My Little Pony: Pony Life

My Little Pony: Pony Life is an animated series based on Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise that premiered on Discovery Family on November 7, 2020, and on YouTube. It is a re-imagining of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, featuring the same main cast of characters and with all their voice actors reprising their roles, but it uses a new animation style and has a heavier focus on slice-of-life stories with a more comedic tone.
==Series overview==
"The new MY LITTLE PONY: PONY LIFE show looks at the funny side of friendship. The new center of the world is Sugarcube Corner – just like going to a friend's house after school, this is our ponies' home away from home. Here, Pinkie Pie serves up frosted cupcakes to the best customers in the world—her friends! PONY LIFE episodes feature hilarious, 'SLICE OF LIFE' stories that modern kids can relate to. The series is LOADED with magic, including a mysterious source of potions that Pinkie keeps hidden behind the bakery counter and breaks out when the need arises."
===Season two===
"Pre-schoolers are to be taken on a journey through the wilder side of Equestria when the Cotton Candy Comet sets into motion a series of strange and magical occurrences.
"The Mane 6 – Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie – will experience exciting and otherworldly events such as the opening of a magical portal, travelling through time, and even visiting another dimension where they will meet some truly wild new friends."
==Development and production==
Prior to Pony Life's announcement, Spike's design for the series was used in October 8, 2019 posts on the My Little Pony Facebook page and mylittlepony Instagram.
November 5, 2020 Good Day Sacramento Tara Strong.
===Promotional videos===
Pony Life was first officially announced in a video uploaded to the My Little Pony Official YouTube channel on November 13, 2019. The video featured new toys slated for release as tie-ins with the series and the characters' new animated designs, set to Lizzo's "Good as Hell". The video was later set to private in December 2019.
A 60-second official trailer for the animated series was uploaded privately to the My Little Pony Official YouTube channel on June 1, 2020. The theme song was uploaded privately to the same channel on June 3. Both the trailer and theme song were made public on June 17 but were later set back to private. From June 18 to , promotional videos were uploaded to the YouTube channel every week, usually on ; since , they have been uploaded on a semi-irregular schedule, almost always on but not every week.
32-second and 15-second trailers for season two and a 36-second trailer featuring the "Wild Siders" Lightning Chill, Echo, and Sugar Snap were uploaded to the Animation World Network YouTube channel on March 23, 2021.
Date 	Title 	Notes 	Citation
2019-11-13	MLP: Pony Life Announcement! 📣Fantasy Video 	Private December 2019 	
2020-06-01	Pony Life Trailer - 60s 	Private June 1,public June 17,private June 17,public June 18	
2020-06-01	Pony Life Theme Song 	Private June 3,public June 17,private June 17,public June 18	
2020-06-18	Meet Rarity in Pony Life 	 	
2020-06-18	Meet Rainbow Dash in Pony Life 	 	
2020-06-18	Meet Fluttershy in Pony Life 	 	
2020-06-18	Meet Twilight Sparkle in Pony Life 	 	
2020-06-18	Meet Pinkie Pie in Pony Life 	 	
2020-06-18	Pony Life Trailer - 30s 	 	
2020-06-25	Meet Applejack in Pony Life 	 	
2020-06-25	Rarity Best Moments 	 	
2020-06-25	Fluttershy Best Moments 	 	
2020-06-25	Sugarcube Corner 	 	
2020-06-25	Pinkie Pie Best Moments 	 	
2020-07-02	Rainbow Dash Best Moments 	 	
2020-07-02	Applejack Best Moments 	 	
2020-07-09	Spike and the Pets Best Moments 	 	
2020-07-09	Twilight Sparkle Best Moments 	 	
2020-07-16	Scary Moments 	 	
2020-07-16	Crazy Potion Magic Moments 	 	
2020-07-23	Crazy Potion Magic Moments 2 	 	
2020-07-23	Not Well Moments 	 	
2020-07-30	Friendship Day Special 	 	
2020-07-30	Best Friendship Moments 	 	
2020-08-06	The Scary Bighoof Walking 	 	
2020-08-06	Making Potions with Twilight Sparkle 	 	
2020-08-13	Sing-along Goes Wrong 	 	
2020-08-13	The Giant Fluttershy Special 	 	
2020-08-20	Fluttershy's Unboxing Vlog 	 	
2020-08-20	The Broccoli Cupcakes Mess 	 	
2020-08-25	SNEAK PEEK 	Posted 	
2020- 	SNEAK PEEK! 	Unavailable 	
2020-08-27	Pinkie Pie Squared 	 	
2020-08-27	Fluttershy Becomes Rainbow Dash - Flutterdash 	 	
2020-08-27	Show & Tell Promo 	Posted August 31 	
2020-08-27	Enter Show & Tell Now!/Meet Pinkie Pie 	Posted , 2021 	
2020-08-27	Enter Show & Tell Now!/Meet Twilight Sparkle 	Posted , 2021 	
2020-08-27	Enter Show & Tell Now!/ 	Posted , 2021 	
2020-08-27	Enter Show & Tell Now!/ 	Posted , 2021 	
2020-08-27	Show & Tell Competition! 	Posted , 2021 	
2020-08-27	September New Shows! 	Posted , 2021 	
2020-09-03	Director Spike's Mockumentary 	 	
2020-09-03	Giant Fluttershy 	 	
2020-09-10	The Great Divide - Team Mane 6 	 	
2020-09-12	Dress Up with Rarity - Rarity's Fashion Show 	 	
2020-09-17	Twilight Sparkle and Applejack Are Trapped in a Potion Bottle	 	
2020-09-17	The Mane 6 are Singing at the Closing Ceremony 	 	
2020-09-19	Applejack of my Eye 	 	
2020-09-24	Pinkie Pie's Birthday Surprise 	Temporarily private 	
2020-09-24	Pinkie Pie Gets Trapped 	 	
2020-09-26	Pinkie Pie's Birthday Surprise 	Temporarily private 	
2020-09-30	Spook O'Clock! 	Posted , 2021 	
2020-09-30	Something Spoooooky is coming to Tiny Pop! 	Posted , 2021 	
2020-09-30	Spook O'Clock!/ 	Posted , 2021 	
2020-10-01	Twilight Sparkle's Crazy Shrinking Potion 	 	
2020-10-01	Pony Life Spooky Moments 	 	
2020- 	Halloween Dress Up - Rarity's Fashion Show 	 	
2020- 	Halloween Makeover with Twilight Sparkle 	 	
2020- 	Pinkie Pie's Halloween Makeup Special 	Subsequently private 	
2020- 	Halloween Spooky Moment - The Big Scary Hoof 	Subsequently private 	
2020- 	Halloween Spooky Stories - The Cake Monster! 	 	
2020- 	Applejack's Halloween Dress Up Special 	 	
2020- 	Happy Halloween with My Little Pony! 	 	
2020- 	Pinkie Pie's Halloween Spooky Moment 	 	
2020- 	Fluttershy Kindness Moment - Friendship Day 	 	
2020- 	Pinkie Pie Laughter Moment - Friendship Day 	 	
2020- 	Tara Strong 	Subsequently blocked 	
2020- 	Rarity Generosity Moment - Kindness Day 	 	
2020- 	Rainbow Dash Loyalty Moment - Kindness Day 	 	
2020- 	Applejack Honesty Moment - Kindness Day 	 	
2020- 	Cooking Competition 	 	
2020- 	The Best Of The Worst 	 	
2020- 	A Camping We Will Go 	 	
2020- 	Trending Topic 	 	
2020- 	Pinkie Pie's Cake for the Competition! 	Subsequently private 	
2020- 	Fluttershy Meets Dol-FIN-ale 	 	
2020-12-22	2021 line-up!/ 	Posted , 2021 	
2021- 	Missing Ponies 	 	
2021- 	Rainbow Dash, Being the Worst 	 	
2021- 	Forever Together? 	 	
2021-01-14	Freeview Play x Tiny Pop 	Posted 	
2021-01-14	Freeview Play x Tiny Pop 	Posted 	
2021- 	Pastries Coming Up! 	 	
2021- 	Potion Mystery 	 	
2021-01-25	Big Quiz this February!/ 	 	
2021-01-27	Three Days until the BIG Quiz!/ 	Posted 	
2021-01-27	The BIG Quiz is TOMORROW!/ 	Posted 	
2021-01-27	BIG Quiz #WIN 	Posted February 8, 2021 	
2021-01-27	BIG Quiz - My Little Pony/ 	Posted February 12, 2021 	
2021-01-27	BIG QUIZ FINAL WEEK 	Posted February 22, 2021 	
2021- 	Fluttershy Valentine's Day Moment 	 	
2021- 	Pinkie Pie's Pancake Day Special 	 	
2021- 	Pony Life Potion Mystery 	 	
2021- 	The Missing Animals in the Forest 	 	
2021-03-18	BRAND NEW episodes of My Little Pony: Pony Life/ 	Posted March 29- 	
2021-03-18	EASTER MOVES IS HERE 	Posted March 27 	
2021-03-19	EASTER MOVES starts SATURDAY!/ 	Posted March 22 	
2021-03-23	Season 2 Trailer 	Subsequently blocked 	
2021-03-23	Season 2 15-Second Trailer 	Subsequently blocked 	
2021-03-23	Meet the Wild Siders/Pony Life Season 2 Trailer 	Subsequently blocked, reuploaded by My Little Pony Official 	
2021-03-25	It's Waffle Day! 	 	
2021- 	Trixie Failed at Trying Friendship 	 	
2021-03-29	All New Sunday 10:50AM ET on Treehouse! 	Subsequently blocked 	
2021-06-05	Making Robot Friends 	 	
2021-06-11	Finally Home? 	 	
===Toys and merchandise===
Both pony and Equestria Girls toys and merchandise are released as tie-ins to Pony Life. Initial releases include a brushable Rarity figurine with hair that grows and changes color, and a first wave of brushable "Potion Ponies" that come with surprise accessories. The "Potion Ponies" line feature a new character Potion Nova as well as releases of Trixie, Twilight Sparkle, and Pinkie Pie. The rest of the Mane Six are split between Waves 1 and 2, with Wave 1 releasing Applejack and Fluttershy, and Wave 2 releasing Rainbow Dash and Rarity. In addition to the brushables, two "Fashion Style" ponies, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, featuring surprise accessories and tinsel were released. A Rarity figure was added later.
Equestria Girls dolls released during this time feature Pony Life-inspired packaging. Dolls of the princesses are bundled with articulated, non-brushable pony versions and feature a large range of accessories. 
A Q4 release features Fashion Style dolls of the Mane Six and princesses. These feature surprise accessories and crowns for the princesses.
Three waves of blind bag figures were released. The first set is themed after unicorns and features animal characters alongside unicorns and Alicorns. The second set has a balloon theme. The third set features new molds that are polygonal and come with rings. These rings feature a peg which the figure could be placed on top of. Masquerade (not to be confused with S01E26 Unnamed Earth Mare #1), Locket Key, Magic Mimics, Bright Sun, Fizzleshake, and Sweet Sugar Pop are inspired by the Generation 1 "Twinkle-Eye" ponies Masquerade, Locket, Mimic, Bright Eyes, Fizzy, and Sweet Pop, respectively; Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow, Hitch Trailblazer, Pipp Petals, and Zipp Storm are Generation 5 ponies.
==Characters==
 Like My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, most of the characters are ponies classified into three types: Earth ponies, Pegasi, and unicorns. The animation style used in Pony Life gives the characters a "chibi-fied" appearance, with large heads and small bodies.
===Main characters===
*Twilight Sparkle
*Pinkie Pie
*Rainbow Dash
*Rarity
*Fluttershy
*Applejack
==Episodes==
The series was originally scheduled to premiere on Discovery Family on June 13, 2020, at 11:00AM EST/8:00AM PST, but was then rescheduled to Summer 2020. A September 10, 2020, promo also indicated a YouTube release. Discovery Family announced on Twitter on October 12, 2020, that the series would premiere on Saturday, November 7, 2020, at 11:30AM EST/8:30AM PST. Unlike Friendship is Magic, each episode of Pony Life has a runtime of 11 minutes.
==Shorts==
In addition to television content aired on Discovery Family, Pony Life will also have short form content uploaded to the My Little Pony Official YouTube channel.
A series of stop motion shorts is being released to promote the new series.
==International broadcast==
The show premiered on Treehouse TV in Canada on June 21, 2020. On August 1, 2020, the show started airing on Boomerang in Australia and New Zealand. On August 29, 2020, it started airing on Gulli in France. On September 1, 2020, it started airing on Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom. On September 7, 2020, it started airing on MiniMini+ in Poland. On September 21, 2020, it started airing on 9Go! in Australia.
MiniMini+ advertising has fanart of Twilight Sparkle, of Fluttershy, and of Applejack.
On September 25, 2020, the show started airing on Nelonen in Finland. On September 28, 2020, it started airing on Carousel in Russia. Carousel's webpage for Pony Life uses fanart of the Mane Six, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, and Sunset Shimmer. On October 3, 2020, the show premiered on Boomerang in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Taiwan. On October 10, 2020, it premiered on Disney Channel in Germany and on PLUSPLUS in Ukraine.
On March 22, 2021, the show premiered on Spacetoon in the Middle East. In April 2021, it premiered on TV3 in Malaysia. On June 1, 2021, it started airing on Minimax in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.
==Gallery==
==See also==
*My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
*My Little Pony Equestria Girls
*My Little Pony: Pony Life Wiki
==External links==
*Official Pony Life character page on Hasbro.com
*Official Pony Life family brand page on entertainmentone.com
*Official Pony Life TV show page on tinypop.com
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