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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!

Journey to the enchanted land of Equestria, where unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her pals have adventures and learn valuable lessons about friendship.
Genres:AnimationComedySci-Fi & FantasyKids

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 8.9/10 based on 1064 votes. Directed by N/A and written by M.A. Larson, it aired on 9/17/2011. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Return of Harmony (2)".

  • The Return of Harmony (1)
    8.9/101,064 votes

    #1 - The Return of Harmony (1)

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: M.A. Larson

  • The Return of Harmony (2)
    9.0/101,085 votes

    #2 - The Return of Harmony (2)

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: M.A. Larson

  • Lesson Zero
    8.8/101,044 votes

    #3 - Lesson Zero

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2011

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Meghan McCarthy

  • Luna Eclipsed
    8.6/10861 votes

    #4 - Luna Eclipsed

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: M.A. Larson

  • Sisterhooves Social
    8.4/10855 votes

    #5 - Sisterhooves Social

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: Cindy Morrow

  • The Cutie Pox
    7.1/10702 votes

    #6 - The Cutie Pox

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: Amy Keating Rogers

  • May the Best Pet Win!
    7.6/10814 votes

    #7 - May the Best Pet Win!

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2011

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Charlotte Fullerton

  • The Mysterious Mare Do Well
    6.2/10775 votes

    #8 - The Mysterious Mare Do Well

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2011

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Merriwether Williams

  • Sweet and Elite
    8.1/10726 votes

    #9 - Sweet and Elite

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: Meghan McCarthy

  • Secret of My Excess
    7.9/10711 votes

    #10 - Secret of My Excess

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: M.A. Larson

  • Hearth's Warming Eve
    8.3/10750 votes

    #11 - Hearth's Warming Eve

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: Merriwether Williams

  • Family Appreciation Day
    7.8/10728 votes

    #12 - Family Appreciation Day

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2012

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Cindy Morrow

  • Baby Cakes
    7.1/10754 votes

    #13 - Baby Cakes

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2012

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Charlotte Fullerton

  • The Last Roundup
    8.3/10768 votes

    #14 - The Last Roundup

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/2012

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Amy Keating Rogers

  • The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
    7.8/10730 votes

    #15 - The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: M.A. Larson

  • Read It and Weep
    8.5/10769 votes

    #16 - Read It and Weep

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: Cindy Morrow

  • Hearts and Hooves Day
    7.5/10730 votes

    #17 - Hearts and Hooves Day

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: Meghan McCarthy

  • A Friend in Deed
    8.0/10809 votes

    #18 - A Friend in Deed

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: Amy Keating Rogers

  • Putting Your Hoof Down
    7.0/10822 votes

    #19 - Putting Your Hoof Down

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • It's About Time
    8.2/10798 votes

    #20 - It's About Time

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: M.A. Larson

  • Dragon Quest
    6.4/10742 votes

    #21 - Dragon Quest

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: Merriwether Williams

  • Hurricane Fluttershy
    8.7/10897 votes

    #22 - Hurricane Fluttershy

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/24/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: Cindy Morrow

  • Ponyville Confidential
    7.8/10714 votes

    #23 - Ponyville Confidential

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/31/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: M.A. Larson

  • MMMystery on the Friendship Express
    7.7/10738 votes

    #24 - MMMystery on the Friendship Express

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 4/7/2012

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Amy Keating Rogers

  • A Canterlot Wedding (1)
    8.9/10986 votes

    #25 - A Canterlot Wedding (1)

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 4/21/2012

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Meghan McCarthy