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The Best Episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 8

Every episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 8!

The Best Episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 8

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. 9.1/10(526 votes)

    #1 - Sounds of Silence

    S8:E23

    Fluttershy and Applejack journey to the edge of Equestria on a Friendship Quest to help a group of creatures named Kirin who are so afraid of hurting each other's feelings, they've taken a vow of silence.

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  2. 8.4/10(365 votes)

    #2 - What Lies Beneath

    S8:E22

    The students of Twilight's School of Friendship are cramming for "History of Magic in Equestria" exam in the school library when they discover a part of the school that no pony else knows about. When they decide to do some exploring they end up learning much more than they bargained for.

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  3. 8.3/10(388 votes)

    #3 - School Raze (2)

    S8:E26

    While Twilight and the rest of the Mane Six try to escape Tarturus, Cozy Glow furthers her plot to take over the School of Friendship with only Twilight's students and the CMCs to stop her!

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    Writer:Josh Haber
  4. 8.2/10(379 votes)

    #4 - School Raze (1)

    S8:E25

    When the magic of Equestria mysteriously begins to fail, Twilight leads her friends on a quest for answers, leaving the School of Friendship open to attack from a dangerous mastermind.

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  5. 8.1/10(491 votes)

    #5 - Horse-Play

    S8:E7

    Princess Celestia's dream of being in a play is fulfilled when Twilight casts her in one, but realizes that her talents lie elsewhere.

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  6. 7.9/10(431 votes)

    #6 - The Break Up Breakdown

    S8:E10

    When Big Mac overhears Sugar Belle talking to Mrs. Cake, he starts to believe that Sugar Belle is going to break up with him.

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  8. 7.9/10(463 votes)

    #7 - Road to Friendship

    S8:E19

    When Trixie is invited to bring her magic show to the far off land of Saddle Arabia, she can think of nopony better to bring along than her great and powerful assistant, Starlight-but, not all friends are meant to travel together.

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    Writer:Josh Haber
  9. 7.8/10(406 votes)

    #8 - School Daze (2)

    S8:E2

    Twilight must reunite her students to stand up for what's right when the Friendship School gets closed by the EEA.

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  10. 7.8/10(503 votes)

    #9 - The Mean 6

    S8:E13

    When the ponies decide to go on a camping trip, Queen Chrysalis creates evil clones of the Mane 6 to help her steal the Elements of Harmony so she can use their power to get revenge on Starlight.

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  11. 7.7/10(409 votes)

    #10 - School Daze (1)

    S8:E1

    When the Friendship Map grows bigger to reflect the world beyond Equestria, the Mane Six realize they'll need a way to spread the message of friendship far and wide. Luckily, Twilight knows just what to do - open a School of Friendship.

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  12. 7.7/10(397 votes)

    #11 - Surf and/or Turf

    S8:E6

    The Cutie Mark Crusaders are called by the Cutie Map to Mount Aris to help a Hippogriff find where he belongs - either with his seapony or Hippogriff relatives.

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  13. 7.7/10(383 votes)

    #12 - Friendship University

    S8:E16

    When Twilight discovers there's another school of friendship, she and Rarity go to investigate and are shocked to discover that Twilight's idol and Pillar of Old Equestria, Starswirl the Bearded, is enrolled at Friendship U.

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  14. 7.6/10(386 votes)

    #13 - Molt Down

    S8:E11

    Spike goes through a process that dragons suffer from that might kick him out of the house.

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    Writer:Josh Haber
  15. 7.4/10(388 votes)

    #14 - The Parent Map

    S8:E8

    When Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst are called by the Cutie Map to visit their old hometown, they discover that their parents are having a friendship problem.

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    Writer:Dave Rapp
  16. 7.4/10(346 votes)

    #15 - A Rockhoof and a Hard Place

    S8:E21

    When Rockhoof, heroic Pillar of the past, is having trouble fitting into the modern world, Twilight and her friends strive to help him find a new purpose.

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  17. 7.2/10(400 votes)

    #16 - Fake It 'Til You Make It

    S8:E4

    Fluttershy vows to look after Rarity's Manehattan boutique while she's away and takes on a series of characters in order to cope with the intimidating clientele.

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  18. 7.2/10(371 votes)

    #17 - Marks for Effort

    S8:E12

    The Cutie Mark Crusaders try many attempts to attend Twilight's School of Friendship, despite making it clear that they've already mastered the curriculum.

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  19. 7.2/10(388 votes)

    #18 - The Washouts

    S8:E20

    When Scootaloo becomes enamored with The Washouts, a touring group of stunt ponies, Rainbow Dash is concerned for her safety and worries that Scoot's day as her number one fan are over.

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  20. 7.0/10(409 votes)

    #19 - The Maud Couple

    S8:E3

    Pinkie Pie's super-best-friend-sister bond is challenged when Maud gets a boyfriend that Pinkie can't stand.

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  21. 7.0/10(384 votes)

    #20 - Grannies Gone Wild

    S8:E5

    Rainbow Dash agrees to accompany Granny Smith and a group of elder ponies to Las Pegasus so she can ride a roller coaster before it closes.

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  22. 6.5/10(369 votes)

    #21 - The End in Friend

    S8:E17

    Rarity and Rainbow Dash begin to question why they are friends when they can't find anything they both like to do together.

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  23. 6.4/10(385 votes)

    #22 - The Hearth’s Warming Club

    S8:E15

    Preparations for Hearth's Warming Eve are ruined, and while Twilight tries to figure out who's behind it, the students bond over shared memories of their home.

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  24. 6.4/10(373 votes)

    #23 - Yakity-Sax

    S8:E18

    Pinkie Pie has a new hobby that she absolutely loves - playing the Zenithrash. But when her friends discourage her from playing due to her lack of skill, it causes a series of events leading to Pinkie Pie possibly leaving Ponyville forever!

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  25. 5.7/10(371 votes)

    #24 - Father Knows Beast

    S8:E24

    When a strange dragon crash lands in Ponyville claiming to be Spike's father, Spike is ready to do anything his "dad" says in order to learn how a to be a "real" dragon.

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    Writer:Josh Haber
  26. 5.3/10(405 votes)

    #25 - A Matter of Principals

    S8:E14

    When Twilight leaves Starlight in charge of the School of Friendship, Discord is frustrated that he wasn't asked, so he does what he can to make Starlight's new role impossible.

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Sounds of Silence" is the best rated episode of "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" season 8. It scored 9.1/10 based on 526 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Gregory Bonsignore, it aired on 9/29/2018. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "What Lies Beneath".