Princess Luna

:For her human counterpart, view Vice Principal Luna.
 
Princess Luna is a major character in . 
She is Princess Celestia's younger sister and Equestria's former co-ruler. In the first two episodes of season one, she was the main antagonist as Nightmare Moon, who threatened to create an eternal night. She was later purged by the Elements of Harmony and was invited by her sister to rule by her side again. Princess Luna now enters the dreams of her subjects, mostly children, to assist them in defeating their nightmares.
She was voiced by Tabitha St. Germain, who also voiced Dandelion, Madame Natasha, Max Roberts, Spike and Rarity, and her singing voices were provided by and . In the Japanese dub from the series, she was voiced by Yumi Uchiyama and Takako Honda.
==Biography==
===Seasons 2 and 3===
At the beginning of Seasons 2 and 3, it's revealed that Luna, alongside Celestia, turned Discord to stone with the Elements of Harmony and imprisoned King Sombra in ice while turning him to shadow, about a thousand years ago sometime before her transformation into Nightmare Moon.
====Nightmare Night====
In the season 2 episode "Luna Eclipsed", Princess Luna, now free from being mind-controlled by her Nightmare Moon persona, returns to Ponyville during the holiday Nightmare Night, a holiday dedicated to Nightmare Moon depicting her as a scary bogeyman. 
Luna, with Twilight's help, tries to change her image from that of the terrifying Nightmare Moon to a favorable one as Princess. Unfortunately, the nature of the holiday, combined with Luna's outdated mannerisms and flair for the dramatic, makes her subjects more scared of her than ever. Her first attempts end disastrously, prompting her to decree Nightmare Night canceled, but Twilight persuades her to give Ponyville another chance. When Luna discovers that the residents enjoy being scared as part of the night's festivities, she uses the Nightmare Moon persona to help them have fun and thus gains their trust and friendship.
===Season 4===
During the Season 4 premiere two-part episode "Princess Twilight Sparkle", Twilight attempts to figure out the source of the chaos seizing Equestria by drinking a potion that gives her flashbacks of the past. One of the flashbacks she experiences is of Luna becoming Nightmare Moon and assaulting Princess Celestia. At first, Celestia is reluctant to fight her sister, but Nightmare Moon assaults her with dark beams and eventually wounds her, sending her plummeting to the ground. However, Celestia promptly recovers and arms herself with the Elements of Harmony, the power of which she channels into a powerful beam that overwhelms Nightmare Moon's defenses and seals her inside the moon. It's revealed she also aided her sister in defeating Discord a millennium ago.
==Powers and Abilities ==
*Alicorn Physiology: Being an Alicorn, Princess Luna can fly and use magic.
*Magic: Luna has great levels of magic just like her older sister, Princess Celestia.
*Spell Casting: Luna can perform many magical spells.
*Moon Control: Luna is powerful enough to make the moon rise.
*Transformation: Luna can transform into Nightmare Moon.
*Weather Manipulation: Luna use lightning to repel the royal guards and makes the clouds swirl over her in the sky.
*Transmutation: Luna can turn toy spiders into real spiders.
*Dream Walking: Being the "Princess of the Night", Luna can enter any pony's dream.
*Dream Manipulation: Luna can other ponies' dreams to others through doors, She can also use the Dream World to show the past, present, and future as shown with Sweetie Belle, She can allow ponies to share a dream with ease other and combine other ponies' dreams into one.
*Telekinesis: Luna can use her magic to lift and control objects.
*Flight: Luna can use her wings to fly.
*Immortality: Like her sister.
==Appearance==
Luna is an alicorn with a dark blue body, starry dark blue hair, and her cutie mark is shaped like a moon on a dark night sky.
==Personality==
She is soft-spoken and gentle like Fluttershy, and regrets her actions in the episodes Mare in the Moon and Elements of Harmony too. When she goes back to Ponyville after she is back to normal, she seems to be sad about what she has done.
==Appearances==
Appearances on The Show
===My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic===
====Season 1====
*Friendship is Magic
====Season 2====
*The Return of Harmony (cameo on the stained glass; mentioned)
*Luna Eclipsed
*Hearth's Warming Eve (flag depiction)
*A Canterlot Wedding
====Season 3====
*The Crystal Empire
*Sleepless in Ponyville
*Magical Mystery Cure (no lines)
====Season 4====
*Princess Twilight Sparkle
*Castle Mane-ia (cameo on banner)
*Power Ponies (mentioned)
*It Ain't Easy Being Breezies (mentioned)
*For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils
*Testing 1, 2 , 3 (cameo on a chalkboard)
*Inspiration Manifestation (mentioned)
*Equestria Games (no lines)
*Twilight's Kingdom
====Season 5====
*Bloom & Gloom
*Slice of Life
*Princess Spike
*Party Pooped (cameo on banner)
*Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?
*Canterlot Boutique (mentioned)
*Crusaders of the Lost Mark (no lines)
*Hearthbreakers (cameo on banner)
*Scare Master (cameo as Nightmare Moon in poster game)
*The Mane Attraction (cameo on a flag)
*The Cutie Re-Mark (as Nightmare Moon in an alternate timeline)
====Season 6====
*The Crystalling
*Gauntlet of Fire
*A Hearth's Warming Tail (as the Spirit of Hearth's Warming Yet to Come)
*Dungeons & Discords (mentioned)
*To Where and Back Again
====Season 7====
*Celestial Advice (no lines)
*A Royal Problem
*The Perfect Pear (flashback)
*Campfire Tales (mentioned)
*Shadow Play
====Season 8====
*School Daze (cameo)
*The Maud Couple (cameo in photo)
*Horse Play (no lines)
*A Rockhoof and a Hard Place (mentioned)
*School Daze
====Season 9====
*The Beginning of the End
*Sparkle's Seven
*Between Dark and Dawn
*A Trivial Pursuit (mentioned)
*The Summer Sun Setback
*A Horse Shoe-In (mentioned)
*The Ending of the End / The Last Problem (flashback)
====Films====
*My Little Pony Equestria Girls
*My Little Pony The Movie
====Specials====
*My Little Pony Best Gift Ever (cameo)
===Comics===
====Friendship is Magic====
*Nightmare Rarity
*Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair
*Neigh Anything (cameo)
*Reflections
*The Root of the Problem
*Night of the Living Apples
*Siege of the Crystal Empire
*A Pinkie Pie Story That Pinkie Pie Kinda Sorta Remembers (cameo)
*Ponies of Dark Water
*Chaos Theory
*Queen for One Less Day
*Tempest's Tale (mentioned)
*Happy Haunts (cameo)
*Cosmos
*Friendship is Magic: Free Comic Book Day (mentioned)
====Micro-Series====
*Micro-series Issue 3
*Micro-series Issue 10
====Friends Forever====
*Friends Forever Issue 4 (cameo)
*Friends Forever Issue 7
*Friends Forever Issue 9 (cameo)
*Friends Forever Issue 14
*Friends Forever Issue 20
*Friends Forever Issue 22
*Friends Forever Issue 28
*Friends Forever Issue 35 (mentioned)
*Friends Forever Issue 38
====FIENDship is Magic====
*FIENDship is Magic Issue 4: The Dream Team (as Nightmare Moon)
====Legends of Magic====
*Legends of Magic Issue 1 (flashback)
*Legends of Magic Issue 2
*Legends of Magic Issue 12
*Legends of Magic Annual 2018
====Nightmare Knights====
*Nightmare Knights Issue 1
*Nightmare Knights Issue 2
*Nightmare Knights Issue 3
*Nightmare Knights Issue 4
*Nightmare Knights Issue 5
====Specials====
*My Little Pony Annual 2013 (cameo)
*My Little Pony Annual 2017
*My Little Pony: Deviations
==Quotes==
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