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The Best Episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 6

Every episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 6!

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 6 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" season 6 is "The Crystalling (1)", rated 7.1/10 from 557 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Josh Haber. "The Crystalling (1)" aired on 3/26/2016 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Crystalling (2)".

  • The Crystalling (1)
    7.1/10 557 votes

    #1 - The Crystalling (1)

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2016

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Josh Haber

  • The Crystalling (2)
    7.2/10 545 votes

    #2 - The Crystalling (2)

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 3/26/2016

    The Mane Six scramble to save the Crystal Empire from an eternal winter; Starlight struggles after the failed reunion with her old friend.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Josh Haber

  • The Gift of the Maud Pie
    7.8/10 549 votes

    #3 - The Gift of the Maud Pie

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 4/2/2016

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • On Your Marks
    7.2/10 527 votes

    #4 - On Your Marks

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 4/9/2016

    Now that they've finally received their cutie marks, the Cutie Mark Crusaders struggle with the question of what's next; the friends do not all agree on how to embrace their destinies.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gauntlet of Fire
    8.1/10 575 votes

    #5 - Gauntlet of Fire

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 4/16/2016

    In order to save his friends, Spike is forced to compete in a perilous Gauntlet for the title of Dragon Lord.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Joanna Lewis, Kristine Songco

  • No Second Prances
    7.9/10 579 votes

    #6 - No Second Prances

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2016

    When Starlight Glimmer starts becoming friends with a fellow formerly-bad pony. Twilight tries to stop her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Nick Confalone

  • Newbie Dash
    6.1/10 557 votes

    #7 - Newbie Dash

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 5/7/2016

    Rainbow Dash finally achieves her dream of becoming a Wonderbolt, but makes a disastrous first impression with the team and gets saddled with a mortifying nickname she is determined to change.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Hearth's Warming Tail
    8.3/10 599 votes

    #8 - A Hearth's Warming Tail

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 5/14/2016

    It's Hearth's Warming Eve and everypony is excited. Everypony except for Starlight Glimmer. Twilight decides that to cure Starlight of her holiday blues, she will read her one of her favorite Hearth's Warming Eve stories, "A Hearth's Warming Tale."

    Director: Denny Lu, Tim Stuby, Jim Miller

    Writer: Michael Vogel

  • The Saddle Row Review
    8.6/10 596 votes

    #9 - The Saddle Row Review

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 5/21/2016

    When Rarity opens her flagship store in Manehattan, a tell-all article threatens to expose how badly her friends almost ruined the Grand Opening.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Nick Confalone

  • Applejack's 'Day' Off
    6.2/10 468 votes

    #10 - Applejack's 'Day' Off

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 5/28/2016

    While Rarity struggles to get Applejack to relax at the spa, Twilight and Spike find covering her "simple" farm chores to be a more difficult job than they thought.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Flutter Brutter
    6.9/10 476 votes

    #11 - Flutter Brutter

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 6/4/2016

    When Fluttershy's self-absorbed brother starts freeloading off their parents, she encourages him to move out, but he moves in with her instead, forcing Fluttershy to stand up to her brother and help him get over his fear of failure.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Spice Up Your Life
    7.6/10 485 votes

    #12 - Spice Up Your Life

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 6/11/2016

    Pinkie Pie and Rarity are called to Canterlot to solve a friendship problem. Once there, they discover a father and daughter whose relationship is strained as they struggle to keep their restaurant open. Pinkie Pie and Rarity both want to help, but have different ideas on what “help” means.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Vogel

  • Stranger than Fan Fiction
    8.2/10 499 votes

    #13 - Stranger than Fan Fiction

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 7/30/2016

    Rainbow Dash attends the Daring Do Convention in Manehattan and meets a pony named Quibble Pants who despises Daring Do as much as she loves it. The two of them get wrapped up in a real life Daring Do adventure and must settle their differences if they have any chance of surviving the convention.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Vogel, Josh Haber

  • The Cart Before the Ponies
    6.0/10 446 votes

    #14 - The Cart Before the Ponies

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 8/6/2016

    The Cutie Mark Crusaders are excited for the chance to race in the annual Applewood Derby until their teammates Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash take over the competition

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 28 Pranks Later
    6.1/10 524 votes

    #15 - 28 Pranks Later

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 8/13/2016

    When Rainbow Dash's pranking gets out of hand, the ponies decide to give her a taste of her own medicine zom-pony style!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Times They Are a Changeling
    8.2/10 475 votes

    #16 - The Times They Are a Changeling

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 8/20/2016

    When Spike travels with Twilight and Sunburst back to the Crystal Empire to visit Flurry Heart, they discover the entire empire in a panic due to the reported presence of Changeling spy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dungeons & Discords
    8.0/10 469 votes

    #17 - Dungeons & Discords

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 8/27/2016

    When the Mane 6 leave town, Discord decides to join Spike and Big Mac's top secret Guys' Night; Much to Discord's disappointment, the Guys' Night turns out to be an evening of fantasy role-playing.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Nick Confalone

  • Buckball Season
    7.3/10 432 votes

    #18 - Buckball Season

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 9/3/2016

    When Appleloosa challenges Ponyville to a game of buckball, Applejack and Rainbow Dash discover (and must cultivate) their friends' unrealized potential.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jennifer Skelly

  • The Fault in Our Cutie Marks
    8.0/10 440 votes

    #19 - The Fault in Our Cutie Marks

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 9/10/2016

    The Crusaders encounter a problem that might be impossible for them to solve when an enthusiastic young griffin asks them to help her get a Cutie Mark of her own.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Viva Las Pegasus
    7.2/10 436 votes

    #20 - Viva Las Pegasus

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 9/17/2016

    The Map sends Applejack and Fluttershy to Las Pegasus where they find Film and Flam working in a resort called Gladmane's, where suspicious dealings are going on.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Every Little Thing She Does
    7.5/10 456 votes

    #21 - Every Little Thing She Does

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 9/24/2016

    Although Starlight Glimmer is excelling at her magical studies with Twilight Sparkle, she has been avoiding her friendship lessons. Feeling pressure to impress her teacher, Starlight attempts to tackle several friendship problems at once, with questionable results.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Vogel

  • P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)
    6.7/10 436 votes

    #22 - P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 10/1/2016

    When Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie all return from a boat trip angry at each other, Twilight, after hearing three very different versions of the events, must discern the truth to save their friendships.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Where the Apple Lies
    7.0/10 441 votes

    #23 - Where the Apple Lies

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 10/8/2016

    When Apple Bloom tells a white lie to cover up a mistake, Applejack shares the story of how she came to value honesty after telling a series of lies that almost destroyed the farm and landed the whole Apple family in the hospital.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Top Bolt
    8.2/10 457 votes

    #24 - Top Bolt

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 10/15/2016

    Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle are sent to the Wonderbolt Academy to help two friends, Vapor Trail and Sky Stinger, solve a friendship problem that could prevent them from getting into the Academy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • To Where and Back Again (1)
    8.4/10 523 votes

    #25 - To Where and Back Again (1)

    Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 10/22/2016

    Without the help of Twilight Sparkle and the Mane Six, Starlight Glimmer assembles an unlikely team of heroes to defend Equestria from the return of one of its greatest threats.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Vogel, Josh Haber