Boast Busters

Boast Busters is the sixth episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It premiered on the Hub Network on November 19, 2010, and was also available for streaming at HubWorld.com in November and December 2010.^[1]

This episode marks the first time two members of the Mane Six are (mostly) absent.

Synopsis[]

The arrival of Trixie, a boastful pony with magical skills, irritates the ponies in Ponyville who turn to Twilight to challenge her.

Production[]

The episode started development on October 22, 2009 as episode #7. At first, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie appeared to be written in the episode, but when the outline was finished on November 17, 2009 (it was first written on November 6), they were both written out. At the same time, the unicorn, originally a stallion, was changed to a mare named Trixie.

Chris Savino wrote the first full script from November 20 to December 17, 2009, then a second draft from December 21–22. At that time, Boast Busters switched places with Dragonshy on the writing schedule, making Boast Busters now episode #6 for Season 1. The last revisions were made on December 31, 2009, and voice recording of the episode occurred on January 25, 2010.

Storyboarding began on February 15, 2010, and the first animatic was submitted for review on May 4, 2010.

The client cut was submitted for review on August 18, 2010.

The musical score was added to the episode on September 9, 2010.

Production was officially complete on October 5, 2010.

Broadcast history[]

This episode was known to air on the following dates and times:

Date	Time	Notes
November 19, 2010	1:30 PM
November 21, 2010	8:00 AM
November 22, 2010	1:30 PM
November 27, 2010	8:00 AM
December 28, 2010	3:30 PM
June 2, 2011	8:30 AM 1:30 PM
September 1, 2011	8:30 AM 1:30 PM
September 28, 2011	8:00 AM 1:30 PM
October 13, 2011	6:00 PM
October 26, 2011	8:30 AM 12:00 PM
November 21, 2011	8:30 AM 12:00 PM
December 20, 2011	8:30 AM 12:00 PM
January 12, 2012	8:30 AM 12:00 PM
May 31, 2012	8:30 AM 12:00 PM
June 24, 2012	10:00 AM
June 26, 2012	11:00 AM
September 10, 2012	11:00 AM
September 29, 2012	9:00 AM
November 27, 2012	11:30 AM
January 15, 2013	12:30 PM
February 8, 2013	9:00 AM
March 20, 2013	9:30 AM
May 24, 2013	9:30 AM
July 13, 2013	10:30 AM
August 29, 2013	1:30 PM
September 30, 2013	1:30 PM
October 20, 2013	10:30 AM
October 29, 2013	2:30 PM
December 4, 2013	1:30 PM
February 27, 2014	5:00 PM
April 5, 2014	9:30 AM
April 30, 2014	12:30 PM

International titles[]

Spanish	Detectives Presumidos
Portuguese	Detetives presunçosos
Japanese	大魔法使いトリクシー
Korean	허풍쟁이 트릭시
Chinese	牛皮被戳破
Thai	มือปราบจอมคุยโว