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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.

Friendship is Magic (1)

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.

Friendship is Magic (2)

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.

The Ticket Master

With her big brother hurt, Applejack volunteers to harvest the apple crop in her family's orchard all by herself. However, she is too prideful and stubborn to accept any help from the other ponies.

Applebuck Season

Pinkie Pie bonds with Rainbow Dash over their shared love of pranks, but when Rainbow's old friend Gilda the Griffon visits, Pinkie Pie becomes a third wheel, and notices that Gilda has a mean streak.

Griffon the Brush-Off

A new unicorn called "The Great and Powerful" Trixie arrives in Ponyville, claiming to be the greatest magical pony in Equestria. Spike believes Twilight may be the one unicorn to put the arrogant braggart in her place, but she worries that she will lose the respect of her friends if she shows her true potential.

Boast Busters

As a sleeping dragon's smoke begins clouding Equestria's skies, Twilight Sparkle is tasked with getting it to leave. She and all her friends head to the dragon's lair, dragging along fearful Fluttershy, who must find the courage to face the giant dragon.

Dragonshy

When a thunderstorm forces Applejack and Rarity to seek shelter in her library, they're invited by Twilight Sparkle to have a slumber party. However, their clashing personalities and preferences may make it difficult for them to get along.

Look Before You Sleep

Twilight encounters the mysterious zebra Zecora, who occasionally visits Ponyville and is rumored to be a witch. When she and her friends display a range of bizarre symptoms the next day, they begin to wonder whether Zecora put a curse on them. Applejack's little sister, Apple Bloom, ventures into the Everfree Forest to find the truth.

Bridle Gossip

Everypony is making sure things are perfect for an upcoming visit by Princess Celestia to Ponyville, especially Twilight Sparkle, but trouble arises when a swarm of parasprites, adorable insects with ravenous appetites, invades the town.

Swarm of the Century

As winter comes to its scheduled end, Ponyville prepares for the annual cleanup to make way for spring. Twilight Sparkle wants to help, even without her magic (to respect Ponyville's traditions), but she may find it difficult to find her place.

Winter Wrap Up

A young pony earns their cutie mark upon discovering their special talent and life's purpose. Apple Bloom's worry about her still-missing cutie mark causes her to try to earn it before a classmate's upcoming "cute-ceañera" party.

Call of the Cutie

Applejack and Rainbow Dash take part in a marathon event known as the Running of the Leaves, in which Dash must compete without the use of her wings. Can they both ensure a clean race without the competition getting the better of them?

Fall Weather Friends

Rarity makes dresses for her friends for the upcoming Grand Galloping Gala, but they don't turn out to but what her friends expected. She strains herself catering to their demands, then learns her new dresses will be put on a fashion show.

Suited for Success

Twilight learns that Pinkie Pie has an unusual ability to sense happenings in the immediate future, known around Ponyville as "Pinkie Sense." Not willing to accept these predictions are anything but a mere coincidence, Twilight sets out to find the truth behind Pinkie's power.

Feeling Pinkie Keen

Rainbow Dash is preparing herself for an upcoming contest, with a day with the famous Wonderbolts as the grand prize, and is sure that an old move she claimed to have pulled off long ago will guarantee her a win. However, she becomes increasingly nervous that she won't succeed.

Sonic Rainboom

Fluttershy has great experience with all kinds of animals, but it is an entirely different story when she offers to take care of Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle for the night. Will she be able to keep them out of trouble, and what exactly is "The Stare"?

Stare Master

After entering a talent competition, the Cutie Mark Crusaders believe the event will help them discover what they are meant to do in life. They hope that winning the contest will help them get their cutie marks, if they can keep from ruining each other's work.

The Show Stoppers

To create jewel-encrusted clothing at the request of a famous pony, Rarity decides to find a new lode of gems with Spike's assistance. But when a group of creatures called the Diamond Dogs abduct Rarity and force her to find gems for them, Spike and the other ponies head underground to rescue her. In the end, who will be the one that truly needs saving?

A Dog and Pony Show

When Rarity meets a famous fashion photographer, she realizes that this is her chance to promote her newest dresses, but her idea backfires when the pony is more interested in Fluttershy, whom Rarity chose to model her dresses. Both tell Twilight they aren't happy about this but don't want the other to know, and she is faced with a dilemma of keeping their secrets.

Green Isn't Your Color

The ponies separate and are caught in a dispute between a western town's settler-ponies and the native buffalo herd. Both sides have claimed the land as their own, and neither side is standing down. Can they find a way to prevent the inevitable clash?

Over a Barrel

During a visit from Princess Celestia, Fluttershy sees the Equestrian royal's sick pet bird Philomena. She secrets the poor creature home and tries to take care of it, but finds that the task to be harder than it looks.

A Bird in the Hoof

Every pony with a cutie mark has a different story to tell about how they earned it. Taking a break from searching for their special talents, the Cutie Mark Crusaders decide to ask Rainbow Dash and the others about their marks, eventually discovering a surprising connection.

The Cutie Mark Chronicles

Spike meets an owl Twilight befriends to help her with their work. He soon feels threatened over the possibility that it will take his spot as the unicorn's trusted assistant. Driven by jealousy, how far will he go to make sure it doesn't happen?

Owl's Well That Ends Well

After a successful birthday party for Gummy, her pet alligator, Pinkie Pie invites her friends for an "After Birthday" party the next day. However, they claim to have other errands to run, declining the invitations. Pinkie Pie grows suspicious and sets out to solve the mystery.

Party of One

After much anticipation, Canterlot's Grand Galloping Gala has finally begun. As Twilight and her friends take part in the festivities, only one question remains: Is it everything the ponies imagined it to be?

The Best Night Ever

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!

The Return of Harmony (1)

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?

The Return of Harmony (2)

Hyper-organized Twilight panics when she can’t find a lesson about friendship for her weekly letter to Princess Celestia.

Lesson Zero

It's Nightmare Night and the macabre celebrations are in full swing when Luna herself shows up in Ponyville, determined to change her frightening public image.

Luna Eclipsed

Sweetie Belle comes up with an idea to celebrate sisterly unity in an impromptu party with not much planning, and when Rarity decides not to be part of the celebration, Sweetie Belle becomes angry and disowns her as her sister.

Sisterhooves Social

Applebloom finally gets her Cutie Mark! But joy turns to panic as she gets a second, then a third, then a dozen cutie marks.

The Cutie Pox

Rainbow Dash holds a flying race to determine who will win the honor of being her pet.

May the Best Pet Win!

A new masked avenger is stealing Rainbow Dash's thunder as Ponyville's resident hero.

The Mysterious Mare Do Well

During a successful trip to Canterlot, Rarity has to choose between the important social connections she's made in the capitol and her uncouth Ponyville friends.

Sweet and Elite

After Spike's birthday gifts activate his greedy dragon instincts, he undergoes an outrageous growth spirt that threatens to destroy all of Ponyville, so he must find a way to stop growing and save the inhabitants of the city.

Secret of My Excess

The six friends are honored to put on Canterlot's most important play of the season, the Hearth's Warming Eve's holiday pageant, which illustrates how Unicorns, Pegasi and Earth Ponies put aside their differences and founded Equestria.

Hearth's Warming Eve

Apple Bloom does everything she can think of to stop Granny Smith from speaking to her class and causing everlasting embarrassment.

Family Appreciation Day

Pinkie Pie takes on the task of babysitting the Cakes' twin toddlers but is woefully unprepared for the challenge.

Baby Cakes

The friends travel all over Equestria to track down Applejack, who has mysteriously disappeared after attending a rodeo competition in Canterlot.

The Last Roundup

The Flim Flam brothers challenge the Apples to a Cider Making Contest and the winner of the showdown gets to take Sweet Apple Acres, so with the farm in peril, the Apple ponies must come together and muster all their cider making skills.

The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000

After mocking it as an 'egghead' pursuit, Rainbow Dash discovers the joys of reading while laid up in Ponyville Hospital. Can she finish her book before her friends discover her secret?

Read It and Weep

The Cutie Mark Crusaders create a love potion to make Miss Cheerilee and Big Macintosh fall in love, but quickly regret their actions when they discover that serious side effects have set in.

Hearts and Hooves Day

When Pinkie Pie meets Cranky Doodle Donkey, she becomes flummoxed about what to do when the donkey refuses her usual offer of lifelong friendship, so she must decide what to do next about the first creature ever to do such a thing.

A Friend in Deed

When Fluttershy becomes tired of being pushed around for too long, she decides to seek some assertiveness training from self-help guru Iron Will.  With the help of her new teacher, she quickly transforms her unsure ways.

Putting Your Hoof Down

When Twilight Sparkle receives a strange and vague warning about impending doom and disaster from her future self, she drives herself nearly mad in an attempt to stall a cataclysmic event, but her uncertainty makes finding answers difficult.

It's About Time

Spike goes on a journey of self-discovery by joining the Great Dragon Migration. But does a rough and tumble gang of teenage dragons really hold the key to the questions Spike has about his identity?

Dragon Quest

Fluttershy struggles to overcome her fear of public humiliation so she can help Rainbow Dash and the other pegasi create a Tornado powerful enough to lift the water required for Rainy Season up into the cloud-producing city of Cloudsdale.

Hurricane Fluttershy

The Cutie Mark Crusaders adopt the name 'Gabby Gums' to become the gossip columnist for their school paper. They seem to have finally found something they're good at! But is it worth the pain they cause to other ponies with their hurtful stories?

Ponyville Confidential

A cake Pinkie Pie is guarding for a contest is ruined on the way to Canterlot and an investigation begins.

MMMystery on the Friendship Express

Twilight Sparkle is confused by her conflicting feelings when she finds out her brother, Shining Armor, is marrying Princess Celestia's niece, Cadance.

A Canterlot Wedding (1)

Shining Armor and Princess Cadance are set to be married, but Twilight Sparkle has just discovered a dark secret about the bride-to-be.

A Canterlot Wedding (2)

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.

The Crystal Empire (1)

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.

The Crystal Empire (2)

Overwhelmed with having to choose just one friend to spend time with, Pinkie Pie uses a magic mirror to clone herself.

Too Many Pinkie Pies

The Cutie Mark Crusaders are crushed when Babs Seed rejects their invitation to become a fellow Crusader and instead become a bully.

One Bad Apple

Wearing a mysterious amulet, Trixie returns to Ponyville for her "unfinished business" with Twilight Sparkle.

Magic Duel

Over a campfire, Rainbow Dash decides to share some imaginative and spooky tales, causing Scootaloo to have frightening, vivid nightmares; Scootaloo wants to get rid of her nightmares but doesn't want the others to think she is spineless.

Sleepless in Ponyville

Rainbow Dash receives an invitation to attend the Wonderbolt Academy but questions whether she is Wonderbolt material.

Wonderbolts Academy

Granny Smith agrees to let Applejack lead the Apple Family reunion but Applejack loses sight of what is truly important.

Apple Family Reunion

After Applejack saved Spike, he insists on fulfilling the Nobel Dragon Code by repaying her with excessive help around the farm.

Spike at Your Service

Princess Celestia has decided that the rambunctious Discord needs to be tamed and commissions the ponies for the job; Fluttershy believes that Discord deserves a second chance but she faces opposition as the only one who thinks so.

Keep Calm and Flutter On

Spike finds himself in over his head after convincing Twilight and her friends to let him pet-sit all of their critters in exchange for a few gems.

Just for Sidekicks

In the hopes of proving that the Crystal Empire is more than worthy of being selected as the next venue for the upcoming Equestria Games, Princess Cadance commissions Twilight to work her magic with the deciding Games Inspector.

Games Ponies Play

Twilight Sparkle wakes up one day to find that all her friends' cutie marks have been switched! Can she fix something as bad as an altered destiny?

Magical Mystery Cure

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.

Princess Twilight Sparkle (1)

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.

Princess Twilight Sparkle (2)

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.

Castle Mane-ia

When the latest book in the Daring Do series is delayed, Rainbow Dash and her friends decide to offer their help to the book's author so that she can finish it. The writer does need help, but not in the ways they'd imagined.

Daring Don't

The Cutie Mark Crusaders vie for the honor of carrying the Ponyville flag at the Equestria Games. Problems arise when Scootaloo becomes convinced that the best way to represent Ponyville is to fly during their routine.

Flight to the Finish

When Spike and the Mane 6 end up as superheroes in a comic book world, the only way to get back home is to defeat the super-villain, The Mane-iac.

Power Ponies

Vampire Fruit Bats take over Sweet Apple Acres and Applejack and her friends' efforts to get rid of them take an unexpected and frightening turn.

Bats!

Rarity goes to Manehattan for Fashion Week and loses her sense of generosity after another designer copies her entire fashion line.

Rarity Takes Manehattan

When Pinkie Pie discovers that she might be related to the Apple family, she joins them on a road trip to visit a relative who can provide proof that she is their cousin.

Pinkie Apple Pie

Rainbow Dash is headed to the Equestria Games trials with the Ponyville Relay Team, but becomes torn when she's offered the chance to join the more competitive Cloudsdale team.

Rainbow Falls

Twilight is looking forward to some quality bonding time with Princess Cadance. But when a sick friend shows up needing Twilight's attention, it looks like her plans for a peaceful visit with her sister-in-law will have to be put on hold.

Three's a Crowd

Pinkie Pie finds her status as "super-duper party pony" in jeopardy when the mysterious Cheese Sandwich comes to town and offers to plan an epic birthday party for Rainbow Dash. Guest voiceover by Weird Al.

Pinkie Pride

Rarity has a crush on travel writer, Trenderhoof, and plans to wow him with her ideas for the upcoming Ponyville Days Festival. But Trenderhoof soon has a crush of his own, and Rarity finds herself competing with Applejack for his attention.

Simple Ways

When a member of the singing group, the Ponytones, has to drop out of an important performance, Fluttershy takes drastic measures to ensure that the show goes on.

Filli Vanilli

The Cutie Mark Crusaders are thrilled when Twilight offers to help them with their studies. Problems arise when the girls realize they can use their relationship with Twilight to increase their popularity.

Twilight Time

When tiny, magical creatures called Breezies get into trouble while making their migration home, Fluttershy swoops in to save them. She soon finds herself tending to their every need, and her kindness may turn out to be more harmful than helpful.

It Ain't Easy Being Breezies

Apple Bloom gets the chance to stay home alone for the day, but a series of unfortunate accidents causes Applejack to regret her decision. Apple Bloom must find a way to prove to her sister that she doesn't need her to constantly watch over her.

Somepony to Watch Over Me

When Pinkie Pie's sister comes to town, the girls find her much different than Pinkie described.

Maud Pie

Sweetie Belle ruins a costume for one of Rarity's clients on purpose; Luna visits her in her dreams.

For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils

Applejack is doubtful of the Flim Flam Brothers' cure-all tonic; Granny Smith tries it and it seems to work.

Leap of Faith

Rainbow Dash uses unconventional methods to prepare for her test to become a member of the Wonderbolts Reserves.

Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3

When the trip to the Rainbow Falls Traders Exchange doesn't go as planned, the girls learn just how valuable their friendship really is.

Trade Ya!

Rarity loses her creativity and Spike finds a spell to help her get it back.

Inspiration Manifestation

Spike is in charge of lighting the torch for the opening of the Equestria Games, but his nerves get the best of him.

Equestria Games

Princess Celestia chooses Discord over Princess Twilight to help track down a villain.

Twilight's Kingdom (1)

The other princesses transfer all of their magical power to Twilight in hopes of saving Equestria.

Twilight's Kingdom (2)

The Mane 6 are summoned to solve a friendship problem only to find a utopian village where everyone has given up their Cutie Marks.

The Cutie Map (1)

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.

The Cutie Map (2)

When her friends find out that Princess Twilight has been avoiding her new castle, they offer to make it feel more like home.

Castle Sweet Castle

Apple Bloom's anxieties about getting her Cutie Mark turn her life into a nightmare from which she may never escape.

Bloom and Gloom

Rainbow Dash can't accept the fact that Tank must hibernate for the winter and decides that the solution is to stop winter from coming.

Tanks for the Memories

When notorious outlaw Troubleshoes Clyde returns to menace the Appleoosa rodeo, the Cutie Mark Crusaders realize that bringing him to justice might be the key to finally getting their cutie marks.

Appleoosa's Most Wanted

After finding out that Fluttershy is taking a new friend to the Grand Galloping Gala instead of him, Discord goes to extreme lengths to show that it doesn't bother him.

Make New Friends But Keep Discord

Rainbow Dash and Pinkie pie are called by the map to the ancient kingdom of Griffonstone but have conflicting ideas as to what problem they have been called to fix.

The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone

In this special 100th episode, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Rarity battle a monster as the rest of Ponyville rushes to make it to a wedding on time.

The Best Seasons of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

The Best Seasons of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Season 1

Season 8

Season 4

Season 9

Season 2

Season 3

Season 7

Season 5

Season 6