Bridle Gossip is the ninth episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Synopsis
When the ponies are afflicted with bizarre and humorous sicknesses they accuse a mysterious zebra named Zecora of placing a curse on them.
Production
This episode started off as a "Shaman Episode" on November 6, 2009. Three days later, on November 9, it was added to the writing schedule as episode #15, then moved up to episode #9 on November 13.
An outline was written from November 18–24, 2009 by Amy Keating Rogers. Upon completion of the outline, the episode was re-titled "Bridle Gossip".
The first full script was written from November 26 through December 22, 2009. For a short time (from November 30 to December 1), Bridle Gossip was listed as #10 in the writing schedule, but it immediately later moved back up to episode #9. When the first draft was finished, Shaman's name was changed to Zecora. Revisions were made to the script from January 5–7, 2010. Voice recording occurred on February 8.
Storyboarding began on March 8, 2010, and the completed animatic was submitted for review on May 19, 2010.
The client cut was submitted for review on September 8, 2010.
The musical score was added to the episode on September 29, 2010.
Production was officially complete on October 29, 2010.
Characters
This episode features the following characters:
| Main characters | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Twilight Sparkle |
 Pinkie Pie |
 Fluttershy |
 Rainbow Dash |
 Rarity |
 Applejack |
 Spike |
| Other characters | ||||||
| Zecora | ||||||
Home media
DVDs with this episode:
 Season One (December 4, 2012) |
 Everypony's Favorite Frights (August 30, 2016) |
