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Season 6 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was the second season of the show's second era. Starting with this season, we have a new main character -- Starlight Glimmer.

This season was brought back on weekday afternoon reruns on September 22, 2021 after a two-year hiatus, airing on weekday afternoons from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., then as of August 2022, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.

Previews

Sneak peek
(January 28, 2016)
Teaser trailer
(March 7, 2016)
Trailer
(July 1, 2016)
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My Little Pony Season 6 - Royal Baby Trailer - Cadance HD Version

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MLP Friendship is Magic Season 6 Official Teaser Trailer

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MLP Friendship is Magic Season 6 Official Trailer

Episodes

Episode title English (US) Spanish (LA) Portuguese (Brazil)
The Crystalling, part 1 March 26, 2016 August 29–September 2, 2016 September 24, 2016
The Crystalling, part 2
The Gift of the Maud Pie April 2, 2016 September 27-30, 2016
On Your Marks April 9, 2016
Gauntlet of Fire April 16, 2016
No Second Prances April 30, 2016 September 5-7, 2016
Newbie Dash May 7, 2016 October 3-4, 2016
A Hearth's Warming Tail May 14, 2016
The Saddle Row Review May 21, 2016 September 9, 2016 October 5-7, 2016
Applejack's "Day" Off May 28, 2016 September 12-14, 2016
Flutter Brutter June 4, 2016
Spice Up Your Life June 11, 2016 November 21-25, 2016
Stranger Than Fan Fiction July 30, 2016 November 1-4, 2016
The Cart Before the Ponies August 6, 2016
28 Pranks Later August 13, 2016
The Times They Are a Changeling August 20, 2016
Dungeons & Discords August 27, 2016 November 7-8, 2016 January 2-6, 2017
Buckball Season September 3, 2016
The Fault in Our Cutie Marks September 10, 2016 October 30, 2016
Viva Las Pegasus September 17, 2016 November 9-11, 2016
Every Little Thing She Does September 24, 2016
P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View) October 1, 2016 January 9-13, 2017
Where the Apple Lies October 8, 2016 November 14-17, 2016
Top Bolt October 15, 2016
To Where and Back Again, part 1 October 22, 2016
To Where and Back Again, part 2

In South Korea, this season premiered on December 29, 2017. Two new episodes aired on Disney Junior every Friday at 9:00 a.m. through March 30, 2018.

This season was also dubbed in South Korean Japanese, with new episodes airing on Disney Channel Japan from February 28 through April 4, 2022.

Character appearances

01 - Twilight Sparkle 02 - Pinkie Pie 03 - Fluttershy 04 - Rainbow Dash 05 - Rarity 06 - Applejack
Episodes they each appeared in 21 15 14 17 17 17
Episodes they each appeared in but didn't speak 0 3 2 3 3 4
Episodes they each did not appear in 5 8 10 6 6 5

Pairs

Appearances in the same episode Absences in the same episode
01 - Twilight Sparkle 02 - Pinkie Pie 14 3
01 - Twilight Sparkle 03 - Fluttershy 14 4
01 - Twilight Sparkle 04 - Rainbow Dash 16 3
01 - Twilight Sparkle 05 - Rarity 16 3
01 - Twilight Sparkle 06 - Applejack 16 2
02 - Pinkie Pie 03 - Fluttershy 14 9
02 - Pinkie Pie 04 - Rainbow Dash 14 6
02 - Pinkie Pie 05 - Rarity 15 7
02 - Pinkie Pie 06 - Applejack 15 6
03 - Fluttershy 04 - Rainbow Dash 14 7
03 - Fluttershy 05 - Rarity 13 6
03 - Fluttershy 06 - Applejack 15 7
04 - Rainbow Dash 05 - Rarity 15 5
04 - Rainbow Dash 06 - Applejack 16 5
05 - Rarity 06 - Applejack 16 5


All of the Mane Six was originally scripted in Applejack's Day Off, but as of the March 20, 2015 polish draft, Fluttershy and Pinkie were cut from that episode.

DVDs

Four volume DVDs were released from 2016 to 2017, and ending with the complete season boxset on November 7, 2017.

Video Clips

Explore Equestria

Name of location Upload date
Manehattan April 18, 2016
Ponyville April 18, 2016
Cloudsdale April 25, 2016
The Crystal Empire May 4, 2016
Canterlot May 16, 2016
Equestria May 25, 2016

Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook

Two months after baby Flurry Heart was introduced in the first episode of Season 6, a short video clip of her was uploaded to YouTube. Later, starting on July 18, 2016, a brand new mini-series called "Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook" was released on YouTube.

In each episode, Pinkie Pie tells a random story about the events of the show for two minutes non-stop, for a total of 20 minutes. The episodes are:

Behind-the-Scenes Promo

On August 18, 2016, a Discovery Family promo containing interviews from Meghan McCarthy appeared on YouTube, also including footage from the episode "Dungeons & Discords".

Intro to Cutie Marks 101

On February 2, 2017, an "Intro to Cutie Marks 101" video was uploaded to YouTube. In this video, Twilight explains how the magical power from the ponies' cutie marks works.

Days of Ponies' Past

The last official Season 6 clip was uploaded on April 12, 2017, just three days before the premiere of the next season. It contains four minutes of "recap" clips from the first six seasons.

Friendship Fridays

The last YouTube video from the My Little Pony Official channel was this Friendship Friday trailer, uploaded on November 29, 2016. All further videos were then uploaded by Hasbro.

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'Magical Friendship Moments Every Friday!' Official Trailer MLP Friendship is Magic

The first clip uploaded by Hasbro's YouTube channel to celebrate Friendship Friday was seen on July 1, 2016. From then on for the next 3 1/2 years, one or two clips were uploaded almost every Friday morning at 10:00 AM EST.

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