My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

***My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic*** is a Canadian-American cartoon that was shown on The Hub/Discovery Family. It was made by Lauren Faust, who also worked on other cartoon shows which are _The Powerpuff Girls_ and _Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends_. It was put on TV on October 10, 2010. The show's idea comes from the My Little Pony toys, which are made by the big toy company Sky UK.

### Main Characters

- **Twilight Sparkle** (voiced by Tracey Moore , singing voice by Rebecca Shoichet) — A violet unicorn pony with an indigo, purple, and pink mane. She has a six-pointed star surrounded by 5 smaller stars as her cutie mark on her flank. She represents the Element of Magic. She temporarily became an alicorn princess in the third season finale, when she finished writing a spell that was started by Star Swirl the Bearded.
- **Applejack** (voiced by Ashleigh Ball) — An orange earth pony with a lemon yellow mane. She has three red apples as her cutie Mark. She represents the Element of Honesty. She lives on Sweet Apple Acres with the rest of the Apple family.
- **Rainbow Dash** (voiced by Ashleigh Ball) — A sky blue pegasus pony with a rainbow mane. She has a rainbow-colored lightning bolt for her cutie mark. She represents the Element of Loyalty. She loves to fly fast, and is a newer member of the Wonderbolts.
- **Pinkie Pie** (voiced by Cree Summer , singing voice by Shannon Chan-Kent) — A pink tomboy pony with a magenta mane and tail. She has yellow and blue balloons as her cutie mark. She represents the Element of Laughter. She is very energetic and loves to throw parties.
- **Fluttershy** (voiced by Ariel Winter) — A lemon yellow pegasus pony with a pink mane and tail. She has three butterflies for her cutie mark. She represents the Element of Kindness. She loves spending time with animals and is very quiet.
- **Rarity** (voiced by Tajja Isen, singing voice by Kazumi Evans) — A white unicorn pony with a purple mane and tail. She has three blue diamonds as a cutie mark. She represents the Element of Generousity. She loves making dresses at her shop, the carousel boutique.
- **Spike** (voiced by Cathy Weseluck) — A male purple and green baby dragon and Twilight Sparkle's best friend and number one assistant. He has been with Twilight since the very beginning.
- **Sweetie Belle** (voiced by Claire Corlett, singing voice by Michelle Creber only from seasons 1-3) - A white unicorn pony with a grayish raspberry mane and tail and a member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She is Rarity's younger sister.
- **Apple Bloom** (voiced by Michelle Creber) — A pale yellow earth pony with a brilliant amaranth mane and tail and is the leader of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She is Applejack's younger sister.
- **Scootaloo** (voiced by Madeleine Peters) — A light brilliant amber Pegasus pony with moderate cerise mane and tail and one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She also looks up to Rainbow Dash.
- **Princess Celestia** (voiced by Nicole Oliver) - A white alicorn pony, a co-ruler of Equestria alongside her sister Princess Luna, and the adoptive aunt of Princess Cadence. She is also been a teacher/mentor of Twilight Sparkle at different periods of time.
- **Discord** (voiced by John de Lancie) - A draconequus (a dragon-like animal with body parts from different animals) and one of Fluttershy's best friends. He represents the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony. He has been close friends with Fluttershy since she helped him learn to behave himself.

### Supporting Characters

- **Zecora** (voiced by Brenda Crichlow) - A light gray and dark gray blue-eyed zebra with a white and gray mane.
- **Mr. and Mrs. Cake** (voiced by Brian Drummond and Tabitha St. Germain) - Yellow and blue green-eyed and pink-eyed earth ponies with orange and pink manes.
- **Maud Pie** (voiced by Ingrid Nelson) - Pinkie Pie's gray turquoise-eyed sister with a purple mane.
- **Little Strongheart** (voiced by Erin Mathews) - An orange buffalo with light orange curly hair, she is an Indian.

## Popularity on the internet

Though the show was only going to be for young girls, _My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic_ has become popular on the Internet with many fans of the show being males aged 15 to 35.

### 4chan

The My Little Pony fans from the Internet are from the cartoon and animation fans on the Internet board 4chan.

In October 2010, shortly after the show started, Web blog _Cartoon Brew_ wrote a blog called "The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation", which had attacked the show for being supported by a big brand name, saying that "today networks clearly prefer established properties over original ideas, and dislike dealing with individual artists who have a clear creative vision". That means that the writer did not like that the people who put TV shows on TV would put shows on that had a brand name and told older boring stories instead of TV shows that had new or original stories. The people in "/co/", the place in 4chan for cartoons and animations, who hadn't seen the show yet, were interested by the alarmist words in the blog and began watching the show, and liked the show for the story, characters, and animation style. Their reaction soon spread to the general board, "/b/", of 4chan. The reaction from 4chan created many My Little Pony recurring jokes and memes on the site.

### Fans

Fans of the shows call themselves a "brony", a combination of the words "bro" and "pony". At first it was only meant to be used by male fans but the word is now used to describe any older fan of the show without it describing only one gender. A parody of Katy Perry's "California Gurls" called Equestria Girls was used for an ad by The Hub for the show, which has lyrics that also say the word "brony". Its title was later made into a movie which has human versions of the ponies in the show. Websites like "Equestria Daily" and "Ponychan" have been created to share stories, artwork, and news about the show. The websites get more than 100,000 visits a day. A video made by a high school student named Stephen who was using science to study some of the physical impossibilities on My Little Pony as part of a class presentation appeared on many news stations and also appeared on Tosh.0. During a phone interview on NPR's comedy radio show _Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!_ in June 2011, past President Bill Clinton correctly answered three questions about the show which led one journalist to jokingly refer to him as a brony.

### Creator's response

The creator and executive producer for the show, Lauren Faust, has shown that she likes the older fans of the show through her DeviantArt page. In the first episode, a pegasus pony in the background at one time had crossed eyes, which was a mistake by an animator. The boards on 4chan called the character "Derpy Hooves". Faust listened to the fans, having wanted the character to be named "Ditzy", but let the pony's name stay as Derpy, and the people working on the show have kept the Derpy character with the cross-eyed look, putting her in episodes as a silly background character.

To help people who were in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, Faust sold some original drawings from the show along with a new picture of Derpy Hooves. The Derpy Hooves picture sold for more than $2000 on eBay.

### After season 1

At the end of Season 1, one of the show's animators said that Derpy would say some lines in Season 2. In the episode "The Last Roundup", which shows Applejack competing for the Equestria Rodeo, Derpy Hooves talked a few times. Rainbow Dash says Derpy's name and Derpy speaks with a young boy's voice. At first, people thought that her voice was done by Brian Drummond, but it was Tabitha St. Germain, who didn't know at first that Derpy was female. Parent groups complained that this was insensitive to people with disabilities, and Hasbro changed the episode by making the pony's voice more girly and making Rainbow Dash not say her name. Another pony character with neon colors in her hair, wearing sunglasses and using a DJ set in one episode, was given the stage name of "DJ P0N-3" in a poll with the other choices being "DJ Clip Clop", "Scratch", "Deadhor5" and "DJ Raverider". DJ P0N-3 was later in the Equestria Girls ad and has been a background character in some other episodes. Derpy and DJ-PON 3 eventually starred in the show's 100th episode, Slice of Life, which focused on the show's background characters as a tribute to the fans.

All episodes are 22 minutes long and the season comprises of 26 episodes, with the exception of the third season, which contains 13 episodes.

### Season 1 (2010-2011)

The first season and overall series has premiered on October 10, 2010 and last aired on May 6, 2011 on the Hub/Hub Network/Treehouse TV. It's also the first season of the series to air on the Hub/Hub Network/Treehouse TV.
1. _Friendship is Magic (Part 1)_ Written by Lauren Faust
1. _Friendship is Magic (Part 2)_ Written by Lauren Faust
1. _The Ticket Master_ Written by Amy Keating Rogers and Lauren Faust
1. _Applebuck Season_ Written by Amy Keating Rogers
1. _Griffon the Brush-off_ Written by Cindy Morrow
1. _Boast Busters_ Written by Chris Savino
1. _Dragonshy_ Written by Meghan McCarthy
1. _Look Before You Sleep_ Written by Charlotte Fullerton
1. _Bridle Gossip_ Written by Amy Keating Rogers
1. _Swarm of the Century_ Written by M. A. Larson
1. _Winter Wrap Up_ Written by Cindy Morrow
1. _Call of the Cutie_ Written by Meghan McCarthy
1. _Fall Weather Friends_ Written by Amy Keating Rogers
1. _Suited for Success_ Written by Charlotte Fullerton
1. _Feeling Pinkie Keen_ Written by Dave Polsky
1. _Sonic Rainboom_ Written by M. A. Larson
1. _Stare Master_ Written by Chris Savino
1. _Show Stoppers_ Written by Cindy Morrow
1. _A Dog and Pony Show_ Written by Amy Keating Rogers
1. _Green Isn't Your Color_/"Green Isn't Your Colour" Written by Meghan McCarthy (outside the USA)
1. _Over a Barrel_ Written by Dave Polsky
1. _A Bird in the Hoof_ Written by Charlotte Fullerton
1. _The Cutie Mark Chronicles_ Written by M. A. Larson
1. _Owl's Well That Ends Well_ Written by Cindy Morrow
1. _Party of One_ Written by Meghan McCarthy
1. _The Best Night Ever_ Written by Amy Keating Rogers

### Season 2 (2011-2012)

The second season has premiered on September 17, 2011 and last aired on April 21, 2012 on the Hub/Hub Network/Treehouse TV.
1. _The Return of Harmony (Part 1)_ Written by M. A. Larson
1. _The Return of Harmony (Part 2)_ Written by M. A. Larson
1. _Lesson Zero_ Written by Meghan McCarthy
1. _Luna Eclipsed_ Written by M. A. Larson
1. _Sisterhooves Social_
1. _The Cutie Pox_
1. _May the Best Pet Win!_
1. _The Mysterious Mare Do Well_
1. _Sweet and Elite_
1. _Secret of My Excess_
1. _Hearth's Warming Eve_
1. _Family Appreciation Day_
1. _Baby Cakes_
1. _The Last Roundup_
1. _The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000_
1. _Read It and Weep_
1. _Hearts and Hooves Day_
1. _A Friend in Deed_
1. _Putting Your Hoof Down_
1. _It's About Time_
1. _Dragon Quest_
1. _Hurricane Fluttershy_
1. _Ponyville Confidential_
1. _MMMystery on the Friendship Express_
1. _A Canterlot Wedding (Part 1)_
1. _A Canterlot Wedding (Part 2)_

### Season 3 (2012-2013)

The third season has premiered on November 10, 2012 and last aired on February 16, 2013 on the Hub/Hub Network/Treehouse TV.
1. _The Crystal Empire (Part 1)_
1. _The Crystal Empire (Part 2)_
1. _Too Many Pinkie Pies_
1. _One Bad Apple_
1. _Magic Duel_
1. _Sleepless in Ponyville_
1. _Wonderbolts Academy_
1. _Apple Family Reunion_
1. _Spike at Your Service_
1. _Keep Calm and Flutter On_
1. _Just for Sidekicks_
1. _Games Ponies Play_
1. _Magical Mystery Cure_

### Season 4 (2013-2014)

The fourth season has premiered on November 23, 2013 and last aired on May 10, 2014 on the Hub/Hub Network/Treehouse TV. It's also the last season of the series to air on the Hub/Hub Network.
1. _Princess Twilight Sparkle (Part 1)_
1. _Princess Twilight Sparkle (Part 2)_
1. _Castle-Mania_
1. _Daring Don't_
1. _Flight to the Finish_
1. _Power Ponies_
1. _Bats!_
1. _Rarity Takes Manehattan_
1. _Pinkie Apple Pie_
1. _Rainbow Falls_
1. _Three's a Crowd_
1. _Pinkie Pride_
1. _Simple Ways_
1. _Filli Vanilli_
1. _Twilight Time_
1. _It Ain't Easy Being Breezies_
1. _Somepony to Watch Over Me_
1. _Maud Pie_
1. _For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils_
1. _Leap of Faith_
1. _Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3_
1. _Trade Ya_
1. _Inspiration Manifestation_
1. _Equestria Games_
1. _Twilight's Kingdom (Part 1)_
1. _Twilight's Kingdom (Part 2)_

### Season 5 (2015)

The fifth season has premiered on April 4, 2015 and last aired on November 28, 2015 on Discovery Family/Treehouse TV. It is also the first season of the series to air on Discovery Family. This includes the 100th episode overall in the series.
1. _The Cutie Map (Part 1)_
1. _The Cutie Map (Part 2)_
1. _Castle Sweet Castle_
1. _Bloom and Gloom_
1. _Tanks for the Memories_
1. _Appleoosa's Most Wanted_
1. _Make New Friends but Keep Discord_
1. _The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone_
1. _Slice of Life_
1. _Princess Spike_
1. _Party Pooped_
1. _Amending Fences_
1. _Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?_
1. _Canterlot Boutique_
1. _Rarity Investigates!_
1. _Made in Manehattan_
1. _Brotherhooves Social_
1. _Crusaders of the Lost Mark_
1. _The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows_
1. _Hearthbreakers_
1. _Scare Master_
1. _What About Discord?_
1. _The Hooffields and McColts_
1. _The Mane Attraction_
1. _The Cutie Re-Mark (Part 1)_
1. _The Cutie Re-Mark (Part 2)_

### Season 6 (2016)

The sixth season has premiered on March 26, 2016 and last aired on October 22, 2016 on Discovery Family/Treehouse TV.
1. _The Crystalling (Part 1)_
1. _The Crystalling (Part 2)_
1. _The Gift of the Maud Pie_
1. _On Your Marks_
1. _Gauntlet of Fire_
1. _No Second Prances_
1. _Newbie Dash_
1. _A Hearth's Warming Tail_
1. _The Saddle Row Review_
1. _Applejack's "Day" Off_
1. _Flutter Brutter_
1. _Spice Up Your Life_
1. _Stranger Than Fan Fiction_
1. _The Cart Before the Ponies_
1. _28 Pranks Later_
1. _The Times They Are a Changeling_
1. _Dungeons and Discords_
1. _Buckball Season_
1. _The Fault in Our Cutie Marks_
1. _Viva Las Pegasus_
1. _Every Little Thing She Does_
1. _P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)_
1. _Where the Apple Lies_
1. _Top Bolt_
1. _To Where and Back Again (Part 1)_
1. _To Where and Back Again (Part 2)_

### Season 7 (2017)

The seventh season has premiered on April 15, 2017 and last aired on October 28, 2017 on Discovery Family/Treehouse TV. This is the only season in the series with the first two episodes that isn’t a 2-part premiere. (however, they still aired in pairs)
1. _Celestial Advice_
1. _All Bottled Up_
1. _A Flurry of Emotions_
1. _Rock Solid Friendship_
1. _Fluttershy Leans In_
1. _Forever Filly_
1. _Parental Glideance_
1. _Hard to Say Anything_
1. _Honest Apple_
1. _A Royal Problem_
1. _Not Asking for Trouble_
1. _Discordant Harmony_
1. _The Perfect Pear_
1. _Fame and Misfortune_
1. _Triple Threat_
1. _Campfire Tales_
1. _To Change a Changeling_
1. _Daring Done?_
1. _It Isn't the Mane Thing About You_
1. _A Health of Information_
1. _Marks and Recreation_
1. _Once Upon a Zeppelin_
1. _Secrets and Pies_
1. _Uncommon Bond_
1. _Shadow Play (Part 1)_
1. _Shadow Play (Part 2)_

### Season 8 (2018)

The eighth season has premiered on March 24, 2018 and last aired on October 13, 2018 on Discovery Family.
1. _School Daze (Part 1)_
1. _School Daze (Part 2)_
1. _The Maud Couple_
1. _Fake It Til You Make It_
1. _Grannies Gone Wild_
1. _Surf and/or Turf_
1. _Horse Play_
1. _The Parent Map_
1. _Non-Complete Clause_
1. _The Break Up Break Down_
1. _Molt Down_
1. _Marks for Effort_
1. _The Mean 6_
1. _A Matter of Principals_
1. _The Hearth's Warming Club_
1. _Friendship University_
1. _The End in Friend_
1. _Yakity-Sax_
1. _Road to Friendship_
1. _The Washouts_
1. _A Rockhoof and a Hard Place_
1. _What Lies Beneath_
1. _Sounds of Silence_
1. _Father Knows Beast_
1. _School Raze (Part 1)_
1. _School Raze (Part 2)_

### Holiday Special (2018)

_Best Gift Ever_ counted as an episode throughout the series from their confirmation.

1. _My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever_

### Season 9 (2019)

The ninth season was announced on February 17, 2018 at Hasbro's Entertainment Brand Preview Media Event at the New York Toy Fair. It premiered on April 6, 2019 and ended on October 12, 2019. This includes the 200th episode overall in the series. This is the final season in the series.
1. _The Beginning of the End (Part 1)_
1. _The Beginning of the End (Part 2)_
1. _Uprooted_
1. _Sparkle's Seven_
1. _The Point of No Return_
1. _Common Ground_
1. _She's All Yak_
1. _Frenemies_
1. _Sweet and Smoky_
1. _Going to Seed_
1. _Student Counsel_
1. _The Last Crusade_
1. _Between Dark and Dawn_
1. _The Last Laugh_
1. _2, 4, 6, Greaaat_
1. _A Trivial Pursuit_
1. _The Summer Sun Setback_
1. _She Talks to Angel_
1. _Dragon Dropped_
1. _A Horse Shoe-In_
1. _Daring Doubt_
1. _Growing Up is Hard to Do_
1. _The Big Mac Question_
1. _The Ending of the End (Part 1)_
1. _The Ending of the End (Part 2)_
1. _The Last Problem_

### Cancellation

On 25 October 2019, Hasbro renewed the series for a tenth season, but there wasn't any plans for a tenth season of _My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic_.

### Special (2019)

1. _Rainbow Roadtrip_

## References

- Notes

## Other websites

- Official website
- Equestria Daily
- Ponychan

## Infobox (television)

- **creator**: Lauren Faust
- **theme music composer**: Daniel Ingram (composer), Daniel Ingram
- **opentheme**: Friendship Is Magic
- **endtheme**: Friendship Is Magic (reprise)
- **language**: English
- **num seasons**: 9
- **num episodes**: 221
- **list episodes**: List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episodes
- **runtime**: 22 minutes
- **network**: Discovery Family
- **related**: _My Little Pony: Pony Life_ (2020–2021)