twilight Sparkle (Part 2)
- Castle-Mania
- Daring Don't
- Flight to the Finish
- Power Ponies
- Bats!
- Rarity Takes Manehattan
- Pinkie Apple Pie
- Rainbow Falls
- Three's a Crowd
- Pinkie Pride
- Simple Ways
- Filli Vanilli
- Twilight Time
- It Ain't Easy Being Breezies
- Somepony to Watch Over Me
- Maud Pie
- For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils
- Leap of Faith
- Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
- Trade Ya
- Inspiration Manifestation
- Equestria Games
- Twilight's Kingdom (Part 1)
- Twilight's Kingdom (Part 2)
The fifth season has premiered on March 30, 2015 and last aired on November 23, 2015 on
Discovery Family
/
Treehouse TV
. It is also the first season of the series to air on Discovery Family. This includes the 100th episode overall in the series.
- The Cutie Map (Part 1)
- The Cutie Map (Part 2)
- Castle Sweet Castle
- Bloom and Gloom
- Tanks for the Memories
- Appleoosa's Most Wanted
- Make New Friends but Keep Discord
- The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone
- Slice of Life
(100th episode overall)
- Princess Spike
- Party Pooped
- Amending Fences
- Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?
- Canterlot Boutique
- Rarity Investigates!
- Made in Manehattan
- Brotherhooves Social
- Crusaders of the Lost Mark
- The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows
- Hearthbreakers
- Scare Master
- What About Discord?
- The Hooffields and McColts
- The Mane Attraction
- The Cutie Re-Mark (Part 1)
- The Cutie Re-Mark (Part 2)
The sixth season has premiered on March 21, 2016 and last aired on October 17, 2016 on
Discovery Family
/
Treehouse TV
.
- The Crystalling (Part 1)
- The Crystalling (Part 2)
- The Gift of the Maud Pie
- On Your Marks
- Gauntlet of Fire
- No Second Prances
- Newbie Dash
- A Hearth's Warming Tail
- The Saddle Row Review
- Applejack's "Day" Off
- Flutter Brutter
- Spice Up Your Life
- Stranger Than Fan Fiction
- The Cart Before the Ponies
- 28 Pranks Later
- The Times They Are a Changeling
- Dungeons and Discords
- Buckball Season
- The Fault in Our Cutie Marks
- Viva Las Pegasus
- Every Little Thing She Does
- P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)
- Where the Apple Lies
- Top Bolt
- To Where and Back Again (Part 1)
- To Where and Back Again (Part 2)
The seventh season has premiered on April 10, 2017 and last aired on October 23, 2017 on
Discovery Family
/
Treehouse TV
. This is the first season in the series with the first two episodes that is not a 2-part premiere.
- Celestial Advice
- All Bottled Up
- A Flurry of Emotions
- Rock Solid Friendship
- Fluttershy Leans In
- Forever Filly
- Parental Glideance
- Hard to Say Anything
- Honest Apple
- A Royal Problem
- Not Asking for Trouble
- Discordant Harmony
- The Perfect Pear
- Fame and Misfortune
- Triple Threat
- Campfire Tales
- To Change a Changeling
- Daring Done?
- It Isn't the Mane Thing About You
- A Health of Information
- Marks and Recreation
- Once Upon a Zeppelin
- Secrets and Pies
- Uncommon Bond
- Shadow Play (Part 1)
- Shadow Play (Part 2)
The eighth season has premiered on March 19, 2018 and last aired on October 8, 2018 on
Discovery Family
.
- School Daze (Part 1)
- School Daze (Part 2)
- The Maud Couple
- Fake It Til You Make It
- Grannies Gone Wild
- Surf and/or Turf
- Horse Play
- The Parent Map
- Non-Complete Clause
- The Break Up Break Down
- Molt Down
- Marks for Effort
- The Mean 6
- A Matter of Principals
- The Hearth's Warming Club
- Friendship University
- The End in Friend
- Yakity-Sax
- Road to Friendship
- The Washouts
- A Rockhoof and a Hard Place
- What Lies Beneath
- Sounds of Silence
- Father Knows Beast
- School Raze (Part 1)
- School Raze (Part 2)
Best Gift Ever
counted as an episode throughout the series from their confirmation.
- My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever
The ninth season was announced on February 17, 2018 at Hasbro's Entertainment Brand Preview Media Event at the New York Toy Fair. It premiered on April 1, 2019 and ended on October 7, 2019. This includes the 200th episode overall in the series. This is the final season in the series.
- The Beginning of the End (Part 1)
- The Beginning of the End (Part 2)
- Uprooted
- Sparkle's Seven
- The Point of No Return
(200th episode overall)
- Common Ground
- She's All Yak
- Frenemies
- Sweet and Smoky
- Going to Seed
- Student Counsel
- The Last Crusade
- Between Dark and Dawn
- The Last Laugh
- 2, 4, 6, Greaaat
- A Trivial Pursuit
- The Summer Sun Setback
- She Talks to Angel
- Dragon Dropped
- A Horse Shoe-In
- Daring Doubt
- Growing Up is Hard to Do
- The Big Mac Question
- The Ending of the End (Part 1)
- The Ending of the End (Part 2)
- The Last Problem
On 25 October 2019, Hasbro renewed the series for a tenth season, but there wasn't any plans for a tenth season of
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
.
- "Rainbow Roadtrip"
- Notes
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Main composer for the episodes "
Magical Mystery Cure
" in season 3, "
Pinkie Pride
" in season 4, "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" in season 5, and "
A Hearth's Warming Tail
" in season 6
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Main composer for the episodes "Magical Mystery Cure" in season 3 and "Pinkie Pride" in season 4
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Previously known as
Hasbro Studios
from season 1 through the first three quarters of season 8
- ↑
Lauren Faust
stopped working on the show after the second season due to disagreements with
Hasbro
. Despite this, she is still credited as the show's creator in following seasons.
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