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The Best Episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2

Every episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2!

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Journey to the enchanted land of Equestria, where unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her pals have adventures and learn valuable lessons about friendship.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 1 - The Return of Harmony (1)
    8.8/10(1319 votes)

    #1 - The Return of Harmony (1)

    S2:E1

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:M.A. Larson

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  2. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 2 - The Return of Harmony (2)
    9.0/10(1354 votes)

    #2 - The Return of Harmony (2)

    S2:E2

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:M.A. Larson

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  3. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 3 - Lesson Zero
    8.6/10(1269 votes)

    #3 - Lesson Zero

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Meghan McCarthy

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  4. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 4 - Luna Eclipsed
    8.5/10(1086 votes)

    #4 - Luna Eclipsed

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:M.A. Larson

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  5. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 5 - Sisterhooves Social
    8.4/10(1062 votes)

    #5 - Sisterhooves Social

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Cindy Morrow

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  6. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 6 - The Cutie Pox
    7.1/10(894 votes)

    #6 - The Cutie Pox

    S2:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Amy Keating Rogers

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  7. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 7 - May the Best Pet Win!
    7.7/10(1015 votes)

    #7 - May the Best Pet Win!

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Charlotte Fullerton

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  8. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 8 - The Mysterious Mare Do Well
    6.3/10(975 votes)

    #8 - The Mysterious Mare Do Well

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Merriwether Williams

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  9. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 9 - Sweet and Elite
    8.0/10(916 votes)

    #9 - Sweet and Elite

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Meghan McCarthy

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  10. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 10 - Secret of My Excess
    7.8/10(900 votes)

    #10 - Secret of My Excess

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:M.A. Larson

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  11. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 11 - Hearth's Warming Eve
    8.3/10(947 votes)

    #11 - Hearth's Warming Eve

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Merriwether Williams

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  12. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 12 - Family Appreciation Day
    7.8/10(917 votes)

    #12 - Family Appreciation Day

    S2:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Cindy Morrow

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  13. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 13 - Baby Cakes
    7.0/10(940 votes)

    #13 - Baby Cakes

    S2:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Charlotte Fullerton

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  14. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 14 - The Last Roundup
    8.2/10(955 votes)

    #14 - The Last Roundup

    S2:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Amy Keating Rogers

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  15. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 15 - The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
    7.7/10(917 votes)

    #15 - The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000

    S2:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:M.A. Larson

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  16. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 16 - Read It and Weep
    8.5/10(972 votes)

    #16 - Read It and Weep

    S2:E16

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Cindy Morrow

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  17. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 17 - Hearts and Hooves Day
    7.5/10(916 votes)

    #17 - Hearts and Hooves Day

    S2:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Meghan McCarthy

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  18. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 18 - A Friend in Deed
    8.0/10(1006 votes)

    #18 - A Friend in Deed

    S2:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Amy Keating Rogers

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  19. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 19 - Putting Your Hoof Down
    7.1/10(1014 votes)

    #19 - Putting Your Hoof Down

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 20 - It's About Time
    8.1/10(999 votes)

    #20 - It's About Time

    S2:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:M.A. Larson

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  21. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 21 - Dragon Quest
    6.4/10(922 votes)

    #21 - Dragon Quest

    S2:E21

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Merriwether Williams

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  22. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 22 - Hurricane Fluttershy
    8.7/10(1106 votes)

    #22 - Hurricane Fluttershy

    S2:E22

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Cindy Morrow

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  23. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 23 - Ponyville Confidential
    7.7/10(898 votes)

    #23 - Ponyville Confidential

    S2:E23

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:M.A. Larson

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  24. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 24 - MMMystery on the Friendship Express
    7.7/10(929 votes)

    #24 - MMMystery on the Friendship Express

    S2:E24

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Amy Keating Rogers

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  25. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 25 - A Canterlot Wedding (1)
    8.8/10(1221 votes)

    #25 - A Canterlot Wedding (1)

    S2:E25

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Meghan McCarthy

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Return of Harmony (1)" is the best rated episode of "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" season 2. It scored 8.8/10 based on 1319 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by M.A. Larson, it aired on 9/17/2011. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Return of Harmony (2)".