Halloween

Halloween is a festival that is celebrated on the 31st of October.
== Role in the series ==
Several episodes took place on Halloween: "Horse O' Ween", "A Real Spooky Day (PART 1)", "A Real Spooky Day (PART 2)", "A Real Spooky Day (PART 3)", and "Rise of Sid Megabus".
In "Rise of Sid Megabus", Twilight Sparkle and her friends wear costumes and go around Ponyville asking for candy, but are attacked by an undead Sid Megabus.
=== Costumes ===
Some characters had worn certain costumes for Halloween:
sombrathepirateandchrysalisthetyrant.png|Queen Chrysalis as Vladimir Lenin, and King Sombra as Captain Hook.
twilightwitch.png|Twilight Sparkle, as a witch.
raritycat.png|Rarity, as a cat.
fluttershythecoolgal.png|Fluttershy, as a gangster.
dashhedgehog.png|Rainbow Dash, as Sonic the Hedgehog.
applejackisnowanappul.png|Applejack, as an Appul.
pinkiescostume.png|Pinkie Pie, as the host of her cancelled show, "Pinkie Pie's Super Quiz".
bradjoestarthespikyhaired.png|Brad, as Joseph Joestar.
== Gallery ==
Candy.png|"I've got the candy, "
Spooks.png|" ... I've got the spooks."
got the candy.png|" ,,, and I've got the candy."
costumes.png|Applejack looking for costumes to wear.
== Trivia ==
* In Equestria, Halloween is known as "Nightmare Night", which commemorates Nightmare Moon (now Princess Luna), a defeated antagonist who was having a visit. It is celebrated with customs similar to those observed by Americans on Halloween, with costumes, candy requests, mischief, and carnival games. At first she was not pleased from the festival treating her as someone to be feared, but she later appreciated it after Twilight and her friends convinced her to scare some ponies and play some carnival games.
* Halloween originated from Celtic-speaking countries, where they celebrated festivals known as Samhain (SAH-ween, meaning "summer's end", the first and most important of four seasonal festivals observed by the pagan Celts), Calan Gaeaf (in Wales), Kalan Gwav (in Cornwall), and Kalan Goañv (in Brittany; the three last related names all mean, "first day of winter". It was believed to be the time when the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead has weakened, allowing the spirits and the ancestors to visit this world. Its customs, such as bonfires, jack-o-lanterns, costumes, mischief, and trick-o-treating, survive as customs for the modern Halloween festival.
** Halloween's name was derived from "All Hallows' Eve[ning]", which precedes All Saints' Day (1st of November, also known as All Hallow's Eve), a Christian festival that commemorates all the saints of the Christian faith. It is also the day when Martin Luther nailed the Ninety-five Theses at a cathedral's door, which criticizes the Roman Catholic practice of indulgences (actions meant to reduce a soul's suffering in Purgatory after he or she dies, to cleanse his or her soul from sin in order to go to Heaven). During his time, the practice of indulgences has become a commercialized process for clergy to earn money.
* Pinkie Pie's game show host costume resembles that of Willy Wonka.
== See also ==
* Timeline
* Christmas
Category:Events